NY Observer > Suffolk http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/27049/feed Articles from Observer.com en Our Slice of the National Nightmare: Queens Home Sales Plummet http://www.observer.com/2008/queens-long-island-fourth-quarter-report

Queens home sales dropped 27.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2006 to the fourth quarter of 2007, according to a new report from brokerage Prudential Douglas Elliman and research firm Radar Logic. Sales also dropped from the third quarter 28 percent, suggesting that the largely suburban borough is mimicing much of the nation rather than its fellow boroughs to the west and south, Manhattan and Brooklyn.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/queens-long-island-fourth-quarter-report#comments Real Estate Nassau Prudential Douglas Elliman Queens Radar Logic Suffolk Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:44:06 -0500 Lysandra Ohrstrom 63544 at http://www.observer.com Farrell: Lofty Goals Accomplished http://www.observer.com/node/30671 Here is part of Denny Farrell's good-bye statement.

"As a result of our unparalleled victories and unity, and the fact that the party is the strongest its ever been, I believe we have accomplished the lofty goals set for us when I took this job.

"With that in mind, I am proud and humbled to announce that I have decided to step down as state chairman, effective January 1. I do intend to remain as Manhattan county leader and chair of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.

"I know that whoever is chosen to be my successor will inherit a strong and united party, and will do a wonderful job."

If you have any details to add to the Farrell legacy that may not have made it into this official version, feel free.

Full statement after the jump.  read more »

-- Azi Paybarah ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/30671#comments Politics Assembly Ways and Means Committee Denny Farrell Manhattan Suffolk Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 30671 at http://www.observer.com Resourceful Opera Company Polishes a Britten Treasure http://www.observer.com/node/38396 Richard Wagner and Benjamin Britten each created his own brand of utopia.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38396#comments Arts & Culture Benjamin Britten Neal Goren New York City Suffolk Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Charles Michener 38396 at http://www.observer.com John Constable Liked Painting Landscape, But Looked to Sky http://www.observer.com/node/49279 About the English landscape painter John Constable (1776-1837), whose work is currently to be seen i  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/49279#comments Arts & Culture John Constable Julius Meier-Graefe Suffolk United Kingdom Sun, 23 May 2004 20:00:00 -0400 Hilton Kramer 49279 at http://www.observer.com Long Island Bashing: The Last Acceptable Bigotry http://www.observer.com/node/41868 It has to be one of the most extraordinary exhibitions of ignorant bigotry ever published in a mains  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/41868#comments Long Island Manhattan Suffolk The New York Times Company Sun, 15 Aug 1999 20:00:00 -0400 Ron Rosenbaum 41868 at http://www.observer.com