NEW YORK — Elected officers, neighborhood leaders and cultural figures gathered Monday morning for the West Indian American Day Carnival Affiliation’s 59th annual VIP Breakfast, a Labor Day custom previous the New York Caribbean Carnival Parade.
Held on the Carlos Lezama Netball Court docket in Lincoln Terrace Park, the breakfast introduced collectively leaders and supporters from throughout New York’s Caribbean communities for networking, shows and recognition of Caribbean contributions to town.
This 12 months’s gathering additionally honored reggae artist Buju Banton and soca artist Kes, whose title is Kees Dieffenthaller, as honorary grand marshals earlier than the day’s parade alongside Japanese Parkway.
The breakfast is among the many signature occasions organized by WIADCA as a part of New York’s annual Labor Day Caribbean Carnival celebrations, which draw Caribbean communities from throughout town and Diaspora to Brooklyn.
Listed below are choose scenes from the 2026 WIADCA VIP Breakfast.
Gerard Cadet, vice-chair of Little Haiti Bk, poses with an attendee holding a Haitian flag in the course of the 59th annual WIADCA VIP Breakfast on the Carlos Lezama Netball Court docket in Brooklyn on Sept. 7, 2026. The gathering preceded the annual Caribbean Carnival Parade alongside Japanese Parkway. Photograph by Fredner Caimite/The Haitian Instances. Irvington, New Jersey, councilwoman Charnette Frederic posing with an attendee on the WIADCA’s annual VIP Breakfast in Brooklyn on Sept. 7, 2026. Photograph by Fredner Caimite/The Haitian Instances. Councilmember Farah Louis (heart) poses with two attendees holding Panamanian flags throughout WIADCA’s 59th annual VIP Breakfast in Brooklyn on Sept. 7, 2026. The occasion introduced collectively representatives and supporters of Caribbean communities forward of the annual parade. Photograph by Fredner Caimite/The Haitian Instances. Minority Chief of the usHouse of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries addresses attendees on the 59th annual WIADCA VIP Breakfast on the Carlos Lezama Netball Court docket in Brooklyn on Sept. 7, 2026. Photograph by Fredner Caimite/The Haitian Instances. Mickael Marabou, the Haitian neighborhood liaison for the WIADCA Labor Day committee, embraces Irvington, New Jersey, councilwoman Charnette Frederic on the WIADCA’s annual VIP Breakfast in Brooklyn on Sept. 7, 2026. Photograph by Fredner Caimite/The Haitian Instances. Chuck Schumer, Minority Chief of america Senate, attends the 59th annual WIADCA VIP Breakfast on the Carlos Lezama Netball Court docket in Brooklyn on Sept. 7, 2026. Photograph by Fredner Caimite/The Haitian Instances. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine attends WIADCA’s annual VIP Breakfast as an honored visitor. Photograph by Fredner Caimite/The Haitian Instances. Mickael Marabou (far proper), the Haitian neighborhood liaison for the WIADCA Labor Day committee, poses with attendees of WIADCA’s annual VIP Breakfast in Brooklyn on Sept. 7, 2026. Photograph by Fredner Caimite/The Haitian Instances.
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