Puerto Rican New Yorkers stood in defiance Sunday of both Hurricane Fiona that battered their Island last month and the rain that attempted to wash out a march to raise awareness for it.
group donned in white stood quietly in White Park located at 170 East 106th St.. While the day was about calling for aid for Puerto Rico after the latest disaster, founder of Silent Procession NYC4PR Carmen Cruz recalled a huge catalyst that led to forming this action.
Last week, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congress Member Nydia Velázquez blamed the Trump administration for creating obstacles that caused Puerto Rico to remain in a vulnerable state to further storm damage. Mayor Eric Adams joined Cruz to raise awareness for those who have suffered one disaster after another. Adams reinforced the fact that those facing hardships are not strangers but American citizens.
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