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Mayor Bloomberg says restaurant letter grades are preventing food poisoning
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Those letter grades in restaurant windows are making a big difference, Mayor Bloomberg says. View full sizeAssociated PressHealth Commissioner Thomas Farley post the first “A” grade award for sanitary conditions on the window of Spark’s Deli in Long Island City in 2010. Salmonella infections, which are considered an important indicator of […]
Cyclists push for more bike lanes in Queens
Cyclists could soon see more bike lanes, bike parking and sharing programs in western Queens — if the city rolls with their suggestions. About 40 avid bicyclists met with city officials and local leaders recently to brainstorm ways to make Community Board 2, which covers Sunnyside, Woodside and swaths of Long Island City, more bike-friendly. […]
Free & Cheap in New York: Wed., March 7
WHAT’S ‘GREY’ AND READ ALL OVER? Award-winning author Kevin Young will read from “The Grey Album,” his new collection of lyrical essays on African-American music, storytelling and literature, at the powerHouse Arena. 7 p.m. Free. 37 Main St., Brooklyn. (718) 666-3049. REEL-LIFE STORIES. Le Poisson Rouge hosts “Vol. 1 Brooklyn Presents: The Greatest 3-Minute Movie […]
Songza Makes Music Streaming More User-Personalized
Image via CrunchBase Following the footsteps of music-content streaming giants such as Pandora and Spotify, Long Island City startup Songza plans to cater to the shift away from downloads, but also hopes to bring something more to the table. What sets their application apart is a feature called music concierge, which compiles lists of songs […]
Forever Cheese Sets The Bar For Carbonfund.org’s Earth Day 2012 Promotion
by Forever Cheese Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 3:17PM EST Bethesda, MD and Long Island City, NY – The Carbonfund.org Foundation is proud to announce Forever Cheese as the launch partner for our Earth Day 2012 Promotion. With Carbonfund.org’s plant two-get one free tree planting promotion, 7,500 trees have already been planted. Earth Day […]
Off the Menu
Openings DANS LE NOIR? Dining in the pitch dark, while you are being served by waiters who are blind or visually impaired, is the concept that Edouard de Broglie established for the Dans Le Noir? restaurants in Europe. The long-awaited New York version has opened. Guests enter a large lighted bar and reception area where […]
Stalled LIC condo set to hit market in April
From left: Doron Zwickel, executive vice president at Core, and a rendering of One Murray Park Construction on a once-stalled condominium project in Long Island City is back on track and the development is set to launch sales in early April, according to Core, the building’s exclusive marketing agent. One Murray Park, at 11-25 45th […]
Allen Communication Partners with JetBlue
Allen Communication Partners with JetBlue by PR or News Wire 06 March 2012— JetBlue University, the corporate university of JetBlue Airways, has partnered with Allen Communication Learning Services to develop their first internal mobile device solution, an Interactive map of their new Long Island Support Center (LSC) in Long Island City, NY. JetBlue University, with […]
North Shore-LIJ, HackensackUMC Announce Strategic Alliance
Hackensack University Health Network and the North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced an agreement to establish a strategic alliance. The agreement enables North Shore-LIJ to establish its first formal relationship in New Jersey, while providing Hackensack University Health Network its first formal entre into New York City and Long Island. “Both parties have recognized the […]
Allen Communication Helps Jet Blue University Crewmembers Navigate New Facility
“Fitting an interactive map into a small cell phone or tablet screen had unique challenges,” said Murry Christensen, Director of Learning Technologies and Administration, at JetBlue University. “The ability to scroll, zoom and pan to easily find the on-map resources was key in helping users orientate themselves in the space and then identify their destination […]
Closure hearing: Long Island City High School
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‘Sex and the City’ prequel pilot, ‘Carrie Diaries’, will begin filming in NYC …
The highly anticipated CW pilot, The Carries Diaries, will begin filming in NYC this month. According to a recent casting call, The Carrie Diaries will be shooting in New York City on 3/24 and 3/25 (with fittings happening this week). The casting call was looking for men and women, ages 18-70. The pilot will star […]
New York City Private Investigators, Eye Q Investigations Announce the Launch …
New York City Long Island Private Investigators, Eye Q investigations releases 2 new websites. Baldwin, NY (PRWEB) March 05, 2012 New York City Long Island Private Investigators, Eye Q Investigations recently announced the launch of 2 new websites. The reason for the 2 websites is to promote to two different areas Long Island New York […]
Songza’s Music Strategy Poised to Disrupt Pandora, Spotify, iTunes
João-Pierre S. Ruth3/5/12Leave a CommentFollow @jpruth The team at Songza in Long Island City is chasing a trend in the music world: They’re moving away from downloads and towards streaming content. And the Songza folks are hoping their platform, which curates song lists for users, can stifle the likes of larger Internet music player Pandora. To leverage […]
How FreshDirect Delivers Misery Along With Your Groceries–And How Workers and …
New York City, like most of the country, is hurting for jobs—good jobs that pay a living wage and provide benefits so that people can support their families. Yet billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with Governor Andrew Cuomo and Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr., is about to hand over $129 million in public money, […]
Derelict LIC construction site continues to stagnate
A stagnant construction project on Long Island City’s waterfront is showing little promise of moving ahead anytime soon, sources with knowledge of the project said. Owners of the property at 44-02 Vernon Blvd., the former site of an oil refinery, have been remediating the lot since 2004, a state environmental official said. The process included […]
Carwash Workers in New York City Plan Union Drive
His bosses have often paid him and the other carwash workers less than minimum wage and have cheated them on overtime pay, Mr. Nicolas said. The workers, he said, are not provided with protective gear but are forced to use caustic cleaners that burn their eyes and noses. Community organizers say these kinds of violations […]
Legacy of 2006 blackout yielding green projects
The legacy of the 2006 blackout that crippled parts of western Queens for days is being forged in some unusual environmentally friendly ways. Discarded cooking oil, once dumped into city sewers, is being shipped off to a recycling plant where it is transformed into bio fuel. Concrete has been chipped away to allow planting of […]
The Queens World Film Festival
Thursday night marked the opening of the Queens World Film Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. Running from March 1st through March 4th, the festival will showcase about 130 international films, organized into 34 program blocks, and shown at three different theater venues across Queens. There is also a closing […]