Commentary on happenings relating to greater Sunnyside-Woodside-LIC from the unconcealed POV of the writers. Agree or disagree? Send comments to SmallTownComment@ gmail.com Volume 2, Number 4
Monday, April 29, 2019
Netflix To Build Production Hub: What it Means for NYC
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Enticing Anable: What Do We Want for LIC’s Anable Basin?
by Bert Koca
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Hey Mayor & Councilman!
DO YOUR JOBS!
What Else Are You Doing with the 325,000 Employees and a Budget of $88.67 Billion?
Historic Structure: To Be Re-Rented or at Risk? by Jason Greenberg (See page 2)
2019 Luke Adams
Sunnysider of the Year Gala (See page 9-11)
Op Ed by Patricia Dorfman A distressing continuation of broken governance was the Department of Transportation (DOT) decision, announced via Community Board 2 (CB2) Transportation Committee on April 1, that the DOT refuses to restore two lanes from 49th St. to 54th St., matching the rest of the Skillman Ave. 2018 road diet. So snarled school traffic will continue, as well as the appalling lack of turning space for fire and EMT trucks racing from the 51st St. firehouse near Skillman Avenue. The rejected request would not have created more parking spots or affected bike lanes. It is about lives – lives of pedestrians, school children, drivers, and cyclists. And despite the FDNY informing CB2 that we are not at risk due to the slower emergency vehicle delays, and that fire equipment buckets from other stations will reach us in time to reach the higher floors our cannot, no one believes them. In mystifying fashion, the reason given to CB2 for the DOT refusal was a lack of police data proving unsafe conditions. But not all incidents, such as (Continued, page 3)
Young Dynamo Elected 2019-2020 Chamber President (See page 5)
Resident Asks: Who Cut Down Four Trees on 54th? (see page 8)