🌱 Five Arrested In Drug Bust + Upcoming Activities And Events

Hello, Queens! I'm here in your inbox per usual to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Because community information is power!

First, today's weather:

A gusty t-storm in the p.m. High: 91 Low: 78.

Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. A father and son are among those who were arrested for running an open-air drug market. According to Queens DA Melinda Katz, the five defendants were operating the market on a dead-end street in Jamaica nearby a school. Over 10 kilos of narcotics and four guns were among the items seized by authorities following a long-term investigation by the NYPD. (QNS)
2. New York is a Union Town, according to the New York City Council. The council passed Resolution 257, which declared solidarity with workers organizing within unions across the city. Council Member Tiffany Cabán, the lead sponsor on the resolution, joined worker-leaders marching on Jul. 14. Read about the march, the effort behind the resolution, and the surge of union activity in the city at the link. (AMNY)
3. Looking for things to do in the next week? Check out this list of upcoming events collected by the Western Queens Gazette. There's an outdoor screening of Slumdog Millionaire on Friday at Rufus King Park. The Lewis Latimer House Museum is hosting a virtual presentation on Seneca Village, a 19th-century majority African-American community displaced by New York City for the construction of Central Park. Read more at the link. (Western Queens Gazette)

Today in Queens:

• Artmaking with Noguchi Museum at The Long Island City Library (1:00 PM)
• Expressive Writing with Noguchi Museum at The Long Island City Library (5:30 PM)
• A Conversation with Costume and Set Designer Machine Dazzle at Materials for the Arts (7:00 PM)
• Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm at Culture Lab LIC (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Ozone Park Library will be reopening on Aug. 2! The Queens Public Library will hold a reopening at 1:00 p.m. after the roof replacement is completed. (Queens Public Library via Facebook)
• The second half of the season is on, and the Mets invite you out to Citi Field. Games resume starting Friday; be on the lookout for special giveaways on Saturday and Sunday. (New York Mets via Twitter)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today! I'll see you around.

— 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.