NYC-CC30: Dermot Smyth (D) seeks City Council seat with focus on education and public safety
As current District 30 City Council Member Robert Holden reaches his term limit, several candidates have stepped forward to run for the seat representing Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale, Elmhurst and Rego Park.
Among them is Dermot Smyth, who cites more than 16 years of experience in New York City’s political and labor landscape as a key qualification for the role.
Smyth began his career as a public school educator, teaching at I.S. 5 The Walter H. Crowley School of Leadership in Elmhurst. During his tenure there, he became active in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), the union representing the majority of New York City’s public school educators. He was elected as a union representative at the school and later worked with UFT leadership on legislative advocacy and member services.
In that capacity, Smyth supported policy initiatives and helped oversee health and benefit programs for approximately 25,000 union members and their families.
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