The pair was commended but also reassigned to Flushing, Queens, and then to Chelsea amid community unrest over the second shooting.

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His enthusiasm is real (and infectious, inspiring my own apartment-gassing experiment with an imposing durian purchased at a Flushing, Queens, produce market).

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Run by a nonprofit aimed at middle-class seniors, Flushing House attracts Queens's retired cops and teachers.

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Public School 244, in the Flushing section of Queens, has been serving tofu wraps and vegetarian chili since going all-veggie earlier this year, schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said during a lunchtime visit.

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