{"id":3238,"date":"2025-07-18T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/more-youth-women-and-immigrants-join-queens-community-boards-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:37:20","slug":"more-youth-women-and-immigrants-join-queens-community-boards-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/more-youth-women-and-immigrants-join-queens-community-boards-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"More Youth, Women, and Immigrants Join Queens Community Boards in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Queens Borough President Donovan Richards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> released the 2025 Community Board Demographic Report this week, revealing a record number of new appointees. The new community board members reflect the borough\u2019s racial, gender, and age diversity, alongside shifting transit habits and rising civic interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queens Sees Most Diverse, Youthful Class of Community Board Appointees Yet<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queensbp.nyc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/07\/2025-_Queens-Community-Board-Report-v3.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, released on Tuesday, July 13, provides a detailed breakdown of all 14 Queens Community Boards and the 361 residents newly appointed this year. Of those 361 residents, 119 are first-time members, marking the biggest wave of newcomers under Richards\u2019 administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Richards took office in 2021, more than 4,500 applications have been submitted, the majority from individuals with no prior community board experience. This year alone, 916 applications were submitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Broader, More Representative Board<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 119 new members bring a strong showing from communities of color. Hispanic and Latinx residents made up 29.4% of new appointees, East Asian\/Pacific Islanders and South Asians collectively accounted for 23.5%, and 22.7% identified as African American.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richards\u2019 appointees are also younger than ever. Over half, 55.5%, are under 40, and nearly 20% are under 30. The youngest new member is just 17 years old. This marks a stark contrast to pre-2021 boards, where less than a quarter of members were under 45.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Women, Parents, Immigrants, and LGBTQIA+ Voices<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women now make up the majority of new appointees. Of the 119 new members, more than 51% identify as female. Across all five application cycles during Richards\u2019 tenure, 52% of appointees have been women, up nearly 10% from previous years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other notable stats: 24.4% of new members are parents or guardians of school-aged children, 19.3% are immigrants, and 10.1% identify as LGBTQIA+, which is a significant increase from just 3.2% in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Borough on the Move<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report also captured how Queens residents are getting around. Among this year\u2019s appointees, 94.1% said they use the subway at least sometimes, 92.4% use the bus, and 42% reported using bicycles or micro-mobility vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The borough president\u2019s office attributes growing community engagement in part to Richards\u2019 2021 implementation of a unified code of conduct for all community boards. This move appears to have encouraged broader and more diverse participation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queens Borough President Donovan Richards released the 2025 Community Board Demographic Report this week, revealing a record number of new appointees. 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