May 9, 2024
Jocelyn Strauber
Commissioner, Department of Investigation
Combating Corruption

March 5, 2024
Matthew Ketschke
President of Con Edison of New York
New York’s Clean Energy Future

February 15, 2024
Brad Lander
New York City Comptroller
A Vision for a More Thriving, Equitable, and Resilient City

October 6, 2023
Dan Garodnick
Director, New York City Department of City Planning and Chair of the City Planning Commission
Building a City of Yes

September 11, 2023
Ken Feinberg
Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
What is Life Worth?

August 29, 2023
Eric Adams
Mayor of New York City
187th CityLaw Breakfast

April 18, 2023
Rohit Aggarwala
Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection
What Should Earth Day Mean for NYC?

March 2, 2023
Meera Joshi
Deputy Mayor for Operations
The Foundation of Success: NYC’s Infrastructure and Core Services

February 16, 2023
Jessica S. Tisch
Commissioner, Department of Sanitation
Getting New York Clean

December 16, 2022
David C. Banks
Chancellor, NYC Department of Education
183rd CityLaw Breakfast

November 4, 2022
Brendan McGuire
Chief Counsel to NYC Mayor Eric Adams
Meeting the Needs of Asylum Seekers and the Homeless Population in NYC

July 14, 2022
Greg Russ
Chair and CEO, NYC Housing Authority
Public Housing Preservation Trust

June 29, 2022
Jacques Jiha
Director, NYC Office of Management and Budget
NYC Pandemic Recovery Budget

May 13, 2022
Mark Levine
Manhattan Borough President
Manhattan’s Recovery

April 8, 2022
Gary P. Jenkins
Commissioner, New York City Department of Social Services.
Confronting Homelessness

March 11, 2022
Frederick P. Schaffer
Chair, New York City Campaign Finance Board
Increasing Voter Turnout in City Elections

December 3, 2021
Alvin Bragg
Manhattan District Attorney-Elect
Criminal Justice Reform

November 12, 2021
Georgia Pestana
New York City Corporation Counsel
Practicing Law During the Pandemic: Crisis, Challenges & Opportunities

October 29, 2021
Hank Gutman
Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation
Reimagining How Freight Moves in New York City

September 10, 2021
Michael Arad
Lead Designer of the 9/11 Memorial
Design and Construction of the National 9/11 Memorial: Absence and Loss in the Life of New York City

April 9, 2021
Kathryn S. Wylde
President & CEO of the Partnership for New York City
NYC Pandemic Recovery

February 26, 2021
Richard Ravitch
Former New York State Lieutenant Governor
The State and City Budget Crisis

December 3, 2020
James E. Johnson
Corporation Counsel
The Common Good and the Municipal Lawyer: Managing Risk and Building Trust

October 2, 2020
Annette Gordon-Reed
Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School
Policing in America: Writing a New Chapter?

September 10, 2020
Steven Banks
Commissioner of the Department of Social Services
The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Services and Homelessness

July 30, 2020
Polly Trottenberg
Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation
NYCDOT & COVID-19: Response Challenges, Recovery Opportunities

February 14, 2020
Janet Sabel
Attorney-in-Chief and Chief Executive Officer, The Legal Aid Society
Working Towards Justice One Case at a Time

January 17, 2020
Richard Carranza
Chancellor, Department of Education
Investing in Our City’s Students

November 15, 2019
Bart Schwartz
New York City Housing Authority Federal Monitor
New York CityHA Challenges and Updates

October 4, 2019
Marisa Lago
City Planning Director
Planning for Inclusion: The Whys and Hows

September 5, 2019
Dr. Oxiris Barbot
Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Measles: New York City Policy and Thoughts on the Anti-Vaccine Movement

April 26, 2019
Stanley Brezenoff
Former First Deputy Mayor
Fifth Annual Civic Fame Award Presentation

March 8, 2019
Jeremy Travis
Former President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Crime and Justice Trends: The New York Story 1981–2018

February 8, 2019
Rick Cotton
Executive Director, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
From Vision to Reality: Rebuilding New York’s Airports for the 21st Century

January 18, 2019
Hon. Jonathan Lippman
Former Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
The Closing of Rikers Island as a Catalyst for Criminal Justice Reform in New York

November 16, 2018
David A. Hansell
Commissioner, Administration for Children’s Services
Protecting Children, Supporting Families

October 5, 2018
Kathryn Garcia
Department of Sanitation Commissioner
Taking on Big Plastic

September 7, 2018
Corey Johnson
Speaker, New York City Council
Moving Transit into the Future: Congestion Pricing

May 4, 2018
Honorees:
Richard J. Condon, Hon. Paul A. Crotty, Gene Russianoff, Dennis M. Walcott
Fourth Annual Civic Fame Award Presentation

April 13, 2018
Meera Joshi
Commissioner, Chair, and CEO, NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission
What's Changed and What Hasn't in For-hire Vehicles

March 9, 2018
Patrick J. Foye
President, Metropolitan Transit Authority
150th CityLaw Breakfast

February 23, 2018
James P. O'Neill
New York City Police Commissioner
149th CityLaw Breakfast

November 3, 2017
Lorraine Grillo
President, New York City School Construction Authority
Constructing and Maintaining New York City’s Schools

October 13, 2017
Anthony E. Shorris
First Deputy Mayor of the City of New York
Mission of Government to Improve People’s Lives Through Policy

September 28, 2017
Polly Trottenberg
Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation
Strategic Plan 2016: Safe–Green–Smart–Equitable

August 25, 2017
Carmen Fariña
Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
Setting Priorities: Equity and Excellence for All

May 5, 2017
Errol Louis
Host, Inside City Hall
Third Annual Civic Fame Award Presentation

April 21, 2017
John J. Miller
Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, New York Police Department
Current Trends in Terrorism

April 6, 2017
Dr. Michael Horodniceanu
President, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction Company
Building Mega-Projects: Lessons From the Second Avenue Subway

February 10, 2017
Fidel Del Valle
Commissioner, Chief Judge, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH)
Reforming OATH: Providing Fairness and Justice

December 16, 2016
Steven Banks
Commissioner, Department of Social Services
Poverty and Homelessness in New York City

November 18, 2016
Letitia James
Public Advocate for the City of New York
The Public Advocate’s Office

October 7, 2016
William J. Bratton
Former New York City Police Commissioner
Policing in America Over the Past 50 Years

September 16, 2016
Joseph Ponte
Commissioner, New York City Department of Corrections
Reform at Rikers: Creating a Culture of Safety at the New York City Dept. of Correction

August 19, 2016
Dr. Mary Bassett
Commissioner, New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
The Zika Virus

May 26, 2016
Errol Louis
Host, Inside City Hall
Second Annual Civic Fame Award Presentation

April 29, 2016
Robert L. Capers
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
Building Bridges to the Community

March 18, 2016
Shola Olatoye
New York City Housing Authority Chair and CEO
NextGen NYCHA

January 22, 2016
Eva Moskowitz
Founder and CEO, Success Academy Charter Schools
The Fight for Education

November 13, 2015
Vicki Been
Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner
Housing New York: Pairing Neighborhood Investment with Protections Against Displacement

October 9, 2015
William J. Bratton
New York City Police Commissioner
Coming Reforms and Continued Training for Police Officers

September 11, 2015
The City’s Lawyers and September 11: A Breakfast Roundtable Discussion
The Work of New York City’s Lawyers in the Aftermath of the 9/11 Attacks

August 28, 2015
Carl Weisbrod
Chair, New York City Planning Commission
New York City Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Plan

June 2, 2015
Mark G. Peters
Commissioner, New York City Department of Investigation
Legacy and Reform: DOI’s Role in City Government

May 1, 2015
20th Anniversary of the CityLaw Breakfast Series
Present and Past Corporation Counsels, New York City Law Department

April 10, 2015
Melissa Mark-Viverito
Speaker, New York City Council
Current Issues

February 20, 2015
Meera Joshi
Commissioner, Chair, and CEO, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
Taxi Policies

January 23, 2015
Preet Bharara
U.S. Attorney Southern District of NY
Public Corruption

November 21, 2014
Thomas Prendergast
Chairman, Metropolitan Transit Authority
Public Corruption

October 31, 2014
Robert Linn
Commissioner, Office of Labor Relations
Labor Issues

September 5, 2014
Carl Weisbrod
Chair, New York City Planning Commission
Zoning Plans

May 9, 2014
Mark Peters
Commissioner
New York City Department of Investigation
Corruption Fighting in New York City: The Next Step

April 11, 2014
Zachary Carter
Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department
The Law Department: Future Plans

February 7, 2014
Five Borough Presidents
Honoring the Boroughs

November 21, 2013
Patrick J. Foye
Executive Director, The Port Authority of NY and NJ
Infrastructure and Public/ Private Partner-ships: “Bridging” the Gap

October 18, 2013
Judith S. Kaye
Former Chief Judge of New York
Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court

September 27, 2013
David N. Dinkins
Former Mayor of New York City
Autobiography

February 25, 2013
Christine C. Quinn
Speaker of the New York City Council
Q&A with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn

January 25, 2013
Seth W. Pinsky
President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
Growing New York City’s Economy

November 9, 2012
Thomas Farley, M.D., M.P.H.
New York City Health Commissioner
Using Policy to Promote Health in the Bloomberg Administration

October 5, 2012
Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
District Attorney of New York County
A Conversation with the Manhattan DA

September 21, 2012
Jonathan Lippman
Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals
Privilege and Duty: The New Pro Bono Bar Admission Requirement in New York

April 20, 2012
Ronald E. Richter
Commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services
Transforming Juvenile Justice for New York City’s Youth

March 20, 2012
Hon. Harold Baer Jr.
U.S. District Judge and Member of the Mollen Commission
Richard J. Davis
Former Chair of the Commission to Combat Police Corruption
The Mollen Commission to Investigate Allegations of Police Corruption, and Its Aftermath

February 10, 2012
Michael F. Armstrong
Former Chief Counsel of the Knapp Commission
Police Integrity: Revisiting the 1972 Knapp Report

November 18, 2011
John C. Liu
New York City Comptroller
The Role of Comptroller in City Government

October 14, 2011
Dr. Michael Horodniceanu
President, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Capital Construction
Status of the MTA’s Mega Projects

September 23, 2011
Dennis Walcott
Chancellor, New York City Schools
College and Careers

April 15, 2011
Lillian Roberts
Executive Director, District Council 37
Public Employee Unions

March 11, 2011
E.J. McMahon
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
The Public Pension Crisis in New York City and New York State

February 4, 2011
Michael B. Mukasey
Former U.S. Attorney General
The War on Terror: Where We Are and How We Got There

October 22, 2010
Matthew Goldstein
Chancellor, City University of New York
Charter Proposals

August 27, 2010
Judge Judith S. Kaye
Former Chief Judge, State of New York
Juvenile Justice

April 27, 2010
Ross Moskowitz, Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Norman Siegel, Civil Rights Attorney
Eminent Domain

April 16, 2010
Edward Skyler
New York City Deputy Mayor, Operations
Can Government Work?

February 5, 2010
Michael E. McMahon
U.S. Congress Member
Healthcare, Afghanistan, and Veterans

October 16, 2009
Robert D. LiMandri
Commissioner, New York City Department of Buildings
New Initiatives at Buildings

September 18, 2009
Janette Sadik-Khan
Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation
Transportation Initiatives

April 3, 2009
Joel I. Klein
Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
Education Reform: New York City and the Nation

February 15, 2008
Robert B. Tierney
Chair, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
Perspectives on Preservation

January 18, 2008
Christine C. Quinn
Speaker, New York City Council
Making Government Accountable

March 6, 1998
Judith S. Kaye
Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Reform in the New York State Courts