Our monthly meetings are centered on an outstanding speaker, including candidates, politicians, issue specialists, government officials, and citizen activists. They address issues immediately important to us, from immigration and health care to national and local security, bike lanes, and horse carriages.
Amity Shlaes is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, The Forgotten Man: Graphic, a full length illustrated version of the same book drawn by Paul Rivoche, Coolidge, a full-length biography of the thirtieth president and The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americas Crazy. […]
Lucas J. Miller is a Lieutenant with the NYPD Intelligence Bureau and the commander of its Incident Prevention Unit. He has spent 27 years with the Department in a variety of assignments including patrol, narcotics, homicide, and intelligence.
Peter Salins is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a former editor and contributor to City Journal, and an expert on housing, immigration, higher education, and New York City. He is currently University Professor of Political Science at Stony Brook University and director of its graduate program in public policy; and formerly, Provost and […]
Coll, 45, of Seaford, a registered Republican, is a retired NYPD detective who now works as an adjunct professor of constitutional history at Hofstra University. Coll grew up in Massapequa and graduated from Holy Trinity Diocesan High School in Hicksville. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Hofstra and a master’s in history from […]
Helen Rosenthal represents the Upper West Side in the New York City Council. She is a leading voice on issues of accessibility, gender equity and civic engagement, affordable housing, education equity, and adequate funding for social service providers. Elected to the City Council in 2013, Helen’s vote total in the general election was the highest […]
Eric A. Ulrich was born at Jamaica Hospital and raised in the Ozone Park section of Queens. He attended neighborhood public and parochial schools, P.S. 63 (Old South) and the former Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School respectively. In high school, he contemplated becoming a catholic priest, but after graduating from Cathedral Prep Seminary, […]
Senator Martin J. Golden (R,C) was elected to represent Brooklyn’s 22nd Senate District in 2002. The 22nd State Senate District includes the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, Gravesend and parts of Sheepshead Bay, Borough Park and Midwood. Senator Marty Golden has established himself as one of the most influential […]
Edward Klein is a well-known editor, writer and public speaker with a distinguished career in American journalism. After serving an apprenticeship as a copy boy for the New York Daily News, he went on to earn a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, which awarded him a traveling fellowship to Japan. There, […]
Christopher Patrick Gibson (born May 13, 1964) is an American politician, former officer in the United States Army and member of the Republican Party who serves as the U.S. Representative for New York’s 19th congressional district since 2011. A lifelong resident of Kinderhook, New York, Gibson joined the United States Army in 1986 after graduating […]
