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Borough Representative: ssilva [at] uft [dot] org (Servia Silva)

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52 Broadway
10th Floor
New York, NY 10004

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UFT borough offices are open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, during the school year. 

This summer, UFT borough offices will be open Mondays through Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., from Monday, June 30, through Thursday, Aug. 7. Borough offices will be closed from Aug. 8 to 22 and will reopen on Monday, Aug. 25, on the modified summer schedule through Aug. 29.

All UFT offices are closed on Friday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day, and on Monday, Sept. 1, in observance of Labor Day. Regular office hours, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

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Manhattan new member event

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More than two dozen new members from Manhattan schools turned out for some food, fun and fellowship on Jan. 24 at the UFT's new member event at a Manhattan bowling lounge.

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Lunar New Year Banquet 2025

Nearly 300 UFT members and friends packed a restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown on Feb. 28 to celebrate the Year of the Snake at the UFT Asian American Heritage Committee’s annual Lunar New Year Banquet.

A group of attendees at the 2025 UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet pose for a group photo.

In-service and retired teachers from PS 36 in Manhattan get into the celebratory spirit.

Erica Berger
A man puts money into a dancing lion at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

UFT retiree Quentin Huie (top, right) and teacher Tinglei Huang of the International HS at Union Square “feed” one of the lions that gaily wound their way through the Lunar New Year Banquet sponsored by the UFT Asian American Heritage Committee on Feb. 28.

Erica Berger
A group of attendees take a selfie at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025

Getting together for a selfie are (clockwise, from left) retiree Amy Bernstein, District 75 Teacher Assigned member Mindy Rosier, and teacher Randi Boxer and Chapter Leader Debra Elhadri, both of PS 152 in Brooklyn.

Erica Berger
an C. Thom Award winner Alan Lubin (second from right), a former NYSUT vice president and UFT district representative, poses with (from left) UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr, UFT Asian American Heritage Committee Chair Seung Lee and UFT President Michael Mulgrew at the committee's Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

Marian C. Thom Award winner Alan Lubin (second from right), a former NYSUT vice president and UFT district representative, poses with (from left) UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr, UFT Asian American Heritage Committee Chair Seung Lee and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

Erica Berger
A woman reaches to catch lettuce thrown into the crowd at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

UFT retiree Nancy Cho (standing, right) reaches to catch lettuce thrown into the crowd by the lions to symbolically “spread wealth,” while being cheered on by special education teacher Yvonne Tsang (far left) and school secretary Nina Chan (second from left), both from PS 42 in Manhattan.

Erica Berger
An attendee shows off his sweatshirt at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

Teacher Peter Saccoccio of PS/IS 384 in Brooklyn makes it clear with his sweatshirt that you’ve got to have “art.”

Erica Berger
Posing with the dancing lions are (from left) UFT Treasurer Victoria Lee, Asian American Heritage Committee Chair Seung Lee and UFT President Michael Mulgrew at the 2025 UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet.

Posing with the dancing lions are (from left) UFT Treasurer Victoria Lee, Asian American Heritage Committee Chair Seung Lee and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

Erica Berger
UFT members from District 32 smile for the camera at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

UFT members from District 32 smile for the camera.

Erica Berger
Teachers announce raffle winners at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

Announcing the banquet’s raffle winners are (from left) teachers Michael Deshields of PS 3 in Manhattan and Asian American Heritage Committee Vice Chairs Sandy Wong of PS 30 in the Bronx and Annawa Naing of PS 78 in Queens.

Erica Berger
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A group of attendees at the 2025 UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet pose for a group photo.

In-service and retired teachers from PS 36 in Manhattan get into the celebratory spirit.

Erica Berger
A man puts money into a dancing lion at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

UFT retiree Quentin Huie (top, right) and teacher Tinglei Huang of the International HS at Union Square “feed” one of the lions that gaily wound their way through the Lunar New Year Banquet sponsored by the UFT Asian American Heritage Committee on Feb. 28.

Erica Berger
A group of attendees take a selfie at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025

Getting together for a selfie are (clockwise, from left) retiree Amy Bernstein, District 75 Teacher Assigned member Mindy Rosier, and teacher Randi Boxer and Chapter Leader Debra Elhadri, both of PS 152 in Brooklyn.

Erica Berger
an C. Thom Award winner Alan Lubin (second from right), a former NYSUT vice president and UFT district representative, poses with (from left) UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr, UFT Asian American Heritage Committee Chair Seung Lee and UFT President Michael Mulgrew at the committee's Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

Marian C. Thom Award winner Alan Lubin (second from right), a former NYSUT vice president and UFT district representative, poses with (from left) UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr, UFT Asian American Heritage Committee Chair Seung Lee and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

Erica Berger
A woman reaches to catch lettuce thrown into the crowd at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

UFT retiree Nancy Cho (standing, right) reaches to catch lettuce thrown into the crowd by the lions to symbolically “spread wealth,” while being cheered on by special education teacher Yvonne Tsang (far left) and school secretary Nina Chan (second from left), both from PS 42 in Manhattan.

Erica Berger
An attendee shows off his sweatshirt at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

Teacher Peter Saccoccio of PS/IS 384 in Brooklyn makes it clear with his sweatshirt that you’ve got to have “art.”

Erica Berger
Posing with the dancing lions are (from left) UFT Treasurer Victoria Lee, Asian American Heritage Committee Chair Seung Lee and UFT President Michael Mulgrew at the 2025 UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet.

Posing with the dancing lions are (from left) UFT Treasurer Victoria Lee, Asian American Heritage Committee Chair Seung Lee and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

Erica Berger
UFT members from District 32 smile for the camera at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

UFT members from District 32 smile for the camera.

Erica Berger
Teachers announce raffle winners at the UFT Asian Heritage Committee Lunar New Year Banquet on Feb. 28, 2025.

Announcing the banquet’s raffle winners are (from left) teachers Michael Deshields of PS 3 in Manhattan and Asian American Heritage Committee Vice Chairs Sandy Wong of PS 30 in the Bronx and Annawa Naing of PS 78 in Queens.

Erica Berger