2019 Photo Gallery

Below are some highlights from the 2019 gala, which was held at Cipriani 25 Broadway and started with a jazz cocktail hour, followed by dinner and the awards presentation.

Many VIPs attended including: Academy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson, President of the NY Fashion Institute of Technology Joyce Brown, half of the Ashford and Simpson singing duo Valerie Simpson, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Empire State Development President and CEO Eric Gertler, NY State Assembly member David Weprin, former NYS Assembly members Jonathan Bing and Michael Benjamin, Founder and CEO of MikeWorldWide Michael Kempner, Co-Founder and CEO of Zola Shan-Lyn Ma, NYC Hospitality Alliance Executive Director Andrew Rigie and President Melba Wilson, Silicon Harlem Co-founder and CEO Clayton Banks, and many more.