NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Sikh New Yorkers and their neighbors marched through Midtown up Madison Avenue on Saturday in the Sikh day parade.
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Community leaders were joined by elected officials like Mayor Eric Adams, State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar and State Sen. Anna Kaplan.
Adams and Rajkumar stand side by side in the parade.Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
Adams (left) shakes hands with Kaplan (center) as Rajkumar looks on (right).Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
Rajkumar is the first Punjabi person elected to New York State office. She recently passed legislation designating April Punjabi Awareness month in New York.
Punjab is a region in India, and Punjabi people are members of the ethnic group from that area. Sikhism is the most prevalent religion in Punjab, though the region is home to Hindus, Muslims, Christians and other religions as well.
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Jaspreet Singh, a staff attorney with United Sikhs, estimated there were about 80,000 Sikhs living in New York City, in a 2010 interview with WNYC.
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Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
