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‘Transfer’ schools offer at-risk students a second chance
For some Queens high school graduates this year, the commencement ceremony represents achieving the previously impossible. But the special schools that made it happen often are tarred with bad marks due to federal standards that overlook their value, school administrators and education experts say. Ryan Rodriguez, 19, of Corona, attributes his success to North Queens […]
Long Island City’s Rapid Growth Documented in Photo Exhibit
LONG ISLAND CITY —When rapid growth started transforming the neighborhood about a decade ago, Frank Carrado, 82, a lifelong resident who knows “every rock here,” realized a lot of the old buildings of the industrialized area would soon be gone. So when his daughter gave him a simple digital camera in 2005, he decided to […]
How To Enjoy An Outdoor Concert On A Potentially 100-Degree Day Without …
Tomorrow is a big day for outdoor live music in New York City! The CBGB Festival is throwing a free show in Times Square with Superchunk, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Hold Steady, and Seattle Weekly columnist Duff McKagan’s Loaded; it’s also sponsoring the SummerStage show at Central Park with Guided By Voices, The […]
Best Macarons – Little Ovens
At Jackson and 11th near the Pulaski. Little Ovens was voted tops on the NY Times.
Bridge cop: I deal drugs
A dirty MTA Bridges and Tunnels cop and his pusher spouse admitted yesterday to dealing drugs from inside their Staten Island home, authorities said. Thomas Bianco, 40, and his wife, Jennifer, 38, face up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. Bianco was busted in uniform […]
‘Crossing the Line’ Festival Announces Fall Lineup
The Essex Street Market on Manhattan’s Lower East Side; Christ Church in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn; and the Chocolate Factory in Long Island City are among the venues to be used for a festival of interdisciplinary works and performances by artists from around the world this fall. This sixth annual edition of the program, called “Crossing […]
Trenton apartment tower to get power back following fire and evacuation – The Times of Trenton
TRENTON — Power could be restored to the Luther Towers apartment building as soon as this afternoon following a two-alarm fire that knocked out the electricity and forced about 200 senior residents to evacuate, the building’s property management company said. “We have contractors working over there right now,” said Abraham Philip, controller for Alma Trenton […]
Trenton apartment tower to get power back following fire and evacuation – The Times of Trenton
TRENTON — Power could be restored to the Luther Towers apartment building as soon as this afternoon following a two-alarm fire that knocked out the electricity and forced about 200 senior residents to evacuate, the building’s property management company said. “We have contractors working over there right now,” said Abraham Philip, controller for Alma Trenton […]
Arbitrator rules for teachers unions
Teachers unions scored a big victory against the Department of Education Friday afternoon. An independent arbitrator assigned to mediate a dispute between the UFT and the Council of Supervisors Administrators and the DOE has ruled that the city’s move to shut down low-performing schools and lay off half of their faculty and administration violated contracts […]
Arbitrator rules for teachers unions
Teachers unions scored a big victory against the Department of Education Friday afternoon. An independent arbitrator assigned to mediate a dispute between the UFT and the Council of Supervisors Administrators and the DOE has ruled that the city’s move to shut down low-performing schools and lay off half of their faculty and administration violated contracts […]
Residents: State’s garbage ruling stinks
Residents who live near the Fresh Pond railroad yards are livid over a ruling last week by the state Department of Environmental Conservation that will greatly increase the amount of city trash that gets shipped through Maspeth, Glendale and Middle Village. The DEC has given approval for Waste Management to increase the amount of garbage […]
Residents: State’s garbage ruling stinks
Residents who live near the Fresh Pond railroad yards are livid over a ruling last week by the state Department of Environmental Conservation that will greatly increase the amount of city trash that gets shipped through Maspeth, Glendale and Middle Village. The DEC has given approval for Waste Management to increase the amount of garbage […]
Occupy Wall Street protests Citi Bank
“I used to work on Wall Street. Don’t throw stones at me,” joked former business analyst Alexis Goldstein at a demonstration outside the Citigroup building in Long Island City, on June 25. Goldstein, a keynote speaker in the Occupy Wall Street movement and former vice president at Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank,addressed a small crowd […]
Occupy Wall Street protests Citi Bank
“I used to work on Wall Street. Don’t throw stones at me,” joked former business analyst Alexis Goldstein at a demonstration outside the Citigroup building in Long Island City, on June 25. Goldstein, a keynote speaker in the Occupy Wall Street movement and former vice president at Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank,addressed a small crowd […]
Pop/Rock Listings for July 6-12
Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. Joseph Arthur (Saturday) His Lonely Astronaut record label is well named: Mr. Arthur’s spare folk songwriting shares a solemn yet roving bend. His latest record, “The Graduation Ceremony,” is certainly more elegantly wounded than his laissez-faire alt-folk supergroup Fistful of Mercy […]
Pop/Rock Listings for July 6-12
Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. Joseph Arthur (Saturday) His Lonely Astronaut record label is well named: Mr. Arthur’s spare folk songwriting shares a solemn yet roving bend. His latest record, “The Graduation Ceremony,” is certainly more elegantly wounded than his laissez-faire alt-folk supergroup Fistful of Mercy […]
Click here for an offbeat experience
A new generation of travel-sharing Web sites matches travelers with knowledgeable locals for offbeat, authentic and mostly very economical experiences — across the globe or across town. Witness, for example, Kieren Wuest, a business analyst from Sydney, Australia, who was in San Francisco not long ago for work. On his one morning off, Mr. Wuest, […]
Click here for an offbeat experience
A new generation of travel-sharing Web sites matches travelers with knowledgeable locals for offbeat, authentic and mostly very economical experiences — across the globe or across town. Witness, for example, Kieren Wuest, a business analyst from Sydney, Australia, who was in San Francisco not long ago for work. On his one morning off, Mr. Wuest, […]
Watch out New York! Big Soda is on the attack.
The masterminds at Coke, Pepsi and so forth are definitely putting their dollars to work to resist any efforts to curtail The Freedom To Be Fat. ——– Original Message ——– Subject: New Yorkers for Beverage Choices Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:45:12 +0000 From: Steinberg, Jesse <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Hi Amol, I wanted […]
Officers Elected At LIC Chamber Luncheon
The Long Island City Chamber of Commerce held what Arthur Rosenfield, its newly-elected president, estimated was its sixth luncheon, near the end of June. At the luncheon, chamber members got officers elected and resolved to get quotes on insurance for the chamber and file for incorporation. A couple of guests addressed those gathered for the […]