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LIC Update: December 01, 2021
Featured Updates
Queens Chamber of Commerce to Celebrate Business Heroes - Dec 1
LICP Member the Queens Chamber of Commerce will honor small business leaders at its Business Heroes of the Year event on December 1. Honorees were selected for their particular efforts to keep Queens moving forward in 2020 and 2021. Recipients include Charles Boyce, President of LICP Member Boyce Technologies and Larry Zogby, President of LICP Member RDS Same Day Delivery. The event takes place at Terrace on the Park (52-11 111th St, Queens, NY 11368). Attendees can enter to win a raffle featuring two round-trip Southwest Airlines tickets by donating a new, unwrapped toy. More details here.
MoMI Presents Retrospective on Rita Moreno -
Through Dec 5
The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) presents a retrospective celebrating actress Rita Moreno. Upcoming screenings include the classics Casa de los Babys and I Like It Like That. Moreno, whose unparalleled career spans more than seven decades, has won all four of the most prestigious awards in show business—an Oscar (for West Side Story in 1961), a Tony, two Emmys, and a Grammy—and has appeared in more than 40 feature films. The museum will also honor Moreno at its annual Moving Image Awards Gala on December 1. Information and showtimes here.
NYPD Warns of Increased Crime, Shares Tips on Safety
There has been an increase in vehicular larceny as people leave keys in the ignition as well as an uptick in the theft of motorcycles and electric scooters. The NYPD advises everyone to stay aware of their surroundings and follow some simple safety tips to stay safe. Examples here.
NYC Small Business Tech Corps - Enrollment Open
The NYC Small Business Tech Corps helps small businesses reach customers online by connecting them to no-cost tech professionals who can create or upgrade their web presence. The program specifically targets small businesses looking to join an existing eCommerce platform or improve their operations using technology. Learn more about eligibility and apply here.
LIC Partnership and LIC BID Members - Join Us! - Dec 7
LIC in the News
Legends of LIC Series (NEW)
This new monthly column by Bob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historical Society showcases the characters that have contributed to our community throughout time.
“To All a Good Night!”
The coachman arrived in Chelsea promptly at 7:00 a.m.. The wife supervised loading food and gifts in the wagon’s boot, and, with the help of a footman, climbed aboard with her young child, bundled from the biting cold. Her husband took his place on the facing seat. The coachman cracked his whip. The horses, heads held high, livery polished and gleaming in the early morning light, started their journey.
 
“He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, and away they all flew like the down of a thistle. Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
 
It would take hours to cover the route on rutted roads, to wait for the Hell Gate Ferry in numbing biting cold, and the final muddy leg to their destination in Queens along Newtown Road to a location described today as on Hazen Street at Northern Boulevard where Woodside and Astoria meet.

Keep reading here.
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