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🌱Sen. Gillibrand Town Hall Today + Residents Concered About Flooding
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- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is hosting a town hall meeting today in Jamaica.
- Queens residents question the efficacy of the inflatable flood barriers distributed by the city in advance of storm season.
- A St. Albans man might get evicted from his home after falling victim to a mortage scam.
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Here are the top stories in Queens today:
1. Today, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will host a town hall meeting at York College in Jamaica to address a wide range of issues from the Inflation Reduction Act to the PACT bill. Constituents are invited to voice their concerns and seek help from the senator's office. The meeting will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. in the second-floor auditiorium at York College, located at 94-20 Guy R. Brewers Boulevard. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.
2. In advance storm season, the N.Y. state Department of Environmental Conservation is giving away 20,000 inflatable flood barriers to eligible, at-risk homes as part of its Rainfall Ready Action Plan. Queens residents, however, are not convinced of the efficacy of the city's short term protective measures against flooding.
3. Lawyers with the Legal Aid Society are asking Wilmington Trust Bank to grant a repreive to a St. Albans homeowner who lost the title to his property in a mortage scam. Johnnie Jackson, 64, is about to be evicted from the home he has lived in since childhood. Now, he and his Legal Aid attorney are asking Wilmington Trust to stop the eviction and return the house back to Jackson.
4. On Tuesday morning, a transgender woman in Queens was robbed, punched in the face, and verbally harassed. The 33-year-old victim was walking down Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights when a man stole her purse and called her a homophobic slur. He was last seen running west on Roosevelt Avenue. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force has asked the public's help in identifying the attacker and tracking him down.
5. After some confusion, Queens Senator Joe Addabbo clarifies that people under the age of 21 are indeed allowed to purchase whipped cream. Though various news outlets ran stories claiming otherwise, there are no restrictions on who can purchase regular whipped cream. There are restrictions, however, on who can purchase whipped cream chargers or cartridges, which contain nitrous oxide that is dangerous when inhaled directly.
🗞 Hungry for more news? Snack on these headlines:
- Queens woman charged with murder in hit-and-run that killed disabled man (Patch ; NY Daily News)
- Police looking for man who shoved elderly woman down staircase in unprovoked attack in Kew Gardens (QNS)
- Family devasted over man's motorcycle crash on Rockaway Beach Boardwalk (NY Daily News)
- LIC man has been missing for over a month (Patch)
- Widow of 'Duck Sauce Killer' speaks (NY Daily News)
- CUNY law professor named Senior Policy Advisor on Immigration (QNS)
Today in Queens:
- Spanish language art-making workshop for all ages at The Noguchi Museum (10 a.m.)
- Queens Farm Farmstand (11 a.m.)
- Young Entrepreneur Day (11 a.m.)
- Creatine Crashing Comedy Open Mic (5:30 p.m.)
- Positive Women United Presents: Women in STEM (6 p.m.)
- Concert at Trans-Pecos (7 p.m.)
- Gamestoria weekly Dungeons & Dragons meet up (7 p.m.)
- The Office Trivia (7:30 p.m.)
🗣Queens Chatter:
- Get ready for reggae: "Reggae On The Boardwalk - Rockaways is BACK for a second straight year! Let's celebrate our Caribbean roots and end the summer on the right note, #Queens. If you love good music, good vibes and good people, you better be at O'Donohue Park in Far Rockaway this Sunday from 3-7pm.
Kupferberg Center for the Arts" (Queens Borough President Donovan Richards via Facebook) - Take look at this video of a pig snacking on a sunflower at The Queens County Farm Museum: "When the sunflowers go... the pigs go hog-wild! Come see what Spice and the rest of our farm animals are up to this week with free grounds admission from 10am–5pm. #sunflowersnack #nycfarm #kunekunepigs #queensfarm #oink" (The Queens County Farm Museum via Facebook)
- U.S. Open food guide: "Traveling to US Open by train? Here's a guide to the best restaurants along the 7 line. More: https://bit.ly/3AS956w" (Queens, New York via Facebook)
- #LetHorsesBe: "I joined hundreds of compassionate New Yorkers to protest the abuses of the horse carriage industry. The residents of this city resoundingly support moving to electric carriages and ending the cruelty that these horses endure. The world is watching. #Pass573LetHorsesBe" (Council Member Bob Holden via Twitter)
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