Board
& Staff
STAFF
Barbara A. Blair, President
bblair@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Gerald Scupp, Vice President
jscupp@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Anne Bonacum, Director of Planning & Marketing
abonacum@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Dorothy Diorio, Director of Finance & Budget
ddioriio@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Jane Rossman, Manager, Streetscape Improvements & District Planning
jrossman@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Ryan Daly, Communications Manager
rdaly@garmentdistrictnyc.com
PUBLIC SERVICES
Kevin McGinn, Director of Public Services
kmcginn@garmentdistrictnyc.com
John Lyons, Public Safety Supervisor
jlyons@garmentdistrictnyc.com
John McCarthy, Public Safety Supervisor
jmccarthy@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Frank Tricarico, Public Safety Supervisor
ftricarico@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Frank Costanzo, Sanitation Supervisor
fcostanzo@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Larry Pugh, Sanitation Supervisor
lpugh@garmentdistrictnyc.com
Dominic Dileo, Sanitation Supervisor
ddileo@garmentdistrictnyc.com

Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Martin Meyer, Chair, Meyer Equities LLC
Thomas Block, Vice Chair, Block Buildings LLC
Stave Kaufman, Vice Chair, Kaufman Organization
Ira Fishman, Treasurer, Resolution Real Estate Partners
Scott Galin, Secretary, Handro Properties LLC
Robert Savitt, Savitt Partners LLC
Thomas P. Durels, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc
Class A: Owners
ABS Partners Real Estate, LLC, Ian Weiss
Adams & Company Real Estate, LLC, David Levy
Block Buildings LLC, Thomas Block, Vice Chair
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Alexandra Unthank
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc, Thomas P. Durels
G. Holdings, Ronnie Gross
George Comfort & Sons, Dan Dilmanian
GFP Real Estate, LLC, Matthew Mandell
Gotham Organization, Phil Lavoie
Handro Properties LLC, Scott Galin, Secretary
Hines, Michael McMahon
Hudson 38 Holding LLC, Marc Bengualid
Invesco Real Estate, Lesley Lisser
Kaufman Organization, Steve Kaufman
Meyer Equities LLC, Martin Meyer, Chair
M&J Trimming, Michael Cohen
Moxy Hotel, Christian Brosius
Olmstead Properties, Daniel Breiman
Otterbourg, William Silverman
Port Authority of NY and NJ, Myron Johnson
Resolution Real Estate Partners, Ira Fishman, Treasurer
Savitt Partners LLC, Robert Savitt
Shorenstein Properties LLC, Ronnie Ragoff
Class B: Commercial Tenants
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, Carmita Alonso
Ron Ben-Israel Cakes, Ron Ben-Israel
Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Cassie Rosenthal
Stitch Bar & Blues, Nicholas Cohen
Class C: Residential Tenants
Brian Weber
Class D: Public Representatives
Office of the Mayor, Honorable Eric Adams, represented by Department of Small Business Services Commissioner, Kevin D. Kim
Office of the Comptroller, Honorable Brad Lander
Office of Manhattan Borough President, Honorable Mark Levine
New York City Council, District 3, Honorable Erik Bottcher
New York City Council, District 4, Honorable Keith Powers
Class E: Interested Parties (Non-Voting)
Community Board 4, Jeffrey LeFrancois
Community Board 5, Vikki Barbero
The Doneger Group, Abbey Doneger
Fashion Institute of Technology, Dr. Joyce Brown
Stan Herman Company, Stan Herman
Emeritus
Peter L. Malkin