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A fitting tribute to Claire Shulman
Executives at the Flushing-based
Crystal Window & Door Systems
unveiled earlier this month a stunning,
six-foot bronze statue honoring
the late Queens Borough President
Claire Shulman.
The 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.
The 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 held for 16 years, from 1986
until 2002, when she was term-limited.
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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. Photo by Paul Frangipane
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
Theatre 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.
Shulman’s legacy is one we must
always remember — and bringing a
statue bearing her likeness to the place
she helped 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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