Deputy Inspector Neil Zuber, commanding officer of the 20th Pct. has travelled to all seven continents with his detective wife Leiddy and proudly has the pictures of their travels in seven columns of pictures behind his desk at his precinct office on W. 81st St. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) WESTY 2023 Honoree: Rebuilding Community Relations 24/7 in the 20th Precinct When we popped into the 20th precinct recently to interview its commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Neil Zuber, he asked... People 05 May 2023 | 02:04
Dr. Calvin Roberts WESTY 2023 Honoree: Envisioning the Lighthouse Guild as a World Leader in Assistive Technology After more than 40 years in the field of eye care, Dr. Calvin Roberts, ophthalmologist and President and CEO of Lighthouse... People 05 May 2023 | 01:47
Joyce Hammann began as concertmaster of Phantom of the Opera in 1990, only two years after it debuted and a year after it landed seven Tony Awards. She looks back fondly on its amazing run. ( Photo Courtesy of Phantom of the Opera) WESTY 2023 Honoree: Concertmaster who was ‘only ’ there for 33 of Phantom’s 35 years As the longest running show on Broadway, the end of “Phantom of the Opera” on April 16 seemed like a tragedy to many of its... People 05 May 2023 | 01:10
Dr. Brendan Carr’s illustrious career has taken him from the Department of Health and Human Services in DC to the Mount Sinai hospital system, where he treated COVID patients during the worst of the pandemic and supervises over 6,600 physicians. Photo: Courtesy Dr. Brendan Carr. WESTY 2023 Honoree: Dr. Brendan Carr Led Mount Sinai’s Patients Through the Worst of COVID-19 Dr. Brendan Carr came to New York’s Upper West Side to begin work in the Mt. Sinai hospital system in February 2020. Scarcely... People 05 May 2023 | 01:18
Tangela Richter, an exec VP at Wells Fargo, volunteers as a board member of God’s Love We Deliver and the Dance Theater of Harlem. Photo: Courtesy of Tangela Richter WESTY 2023 Honoree: Banking Exec Finds New Ways to Balance Work with Charity When asked how she balances her job, family and volunteering, Tangela Richter said, “I question sometimes why I take on another... People 05 May 2023 | 01:20
Ilze Thielmann at the check in counter of a shop run by Team TLC NYC where asylum seekers can “shop” among rows of dontated clothes in the newly transformed boutique that was once the reading room of the Seventh Day Adventists. Photo: Keith J. Kelly WESTY 2023 Honoree: Ilze Thielmann helps asylum seekers face the daunting challenges of life in NYC When Ilze Thielman first started working with Team TLC NYC in 2019, she was a volunteer making care packages, sorting clothes... People 05 May 2023 | 12:57
Carmen Quinones, president of the Frederick Douglass Houses Tenants Association, grew up in the complex Photo: Courtesy Carmen Quinones Facebook WESTY 2023 Honoree: Carmen Quinones, Lifelong Battler for Better Housing Carmen Quinones says the Frederick Douglass houses saved her family half a century ago. She has been paying it forward ever... People 05 May 2023 | 01:02
Lucy Wallace Eustice (left) and Monica Zwirner co-founded handbag company MZ Wallace to create a stylish bag that serves the needs of busy, active New Yorkers. Photo: MZ Wallace. WESTY 2023 Honorees: MZ Wallace founders design bags for busy New Yorkers Lucy Wallace Eustice and Monica Zwirner don’t design handbags for any particular ‘type’ of person—they design them for a... People 05 May 2023 | 01:48
Richard Gottfried is staying active after leaving NYS Assembly representing West Side of Manhattan for over five decades. Photo: Courtesy of Richard Gottfried WESTY 2023 Honoree: Gottfried’s Motto: Get Done What You Can, Come Back for the Rest Later... Richard Gottfried is a remarkable amalgam of two beliefs that many people these days would view as hopelessly contradictory.... People 05 May 2023 | 01:24
Director/CEO Jason Busch attends the Material Witness: Folk and Self-Taught Artists at Work exhibition opening at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, NY on March 16, 2023. Photo: Stephen Smith for AFAM ( Stephen Smith / Stephen Smith for AFAM) WESTY 2023 Honoree: Jason Busch curates a priceless experience at the Folk Art Museum The first time Jason T. Busch walked into a New York City museum, it was December of 1996 and he was a graduate student... People 05 May 2023 | 01:33
Leah C. Johnson loved coming to Lincoln Center as a young girl. Now she’s an EVP at Lincoln Center charged with getting the word out to the world on this leading cultural institution. Photo: Courtesy Lincoln Center WESTY 2023 Honoree: Leah Johnson Feels Lincoln Center was always her destiny As a little girl living in Brooklyn, Leah C. Johnson would travel to Lincoln Center to take pictures in front of the newly-built... People 05 May 2023 | 01:50
Photo: Stephanie Garry. WESTY 2023 Honoree: Stephanie Garry Brings Compassion in Tough Times at Plaza Jewish Chapel “When someone dies, I believe it can be one of the most pivotal moments in our life,” says Stephanie Garry, Executive Vice... People 05 May 2023 | 01:29
Emilio Benoit at the Majestic Theatre. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Building Service Workers Award Honoree Emilio Benoit: ‘Never Tired’ of ‘The Phantom Of The Opera’ For as long as “The Phantom of the Opera” has been on Broadway in New York, Emilio Benoit has cleaned the Majestic Theatre,... People 17 Oct 2022 | 02:24
Dan Davis at JFK International Airport. Photo: Molly Colgan Building Service Workers Award Honoree Dan Davis: An Immaculate Job Airport Worker of the Year Dan Davis commutes up to an hour and a half each way to his job at JFK International Airport.... People 17 Oct 2022 | 02:22
Owen A. Phillips stands outside the Lang building at The New School. Photo: Karen Camela Watson Building Service Workers Award Honoree Owen A. Phillips: Committed to Keeping Students Safe at The New School For 32 years, Owen A. Phillips has shown up at The New School in Greenwich Village and taken his position as Campus Security... People 10 Oct 2022 | 09:51
