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Education. Nyack College. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. Website. 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.
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 ...
The five offices of borough president were created to administer many of the previous responsibilities of the mayors of Brooklyn and Long Island City, the executive branch functions of the towns in Queens and Richmond, and various county functions. Howard Golden, Borough President of Brooklyn 1977–2001
Melinda R. Katz (born August 29, 1965) is an American attorney and politician from New York City, serving as District Attorney of Queens since January 1, 2020. A Democrat, she previously served as the Queens Borough President. Katz was also a New York City Councilwoman from 2002 to 2009. [1] She had previously run for City Comptroller in 2009. [2]
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 New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs . The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model, the performance of city agencies' land use decisions, and legislating on a variety of other issues.
Despite an annual salary of $5,000 as borough president, he leveraged his office to become very wealthy, having purchased more than half million dollars of real estate in Queens. His wealth and spending were well known. In his obituary, The New York Times wrote: "Cassidy's expenditures during his two terms as Borough President were regal.
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 ...