Paul Vallone Attends UFT Press Conference

 

Paul Vallone, candidate for New York City Council in the 19th District (Bayside), joined United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and other community leaders at a press conference regarding the swine flu outbreak at I.S. 227, the Louis Armstrong School, May 21. With the number of schools affected by the flu growing rapidly, parents and press sought answers. The UFT is working with the city Department of Education and other agencies to protect the health of the communities. The union has set up a hotline for every Community Education Council district in Queens, and is asking chapter leaders to report on the situation in their schools daily. For more information, visit www.uft.org. Paul Vallone is president of the Astoria/Long Island City Kiwanis and a member of the boards of the New York City of Corrections, St. John’s Preparatory School, the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, the Malba Civic Association, the Astoria Civic Association, the United Community Civic Association, the Taminent Regular Democratic Club, the Lt. Joseph Petrosian Lodge of the Order of the Sons of Italy, the Broadway/Flushing Homeowners’ Association, the Knights of Columbus Flushing Council, Catholic Lawyers Guild and New York State Trial Lawyers Guild and a former member of Community Board 1,