Meet Your New Tourism Czar
He said he hopes he will bring the entire organization "up another notch" thanks to his "background and skill set." (He was founder of the ad agency Margeotes Fertitta Powell, which among its clients counted ... Colonial Williamsburg!)
He entered negotiations with the Bloomberg administration several months ago, he said, before the Snapple debacle.
"I don't really look at this as a Snapple problem, it is a situation of unfulfilled over-expectation. There is no correlation between any of the staff changes and the Snapple situation."
The new guy's credo:
"This is not a city dedicated to tourism, but to its citizens, and tourism is an engine to make the lives of the city's citizens better."
Where to start?
"Staten Island!," he said. "There are big plans for Staten Island."
- Jason Horowitz
Is the event planning element of this the big events group? Anyone?
Is the event planning element of this the big events group? Anyone?
Boy, did Cristyne Lategano get screwed by Bloomberg! It's amazing isn't it how Bloomberg is going after the Giuliani people now that he's re-elected. First he treats Rudy Washington like some low-life. Now he's effectively demoting Lategano.
Boy, did Cristyne Lategano get screwed by Bloomberg! It's amazing isn't it how Bloomberg is going after the Giuliani people now that he's re-elected. First he treats Rudy Washington like some low-life. Now he's effectively demoting Lategano.
Boy this guy is an idiot ! He will be out of here in a week.
Events? Big? Staten Island? Can anyone say NASCAR?
NASCAR is dead.
So is this buffoon.