Dmytro Fedkowskyj is a community advocate with a long history of volunteering his time and energies to the parents and children of New York City. First selected by the Parents of District 24 to serve on the Community District Education Council in July 2004 – a position he held for more than 4 years – he currently serves on Community Board 5 as a representative of Middle Village and sits on the Land Use and Education committees.
During his CDEC 24 tenure, Mr. Fedkowskyj served as Vice-President and committee chair for the School Construction and Zoning committee. As committee chair, he pressed upon full implementation of the Five Year capital plan, which put some 5,000 new seats in the district. Areas of the district were rezoned to ease overcrowding conditions.
In May 2008, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall appointed Mr. Fedkowskyj to serve as the Queens representative on the Panel for Educational Policy. The Panel replaced the abolished central school board and is the current governmental body with full oversight and power to vote on educational policy, school funding and operational budgets for the NYC Department of Education. Mr. Fedkowskyj also serves as a Board Trustee for the New York City Board of Education Retirement System (BERS). As Trustee, he provides oversight and approves appropriate regulations for the government, management and control of the retirement assets for BERS employees.
Additionally, since May of 2008, Mr. Fedkowskyj has served as chair of the Queens Task Force on Parental Involvement. He organizes and chairs parent advisory board monthly meetings at Queens Borough Hall on public school education. He currently serves as an officer of his Block Association and was recently honored with a community service award.
Mr. Fedkowskyj has coached girls’ soccer within his local parish since 2002, winning Diocesan titles in 2004, 2005 and 2008. An accountant for more than 20 years, Mr. Fedkowskyj is a lifelong resident of Middle Village, New York. He’s married to his wife Josephine and has four children – Roman, 21; Deanna, 14; Francesca, 11, and new baby Zack. Mr. Fedkowskyj can be reached at pepofqueens@yahoo.com