January 3, By Hannah Wulkan
Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a new proposal this morning at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City that would make SUNY and CUNY college tuition free to all middle class families.
Cuomo announced the new Excelsior Scholarship program,…
December 30, By Christian Murray
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign issued its 18th annual “State of the Subways” Report Card yesterday and rated the 7 train first equal– along with the 1 and the L– as the best of 20 subway lines.…
December 30, By Christian Murray
A Long Island City man who bought a CASH4LIFE
ticket at the bodega he owns in Bayside last month drew the winning numbers and will be receiving $1,000 a day for the rest of his life.…
December 30, By Christian Murray
A restaurant that combines Hawaiian cuisine with Asian spices opened in Hunters Point last week.
PokeLICious, located at 5-37 51st Ave, takes over the space that was occupied by the Beer Closet and offers poke,…
December 28, Staff Report
The police released a photo yesterday of a man who allegedly tried to rob a woman in Long Island City in February.
The man, who has been identified as Hymi Myers, is wanted for trying to grab a 33-year-old woman’s keys and cellphone while she was walking in the vicinity of 44th Drive and 23rd Street at around 1:00 am Sunday,…
December 26, Staff Report
The owner of the former Teamsters building on Jackson Avenue will soon be demolishing the one-story structure.
Demolition permits were filed by Circle F Capital, the owners of the 22-43 Jackson Avenue site, with the Department of Buildings December 22.…
December 23, By Christian Murray
Developers are being granted zoning variances by the Building Standards & Appeals with little regard to community board recommendations, civic groups or elected leaders, several council members said last week.
Last week the city council Committee on Governmental Operations heard 10 bills introduced by legislators who want to rein in the BSA,…
December 21, By Hannah Wulkan
The Durst Organization’s recent purchase of the clock tower property in Queens Plaza has reignited concerns from local politicians about the scale of development in that section of Long Island City.
Durst announced last week that it would be developing a 70-story tower at the 29-37 41st Avenue site,…
December 21, By Christian Murray
Plans to convert an old warehouse next door to Communitea on 46th Road into a 23-unit apartment building have been modified.
The development company Caerus Group had filed plans with the Dept. of Building in June seeking approval to convert and expand a two-story industrial building at 11-20 46th Road into a four story residential building.…
December 20, By Hannah Wulkan
A scale model of the new ferries that will be floating along the East River next year is making the rounds through the city to tout the features of the new ferry program, beginning in Queens.…