City Council Candidate Meloni Wants to Clean Up Astoria’s Environment
ASTORIA — After moving to Astoria from Italy as a young boy, Antonio Meloni has dedicated himself to his neighborhood, sitting on the community board and fighting for immigrant rights for more than two decades. Now, with Peter Vallone Jr.‘s City Council seat up for grabs, he hopes to take on the community’s most pressing […]
Long Island City Becomes Tourist Hotspot After Hotel Building Boom Updated May …
LONG ISLAND CITY — When it comes to cheap hotels in New York, Queens is king. A surge in construction over the past several years has brought both budget-friendly and upscale lodgings to Long Island City with several more on the way, enticing tourists and businessmen alike with their proximity to Manhattan, comparatively lower prices […]
The show will go on at controversial Long Island City strip club
Even without a liquor license, the show will go on at a controversial Long Island City strip club. Show Palace, formerly known as Gypsy Rose, is slated to open May 31 as a gentleman’s club and restaurant. A message sent out on the club’s Twitter account touts it as “the newest, largest, most upscale FULL […]
The show will go on at controversial Long Island City strip club
Even without a liquor license, the show will go on at a controversial Long Island City strip club. Show Palace, formerly known as Gypsy Rose, is slated to open May 31 as a gentleman’s club and restaurant. A message sent out on the club’s Twitter account touts it as “the newest, largest, most upscale FULL […]
Company owners apply for education
Many small business owners filled the conference room at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City on Monday to glean some much needed tips and fill out some back-to-school applications. However, these were not applications for traditional courses. About 40 business men and women want to enroll in the 10,000 Small Businesses program, a joint […]
Stars compete in LIC comedy festival
The exposed brick, narrow cavern of Laughing Devil Comedy Club in Long Island City was filled to the brim on Friday night — for the club’s pre-festival event. The festival began the following Saturday and will run until May 20. During the week-long stint, 100 comedians will compete in 22 shows for the winner-takes-all prize […]
CUNY Law School Ready For LIC Move
By JASON PAFUNDI In just another example of the continued rebirth of Long Island City, the nearly 30-year-old CUNY School of Law will open in its new, state-of-the-art building in Court Square in June. The move, which was announced in 2009, gives the school an additional 70,000-square-feet of space and puts it in a central […]
Citi bike program comes to Queens
A bike share program will come to Queens this year after all. The banking giant Citi, also known as Citigroup or Citibank, will install 10,000 bikes and 600 dock stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island City. The bikes in the “Citi Bike” fleet will be branded with the bank’s name. Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner […]
Long Island City Becomes Tourist Hotspot After Hotel Building Boom Updated 3 …
LONG ISLAND CITY — When it comes to cheap hotels in New York, Queens is king. A surge in construction over the past several years has brought both budget-friendly and upscale lodgings to Long Island City with several more on the way, enticing tourists and businessmen alike with their proximity to Manhattan, comparatively lower prices […]
PSAL Class A softball playoff roundup: InTech run-rules Forest Hills in first …
InTech Academy is in its second straight second round in as many years at the ‘A’ level. Alexes Bernier went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored and Gisselle Herrera Lopez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored for No. 19 InTech in a 12-2, six-inning over No. 14 Forest Hills in […]
INSIDE SOFTBALL: Wildcats not Bowne’d for playoffs after bracket change …
Bruce Bitterman left Long Island City with a smile on his face Saturday morning. It’s been six years since his John Bowne squad had made the playoffs, dating back to when it won the PSAL Class B title in 2006. Not a single player on his current team had experienced a postseason game. But a […]
Judge urges city, unions into arbitration in turnaround dispute
The first court appearance in the union lawsuit to halt hiring decisions at 24 turnaround schools ended with the judge telling the city and unions to resolve their dispute out of court. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Joan Lobis urged the city and teachers and principals unions to resolve their contractual disputes through arbitration, rather than […]