September 2020

Catch up on what's happening in LIC

September 2020

One of Long Island's sole female coffee roasters launches Favor Coffee (Newsday)

Queens Restaurant Owner Consolidates Businesses to Capitalize On Outdoor Dining Space (NY1)

MAC Cosmetics Is Piloting a Retail Concept in New York City (Yahoo! Life)

Jesse Wine Brings Movement to Idle Thoughts at SculptureCenter (WWD)

'That’s guerrilla gardening': Queens residents give up waiting for NYCHA permission (PIX11)

Parents of School Children in Western Queens Less Likely to opt for ‘Remote Learning’ (LIC Post)

Plans Certified for 21-Story Building Proposed for Queens Plaza South (LIC Post)

Real-Estate Investors Buying Studio Home of ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Sex and the City’ (Wall Street Journal)

Applications Open For 185 Affordable Apartments On LIC Waterfront (Patch)

NYC leaders urge mayor to reverse LIC shelter reshuffling plan (Queens Daily Eagle)

After coronavirus shutdown, NYC’s film and television industry slowly getting back to work (New York Daily News)

Atlas Capital Group Sells LIC Site to Life Science Developer for $40M (Commercial Observer)

Monuments That Celebrate Communal Struggles, Not Flawed Men (New York Times)

Queens residents say city is ignoring pleas for help as homeless issues grow (PIX11)

Monuments That Celebrate Communal Struggles, Not Flawed MenWork Begins On Northern Boulevard Protected Bike Lane (Patch)

Inside the amenity spaces at Long Island City’s supertall Skyline Tower (6sqft)

45-18 Court Square’s Expansion Progresses In Long Island City, Queens (New York YIMBY)

Op-Ed: LaGuardia AirTrain is bound for glory (QNS)

City Officials Come Together To Address Quality of Life Issues on the Long Island City Waterfront (LIC Post)

Small businesses rally in Queens for state and city assistance (PIX 11)

City to Move More than 60 Women Out of Long Island City Hotel, Used as Temporary Shelter (LIC Post)

Heslin to lead NYIC (The Irish Echo)

Long Island City Group Launches School Supply Drive (LIC Post)

Our Chance to Get Queens, and the City, Working Again (Gotham Gazette)

New York’s Reopened Museums: Where to Go and What to See (New York Times)

Homeless New Yorkers To Be Moved Out Of Long Island City Hotel (Patch)

Queens comedian takes his show outside to keep LIC laughing (Queen's Daily Eagle)

School Construction Authority Stops Work on New School Buildings, Cites COVID and Budget Woes (LIC Post)

SculptureCenter Director Christian Rattemeyer Departs After Less Than a Year (ARTNews)

Hudson Yards planner’s first lesson at Cornell Tech: New York City isn’t dead (Crain's New York Business)

Proposed East River Bike Bridge Wins CB Committee's Backing (Patch)

City severs ties to Long Island City developers for post-Amazon plans (Politico)

New program asks architects to help design outdoor dining spaces for NYC restaurants (6sqft)

COVID-19 may claim Long Island City film studio and one man’s ‘American Dream’ (QNS)

The Show Must Go On: Famed Costume Rental Program Reopens in Queens (NY1)

Council Members Push DOT to Open Pedestrian Pathway on Queensboro Bridge ASAP (LIC Post)

Officials voice concerns after Queens residents fundraise for private security to patrol waterfront (AM New York)

Sen. Gillibrand visits LIC Food pantry to announced new legislation (Queens Daily Eagle)