LIC Man Faces Sex Trafficking Charge + Sexism Suit • Daily Digest

Good morning, Queens! In Long Island City, a man has been indicted for forcing a woman into a life of involuntary prostitution and physically assaulting her for months. See all the details below.

Today's weather: Perfect fall weather; partly sunny and pleasant. High: 73 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories in Queens today:

1. A LIC man stands indicted on sex trafficking and assault charges after being accused of forcing a woman into prostitution. (Patch.com)
2. On Monday afternoon, an elderly Rego Park elderly woman was fatally hit by a school bus driver while crossing a Manhattan street. (Patch.com)
3. A female 25-year veteran of construction work filed suit Tuesday charging her employers and their Queens-based union of sexism. (Patch.com)
4. Queens leaders are leaning on the DA to stop cash bail amid Rikers crisis. (Queens Daily Eagle)
5. A drunken driver who killed a Queens dad gets a 5-to-15 year sentence. (New York Daily News)
6. Pop-Up Programming is coming to the Bronx and Queens this month as part of the city's Open Streets program. (Gothamist)

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About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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