Goldfeder Bill to Protect Consumers During Storms
PHOTO: In an effort to protect consumers from price gouging during emergencies, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) has sponsored a bill strengthening state anti-price gouging…
Crime/Courts
Compared to 2014, Number of Guns Detected at NY Airports Doubled Last Year: TSA
PHOTO: According to the TSA, the number of guns detected at New York area airports last year jumped to 10, from five in 2014. File Photo…
Cuomo Nominates Maria Vullo to Succeed Lawsky as Finance Superintendent
PHOTO: Maria Vullo has been nominated to serve as the superintendent of the State Department of Financial Services. Photo Courtesy of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &…
Ex-Jockey Agent Charged with Hacking NYRA Computer System
By Forum Staff A former horse jockey agent has been charged with illegally accessing the New York Racing Association’s computer system 170 times over a…
Disbarred Attorney Charged with Unlawfully Practicing Law
By Forum Staff A Brooklyn man who was disbarred from practicing law in New York 14 years ago has been charged with representing a client in…
Forest Hills Man Sentenced for Statutory Rape
Peter Gerardi, 30, of Forest Hills, Queens has been sentenced to six to twelve years in prison on charges of recruiting, prostituting and statutory rape of…
Addabbo, Senate Committee Push Anti-Terrorism Legislation
PHOTO: State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. joined some of his Senate colleagues last week in advancing a package of bills designed to fight terrorist activity during the first…
Man Shot Dead in Ozone Park Home
PHOTO: Police said a 51-year-old man was shot to death on Monday inside his Peconic Street residence. Forum Photo by Michael V. Cusenza By Michael V….
Flushing Woman Charged with Holding Teen Siblings Captive as Slaves
PHOTO: According to Queens DA Richard Brown, a Flushing woman allegedly forced two teen siblings to do her bidding over a six-year period. Photo Courtesy of…
Queens DA Establishes Animal Cruelty Prosecutions Unit
PHOTO: DA Brown said his newly formed ACPU is the first of its kind in a district attorney’s office in New York City. File Photo By…
Man Charged with Killing Girlfriend’s Chihuahua in Front of Her Young Daughter
A Jackson Heights man has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty and other charges after allegedly slamming his girlfriend’s 3-year-old Chihuahua against the floor, killing…
Middle Village Man Snared in Internet Sex Sting, Charged with Attempted Rape
PHOTO: A borough resident has been charged with attempted rape after he was caught allegedly trying to meet with a 14-year-old girl for sex who he…
Astoria Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder in Shooting of Two Men in 2014
PHOTO: The defendant said he tried to kill his two victims when he opened fire on them with a 9mm handgun (similar to the one pictured.) Photo…
Body Found in Woodhaven Marks City’s First Murder of 2016
PHOTO: The beaten and strangled body of a 19-year-old woman was discovered on New Year’s Day in her apartment on 86th Street near 91st Avenue. Photo…
Overall Crime Down Nearly 6 Percent in de Blasio Era: Bratton
PHOTO: Police Commissioner Bill Bratton (at podium) this week detailed the 2015 crime totals for the five boroughs. Photo Courtesy of NYPD By Michael V. Cusenza…