Donovan Richards

Congratulations to @drichardsqns.bsky.social on your inauguration! Thank you for all you do for our students and the Borough of Queens!

Congratulations to journalist and activist Carol Jenkins, this year's QC Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award recipient, cosponsor Queens Borough President @drichardsqns.bsky.social, & all who joined in this year's 1/18 commemoration, including vocalist Tyreek McDole.
#MLKDay
📸: Dominick Totino

Our Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration is happening on today! Journalist & activist Carol Jenkins will give the keynote address, followed by a performance by Tyreek McDole. 🎤

Co-sponsored by @drichardsqns.bsky.social & Kupferberg Arts.

🎟: www.qc.cuny.edu/mlk-day/

American women’s rights activist, author, television host, & former television journalist Carol Jenkins will give the keynote at our Annual Reverend Dr. MLK, Jr. Day Celebration on 1/18.

Co-Sponsored by @drichardsqns.bsky.social & Kupferberg Center.

🎟 Tickets: www.qc.cuny.edu/mlk-day

American women’s rights activist, author, television host, & former television journalist Carol Jenkins will give the keynote at our Annual Reverend Dr. MLK, Jr. Day Celebration on 1/18.

Co-Sponsored by @drichardsqns.bsky.social & Kupferberg Center.

🎟 Tickets: www.qc.cuny.edu/mlk-day

Happy to give Knicks legend John Starks an assist as we give back to our community tomorrow. If you know someone who needs a turkey, send them over to John Starks Kia at 139-03 Queens Boulevard. Let’s make sure every family has what they need this holiday season.

Attended the Queens UFT Parent Conference this morning and was proud to lift up the power of parent engagement and our historic investments in schools across our borough. Without their advocacy the success of our schools wouldn’t be possible.

According to Richards, funds will be spread among 59 schools across the borough for the 2026 fiscal year. He said $3.45 has been allocated to projects at P.S. 136 including upgrades to its playground, auditorium and gymnasium.

BP allocates $43.7 million for schools Queens Borough President Donovan Richards visited his alma mater, PS 136, the Roy Wilkins School, in St. Albans on Monday to announce $43.7 million in funding for schools across the

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards visited his alma mater, PS 136, the Roy Wilkins School, in St. Albans on Monday to announce $43.7 million in funding for schools across the World’s Borough.

Hochul first unveiled the project and master plan in December 2023, which Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, ESD, and the Metropolitan Urban Design Workshop developed over six months.

Many of the affordable homes will be reserved for veterans and will include supportive apartments for individuals living with or recovering from mental illnesses, as well as housing for seniors.

The project could be the area’s single largest investment in housing since the 1950s and the largest expansion of homeownership opportunities in nearly half a century, as 6sqft previously reported.

As @drichardsqns.bsky.social eloquently said, “We can’t talk our way out of this crisis. We have to build our way out of it.” (2 of 3)

#TSINY #QueensBP #NYSOMH #NYCHPD #CSH #GreaterJamaicaDevCorp #QCB12 #NYSHCR #NYSOTDA #EdwardBraunstein #DavidWeprin #NilyRozic #JamesGennaro

Take it from trusted NYC leaders @bradlander.bsky.social @marklevinenyc.bsky.social @drichardsqns.bsky.social Antonio Reynoso: Vote YES on Affordable Housing Ballot props 2-5!

Early voting is open NY!

My votes FWIW:
✅Mayor: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social*
✅Public Advocate: Jumane Williams*
✅Queens BP: @drichardsqns.bsky.social
✅Comptroller: Mark Levine
✅City Council District 30: Myself as a write in🙂
✅Ballot Proposals: Yes on 1-5, No on 6
* on Working Families Party line

#LAGCC’s Casa De Las Americas was recognized for their work in supporting students on our campus at the Queens Borough President’s #HispanicHeritageMonth celebration! Honored to celebrate this recognition with @drichardsqns.bsky.social, @votejgr.bsky.social, and @catalinacruzny.bsky.social 🙌😁

We must vote YES on affordable housing Every New Yorker — from a renter in Crown Heights to a homeowner in Cambria Heights — knows that the rent (or mortgage) is too damn high.

@drichardsqns.bsky.social is right and the council is being duplicitous: Props 2-5 are the housing reforms we need, and the public will still have a voice. Vote yes. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/17/w...

Zohran and Queens BP Donovan Richards shaking hands in the aisle of the church.

Zohran at the pulpit addressing the congregation.

I began this gorgeous Sunday at St. Albans Congregational Church in Queens, where I was honored to joiin @drichardsqns.bsky.social and Sen. Leroy Comrie.

My sincere gratitude to Reverend Wilson and First Lady Sharon Ecke-Wilson for allowing me to join the service and share a few words.

. @drichardsqns.bsky.social knows that working class Queens residents are being displaced because we don’t build enough housing. We’ve lost 200,000 Black residents over 20 years and 140,000 public school kids are homeless.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/17/w...

Happy Mother’s Day to the queen who fills our lives with love, grace, and strength. Your beauty radiates from within and shines through everything you do.

Today, we celebrate you for all that you are to our family.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!

Thank you for your love, your strength, and everything you do. I’m so grateful for you—today and always.

Love you 💕💕💕

A powerful night at the Queens Museum Gala, celebrating the vibrant culture, creativity, and community that defines our borough. Honored to stand with visionaries, artists, and advocates who keep Queens thriving.

#QueensMuseum #QueensStrong #CommunityAndCulture #GalaNight #SupportTheArts

An honor to represent BP @drichardsqns.bsky.social and join many Mexicans from government agencies, nonprofits & advocates to celebrate #5deMayo and raise the Mexican flag in #NYC!

Today, we joined @drichardsqns.bsky.social to bring awareness to the deadly opioid crisis & its impact on the Queens community.

In 2023, 463 Queens residents died from an opioid overdose. At the ceremony, they were represented individually w/ purple ribbons.

samaritanvillage.org/in-the-news/...

🟣 463 purple ribbons=🕊 463 Queens residents lost to overdose in 2023. Thanks Queens Daily Eagle for highlighting our overdose awareness event w/ @drichardsqns.bsky.social. W/ support from elected officials & the community, we can turn remembrance into action & lose fewer neighbors to overdose.

Archives Director of Education Programs Molly Rosner is interviewed by NY1 in the Archives' research library.

Archives staff show a photograph of Mayor Abe Beame and boxers Muhammad Ali and Kenny Norton to assembled members of the press in one of the Archives' cold storage rooms.

Former Mayor Bill De Blasio, NY1 transit reporter and Inner Circle President Samantha Liebman, LaGuardia Community College President Kenneth Adams, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards cut the ribbon.

Members of the Inner Circle view the collection

Yesterday we were honored to host former Mayor De Blasio, @drichardsqns.bsky.social, and members of The Inner Circle as we cut the ribbon on The Inner Circle Collection. The Archives staff is thrilled to be chosen as the repository for the organization's records, and eagerly await this year's show!

The Bayside St. Patrick's Day Parade is always a blast ☘️🇮🇪

📜🎉 #LaGuardiaCC is now officially home to the Inner Circle #Archives! Ribbon cutting today with @samanthaliebman.bsky.social, @drichardsqns.bsky.social, and
Bill de Blasio.

Happy Holi from #RichmondHill this weekend….. Let your light shine in this time of darkness. Our diversity is our strength in Queens 🎨