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Today's riddle: Why are crows so alert and curious? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. 9/11-related cancers continue to rise 25 years after attacks (firerescue1.com) — Queens residents who responded to or lived near Ground Zero are seeing rising rates of 9/11-related cancers, with Northwell's WTC Health Program clinic in Rego Park treating many local patients. Survivors from Glendale and Jamaica describe late-emerging cancers linked to toxic dust, while doctors urge eligible Queens residents to enroll for free screenings and care through the federally funded program.
2. Queens Beach House by BAAO Studio Features a Gabled Roof and Flexible Family Space (freeyork.org) — A newly completed 2,655‑square‑foot beach house in Breezy Point, Queens, shows how local homes are adapting to post–Hurricane Sandy rules with elevated construction and flood‑resistant materials. Designed by Brooklyn-based BAAO Studio, the house blends a dramatic gabled roof, light‑filled great room, and flexible family spaces with durable accoya siding and shou sugi ban decking tailored to Queens' harsh coastal conditions.
3. Brooklyn Company Accused of Selling Fake Construction Safety Cards (bkreader.com) — Two Queens men and their company, which operates a training site on Hillside Avenue in Queens, are accused of selling fraudulent construction safety cards to workers who never completed required courses. Prosecutors say undercover investigators paid $500 for cards without training, and the Department of Buildings has now invalidated Redcode's SST cards, potentially affecting local workers who relied on them for job access.
4. The Housewife Film Depicts Nazi Guard Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan in Queens (memesita.com) — A new film, The Housewife, revisits how Nazi war criminal Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan quietly lived for years as a homemaker in Queens before her past was exposed. The movie and its backstory highlight Maspeth's unsettling role in this history, showing how an ordinary neighborhood once unknowingly sheltered a major Holocaust perpetrator.
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