The 2023 fiscal budget year ended last month and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards on Wednesday, July 12, outlined how he allocated nearly $17 million in funding for Queens parks and the Queens Public Library system.
Richards, who has been in office since December 2020, apportioned $10 million for upgrades to be carried out at 11 different parks across the borough. Some of the funding included $1.5 million to renovate the turf field at Idlewild Park in Rosedale, $1.5 million for playground renovations at Lawrence Virgilio Playground in Sunnyside and $1 million to revamp the playground at St. Michael’s Playground in Woodside.
