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Mr. Sanchez joins the Addabbo Board with vast experience in the world of business and publishing. Since 1986, he has been publisher of The Queens Ledger/Greenpoint Star News group, which publishes eight legacy community newspapers and dozens of hyper-local news websites throughout Queens and Brooklyn. He also publishes the monthly magazine for the Queens Chamber of Commerce and the monthly newspaper for the Queens County Bar Association. He currently serves on the board of directors of the New York Press Association, The Rufus King Manor and the Greenpoint YMCA, and he sits on the endowment committee of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Maspeth, Queens.

Mr. Sanchez is currently president of the Variety Boys Club of Queens and a member of Community Board #5, Queens. Walter Sanchez and his family officially joined the Rockaway community as new owners of The Wave News Organization, a weekly publication covering the Rockaways since 1893.