The Center for New York City Law's Annual Civic Fame Awards
The Center for New York City Law at New York Law School held its 154th CityLaw Breakfast and presented its Annual Civic Fame Awards on May 4, with featured guest and host of NY1's "Inside City Hall" Errol Louis.
May 08, 2018 at 10:30 AM
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The Center for New York City Law at New York Law School held its 154th CityLaw Breakfast at New York Law School on May 4, with featured guest and host of NY1's “Inside City Hall” Errol Louis, second from left.
Following the speech, the Center celebrated its Annual Civic Fame Awards, honoring, from left next to Louis, Gene Russianoff, senior attorney for the New York Public Interest Research Group and senior attorney for Straphangers; Richard Condon, former special investigator for the New York City School District and former New York City police commissioner; Judge Paul Crotty, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and former New York City Corporation Counsel; Susan Hinkson, Executive Vice President of Capalino and Company, former Vice Chair and Commissioner of the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals and New York Law School Board of Trustees Member; and Dennis Walcott, president and CEO of the Queens Library and former New York City deputy mayor and schools chancellor.
Professor and director of the Center, Ross Sandler, at left, presented the awards along with dean and president of New York Law School Anthony Crowell, at right. The honorees were also joined by Arthur Abbey, chairman of the New York Law School Board of Trustees, second from right.
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