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Gun Buybacks, Innovation QNS Nears Finish Line | Queens Top Stories

A supermarket chain owned by Key Food will shut down in Bayside. | Three women were found dead inside a home near JFK Airport, police said.

The program, which exchanges unloaded firearms for monetary compensation, aims to reduce the citywide spike in gun violence.
The program, which exchanges unloaded firearms for monetary compensation, aims to reduce the citywide spike in gun violence. (Courtesy of the Queens District Attorney's office.)

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Gun Buyback Program In Queens Nets 32 Firearms

The program, which exchanges unloaded firearms for monetary compensation, aims to reduce the citywide spike in gun violence.

Won Backs Innovation QNS As Astoria Rezoning Nears Finish Line

The 3, 200-apartment, five-block development passed another Council committee Monday, x making it poised to win final approval this week.

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Food Universe Marketplace In Bayside Will Shut Down

The supermarket chain, owned by Key Food, will lay off its 54 employees, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification said.

Tech Incubator To Open In Forest Hills, Help Startups Seeking Offices

The incubator in Forest Hills is set to open "in the coming months" as tech companies apply for the program to receive a working space.

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Three Women Killed In Home Near JFK Airport: NYPD

Officers found three women — 26, 47, and 68 years of age— dead inside a home in Springfield Gardens, police said.

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