Mar 10, 2023
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City Hall, New York, March 10, 2023 Deputy Mayor Philip Banks III, Public Safety: First, I’d like to recognize a few individuals. The first individual is Ana Bermúdez. She was assigned or appointed to the Department of Probation as a commissioner in 2014, and she was retained by Mayor Eric Adams in this administration. Under her leadership, the agency continued to progress and meet the needs and challenges of its clients. When she retired, she left some big shoes to fill. Fortunately, there are people in this administration who have big shoes. The void was filled temporarily by Michael Forte, [Read More]
Aug 4, 2020
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United Nations Dialogue Commemorating the 6th Anniversary of the genocidal campaign against the Yazidi minority in Iraq. Yazidi genocide survivor and UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking Nadia Murad, said, “ignoring the suffering of the Yazidis is unacceptable. The international community must not defer meaningful actions any longer.” During an event today (03 Aug) marking the sixth anniversary of the genocidal campaign against the Yazidi minority, Nadia Murad who survived trafficking at the hands of ISIL (Da’esh) called on the Governments in Iraq and Erbil to “search for and [Read More]
Apr 6, 2019
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Sixth Avenue, New York, USA, April 06, 2019 – Grand Marshal Billy Connolly and Family (Wife Pamela Stephenson, daughters Scarlett and Amy) During the New York City Tartan Day Parades 2019. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Source: EuropaNewswire