{"id":22177,"date":"2025-10-30T03:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22177\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T03:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:55:13","slug":"brooklyn-da-gonzalez-hosts-diwali-event-at-tillary-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22177\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn DA Gonzalez hosts Diwali event at Tillary Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/section\/courts-and-law\/daily-bulletin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Daily-Bulletin-Logo-1024x371.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"91\"\/><\/a>DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN \u2014 Diwali, the Festival of Lights, celebrated by millions of people in the Hindu, Sikh and Jain faiths, was acknowledged by Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez the evening of Oct. 16 at the Tillary Hotel on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The multi-day commemoration of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance by the lighting of oil lamps (diyas) is held from October through November.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping culture alive\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez thanked guests for coming out to celebrate, underscoring that the evening not only provided an opportunity to socialize but also to honor the rich heritage of the Hindu and South Asian communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir leadership, culture and dedication strengthen not only Brooklyn and our entire office here but the whole city of New York,\u201d Gonzalez said, emphasizing the value of recognizing each other for who and what we are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s imperative to make sure that our communities feel seen, heard and represented in our justice system. That\u2019s what tonight\u2019s about \u2014 celebrating the women and men who work at the District Attorney\u2019s office, bringing dedication and commitment to this job each and every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to keep our culture alive \u2014 our traditions, music and our religion. It\u2019s so important because diversity is what makes Brooklyn a special place to live. Our differences are not something that separates us, but something that brings us together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some \u2018extraordinary news\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez explained that the Festival of Lights carries a message that resonates deeply within the DA\u2019s office: the triumph of light over darkness, equating it to the fact that in 2024, Brooklyn had the safest year in its history.<\/p>\n<p>He called it \u201cextraordinary news,\u201d especially for people who lived in the city before the aughts.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gonzalez, homicides are down by 20%, shootings are down in the double digits and victimization is down as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN \u2014 Diwali, the Festival of Lights, celebrated by millions of people in the Hindu, Sikh and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,5531,100,99,3308,4247,5533,8404,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-22177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-district-attorney","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-daily-bulletin","tag-diwali","tag-eric-gonzalez","tag-hinduism","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}