Artistically painted surfaces can have an especially transformative effect on undervalued parks, making them welcoming, vibrant community spaces that spark residents’ emotional reinvestment and create enthusiasm for park improvements. Though NYC Parks has a long and storied history with murals in city parks, the exhibition and permitting process was only formalized in 2015 under NYC Parks’ temporary public art program, […]
UCCA Holds Meeting On Law & Order
The United Community Civic Association (UCCA) meeting at the Museum of the Moving Image had much to discuss, including immigration and the criminal justice system; the move to close Rikers Island; bail reform; the Civilian Complaint Review Board; and crime trends in the local precincts. Police officers, two judges (one retired and one still active), a prosecutor and a defense […]
I On Politics
TRUMP WANTS TO END DISASTER FUNDING TO PUERTO RICO: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo released the following statement following reports that President Trump wants to end disaster funding to Puerto Rico: “It is unconscionable that President Trump reportedly wants to end federal disaster funding for Puerto Rico as it continues to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria. After overseeing a […]
Rally To Oppose Subsidies For Amazon HQ2 Site In LIC
On the morning of Wednesday, November 14, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer joined NYS Senator Michael Gianaris, Assembly Member Aravella Simotas, RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, AFL-CIO affiliate), and community groups, including Make the Road New York, NYCC (New York Communities for Change), ALIGN (Alliance for a Greater New York), and local community activists to stand at the […]
NYRR Awards Kudos For 40-Year Marathon Run
Each year the New York Road Runners (NYRR) Volunteer Operations Team recognizes a volunteer (or two) whose passion and commitment to service and to NYRR’s mission to help and inspire people through running stands out from among the 10,000 volunteers who serve at the TCS New York City Marathon each year. This year the team honored Dutch Kills Civic Association […]
Giving Thanks For This Wonderful Life
It seems like only yesterday we were getting the kids ready to go back to school, then we turned around and here comes Thanksgiving! This year we seem to be a little ahead of schedule in a few respects, the holiday being actually the earliest in the month it could be, plus we have already had snow – and that […]
Letters to the Editor
Beads For Land To The Editor: Long Island City has been “discovered” and was recently described by CNBC reporter Steve Kovach in a November 6 piece on Amazon HQ2: “Historically, Long Island City was home to warehouses, strip clubs, dive bars and other seedy venues. But today, much of that has been torn down and replaced with high-rise luxury apartment […]
Hotels Have Brought Opportunity To LIC Residents, Don’t Jeopardize It
Long Island City residents have more than just Amazon to worry about. While many LIC residents are rightly concerned about missing out on the estimated 25,000 new jobs to be created by Amazon’s HQ2, it also deserves mention that a costly new hotel building permit would deprive low-income and working-class LIC residents of even more employment opportunities. Currently, City Council […]
Crime Rates Still Declining In City, Says Mayor
With Thanksgiving here and the rest of the holiday season ahead, crime continues to decline in the five boroughs with fewer index crimes occurring in October 2018 than in any previous October and projected to drop beneath 97,000 total index crimes by the year’s end, a new record, according to NYPD statistics. “As we near the end of 2018, I […]
Rent Office Space & Amenities Only When You Need Them
Does the concept of “office sharing” or a “virtual office” make sense? Why should you think outside the BOX… Long Island City is becoming a booming, trendy urban area of Queens filled with young start-up companies, self-employed consultants and organizations with employees who work remotely from home. Consider a professional office that features all the bells and whistles at half […]