Morrison & Foerster LLP
Carrie Cohen is an expert in public corruption and state and local government who made a name for herself by prosecuting former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. At Morrison & Foerster – or MoFo – she has assisted the New York City Council in investigations into the behavior of several members, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in a review of overtime practices, and a Rochester City Council probe into the death of Daniel Prude.
54. David Patton
Executive Director and Attorney-in-Chief, Federal Defenders of New York
A federal defender for nearly 20 years, David Patton in 2011 became the executive director and attorney-in-chief of the Federal Defenders of New York, a group that provides representation to those in need. During the coronavirus pandemic, Patton has been representing prisoners who are at high risk of catching the disease, telling Slate that the response by “prosecutors and prison officials to COVID-19 has been hard to fathom.”
Democrats have supermajorities in both chambers of the state Legislature. The federal government has just approved more than $12 billion in new funding for New
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Samantha Hom
It’s no secret that construction work has long been a male-dominated industry. Erik Antokal is striving to change that.
“You have 50% of the population that has essentially been historically excluded from that incredible opportunity – what an untapped resource,” Antokal says.
After graduating from Tufts University in 2012, Antokal completed a fellowship with the Coro New York Leadership Center, where he was able to work with the United Federation of Teachers and 32BJ SEIU, the politically powerful property service workers union. Prior to joining Nontraditional Employment for Women, Antokal also worked for the New York City Department of Small Business Services, where he helped coordinate the city’s business improvement districts.
A Woman Mayor In NYC Is More Viable Than Ever, Even If There Is Not A Women’s Vote
arrow Maya Wiley, Kathryn Garcia, Loree Sutton and Dianne Morales on Zoom for various mayoral forums.
Chicago may be the Second City, but it beat New York by four decades and counting when it comes to electing its first woman mayor. Voters did it again in 2019, electing Lori Lightfoot, the second woman, first openly lesbian, and third Black mayor in that city’s history. Across the country 27 of the largest American cities have women serving as their chief executives. New York City has had 109 mayors with one thing in common: they’re all men.