Supporters of Independent Friends of McCarren Park Inc.

 

State Assembly

Sheldon Silver, Speaker
Peter J. Abbate , Jr.
Carmen Arroyo
Jeffrion L. Aubry
Michael Benjamin
William F. Boyland, Jr.
James F. Brennan
Barbara M. Clark
Adele Cohen
William A. Colton
Vivian Cook
Michael Cusick
Steven Cymbrowitz
Luis Diaz
Ruben Diaz, Jr.
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Herman D. Farrell, Jr.
Deborah Glick
Diane Gordon
Richard N. Gottfried
Alex Pete Grannis
Aurelia Greene
Roger L. Green
Vincent Ignizio
Rhoda S. Jacobs
Ivan C. Lafayette
John W. Lavelle
Margaret M. Markey
Joan L. Millman
Felix W. Ortiz
N. Nick Perry
Audrey I. Pheffer
Adam C. Powell IV
Jose Rivera
Naomi Rivera
Peter M. Rivera
Annette M. Robinson
William Scarborough
Anthony S. Seminerio
Michele Titus
Darryl C. Towns
Helene Weinstein
Keith Wright

Former State Assembly Members

Frank Barbaro
Denis Butler
William Boyland
Elizabeth Connelly
Geraldine Daniels
John Dearie
Hector Diaz
Dan Feldman
Barry Grodenchik
Cynthia Jenkins
Stephen Kaufman
Israel Martinez
J. Brian Murtaugh
Javier Nieves
Jules Polonetsky
Roberto Ramirez
John Ravitz
Frank Seddio
Robert Straniere
Edward Sullivan
Eric Vitaliano

Former City Council Members

Michael Abel
Sal Albanese
Susan Alter
Tracy Boyland
Alfred Cerullo
Una Clarke
Lucy Cruz
Steve DiBrienza
Robert Dryfoos
Ronnie Eldridge
Pedro Espada
Stephan Fiala
Wendell Foster
Kathryn Freed
Miriam Friedlander
John Fusco
Carol Greitzer
Julia Harrison
Lloyd Henry
Sam Horowitz
Karen Koslowitz
Howard Lasher
Sheldon Leffler
Guillermo Linares
Margarita Lopez
Joan McCabe
Walter McCaffrey
Ruth Messinger
Stanley Michaels
Charles Millard
Gifford Miller
Eva Moskowitz
Jerome O’Donovan
Thomas Ognibene
Antonio Pagan
Bill Perkins
Martin Povman
Madeline Provenzano
Philip Reed
Israel Ruiz, Jr.
Al Stabile
Larry Warden
Juanita Watkins
Enoch Williams
Priscilla Wooten

 

Religious Community Supporters

Rev. Agustin Ruiz, St. Peter & Paul RC Church
Sr. Mary Sullivan, Convent of Mercy
Father Don Kenna, All Saints RC Church
Salvation Army Bushwick Ministries
Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, Chair Comm. Planning Bd. 9
Rev. Gilbert Burkett, St. marks Baptist Church
Rev. Thomas E. Moore, Shiloh Baptist Church
OBJ Burson, P. Holy Trinity Baptist Church
Rev. Jonathan Priest, St. John’s Luthern Church
Rev. John O’Hallaran, St. Paul’s Luthern Church
Rev. Susie Elliot, Mt Paran Baptist Church
Rev. Herbert Daughtry, House of Lord Church
Rev. Richard Rutkowski, Church of Redeemer
Rev. Wesley Krawczak, Russion Orthodox Cathedral Transfiguration
Jerry Greenwald, General manager the Jewish Press
Rev. Luther Dingle, Holy House of Prayer
Rev. Walter Alston, Met. Baptist Church
Rev. FD Waddell, Greater Friendship Baptist Church
Rev. Fred Ennette, Devoe St. Baptist Chursh
Fr. Jose Pahthaplamthottiyll, Holy family Slovak RC Church
Sergo Lalanne, Dir. Salvation Army Bushwick Ministries
Rev. Daniel Rivera, First Spanish Presby. Church
Fthr. Anthony Hernandez, Transfiguration RC Church
Fthr. Reginald Nuamah, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Community

Steven D. Cohn, State Committeeman
Linda Minucci, State Committeewoman
Betty Jones, Pres. Williamsburg Houses Residents Council
Betty M. Cooney, ED Graham Ave, B.I.D.
Edwin Perez, Coord. Hispanos Unidos of Greenpoint
Joseph G. Garber, First VP Police Area Council-Brooklyn W.
Charlotte Striggles, Dir Cooper Park Day Care Center
Richard Green, Dir Crown Heights Youth Collective
Mildred Tudy, Dir Crispus Attucks Community Council
Luis Garden Acosta, Dir El Puente
Kristy Sung, Dir St. Nicholas Greenpoint Beacon
Bertha Lewis, Dir New York A.C.O.R.N.
Earl Williams, Chair Bk Community Planning Board #5
Bob Matthews, Chair Bk Community Planning Board #8
Martin Needelman, Dir Williamsburg Legal Services
Veronica Whaley, Dir John Oravecz Day Care Center
David Pagan, Admin Los Sures/United Housing Dev Corp
Jack Carroll, EC Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats
Diane Jackson, President Cooper Park Tenants Association
Peter Gillespie, ED Neighbors Against Garbage
Shirley Genn, Dir. Pub. Policy Bklyn Interagency Cncl. Aging
Ismael Tony Torres - Fner. Nat'l Fed of Puerto Rican Pioneers
Patricia Synan - former Superintendent School Distrct #14
Juan D. Martinez, former Pres. Community School Board #14
Anna Butler, Dir - United Community of Williamsburg Daycare
William Jusino, Principal Progress High School, Brooklyn
Kathy Molloy, Dir Community & Parents Day Care Center
Anton Chroscieleyski, Pres. Polish National Home
Harriet Roldan, Crdtr. Padre Kennedy Head Start
Daniel Rivera Dir. People’s Firehouse
John Mulhern, Dir. Southside Comm. Mission
Miriam Cruz, Dir. Nuestros Niños Daycare Center
Harold Walker, President Cooper park Senior Citizens
Diana Denis, Dir Williamsburg Northside Pre-School
Nicholas Rodriguez, Dir. Jonathan Williams Rec. Center
Yehudit Moch, Dir. JASA Williamsburg Senior Center
Joe Darragh, President Green Oaks Citizen Club, Inc.
Beata Jakubowksi, Dir. Krakus Seniors, Polish-Slavik Center
Roxy Jordan, Political Action Chair NAACP - Brooklyn Ch.
Jadwiga Szyr, Manager Peter McGuinness Senior Citizens
Lawrence A. Provette, Dir Stagg St. Children's Center
Deborah Medina, Co-Chair Southside Fair Housing Com.
Dr. Alma Villegas Sanchez, Dir. Musica Against Drugs
Dick Dadey, ED Citizen Union
Narcisa Ruiz, Dir Diana Jones Senior Citizen Center

Art, Architecture & Preservation

Karen Brooks Hopkins, President. BAM
Robert A.M. Stern, R.A.
Andrew Dolkart, Arch Historian Columbia University
Ronald Schweiger, The Brooklyn Historian
Rex Curry, City Planner
Joel Beck, Co-Director Roebling Hall Gallery
Richard Timperio, Director Sideshow Gallery-
Juan Sanchez, Prof. Dept Art Hunter College
Joe Amrhein, Director Pierogi 2000 - North 9th Gallery
Rosalie Genevro, Director The Architectural League
Ken Butler, Greenpoint Instrumental Performance Artist
Shige Moriya, Director Cave Gallery
Robert Elmes, Director Galapagos Art Space
Randall Harris, Director Figureworks
Giorgio Cavaglieri -AIA NY
Robert Harris, Director Figureworks Gallery
Donald Weston, Honorary VP Fine Arts Fed of NY
Don Burmeister, Director Saf-T Gallery
Peg Breen, Director NY Landmarks Conservancy
Eric Heist, Director Momenta Art Gallery
Howard Pitsch, former Chairperson Ft. Greene Association
Kent Barwick, President Municipal Art Society
Christopher W. London, Fndr. Coal. to Save Naumburg Bandshell
Simeon Bankoff, Exec. Director - Historic Districts Council
John C. Muir, former Exec. Dir. Bk. Cntr. for the Urban Environment
Barry Lewis, Historian
Elizabeth Streb, Dir. Streb Lab for Action Mechanics
Scott Lagenour, Gallery Boreas

 

 

Special Friends

Charles E. Schumer U.S. Senator
Betsy Gotbaum NYC Pub. Advocate
H. Carl McCall former St. Compt.
Charles J. Hynes Brooklyn D.A.
Robert Abrams former Att.General
C. Virginia Fields fmr. Manh. Bor. Pres.
Mel Brooks
Cyndi Lauper
Spike Lee
Eddie Murphy
Mattie Rich
Geraldo Rivera
Mickey Rooney
Jimmy Smits

Members of Congress
Garry L. Ackerman
Joseph Crowley
Vito Fossella
Carolyn Maloney
Gregory Meeks
Jerrold Nadler
Major R. Owens
Charles R. Rangel
Jose Serrano
Edolphus Towns
Nydia M. Velazquez
Anthony D. Weiner

Borough Presidents

Scott Stringer - Manhattan
Marty Markowitz - Brooklyn
Helen M. Marshall - Queens
Adolfo Carrion, Jr. - Bronx

State Senate

David A. Paterson, Minority Leader
Carl Andrews
Martin Connor
Martin Dilan
Thomas Duane
Martin Golden
Efrain Gonzales, Jr.
Jeffrey D. Klein
Carl Kruger
Liz Krueger
Serphin Maltese
Velmanette Montgomery
George Onorato
Kevin Parker
Eric Schneiderman
John Sampson
Diane Savino
Jose M. Serrano
Ada L. Smith
Malcom A. Smith

Former State Senators

Catherine Abate
Pedro Espada, Jr.
Emmanuel Gold
Jeffrey Korman
Seymour Lachman
Franz Leichter
Olga Mendez
Christopher Mega
Manfred Ohrenstein
David Rosado
Nellie Santiago
Martin Solomon
Alton Waldon

City Council

Christine Quinn, Speaker
Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr.
Tony Avella
Maria Baez
Charles Barron
Gale A. Brewer
Yvette Clarke
Leroy G. Comrie
Bill de Blasio
Erik M. Dilan
Helen Foster
Dennis Gallagher
James Gennaro
Vincent Gentile
Alan J. Gerson
Eric N. Gioia
Robert Jackson
Lititia James
Melinda Katz
G. Oliver Koppell
Andrew Lanza
John C. Liu
Miguel Martinez
Rosie Mendez
Hiram Monserrate
Michael Nelson
James Oddo
Annabel Palma
Domenic M. Rechhia
Joel Rivera
James Sanders
Larry Seabrook
Helen Sears
Kendall B. Stewart
Albert Vann
David Weprin
Thomas White, Jr