| Hotel CUNY eyed in Queens |
| Amanda Fung - The City University of New York is planning to build a hotel in Long Island City, Queens, to enhance its schools' hospitality programs. CUNY is looking for a hospitality consultant to evaluate a 91,000-square-foot lot it owns at 28-02 Skillman Ave. which is part of its LaGuardia Community College campus, for potential hotel use. The selected consultant will help CUNY analyze the ... |
| 01/27/2012 |
| FreshDirect to leave LIC |
| FreshDirect, the fast-growing online grocer whose expansion plans sparked a border war between New York and New Jersey, isn’t checking out of New York City, but it will be leaving Long Island City, wh |
| 02/09/2012 |
| Sweet Government Subsidies Keep Fresh Direct In NYC |
| Though for a second it looked like it might move to New Jersey, the popular grocery delivery service Fresh Direct is staying in town. Governor Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg and Bronx Beep Ruben Diaz Jr. today announced that, thanks to some hefty financial incentives from the city, state and borough, FD is moving from Long Island City to the Bronx. And it's planning on adding 1,000 jobs or so in the ... |
| 02/07/2012 |
| JetBlue’s sign ready for takeoff |
| Long Island City’s skyline is a few votes away from getting a bit brighter as JetBlue’s proposal for an illuminated rooftop sign that would rival Silvercup’s won over Community Board 1 on Tuesday nigh |
| 01/31/2012 |
| Teacher Answers Phones for $100K |
| A former New York City schoolteacher is still on the city's payroll, making more than $100,000 a year for almost 10 years for doing menial administrative work. All the while, Alan Rosenfeld has also been running a real estate business on the side. |
| 02/01/2012 |
| Queens aims for Apple core |
| A real estate developer is in preliminary talks with Apple about opening one of the brand’s iconic stores on bustling Austin St. in Forest Hills. |
| 01/16/2012 |
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