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Uber drivers rallied Monday outside the company’s headquarters in Queens, protesting the ride-hailing service’s decision to cut fares by 15 percent. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — Uber drivers rallied Monday outside the company’s headquarters in Queens, protesting the ride-hailing service’s decision to cut fares by 15 percent. The cheaper rides — […]

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BY MICHAEL STOLER It is a place which is considered to be the fastest growing neighborhood in the city, at the geographic center of NYC, just a few minutes from Midtown Manhattan. One of the most vibrant business communities in the city and the largest manufacturing centers in New York City, has more than 6,300 […]

Polo Ralph Lauren will be the newest tenant at The Factory in Long Island City, according to a published report. The company is leasing a 19,105-square-foot space at 30-30 47th Ave., a 1.1-million-square-foot building that, in 1926, acted as a furniture warehouse for Macy’s, according to its website. Polo Ralph Lauren signed the nine-year lease to house a photo […]

Hakimian signs 99-year ground lease for LIC warehouse 24,000 resi units and 31 hotels planned for the neighborhood February 01, 2016 05:10PM 44-16 23rd Street in Long Island City (inset: Ben Hakimian) The Hakimian Organization, a Midtown-based landlord and developer, is expanding its reach in Long Island City with the ground lease of a two-story, 22,254-square-foot commercial building […]

The 15 percent price drop for Uber rides in the city took effect Friday morning. View Full Caption Mike Dotta/Shutterstock.com Your Uber ride now costs less. Fifteen percent less, the ride-hailing company announced in an email to users Friday morning, when reduced prices for UberX and UberXL services went into effect at 7 a.m. The price drop, first reported by […]

The community includes 130 apartment units, 6,000 square feet of retail space and a 50-space parking garage. New York—Weiss Realty has acquired the 17-story Crescent Club apartment property in New York for $97 million. The seller was Bonjour Capital, which has owned the property for more than two years, but all together Crescent Club has […]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The city that never sleeps began moving once again on Sunday. Officials lifted a rare ban on all road travel in New York City and Long Island. The travel ban also included closing all Hudson River crossings. The ban expired at 7 a.m. LINKS: Latest| Radar | Travel Guide | Airports | Live Blog […]

The Class A multifamily property is located in the Long Island City area of Queens and was sold to Weiss Realty for $97 million. NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Investment Sales, the commercial property sales division of Meridian Capital Group, has negotiated the sale of Crescent Club. The Class A multifamily property is located in […]

Brooklyn, N.Y. (Monday, Jan. 25, 2016) – Ronson Frank’s Uprising Promotions returns to action this week for Friday Night Fights, which will be going down at the Five Star Banquet Hall in Long Island City on Friday evening. Headlining the card will be a 10-round women’s bout for the WBC Women’s Silver Middleweight Championship, featuring […]