Council District 50
John Sollazzo, Democratic, Working Families

Party Enrolled In: Democrat
Occupation: Small business owner
Occupational Background:
Retired NYFD Firefighter, U.S. Navy Veteran.
Educational Background: Port Richmond High School. McKee Vocational School for Plumbing & Heating.
Organizational Affiliations: Boy Scouts, Executive Board, Meals on Wheels, Former Executive Board Member, United Retired Firefighters Association, President, Committee of Municipal Retirees Organization, Executive Board, Groups Against Garbage, Former Member, Voice of Staten Island Business, Board Member, Fresh Kills Advisory Board, Former Coordinator, Alice Austen House Museum, Board of Directors, Youth Against Crime of Staten Island, Former Instructor, Staten Island Red Cross, Former Member, Knights of Columbus, Member, Staten Island Rotary, Member, Richmond Memorial Rainbow Society, Former Member, Pax Christi Hospice (St. Vincent’s & Bayley Seton), Board of Directors
Prior Public Experience: Former Aide, Assemblyman Eric Vitaliano, Assemblywoman Elizabeth Connelly and Councilman Jerome O’Donovan; Current Democratic District Leader and Democratic County Committee Member

John Sollazzo is a veteran, retired firefighter, small businessman and dedicated community leader. As our Council Member, John will put his values of hard work, family, and giving back to the community to work for us in the Council.

As a firefighter, John learned the values of preparation, determination, old-fashioned hard work and the necessity of teamwork.As an assistant to Council Member Jay O’Donovan, and Assembly Members Elizabeth Connelly and Eric Vitaliano, he learned the legislative process and how to cut through red tape to solve problems. John Sollazzo has given his time, energy and skills to improve our quality of life for decades. He has worked with our precincts against crime and with parents to improve our schools.He worked to expand the Meals-on-Wheels program as an Executive Board Member, to keep youth off the streets and out of crime as a volunteer instructor in Youth against Crime of Staten Island, and to end the sales tax on clothing under $500.00 as a Board Member of Voice of Staten Island Small Business.He fought to close the dump and expand recycling as a member of Groups Against Garbage, and to force the city to make improvements as a Coordinator of the watchdog Fresh Kills Landfill Advisory Board.John Sollazzo will be a full-time Council Member.

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Council District 50 Candidates

James S. Oddo  |  John Sollazzo  |  Mary Lou O’Callaghan  |  Richard Smith