Queens Crap
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Chalet Alpina to become Peruvian restaurant

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From DNA Info : A Peruvian restaurant will soon open on Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills, replacing a German eatery that closed last ye...
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A leopard cannot change its spots

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Here's an update from one of my favorite John Ciafone properties : Not only have the signs multiplied, but now there's some new sha...
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Melissa under investigation

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From Crains : New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and one of her former political consultants are subjects of a city ethic...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Rockaway gas pipeline almost complete

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From Rockaway Times : The Rockaway Lateral Transco Pipeline Project, running from the Atlantic Ocean, through Riis Park, and up Flatbush A...
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AirBnB has become an even bigger problem

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From Crains : The number of New York-based apartments listed on Airbnb in 2014 that would be illegal rentals grew by 2,300 from the previo...
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Ridgewood rents raised more than elsewhere

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From the Queens Courier : Rents in Ridgewood last year nearly doubled since 2009, according to data compiled by real estate website Street...
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Daneek, Danny and Paulie V. are "slugs" for keeping lulu cash

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From the Daily News : By law, the standard salary for a member is $112,500. But the Council gets around the limit by awarding lulus, suppo...
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Melissa is up to something

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From Crains : When Melissa Mark-Viverito was raising money for her successful City Council speaker bid in late 2013, she voluntarily impos...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

LaGuardia getting an AirTrain?

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From DNA Info : Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans Tuesday to build a second AirTrain in Queens, connecting riders to LaGuardia Airport fro...
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What's going on at the LaGuardia Airport Hotel?

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I got some info this weekend from a tipster who has proven accurate in the past. Connect the dots, if you will. " SM ROUNDERS, LLC ...
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Success at the Cinemart

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From the Daily News : Movie lovers came out in force to support a historic Queens theater on the brink of collapse. The Cinemart in Fore...
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Collapse causes ambulance corps to close

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From the Queens Chronicle : The Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps is planning to shut down its operations almost two years...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

Cuomo pushes minimum wage hike

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From the Huffington Post : New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced Sunday that he plans to submit a proposal to raise the minimum wage to...
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Like a turd that won't stay flushed

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From New York Magazine : A little over a year after she lost New York's Democratic mayoral primary, Christine Quinn is working in poli...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Time to bend over again!

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From the Daily News : The city’s hot real estate market led to a whopping 9% hike on assessed property values, which will likely force som...
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Elmhurst Elks Lodge may get upgrade

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From the Queens Tribune : An Elmhurst landmark will get some upgrades, but it needs help from the community first. Constructed in the 19...
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DeBlasio wants to build on community garden spaces

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From DNA Info : At least 15 community gardens on city-owned property could be bulldozed to make way for new buildings under the de Blasio ...
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City cleaning up future South Jamaica hotel site

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From the Queens Chronicle : The city Office of Environmental Remediation is preparing to clean up the site where a four-story hotel will b...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Van Bramer wants LIC upzoned

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From the Wall Street Journal : It may be hard to believe given the amount of construction in recent years, but more cranes could be on the...
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T building will basically become a homeless shelter

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From the Queens Courier : A development company has signed a 99-year lease with the city to turn the historic T-Building into a 205-unit a...
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