🌱 Queens Environmental Infrastructure + Jackson Heights Pipe Attack

Hello there, Queens! I'm here in your inbox per usual to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Follow along for the latest.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and windy. High: 69 Low: 57.

Here are the top three stories in Queens today:

1. Two Queens lawmakers have secured a bill to upgrade environmental infrastructure in the borough. On Jun. 15, Congress Members Grace Meng and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, along with Senator Chuck Schumer, announced the House passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, which includes a key measure to help make Queens more resilient in the face of climate change. Included in this bill is Meng’s provision to authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to spend up to nearly $120 million to work with the city in upgrading environmental infrastructure in Queens. (QNS.com)
2. A Queens man is speaking out after being attacked by a suspect with a metal pipe. 51-year-old Mauricio Bermúdez was walking home on Roosevelt Avenue past a smoke shop on the corner of 80th Street in Jackson Heights when he was beaten by a stranger with a metal pipe after making an anti-Hispanic statement. NYPD is investigating Sunday night's attack as a bias attack; anybody with information is asked to reach out. (WABC-TV)
3. A Woodside war hero was inducted into the State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame on Monday. Woodside resident Pedro Nieves, 96, served in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. He was honored for a decorated career serving in the armed forces and for his dedication to his community, according to State Senator Michael Gianaris. Gianaris inducted Nieves during a ceremony at Sunnyside Community Services, located at 43-31 39th St. (Queens Post)

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Today in Queens:

• Key To The City: Family Resource Fair, At Woodside Ave. Open Street (10:00 AM)
• Watercolor Workshop: Roses, At Queens Botanical Garden (11:00 AM)
• Out Of School Craft, At Fresh Meadows Branch Library (1:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Anastasia Difino, an English language arts and social studies teacher at P.S. 120 in Flushing, was recognized with this year's FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence. (QNS.com)
• The Queens Borough Hall Farmstand is back by popular demand! The stand is open every Thursday from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (Queens Borough President Donovan Richards via Facebook)
• The Queens Museum is excited to announce open calls for its new In Situ Artist Fellowship and the 5th edition of the QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists! Learn more about each fellowship and register for upcoming info sessions here. (Queens Museum via Facebook)
• Here's a list of Juneteenth events in Queens! (Queens, New York via Facebook)

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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.