Gang Link Probed In Killings+Neir's Tavern Honored • Daily Digest

Good morning, Queens! It's Tuesday, Oct. 5. A veteran of the NYPD is facing accusations that he impersonated a landlord in order to fleece a number of prospective Queens tenants. Get caught up with the story below.

Today's weather: Keep it cool. It'll be mostly cloudy with a shower. High: 68 Low: 59.

Here are the top stories in Queens today:

1. Yet another body has been found floating in the East River just offshore from Astoria Park. (Patch.com)
2. A NYPD veteran stands accused of posing as a Queens landlord to dupe would-be renters. (New York Daily News)
3. Detectives are investigating murders in Brooklyn and Queens that may have a connection to gang warfare. (AMNY)
4. A street in Woodhaven has now been renamed in honor of historic Neir's Tavern. (WABC-TV)
5. The search for descendants of racial terrorism goes on. (The New Yorker)

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• Autumn Fest at Sands Point Preserve (Oct. 17)
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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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