I opted to go out on a limb last Monday eve. Over the summer, I requested and received an opportunity to report to my community board on the state of funding in the New York City capital budget adopted last June for “my” new senior center HQ and older adult center. Last fall, Queens Community Board 13 on which I serve and played leading roles on …
Friday’s blogger evidently passed on this milestone; he could have covered it in anticipation ahead of the poor weekend or after the fact going into this weekend. I covered it six years ago when the anniversary fell on the next day (obviously a Monday). I alluded to it two years ago when it fell on the day of Gotham Picnic Softball game that got ra …
Last week GOtham GREEN®, at a joint meeting with the aptly named New York Health and Longevity, we released the applications for the 2025 Gotham Green Awards®. The current cut off for applications is October 24. Gotham announces the 2025 award recipients when GOtham GREEN® next meets ahead of Thanksgiving on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. Sinc …
Saw my surgeon Wednesday in a building across Utopia Parkway from St. John’s U.; Shelly drove us. He cleared me to drive! I drove home. While he suggested I can go live my life I realize I need to be judicious about my activities and make rehab a priority. VNS provided in-home rehab through Friday. Wednesday afternoon my therapist Willie …
As I share in every commentary on the second Sunday of May, I enjoy a special benefit of Sunday blogging: I get to wish all the mom’s a special Happy Mother’s Day. Today, I spend time with mom; my brother Richy visited her yesterday. Our son and his wife hosted his mom and I yesterday between a morning bar mitzvah and evening reception; Jonath …
Most people think networking is about meeting folks to do business with or to aid them move up the ladder in their careers. It involves more than that and my own experiences evidences benefits beyond career-building; it often leads to relationships that enable you to help others, not just clients or co-workers (and I can attest to such instances an …
Gotham's Annual Battle of the Bands® returns live for the second year in a row, Sunday May 18, 3:00 to 6: 00 p.m. at Groove, 125 Macdougal Street, (Greenwich Village) New York, NY 10012. A panel of Judges selected by the Gotham Battle of the Bands® organizing committee will pick the winners from the six bands deemed worthy of competing from the …
For some the pitch about joining Gotham involves business opportunities. Members seek to sell their services or wares. That may be a primary reason to network. But for this member who complains not at all about business opportunities here, I submit Gotham offers much more. As many know here I chair the board of a senior agency. Two fellow boar …
Each Thanksgiving I check to see when I blogged the prior year about music for the holiday season. That we often begin to hear that music when families gather the last Thursday in November is what brings my Holiday Music Playlist to mind. The only thing that delays that blog is the need to timely report this year’s Gotham Green Award® winners an …
Early in my career I enjoyed opportunities to work to enact major environmental initiatives including “The NYC Recycling Law,” the “Spill Bill,” mandating cleanup of accidental releases of hazardous substances or assessing three times the cost of any cleanup performed by the City of New York (The Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Law - 1987 Lo …
A Gotham mantra – it’s better to give than receive...” – takes a special meaning as next month begins. Not just because Gotham approaches a countdown to when our tribe announces the recipient charities of its annual Season of Giving. In just over two weeks, the first Tuesday, after Thanksgiving, that’s Tuesday, December 3, this year 2024, Giving Tu …
Some readers of this commentary surely know the significance of tomorrow. Tomorrow we observe Earth Day. On “X” – formerly twitter (Oh how I wish Mr. Musk would restore that name and much more to that “platform”) – I saw hashtags #EarthDay, #EarthDay2024 and #EarthDay24; take your pick; I expect to use at least two of the three. The environment mat …
After going virtual last time out, Gotham's Annual Battle of the Band® presented by Jason Greenberg of Phoenix Public Adjusters Group, Inc. goes live once more, Sunday May 19, 3:00 to 6: 00 p.m. at Groove, 125 Macdougal Street, (Greenwich Village) New York, NY 10012. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges selected by the Gotham Battle of th …
For several months, I’ve been meeting via Zoom with like-minded folks who oppose the imposition of a toll-tax (aka congestion pricing) to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. Late last year, as other concerned folks and groups joined our weekly Zooms, those gathered decided to hire a lawyer and explore bringing a lawsuit. The group chose a name an …
In 2012, Gotham added its Red Bandana Award, in addition to its annual Networker of the Year Award (initiated in 2004). The Year before (2011) Gotham selected my co-chair of GOtham GREEN® Joshua Zinder, and me as Networkers of the Year. Both awards, announced at Gotham’s Annual Holiday Party, can only be won once and gain entry in to the hallowed G …
