Meng Urges USPS to Prioritize Queens’ Mail Theft Problem
By Forum Staff Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) announced on Monday that she recently sent a letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General and CEO of the…
City Places Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers in Queens, Brooklyn
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced the placement of two new Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers as the number of asylum…
Motorist Charged with Drunk Driving in Collision that Killed City Worker in Richmond Hill
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday that Errick Persaud has been arraigned on charges of manslaughter and driving while under…
Richmond Hill Man Sentenced to 22 Years to Life for Murdering 92-Year-Old Woman
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Reeaz Khan was sentenced to prison on Thursday for the murder and attempted rape of…
Lindenwood Gearing up for Paper-Shredding Event
By Forum Staff State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven), Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D-Brooklyn) and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) are bringing a free paper…
Cameras Catching Illegal Dumpers in the Act: DSNY
In the last 10 weeks alone, the City Sanitation Department has installed 122 cameras across the five boroughs to catch illegal dumpers in the act….
Op-Ed: Passing Bills that Support You, Your Families and Our State
By Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato The 2023 New York State Legislative Session has come to a close. This year the Legislature passed a wide array…
Borough President Touts Nearly $17M in Funding for Queens Parks, Libraries
By Forum Staff Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. Wednesday announced capital allocations of $10 million for Queens parks and more than $6.9 million for…
Adams Announces Historic Progress Moving New Yorkers from Shelter to Permanent Housing
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park on Tuesday provided an update on…
City Announces Lawsuit against Companies Illegally Selling Disposable Flavored E-Cigarettes
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix on Monday announced that the City is filing a federal…
Adams Signs Legislation Bringing Financial Literacy to City Youth Programs
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday signed Intro. 54-A into law, amending the City’s administrative code to allow financial empowerment education in Department…
Independence Day is a Howard Beach Bash
By Michael V. Cusenza Howard Beach on Tuesday, the 4th of July, seemingly turned back the clock to the South Queens enclave’s legendary Independence Day…
Notorious Pot Shop Shuttered
By Michael V. Cusenza An area pol, police, and the people worked together to help permanently shutter an illegal pot shop in Richmond Hill that…
Manhattan Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping in 2020 South Richmond Hill Home Invasion
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Tex Ortiz pleaded guilty on Friday to kidnapping for his role in a November 2020…
Cars Keep Idling along Expressway
You will know them by their flashing hazard lights. One of South Queens most incessant issues—a thorn in the side of several law enforcement agencies…