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Queens Public Library set to open new teen center in Long Island City and reopen three renovated centers

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Sep. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens Public Library will open its newly renovated teen centers at the Cambria Heights, Central and Flushing libraries this week and open a brand new teen center at its Long Island City branch — modeled after the QPL’s Far Rockaway Teen Library — which was refurbished in 2022, with funding from Google. The four state-of-the-art, tech-focused spaces dedicated exclusively for teens and supporting their unique needs were funded through a $20 million investment by Mayor Eric Adams and private foundations for teen center upgrades at public libraries across the city. The funding was allocated…
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Ridgewood is one of the top 5 neighborhoods directly affected by the short-term rental ban in the city, data reveals

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Sep. 11, 2023 By Anthony Medina At the start of last year, the city adopted Local Law 18 into legislation, but the impact of the law wouldn’t shake-up the short-term rental market until earlier this month. According to the Office of Special Enforcement, the law requires short-term rental hosts to register their properties with the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) and prohibits booking platforms from operating short-term rental units in what Airbnb calls a “de facto ban.” The short-term rental registration law directly impacts the popular booking service platforms including Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com and similar known sites for booking…
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Teenage gunman sought in broad daylight shooting at the Baisley Park Houses in Springfield Gardens: NYPD

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Sep. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenage gunman remains at large after opening fire in broad daylight at the Baisley Park Houses in Springfield Gardens on Friday, Sept. 8. Police from the 113th Precinct are looking for the gunman in the “reckless endangerment” incident that went down just after 3 p.m. in front of 116-80 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, just a block away from the Baisley Pond Park Cricket Pitch, where he pulled out a black handgun. He proceeded to open fire, shooting numerous times in the direction of an unknown intended target, instead striking the back window of…
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Prize-winning Powerball ticket worth $50K sold in Queens Village

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Sep. 11, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The New York Lottery announced that a ticket for the third prize in the Powerball drawing was sold Sept. 9 in Queens Village. The ticket was sold at Natt Auto Center, located at 211-60 Hillside Ave. The prize was worth $50,000. Winning numbers for the Powerball are drawn from…
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Met Council receives $3 million grant to provide emergency food and supplies for New Yorkers in need

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Sep. 11, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Congresswoman Grace Meng on Friday, Sept. 8, presented a check for $3 million in federal funding to the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council) that will provide emergency food, free diapers and menstrual products to those in need.  The congresswoman joined Met Council CEO David Greenfield and their community partners at the Pomonok Houses Council Towers VI, located at 155-25 71st Ave., which is senior housing owned and operated by the Met Council in Meng’s district. Following the check presentation ceremony, Meng, along with volunteers, packed supplies such as diapers, wipes and children’s essentials…
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Flushing councilwoman to host event to help residents recover stolen SNAP, Cash Assistance benefits

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Sep. 11, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Flushing Councilwoman Sandra Ung is partnering with the Human Resources Administration and Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) to host an upcoming event to help residents file claims to recover stolen SNAP and Cash Assistance benefits. On Wednesday, Sept. 13, members of the Department of Social Services (DSS) Outreach Team will be at AAFE’s Flushing office, located at 133-29 41st Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to assist people with filing their benefit replacement claim.  Ung says she has heard from a number of her constituents who have had their benefits stolen, but suspects…
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This Woodhaven hospital helped treat patients with tuberculosis in early 1900s: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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Sep. 9, 2023 By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society Just over a century ago, the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor founded St. Anthony’s Hospital with the purpose of treating patients suffering from tuberculosis. Collection boxes were placed in hospitals around the city, many fundraisers were held and in 1914 the building opened on Woodhaven Boulevard…
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Jamaica man charged with attempted murder in ‘brutal’ 2022 stabbing: DA

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Sep. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was criminally charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to solicit a woman to engage in prostitution and then stabbing her boyfriend, who had confronted him last February, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Rahlik Pinnock, 34, of 115th Road, was arraigned in Queens Supreme…
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Queens communities will unite on 22nd anniversary of 9/11 to honor the lives lost

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Sep. 8, 2023 By Anthony Medina In remembrance of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Queens residents are preparing to attend multiple ceremonies across neighborhoods in Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, and Ridgewood. Queens, a borough that tragically lost hundreds of residents during the 9/11 attacks, is…
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