Thompson to address IREM.One of the toughest jobs around is to be responsible for 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 City's finances, and in times like these, the job is even tougher. The Greater New York Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (IREM IREM Institute of Real Estate Management (Chicago, Illinois) IREM Institute of Real Estate Managers IREM Integrated Research, Evaluation, and System Analysis Model IREM Infra-Red Emission Microscopy ) will begin their 2002 Monthly Luncheon Speaker Series with William C. Thompson, Comptroller-Elect 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. as the keynote speaker. The luncheon will be held on Jan. 15 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the New York Helmsley Hotel, 212 East 42nd St. The cost is $65 per person and reservations can be made by calling 212.944.9445 or by visiting www.iremnyc.org. "Our members and guests are very interested to hear Thompson's s insights and plans for the city's financial future and we are honored to have him speak at the first luncheon of the new year," commented IREM Greater New York Chapter President Teresa Tota, CPM[R]. A lifelong New Yorker, William Thompson began his career in New York overseeing constituent services for a Congressman and then became his Chief of Staff. In 1983 he was appointed Brooklyn's youngest Deputy Borough President Borough President (informally BP, or Beep in slang) is an elective office in each of the five boroughs of New York City. The offices of borough president were created in 1898 with the formation of the City of Greater New York. . In his ten years in that capacity he served on the Board of Estimate and as a Trustee on the New York City Employee's Retirement System, the city's largest pension fund. In the early 1990's Thompson served as a senior vice president for an investment banking firm. In 1994 Thompson was appointed to the New York City Board of Education and in 1996 he was elected to serve as president. He also served as a Trustee for the Board of Education Retirement System. As president of the New York City Board of Education, Thompson accomplished unprecedented educational reforms. He increased accountability, raised standards and improved reading scores. He fought for fair funding and gave the public access to the Board of Education's books to enable New Yorkers to see how the $11 billion budget is spent. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the City Parks Foundation City Parks Foundation is a New York City-based non-profit dedicated to the improvement of urban parks and neighborhoods through programming in parks, including athletic instruction for youth and seniors, performing arts, and education programs, all offered free of charge, and . He is a former board member of the March of Dimes
Thompson is a graduate of Tufts University and resides in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. |
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