Charles J. Urstadt set to be honored at Institute awards.The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute will bestow Charles J. Urstadt, the Founding Chairman of The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a New York State public benefit corporation whose mission is to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side , with its inaugural "Award for Visionary Leadership in Real Estate" at a reception and presentation dinner, to be held on Thursday, October 27 at The University Club, One West 54th Street, in Manhattan. James F. Gill, present Chairman of the Battery Park City Authority, will serve as Master of Ceremonies and also offer his and Governor Pataki's vision for the future of Battery Park in what is expected to be one of the highlights of the evening's program. Mr. Urstadt will be recognized for his extraordinary contribution to the Authority and to the civic life of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. over the past 40 years, including his tenure as the first Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Battery Park City Authority beginning in 1968. He was reappointed in 1998 for a six-year term as Vice-Chairman and again in 2004. The Authority's celebrated public/private partnership transformed 100 acres along the Hudson River Hudson River River, New York, U.S. Originating in the Adirondack Mountains and flowing for about 315 mi (507 km) to New York City, it was named for Henry Hudson, who explored it in 1609. Dutch settlement of the Hudson valley began in 1629. waterfront into six million square feet of commercial, residential, hotel and recreational uses--including the World Financial Center and a landscaped waterfront esplanade terminating in an exemplary public park at the tip of Manhattan. In addition to his leadership position with the Authority, Mr. Urstadt served as Commissioner of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Department of Housing and Community Renewal and Chief Architect for the Urban Development Corporation, responsible for housing, urban renewal and rent control throughout New York State from 1967 to 1973. He is currently Chairman and CEO of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . Among the numerous dignitaries and public officials expected to be present at the event are Civic Guest of Honor David Rockefeller David Rockefeller, Sr. (born June 12, 1915) is a prominent American banker, philanthropist, world statesman, and the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the youngest and only surviving child and grandchild, respectively, of the prominent philanthropist John D. ; Governors Hugh L. Carey and Mario Cuomo Mario Matthew Cuomo (born June 15, 1932) served as the Governor of New York from 1983 to 1995. Cuomo became nationally known for his rousing keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and the subsequent speculation over the next two decades that he might run for the ; and Mayors Edward I. Koch, David N. Dinkins, Rudolph Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg. Robert R. Douglass, chairman of The Alliance for Downtown New York; James Cavanaugh, President and CEO of the Battery Park City Authority; and Emeritus President and CEO of the Authority Meyer S. Frucher will also be in attendance. Established in 1995, The Steven L. Newman Institute was created to provide a foundation for education and research concerned with real estate and metropolitan development. All proceeds from the dinner will benefit The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute's programs and, in particular, the aspiring students of the William Newman Programs in Real Estate. For more information, please contact Henry Wollman at 646-660-6950. |
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