Here's the latest article about how LIC is "up and coming"

From the Daily News:

A Queens neighborhood that went from sprawling warehouses and manufacturing plants to luxury towers is now undergoing its latest transformation: as a haven for tourists.

Hotel developers are capitalizing on the area’s proximity to Manhattan — and lower nightly rates — to lure visitors to chic lodges that fight to outdo each others.

And many residents, who are moving in as high-rises continue to sprout up on the waterfront, are embracing the boom.

And then the article goes on to quote "residents" such as a spokesman for the city’s tourism agency, NYC & Co., the director of the Queens Tourism Council, and James the director of the tourism and hospitality program at LaGuardia Community College.

My favorite comment came from RexLIC, "I'm surprised it took until Thursday for the weekly "LIC is booming" article."

Are the tourists really spending money outside of their hotels in LIC? Especially the ones along Vernon Blvd across the street from a power plant?

My favorite "civic leader" George Stamatiades had this to say: “It’s a positive influx of development,” he said of the burgeoning local industry, though he complained that some developers are “nothing but bums.”