Robert Maccrate, Hon

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A ANNUAL PARTNERSHIP AWARDS BENEFIT

Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 Weylin B. Seymour’s

2016 annual partnership awards benefit 1 Program

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates 6:00 P.M. COCKTAILS & DINNER

7:15 P.M. WELCOME FROM THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES Jeanine Ramirez Skadden proudly supports NY1 News OPENING REMARKS Brooklyn Legal Services Martin S. Needelman Co-Executive Director & Chief Counsel, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A Corporation A. Paul J. Acinapura Co- Executive Director & General Counsel, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A Thomas McC. Souther We congratulate tonight’s Pepper Hamilton LLP, Board Chair, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A GUEST SPEAKER honorees, Robert MacCrate, Hon. Jonathan Lippman Latham & Watkins LLP

William Thompson, Jr. 7:30 P.M. Janie C. Whitney and AWARD PRESENTATIONS JUDGE HAROLD R. TYLER AWARD A.B. Whitfield, at Brooklyn A’s Robert MacCrate (1921 – 2016) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Presented by: Annual Awards Benefit. Steve Younger, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Michael Cooper, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

DENIS BERGER AWARD William C. Thompson, Jr. Beijing Los Angeles Shanghai Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., L.L. Boston Moscow Singapore Presented by The Hon. William C. Thompson, Sr. Brussels Munich Tokyo

Chicago New York Toronto SARGENT SHRIVER AWARD Frankfurt Palo Alto Washington, D.C. Janie C. Whitney Hong Kong Paris Wilmington A.B. Whitfield Houston São Paulo Founders, Trey Whitfield School London Seoul Presented by Paul J. Acinapura

8:20 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS Jeanine Ramirez skadden.com NY1 News

2016 annual partnership awards benefit 1 Greetings 2016 Honorees

Dear Friends, JUDGE HAROLD R. TYLER JR. AWARD Welcome to Brooklyn A’s Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. For over 26 years, we’ve used this Robert MacCrate occasion to recognize key supporters from the legal and corporate worlds, as well celebrate the community partnerships that help us further our Mission. Without your assistance, we would be unable (1921-2016) to protect our community’s most vulnerable members, preserve and expand affordable housing, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP promote locally-directed sustainable community and economic development. Judge Harold R. Tyler Award: Judge Tyler was a prominent lawyer and a former Deputy Tonight, we recognize four incredible leaders, friends, and advocates; people who have been Attorney General and federal judge, as well as a named partner at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & essential in the effort to make our justice system work for everyone, empower local communities, and Tyler. For Judge Tyler, the practice of law was always about public service. He constantly de- prepare our next generation of advocates. voted himself not just to private clients but also to any number of projects that benefited the It is a very special privilege for us to posthumously honor the late Robert MacCrate of Sullivan & world at large. He understood the vital function that civil legal service organizations provide in Cromwell, LLP with the Judge Harold Tyler Award for his extraordinary dedication to public service communities throughout the United States. and enduring legacy in the legal profession. Additionally, we ask you to join with us to recognize Bill Thompson of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., L.L, with the Denis Berger Award for his outstanding DENIS BERGER AWARD achievements in public service; and Janie C. Whitney, and A.B. Whitfield, founders of Trey Whitfield School with the Sargent Shriver Award for their unwavering commitment to educating the underserved children of New York City. William Thompson, Jr. In addition, we are truly honored to have former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, an incredible Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., L.L.C. missionary for making justice real for low-income residents in our state and nation, as our Guest Denis Berger Award: Denis Berger served as Brooklyn A’s Director of Development and later Speaker. as Development Consultant for 15 years. He was instrumental in creating Brooklyn A’s Adviso- Brooklyn A’s work is constantly evolving to meet the changing needs of the communities that we ry Committee and initiated and launched the Annual Partnership Awards Benefit in 1987. Denis serve. We partner with an incredible network of not-for-profit community organizations to develop was incredibly devoted to the struggles for justice throughout the world and in our own local and sustain a community infrastructure that includes truly affordable housing, friendly and nurturing neighborhoods. senior centers, community health centers, and child care services. Our network also includes tenant associations and community organizers fighting battles to prevent the harassment, mistreatment, and displacement of the residents of those neighborhoods. The fight is ongoing, and Brooklyn A values its SARGENT SHRIVER AWARD community partnerships because we know that a unified, community-based effort is the best way to effect systemic and lasting change. Janie C. Whitney An integral part of the struggle, therefore, is to know there will be talented and passionate advocates Founder, Trey Whitfield School who will continue our work. Each year, Brooklyn A welcomes exceptional interns, externs, and Fellows, each of whom brings fresh energy and a desire to learn how they can leverage their skills to bring justice and equality to the world. We have also instituted a vibrant pro bono program, bringing additional private A.B. Whitfield bar resources to our work. Founder, Trey Whitfield School As we celebrate the achievement of tonight’s Honorees, let us do so by thinking about the impact Sargent Shriver Award: Sargent Shriver was a founder of the National Legal Services program each person has had on the next generation of public servants, attorneys, and activists. Please join us and a dear friend of Brooklyn A. His passion and profound commitment to the founding in thanking each of them for their commitment to creating stronger, more vibrant communities. We mission, not only to bring justice to low-income neighborhoods, but also to join with them extend our deepest gratitude to you for standing with us and continuing to support our Mission of as their advocate in rebuilding and sustaining themselves, continues to inspire. Sarge’s vision building communities, ensuring opportunities, and achieving justice! for the legal services program focused on providing much needed legal representation to . low-income and marginalized individuals and families, and also supporting community-based organizations that provide services to their neighborhoods.

Martin S. Needelman Paul J. Acinapura

2 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 3 Host Committee JUDGE HAROLD R. TYLER JR. AWARD Robert MacCrate Mark H. Alcott Judith Livingston Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Garrard R. Beeney Thomas Moore Posthumously honoring his legacy of public service Michael Cooper Jason Martin George Davidson Michelle Neugebauer Dean John Feerick Bernard W. Nussbaum Patricia Fernandez Vincent F. Pitta Robert MacCrate (1921-2016) In 1959, newly elected Governor Nelson Rockefeller asked Maryann Saccomando Bettina B. Plevan by MICHAEL A. COOPER Bob to become Counsel to the Governor, a post he held for Freedman Kenneth A. Plevan Very few individuals can truly be said to have altered the three years. He assumed principal responsibility for drafting Michael D. Fricklas Cye Ross portals to their profession. Bob MacCrate did. As President of legislation to carry out Governor Rockefeller’s initiatives in the American Bar Association from 1987 to 1988, he created a several areas, including public higher education, mass transit Marilyn Gelber William T. Russell, Jr. Task Force on Women in the Profession and appointed as its and the first reorganization of the State’s court system in Paloma Hernandez James R. Silkenat first Chair a Little Rock lawyer named Hillary Rodham Clinton. more than a century. Bob was effectively the Governor’s chief Harlene Katzman Carlo A. Scissura After stepping down as President, he headed an ABA Task Force legislative aide. that examined the state of legal education and its preparation In 1962 Bob returned to Sullivan & Cromwell, but public John Kiernan Terri Thomson for entry into the legal profession. The 1992 Task Force report, service beckoned once more in 1969, when Bob was retained Alison King William Schwartz commonly called the “MacCrate Report,” encouraged practical by the Secretary of the Army as Special Counsel to lead the Richard H. Klapper Stephen Younger skills training rather than rote memorization of principles investigation into the massacre by American troops of scores of distilled from dusty volumes of reported cases. The MacCrate civilians in the Vietnam hamlet of My Lai. Nearly 400 witnesses Henry Lanier Report caused a revolution in legal education and led to a were interviewed and 20,000 pages of testimony amassed. The recodification of the ABA Standards for the Approval of Law investigative panel in 1970 issued a lengthy report accusing Schools. 14 officers of various offenses. Only one, Lieutenant William Bob MacCrate was born to be a lawyer. His father, who Calley, was convicted. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, had immigrated from Scotland, was elected to the New but served less than four years before being pardoned by York Supreme Court and thereafter elevated to the Court’s President Nixon. Appellate Division. Bob was born in Brooklyn on July 18, 1921, If, as Francis Bacon famously stated, every man is “a debtor and raised in the Greenpoint neighborhood. After graduating to his profession,” Bob MacCrate paid his debt as fully as from Haverford College in 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy any man or woman I have known. In addition to serving as and served for three years. After his discharge, Bob enrolled President of the ABA, Bob was President of the New York State at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated in 1948. He Bar Association and Chairman of the Executive Committee entered the legal profession that fall at the firm of Sullivan & of the New York City Bar Association. He was also a member Cromwell. With interruptions for public service, he remained of the Council and the Executive Committee of the American with the firm until his retirement in 1991. Law Institute, Chairman of the Fund for Modern Courts (and In 1951 Bob left the firm briefly to serve as law secretary the affiliated Committee for Modern Courts), which works to to David W. Peck, the then Presiding Justice of the New York improve the administration of justice in New York State, and Appellate Division, First Judicial Department. On his return to of the American Judicature Society, which pursues a similar the firm, he became “submerged” (his word) in litigation over objective nationally. Bob introduced me to the Lawyers’ control of the vast Bata Shoe empire, including suits in New Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, of which we were both York, Delaware, Zurich, Amsterdam and London. Other clients Directors. With all his obligations as a leader of the Bar, Bob over the years included the Canadian Government, El Paso remained active in the affairs of Haverford College. He was Natural Gas, General Foods and Eastman Kodak, for the last of a member of its Board and Co-Chairman of the Joint Board which he was principal counsel in several antitrust actions. Council of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges.

4 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 5 MacCrate continued PICTURED BELOW: Left: Bob MacCrate served as general counsel to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. Right: As President of the American Bar Association, Bob MacCrate championed the advancement of women in law, enlisting the DENIS BERGER AWARD help of a relatively unknown attorney named Hillary Rodham Clinton in the late 1980s to advance that cause. William Thompson, Jr. Senior Managing Director, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., L.L.C.

After decades as a partner in a William Thompson joined Siebert Brandford Shank in April major law firm, Bob could afford to 2010 and became a partner in November, 2015. Mr. Thompson travel in luxury, but true to his Scottish previously served eight years as the Comptroller for the City of heritage, he took the train from New York—from January 2002 to December 2009. Plandome, Long Island, to New York Mr. Thompson’s extensive experience in successfully City each morning and the subway managing the finances of one of the nation’s largest cities from Penn Station to his office in has afforded him unique insight into the needs of local lower Manhattan. He continued to municipal issuers. As Comptroller, Mr. Thompson also served come to the office until his legs lost as custodian and investment advisor to the five New York the strength to climb the subway City Pension Funds, where he managed a combined portfolio stairs. I cannot recall how many amounting to more than $100 billion at the close of his tenure. years ago Bob truly “retired,” but I am In this role, Mr. Thompson invested hundreds of millions of confident he was well into his eighties. dollars in affordable housing and commercial real estate in Bob had spent his last year in the Navy teaching at the numerous legal issues of the day. New York City. During his tenure, Mr. Thompson also worked Supply Corps School at Harvard Business School. There he Thereafter, MacCrate served first as President of the New York with leaders of the financial services industry to reform the met Constance Trapp, who was a grader at the school. Bob State Bar Association and then as President of the American Bar operations of the New York Stock Exchange, and spearheaded and Connie were married in May 1946 and remained married Association. While serving as ABA President, MacCrate formed the City’s innovative Banking Development District program. for very nearly 70 years. They had three children (Chris, Barbara the Commission on Women in the Profession which reported on Mr. Thompson also served as a Senior Vice President in Public and Tom), 10 grand-children and seven great-grandchildren. the status of women in the practice of law and proposed ways to Finance in the mid-1990s. Bob and Connie were the personification of grace, warmth remove obstacles to their advancing in the profession. Mr. Thompson has served as an active member on a number and cordiality, both individually and as a couple. Their mutual Following his bar service, MacCrate led various task forces of profit, not-for-profit and government Boards. In January of devotion was almost palpable. When Connie MacCrate died that left lasting marks on our profession. For example, in 2015, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo named him in January 2016, their children postponed holding a memorial 1992, he led an ABA task force on law schools and the legal to serve as Chairman of the New York State Housing Finance service for her because they knew that without Connie’s love profession which promulgated a blueprint for legal education Agency/State of New York Mortgage Agency where he is and support, Bob could not long survive. And he didn’t. Bob so that new lawyers are well-prepared to enter practice. currently serving. Mr. Thompson was named by Governor MacCrate died less than three months later on April 6, 2016. Thereafter in 1999, in the midst of an intense debate over Andrew Cuomo to serve as the Chairman of the Board of multi-disciplinary practice, MacCrate led a special committee Trustees of The City University of New York (CUNY) in June of The Legend of Robert MacCrate for the New York State Bar that examined law firm structures this year. PICTURED ABOVE: Top: From 2002-2009, Bill served as New York by STEPHEN YOUNGER and operations. That committee issued a seminal report that Mr. Thompson is a graduate of Tufts University. Prior to City’s Comptroller, protecting the assets and interests of workers sought to preserve the profession’s core values and opposed his work as Comptroller, he had served as Brooklyn Deputy and retirees during one of the most challenging economic periods in When we lost Bob MacCrate, the legal world lost a true multi-disciplinary practice by lawyers. Borough President and as a Member and five-term President of American history. Bottom: Bill Thomson Jr, who grew up in Bedford- legend. MacCrate was involved in so many initiatives that have Each of these initiatives – whether they fostered diversity in the New York City Board of Education. Stuyvesant, credits his mother and father for instilling in him the shaped our profession that it is hard to catalog them in a way the profession, preserved the profession’s core values, or helped Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Thompson resides in Harlem with his value of public service Photo: Bill Thompson with his father, the that would do justice his life’s work. prepare young lawyers to enter the profession –retains great wife and three children. Hon. William Thompson, Sr. For three years, MacCrate served as counsel to then currency for today’s lawyers. In sum, MacCrate was a visionary Governor Nelson Rockefeller. In this role, he had his hand in who influenced numerous important aspects of our profession.

6 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 7 SARGENT SHRIVER AWARD SARGENT SHRIVER AWARD Janie C. A.B. Whitney Whitfield Founder, Trey Whitfield School Founder, Trey Whitfield School

Inspiring Lives few) and other organizations. As a result of the school’s proven Trey Whitfield School has been featured in major touching the lives of so many men and women. Each and success, many were more than willing to support Janie and mainstream media, including The Bill O’Reilly Show, The every summer, at a black-tie gala, hundreds gather to share One of Brooklyn’s best kept secrets is located in the heart A.B.’s vision for the school and assist in many ways. New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New inspiring stories of accomplishments through hard work of East New York. Trey Whitfield School (TWS), a private With the help of these and other supporters, traditions York Daily News. What’s more, Upscale Magazine has and witness a minimum of twelve student honorees receive independent school, is home to approximately four hundred such as the cultural exchange program with our sister school, named TWS as one of the ten top learning institutions in accolades and scholarship money to assist in their endeavor of students that range from nursery to the eighth grade. Trey Transfiguration School in Lower Manhattan, have been the nation. completing a quality education. Whitfield School was established in the early 1980s by its extended to include our newly established Universal Pre- Janie and A.B. established the Trey Whitfield Foundation in The extraordinary efforts of Janie and A.B., unsung Founder Janie Whitney. Her passion for the field of education, Kindergarten Program (UPK). Furthermore, Ava Bradshaw, memory of their son, Tremaine Argle Whitfield. The Foundation heroes for sure, span far beyond the compounds of coupled with a strong desire to provide a quality education for Director of TWS’s renowned Early Childhood Education raises funds to support a mission of ensuring “that everyone, the TWS campus. Many school alumni and Foundation inner-city youth, is what fostered her dream of starting a school. Program, has successfully incorporated the UPK program regardless of ethnic background, has equal access to the scholarship recipients have gone on to make a difference in Janie Whitney and A.B. Whitfield joined forces and united into a unique private school experience for its students. In educational opportunities they need to reach their potential in the world in various capacities. The world is a much better their individual talents to grow and develop TWS into what it is addition, the school’s relationship with over fifteen boarding life that every child will have a helping hand, and every young place because of Janie and A.B.’s vision, dedication and today: a learning institution that has educated and molded many schools across the country has afforded many TWS students person will get support from someone who cares about their passion for the field of education and their sincere concern of today’s leading young people who are presently making their the opportunity to attend these schools with the financial future.” This mission statement says it all about Janie and for humankind. mark on the world in various capacities. Over time, the school assistance of substantial scholarships. A.B.: they are wholly dedicated to giving back to others and has grown in many areas because — DEBORAH JOHNSON, Principal, Trey Whitfield School, of the diligence of its founders and Mother of two TWS school graduates: Janiya Johnson the school’s attorney Paul Acinapura, (1996) and Davon Johnson (2001) who continues to be one of the school’s greatest supporters. The school, once housed in temporary PICTURED: The Trey Whitfield Foundation buildings, was relocated in September has awarded more than $2 million in of 2002 to a new facility that has scholarships to young people. Eighty-five five floors, a computer lab, library, percent of students at the Trey Whitfield and a playground on the roof. The School go on to college. The Trey Whitfield move to its new location has proven School, a private, independent school in East New York, serves 400 students ranging from to be a turning point in the ongoing nursery to the eighth grade. success of TWS. It was during this time that Janie and A.B sought moral and financial support from many local politicians, community leaders, and professional athletes like Jim Brown, O.J. Anderson, Dick Lynch, Earl Monroe, Sam Jones, Roosevelt Brown, Mel Davis, Rasheed Wallace, and Jethro Pugh (to name just a

8 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 9 GUEST SPEAKER MASTER OF CEREMONIES Hon. Jonathan Jeanine Lippman Ramirez Latham & Watkins LLP, Retired New York State Chief NY1 News Judge

FORMER GUEST SPEAKERS The Honorable Jonathan Lippman, former Chief Judge of New York and Chief Jeanine Ramirez joined NY1 News in October 1996. She is the Brooklyn Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, is Of Counsel reporter primarily responsible for covering the borough’s 2.6 million people as well 2015 Eric L. Adams in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Litigation as its schools, politics, religions and neighborhoods. She also is the lead reporter Brooklyn Borough President & Trial Department. He provides strategic counsel to clients on New York Law and on many Latino issues.

2014 James R. Silkenat appellate matters nationwide, and is a leader of the firm’s pro bono practice. In addition to covering stories in Brooklyn and around the city, Ramirez has Sullivan & Worchester LLP, President of Judge Lippman served as Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief traveled to Havana, Cuba, for a special series on New York area businessmen the American Bar Association (2013-2014) Judge of the Court of Appeals from February 2009 through December 2015. finding a new market on the communist Caribbean island; to Vieques, Puerto During his tenure on the Court of Appeals, Chief Judge Lippman authored major Rico, to cover the 2001 protests and arrests of New York legislators at the Navy’s 2013 Glenn Lau-Kee decisions addressing constitutional, statutory, and common law issues shaping bombing range; and to Santo Domingo and other cities in the Dominican Republic Partner, Kee &Lau-Kee, President of the the law of New York, the contours of state government, and the lives of all New to report on the devastation caused by Hurricane Georges in 1998. New York State Bar Association (2014-2015) Yorkers. In 2002, Ramirez had the honor of marching as one of the Grand Marshals in

2012 Samuel W. Seymour As the state’s Chief Judge, he championed equal access to justice issues in the National Puerto Rican Day Parade up Fifth Avenue. She’s received numerous Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell New York and around the country and took the leadership role in identifying recognitions for her work, including awards from the National Hispanic Media President of the New York City Bar permanent funding streams for civil legal services. Chief Judge Lippman made Coalition, New York Press Club, City & State, El Diario/La Prensa, State Senator Association (2010-2012) New York the first state in the country to require 50 hours of law-related pro bono Martin Golden, Brooklyn Tech Alumni Association, St. Nick’s Alliance, former work prior to bar admission and established the Pro Bono Scholars and Poverty Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Council of Supervisors and 2011 James J. Sandman President, National Legal Services Justice Solutions Programs to help alleviate the crisis in civil legal services. He Administrators (CSA) Latino Caucus, Brooklyn College, Latino Coalition for Fair Corporation strengthened the state’s indigent criminal defense system, addressed the systemic Media, Prospect Park Alliance Boricua Festival, Sunset Park Lions Club, Professional causes of wrongful convictions, created Human Trafficking Courts across New People of Color, former City Comptroller William Thompson and former Brooklyn 2010 Stephen P. Younger York State, and led efforts to reform New York’s juvenile justice, bail and pre- Borough President Howard Golden. Partner Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler trial justice systems. Judge Lippman championed the commercial division as a A native Brooklynite, Ramirez majored in communications both at Brooklyn LLP; President of the New York State Bar world class venue for business litigation, reformed the state’s attorney disciplinary Technical High School and Fordham University. Association (2010-2011) system, adopted the Uniform Bar Exam, and succeeded in the creation of a She landed her first TV news job at WPIX-TV, where she was a field producer,

2009 Judith S. Kaye statewide salary commission for judges. writer and production assistant. She then packed her bags and moved to Texas, Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Chief Judge Lippman has served at all levels of the New York State Court where she reported, anchored and hosted a weekly syndicated Latino music & Flom LLP and Affiliates system in a career spanning more than four decades, including service as a staff program for the NBC affiliate in Midland, KWES-TV. Retired Chief Judge of the State of New attorney, administrator and judge. From January 1996 to May 2007, he served as Ramirez is a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. York (1993-2008) and Chief Judge of the the longest-tenured Chief Administrative Judge in state history, playing a central Court of Appeals (1983-2008) role in many far-reaching reforms of New York’s judiciary and its legal profession. From May 2007 to 2009, Judge Lippman served as the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Department, dramatically reducing the court’s pending backlogs.

Most significant to Brooklyn A and the legal services world has been his passionate role as a true missionary for the need for a right to counsel in civil matters affecting the basic needs of low income people.— Marty Needelman

10 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 11 2016 Pro Bono Service Awards Past Annual Partnership Awards Benefit Honorees

Mark J. Aaronson Andrew M. Kofsky Frederick B. Warder III 2015 2009 Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP William Schwartz, Cadwalader, John D. Feerick, Dean, Fordham LLP Wickersham & Taft LLP University School of Law Thomas H. Lee Mina M. Wood Luz Yolanda Coca, Bushwick Housing Eileen Auld, Citi Jeffrey C. Bank Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Jackson Lewis P.C. Independence Project, Catholic Migration Father John Powis, Bushwick Housing Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Services Independence Project David S. Mader Jason A. Zoldessy Robert L. Begleiter Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Jackson Lewis P.C. 2014 2008 Constantine Cannon Judah Gribetz, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Bettina B. Plevan, Proskauer Rose LLP Steven G. Perelman Valdemar Washington II LLP Vincent F. Palagiano, DIME Community Karen R. Berry Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Sonya D. Johnson, Nationalgrid Bancshares, Inc., Dime Savings Bank Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Paloma Hernandez, Urban Health Luis Garden Acosta, El Puente Kimberley A. Piro Plan, Inc. Miriam A. Buhl Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 2007 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 2013 Paul J. Curran, (1933-2008), Kaye Scholer Angela Redai Michael Cooper, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Wenli Cai Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough Brendan J. Dugan, St. Francis College Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP President Maria Contreras-Collier, Cypress Hills Natasha Reed David Lopez, Community Activist & Poet Child Care Center Theresa Canzoneri Foley Hoag LLP Foley Hoag LLP Above: 2014 APAB, Stephen Younger of Patterson 2012 2006 Robert M. Safron Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP shaking hands with William F. Cavanuagh, Jr., Patterson, Robert C. Sheehan, Skadden, Arps, James Silkenat of Sullivan & Worchester LLP. John A. Dunn Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Meagher & Flom LLP & Associates Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Mariadele Priest, Capital One Bank Terri Thomson, Thomson Zachary H. Saltzman Diana Reyna, Deputy, Brooklyn Borough Strategies LLC Courtney E. Finerty Debevoise & Plimpton LLP President, Former New York City Council Barbara Schliff, Los Sures (Southside Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP Member for the 34th District United Housing Development Fund Tricia Sherno Corporation) Michelle A. Goldring Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 2011 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Sargent Shriver (1915-2011) 2005 Norman Siegel (posthumously), Special Olympics John M. Callagy, Kelly Drye & Seth Goodchild Siegel Teitelbaum & Evans, LLP International Warren LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Daniel A. Nissenbaum, Urban Investment Thomas Early, Elderplan David A. Scupp Group of Goldman Sachs Bank Dr. Claude Offord, Brownsville Multi- Caroline Gross Constantine Cannon Harvey Lawrence, Brownsville Multi- Service Family Health Center Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Service Family Health Center Nathan H. Stopper 2004 Sage E. Hughes Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 2010 Evan A. Davis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Thomas Moore and Judith Livingston, Hamilton LLP Tiffanye S.M. Threadcraft Kramer, Dillof, Livingston and Moore Maureen Bateman, Evercore Trust Stephen Kenny Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Steven Flax, M&T Bank Company Foley Hoag LLP Mildred Tudy Johnston (1921-2014), Michael Rochford, St. Nicholas Crispus Attucks Community Counsel Neighborhood Preservation Corp.

12 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 13 Past Honorees continued About Brooklyn A

2003 John F. Mulhern, Nuestros Ninos Child 1993 Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation James F. Gill, Bryan Cave LLP Development School Sargent Shriver, (1915-2011), Special A (Brooklyn A) provides high-quality Frederick W. Hill, Retired, J.P. Morgan Olympics International legal services to low-to-moderate Chase & Co. 1997 Sally Hernandez-Piñero, East Harlem income individuals and not-for-profit Jeffrey E. Dunston, Northeast Brooklyn Conrad Harper, Retired, Simpson Business Capital Corporation community-based organizations in Housing Development Corp. Thacher & Bartlett LLP Vito J. Lopez, New York State Brooklyn and throughout New York City. Michelle Neugebauer, Cypress Hills Local Assemblyman For over 48 years we have devoted our 2002 Development Corporation Philip A. Wheeler, United Auto Workers, legal services to advocacy that protects Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Council, Region 9A housing, strengthens families, provides City of New York 1996 access to education and health care, and MacDara Lynch, Pfizer Global Henry L. King, Davis Polk & 1987* safeguards subsistence income for our Manufacturing Wardwell LLP Robert MacCrate, Sullivan & city’s most vulnerable residents. We have Sister Peggy Walsh, Southside Angela M. Battaglia, Ridgewood Cromwell LLP successfully represented and advised Community Mission Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc. Charles J. Hynes, New York State thousands of families in varied and multi- community organizations each year as disputes and access critical tax benefits Medicaid Fraud Prosecutor faceted legal matters. they create and run community-controlled and credits. 2001 1995 David Trager, (1937-2011), Dean, assets, including startup organizations, Barbara Paul Robinson, Retired, Judge Harold T. Tyler, Jr., (1922-2005), Brooklyn Law School Our Impact public housing resident associations, long- Income Security Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Sally Hernandez-Pinero, East Harlem This past year alone, we served over standing social service organizations, and We represent tenants in need of Section Marilyn G. Gelber, President Emerita, Joseph K. Francois, (1931-2003), Business Capital Corporation 2,000 families and touched the lives of low income tenant coops. 8 and other rent supplements so they can Brooklyn Community Foundation Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health more than 400,000 New Yorkers. remain in their homes. Maurice A. Reid, Brownsville Multi- Center * An additional event in 1987 honored Fair Housing Justice Service Family Health Center over 40 community leaders. Prevent Foreclosures A leading fair housing enforcement Asset Preservation This past year we helped hundreds of organization in New York State, we’ve We help residents struggling with high 2000 homeowners fight foreclosure, stay in their launched over 50 building investigations debt to get a fresh start and keep debt Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Cravath, homes, and preserve and protect their equity. in the past year to uncover discrimination from ruining their lives. Swaine & Moore LLP, Brennan Center for and violations in rental housing. Also, in Justice at New York University School of Fighting Unlawful Evictions & Harassment the past year we filed over 115 collective Community Education Law We stop hundreds of unlawful evictions and individual fair housing complaints with Each year, our workshops teach more John M. Imperiale, JPMorgan Chase each year by fighting predatory landlords city, state, and federal and state agencies. than 8,000 residents about their rights & Co. and their unlawful harassment. This under fair housing, fair lending, rent David D. Pagan, Los Sures (Southside results in individuals, families and groups Affirmative Litigation to Protect Tenants stabilization, and tax laws. United Housing Development Fund of tenants maintaining their homes, We represent tenant associations to combat Corporation) obtaining repairs and in certain cases systemic displacement by landlords, Increased Community Services restoring illegally evicted tenants. improve living conditions building-wide, Last year Brooklyn A bolstered the 1999 and preserve affordable rents. capacity of community health care Patricia M. Hynes, Allen & Overy LLP Community Building providers, yielding 100,000 additional Frances A. Resheske, Con Edison In the past year, we represented 60 Develop and Preserve Affordable Housing patient visits, and of child care centers and Adbur Rahman Farrakhan, Oceanhill- not-for-profit organizations undertaking Last year, we helped develop and preserve schools, resulting in 400 students served. Brownsville Tenants Association ambitious community development more than 500 units of affordable housing. projects that have resulted in the creation Bolstering Local Coalitions 1998 of affordable housing, increased patient Tax Advocacy We partner with local coalitions fighting

Barry H. Garfinkel, Skadden, Arps, PICTURED ABOVE: Left: 2011 APAB, Paul J. Acinapura, Co-Executive Director of Brooklyn A, presents Harvey health care services, and living wage jobs. Our new Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic has for economic, social, and racial justice. Meagher & Flom LLP & Associates Lawrence, CEO of Brownsville Community Development Corporation, with the Denis Berger Award We also represent dozens of helped community residents to solve IRS Magda N. Yrizarry, Verizon Right: 2015 APAB, Martin S. Needelman, Co-Executive Director of Brooklyn A, embraces Luz Yolanda Coca, Catholic Migration Services, after presenting her with the Sargent Shriver Award 14 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 15 Brooklyn A Brooklyn A Team Board of Directors

OFFICERS Martin S. Needelman, Esq. Anna Deknatel, Esq. Shekar Krishnan, Esq. Co-Executive Director & Chief Counsel Staff Attorney, Skadden Fellow, Consumer Program Director, Preserving Affordable Thomas McC. Souther, Chair Harvey Lawrence and Economic Advocacy Program Housing Program, Group Representation Partner, Pepper Hamilton, LLP President, Brownsville Multi-Service Paul J. Acinapura, Esq. Unit Family Health Center Co-Executive Director & General Counsel Tamara del Carmen, Esq. Valarie A. Hing, Vice-Chair Senior Staff Attorney, Low Income Jennifer Kubicki, Esq. Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Joseph Lipofsky Joshua D. Hoffman, Esq. Taxpayer Clinic Senior Staff Attorney, Community & Mosle LLP Of Counsel , Zwerling Schachter & Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Economic Development Program Zwerling Officer Jerry Dickens Kenneth J. Mahon, Treasurer Community Outreach and Intake Joanna Laine, Esq. Chief Operating Officer David Lopez Ndukwe Agwu, Esq. Specialist, Preserving Affordable Housing Staff Attorney, Poverty Justice Solutions Dime Community Bancshares Board Chair Emeritus, Los Sures Senior Staff Attorney Blackshear Fellow, Program, Group Representation Unit Fellow, Preserving Affordable Housing Consumer & Economic Advocacy Program, Group Representation Unit Anne Pilsbury, Secretary Frances Lucerna Program Alex Drimal, Esq. Executive Director Executive Director, El Puente Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Lina Lee, Esq. Central American Legal Assistance Travis Arrindell, Esq. Housing Program, Group Representation Senior Staff Attorney, Preserving Mark A. McDermott Deputy Director, East Brooklyn Office Unit Affordable Housing Program, Group James H.R. Windels, President Emeritus Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Preserving Affordable Housing Program, Representation Unit Partner Flom Group Representation Unit Maria Julia Echart Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Community Outreach and Intake, Janna Levin, Esq. Saul Shapiro David J. Bryan, Esq. Specialist Preserving Affordable Housing Senior Staff Attorney, Preserving MEMBERS Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler Program Director, Consumer & Economic Program, Group Representation Unit Affordable Housing Program, Individual LLP Advocacy Program Representation Unit Marcel L. Anderson Shakira Ferrell Deputy General Counsel, Resorts World Joseph Calaceto Director of Development and Gregory E. Louis, Esq. New York City Development & Communications Communications Deputy Program Director, Preserving Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA Affordable Housing Program, Group Sam Beck Nora Gordon Representation Unit Director and Senior Lecturer, Cornell Samuel Hamilton Chiera, Esq. Development & Communications University Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA Mateja Lucic Housing Program, Group Representation Legal Advocate and Communications Robert L. Begleiter Unit Ana Granados Specialist, Preserving Affordable Housing Partner, Constantine Cannon LLP Fair Housing Advocate, Preserving Program, Group Representation Unit Meah Clay, Esq. Affordable Housing Program, Group Robert. E. Crotty Senior Staff Attorney, Community & Representation Unit Andrew Malozemoff, Esq. Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Economic Development Program Senior Staff Attorney, Consumer & Caroline Gross, Esq. Economic Advocacy Program Harold Green Caitrin Coccoma, Esq. Staff Attorney, Simpson Thacher & President, Cypress Hills Local Staff Attorney, Poverty Justice Solutions Bartlett LLP Extern, Community & Carmen J. Manzano Development Corp. Fellow, Preserving Affordable Housing Economic Development Program Legal Assistant and Intake Specialist Program, Group Representation Unit Preserving Affordable Housing Program, Jyotin Hamid Group Representation Unit Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

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Leander (Lee) McRae, Esq. Kennedy Rivera Ezinwanyi Ukegbu, Esq. Program Director, Preserving Paralegal, Preserving Affordable Housing Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Affordable Housing Program, Individual Program, Individual Representation Unit Housing Program, Group Representation Representation Unit Unit Jessica Rose, Esq. Adam Meyers, Esq. Program Director, Community & Jack Underwood Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Economic Development Program Law Clerk, Preserving Affordable Housing Housing Program Program, Group Representation Unit Group Representation Unit Raphael Ruttenberg, Esq. Senior Staff Attorney, Preserving Ingrid Valdez Mary Lou Moul Affordable Housing Program, Group Operations Coordinator, AmeriCorps Legal Services Coordinator, AmeriCorps Representation Unit VISTA VISTA Margaret Saalfield, Esq. Joyce Vargas Rachel Nager, Esq. Senior Staff Attorney, Preserving Paralegal, Consumer & Economic Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Affordable Housing Program, Group Advocacy Program Housing Program, Group Representation Representation Unit Unit Justina Walker Myrna Sanabria Legal Advocate, Preserving Affordable Kristie Ortiz, Esq. Senior Paralegal, Preserving Affordable Housing Program, Group Representation Senior Staff Attorney, Preserving Housing Program, Individual Unit Affordable Housing Program Representation Unit Individual Representation Unit Sara J. Wolkensdorfer, Esq. Milagros Sandoval Staff Attorney, Poverty Justice Solutions Rosemarie Peralta Community Outreach and Intake Fellow, Preserving Affordable Housing Intake Officer & Receptionist Specialist, Preserving Affordable Housing Program, Group Representation Unit Program, Group Representation Unit Michelle Perez Reva Zenruffinen, Esq. Legal Assistant & Intake Specialist Shimon Sieskel Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Preserving Affordable Housing Program Receptionist Housing Program, Individual Group Representation Unit Representation Unit Christopher Sina Maria Posner Law Clerk, Preserving Affordable Housing Office Manager Program, Individual Representation Unit

Austen D. Refuerzo, Esq. Jean Stevens, Esq. Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Housing Program, Individual Housing Program, Group Representation Representation Unit Unit

Charnyl Revere Kiahnah Torres Law Graduate, Preserving Affordable Receptionist Housing Program, Individual Representation Unit

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BROOKLYN, NY 11206 COMMITTEE TEL: (718) 963-3141 EDUCATION LAND USE

CITY HALL OFFICE THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS 250 BROADWAY, SUITE 1740 TRANSPORTATION OF STATE-FEDERAL LAW NEW YORK, NY 10007 THE CITY OF NEW YORK TEL: (212) 788-7096 SUB-COMMITTEE NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ ZONING AND FRANCHISES 7TH DISTRICT, NEW YORK ANTONIO REYNOSO TH COUNCIL MEMBER, 34 DISTRICT, BROOKLYN & QUEENS

November 3, 2016 November 3rd, 2016

It is a pleasure to welcome you all to the Annual Partnership Awards Benefit hosted by Dear Friends, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A). I am honored to welcome everyone to the Annual Partnership Awards Benefit hosted by Brooklyn Legal With the help of your partnerships, individual, and organization-based support, Brooklyn Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) at Weylin B. Seymour’s in Brooklyn. A has remained at the forefront of legal services for some 6,000 low income members who face discrimination, displacement, and lack of resources in their own communities. For over 48 years, Brooklyn A has persistently promoted justice, protected public interest, and empowered communities through its quality legal assistance. As we face the overwhelming pressures of Due to your patronage, they are provided with the tools they need to defend their rights, gentrification, displacement and rising property values in Brooklyn, Brooklyn A’s grit is extraordinary remain in their homes and strive for a higher quality of life. and deserves to be commended for its role in building a stronger community and working to preserve the character of North Brooklyn. As a result of its determination to preserve the communities and fight on Your support benefits not only Brooklyn A but also a vast network of community-based behalf of low-income families, Brooklyn A helps improve the quality of life of countless low-income institutions that work in a wide array of fields, including healthcare, childcare, individuals. educational opportunities, and support services. The reach of your contributions, therefore, extend further than you may suspect. On behalf of every community organization that has collaborated with Brooklyn A, and every citizen whose life has been touched by the efforts of these partnerships, I would like to extend my sincere Additionally, I commend this year’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, Sullivan & Cromwell, gratitude for your constant support. LLP, the Late Former President of the ABA & NYSBA; William Thompson, Jr., Senior Managing Director, Siebert Brandford Shank and Co., LLC; and Janie C. Whitney and Furthermore, I would like to congratulate this year’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, recipient of the Judge Harold R. Tyler Jr. Award to commemorate his extraordinary legacy in the legal profession and A.B. Whitield, Founders, Trey Whitfield School. commitment to public service; William Thompson, Jr., recipient of the Denis Berger Award for his advocacy for diversity and progress in the community; and Janie C. Whitney and A.B Whitfield, My best wishes for a wonderful evening and the ongoing promotion of social and recipients of the Sargent Shriver Award for their commitment to provide high-quality education to the economic justice. community.

Sincerely, My best wishes for a delightful evening and the ongoing advancement of social and economic justice. Many thanks for your contribution and support.

Sincerely,

Nydia M. Velázquez Member of Congress

Antonio Reynoso Council Member, 34th District Brooklyn / Queens

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THE ASSEMBLY Chairman STATE OF NEW YORK Committee on Codes COMMITTEES

ALBANY COMMITTEES Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Rules Children and Families Ways & Means Correction MARITZA DAVILA Economic Development Election Law JOSEPH R. LENTOL Assemblymember 53rd District Housing Social Services Assemblyman 50th District Kings County [email protected]

November 3, 2016

Shriver Tyler Maccrate Center for Justice Dear Friends, Brooklyn Legal Services A Annual Partnership Awards Benefit I am honored to congratulate Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) as it celebrates the 2016 Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. It has been a pleasure working with Dear Friends: your excellent staff of attorneys to preserve the quality of life for constituents of the 53rd Assembly District. I would like to congratulate this year’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, recipient of the Judge Harold R. Tyler Jr. Award to commemorate his extraordinary legacy in the legal For over 48 years, Brooklyn A has been a leader in housing advocacy and economic justice for profession and commitment to public service; Brooklyn’s own, William Thompson the people of Bushwick and Williamsburg. I am proud of the work your organization does Jr., recipient of the Denis Berger Award for his advocacy for diversity and progress in every day and I thank tonight’s attendees for joining me in extending congratulations and the community; and Janie C. Whitney and A.B. Whitfield, recipients of the Sargent gratitude for the work that you are doing. Shriver Award for their commitment to provide high-quality education to the community. Each Awardee has improved our communities through diligent work. Additionally, I would like to congratulate this year’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, recipient of the Judge Harold R. Tyler Jr. Award to commemorate his extraordinary legacy in the legal Brooklyn A/the Shriver Tyler Maccrate Center for Justice provides high-quality, profession and commitment to public service; William Thompson Jr., recipient of the Denis neighborhood based legal services to low-income individuals, families, community Berger Award for his advocacy for diversity and progress in the community; and Janie C. groups, and nonprofit organizations. Services devoted to advocacy that protects families, Whitney and A.B. Whitfield, recipients of the Sargent Shriver Award for their commitment to strengthens families, and increases access to education and health care for our city’s most provide high-quality education to the community. vulnerable residents. My best wishes for a wonderful evening celebrating the ongoing important pursuit of social and economic justice. My best wishes for a wonderful evening and the ongoing pursuit of social and economic justice. Many thanks for your participation and support. Sincerely, Sincerely, Maritza Davila

Joseph R. Lentol Assemblywoman, 53rd District

DISTRICT OFFICE ● 249 Wilson Avenue ● Brooklyn, NY 11237 ● T: 718-443-1205 ● F: 518-455-1424 632 Legislative Office Building, Albany, New York 12248 (518) 455-4477 FAX (518) 455-4599 ALBANY OFFICE ● Room 631 ● Legislative Office Building ● Albany, NY 12248 ● T: 518-455-5537 ● F: 518-455-5789 District Office: 619 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211 (718 383-7474 FAX (718) 383-1576 [email protected]

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THE CITY OF NEW YORK Letitia James – Public Advocate OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER SCOTT M. STRINGER

November 3, 2016

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A 260 Broadway, Suite 2 Brooklyn, New York 11211 November 3, 2016 Dear Friends, Dear Friends: It is my pleasure to extend best wishes to all attending Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A’s 2016 Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. It is with great pleasure that I extend greetings to all who have gathered for the Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A’s Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. Since its inception in 1967, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) has done outstanding work to ensure thousands of low income Brooklynites have access to a wide range of high quality legal For over forty-eight years, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A has steadfastly assistance. Every year, Brooklyn A provides free legal services to more than 6,000 low-income individuals and families, and impacts the lives of many more through its Community Legal Education worked to represent and advise low-income families, community groups and non-profit programs. organizations with civil legal matters. The services Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A provides are essential and has improved the quality of life for people who cannot Brooklyn A’s staff empowers communities by assisting clients with eviction and foreclosure cases, afford legal representation. helping hundreds of New Yorkers stay in their homes. In addition to its work with individuals, Brooklyn A’s Community and Economic Development Program has represented over 100 nonprofit community- As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I would like to extend congratulations to based organizations and community development corporations, making a positive difference in the lives the honorees including Robert MacCrate, recipient of the Judge Harold R. Tyler Jr. of countless New Yorkers. Award, William Thompson Jr., recipient of the Denis Berger Award and Janie C. Whitney and A.B. Whitfield, recipients of the Sargent Shriver Award. Congratulations to tonight’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, William Thompson Jr., Janie C. Whitney, and A.B. Whitfield. Their commitment to Brooklyn A’s mission of equal access and justice is evident in all On this special evening, I would like to thank Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A they do. and its dedicated staff for the vital work they are doing to support and improve Thank you to Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A for bringing us together tonight to celebrate communities throughout Brooklyn. community and service. Please accept my best wishes for continued success. I hope that everyone has a wonderful evening and may you enjoy continued success in all Sincerely, your endeavors.

Sincerely,

Scott M. Stringer New York City Comptroller Letitia James Public Advocate for the City of New York MUNICIPAL BUILDING • 1 CENTRE STREET, 5TH Floor • NEW YORK, NY 10007 PHONE: (212) 669-3500 • @SCOTTMSTRINGER WWW.COMPTROLLER.NYC.GOV

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CHAIR OF THE MAJORITY ALBANY OFFICE DISTRICT OFFICE CHAIR STEERING COMMITTEE THE SENATE ROOM 512 900 ROGE RS AVENUE YOUTH SERVICES STATE OF NEW YORK LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING BROOKLYN, NY 11226 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MAJORITY CHAIR ALBANY, NEW YORK 12247 TEL: (718) 287-8762 CIVIL SERVICE & PENSIONS PHONE: (518) 455-2437 FAX: (718) 287-8917 COMMITTEES FAX: (518) 426-6943

THE COUNCIL OF CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEMBER CITY HALL OFFICE FIRE & CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AGING DISTRICT OFFICE 250 BROADWAY , SUITE 1789 THE CITY OF NEW YORK HEALTH BANKING 36 RICHMOND TERRACE NEW YORK, NY 10007 CULTURAL AFFAIRS STATEN ISLAND, New York 10301 (212) 788-7352 IMMIGRATION TEL: JUDICIARY PHONE: (7180 727-9406 FAX: (212) 788-8087 MATHIEU EUGENE SMALL BUSINESS HOUSING DIANE J. SAVINO FAX: (718) 727-9426 [email protected] COUNCIL MEMBER, 40TH DISTRICT • BROOKLYN LABOR SENATOR, 23 RD DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION E-MAIL ADDRESS [email protected] November 3, 2016

November 3rd, 2016

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A 260 Broadway, Suite 2 Dear Friends: Brooklyn, NY 11211

I am truly honored to congratulate Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) as it Dear Friends: celebrates the 2016 Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. It is events such as these that bring our

community together as we recognize those who have gone above and beyond in the fight to rd On behalf of the constituents of the 23 Senatorial District, I would like to give heartfelt protect low and moderate income residents. thanks to the Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) for all the great work For over 48 years, Brooklyn A has embodied the principle of justice for the poor. Furthermore, it they do in our community, and have done over the last 48 years. I also would like to has empowered communities through its high quality legal assistance and advocacy programs. congratulate them on the occasion of their Annual Partnership Awards Benefit, being held on this date, the 3rd of November, in the year 2016. I also wish them continued As a result of this unequivocal dedication to the rights of low and moderate income individuals success in the future in meeting their mission, of providing quality legal representation to and families, Brooklyn A has greatly improved the quality of life for countless numbers of our members of the community who are in great need of it. fellow citizens. The passion and determination of Brooklyn A have worked to make our communities stronger and healthier. It is because of this that I extend my utmost gratitude for the I would like to congratulate tonight’s special honorees. Congratulations to Robert work that your organization has done and will continue to do in the community. MacCrate (In Memoriam) on being honored tonight with the prestigious Judge Harold Tyler Award for his long and distinguished legal career, William Thomson, Jr. on Additionally, I would like to extend my sincerest congratulations to this year’s honorees. Each receiving the Denis Berger Award, and Janie C. Whitney and A.B. Whitfield on receiving of you has greatly improved our communities through your diligent work. You’ve also served as the Sargent Shriver Award. My constituents and I applaud you for your hard work and an inspiration for the next generation of community advocates. service on behalf of all Brooklynites and all New Yorkers and these well deserved My best wishes for a wonderful evening and the ongoing pursuit of social and economic justice. honors. Most importantly, thank you for your service and your contributions to the Many thanks for your participation and support. greater good.

Enjoy the Gala! Truly Yours, Sincerely,

Mathieu Eugene Council Member 40th District, Brooklyn

Diane J. Savino New York State Senator, 23rd District 26 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 27

THE ASSEMBLY ASSISTANT SPEAKER CHAIR Majority Conference STATE OF NEW YORK Ways and Means CHAIR THE ASSEMBLY Legislative Commission on ALBANY STATE OF NEW YORK Solid Waste Management COMMITTEES

FÉLIX W. ORTIZ WILLIAM COLTON ALBANY Correction 51st District 47th Assembly District Environmental Conservation Kings County Governmental Employees Labor Ways and Means October 5, 2016

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation 260 Broadway, Suite 2 September 27, 2016 Brooklyn, NY 11211

Dear Friends: Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A 260 Broadway, Suite 2 It is my pleasure to honor and congratulate the Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) as it Brooklyn, NY 11211 celebrates the 2016 Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. Dear Friends,

For over 48 years, Brooklyn A has relentlessly promoted justice and empowered communities through I offer my congratulations to the Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) on the its high-quality legal assistance and advocacy programs. As a result of its dedication to fight on behalf of Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. Brooklyn A was established in 1968 with the mission to provide low and moderate income individuals and families, Brooklyn A has improved the quality of life for legal services to low-income individuals and community groups, and work to advance social and countless of our borough’s residents. economic justice as a way to combat poverty.

Your dedication and effort helps make our communities stronger and healthier. I extend my sincere Forty-eight years later, they have assisted thousands of individuals and families. This past year thanks for the work that you are doing. alone, they had served nearly 2,000 and impacted the lives of more than 400,000. In addition to providing direct legal services, Brooklyn A also participated in many community activities to help raise awareness and educate communities. They have represented 59 not-for-profits and New York City Housing I also want to congratulate this year’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, recipient of the Judge Harold R. Tyler Authority (NYCHA) tenant associations on corporate and transactional projects; strengthening Jr. Award to commemorate his extraordinary legacy in the legal profession and commitment to public community-controlled and community-led organizations and initiatives so that their voices are heard and service; William Thompson Jr., recipient of the Denis Berger Award for his advocacy for diversity and their efforts are successful. progress in the community; and Janie C. Whitney and A.B. Whitfield, recipients of the Sargent Shriver Award for their commitment to provide high-quality education to the community. On behalf of every community organization that has collaborated with Brooklyn A, and every citizen whose life has been touched by the efforts of these collaborations, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude for your ongoing support. Each of you has improved our communities through your diligent work. Additionally, this year, it is my privilege to posthumously honor the late Robert MacCrate of My best wishes for a wonderful evening and the ongoing pursuit of social and economic justice. Many Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP with the Judge Harold Tyler Award for his extraordinary legacy in the legal thanks for your participation and support. profession and dedication to public service; William Thompson, Jr. of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., L.L. with the Denis Berger Award for his tenacious advocacy of diversity and progress; and Janie C. Sincerely, Whitney, CEO and A.B. Whitfield, COO, founders of Trey Whitfield School with the Sargent Shriver Award for their commitment to provide high-quality education.

Let me extend my best wishes of much continued success as you go forward on your mission of helping families through your many services. Many thanks for your participation and support.

Very truly yours ,

Felix W. Ortiz Assistant Speaker William A. Colton Member of Assembly 47th AD

▫ Room 842, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248, (518) 455-3821 ▫ ALBANY OFFICE: Room 733, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248, 518-455-5828 th ▫ District Office: 5004 4 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220, (718) 492-6334 ▫ DISTRICT OFFICE: 155 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 11223, 718-236-1598

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THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES DISTRICT OFFICE STATE OF NEW YORK Housing, Banks, Codes, Shirley A. Chisholm State Office Building CHAIR Correction and Education 55 Hanson Place, Room 328 Banking Committee Brooklyn, New York 11217 ALBANY CAUCUSES Phone: 718-596-0100 Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and COMMITTEES Fax: 718-596-4992 ANNETTE M. ROBINSON Asian Legislative Caucus Assemblywoman 56th District Aging Children & Families Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force Kings County ALBANY OFFICE Housing New York State Caucus of Room 528 Oversight, Analysis and Environmental Legislators Legislative Office Building Investigation State Legislators Against Albany, New York 12248 Real Property Taxation Illegal Guns Phone: 518-455-5325 Small Business Leaders Eradicating All Poverty Fax: 518-455-3684

November 3, 2016

Dear Friends,

November 3, 2016 It is with great honor and esteemed privilege that I congratulate Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A on their 2016 Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. Greetings: Over the many years Brooklyn A has continued to promote justice and empower our fellow citizens I would like to take this opportunity to extend my best wishes and congratulations to Brooklyn through neighborhood-based legal assistance and advocacy programs. Brooklyn A has made our Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) and the honorees of the Annual Partnership Awards communities stronger by improving the quality of life for low and moderate income families, while Benefit. advancing social and economic justice for all.

th On behalf of the 56 Assembly District I would like to thank Brooklyn Legal Services I would like to congratulate and honor the late Robert MacCrate in receiving the Judge Harold Tyler Corporation (Brooklyn A) for providing legal services to low income individuals and families Award for his astounding legal career as well as his dedication to public service. I would also like to throughout Brooklyn for 48 years. congratulate William Thompson, Jr. on receiving the Denis Berger Award for his work in advocacy for diversity and progress, and Janie C. Whitney and A.B. Whitfield, on receiving the Sargent Once again, congratulations and best wishes for your continued success. Shriver Award for their commitment to providing higher-quality education.

Sincerely, I look forward to another spectacular year from the Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A. I am confident that the Brooklyn A’s will continue to lead in the fight for social and economic justice. I wish you continued success in your future endeavors.

Sincerely,

Annette M. Robinson

Member, N. Y. S. Assembly Walter T. Mosley New York State Assemblyman 57th District

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▫ ALBANY OFFICE Room 424, Legislative Office Building, Albany, New York 12248, (518) 455-5474 ▫ DISTRICT OFFICE 1360 Fulton Street, Room 417, Brooklyn, New York 11216 (718) 399-7630

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STATE OF NEW YORK CHAIRMAN THE ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN Committee on Committee on Aging Committee on Aging ALBANY Governmental Employees STATE OF NEW YORK

COMMITTEES COMMITTEES CHAIRMAN Codes Codes Subcommittee on ALBANY Environmental Conservation Environmental Conservation Safety in the Work Place Health Health Insurance Insurance COMMITTEES PETER J. ABBATE, JR. Aging TH Assemblyman 49 District Banks Kings County Consumer Affairs & Protection Labor

October 2016 November 3, 2016

Dear Friends: Dear Friends, I am honored to congratulate Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) as it I congratulate Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) as it celebrates celebrates the 2016 Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. the 2016 Annual Partnership Awards Benefit. For over 48 years, Brooklyn A has relentlessly promoted justice and empowered

communities through its high-quality legal assistance and advocacy programs. As a result of its For over 48 years, Brooklyn A has promoted justice and empowered communities dedication to fight on behalf of low and moderate income individuals and families, Brooklyn A through its comprehensive legal assistance and advocacy programs. As a result of its has improved the quality of life for countless of our fellow citizens. Your determination and committed fight on behalf of low and moderate income individuals and families, Brooklyn A effort has helped to make our communities stronger and healthier. has improved the quality of life for countless of our fellow citizens. Your tireless efforts and

helped to make our communities stronger and healthier. I extend my sincere gratitude for the work that you are doing. Additionally, I would like

to congratulate this year’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, recipient of the Judge Harold R. Tyler Jr. I also congratulate this year’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, recipient of the Judge Award to commemorate his extraordinary legacy in the legal profession and commitment to Harold R. Tyler Jr. Award to commemorate his excellent legacy in the legal profession and public service; William Thompson, Jr., recipient of the Denis Berger Award for his advocacy for commitment to public services; William Thompson Jr, recipient of the Denis Berger Award diversity and progress in the community; and Janie C. Whitney and A.B. Whitfield, recipients of for his advocacy for diversity and progress in the community; and Janie C;. Whitney and the Sargent Shriver Award for their commitment to provide high-quality education to the A.B. Whitfield recipients of the Sargent Shriver Award for their dedication to provide high community. Each of you has improved our communities through your diligent work. quality education to the community. My best wishes for a wonderful evening and the ongoing pursuit of social and economic Each of them has improved our communities through their diligent work. justice. Many thanks I wish this fine organization many more years of success.

My best wishes for a wonderful evening and success with your ongoing pursuit of Sincerely, social and economic justice for all. Sincerely, Steven H. Cymbrowitz Member of Assembly

Peter J. Abbate, Jr. Member of Assembly

PJA/kis

DISTRICT OFFICE: 1800 Sheepshead Bay Road, Brooklyn, New York, 11235, (718) 743-4078, FAX (718) 368-4391 ALBANY OFFICE: Room 824, Legislative Office Building, Albany, New York 12248, (518) 455-5214, FAX (518) 455-5738 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.assembly.state.ny.us ▫ Room 839, Legislative Office Building, Albany, New York 12248, (518) 455-3053 ▫ 6605 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11219, (718) 236-1764 32 brooklyn legal services coproration a 2016 annual partnership awards benefit 33 THE ASSEMBLY STATE OF NEW YORK A Huge Thank You ALBANY to Our Sponsors

RODNEYSE BICHOTTE Assemblymember 42nd District KingsCounty

COMMITTEES UNDERWRITER ADVOCATES CONT. Chair, Committee Subcommittee, Oversight Minority and Women Business Owned Enterprises (MWBE) Banks Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Governmental Operations Housing Small Business Social Services PATRON

November 3, 2016

Dear Friends, PARTNERS

It is with great pleasure that I write to congratulate Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) as it FRIEND celebrates the 2016 Annual Partnership Awards Benefit.

For over 48 years, Brooklyn A has lived into its mission to promote social and economic justice and to empower communities through its high-quality legal assistance and advocacy programs. Your dedication and commitment to fight on behalf of low and moderate income individuals and families, has resulted in meaningful changes that have impacted the quality of life for countless New Yorkers. I am truly grateful for all of your work. ASSOCIATES NONPROFIT PARTNERS Additionally, I join you in congratulating this year’s honorees: Robert MacCrate, recipient of the Judge Harold R. Tyler Jr. Award to commemorate his extraordinary legacy in the legal profession and commitment to public service; William Thompson Jr., recipient of the Denis Berger Award for his advocacy for diversity and progress in the community; and Janie C. Whitney and A.B. Whitfield, recipients of the Sargent Shriver Award for their commitment Marylin Gelber & Richard Jacobsson to provide high-quality education to the community.

Again, congratulations to Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, and all the honorees for all that you do to make another world possible and for the incredible legacies that you are forging.

Sincerely,

ADVOCATES

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