February 2025
REAP keeps NYC’s businesses in NYC (NY Daily News)
Planning underway for Queens Waterfront Greenway (CBS News)
Western Queens Democrats Discuss Trump-Era Tactics (Queens Chronicle)
Two Migrant Sites to Close in Queens (Queens Chronicle)
CM Julie Won Introduces Bill to Ban Public Disclosure of Migrant Shelter Locations (Queens Post)
Borden Studios: The New Film Production Mecca in NY (La Voce di New York)
Culture Lab Presents Molding A Community (Queens Gazette)
Queens Public Library to return to Court Square with new branch at 5PointzLIC (LIC Post)
Queens Public Library Finalizes Lease for New Court Square Branch in Long Island City (LIC Post)
New York Irish Center to Host ‘40 Shades of Green’ Celtic Cabaret on St. Patrick’s Day (LIC Post)
Incarcerated Men Find Hope for a Second Chance Through Music Program (PIX11)
44-Story Skyscraper Revealed for 42-50 24th Street in Long Island City, Queens (New York YIMBY)
Renderings Revealed for The Cube at 42-53 24th Street in Long Island City, Queens (New York YIMBY)
M&T Realty Capital Furnishes Loan for LIC Opportunity Zone Affordable (Connect CRE)
Housing Lottery Launches on Jackson Ave Across From Pink Sculpture, With Rents Starting at $1,548 (LIC Post | 6sqft)
‘Is This Really for the People?’ LIC Leaders Debate OneLIC Plan Ahead of ULURP Process (LIC Post)
Exclusive: Class Action Lawsuit Accuses LIC landlord of Illegal Rent Overcharges (LIC Post | Queens Post)
New Chinese Restaurant From Hong Kong Opens in NYC With Spicy Hunan Stir-Fries (Eater | TimeOut)
LIC’s Overflow Coffee Featured in “The Best NYC Coffee Shops With Wifi for Getting Work Done” (The Infatuation)
NYC Beer Week is in Full Swing, Here’s How to Celebrate in Queens and Across the City (QNS)
LIC’s Materials for the Arts and GSB Digital Featured in “When All of New York Is Your School” (Pratt)
RFEI to be Issued for 44-36 Vernon Boulevard’s Redevelopment in Long Island City, Queens (New York YIMBY)
Housing Lottery Launches for 26-38 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens (New York YIMBY | Brick Underground)
Housing lottery launches for 126 rent-stabilized units in Long Island City (Brick Underground)
Northwest Queens Sees Significant Rent and Lease Growth in January 2025: Report (LIC Post)
Queens Investment Sales Totaled $2.95 Billion in 2024, Ariel Property Advisors’ Report Shows (citybiz)
Home Builders Say Trump Tariffs Are Raising Construction Costs (The New York Times)
Matsunori Handroll Bar Opens in Long Island City (LIC Post | Eater)
Starbucks Expands in Long Island City With New Vernon Boulevard Location (Queens Post | LIC Post)
Dutch Kills Featured in “The 50 Best Bars in NYC Right Now (TimeOut)
Sweetleaf Featured in “The Sprudge Guide to Coffee in Queens, New York” (Sprudge)
LIC Lunar New Year Celebration Featured in “Lunar New Year Parade and Festival Returns to Chinatown Sunday” (Gothamist)
Art Photography Shines in LIC Student Exhibit (Queens Chronicle)
LIC’s NY Kids Club Featured in “Amazing Day Camps for Queens Kids” (New York Family)
Long Island City Partnership Hosts First Black History Month Event at MoMA PS1 (LIC Post)
EDC looking to the future for Long Island City (Queens Chronicle)
CM Julie Won Announces Second Round of Surveys for OneLIC Plan (LIC Post)
LIC Waterfront 5K Returns in June for 10th Anniversary, Registration Now Open (Queens Post | LIC Post)
Hour Children Awarded Grant From Mother Cabrini (Queens Gazette)
NYCHA Residents Invited to Apply for Rise Light & Power-Sponsored Climate Action Grants to Support Sustainability Efforts (Queens Post)
Is This Time the Charm in LIC? (Queens Chronicle)
One of New York’s Most Popular Bagel Shops is Opening a Long Island City Location (Eater)
The 9 Best Hotels in Long Island City, Curated by Time Out Editors (TimeOut)
Ferrara Manufacturing is Boosting Tech, ‘Made-in-USA’ Products at its Long Island City Factory (Manufacturing Dive)
Somedays Bakery Opens Franchising Opportunities (Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery)
Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for 25-01 Queens Plaza North in LIC (New York YIMBY | Time Out | LIC Post)
Housing Lottery Launches for The Fifty LIC at 39-26 30th Street in LIC (New York YIMBY | LIC Post)
Radiant Luxury Condos in Long Island City Reach 30% Sales Milestone in Record Time (Queens Post)
Silvercup Studios Partners with Local Schools to Foster New Filmmakers in Queens (QNS)
Popular Irish TV Personality Paddy Cullivan Returns to NYC for One-Night-Only Performance in March (LIC Post)
Chocolate Factory Theater in LIC Receives $1 Million Grant From State Sen. Gonzalez, Moves Closer to Renovation Funding Goal (Queens Post)
Lunar New Year Celebration - Long Island City, Queens (PIX 11)
Velázquez Blasts Trump, Musk, and ‘Unfit Agency Heads’ in Powerful Speech at Sunnyside Community Services (Sunnyside Post)
Democratic Socialist Claire Valdez Celebrates Inauguration With Local Leaders in Sunnyside (Sunnyside Post)
City Moves to Redevelop Long Island City Sites Once Eyed for Amazon’s HQ2 (Crain’s New York Business | Commercial Observer | The Real Deal | BISNOW | 6sqft | LIC Post | Queens Post)
LIC’s Noodle Factory Sells in 1031 Exchange (Connect CRE | New York Business Journal)
Developers Move Forward With Long-Planned Long Island City Apartment Tower (New York Business Journal)
Vacant Long Island City Lot Poised for Mixed-Use Development Trades Hands (Crain’s New York Business)
Two Buildings, Part of Innovation QNS, Sold (Queens Chronicle)
Museum of the Moving Image Launches Special Screening for Black History Month (Astoria Post)
Culture Lab Returns From Winter Break With Black History Month Exhibition and More (LIC Post)
Osukāā and Somedays Bakery Featured in "NYC’s New Restaurant Openings" (The Infatuation)
Oh! Calcutta Featured in “The Best Indian Restaurants in NYC” (Eater)