{"id":9450,"date":"2023-04-10T09:53:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/senior-easter-hat-pageant-in-east-new-york-a-huge-success-after-3-year-hiatus-due-to-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T09:53:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:53:28","slug":"senior-easter-hat-pageant-in-east-new-york-a-huge-success-after-3-year-hiatus-due-to-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/senior-easter-hat-pageant-in-east-new-york-a-huge-success-after-3-year-hiatus-due-to-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Easter Hat Pageant in East New York A Huge Success After 3 Year Hiatus Due to Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Easter Hat Pageant had become a popular event among seniors in East New York prior to the city being hit with the COVID pandemic. <strong>Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas<\/strong> started the event in 2017 prior to her becoming an elected official. The last Easter Hat Pageant was held in 2019, when Lucas was a community advocate for seniors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas stated<\/strong>, \u201cI had to bring the Easter Hat Pageant back because it\u2019s one of those important events that seniors in the community look forward to. It gives us all a chance to get together in celebration of the Easter holiday, particularly after the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As always, the event was well attended, with over 350 seniors coming out to either participate in the pageant or as attendees. <strong>Congressman Hakeem Jeffries<\/strong>, who has been a partner in the event since its inception, was on hand to celebrate the occasion. <strong>Chris Banks<\/strong>, candidate for the 42<sup>nd<\/sup> District Council seat and Kings County Civil Court Judge candidate <strong>Turquoise Haskin<\/strong>, were also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congressman Jeffries stated<\/strong>, \u201cit\u2019s an honor and privilege to be here once again in partnership with my good friend and colleague in government, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, on this Easter Luncheon and incredible hat pageant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost as if we didn\u2019t skip a beat. The seniors came out in full force, and all our partners who had been with us three years ago supported the seniors once again. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been incredibly consistent in his support for the district. I can\u2019t thank him enough\u201d, added <strong>Assemblywoman Lucas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The judges for the pageant included actual Kings County Court judges, which included <strong>Judges Ed King, Rupert Barry, Jacqueline Williams, Ellen Edwards, <\/strong>and<strong> Lisa Ottley.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The winners of this year\u2019s women\u2019s dazzling bonnet contest were Brenda Doldron (1<sup>st<\/sup> place), Mary Saunders (2<sup>nd<\/sup> place) and Willie Mae Glenn (3<sup>rd<\/sup> place). The winners of the men\u2019s dashing hat contest were Rodney Boyd (1<sup>st<\/sup> place), Nigel Dupree (2<sup>nd<\/sup> place) and James (3<sup>rd<\/sup> place).<\/p>\n<p>Partners in the event included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congressman Hakeem Jeffries<\/li>\n<li>Millennium Development<\/li>\n<li>New Wave Dance<\/li>\n<li>One Brooklyn Health<\/li>\n<li>Fusion East<\/li>\n<li>Power of Hope<\/li>\n<li>PATHS Dance @ Thomas Jefferson Campus<\/li>\n<li>Find Community Connection<\/li>\n<li>Brooklyn Printers<\/li>\n<li>Dunkin&#8217; Donuts<\/li>\n<li>The People First Democratic Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16144\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/Chris-Nikki-and-participants-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16145\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16145\" class=\"wp-image-16145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/Nikki-Hakeem-for-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16146\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/participant-2-for-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16147\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/participant-3-for-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16148\" style=\"width: 736px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16148\" class=\"wp-image-16148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/Nikki-Chris-Turquoise-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"726\" height=\"431\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Banks, Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, Turquoise Haskin<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16149\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/Man-with-hat-for-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16150\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16150\" class=\"wp-image-16150 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/PATHS-Dancers-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PATHS Dance from Thomas Jefferson Campus<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16152\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16152\" class=\"wp-image-16152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/New-Wave-2-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Wave Dance<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/breaking-news\/\">SUBSCRIBE to East New York News<\/a> for updates on housing, development, politics, events, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Easter Hat Pageant had become a popular event among seniors in East New York prior to the city being hit with the COVID pandemic. 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