These Bayside Leaders Are Among The Top 100 In Queens: Report

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — Several politicians and civic leaders with ties to Bayside are among the top 100 leaders in Queens who are championing the borough’s pandemic recovery efforts, according to a new report.

The 100-person long list released by City & State this week features leaders of all kinds, across the entire borough — from health care professionals in Flushing and Elmhurst, to union chiefs in southeastern Queens — who are bringing Queens back from the devastation of the COVID pandemic, after the borough became New York City’s epicenter of the epicenter last year.

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) State Senators John Liu and Toby Ann Stavisky and the Bayside-based head of the New York City Police Benevolent Association, Patrick Lynch, are among the list’s top 20 people. Meng is named as the second-most important leader in the borough.

Former City Councilmember Mark Weprin and Assemblymembers Nily Rozic and David Weprin follow closely behind among the list’s top 50.

Queensborough Community College President, Christine Mangino, comes in at number 64 on the list.

In addition to people who hold borough-wide positions, like Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, these Bayside leaders are named for their contributions to Queens during the last year.

To name a few: Meng co-introduced the COVID-19 Hate Crimes bill to address the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans amid the pandemic, Stavitsky helped pass legislation to improve student aid, and Mangino led Bayside’s CUNY during a year of hybrid and remote learning.

You can read more about these local leaders, and see City & State’s full Queens Power 100 list, here.