Are merchants responsible for lifting sidewalk?
Yes, property owners are responsible, but what if the lifting is caused by the vibration of the elevated J Train on Jamaica Avenue?
Consumer Price Index for July 2022 at 8.5%
CPI. Do you have the financial cushion to take price-increase hits? What are the adjustments you have made to cope? How long can you go on? How close are you…
Trash piling up for weeks in front of 125-17 Liberty Avenue has been ignored by Department of Sanitation after numerous 311 calls.
According to local merchants, the pile of trash pictured has been there since mid-July. What is the procedure to request a sanitation waste basket at the street corner of 126…
Hookah bars on Liberty Avenue bring unwelcomed noise trash and people from outside of the neighborhood.
Merchants and neighbors complained about late night noise, public urination and defecation, gun shots that damaged properties… What are the rules and consequences to open certain shops and when those…
Inflation as told by one bakery.
Flour up 75%; Coconut oil, 140%; Chicken, 130%. Polystyrene foam is banned statewide as of January 1, 2022. The cost to buy paper for on- and off-premise consumption went from…
NYC Mayor Eric Adams welcomed 14 immigrants arriving from Texas early Sunday morning. What’s wrong with this picture?
A total of about 50 have arrived under order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott since the first bus on Friday, August 5th. For those who lived and worked hard in…
Temporary Traffic Signal box needs to be made permanent at Jamaica Ave and 106 Street.
The box appears to power the traffic light at this corner. Trash is stuffed inside, wiring is exposed, and it has been left unfinished for over a year.
$50 DEP sanitation tickets are unfairly issued
Most store owners do clean the streets in front of their storefront when opening in the morning. DEP would come around noon and issue fines irregardless of how the piece…
Commercial tenants too have avoided paying rent! One pictured here did not pay for 3 years!
New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) so far paid 178,855 residential tenants a total of $2.9 billion federal fund as of July 28, 2022 to help their landlord.…
Get a haircut, shoe repaired or watch battery changed from Ruben’s at 86-44 121 St., Richmond Hill
Jacob immigrated from the Soviet Union with his family in the 1990s. Business from his watch and shoe repair/barber shop has taken a hit since COVID. Stop by to listen…