Partner Racanelli of Farrell Fritz elected secretary of the Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation's board of directors

According to Farrell Fritz, partner John Racanelli has been elected secretary of the Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation's (FWPCLDC) board of directors. He has served on the board for several years. Racanelli, an Oyster Bay resident, focuses his practice on commercial real estate acquisitions, development, leasing, financing and construction. Racanelli is a member of the board of trustees of Dowling College; a director of the council of governing boards for New York's independent education trustees; a board member of the Long Island arts alliance; and an advisory board member of the Energeia Partnership and the LI Index. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law and his bachelor of arts degree from Georgetown University. Claire Shulman, president and CEO of the FWPCLDC and former Queens Borough president, acknowledged Racanelli's continual contributions to the organization.