For the year 2012, the 108th Police Precinct was rated 70th among 76 precincts in the city for crime occurrences. That was the same level it had attained by the last meeting, in November 2012, retaining it at year’s end. As Deputy Inspector Commander Donald Powers said, lower is better, so the 108th is happily near the bottom. The January […]
Experience Black History At Queens Library
Queens Library has been gearing up for Black History month with a host of exciting free programs and celebrations. But the library also offers several powerful resources on Black history that the public can access any time of year. Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center is home to the Black Heritage Reference Center of Queens County. It […]
Avella, Civic, Residents Protest Abandoned Homes
State Senator Tony Avella and the Auburndale Improvement Association were joined by area residents at a January 31 rally condemning the deplorable conditions of four attached houses in Auburndale that have been abandoned by the property owner for years. Members of the civic association and neighbors have been contacting Avella regarding this property since before he took office in 2011. […]
Kiwanis Annual Christmas Party
On Friday, December 7th, the Kiwanis Club of Astoria/Long Island City held its Annual Christmas Party at Ponticello’s Ristorante. Each year we donate to our two main organizations; SHAREing & CAREing and QSAC. This donation enables these two organizations to provide toys and or help for families in need during this holiday season. Money raised from our two annual events […]
Internet In Bloom For The Layperson
Our illustrious Mayor Bloomberg has made the news again. This time, by setting the college donation record to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, with a total of $1.1 billion over the past 40 years. Upon reading this, and hearing other ginned up government employment statistics, one may think our economy is prosperous in the world’s richest nation. Internet in […]
New York Bids Farewell To Koch
Leaders from every walk of New York City life assembled at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan on Monday to bid goodbye to former Mayor Edward Irving “Ed” Koch, the city’s 105th mayor who died Friday, February 1 at the age of 88. He was buried following the services at the non-denominational Trinity Church Cemetery in Upper Manhattan. Prior to his death, […]
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QUEENS GOP OFFICIALLY ENDORSES CATSIMATIDIS FOR MAYOR: The Queens County Republican Party officially endorsed supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis as its candidate for New York City mayor in this year’s election. Accepting the organization’s support, Catsimatidis declared, “I will work hard to earn New Yorkers’ faith and trust and votes, and when I am mayor, I will work harder still.” The […]
Van Bramer, Lawson Hand Out Murder Suspects’ Sketches
Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer and Danyal Lawson, the husband of Lou Rispoli, who was murdered in Sunnyside, handed out recently released sketches of two murder suspects wanted for questioning in connection with the unsolved case. Members of Van Bramer’s office joined family and friends of Rispoli to canvass 40th Street/Lowery Street and 46th Street/Bliss Street train stations on the 7 […]
Central Library Adult Reading Reference Area Renovated
Councilmember Leroy Comrie, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer and Queens Library President and CEO Thomas W. Galante shelved books to put the finishing touches on Central Library’s newly renovated Adult Reading and Reference area today in Jamaica. Queens Poet Laureate Paolo Javier read his poetry to commemorate the occasion. The Adult Reading and Reference area of […]