NYC: Stella D'Oro press conference Thurs., Oct 8

October 7, 2009

Press Advisory

WHAT: Council Member Tony Avella will hold a press conference with Stella D’Oro workers, Ms. Joyce Alston, President of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) Local 50, and many other union leaders and representatives to urge the mayor to personally intervene to prevent the proposed closure of the 77 year old Stella D’Oro bakery in the Bronx, and instruct the Department of Finance Commissioner David M. Frankel to take all the necessary steps to ensure that the equipment purchased by the company with funds provided by New York City, under the Industrial and Commercial Tax Abatement Program, not be removed from the City until either the tax abatements are returned or the title to the equipment is signed over to the City.

WHEN: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 1:00 P.M.

WHERE: Steps of City Hall

WHO: Council Member Tony Avella
Stella D’Oro Workers
Joyce Alston, President, BCTGM Local 50
Barbara Bowen, President, Professional Staff Congress
Claude Fort, President, AFSCME 375
Northwest Bronx Clergy Coalition
1199 Health & Hospital Workers
AFL-CIO

Press, Radio, TV & Photo Coverage Requested

For more information please contact: Tony Avella at 718-747-2137 or 917-723-3289