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• Helicopter Service to Airports Faces Uncertain Future

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  U.S. Helicopter, the company that began shuttling travelers from heliports in Manhattan to the airports in 2006, is trying to resolve financing problems.
  3 days ago

• Airport cab crackdown

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 590
  From NY1 : Port Authority officials and the Queens District Attorneys office announced the arrest of 18 people Tuesday in an investigation targeting unlicensed drivers who illegally pick up fares. The operation was conducted at JFK and LaGuardia. Authorities say the unlicensed drivers arent drug tested, dont get ...
  3 days ago

• Cabbies Busted For Illegally Hustling Passengers

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 493
  QUEENS—A joint crackdown on unlicensed taxi drivers who illegally hustle passengers at New York City’s two major airports has resulted in 18 individuals being charged with the illegal solicitation of ground transportation.The crackdown comes in the wake of Gov. David A. Paterson signing a bill into law last month ...
  6 days ago

• The scale doesnt lie, at least not in New York

  
  Gadling — Authority: 701
  Filed under: North America , United States , Airports Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and were all dreading the thought of stepping on the scale the next day ... and making all kinds of empty promises about jogging and losing weight and not eating like that again next year. Some of us well even ...
  1 week ago

• Weighty Issue: Is the Airline Baggage Scale Accurate?

  
  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal — Authority: 118
  New York City tests airline baggage scales -- and finds a few problems.
  1 week ago

• Our Captain Sullenberger is Getting Dissed from France – Was Sully’s French Plane the Real Hero?

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 527
  I don’t know, it seems like writer William Langewiesche, currently residing in France, wants to have it both ways with his new book, Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson . He wants to rip on Sully , thusly: “His performance was a work of extraordinary concentration, which the public ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Way We Ate: Of Artichokes and Liberty

  
  Diner's Journal — Authority: 671
  A taste of vintage food writing from the archives of The New York Times: the great baby-artichoke ban of 1935.
  2 weeks ago

• La Guardias Tough and Incorruptible Police Commissioner

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  Lewis J. Valentine was commissioner longer than anyone else, from 1934 to 1945. It is a record that Raymond W. Kelly is expected to break soon.
  2 weeks ago

• Best Community Colleges in New York State

  
  EduBook — Authority: 158
  Not everyone can afford the exorbitant tuition that is associated with private universities. If you are struggling financially, unsure about what career to pursue, or just want to fortify your GPA before applying to that selective “dream school”, then community college could be a wise investment. However, if ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pizza-eating contest at LaGuardia Airport

  
  Stuck at the Airport — Authority: 423
  Here’s an unusual airport event that sure to be cheesy, but fun. And it will help out a good cause. The Food & Shops at LaGuardia Airport and the Famous Famiglia pizza company are hosting a Pizza Eating Contest at New York’s LaGuardia airport next Thursday, November 19, 2009 at noon on the lower level ...
  2 weeks ago

• LaGuardia Community College PTAC Hosts Small Business Training and Government Opportunities Conference on November 18 and 19

  
  The CUNY News Wire — Authority: 439
  November 9, 2009–LaGuardia Community College Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) and Department of Defense Northeast Regional Council will host a two-day conference, beginning November 18, tailored for small businesses looking to sell their goods and services to prime contractors, federal, state and local ...
  3 weeks ago

• LaGuardia Math Professor Receives 2009 CUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction

  
  The CUNY News Wire — Authority: 439
  November 6, 2009—Dr. Frank Wang, an associate professor of math at LaGuardia Community College, was among three educators who received the newly created CUNY Chancellor’s Award for Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction. Dr. Wang received the award for his use of compelling learning contexts for basic skills ...
  3 weeks ago

• Third-Term Blues Are Job Hazard in Mayor’s Office and Albany

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  La Guardia, Wagner, Koch, Cuomo and Pataki all had difficult third terms. Bloomberg will have to fight a curse.
  3 weeks ago

• NY1 News Anchor John Schiumo to Speak on New Media Technology at LaGuardia Community College on Nov. 11

  
  The CUNY News Wire — Authority: 439
  November 5, 2009— Long Island City, NY–November 5, 2009–LaGuardia Community College is hosting a presentation on November 11 featuring John Schiumo, the Emmy-award winning news anchor of NY1, who will speak about the new TV news. The event is free and open to the public. Mr. Schiumo hosts his own nightly ...
  3 weeks ago

• LaGuardia Foundation Board Director Wins Flushing City Council Seat

  
  The CUNY News Wire — Authority: 439
  November 4, 2009–Students, faculty and staff at LaGuardia Community College are celebrating the victory of Peter Koo, a founding member of the LaGuardia Community College Foundation, in a tight City Council race in Flushing. Mr. Koo, a pharmacist and local philanthropist, was a founding member of the LaGuardia ...
  3 weeks ago

• LaGuardia Community College Hosts an Open Forum on the Issue of Hate in Our Society on November 20

  
  The CUNY News Wire — Authority: 439
  November 3, 2009—How does hate impact our society? That question will be addressed at a Queens forum conference to be held at LaGuardia Community College on November 20. The event is free and open to the public. The event will feature keynote speakers Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott of Education and Community ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fergie Says Goodbye to the Big Apple

  
  Celebrity gossip, Hollywood gossip, juicy celebrity rumors — Authority: 164
  Looking all bundled up and ready to go, Fergie was spotted getting out of New York City via the La Guardia airport earlier today (November 2). The “Pump It” songstress- dressed in mostly black- shied away from the paparazzi underneath a hat and black sunglasses. In related news, the “Black Eyed Peas,” who ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fergie Says Goodbye to the Big Apple

  
  Celebrity Scandals: The Gossip Girls — Authority: 726
  Looking all bundled up and ready to go, Fergie was spotted getting out of New York City via the La Guardia airport earlier today (November 2). The “Pump It” songstress- dressed in mostly black- shied away from the paparazzi underneath a hat and black sunglasses. In related news, the “Black Eyed Peas,” who ...
  4 weeks ago

• CBS Chief National Correspondent Byron Pitts to Speak at LaGuardia Community College’s Student Leadership Conference on November 7

  
  The CUNY News Wire — Authority: 439
  November 2, 2009–On November 7, Byron Pitts, CBS Chief National Correspondent and author of Step Out on Nothing, will tell of his journey to success at LaGuardia Community College’s Student Leadership Conference. The students will learn about the struggles Mr. Pitts faced as a child and young adult. He was a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hudson River pilot Chesley Sullenberger claims costcutting airlines risk lives

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  Chesley Sullenberger who landed passenger jet in Hudson with 155 people on board says airlines are putting lives at risk.
  4 weeks ago

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