WELL now it seems that we have come full circle in less than a week. First I was tipped off by a reader last Wednesday that the local School Superintendent Dr. Philip Composto was let go, and that locals feeling the firing was unjustified were organizing to support him. The support worked as intended and the Superintendent has been given new consideration.
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all I want is a home LAST week I received an email from a reader who shared that the rent on her 3-br was recently increased from $6,900 to $7,900 a month. 'Interesting data point' I thought whilst simultaneously calculating in my head its … [Continue reading] about Long Island City Rents & Other Real Estate Stuff
Margaritas in May or Pina Colada’s in January LIC?

… So I wrote to the paperTook out a personal adAnd though I'm nobody's poetI thought it wasn't half bad The children at the local public schools in Long Island City will not be getting off for Cinco De Mayo tomorrow. They did get off for Eid … [Continue reading] about Margaritas in May or Pina Colada’s in January LIC?
Queens Store #1 In NYC Bagel Survey

On occasion I will take the liberty to write about a topic not exactly LIC-centric, and in this case it only has a tenuous link to Queens overall. Yet this topic entails a quantitative analysis that would give a leg up to any second year investment … [Continue reading] about Queens Store #1 In NYC Bagel Survey
More Beer, Lusskin Leaving, Hero a Zero?

AFTER 8.5 years, Liz Lusskin is stepping down as head of the Long Island City Partnership. Her departure comes at the end of a period where LIC evolved from its emergence as an up-and-coming neighborhood to fully established on the national scene. A … [Continue reading] about More Beer, Lusskin Leaving, Hero a Zero?