Michael J. Palladino President Detectives’ Endowment Association – Inc. (DEA) – since 2004. Joined the NYPD in 1979 and made Detective in 1987, promoted to second-grade Detective in 1995. Chairs the union’s Health Benefits Funds – as well as…
John Banks President Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), 2014, representing major commercial and residential owners and builders, real estate professionals. Formerly ConEd 13 years. Early role in Koch Administration. Banks serves on the boards of the New…
Brooklyn Technical High School, elite New York City public high school that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 30,000 eighth and ninth graders seek entrance for 1900 seats. Approximately 1,900 to 1,950 applicants are accepted each year. Larry Cary, President Brooklyn…
Lynne Patton heads Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees New York and New Jersey. One of 10 regional administrators for HUD, with a $48.7 billion budget this year. She previously worked…
Michael Long retiring chairman of the Conservative Party of New York State. Long represented the Borough of Brooklyn – at-large in the New York City Council from 1981 to 1983. Marine Corps. Began working in politics as a volunteer for…
Secretary Ben Carson, Secretary Housing and Urban Development appointed 2017. Author, former neurosurgeon. Presidential candidate 2016 Republican primaries. Past Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. He became the…
Steven Bellone County Executive Suffolk County Executive since 2012. Army veteran. Previously served as Babylon Town Supervisor from 2001-2011. Named “Government Official of the Year” by the Association for a Better Long Island. Represents more than 1.5 million residents….
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis – a Republican was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2010. Her district includes all of Staten Island and a large portion of Brooklyn. Daughter of immigrants – father from Greece and mother a Cuban…
Brad Honigfeld founder, chairman and CEO The Briad Group®, a multi-unit, multi-state, owner, developer and operator of fast-food restaurants, casual dining restaurants, limited service hotels and a lifestyle shopping center. Grew from one ice cream restaurant into a division of …
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark since 2016. She is the first woman in that position, first African-American woman to be a District Attorney in New York State. Prior to her election, an Associate Justice for the NYS Supreme Court…
