Fresh Direct feasts on tax deal
A sweet tax subsidy deal for an online grocer is leaving some with a bitter taste in their mouths. After an announcement that seemed to imply an agreement was in the bag, the city is taking some heat for its deal with online food retailer Fresh Direct – which will receive more than $100 million […]
32BJ says developer bullied workers who want to unionize
A high-end real estate firm is paying its Long Island City workers substandard benefits while charging tenants of its waterfront high-rises exorbitant rents, a local union is charging. But a TF Cornerstone official said its employees get better benefits than some union members and chalked up the claim to union tactics. Members of Service Employees […]
‘Aereo’ To Test Copyright Law With Internet-Streaming TV Service
Micro-Antenna Startup Has Raised $25 Million From Investors Including Barry Diller By Todd Spangler — Multichannel News, 2/14/2012 1:23:23 PM Aereo, a startup whose backers include media mogul Barry Diller, is launching a subscription service in New York City that provides live broadcast TV channels and network-based DVR over the Internet for $12 per month, […]
Upcoming: Anna Lundh “Big Computer” performance, February 25
Anna Lundh, “The Tale of the Big Computer” performance, February 25 at 155 Freeman From Stockholm to “9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering.” Photo by Anna Lundh. The Tale of the Big Computer Deluxe reading, performance, and silent concert by Anna Lundh 155 Freeman Street, Brooklyn, NY Saturday, February 25 Doors at 6 p.m., performance at […]
LIC-based Aquaponics project: needs your help
This guy has a long way to go for his funding goal but it sounds neat. Pioneering Aquaponic Scientific Advancement In New York City by Rael Michael Clarke — Kickstarter.
QUEENS LOVE arrives on the web
QUEENS LOVE.
Around LIC: Boundless Tales Reading Series this Thursday
Boundless Tales Reading Series. hosted at the Waltz Astoria (sounds like a rad place) About: Boundless Tales Reading Series is one of the only reading series in the borough of Queens. Readings run the third Thursday of every month. Four to six readers will be featured for the evening. The goal of this series […]
Cutting edge of urban farming with aquaponic system
A former Abercrombie Fitch model has become a pioneering urban farmer without trading in his preppy clothes for overalls. Rael Clarke, the 24-year-old owner of LOFT LIC, transformed a Long Island City office into a laboratory where organic vegetables and fish are grown using an eco-friendly aquaponics system. Clarke plans to turn the system into […]
Some Opposed to FreshDirect’s Planned Move to Bronx
advertisement Some Bronx community members are expressing reservations about the plan to bring online grocer FreshDirect to the Harlem River Yards in the South Bronx. Local residents and group leaders announced Monday they planned to lead a rally against the construction of a new 500,000-square foot facility on a 16-acre parcel in the Mott Haven […]