The coffin of Councilman Thomas White is carried out of the Greater Allen AME Cathedral, where hundreds gathered to pay their respects. Photo by Nat Valentine

Boro leaders pay homage to White

The city’s top leaders, southeast Queens activists and hundreds of residents who were touched by City Councilman Thomas White’s years of work gathered at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral last Thursday for a final goodbye.

The cathedral was packed for the funeral service and many of the mourners spoke highly of his decades of service both in and out of City Hall.

In addition to serving as the Democratic leader for District 28, which includes Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park, White, 71, worked to help residents who, like himself, fought drug problems through his drug rehab program J-Cap, for more than 40 years.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was joined by...

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