Wednesday June 15, Our World In Pictures
BROOKLYN — Milestone in Brooklyn Methodist Hospital: A fourth-generation baby was born at New York Methodist Hospital (NYM) on April 17, when Phyllis (left) and Richard Pagnotta (center) welcomed baby girl ToniMarie into the world. ToniMarie’s father, Richard, was born at NYM in 1983; her grandmother, Toni Pagnotta (right), was born at NYM in 1954; and her late great-grandmother, Winifred Ruggiero, was born at NYM exactly a century ago this year.
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Town Hall Discusses LGBTQ Issues: BRIC, in collaboration with Housing Works, hosted a town hall on Tuesday night to discuss issues affecting the LGBTQ community. The event was part of BRIC TV’s #BHeard series. From left: Brian Vines, senior correspondent, BRIC TV; Meredith Talisman, LGBT staff writer at Buzzfeed News; NYC Councilmember Ritchie Torres (Bronx); Kiara St. James, Housing Works and New York Trans Advocacy Group (NYTAG); Carl Siciliano, executive director, The Ali Forney Center; and Professor Katherine Franke, director, Columbia University Center for Gender & Sexuality Law.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.