Watch the FULL video of Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the Council’s trip to Puerto Rico to assist in relief efforts and hear directly from impacted communities. #PRseLevanta #PRheritage
We’re so proud to honor our New York City Emergency Management Team who have been in Puerto Rico offering their support, expertise, and help. We were the first City to respond to Puerto Rico after Maria hit, and we’ll continue to do so. Thank you to everyone who attended our Puerto Rico Cultural celebration and congratulation again to all our honorees!
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Meet Jacquelin Vasquez-Suarez, President of the Salinas Municipal Legislature in Puerto Rico. Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Council Member Brad Lander Council Member Helen Rosenthal Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson Carlos Menchaca Jimmy Van Bramer Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. Council Member I. Daneek Miller Donovan Richards Ydanis Rodriguez joined this local community hero to help get water filters out into Las Mareas, a waterfront community hit hard by Hurrican Maria.
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Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito led a delegation of City Council Members to Puerto Rico to assist communities across the island in recovery efforts. From solar energy to mosquito nets and potable water filters, Council Members Helen Rosenthal Jimmy Van Bramer Ydanis Rodriguez Brad Lander Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson Carlos Menchaca Council Member I. Daneek Miller Donovan Richards Robert E. Cornegy Jr.
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We celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights in a beautiful ceremony full of dancing, music and lights! Thank you to everyone who attended and congratulations to all our honorees!
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Helen Rosenthal along with McDonald’s family attended a ceremony co-naming the 86th Street transverse as “Detective Steven McDonald Way.”
A 15-year-old boy shot McDonald on July 12, 1986, while the officer was responding to a bicycle theft in the park, leaving the cop paralyzed for the remainder of his life. We remember him as a hero who exemplified the best of our City.
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“La falta de atención y seriedad en responder a esta crisis de parte del presidente demuestra lo que piensa de nosotros como puertorriqueños. Son 3.4 millones de ciudadanos americanos. Esto es prejucio yo pienso que es racismo. Estamos en el día 12 en esta crisis y todavia no temenos lo que necesitamos,” afirmó la presidenta del Concejo Municipal de Nueva York, Melissa Mark-Viverito, quien en conjunto con el Congresista Adriano Espaillat, dieron a conocer hoy los esfuerzos que se están realizando para enviar ayuda a Puerto Rico”.
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The Mexican community gathered at City Hall with Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland and Council Member Carlos Menchaca to commemorate Mexican Independence Day, standing in solidarity with the victims of Hurricane Maria and the earthquakes in Mexico. Even in trying times, we continue to come together to celebrate and honor the resilient communities that make up our great City.
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