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Steve Chen (l.) and Thomas Chen unveil a statue of former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman on Thursday, Oct.
7, 2021.
Shulman’s legacy is one we
must always remember — and
bringing a statue bearing her
likeness to the place she helped
Photo by Paul Frangipane
Title: Governor Hochul announces expansion of Long
Island Expressway in Queens is underway
Summary: Governor Kathy Hochul announced that
the state’s Department of Transportation has begun
construction on projects to add auxiliary lanes and
improve exit and entrance ramps on the Long Island
Expressway in parts of Queens.
Reach: 71,967 (as of 10/25/2021)
A fi tting tribute
Executives at the Flushingbased
held for 16 years, from 1986 until
2002, when she was term-limited.
During that time, dozens
of neighborhoods were rezoned,
generating development which
led to the economic revitalization
of downtown Jamaica,
Flushing and Long Island City.
As borough president,
Shulman was pivotal in ensuring
the progress of a number of cultural
institutions, including the
Queens Museum of Art, the New
York Hall of Science, Queens
Th eatre in the Park and the
Museum of the Moving Image.
She played a major role in
securing funding for 35,000 additional
school seats and the completion
of the Queens Hospital
Center, a $170 million complex
serving 400,000 patients annually
that is the largest healthcare
provider in the borough.
Shulman remained active well
into her 90s, having endorsed
Richards in the 2020 race for
Queens borough president, and
also served as president and CEO
of the Flushing Willets Point
Corona Local Development
Corporation.
Most importantly, she helped
people.
THE QUEENS
Crystal Window &
Door Systems unveiled earlier
this month a stunning, sixfoot
bronze statue honoring the
late Queens Borough President
Claire Shulman.
Th e statue remained on temporary
display at Crystal
Windows & Doors production
facility, where members of the
public could visit through Oct.
22 before the statue was shipped
upstate to Crystal Park.
Th e statue is a remarkable
likeness of Shulman, capturing
her essence with her looking
ready to step into her next
project — and frankly, it belongs
in Queens.
Queens Borough President
Donovan Richards told QNS
that he would work to allocate
funds toward the creation of a
copy of Claire’s statue that would
be kept “home” here in Queens.
Aft er all, what better way to
pay tribute to the work Shulman
did for Queens before, during
and aft er her tenure as borough
president?
Shulman was the fi rst woman
to be elected as Queens borough
president, a position she
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shape is a fi tting way to do so.
And we have the perfect place
for it: Outside Queens Borough
Hall in Kew Gardens, at the
former site of the Civic Virtue
statue, steps away from where
Shulman led Queens into a new
era.
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