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Serving 8 Years as Council Member
On December 31st, 2021 Council Member Paul Vallone will end two full terms of service as the Council Member representing District 19 in the New York City Council. His tenure marks a transformative decade in the history of Northeast Queens securing record funding for infrastructure and programs in our communities and ensuring that our district is on firm footing for the decades to come.
The Council Member created groundbreaking programs to provide services to seniors in our community, such as the Senior Medical Transportation Program, that transformed the way that seniors in our lives accessed care. He also worked hard to ensure that growing immigrant communities in our district were able to access government services and effectively work with the city to remedy deep inequalities that have been present for generations. He was also able to secure full funding for the first new park and school in our district in over half a century to alleviate the overcrowding in schools that has been a persistent problem for parents, faculty, and students.
Vallone deeply valued community and family, and realized early on that public life could contribute a great deal to building strong neighborly ties. He has organized and funded fireworks each year to celebrate the 4th of July at Fort Totten, he has organized a Children's Christmas Parade down Bell Boulevard and helped secure funding for dozens of holiday celebrations throught Northeast Queens, and during the pandemic he organized safe and socially distanced drive in movies across our district to ensure that even in the darkest times we were able to gather and celebrate together.
The Council Member has secured over 160 million dollars in 8 budgets; 3200 new school seats (the most since 1960) with new district wide personalized educational point of contact plan with every school; thriving and growing first ever free senior transportation network throughout the borough, expanded funding and support for our small business districts, secured largest expansion of officers at our 109th precinct and most security cameras installed in any district, founded new district wide annual community events and our office worked hand in hand with our community and civic groups to bring immediate action and attention to every concern.
Outside of our district, the Council Member passed a number of bills that impact all sectors of life in New York City. He mandated that each borough have an animal shelter to ensure that families had access to the services provided and that there were more spaces to care for animals in need. He mandated protections for senior citizens across our city that ensured their health and saftey. He also served as the chair of the Economic Development Committee during the period of some of the most amazing growth and incredible projects from the New York City Economic Developmet Corportation.
The past eight years have been transformative for our city, and Council Member Paul Vallone has worked tirelessly to ensure that our communities were an equal part of that transformation and growth.
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