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At the age of 21, John C. Tkazyik (Tie Zic) became the youngest elected member of the City of Poughkeepsie Common Council in 2001. He was reelected to the Council in 2003 and 2005. Tkazyik ran for mayor in November 2007. He took office as the City of Poughkeepsie's second youngest mayor on January 1, 2008.

During his first term on the Common Council, Tkazyik worked vigorously to re-establish Neighb...orhood Block Associations in his ward and to revitalize once blighted neighborhoods. He was appointed by then-Mayor Colette Lafuente to serve as liaison and board secretary to the Poughkeepsie Housing Authority.

Tkazyik has served as Vice Chairman of the City Council and Minority Leader. He was a member of the Finance Committee and the Economic and Physical Planning/Development Committee.

He assists the Marist College Campus/ Community Coalition, an entity charged with resolving issues concerning college students living off campus in residential neighborhoods, and is currently a board member of the Dutchess County Economic Development Zone and the City of Poughkeepsie Industrial Development Agency.

Through the years he has also been instrumental in securing a number of neighborhood and park improvements, and upgrades at the Dr. Martin Luther King Gardens. He spearheaded the effort to increase parking spaces on Garden, Thompson, Conklin, Mill and Smith Streets; to reconstruct the Mansion Street Bridge, improve lighting and add additional benches in Earline Patrice Park. He successfully fought to create a full day care center for residents of the MLK Gardens, add fencing to increase child safety and video cameras to help reduce crime and vandalism.

Long active in both church and community organizations in Poughkeepsie, Tkazyik is a congregant at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, where he once served as the sacristan. He is a member of and the former president of the Parish Pastoral Council. Tkazyik has served as a member of the Catharine Street Community Center, Hudson River Housing Boards of Directors, Dutchess County Criminal Justice Council, and is active in a number of clubs and organizations, including the Italian Center, Poughkeepsie Elks Lodge, Knights of Columbus, and the Dutchess Community College Alumni Association.

A graduate of St. Peter's School and Our Lady of Lourdes High School, John earned an Associate in Arts degree from Dutchess Community College, and a B.A. degree in Psychology/ Special Education from Marist College. He is employed as a manager in the family owned restaurant, Andy's Place in the City of Poughkeepsie.

He was born on May 5, 1979 and is the son of Andrew and Frances Filoia Tkazyik of Poughkeepsie, NY.

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