For Miller and his staff, heeding neighbors’ calls for help
Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and his district in central Queens were not affected directly by Hurricane Sandy but he became the closest and most immediate…
The Comeback of Coleman Square – The Little Town That Could…And Did
It’s just several small blocks, tucked away in the heart of Old Howard Beach, but the area known as Coleman Square is full of history…
City Grapples With How To Protect Vulnerable Coastline
In Howard Beach, it was 9:23 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2012. Broad Channel? 9:18 p.m. These are the times that the storm surge peaked in…
Sandy Prompts Residents To Demand Better Transportation
The A-train? Shut down. Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge? Couldn’t take it. Cross Bay Bridge? Again, no. Even if residents wanted to get somewhere immediately…
In Sandy’s Wake, Assessing Health Care Needs
For hospitals throughout the city, Hurricane Sandy brought daunting challenges – there were significantly overcrowded conditions at St. John’s Episcopal in the Rockaways, the peninsula’s…
A Year Later, Sandy Exposes Flood Insurance Program in Desperate Need of Reform
As the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy rapidly approaches, many are taking yet another look at the storm’s chaos and the myriad of unresolved…
At Calverton, Queens Veterans Honor Service Members They Are Making History Does Not Forget
Walking past the rows of headstones and American flags at Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island last week, the members of the Queens Chapter 32…
Cops Search for Queens Bank Robber
Police are searching for a man who they said robbed two banks, one in Richmond Hill and another in South Richmond Hill, on Sunday. Officers…
Woodhaven Civic Leaders Plead With City To Demolish Partially Collapsed Building
Community leaders are urging the city Department of Buildings to demolish a Woodhaven building that partially collapsed last April, saying the building has made neighbors…
Pedestrian Struck on Bridgeton Street – Residents seek change in street direction to curb danger
Less than a week after residents in Howard Beach on Bridgeton Street approached to The Forum to help them get the street’s direction changed, an…
Reward for Avonte Oquendo Increases to $90K
Police officers – along with countless volunteers and family members – continue to search for Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old boy with autism from Rego Park…
Cops Release Video of Murdered Woman
The NYPD has released surveillance footage of Marisha Cheong on the day she disappeared last December, hoping it leads to a break in the murder…
Queens Man Nabbed For Sex-Trafficking
Allegedly forces a 24-year-old Queens Village man has been arrested on charges that he was engaging in sex trafficking and using intimidation and threats to…
Legally Speaking
Hello friends! Today’s editorial is going to discuss Volunteer Firefighters and Ambulance Workers and their rights under New York State Workers’ Compensation Law. While paid…
EDITORIAL: Merry Christmas
I remember Christmas Eve 1967. Forty-six years ago. My mother was in the hospital. I kept overhearing my father and nana about how bad it…