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Bloomy names new dean at Roosevelt Isle campus
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend While the first phase of the applied sciences campus coming to Roosevelt Island, now called the Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute, will not be done until 2017, the institution now has a provost and dean. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Cornell University officials named […]
After Cuomo’s Teacher Evaluation Triumph, What’s Next?
‘Where next will Governor Andrew Cuomo strike? The most imminent state problem to be fixed is redistricting, and it looks like there’s nothing for the governor to do—a federal judge most likely will get the state legislature off the case, and put a courtappointed master in charge of drawing new election district lines. The details […]
Jittery Neighbors Want To Nix JetBlue’s Giant LIC Sign
The planned sign (JetBlue). Thanks to some sweet tax breaks, JetBlue is staying in the Big Apple and moving to Long Island City. But when they move into their new home next month, they’d really like to make sure nobody misses it. So the company is working the community boards trying to get approval for […]
Queens students, educators call mayor’s schools plan disastrous
While Mayor Bloomberg is insisting that, despite last week’s progress on teacher evaluation negotiations, he will move ahead with plans to close 33 public schools in the city, including eight in Queens, and reopen them this summer with different names and about half the staff replaced, students, educators and legislators are fighting back and urging […]
Hotel to rise on Skillman Ave in Long Island City
The City University of New York (CUNY) is aiming to check in to the borough’s new hotel hotspot. CUNY recently sent out a request for proposal (RFP) to hospitality industry consultants, seeking ideas on how to develop its lot on Skillman Avenue in Long Island City nearLaGuardia Community College — with the goal of building […]
Brooklyn Grange To Build A Rooftop Farm at the Brooklyn Navy Yards
World’s Largest Rooftop Farm To Add Second, Larger Location in Spring 2012 (PRWEB) February 21, 2012 Brooklyn Grange, New York City’s first commercial rooftop farm, will be expanding their operations in the spring of 2012 to the roof of Building No. 3 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Funded in large part by a Green Infrastructure […]
Prison ‘Pen Pal’ Teacher Removed
A Queens elementary school teacher had her class of fifth-graders send holiday cards to her jailed boyfriend – a felon with a taste for child porn. Melissa Dean instructed her students at P.S. 145 in Corona to draw holiday cards – and include their home addresses for John Coccarelli, an inmate at the high-security Groveland […]
Walcott says city listens to parents
At a town hall meeting in Oakland Gardens last week, city Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott discussed topics such as parent involvement and overcrowding with a packed auditorium at MS 74. Community Education Council 26 President Jeanette Segal reminded those who had come to meet the city’s top education official of Feb. 15, that the week […]
JetBlue Wants Huge Sign at LIC HQ
NYPOST.COM | NEWSCORE – JetBlue wants to light up the New York skyline with its iconic blue logo — but it must first clear layers of city red tape before taking off. The airline, which will next month move its corporate headquarters to Long Island City, an up-and-coming Queens neighborhood, plans to erect a 40-foot […]
Mike Bloomberg: Libraries Aren’t Just About Books, They’re Places to Find Jobs!
Sam LevinMayor Mike Bloomberg announces library partnership, alongside Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, left.Yes, books and reading and anything that involves words on actual paper are totally screwed. But that doesn’t mean New York City libraries aren’t valuable! That was kind of the message behind Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s announcement this morning that he is expanding […]
JetBlue Seeking OK for Huge Sign at New Long Island City Headquarters
NYPOST.COM | NEWSCORE – JetBlue wants to light up the New York skyline with its iconic blue logo — but it must first clear layers of city red tape before taking off. The airline, which will next month move its corporate headquarters to Long Island City, an up-and-coming Queens neighborhood, plans to erect a 40-foot […]
Knife terror aboard N train
Knife terror aboard N train A crazed subway panhandler pulled a knife and threatened a straphanger on a crowded train yesterday before being subdued by a good Samaritan and held until cops arrived, authorities and witnesses said. The 35-year-old woman boarded the Manhattan-bound N train at around 6:40 p.m. at Queensboro Plaza and began asking for […]
Brooklyn Grange To Build A Rooftop Farm at the Brooklyn Navy Yards
World’s Largest Rooftop Farm To Add Second, Larger Location in Spring 2012 (PRWEB) February 21, 2012 Brooklyn Grange, New York City’s first commercial rooftop farm, will be expanding their operations in the spring of 2012 to the roof of Building No. 3 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Funded in large part by a Green Infrastructure […]
Writer Bobby Cassidy Special Guest Speaker At Tuesday’s Ring 8 Meeting
NEW YORK, NY (February 19, 2012) – Veteran boxing writer Bobby Cassidy will be the special guest speaker for Ring 8’s monthly meeting this Tuesday evening (Feb. 21 @ 7 PM/ET at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City. Cassidy is a well-known reporter for Newsday, as well as a playwright for the popular off-Broadway play, Kid […]
Plane in the neck
JetBlue wants to light up the New York skyline with its iconic blue logo — but it must first clear layers of city red tape before taking off. The airline, which will move its corporate headquarters to Long Island City next month, plans to erect a 40-foot lighted sign on the rooftop of its new […]
Ferries Hit by Winter Chill
By TED MANN Officials who launched the city’s East River Ferry service last summer say they always expected ridership to dip in winter, as tourists dwindled and chilly temperatures made a $4 commute across open water less appealing to locals. And it dipped significantly. Average daily ridership on the ferry fell by nearly 50% from […]
Sirona to Present at the Citigroup 2012 Global Health Care Conference on …
Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:50pm EST
Bobby Cassidy special guest at Ring 8 meeting
This Tuesday at 7p ET in Long Island City Veteran boxing writer Bobby Cassidy will be the special guest speaker for Ring 8′s monthly meeting this Tuesday evening (Feb. 21 @ 7 PM/ET at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City. Cassidy is a well-known reporter for Newsday, as well as a playwright for […]
YULAN LIU v. HOLDER
Petitioner Yulan Liu, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of a November 9, 2010 order of the BIA affirming the December 8, 2008 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Brigitte Laforest denying Liu’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Yulan Liu, No. […]
Queens residents grow weary of film production
NEW YORK (WABC) — New York City is the production base for more than 20 prime time series, and city officials say TV and movie shoots pump $5 billion into the economy. But in Long Island City, Queens, residents are growing weary of lights, camera, action. Residents want to make it clear that they are […]