BROOKLYN
BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ COMMENDS THE ORGANIZERS OF BROOKLYN’S
PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE
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Photographs
by Kathryn Kirk |
Pictured
from left to right: (first row) Borough President Markowitz’s
Special Assistant for Latino Affairs Italia Guerrero; Borough
President Markowitz; Brooklyn Puerto Rican Parade Organizer
Enrique Sandoval; Reverend Luisa Rivera; and Queen Jasmin
Arroyo. (middle row) Parade Godfather Francisco Rodriquez;
Evelyn LaPorte; and Arquimedes Jorrens. (back row) Herbert
Lopez and Wanda Arroyo.
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Today, Borough President Marty Markowitz posed for pictures with the organizers
and supporters of Brooklyn’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, as they
prepared for the 11th Annual Parade on Sunday.
Borough
President Markowitz presented a proclamation to parade organizer
Enrique Sandoval, proclaiming Sunday “Eleventh Annual Brooklyn
Puerto Rican Day Parade Day in Brooklyn, USA.”
The
11th Annual Brooklyn Puerto Rican parade takes place on Sunday,
August 15th. It kicks off at 1:00pm from the corner of Broadway
and Graham Avenues in East Williamsburg.