DOT’s McCarthy Outlines Pulaski Bridge Improvements By Thomas Cogan Pulaski Bridge At the March meeting of Community Board 2, Maura McCarthy, Queens Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, made a presentation about how DOT means to improve conditions for pedestrians on Jackson Avenue at the Pulaski Bridge. She was seeking approval of the plan, saying that if it could be […]
Pay Property Taxes, Avoid Legal Troubles
Pay Property Taxes, Avoid Legal Troubles By Richard Gentilviso If you are behind in your property taxes and/or water and sewer bills, now is the time to clear them up. The city’s annual lien sale for 2009 is underway and if you have received a lien sale notice by mail or if your property has been listed on a […]
Mayor, Weiner Agree: State Shorts City On Medicaid Stimulus $
Mayor, Weiner Agree: State Shorts City On Medicaid Stimulus $ Congressmember Anthony Weiner Both Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Congressmember Anthony Weiner feel that Governor David Paterson, in passing along the funds for Medicaid being doled out by President Barack Obama from the stimulus plan, is short changing New York City. The governor, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and state Senate Majority […]
‘Somewhere In Queens’
‘Somewhere In Queens’ Alan Segreti’s photo of City View, Bradley Avenue between Greenpoint Avenue & 34th Street, Long Island City. The title of a photography exhibit by Pratt Institute Senior Alex Segreti will run March 9-13. Over the course of a year, Segreti visited every neighborhood in Queens by bus, car, subway and the Long Island Rail Road, creating hundreds of […]
School Bus Driver Dumps Girl, 5, On Queens Street
School Bus Driver Dumps Girl, 5, On Queens Street A Queens school bus driver in a rush to tend to personal business stranded a five-year-old girl more than a mile from her home on February 25. Police said Alaima Stevens, a second-grader at P.S. 13 in Corona, boarded the Varsity School Bus outside the school to go home. The […]
Police News
Cabby Surrenders In Rape Charge By LIZ GOFF A year ago, Queens livery driver Klever Sailema scammed New Yorkers by spinning a twisted tale about a baby abandoned in his cab, and how he had sought safe haven for the tyke at a Corona firehouse. Last week, Sailema, 46, surrendered to police at the 114th Precinct in Astoria after […]
Tsiatis’ Clearview Dental Opens In Bayside
Tsiatis’ Clearview Dental Opens In Bayside When Clearview Dental opened its doors in Bayside for check-ups, cleanings, fillings and dental implants on Monday, March 2, it was business as usual for Dr. Christos A. Tsiatis and his staff. It was also a homecoming of sorts, as much of Tsiatis’ adult life has revolved around this stretch of Northern Boulevard. […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
Community Meetings Associations Mar. 12, Apr. 9, May 14, Jun. 11, 7 p.m., United Forties Civic Association; St. Theresa, Parish Center, Rectory Basement, 50-22 45th St., Woodside; 718.392.0416. Mar. 12, Apr. 9, May 14, Jun. 11., 7:30 p.m., Dutch Kills Civic; St. Patrick’s School Hall, 39-28 29th St. Mar. 16, 8 p.m., Newtown Civic; Elmhurst Memorial hall, 88-24 43rd Ave. […]
Liu’s Surprise Move Shakes Up Comptroller’s Race Dynamics
And then there were three—three Queens pols, that is—in the race for city comptroller after City Councilmember John Liu, of Flushing, entered this year’s contest for the city’s chief fiscal officer. Already in the race were Councilmembers David Weprin of Hollis, and Melinda Katz of Forest Hills. Also in the field to succeed Comptroller William Thompson Jr., who’s running for […]
Liu Announces Run For Comptroller
City Councilmember John Liu, flanked by almost 100 supporters, stood on the steps of City Hall on Sunday morning, March 8 to announce that he would run for New York City comptroller, the office that William Thompson will vacate to run for mayor in the election scheduled for fall 2009. Joining Liu were a handful of city officials who spoke […]