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Borough President to host weeklong community event series in Far Rockaway starting Sept. 9th

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Sep. 4, 2024 By Athena Dawson Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is hosting a weeklong series of free events for Far Rockaway residents next week. The 5th Borough Hall On Your Block: Rockaway Peninsula initiative will run from  Monday, Sept. 9th to Monday, Sept 16th, featuring various public events, including a town hall, street…

‘He didn’t deserve to die’: Borough President Richards leads emotional candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards held a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols outside Queens Borough Hall Monday, Jan. 30 after Nichols’ death at the hands of police officers in Memphis, Tenn., made national headlines for the brutality in which the officers beat him. Almost immediately after news broke about Nichols’ death, the Memphis police officers… Read more »