🌱 New $90 Million Construction Project + Queens Abortion Rights Rally

Morning, people of Queens! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Queens Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 70 Low: 53.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Queens today:

1. Madison Realty Capital is providing a $90 million construction loan to create a mixed-use project in the Flushing area of Queens. The project will consist of two connected buildings that are home to 150 residential condos, 202 hotel rooms, 23,000 square feet of ground-floor and below-grade retail space, and 300 parking spaces. There will be studio, one, two, and three-bedroom formats for residential living, and amenities like a fitness center and outdoor terraces and courtyards. There is no set timeline yet for construction or when the project will be completed. (REBusinessOnline)
2. Queens Councilwoman Julie Won held a spontaneous abortion rights rally on Tuesday, denouncing the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade. Protestors gathered at Lou Lodati Park in Long Island City within an hour, allowing those unable to make it to the larger rally at Foley Square in Manhattan a chance to come together as a community and stand up for their beliefs. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards was also in support of this pro-choice movement. (Subscription: QNS.com)
3. A Queens woman was shot dead inside her own home yesterday afternoon. The woman's name has not yet been released, but cops say she was pronounced dead at the scene, after being shot in the head. At first, the primary suspect was a light-skinned man caught leaving the house in a black Chevrolet Traverse, but the police have now stated that they have taken a person of interest, who was in possession of a firearm, into custody. (New York Daily News)

Today in Queens:

• Farm Community Volunteer Days, At Queens Botanical Garden (9:30 AM)
• CIDNY Presents: New York City’s Affordable Housing Lottery Overview, At Zoom (1:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Looking for something fun to do this Mother's Day weekend? Click here and check out these different, fun events happening all over the city! (AMNY)
• Queens College has announced that they will be offering a new marijuana business course. The Jun. 11 and Jun. 18 course will be limited to 25 participants looking to work in the industry and will feature presentations from the New York State Office of Cannabis Management. (Queens Daily Eagle)
• There will be a Mother's Day Car Show this Saturday at the Lincoln Technical Institute! Click here for more information! (Allevents.in)

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— 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.