Tony’s Beechhurst Delicatessen in Whitestone was the scene of another endorsement for Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), who accepted support from U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Huntington) and the Italian American Political Action Committee for his re-election.

Vallone has picked up endorsements from teachers unions and organizations representing workers as well as the Queens County Democratic Party and U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights). Suozzi, elected to his first term in November after the retirement of Steve Israel, said Vallone had been instrumental in his winning the seat that represents Nassau and Suffolk counties along with parts of northeast Queens.