On June 3, Billy’s Sports Bar on River Avenue near Yankee Stadium played host to the fifth annual Pride Awards hosted by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. Honorees included Dr. Douglas Reich of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, City Councilmember Daniel Dromm of Queens (speaking above), Vanessa Victoria of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, Eric Soto, founder of Boogie Down Pride, family therapist Damon Jacobs, Marie Spivey of the L Group, and Sasha Washington from Destination Tomorrow.
Diaz, center, is seen above with Reich, Dromm, Victoria, Soto, Soto’s Boogie Down Pride colleague Cesar Sanchez, and Jacobs.
Tyra A. Ross and Appolonia Cruz, seen above with the borough president, co-hosted the evening.
