Queens Borough President Donovan Richards delivered his 2023 State of the Borough address Friday, April 28, at the Claire Shulman Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, during which he highlighted the borough’s accomplishments over the last year while also providing details into what he would like to see done in the future.
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Among the accomplishments Richards highlighted during his address were the allocation of millions of dollars toward boosting the health care system in Queens, signing off on over 4,600 affordable housing units since becoming borough president and making historic investments toward building tangible and societal infrastructure. Additionally, Richards pushed for the establishment of universal free after school programming within the borough and called for a community-centric neighborhood plan in Jamaica.
According to Richards, the purpose of calling on the NYC Department of City Planning to launch a neighborhood planning study for Jamaica is to try and create a holistic community-led plan that would result in Jamaica becoming the city’s premiere live, work and play community.
“I’m proud of how we’ve put our money where our mouth is,” Richards said. “I’m talking more than $127 million in capital investment across Queens in just two years. That includes $22 million for our schools, $19 million for our cultural groups, $18 million for our hospitals, $16 million for our libraries, another $16 million for our parks and $10 million for our CUNY colleges.”
Richards emphasized the importance of his administration being able to invest over $127 million in capital funding towards schools, healthcare institutions, parks, libraries and more across…
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