FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com THE COURIER SUN • JANUARY 5, 2017 13 2016 YEAR IN REVIEW NOVEMBER Trump emerges victorious In a stunning election night that left us all on the edges of our seats, Republican nominee Donald Trump -- who grew up in Queens -- secured victory over Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States. While New York City and state went to Clinton, there are areas that leaned in favor of Donald Trump. In Queens, a little over 75 percent of voters voted for Hillary Clinton and almost 22 percent of voters throughout the borough voted in favor of Donald Trump. Clinton managed to win the popular vote nationwide by more than 2.8 million votes, but Trump secured 306 electoral votes, clinching the presidency. Hurricane Sandy Anniversary Four years after Hurricane Sandy destroyed homes, flooded streets and devastated the Rockaway Peninsula, residents gathered together last Friday, Oct. 28, for state Senator James Sanders’ annual Hurricane Sandy Remembrance and Recovery Walk. The event began with a ceremony at Rockaway Beach that brought community leaders and residents together to reflect and recognize what has been accomplished and what tasks are left to achieve. ‘BARN’-BURNER IN NORTHWEST QUEENS Brian Barnwell won the seat for the 30th Assembly District seat the night of Nov. 8. He had stunned the Queens political world back in September in defeating nine-term incumbent Margaret Markey during the primaries. Assembly District 30 encompasses Woodside, Maspeth parts of Sunnyside, Long Island City and Astoria. The tide turned against Markey in August amid the ongoing debate over a proposed homeless shelter in Maspeth, in the heart of her district. Markey took flack from residents for failing to show up at a public meeting and protest over the shelter, although she expressed opposition the the plan in statements that her office issued. MARCH ON TRUMP TOWER With tensions still high after one of the most divisive presidential elections in the country’s history — with incidents of hatred and violence being reported on both sides of the political spectrum — Queens residents joined together near Queensboro Plaza in Long Island City, in a show of unity at a march over the Queensboro Bridge to Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, opposing the views of Trump. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer invited residents from across the borough to come together to show the president-elect that the rhetoric he used during his presidential campaign were not the values of the city he calls home, at the “Queens Responds with Queens Values” march.
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