The Woodhaven Business Improvement District sponsored a Back to School promotion along Jamaica Avenue, with live music, clowns and more.
Ridgewood Dems Meeting
On September 9, the Ridgewood Democratic Club (RDC) held its monthly meeting to hear an update on this year’s campaign and election season. State Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. and State Senator Michael Gianaris, who represent portions of Ridgewood came to speak about important community issues and their campaigns for reelection.NYC Councilwoman and 2016 DNC Delegate Elizabeth Crowley also visited to […]
Proposed Light Rail Line
City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley continued her push for light rail commuter service along the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Lower Montauk branch, and toured the rail line with members of the Department of Transportation (DOT), transit leaders and property owners in the community.In the last city budget, approved in June, Crowley secured $500,000 for a feasibility study of light rail […]
Primary Results
Marge Markey, a 22-year, highly ranked leader in the Assembly, as well as a local political and community leader in her Maspeth district, was soundly defeated in yesterday’s Democratic primary by a relative newcomer from the neighboring Woodside area.The victor, Brian Barnwell, defeated this highly experienced, 18-year Assembly veteran by 701 votes, as Barnwell supporters outvoted Markey 1,622 to 921 […]
In Loving Memory
The motto of this year’s September 11th ceremony was “Fifteen Years of Tears.” And so it was as more than 300 came to McManus Memorial Park on 81st Street and the Grand Central Parkway service road in Astoria Heights for a candlelight vigil in observance of the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. On September 8, […]
September 11th Hero Honored With Street Co-Naming
New York City Council Member Costa Constantinides celebrated the co-naming of 29th Street in honor of the late Lieutenant Theodore Leoutsakos. The celebration took place on September 9th at the intersection of 29th Street and 21st Avenue with members of the Leoutsakos family, the New York State Court Officers Academy, State Assembly Member Aravella Simotas and others. The City Council […]
Bad Break For Clinton
At a crucial point in her presidential campaign battle with Donald Trump, with just 55 days to go until election day on November 8th, Hillary Clinton would have needed every ounce of energy. Instead she has pneumonia, a sickness that leaves a patient weak, unsteady and listless. In the 55 days remaining in the campaign, candidates are expected to go […]
Simotas Bill Helping Trafficking Victims Now Law
Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas announced that her bill, A4967, to help victims of human trafficking, was signed into law on September 9 by Governor Cuomo. The new law takes effect in 60 days and requires the state Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to create and make available a poster that would let people know help is available to trafficking […]
New ‘Brunch Laws’ In Effect
New York’s new “Brunch Bill” has just gone into effect, as of September 7. The bill was signed by Governor Cuomo in June, allowing establishments to serve alcohol to patrons on Sundays at 10 am, two hours earlier than the 80-year-old “Blue Laws” previously allowed. Now customers can order a Mimosa or Bloody Mary at 10 am instead of having […]
Plan 272-Unit Hotel, Retail At Western Beef Site
Developers last week released plans for development of a parcel at the northwest corner of Northern Boulevard and Steinway Street, where a six-story, 272-unit hotel will rise on a site formerly occupied by a Western Beef Supermarket. Initial plans indicate that the development will include 18,200-square-feet of retail space on the ground floor, with a potential to expand the retail […]