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Queens County, New York
Location
Information
Seat: N/A
Population (2020): 2,405,464
County Commissioners: N/A
County Website: Official website

The county government of Queens County does not have a county seat as one of the five boroughs of New York City. Queens County is the state designation for the Borough of Queens. The county was first established in 1683. It covers a total of 108.5 square miles in eastern New York.

Elections

2025

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2025)

Queens County, New York, is holding general elections for borough president, civil court judges, and supreme court judges on November 4, 2025. A primary was scheduled for June 24, 2025. The filing deadline for primary candidates was April 3, 2025, the filing deadline for opportunity-to-ballot candidates was April 10, 2025, the filing deadline for independent candidates was May 27, 2025, and the filing deadline for judicial district convention candidates was August 14, 2025.

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2024)

Queens County, New York, held general elections for civil court judges, supreme court judges, and surrogate court judge on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for June 25, 2024. The filing deadline for the primary was April 4, 2024, and the filing deadline for the general election was May 28, 2024. The judicial district convention filing deadline was August 15, 2024.

2023

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2023)

Queens County, New York, held general elections for district attorney, New York City Civil Court judges, and New York Supreme Court judges on November 7, 2023. A primary was scheduled for June 27, 2023. The primary candidate filing deadline was April 6, 2023, the opportunity-to-ballot candidate filing deadline was April 13, 2023, the independent candidate filing deadline was May 30, 2023, and the judicial district convention filing deadline was August 17, 2023.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2022)

Queens County, New York, held general elections for civil court and supreme court judges on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for June 28, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was April 7, 2022.

2021

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2021)

Queens County, New York, held general elections for borough president and civil court judges on November 2, 2021. A primary was scheduled for June 22, 2021. The filing deadline for this election was March 25, 2021.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2020)

Queens County, New York, held a special election for Queens Borough president and regular elections for civil court judges in 2020.

2019

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2019)

Queens County, New York, held general elections for public advocate, city council, city civil court, and supreme court on November 5, 2019. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on June 25, 2019. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was April 4, 2019.

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2017)

Queens County held a general election for county officials on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 12, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates in this election was July 13, 2017.

Elected officials

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Queens County residents elect a borough president and a district attorney. The president is responsible for making budget recommendations to the mayor of New York, proposing legislation in the New York City Council, appointing borough representatives to commissions and boards, and holding public hearings on borough issues. The city of New York approves budgets and projects for the city's five boroughs. The district attorney is responsible for prosecuting cases involving violations of state law.

Office title	Officeholder name	Date assumed office	Party affiliation
Queens Borough President	Donovan Richards Jr.	December 2, 2020	Democratic Party
Queens County District Attorney	Melinda Katz	January 6, 2020	Democratic Party

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External links

• Queens County website

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