Queens Borough President
About the Office
Job Description
NYC’s Borough Presidents each represent and advocate for 1 of the city’s 5 boroughs. He or she speak ups for people in his or his borough in talks with other city elected officials.
A borough president can impact his or her boroughs’ land use, infrastructure, and economic development plans, along with overall city policy. To do this, the borough president negotiates with officials and businesses, introduces legislation, appoints community board members, and distributes money in the borough.
Powers and Responsibilities
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Plans for the growth, improvement and development of the borough
- Reviews and recommends proposals for land use and development.
- Prepares environmental reviews of certain projects.
- Recommends and monitors capital projects to maintain and improve infrastructure.
- Has a topographical bureau to coordinate and expedite construction, and oversees engineering of capital projects.
- Gets notified of street closings from agencies, businesses, and associations.
Influences city policy impacting his or her borough
- Introduces legislation in the NYC Council.
- Advises the mayor on sending money to the borough via the executive budgets.
- Holds public hearings on matters of public interest.
- Tells other city officials what would be good for the borough’s people.
- Monitors performance of city services and reports complaints to the Mayor’s Office and NYC Council.
Develops community board membership and operations within the borough
- Gives community boards technical assistance and training for their members, to help them make decisions impacting their neighborhoods.
- Oversees the application process to become a community board member, appointing applicants, including those recommended by the local council member.
Leads the Borough Board, made up of council members and community board leaders from the borough, to:
- Plans for land and infrastructure development, with other city agencies and community boards:
- Monitors the progress of existing and new developments.
- Reviews proposals from city government and private businesses.
- Creates new development proposals.
- Writes a statement outlining budget priorities.
- Mediates disputes between communities.
- Holds private or public meetings, keeps records of meetings and activities, and works according to governance rules laid out in the NYC Charter and borough board by-laws.
A Few Facts
Official Title
Queens Borough President
Office Website
www.queensbp.org
Branch of Government
Quasi-Executive
Scope of Office
Borough
Annual Salary
$179,200
Term Length
4 years
Term Limits
2 terms, full, consecutive, can run again after a term away
Now in Office
Melinda Katz
Last Year in Office (for Now)
2021
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