via Queens Chronicle
Foul Called on Mets Mall Plan
Queens residents protested plans to build a mall on a Citi Field parking lot, saying the space should be used for affordable housing.
Tag: Queens
Girl’s ‘Silver Lining’ to Storm
Ariel Creamer used Facebook to connect victims of Sandy to donors. The 14-year-old Queens student was recently honored at the White House.
via The New York Times
Lining Up For a Job Lift
Hundreds of people spent five days and nights on a Queens street in hopes of gaining a union job as an elevator mechanic.
via The Queens Courier
Head Start Falls Behind
Sequestration-related budget cuts threaten services at Head Start programs in Queens and around the city.
via City Atlas
Riding a Solar Wave, Post-Sandy
Surfers are among the environmental advocates helping introduce solar power to the Rockaways as the area rebuilds.
via The Queens Courier
Community Unites Amid Slaying
Friends and neighbors have provided comfort and help to a Woodside man since the October murder of his husband.
via Voices of NY
Chef Serves up Food and Peace
Restaurateur Ali El Sayed, the honorary "Mayor of Astoria," views fine food as a form of diplomacy.
via The Queens Courier
New Wave of Greeks in Astoria
The financial crisis in Greece is spurring an influx of young immigrants into the Queens neighborhood.