🌱 Housing Lottery In Ridgewood + Red-Light Camera Shot 16 Times

Good morning, Queens! Miranda Fraraccio here with the latest edition of the Queens Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and much colder. High: 34 Low: 32.

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Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. The Housing Lottery has launched for a five-story residential building in Ridgewood. 26 units are available at 80-97 Cypress Avenue for residents on NYC Housing Connect at 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $34,218 to $77,340. Prospective renters must meet all requirements to apply and applications must be submitted no later than Apr. 20. (New York YIMBY)
2. A man with autism was found safe after going missing in Queens. 20-year-old Gabriel Blandon was not wearing a coat or shoes when he disappeared on Tuesday. He had last been seen walking at the intersection of 47th Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue around 12:30 p.m and was found in safe condition around 7:20 p.m. (PIX11)
3. A Queens red-light camera was destroyed by a bicyclist who fired 16 shots with two guns at it. At around 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, a bicyclist fired 14 times with a 9-mm. gun and let off two rounds from a .380 at Woodhaven Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue in Woodhaven, knocking the camera out of service. A similar incident happened in early January; however, investigators have not yet determined if the two incidents are connected. (NY Daily News)

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Today in Queens:

• New York In History With Oliver Hummel, At Queens Public Library Virtual (11:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Long Island City filmmaker Jason DaSilva's documentary chronicling his battle with multiple sclerosis premiered on PBS last night. (Twitter)
• Queens leaders in Jamaica gathered for a street co-naming ceremony on Monday, Feb. 21 recognizing the intersection of Homelawn Street and Hillside Avenue as Little Bangladesh Avenue. (Twitter)

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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.