Community boards of Queens

Community boards of Queens are New York City community boards in the borough of Queens, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district.

[3] The 1963 revision of the New York City Charter extended the Borough of Manhattan's "Community Planning Councils" (est.

[4][5] The 1975 revision of the New York City Charter set the number of Community Districts/Boards to 59, established the position of the district manager for the community districts, and created the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which gave the community boards the authority to review land use proposals such as zoning actions, and special permits.

[4] The 14 community boards in Queens, and a few representative neighborhoods in each, are listed below:[6] Within the borough of Queens there are five Joint Interest Areas (JIA), which are outside of the jurisdiction of individual community districts, and have their own district number.

[9][10][11] The current borough board is composed of the 30 members listed in the table below: DCPCity Planning CBCommunity boards BPBorough president CPC City Planning Commission CC City Council MayorNYC Mayor