Audrey Hendler, the founder and executive director of A Fair Shake for Youth at IS 191. ( Photo credit: Daniel Krieger ) Audrey Hendler Gives NYC Kids A Fair Shake—With a Paw In 2010, Audrey Hendler founded A Fair Shake for Youth, an innovative social and emotional program that brings therapy dogs... People 15 Apr 2025 | 01:52
Des O’Brien (right) enjoys a pint of Guinness in the new Langan’s with fellow pub owner Frank Dwyer, who owns the nearby Playwright Tavern and Hurley’s. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Des O’Brien Is a Long, Long Way from Tipperary It was a packed house in January 2018 when the original Broadway Langan’s was forced to close its doors after a long drawn-out... People 15 Apr 2025 | 01:47
Johnny Moynihan, his son John, and Police Commissioner James O’Neill, April 2016. ( Photo courtesy John T. Moynihan) Detective Sergeant Johnny Moynihan: Cop & Coach Here are a few fast facts about NYPD Detective Sergeant John Timothy “Johnny” Moynihan. This past January, he began his 40th... People 15 Apr 2025 | 01:59
Mark Jennings started at Project FIND in 2018 and by 2023 he was tapped as the executive director. ( Photo: Courtesy Project FIND) Mark Jennings: Building community with Project FIND Mark Jennings, the executive director of Project FIND, an UWS-based nonprofit organization that assists older adults, has... People 15 Apr 2025 | 02:04
Seth G. Park’s work has had an impact on more than 1,000 immigrants over 30 years. ( Photo: Courtesy Seth G. Park) One Lawyer’s Mission: To Help Refugees Obtain Asylum When Seth Goodman Park first moved to the West Side in 2017, someone told him to beware: New York City was a soulless concrete... People 15 Apr 2025 | 02:02
Lauren Lavin, 14, with her dog, Bear, and some of the non-perishables collected from UWS residents for The Beresford Annual Food Drive. ( Photo credit: Courtesy Jennifer Bruder Lavin) Lauren Lavin, The Driving Force Behind The Beresford Annual Food Drive “We raised about 700 pounds of food for City Harvest just this past year alone,” says Lauren Lavin, 14, who now spearheads... People 15 Apr 2025 | 01:49
Chloe Breyer did not decide on a religious vocation until she was 27, but she has thrown herself into it with a relentless passion ever since. Since 2007, she has been the director of the Interfaith Center of New York. ( Photo: Interfaith Center of NY) Rev. Chloe Breyer, a Minister with a Passion for Social Justice To outward appearances, it didn’t seem as though Chloe Breyer was headed toward a religious life. Quite the contrary. She... People 15 Apr 2025 | 02:06
Noreen Doyle, the president and CEO of the Hudson River Park Trust, said in the early years the organization had to work hard to convince Wests Siders that the organization was truly interested in developing parkland. ( Photo: Hudson River Park Trust) Noreen Doyle Was There When Hudson River Park Was Born Noreen Doyle wasn’t just present at the creation of the Hudson River Park. She helped put the pieces together, step by step,... People 15 Apr 2025 | 01:45
With the unit for nearly five decades, Rafael Castellanos is the Central Park Medical Unit president. He has seen the unit grow from well-meaning kids on bikes in the mid-’70s to a fully-fledged ambulance company. ( Photo: Courtesy Rafael Castellanos ) Central Park Medical Unit Prez: Five Decades of Free Care Rafael Castellanos has been with the Central Park Medical Unit since 1973 but will only admit to “forty-five years or more... People 15 Apr 2025 | 01:45
Andrew Genn’s job, and what has become his passion, is reviving the medians along an Upper West Side stretch of Broadway as living, thriving greenways in the middle of the bustling city. ( Photo: Deborah Fenker) The Man Who Creates Nature Preserves Right Down Broadway Your first association with the word “mall” might be shopping destinations in the suburbs, but the word was originally derived... People 15 Apr 2025 | 01:56
On West 79th Street, Tenants are Like Family Fernando Gonzalez, the doorman at 171 W. 79th St. says the best part of his job is interacting with the tenants of his building.... People 09 Oct 2024 | 03:10
Work Hard, Play Hard For 34 years, six-days-a-week, Virginia Gomez has cleaned the offices at 1270 Sixth Avenue in Rockefeller Center. She enjoys... People 18 Oct 2023 | 01:06
‘I Rig and Ride Scaffolds All Over the City’ “I am a daredevil.” That seems like it should be in the job description for anyone who chooses to make a living hanging from... People 02 Apr 2024 | 11:23
Ernest Pelerin is there to ensure the show will go on “People say I should write a book about Times Square/42nd Street because I’ve been here so long and seen the change and the... People 18 Oct 2023 | 12:35
Tammy Murray, the Helping Hand Award winner. ( By Jack Ahern ) “I Enjoy Helping People, Period” Tammy Murray, a supervisor at the Stockholm St. family shelter in Bushwick, notes that “I used to be in a shelter myself... People 05 Apr 2024 | 11:07
