Now that Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is apparently leaving Long Island City for a return trip to Manhattan, the issue of millions of dollars in tax breaks given to entice MetLife to come to Queens Plaza five years ago remains in question. More...
First Central Savings Bank kicked off its newest High Net Worth Client product, the First CentralJanney Montgomery Scott Wealth Management, with a special gathering at the First Central branch located at 35-01 30th Ave., Astoria. More...
Kids from six to 60 sprinted to Astoria Park on September 24 to test their grit by participating in the Gloria D'Amico Fun Run/Walk, a 3K run designed to "celebrate and encourage healthy living," organizers said. More...
Legislation to name a Flushing post office in memory of the late Leonard Stavisky has been passed by the House of Representatives, Congressmember Joseph Crowley announced. More...
Courtesy of Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) some 50 local kids were in attendance recently when the Mets nailed their first division title in 18 years. They yelled until they were hoarse. More...
Concerned over the possible move by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company from Long Island City to Manhattan, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney has requested a meeting with the huge firm's top official, C. Robert Henrikson. More...
Workers with a high school education or less earn an average of $24,000 per year while those with at least some college can earn $10,000 a year more. More...
The Queens library resumed Sunday service on September 10 at the Central Library, Jackson Heights Community Library, Elmhurst Community Library and Flushing Library (including the International Resource Center), These libraries will be open from noon More...
Gazette Advertising Director Julian Wager tests one of the accessible voting machines at the Center for Independent Living at Broadway and 23rd Street in Long Island City. More...
BY JOHN TOSCANO
Electronic voting machines came much closer to regular use in elections during the recent primary balloting as machines designed for the disabled proved to be very easy to use. More...
The Dutch Kills Civic Association meeting for September didn't feature any fierce denunciations of Con Edison, since that section of Long Island City was spared the ordeal of nearby neighborhoods that suffered the effects of the mid-July power outage More...
Visit Queens Flushing Library, 41-17 Main St., this fall for an array of fascinating educational and cultural programs. Admission is free to all events and held at the International Resource Center on the 3rd Floor. More...
Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D-Queens/Brooklyn) was joined by local lawmakers and Woodside residents on Monday at a ceremony thanking the Red Cross for its valiant efforts during the July power blackout inWestern Queens. More...
A bill sponsored by Assemblymember Nettie Mayersohn (D-Flushing) which mandates notification of child protection agencies of convictions of crimes against children, rather than leaving the agencies' finding such information by chance, was signed into More...
After 13 years of battling with the state of New York, the Campaign For Fiscal Equity (CFE) is gearing up for a third and final argument before the Court of Appeals on October 10 in Albany. More...
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