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UFT Queens borough office

Queens

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Borough Representative: tdacruz [at] uft [dot] org (Tabio DaCruz)

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118-35 Queens Boulevard
7th Floor
Forest Hills, NY 11375

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

What's New

‘Scaffolding students’ dreams’

NY Teacher Article Building Your Career
Will Dulin, a third-year teacher at Pathways to Graduation in Jamaica, Queens, takes pains to truly see his CTE students, helping them to forge pathways to educational success even when they can't quite envision them themselves.

Kudos to Annawa Naing, PS/IS 78, Queens

NY Teacher Article Member Spotlight
The school-based special education committee — created as part of the 2023 DOE-UFT contract — gave Naing the tool she needed to fight to ensure special education students in her school receive the services they are entitled to.

Organizing for the win

NY Teacher Article Feature Stories
More than a hundred 3- and 4-year-olds with disabilities at the Mosaic Pre-K Centers in Queens will now receive the related services they need to thrive, the culmination of a two-year organizing effort by the union and the broader school community.


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A Day of Wellness for Educators

Two-hundred educators and their families gathered for a day of wellness and fun at Commonpoint Queens Sam Field Center on Sept. 14. They heard from MindUP founder Goldie Hawn and other experts on a wellness panel and took part in workshops and activities to nurture their mental and physical health.

A father and his son smile outside near a bouncy house during a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Ralph Rosado and his son, Luke, a 3-K student, are all smiles after enjoying the bouncy house along with other Queens families at the event.

Erica Berger
Two teachers take part in a strength training workshop during a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024

Doing some strength training in the gym are Irene Zajac (left), UFT Teacher Center district literacy coach, and Evelyn Edwards, UFT Teacher Center field liaison to the UFT District Literacy and Math Coach Project.

Erica Berger
Goldie Hawn, CEO and founder of MindUp, a UFT partner that provides mindfulness curricula to participating schools and professional development to all UFT members, addresses the crowd.

Goldie Hawn, CEO and founder of MindUp, a UFT partner that provides mindfulness curricula to participating schools and professional development to all UFT members, addresses the crowd.

Erica Berger
A teacher leads an aqua yoga class during a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Jennifer Stathes, a 5th-grade teacher at PS 144 in Queens, leads an aqua Zumba class.

Erica Berger
A teacher spends time with her children at a day of mindfulness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Vanessa Zou, a teacher at PS 94 in Queens, enjoys the healthy foods, mindfulness activities and other offerings during the workshop with her two young children.

Erica Berger
UFT members and staff pose for a group photo at a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Joining UFT members with a smile for the camera are UFT Member Assistance Program Director Tina Puccio and UFT President Michael Mulgrew (third and fourth from left), UFT Vice President for Education Mary Vaccaro (seventh from left) and MindUP CEO Goldie Hawn (white dress, center).

Erica Berger
MindUp Program Manager Corneisha Clarke leads a workshop about mindfulness activities using the five senses.

MindUp Program Manager Corneisha Clarke leads a workshop about mindfulness activities using the five senses.

Erica Berger
Teachers smile while taking part in a multisensory workshop during a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Taking part in a tactile activity as part of the MindUP multisensory workshop are (from left) teachers Susan Lui-Jiminez of PS 200 in Manhattan, Kieran Mulvanerty of PS 106 in Queens, and Dilcia Perez of Bronx HS for Medical Science.

Erica Berger
A man and woman focus on yoga poses during a workshop at a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Teacher and UFT Chapter Leader Arlana Hutchinson (right) and physical education teacher Dennis Murray, both of PS 123 in Brooklyn, take part in a yoga workshop

Erica Berger
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A father and his son smile outside near a bouncy house during a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Ralph Rosado and his son, Luke, a 3-K student, are all smiles after enjoying the bouncy house along with other Queens families at the event.

Erica Berger
Two teachers take part in a strength training workshop during a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024

Doing some strength training in the gym are Irene Zajac (left), UFT Teacher Center district literacy coach, and Evelyn Edwards, UFT Teacher Center field liaison to the UFT District Literacy and Math Coach Project.

Erica Berger
Goldie Hawn, CEO and founder of MindUp, a UFT partner that provides mindfulness curricula to participating schools and professional development to all UFT members, addresses the crowd.

Goldie Hawn, CEO and founder of MindUp, a UFT partner that provides mindfulness curricula to participating schools and professional development to all UFT members, addresses the crowd.

Erica Berger
A teacher leads an aqua yoga class during a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Jennifer Stathes, a 5th-grade teacher at PS 144 in Queens, leads an aqua Zumba class.

Erica Berger
A teacher spends time with her children at a day of mindfulness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Vanessa Zou, a teacher at PS 94 in Queens, enjoys the healthy foods, mindfulness activities and other offerings during the workshop with her two young children.

Erica Berger
UFT members and staff pose for a group photo at a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Joining UFT members with a smile for the camera are UFT Member Assistance Program Director Tina Puccio and UFT President Michael Mulgrew (third and fourth from left), UFT Vice President for Education Mary Vaccaro (seventh from left) and MindUP CEO Goldie Hawn (white dress, center).

Erica Berger
MindUp Program Manager Corneisha Clarke leads a workshop about mindfulness activities using the five senses.

MindUp Program Manager Corneisha Clarke leads a workshop about mindfulness activities using the five senses.

Erica Berger
Teachers smile while taking part in a multisensory workshop during a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Taking part in a tactile activity as part of the MindUP multisensory workshop are (from left) teachers Susan Lui-Jiminez of PS 200 in Manhattan, Kieran Mulvanerty of PS 106 in Queens, and Dilcia Perez of Bronx HS for Medical Science.

Erica Berger
A man and woman focus on yoga poses during a workshop at a day of wellness for educators on September 14, 2024.

Teacher and UFT Chapter Leader Arlana Hutchinson (right) and physical education teacher Dennis Murray, both of PS 123 in Brooklyn, take part in a yoga workshop

Erica Berger