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JFK Customs Officer Swiped Cash from Bags: Feds
Photo Courtesy of CBP By Michael V. Cusenza A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has been charged with stealing cash out of bags belonging…
Mayor Lauds City’s Ambitious $14B Green New Deal
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office “I think people need to understand what I believe more and more New Yorkers feel: that this is…
Woman Admits to Acting as a Chinese Gov’t Agent
Photo Courtesy of CBP “Ms. Lin was secreting packages through some of the country’s busiest airports, using her work with the Chinese government to thwart…
Jackson Heights Spa Manager Indicted for Pushing Masseuse to Give “Happy Endings” to Customers
Photo Courtesy of Google The Nishu Salon and Spa is on 76th Street in Jackson Heights By Forum Staff A Queens grand jury has indicted…
Gun Found inside JFK Passenger’s DVD Player
Photo Courtesy of TSA An Elmhurst resident was recently arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a handgun concealed…
Borough Nonprofit Leader Named to Civic Panel
Photo Courtesy of NYC In November 2018, city voters overwhelmingly approved three ballot initiatives proposed by the 2018 Charter Revision Commission, which included campaign finance…
Reach for Stars Honored as Small Biz of Month
Photo Courtesy of Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato’s Office Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) recently honored Reach For The Stars Programs for Children as the 23rd…
Officials Seize Phony Sports Rings
Photo Courtesy of CBP United States Customs and Border Patrol officers working at John F. Kennedy International Airport inspected a shipment from China last month…
Landlord to Pay $1.1M to Parker Towers Tenants
Photo Courtesy of Google Blackstone Group bought the 1,327-unit complex from the Jack Parker Corporation in November for $500 million. By Forum Staff The landlord…
LIC Man Pleads Guilty in Vicious Halloween 2017 Assault on Teen
Photo Courtesy of Google The incident happened at the intersection of 23rd Street and Jackson Avenue. By Forum Staff A Long Island City man has…
Cambria Heights Man Charged with Trying to Kill Transgender Girlfriend
Photo Courtesy of Google The alleged assault took place at the Hillside Hotel. By Forum Staff A Cambria Heights man has been indicted by a…
Claims of Juror Misconduct Delay Lewis Sentencing
File Photo Chanel Lewis, 22, was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday for the August 2016 murder. By Michael V. Cusenza The sentencing of the…
MTA Expands Rebate Program at Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge to all Queens Residents
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Jim Henderson The funding for the expansion was secured in both houses of the Legislature utilizing the Outer Borough Transportation Account,…
Crowley Keeps QNS Rail Plan to Reactivate Lower Montauk Branch of LIRR Alive
Photo Courtesy of Google Tracks of the defunct Lower Montauk Branch of the LIRR at 73rd Street and Edsall Avenue in Glendale. By Michael V….