Olympians make stop in LIC ahead of London Games
Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend In anticipation of the 2012 Summer Olympics, two athletes visited the Citi building in Long Island City last week to share their stories as they prepare to go to the Games in London. The financial services company Citi, […]
Common Core standards driving wedge in education circles
A high-profile effort by a pair of national education groups to strengthen, simplify and focus the building blocks of elementary and secondary education is finally making its way into schools. But two years ahead of its planned implementation, critics on both the right and left are seizing upon it. A few educators say the new […]
Suspected Gunman Arraigned on Charges He Shot Wife of Sudanese Diplomat
Miguel Mata, 19, has been arrested and arraigned on charges of shooting the wife of a Sudanese diplomat on April 17, 2012. (DNAinfo/David Brann) QUEENS — A man accused of grazing the wife of a Sudanese diplomat with a stray bullet last week has been arraigned on attempted murder charges, prosecutors said. Miguel Mata, 19, […]
City Council to Vote on JetBlue Bid to Install Giant Neon Sign on Rooftop
Image of the JetBlue Sign Rendering (JetBlue Airways) LONG ISLAND CITY — The three giant signs that mark the Queens waterfront have become as much a part of the city’s scenery as Manhattan’s high-rises or East River bridges. Seen by tens of thousands of drivers every day, the signs for Pepsi, IDCNY and Silvercup Studios […]
Long Island City Is Perking
By LAURA KUSISTO and DANNY GOLD Long Island City’s coming of age has been much desired and long delayed. But development in the waterfront Queens neighborhood is gathering momentum, leading some to believe the area is finally making a large move forward. A total of 4,500 new rental units in Long Island City are in […]
MTA chairman says he’s like to see 7 train expansion
MTA chairman says he’s like to see 7 train expansion The head of the MTA said today he would like to see the 7 train extend further south into Chelsea and over to the West Side Highway. Joseph Lhota said he supports the 7 south-western expansion because that area of the city could use more […]
Space Shuttle Enterprise Flying Over New York City (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
The Space Shuttle Enterprise flew into New York on an 747 Friday. The Shuttle soared over the Hudson River, looped back down around the Tappan Zee Bridge all the way to the Statue of Liberty, and then circled back towards Queens before making its descent into Kennedy airport. Eventually New York will house the Shuttle, […]
City votes to close seven Queens schools
After thousands of students, parents and teachers protested Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to close 24 schools across the city, including seven in Queens, the city Panel for Educational Policy voted 8-4 Thursday night to shutter the institutions. Seven of the mayor’s appointees, and the Staten Island borough president’s representative, voted to approve the plan to close […]
A Final Decision for 24 City Schools
A bit before midnight, more than three months after the idea was proposed, the Panel for Educational Policy voted to reconstitute two dozen city schools by closing them, replacing most of their staff members and reopening them with new names. Come summer, Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical High School, Herbert H. Lehman High School, […]
Space Shuttle Enterprise Flying Over New York City (VIDEO)
The Space Shuttle Enterprise flew into New York on an 747 Friday. The Shuttle soared over the Hudson River, looped back down around the Tappan Zee Bridge all the way to the Statue of Liberty, and then circled back towards Queens before making its descent into Kennedy airport. Eventually New York will house the Shuttle, […]
Seven Queens high schools to close
Seven Queens high schools had their fates sealed and doors closed by a Panel of Educational Policy (PEP) vote last night in Brooklyn. The schools — August Martin, Bryant, Flushing, John Adams, Long Island City, Newtown and Richmond Hill — will close at the end of this semester and reopen in the fall under a […]
Long Island City developer to build 7-story commercial complex at 30-30 …
Score one more for Long Island City and its transformation from gritty factory town into a live, work and play neighborhood. A long vacant building at 30-30 Northern Blvd., now just a concrete shell, will become a seven-story commercial complex by this time next year, according to the project’s developer. And a university campus could […]
JetBlue Moves Forward With Plans for Sign Overlooking East River
advertisement The Queens skyline is on track for a transformation. New rules are in the works that would allow more businesses to build soaring neon signs on nonresidential buildings in parts of the borough near the East River. The move is being led by JetBlue, which is planning the design for its new corporate headquarters […]
Two schools get reprieves before DOE approves two dozen closures
The Department of Education gave last minute reprieves to two politically-backed schools this morning – just hours before its policy panel is set to approve the closure of two dozen other schools. Queens’ Grover Cleveland HS – where state Assembly Education Committee Chair Cathy Nolan is an alum – and Bushwick Community HS in Brooklyn […]
REBNY Backs Bloomberg’s Prevailing Wage Veto, But Unions Balk
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Volunteers plant 100 trees in LIC
Photo by JOSEY BARTLETT Volunteers plant 100 trees in LIC1 Volunteers plant a tree in the Queensbridge Houses complex on Earth Day, April 21, as part of the fifth annual One Thing That’s Green event. Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:00 pm | Updated: 2:41 pm, Thu Apr 26, 2012. Volunteers plant 100 trees in […]
LIC Arts Open – the festival of arts is May 12-20
It is a full blown arts festival these days, thanks mainly to Richard Mazda the tireless Shakespearean behind the Secret Theater www.Licartsopen.org has the full roster
LIC shops sue after two cars slam storefronts
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Two Long Island City stores that were destroyed in two eerily identical car crashes near the Ed Koch-Queensborough Bridge a year ago have filed suit against multiple city agencies and the drivers for damages they estimate to be in excess of […]
Jury convicts man for killing Mayor of LIC
Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend A Queens Supreme Court jury found Eric Cherry, 47, guilty Monday of the September 2008 killing of Long Island City community leader Nicolas Nowillo, known as “The Mayor of Long Island City.” “The justice system did its work,” […]
Giant Rooftop Signs Move Closer to a Reality in Queens
Now, a corner of the borough is trying to find a new way to compete, vertically: giant, glowing signs visible across the East River. In response to a push from the airline JetBlue, which opened a new headquarters in Long Island City this month, proposed zoning changes are moving forward to allow the company and […]