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Community Board No. 2, Manhattan, New York City




Committees & Task Forces

Community Board 2 has eleven standing committees and several special committees. The calendar page shows the dates, locations and agendas of monthly meetings.  Input is regularly sought and encouraged at committee hearings and the full board's monthly meetings.  On complex issues, the board chair may assign an issue to more than one committee.

Most committees take off the month of August. Each committee reviews all requirements, facts, testimony and supporting documentation, and summarizes them in a resolution that is then presented for final approval at the monthly full board meeting. The final resolution becomes an official advisory document that is then passed on to the appropriate agency or agencies.

Each standing committee is composed of board and public members.  Board members are appointed by the Manhattan Borough President, half of whom are recommended by local City Council members. Public members are appointed by the board chair upon application. The names and titles of the committee members are listed below.

STANDING COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

ARTS & INSTITUTIONS

 Board Members

Public Members       

 David Gruber, Chair

Jerry Felix

 Carter Booth, Vice-Chair

 

 Terri Cude
 Sheelah Feinberg 
 Jo Hamilton 

 Anne Hearn

 

 David Reck

 

 Robin Rothstein

 

ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY & PUBLIC HEALTH 

 Board Members

 Public Members

 Jason Mansfield, Chair

 Ann Arlen

 Sigrid Burton, Vice-Chair

 Frieda Bradlow

 Rich Caccappolo Ellen Peterson-Lewis
 Sheelah Feinberg 
 Bob Ely 

 Evan Lederman

 

 Ed Ma

 

 Elaine Young

 

 

 

  

LAND USE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (FORMERLY ZONING & HOUSING)

 Board Members

 Public Members         

 David Reck, Chair

 Robert Burton

 David Gruber, Vice-Chair

 John Czarnecki

 Steve Ashkinazy

 

 Tobi Bergman

 

 Anita Brandt

 

 Terri Cude

 

 Sean Sweeney

 

 

 

 

LANDMARKS & PUBLIC AESTHETICS

 Board Members 

 Public Members              

 Sean Sweeney, Chair

  Albert Bennett

 Doris Diether, Co-Chair

  Susan Gammie

 Chenault Spence, Vice-Chair

  Andrew Jones

 Anita Brandt

 

 Alison Greenberg 
 Jane McCarthy 

 Judy Paul

 

 Bo Riccobono

 

 

 

 

 

PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE  

 Board Members

 Public Members       

 Tobi Bergman, Chair

 Coral Dawson

 Rich Caccappolo, Vice-Chair

 Elizabeth Gilmore

 Susanna Aaron Honi Klein
 Keen Berger Sharon Woolums 

 Denise Collins

 

 Bob Ely

 

 Judy Paul

 

 Arthur Schwartz

 

 Shirley Secunda

 

 

 

SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC FACILITIES & PUBLIC ACCESS

 Board Members        

Public Members              

 Maury Schott, Chair

 Karen Eckhoff

 Bill Bray

 

 Maria Passannante Derr 

 

 Anne Hearn

 

 Alison McGonigal-Nelson 

 Rocio Sanz

 

 Wendy Schlazer

 

 

 

SOCIAL SERVICES & EDUCATION

(SENIOR SERVICES, YOUTH, LGBT, & HOMELESS) 

 Board Members

 Public Members             

 Lois Rakoff, Chair

 Vern Fry

 Steve Ashkinazy, Vice-Chair

 Sharad Khemani

 Keen Berger Chris Leonard

 Lisa Cannistraci

 Rhea Sohne 

 Denise Collins

  

 Doris Diether

 

 Sasha Greene

 

 Robin Rothstein

 

 Chenault Spence

 

 

 

SLA LICENSING

 Board Members

 Public Members             

 Raymond Lee, Co-Chair

 Robin Goldberg

 Richard Stewart, Co-Chair

 Shirley Smith

 Carter Booth, Vice Chair  Carol Yankay
 Heather Campbell

 Joshua Frost

 

 Gideon Gil 

 Arthur Kriemelman

 

 Lois Rakoff

 

 

 

 

 

STREET ACTIVITIES & FILM PERMITS

 Board Member 

 Public Members      

 Evan Lederman, Chair

 Joe Flahaven

 Florent Morellet, Vice Chair Carol Yankay
 Bill Bray 
 Maria Derr 

 Sheelah Feinberg

 

 Sasha Greene 

 Rocio Sanz 

 

 Maury Schott

 

 Elaine Young

 

 

 

  

TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION

 Board Members

 Public Members       

 Shirley Secunda, Chair

 Jesse Erlbaum

 Sigrid Burton

 Joseph Flahaven

 Ed Ma George Haikalis

 Jason Mansfield

 

 Alexander Meadows

 

 Florent Morellet

 

 Wendy Schlazer

 

 Antony Wong

 

 

 

 

 

WATERFRONT

 Board Members 

 Public Members             

 Arthur Schwartz, Chair

 Nancy Brous

 Susannah Aaron, Vice Chair Elizabeth Gilmore 

 Lisa Cannistraci

 Jonathan Slaff

 Susan Kent Arthur Stoliar

 Jane McCarthy

 

 Alison McGonigal-Nelson

 

 Alexander Meadows

 

 

 

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

ST. VINCENT OMNIBUS

 Board Members 

 Public Members        

 Bo Riccobono, Chair

 Richard Davis

 Keen Berger

 Marilyn Dorato

 Rich Caccappolo

 Carol Greitzer

 Doris Diether Trevor Stewart

 David Gruber

 Tim Stock

 Jo Hamilton 

 Jason Mansfield

 

 David Reck

 

 Shirley Secunda

 

 

 

NYU WORKING GROUP

 Board Members  

Public Members     

 Terri Cude, Co-Chair

 

 David Gruber, Co-Chair

 

 Tobi Bergman

 

 Jo Hamilton 
 Jason Mansfield 
 David Reck 
 Bo Riccobono 
 Robin Rothstein 
 Shirley Secunda
 
BOARD COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

EXECUTIVE

 Brad Hoylman, Chair                

 Evan Lederman, Street Act.

 Bo Riccobono, 1stVice-Chair

 Raymond Lee, SLA Licensing

 Alison Greenberg, 2nd Vice-Chair

 Jason Mansfield, Environment

 Susan Kent, Secretary

 David Reck, Land Use & Bus. Dev.

 Antony Wong, Treas

 Maury Schott, Sidewalks

 Keen Berger, Ass. Sec.

 Arthur Schwartz, Waterfront

 Tobi Bergman, Parks

 Shirley Secunda, Traffic

 David Gruber, Institutions

 Richard Stewart, SLA Licensing

 Bo Riccobono, St. Vincent's Omnibus

 Sean Sweeney, Landmarks

 Lois Rakoff, Social Services & Edu.

 Jo Hamilton, Past Chair

  

FINANCE

 Antony Wong, Chair

 

 Keen Berger

 

 Alison Greenberg

 

 Jo Hamilton

 

 Brad Hoylman

 

 Susan Kent

 

 Bo Riccobono

 

PERSONNEL

 Brad Hoylman, Chair

 

 Keen Berger

 

 Alison Greenberg

 

 Jo Hamilton 

 Susan Kent

 

 Bo Riccobono 

 

 Antony Wong

 

BOARD PARLIAMENTARIAN 

Terri Cude

BOARD HISTORIAN

Vacant

 

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS:

VILLAGE ALLIANCE BID

 Shirley Secunda

UNION SQUARE BID

 Maria Passannante Derr 

HUDSON SQUARE BID

 Tobi Bergman

BELLEVUE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD

 Lois Rakoff

CHINATOWN WORKING GROUP

 Antony Wong

 Ed Ma

HRPT ADVISORY COUNCIL

 Arthur Schwartz

HRPT ADVISORY COUNCIL-PIER 57 WORKING GROUP

 Susanna Aaron

 Jo Hamilton

 


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