362:. In 2007, Vacca was also named co-chair of the council's Working Group on School Governance and Mayoral Control, established to guide the council recommendations upon the expiration of mayoral control in 2009. After months of informal meetings with educators, union leaders, Administration officials, advocates, and parents, the Working Group issued its report in June 2009. The report suggested a new system of municipal control. Later that month, the New York State legislature passed 8903-A, a bill relating to the management and operation of the New York City School District.
298:, where he teaches a variety of courses in the social sciences. He was appointed as distinguished lecturer in the urban studies department in 2018. In addition, Vacca serves as an executive member of the academic senate at Queens College. He recently founded the college's food pantry to address the needs impacting the school's students. Continuing his work from his days in the New York City Council as chairperson of technology, he is a member of the Queens College Tech Incubator Advisory Board.
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