Advocacy, Community Activist
By Claudie Benjamin By the time Nina and Dan met in 2006, they both had explored activism in different ways. They met while each was working on a series of anti-war hearings. Dan was a reporter, writer and teacher. He had worked tirelessly on the battle for the...
Advocacy, Community Activist
By Claudie Benjamin Hard to imagine someone more perfectly made for the work of a progressive activist in the NY Legislature than State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried. First elected in 1970, he will have held this position for 52 years when he retires at the end...
Community Activist, West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Not long ago Attorney Laurence Borten was reading an article in The New York Times illustrated by what he thought was quite an extraordinary image. Then, he says, “I saw from the credits that the photographer was one of my...
