After a summer hiatus, Queens Community Boards will be back in session beginning this month.
The City Charter provides that the city is divided up into 59 Community Districts, each served by an advisory board, composed of up to 50 volunteers who, according to the rules, live, work or “have other interests in the area.”
Queens has 14 Community Boards.
Board members are nominated by City Councilmembers and appointed by the Borough President, to serve a two-year term.
Community Boards have an advisory vote on zoning matters, land use, recommendations for the city budget and other community matters.
They have committees that address specific areas of concern, and report to their respective boards. In some cases, members of the public hold seats on committees.
Both Board and committee meetings are covered by “Sunshine” laws. The meetings are public – except in narrowly defined circumstances – and the public is afforded speaking time.
Agendas and procedures vary from board to board, but each board has an office and a District Manager, who is a city employee. The boards communicate with city agencies and with the mayor through his Community Affairs Unit (CAU).
Community Board 7, covering Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, College Point, Flushing, Malba, Queensborough Hill, Whitestone and Willets Point, will have its regular meeting on at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 14 at 133-32 41st Road in Flushing.
Call the office, 718-359-2800 or email qn07@cb.nyc.gov for details.
Community Board 8, covering Briarwood, Flushing South, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Kew Gardens Hills, Holliswood and Utopia, will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9 at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike in Flushing.
Call the office 718-264-7895 or visit www.QueensCB8.org for details.
Community Board 11, covering Auburndale, Bayside, Douglaston and Little Neck, usually meets on the first Monday of the month.
Due to the Labor Day holiday, CB11 will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 14, at M.S. 158, the Marie Curie School, 46-35 Oceania Street in Bayside.
Call the CB11 office, 718-225-1054 or visit www.nyg.gov/QueensCB11 for details.
For more information about Community Boards visit www.nyc.gov/CAU or call 3-1-1.
