NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver discussed his personal and professional journey, his current position of  overseeing nearly 30,000 acres of  parkland, and his vision for New York.

Adrian Benepe, Senior Vice President and Director of National Programs for the Trust for Public Land, and former commissioner of the NYC Parks Department, presented on public­ private partnerships as a means to revive parks and communities in cities. Chris Levendos, Vice President of Network Engineering and Operations at Crown Castle, followed with a presentation [...]

For this installment of the ABNY University series, Michael Aaron McKenna Miller, Senior Advisor at Assemble, political consultant, and digital marketing expert, outlined successful campaign strategies as applied to political and grassroots lobbying campaigns.

ABNY hosted a lively discussion between Young Professionals (YPs) who debated the merits and drawbacks of the Amazon HQ2 deal in Long Island City. Group discussions were facilitated by experts Maria Doulis, Citizens Budget Commission; Purnima Kapur, formerly of the Department of City Planning (DCP); Regina Myer, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership; Sarni Nairn, Lyft; and Matthew [...]