The Don’t-Need-It-for-Long Apartment
IF you are looking for temporary housing in New York City, you can bet that the amount of work it takes to find a place for a month or two is inversely proportional to how much you can afford to pay. At the upper end of the market, a few phone calls will land a […]
Blowtorch Burglar’s Getaway Driver Was Asleep at the Wheel, Cops Say
WOODSIDE — If you snooze, you lose. The getaway driver for a Queens burglary suspect who tried to break into a house using a blowtorch was spotted sleeping at the wheel while his accomplice tried to dash away from cops, authorities said. The ill-timed catnap landed Jefferson Villarama in cuffs after the Memorial Day break-in […]
Singer Songwriter Regina Spektor Joins Steinway Artist Roster
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Steinway Sons, makers of the world’s finest pianos, announced today that singer songwriter Regina Spektor has been named as a Steinway Artist. She joins a distinguished international roster of Steinway Artists including Billy Joel, Diana Krall, Harry Connick, Jr., Lang Lang and past music greats such […]
Third of Queens Libraries Would Close Under ‘Devastating’ Budget Cuts
CITY HALL — The book might be closing on the Queens Library system. More than 100 residents and elected officials rallied against a series of “devastating” cuts proposed in the Bloomberg administration’s budget for fiscal year 2013 that would shutter nearly a third of the library’s 62 branches and leave the borough with only one branch […]