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Assembly Member Rajkumar breaks silence on Mayor Adams’ indictment, defends due process amid calls for resignation

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Sep. 27, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The day after over a dozen Queens elected officials from all ranks released statements in response to the historic indictment of Mayor Eric Adams, one of his closest allies finally spoke up.   The 57-page indictment outlined details of five criminal charges, including wire fraud, bribery and soliciting political…

New Gandhi statue unveiled outside South Richmond Hill temple, replaces statue destroyed in hate crime

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Jan. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Elected officials unveiled a new Mahatma Gandhi statue outside a South Richmond Hill temple to replace the one that was toppled at the site last year as part of a hate crime. Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar, the first Hindu-American elected to New York State Office, led a ceremony Sunday afternoon outside of Shree Tulsi Mandir, located at 103-24 111th St., following the destruction of the original statue in August 2022. The statue was toppled and smashed with a sledgehammer, with the vandals also spray painting it. Rajkumar, who played a pivotal role in having the August…
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