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THERE was a big election on Tuesday, everything went exactly according to plan and the polls and predictions were spot on. In fact, many would say it was over before it began. I’m referring to all the local Queens candidates, many of whom ran uncontested. Oh well, I guess we’ll have to wait until 2021 for some real nail-biting election excitement.
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ANOTHER death has occurred involving a bicycle rider in NYC. Though all of them are tragic and this one happened in Brooklyn, it’s especially sad to read that the victim resided in Long Island City.
Her name was Clara Kang and she was a 31-year old nurse on her way home from a night shift at a hospital when she was struck by a motorcyclist early Saturday morning in Sunset Park. For more info about Clara see the Go Fund Me page set up by a close friend which includes a a heartfelt bio about her.
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THE victim in the deadly shooting in Hunters Point has been identified. According to The Daily News his name was Vickram Sewsankar and this past weekend would have been his 26th birthday. Other details are contained in the article, but not the identity of the shooter, only to say that police are looking for a hispanic male in his 30’s.
[Read more…] about Victim Identified & Police Sweep Parks At NightA 20-something year old man was shot and killed this evening around 7pm on Borden Avenue and 2nd Street, one block from the Oval on Center Boulevard.
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AS Summer 2020 winds down, one looks back at the many regularly scheduled events that did not occur this year: Warm-Ups at MoMA PS1; Live At The Gantries, Taste of LIC, Evening Movies At The Oval, etc.
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