Your resource for all things LIC                   January  19, 2016
Event Recap: LICP 2nd Annual Members Celebration    

Thank you to all of our Members and Friends who joined us at our 2nd Annual LICP Members Celebration. This event celebrated community achievements and those who made it all possible. Special thanks to Senator Michael Gianaris and Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer for joining us and our amazing hosts  Gianna Cerbone-Teoli and the team at  Manducatis Rustica for the wonderful food and drinks. Click here to view photos from the event.

Mayor Approves LIC BID Expansion

On January 13th, we joined Mayor Bill de Blasio and Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer as the Mayor signed the law expanding the boundaries of the LIC Business Improvement District along Jackson Avenue, Vernon Boulevard and 44th Drive - nearly doubling the current catchment area. The BID previously encompassed Queens Plaza between Jackson Avenue and 21st Street, and Jackson Avenue between Queens Plaza and Court Square. 


Once fully in effect later this year, approximately 190 additional businesses will officially begin receiving services providing by the BID, including supplemental sanitation, streetscape improvements, business assistance and enhanced marketing. Thanks again to Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, the BID Expansion Steering Committee and its Co-Chairs Gianna Cerbone-Teoli, Dr. Angelo Ippolito and Paula Kirby, the BID Board and the LIC Community for their support in moving this expansion forward. We also thank NYC SBS Commissioner Gregg Bishop and his team for all of their assistance. The press release is available  here .
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Next Week:

LICP Member John Sabini & Associates will share with us what Government and Public Relations are, the strategy involved, and why you need it. This workshop, part of our Member-to-Member series, is free and exclusive to LICP Members. Click  here to register .

As a Member, your organization always benefits from deep discounts on ticketed events throughout the year. To be included, be sure your Membership is up to date.  Learn more about Membership here.

Next Month:


Join LICP for a panel presentation and discussion on Business Ownership Transfer and the implications for you, your business, your family and employees.  This event is generously sponsored by Bank of America. Click  here  to register.
Next Week: Crain's Borough Presidents Forum, Jan. 24


Crain's Business Breakfast Forum:
Meet New York's Borough Presidents
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m
Attendees will hear firsthand what the Borough Presidents envision for their boroughs and the city, and their top priorities for 2017. Register today.

Attention Businesses: NYC Department of Sanitation Commercial Organics Rules

As of July 19, 2016, certain businesses are required to comply with the new business organics rules and source separate and recycle food waste. These will be fully enforced starting January 19, 2017To find out if a business is covered by the organics rules please visit on.nyc.gov/commercial-organics.
First Annual Whimsical Musical Winter Linner, Jan. 28

On Saturday, from January 28 from 2-6 PM, join LICP Member The AJ Project at their 1st Annual Whimsical Musical fundraiser to bring awareness their passion project, Organ and Tissue Donor Registration. The event will feature live music, entertainment, food, raffles, and a cash bar. Tickets are available here. If you have any questions regarding this event, please email Christine Perrelli at christine@4theajproject.org or call 407-680-9801.
LICP Annual Real Estate Breakfast

On Thursday, March 16th from 7:30AM-10AM, at the Con Edison Learning Center, we will be hosting our Annual Real Estate Breakfast. For 11 years, we have brought together leaders in real estate, finance, and the LIC community to learn about current projects underway in LIC.


Moderator:
David Brause - President,  Brause Realty

Panelists:
Andrew Kurd - Director,  Savanna
Tom Powell - Director of Business Development, 
Boyce Technologies, Inc.
Olaf Schmidt - Senior Associate,  Steven Holl Architects,
Hunter's Point Community Library
Tara Sheikh - General Manager,  Aloft Long Island City Hotel

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For questions, please contact Stephanie Luca at  sluca@licpartnership.org  or 718-786-5300 ext. 26. 
Member Spotlight: UOVO

LICP Member,  UOVO  is an art storage and services company headquartered in Long Island City. Through their holistic approach to collections management, UOVO has developed a new paradigm for the stewardship of the art, design, fashion, and archival collections that comprise our cultural legacy.
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LIC in the News

New York Neighborhoods May Get More Say in Public-Art Decisions
- The Wall Street Journal

City Council Passes LIC BID Expansion
- Queens Tribune

These three Queens neighborhoods are among the most 'in-demand' in NYC's real estate market
- Queens Gazette

LIC condo prices continue to climb, rents remain flat
- LIC Post

Permits Filed: Nine-Story, 30-Unit Apartment Building At 41-14 27th Street, Long Island City
- YIMBY

City announces college savings accounts for students
- Times Ledger

Sports-themed restaurant likely to open on Vernon Blvd
- LIC Post

Sleeker Rendering of LIC's City View Tower
- Queens Tribune

Things to Do in LIC This Week

Tonight
 
The Secret Theatre
Now through 1/28 at 7:30PM

Noguchi Museum
Now through 1/7/18

Dorsky Gallery
Now through 3/26 at 2PM
 
This Weekend 

Museum of the Moving Image
Fri, 1/20 at 7PM

Museum of the Moving Image
Sat, 1/21 at 2:30PM

The Variety Boys & Girls Club
Sun, 1/22 at 12PM

Next Week
 
The Standing Room
Mon, 1/23 at 8:15PM

LIC Partnership
Wed, 1/25 at 9AM

The Floating Hospital
Thurs, 1/26 9AM-4:30PM

DDC
Thurs, 1/26 at 9AM

Quontic Bank
Thurs, 1/26 at 5:30PM

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Transportation Updates

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