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Hottest Day Yet to Scorch the City
NEW YORK CITY — An excessive heat warning was in effect all day Saturday until 6 p.m., as highs briefly reached near 100 degrees in some areas of the city for the third day in a row. City dwellers skirted the denser areas for breezier climes in parks like Union Square, where shoppers crowded the […]
From Around the City: Graffiti’s days are numbered
When the 7 train surfaces in Long Island City, straphangers are greeted by an oversize likeness of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. on a hulking warehouse covered in graffiti. Soon they are likely to see two shiny apartment towers. Longtime property owner David Wolkoff wants to replace 5Pointz—a five-story, block-long canvas for graffiti artists for […]
Plans to Raze Graffiti Landmark 5Pointz Move Ahead
Plans are moving ahead to demolish the five-story graffiti landmark in Long Island City known as 5Pointz, where artists have been allowed to paint freely for more than a decade. Building owner David Wolkoff said next year he hopes to begin tearing down the 200,000-square-foot warehouse-cum-canvas that is visible from the No. 7 elevated train […]
New York City being mentioned as potential site for 2024 and 2026 Olympic …
Craig Warga/New York Daily News New York City Controller John Liu is among advocates of New York City again trying to be an Olympic host city. With the Olympic Games that New York lost to London just weeks away, a quiet buzz is building around the potential for another Gotham bid. The U.S. Olympic Committee […]
Three Dead in Queens Triple Shooting
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS — Three men were found shot to death, with two of them sitting inside a double-parked SUV, on a Queens block early Saturday morning, police said. Two men were found riddled with bullets inside the front seats of a Jeep Grand Cherokee at 5:06 a.m. Saturday morning, police said when they responded to […]
Six People Hurt After SUV Slams Into City Bus on Central Park West
UPPER WEST SIDE — An SUV slammed into a city bus at a busy Central Park West intersection Friday afternoon, sending six people to the hospital with minor injuries, fire officials and witnesses said. The northbound M10 bus was stopped on Central Park West at West 75th Street about 2:30 p.m. Friday when a black Escalade […]
MoMA PS1 Dance Party Returns to Long Island City for Summer
QUEENS — Long Island City‘s about to get its fist pump on. Starting this weekend, MoMA PS1 begins its Warm Up series — a showcase of experimental live music, sound, performance, and DJs that will rock in the museum’s courtyard throughout the summer. The series, which celebrates its 15th year, attracts on average 3,000 people […]
Residents of Trenton’s Luther Towers locked out for week-long repairs – The Times of Trenton
TRENTON — Some 200 residents of the Luther Towers apartment building who have been locked out of their homes since a fire two days ago were told today that they will not be allowed back in until next week at the earliest. Firefighters emptied the 12-story building late Wednesday after an explosive electrical fire in […]
‘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 […]
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 […]