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De Blasio to Host Town Hall in Long Island City
Mayor de Blasio at a town hall meeting in Queens in 2016. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Katie Honan LONG ISLAND CITY — Residents will be able to get some face time with Bill de Blasio next week — without leaving the neighborhood. The mayor will hold a town hall meeting at Queens Vocational and Technical High […]
Activists chain themselves to delivery trucks at Long Island City bakery for #DayWithoutBread
Tom Cat Bakery workers who have been thrust to the center of discussions regarding recent immigration policies are holding a daylong walk out on Friday to protest an impending mass firing of more than a dozen workers after a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) audit last month. Employees, along with nonprofit Brandworkers, organized a “Day Without Bread” in […]
Town hall meeting with de Blasio scheduled for Long Island City …
GMaps March 16, By Christian Murray The Department of Consumer Affairs has filed charges against Major World, a Northern Boulevard-based auto dealership, claiming that the company has been using deceptive and illegal practices to profit from consumers. The DCA claims that the firm has a long-standing practice of luring unsuspecting consumers, particularly those with limited […]
City’s first Girl Scout troop for homeless girls established in Long Island City shelter
Courtesy Van Bramer’s office Twenty-two girls living in a shelter for homeless families in Long Island City are members of the first Girl Scouts troop for the homeless in the city. By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The lives of 22 girls living in […]
Burglars Steal $5K in Construction Equipment From Van Parked in LIC: NYPD
Police are looking for two men who stole more than $5,000 worth of equipment from a van parked on a street in Queens earlier this month. View Full Caption NYPD LONG ISLAND CITY — Police are looking for two men who stole more than $5,000 worth of equipment from a van parked on a street […]
Long Island City bakery workers threatened after immigration audit to hold ‘Day Without Bread’
Employees at a Long Island City bakery who were threatened to be fired by management after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted a raid in March are calling for the city residents to go a “Day Without Bread” on Friday. Tom Cat Bakery, located at 43-05 10th St., sent a letter to 30 of its employees on March 15 to […]
Town hall meeting with de Blasio scheduled for Long Island City next week
Bill de Blasio April 19, By Hannah Wulkan Mayor Bill de Blasio will be coming to Long Island City next week for a town hall meeting to address community concerns. The town hall meeting will be held on April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Queens Vocational and Technical High School at 37-02 47th Avenue […]
Fundraiser at Bar 43 for Long Island City-based non-profit focused on suicide prevention
April 17, By Hannah Wulkan A local suicide prevention center is looking to raise awareness of its presence in the neighborhood, while raising funds through a trivia night and happy hour next weekend. The trivia night fundraiser next weekend will go to benefit Pieta House, an Irish non-profit dedicated to suicide and self-harm prevention that […]
Astoria Ferry route, which incorporates new LIC stop, begins August
April 17, By Hannah Wulkan The new Citywide Ferry boats will begin sailing in and out of a new Long Island City dock in August. Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomed the first three of 20 new ferryboats at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park earlier today, and announced the schedules and timetables for the launch of the new ferry system […]
Go down memory lane with this exhibit on The Floating Hospital, a Long Island City institution
An upcoming art exhibit in Long Island City will showcase memorabilia from the 150-year-old Floating Hospital that has not been displayed publicly. The Floating Hospital (TFH), founded in 1886, is one of the city’s oldest health care charities. It provides primary health care to domestic violence survivors living in safe houses and families living in homeless […]
Fundraiser at Bar 43 for Long Island City-based non-profit focused …
April 17, By Hannah Wulkan A local suicide prevention center is looking to raise awareness of its presence in the neighborhood, while raising funds through a trivia night and happy hour next weekend. The trivia night fundraiser next weekend will go to benefit Pieta House, an Irish non-profit dedicated to suicide and self-harm prevention that […]
5Pointz Artists Headed to Trial Over Whitewashed Graffiti
Tourists at graffiti arts center 5Pointz in Long Island City before it was torn down. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — The graffiti artists whose works were painted over at the former 5Pointz site four years ago are headed to court to determine if they’re entitled to compensation for the destroyed street […]
Watch these films for free on the Long Island City waterfront at Socrates Sculpture Park
One of the longest running summer film festivals takes place in Long Island City and this year Outdoor Cinema at Socrates Sculpture Park will present 8 movies that celebrate the cultural diversity of Queens. Now in its 19th season, the festival will feature eight weeks of movies from July through August from an array of […]
Gantry Park sports field to open earlier each day after request from Long Island City parents
Updated April 11, 4:40 p.m. Long Island City parents called on the State Parks Department to open a track and soccer field at Gantry State Park an hour earlier so that students and adults can squeeze in more recreational time. And soon after, the State Parks Department complied — starting on April 17 the field […]
Gov. Cuomo and Hillary Clinton visit Long Island City to enact tuition-free state college law
New York became the first state in the country to provide tuition-free education at two- and four-year public colleges on April 11. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City to enact the Excelsior Scholarship, which will provide tuition-free state college for families making $100,000 or less in annual income. He was joined […]
Gantry Park sports field to open earlier each day after request from …
Updated April 11, 4:40 p.m. Long Island City parents called on the State Parks Department to open a track and soccer field at Gantry State Park an hour earlier so that students and adults can squeeze in more recreational time. And soon after, the State Parks Department complied — starting on April 17 the field […]
20-block stretch of pothole-riddled 21st Street in Long Island City will be paved
One of the busiest and most bumpy thoroughfares in Long Island City will receive much needed repairs starting this week. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer announced on April 11 that 21st Street will be milled and resurfaced by the Department of Design and Construction (DDC). The project will begin at the intersection of 21st Street and Broadway and end […]
Governor Cuomo and Hillary Clinton visit Long Island City to enact tuition-free state college law
New York became the first state in the country to provide tuition-free education at two- and four-year public colleges on April 11. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City to enact the Excelsior Scholarship, which will provide tuition-free state college for families making $100,000 or less in annual income. He was joined […]
Long Island City parents want the Gantry Park sports field opened …
Long Island City parents are calling on the State Parks Department to open a track and soccer field at Gantry State Park an hour earlier so that students and adults can squeeze in more recreational time. Located on Center Boulevard and 47th Avenue, the sports field used for joggers and soccer and baseball fans officially […]
Long Island City parents want the Gantry Park sports field opened earlier for students
Long Island City parents are calling on the State Parks Department to open a track and soccer field at Gantry State Park an hour earlier so that students and adults can squeeze in more recreational time. Located on Center Boulevard and 47th Avenue, the sports field used for joggers and soccer and baseball fans officially […]