Dec. 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Amazon faced a litany of hard questions and criticism from the City Council during its first oversight hearing held earlier today that aimed to uncover how the tech giant’s controversial headquarters deal between the city and state came to be. The hearing, attended by Amazon executives and representatives from… Read more »
Dec. 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The city and state have at last announced the formation of a Community Advisory Committee—a group of 45 members largely comprised of Long Island City figures—put together as part of Amazon’s planned headquarters project. The committee, formally announced on Tuesday, has been set up to help gather and provide… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The city and state offered dozens of Long Island City sites as part of its pitch to lure Amazon’s HQ2 to the neighborhood, according to a new batch of documents released last night. Officials presented Amazon with 30 “first-class” sites on the waterfront and in Court Square that Amazon… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2018 Staff Report Join Snoopy, Pig Pen, Schroeder, and the whole Peanuts gang as they discover the true reason for the season. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” returns to The Secret Theatre in Long Island City for 16 shows between Friday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 30. Back for the third year in a… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Development continues in Long Island City, as plans have recently been filed for a four-story building on Vernon Boulevard. The plans, filed with the Department of Buildings on Dec. 5, call for 15-unit development at 47-01 Vernon Blvd., the current site of a one-story brick building. The new building… Read more »
Dec. 7, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Queens residents and activists turned out in full force to Community Board 2’s monthly meeting yesterday to demand that the board say no to Amazon’s headquarter plans and back down from even considering negotiations with the tech giant. The packed meeting hall saw more than two hours of testimony… Read more »
Dec. 6, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Yotel, the trendy hotel chain, is set to open a branch in Long Island City in just a few years time. The company announced Tuesday that it will open a 178-room hotel some blocks north of the Queensboro Bridge in 2020, and marks the second New York City location… Read more »
Dec. 5, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A new poll has found that Queens residents approve of Amazon building new headquarters in Long Island City—in stark contrast to the backlash and anti-Amazon rhetoric expressed by many borough officials and groups over the plan. The Quinnipiac University Poll released today shows that Queens residents are not only… Read more »
Dec. 4, 2018 By Alexa Beyer Chaos erupted Monday night at CUNY’s Board of Trustees public hearing when students who came to protest the University’s recently announced partnership with Amazon were shut down. The Dec. 3 hearing at LaGuardia Community College was the Board’s first since Amazon’s announcement last month that it had chosen Long… Read more »
Dec. 4, 2018 By Christian Murray Borough President Melinda Katz is in the running for Queens District Attorney, with the life-long Queens resident launching her campaign in Forest Hills on Tuesday. Katz made the announcement at MacDonald Park this morning, and is looking to replace District Attorney Richard A. Brown, who is up for re-election… Read more »