City Council Votes to Declare Continuing
Housing Emergency to Maintain Rent Stabilization Laws By Forum Staff The City Council on Tuesday voted to declare that there is an ongoing housing emergency…
City Launches New E-Bike Public Education Campaign
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Tuesday launched “Get Smart Before You Start,” a new multi-platform…
Regular Service Being Restored to F and M Lines: MTA
By Forum Staff The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Tuesday announced that track replacement work along the F line between 47 – 50 Sts – Rockefeller…
Driver Charged with Killing 8-Year-Old Boy
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jose Barcia was arraigned on Thursday for allegedly speeding across traffic and through a crosswalk…
Sunnyside Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Laundering Bitcoin, Other Charges
By Forum Staff Mustafa Goklu, also known as “Mustangy,” was sentenced on Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn by the Hon Pamela Chen to 16…
Area Cops Hailed for Nabbing Notorious Dirt Bike Rider
Members of the elite Firearms and Tactics Unit of the 106th Precinct were commended over the weekend for catching up to an alleged criminal on…
More than $117M in Fed Funds Earmarked for Forest Park Pass Section of QueensWay
By Michael V. Cusenza Thanks to New York’s two senators, nearly $118 million in federal funding is headed to The World’s Borough—specifically the Forest Park…
Cops Raid Smoke Shop in Old Howard Beach
By Michael V. Cusenza The City Police Department on Thursday raided and shuttered Howard Puff Convenience, a smoke shop in Old Howard Beach with a…
Monsignor Pfeiffer Honored
Monsignor Joseph Pfeiffer on Thursday was awarded for his outstanding contributions to the community of Howard Beach by having the new resource center at the…
Trestle Overhaul Continues for Addabbo, Agencies
By Forum Staff For years, the stretch along the Babbage and Bessemer Streets train trestle in Richmond Hill, from 84th Avenue to Hillside Avenue, has…
Meng Secures $13.1M+ for Borough Projects
By Forum Staff On Monday, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) secured more than $13.1 million for 15 projects throughout Queens. This Community Project Funding is…
Council Progressive Caucus, Comptroller, Public Advocate Launch Affordable Housing Campaign
By Forum Staff The City Council Progressive Caucus on Monday joined with City Comptroller Brad Lander, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, the Association of Neighborhood and…
Spotlight: New York City’s Homeowner Housing Market
By Forum Staff This week, the Office of City Comptroller Brad Lander turned its Spotlight on homeownership in the five boroughs. Recent Trends in NYC’s…
AG Probing Death of Rego Park Man Shot by Cops
By Michael V. Cusenza The State Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigations has opened an official probe into the death of Djamshed Nematov, who died…