MAYOR ADAMS LAUNCHES EFFORT TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF …
WEBJun 22, 2023 · Adams Administration Plan Includes Over $75 Million Investment, Urgent Infrastructure Improvements in Area Plagued by Excessive Flooding and Sewage Problems That Have Gone Unaddressed for Decades City Agencies and Community Leaders Will Kick off Community Planning Process to Prepare Comprehensive, Long-Term Plan for Affordable Housing and Economic Opportunity New York City Mayor Eric Adams ...
Queens Center Mall Celebrates 30th With $225 M Expansion
WEBSep 10, 2003 · Having opened on September 12, 1973, the Queens Center Mall is celebrating its 30th year this week halfway through a two-year $225 million face lift. Begun last summer, the project will add one million square feet of retail space, a new food court and 900 new parking spaces. The multi-level garage …
DA Katz Appoints 48 New Assistant District Attorneys
WEBOct 21, 2021 · Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on October 15 the appointment of 48 new Assistant District Attorneys - which is the largest class ever - to join the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Of the 48 new prosecutors, 27 are women and 21 are men. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on October 15 the appointment.
Snyder Murder Case Still Remembered In Queens Village
WEBJun 11, 2014 · Author and historian Marco Conelli presented the account of the Ruth Snyder murder case and the conviction which led to the first ever electrocution of a woman in New York state. On the night of Mar. 20, 1927, suburban housewife, Ruth Brown Snyder, and her secret lover, Henry Judd Gray, murdered Snyder’s husband, Albert, in their Queens ...
Titan Foods To Relocate - Queens Gazette
WEBon May 17, 2023. The folks at Titan Foods in Astoria are packing up their assorted cheeses and complete line of Mediterranean foods and products for a move to a new location. Titan Foods, Astoria’s Greek Grocer dubbed “the largest retail Greek food and grocery store in North America,” recently lost its lease for the shop at 25-56 31st ...
How Radio Broadcaster Bruce Morrow Became The Legendary …
WEBOct 21, 2020 · As the story goes, sometime back in 1959, a relatively obscure radio DJ named Bruce was standing in the hallway of the WINS radio studio in Midtown Manhattan. There an elderly woman, somehow getting past security and entering the studio, approached him and said, “Cousin, lend me 50 cents to get home.”. When Bruce, as the true tale continues ...
Frisby… First In North America - Queens Gazette
WEBAug 15, 2007 · Frisby fried chicken has just made its North American debut in Jackson Heights to the delight of many. Frisby is a chain of delectable fried chicken restaurants, 100 strong, throughout Colombia, South America. Thanks to a strong partnership between Queens resident Sigifredo Camargo and the franchise's owner, Alfredo Hoyo Mazuera, Frisby arrived on Northern
Unique Moment: Paul Kotrotsios and the 35th ... - Queens Gazette
WEBMar 17, 2022 · A Congressional Proclamation that was issued previously by the Hon. Robert E. Andrews of the United States House of Representatives, First District, New Jersey, states, “the Hellenic News of America has, since 1987, advocated for Hellenic-American Interests, strengthened connections within the Hellenic-American community and educated Greek Americans and Philhellenes about current national ...
Pheffer Leaving Assembly For Queens County Clerk’s Job
WEBMay 11, 2011 · With Pheffer leaving to take the $136,000-a-year job in the Queens County Clerk’s office, the job of filling her old position in the state Assembly will be done in a special election that awaits Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call. Pheffer’s choice is Joann Shapiro, her longtime chief of staff. Republicans are expected to go with Jane Deacy, a ...
Chairman Crowley Honors Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin
WEBMay 30, 2018 · On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her civil disobedience marked the first protest of its kind in the deep South. Though her arrest preceded Rosa Parks’, Colvin did not receive the same level of recognition, as civil rights organizations at ...
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