Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Archives – Page 14 of 15 – QNS

Pols want aid for Rockaways after big storm

Rockaway Beach opens this weekend for summer swim season

By Bill Parry

Unity rally in response to ongoing rise in hate violence at QBH

People

Queens ‘Unity Rally’ brings diverse spectrum of leaders together in light of unwavering hate

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Jamaica

Southeast Queens honors ‘legendary’ detective with street co-naming ceremony

By Bill Parry

Rally against Asian Hate

Borough Hall to host Unity Rally Wednesday in response to rise in hate violence

By Bill Parry

QBP Richards allocates several million dollars to Queens Colleges

Bayside

Queens borough president allocates $4.5 million to four Queens CUNY campuses

By Gabriele Holtermann

Straphanger numbers rise despite fare woes

Long Island City

NYPD investigating possible hate crime after Asian man is pushed onto Long Island City train tracks

By Angélica Acevedo

Council Member Vallone Unveils Street Co-Naming of Clintonville Street and Locke Avenue in Whitestone as Msgr. John C. Tosi Way

Whitestone

Whitestone honors late monsignor with co-street naming ceremony

By Gabriele Holtermann

NYC: Congresswoman Maloney, Queens Borough President cross endorsement

News

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announce cross-endorsement

By Gabriele Holtermann

NYC: A Night for Heroes, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital reflects and remembers

A ‘Night for Heroes’: St. John’s Episcopal Hospital reflects on COVID-19 pandemic

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Politics

Southeast Queens senator announces record funding for local road repairs and maintenance

By Bill Parry

NYC: QBP Richards holds candlelight vigil

Flushing

Meng endorses Queens Borough President Donovan Richards for reelection

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Arverne

Rockaway playground opens after $8 million extreme makeover by NYC Parks

By Bill Parry

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Glendale

Queens lawmaker unveils legislation to establish Diwali as school holiday in New York

By Bill Parry

NYC: Sunnyside residents hold candlelight vigil

Jackson Heights

Queens World Film Festival salutes Elmhurst Hospital workers with ‘Spirit of Queens Award’

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Politics

Queens Day event serves as COVID-19 comeback pep rally for borough businesses

By Bill Parry

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Bayside Hills community celebrates neighborhood’s 85th anniversary

By Jenna Bagcal

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News

A year of firsts: Queens becomes first county in New York state to reach 1 million vaccine milestone

By Jenna Bagcal

Queens Rally and Press Conference in Solidarity with George Floyd and Black Lives

News

Queens leaders rally at Borough Hall in solidarity with Black lives after Chauvin verdict

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

Queens officials, activists double down on calls for police accountability following Chauvin verdict

By Angélica Acevedo

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Bayside

Queens officials celebrate completed renovation of Crocheron Park Little League Ballfields in Bayside

By Jenna Bagcal

NYC: Jackson Heights fire victims demand permanent housing

Jackson Heights

Queens officials join Jackson Heights tenants displaced by fire to call for ‘dignified, compassionate’ return to their homes

By Angélica Acevedo

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Astoria

Lidl grocery store to open in Astoria, its first location in Queens, next week

By Angélica Acevedo

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Woodside

Queens leaders call for an end to gun violence following fatal shootings at Woodside Houses

By Angélica Acevedo

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Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights community mourns victims of Atlanta shooting, denounce anti-Asian hate

By Angélica Acevedo

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