At the August 10 meeting at the Riverview Restaurant on Center Boulevard in Hunters Point, the Lions Club of Long Island City and Astoria and The Floating Hospital (TFH) Community Health Clinic spoke of expanding health facilities locally by trying to establish relatively small units, rather than a big complex that would be prohibitively expensive and, in light of other […]
Bank Receives Preliminary Capital Increase Approval
The Board of Directors of First Central Savings Bank announced on August 8 that the New York State Banking Department has granted the bank preliminary approval to amend its organization certificate to increase its authorized shares to 8,250,000. Chairman of the Board and CEO Joseph Pistilli commented “receiving preliminary approval is the first step toward accomplishing our previously announced capital […]
Weprin-Turner Race Tightens, Heats Up
Campaigning for the 9th CD special election on September 13 has turned into an extremely close contest and it appears the Democrats behind Assemblymember David Weprin are trying to tag Republican candidate Bob Turner as favoring cutbacks in Medicare and Social Security, which would swing the heavy senior citizen vote toward Weprin. To carry this crucial message to senior voters […]
Astoria Residents To Walk For Jimmy Fund
On September 18, two residents from Astoria will walk up to 26.2 miles in the 23rd annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai. They will be among the nearly 9,000 walkers expected to participate with the collective goal of raising more than $7.5 million for lifesaving adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute […]
Cuomo Signs Gianaris-Simotas Bill
State Senator Michael Gianaris and Assemblymember Aravella Simotas announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill they sponsored cracking down on criminals who attempt to impede felony investigations through the use or installation of explosive devices and other hazardous materials. The law takes effect amid a nationwide surge in felons—specifically narco-traffickers—boobytrapping the transport and storage locations of illegal goods. […]
Astoria Youngsters Help Keep Neighborhood Green
The children of Diki Day Care Center in Astoria received an important lesson on the importance of keeping trees healthy throughout the borough. Always keep them watered. City Department of Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe joined Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. to encourage the business owners and residents along Steinway Street to regularly water the trees in front of their property in […]
J.J.Garden
When you think about it, there are very few “sit-down” Chinese restaurants left in New York City. I don’t mean buffet restaurants…I mean table service with white cloth linens, china tea service and silverware. J.J. Garden has all this, plus superior Chinese food with a specialty in seafood, tropical cocktails and excellent service provided by Jerry, the master waiter. Sure, […]
