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1. Woman Arrested After Setting 3 Fires In NYC (patch.com) — Residents in Maspeth and surrounding Queens neighborhoods are on edge after police arrested a woman accused of setting three separate fires Monday night, including one at a Flushing Avenue restaurant where two people were hurt escaping. Additional fires at the Maspeth Jewish Center and a nearby funeral home left a firefighter injured, and investigators are still determining what led up to the string of blazes.
2. 2 Teens Accused Of Taking NYC Subway Trains On Joyrides (patch.com) — Queens riders are learning that police are investigating two late-night incidents where teens allegedly broke into subway cars near the 67th Avenue station in Forest Hills and moved them in the wrong direction toward Woodhaven Boulevard. No one has been arrested yet, and the MTA is working with investigators to figure out how the trains were accessed, echoing a similar Queens subway theft case from last year.
3. FERC approves market rules for Champlain Hudson transmission project (utilitydive.com) — A massive new power line will soon deliver Canadian hydropower directly into the Astoria Annex Substation in Queens, tying our borough into a 300-mile clean energy corridor. Federal regulators just approved the market rules, clearing the way for a May launch under a 25-year contract. Expect modest statewide bill increases as New York pursues its renewable targets.
4. Seeking a lift: Queens lawmaker urges MTA to equip more 7 train stations with elevators (amny.com) — If you rely on the 7 train in Jackson Heights, Corona, Elmhurst, or East Elmhurst, a Queens assembly member is pressing the MTA to add elevators at four key stations. She argues that riders with disabilities, seniors, and parents with strollers are being left behind, and wants accessibility upgrades prioritized in the agency’s capital plan.
5. AG Letitia James won't seek criminal charges against cop who fatally ran over sleeping man in Queens park during U.S. Open (amny.com) — State Attorney General Letitia James has decided not to file criminal charges against the NYPD officer who fatally drove over a man lying in Flushing Meadows Corona Park during last summer’s U.S. Open in Queens. Investigators said they couldn’t prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt, even as eyewitness accounts insist the tragedy was preventable and raise questions about police awareness and park safety during major events.
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