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Elected officials in Queens and housing advocates from around the city, citing the need for affordable housing in this borough, called for a major construction initiative on the Queens West development site in Long Island City. More ... Sparked by complaints from Jackson Heights merchants that the ban on Sunday metered parking is hurting business, City Councilmember Helen Sears has filed a bill to lift the ban in some commercially zoned areas and Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) throughout the city. More ... Governor George Pataki berated the Democrat-controlled Assembly last week for refusing to join in his crackdown on gun traffickers, but on the same day the lower house of the legislature signaled agreement on his call for civil confinement of sex offenders and proposed several bills that would get t More ... Republican state committee leaders on Monday disinvited Jeanine Pirro to be their candidate against United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton next year, but voted a lukewarm recommendation to William Weld to be the party More ... In late-developing political news, Congressmember Joseph Crowley appears to have the inside track for taking over the Number 2 spot in the Democratic congressional caucus and Borough President Helen Marshall is girding for a fight to prevent two Queens hospitals from being shut down. More ... Assemblymember Michael Gianaris has abandoned his race for state attorney general in next year More ... Congressmember Anthony Weiner, backed by eight bi-partisan members of Congress, has called on the European Commission to reject a report issued by its representatives in Ramallah which challenges Israel More ... St. Andrew Avellino Church and School, Flushing, held their annual distribution of turkeys and hundreds of pounds of dry and canned goods to needy families November 22. Some 70 turkey-and-trimmings packages were distributed. Fifteen turkeys were sent to Quality Services for the Autistic Community (Q More ... Congressmember Anthony Weiner has demanded that eBay, one of the biggest retailers on the Internet, stop selling fake police badges, citing reports that alleged sexual abuser Peter Braunstein had purchased badges from eBay and was using them to avoid enforcement agents in Ohio. More ... Facing a possible transit strike Friday morning, the MTA yesterday put a new offer on the table, offering the transit union raises totalling 6 percent over a period of 27 months, a change from their previous offer of a two-year contract. More ... On December 5, the Astoria/Long Island City Kiwanis held their annual Christmas Auction at Riccardo%27s by the Bridge. Chairpersons for the event were Linda Perno, Paul A. Vallone, Rose Anne Alafogiannis and Tony Siano; co-chairs were George Perno and Jerry and Anna Kril. This year the group tried s More ... Construction began last week on Carlos Lillo Park in Astoria Heights. It will replace a neighborhood eyesore that was used as a construction storage area and was defaced with graffiti and filled with assorted rubble. More ... Some 200 parents, children, alumni and friends crowded the gymnasium at the Solomon Schechter School of Queens November 13 for a sock hop that marked the kickoff event for the school More ... Gus Antonopoulos, funeral director and owner of Joseph Farenga & Sons Funeral Home, is offering a Candlelight Service of Remembrance to be held on Sunday, December 18, at 2 p.m. in the All Souls Chapel at St. Michael More ... Astoria Dance Centre students will present A Holiday Spectacular on Sunday, December 18, at 3 and 6 p.m. to benefit the dancers, teachers and studio owners affected by recent hurricanes. The event will be held at Natives Theater, 82-22 Northern Blvd., Jackson Heights, 718-335-0780. Tickets are $15 a More ... At approximately 2:55 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, under the direct supervision of Deputy Inspector Brian McCarthy commanding officer of the 114th Precinct, after a month-long investigation into a fencing operation was conducted, a search warrant was executed at A&A Scrap Metals, Inc., located at More ... Congressmember Carolyn Maloney and a bipartisan group of her New York state colleagues have banded together in an effort to have retirement credit extended to National Guard soldiers who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. More ... This past Thanksgiving season, the Pax Christi Club at The Mary Louis Academy ran a winter clothing drive. Every morning for a week prior to the holiday break, students collected men More ... Sa nta came to Broadway last Wednesday, December 7, at 4 p.m to preside at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Most Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church parking lot at the intersection of Broadway and 36th Street. The event, sponsored by the Broadway-Astoria Merchants and Professional More ... With the New Year approaching, the topic I would like to draw attention to is one that I have seen first hand in my role as a high school football coach. The concerns of safety, body image, sss The concerns of safety, body image, sssports training and eating disorders are valid even among young teen More ... Queens can be pleased once again with its vast variety of talent and success. With countless political figures, celebrities and musicians all originating from the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, Queens offers the world everything from Hollywood movies to polka. Yes, the Bohemian More ... Th e new Starbucks at Douglaston Plaza celebrates its grand opening with a special evening of fun for all, on Wednesday, December 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. In order to meet their new neighbors and make the holidays merry and bright, Starbucks partners (employees) will be offering samples of favorite holi More ... An application to allow a physical culture establishment that would include a hotel got a much kinder reception at Land Use hearings in Borough Hall last week than at the November meeting of Community Board 7, when the proposed spa and hotel was derided as a thinly disguised More ... On December 16 the Roberta Wells Conservatory, a non-profit youth organization, will perform dance, drama, cheerleading and acrobatic numbers in a Christmas Recital and Holiday Showcase called, What Child is This? at I.S. 10, 45-11 31st Ave., Astoria. More ... |
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