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Bankrupt airport hotel seeks savior
Crain's New York Business
Jan 27Lisa Fickenscher - The legal drama at the bankrupt LaGuardia Plaza Hotel in Queens continues, as the owner tries to ink a deal with a national hotel chain and investors even as nearly 2-year-old foreclosure proceedings continue.The hotel has lost busin... »
Bankrupt airport hotel seeks savior
Crain's New York Professional Services
Jan 27Lisa Fickenscher - The legal drama at the bankrupt LaGuardia Plaza Hotel in Queens continues, as the owner tries to ink a deal with a national hotel chain and investors even as nearly 2-year-old foreclosure proceedings continue.The hotel has lost busin... »
Slaughterhouse Announce Album Release Date & Tour
StupidDope.com
Jan 26The super-group known as Slaughterhouse are preparing their return album, and now we have an official release date. The Shady Records members have marked May 15th on their calendars as the date for their upcoming album Our House, to be released to the ... »
Queens man may have committed suicide by fireworks
New York Post Local
Jan 24A troubled Queens man may have committed suicide by fireworks yesterday. Horrified relatives discovered Theodore Ellinghaus Jr., 50, dead in the second-floor hallway of his house on 111th Avenue in South Ozone Park at 9:28 a.m. — after the powerful M80... »
Ozone Park Explosion Victim May Have Been Making Bombs, Cops Say
DNAinfo
Jan 23A 50-year-old Queens man may have been trying to make pipe bombs when he died in a blast, police say. »
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High schools to close and reopen
Queens Crap
Feb 04From the Daily News:The future of eight large Queens high schools — and the hundreds of educators who work there — are in jeopardy as the city plans to overhaul the struggling institutions.The schools could lose up to half of their staff and receive a ... »
The Omnibus Roundup – Towers in the Park, Convention Centers in Queens, Tidal Turbines in the River, Presidential Omissions and Lots of Things To Do
Urban Omnibus
Jan 27First up, a reminder: The deadline for The Unfinished Grid essay competition, our call for writing on the Manhattan street grid as paradigm, rubric or muse for urban life, is just around the corner! Submit by 5pm on… »
Understanding Universal Pre-K
Queens Mamas
Jan 24If your child will turn 4 in 2012, listen up. You may be able to enroll your preschooler in a free pre-school program through the Department of Education or one of its partners. This free ... »
Terrorism vs. suicide vs. insanity in Ozone Park explosion
Queens Crap
Jan 24From DNA Info:A man apparently making low-grade pipe bombs with powder from fireworks blew himself up inside his Queens home Monday morning, sources said.Theodore Ellinghaus, 50, ignited the blast on 111th Avenue in Ozone Park just before 9:30 a.m. and... »
Crime up in casino precinct
Queens Crap
Jan 24From the NY Post:Crime has gone up in the Queens precinct that covers the glittering new racino at Aqueduct, The Post has learned.It’s unclear to what, if any, extent the gambling operation can be tied to the spurt of petit larcenies and misdemeanor as... »