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Despite warnings about excessive testing, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum says the city Department of Education continues to spend $335 million on experimental testing systems which should be used to hire more teachers and open new pre-kindergarten classes. More ... The New York City Police Department launched its "Eye In The Sky" program in Queens in January, with the installation of security cameras along shopping strips in Astoria, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Flushing. More ... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, joined by Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Jonathan Mintz and Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) Commissioner Paul Cosgrave, chose Li's Laundromat, 96-10 31st Ave. More ... Governor Eliot Spitzer and Congressmember Joseph Crowley have applauded a decision by the U.S. Department of Energy to release $82.4 million in energy assistance to help New York seniors and working families keep the heat on this winter. More ... Plaza College conferred an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree on Assemblymember Anthony Seminerio (D-Richmond Hill) at the college's commencement ceremonies last June. Plaza College Provost Charles E. Callaghan III (l.) presented the degree to Seminerio at the assemblymember's office. More ... The Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce resumed its schedule of monthly luncheons at Dazies Restaurant on Queens Boulevard this month, with Seth Bornstein, assistant dean of economic development at LaGuardia Community College as guest speaker. There were also sundry announcements to start the new year off. More ... Following up on Governor Eliot Spitzer's call for more stringent enforcement of school physical education requirements, Assemblymember Catherine Nolan will hold a hearing next week to explore why students aren't receiving this instruction, despite a state law mandating it. More ... Maloney Gets 2nd Gold Mouse For the second year in a row, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney's Web site www.maloney.house.gov has been awarded a prestigious Gold Mouse Award. The award was presented by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF), a non-profit, non-partisan management consulting and research organization. More ... Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. Feb. 2 Imbolc, Feb. 2-5 Brazil Carnival; Feb. 4 Rosa Parks Birth Anniversary, Feb. 5 United States Mardi Gras; Feb. 5 Mexico Constitution Day; Feb. More ... On January 21, a new Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar opened at 38-01 35th Ave. between 38th Street and Steinway Street in Astoria, across from the UA Kaufman Studios Cinema 14 and adjacent to local landmarks, including Kaufman Astoria Studios, Museum of the Moving Image and the new Frank Sinatra School for Performing Arts. Apple- Metro, Inc. More ... Parks & Recreation Alley Pond Environmental Center APEC has many fun and interesting programs all-year long for tots to pre-teens to adults: Jan. 31, Focus the Nation; Feb. 2, Mar. More ... The furious race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama will reach a critical juncture in the next 13 days as the now bitter rivals will meet, first in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, and then 10 days later in New York. More ... While Mayor Michael Bloomberg hopes with his PlaNYC to achieve the cleanest air of any big city in America by 2030, Community Board 1 is struggling with the present. More ... Cell Phone Towers Unplugged Parishioners at St. Mel's Church in Flushing last week celebrated a towering victory when crews arrived to unplug 23 antenna towers from the roof of the parish elementary school. The removal of the towers marks the end of a two-year battle waged by parents of students at St. More ... A little over a year ago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg came to Queens to speak about the future of the city. The speech, given on Dec. 12, 2006 at the Queens Museum of Art in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, was "New York City 2030: Accepting the Challenge. More ... The proposed sale by Con Edison of a 20- acre lot was not an item on the agenda at the Community Board 1 cabinet meeting for January, but it wound up dominating the meeting and running it far into overtime. Items that were on the agenda included a presentation about Frank Sinatra H. S. More ... Commerce Bank (NYSE: CBH), "America's Most Convenient Bank", has named Robert Young manager and Marco Sun assistant manager of its newest Queens retail location, which is currently under construction in the Queens Crossing building at Main Street and 39th Avenue in Flushing. The new branch is expected to open later this winter. More ... Police of the 114th Precinct were called to an apartment on the second floor of 24-39 42nd St., shortly after 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 17, in response to a 911 call reporting an unconscious person. There they found a 31-year-old white male, unconscious and unresponsive. EMS responded and pronounced the male dead at the scene. More ... |
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