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JetBlue, New York’s Official Hometown Airline, Lands at New Headquarters in …
<!– Email Print Twitter Facebook MySpace Delicous Stumble Digg More Destinations… –> The FINANCIAL — JetBlue Airways, New York’s Official Hometown Airline opened its new corporate headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Senator Charles E. Schumer and other top government leaders joined JetBlue’s President and CEO Dave Barger in cutting […]
Decamping to Queens
BY LAURA KUSISTO Some of the happiest office-building landlords these days have been owners of loft buildings in Chelsea, Hudson Square and the Flatiron District, which are in high demand among media and technology tenants. But this demand is forcing out some of the traditional tenants of these neighborhoods, like nonprofits and arts groups. With […]
Long Island Water and Sewer Main Company Offering 10% Discount on Repair and …
First Choice Plumbing in Long Island has been providing complete residential and commercial plumbing and heating services for the last 25 years. Our master plumbers are licensed and insured. Our costumer focus, value quality differentiates us from the competition. Long Island’s First Choice Plumbing Company have the latest plumbing equipments and always do a flawless […]
Cornell Officials Seek Roosevelt Islanders’ Input on Tech Campus
A rendering of the winning Cornell University-Technion design. (Cornell University) ROOSEVELT ISLAND — As Cornell University gears up to build its $2 billion, 11-acre campus on Roosevelt Island, the Ivy League school is “in listening mode,” its president David Skorton told a standing room crowd at a town hall meeting Thursday night. Many Roosevelt Islanders […]
Goldwater Hospital Dan Rosenblum
“Just imagine as you come over on the tram from Manhattan, and you look south at the 11 acres that you’ll see,” said Robert Steel, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development. Steel, one of the leaders of the Bloomberg administration’s attempt to attract a technology campus to the city, went on to describe the […]
Forest Hills merchants struggling after JetBlue departure
Long Island City’s gain is a loss for struggling businesses in central Queens after New York’s hometown airline departed Forest Hills. JetBlue moved about 900 employees from its headquarters on Queens Blvd. and Union Turnpike to a state-of-the-art facility in Queens Plaza last week. And now local merchants that were supported by airline workers are […]
Monroe Tournament roundup: Curtis shocks Xaverian behind Piccirillo’s arm, bat
Immediately after Curtis was run-ruled by Grand Street Campus in its Monroe Tournament opener, the Warriors had the unenviable task of meeting defending CHSAA Class AA city champion Xaverian. On the way to another loss against a citywide powerhouse, however, something out of the ordinary happened: Curtis picked itself off the mat and blanked Xaverian, […]
JetBlue departure leaves void
Long Island City’s gain is a loss for struggling businesses in central Queens after New York’s hometown airline departed Forest Hills. JetBlue moved about 900 employees from its headquarters on Queens Blvd. and Union Turnpike to a state-of-the-art facility in Queens Plaza last week. And now local merchants that were supported by airline workers are […]
"Dutch Kills Green" And JetBlue HQ Ready To Go At Revamped Queens Plaza
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today that the $45 million Queens Plaza Improvement Plaza has wrapped up. The result is a newly landscaped 1.5 acre park with 489 newly planted trees, and the mayor’s office says it’s got non-invasive and drought-tolerant native plantings, wetlands, artist-designed benches and interlocking / permeable pavers to direct storm water to […]
Readers sound off on the G train and calling killers "animals"
G whiz! A subway grand plan Astoria: Queens residents struggle to catch the G train because it has been cut to two stops in the borough. But the G could be rerouted to underserved parts of Long Island City. Build a tunnel under the Steinway/Broadway tunnel and extend the G from its terminus, Court Square, […]
JetBlue Goes Green With Construction of New Corporate Headquarters in Long …
The decision to keep its headquarters in New York City was announced in 2010, setting JetBlue on a journey to combine into one main corporate support center its former Forest Hills, Queens office where more than 900 crewmembers and business partners worked, with its Darien, Conn. office where approximately 70 crewmembers worked. JetBlue’s crewmembers from […]
6 teachers on desk duty for years, but can’t be fired
The city couldn’t fire them — but it won’t let them back in the classroom, either. Six city teachers who were cleared to return to work by arbitrators are instead assigned to desk duty since the city still considers them dangerous. And not unlike the 16 teachers that the chancellor now has set his sights […]
Newsmaker of the week, JetBlue chief David Barger
JetBlue CEO David Barger really knows how to kill the buzz in a room. At the ribbon-cutting for the discount airline’s new Long Island City headquarters this week, Barger essentially squashed hopes the airline would expand service to Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip anytime soon. The problem is aircraft, as in not enough of […]
On Roosevelt Island, Cornell and the city host a feel-good meeting about a …
“Just imagine as you come over on the tram from Manhattan, and you look south at the 11 acres that you’ll see,” said Robert Steel, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development. Steel, one of the leaders of the Bloomberg administration’s attempt to attract a technology campus to the city, went on to describe the […]
April 6: The G train and calling killers "animals"
G whiz! A subway grand plan Astoria: Queens residents struggle to catch the G train because it has been cut to two stops in the borough. But the G could be rerouted to underserved parts of Long Island City. Build a tunnel under the Steinway/Broadway tunnel and extend the G from its terminus, Court Square, […]
JetBlue Lands at new headquarters in Long Island City
JetBlue Airways opened its new corporate headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, senator Charles E. Schumer and other top government leaders joined JetBlue’s president and CEO Dave Barger in cutting the ribbon on the airline’s innovative new home, the latest addition to the vibrant Long Island City community. The decision to […]
JetBlue, New York’s Official Hometown Airline™, Lands at New Headquarters in …
NEW YORK, April 4, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), New York’s Official Hometown Airline, today opened its new corporate headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Senator Charles E. Schumer and other top government leaders joined JetBlue’s President and CEO Dave Barger in cutting the ribbon on the airline’s innovative […]
Huge Rooftop Farm Is Set for Brooklyn
The hydroponic greenhouse, at a former Navy warehouse that the city’s Economic Development Corporation acquired last year, will occupy up to 100,000 square feet of rooftop space. Construction is scheduled to start in the fall, with the first harvest expected next spring. When finished, the greenhouse will rank as the largest rooftop farm in the […]
A Modern Bachelor Pad Turned Family Home by id 810
We’re loving this project, mostly because you’ve done a masterful job of transforming a bland white box into something with character and life. Can you tell us something about where you got your inspiration for the design? Toledo: It’s the white box—we call it the same thing, we run into these spaces all of the […]
YMCA Fundraiser at Court Square Wine & Spirits — April 25
Wednesday, April 25th 2012 at Court Square Wine & Spirits 24-20 Jackson Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 $25 Minimum Donation * SILENT AUCTION *RAFFLE *WINE & SPIRIT TASTINGS *HORS D’OEUVRES *LIVE MUSIC 6pm – 9pm Proceeds to Benefit the Long Island City YMCA Strong Kids Campaign Through a broad range of […]