Influx brings Brazilian `bounce’ to NYC suburb
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Police Commissioner David Chong has made a new addition to the department’s wish-list: a Portuguese-speaking officer.
It’s just one sign of the changing demographics of this old suburb just north of New York City. Brazilians might constitute as much as 10 percent of Mount Vernon’s 72,000 residents.
“We really want to have someone here who can speak […]