Newsmaker of the week, JetBlue chief David Barger
JetBlue CEO David Barger really knows how to kill the buzz in a room. At the ribbon-cutting for the discount airline’s new Long Island City headquarters this week, Barger essentially squashed hopes the airline would expand service to Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip anytime soon. The problem is aircraft, as in not enough of […]
On Roosevelt Island, Cornell and the city host a feel-good meeting about a …
“Just imagine as you come over on the tram from Manhattan, and you look south at the 11 acres that you’ll see,” said Robert Steel, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development. Steel, one of the leaders of the Bloomberg administration’s attempt to attract a technology campus to the city, went on to describe the […]
April 6: The G train and calling killers "animals"
G whiz! A subway grand plan Astoria: Queens residents struggle to catch the G train because it has been cut to two stops in the borough. But the G could be rerouted to underserved parts of Long Island City. Build a tunnel under the Steinway/Broadway tunnel and extend the G from its terminus, Court Square, […]
JetBlue Lands at new headquarters in Long Island City
JetBlue Airways opened its new corporate headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, senator Charles E. Schumer and other top government leaders joined JetBlue’s president and CEO Dave Barger in cutting the ribbon on the airline’s innovative new home, the latest addition to the vibrant Long Island City community. The decision to […]
JetBlue, New York’s Official Hometown Airline™, Lands at New Headquarters in …
NEW YORK, April 4, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), New York’s Official Hometown Airline, today opened its new corporate headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Senator Charles E. Schumer and other top government leaders joined JetBlue’s President and CEO Dave Barger in cutting the ribbon on the airline’s innovative […]
Huge Rooftop Farm Is Set for Brooklyn
The hydroponic greenhouse, at a former Navy warehouse that the city’s Economic Development Corporation acquired last year, will occupy up to 100,000 square feet of rooftop space. Construction is scheduled to start in the fall, with the first harvest expected next spring. When finished, the greenhouse will rank as the largest rooftop farm in the […]