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Officials say six employees of New York City’s public school system took their children or grandchildren on trips to Disney World, New Orleans and other locations using tickets that were meant for homeless students.
Queens is really big. 108.1 mi² according to Google. There is a lot of bad and there is a lot of good about Queens.
One thing I liked is that there is a long history of shooting films there going back to the 1920s and there’s still a studio there. Inside is also the Museum of the Moving Image. I never got a chance to go any of the times I went to New York:
My mom is also from Queens. Rockaway Beach to be specific. A plane crashed into her old neighborhood in 2001 (no, not 9/11) and destroyed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_587
Queens is really big. 108.1 mi² according to Google. There is a lot of bad and there is a lot of good about Queens.
One thing I liked is that there is a long history of shooting films there going back to the 1920s and there’s still a studio there. Inside is also the Museum of the Moving Image. I never got a chance to go any of the times I went to New York:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaufman_Astoria_Studios
There’s also Flushing Meadows, which is a great park. It’s where the 1939 World’s Fair was held.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing_Meadows–Corona_Park
And, of course, even though her neighborhood is gone, the beach is still there.