Queens Teen With Olympic Dreams Represents NY at National Athletics Event
ASTORIA — When Jeshley Jimenez, a 14-year old from Astoria, watches the Olympics on TV, she can’t stop dreaming that she will be one of the athletes representing the U.S. in 2016 in Brazil. But for now, the slim, shy teen is focusing on another challenge — competing in the Hershey’s North American Track Field […]
‘Nerd Bus’ Proposed to Connect Tech Hubs Around New York
LONG ISLAND CITY — Hipsters have the Rockabus to shuttle them from Brooklyn to the Rockaways and now nerds might have a bus all of their own. With new tech hubs developing around the city, Sen. Charles Schumer wants the MTA to create a “nerd bus” that would connect them. The new bus would drive […]
KSW Reports Second Quarter Results – SYS
By Marketwire . Article Rating: August 3, 2012 08:00 AM EDT LONG ISLAND CITY, NY — (Marketwire) — 08/03/12 — KSW, Inc. (NASDAQ: KSW) today reported preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Net income for the second quarter of 2012 was $619,000, or $.10 per share (basic and diluted), compared […]
Long Island City’s 21st Century Transformation
“For decades, everyone said Long Island City has enormous potential,” said Dan Miner, SVP of Business Services for Long Island City Partnership. “After years of effort on the part of the business community and the Bloomberg Administration, it’s clear that Long Island City has finally arrived.” PK Metals is an active member of the Long […]
Marriage equality embodied
The big day arrived last Saturday for City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), above center, and Dan Hendrick, spokesman for the New York League of Conservation Voters and a former Queens Chronicle editor-in-chief. After more than 13 years together, the couple was married at Studio Square in Long Island City. The ceremony was performed by […]