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Bill De Blasio, New York City Mayor, New York		Grace Meng, Member of Assembly, 22nd District, Queens, New York		Jose R. Peralta, New York State Senator, 13th District, New York		Scott M. Stringer, New York City Comptroller, New York		Thomas P. DiNapoli, State Comptroller, New York
Toby Ann Stavisky, New York State Senator, 16th District, New York

Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor, New York		Bill De Blasio, New York City Mayor, New York		Charles E. Schumer, United States Senator, New York		Grace Meng, Member of Assembly, 22nd District, Queens, New York		Melinda Katz, President, Borough of Queens, New York
Scott M. Stringer, New York City Comptroller, New York		Thomas P. DiNapoli, State Comptroller, New York		William J. Bratton, Police Commissioner, City of New York

Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor, New York		Carolyn B. Maloney, Member of Congress, 14th District, New York		Fatima Shama, Commissioner NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, New York		John C. Liu, New York City Comptroller, New York		Joseph Crowley, Member of Congress, 7th District, New York
Leroy Comrie, NYC Council Deputy Majority Leader, New York City Council Member, 27th District, Queens, New York		Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister, West Bengal, India		Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Mayor, New York		Raymond W. Kelly, Police Commissioner, City of New York		Ruben Wills, New York City Council Member 28th District, Queens, New York
Suraiya Begum, Cultural Secretary, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Bangladesh

Abul Kalam Azad, Minister, Ministry of Information & Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Bangladesh		Abul Maal A. Muhith, Minister, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh		Akramul Qader, Ambassador, Embassey of Bangladesh, Washington, D.C.		Annisul Huq, President, FBCCI, Bangladesh		Buddhadeb Guha, Writer, Kolkata, India
Charles E. Schumer, United States Senator, New York		Daniel Dromm, New York City Council Member, 25th District, Queens, New York		David A. Paterson, Governor, New York		Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations		Dr. Nuran Nabi, Councilman, Plainsboro Township, New Jersey
Frank Padavan, New York State Senator, 11th District, New York		Gowher Rizvi, Advisor for International Affairs & Special Representative of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh		Grace Meng, Member of Assembly, 22nd District, Queens, New York		Helen M. Marshall, President, Borough of Queens, New York		John C. Liu, New York City Comptroller, New York
Jose R. Peralta, New York State Senator, 13th District, New York		Joseph Crowley, Member of Congress, 7th District, New York		Md. Zillur Rahman, President, Bangladesh		Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Mayor, New York		Nimaie Bhattacharya, Writer, Kolkata, India
Nurul Islam Nahid, Minister, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh		Osman Gani, Executive Director, Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh		Peter Koo, New York City Council Member, 20th District, Queens, New York		Rashid Haider, Writer, Bangladesh		Samaresh Majumdar, Writer, Kolkata, India
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Bangladesh		Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Writer, Kolkata, India		Sunil Gangopadhyay, Writer, Kolkata, India		Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Deputy Leader, Bangladesh Parliament		Toby Ann Stavisky, New York State Senator, 16th District, New York
Tridib Kumar Chatterjee, General Secretary, Publishers & Booksellers Gild, Kolkata, India