As its centerpiece event, the Hunters Point Civic Association’s April meeting had a presentation by a member of the Municipal Arts Society about the 2001 Long Island City zoning change and its consequences. Other presentations were made by a woman from Court Watch, which voluntarily monitors procedures in the city’s courts and assesses their level of fairness, which she said […]
‘Dangerously Overcrowded’
Van Bramer: Q’Boro Needs Dedicated Walk/Bike LanesOn April 30, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer joined Transportation Alternatives, Bike New York, the Court Square Civic Association, cycling advocates, and community members to call on the NYC Department of Transportation to create separate, exclusive lanes for pedestrians and cyclists on the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge. Van Bramer endorses Transportation Alternatives’ campaign to convert the south outer roadway into an accessible […]
New Annex For PS 85 In Astoria
Councilman Costa Constantinides, the Department of Education, and the School Construction Authority joined with community leaders, educators and parents on April 25 to announce that a state-of-the-art learning annex will replace the trailer classrooms at PS 85, the Judge Charles Vallone School in Astoria. Removing these trailers means that all temporary classrooms will have been eliminated from Council District 22, […]
I On Politics
WEPRIN STATEMENT ON SHOOTING AT CHABAD OF POWAY: Assemblyman David Weprin issued the following statement on the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue: “I was appalled to learn about the attack on worshipers at the Chabad of Poway during the last day of Passover, and saddened by the continuing rise in hate-fueled violence. We must stand united as a […]
Tremendous Turnout At Spring Break Fun At Rainey Park
Central Astoria LDC’s Spring Break Fun at Rainey Park event held on Wednesday, April 24 at Rainey Park on Vernon Boulevard and 34th Avenue in Astoria, proved to be a spectacular success as hundreds of local children and their families rejoiced in the beautiful spring weather and wonderful activities that were offered. The free event featured children’s arts education, including […]
May The Fourth Be With You!
May may be the mellowest month of the year, and we are thankful this is the month of flowers. The rains we have had are well worth the parade of colorful buds we are seeing everywhere, even looking up (at the trees)! It surely makes a difference in the most developed city in the world to have plants and flowers […]
Letters to the Editor
Planting Seeds To The Editor: When I was young, we used to go upstate to the country (which to someone from downstate meant anywhere north of the Bronx) to visit my brother. The place where he lived was surrounded by woods. In the springtime after playing Robin Hood, I’d sometimes uproot a small two-leaf maple sapling, wrap its roots in […]
Life Sentence For Killing Howard Beach Jogger
Chief Assistant District Attorney John M. Ryan, on behalf of Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, announced on April 23 that 22-year-old Chanel Lewis has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the August 2016 killing of Karina Vetrano, who was pulled from a park running path, sexually abused and strangled to death near her […]
Woman Indicted On Animal Cruelty Charges
Chief Assistant District Attorney John M. Ryan, on behalf of Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, announced on April 25 that a Far Rockaway woman has been indicted on animal cruelty charges for tossing a dog down the trash compactor of her seventh floor apartment building in Far Rockaway in January of this year. The dog survived the fall and […]