Jon and Bernard Whalen are a father and son writing-duo who recently released their second co-authored book, “The NYPD’s First Fifty Years: Politicians, Police Commissioners and Patrolmen.” The book includes…
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Elizabeth Schwartz, a 64-year-old native New Yorker, has always had a fascination with languages. She majored in French in college, she has traveled to four continents, and she is proficient…
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Nereo López isn’t a typical 92-year-old; he’s more like a typical young, starry-eyed artist who wakes up at noon and gets inspiration from everything around him. His small frame is…
Read moreFirst female Asian elected official on the East Coast continues to give back and speak up
Ellen Young is not one to stay still, or stay quiet. The 62-year-old volunteers as the first, and only, Asian member of the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and…
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