18 THE QUEENS COURIER • DECEMBER 26, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com Photo: NYC Mayor’s Offi ce Flickr/ Edward Reed february Richards wins special election A special election was held on February 19 to fi ll the 31st District City Council seat left vacant by James Sanders after he was elected as State Senator in fall 2012. After a heated and crowded race, two candidates declared victory on election night — Donovan Richards and Pesach Osina. A week later, Sanders’ former chiefof staff, Richards, came out on top, with a wide enough margin to eliminate a recount. Mom of slain guardsman vows justice A Queens grand jury concluded on February 15 that there would be no criminal charges fi led in connection to the death of Army reservist Noel Polanco who was shot by a police offi cer on the Grand Central Parkway in October 2012. At the end of February, Polanco’s mother announced a $20 million notice of claim to fi le a lawsuit against the city, the NYPD and the offi cer who shot her son. Photo via Facebook BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/Photo by Ted Levin ED KOCH DIES Ed Koch, the three-term New York City mayor known for his larger than life personality and penchant for the big and small screen, died on February 1 after months of health complications. He was 88. Koch was fi rst elected mayor in 1977 after serving in Congress since 1969 where he represented parts of the Bronx. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced in 2010 that the 59th Street Bridge would be named after Koch. The change was met with criticism BLOOMBERG’S LAST STATE OF THE CITY Addressing a crowd at downtown Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on February 14, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his fi nal State of the City address, spent a full hour going over the achievements of his nearly 12 years at the helm of the City of New York, and promised to keep pushing forward during the last 320 days of his administration. s year in photos Photo courtesy of Donovan Richards
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