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Gotham Greats Celebration 2024

Gotham Greats Celebration

2022 GOTHAM GREATS CELEBRATION On Tuesday, October 18th, Citizens Union will held our annual Gotham Greats Celebration at The Metropolitan…

October 21, 2021 - On Thursday, October 21st, Citizens Union held our annual Gotham Greats Celebration at the University Club. We were thrilled to be able to gather once again in person, to celebrate the accomplishments of our illustrious honorees (see below). Together we raised nearly $700,000 to support CU’s vital work to make New York’s government more open, transparent and accountable to all New Yorkers.

S4R 2021

The 2020 Gotham Greats Dinner was wonderful evening that raised $500,000 dollars to support Citizens Union’s work. Join here Honoree Bios

  Richard Edelman is the CEO of Edelman, a global communications firm. The firm was named to Advertising Age’s 2019…

Spring for Reform: A VIRTUAL Event, Wednesday, May 13th from 7-8 PM

The 2019 Gotham Greats Dinner was held on October 24th, 2019 and raised close to $1.2M for Citizens Union's work!…

Errol Louis joined NY1 as the host of “Inside City Hall” in November 2010. Prior to joining NY1, Louis was…

Harry Wilson was born and raised in Johnstown, NY, the son and grandson of working class Greek immigrants. He graduated…

Mary Jo White, who has previously served as the Chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and United…

Bill Mulrow is currently a Senior Advisor at Blackstone. Before rejoining Blackstone in 2017, he served as Secretary to Governor…

Citizens Union’s Annual Spring for Reform event brings together an exciting mix of young professionals and civic, business and political…

The 2018 Gotham Greats Dinner was wonderful evening that raised nearly $1 million dollars to support Citizens Union's work.  …

Spring for Reform is Citizens Union’s annual event to engage new audiences in its work. The event will take place…

Seven of the eight candidates vying to become the next Speaker of the New York City Council convened at New York Law School for a Citizens Union forum focused on government reform, running the Council, transparency, ethics, voting, and elections. (November 21, 2017)

Citizens Union's 2017 Awards Dinner   Thursday, October 26, 2017 at The Pierre Citizens Union's Awards Dinner brings together a…

HONOREES Juan González is an American broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He was a columnist for the New York Daily…

Event held on May 3, 2017 Our panel featured Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte, Senator Michael Gianaris, City Council Member Cory Johnson, Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis,…

Citizens Union's 2016 Awards Dinner   Thursday, October 27, 2016 at The Pierre Read More about the Honorees                 …

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 | 6:00 – 8:30pm |  [bsk-pdf-manager-pdf id="59"] Guest Speaker and Moderator Pat Kiernan NY1  Honoring 2016 recipients of…

Citizens Union's 2015 Awards Dinner Tuesday, October 22, 2015 at the Pierre Read More About 2015 Honorees View the Invitation…