Recchia had sent his regrets to the Bay Ridge Community Council, the
sponsor of the Sept. 23 debate held at Holy Angels
Catholic Academy, according to Alexander Conti, chairman of the council's Public Affairs Committee.
He is the Chair of Governors at All Saints CofE
Academy and Vice Chair of Governors of St Cuthbert Mayne Secondary School, a church school jointly
sponsored by the Church of England and the Roman
Catholic Church.