Astoria club owner fights back after man erases colorful sidewalk art

The owner of a comedy club in Astoria is struggling to protect colorful sidewalk chalk art after a man was caught on camera repeatedly erasing it.
ASTORIA, Queens (PIX11) — Colorful chalk drawings outside comedy club Q.E.D. have become the center of a months-long battle after a man was caught on camera repeatedly erasing the sidewalk art. “I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt,” said Hannah Lieberman, who owns the club. “Maybe someone accidentally stepped on it, but [...]
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