April 13, 2021 By Christina Santucci Queens elected officials – including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – joined dozens of residents displaced by last week’s massive blaze in Jackson Heights at a news conference in front of their fire-ravaged buildings Monday afternoon. The event was held to show support for the hundreds of tenants left in… Read more »
April 13, 2021 Sponsored Story People are not always aware that they can switch to a new pooled income trust. Others aren’t sure that it’s the right move for them—even if they are unsatisfied with their current one. Or they may not be sure that now is the right time to make the change. Once… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christian Murray The opening date of a number of schools undergoing construction in western Queens has been pushed back in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Philip Composto, Community Superintendent of District 30, provided Community Board 2 with an update Thursday on several schools in western Queens that are under construction—and… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christina Santucci A number of Queens environmentalists who want to revitalize a filthy inlet in northern Astoria got to work over the weekend with a cleanup around the short waterway–called Luyster Creek. Located alongside the Steinway & Sons Factory, Luyster Creek – also known as Steinway Creek – branches off… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christina Santucci Several Queens elected officials have called on city and state officials to open a mass vaccination site for residents of Middle Village, Glendale, Maspeth and parts of Ridgewood and Woodhaven. U.S. Rep. Grace Meng – along with state Sens. Joseph Addabbo and Assemblymembers Catherine Nolan, Jenifer Rajkumar and Brian… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christina Santucci While the majority of Queens state legislators recently approved the legalization of marijuana – four of their colleagues who represent southern parts of the borough voted against the plan State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblymembers Stacey Pheffer Amato, Brian Barnwell and Jenifer Rajkumar all opposed the “Marijuana Regulation… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christina Santucci Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI), which has been closed since the start of the pandemic, is reopening later this month. Members – as well as those who bought tickets to the Envisioning 2001 exhibition before the building closed – will be able to visit on April 30,… Read more »
April 11, 2021 By Christian Murray Several candidates are running for the 22nd District council seat that was vacated by Costa Constantinides last week. In our latest Podcast, we talk to John J. Ciafone, who is vying for the seat that covers Astoria, Rikers Island and parts of Woodside, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst. He… Read more »
April 11, 2021 By Christian Murray Seventeen candidates are vying to replace term-limited Jimmy Van Bramer as the representative for the 26th Council District. In today’s podcast we talk to Steven Raga, who is one of 15 Democrats vying for the seat that covers Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City and a portion of Astoria. The… Read more »
April 9, 2021 By Christian Murray A team of developers held a ceremonial ground breaking at a prominent Forest Hills site Wednesday that will be home to an 11-story, 166-unit development. The development is slated to go up at 69-65 Yellowstone Blvd., where a Key Food supermarket was located for years. The project generated some… Read more »