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Good day Queens! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Queens seniors want fixed on Jackson Heights’ 34th Avenue Open Street
  • How a $39M Rego Park library overhaul will change your block
  • How did alleged JFK bribes reach a Queens courtroom this week?

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📰 News we're reading

1. Seniors in Queens find room to improve NYC's first permanent 'Open Street' (gothamist.com) — Queens seniors are speaking up about problems they see on the permanent Open Street along 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights, from confusing bike lanes to too few benches and trash cans. Their walk-audit, backed by AARP, is giving older residents a stronger voice as the city refines the design of one of its most prominent car-limited corridors.
   

2. Queens Public Library breaks ground on new $39 million Rego Park branch (qns.com) — A long-awaited $39 million rebuild of the Rego Park branch of Queens Public Library is finally underway, promising a much larger, three-story facility with modern amenities and dedicated spaces for kids, teens, and adults. During construction, a mobile library will serve residents on Thursdays starting Jan. 8, 2026, while officials say the new, art-filled, eco-conscious building will better match the needs of a growing Queens community.
   

3. Delta Cargo Scandal: 5 Indicted In Bribery, Money Laundering Schemes At JFK Airport, AG Says (dailyvoice.com) — A major bribery and money laundering case tied to cargo contracts at JFK Airport in Queens has led to indictments of four business executives accused of paying a Delta employee hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks. Prosecutors say the long-running schemes inflated costs and corrupted key shipping services, with the defendants arraigned before a Queens County Supreme Court judge as the state attorney general vows accountability.
   

4. Grandmother suffers memory loss, needs tracheotomy to breathe following Queens beatdown (nydailynews.com) — A Queens grandmother is recovering from a brutal October assault at an Astoria nightclub that left her with severe memory loss and dependent on a tracheotomy to breathe. Police are still searching for the man and woman suspected in the attack, and her family is urging anyone in Queens with information to contact Crime Stoppers as she faces a long road of therapy.
   

5. Advocates demand governor sign prison reforms into law (queenseagle.com) — Queens lawmakers are helping drive a sweeping prison oversight bill now on Governor Hochul’s desk, and local elected officials from the borough are publicly urging her to sign it. The proposal would expand surveillance, strengthen independent investigations, and require faster public reporting of deaths in state prisons, changes advocates say are vital after several high-profile killings behind bars.
   

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