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Published on: 4/24/2009
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"About 25 percent of New Yorkers don't speak English or don't speak it well," Carol Robles-Román, deputy mayor for Legal Affairs, says.
"That alone lets us know how much diversity there is in our city."
According to Robles-Román, the week's events ranged from public workshops that focus on immigrant needs to panel discussions on immigration reform to exhibitions of Asian Pacific, Latino and even Polish artists.
She says New York City is the only place where immigrant heritage is celebrated annually, but she hopes other municipalities will catch on.
Mayor Bloomberg plans to lobby Congress to make Immigrant Heritage Week nationally recognized, says Robles-Román.