Jamaica Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison in Teen Sex Exploitation Case
File Photo By Forum Staff A Jamaica man has been sentenced to 35 years’ incarceration and 10 years’ supervised release following his conviction in December…
Show us How Much you ‘Love Your Block’: City
Courtesy of NYC Service Fill out the Love Your Block application at nyc.gov/loveyourblock. By Forum Staff Applications for the 2019 Love Your Block community-boosting program…
Flushing Woman Charged in Wild Birthing Center Stabbings
Photo Courtesy of Google The birthing center is located on 161st Street in Flushing. By Forum Staff A Flushing woman has been charged with attempted…
State AG Sues Student Loan Debt-Relief Companies
Photo Courtesy of the Attorney General’s Office “These companies sought to line their own pockets by taking advantage of students who were simply trying to…
Whitestone Woman, 88, Pleads Guilty in Crash that Claimed Teen Honor Student
Photo Courtesy of Google In June, Kahn-Prager blew through a red light at the intersection of Utopia Parkway and 16th Avenue and struck Madeline Sershen….
St. Francis Students Travel the World
Photo courtesy of SFP SFP European travellrs soaked up good times along with the history of Krakow St. Francis Prep students have the opportunity to…
Drug Overdose Deaths in City Remain at Epidemic Levels, but Rate of Increase has Significantly Slowed Down: Analysis
Courtesy of City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene By Michael V. Cusenza Drug overdose deaths in the five boroughs remained at epidemic levels in…
Addabbo reaches out to North Carolina Senator, Starts Supply Drive for Hurricane Victims
Photo Courtesy of the Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula “After [Superstorm] Sandy came and left parts of my district in despair, we quickly…
Ozone Park Pols, Community Leaders Set to Meet with City Officials about Shelter
Forum Photo by Michael V. Cusenza The City has said it is planning to open a new shelter for 113 single homeless men with mental…
Community Fishermen Reel in Charles Park Garbage
Forum photos courtesy of the Gateway Stripers Club The Gateway Stripers Club pulled in their lines over the weekend and toiled along the garbage-strewn shoreline…
Lindenwood Residents Struggle with Parking Until Forum, Civic, NCO’s Get Results
Forum Photo by Patricia Adams Lined up along 151st Ave near 78th street for over two and a half years more than three dozen abandoned…
Sullivan Pounds Platta, Veteran Borough Pols Sent Packing after Wild Primary Day
Photo Courtesy of the Sullivan Campaign Republican State Senate candidate Tom Sullivan (r.) enjoys Richmond Hill Park Fair on Saturday with City Councilman Eric Ulrich…
City Correction Officer Killed in South Richmond Hill
Photo Courtesy of DOC Victim Jonathan Narain By Michael V. Cusenza A St. Albans man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of…
KINSHIP
Perhaps the most invigorating aspect of writing for this space is the opportunity to speak truth to power: Shout it from the rooftops whenever administrations…
Ulrich Touts Broad Channel Planter Project
Photo Courtesy of Councilman Ulrich’s Office Queens Botanical Garden Director of Education Rebecca Wolf (l. to r.), Broad Channel Civic Association President Dan Mundy, Councilman…