Borough president

Borough	President	Party	Term	Web site
The Bronx	Rubén Díaz Jr.	Democratic	April 2009–present	bronxboropres.nyc.gov
Brooklyn	Eric Adams	Democratic	January 2014–present	www.brooklyn-usa.org
Manhattan	Gale Brewer	Democratic	January 2014–present	manhattanbp.nyc.gov
Queens	Melinda Katz	Democratic	January 2014–present	www.queensbp.org
Staten Island	James Oddo	Republican	January 2014–present	www.statenislandusa.com

Borough president is an office in each of the five boroughs of New York City. The office holds executive powers within each borough, and the five borough presidents also sat on the New York City Board of Estimate. Since 1990, the borough presidents have been stripped of a majority of their powers in the government of New York City.

Borough presidents advise the mayor, comment on land-use items in their borough, advocate borough needs in the annual municipal budget process, appoint some officials and community board members, and serve ex officio as members of many boards and committees.

Current presidents

The current borough presidents were either elected or re-elected in the most recent election in 2014:

• 

  Rubén Díaz Jr.
  (Democrat)
  of The Bronx (since 2009)

• 

  Eric Adams
  (Democrat)
  of Brooklyn (since 2014)

• 

  Gale Brewer
  (Democrat)
  of Manhattan (since 2014)

• 

  Melinda Katz
  (Democrat)
  of Queens (since 2014)

• 

  James Oddo
  (Republican)
  of Staten Island (since 2014)

Other websites

• Borough Presidents in the Rules of the City of New York
• World Statesmen List of Borough Presidents
• Contact a Borough President