🌱 Food Pantry Use Increases + Queens Home Invasion

Hello, neighbors! Miranda Fraraccio here with a brand-new Queens Daily.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Queens today:

1. The New York Police Department has shared details of a home invasion that occurred in Queens on Feb. 7. The unidentified woman was at home with her 3-year-old son when two masked men entered the home. The men demanded the woman hand over her valuables and proceeded to hit her in the face. Police report that the home invasion was likely random due to a lack of evidence that the men followed the woman home. Suspects have yet to be identified. (CBS New York)
2. A Queens man is at the hospital in critical condition following a robbery on Monday. The 37-year-old victim was pushed and robbed while talking to another man. The victim's head hit the ground and the suspect rummaged through the victim's pockets while he lay on the ground unconscious. Any information related to the crime should be reported to the New York Police Department or to Crime Stoppers. (CBS New York)
3. More Queens families are using food pantries. The increase in use has been attributed to recent inflation and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Commonpoint Queens is a social service non-profit that is on the front lines of the recent increase in food pantry interest and donated over a million pounds of food to Queens residents in 2020. (Patch)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. 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, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.