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Forest Hills Election Guide: What To Know About Local Races
Tuesday is Election Day in Forest Hills — here's what you need to know about the primary races for Assembly, state committee, and more.

Kayla Levy covers all things Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills and Bayside for Patch. She has written for New York Magazine's Curbed and the Strategist, and Time Out. Follow her on Twitter @kaylev and send story tips to kayla.levy@patch.com.
Tuesday is Election Day in Forest Hills — here's what you need to know about the primary races for Assembly, state committee, and more.

Forest Hills residents will cast ballots this month in a State Assembly primary, among others. Patch is profiling each candidate.
Leaders spoke out against a report that the man accused of slaying Zhiwen Yan might make bail soon, calling him a "danger" to Forest Hills.
Monday's blaze, which is the second to break out at LeFrak City since May, came a couple hours after a nearby diner fire.
No one was hurt in the Monday morning blaze, fire officials said.
Brooklyn's U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez lambasted the Court's sequential decisions gutting abortion rights and overturning a New York gun law.
Borough President Donovan Richards said the Court's decision gutting the constitutional right to abortion was a "racist and sexist step."
Health inspectors found a cupcake shop by the Empire State Building with signs of mice, an eatery in Downtown Flushing with flies and more.
A project restoring part of Douglaston's Shore Road was completed this week, but locals have said the roadway is deteriorating for years.
A tourist from Portugal and a Brooklyn resident stand accused by police of graffitiing out-of-use trains stored in a Forest Hills station.
An NYPD spokesperson said the department didn't know what caused the cyclist to fall, but, as far as he knew, no cars were involved.
The 3.1 mile race, which starts near Bayside and ends in Whitestone, benefits a local family's foundation raising awareness about epilepsy.
Police confirmed that the 69-year-old was found a week after disappearing from her Rego Park home. Locals said she was at a nearby hospital.
The fire marks the latest in a citywide problem of lithium-ion battery blazes, which officials said are on pace to double this year.
It's like Manhattan's beloved banana pudding bakeshop and a Brooklyn craft brewery walked into a bar.
The once "rock star" sustainable butcher announced it is closed for good just months after returning to Park Slope following a BLM dispute.
A Queens driver took his eyes off the road and crashed into two parked cars, injuring two people and flipping over his SUV in the process.
The call for proposals is part of the park department's efforts to add amenities to citywide parks, including Forest Park. Learn more here.
Douglaston's Emily Chan is among four northeast Queens students to win the NY Assembly contest. Her piece is titled "My Mom is Magnificent."
Police, some armed with assault guns, cordoned off streets and towed cars in Brooklyn for a funeral, prompting outrage over the NYPD budget.