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Three Whitestone community organizations last week received Sovereign Bank "Quality of Life" grants to support their work in this Queens neighborhood where the bank has recently opened a new office at 149-37 14th Ave. More ...
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Riker's Island, LaGuardia Airport, and the Westway Motel were all on the agenda, and that was just the warm-up at the United Community Civic Association meeting on Thursday, February 21. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Seeking to abolish major credit card abuses that hurt consumers while increasing fair competition and free market values for credit card holders, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney recently introduced the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO With the Javits Convention Center expansion in Manhattan and the Willets Point redevelopment plan in Queens both stalled, a prominent member of the private planning community has offered a solution that could get both plans unsnarled. More ... Seek To Name Unisphere Walkway David Oats Promenade City and borough officials have been asked to honor recently deceased parks activist David Oats by naming a significant piece of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Oats' memory. More ... SLA Issues Predominate At Board 3 February Meeting BY THOMAS COGAN A speaker from the New York State Liquor Authority dominated Community Board 3's February meeting, as well he might have, since the SLA's presence hovers over the board's many decisions on beer, wine and liquor license applications, and a spokesman representing it would get a lot of attention. Jos... More ...
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO The Department of Corrections is planning to lessen the prison population on Riker's Island by 3,000 inmates and will move their headquarters to the Bulova Center. The Westway Motel has a new and responsive ownership. More ... City Offers Foreclosure Help BY RICHARD GENTILVISO The number of homeowners faced with foreclosure in Queens rose 59 percent in 2007 compared with the year before. That's 11,000 families facing eviction. Citywide, there are a reported 27,000 homeowners involved in foreclosure proceedings. Nationally, an astonishing one million families could lose ... More ... Will We Get Another Clinton Miracle Next Tuesday? BY JOHN TOSCANO Looking ahead to next Tuesday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton needs decisive victories over Senator Barack Obama in Texas and Ohio to keep her faltering candidacy alive. But all signs point to Obama victories, which would virtually mean the end of the race. More ... The Pulpit Compiled by Susan Cleary Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. Mar. 1 St. David's Day; Mar. 2 Mothering Sunday; Mar. 7 World Day of Prayer; Mar. 16 Palm Sunday; Mar. 17 St. Patrick's Day; Mar. 20 Holy Thursday; Mar. More ... Write A Poem To Your Favorite Animal Friend Celebrate April's National Poetry Month by writing a sonnet to a spaniel or a poem to a Persian cat. The Academy of American Poets is commemorating the 12th anniversary of National Poetry Month asking New York City area children, ages 7 to 12, to enter the "Paws for Poetry Contest 2008". The Huma... More ... Neighborhood News COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF Community Boards Go Cyber Queens' 14 community boards have taken a step into cyberspace. Borough residents can now click on www.queenscb.org to reach local community boards online and obtain meeting notices, agendas, public speaker info and other information pertaining to issues handled by the ... More ... 114th Precinct Blotter Five-Hour Standoff Ends With 3-Year-Old Hostage Release COMPILED BY LINDA J. WILSON At about 11:15 a.m. on Friday, February 22, police of the 114th Precinct responded to 40-15 10th St., Long Island City, to investigate a report of an emotionally disturbed person. They determined that a male suspect was barricaded inside a sixth floor apartment and was holding a three-year-old chi... More ... Borough-Wide Blotter COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF 104th Precinct A 20-year-old Woodhaven man was arrested on February 18 after investigators determined he stole an $800 diamond ring during a February 7 sleepover at a friend's home. Police said Josabad Figueroa swiped the ring from a kitchen table at the 34- year-old victim's 87th Street home. More ... |
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