*STATEMENT* QBP RICHARDS ON THE PASSING OF FORMER COUNCILMEMBER PAUL VALLONE

QBP RICHARDS ON THE PASSING OF FORMER COUNCILMEMBER PAUL VALLONE (January 28, 2024 at 2pm) QUEENS, NY – Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. stated the following in response to the tragic passing of former City Councilmember and current NYC Department of Veterans Services Deputy Commissioner Paul Vallone. “Paul Vallone was the epitome of a public […]

*ADVISORY* QBP RICHARDS TO HOST HIGH SCHOOL SELECTION AND AWARENESS FAIR*ADVISORY*

QBP RICHARDS TO HOST HIGH SCHOOL SELECTION AND AWARENESS FAIR Thursday, November 9 at Queens Borough Hall (October 31, 2023 at 11am) QUEENS, NY – With the 2024 New York City high school application process well underway, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. will host his annual High School Selection and Awareness Fair at Queens Borough […]

*ADVISORY* QBP RICHARDS ANNOUNCES BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK PROGRAMMING

QBP RICHARDS ANNOUNCES BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK PROGRAMMING ‘The Birthing Experience:’ Tuesday, April 12 Free Diaper Drive: Wednesday, April 13 (April 8, 2022 at 11:30am) QUEENS, NY – In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, which kicks off Monday, April 11, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. will host a pair of events centering the childbearing […]

*STATEMENT* BP RICHARDS ON RECENT BIAS INCIDENTS IN QUEENS

BP RICHARDS ON RECENT BIAS INCIDENTS IN QUEENS QUEENS, NY – Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. stated the following in response to anti-Asian, anti-Semitic and other hateful bias incidents recently, such as those reported in Flushing, Astoria and Rego Park. “These disgusting acts of anti-Asian and anti-Semitic hate were reprehensible, and those who committed […]

*NEWS* THE CITY, QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT DONOVAN RICHARDS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS LAUNCH GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY

THE CITY, QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT DONOVAN RICHARDS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS LAUNCH GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY   (January 19, 2021 at 12:40pm) QUEENS, NY – Today the City, in partnership with Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and Pursuit, announced the launch of the Queens Small Business Grant Program to provide resources to small businesses […]

*STATEMENT* BP LEE ON POSTPONEMENT OF NYC LIEN SALE

BP LEE ON POSTPONEMENT OF NYC LIEN SALE Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee stated the following in response to the postponement of the tax lien sale that the City had scheduled for today. “It was simply inhumane and unjust to proceed with the 2020 New York City tax lien sale today. Thanks to intervention […]

*NEWS* QUEENS TO HOLD ANNUAL PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATION

*NEWS* QUEENS TO HOLD ANNUAL PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATION Thursday, June 18 at 2:00PM (Thursday, June 11 at 11:43am) QUEENS, NY – Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee, New York City Council Finance Committee Chair Daniel Dromm and City Council Deputy Leader Jimmy Van Bramer together will host the annual LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Celebration virtually on Thursday, […]

VIRTUAL QUEENS JOBS RECRUITMENT FAIR RETURNS

VIRTUAL QUEENS JOBS RECRUITMENT FAIR RETURNS Wednesday, June 3 at 2:00 PM (May 29, 2021 at 2:21pm) QUEENS, NY – NYC Health + Hospitals, the United States Tennis Association (USTA), Queens College and Young Adult Institute (YAI) , will join the Child Center of New York, the Council for Airport Opportunity, Queens Center for Progress, the […]

VIRTUAL QUEENS JOBS RECRUITMENT FAIR RETURNS

Wednesday, June 3 at 2:00 PM QUEENS, NY – NYC Health + Hospitals, the United States Tennis Association (USTA), Queens College and Young Adult Institute (YAI) , will join the Child Center of New York, the Council for Airport Opportunity, Queens Center for Progress, the U.S. Census Bureau, Watch Guard 24/7 and Workforce1 in the third […]

*ADVISORY* UTILITIES TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD ON COVID-19 RESPONSE AND SUMMER PREPARATIONS

*ADVISORY* UTILITIES TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD ON COVID-19 RESPONSE AND SUMMER PREPARATIONS Monday, May 18 QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, will hear presentations from National Grid and Con Edison regarding their operations and their ability to continue serving Queens residents and businesses during the COVID-19 […]

*ADVISORY* AGING, EDUCATION, SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH CABINET

*ADVISORY* AGING, EDUCATION, SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH CABINET Tuesday, April 21 (April 20, 2020 at 11:05am) QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Cabinet, chaired by Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, will hear presentations from the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA), the New York City Department of Education (DOE) and […]

*ADVISORY* DOHMH, CENSUS BUREAU TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD

*ADVISORY* DOHMH, CENSUS BUREAU TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD Monday, April 20 (April 17, 2020 at 12:53pm) QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, will hear a presentation from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) on the City’s response and priorities for Queens, […]

BP LEE ON MUSEUM AND CULTURAL INSTITUTION RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES

BP LEE ON MUSEUM AND CULTURAL INSTITUTION RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES (Posted to social media: March 30, 2020 at 12:13pm) To Queens parents here in the Borough of Families: your kids can now virtually enjoy #Queens’ own New York Hall of Science, from DIY science projects to interactive, educational comic books. Visit https://nysci.org/home/nysci-home-resources/ while you #StayAtHome Your kids can […]

*STATEMENT* BP LEE ON POTUS’ DOUBT ABOUT NEW YORK’S URGENT NEED FOR VENTILATORS

BP LEE ON POTUS’ DOUBT ABOUT NEW YORK’S URGENT NEED FOR VENTILATORS (March 27, 2020 at 10:59am) QUEENS, NY – Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee stated the following in response to questions about the comment made by the President of the United States about the need for ventilators: “Just how many deaths must we suffer […]

BP LEE ON CONTINUING TO #STAYATHOME TO SUPPORT FRONTLINE WORKERS

BP LEE ON CALL TO #STAYATHOME TO SUPPORT FRONTLINE WORKERS (Posted to social media: March 25, 2020 at 9:43am) ***PLEASE SHARE WIDELY*** “Let’s do our part and #StayAtHome. We can make a bigger impact against the curve if we act together and act now. Frontline workers + medical professionals are working around the clock to stem […]

FRESHDIRECT LAUNCHES FOOD INITIATIVE TO AID FAMILIES IN NEED

Donates 400 Grocery Boxes per Day to Queens for Four Weeks QUEENS, NY – Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee announced today a partnership with FreshDirect’s citywide initiative — dubbed “Operation 5-Borough Food Drive” — to help keep Queens residents and families prepared for the ongoing public health and economic emergency during the rapidly-developing COVID-19 […]

BP LEE ON #STAYATHOME RECOMMENDATION FOR NON-ESSENTIAL WORKERS

BP LEE ON #STAYATHOME RECOMMENDATION FOR NON-ESSENTIAL WORKERS (Posted to social media: March 20, 2020 at 11:07am) “Stay calm and nimble. Stay ahead of the curve. If you haven’t already, I urge everyone in #Queens to exercise #StayAtHome aka ‘The SF Model’ ASAP if you are not an essential worker. “Government and frontline workers have been working around the […]

BP LEE ALLOCATES $1M TO UPGRADE FDNY DECONTAMINATION CENTER IN CORONA, QUEENS

Investment Into Health of and “More Birthdays” for First Responders and their Families QUEENS, NY – The sole FDNY Decontamination Specialization Unit in the city — located in Corona, Queens — cleaned more than 47,000 pieces of contaminated gear in 2019, a number that continues to increase significantly each year. To expand the Unit’s decontamination […]

*NEWS* QUEENS BOROUGH HALL TO OPEN 2020 CENSUS RESOURCE ASSISTANCE CENTER

QUEENS BOROUGH HALL TO OPEN 2020 CENSUS RESOURCE ASSISTANCE CENTER Center Opens March 5; 2020 Census Count Begins March 12BP Lee Also Accepting Applications for State-Funded Census Outreach Efforts (March 2, 2020 at 1:27pm) QUEENS, NY – Acting Borough President Sharon Lee today announced the 2020 Census Resource Assistance Center at Queens Borough Hall will […]

*NEWS* QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD ISSUES RESPONSE TO MAYOR’S FY2021 PRELIMINARY BUDGET

QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD ISSUES RESPONSE TO MAYOR’S FY2021 PRELIMINARY BUDGET BP Lee Urges Parity and “Fairer Share” for Queens Schools, Seniors, Hospitals (March 2, 2020 at 11:57am) QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, issued its response to the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2021 Preliminary Budget — as voted […]

*NEWS* QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED

QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED New Deadline: Friday, March 13 (Feb. 4, 2020 at 9:53am) QUEENS, NY – Acting Borough President Sharon Lee today announced an extension to the application deadline for qualified and civic-minded individuals interested in serving on one of the borough’s 14 Community Boards, which play an important advisory role in […]

*ADVISORY* PUBLIC HEARING ON QUEENS BUDGET PRIORITIES

PUBLIC HEARING ON QUEENS BUDGET PRIORITIES Wednesday, January 29 (Jan. 21, 2020 at 11:48am) QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, will hold a public hearing on the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2021 Preliminary Expense and Capital Budget on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, beginning at 10:00 AM at Queens […]

*ADVISORY* QUEENS TO UNVEIL NEW VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IN ELMHURST PARK

QUEENS TO UNVEIL NEW VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IN ELMHURST PARK Friday, December 20 QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz and NYC Parks will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park on Friday, December 20 at 10:00 AM. Built on the northwest corner of Elmhurst Park, the […]

BP KATZ TO CO-SPONSOR SECOND OPIOID OVERDOSE RESPONSE TRAINING SESSION

Thursday, December 5 QUEENS, NY – On the heels of a successful training session that Borough President Melinda Katz co-sponsored in late September, the Borough President will again co-sponsor a training event with NYC Health + Hospitals for the public on how they can save the lives of people suffering from opioid overdoses. The next […]

QUEENS TO HOLD RESOURCE FAIR IN HONOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

Tuesday, October 29 at Queens Borough Hall QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz — along with the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence and the Queens District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Bureau — will mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October with “A Healthy Families Resource Fair” on Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 from […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ANNOUNCES SENIOR STAFF APPOINTMENTS

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ANNOUNCES SENIOR STAFF APPOINTMENTS (February 22, 2019) QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz today announced appointments to her senior leadership team: Shurn Anderson as Director of Economic Development, Brent Weitzberg as Director of Health & Human Services and Seniors, and Anayeli Gomez-Brittain as Policy Advisor to the Borough President. “Shurn, Brent and […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO SERVE ON QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARDS

Deadline: Friday, February 8 QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz is accepting applications from qualified and civic-minded individuals who are interested in serving on one of the borough’s 14 Community Boards, which play an important advisory role in considering land use and zoning matters in their respective districts. The Boards also hold hearings and […]

STATEMENT ON STATE’S DELAY IN RELEASING STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES

QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz, a New York City public school parent, stated the following in response to the New York State Education Department’s prolonged delay in releasing standardized test scores to elementary and middle school students and their parents: “Junior high and high school open houses have now begun. For those applying, […]

BP KATZ RELEASES QUEENS DIRECTORY OF IMMIGRANT SERVICES

User-Friendly Informational Resource for Borough’s Immigrant Communities QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz today announced the release of the latest edition of the Queens Directory of Immigrant Services, which was prepared by the Borough President’s Immigration Task Force and her Office of Immigrant and Intercultural Affairs. The 2018-2019 edition of the Directory of Immigrant […]

STATEMENT ON SENTENCING OF MAN WHO KILLED IMAM MAULANA AKONJEE AND THARA UDDIN

Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to the sentence issued today to Oscar Morel, convicted for murdering Imam Maulana Akonjee and his aide Thara Uddin as they walked home following prayers at Al-furqan Jame Masjid in Ozone Park in August 2016. Morel was sentenced to life in prison without parole. “Morel executed […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ TO QUEENS RESIDENTS: “HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE”

Renders Borough Hall Available to Assist Residents with HEAP Application  QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz announced that residents who need financial assistance to help heat their homes this winter are encouraged to come to her office at Queens Borough Hall to apply for help from the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). “Queens has […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ON THE FATAL SHOOTING OF NYPD OFFICER RANDOLPH HOLDER

QUEENS, NY – Queens Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to the fatal shooting last night of NYPD Officer Randolph Holder who was killed in the line of duty and whose family resides in Queens: “Officer Holder was one of our Finest, killed in the line of duty while running toward danger […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ALLOCATES $32 MILLION TO QUEENS’ PARKS

QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz announced an allocation of $32 million of her Fiscal Year 2016 discretionary capital funds for important construction, renovations and upgrades across 37 public parks in Queens. Queens is the largest borough of five in the City of New York with 7,273 acres of parkland, which amounts to just […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ALLOCATES $14 MILLION FOR QUEENS LIBRARY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Important Expansions, Renovations and Technology Across 12 Branches QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz announced an allocation of $14 million of her Fiscal Year 2016 discretionary capital funds for important expansions, renovations and technology across 12 library branches throughout the borough. “The millions of families who rely on the Queens Library services deserve nothing […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ON FINDINGS OF COMPTROLLER’S AUDIT AND INVESTIGATION INTO QUEENS LIBRARY FINANCES BETWEEN FY2008-2014

QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about the City Comptroller’s audit and investigative report on the Queens Library’s finances between Fiscal Years 2008-2014: “The Comptroller’s audit and investigative reports confirm some deeply disturbing suspicions of the Library’s prior management, and I am pleased the findings will be […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ PRESENTS “2015 KATZ CONCERT SERIES”

QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz announced the “2015 Katz Concert Series” made up of free outdoor concerts this summer at various locations throughout Queens. “From Reggae to Motown, this summer is sure to be a musical and vibrant one here in Queens,” said Borough President KATZ. “All residents and visitors are welcome and […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ: “JUVENILE PRISONS ARE TOO CLOSE TO HOME; WE NEED SCHOOLS, NOT PRISONS”

Supports “Close to Home” Mission but Urges Alternative Locations Outside of Residential QUEENS, NY – Queens Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about the Administration for Children’s Services’ (ACS’) Fair Share Analysis for a proposed plan to site a limited secure placement facility in the heavily residential neighborhood of South […]

QUEENS OPPOSES MOVE NY’S PLAN: “FAR FROM FAIR, LACKS PROMISE OF RETURNS”

QUEENS, NY – Queens elected officials issued the following joint statement about the congestion pricing plan proposed by Move NY: “The ‘Move NY Fair Plan’ is far from fair and lacks any promise of returns. It is fundamentally unfair to charge residents a fee to travel within one city. It is certainly unfair to the […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ON PASSING OF JACK FRIEDMAN

QUEENS, NY – Queens Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about the passing of Jack Friedman, Executive Director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Queens Community Board 13 Economic Development Committee: “Jack Friedman was a beloved staple of the Queens business and civic community,” said Borough […]

NEW SAFETY, MOBILITY MEASURES FOR FLUSHING COMMONS CONSTRUCTION VICINITY

Additional NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agents, New Left-Turn Lane, New Markings Designed to Enhance Safety and Traffic Flow in Downtown Core QUEENS, NY – At a meeting of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz’s Flushing Commons Task Force this afternoon, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced several new measures to enhance pedestrian safety and […]

LARGEST NYC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON TRACK FOR RELIEF FROM CHRONIC OVERCROWDING

Decades-Old Rusty School Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY – Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that’s been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York […]

Sunday, September 28

World’s Fair Lecture by Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky, Executive Director of the New Haven Museum, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355, 2 pm, free with Queens Botanical Garden Admission.