🌱 Two Sentenced In JFK Airport Heist + NYPD Sergeant Opened Fire

Up and at 'em, Queens! Let's get you all caught up to start this Tuesday, November 9 off on an informed note. These are the most important things happening around town today.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and pleasant. High: 63 Low: 49.

Here are the top stories today in Queens:

1. Two men behind a pair of successful heists that netted $6 million worth of luxury designer goods at JFK Airport are getting prison time. David Lacarriere, one of two alleged coordinators behind both heists in early 2020, was sentenced to five and a half to 11 years in prison. Oscar Asencio, a 33-year-old man who has been accused of helping protect the stolen goods in a stash house in Jamaica, was sentenced to three and a half to six years in prison. (NBC New York)
2. An off-duty NYPD sergeant opened fire in an after-hours Queens karaoke bar early Monday morning during a fight with three men who refused to tip a server. Sgt. Raymond Wong, who is assigned to 94th Precinct in Brooklyn, intervened when the server, who may have been involved in prostitution, at VIVA KTV on Prince St. near 37th Ave. in Flushing’s Chinatown complained she didn’t get a tip from a trio of men at around 5 a.m. Suspects Kentvy Wong, 38, Shou Li Xu, 38, and Zhong Xiang Lin, 37, were arrested and charges against them are pending. Wong will likely be hit with disciplinary charges. (New York Daily News)
3. A New York Mets and Yankees pitcher, Pedro Feliciano, died in his sleep at age 45. Feliciano, who made his MLB debut with the Mets in 2002, had four separate stints in Queens over nine seasons. Feliciano made 484 career appearances, all in relief, compiling a respectable 3.33 earned run average. (syracuse.com)
4. Construction is complete on Sven, a 762-foot-tall skyscraper in Long Island City. The 67-story tower, located at 29-37 41st Avenue, is designed by Handel Architects for The Durst Organization and will yield a total of 958 rental units with interiors designed by Selldorf Architects. Of those rentals, 300 units will be set aside as affordable housing. (New York YIMBY)
5. Queens College has appointed alumna Jerima DeWese as its first chief diversity officer/dean of diversity. DeWese brings extensive experience from both the public and private higher education sectors to the position and will provide essential leadership to help Queens College advance diversity, equity and inclusion as prominently envisioned in its new strategic plan. As a New Yorker, a product of the CUNY system, and a Queens College alumna, DeWese says she is truly honored to be given the opportunity to serve in the position. (QNS.com)

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Today in Queens:

• Mistake-Free Cover Letters Webinar - Glen Oaks Branch Library Virtual (12:00 PM)
• Financing your Business (English) - Queens Business Outreach Center (2:00 PM)
• Health Chat for Seniors - Glen Oaks Branch Library Virtual (2:00 PM)

Queens Patch Notebook

• Queens Museum: "Have you ever imagined what the cities of the future would be like? World’s Fair exhibitors like Henry Dreyfuss looked forward to technologically advanced utopias that would be “as harmonious as the stars in their course overhead”. 💫 Check out this article on the ”Cities of Tomorrow” that were imagined at the 1939-40 and 1964-65 World’s Fairs: https://qnsmu.se/GASOPOLIS" (Facebook)
• Queens Borough President Donovan Richards: "Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/9 at 6:30 pm as we continue our series of regional town halls at Queensborough Community College / CUNY in Bayside. We are really looking forward to hearing what you, the people of Northeast Queens have to say.
  RSVP at queensbp.org/rsvp" (Facebook)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.