Uptown Pol Introduces Motion To Celebrate Dominican Independence

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — Assembly Member Carmen De La Rosa is uniting with a coalition of Dominican New York State legislators to introduce a resolution commemorating the 177th Anniversary of the Independence of the Dominican Republic.

De La Rosa is joining forces with Assembly Member Victor M. Pichardo, Assembly Member Karines Reyes, and Assembly Member Amanda Septimo.

The coalition announced Wednesday the push to celebrate the 177th anniversary of the monumental day in Dominican history.

"I am proud to be a child of the Diaspora, a Daughter of the Dominican Republic," Assembly Member Carmen De La Rosa said in a news release. "I am humbled by the fact that today I am able to stand before you, a NYS Assembly Member, to introduce this resolution and celebrate the 177th year of the Dominican Republic’s independence and the hard work, determination and resilience of my forebears."

Dominican Independence Day is Saturday and gets celebrated annually on Feb. 27.

In recent decades, Dominicans have been the fastest-growing population in New York City, with 422,000 of 450,000 Dominicans in the United States living in the five boroughs.

A large majority of those are settled in the northern section of Manhattan that De La Rosa represents.

"While this resolution is intended to celebrate the 177th independence of the Dominican Republic, it also serves as a celebration of the tremendous contributions of Dominican and Dominican Americans to our State and to uplift a group of peoples that have continued to establish themselves worldwide, despite adversity," reads a news release from De La Rosa's office.