The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Bridges and Tunnels division is currently hiring temporary officers to work at its seven bridges and two tunnels. The agency is offering a salary of $12.85 per hour for qualified candidates and the appointments are for a maximum of one year. Primary duties include collecting tolls and interacting with customers, providing assistance such as travel […]
Legislators Face Good And Bad In Albany, Council
State Senator Michael Gianaris newly elected to that legislative position, Assemblymember Catherine Nolan, reelected, and Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, going into his second year in office, were featured speakers at the Long Island City Business Development Corporation’s first business breakfast of 2011 last Thursday, January 20. Gianaris was hailed by LICBDC President Gayle Baron as “our first Greek- American state […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Nations Baptist: •Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., for three months, free English classes which have already begun, registration required, limited space, 86-76 80th St., Woodhaven; 718.296.2025. **** All Saints’: •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17; band information. 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; […]
Immaculate Conception Announces Catholic Schools Week Events
For the entire week of January 31 through February 4, from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m., there will be an open house at Immaculate Conception School, providing an opportunity to visit the classrooms and observe the students learning. The computer room, gym and technology lab will also be open. On February 4 there will be a science fair from 9:00 […]
114th Precinct Crime Watch
Cops Hunt Sex Attacker Police in Astoria are searching for an individual who sexually assaulted a local teen on January 19. Cops said the suspect approached the 19-year-old victim from behind as she walked near Hell Gate Park at 26th Avenue and Second Street at about 12:30 a.m. on January 19. The suspect jumped the teen, knocked her to the […]
114th Precinct Seeks Man For Sexual Assault
The New York City Police Department is asking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect wanted for a sexual assault within the 114th Precinct. On Thursday, January 20, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a 19 year old, Hispanic female was walking in the vicinity of 26th Avenue and 2nd Street, Long Island City, when she was approached from behind, pushed to […]
Boro-Wide Blotter
Boro-Wide Detective Clues Cops To Mugging Suspect A violent ex-con wanted for terrorizing women in Flushing, Elmhurst and Forest Hills for more than two weeks is behind bars thanks to an eagle-eyed detective who linked his current crimes with past criminal activities, law enforcement sources said. Brian Rodriguez, 33, is charged with attacking 10 women since January 2, mostly at […]
Whitestone Sex Offender Bilked Church For $7G
A convicted child sex offender banned from an afterschool program at St. Mel’s Catholic School in Whitestone is facing new charges that he swiped a church checkbook and cashed checks totaling more than $7,000, authorities said. Joseph Denice, 24, a registered N.Y. State Sex Offender, was removed from St. Mel’s after parents and lawmakers in Eastern Queens discovered he was […]
Duane Reade Workers Sue, Claim Bathrooms Were Bugged
Workers at a Duane Reade warehouse in Maspeth are suing the pharmacy for planting video and recording devices in employee bathrooms. In a lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court seeking $110 million in damages, 16 current and former Duane Reade employees claim working video and recording devices were installed in air vents in bathrooms. The workers claim in the lawsuit […]