QBP RICHARDS, NYC PARKS, DELTA TO HOST MLK DAY OF SERVICE CLEAN-UP OF FLUSHING BAY PROMENADE

Monday, January 15 at 9am in East Elmhurst

(January 14, 2024 at 12:15pm)

QUEENS, NY – To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and honor the civil rights icon’s legacy of service, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, NYC Parks and Delta Air Lines will host tomorrow an MLK Day of Service clean-up of the Flushing Bay Promenade in East Elmhurst.

“When I think of Dr. King, I think of his call for us to create that beloved community, or his belief that the greatest contributions to society come from who he called ‘the people in the back doing little jobs in a big way,’” said Borough President RICHARDS. “I look forward to honoring Dr. King alongside our neighbors by doing the job of ensuring our waterfront is clean and safe — one that is becoming of our beloved community.”

The Flushing Bay Promenade clean-up — featuring Borough President Richards, Queens Borough President’s Office staff, Delta Air Lines employees, NYC Parks representatives and area residents — will begin at 9am, with participants gathering at the World’s Fair Marina, located at 1 Marina Road.

Borough President Richards previously toured the Flushing Bay Promenade in August 2023 as part of his Borough Hall on Your Block: Northwest Queens initiative, discussing with NYC Parks officials and community leaders the importance of maintaining the waterfront’s cleanliness, as well as ways to harness the open space’s potential as a community hub of leisure and resiliency.

Members of the media who wish to attend the community cleanup are asked to RSVP by emailing [email protected].

WHAT:        Flushing Bay Promenade Community Clean-Up

WHERE:      World’s Fair Marina, 1 Marina Road

WHEN:        Monday, January 15, 2024 at 9am

WHO:          DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Queens Borough President

Representatives from NYC Parks and Delta Air Lines

Community residents

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