[7] In 1974, he began a one and a half year tenure at the privately run pre-kindergarten Amistad Child Care and Family Center in South Jamaica, Queens.

He went on to become president and chief executive of the New York Urban League for 12 years, where he expanded educational and youth service programs.

[4] He also taught as an adjunct professor of Social Work at York College, and was a talk show radio host on community issues.

Local Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer condemned [10] Dennis Walcott for his inability to prevent the closure despite years of notice in advance [18] of the situation.

Walcott was assigned to review the budgetary and academic failures in the East Ramapo Central School District, which is mostly made up of Orthodox Jews.