Betty A. Leon

Betty A. Leon, RN, Esq., was appointed to the NYRA Board of Directors by New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in April 2022.

A longtime resident of Far Rockaway, Ms. Leon is a Registered Nurse, an Attorney, and a long-time community leader in Queens, New York. She serves on several boards and is an Executive Member of Community Board 14(Q), Vice-Chair of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and Chair of Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School, located in Far Rockaway and an Executive Member of The Michael D. Richardson Foundation, that awards Scholarships to Graduating Seniors during their four (4) years of College/University.

Ms. Leon has extensive experience in the Political world, serving as Advisor to the late, Assembly Woman Pauline Rhodd-Cummings. She is a former elected Democratic State Committee Woman for the 31st Assembly District and a Judicial Delegate for Queens County Democratic Organization, voting on which Candidate would represent Queens at the Supreme Court level. She has worked on numerous Presidential. Gubernatorial, Mayoral, and local Elected races.

Ms. Leon specializes her Law Practice in Medical Malpractice, Election Law, Elder Care, Wills, and Estates. Earlier in her career, Ms. Leon worked as a Nurse at Kings County Hospital, a member of New York Health and Hospitals Corporation, where she supervised a staff of more than 377 nurses as Clinical and Administrative Supervisor of the Maternal-Child Department.

Ms. Leon is a graduate of Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY) where she earned a BSc in Nursing; a graduate of New York University, where she earned a Master's Degree in Nursing Administration and a graduate of CUNY Law School where she earned a Juris Doctor (JD). She is admitted to the New York State Bar Association, United States District Court Eastern District of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States.