Sentences with phrase «from rockaway»

Now you can conveniently get credit from the Rockaway Beach Missouri courts and DOT / DMV by completing your defensive driving requirement online.

The new railway was intended to greet steam ferries taking passengers to and from Rockaway.

«We're a family - owned business, and we're the actual locals from Rockaway who know the ocean probably the best [versus other] schools.

Once considered an alternative «hippie thing,» yoga studios are sprouting up on every corner and classes are being taught everywhere from the Rockaway boardwalk — to the Wall Street boardroom.

Bus and train options are also limited to and from the Rockaway Peninsula.

In the endorsement, the Times criticized Turner, a retired businessman from Rockaway, for saying he wants to slash the federal budget while keeping Social Security and Medicare intact.

In this Report from Rockaway, we visit Belle Harbor, Rockaway Park and Arverne and talk with Congressman Gregory Meeks, New York State Assembly member Phillip Goldfeder and New York City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer.

«I just came back from Rockaway and it looks like a war zone.

After Superstorm Sandy the city opened up ferry service from Rockaway to Manhattan, and had to cancel it after two years because the subsidies were ridiculous: the city was paying $ 30 per passenger per ride.

It remains to be seen if Turner, a former cable and broadcasting executive and businessman from Rockaway Point, Queens, who is back for another shot at the seat, can maintain that momentum running against David Weprin, the Democrats» pick.

Those attendees, predominantly from Maspeth with a minority from Rockaway, deeply oppose siting a shelter in their neighborhood no matter what process or communication is used.

Watch this Report from Rockaway to see the reception he received.

Not exact matches

«Two years from now, hopefully there's another Rockaway Plate Lunch Truck.

Just across the bridge from Brooklyn, three companies teach thousands of students how to ride the waves of Rockaway.

The Town of Hempstead employs more elected village officials from East Rockaway, the home of Supervisor Anthony Santino, than from any other village in the town, a Newsday analysis of payroll records shows.

One of the tighter City Council races is wrapping up in District 32, where incumbent Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Rockaway Beach) is working to protect his seat from Democratic challenger Frank Gulluscio.

On Wednesday morning, a Long Island Rail Road train coming from Far Rockaway failed to come to a complete stop as it entered Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal, injuring 104 commuters, according to the latest numbers from the Fire Department of New York.

As you know, John Haggerty was sentenced to prison for stealing from Mayor Bloomberg, but readers want to know, is he in cahoots with his brother Bart, infamous political operative, and Chief of Staff to City Council Member Eric Ulrich (R - Rockaway)?

At 6 p.m., NYSERDA holds the first of three open houses to discuss Cuomo's commitment to generate 2.4 gigawatts of power from offshore wind by 2030, Peninsula Library, 92 - 25 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Queens.

The Rockaway peninsula's physical separation from the rest of the City is matched by a sense of political separation.

In an e-mail sent out to supporters, Lebarty, a West African immigrant who went to Far Rockaway High School and currently works as the executive director for the University Student Senate for the City University of New York, said his campaign finances had prevented him from continuing in the race.

From left: Molloy students Julia Gutierrez, 20, of Plainview, Tommy Barone, 33, of East Rockaway, and Alexa Pappalardo, 20, of Dix Hills, help prepare cardboard box shelters on the campus green Thursday evening to experience the challenges of being homeless.

But political newcomer Okenfe Lebarty, who has been listed in the campaign finance database as Titus» challenger for the 31st Assembly District, which includes Far Rockaway, Rosedale and parts of South Ozone Park, announced his departure from the race early Tuesday morning.

Marshall also honored Sanitation Department workers Semi Nkozi and Joseph Maneggio, who rescued a group of children from a burning Far Rockaway building in December; Detectives Richard Johnson and Charles Lo Presti, who arrested a suspect in the Jan. 1 firebombing of an Islamic center in Jamaica; and 91 - year - old World War II veteran Arno Heller of Rego Park.

According to Newsday, the backpacks for the East Rockaway Junior - Senior High School were purchased from the Chicago - based manufacturer 4IMPRINT Inc..

During his visit de Blasio announced that any surplus federal funding from the ongoing boardwalk rebuilding will be applied to other Rockaway projects.

In 2012 he supervised the station's coverage of Hurricane Sandy from his home in Rockaway Beach.

«The temporary Rockaway ferry now in operation has been a great boon for Rockaways residents seeking an easy commute to other parts of the City and for people from other parts of the City seeking to get to Rockaway Beach and its attractions,» Borough President Katz said.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

«From the complete destruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk to recreational assets and natural habitats broken up by wind and water, New York City's parks were faced with unprecedented damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,» Commissioner Mitchell Silver said.

Also at 10:30 a.m., ATU 1179 call on the MTA to negotiate with the union which represents bus operators, mechanics and supervisors who work from the Far Rockaway and JFK Depots of the MTA Bus division, outside MTA NYC Transit's Two Broadway HQs, Manhattan.

As far back as last winter, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was «less preoccupied with the overburdened shelter system» than with «the political threat from protests against proposed shelters» in Rockaway Beach and Elmhurst, sources told New York magazine.

The mayor outlined seven projects that the City will move forward with, using surplus funding from the rebuilding of the Rockaway boardwalk.

Topics during the Q&A portion of his press conference included the looming discontinuance of the Rockaway ferry, a broad consideration of his earlier statement about «righting greater wrongs,» what happened to government funding for a ferry obtained by Anthony Weiner and Joe Addabbo, whether there is any City effort to «track down scammers» in the Build it Back program, how satisfied de Blasio is with the pace of Build it Back, whether an updated evacuation plan is contemplated in conjunction with increasing the housing supply in Rockaway and a government memo reported by The Wave which stated that more money was available from FEMA than publicly acknowledged and that such additional funding could be a political liability.

East Rockaway Trustee Gordon Fox was hired as a town clerical aide at $ 45 per hour in June — three days after his son Thomas, 29, resigned from his position as a town maintenance mechanic, town records show.

It will also enter 1,400 units in a development in Far Rockaway, Queens into HUD's controversial Rental Assistance Demonstration plan, which will remove the apartments from the usual federal subsidy streams and instead place them on Section 8 contracts — allowing NYCHA to mortgage the properties with private lenders and receive an array of tax breaks.

The Rockaway community newspaper recently ran a photo of de Blasio on a milk carton, to say he was «missing» from the local Sandy recovery efforts.

«I walk to Far Rockaway and go on the A train, which is about an hour and a half walk from here,» said Jeffrey Louis, an LIRR commuter and Inwood resident.

In order to cut nitrogen levels in the Western Bays, Nassau County will divert wastewater from the Bay Park Treatment Plant in East Rockaway to one in Wantagh.

FAR ROCKAWAY — The city approved the co-location of a Success Academy school inside a local middle school building that currently houses three schools, despite concerns from the community over space issues.

According to Village of New Paltz Fire Department (NPFD) chief Kevin Maguire, he received a call from Ulster County's Mutual Aid asking if some New Paltz firefighters could take a 72 - hour shift in East Rockaway.

Assembly candidate Phil Goldfeder gets some help from his daughter Eliana, 2 1/2, as he casts his ballot in Far Rockaway.

Ensuring that the capital surplus from the construction of the Rockaway Boardwalk remains in Queens

SUN JULY 9 AT 6:00 PM — ROCKAWAY BEACH — ALIVE N» KICKIN» (cover band from the «60s to today) @ Rockaway Beach, Beach 94th Street and Shore Front Parkway in the Rockaways Led by co-founder and lead singer Pepe Cardona, Alive N» Kickin» has been a mainstay of the New York / New Jersey / Connecticut music scene for ROCKAWAY BEACH — ALIVE N» KICKIN» (cover band from the «60s to today) @ Rockaway Beach, Beach 94th Street and Shore Front Parkway in the Rockaways Led by co-founder and lead singer Pepe Cardona, Alive N» Kickin» has been a mainstay of the New York / New Jersey / Connecticut music scene for Rockaway Beach, Beach 94th Street and Shore Front Parkway in the Rockaways Led by co-founder and lead singer Pepe Cardona, Alive N» Kickin» has been a mainstay of the New York / New Jersey / Connecticut music scene for decades.

Borough President Katz, along with her fellow Borough Presidents from the City's four other boroughs, had requested that the Fiscal Year 2015 Expense Budget allocate $ 8 million to allow the Rockaway ferry to run seven days a week through the end of June 2015.

The Rockaway peninsula has long suffered from having limited transportation options.

In addition, the Rockaway Peninsula only has two express buses that bring commuters to and from Manhattan.

As far back as last winter, de Blasio was «less preoccupied with the overburdened shelter system» than with «the political threat from protests against proposed shelters» in Rockaway Beach and Elmhurst, sources told New York magazine in a cover story out Monday.

Educators from across the five boroughs on Nov. 6 will help with cleanup and donate food, clothing and other supplies in Staten Island, Far Rockaway, and Coney Island.

Brenda Peters, 61, has been displaced from her Far Rockaway home since it was flooded with two feet of water after the storm.