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COPYRIGHT 2002 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc.
Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn's new borough president, threw the first of his annual parties celebrating the Chinese New Year in 1979, back when he was a freshman in the State Senate. A steadily growing guestlist has obliged Markowitz to change venues several times over the past twenty-four years, and to spread the proceedings over three nights, but the essential ingredients have remained the same: a mix of family, friends, cronies, and constituents, plus a few speeches, a little entertainment, and fourteen courses of Chinese food, liberally irrigated with plum wine and other mild spirits. Last week, on the second night of the party, which was held at the...
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