Brooklyn Borough President

BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ COMMEMORATES RED CROSS MONTH WITH A FLAG-RAISING AND PROCLAMATION

Pictured (from left to right): Marty Markowitz calls on Brooklynites to get the Earned Income Tax Credits coming to them, as Independence Community Bank CEO Alan Fishman looks on.

Photograph by Kathryn Kirk

(In photo: Borough President Marty Markowitz points to the Red Cross flag on top of Brooklyn Borough Hall as he commends the members of the Red Cross Brooklyn Chapter for their commitment to emergency service preparation and prevention. Joining the Borough President in the celebration were, from left to right, Barry Donohue, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Chapter of Red Cross; Board Member Steve Irving; Board Member Donna McCarthy; and Volunteer Manuel Gonzalez)

On March 1st, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz marked the first day of Red Cross Month by hoisting the Red Cross Flag atop Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Borough President Markowitz presented a proclamation to Jonathan Gabriel, Director of the Brooklyn Chapter of the Red Cross, proclaiming “Red Cross Month in Brooklyn, USA.”

“The American Red Cross, founded in 1881 by Clara Barton and charted by the United States Congress in 1905, is one of our Nation’s oldest and most distinguished and recognized humanitarian organizations, which strives daily to improve the quality of human life for all,” said Borough President Markowitz in the proclamation.