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Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s Office
Borough President Adams accepted the Greatest Generation Service Award
from the Cadman Park Conservancy at a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony
in the Courtroom of Brooklyn Borough Hall; he was presented with the
honor by Jack and Roy Vanasco, Brooklyn-born brothers and veterans who
served in World War II.
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Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office
Borough President Adams rang in 2017 with family, friends, and thousands of
revelers at his One Brooklyn New Year’s Eve celebration along the Riegelmann
Boardwalk in Coney Island.
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With Borough President Adams
Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s Office
Borough President Adams passed out presents at Brooklyn
Borough Hall to young Brooklynites, several of the many children
who benefited from the thousands of toys his office delivered
to underserved youth this holiday season.
Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office
Borough President Adams celebrated Dominican-American Heritage Month in
the Rotunda of Brooklyn Borough Hall, flanked by a group of local Dominican-
American volunteers.
Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office
Borough President Adams joined Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Diana Reyna, business
leaders, community advocates, and a class of pre-kindergarten students dressed in lab coats
at BioBAT, a non-profit science and technology center at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset
Park, as he announced more than $6 million in funding from his FY17 capital budget that
he is investing to advance economic development across Brooklyn.
Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s Office
Borough President Adams dined on a plant-based lunch at Whole Foods in
Gowanus with retired NFL defensive end David Carter, former firefighter Rip
Esseltyn, and ex-UFC fighter James Wilks.