We Celebrated 50 Years!

Last Thursday, October 14th over 150 CGA supporters gathered to celebrate our work over the past 50 years and look ahead to the next 50! Read below for a recap, videos, and photos of our event! If you missed us and want to support our work, you can make a donation here.

Support from Elected Officials

Several of our Federal, State, and City elected officials joined and spoke at our event including:

• Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez

• Congresswoman Yvette Clarke

• State Senator Brian Kavanagh

• State Senator Jabari Brisport

• Assemblymember JoAnne Simon

• Councilmember Elect Alexa Aviles

• Councilmember Elect Shahana Hanif

Premiering our Anniversary Video!

Check out our new video featuring CGA staff, members, and elected officials.

Celebrating our Honorees!

We honored several individuals and partner organizations who are doing transformative work in our communities.

• Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez
  Public Service Award

• The Red Hook Business Alliance
  Small Business Award

• Hand in Hand, The Domestic Employers Network
  Community Partnership Award

• Justice Joseph F. Bruno
  CGA Co-Founder

• Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto,
  CGA Co-Founder & Board Chair Emeritus
  Community Service Award (Posthumous)

Thanking our Sponsors

We are grateful for the generous support of our sponsors who helped make our event a success! You can see the electronic version of our journal here.

• GRC Management

• Merchants Capital

• Investors Bank

• NYU Langone

• Phoenix Business Insurance

• the Law Office of Jessica Wilson