Gentrification Of A Beach:The Resurrection Of The Riis Park Bazaar And The Capture Of The Rockaway Boardwalk

Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York Queens Eagle  A decision to award a 15-year Rockaway Beach Boardwalk concession contract to a new company could result in the eviction of a handful of beloved boardwalk businesses, say worried beachgoers and eatery owners. The New York City Parks Department has contracted with Rockaway Beach Bazaar LLC, a company … Continue reading Gentrification Of A Beach:The Resurrection Of The Riis Park Bazaar And The Capture Of The Rockaway Boardwalk

Queens Is Burning: Three Buildings Destroyed From Beauty Salon Fire In Flushing

QNS Firefighters on Saturday morning extinguished a seven-alarm fire that started late Friday night in a Flushing storefront and extended into an adjacent building, according to the FDNY. After receiving a call just before midnight on Friday, Jan. 8, regarding the blaze at a three-story building located at 136-15 37th Ave., approximately 50 units and … Continue reading Queens Is Burning: Three Buildings Destroyed From Beauty Salon Fire In Flushing

New York State Assembly Wants To Give Governor Cuomo Power To Rendition Citizens

Albany, New York For about 10 months now during this pandemic, Governor Cuomo has wielded his emergency executive powers anointed to him by the New York State Assembly and Senate with equal incompetence and malfeasance. So instead of repealing them now that there are multiple vaccines to fight the coronavirus and nearly a million available … Continue reading New York State Assembly Wants To Give Governor Cuomo Power To Rendition Citizens