Addabbo Set to Host Interactive Diabetes Information Session
By Forum Staff Are you diabetic, pre-diabetic or have a family history of diabetes? Do you want to learn how to improve your health in…
City Moves to Shut Down Sellers, Distributors of Flavored Vapes
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and City Corporation Counsel Judge Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix on Monday took steps to immediately prevent three companies from distributing…
Fire Commissioner Releases Letter to Amazon to Ensure only Legal Lithium-ion Batteries are Sold on its Site
By Forum Staff City Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh on Friday sent a letter to online-retailer Amazon, urging the retail giant to make sure it only…
BP Richards Announces Nearly $5M in Funding Borough Gotham Health Clinics
By Forum Staff Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. held a press conference on Monday to announce a nearly $5 million capital allocation to fund…
MTA Leadership and Police Chiefs View Safety Protocols in the Transit System
By Forum Staff Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber on Friday joined MTA Chief Safety and Security Officer Patrick Warren, MTA Police…
L.I. Man Charged with Kidnapping, Unlawful Imprisonment of Girlfriend
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Herman Brightman was charged today with threatening to kill his girlfriend with a knife, binding…
Borough Man Charged with Operating Sex-Trafficking Ring in Brooklyn
By Forum Staff An indictment was unsealed on Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court charging Queens resident Douglas Welch, also known as “Paradise,” with sex trafficking…
Howard Beach Marks Columbus Day with Cross Bay Boulevard Celebration
By Michael V. Cusenza City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) on Sunday partnered with the Howard Beach Columbus Day Foundation to bring a Columbus Day…
Pol Launches Overhaul of Richmond Hill Trestle
By Forum Staff For decades, the 0.3-mile stretch that constitutes the Babbage & Bessemer Street train trestle from 84th Avenue to Hillside Avenue in Richmond…
Street Safety Measures Set to Take Hold in Howard Beach
PS/MS 207 students, staff, and parents this week marked the arrival of long-awaited street safety signage near the Rockwood Park school. “For safer crossings, our…
Pols Urge State Department to Help Bring Back Americans Seeking to Return from Israel
By Forum Staff On Tuesday, U. S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-Brooklyn, Staten Island) led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State…
Pols Rally around Israel
By Michael V. Cusenza Borough, city, and state representatives this week commented on the terrorist attacks on Israel. “Prayed for Israel at the Howard Beach…
Mobile Sports Betting Adds to State Revenue, But Calls to Problem Gambling Hotline Rise: Report
By Forum Staff State collections from the taxes on mobile sports betting totaled $727.4 million in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-2023 and have continued to…
City Correction Officer Charged with Salary and Overtime Fraud
By Forum Staff A criminal complaint was recently unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging City Department of Correction (DOC) officer James Internicola with federal…
Two Borough Residents Plead Guilty to Multiple Fraud Schemes
By Forum Staff Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, recently announced the guilty pleas of Nerik Ilyayev and…