FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 9, 2026
QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD TO HEAR PLANS FROM QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY; GET UPDATE FROM QUEENS SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD
Monday, January 12 at 5:30 PM
QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., will meet on Monday, January 12, at 5:30pm.
The meeting will feature a presentation from Queens Public Library (QPL) outlining its 2026 capital projects and programming. It will also include presentation from the Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board (QSWAB), featuring an overview of QSWAB’s advisory role on solid waste issues.
QSWAB’s presentation will provide information on New York City’s 2026 Draft Solid Waste Management Plan, report on the public virtual hearing that QSWAB held in October 2025 and summarize QSWAB’s recent testimony to the New York City Council’s Sanitation Committee and the Department of Sanitation.
This meeting will be conducted in-person in the Borough President’s second-floor conference room at Queens Borough Hall, located at 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens. The meeting will also be live-streamed to the public on the Borough President’s YouTube page at www.youtube.com/@queensbp.
WHAT: Queens Borough Board to Hear Plans from Queens Public Library;
Get Update from Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board
WHERE: Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens
Public live stream at www.youtube.com/@queensbp
WHEN: Monday, January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
WHO: DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Queens Borough President
Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD
DENNIS M. WALCOTT, President & CEO, QPL
NICK BURON, Chief Librarian & Senior Vice President, QPL
JOHN KATIMARIS, VP of Capital Projects, QPL
LUISA BENEDETTO, Director of Government Affairs, QPL
SUSAN LATHAM, Chair, QSWAB
About the Borough Board
The Borough Board is chaired by the Borough President under the New York City Charter and comprised of the borough’s City Council members and the chairperson of each Community Board in the borough. The Board focuses on issues dealing with land use, development, public policy, budget, and other important matters with potential borough-wide implications. The Board hears presentations from City officials and others and, as part of the land use review process, is sometimes called upon to vote on land use questions that impact more than one Community Board District.
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