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A FDNY firefighter cries at the funeral of Steven Pollard who fell to his death on Sunday from the Mill Basin Bridge after responding with his company to an overturned car. Funeral was held at Good Shepherd Church in Brooklyn on January 11, 2019 wile on assignment for the daily news.

Letitia James is the first African American female to be elected Attorney General of New York. November 6, 2018

Witches in Bushwick Brooklyn Hex Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Trump, Mitch McConnell. Despite Death Threats and a crowd of Evangelical Christian protesting the hex. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nydn-witches-gather-to-hex-brett-kavanaugh-at-brooklyn-bookstore-20181021-photogallery.html?fbclid=IwAR28Fo-av0LEz4CcD70PrkO6-q8_Awig5S-IekJ4HW1D8-bLRiJvcEnFDZU

The skull of a male migrant who passed away on the trip from the border through Brooks County and was buried in an unmarked grave at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Dr. Kate Spradley and Dr, Maria J Adserias Garriga and staff and students at Texas State Forensic Anthropology Departments Operation Identification are trying to identify all remains in hopes of returning them to their families. (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos)

A woman from Central America holds her 16-year old son at a refugee center in McAllen TX. She told me that God told her to come to the United States. Nothing happened to her and her son. She believes that God was watching over them on their journey to the U.S. . (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos)

Sheriff Benny Martinez of Brooks County TX. In 2012, Benny and his deputies recovered 139 bodies from surrounding ranches which was a record for the rural county, and the first year that TX surpassed AZ as the deadliest state for undocumented migrants in the US. This year they have recovered 39 bodies and they are on pace to recover over 50 bodies for this year. Since 2009 to 2018, Brooks County has had over 617 migrant deaths. He and his men go out to save the lives of migrants who try to cross the county, which is 70 miles from the border. July 3, 2018. Books County, TX

Tales from Trumpland. Two Marines kiss on the dance floor on a crazy last night of Fleet Week in New York City’s Times Sq. Sailors and Marines party till the curfew until they have to be back onboard ship by 2 AM. May 27, 2018. (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos)

Linda Sarsour (C) is Palestinian-American activist and executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. Sarsour is at the protest that bought thousands of Yemeni bodega owners and other Muslim American groups who protest Trump's Muslim travel ban. Brooklyn's Borough Hall on February 2, 2017.(Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos) ليندا صرصور ..فلسطينية أمريكية رئيسة الجمعية العربية الامريكية في نيويورك وناشطة حقوقية. ليندا صرصور خلال مسيرة شارك فيها الالاف من اصحاب متاجر البقالة اليمنيون والجماعات الاخرى من المسلمين الأميركيين للاحتجاج على قرار الرئيس الامريكي دونالد ترامب بحظر دخول المسلمين الى الولايات المتحدة. يورو هول بمقاطعة بروكلين، 2 فبراير 2017

Photograph of me at an open on the LES! This was a great night with friends! Thank you Ken Schles Ken Schles Inc for a great photo from the LES that gave birth to Cool!

Retired Detective Lou Telano (Tanto) loading his 28 Magnum revolver, that holds 8 rounds instead of the usual 6, he explains and he carries it in his pocket. Behind him are his memorabilia from his days in the NYPD. Tanto was his nickname because he looks Native American. (Kevin C. Downs/Agence Cosmos)

Thousands of Yemeni bodega owners and other Arab American groups protested Trump's Muslim travel ban at Brooklyn's Borough Hall on February 2, 2017.(Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos)

(Welcome to Trumpland) Congresswoman Nadia Velazquez (L) and Congressman Jerold Nadler(R) helped get Hamed Khaled Darweesh((C), released after being held at JFK Airport for 18 hours after disembarking from a plane that arrived from Iraq due to Trump's Refugee Ban from seven Muslim nations. John F. Kennedy Airport, Queens. January 28, 2017 (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos)

Protesters gather in Washington Square Park on Saturday, May 20, in opposition to the recent deaths of activists in Venezuela. As many as 46 protesters have been killed by the government, which the United States claims is heading towards authoritarian rule. KEVIN C DOWNS/ Agence Cosmos/ New York Daily News

Former Congressman and Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner of New York arrives home after pleading guilty to sexting a 15 year-old North Carolina girl. May 19, 2017 ( Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos for NYDaily News )

(Welcome to Trumpland) A small group of Trump supporters tried to disrupt a peaceful protest held by anti-Trump "Not my president" protesters outside of the Trump International hotel. New York, February 20,2017 (Kevin C. Downs/Agence Cosmos)

Welcome to Trumpland, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump receiving the nomination for President of the United States at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio July 21,2016 (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos)

Officer Samantha Edelstein at the graduation Over 600 new NYPD police officers today at Madison Square Garden in New York, with the largest number of female recruits becoming police officer March 30, 2017. Of those graduating, 21% were born outside of the U.S. and 22% were women. (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos)

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams at a Manhattan memorial to Timothy Caughman,age 66, who was fatally stabbed on March 22, 2017, by James Jackson, a white supremacist who travelled from Baltimore to New York to kill black-men. (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos/ for the NY Daily News)

Members of the Anti-Zionist group called Neturei Karta (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: נָטוֹרֵי קַרְתָּא) burn the Israeli flag. Neturei Karta opposes Zionism and calls for a dismantling of the State of Israel, in the belief that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Jewish Messiah. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. March 11, 2017. (Kevin C Downs/ Agence Cosmos)

Welcome to Trumpland, Thousands showed up at the Day Without a Woman rally at Washinton Square Park on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 as part of a nationwide one-day strike to show women's impact on the American economy. Kevin C. Downs/Agence Cosmo

Ekaterina and I went to eat a Napoleon at a restaurant on Brighton beach. (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos)

A cowgirl at the Cowtown Rodeo in Woodstown, NJ. August 15,2015 (Kevin C Downs/Agence Cosmos for Marie Claire Fr.)

Welcome to Trumpland, Women's March NYC took place at 11:00 AM and finished after 8:00 PM on January 21, 2017. 400,000 women marched from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in support of equality and to promote civil rights for every human and marched up to Trump Tower. New York City, NY January 21, 2017. (Kevin C. Downs/Agence Cosmos)