Schumer’s rally for Queens City Council candidate called off due to protester’s threat

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Senate Majority Leader Charles “Chuck” Schumer endorsed Felicia Singh in Belle Harbor on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 31 — but his appearance at a rally on the Rockaway Boardwalk at Beach 125th Street was canceled over security concerns.

Singh is locked in a contentious battle with Republican Joann Ariola to replace term-limited Councilman Eric Ulrich to represent District 32, the last Republican-held seat in Queens.

“I represented this district for years and I know what it needs,” Schumer said. “Felicia will be just an outstanding representative. She was raised here. She knows what the community is like. She cares about the community and she has the idealism and the strength and the dedication and the energy to represent this district better than anybody has in a very long time.”