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Goodbye, Flushing High School. Hello, Rupert B. Thomas Academy at the Flushing Campus. The city is steamrolling forward with plans to close then reopen 24 struggling schools, shedding their old familiar names and selecting new ones. Some names that have been city fixtures for decades would disappear, like Bread Roses Integrated Arts High School, which […]
Cornell Thinks Big as Well as Bold for Roosevelt Island Campus
For now, he’s focused on the challenge of conceiving a place where geniuses can hang out and swap eurekas. Mayne has plenty of experience building for rarefied thinkers: the curvy lockbox of Cooper Union, an astrophysics building for Cal Tech, a satellite control center in suburban Maryland, where a great steel truss, bristling with dishes, […]
Tenth Annual Queens Taste Held At Citi Field
More than a thousand people enjoyed Queens Taste 2012 at Citi Field’s Caesars Club which featured food and beverages from 47 vendors. Hosted by the Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC), the tenth annual extravaganza also included an art exhibit by Jackson Heights-based curator Zoescope, a stand up routine by Steve Hofstetter of the Laughing Devil […]
M83, Mick Taylor and Regina Spektor Play New York City
SEE MORE PHOTOS By Daniel Jumpertz Special to DNAinfo Wednesday May 9Although born and raised in Michigan, Glenn Frey made his fame and fortune as a founding member of LA folk rockers the Eagles. As their guitarist and songwriter, Frey wrote or co-wrote (often with Don Henley) many of the group’s songs, and sang lead […]
KSW, Inc. Declares Cash Dividend – SYS
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY — (Marketwire) — 05/09/12 — KSW, Inc. (NASDAQ: KSW) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $.20 per share, payable on May 24, 2012 to shareholders of record as of May 18, 2012. About KSW KSW, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary KSW Mechanical Services, Inc., […]
Free and Cheap in NYC for Wednesday, May 9
‘HOME’ IS WHERE THE HEART IS. Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison discusses her new novel, “Home,” with author Russel Banks at Symphony Space. The book tells the story of a traumatized Korean War veteran struggling with his return home. 7:30 p.m. $25; 30 and under, $15. 2537 Broadway, at 95th St. (212) 864-5400. YOU HEARD […]
Fourth Car Crashes Off Troubled Bridge Exit Ramp
This time it wasn’t a Volkswagen. Another car sped off the troubled exit ramp on the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City on May 1, careening across three lanes of traffic, slamming into scaffolding in front of a row of shops on Queens Plaza South and nearly striking a pedestrian before it came to […]
Two Bronx City Council members ask delay on FreshDirect deal
The food fight over FreshDirect is still raging. Two months after the Bloomberg administration approved $82 million in subsidies for the company to move to the South Bronx, two City Council members have asked the Cuomo administration to halt the deal. Melissa Mark-Viverito and Maria del Carmen Arroyo want Albany to delay the move pending […]
Summer Jobs working for the city
Sounds pretty awful actually — an entry-level internship working FOR these entry-level bureaucrats? But they can’t all be like the Department of Buildings or Traffic Police or public schools…perhaps some are cool progressive hipsters like Parks or Environment. Worth a look! THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM The New York City Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) […]
Yes, LIC, you have a sculpture school
www.licsculptureschool.com
Greeny green rainy day LIC edition
No “linkage”. Just a pic 🙂
Seven Queens high schools to close
Some of the oldest high schools in Queens, including several that date back the turn of the 20th century, are slated to close their doors this summer. Educators said they worry the most successful programs from the seven struggling schools marked for closure will be lost when the city opens new schools in the same […]
Volleyball Preview: The Second Round of the PSAL Playoffs
The first round of the Public Schools Athletic League’s boys volleyball playoffs served up few surprises. However, the competition and possibility for upsets is sure to pick up in round two. Here’s a preview of some of the second-round games, which are scheduled for Thursday, May 10th. No. 1 American Studies vs. No. 17 Francis […]
PSAL baseball roundup: Bryant blanks LIC, wins fourth straight
William Bryant has finally hit its stride. Nick Alvarez went the distance, struck out nine and scattered six hits, John Diakogeorgios had two hits and two RBIs and Daniel Dorga scored twice as Bryant blanked Long Island City, 5-0, in Queens A West baseball on Tuesday. Chris Alvarez and Christian Aubry each scored once and […]