NYC TLC employee, who worked out of Long Island City office, to be sentenced for recording workers using the bathroom
Falchi Building April 25, By Christian Murray An employee with the Taxi Limousine Commission in Long Island City faces up to three years prison after installing a hidden camera in the office bathroom and recording about a dozen fellow employees using it. Jamie Hughes, from Brooklyn, installed the device in a unisex bathroom at the […]
Developer’s Plan to Transform Long Island City Lot Draws Neighbors’ Ire
A piece of land wedged between Hunter and Crescent streets in Long Island City has long been used for neighbors to play and relax. But last week, a developer filed plans to turn the lot into an 18-story mixed-use building, sparking renewed conversation over how the neighborhood should be developed and planned. News 4’s Erica […]
Long Island City residents are asking a developer to forego turning a community lot into apartments
An undeveloped lot in Long Island City used by residents for events like movie screenings and concerts is slated to become an 18-story, 123-unit rental complex. Known by locals as The Lot, the space at 43-12 Hunter St. acted as a quasi-park in an area that is severely lacking green space. Neighboring restaurant M. Wells used […]