Borough president honors Judge Quinones and Brooklyn DA’s chief of staff
On Thursday, Oct. 17, the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President held its annual Hispanic Heritage Month event where it honored various local Latinx leaders.
A total of nine people were honored on Thursday, including two members of the local legal community — Judge Joanne Quinones, acting justice of the Supreme Court, Criminal Term, and Maritza Mejia-Ming, chief of staff at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
Borough President Eric Adams presented both of them with citations on behalf of his office as well as fellow honorees Jose Andrade, Manny Almonte, Bryan Bautista, Miguelina Camilo, David Lopez, Dr. Miguel Martinez-Saenz and Yael “Dex” Pasian.