BY JENNA BAGCAL
Community Board 11 recently
welcomed four new
members to its ranks at Monday’s
monthly meeting.
Just months after the
Queens borough president’s office
opened digital applications
to join one of 14 community
boards, four northeast Queens
residents were chosen to serve
their respective communities:
Jessica Burke and Jena Lanzetta
of Bayside; Jason Chen
of Little Neck; and Vidya Pappachan
of Douglaston.
The CB 11 appointments
were part of 931 applications
that Donovan Richards office
received back in February.
Bayside resident Jessica
Burke was born and raised
in Bayside and told the board
that after living in other places
over the years, “nothing is
like Bayside, Queens.” In 2020,
Burke founded the Friends of
Crocheron & John Golden Park
in response to the city’s budget
constraints and to prevent
park disrepair. She currently
serves as the organization’s
president and chair of the history
committee.
“I really look forward to
helping bring little bits and
pieces of what I saw working in
other neighborhoods or things
that I learned about in school
into the community board. I’m
just happy to be here to learn
from everybody — to see what
works and help support different
professionals that are here
using their professional knowledge
to make the community
better,” Burke said.
Fellow Bayside resident
and teacher Jena Lanzetta
was also welcomed to CB 11
during Monday’s meeting.
Lanzetta has lived in Board 11
for over four decades and said
she takes “great pride in her
community.” She currently
serves as the president of the
Northwest Bayside Civic Association,
(NBCA) which covers
the area of 26th Avenue and
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Francis Lewis Boulevard to
the Clearview Expressway.
“I take great pride in my
community and I take my
role as the civic president representing
my neighbors very
seriously. I look forward to
continuing to work with everybody
and serving and representing
my community,” Lanzetta
said.
Little Neck resident Jason
Chen also joined Board 11 this
year after having spent “most
of his life” in Queens. The accountant
said that part of what
motivated him to join CB 11
was a desire to become more
civically engaged.
“I wanted to be more active,”
Chen said. “I’m really
invested in the neighborhood
now because I’ve got two young
kids and I really love the community.
We have a tight-knit
neighborhood and I wanted to
kind of bridge that gap between
my neighborhood and the community
board and just kind of
be a voice for them.”
Clockwise from top left: Jessica Burke, Jena Lanzetta, Vidya
Pappachan, Jason Chen
After Vidya Pappachan and
her husband moved to Douglaston
in the midst of the pandemic,
the Massachusetts native
decided to join Community
Board 11. Prior to moving to
northeast Queens, Pappachan
lived in Astoria for a decade
and worked as public defender.
“I happen to be a public
interest lawyer,” Pappachan
said. “I worked hard in Astoria
in terms of being active
in the community and I plan
to set down roots in Douglaston
for the long term. I
can’t think of a better way to
do that than to serve my new
neighborhood.”
Community Board 11 serves
residents in Auburndale,
Bayside, Douglaston, Douglas
Manor, Little Neck, Hollis
Hills and Oakland Gardens.
CB 11 welcomes four new
members from NE Queens
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