October 8, By Michael Florio
The Queens Library will be extending its hours so that every branch will be open at least one weekend day beginning on November 15th.
Currently, just 20 of the 63 Queens Library branches open on weekends.…
October 7, By Michael Florio
The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has scheduled hearings for nearly 100 backlogged properties, including two Jackson Heights buildings, the Old Calvary Cemetery Gatehouse and the iconic Pepsi Cola Sign in Long Island City.…
October 7, By Michael Florio
A new Thai restaurant has opened in Jackson Heights.
Sompong Thai, located at 37-09 83rd Street, just off of 37th Ave, opened early last week.
The restaurant has already received praise from residents who have tried it out,…
Oct. 7, By Michael Florio
Jackson Heights residents will have an opportunity to watch a documentary on their neighborhood and meet the filmmaker.
Residents are invited to attend a free screening of “In Jackson Heights,” a documentary on the daily life of the diverse neighborhood,…
October 1, By Michael Florio
Residents gathered Wednesday night at a local church to express concern and even outrage over the opening of an East Elmhurst homeless shelter.
The Landing Hotel Shelter (formerly the Clarion Hotel) began housing families last month,…
Sept. 30, By Michael Florio
State Senator Jose Peralta wants more Queens residents to sign up to be organ donors.
Peralta is joining forces with LiveOnNY, a non-profit organ donor group, as a means to encourage residents to donate their organs upon death.…
Sept. 29, By Michael Florio
Residents will be able to ask city officials questions about the opening of a homeless shelter in East Elmhurst at a public meeting on Wednesday.
Community Board 3 and the East Elmhurst Corona Civic Association are co-hosting a public information meeting on the opening of The Landing Hotel Shelter (formerly the Clarion Hotel),…
Sept. 29, By Jackie Strawbridge
Subway masturbators will face harsher sentences starting in November, now that a new law has been signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Currently, first-time offenders who subject another person to sexual contact on public transit can receive a maximum sentence of ninety days in prison or one year of probation.…
Sept. 28, By Michael Florio
Residents who are fed up with noisy planes that soar above their homes will be able to voice their opposition at a town hall meeting next month.
Several local officials are hosting a town hall meeting regarding plane noise that stems from La Guardia Airport on Sunday,…
Sept. 28, By Michael Florio
Port Authority officers saved a schizophrenic man from jumping to his death at La Guardia Airport on Saturday.
The police were alerted to a 24-year-old man’s mental condition after his mother told officers that he was off his prescription drugs and was behaving irrationally,…