# Community boards of Queens

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.
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). Additionally, all City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ex officio board members.

## 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".
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.

## Community boards

| Borough | Borough President (B.P.) | Number of Districts | Max. number of B.P. appointees | Max. number of all appointees |
| Queens | Donovan Richards | 14 | 350 | 700 |
The 14 community boards in Queens, and a few representative neighborhoods in each, are listed below:
* Queens Community Board 1 : Astoria, Long Island City, Rikers Island
* Queens Community Board 2 : Sunnyside, Woodside
* Queens Community Board 3 : Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, North Corona
* Queens Community Board 4 : Elmhurst, Corona
* Queens Community Board 5 : Maspeth, Middle Village, Ridgewood, Glendale
* Queens Community Board 6 : Rego Park, Forest Hills
* Queens Community Board 7 : Flushing, Whitestone, College Point
* Queens Community Board 8 : Fresh Meadows, Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica Hills
* Queens Community Board 9 : Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Kew Gardens
* Queens Community Board 10 : Howard Beach, South Ozone Park, Ozone Park,
* Queens Community Board 11 : Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale
* Queens Community Board 12 : Jamaica, South Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans
* Queens Community Board 13 : Laurelton, Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Glen Oaks
* Queens Community Board 14 : The Rockaways, Broad Channel

## 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. The five JIAs in Queens county are:
* District 80 - LaGuardia Airport, 2010 Census population: Zero
* District 81 - Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, 2010 Census population: 56
* District 82 - Forest Park, 2010 Census population: 691
* District 83 - JFK International Airport, 2010 Census population: Zero
* District 84 - Queens Gateway National Recreation Area, 2010 Census population: 45
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. The current borough board is composed of the 30 members listed in the table below:
Queens Borough Board :
| Area | Title | Member name | Notes |
| Borough of Queens | Borough President | Donovan Richards | |
| Queens Community District 1 | Chairperson | Evie Hantzopoulos | |
| Queens Community District 2 | Chairperson | Anatole Ashraf | |
| Queens Community District 3 | Chairperson | Edmund Rosenbaum | |
| Queens Community District 4 | Chairperson | Marialena Giampino | |
| Queens Community District 5 | Chairperson | Vincent Arcuri, Jr. | |
| Queens Community District 6 | Chairperson | Heather Beers-Dimitriadis | |
| Queens Community District 7 | Chairperson | Chuck Apelian | |
| Queens Community District 8 | Chairperson | Martha Taylor | |
| Queens Community District 9 | Chairperson | Sherry Algredo | |
| Queens Community District 10 | Chairperson | Betty Braton | |
| Queens Community District 11 | Chairperson | Paul DiBenedetto | |
| Queens Community District 12 | Chairperson | Rev. Carlene O. Thorbs | |
| Queens Community District 13 | Chairperson | Bryan Block | |
| Queens Community District 14 | Chairperson | Dolores 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

* Adrienne Adams (Queens CB12)
* Tony Avella (Queens CB7)
* Edward Braunstein (Queens CB11)
* Robert Holden (Queens CB5)
* Bill Kresse (Queens CB3)
* Peter Koo (Queens CB7)
* Michael G. Miller (Queens CB4)
* Jessica Ramos (Queens CB3)
* Claire Shulman
* Julie Won (Queens CB22)