Brooklyn Borough President

BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ COMMEMORATES NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME WITH SEVERAL BROOKLYN POLICE PRECINCTS

Borough President Markowitz applauds the anti-crime efforts of the members of Brooklyn’s 60th Police Precinct in Coney Island. Pictured from left to right: Borough President Markowitz; Night Against Crime participant; New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; State Assemblymember Adele Cohen; and Councilmember Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.

In Bensonhurst, Borough President Markowitz encourages community members to get involved in crime prevention efforts, as the members of the 62nd Police Precinct look on.

In Borough Park, Borough President Markowitz poses with the members of the Boro Park Shomrim. Pictured from left to right are: Simcha Bernard; Borough President Liasion for Jewish Affairs Morris Oiring; Inspector Stephen McAllaster; Borough President Markowitz; Yankey Daskow; and Motti Katz.

Borough President Markowitz joins Councilmember David Yassky and City Council Speaker Gifford Miller in applauding the efforts of Downtown Brooklyn’s 84th Precinct.

Photographs by Amelia D’Entrone

On Tuesday, August 3, Borough President Marty Markowitz joined the officers and members of police precincts throughout Brooklyn to commemorate National Night Out Against Crime.

Borough President Markowitz praised the efforts of New York’s Finest, and encouraged community members to get involved in their neighborhoods crime prevention programs.

National Night Out Against Crime is a unique crime/drug prevention event that unites citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials in the fight for safer streets and communities. The goals of the annual event are to; heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for local anticrime programs, strengthen police and community partnerships; and most importantly to send a message to criminals that the neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.