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District 14 Congressional Primary: What Queens Needs To Know
Alexandra Oscasio-Cortez will face off against Rep. Joseph Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, on Tuesday.

Danielle Woodward is a reporter for Patch in New York City, where she covers all things Queens. She came to Patch from the Traverse City Record-Eagle in Northern Michigan, where she's covered business, features and education news. She's also been a copy editor and producer for the Arizona Republic and has written for the online news site, Addiction Now.
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Alexandra Oscasio-Cortez will face off against Rep. Joseph Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, on Tuesday.

Try your hand at reciting one of the Bard's famous monologues at "Shakespeare-aoke" on June 30.
Gov. Cuomo signed a bill on Monday that will allow the state to obtain public land for the AirTrain to be built on.
An 88-year-old driver fatally struck the teen girl at Utopia Parkway and 16th Avenue on Monday, police said.
Fort Totten will host a free concert and fireworks show to ring in Independence Day is on June 27. Here's what you need to know.
The Lower East Side "experimental ice cream shop" announced it was "coming home for the summer" in Queens.
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A 27-year-old Corona man was charged with punching and kicking the man repeatedly in broad daylight, police said.
The perp threw a 63-year-old man to the ground and stole his cell phone after he was caught breaking into his apartment, cops said.
A 45-year-old man died after he crashed his motorcycle into a Hyundai near 203rd Street and 104th Avenue, police said.
The man fell off his 2013 Triumph motorcycle early Friday morning while riding along Cross Island Parkway, police said.
The Flushing man arrested during his green card interview was allowed to return to his wife and kids after a judge stopped his deportation.
An Ozone Park man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to trying to join the extremist terrorist group in Syria last summer.
This Long Island City chain was the only Queens spot to make Eater's guide of "28 Outstanding Coffee Shops in NYC."
Classes will connect immigrants with legal experts, advocates and resources to "counteract the hostility of the current political climate."
The woman poured a pot of scalding hot coffee on a man who chased her into a Woodside convenience store for stealing his wallet, cops said.
The thief stole electronics, checks and car keys from a woman's Ozone Park home, police said. He returned the next day to finish the job.
"His removal would be cruel," U.S. Rep Grace Meng wrote in a letter signed by 11 other New York lawmakers to the city's ICE director.
The last of four Queens gang members was sentenced to prison for a 2016 plot to murder rival gang members, prosecutors said Tuesday.
A Bronx man will serve six months in jail after he led cops on a 115 mph chase through the Southeast Queens neighborhood.