20 The Queens Courier • tribute • july 4, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com ▶tribute to helen marshall by the City Charter to give a recommending vote in the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP) for projects affecting the borough. Marshall has been supportive of development, her staff said, but also fair. She recently recommended that the U.S. Tennis Association go through with expansions to the National Tennis Center only it agrees to return parkland taken up in the project. Returning the 0.68 acres in the expansion was originally not included in the plan. “Originally, they weren’t going to replace that parkland,” Poy said. “But hearing it from the community and just understanding it from her point of view, that was something that came into consideration — that there should be replacement of the park.” THE QUIET BEEP Marshall’s staff has said she stays relatively humble in her role and views her work strictly as a public servant. Rosa pointed out that when Marshall cites the success of a project, or a significant amount of funding, she speaks as a collective group. “She considers herself first and foremost a public servant, and that’s the way she approaches allocating capital dollars,” she said. “When she talks funding a project, she never says ‘I funded this.’ It’s, ‘We funded this.’” Dan Andrews, her chief of staff, said many people view the borough president’s role as nothing more (Top) Marshall helped announce the expansion of the Museum of the Moving Image. The Rockaway YMCA is another project set to be completed thanks to Marshall. than a ribbon cutter, not realizing how much the county leader puts into each and every project. “Many reports don’t break down that funding, and there’s no indication that the lion’s share of a project came from the borough president,” he said. In six months, there will be a new borough president — one of five candidates who are still in the race. Familiar with all the candidates, Marshall said there is little advice she can give to any of the would-be beeps. “Knowing the people who are running,” she said, “I think some of them might already have some ideas of what they want to do, because you don’t just become the borough president. That means you’ve had some background and understanding in what makes this borough tick. You’ve just got to remain faithful to Queens.”
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