Long-Island-City News

Housing flourished in the westernmost part of Queens, as it did in few other areas of the city from 2002 to 2008, according to a new economic snapshot of the neighborhoods of Long Island City and Astoria by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Housing in Long Island City and Astoria grew faster between 2002 and 2008 than it did in the city as a whole, according to a new state comptroller's report.

Residential growth in Long Island City and Astoria has outpaced the city as a whole, with the area's housing stock rising 4.8 percent from 2002 to 2008, compared to the citywide rate of 3.6 percent.

Meeting to preserve the Queens Plaza millstones The Greater Astoria Historical Society and the community of Long Island City/Astoria, are concerned about the safety of the historic millstones located at Queens Plaza.

An embittered ex-boyfriend doused a pregnant woman with gasoline and set her on fire in the doorway of her Queens apartment yesterday as her horrified children looked on, officials and neighbors said.

Khenan Clarke, accused of setting ex-lover and kids on fire, gets treated for burns.

Pickles are the trendy food du jour , with demand rising in stores across New York.

The trend toward outer borough hotel development in New York City continues. A new Country Inn & Suites that opened last week in Long Island City joins a number of other branded properties in the Queens neighborhood.

Because of low demand among parents of school-age children, city health officials are opening their swine flu vaccination clinics to a broader group of people this weekend, city officials said.

Marc Lewis, president of Century 21 NY Metro and 575 Madison Avenue In a continuing bid for aggressive expansion, Century 21 NY Metro told The Real Deal today that it has acquired Queens-based sales and rental firm MQ Realty.

Page through listings in Long Island City and 99% of them will be for new or newish condos built to attract boom-time buyers seeking Manhattan-style bells and whistles.

It's longer than its Parisian namesake , lacks a Napoleonic triumphal arch and, thank goodness, never suffered the tramp of Nazi boots.

New Yorkers by the tens of thousands failed to vote on Tuesday. And their reasons and excuses for not doing so numbered almost as many - apathy, absent-mindedness, willful protest and, for a great number, a belief that their vote just wouldn't count in a race that was not supposed to be in doubt.

NEW YORK, NY November 05, 2009 a 'New York voters approved Proposition 2 this week, by a large margin.

What would you do if Channel 11 gave you $1,000 in cash? Every Friday now is "Feel Good Friday," as Help Me Howard is giving away $1,000 to one very lucky person.

Ramon Blas tried to escape in this UPS delivery truck before he was killed Tuesday.

An angry driver alleged shot another motorist, then attempted to escape in a UPS truck.

Barring an upset of monumental proportions, New York City is expected to elect its first ever Asian-American to citywide office today.

Artist Rob Pruitt has organised to present The First Annual Art Award which will showcase tonight at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in association with White Columns .

Veteran Director/Cinematographer Jerry Simpson, principal of production company Simpson Films , has recently shot a pilot for a documentary profiling drummer Steve Gadd with the VariCam 3700, Panasonic's premier solid-state P2 HD VariCam camcorder.