Borough PAL Kids Earn Cultural Honors
By Forum Staff Earlier this month, over 250 Police Athletic League children from PAL’s Edward Byrne Center and Goldie Maple Academy in Queens, and participants…
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Enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit Yields $345M for Residents: Mayor
By Michael V. Cusenza A limber Mayor Eric Adams gifted himself an extended pat on the back on Monday as he highlighted the success of…
George Santos Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
By Michael V. Cusenza For years now, disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos performed his best Fred Astaire impression while dancing around the blatantly obvious…
Civic Says State won’t Help Community Care for Underpass where Sept. 11 Mural is Located
By Forum Staff After nearly three years of back and forth with state representatives, the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic said that it has has learned…
DA Requests Dismissal of 46 Cases Connected to Shady Former City Cop
By Michael V. Cusenza Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz petitioned the Court on Thursday to vacate the convictions of 46 defendants whose cases involved a…
Addabbo Set to Host Vets BBQ
State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven) will once again be hosting his free annual Veterans BBQ at the beginning of September. This year’s event will…
Mayor Adams Appoints Robert Tucker as 35th City Fire Commissioner
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced the appointment of, and swore in, Robert S. Tucker, Esq. as the 35th commissioner of the…
City Must Address Overgrown Medians: BP
By Michael V. Cusenza Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., elected officials and civic leaders from across Queens hosted a press conference on Tuesday in…
City Lauds Increase in Percentage of Homeless New Yorkers Being Connected to Housing
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and veteran civil rights advocate on Friday celebrated major milestones for the Street Homelessness Advocacy Project as the program…
Audit Finds Some Subway Security Cameras not Operating
By Forum Staff The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s New York City Transit needs to do a better job of maintaining its security and safety equipment, including…
City Launches Lawsuit against National Floors Direct for ‘Deceptive Business Practices’
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga on Tuesday announced a lawsuit…
Meng Touts FCC Vote that will Allow Schools, Libraries to Loan out Wi-Fi Hotspots
By Forum Staff Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) announced today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to modernize a key program that will allow…
Attorneys General Secure $4.5M from Biotech Company for Failing to Protect Health Data
By Forum Staff State Attorney General Tish James and the attorneys general of Connecticut and New Jersey on Tuesday secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem,…
Spotlight: Household Debt Trends among NYC Residents
By Forum Staff While both the national and local economies have continued to grow moderately, with overall jobs and incomes rising, the growing burden of…
Two City Cops Charged in Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme
By Forum Staff A criminal complaint was unsealed on Monday in federal court in Brooklyn charging John Bolden and Anthony Carreira, who are detectives employed…