Annual Awards Honorees Through The Years.
2023
2022
NY’s YIMBY Movement: East End YIMBY, Open New York & Welcome Home Westchester
2021
Colvin Grannum, President & CEO, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
2020
Carol Corden, Former Executive Director, New Destiny
2019
Hester Street
Joe Shuldiner
CNYCN
BRP Companies
2018
RDC Development LLC
MBD Community Housing Corp.
Neighborhood Restore HDFC
Richard Dattner FAIA
2017
Omni NY LLC
Jericho Project
RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner/CEO, NYS Homes & Community Renewal
Richard Singer, Partner, Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP
2016
Nick Lembo, Monadnock Construction and Monadnock Development
Community Development Corporation of Long Island
Shola Olatoye, New York City Housing Authority
Charles Laven, Forsyth Street
2015
2014
Christopher Kui, Executive Director, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE)
Darryl C. Towns, Commissioner/CEO, NYS Homes and Community Renewal
Alfred A. DelliBovi
2013
2012
J. Ronald Terwilliger
Deborah Boatright, Regional Director, NeighborWorks America Northeast Region
The Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Administration for the New Housing Marketplace Plan
2011
John L. Kelly, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
The Hudson Companies, Inc.
Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc.
Donna J. Gambrell, Director, US Dept of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund
2010
William R. Frey, Executive Vice President and Eastern Region Executive, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
F.E.G.S. Health and Human Services System
Marc Jahr, President, New York City Housing Development Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
20th Anniversary of its Affordable Housing Program
2009
Clara Fox Award for Outstanding Achievement
Felice Michetti, Chairperson & CEO, Grenadier Realty Corp.
Nonprofit Developer of the Year:
Adam Weinstein, President & CEO, Phipps Houses
Developer of the Year:
BFC Partners, Donald Capoccia, Joseph Ferrara, Brandon Baron
Public Service Award:
Priscilla Almodovar, President & CEO, NY Homes; & Deborah VanAmerongen, Commissioner, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
2008
Special Recognition Award
New York City Housing Authority
Housing Developer Award
Atlantic Development Group
Public Service Award
Commissioner Shaun Donovan, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, The City of New York
The Corporate Sponsor
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
2007
Housing Developer Award
The Richman Group Affordable Housing Corporation
Community Service Award
Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation
Community Investment Award
Apollo Real Estate Advisors, L.P.
Special Recognition Award
Dominic Carter, Inside City Hall, NY1 News
Special Recognition Award
Mark Willis, JPMorgan Chase
The Corporate Sponsor
JP Morgan Chase
2007
Housing Developer Award
The Richman Group Affordable Housing Corporation
Community Service Award
Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation
Community Investment Award
Apollo Real Estate Advisors, L.P.
Special Recognition Award
Dominic Carter, Inside City Hall, NY1 News
Special Recognition Award
Mark Willis, JPMorgan Chase
The Corporate Sponsor
JP Morgan Chase
2006
Lifetime Achievement Award
Richard Ravitch, Principal, Ravitch, Rice & Company
Special Recognition Award
Emily Youssouf, President, New York City Housing Development Corporation
Community Banking Award
Amalgamated Bank
Community Service Award
United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc.
The Corporate Sponsor
HSBC Bank USA N.A.
2005
Public Service Award
Judith Calogero, Commissioner, NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal
Women in Housing Development Award
Rosanne Haggerty, President, Common Ground Community HDFC, Inc.
Sydelle M. Knepper, President and CEO, SKA Marin
Carol Lamberg, Executive Director, Settlement Housing Fund, Inc.
Ronay Menschel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Phipps Houses
Joanne M. Minieri, Executive Vice President and COO, Forest City Ratner Companies
Denise Notice-Scott, Managing Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation New York City
Amy Rose, Executive Vice President, Rose Associates, Inc.
2004
Lifetime Achievement Award
John Zuccotti, Chairman, Brookfield Properties, Chairman, Real Estate Board of New York
Public Investment Award
Bank of America/Bank of America Securities
Community Banking Award
Washington Mutual
Community Service Award
Harold DeRienzo, President, Parodneck Foundation for Self-Help Housing and Community Development
2003
Housing Development Award
Henry Elghanayan, Chairman and CEO, Rockrose Development Corporation
Community Banking Award
Joseph R. Ficalora, President and CEO, New York Community Bank
Lifetime Achievement Award
Francine C. Justa, Ph.D., Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City
Special Achievement Award
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, Alfred DelliBovi, President and CEO
Public Investment Award
Donald H. Layton, Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase
Community Service Award
SEBCO Development, Inc., Father Louis Gigante Executive Director
2002
Housing Development Award
Jeff T. Blau, President, The Related Companies, Inc.
Special Achievement Award
The Lefrak Organization on its 100th Anniversary, Richard S. LeFrak, President
Community Banking Award
Joseph L. Mancino, Chairman and CEO, The Roslyn Savings Bank
Public Investment Award
Robert J. Mueller, President, The Bank of New York
Community Service Award
Angela Battaglia, Executive Director, Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc.
The Corporate Sponsor
Washington Mutual
2001
Lifetime Achievement Award
Alan Wiener, Chairman, American Property Financing, Inc.
Public Investment Award
Gabriel P. Caprio, Chairman and CEO, Amalgamated Bank
Special Recognition Award
Lawrence J. Toal, Chairman, President and CEO,
The Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB
Community Service Award
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, William Rapfogel, Executive Director
Community Banking Award
New York’s Community Development Banks (CDFIs):
Carver Federal Savings Bank President and CEO Deborah Wright
Community Capital Bank President and CEO Charles Koehler
First American International Bank President and CEO Alfonso Lau
New York National Bank President and CEO Serafin Mariel
Public Service Award
New York State Housing Finance Agency President and CEO Stephen J. Hunt
2000
On behalf of New York Banking and Corporate Communities for the Rebirth of Parkchester under the Community Preservation Corporation’s sponsorship:
George L. Engelke, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association Kenneth J. Witkin, Managing Director, Fleet Real Estate Finance Group
Eugene R. McGrath, Chairman and CEO, Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Jeffrey B. Levine, President, Levine Builders
Joseph B. Lynch, Commissioner, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal Senator John J. Bonacic, Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez
1999
New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce, Robert Kiley, President and CEO
William McKenna, Chairman, President and CEO, Ridgewood Savings Bank
Edward Travaglianti, Chairman and CEO, EAB
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
Ann F. Kaplan, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
1998
Edward I. Koch, former New York City Mayor and Partner, Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn and Berman, LLP
Pamela P. Flaherty, Senior Vice President, Citigroup
Lawrence J. Toal, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Dime Savings
Bank of New York, FSB Battery Park City Authority
West Side Federation for Senior Housing
1997
George L. Engelke, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association
Irving R. Fischer, President and COO, Starrett Corporation
Kenneth J. Witkin, Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate Finance Group, Fleet Financial Group
Allen A.M.E. Church
1996
Daniel Brodsky, Partner, The Brodsky Organization
Atwood Collins III, President and CEO, The East New York Savings Bank
Frank Newman, Chairman and CEO, Bankers Trust Company
New York State Housing Finance Agency
New York City Housing Development Corporation
Henry Street Settlement House and Urban Family Life Center
1995
Stephen M. Ross, President and CEO, The Related Companies, L.P.
Michael Hegarty, Vice Chairman, Chemical Bank Corporation
John M. Tsimbinos, Chairman and CEO, Roosevelt Savings Bank
Ana Pereira, Executive Director, Washington Heights-West Harlem-Inwood Mental Health Council
1994
Jerome Belson, Chairman, Jerome Belson Associates, Inc.
Charles J. Hamm, President and CEO, Independence Savings Bank
John G. Martinez, President and CEO, New York State Housing Finance Agency
Sybil Phillips
Mark A. Willis, President, Chase Community Development Corporation
1993
Felice L. Michetti, Commissioner, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Richard Parsons, Chairman and CEO, The Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB
Jack Rudin, President, Rudin Management Company, Inc.
Lewis Rudin, Chairman, Rudin Management Company, Inc.
The Partnership for the Homeless
1992
Angelo J. Aponte, Commissioner, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
Jerrold I. Hirschen, Partner, Hirschen & Singer
Robert O. Lehrman, President and CEO, Community Bankers Association of New York State
The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Non-Profit Network
1991
Fannie Mae
Harry W. Albright, Jr., Of Counsel, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Raymond V. O’Brien, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Emigrant Savings Bank
Reverend M. Moran Weston, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, Carver Federal Savings Bank
1990
Michael D. Lappin, President and CEO, The Community Preservation Corporation
Leah Schneider, Executive Director, Manhattan Valley Development Corporation
1989
Congressman Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
Congressman Bill Green (R-NY)
1988
Aston Glaves, Executive Director, Project FIND
Joel I. Picket, President, Gotham Construction Corporation
1987
Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Father Donald Sakano, Director, Department of Neighborhood Housing, Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York
Alice Kornegay, founder, Community Association of East Harlem Triangle, Inc.
Robert C. Rosenberg, President, Grenadier Realty Corp.
1985
Carol Lamberg, Executive Director, Settlement Housing Fund
Lance Wilson, President, New York City Housing Development Corporation
1984
Stanley Berman, Partner, Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman
Wallace L. Ford, II, President and CEO, State of New York Mortgage Agency
1983
Alexander Naclerio, Director of Housing, HUD New York Office
Francis X. Coleman, Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Senator Alfonse M. D’Amato (R-NY)
1981
Alan Wiener, Chairman, American Property Financing, Inc.
1980
Lee Goodwin, Commissioner, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
1979
Clara Fox, Co-chair, New York Housing Conference
Frances Levenson, Director of Urban Housing and Vice President, New York Bank for Savings
1978
Reuben Glick, President, The Glick Organization
1977
John W. Larsen, President, Bowery Savings Bank
Alfred S. Mills, New York Bank for Savings
1976
John G. Heimann, New York Superintendent of Banks
1975
Roger Starr, New York City Housing Administrator
1974
Albert A. Walsh, Partner, Seward & Kissel
