About Tim Tompkins Tim Tompkins has been the President of the Times Square Alliance since 2002. The Alliance is a business improvement district that works to improve and promote Times Square – cultivating the creativity, energy and edge that have made the area an icon of entertainment, culture and urban life for over a century. Plagued with problems from aggressive panhandlers […]
About Martin Hassner Martin Hassner, Executive Director of the Liberal Party of New York, was educated in New York City schools – at Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School. He has spent years in philanthropic management, healthcare and educational marketing and policy-making. Martin has been Executive Director of the Liberal Party of New York for fifteen years and a member […]
About Rev. Msgr. Kieran E. Harrington Rev. Msgr. Kieran E. Harrington , V.E. is Vicar for Communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn. He is responsible for overseeing the Diocesan Public Information Office; Government Affairs and Public Policy Office; NET, the cable station of the Diocese of Brooklyn, as well as The Tablet, the newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn. The […]
About Vito Fossella Vito Fossella is a Managing Director of Park Avenue Strategies, a fossella 2lobbying firm headed by former New York Senator Alfonse D’Amato. A Republican represented the state’s 13th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. Before being elected to the House […]
About Brad Gerstman Brad Gerstman is a partner in Gotham Government Relations, a preeminent government relations, lobbying, and advocacy law firm. David Schwartz is his partner. Brad Gerstman started his career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx, appointed by Hon. Robert T. Johnson, where he investigated corporate fraud and corruption cases and prosecuted violent crimes. As an attorney, […]
About Commissioner Bill Bratton Bill Bratton is the New York City Police Commissioner. He has previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993-1994), New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner (1994–1996), and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009). The newly elected New York City in 2013, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Bratton […]
About Senator John Flanagan John Flanagan, is the President and Majority Leader of the New York. He is Republican. He represents the Second Senate District, which includes the entire Town of Smithtown and portions of the Town of Brookhaven and the Town of Huntington. He was first elected to represent this part of Suffolk County in 2002 and overwhelmingly reelected in 2004- […]
About Senator Jack Martins Senator Jack Martins, is in his third term representing Nassau in the New York State Senate. He is the Republican candidate for Congress in New York’s 3rd congressional district which includes parts of Nassau, Queens and Suffolk Counties. The seat is currently held by Democratic Representative Steve Israel who recently announced his is retiring at the […]
About Mark Simone Mark Simone is one of the longest running, most entertaining voices on the crowded New York radio dial and seen all over television; his broadcasts are filled with lively debate, savvy insight into current events, and an insider’s look at the rich, powerful and famous. One of the most experienced interviewers on the planet, his past guest list […]
About Matthew W. Daus Matthew W. Daus was the longest serving Commissioner/Chairman of the NYC matt dausTaxi & Limousine Commission (“TLC”), and prior to that, TLC General Counsel. Mr. Daus’ public service career spanned almost 20 years in NYC government, including: Commissioner, NYC Civil Service Commission; General Counsel, NYC Community Development Agency; Special Counsel, NYC Trade Waste Commission; and Prosecutor, […]
James Prendamano James Prendamano is a Managing Partner for Casandra Properties, Inc., Staten Island’s premier real estate firm, specializing in all facets of transactional real estate. Mr. Prendamano’s expertise is in project planning / design, large scale acquisition, ULURP approval consultation and retail leasing. His most recent project is to build a giant Ferris Wheel on the Northshore of the […]
About Kathleen Hochul Kathleen Hochul, Democrat, New York was inaugurated as the 77th Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York on January 1, 2015. Hochul was elected with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on November 4, 2014. Prior to her election, the Lieutenant Governor served as a Group Vice President for Strategic Relationships at M&T Bank, serving as liaison for […]
About John Miller John Miller is the Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counter-terrorism of theJohn miller NYPD. He is the former Associate Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Transformation and Technology. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he was the bureau’s national spokesman. Miller is also a […]
About Ed Cox Ed Cox is the chairman of the New York Republican State Committee. He is the son-in-law of the 37th President of the United States Richard M. Nixon and 44th First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon. Cox is a lawyer in the Manhattan law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP where he has served […]
About Thomas DiNapoli Thomas DiNapoli, Democrat, is the 54th Comptroller of the state of New York. He is a former state assemblyman in New York, who was appointed as New York State Comptroller on February 7, 2007. He’s been making government more accountable and transparent to the people for more than 35 years. The New York State Comptroller manages the State’s $176.8 […]
About Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Ruben Diaz Jr. first entered public office as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1997, and is currently serving his second full term as Bronx Borough President, having been reelected in November 2013 with more than 89 percent of the vote. The Bronx has seen over $7 […]
About Patrick Lynch Patrick Lynch, is the President of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA,) a union for more than 20,000 beat cops in the city’s five boroughs. Lynch joined the NYPD in 1984. He earned three Exceptional Police Duty awards and also received an Exceptional Merit citation for his actions during a shoot out with criminals. He began his union career in […]
About Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky is running to represent the State Senate’s 9th District to replace former Senate Leader Dean Skelos. Before running for Assembly, Mr, Kaminsky was federal prosecutor representing Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, and was the Acting Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials who used taxpayer dollars to […]
About Adele Malpass Adele Malpass is the Manhattan Republican County Chairwoman. Chairwoman has a long history of Republican politics working local and national campaigns. In 2012, Adele was a New York delegate to the Republican convention and also served on the Republican Platform Committee for New York. She’s active with the Manhattan Institute, GKCC after-school program for low-income children in East […]
About Roland Lewis Roland Lewis is a lifetime New Yorker, he has worked in the field of community development since 1984. For nine years he served as a partner in the law firm of Dellapa, Lewis, and Perseo, whose clients included nonprofit organizations, civic groups, churches, cooperative corporations, and private real estate developers. I n 1997 Roland became the executive […]
About Commissioner Bill Bratton Commissioner Bill Bratton is the New York City Police Commissioner. He has previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993-1994), New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner (1994–1996), and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009). New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Bratton would return to the […]
About Samuel Schwartz Samuel Schwartz Gridlock Sam, GridlockSam.com City columnist, is one of sam schwartz gridlockthe leading transportation engineers in the United States, and is widely believed to be the man responsible for popularizing the phrase gridlock. Educated at Brooklyn Tech High School, the leading science high school in the country, Brooklyn College (BS Physics) and the University of Pennsylvania […]
About Michael Gianaris Michael Gianaris , Astoria Queens was elected to the State Senate in 2010 after serving in the State Assembly for ten years. The Senator is the Chair of the New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, and oversees all committee activities. Senator Gianaris is a leading reformer. The Senator’s career in public service began as an aide […]
Interview Highlights – “Mike Bloomberg was a very effective Mayor…people of this city found him to be accountable, responsible…after 12 years in office, he left the city as strong as ever…he has a calling to see this country move in the right direction.” – On the chances of an independent presidential bid of Mike Bloomberg having success: “This is […]
Interview Highlights – “Overall, this month, January, we had a great month. I’m pretty confident…January was probably the safest month we ever had. That’s good news for New Yorkers.” – Will deploy “more resources…to increase the public confidence” in the wake of six subway slashings this month…New Yorkers have a right to be alarmed or concerned — particularly those riding […]
Interview Highlights – ”When snow hits you have eight and a half million customers, and their expectations are very high so I have a new respect for the department in terms of how we mobilize all our forces and get out there to fight snow because the expectations are pretty incredible.” – On winter storm Jonas: It was “a very […]
