State owes Long Island City High School nearly $7 million
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) is going to bat for his old school. He says New York State owes Long Island City High School almost $7 million and Gianaris is working to make sure his alma mater gets […]
Outcry Over Pink Sculpture Intersects With Broader Questions in Long Island City
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Pink Sculpture, Rainbow Sculpture and Yellow Bird
It took years for the community to axe the kinda-tired yellow fence sculpture in LIC’s Murray Playground. The battle is pitched for the Jackson Ave streetscape. The pink sculpture proposed seems to be unpopular with local curmudgeons and hipsters. One made his own rainbow shed on Jackson Ave. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/nyregion/a-pink-sculpture-in-long-island-city-brings-questions-over-the-use-of-tax-dollars.html?referrer= The original NYT piece above. Pictures, […]