Speaker Menin visits Flushing, announces Ung as deputy leader of City Council

Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, visited Flushing on Jan. 22 to formally introduce Council Member Sandra Ung as deputy leader of the council during a conference at the Selfhelp’s Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Older Adult Center.

Ung’s installation marks the first time an Asian American has been formally appointed to a council leadership title, according to a news release from Ung’s office.