Around the Borough: Queens

nice shot from the Queens Center Mall.


NEWS

Bones found near LaGuardia Airport, although nobody’s sure if they’re human remains. 

- Russell Simmons joined lawmakers and hundreds of others help to curb the violence plaguing south Queens. 

- State Sen. Toby Stavisky and challenger John Messner will speak at a candidates forum at New York Hospital Queens on Aug. 29, hosted by the Queensboro Hill Civic Association. 

- The city announced a plan to help residents in flood-prone Springfield Gardens, finished by 2014.

- NYC’s creating new “slow-zones” in the five boroughs, including Auburndale and Corona in Queens.

- A Sunnyside community leader is trying to ban food carts from operating under the 7, saying they attract vermin. 

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