Office of the Bronx Borough President, New York City Local Government

On October 18, 2006 the Borough President met with the Veterans Advisory Council at the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center. The council celebrates veterans and provides the Office of the Bronx Borough President with insight into issues of importance to Bronx veterans.

(front row starting on the left side-Jerry White Sr. (Friends of Charlton Gardens), Melvyn Romero (Bronx Borough President’s Office), Tracy McDermott (Bronx Borough President’s Office), Latisha Lemott (Bronx Borough President’s Office), Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Jr., John Laguna (New Era Veterans), Richard DiRusso (Catholic War Veterans-St. Joseph’s Post), Joseph Mondello (Chairperson of the Bronx Borough President’s Veterans Advisory Council), Damien Guzman (Bronx VA Medical Center)—second row starting on the left side—Joseph Gallant (Friends of Charlton), Deputy Borough President Earl Brown, James Connell, (Bronx VA Medical Center), Michael Rauh (Leonard Hawkins VFW Post-City Island), Shawn Kingston (Bronx VA Medical Center), and Manny Lagares (Bronx County American Legion).