Fresh Meadows fed up with car meetups

Fresh Meadows fed up with car meetups

  • by Sophie Krichevsky, Editor

Fresh Meadows residents are sick of car takeovers in the Fresh Meadows Shopping Center parking lot, during which drivers in souped-up cars have been known to meet up for drag races, donuts and other dangerous moves behind the wheel.

At a press conference at the 188th Street mall Monday morning, Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) and state Sen. John Liu (D-Flushing) were joined by community members in calling on Gov. Hochul to sign their legislation that would prohibit reckless driving in parking lots.

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