Cops search for LIC church burglary suspect
Police released this image of a suspect in the burglary. Image courtesy NYPD LONG ISLAND CITY — The NYPD was asking the public’s help in identifying a man who is suspected of breaking into the Friendship Baptist Church, on 38-35 12 St., on Feb. 18. The police said the rear door of the church was […]
‘One Billion Rising’ in Long Island City
LaGuardia Community College students and faculty cha-chaed down Van Dam Street on Valentine’s Day to shed light on violence against women. Roughly 30 participants, dressed in black, pink and red, learned the dance as part of the global “One Billion Rising” campaign founded by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, in which citizens rose up for […]
Man struck and killed by police patrol car in Long Island City – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX
LONG ISLAND CITY (PIX11) – A man is dead after being hit by a police patrol car in Queens, prompting questions about what went wrong. It happened about 12:45 a.m. Thursday near the Queensbridge North Houses in Long Island City. Cops say officers from P.S.A. 9, which patrols the public housing project, were responding to […]
Should Long Island City Be Abbreviated to "LIC"?
A group is trying to shorten the name of Queens neighborhood Long Island City to “LIC,” mostly because they feel the current name is too long and misleading. According to Rob MacKay, the head of the Queens Local Development Corp. Tourism Council, the name change has to happen because it’s “bad for hotels, it’s bad for real […]
Judge Temporarily Halts Closure Of Long Island City Hospital
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LOL at the Plan to Officially Change Long Island City’s Name to ‘LIC’
We get it, but the term ‘Long Island’ shouldn’t carry this much of a stigma. Because it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Over the weekend, the Post reported that the powers that be in Queen’s newest “New Williamsburg” are a bit ticked off by the fact that Long Island City . . . is called […]
Cops search for LIC church burlgary suspect
Police released this image of a suspect in the burglary. Image courtesy NYPD LONG ISLAND CITY — The NYPD was asking the public’s help in identifying a man who is suspected of breaking into the Friendship Baptist Church, on 38-35 12 St., on Feb. 18. The police said the rear door of the church was […]