Contractors' Association of Greater New York.

The Contractors' Association of Greater New York (CAGNY) held its annual John A. Cavanagh Scholarship Luncheon on June 17, 2004 at the Harvard Club of New York.

The luncheon was held in honor of ten outstanding New York area high school students who will receive a CAGNY college scholarship this year.

John A. Cavanagh, for whom the scholarships are named, was named Chairman Emeritus in 2004, after serving as the Board's Chairman since the organization's founding in 1984. In 2001, CAGNY created the college scholarship fund to enhance educational opportunities for tomorrow's construction industry leaders and has awarded nineteen scholarships in the past three years.

Each year, the Fund presents a scholarship award to several worthy high school seniors, six of whom this year shall be children of persons employed by one of the eligible CAGNY member firms.

The scholarship covers $3,000.00 for each student's tuition and related expenses. CAGNY anticipates that starting with the 2005 school year, the JAC Scholarship Fund will also provide one scholarship to an economically disadvantaged student enrolled in a New York City Public High School who is planning a career in construction management. This year, for the first time, several students received an Honorable Mention that also provided students with a college stipend.

CAGNY has long been known as an association of leading construction managers and general contractors in the New York metropolitan area, and its member companies include AMEC Construction Management, Inc.; Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.; Cauldwell Wingate Company, Inc.; HRH Construction LLC; Plaza Construction Corporation; Turner Construction Co., Inc; and Builders Group, Inc.

The 2004 John A. Cavanagh Scholarship Recipients are as follows: Brian Wu, AMEC Construction Management, Inc. Recipient; Alexandra Alicea, AMEC Construction Management, Inc. Honorable Mention; Amanda DeCamp, Bovis Lend Lease LMB Recipient; Michael Pepi, Bovis Lend Lease LMB Honorable Mention; Marissa Accardi, Cauldwell Wingate Company, Inc. Recipient; Scott Peckelis, HRH Construction LLC Recipient; Kwasi Mensah, Plaza Construction Corporation Recipient; Tyrone Branch, Plaza Construction Corporation Honorable Mention; Antonio Sune, Turner Construction Co., Inc. Recipient; David Clark, Turner Construction Co., Inc. Honorable Mention;

Founded over 20 years ago, The Contractors' Association of Greater New York, Inc. (CAGNY) is a multi-employer association of the leading construction managers and general contractors operating in the Metropolitan New York area. CAGNY coordinates all its members' collective bargaining activities with the various craft locals whose members they employ; oversees the administration of those agreements; represents its members' interests as they are impacted by State and local legislative initiatives and oversight by State and City regulatory agencies; and serves as a liaison with other construction industry groups and associations.

The primary purpose of CAGNY is to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with its trade unions and to administer these agreements through grievance hearings, arbitrations and, when necessary, unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.