106 BROOKLYN & BEYOND Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office Alongside local and foreign dignitaries, Borough President Adams cut the ribbon on an photo exhibition at Brooklyn Borough Hall which commemorated the 150th birthday celebration of former Chinese president Sun Yat-Sen. BROOKLYN-USA.ORG Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams took in some of the nighttime festivities at the Festa di Santa Rosalia, a popular Italian-American cultural festival along 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst. Around BrooklynWith Borough President Adams Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams advocated outside Brooklyn Borough Hall alongside Make the Road New York, as well as Council Members Carlos Menchaca and Antonio Reynoso, in support of Martín Batalla Vidal, a Mexican-American immigrant who has filed suit against the federal government to challenge a Texas federal court’s nationwide injunction stopping President Obama’s 2014 immigration relief initiatives. Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams welcomed managers of teams representing Brazil, Great Britain, Israel, and Pakistan to MCU Park in Coney Island as they prepared to face off against each other in a qualifying tournament for the World Baseball Classic. Photo Credit: Nan Blackshear/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams presented a Brooklyn Cornerstone award, which honors Brooklynites who have lived on their blocks on in their buildings the longest, underneath the shade of trees planted inside the Halsey Ralph and Howard Community Garden in Bedford-Stuyvesant Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office Holding up his MetroCard, Borough President Adams rallied in Downtown Brooklyn for better citywide bus service alongside local leaders like Deputy Borough President Reyna (first row, second from right), State Senator Daniel Squadron (first row right), and Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez (first row, second from left), as well as a variety of transit advocates.
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