Students of second-grade classes from PS 330 (Astoria), PS148 (East Elmhurst), and PS 112 (Long Island City) who won the NYC Ferry vessel-naming competition took a celebratory ride on May 10 aboard an NYC Ferry vessel, the Owl’s Head. Earlier this year, the city held the second edition of the boat-naming contest specifically for second-graders attending schools located near existing […]
I On Politics
LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE CREATES SCHOOL SECURITY TASK FORCE: Recent tragedies have sparked a nationwide conversation on school safety. On May 8, the City Council sparked the shift from conversation to action with the introduction of Council Member Paul Vallone’s bill which will create a School Security Task Force. The task force will meet quarterly to take a top to bottom look at […]
Gianaris Considering Run For Attorney General
New York State Senator Michael Gianaris issued the following statement about the race for Attorney General: “I am grateful to the many leaders who are encouraging me to run for attorney general and intend to give serious consideration to doing so. In the coming days and weeks, I will continue speaking with my supporters and other interested New Yorkers as […]
Enjoy The Local Shopping Experience
Shopping small is important. We cannot stress enough the importance of supporting your local streets and stores. They are the backbone and lifeblood of our communities. We need our local coffee shops, restaurants, and retail stores. While sometimes it is convenient to Amazon it or big box shop—and of course we cannot argue with those who do—we cannot forget the […]
Letters to the Editor
Include Independents To The Editor: As the coordinator of the Queens Independence Club, I testified on Wednesday night at a public hearing of the Mayor’s appointed New York City Charter Revision Commission encouraging the Commission to put an amendment to the vote for nonpartisan municipal elections in New York City. Every American believes in our founding principle of “no taxation […]
Report Details Tourism’s Impact on Queens Economy
A new report published by the Center for an Urban Future finds that the record increase in tourism to New York City over the past two decades has spurred thousands of jobs in Queens and benefited thousands of additional residents who work in tourism jobs elsewhere in the city. The report reveals that 14,750 Queens residents work at hotels across […]
Scott Joplin, King of Ragtime, To Be Honored At St. Michael’s Cemetery
The highly anticipated annual Scott Joplin Concert returns to St. Michael’s Cemetery on Saturday, May 19. The live concert performance of historic and iconic ragtime music and the free BBQ is open to the entire community for no charge. Dan Levinson’s Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra will perform hits written and inspired by Joplin, the King of Ragtime music. The festivities […]
Local-Express
Joan Freeman was born in Dublin in the 1950s, a middle child in a family of eight children. She started her counseling experience working with married couples. After a personal tragedy, she noticed a huge lack of suicide prevention services in Ireland and went about establishing the country’s only organization providing a free, professional, face to face, therapeutic service for […]
Spectacular Turnaround Of Roosevelt Island Marlins Swim Team
A Study in Resilience:Over a year ago the Roosevelt Island Marlins Swim Team, a small non-profit community-based organization run by parent volunteers, was confronted with a series of adversities that would have daunted even the most stout-hearted of competitors. Their training pool, Sportspark, closed for renovations in August 2016, leaving the team essentially homeless. They had difficulty securing pool rental space in either […]