> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://bklyner.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Mathylde Frontus Celebrates At Her Inauguration Ceremony In Brighton Beach - URL: https://bklyner.com/mathylde-frontus-inauguration/ - Published: 2019-01-08T14:00:34.000Z - Updated: 2019-01-08T00:00:08.000Z - Author: Kadia Goba - Tags: Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, brighton beach, Coney Island, gravesend, Nonsponsored, Politics, #wp ![Mathylde Frontus addresses the audience inside William E. Grady at her inauguration into the New York State Assembly. ](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0301.jpg) Mathylde Frontus addresses the audience inside William E. Grady at her inauguration into the New York State Assembly. BRIGHTON BEACH — Hundreds of people came out to celebrate the multi-cultural inauguration of newly-elected Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus on Sunday, January 6, at William E. Grady High School in Brighton Beach. The lawmaker-heavy event brought the likes of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Congressmembers Max Rose and Yvette D. Clarke as well local City Councilmen and State Assemblymembers. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer swore in Frontus minutes before she took the stage to make her formal inaugural address. “As someone who has been an activist since I was a teenager, I view electoral politics as one of the many avenues that we the people have at our disposal to create a rippling of popper change and social justice in our community,” Frontus told the auditorium of onlookers. “And just as our chamber of government has been used over the last 200 years to create and perpetuate systematic and institutionalized inequality and oppression against the poor and the working class and the marginalized causing plenty of human suffering, so can the halls of government be used to correct the wrongs of our past and create fairness, equality and equity among the most vulnerable,” she added. > .[@FrontusforNY](https://twitter.com/FrontusforNY?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com): It is an opportunity for me to serve as an instrument of change to improve the quality of life here in Southern Brooklyn > > — Kadia Goba (@kadiagoba) [January 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/kadiagoba/status/1082027595712073728?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) Frontus went on to urge constituents to urge their lawmakers to pass progressive legislation. The multicultural event echoed the diverse communities of the district, which include, Coney Island, Sea Gate and parts of Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Dyker Heights and Gravesend. Three separate soloists sang the [United States](https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-lyrics.aspx?ref=bklyner.com), [Black](http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/black-authors-spoken-word-poetry/lift-every-voice-and-sing/?ref=bklyner.com) and [Haitian](http://www.haiti.org/national-anthem/?ref=bklyner.com) National Anthems consecutively followed by invocations from Rabbi David Okunov, Imam Nazrul Islam and the Rev. Dr. Classtine Pendarvis. The [Coney Island Seaside Innovative Senior Center](https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Senior-Center/Coney-Island-Seaside-Innovative-Senior-Center-815763538496191/) performed a Tai Chi Fan dance while students from [P.S. 329](https://ny18000612.schoolwires.net/domain/3?ref=bklyner.com) presented the audience with a percussion ensemble. Her experience as a youth advocate was showcased when two of her mentees, sisters Moyosola Soyemi and Abiola Soyemi shared their adoration for the freshman assemblywoman. “She’s been so instrumental in my life and to where I am today and I am so, so grateful for her,” said Moyosola Soeymi, who’s in her second year studying at Fordham Law School. Her sister is a 3rd-year medical student at SUNY Downstate. ![Congressman Max Rose and Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus during Frontus' 2019 in-district inauguration ceremony at William E. Grady H.S. Rose held his inauguration ceremony the day before on Staten Island. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0264.jpg) Congressman Max Rose and Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus during Frontus’ 2019 in-district inauguration ceremony at William E. Grady H.S. Rose held his inauguration ceremony the day before on Staten Island. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner) After the two-and-a-half hour event, attendees filed into the school’s gym for refreshments which included Haitian black rice, stew and jerk chicken, rasta pasta and yams. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0317-150x150.jpg) Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0315-150x150.jpg) Councilman Justin Brannan ![Councilman Mark Treyger](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0307-150x150.jpg) Councilman Mark Treyger ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0278-150x150.jpg) Members of the Coney Island Seaside Innovation Senior Center performing a Tai Chi Fan dance ensemble ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0322-150x150.jpg) Students from P.S. 329 ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0326-150x150.jpg) Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus and U.S. Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0340-150x150.jpg) NYC Comptroller swearing in Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus during her ceremonial inauguration ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0250-150x150.jpg) U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0251-150x150.jpg) The audience at William E. Grady during Assemblymember Mathylde Frontus’ in-district inauguration ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_0254-150x150.jpg) Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer embrace during Frontus’ in-district inauguration ceremony