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New York Film Festival sets lineup for 60th edition

The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a robust 32-film main slate and a number of hometown tales, including James Gray’s Queens coming-of-age drama “Armageddon Time” and Laura Poitras’ documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin’s battle against the Sackler family

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Queens duck sauce killer Glenn Hirsch found dead of apparent suicide at home

NEW YORK — The infamous duck sauce killer, charged with shooting a restaurant deliverymen, was found dead in his Queens home Friday morning after apparently killing himself, his lawyer said.

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Three injured in explosion near US Open stadium in Queens

Workers were replacing a transformer when explosion took place

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Darvish, homers get Padres off to good start against Mets

NEW YORK — The threat of a storm that never actually made its way to the Queens portion of New York delayed the start of the season’s second half for the Padres.

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5 indicted in investigation of guns smuggled from South to NYC

NEW YORK — Five people have been indicted for running guns from Tennessee to New York City, the Queens district attorney’s office said Thursday.

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New York to make 'Little Thailand' official

A New York City neighbourhood long known informally as “Little Thailand” may soon get official name recognition under a bill passed by the city council.

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Queens man sentenced to 30 years for role as robbery lookout in friendly fire death of NYPD detective

NEW YORK — The lookout man in a botched Queens robbery where a veteran New York Police Department detective died from friendly fire was sentenced Thursday to 30 years to life on a felony murder conviction.

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Guns arrest of Queens ‘Duck Sauce Killer’s’ wife a pressure tactic, lawyer says

NEW YORK — The Queens District Attorney’s office was aiming at the accused “Duck Sauce Killer” when targeting his wife for gun possession, her attorney suggested in a pointed letter to prosecutors.

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New Yorkers head to the polls to vote in first primary of 2022

Voters from Brooklyn to Buffalo and from Queens to Kingston came out to the polls in short supply Tuesday to decide who’ll run in this November’s general election — a contest that will ultimately determine who is New York State’s governor.

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Wife of ‘duck sauce killer’ arrested after 8 guns found in her home

The wife of accused condiment killer Glenn Hirsch has herself been arrested — after cops found eight guns and ammunition in her Queens home, records show.

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Accused ‘duck sauce’ killer of Chinese deliveryman released on bail in Queens

A judge in Queens granted $500,000 bail Monday for accused “duck sauce” killer Glenn Hirsch as he awaits trial on charges he fatally shot a Chinese food deliveryman over a bizarre months-long beef over insufficient condiment packets.

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‘Duck sauce killer’ Glenn Hirsch could make bail Monday

NEW YORK — The condiment-obsessed suspect accused of shooting to death a beloved Queens Chinese food deliveryman could be freed on bail Monday, alarmed local legislators said Sunday.

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Teen hospitalised in subway surfing accident

A 15-year-old boy suffered ‘severe head trauma’ after falling from the J train in Queens

The Independent UK

Victim arrested for opening fire during fatal shootout outside Queens catering hall involving apparent assault rifle

NEW YORK — One of three men shot by a gunman firing what appeared to be an assault rifle outside a Queens catering hall has been arrested for opening fire first, sparking the shootout that left one victim dead, police said Monday.

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3 men shot outside Queens catering hall

NEW YORK — Three men were shot, one fatally, by a gunman who appeared to be firing an assault weapon outside a Queens catering hall early Sunday morning, police sources said.

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Rapper Roddy Ricch arrested for gun possession in NYC just before he was set to perform at Governor’s Ball

NEW YORK — Rapper Roddy Ricch was arrested in Queens for gun possession just hours before he was set to take the stage at Governor’s Ball, police said Sunday.

The Independent UK

Two teens dead after rip current pulls them underwater

The 13-year-old boys went missing off the coast of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens

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Man accused of killing Chinese delivery man over duck sauce had refrigerator filled with the condiment, NYPD source says

NEW YORK — A condiment-obsessed Queens murder suspect hoarded sweet-and-sour duck sauce in his refrigerator — but not enough to stop him from killing a Chinese food delivery worker in a feud over his wish for more, a police source said Tuesday.

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Self-defense classes help Asian and Pacific Islander women feel safer in New York

The classes are taught by Jess Ng, a Muay Thai fighter who grew up in Queens. Ng decided to start the classes when Asian women at a recent community event indicated they feel endangered when outside.

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Tenant turns Queens apartment building into a nightmare, say neighbors who can’t turn anywhere for help

A Queens woman does her damage from a third-floor apartment with an ocean view: Water left running for days, flooding the building. Smoke pouring from beneath her front door. Hoarding old junk in the hallway, from bicycles to shopping carts. Taking a sledgehammer to her kitchen cabinets.

Zenger

Fighting Back: The American Sikh Community Is Building Awareness, Resilience As Hate Crimes Rise

Liaison efforts with government agencies help the community feel safer.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Armageddon Time,’ Portrait of White Privilege, Stirs Cannes

When the Cannes Film Festival audience stood to applaud James Gray’s richly observed autobiographical drama “Armageddon Time,” about the director’s own 1980s childhood in Queens, Gray’s voice quivered as he addressed the crowd. “It’s my story, in a way,” said Gray. “And you guys shared it with me.” “It took…

The Independent UK

David Bonola said he believes the murdered Queens mother he was having an affair with gave him HIV

If convicted David Bonola could face up to 25 years in prison

Tribune News Service

New York event planner charged with fatally shoving elderly woman sent back to jail

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge revoked the $500,000 bail Tuesday of Queens event planner Lauren Pazienza after new details emerged about the wine-fueled rampage that preceded her alleged deadly shove of a beloved 87-year-old voice coach.

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Quoting Alleged Threat and Calling It a Threat Isn't Libel

From Bowen v. Van Bramer, decided Tuesday by the N.Y. intermediate appellate court (Justices Mark Dillon, Francesca Connolly, Valerie Brathwaite Nelson, and Lara Genovesi): In February 2019, amid public criticism, e-commerce giant Amazon cancelled its plans to build a second corporate headquarters in the Long Island City area of Queens.…

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