We're trying something new in AD28 Part B.
With the goal of building a bottom-up Democratic Party, we aim to activate representatives of the County Committee of the Queens Democratic Party to have them serve as leaders in their Electoral Districts.
What is the County Committee?
The County Committee is made up of 2 representatives from each Electoral District in Queens.
Electoral districts are regions of Queens determined by all the district lines that run through our borough - the assembly district lines, the state senate lines, the congressional district lines, the municipal judge district lines, etc, along with some additional divisions to ensure they are not too large. Everyone in the same electoral district has the same races on the ballot. An electoral district can be as small as a block or two!
Altogether, there are 720 electoral districts in Queens, which means that there are 1440 representatives in the County Committee of the Queens Democratic Party!
So County Committee members are hyper-local representatives. They are volunteer positions that are elected during the party primary every two years. (Most recently in 2026.)
However, these positions rarely appear on your ballot since in the vast majority of the cases, at most one person runs for any position. If one person runs, they are appointed to the role without an election. If no one runs, the position is vacant and can be filled at the County Committee meeting, through a motion normally made by the District Leaders.
In 2026, 26 of the 72 county committee positions were filled in AD28 Part B, leaving 46 vacant positions.
What is the role of a County Committee Representative?
The bylaws of the Queens County Democratic Party do not indicate what County Committee members are responsible for doing. Members should attend the one County Committee meeting that is held every two-year term. The bylaws state that county committee members are responsible for choosing a replacement District Leader if a vacancy should occur.
It should also be noted that the bylaws state that when the County Committee is not in session (99.9% of the time), all powers of the County Committee are assigned to the Executive Committee (the collection of District Leaders), and when the Executive Committee is not in session (99.8% of the time), all powers are assigned to the Chair of the Queens County Democratic Party.
At the same time, the promise of such a hyper-local party structure is that the county committee members can interact with and represent the interests of the registered Democrats in their neighborhood---so that neighbors make connections with other neighbors, community members feel heard, and everyone can be connected to the party.
As your District Leaders in AD28 Part B, Melissa San Pedro and Christopher Hanusa are working to activate our county committee representatives to realize this promise.
What is my electoral district?
To find your Electoral District, use "Find my poll site" provided by the New York City Board of Elections. At the top of the list of District Information it provides, it says "Election/Assembly District". The first three numbers are your Electoral District. The last two numbers are your Assembly District. So if it says 072/28, you are in Electoral District 72 in Assembly District 28.
Alternatively, If you live in AD28, you can zoom into this PDF of our district to find your neighborhood and electoral district. It is the first three numbers in red before "/28".