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The West Indian Day Parade is all about the culture, and this year, parade participants will be led down Eastern Parkway by a new Grand Marshall.&nbsp;

Ms. Victoria Cruz, a lifelong Brooklyn native and paradegoer with Puerto Rican roots, is ready to take on the honor of Grand Marshall. &nbsp;

Lamont Jesse, who is a part of the West Indian Day Parade Association, brought Cruz to the attention of everyone he knew, knowing she would be a great fit. &nbsp;

Jesse and Cruz met back in 2018 and have been inseparable ever since. &nbsp;

“Actually, I ran into her on the train. I knew it was destined… my work has to be fighting for the LGBTQ plus community,” said Jesse. &nbsp;

The parade kicks off officials this Monday. &nbsp;

Ms. Victoria Cruz, a lifelong Brooklyn native and paradegoer with Puerto Rican roots, is ready to take on the honor of Grand Marshall.  

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PM, checking back in now with storm watch teams, hoo SECA Hope cold. Today, we saw some snowflakes and now you're telling me wet weather is coming this weekend, I'm a little worried. No snow. I'm less worried. Well, it's still going to be an impactful system and something that we need to really prepare ourselves for over the next couple of days. So we saw the cold. Today, saw a few of those festive flakes, a nice couple of days ahead and this is what you can expect for Sunday evening into Monday, windswept rain. So the wind will be an issue and the rain starting Sunday evening and even lasting into Monday morning, a line of gusty thunderstorms that could start pushing through as early as 10:11 p.m. on Sunday. So we're still fine tuning the storm as we get through the next couple of days. We'll let you know what, what we can expect. Excuse me. So the gusts 40 to 50 MPH that can knock down tree land, tree branches even cause a concern for some scattered power outages and localized flash flooding, especially for the most flood prone air. So let's get into the future cast this evening will remain quiet. The clouds are with us. It will be clear tomorrow morning but still cold temperatures in the mid thirties, but not as cold as it's been over. The last couple of days. Tomorrow's highs will be in the mid to upper forties. So that season will feel we're seeing the sunshine again. Haven't seen that for the last couple of days. So it will be something that we can enjoy and guess what the sun does take us into our Saturday. A blend of sunny clouds with highs in the low to mid f Saturday. The pick of the week go outside and the conditions or just prepare for what's coming our way on Sunday because it is going to be nasty out there with the widespread rain and gusty winds moving into our area. So here's the timeline of the storm. The showers could be here as early as Sunday afternoon around 12:01 p.m. But the brunt of the system will start moving into our area closer to midnight and we're talking about heavy rain and gusty winds behind the front lies a cold blast. So winds will start picking up 40 to 50 MPH. And then that cold.

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West Indian Day Parade names 1st ever transgender Grand Marshall 

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Meanwhile we are just days away from Brooklyn's famous west indian day parade kicking off the day that thousands take to the streets as you see here to celebrate West indian culture. I just can't wait for the energy on Eastern Parkway. Come monday we got to meet with this year's parade Grand Marshal and as News twelve's, Marylin buckley tells us she's making history with her appearance at this year's celebration. The West indian Day parade is all about the culture, dancing, the costumes and of course the food This year there's a new grand marshal that will be leading everyone down Eastern Parkway. My official title is me and Miss victoria Cruz. She's a lifelong brooklynite with Puerto Rican roots and ready to take on this honor while trailblazing for the L. G. B. T. Q. Community as the parade's first ever transgender grand marshal. I think the unity of all the beautiful culture from the Caribbean is going to be such a wonderful experience because I have experienced it before. Cruz has always been a parade go. Er But Lamont jesse who is a part of the West Indian Day Parade Association brought to the attention of everyone he knew Cruz would be a great fit and of course to have victoria, this wonderful strut of Eastern Parkway. I'm just excited for it. The two met back in 2018 while riding the to train and have been inseparable ever since actually running to her on the train was just like okay well it's definitely destined that this is where my work has to be and my work has to be in fighting for the L G b T. Q i A community Time changes things and we're in the 21st century. So it's very important that we accept each other As brothers and sisters because that's what we are this year. More than ever, organizers hope everyone comes out. The parade kicks off officially this Monday in Crown Heights Mary Lynn Buckley News 12.

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