March 8, 2019 Staff Report A Jackson Heights man was arrested yesterday after allegedly fondling the same 13-year-old girl twice on separate occasions while on trains in Queens and Manhattan last month. Walter Polanco, 66, was charged with stalking to the second degree and forcible touching, and is accused of groping the young girl in… Read more »
March 7, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez A major cosmetics manufacturer based in Long Island City is eyeing an expansion to its Hunters Point facility in a project meant to consolidate and streamline operations for the decades-old, ever-growing business. Mana Products, a private label manufacturer founded in 1975 and known for making products for “some of… Read more »
March 7, 2019 Staff Report Police are searching for a man wanted for groping a young girl twice in separate incidents last month while aboard trains in Long Island City and Manhattan. The first incident happened at around 7:15 a.m. on Feb. 12, when the man and 13-year-old victim were inside a Flushing-bound 7 train…. Read more »
March 6, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Long Island City will be front and center in a round of “citywide conversations” about inclusive growth and urban design that kicked off today, organized by an architecture nonprofit and “spurred by the heated debates”over the now-scrapped Amazon project. The festival, titled “LICNYC: Site City Future” features a series… Read more »
March 6, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Elizabeth Warren, the U.S. senator from Massachusetts who announced last month that she would be running for president in 2020, will be in Long Island City this Friday for an organizing event. Warren will be at The Arc, the new Kaufman Arts district venue at 36-30 36th St., on… Read more »
March 4, 2019 Staff Report Months after filing to demolish a small commercial building on 47th Avenue, a developer has at last put forth plans for a four-story “luxury condo” building on site. Department of Building filings submitted last week call for a 12-unit development at 10-32 47th Ave., where an unassuming two-story building and… Read more »
March 2, 2019 By Christian Murray The fierce debate over Amazon show no signs of abating. More than 90 community groups penned an open letter yesterday critical of Governor Andrew Cuomo and business leaders who are urging the e-commerce giant to reconsider its decision to no longer build HQ2 in Long Island City. The letter… Read more »
March 1, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, among the central voices against the now-scrapped Amazon project, alleges he was threatened by a local restaurant owner who has been on a personal crusade to bring the e-commerce giant back to Queens. The council member tweeted an image earlier today of a text… Read more »
March 1, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Governor Andrew Cuomo has been attempting, in the weeks since Amazon dropped its plans for Long Island City, to make the company reconsider its decision and return to New York, according to a New York Times report that comes at the same time a lineup of local leaders released… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Plans for the waterfront sites that were to be home to Amazon’s Long Island City campus before the company’s stunning walkout earlier this month are currently being assessed, with some describing the atmosphere around future development of the lots as fundamentally altered in light of the abrupt changes. Amazon… Read more »