Sept. 29, 2021 By Allie Griffin Former Council Member Costa Constantinides was sworn into the city’s Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors Tuesday. Constantinides, who is now the CEO of Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, was nominated to represent Queens by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. The NYCEDC’s role—as a quasi-private, city-affiliated corporation–is… Read more »
Sept. 29, 2021 By Christian Murray The Vatican announced today that it has appointed a new bishop to lead the Diocese of Brooklyn, a post that oversees Catholic churches and schools in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. Bishop Robert Brennan, who is currently serving as the Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, will be taking over… Read more »
Sept. 29, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The annual Taste of Sunnyside is just days away and a full list of participating restaurants/bars has now been finalized. The event, which aims to showcase the diverse restaurant mix of the neighborhood, will take place this Sunday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. with more than 30 local… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2021 By Christian Murray City officials held a ribbon cutting event at a children’s playground in Astoria Park last week to mark the completion of a $30 million revamp of the 60-acre park. The officials held the event at Charybdis Playground, where the city has just completed a $12.5 million overhaul of the… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2021 By Allie Griffin New York City public school teachers and staff must get at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. De Blasio moved the deadline to 5 p.m. Friday after a federal appeals court lifted an injunction that had temporarily… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2021 By Allie Griffin (Updated Sept. 30) Queens has outpaced the rest of the boroughs in the city’s vaccine effort. Nearly 90 percent of adults who live in Queens have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Queens has both the highest percentage of its adult population vaccinated at 89 percent… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Catholic schools in Queens and Brooklyn are now teaching a new social justice curriculum that aims to teach students about tolerance and respect. The schools started teaching the new curriculum last week as the Brooklyn Diocese, which oversees Catholic schools in Queens and Brooklyn, aims to address topics such… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A family-owned pizzeria in Astoria that closed in May after a fire tore through its storefront reopened Monday – with the help of a resident-backed GoFundMe campaign. Retro Pizza Cafe, located at 41-02 Broadway, has started serving customers once again – more than four months after a fire caused… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Allie Griffin Congress Member Carolyn Maloney is calling on state officials to shut down a smokestack at a Long Island City power plant that is the biggest polluting plant in New York. Maloney joined residents of the Queensbridge Houses Saturday to renew their call for the New York State Energy Research… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Allie Griffin A Forest Hills concert featuring hip hop artists Nas and DJ Cassidy last week raised enough money to help a local charity feed nearly 2.5 million New Yorkers for a day. All proceeds from the ‘Concert to Feed NYC’ on Sept. 23 at Forest Hills Stadium were donated to… Read more »