🌱 Woman Hit By Car, In Critical Condition + House Party Shooting

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Here are the top stories today in Queens:

1. Activists and politicians are opposing the plan to replace the women's jail on Rikers Island with one in Kew Garden. The people opposed to the shift say that it would be more humane to move the women to a facility in Harlem. The Women's Center for Justice at the Lincoln Correctional Facility is a minimum-security facility that was closed in 2019 due to a shrinking prison population. Click the link to read arguments in favor of either plan. (Gothamist)
2. An elderly woman is in critical condition after a car crash on Saturday. Police say the 67-year-old woman was crossing 103rd Avenue in Jamaica around 11:20 p.m. A person driving a Nissan Maxima sedan hit the woman while she was in the crosswalk. The 22-year-old driver remained at the scene while the woman was rushed to the hospital. Police have not made any arrests. (AMNY)
3. A group of people was hospitalized after a house party shooting in Queens. According to officers, fourteen shots were fired by police officers after reports that four men approached the home and opened fire. Reportedly, there were 75-100 people in the home. It is unclear as of Sunday afternoon which injuries were caused by the police and which were caused by the four gunmen. (NBC New York)

Today in Queens:

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From my notebook:

• Queens Borough President Donovan Richards joined LL Cool J at Rock The Bells on Sunday. The hip-hop artist was presented with the key to Queens and President Richards declared the day to be LL Cool J Day. (Queens Borough President Donovan Richards via Facebook)
• The New York Mets shared a clip of a heads-up play on Saturday night. Luis Guillorme threw Travis D'Arnaud out at home to keep the game at three to zero in the top of the fifth inning. (New York Mets via Facebook)
• Reverend Jesse Jackson joined a rally to include Asian American history in New York classes. The rally was in support of legislation introduced by State Senator John Liu. (WABC-TV)

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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.