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Heat Complaints Are Hot Cabinet Topic BY RICHARD GENTILVISO After a weekend where temperatures rose to a record-breaking 72 degrees in New York, heat and hot water complaints seemed an unreasonable topic for discussion. "Unofficially, we haven't had a complaint yet," joked Vito Mustaciuolo at the January meeting of the Queens Borough Cabinet. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Keeping a promise made soon after they took control of Congress, House Democrats last Friday passed a bill which requires federal healthcare officials to negotiate lower drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, which in turn will lower prices at the drug counter for seniors. More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN The Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce held its first monthly luncheon of 2007, and the first since November, last Tuesday at Dazies Restaurant on Queens Boulevard. Addressing the luncheon attendees was Debra Markell Kleinert, since September the district manager of Community Board 2. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Aiming to remove some of the factors that prevent small businesses from growing, state senate Republicans offered a plan last week that would give them property tax relief and assistance for those that pay personal income tax, and tax credits to cover their energy costs. More ... Police Precinct Blotter COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF 108th Precinct Four teens choked, stabbed, slashed and rammed their vehicle into an alleged graffiti vandal on January 5, but the victim "refused to die", authorities said. More ... Bedbugs Are Biting In Some District 30 Schools The first report of bedbugs in the district was on Oct. 5, 2006. Since then, an integrated pest management program recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration has been followed in classrooms where bedbugs have been found. BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Efforts to combat bedbugs in seven District 30 schools have been under way over the last few months. "We've been having a big incidence of bedbugs," Esaid Jeannie Tsvaris-Basini, president of Community Education Council District 30 at the January council meeting, held at P.S. 222 in Jackson Height... More ... 7-Year-Old Dancer To Appear For Chinese New Year Stanley will be one of the youngest dancers in the "Chinese New Year Spectacular" shows hosted by the television network New Tang Dynasty. What is it like to be seven and famous? Ask Stanley Cheungang, a second grader from Flushing. "When we walk down the street, everyone calls out his name. He's a little star in Queens," said Stanley's mom, De Rong Zhang. But it is what he is famous for that is most striking. This seven-year-old is... More ...
Seth Bornstein, former director of economic development for the Office of the Queens Borough President, has been appointed assistant dean for economic development at LaGuardia Community College. More ...
New York's master builder, Robert Moses (b. 1888; d. 1981), will be the subject of concurrent exhibitions on view at the Queens Museum of Art (New York City Building, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park), the Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street) and the Miriam and Ira D. Wall... More ...
Fifty-eight new nurses (shown) graduated from the Queensborough Community College Nursing Program on January 9. Queensborough Community College has one of the largest clinical nursing programs in the New York metropolitan area, More ...
Martin Luther H.S. Class of 1976 alumnus Dr. John Rich, chair of the Department of Health Management in the School of Public Health at Drexel University, was named one of only 25 MacArthur Foundation Fellows late in 2006. He will receive $500,000 in "no strings attached" support over the next five ... More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN Carolyn Maloney was ceremonially sworn in for her eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives this past Friday at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. More ...
Plans to build an 11-story Marine Transfer Station fewer than 2,000 feet from LaGuardia Airport were blasted last week by Congressmember Gary Ackerman as colossal stupidity and a potential disaster for Queens. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Congressmember Anthony Weiner warned on Monday that constantly growing truck traffic poses enormous risks to pedestrian safety and contributes to daily gridlock. The Queens/Brooklyn lawmaker proposed a fourpoint plan to alleviate heavy truck congestion. More ... Gianaris, UCCA Schedule Town Hall Meeting The annual town hall meeting sponsored by the United Community Civic Association, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris and the Gazette will be held Thursday, February 1 in the Riklis Theater of the Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave. between 36th and 37th Streets. The meeting, a tradition for ... More ... T H E p ul pi t COMPILED BY SUSAN CLEARY Community United Methodist: +2007 Playgroup registration, nine months to 4 years, 75- 27 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718.894.2293 or 718.894.8654. **** Congregation Machane Chodosh: +Jan. 20, 8 p.m., Saturday. Festive Melave Malka, concert, food, free transportation for seniors, $20/$22 a... More ...
Christ the King Senior, Joanna Kurylo has been selected for the 2007 New York State Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Youth Award. Her nomination was submitted by Mr. Joseph Puntino. This award was presented to Joanna during the 78th birthday celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr at the ... More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN Several groups visited January's Community Board 1 cabinet meeting, including the Queens General Assembly, the Small Business Administration and Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. More ... 114th Police Precinct Blotter BY LINDA J. WILSON Monday, January 8: + A 25-year-old Hispanic male was observed at 30th Avenue and 31st Street with an open beer in public and was found in possession of a butterfly knife and a pocket knife. He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and having an open container of an alcoholic beverage i... More ... Police Patrols In Flushing Meadows Park Continue Queens police officials said last week that a temporary command post established near the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park will remain for an undetermined period of time to help restore faith in the safety of the park, following the arrest of three men who preyed on park goers during a dea... More ... Second Teen Bank Robber Nabbed BY LIZ GOFF An Astoria teenager sought for questioning in connection with a January 5 bank robbery involving a 16-year-old girl was arrested last week in another bank heist, police said. John McCormick, 18, walked into a Bank of America branch in Flushing on January 2 and handed a teller a note demanding cash. More ...
Thomas Kyd's influential play is once again given new life by The Queens Players under the direction of Rich Ferraioli. The play will premiere at The Queens Players' home base, The Jackson Ave Theatre (12- 19 Jackson Ave, L.I.C. More ... |
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