Interfaith Breakfast Hosted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg - 2012
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg had his Interfaith Breakfast at The New York Public Library. Close to 400 hundred religious leaders from all faiths were in attendance. The following Faith leaders did an Invocation in their own faiths: Monsignor John J.Brown from St. Francis De Sales Parish Belle Harbor, Queens; Imam Khalil Abdur–R ashid, Iqra Masjid Midwood, Brooklyn; Pastor Timothy McIntyre from the Oasis Christian Center, Midland Beach, Staten Island; Rabbi Majorie Slome, West End Temple Neponsit, Queens; Rev T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki, Buddist Council of NY, Manhattan; Rev. Deborah Chadwick-Muniz, Iglesia Jerusalem, Morrsania Bronx; Priest Giani Bhupinde Singh, The Sikh Cultural Society, Richmond Hill Queens.
Musical performance was by The Perley Childrens Choir.
Mayor Bloomberg thanked all the clergy for working together and helping him with the Hurricane Sandy disaster, throughout New York City.
Other city officials in attendance were: Dennis Walcott, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Raymond Kelly, Commissioner of NYPD, Patricia L. Gatling, Commissioner on Human Rights and many more.