`` It will be a challenge to pick up the mantle Dennis has left for us at the Commission . Dennis deLeon was a human rights commissioner , long - time AIDS activist . The Latino Voice called him a ` ` ' , '' ` ` tireless advocate for social justice '' Commission president : ` ` It will be a challenge to pick up the mantle he has created for us '' New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg praises deLeon .
Dennis deLeon was a human rights commissioner , long - time AIDS activist . The Latino Voice called him a ` ` ' , '' ` ` tireless advocate for social justice '' Commission president : ` ` It will be a challenge to pick up the mantle he has created for us '' New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg praises deLeon .