🌱 Qns Donations Arrive In Ukraine + Subway Station Fire Causes Delays

Hey, neighbors! Miranda Fraraccio here with a brand-new issue of the Queens Daily.

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Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. Over 32 pallets of essential items have arrived in Ukraine, stemming from a Queens supply drive spearheaded by Council Members Robert Holden and James Gennaro. The items were originally intended to be shipped to Rzeszow, a Polish city near the Ukrainian border, however, the goods were shipped directly to Kiev with the assistance of the Polish Consul General, the president of Rzeszow, and Kiev Mayor—and former heavyweight boxer—Vitali Klitschkothe. More than half of the borough’s Council delegation participated in the drive and there was a total of 25 sponsors. (Sunnyside Post)
2. A video was released on Monday, which showed an NYC mugger shoving and robbing a pregnant woman. On Mar. 9, the 26-year-old victim was walking at 131st Street and Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill just after 6 a.m. when the suspect – heading in the other direction – pulled on her purse and knocked her onto the sidewalk. According to police, the victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for pain in her stomach and scrapes on her hands. (New York Post)
3. A fire at a Queens subway station caused train delays on Monday morning. According to a tweet by the FDNY, the blaze started at about 5:45 a.m. at the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station on the edge of Jamaica. The blaze was under control within 10 minutes, however, it took several hours for the trains to get back on track. (Patch)

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Today in Queens:

• Swing Into Spring! A Music Bubble And Comedy Show!, At Long Island City Library (11:00 AM)
• MS Outlook 2019, At Corona Branch Library (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Queens County Farm Museum is offering a variety of spring events for all. (QNS.com)
• According to the New York Legal Assistance Group and the Legal Aid Society, an onslaught of thousands of cases and a 200,000-case backlog from the recently-lifted eviction moratorium is overwhelming some Queens tenant attorneys. (Patch)
• An East Elmhurst woman was taken into custody on Monday for allegedly stealing money from an elderly man who was trying to help her out inside a Corona McDonald's a week earlier. (Twitter)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.