Some 800 job-seekers lined 36th Street outside the headquarters of Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Elevator Mechanics Union for a chance to get an application for an app More...
The New York City Charter Revision Commission completed an initial threeweek trip through the five boroughs on April 20, holding public meetings and hearings to reach out and solicit ideas and recommendations on the City Charter. More...
City Councilmember Daniel Dromm has proposed to the Charter Revision Commission that the advise and consent role of the Council be expanded to include all high-level commissioners, including the Schools Chancellor, appointed by a mayor to serve in a More...
A rally held at Bellevue Hospital recently to protest proposed state cuts to health care, was felt especially hard by public hospitals and other public healthcare providers. More...
The 2009-10 St. John’s Prep varsity girls basketball team had a very successful season. For the second consecutive year, the varsity girls captured the Diocesan Division II championship with a 51-40 victory over Fontbonne Hall. More...
Arts education in New York City public schools was recognized with the unveiling of a billboard promoting the Inside Broadway program atop Trattoria L’incontro, 21-76 31st St., in Astoria. More...
After years of unsuccessful efforts to get Manhattan companies to commit to a proposed Long Island City office tower project, Manhattan-based developer Edward J. More...
Schumer Wants More Complete Census Count Alarmed at New York City’s low census count, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer called on the Census Bureau to send more workers to New York City as the follow up counting effort begins. More...
Changes announced recently by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden in the Title IX program, a landmark law that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, were applauded by Congressmember Carolyn Maloney l More...
The Chian Federation, 44-01 Broadway, Astoria, on April 20 honored this year’s Homeric Award recipient, Phillip Christopher. The award committee is formed each year to search for potential recipients. More...
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, a part of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, will acquire a $4.5 million, imageguided radiotherapy system used to treat lung, breast, prostate, head and neck, and other cancers. More...
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Congressmember Carolyn Maloney met at City Hall last Friday to honor U.S. Army Captains Tejdeep Singh Rattan and Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, the first Sikh Americans in more than two decades to serve in the U.S. More...
Assemblymember Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) kicked off the Queens Services for the Autism Community’s second annual 5k and walk-a-thon by signaling the start of the race in Astoria Park on Saturday, April 17. More...
Daniela Shope, professor of sociology at St. John’s University, is presenting a black and white photo essay documenting the work ethics of Brazilian women as domestic workers on Saturday, May 8 at the Art House Studio. More...
On April 10 and 17 volunteers from the Sunnyside Reformed Church, located on 48th Street, packed goody bags of soap, shampoo, socks, razors, candy and more for delivery to our soldiers fighting in Afg More...
At the Long Island City Business Development Corporation April breakfast, City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer arrived a little late for an address he’d pledged to start at a definite time, indicating that his busy day had already begun. More...
Robert McLaughlin, son of disgraced ex-labor leader and lawmaker Brian McLaughlin, was one of 31 alleged drug dealers busted in a two-year NYPD probe of two drug rings that sold scores of pills popular with partygoers, including Vicodin and Oxycodon More...
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