City may Lose $6B in Revenue
File Photo “[T]he massive slowdown of our City’s economy is going to result in substantial losses of the tax revenue that keep this city running,” Comptroller Stringer…
Leader of Home-Invasion Crew Details Exploits on Podcast
Courtesy of Felix Levine Gene Borrello (l.)and podcaster Felix Levine By Michael V. Cusenza The reputed leader of small group of young and hungry gangsters…
Coronavirus Cases Hit South Queens as City Shuts Schools and de Blasio Considers Drastic Measures
Photo Courtesy of Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Mayor Bill de Blasio addresses members of the media inside City Hall. By Michael V. Cusenza The coronavirus…
Pols’ Plans Attack Economic Costs of Virus
Photo Courtesy of Susan Watts/Office of the City Comptroller City Comptroller Scott Stringer By Forum Staff Two new proposed pieces of legislation on the federal…
NY AG Warns Price Gougers
Photo Courtesy of Google Investigators found that City Fresh Market on Broadway in Astoria was charging customers $14.99 for a 19-ounce bottle of disinfectant spray. By…
Mayor Cancels BP Special Election
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The special election day for Queens borough president had been scheduled for this Tuesday, March 24. By Michael…
Too Much
It’s quite easy to spread fear. Just ask Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. Panic is good business. And they’ll keep feeding viewers heaping spoonfuls of…
Shuttle to Head of the Class
Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) recently hosted local Scholars’ Academy Middle School student, Tony T., to review a data-analysis project he conducted over the…
Need Narcan in HS: Addabbo
File Photo NARCAN nasal spray By Michael V. Cusenza A bill that would require high schools in New York to carry opioid antagonists and have…
Community Cops of the Month
Detective Brenda Reddick and Police Officer Seth Jaffe, both of the City Police Department’s 106th Precinct Community Affairs unit, recently received a well-deserved standing ovation…
Cops Hunt South Richmond Hill Firebug
Police have reached out to the public for help in identifying a woman who earlier this month set fire to religious flags outside a South…
Brooklyn Man Convicted of Robbing Three Borough Stores in One Night
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York Elgin Brack By Forum Staff A Brooklyn man has been convicted of the gunpoint…
Five Men Facing Life in Prison for Roles in Ruthless Sex-Trafficking Ring
Photo Courtesy of Google The pimps set up brothels at residences such as this house on 52nd Avenue in Corona. By Michael V. Cusenza A…
Gillibrand Pushes for Quick Passage of Coronavirus Paid Leave Bill
Photo Courtesy of Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Under the new PAID Leave Act, workers would be allowed to take advantage of 14 emergency paid sick days and…
Biz Owner Bilked Employees
Photo Courtesy of Google Deol owns Laser Electrical Contracting Inc. in Woodside. By Forum Staff A Queens County grand jury has indicted a business owner…