Brooklyn, NY - Councilman Simcha Felder Welcomes Stars & Stripes at PS 226

Brooklyn, NY - New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Member Simcha Felder presented PS 226 Principal Stephen Porter with new American flags at the school at 6006 23rd Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. 

The presentation commemorated an initiative by Felder to ensure that all schools in his 44th Council District have American flags in every classroom.   “I was shocked to learn that almost every school in my district doesn't have enough American flags,” said Felder.  It is an honor to stand here with Speaker Quinn and Principal Porter and assure that all students in my district’s public schools have an American flag to salute each morning, he said.

Quinn stressed, “Simcha Felder asked the schools what they needed,”  “and when the schools said they needed flags, he did what he could to deliver them.”