Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Rev. Al Sharpton sit onstage at the beginning of National Action Network’s Martin Luther King Day celebration. 1/19/15
Mayor Bill de Blasio listens as the Rev. Al Sharpton speaks. 1/19/15
As Mayor de Blasio spoke, Sharpton briefly had City Comptroller Scott Stringer as the only elected official sitting onstage.U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and the Rev. Al Sharpton embrace. 1/19/15Rep. Charles B. Rangel speaks. 1/19/15
Assembly Member Keith L.T. Wright speaks. 1/19/15
Council Member Vanessa Gibson. 1/19/15
Public Advocate Tish James. 1/19/15
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the Rev. Al Sharpton. 1/19/15
Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. 1/19/15
Assembly Member David Weprin. 1/19/15
Assembly Member Karim Camara. Governor Cuomo has announced his appointment as director of a newly-created Office of Faith-Based Community Development Services. 1/19/15
NY State Senator Adriano Espaillat. 1/19/15
Sharpton and others listen as Governor Andrew Cuomo calls in and his phone call is played on the PA system. 1/19/15
The Rev. Al Sharpton and members of Eric Garner’s family pause before placing wreaths at the site where Detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were killed. 1/19/15
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