
COURIER L 10 IFE, JANUARY 7-13, 2022
Irma Garcia and German Tzunun of Gravesend, Brooklyn with their daughter Leyla.
Photo via Twitter/@NYCHealthSystem
OH, BABY!
Brooklyn couple welcomes NYC’s
fi rst newborn of new year
Meet Leyla Gessel Tzunun Garcia. Photo via Twitter/@NYCHealthSystem
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
New York City’s fi rst baby of 2022
is a Brooklynite!
Leyla Gessel Tzunun Garcia came
into the world at exactly 12 a.m. on
Jan. 1 at Coney Island Hospital. According
to New York City Health +
Hospitals, it’s the third straight year
that the medical center had the privilege
of welcoming the fi rst baby born
in a calendar year.
Little Leyla is the daughter of
proud parents Irma Garcia and German
Tzunun of Gravesend, Brooklyn.
She weighs 7 pounds, 6.3 ounces
and measures 19.5 inches in length.
It’s the latest triumph for the borough
of Brooklyn, which on New
Year’s Day saw its former borough
president, Eric Adams, become the
110th mayor of New York City.
In fact, all three top citywide offi
cials — including Public Advocate
Jumaane Williams and City Comptroller
Brad Lander — are Brooklynites.