2017

July

City is ‘not shying away’ from Willets point development project, EDC president says (07/12/17)

Durst Files Plans For 63-Story Building Next To LIC Clock Tower (07/12/17)

‘Ridgewood Tower’ Sparks Concern For Future Zoning Plans (07/12/17)

Final Design For Frank Principe Park Unveiled By Crowley, Parks, CB 5 (07/12/17)

Downtown Jamaica is already seeing major benefits from ‘Action Plan’, with many more to come (07/13/17)

Hotel thought to be shelter is now closing (07/13/17)

Banking on the future of Austin St. (07/13/17)

GJDC: Still no news on station, 168th St. (07/13/17)

Second phase of Evergreen playground renovations revealed (07/14/17)

Resorts World Casino to begin $400M expansion to add 400-room hotel in South Ozone Park (07/14/17)

How would a new medical facility in Glendale affect the parking of the neighborhood? (07/17/17)

Developer seeks to build 90-room hotel with medical offices in Dutch Kills section of LIC (07/18/17)

A $65M community health center will rise in Flushing, Mayor de Blasio announces (07/19/17)

DOT Releases Study On Lower Montauk Branch Rail Study (07/19/17)

Louis Armstrong House Museum Breaks Ground On New $23 Million Education Center (07/19/17)

June

Take a look at what a newly redesigned Glendale Library will look like after $4 million renovation (06/14/17)

Bike path in Fresh Meadows with a historic past is getting a much-needed improvement (06/13/17)

With no trains, Astoria businesses offer discounts to keep residents in the neighborhood (06/12/17)

Mayor comes to Rego Park & announces that neighborhood will get a new public library (06/09/17)

Free ‘Only in Queens’ food & music festival is this Sunday at Flushing Meadows Corona Park (06/08/17)

EXCLUSIVE: Downtown Flushing to kick off new small business marketing & ad campaign (06/07/17)

Court rules against proposed ‘Willets West’ mega mall near Citi Field in Queens (06/06/17)

Queens kicks off another summer season of ‘booming’ tourism & fun outdoor events (06/06/17)

Robert F. Kennedy Bridge will go cashless beginning on June 15 (06/05/17)

As Queens grows, lawmakers want to give communities greater input in zoning waivers for developers (06/05/17)

Downtown Flushing retailers launch a reward program for local shoppers (06/01/17)

May

Resorts World still bringing in big bucks (05/25/17)

Long Island City rental market saw the biggest construction boom in the country after 2010: study (05/23/17)

Downtown Flushing condo building sold the most units in NYC in early 2017, report says (05/22/17)

Bethpage Federal Credit Union acquires Northwell Health Federal Credit Union (05/19/17)

Mayor praises start of third phase of Queens Boulevard makeover between Forest Hills & Rego Park (05/18/17)

Can Sunnyside become the city’s newest transit hub — and be a solution to Penn Station’s woes? (05/16/17)

Unemployment rate in Queens falls but the borough’s racked with income inequality: comptroller (05/15/17)

New community schools in Queens (05/18/17)

April

NYS Pavilion to get $14 million makeover (04/27/17)

Queens Museum hosts brightly hued Holi/Earth Day celebration on Sunday (04/21/17)

Queens sees strong ’17 housing market (04/20/17)

MAP: See how rents across Queens have spiked near certain subway stations (04/17/17)

City begins a $5.6 million transformation of Corona Plaza into a lively public space (04/11/17)

City will start controversial safety improvement project in Corona this Monday (04/07/17)

5Pointz artists may be entitled to money from LIC developer who whitewashed their work (04/07/17)

Ridgewood’s war against illegal graffiti resumes with cleanups across the community (04/04/17)

Fight against proposed 17-story ‘Ridgewood Tower’ development gets lawmaker’s support (04/04/17)

March

Vote on how to spend $1 million for projects in LIC, Woodside, Astoria and Sunnyside (03/17/17)

Downtown Flushing awarded $1.55 million to revitalize its small businesses & commercial corridors (03/15/17)

Flushing’s Main Street reconstruction project brings traffic pattern changes: DOT (03/10/17)

Astoria Bank and Sterling Bancorp will merge in a $2.2 billion deal(03/08/17)

Rally For Solidarity With Immigrants (03/02/17)

February

Memorial vigil for late Corona street vendor serves as a call for action on food sale permits (02/24/17)

Businesses around 71st Avenue plaza project in Ridgewood are seeing a major drop in customers (02/20/17)

‘Love Your Local’ program lets you help your favorite Queens businesses get city funds (02/17/17)

More than 150,000 NYC tourists stayed at Airbnb hosts’ homes in Queens: report (02/17/17)

January

City looks to tweak Glendale plaza project in order to save struggling small businesses (01/20/17)

Duane Reade to close its Maspeth distribution center, leaving over 200 workers without jobs (01/19/17)

Half-mile of abandoned track in Glendale & Forest Hills may be first seeds of ‘QueensWay’ park (01/16/17)

PBS will screen ‘In Jackson Heights,’ documentary about the neighborhood, on Friday (01/06/17)

Douglaston Macy’s and movie theater to move out, Lowe’s Home Improvement looking to move in(01/04/17)

Come Join Us!

The Queens Economic Development Corporation and Queens Tourism Council will host Queens Taste 2024 at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday, May 21, from 6 pm to 9 pm.

We expect to attract more than 500 attendees with 50 restaurants and beverage purveyors, who will offer samples of their products. Thus, attendees will be able to bounce from table to table, tasting treats from tangy to fiery, crunchy to velvety, and sweet to briny.

Queens Taste is also a celebration of the borough -- and a great way to network. Almost all the anticipated 500 attendees either live in Queens or do business there. Many are executives and captains of industry. The atmosphere is always festive, almost giddy, creating an ideal scene for meeting and greeting.

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