By Forum Staff
Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. on Monday announced the allocation of more than $24.7 million in capital funding for borough schools in Fiscal Year 2025.
Richards’ FY 2025 allocation is greater than the combined total of his allocations to schools in FY 2022 ($11.5 million) and FY 2023 ($10.7 million). It also represents his second-largest single-year allocation in any category, behind last year’s $33 million allocation to Queens schools in FY 2024.
Queens schools that received capital funding in FY 2025 include:
- Jamaica Educational Campus
- PS 4 in Long Island City
- PS 7 in Elmhurst
- JHS 8 in Jamaica
- PS 17 in Astoria
- PS 28 in Corona
- PS 35 in Jamaica
- PS 40 in Jamaica
- PS 43 in Far Rockaway
- PS 45 in South Jamaica
- PS 52 in Springfield Gardens
- PS 86 in Jamaica Hills
- IS 109 in Queens Village
- PS 135 in Queens Village
- PS 139 in Rego Park
- PS 151 in Woodside
- PS 152 in Woodside
- PS 173 in Fresh Meadows
- PS 175 in Forest Hills
- PS 177 in Fresh Meadows
- JHS 202 in South Ozone Park
- MS 226 in South Ozone Park
- PS 233 in Forest Hills
- PS 234 in Astoria
- PS 277 in Sunnyside
- PS 290 in Ridgewood
- PS 312 in Jamaica
- MS 419 in East Elmhurst
- PS 721 in Elmhurst
- PS 993 in Floral Park
- Arverne Challenge Prep Charter School in Arverne
- August Martin High School in South Jamaica
- Aviation High School in Woodside
- Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Astoria
- Bayside High School in Bayside
- Eagle Academy of Southeast Queens in Jamaica
- Flushing High School
- Forest Hills High School
- Hillcrest High School in Jamaica Hills
- Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School in Jamaica
- Queens High School for Information, Research and Technology in Far Rockaway
- Queens Metropolitan High School in Forest Hills
- Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity in Jamaica
- Richmond Hill High School
- Veritas Academy in Flushing
Richards allocated a combined $2.9 million this fiscal year to construct new labs in 12 different schools — PS 7, PS 40, PS 45, PS 86, PS 135, PS 152, PS 175, MS 226, PS 277, MS 419, the Baccalaureate School for Global Education and Queens Metropolitan High School.
“A high-quality education isn’t one that just teaches our students the basics. It’s one that truly prepares our young people of today for the careers of tomorrow. That’s exactly the education system we’re building here in Queens,” Richards said. “I couldn’t be prouder to put $24.7 million in funding toward critical projects like creating culinary arts teaching kitchens, media centers, hydroponics labs and more to best prepare our kids for the world they’re entering, all while ensuring our school buildings themselves are in states of good repair.”
