LIGHTER MOMENT — NYC Comptroller Alan Hevesi “breaks up” the room (below) at a PEF reception in April, held in conjunction with the Somos El Futuro conference of NYS Hispanic lawmakers. Hevesi is seeking the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor in the November election. — Photo by Robert Jackson

WHAT IS PEF? — PEF members Marlene Brooks and Donna Rodriguez (above) help visitors to the union’s booth at the April Somos El Futuro conference of NYS Hispanic legislators in Albany. — Photo by Denyce Duncan Lacy

POPULAR ATTRACTION — A photo exhibit of PEF activists (left) attracts many visitors to the union’s booth at the NYS Hispanic lawmakers’ Somos El Futuro conference held in Albany in April. Staffing the booth are PEF members Marlene Brooks and Donna Rodriguez. — Photo by Denyce Duncan Lacy

MEETING OF MINDS — NYS ACLU President Norman Siegel talks with PEF Vice President Ken Brynien and Executive Board member San Vargas (right) at the union’s April reception in Albany at the Somos El Futuro conference of NYS Hispanic legislators. Siegel is running for the Democratic nomination for New York City public advocate. — Photo by Robert Jackson

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