Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, state Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. and Councilmembers Elizabeth Crowley, Eric Ulrich and Karen Koslowitz were on hand for the March 11 grand reopening of a senior center that could face closure if a proposed cut in state funding is approved. The Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Senior Center, 78-15 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, recently completed a renovation that now […]

Interviews with survivors of the Armenian genocide will take place March 27 at the Armenian Home for the Aged, 137-31 45th Ave., Flushing on March 27 at 1:00 p.m. The Armenian survivors, some 96 years of age and older, will recount their personal experiences of living through the Armenian Genocide and chronicle their lives since World War I. The purpose […]

In his State of the City address this past  January, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a new category of livery cars that can make on-street passenger pick-ups outside of Manhattan, just as yellow cabs do. “Whether you’re standing on 42nd Street in Manhattan or 42nd Street in Sunset Park (Brooklyn), or 42nd Street in Sunnyside (Queens), you ought to be able […]

New Yorkers will have the chance to raise money for hunger relief while indulging at the city’s best restaurants during the eighth annual Time Out For Hunger on March 20. Time Out New York (TONY) created the initiative with the Food Bank For New York City in 2004 as a way to help combat hunger while encouraging New Yorkers to […]

Time Warner Cable Business Class announced on March 9, the launch of Voice Manager for Business Class phone customers in the New York City market. Voice Manager is a free, Internet based portal, which allows customers to control and manage their Business Class phone service and features from any web-enabled computer.  Customers can edit phone settings in real-time, access voicemail […]

Julissa Ferreras, whose 21st City Council District includes Corona, East Elmhurst and parts of Jackson Heights, led a town hall meeting at Elmhurst Hospital on Thursday, March 10 that brought in an array of officials both local and citywide. Councilmember Danny Dromm whose 25th District also takes in parts of Jackson Heights, Corona and Elmhurst as well as East Elmhurst, […]

A chain of organizational representatives spoke at the March meeting of the Community Board 1 cabinet, covering topics from affordable senior housing to pothole repair.  In the third floor boardroom of Kaufman Astoria Studios, attendees also heard about how to get paid to get rid of old appliances; a funds crisis at the Floating Hospital, and country things one can […]