Beware COVID-19 Scams
Photo Courtesy of T-Mobile Crooks are leveraging the pandemic to steal your money, your personal information, or both. By Michael V. Cusenza Perhaps unsurprisingly, the…
Federal Injunctions Bar Companies from Facilitating Robocalls
File Photo Numerous foreign-based call centers are alleged to have used the defendants’ VoIP carrier services to pass fraudulent government and business imposter robocalls to…
Need $50M for Food Programs: Coalition
Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Queens Borough President According to Food Bank for NYC, to date, 32 percent of emergency food programs, which includes…
Cop Indicted for Child Porn
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Julio is a member of the NYPD Highway Division. He has been suspended without pay. By Forum Staff A City cop…
State Suspends Liquor License of Richmond Hill Bar that Violated Emergency Shutdown Order
Forum Photo by Patricia Adams The emergency suspension of New Oriental Guyana Restaurant’s license was ordered Friday at a special meeting of the Full Board…
Quiet Queens: The Bustling World’s Borough Shutters as Pandemic Fallout Continues
Forum Photo by Patricia Adams Patients patiently wait in line in their cars in the Aqueduct Racetrack parking lot to be tested for the coronavirus….
FreshDirect, BP Link for Food Drive
Photo Courtesy of Google Our Lady of Grace in Howard Beach is one of the 16 community-based organizations participating in the first week of the…
Temp Hospitals Coming to NY
Photo Courtesy of Darren McGee/Office of the Governor “This is a public health crisis, but worse than the virus is the fear,” Gov. Cuomo said….
Queens Needs Hospital Beds: Pol
File Photo Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato noted that the Level 1 trauma center nearest to the Rockaway Peninsula is Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Richmond Hill….
City to Enforce Outbreak Guidelines
Photo Courtesy of Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office The NYPD will be out in neighborhoods across the city to ensure compliance with new outbreak activity policies, Police Commissioner…
Six Feet Apart Or Six Feet Under
Now that the toilet paper shortage has become a part of our everyday conversation, it seems that we need to make room for another shortage…
Officials Emphasize Support for Small Businesses amid Economic Fallout of Coronavirus
Photo Courtesy of John McCarten/NY City Council On Thursday, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson proposed a $12 billion relief plan to help city businesses and workers impacted…
Outbreak Affects Queens Courts
File Photo So far the DA has determined that approximately 30 defendants “who in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the interest of justice”…
MTA, Facing ‘Financial Calamity,’ Pleads for $4B in Federal Aid
Photo Courtesy of Marc Hermann/MTA New York City Transit MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye (c.) recently convened a meeting in the situation room to…
‘Chinese Virus’ is Racist Term: BP Lee
Use of the term “Chinese virus” when referencing COVID-19 “inflames racism,” according to Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee. “’Chinese virus’ is a deeply consequential misnomer. COVID-19 gives no…