Queens: Borough President Richards Gives 2025 State of the Borough

"Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. (D) delivered his third annual State of the Borough address at Queens Theatre on Friday, April 25, outlining his administration’s efforts over the past year across education, health, the environment, social services, and economic development," reported QNS.

Richards discussed major affordable housing projects, including:

• Willets Point Development: Phase one, including 2,500 affordable housing units, a new school, and park space, is slated for completion in 2026.
• One LIC Plan: A proposed rezoning that would create 14,000 affordable housing units around the Queensboro Bridge area, which entered ULURP review in April.
• Rockaway Village: Hundreds of families have already moved into this new affordable housing community.
• Arverne East: New housing and a public nature preserve opened, including homes reserved for low-income and formerly homeless families.
• Beach Green Dunes III: A new Far Rockaway affordable housing development, with 116 units launched into the housing lottery last fall.