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Bloomingdale’s will move 1,000 jobs
to new Long Island City development
BY ANGELA MATUA
amatua@qns.com / @AngelaMatua
About 1,000 Bloomingdale’s employees
will move to into a new two-building
complex being constructed in Long
Island City, according to the New York
Post.
Macy’s will lease 550,000 square feet
of space at Th e Jacx, which will be located
at 28-01 Jackson Ave. Th e developer
Tishman Speyer seeks to set “the
new standard for creative offi ce development”
with two 26-story buildings.
In total, the buildings will consist of 1.2
million acres of offi ce and retail space
with a 1-acre terrace on the fi ft h fl oor.
Bloomingdale’s Chief Executive Tony
Spring, merchandise buyers, IT workers
and clerical staff will move to Long
Island City from other Manhattan offi ces
in 2020, the New York Post reported.
“Macy’s Inc. is excited to announce
that, in 2020, the Bloomingdales New
York City corporate and support teams
will move to a vibrant new campus in
Long Island City in Th e JACX,” spokesperson
Radina Russell told QNS. “Th e
move will foster a more collaborative
work environment, give the company
additional location fl exibility, and
increase the diversity of benefi ts we off er
to our employees as we continue to
recruit talent.”
Th e 50,000 square feet of retail space
at Th e Jacx will include a gourmet market,
food hall, restaurants, a coff ee shop
and a bouquet fi tness center. Th e outdoor
terrace, called “Th e Quad,” can be
used for “events like theater, music and
dance nights,” according to the development’s
website.
An on-site valet garage will have space
for 550 cars and 175 bike spaces. Th e
JACX is more than 70 percent pre-leased
to fashion and tech companies including
WeWork, a co-working space moving
into a 250,000-square-foot location.
It is expected to be completed by the
fi rst quarter of 2019.
Renderings courtesy of Tishman
Speyer
Bloomingdale’s will move into Th e
JACX, a new commercial development
coming to Long Island City.
Paper ballot count starts in
very-tight 30th District race
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
agiudice@qns.com
@A_GiudiceReport
According to a source close to the situation,
the city Board of Elections (BOE) has
begun counting the paper ballots (absentee
and affi davit ballots) in Queens’ 30th
Council District race between two-term
incumbent Elizabeth Crowley and Middle
Village civic leader Robert Holden. It is
uncertain, however, how long the count
will take.
Th e source told QNS that there are
nearly 200 affi davit ballots and approximately
more than 500 absentee ballots
to be tallied, so the count may continue
into Th ursday, and even further into
the week.
Voters submit absentee ballots in
advance if they know they are unable to
make it to the polls in person on Election
Day; all mailed absentee ballots must
be received by the Board of Elections
no more than 7 days aft er Election Day.
Affi davit ballots are given to voters who
arrive at the polls but whose names are
not found in the voter registry; the Board
of Elections reviews the individual ballots
and voter records before determining
whether to count them.
Election Night results were just too
Photo caption: All the absentee and affi davit ballots still need to be counted in the 30th Council
District race.
close to call between the heated rivals,
with all the scanners reporting in on
Nov. 7, Holden held a slim 133-vote lead
over Crowley for the Council seat, which
represents all or parts of Ridgewood,
Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village,
Woodhaven and Woodside.
Photo via Shutterstock
QNS has reached out to the BOE for
comment on the situation and is awaiting
reply.
As of press time on Wednesday aft ernoon,
the ballot count was not made
available. Check QNS.com for more
updates as this story unfolds.
Kew Gardens
man accused of
sexually abusing
teenage girl at
massage parlor
BY SUZANNE MONTEVERDI
smonteverdi@qns.com / @smont76
An unlicensed massage therapist
from Kew Gardens faces charges aft er
allegedly inappropriately touching a
teenage client at a Long Island spa.
Bing Yue, 31, of 141st Street was
arrested and charged with third-degree
sexual abuse, forcible touching and
unauthorized practice of profession.
On Nov. 9 at 4:40 p.m., Yue was
working at Gogo Foot Spa in
Massapequa when he inappropriately
touched a 16-year-old female victim
during a massage, according to the
Nassau County Police Department.
Th e victim then left the store and
notifi ed police about the incident.
Yue is not properly licensed to perform
massages, according to authorities.
He was arraigned in Nassau County’s
First District Court on Nov. 10.