The Young and the Rising
These names (and precisely 31 others) can be found on the City Hall News list of "Rising Stars." It's not clearwhat the criteria were for making it, other than that the honoree be less than 40 years old.
In any event, the young Manhattan Media publication is hosting a reception at City Hall restaurant tonight for whichever of the young political stars feel like showing up.
The full roll of the City Hall News honorees is after the jump.
-- Azi Paybarah Rising Stars: The Next Generation of Political Leaders in New YorkBill Lipton Kevin Sheekey Ed Skyler Alaina Colon Dan Garodnick Christine Quinn Greg Atkins Joel Rivera Peter Colavito Eric Gioia John Liu Brian Kavanagh Jonathan Bing Kevin Wardally Jef Pollock Melissa Mark Viverito Josh Isay Jessica Lappin Darren Bloch Rich Baum Basil Smikle Jonathan Bowles Sean Maloney Morgan Ortagus Rodney Capel Hakeem Jeffries José Serrano Mike Murphy Patrick Gaspard Patrick Brennan Christopher DeCicco Joe Henriquez McNearney Jamie Van Bramer Mike Gianaris Andrea Batista Schlesinger
What a boring skin deep list of people! Rivera? Gioia? Lappin? Get real, where are the real people making a difference in our City (good that Sheekey and Quinn are on list) and not just the empty suits sent up by county or former representatives. (yes Eric Gioia fans I know your buddy wasn't county but he is pretty ineffective and boring)
Isn't it misleading to call consultants "political leaders"? Who exactly are they leading?
Patrick Brennan, CAU Commsr
Kal Yeger, Ferrer Exec
Paul Francis, Spitzer policy
Meryl Tish, Regent Board
Suri Kasirer, Lobbyist
Bill Rudin, Real Estate
Lisa Belzberg, Education
Ramon Martinez, Quinn&Clinton
Bill DeBlasio
it would appear that if your name is in the paper lately, or you work in city hall, you are rising. the rest of the political world, which has forgotten more than these people will ever know, (and some of us are just 40) don't count anymore. this is pathetic, get to work people
methinks not all of these folks are under 40.
elderly 44yo: brennan is on the list.
Elderly 44 Year Old aka Scott Levenson, Stop promoting your candidates on blogs and get your staff (if you wanna call the ragtag group of interns and underpaid staffers that) on task.
it is amazing how jealous some of you are of scott levenson. get over it, guys!
Weiner, conspicuosly missing,unless he's considered a current leader.
Skyler is a putz
did the honorees actually show up to this thing?
How about David Greenfield, Executive Director of the Sephardic Community Federation. Anyone who is anyone in New York politics should get to know this guy.He controls the political contributions for the Sephardic community, among the most affluent in the city, and a group that has begun trying to exert their influence.
It's nice to include some of the staffers for powerless electeds (eg: the BPs and Councilmembers) but how do you leave off someone like Alan Van Capelle or Stu Loeser? Joe is a great guy, but he doesn't belong on the short list.
who would be jealous of scott levenson, his candidates are losing, look at LES Judgeship. Maybe if he would just link up with Mark Green again...
I was sad to see that this list does not contain the name of not one black woman.This is a disgrace. Black women have been on the move in government for some time now and it is quite insulting to not see any of them on the list.
Tisk Tisk to the publisher....
how about a borough by borough break out of rising stars on both sides of the aisle?
Pro Lady, how about Tiffany Raspberry? And while we're on the subject of Parkside, why not include Evan Stavisky and Joe Ruebens? The list is pretty crap without those three.
Next time around, they should include John Choe, CM Liu's chief of staff, Michael Sais, AM Gianaris's chief of staff, and Dirk McCall, President of the Stonewall Dems, too.
i don't think electeds should be included. they've already risen.
I second the Greenfield nomination. This guy is all over the place and was seen supporting just about every winner in Brooklyn
What about Ken Adams of Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce?
In response to the obvious Parkside posting, there are many more black women on the move in politics other than Tiffani Raspberry. She is ok and all but there are others that have been in poltics for a long time.
BTW I know this a Parkside staffer because no one likes freakin Evan Stavisky..... or even knows Joe Ruebens, Barry go back to work!
Ken Adams is 45 years old, but a good choice....
how about some staten islanders?
3:40pm, maybe there are other women who have have been in the biz longer, but we arent talking about a lifetime achievement award, we are talking about rising stars under 40 and nobody can deny that Tiffany is just that.
The list is sad and quite frankly, I felt a little silly at this gathering.
1) Elected officials should not be on there.
2) 40 year olds arent really rising any more. They should have kept it 35 an under.
It seems to me that the editors chose the list. "Insiders" would know the right youngsters to pick.
i guess it is easier to make it on the list if you are a white male and have lost an election or have been on the wrong side of an election.
Evan Stavisky? Isn't he going to jail for all the shady Brian McLaughlin dealings?
Jean Phelps, Donette Cherry, Mia Carter, Lady Sykes rising stars in Queens as well
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