Lunar New Year Banquet 2020
About 220 UFT members and retirees gathered at a Chinatown restaurant on March 6 for the annual Lunar New Year Banquet organized by the UFT Asian American Heritage Committee.

New York State Sen. John Liu (standing), who represents northeast Queens, gets an elbow bump — a new way to greet during the coronavirus outbreak — from Chapter Leader Raphael G. Tomkin of PS 333 in Manhattan.


Members from PS 94 in Brooklyn gather for the Lunar New Year feast.

Teacher Danielle Minor and paraprofessional Jesse Cowan, both from PS 175 in the Bronx, toast each other with cups of hot tea.

Anna Tokar, a paraprofessional from Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Manhattan, shares a light moment with her father, Richard Tokar, a retired teacher and chapter leader.

Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, and Stacie Soto (center), a social worker at Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, watch as Leanne Wu, a school psychologist at PS 186 in Brooklyn, slices into the fried tofu.

Teachers from PS 94 in Manhattan and their guests dig in at the sumptuous feast.

New York State Sen. John Liu (standing), who represents northeast Queens, gets an elbow bump — a new way to greet during the coronavirus outbreak — from Chapter Leader Raphael G. Tomkin of PS 333 in Manhattan.


Members from PS 94 in Brooklyn gather for the Lunar New Year feast.

Teacher Danielle Minor and paraprofessional Jesse Cowan, both from PS 175 in the Bronx, toast each other with cups of hot tea.

Anna Tokar, a paraprofessional from Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Manhattan, shares a light moment with her father, Richard Tokar, a retired teacher and chapter leader.

Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, and Stacie Soto (center), a social worker at Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, watch as Leanne Wu, a school psychologist at PS 186 in Brooklyn, slices into the fried tofu.

Teachers from PS 94 in Manhattan and their guests dig in at the sumptuous feast.

New York State Sen. John Liu (standing), who represents northeast Queens, gets an elbow bump — a new way to greet during the coronavirus outbreak — from Chapter Leader Raphael G. Tomkin of PS 333 in Manhattan.
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Teacher Danielle Minor and paraprofessional Jesse Cowan, both from PS 175 in the Bronx, toast each other with cups of hot tea.

Anna Tokar, a paraprofessional from Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Manhattan, shares a light moment with her father, Richard Tokar, a retired teacher and chapter leader.

Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, and Stacie Soto (center), a social worker at Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, watch as Leanne Wu, a school psychologist at PS 186 in Brooklyn, slices into the fried tofu.

Teachers from PS 94 in Manhattan and their guests dig in at the sumptuous feast.

New York State Sen. John Liu (standing), who represents northeast Queens, gets an elbow bump — a new way to greet during the coronavirus outbreak — from Chapter Leader Raphael G. Tomkin of PS 333 in Manhattan.


Members from PS 94 in Brooklyn gather for the Lunar New Year feast.

Teacher Danielle Minor and paraprofessional Jesse Cowan, both from PS 175 in the Bronx, toast each other with cups of hot tea.

Anna Tokar, a paraprofessional from Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Manhattan, shares a light moment with her father, Richard Tokar, a retired teacher and chapter leader.

Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, and Stacie Soto (center), a social worker at Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, watch as Leanne Wu, a school psychologist at PS 186 in Brooklyn, slices into the fried tofu.

Teachers from PS 94 in Manhattan and their guests dig in at the sumptuous feast.

New York State Sen. John Liu (standing), who represents northeast Queens, gets an elbow bump — a new way to greet during the coronavirus outbreak — from Chapter Leader Raphael G. Tomkin of PS 333 in Manhattan.


Members from PS 94 in Brooklyn gather for the Lunar New Year feast.

Teacher Danielle Minor and paraprofessional Jesse Cowan, both from PS 175 in the Bronx, toast each other with cups of hot tea.

Anna Tokar, a paraprofessional from Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Manhattan, shares a light moment with her father, Richard Tokar, a retired teacher and chapter leader.

Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, and Stacie Soto (center), a social worker at Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, watch as Leanne Wu, a school psychologist at PS 186 in Brooklyn, slices into the fried tofu.

Teachers from PS 94 in Manhattan and their guests dig in at the sumptuous feast.

New York State Sen. John Liu (standing), who represents northeast Queens, gets an elbow bump — a new way to greet during the coronavirus outbreak — from Chapter Leader Raphael G. Tomkin of PS 333 in Manhattan.