Donald Henton, candidate for State Committee for the 22nd Assembly District in Queens visited the students at East-West during Morning Muster.
Mr. Sherman with Mr. Henton after addressing our students at Muster
Born in Louisiana, both his parents died by the time he was ten years old. He moved to New York City when he was eleven years old to live with his relatives. He was a New York City bus driver for 37 years, and has worked with Comptroller John Liu for 16 years, behind the scenes to support John Liu when he was running for City Council. He was drafted two times and did two tours of duty in the United States Armed Forces. He is President of the Flushing Democratic Association, and has been an active member of his community since he moved to Flushing in 1968. He credits his routine of going to bed at 10:30 pm and rising at 3:30 am, commuting to John Liu’s office in Manhattan at 5:30 am, and not taking any medication, or a flu shot for his sharp wit and youthful energy.
Surrounded by Mandarin speakers at a community meeting, Mr. Henton reached out to then Councilman John Liu to sponsor Mandarin classes in his community where 78 percent of his neighbors where black or Hispanic.
Mr. Henton encouraged our students to be more active in their community and get involved in policy making. As the President of the Flushing Democratic Association, and former Democratic state committeeman, Mr. Henton has played key roles in state government policy decisions, as well as voting which statewide candidate to support.