(Right to Left )  Assemblyman Marcos Crespo; Senator Hiram Monserrate; Madelyn Lugo (President of the Puerto Rican Day Parade);  Senator Reverend Ruben Diaz; New York State Senate Majority Chairman  Malcolm Smith; Assemblyman Felix Ortiz; Senator Carlos Torres (representing the President Tomas Rivera-Schatz, of the Senate of Puerto Rico); Representattive Paula Rodriguez-Ohma (from Puerto Rico); and Representative Jose Aponte (from Puerto Rico)

Photo by John K Car