arrow Astoria pool in Queens NYC Dept of Parks / Flickr On the heels of winning the Queens borough president's race (technically, the race began as a special election but COVID-19 upended those plans) to serve out former BP Melinda Katz, Donovan Richards is already defending his post as three Democrats have thrown their name into the June primary race. Much like all the borough president races, the perks to the top executive post for The World's Borough (nickname for Queens) is somewhat symbolic, with some semi-powerful duties that involve picking members of a community district whose values reflect theirs, offering an advisory opinion to zoning challenges, and commanding a tiny portion of the city's budget.