Try and take some time tomorrow to visit the Queens Green Business Summit at Queens College. Sponsored by the Queens Chamber, Queens College, Con Ed, Citi, and many, many more (including the Queens Ledger!), this Summit promises to be much more than a "Go Green" rally or sales pitch. Instead, thi...
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WED 01/21/09
HOFSTRA 54, WILLIAM & MARY 44
HOFSTRA SEASON RECORDS: 12-7, 4-4 CAA
PLACE IN CAA STANDINGS: tied for 6th
JENKINS SEASON AVERAGES: 16.8 pts, 4.7 reb, 3.7 ast, 3.5 to
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Maybe guys were still tired from staying up late, watching all of the hist...
The Department of City Planning announced Tuesday that it would begin the public review process for the contextual rezoning of 275 blocks in North Flushing to protect the neighborhood from overdevelopment and try to preserve its low-rise character.
It is one of the largest contextual rezonings ...
Political commentator and strategist James Carville said last week that his party – The Democratic Party – was in a ‘bad streak.’ Carville didn’t mean that his party was in any way in a losing streak, he was referring to the scandals that have sprouted up quite recently.
It was only three years...
In this time of mass hysteria, when people become obsessed with the personal lives of celebrities, athletes, and politicians from Chicago, there is still hope that public opinion can be swayed through well argued academic discussion.
Last Tuesday, I was invited to attend a segment in a debate s...
With the City Council’s passage of Intro 837, the residency standards for certain city employees will get easier. This bill does not affect police officers and fire fighters, but instead it targets social services workers who, until now, were relegated to living in the five boroughs indefinitely....
An ongoing issue for the City of New York and the HIV AIDS lobbyists is the way the New York City HIV and AIDS Services Administration (HASA) dispenses vouchers to people with AIDS. HASA issues vouchers to people living with AIDS when they are in the advanced stages of AIDS. This means that there...
Welcome to the Queens Commerce Blog. I am Jack Friedman, Executive Vice President of the Queens Chamber of Commerce. It is my hope that this blog will be an interactive exchange of business happenings relevant to the Queen's community. I will post Queens Chamber events, as well as other even...
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SAT 01/17/09
HOFSTRA 57, NORTHEASTERN 52
HOFSTRA SEASON RECORDS: 11-7, 3-4 CAA
PLACE IN CAA STANDINGS: tied for 6th
JENKINS SEASON AVERAGES: 17.1 pts, 4.9 reb, 3.6 ast, 3.4 to
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I must admit, on a late Saturday morning at Hofstra, with first-place Northe...