🌱 Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant In LIC + Sunnyside Community Services

Morning, people of Queens! Miranda Fraraccio here with a brand-new Queens Daily.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with a shower in spots. High: 54 Low: 35.

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Here are the top three stories in Queens today:

1. A new Chinese hot pot restaurant will be opening in Long Island City this summer. Global franchise Da Long Yi will be opening in August at 42-22 Crescent St. – a new 9-story mixed-use building near Queens Plaza South. The restaurant, which is known for its signature Chinese hot pots, will mark the company’s first in Queens and second in New York City following on from its Chinatown outpost in Manhattan. (LIC Post)
2. A local nonprofit won a national award for its Alzheimer’s program. Sunnyside Community Services was awarded the “Innovations in Alzheimer’s Caregiving Award” by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Bader Philanthropies, Inc., and Family Caregiver Alliance last week. The organization’s “Care NYC” program, which provides caregivers with support and training to help them care for their loved ones who may be living with Alzheimer’s, was one of three programs across the country to get the award. (Queens Post)
3. Firefighters battled a five-alarm fire in Queens on Wednesday night. FDNY responded to the call just after 7:00 p.m. and found the blaze burning through a business on 101st Avenue in Jamaica, which Acting Chief of Department John Hodgens said is a plumbing and electrical supplies store. As of Wednesday night, no injuries were reported. (WPIX 11 New York)

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Today in Queens:

• Marion’s Art History Class, At South Jamaica Branch Library (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Congratulations to all the finalists in the 2022 Queens StartUP! Competition. (Facebook)
• Get aboard the Queens Library Book Bus at Queens Botanical Garden as QPL launches its Seed Library on Saturday, Apr. 9, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Explore the inside of the book bus, make a craft, listen in on nature-themed storytime, and grab-and-go activity kit to continue the fun at home. (Facebook)
• A new compost site has opened in Forest Hills, just as Mayor Eric Adams plans to scrap a promised expansion of the city's composting program. (Patch)

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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.