Sept. 2, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The city has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks alleging that the coffee chain illegally fired a worker in retaliation for helping to unionize a store in Astoria. The lawsuit, filed by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), claims Starbucks illegally sacked barista Austin Locke days after the… Read more »
Sept. 1, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Ample Hills Creamery, the popular ice cream purveyor, is opening a Long Island City location later this month. The creamery, known for churning out innovative and story-themed ice creams, is opening its store in the heart of Hunters Point at 5-36 50th Ave. — in a building situated across… Read more »
Sept. 1, 2022 By Christian Murray A 16-year-old girl was punched in the face and had her hand bitten while standing on a subway platform in Long Island City Monday during morning rush hour. The teen was on the 39th Ave. N/W platform at around 8:35 a.m. when an individual approached her and attempted to… Read more »
Sept. 1, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police on Thursday released images of two suspects wanted for punching a 34-year-old man in Long Island City earlier this summer that left him with a broken jaw. The suspects, two males, got into a verbal dispute with the victim outside 9-19 40 Ave. on July 14 at around… Read more »
Sept. 1, 2022 By Christian Murray The owners of a Woodside property on Northern Boulevard have filed an application with the Dept. of City Planning to rezone the site in order to build a two-story auto showroom. The application, which was certified by the Dept. of City Planning in June, calls to rezone 58-02 Northern… Read more »
Aug. 30, 2022 By Christian Murray Plaxall, a prominent Long Island City real estate company that got its start in western Queens as a plastics manufacturer 70 years ago, has closed its factory on 46th Avenue. The family-owned company, which was founded by Louis Pfohl as an industrial design firm in 1938, came of age… Read more »
Aug. 30, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in Astoria is holding a film festival next month dedicated to the life and career of actor James Caan, who was raised in Sunnyside and died last month at the age of 82. The festival, aptly called The Caan Film Festival, will… Read more »
Aug. 30, 2022 By Christian Murray A 48-year-old Corona man died Monday night after crashing his electric scooter into a utility pole in Maspeth, police said. Jaime Aguilar, of 108th Street, was riding his 2022 Fly-E-bike Z6 southbound on Maurice Avenue at about 6:40 p.m. when he lost control of the scooter. According to police,… Read more »
Aug .29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 15-year-old boy had his arm severed by a train Monday morning after he fell onto the tracks at the 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue subway station in what may have been a case of subway surfing. The boy fell from a northbound R train at around 10:25 a.m. inside the… Read more »
Aug. 26, 2022 Responding Op-Ed By Gary LaBarbera, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Brian Sampson has it all wrong. Yes, construction work is a pathway to the middle class. However, that is only true because of the collective power of union labor. Union labor created the prevailing wage. … Read more »