Small Businesses Aggrieved by Gentrification in Long Island City
Like every other Saturday morning, Mark Lopez is getting ready to open his bodega in Long Island City. But these days he is a troubled man. As he opens the…
CUNY Faculty and Students Say “NO” to Amazon’s HQ2
Long Island City, home to a little over 68,000 residents will soon be the home to one of two new headquarters for the online shopping megastore Amazon, a development that…
Queens Correctional Facility Loses Officer due to Deadly Dispute
A 47- year- old state correction officer fatally shot herself outside of the Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City, where she worked, on May 2, 2017. Kisha Brown, a 17-year veteran Corrections officer,…
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza – true solidarity
Unapologetically Black, queer, activist and feminist—Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and special projects director for National Domestic Workers Alliance, fired up the stage of Diana Center Event…
