“What a week it’s been,” was city Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Robert Walsh’s opening line at yesterday’s meeting to address the problems of small business owners affected by the power outage. The meeting, held at Dazies Restaurant on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside, was part of a series of meetings being held in several parts of Northwest Queens while […]
30 Years Celebrated At Haym Salomon Square In KGH
It was a proud day when former Queens County Commanders Sid Auerbach and Herb Rosen, Jewish War Veterans Post 793 (JWV 793), Jan Fenster, Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC) president, and the Queens Jewish Historical Society celebrated the 30th anniversary of Haym Salomon Square in Kew Gardens Hills, 72nd Road and Main Street. Salomon Square is one of only two […]
Monserrate Announces Funds To Combat Domestic Violence
Targeting domestic violence in the growing immigrant communities in Queens, City Councilmember Hiram Monserrate secured $100,000 for grants to two local organizations. The grants, $50,000 each, went to the Urban Justice Domestic Violence Project and Latin Women in Action. Both are involved in the issue in Northwest Queens. The funds came from a $4 million grant for fighting domestic violence […]
114th Precinct Police Solve January 6 Murder
Police have solved all five murders that have occurred in the 114th Precinct to date this year by making arrests. The latest case cracked was that of a 44-year-old white man who was stabbed outside the Caf Santorini, 25-98 Steinway St., at about 2 a.m. on January 6. The victim got into an argument with two other white males inside […]
Seek Expansion Of Yellow Cab Service To Boros Outside Manhattan
City Councilmember John Liu, joined by colleagues Leroy Comrie and David Weprin, urged the Bloomberg mayoral administration last week to use some of the windfall profits from the recent taxi medallion auction to expand yellow taxicab service in communities outside the Manhattan central business district. Liu (D-Flushing), chairman of the council Transportation Committee, stated: “The incredible profits from the recent […]
Federation Officials Visit Merchant Marine Academy
On Tuesday, June 20, one day after President George W. Bush’s historic visit to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, Long Island, where he delivered the keynote address to the Class of 2006, Greek community leaders and representatives of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York were welcomed by Academy officials to the federal maritime […]
Political Leader Tom Manton Dies At 73
BY JOHN TOSCANO Thomas J. Manton, who passed away last Saturday at age 73, was a consummate gentlemen in both his personal llife as well as his public and political career, which spanned half a century. Manton started out as a New York City cop, went on to become a City Councilmember, a Congressmember and, finally, for the last 20 […]
Area Residents Assail Con Ed For Blackout Troubles
Western Queens boiled over as residents and business owners in Astoria, Woodside and Hunters Point lashed out at Con Edison officials who left them in the dark for more than a week. “We live in Con Edison’s backyard,” said Rose Marie Poveromo, president of the United Community Civic Association. “We live next door to all the electricity in the world-but […]
Customers Kept From Steinway Street Stores
On Wednesday, July 19, businesses on Steinway Street had power and were encouraged by Consolidated Edison workers to keep open. Then at the behest of Con Ed officials, police blocked off the street, kept pedestrians off the sidewalks and prevented them from going into those establishments that were open and ready to do business. Con Ed workers also said that […]
Red Cross Continues To Assist
Red Cross Continues To Assist Since last week, staff and volunteers of the American Red Cross in Greater New York (ARC/GNY) have been assisting residents of Queens who were affected by power outages. Since Tuesday, July 18, ARC/GNY has distributed water, meals, snacks and information to thousands of residents in the affected communities in the borough. Initially, the Red Cross […]