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Long Island City factory accused of being sweatshop
Original source: A clothing factory in Long Island City is being charged with operating as a sweatshop by workers. According to the New York Daily News, workers for Great Wall Corporation have been rallying outside of the factory and allege they were fired after they complained to management about work weeks as long as 100-hours […]
Long Island City is undergoing a hotel boom — and residents benefit, too
It’s destination Long Island City. A Queens neighborhood that went from sprawling warehouses and manufacturing plants to luxury towers is now undergoing its latest transformation: as a haven for tourists. Hotel developers are capitalizing on the area’s proximity to Manhattan — and lower nightly rates — to lure visitors to chic lodges that fight to […]
Long Island City is undergoing a hotel boom — and residents benefit, too
It’s destination Long Island City. A Queens neighborhood that went from sprawling warehouses and manufacturing plants to luxury towers is now undergoing its latest transformation: as a haven for tourists. Hotel developers are capitalizing on the area’s proximity to Manhattan — and lower nightly rates — to lure visitors to chic lodges that fight to […]
Your Guide to Queens Council District 22 — Astoria, Long Island City
With Peter Vallone Jr. term-limited, three are running in the Democratic Primary. In the 22nd Council District, which encompasses Astoria, Long Island City and parts of Jackson Heights, three Democrats are running in the primary to succeed term-limted Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. Costa Constantinides, a district leader, has received a bulk of the endorsements and […]
New bus routes for LaGuardia, Long Island City and Woodside
COURTESY MTA New bus routes for LaGuardia, Long Island City and Woodside The MTA’s new Q70 Limited Route COURTESY MTA New bus routes for LaGuardia, Long Island City and Woodside The new B32 route will serve Long Island City. Posted: Friday, September 6, 2013 4:40 pm | Updated: 4:59 pm, Fri Sep 6, 2013. New […]
Vote for LICAM! (And fall music classes schedule)
> > > Long Island City Academy of Music > IN THIS ISSUE: > Vote for LICAM in the Queens Courier! > > > Get your lessons & classes for the Fall scheduled now! > > > > Fall Group Class Schedule > > Monday > > Dalcroze Eurythmics > • 3:45-4:30pm > 5-7 yrs […]
Anna Maria Island city leaders propose parking fees
Isabel Mascarenas Video Stories More Isabel Mascareñas Stories Anna Maria Island, Florida — Forbes magazine calls it one of America’s prettiest towns but is all the publicity more than Anna Maria Island can handle? City leaders say increased tourism is congesting the island attracting some people they’d rather not have. Anna Maria Island’s old Florida […]
Hotel boom is changing Long Island City
It’s destination Long Island City. A Queens neighborhood that went from sprawling warehouses and manufacturing plants to luxury towers is now undergoing its latest transformation: as a haven for tourists. Hotel developers are capitalizing on the area’s proximity to Manhattan — and lower nightly rates — to lure visitors to chic lodges that fight to […]
Van Bramer Tours Newest School In Long Island City
On August 28, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer and Lorraine Grillo, president of the School Construction Authority (SCA), toured one of District 26’s newest schools, Academies of Film and Television/Hunters Point South Community M.S. in Long Island City. The Long Island City school is just one of five new schools currently coming online and will be […]
Your Guide to Queens Council District 22
With Peter Vallone Jr. term-limited, three are running in the Democratic Primary. In the 22nd Council District, which encompasses Astoria, Long Island City and parts of Jackson Heights, three Democrats are running in the primary to succeed term-limted Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. Costa Constantinides, a district leader, has received a bulk of the endorsements and […]
Ricky’s opened its LIC costume store on Saturday
Sept. 3, By Christian Murray Ricky’s, the costume and cosmetic chain, opened a temporary Long Island City location on Saturday. The store, which will remain open until early November, is almost exclusively focusing on Halloween costumes. It is located at 5-27 50th Avenue (between 5th Street and Vernon Blvd) and is being operated by Long […]
Long Island City Restaurant Criticized for Allegedly Not Helping Victims of …
On Saturday night, an interracial couple and their friend were attacked outside of Long Island City restaurant SHI by a group of men who bombarded them with racial and homophobic slurs. Now, the restaurant is under fire for allegedly not allowing the victims to come back inside following the attack. Billie and Jacob James-Vogel were […]
Truck fire on Queensboro Bridge brings traffic delays
From twitter (operator911@BUFF) Sept. 2, 2:00 pm A truck caught fire at around 10 am on the Queensboro Bridge this morning temporarily shutting down traffic on the lower level in both directions. The FDNY has not yet determined what caused an 18-wheel truck to catch fire on the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge. There were […]
Amazing sand restoration at Rockaways
A mere $35mm trend back the clock on the beach from 2013 to 1970. http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1428418 :end
SUV drives into house in Garden City South
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (WABC) — An SUV went out of control and crashed into a house Saturday morning in Garden City South, Long Island. Authorities say the accident happened at about 9 a.m. at a two-story home on Kensington Road. The car smashed into a first-floor bedroom, but luckily the occupants of the home were […]
Parents oppose plan to create tech school inside Long Island City High School
Anthony DelMundo/for New York Daily News Parents are opposing a plan to co-locate a new technical-themed high school inside Long Island City High School. The city tried to close the school last year due to the its low graduation rate and flagging student performance, but the closure was blocked by court order and a new […]
Long Island City ready to roll out first batch of healthy snack
The humble chickpea is about to muscle aside legendary snack foods such as the potato and the peanut thanks to two Queens businessmen who have a big obsession with the small legume. Long-time friends David Levi and Darren Shlisky are behind Chic-A-Peas — baked chickpeas with oil and seasoning — that they churn out in […]