Firefighters Rescue Man Left Dangling After Scaffold Collapses in Queens
QUEENS — Firefighters rescued a construction worker left dangling five storeys high after a scaffold collapsed outside a Sunnyside building Monday, officials said. Stalyn Suauzhanay, 27, was doing facade work on a scaffold at 41-15 45th Street about 11 a.m. when the motor mechanism that supports the lift apparently malfunctioned. That’s when the scaffold collapsed, […]
Locked-out Con Ed workers to call on Feds for help
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK – Unionized workers with Consolidated Edison in New York City picketed outside their company headquarters Monday as their leadership plots their next move following failed contract talks and a lockout. According to CBS New York, about 200 union workers gathered in Union Sqare, some wearing T-shirts with the phrase, “If we go […]
Waste Management’s Long Island City facility to expand, move garbage by rail
Some western Queens residents are turning their noses at a plan that they say will increase the number of foul-smelling freight trains rumbling through their neighborhood. Waste Management of New York, which operates the waste transfer station on Review Ave. in Long Island City, received state approval last month to expand the facility and more […]
One way trip to Jackson Heights
Worth it! If only for the groceries. Court Square to Roosevelt Ave by E.
Bummer: The Palms Will Not Be Back This Summer
One of the surprise highlights of the summer of 2011 was the debut of The Palms, a retro art deco homage to the ’50s Florida nightclub scene, located in a defunct Bank of America branch in Long Island City. Popping up out of nowhere last August, The Palms was one hell of a unique party: […]
Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse
FILE- In this Aug, 20, 2989 file photo, a Consolidated Edison crew works to repair a steam pipe that had exploded in New York City. Consolidated Edison and its unionized workers are facing a midnight, July 1, 2012, deadline as their contract negotiations continue. (AP Photo/David A. Cantor, File David A. Cantor — AP NEW […]
Few hard details about 24 schools as city prepares legal action
Mayor Bloomberg speaks at a press conference this afternoon in Union Square. The city canceled meetings with the teachers and principals unions today as its lawyers prepare to seek a restraining order against a ruling that reverses thousands of hiring decisions at 24 struggling schools. Both the United Federation of Teachers and the Council of […]
Graffiti Mecca 5Pointz to be Replaced by Two High-Rises
LONG ISLAND CITY — The owners of the famed, graffiti-covered 5Pointz warehouse are looking to replace the iconic building, used by artists for almost two decades, with a pair of residential towers. David Wolkoff said he expected the so-called graffiti mecca — on Davis Street and Jackson Avenue, right next to the Court Square subway […]
Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse
By VERENA DOBNIK The Associated Press NEW YORK — Unionized workers with Consolidated Edison in New York City will be picketing as their leadership plots their next move following failed contract talks and a lockout. FILE- In this July 24, 2006 file photo, a Consolidated Edison crew checks a service box in the Queens borough […]
Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse
NEW YORK — Unionized workers with Consolidated Edison in New York City will be picketing as their leadership plots their next move following failed contract talks and a lockout. A union spokesman said Harry Farrell, president of Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers of America, on Monday will call for federal mediators to intervene to […]
New Mural at Hunters Point Ave
A real NYC artist made this. And now we can enjoy it here in LIC.
NY utility, union talks collapse amid hot weather
NEW YORK — Consolidated Edison closed walk-in centers, suspended meter readings and limited work on major construction projects in New York on Sunday after contract talks between the utility and its unionized workers broke down in the middle of a wave of extremely hot weather. Negotiations stopped just before 2 a.m. Sunday, a couple of […]
Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse
NEW YORK (AP) — Unionized workers with Consolidated Edison in New York City will be picketing as their leadership plots their next move following failed contract talks and a lockout. A union spokesman said Harry Farrell, president of Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers of America, on Monday will call for federal mediators to intervene […]