New member appointments and re-appointments to all 14 Queens community boards were announced last week by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. “The historic 2023 class of community board appointees represent the best of Queens,” said Borough President Richards on April 5. A total of 366 appointments, including 116 new members not currently serving on a
Weekly collection of compostable material is now scheduled to become a citywide service of the Department of Sanitation. With collection resuming in Queens on March 27, it will now be year-round with no further seasonal breaks in service and expand to Brooklyn on October 2, 2023, the Bronx and Staten Island beginning March 25, 2024
HOCHUL PROCLAMATION HONORS VIETNAM VETS: On Wednesday, March 29, Governor Kathy Hochul issued a Proclamation declaring March 29, 2023 Vietnam Veterans Day. This Proclamation recognizes the service and sacrifice of New York’s Vietnam War Veterans on the 50th anniversary of the date that the final American combat troops departed the Republic of Vietnam. Additionally, Governor
BORO HALL ON YOUR BLOCK: WESTERN QUEENS: Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. successfully brought his Borough Hall on Your Block initiative to Western Queens recently, carrying on his commitment to ensure Queens residents have equitable access to the services and resources of his office. Over the course of the five-day initiative, Borough President Richards
JUDICIAL BAIL TRAINING: Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris (D, WFP - Queens) and State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D/WFP-Manhattan), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to require all judges exercising criminal jurisdiction to undergo annual bail training (S.4397), and a bill to close a loophole allowing judges and justices to avoid investigation from the