Feb. 14, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez A deal brokered three months ago that named Long Island City home to one of Amazon’s newest campuses has now collapsed after the company called off its plans earlier today in a striking announcement met with both exaltation and fury across the spectrum. The Seattle-based company, in a lengthy… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Amazon has pulled out of its plans to build a campus in Long Island City, the company said today in a bombshell announcement. The e-commerce giant released a lengthy statement on its blog earlier this morning that said the reasoning was tied to the opposition the project faced since… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2019 Staff Report Police have released surveillance video of the Feb. 12 shooting in Flushing that left a 31-year-old Long Island City resident dead at the hands of an unidentified suspect. The video, released yesterday, purports to show the suspect lurching toward the victim, Xin Gu, as he opened the door of a… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez (Updated 3/07) Long Island City could soon be home to yet another large tower, with a 45-story development planned in the heart of Court Square. The proposed tower would rise at the southeast corner of 23rd Street and 45th Avenue, immediately adjacent to the elevated 7 line tracks and… Read more »
Feb. 12, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A Long Island City man was shot dead in front of a metal shop in Flushing early this morning. Xin Gu, 31, who lived at 45-40 Center Blvd., was shot multiple times in front of 131-01 Fowler Ave. at around 2:35 a.m., police said. Police arrived on the scene and… Read more »
Feb. 12, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Amid steady, vocal opposition to Amazon’s plans for a Long Island City campus, a new wave of efforts have been underway by local business owners and civic leaders in an attempt to showcase the broader narrative on the ground toward the e-commerce giant’s development. Recent days have seen the… Read more »
Feb. 12, 2019 Staff Report A lineup of public advocate candidates will be in Long Island City tonight at a forum geared towards Amazon’s plans to build part of its second headquarters in the neighborhood. The forum will be held at the New York Irish Center at 7 p.m., and is organized by a cohort… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez A public meeting will be held later this month on a developer’s joint plan with the city to install a small, seasonal seating area along a Jackson Avenue curb—a project that has received some pushback from Community Board 2. The meeting, scheduled for Feb. 26 at PS 1 MoMA,… Read more »
March 8, 2019 , By Staff Report Long Island City-based realtor Ivan Palov has recently left a citywide brokerage firm to form his own real estate company, named after the neighborhood that he calls home. The new firm, Luxury Apartments LIC, was formed in mid-January, and focuses on residential sales, rentals, and property management within… Read more »
Feb. 8, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Amazon is reconsidering its plan to locate one of its new headquarters in Long Island City due to the heavy opposition the project has faced locally, especially by politicians, according to a report published today by the Washington Post. The paper cited “two people familiar with the company’s thinking,”… Read more »