The Bronx Democratic County Committee honored six distinguished community leaders during its annual award dinner gala on Wednesday, July 13 at the Marina del Rey. This year’s honorees included Congressman Eliot Engel; Vincent Alvarez, NYC Central Labor Council president; Sylvia Lask, Bronx Democratic County Committee president; Henry Garrido, District Council 37 executive director; Philip Ozuah, executive vice president and COO of the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Kathy Zamechansky, KZA Realty Group president.

(l-r) Assembly Speaker Heastie, Governor Cuomo and Assemblyman Marcos Crespo had a great time at the event.
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(l-r) Honorees Philip Ozuah, Vincent Alvarez, Kathy Zamchensky, Bill Weiss accepting on behalf Congressman Engel and Sylvia Lask.
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Senator Adriano Espaillat addressed the crowd during the annual dinner awards gala.
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Assemblyman Crespo, Bronx Democratic County Committee chairman, gave a riveting speech at the ceremony.
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(l-r) Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. met with Mazeda Uddin, Alliance of South Asian American Labor national women’s coordinator and Senator Espaillat during the celebration.
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