NYS Senator Jose Peralta and Assemblyman Ron Kim urged parents, caregivers, and educators to download a free smartphone application designed to increase the safety of city parks and playgrounds, especially when children are playing in the local public spaces. The ParentPatrol app allows users to report and record suspicious activity in an effort to safeguard the parks. Several parents joined […]
Cuomo Inaugurates LaGuardia’s East Side Construction
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo came to LaGuardia Airport on August 8 to inaugurate construction of the airport’s east side. The event was staged at the Port Authority’s huge Building 137 and was concluded just outside the building with a standard groundbreaking ceremony for Delta Air Lines’ $3.4 billion terminal, the initial unit in the east side expansion. Present at […]
Cars Are Not Going Away
We are sure congestion pricing at points of entry into Manhattan would be a disaster. A large percentage of Queens residents live in transportation deserts, and need to be able to drive into Manhattan for various necessities: work, medical appointments and other important matters. Many of them are seniors, or others who may be disabled. It will be an additional, […]
Letters to the Editor
Subways Then & Now To The Editor: Visiting the New York Transit Museum “7 Train: Minutes to Midtown” exhibit in Grand Central Terminal was worth the trip. Decades ago, riding the old subway cars reminded me of a time when it was common to find both penny gum and soda machines dispensing products at many subway stations. Clean and safe […]
Queens Residents To Benefit From Trees & Sidewalks Program
Street trees planted by the city are spaced about 25 feet apart in a single file on public sidewalks. Of nearly 700,000 street trees in the city, Queens has the most, about 240,000 trees that can sometimes cause severe sidewalk damage by their root growth. A street tree is any tree growing within the public right-of-way and in Queens, there […]
Koo, Advocates Urge: ‘Capture, Don’t Chlorinate! ’
After thousands of dead fish were found in Flushing Creek earlier this week, NYC Councilman Peter Koo and environmental advocates called on the city and state to withdraw and revise plans to chlorinate combined sewage overflows (CSOs) in Flushing’s waterways. This past week, staff at the environmental watchdog group, Riverkeeper, filmed massive outfalls flowing directly into the bay and creek, […]
Powerhouse Gym
Alma Realty’s Renovated 30-30 Northern Blvd To HouseAlma Realty announced that Powerhouse Gym will open at the newly renovated location, 30-30 Northern Boulevard, providing a needed amenity in the rapidly growing Long Island City neighborhood. A Cushman & Wakefield brokerage team consisting of Chairman of Global Brokerage Bruce Mosler, Executive Director Mitch Arkin, and Executive Director Joe Grotto represented Alma in the transaction. CEO Andrew M. Weiss […]
Dromm Thanks 115th Pct. For Speedy Graffiti Removal
Earlier this week, NYC Councilman Daniel Dromm’s office contacted NYPD Inspector Michele Irizarry, Commanding Officer of the 115th Precinct, and Police Officer Arthur Cenci to ask them to remove graffiti from Roosevelt Pharmacy and Surgicals, located on 75th Street, between Roosevelt Avenue and 37th Road. Dromm’s office made the request to have the graffiti removed on Tuesday, August 7. By […]