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Official website. Donovan Richards Jr. [1] (born April 9, 1983) is an American politician serving as the Borough President of Queens. He is also a former New York City Council member, having represented the 31st district. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His former district includes portions of Arverne, Bayswater, Broad Channel, Cambria ...
The 1938 Charter imposed a City Council elected by borough-wide proportional representation; Local Improvement Boards thereafter comprised the Borough President and each member of the Council elected from the Borough, and numbered nine in Manhattan, eight in Brooklyn, four in the Bronx, two in Queens, and one in Staten Island.
The 2021 New York City borough president elections were held on November 2, 2021. Four of the five incumbent borough presidents were unable to run for reelection due to term limits. Only the Queens borough president was eligible to seek re-election after winning a special election in 2020 (and won re-election). The winning candidates were as ...
Richards, a former city councilman who has focused heavily on public safety, first won the post in a special election a year ago after former Queens Borough President Melinda Katz became the ...
The following is a list of borough presidents of the five boroughs of New York City. Manhattan Before 1874, when it annexed part of the Bronx, New York City was the same as the present Borough of Manhattan. For New York's mayors before 1898, see List of mayors of New York City. # Borough President Party Dates in office Notes 1 Augustus W. Peters (1844–1898) Democratic January 1, 1898 ...
Sharon Lee is an American Democratic politician from New York City. From January 2020 until December 2020, she served as the borough president of Queens through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] Lee is the first person of Asian descent to serve as a borough president in the City of New York. As the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the ...
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This category is for persons who have held the office of borough president of Queens, New York. Pages in category "Queens borough presidents" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.