Paul del Duca, chief of staff to Bronx Borough President was honored at the 2014 City Council Pride Celebration, held last night at the Great Hall at Cooper Union.
del Duca, formerly the vice president of New York City’s Stonewall Democrats Club, is a long standing champion of LGBT rights and has been Diaz’s top aide since his Assembly days. An early advocate for the LGBT community, del Duca was president of the Kingsborough Community College’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Association.
Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres, the first openly gay elected official from the Bronx, had these remarks at the event:
“It brings me a great pride to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of New York City’s LGBT communities. I am especially honored that this year we will recognize my borough’s very own Paul Del Duca, a tenacious Bronxite who has worked fearlessly and tirelessly to advance gay rights and expand LGBT services in the Bronx and citywide.”
Other honorees included Brooklyn Nets Center Jason Collins, former Stonewall, transgender Latina LGBTQ organizer Bianey Garcia, education activist Christine Marinoni, Campaign to Stop the False Arrests founder Robert Pinter, Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club President Allen Roskoff and theater producer and LGBTQ activist David Rothenberg.
Photo c/o Bronx BP Ruben Diaz Jr. via Facebook
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