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    CityLaw Profile: Caroline Harris – A Woman’s Journey to Land Use

    Image Credit: Caroline Harris

    Caroline Harris’s career as a land use attorney stems from an early interest in urban affairs and planning.  Harris was born in New York City and grew up in Peter Cooper Village. As a student at the then all-female Hunter College High School, she started the first student volunteer program for Head Start, earning Mayor Lindsay’s award for “Distinguished Volunteer Supervision.”  Harris spent five months in Israel before entering Trinity College, where she majored in Religious Studies and minored in Urban Planning. (read more…)

    Tags : Caroline Harris, CityLaw, CityLaw Profile
    Date:10/28/2019
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    CityLaw Profile: Thomas McMahon of TLM Associates, LLC

    Thomas McMahon grew up in Staten Island, attended St. Joseph Hill Academy and Monsignor Farrell High School, and graduated from SUNY New Paltz. McMahon knew from a young age that he wanted to have a career in government and public service, and he felt that the best path forward included a law degree. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw Profile, Thomas McMahon, TLM Associates LLC
    Date:04/23/2019
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    Occasional Profiles of Former City Law Fellows: Frank St. Jacques ‘11

    Frank St. Jacques.

    While in college at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Frank St. Jacques dreamed that one day he would live in New York City. He did not know then that it would ultimately lead him to becoming a land use attorney at a national law firm, Akerman LLP. (read more…)

    Date:01/16/2019
    Category : CityLand Profiles, CityLaw
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    Jason Adolfo Otaño, General Counsel for the New York City Council

    Jason Aldofo Otaño, General Counsel for the New York City Council.

    Jason Adolfo Otaño, the General Counsel for the New York City Council, was born to Puerto Rican parents and grew up in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn. Otaño’s father was a City firefighter for 28 years, his mother a paraprofessional for the Department of Education, and his uncle a captain for the Department of Corrections. (read more…)

    Tags : attorney, City Council, general counsel, Jason otano, lawyer, reservist
    Date:10/01/2018
    Category : CityLand Profiles, CityLaw
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    CityLand Profile: Lynn Kelly of New Yorkers for Parks

    Lynn Kelly. Image credit: New Yorkers for Parks.

    New York City holds a special place in Lynn Kelly’s life. Ms. Kelly grew up in Old Town, Staten Island, has resided in Brooklyn’s Park Slope and now in Gowanus, and attended New York University in Greenwich Village. In reflecting on her life and career, Ms. Kelly said that “New York City has been the one thread through everything.” Ms. Kelly has dedicated her career to improving the City one job at a time. Currently, Ms. Kelly serves as the Executive Director at New Yorkers for Parks, an independent advocacy organization championing quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers in all City neighborhoods. (read more…)

    Tags : cityland profiles, Lynn Kelly, New Yorkers for Parks
    Date:04/10/2018
    Category : CityLand Profiles
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