Community boards of Queens

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Community boards of Queens are New York City community boards in the borough of Queens, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district. [1]

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Community boards are each composed of up to 50 volunteer members appointed by the local borough president, half from nominations by City Council members representing the community district (i.e., whose council districts cover part of the community district). [2] [3] Additionally, all City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ex officio board members. [3]

History

The 1963 revision of the New York City Charter extended the Borough of Manhattan's "Community Planning Councils" (est. 1951) to the outer boroughs as "Community Planning Boards", which are now known as "Community Boards". [4] [5]

The 1975 revision of the New York City Charter set the number of Community Districts/Boards to 59, established the position of the district manager for the community districts, and created the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which gave the community boards the authority to review land use proposals such as zoning actions, and special permits. [4]

Community boards

BoroughBorough
President (B.P.)
Number of
Districts
Max. number of
B.P. appointees
Max. number of
all appointees
Queens Donovan Richards14350700

The 14 community boards in Queens, and a few representative neighborhoods in each, are listed below: [6]

Other areas

Within the borough of Queens there are five Joint Interest Areas (JIA), which are outside of the jurisdiction of individual community districts, and have their own district number. [7] [8] The five JIAs in Queens county are:

Rikers Island, while legally a part of The Bronx, is represented by Queens Community Board 1.

The Queens Borough Board

The Queens Borough Board is composed of the borough president, New York City Council members whose districts are part of the borough, and the chairperson of each community board in Queens. [9] [10] [11] The current borough board is composed of the 30 members listed in the table below:

Queens Borough Board
AreaTitleMember name [12] Notes
Borough of Queens Borough PresidentDonovan Richards
Queens Community District 1 ChairpersonEvie Hantzopoulos
Queens Community District 2 ChairpersonAnatole Ashraf
Queens Community District 3 ChairpersonEdmund Rosenbaum
Queens Community District 4 ChairpersonMarialena Giampino
Queens Community District 5 ChairpersonVincent Arcuri, Jr.
Queens Community District 6 ChairpersonHeather Beers-Dimitriadis
Queens Community District 7 ChairpersonChuck Apelian
Queens Community District 8 ChairpersonMartha Taylor
Queens Community District 9 ChairpersonSherry Algredo
Queens Community District 10 ChairpersonBetty Braton
Queens Community District 11 ChairpersonPaul DiBenedetto
Queens Community District 12 ChairpersonRev. Carlene O. Thorbs
Queens Community District 13 ChairpersonBryan Block
Queens Community District 14 ChairpersonDolores Orr
City Council District 19 Council member Vickie Paladino
City Council District 20 Council member Sandra Ung
City Council District 21 Council member Francisco Moya
City Council District 22 Council member Tiffany Cabán
City Council District 23 Council member Linda Lee
City Council District 24 Council member James Gennaro
City Council District 25 Council member Shekar Krishnan
City Council District 26 Council member Julie Won
City Council District 27 Council member Nantasha Williams
City Council District 28 Council member Adrienne Adams
City Council District 29 Council member Lynn Schulman
City Council District 30 Council member Robert Holden
City Council District 31 Council member Selvena Brooks-Powers
City Council District 32 Council member Joann Ariola
City Council District 34 Council member Jennifer Gutiérrez Also member of the Brooklyn Borough Board

Notable members

See also

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