The Liberty Democratic Association celebrated its 8th Annual Awards Dinner on the evening of Thursday, October 15. The club honored Bronx Democratic County Committee Leader Assemblyman Marcos Crespo and many others at Maestro’s Caterers. Also honored were Sal Castorina, ASC Painting, Inc. owner; Neva Shillingford-King, 1199 SEIU executive vice president; Roseann Joan Cartenuto, Archdiocese of New York regional superintendent and St. Lucy’s Parish whose award was accepted by Fr. Nikolin Pergjini.

Honoree St. Lucy’s Church was represented by Fr. Pergjini, and several parishioners and (r) Joseph McManus, Bronx Democratic Committee vice chairman.
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Honoree Neva Shillingford-King attended the ceremony with her grandchildren last Thursday.
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(l) Joseph McManus stands with honoree Assemblyman Crespo, who addressed the crowd.
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Liberty Democratic Association members and elected officialss with honorees Shillingford-King (3rd from left) and Assemblyman Crespo (5th from right).
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(l-r) This year’s proud Liberty honorees included: St. Lucy’s Church represented by Fr. Pergjini, Assemblyman Crespo, Shillingford-King, Roseann Carotenuto and Sal Castorina.
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