After a lull in the name-calling and brick throwing that has marked the rival campaigning between Assemblymember David Weprin and Bob Turner, which will be decided in just two weeks, in the September 13 special election, the rhetoric was ramped up and resumed yesterday— just one day after Hurricane Irene—when Weprin excused himself from a debate with Turner Monday night. […]
Internet In Bloom For The Layperson
Jobs. FDR created 40 million of them in just four months back in the thirties. Are NAFTA and GATT the culprits? Are our taxes being collected fairly and distributed properly? Teddy Roosevelt wanted all Americans to enjoy a living wage. Eisenhower championed the interstate highway system in the fifties. JFK and LBJ began and promoted the Great Society with such […]
Western Queens Begins Hurricane Cleanup
The city that never sleeps took a nap on Saturday night, as Queens residents and businesses heeded warnings by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to stay out of the way of Hurricane Irene. Irene was a mostly green event in Western Queens, where the howling hurricane tore dozens of sapling street trees from their roots, downed almost a dozen large oak trees […]
NYPD Launches Labor Day Zero Tolerance DWI
Police from the Queens Highway Patrol Unit and Borough Task Force cops hit the streets this week in the kickoff of an NYPD crackdown on drunk driving that will run through the Labor Day weekend. The offensive dubbed, “Operation Cold Sober”, targets motorists who get behind the wheel after a night out at local clubs and taverns, police said. The […]
Cops Ramp Up Car Vandal Efforts
Police at the 114th Precinct this week are ramping up enforcement in an Astoria neighborhood plagued by some fast-acting thieves who smash car windows and make off with GPS systems and other valuables. The suspects have shattered passenger windows on more than 60 vehicles since August 16, when they broke into 30 vehicles parked on a deserted strip outside a […]
Fire Safety Video Is Hot Stuff
City fire officials have joined forces with the Flying Karamazov Brothers (FKB) to produce a new fire safety video titled, “Safety’s Hot, Fire’s Not”, that promises to spark the interest of viewers, young and old. The pairing also produced a public safety announcement campaign that focuses on the importance of working smoke detectors and the dangers of unattended lit candles. […]
The Origins Of Labor Day
TLabor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still […]
American Labor Leader Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers, an English-born American cigar maker became a labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers was the founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as that organization’s president from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 until his death in 1924. Gompers promoted harmony among the different craft unions included in the […]
City Parks Hosts Track & Field Championships
On August 17, City Parks Foundation held its 10th Annual CityParks Track & Field Citywide Championships, bringing over 2,000 New York City youth to the world-class Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island for a day of healthy competition in a wide range of track and field events. The track and field meet gave all participants of CityParks Track & Field program, […]
LENG
Bangkok, 1942. A man named Leng opened his first restaurant cooking traditional Thai dishes for the locals. Over the years, these cherished recipes were perfected and ultimately brought to America, more specifically to Astoria, for the locals here to enjoy. Today, the Siricharoen family welcomes you and we are fortunate to have such a wonderful history of exotic Thai and […]