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BY RICHARD GENTILVISO 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 ...
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 ...
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 ... Dutch Kills Civic Eyes Possible Hotels Warily BY THOMAS COGAN 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. One issue that does trouble Dutch Kills is the p More ...
LIZ GOFF D utch Kills Civic Association President Gerald Walsh is an angry man. More ...
Liz Goff 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 ... Summer Blackout Heads Agenda At Board 1 Cabinet BY THOMAS COGAN Most groups meeting in Northwest Queens after the summer break couldn't help but talk a lot about the mid-July power outage. Community Board 1's cabinet meeting, held as usual in the Kaufman Astoria Studios commissary, welcomed a speaker from Con Edison who mainly outlined the huge effort expended t 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 ... Hot Topics At The Library IRC 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 ... 50 Young Fans See Mets Clinch Division 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 ... Crowley Says 'Thank You' To Red Cross 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 ... Maloney To MetLife: 'Stay Put In LIC' 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 ... Mayersohn's Child Protection Bill Is Law 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 law recently by Governor George Pataki. More ...
(L. to r.): Joe D'Amato, Business Manager, Bricklayers' Union Local 731; state Senator George Onorato, Athena Onorato, Jerry Sullivan and Santo Lanzafame, Bricklayers' Union Local 1, gathered at a fundraiser for George Onorato's senate campaign at Riccardo's by the Bridge September 6. Onorato was el... More ...
Ci t y Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. attended the New York premier of the More ...
BY LINDA J. WILSON Gubernatorial candidate John Faso met with the press at Cup Diner on 35th Avenue in Astoria on Tuesday, September 19. Faso, the Republican-Conservative candidate to succeed Governor George Pataki, outlined the 11-point plan for the state of New York that he will implement if elected. One of Faso's m More ... p ul p i t Abiding Word Ministries: Fridays, 8 p.m., prayer and worship service; Sundays, 11 a.m., miracle and healing service; summer day camp, computer training, music lessons, counseling, 116-67 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica; 718.323.9218, www.abidingwordministries.met . More ... Greek Orthodox Festival At Shrine Church The Greek Orthodox Shrine Church of St. Nicholas, 196-10 Northern Blvd., Flushing, will hold their annual Greek Festival Thursday, October 5 through Sunday October 8 making the 35th anniversary an annual tradition for the church since 1981 when the St. Nicholas community organization was the first t More ...
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO 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. At LaGuardia Community College (LaGCC), most of the 40,000 students attending are first-generation college students.. More ... CFE Will Demand Court Action BY RICHARD GENTILVISO 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. At stake is between $4.7 and $5.6 billion dollars in operating funds for New York City public schools and stat More ... Library's Sunday Service Resumes 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 to 5 p.m. every Sunday except holidays through Ju More ... |
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