BP MARKOWITZ TO INDUCT BROOKLYN CELEBRITY PATH HONOREES

**PHOTO OP**
5:30 – 8:00 P.M.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN
1000 WASHINGTON AVENUE
AT MONTGOMERY STREET
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN

On Thursday, June 1, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will continue a proud Brooklyn tradition and induct the 2006 Celebrity Path Honorees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Three legends with Brooklyn roots who have achieved national and international acclaim will have bronze leaves interred in the garden’s beautiful walkway in the Japanese Garden.

Steve Buscemi, actor/director
A Brooklyn native Buscemi is one of independent film’s brightest stars. His acting credits in films such as Fargo, Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski, and Trees Lounge (which he also directed) and on television’s The Sopranos distinguish him as one of Brooklyn’s most memorable characters.

Charles A. Gargano Empire State Development Corporation Chair and Commissioner
Born in Italy and raised in Brooklyn, Commissioner Gargano oversees development programs that shape the face of our modern metropolis and state. Applying Brooklyn sensibilities to Empire State initiatives like the redevelopment of the World Trade Center Site, Commissioner Gargano works to secure New York’s continued prosperity.

Wendy Wasserstein- playwright/author (posthumous)
Ms Wasserstein has been described as the voice of a generation of smart, driven, witty women. The Brooklyn-born playwright won the Tony and New York Drama Critics Circle awards for best play as well as the Pulitzer Prize for her work The Heidi Chronicles. In January the lights on Broadway were dimmed to mark her passing from cancer and to honor the body of work she gave to the world.