City Officials

Triumph of Civic Virtue

City Officials

The city council is comprised of 51 members, each representing a district. Those in Queens are listed below, along with the neighborhoods they serve. We will soon expand the list to include all boroughs.

By the time you read this, triumphofcivicvirtue.org will have already sent out a formal statement to your representative that this website exists, with a request for his or her stated position by the end of October 2012 on the issue of the statue’s long-term location and restoration..

We urge you to contact your council member and let him or her know clearly and briefly that you support the maintaining the Triumph of Civic Virtue in Kew Gardens, and would like to see it receive its long overdue restoration as a work of public art. The council members receive a lot of e-mail and are busy, so brief is better. A person letter from you is best, but if you’re having trouble finding the words, feel free to use or adapt something from our “action page.” Let them know that you will be checking back here for their response, and will take it into consideration on election day.

We will also soon be posting a list of challengers to open council seats. We suggest that you e-mail them too.

Whether you live in Queens or another borough, our public art belongs to all of us, and your representative can be of significant influence in the council.

The borough president’s seat is up open this election season. Who gets in could be very influential in what happens with the statue. Scroll to the bottom of this page for information about the candidates.

If you live in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, or Staten Island, a full listing will be here shortly. You can find your councilperson quickly at the council website.

Queens New York City Council members:

Julissa Ferreras
E-mail
Phone: 718-651-1917
District 21: Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights

“This should not be the first thing women see when getting out of the subway. The statue is located just one block away from the Queens Family Justice Center and sends the wrong message.”

“For me, it’s a relief if the statue is being removed. I think the cemetery is where it belongs. I guess, pun intended, it’s a dead issue for all the women of Queens who had to see it on a daily basis.”

Peter F. Vallone, Jr
E-mail
Phone: 718-274-4500
District 22: Astoria, Long Island City; parts of Jackson Heights, Rikers, Randalls and Wards Islands

“As a fellow longtime supporter of the Triumph of Civic Virtue, I too am disappointed with the City’s intention to move the statue to Brooklyn and oppose all efforts to do so.”

“The statue is a great work of art which was given to the people of Queens, belongs to the people of Queens, and should remain in Queens.”

“I will also continue to fight for the statue’s overdue restoration.”

Leroy Comrie
E-mail
Phone: 718-776-3700
District 27: St. Albans, Hollis, Cambria Heights, Jamaica, Baisley Park, Addisleigh Park; parts of Queens Village, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens

Elizabeth Crowley
E-mailPhone: 718-366-3900
District 30: Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood and Woodhaven

Daniel Dromm
E-mail
Phone: 718-803-6373
District 25: Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, LeFrak City, Corona, Rego Park, and Woodside

James F. Gennaro
E-mail
Phone: 718-217-4969
District 24:Briarwood, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Hillcrest Estates, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Kew Gardens Hills, Utopia Estates, and parts of Forest Hills, Flushing, Jamaica and Rego Park

Peter Koo
E-mail
Phone: 718-888-8747
District 20: Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Mitchell Gardens, Kissena Park, Harding Heights, Auburndale; part of Whitestone

Karen Koslowitz
E-mail
Phone: 718-544-8800
District 29: Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and parts of Maspeth

James Sanders, Jr
E-mail
Phone: 718-527-4356
District 30: Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, Edgemere, Bayswater, Arverne, Rosedale, and Far Rockaway