Yojaira Alvarez, Director of Outreach and Intergovernmental Affairs and Harya Tarekegn, Senior Counsel for Policy and Advocacy at the CCRB discussed the independent agency responsible for receiving, investigating, mediating, hearing, prosecuting, making findings, and recommending action on complaints against New York City police officers alleging the use of excessive or unnecessary force, abuse of authority, [...]

First Deputy Public Advocate Smith discussed his path to government, his office’s roles and responsibilities, and his vision for NYC. He outlined the role of the Public Advocate’s Office which provides oversight for city agencies, investigates citizens’ complaints about city services, and makes proposals to address perceived shortcomings or failures of those services.

Commissioner Doris discussed his path to office, experiences in government, and vision for New York City. He also gave insight into how small businesses are dealing with the effects of the pandemic.

Rachel Bloom, Policy Director for Citizens Union, presented on mail-in voting in New York, specifically what policies are in place now, lessons learned from recent primaries, and what we could expect from the November general election. Wayne Bena, Nebraska Deputy Secretary of State for Elections discussed Nebraska as a case study for mail-in voting, clarifying [...]

Adrienne A. Harris, Professor of the Practice and Gates Foundation Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Finance, Law, and Policy at the University of Michigan; Norm Champ, former Director of the Division of Investment Management at the SEC and Author of Mastering Money: How to Beat Debt, Build Wealth, and Be Prepared for Any [...]

Mayor Bramson discussed his decisive actions in response to New Rochelle becoming one of the nation’s first COVID-19 epicenters, lessons learned from leading the city through this unprecedented time, and his vision for New York State.

Mr. Rigie discussed his career path, the impact of COVID-19, how his organization is supporting and advocating for restaurants and nightlife establishments, and the future of the hospitality industry in New York City.

After the November modification was released, Preston Niblack, Deputy Comptroller for Budget, Office of the New York City Comptroller, reviewed the fiscal year 2021 budget in detail and discussed the implications of current events and the City’s outlook for the future.

ABNY CEO Melva M. Miller joined NYC Parks Department Commissioner Mitchell Silver and Coro New York Leadership Center Interim Executive Director Gregg Bishop for the CUNY Design Your City kickoff panel: "Urban Design and Neighborhood Development."

County Executives: Laura Curran of Nassau; George Latimer of Westchester, and Marcus Molinaro of Dutchess discussed county governance, pandemic response and recovery, inclusivity and equitable growth, and regional strategies for attracting and retaining talent, in a conversation moderated by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.

On Tuesday, February 2 YPs were able to experience traveling through New York City during different eras of the twentieth century through a virtual tour of the New York Transit Museum. YPs received a guided tour of a collection of vintage subway and elevated cars and objects from the archive. Following the tour, YPs competed [...]

ABNY YP hosted a virtual panel discussion, “Lights, Camera, Zoom! The Future of Media and Entertainment in New York.” NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment Commissioner Anne del Castillo provided introductory remarks, followed by a discussion with Yoni Bokser, Acting Executive Director, NYS Governor's Office of Motion Picture and Television Development; Donna Edge-Rachell, Executive [...]

In conversation with Michael Rudin, Senior Vice President, Rudin Management Company and Chair, ABNY YP, Clare Newman discussed her career path and the Trust's vision for Governors Island.

The Design Your City cohort, a group of undergraduate CUNY students enrolled in a special training program on urban design and neighborhood development, presented their final projects to a panel of expert judges: Jorge Luis Paniagua Valle, Co-Executive Director, Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City; Delma Parma, Community Design Architect, NYCHA; and Michael Rudin, [...]

ABNY Volunteers participated in CUNY’s “Virtual Resumepalooza.” Volunteers met one-on-one with CUNY students to review resumes and provide feedback.

Betsy Plum discussed her career path and the Riders Alliance's plan to #SaveTransit in response to challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Easterling discussed his role as First Deputy Commissioner and the inaugural Chief Equity Officer at the NYC Health Department and the agency’s plan for an equitable response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Douglas Carr, Executive Director of the Moynihan Station Development Corporation, part of Empire State Development (ESD), provided participants with an insider look at the new Moynihan Train Hall and insight about its history and the development process to transform the historic James A. Farley Post Office Building into a world-class transportation hub.

Paul Gunther, Executive Director of the Gracie Mansion Conservatory, led YPs on a virtual tour of “The People’s House,” including its current exhibition, “CATALYST: Art and Social Justice.”

John Calvelli joined the ABNY YPs at a Boardroom Breakfast to discuss his career path, roles and responsibilities at WCS, and the organization’s mission to protect wildlife and project a better future.

In celebration of Earth Day, ABNY convened a panel to discuss environmental issues in New York. Our esteemed panelists addressed climate change and how it can relate to economic recovery, as well as pathways to green jobs. The discussion kicked off with introductory remarks by Frances Resheske, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Con Edison. Julie [...]

ABNY YPs virtually toured the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Museum staff provided a deeper understanding of 9/11 and its historical significance to our city and nation.

ABNY YP hosted a discussion on the airline industry’s recovery post COVID-19. Hersh Parekh, Director of Government and Community Relations for NY Aviation Redevelopment, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, moderated a discussion featuring leaders from some of the nation's top airlines: Patricia Ornst, Director, New York State and Local Government Affairs, Delta [...]

We are excited to host  Seth Pinsky, Chief Executive Officer, 92nd Street Y, for an in-person Boardroom Breakfast on Tuesday, October 5 from 9:00-10:00 AM.  92nd Street Y is a world-class cultural and community center where people all over the world connect through culture, arts, entertainment, and conversation. Mr. Pinsky will discuss the innovative work of 92nd Street Y to foster community during [...]

Please join us for ​the ABNY Young Professionals 10th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, October 12 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In 2011, the Association for a Better New York launched the ABNY Young Professionals network with the aim to engage and inform younger New Yorkers about the importance of civic participation through social events, educational programming, and philanthropic initiatives. This celebration will [...]

We are excited to host Holly Leicht, Executive Vice President, Real Estate Development & Planning, Empire State Development for a virtual Boardroom Breakfast on Tuesday, November 9 from 10:00-11:00 AM.  Empire State Development (ESD) aims to promote a vigorous and growing state economy, encourage business investment and job creation, and support diverse, prosperous local economies across New York State through the [...]

We are excited to host a virtual Policy Brief on the New York City Budget with NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on Tuesday, December 14 from 10:00-11:00 AM. Following the recent release of NYC's November Financial Plan Update for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), Comptroller Stringer will present an overview of the now $102.8 billion FY22 budget and what it means [...]

Please join us on Wednesday, January 19, 2021 at 1:00PM for the final installation of ABNY University Bootcamp, featuring Kimberly Peeler-Allen, Co-Founder, Higher Heights, and Visiting Practitioner, Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.Ms. Peeler-Allen will give a step-by-step presentation on how to organize to effect change in the electoral process.Please RSVP and submit your questions for Ms. Peeler-Allen by end of day Tuesday, January 18. You [...]

We are excited to introduce a new sub-series of our popular Boardroom Breakfast series: ABNY Board-room Breakfasts. Each session will feature a conversation with an ABNY Board Member or ABNY Foundation Trustee. We hope you can join us to kick off this series with William Floyd, Senior Director, U.S. State and Local Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google [...]

We hope you can join us for an ABNY Board-room Breakfast with Julio Peterson, Vice President of Real Estate, The Shubert Organization, Inc. on Tuesday, February 15 from 10:00-11:00 AM. Mr. Peterson will discuss his career path and his role at The Shubert Organization, the largest Broadway theatre owner in NYC. He will provide insight into his capacity overseeing [...]

We are excited to host a virtual Policy Brief on the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) Regional Housing Snapshot with Carolyn Grossman Meagher, Director of Regional Planning, DCP, on Wednesday, February 23 from 1:00-2:00 PM.  Using available city, state, and federal data, the DCP Regional Housing Snapshot captures housing trends in the New York metropolitan area. Ms. Grossman Meagher will discuss DCP's findings [...]

Please join the ABNY Young Professionals, Wednesday, March 9 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. for a panel discussion on the recent passage of the Marihuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA) in New York. The discussion will kick off with introductory remarks by Jordan Isenstadt, Senior Vice President at Marino. Amber Littlejohn, Executive Director of the Minority Cannabis [...]

We hope you can join us for a special ABNY Board-room Breakfast in celebration of Women's History month, featuring Jennifer J. Raab, President, Hunter College, the City University of New Yorl (CUNY), on Wednesday, March 23 from 10:00-11:00 a.m.  President Raab will discuss her role leading Hunter College, the largest college of the City University of New York. She will talk about her [...]

Please join us on Monday, April 4 at 6:00 p.m. for a What's On Tap? with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine. The Borough Presidents serve as the executive officials of each borough, working with the Mayor in preparing the annual executive budget submitted to the City Council and proposing borough budget priorities directly to the [...]

We hope you can join us for a special ABNY Board-room Breakfast with Frances Resheske, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Con Edison, on Thursday, April 28 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Ms. Resheske will discuss her role overseeing Con Edison’s corporate communications; community and media relations; economic development; branding; advertising; and corporate philanthropy. She also will talk [...]

We are excited to invite you to a tour of the TWA Hotel at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on Wednesday, May 4, from 5:00-7:00pm. The TWA Hotel is JFK’s only on-airport hotel. Over more than two years of careful restoration, MCR and MORSE Development have reignited the magic of Eero Saarinen’s landmark 1962 [...]

ABNY Young Professionals will host a virtual Policy Brief on the New York State Fiscal Year 2023 Budget with Rebecca Lewis, Deputy State Politics Reporter, City & State New York, moderated by her colleague Jeff Coltin, City Hall Bureau Chief, on Thursday, May 19 from 2:00-3:00 PM.  Ms. Lewis and Mr. Coltin will discuss what was included in the $216 billion FY 2023 [...]

Join us for a special YP Associates celebration and open house on Thursday, May 26 from 6-8:00 p.m. at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College! Stop by for a glass of wine to toast the launch of the new ABNY YP Associates membership program and network with other Young Professionals at this historic double townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side. We [...]

Please join us on Wednesday, June 8 at 6:00 p.m. for a What's On Tap? with NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Kevin D. Kim.  Mr. Kim was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams to serve as the Commissioner for SBS, a dynamic City agency focused on equity of opportunity leading to economic self-sufficiency and mobility for New York City's [...]

We are excited to invite you to a tour of Eastern Generation's Astoria Generating Station on Friday, June 10, from 9-10:30 a.m. Liam Baker, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, and Matt Schwall, Director, Regulatory Affairs, will lead the tour of the 959 MW fuel oil and natural gas plant consisting of five generating units. The plant is part of a larger complex that is comprised of [...]

ABNY Young Professionals, in partnership with Regional Plan Association (RPA), invite you to attend a Policy Brief on Gateway and the Post-Covid Economy on Tuesday, June 28 from 6-7:30 p.m. at RPA, One Whitehall St 16th Floor, New York, NY 10004. YPs will get an insider look at RPA's recently released report, Gateway and the Post-COVID Economy: [...]

We are excited to present a new ABNY Volunteers opportunity this summer at Hudson River Park (HRPK). Please join us on Saturday, July 23, from 9:00 AM -12:00 PM, to participate in a gardening and horticulture maintenance project at the Clinton Cove section of HRPK (even with 55th Street). ABNY volunteers will engage in a team-building activity connecting the Park and the West side [...]

We are excited to invite you to a tour of the eight-acre master planned Manhattan West development with a special hard hat tour of Two Manhattan West on Wednesday, July 27 from 5-7:00 p.m.YP Steering Committee Member Laura Montross, Director of Communications at Brookfield Properties, will lead the tour. The 7 million square foot development is nearing completion, with its final skyscraper, [...]

As we celebrate the City’s vibrancy and explore all 5 Boroughs in New York City, meet the ABNY YPs at the Queens Night Market for a family-friendly open-air event celebrating the rich cultural diversity and heritage of New York City and Queens. Join us for an evening of free activities that include: • 100 independent [...]

Please join us on Tuesday, October 11 at 6:00 p.m. for a What's On Tap? with MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer.  As New York City bounces back from the pandemic, public transportation is a top priority. As President of MTA Construction & Development, Mr. Torres-Springer will discuss the MTA’s infrastructure projects, system enhancements, accessibility, and other transit-related topics. Please RSVP by 12:00 p.m. Monday, [...]

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we invite you to tour the Con Edison East 13th Street Substation. The tour will take place on Monday, October 17 at 11:00 a.m. led by Substation General Manager, Aisha Ahmad. The tour will showcase storm-hardening improvements at the East 13th St. Electric Substation in Manhattan that was damaged on [...]

Join us on Wednesday, November 2 at 1:00 p.m for a Policy Brief on the City of Yes Zoning Text Amendments.   New York City plans to modernize and update the city’s zoning regulations to support small businesses, create affordable housing, and promote sustainability as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ vision for a more inclusive, equitable “City of Yes.” Matthew Waskiewicz, [...]