Generally Speaking: Markowitz holds annual Lunar New Year banquet
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz held his annual Chinese New Year celebration at the palatial New Spring Garden Restaurant, 912 – 65th Street, in Sunset Park.
Sunset Park now has the city’s largest Asian population. At this year’s event, Markowitz singled out for special honors Kenneth DalyDeon Livingston; famed restaurateur Michael Buzzy O’KeeffeYvonne Riley-Tepic.
Coordinating the event was Debra Garcia, who is also the gal behind those fabulous free summer concerts Markowitz has run for many years. The costumed dancing lions and entertainment at the banquet wereprovided by the Brooklyn Chinese American Association headed by Paul Mak.