NYC mayor Bill de Blasio listens to NYPD commissioner William Bratton address the media. This year's West Indian Parade featured a traditional breakfast at Lincoln Terrace Park in Brooklyn hosted by Mayor de Blasio, Rev Al Sharpton, city council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito & other community leaders during which the violence at the early am J'Ouvert was denounced. After the breakfast, Mayor de Blasio & NYPD commissioner William Bratton held a press conference to discuss possible responses to the incidents. (Photo by Andy Katz/Pacific Press)

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