March 25, 2023 By Zach Gewelb A 29-year-old man was hospitalized after jumping in front of a northbound 7 train at the Hunters Point Avenue station in Long Island City on Friday, March 24. 7 trains are running with extensive delays in both directions after emergency teams responded to a person who was struck by… Read more »
March 23, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Long Island City became “Sex and the City” for a short time last week. A TV sequel to “Sex and The City,” the hit romantic-comedy drama series, was filmed in the Queens Plaza area of the neighborhood on Friday, March 17, where Emmy Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon featured in… Read more »
March 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Long Island City-based tech startup Datalogz announced it raised $2.3 million in seed funding after successful pilots with Fortune 500 companies. Datalogz is a Business Intelligence Ops platform that aims to end analytics sprawl. Companies today have an ever-growing pile of reports on data and while the abundance provides… Read more »
March 22, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A shocking video has been posted online showing an enraged couple violently attacking a man in the middle of a Woodside road on March 17, with the woman pummeling the bloodied victim in the head with a baseball bat and her boyfriend then appearing to stab him in the… Read more »
March 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Through the New York Entertainment Workforce Diversity Grant Program, LaGuardia Community College is receiving a $205,000 grant to recruit, hire, promote, develop, and train a diverse and inclusive workforce for New York’s motion picture and television industry. With its campus in Long Island City, LaGuardia Community College is just a… Read more »
Tuesday, March 21 By Bill Parry New York’s hometown airline has a disgruntled faction among its hometown workforce. Over 100 JetBlue flight attendants and members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 579 rallied outside the air carrier’s Long Island City corporate headquarters Monday. During an informational picket, flight attendants called on JetBlue to provide… Read more »
March 21, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Sunnyside Shines will kick off its annual Restaurant Week Wednesday with an all-time record of 46 eateries slated to participate in the event. Sunnyside Restaurant Week, now in its eleventh year, is scheduled to take place from March 22 through April 3, and food lovers will get a chance… Read more »
March 20, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An SUV exploded into flames and rocked Long Island City on Monday – though it was all part of a scene for the hit TV series, “Law and Order: Organized Crime” starring Christopher Meloni. The dramatic scene took place in front of CUNY School of Law on Crescent Street… Read more »
March 20, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Community Board 2 has called on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would make it easier to convert commercial buildings to residential use and lift density restrictions in order to tackle the housing crisis. The measures, if passed into law, would pave the way for vacant or unused commercial… Read more »
March 17, 2023 By Bill Parry In a sure sign the MTA is about to embark on a long-awaited project to renovate subway stations along the elevated 7 train from Woodside to Corona, RockFarmer Properties announced Judlau Contracting LLC has signed a long-term lease for office space at Heritage Tower in Jackson Heights. Judlau Contracting,… Read more »