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De Blasio, union blast MTA for Rockaway shuttle cuts
Are Rockaway commuters taking another knock from the MTA? The agency is reportedly decreasing the number of shuttle runs that were instituted to make up for “A” train service knocked out by hurricane...
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Hazards go unfixed in City playgrounds, investigation reveals
It takes most people a while to get around to fixing things. But when repair jobs are needed on park equipment kids play on, that can ruffle some feathers. An investigation by Comptroller John Liu’s...
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Two soccer fields in Flushing Meadows Corona Park are undergoing a $2 million makeover, even though the City is working on a deal to construct a Major League Soccer stadium over that same spot, reports...
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Sandy Disaster Relief Reality Show Proposed
Image source: Wikimedia Queens Crap has alerted us to a new reality show proposal called The Real Volunteers, which would be focused on the repair and recovery efforts of the Sandy-devastated areas...
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Jamaica Still Dealing With Trash Problem
Jamaica still has a trash problem. Local residents are dumping illegally, despite Department of Sanitation efforts to catch them and the city’s effort to clean up the neighborhood, NY1 reported. Since...
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Mayoral Candidate Attacks Quinn Over Money Directed to Private Sunnyside Park
Since 2007 City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has given $130,000 of city money to the Friends of Sunnyside Gardens Park, a non-profit organization that runs the 3.5 acre private park in Sunnyside....
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City Goes After Astoria Building Owners Who Paint on Billboards
The City’s Department of Buildings is fining property owners in Queens who have billboards painted on their buildings and are within sight of the highway. The department has targeted the owners of...
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Lawmakers Working on Fixing FEMA’s Co-op, Condo Blindspot
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a certain subset of Queens homeowners were shocked to find out that what it comes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, not all New York City homes are...
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Inside The Cliffs, the Largest Rock Climbing Center in New York City
This weekend is the grand opening of the largest rock climbing center in the northeast, The Cliffs at Long Island City. The center will host an open house on Saturday, October 5th from 9 am to 10 pm...
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News From the Border: Newtown Creek Dredging Will Begin This Week
A big part of being involved with the Newtown Creek story is attending an endless series of meetings. There’s a Newtown Creek Monitoring Committee over in Greenpoint that provides community input and...
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Western Queens to Get $1 Million for Participatory Funding
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who represents Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City and Astoria, plans to introduce a participatory funding process for the 2015/2016 budget year. Participatory...
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Reconstruction to Start Soon on Fire-Damaged Jackson Heights Building
The owner of this four-story building in Jackson Heights that was severely damaged in a fire in April has received the initial go-ahead from the Department of Buildings and plans to begin the...
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City Announces Jamaica Now Action Plan to Stop Foreclosures, Improve Streets...
The city unveiled a multi-faceted economic development “action plan” to prevent foreclosures, improve streetscapes, create affordable housing, and increase job-training opportunities in Jamaica on...
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