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• Get inspired by a play on the first African-American pilots in Jamaica on Saturday

  14-02-2019 22:15
  As it was the 1940s, the first African-American fighter pilots in United States military history had to deal with racism, segregation, and prejudice at home. And as World War II was raging at the time, those who saw combat also had to deal with trained enemy armies in Europe and North Africa.
  Nevertheless, members of this unit managed to overcome these obstacles and contribute honorably to the war effort. And along the way, they made history while also becoming great friends and taking even grea
  
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• Child Victims Act finally becomes law; Cuomo says it will help bring justice to New York and right wrongs

  14-02-2019 21:45
  Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act into New York law Thursday morning, ending a decades-long quest for survivors and advocates in the state who have long sought the bill’s passage.
  The legislation ensures those who abuse children are held accountable criminally and civilly and that survivors of childhood sexual abuse have a path to justice.
  “We are here today because survivors who endured unimaginable pain came forward with great courage and sacrificed their own priva
  
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• Flushing Town Hall continues Lunar New Year celebrations at annual Temple Bazaar this Sunday

  14-02-2019 21:15
  Celebrations of the Lunar New Year continue Sunday as Flushing Town Hall kicks off its annual Temple Bazaar with a New Year’s dragon parade expected to draw hundreds of attendees.The parade will be led by students beginning at 9:30 a.m. in front of Flushing Library at 41-17 onto Main street, and then Northern Boulevard leading to the venue’s Chinese New Year Bazaar at Flushing Town Hall. Local elected officials including City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) are expected to attend t
  
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• College Point business offers free uniform cleanings for fallen NYPD detective’s funeral

  14-02-2019 20:15
  In the wake of Detective Brian Simonsen’s death, a family-owned dry cleaning service in College Point is doing its part for officers of the New York City Police Department.
  The owners of Whitepoint Cleaners at 132-07 14th Ave. announced that they would be offering free uniform cleanings for all police attending Simonsen’s funeral next week.
  “In honor of Detective Brian Simonsen, Whitepoint Cleaners will clean all uniforms of anyone attending funeral free of charg
  
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• Flushing YMCA unveils newly upgraded and renovated lobby to the public with ribbon-cutting ceremony

  14-02-2019 19:15
  Flushing YMCA board members were joined by state Sen. Toby Stavisky and State Assemblyman Ron Kim on Tuesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony unveiling the upgraded and renovated lobby to the public.
  Board of Managers chair, Ling Xu, and several members of the Flushing Y Board, were in attendance Feb. 12 along with Executive Director Tiffany Dunbar, who presented the guests with the honor of cutting the ceremonial ribbon, and officially welcoming the new space to the building and neighborhood.
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• Amazon pulling out of Queens project

  14-02-2019 18:43
  
  Company won't build HQ2 campus in Long Island City
  
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• Potential for double-parking gives Board 5 pause on plans for Glendale daycare center

  14-02-2019 18:30
  Members of Community Board 5 want the developers behind a proposed Glendale daycare facility to reconsider pickup and drop-off arrangements for the 167 children expected to attend the site on a regular basis.
  The advisory body made this request on Feb. 13 after its Land Use Committee reviewed plans for a daycare facility at 79-40 Cooper Ave., and heard from an attorney representing the owners.
  Land use attorney Frank St. Jacques presented the same plans floated by the committee at Wedn
  
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• Queens reacts after Amazon pulls out of multi-billion dollar plans for Long Island City

  14-02-2019 18:07
  BY ROBERT POZARYCKI AND BILL PARRY
  Amazon, the world’s largest retail company, has decided to back out of its billion-dollar plans for Long Island City.
  The plans to develop a new campus on the Anable Basin waterfront in Long Island City and bring at least 25,000 jobs to the community were ended on Feb. 14 in a lengthy statement from Amazon to its DayOne blog.
  “After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for
  
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• BREAKING: Queens reacts after Amazon pulls out of multi-billion dollar plans for Long Island City

  14-02-2019 18:07
  BY ROBERT POZARYCKI AND BILL PARRY
  Amazon, the world’s largest retail company, has decided to back out of its billion-dollar plans for Long Island City.
  The plans to develop a new campus on the Anable Basin waterfront in Long Island City and bring at least 25,000 jobs to the community were ended on Feb. 14 in a lengthy statement from Amazon to its DayOne blog.
  “After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for
  
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• BREAKING: Amazon pulls out of multi-billion dollar plans for Long Island City

  14-02-2019 18:07
  BY ROBERT POZARYCKI AND BILL PARRY
  Amazon, the world’s largest retail company, has decided to back out of its billion-dollar plans for Long Island City.
  The plans to develop a new campus on the Anable Basin waterfront in Long Island City and bring at least 25,000 jobs to the community were ended on Feb. 14 in a lengthy statement from Amazon to its DayOne blog.
  “After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for
  
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• TimesLedger.com joins forces with QNS.com to make Queens’ biggest news site even better

  14-02-2019 18:00
  TimesLedger Newspapers has joined QNS.com, Queens’ leading website for trend-setting local news and social media connections.
  QNS.com will now feature stories from TimesLedger Newspapers’ publications — including the Bayside Times, TimesLedger, Flushing Times and Jamaica Times — as well as stories from The Queens Courier, the Ridgewood Times, the Times Newsweekly, LIC Magazine and BORO Magazine.
  “Joining forces with QNS.com will allow our stories to reach a larger a
  
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• Alleged Queens store robber pretended to fire fake gun at cops, leading to detective’s friendly fire death

  14-02-2019 17:30
  The Colt 1911 Target air pistol looks much like a semi-automatic handgun that one would see a villain holding in an action movie. When pointed at anyone, including a cop in the middle of an armed robbery in Queens, it seems difficult to tell whether its capable of firing harmful BBs or deadly bullets.
  Police said that Christopher Ransom allegedly brandished one of these Colt air pistols when he robbed the T-Mobile store on 120th Street in Richmond Hill on Feb. 12 — and pointed it at office
  
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• Security cameras show masked man seconds before he fatally shot man in Flushing

  14-02-2019 16:30
  Police have released surveillance video of the suspect involved in an early morning shooting early on Tuesday morning in Flushing that left a Long Island City man dead.
  On Feb. 13, police released video of the suspect taken prior to the Feb. 12 incident in front of a metal works store in the area of 131st Street and Fowler Avenue.
  The video shows the suspect walking on the street at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. He encounters the victim, who is approaching a van that has pulled up, the s
  
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• Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Arts Fund offer grants to local artists and arts programs

  14-02-2019 16:00
  By Tammy Scileppi
  Did you ever notice how art — in all its forms — makes life more interesting, and how every artist has something to say via their work?
  Each year, some lucky creatives of every discipline, as well as several nonprofit organizations, have been getting a much-needed boost from Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) and the Queens Arts Fund (QAF), which offers grants to distinctive arts and cultural programming that serves and enriches the lives of everyone living here.QCA a
  
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• Gun-toting thief robs Jamaica cellphone shop, leaves with phones and cash: cops

  14-02-2019 15:00
  Cops are looking for a man who robbed a 113th Precinct cellphone store at gunpoint in January.
  According to police, at 8:27 p.m. on Jan. 30, an unidentified man entered RSK3 Wireless, located at 142-21 Rockaway Blvd. Once inside, the suspect pulled out a firearm and demanded the property from the 28-year-old male employee behind the counter.
  The suspect proceeded to take several cellphones and approximately $850 dollars in cash before fleeing the store in an unknown direction. There we
  
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• Flushing congresswoman requests stamp to recognize Chinese immigrant laborers who helped build Transcontinental Railroad

  14-02-2019 14:30
  Congresswoman Grace Meng is calling for a commemorative postage stamp in honor of the approximately 12,000 Chinese immigrant laborers who helped build America’s Transcontinental Railroad from 1865-1869.
  Meng, joined by 34 other members of Congress including senators, sent a letter to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee on Thursday, Feb. 7 to recommend the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp ahead of the upcoming 150th anniversary of the railroad’s completion on May 10.
  
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