Goldfeder Urges Administration to Install A/C Units in PS 207
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder this week asked the city to consider installing air-conditioning units in PS 207 in Howard Beach. File Photo Citing complaints from…
Cuomo Announces Common Core Task Force; Panel charged with overhauling state learning standards
PHOTO: Borough Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan has been appointed to the Common Core Task Force. Photo Courtesy of the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement Gov….
Build it Back Program Reaches 1K Completed Construction Mark
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio (at lectern) and Build it Back Director Amy Peterson (de Blasio’s l.) this week announced that the once-beleaguered program has completed…
DEC Ready to Start Work on Phase I of Spring Creek South Resiliency Project; Army Corps of Engineers winding down feasibility study for Spring Creek North
The state Department of Environmental Conservation last week notified Community Board 10 that site work on the Spring Creek South Resiliency Project is set to…
Editorial: A Little Slice of Holiness
Well, we didn’t get to share a pizza pie with the Pope in Ozone Park as we had hoped for, but The Forum did get…
Since June 1, Major Felonies in Howard Beach Down Nearly 30 Percent: Schiff
PHOTO: Deputy Inspector Jeff Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, detailed the latest crime statistics Tuesday night at the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic meeting. Forum…
Council Supermarket Act Could Affect Area Waldbaum’s Workers
PHOTO: City Councilman I. Daneek Miller’s Grocery Worker Retention Act would apply to certain staff at the soon-to-shutter Waldbaum’s stores in Lindenwood and Howard Beach. …
Heated Debate over MTA Funding Continues
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio this week was the target of a new transit union ad depicting the city as reverting to the wild ways of…
Schumer Calls on FTC to Adopt New Rules to Lower Price of Eyeglasses
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has asked the FTC to establish new rules that he said would promote competition among companies and lower eyeglass prices. …
FAA Hosts Assemblyman at Landmark JFK Control Tower
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder surveyed the recently-completed JFK runway construction project from the perch of the landmark control tower. Photo Courtesy of NYS Assembly Assemblyman…
No Consensus on Structure, Bylaws at Airport Committee Meeting
PHOTO: Borough Hall hosted the New York Community Aviation Roundtable Tuesday night. Forum Photo by Alan Krawitz The stated mission of the New York…
Getting Your Deal on in Queens, Part III; Two Groupon restaurant reviews
PHOTO: At O Lavrador in Jamaica, service is always top of the line, and the food is delicious. Photo courtesy of yelp.com In recent issues…
Sanitation Spreading the Word About Organic Recycling
PHOTO: Forum Photo by Eugénie Bisulco Representatives from the city Department of Sanitation last Friday handed out literature to commuters and pedestrians on Liberty Avenue…
More Than 30 Women Examined by Mobile Mammography Screening Program
PHOTO: The American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s Mobile Mammography Program vehicle. File photo More than 30 women last Thursday received free mammography screenings in Woodhaven, according…
Cross Harbor Freight Program Tier 1 EIS Available for Public Review
PHOTO: Port Authority officials met with the Queens Borough Board in January to detail Cross Harbor Freight Program options. Forum Photo by Michael V. Cusenza…