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 Allie Griffin The city is opening up a new COVID-19 vaccine site at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The facility will open this week at the former Modell’s sporting goods store inside the mall, located at 58-56 92nd St., de Blasio said. Health staff… 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 9, 2021 By Christian Murray The Parks Dept. has completed a $4.5 million revamp of a small park located by the Triborough Bridge and several Queens officials visited the area yesterday to hold a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Chappetto Square, a 1.25 acre park located on Hoyt Ave (between 21st and 23rd streets), has been… Read more »
April 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Six candidates running to represent the 22nd District on the City Council took the stage Wednesday evening to debate topics of note to area residents. The candidates, all Democrats, discussed a variety of topics of concern to Queens votes — everything from bike lanes to NYPD funding to community… Read more »
April 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin More than a dozen candidates vying for the 26th City Council district seat debated hot-button issues at a forum Wednesday night. The 15 candidates discussed a variety of topics of concern to Queens voters — everything from bike lanes to Amazon to NYPD funding — at the forum hosted… Read more »
April 8, 2021 By Ryan Songalia Amit Bagga, a candidate for city council, introduced an ambitious policy proposal Thursday that aims to curb what he describes as “predatory and exploitative practices” of the City’s 80,000 food delivery workers—many of whom are immigrants—by the large food app companies. The proposal, titled Delivery Justice Now!, represents a… Read more »
April 8, 2021 By Christian Murray The Long Island City condo market saw a frenzy of sales activity in the first quarter of 2021, with buyers coming to the market at a rate more pronounced than the weeks that followed the November 2018 Amazon announcement. There were 191 signed deals for the Jan. 1, 2021… Read more »