Queens Borough President Donovan Richards

The debt we owe our military veterans can never truly be repaid. The freedoms we enjoy today are made possible by their selflessness and sacrifice.

On this Veterans Day and every day, Queens salutes our heroes who have worn our nation's uniform. Thank you for your service.

TONIGHT: Our annual Queens College Fair is today at 6pm at John Bowne High School!

Dozens of colleges will be on hand for our students and families to meet with. To all our high school seniors, come out and find the college for you.

RSVP at queensbp.nyc.gov/rsvp

It is impossible to repay the debt we owe to the men and women who served our nation in uniform and who did so much to safeguard our freedoms.

Today at Borough Hall, we did our best to show our appreciation for them during my office's annual Celebration of Veterans.

These are dark times we're living in. But to quote St. John's alum @JColeNC, Queens has climbed out from the mouth of the gritty abyss.

We continue to prove that Queens is the future. In my State of the Borough address this Friday, we will look into that bright future together.

"Investments in our children’s schools are direct investments in our children’s future,” Richards said. “That is why I couldn’t be prouder to have invested more than $33 million into the borough’s schools this fiscal year.”

qns.com/2026/11/bp-ric…