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OATH OF OFFICE: State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, far left, held his hand high as former Bay Ridge
Councilman Vincent Gentile, far right, administered the oath of offi ce to the newly inducted pol at his
Jan. 27 inauguration ceremony at Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge. Photo by Trey Pentecost
Most likely to succeed
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes returns to his
high school for local inauguration ceremony
BY JULIANNE MCSHANE
It was ready, set, Go-unardes!
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes
(D–Bay Ridge) redoubled
his commitment
to enact change in his new
district during a local inauguration
ceremony on
Sunday, which followed his
Albany swearing-in earlier
this month.
“I have been given a gift
by the voters of this district
— a gift of great responsibility
for the next two years
— and it is incumbent upon
me to do as much good as
I can in these two years
and make sure that the
people of Bay Ridge, Dyker
Heights, Bath Beach, Bensonhurst,
Borough Park,
Gravesend, Homecrest,
Midwood, Sheepshead Bay,
Manhattan Beach, Gerritsen
Beach, and Marine
Park have a voice,” said
Gounardes, nodding to the
many neighborhoods he
represents as the senator
for New York State’s 22nd
Senate District.
The event at Gounardes’s
alma mater, Fort
Hamilton High School in
Bay Ridge, kicked off as
a family affair, featuring
welcoming remarks by
the newly minted elected’s
brother and sister, Gregory
and Patricia, and his girlfriend,
Melanie Graf. The
pol’s posse — along with his
parents — then surrounded
him on stage as he took the
oath of offi ce, administered
by former Bay Ridge Councilman
Vincent Gentile.
A slew of more seasoned
Democratic pols
— including Bay Ridge
Councilman Justin Brannan,
state Senate Majority
Leader Andrea Stewart
Cousins, Sen. Chuck
Schumer, and New York
State Attorney General
Letitia James — delivered
remarks praising Gounardes’
commitment to
serving the community.
And a variety of performers
dazzled the crowd
with culturally diverse
entertainment, which
included a Chinese lion
dance performed by members
of the New York Lotus
Light Association, and
a traditional Arab dance
by members of the Freedom
Dabka group.
Gounardes, a bornand
bred Bay Ridgite, secured
an upset victory over
former state Sen. Marty
Golden in last November’s
election, defeating
the eight-term pol by more
than 1,200 votes, according
to the Board of Elections.
But their sometimes
tense battles on the campaign
trail did not stop
Gounardes from thanking
his predecessor for his decades
of public service.
“Even though we disagree
on policy and principles,
we both agree that
serving our community
is a sacred privilege, and I
want to thank him for his
service,” he said.
Golden, however, did not
appear to share his successors’
goodwill. The ousted
pol led a protest against
Gounardes’ support for the
recently passed Reproductive
Health Act — which
decriminalizes abortion
in the state — across the
street from the high school
roughly an hour before the
inauguration ceremony
started.
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