The Woodhaven Business Improvement District is again sponsoring its annual “Holidays in Woodhaven Weekend.” The “Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting” Ceremony will be held on Friday, December 4, at 6:30 pm at the Forest Parkway Plaza (intersection of Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue). Look for the Costumed Characters and Santa Claus. On Saturday, December 5, the “Welcome Santa to Woodhaven […]
Maspeth Corner Co-Named For WWI Veteran, Kowalinski
On November 11, Veterans Day, City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley joined the Maspeth community to unveil “Frank Kowalinski Way” on the corner of Maspeth Avenue and 64th Street, right outside the Polish Legion of American Veterans Post, also known as the Frank Kowalinski Post.Kowalinski, a World War I veteran, was born in 1894 on Clinton Avenue. In 1917, he joined […]
Everything But Pandas
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney expressed her delight and sincere gratitude to Mayor Bill de Blasio for his letter on November 17 supporting her efforts to bring a pair of giant pandas to reside in New York’s Bronx Zoo, provided that the effort is entirely privately funded. Previously, Governor Cuomo expressed similar support. “New York City is the greatest city in […]
Peralta Pushes For Road Safety On Roosevelt Ave.
State Senator Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), Make Queens Safer and community leaders on November 13 urged the city Department of Transportation to design a new configuration on and around the dangerous intersections of 90th Street, Roosevelt Avenue and Elmhurst Avenue in Jackson Heights. Since 2013, two area residents were fatally struck by vehicles, and at least another 10 pedestrians were […]
Home Energy Assistance Available, Apply Now
KATZ: ‘HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE’: That’s the message Borough President Melinda Katz announced last week. Queens’ seniors will get a warm feeling all over, all winter because Katz is ready to sign them up for the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). Katz announced that residents in need of financial assistance to heat their homes all winter are “encouraged” to come […]
Our Prayers Are With Paris
Following terrorist attacks on November 13 in Paris and its suburb of Saint-Denis, an estimated 129 people have died, not to mention leaving 352 wounded, 99 of whom are in serious condition. Targeting spaces in which ex-pats, internationals and locals mixed among each other to spend a typical night in the metropolitan hub, hostages were taken, and a series of […]
Vision Zero A Big Zero
Vision Zero, while well-intentioned we believe, has not worked and does not look like it will work any time soon. According to newspaper reports, the multi-million-dollar Vision Zero program does not seem to be having a corresponding effect, as traffic fatalities are down by a mere five percent, as measured this past July, which may possibly reflect a downward trend […]
Letters to the Editor
Regulation Backfires To The Editor: As community and political leaders, we are uniquely positioned to fight discrimination and unfair treatment that perpetuate racial stereotypes. Recently, what began as a collective effort to empower exploitable workers in the nail salon industry has turned into a fight against double standards for Asian American small business owners based on selective enforcement. If they […]
Time Warner Cable’s New ‘Experience’ Store In Astoria
Time Warner Cable (TWC) held a grand opening on November 12 for a new experience store located in Astoria. The new store continues TWC’s investments to improve customer service and features an innovative retail concept that provides an enhanced, hands-on experience to learn about and enjoy TWC’s suite of TV, internet and home phone services. TWC also announced a $50,000 […]
CB1 Approves Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Programs
The proposed Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program by the Department of City Planning (DCP) has received a go-ahead from Community Board 1, with conditions. “I want to make it perfectly clear that the board is recommending approval subject to the stipulations we are recommending,” said Chairperson Joseph Risi at the November 10 meeting held at the Astoria World Manor. The two […]