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BP MARKOWITZ JOINS RIBBON CUTTING FOR REDEDICATION AND RENAMING OF 575 HANCOCK STREET IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT |

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Photo by Kathryn Kirk
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On Monday, December 15, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz delivered remarks and helped cut the ribbon at a rededication ceremony renaming 575 Hancock Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant as the Rev. Dr. William Paul Foley, Sr. Pavilion. Rev. Robert Lewis Foley, Sr. and Sis. Irene M. Foley represented the Foley family.
Also on hand for the ceremony were Rhonda Lewis, president & CEO, Bridge Street Development Corporation; Dr. Robert J. Williams, Jr., president, 575 Board of Directors; State Senator Velmanette Montgomery; Assembly Member Annette Robinson; Council Member Albert Vann; Council Member David Yassky; Elliot J. Hobbs, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank; Chris Deewes, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Edward Odom, chairman, BSDC Board of Directors; Rev. Diane Hodges, director, Bridge Street Outreach & Prison Ministry; Napolean R. Cockern, chairman, Bridge Street Board of Trustees; Viola Hargrave, Tenant Association; Reverend David B. Cousin, Sr., pastor, Bridge Street AWME Church; Rev. Dr. Edison O. Jackson; Bishop Richard Franklin Norris, presiding prelate, 1st Episcopal District of the AME Church; Rev. Dr. Alvan N. Johnson, Jr., elder, Brooklyn/Westchester District.
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