12:30 p.m. Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber announces a workforce development program for workers in Willets Point, which is slated for redevelopment. At the New York Hotel Trades Council & Hotel Association of New York City, 37-01 Queens Blvd. Long Island City.

Published by The New York Observer on September 22, 2008.

Even before the migration back to Poland began, the Polish community in Greenpoint was fracturing under the pressure of gentrification, which drove up property values. Young families, new immigrants and those of modest means have in turn settled in nascent Polish communities in the city, including Maspeth and Ridgewood in Queens, and Borough Park in Brooklyn, while others have moved out of the state.

Published by New York Times on September 21, 2008.

94th Precinct. Tips to protect your car. 11 am to 2 pm. Key Food (224 McGuinness Blvd., between Calyer Street and Greenpoint Avenue in Greenpoint). Call (718) 383-8253 for info.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 18, 2008.

“It’s got to be one of the best-kept secrets in New York,” said Greg Ivan Smith, 38, a filmmaker from Sunnyside, Queens, enjoying a picnic of tapenade and bruschetta with friends and neighbors on Saturday afternoon. “You feel like you’re on a New England college campus.”

Published by New York Times on September 15, 2008.

"I have to admit, it's a major issue, women passing through here in that dress code," Simon Weisser, a member of Community Board 1 in Williamsburg-Greenpoint, told The Post.

Published by New York Post on September 12, 2008.