Polimics LIC-Style
Juan Ardila looks to be the next NYC Assemblyman for LIC. He won the Democratic Primary held yesterday with fewer than 4,000 votes in a district with ~125,000 residents. Labeled a progressive and...
View ArticleWhat A Disappointing Election For Long Island City
I voted today. Or I should say I went to the election booth only to discover a paucity of choices in Long Island City. Over a third of the job-seekers had zero opposition, and another 50% were against...
View Article‘Tis The Slow Season In Long Island City
‘TIS The Season when things really slow down in the news biz. It’s when us veteran reporters usually hand over the reigns to the rookies and let’em try to squeeze blood from a stone. Which brings us...
View Article“Greetings, Friends!”
buon natale dai tuoi amici di Nusco CHRISTMAS is the one day of the year when we don’t receive packages in our home. For that I am grateful. But not complacent. No, we are ever vigilant on behalf of...
View ArticleLighting The Way In LIC In 2023
IT’S that time of year when we take the measure of the preceding 365, and 3650. And a recently installed traffic sign encapsulated the weariness of LIC in the 2020’s in the wizened eyes of The Editor....
View ArticleThis News About LIC Makes Me Won-der
hot political debate in LIC DUE to the lack of any meaningful local headlines, I chose to delve into a recent pair of stories in The New York Daily News criticizing LIC’s Community Council Member...
View ArticleWill Queensbridge Be Razed Soon?
EIGHT years ago LICtalk proposed a radical solution to the endemic problems haunting Queensbridge: Raze it and rebuild. Today that solution has gained traction with the current Mayoral administration...
View ArticleAlleviate Us Julie Won From The Bane of Hunters Point
bring it on, Julie Won WE are deep in the summer doldrums, which is a perfect time to resurrect a long neglected issue here in LIC: The empty lot that is 49-18 Vernon Boulevard. Except this time we’re...
View ArticleNew Rezoning Plan Slated For Long Island City
between the water and the towers lies the Warehouse District of LIC THE headline above is a surefire way to deter clicks. The innocuity of once again announcing rezoning plans for Long Island City, is...
View ArticleThe Plot Thickens, The Bud Burns in LIC
PLOT E in Hunters Point South, step up to the plate. You’re the latest debutante to be presented for gawking at by the LIC community. Oohs and ahhs and a little poking and prodding before a tall steel...
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