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    EVENT Reminder: Center for New York City Law Breakfast with Errol Louis & 3rd Annual Civic Fame Awards

    CityLaw Breakfast  •  New York Law School

    The Center for New York City Law cordially invites you to a CityLaw Breakfast

    presenting

    Errol Louis
    Guest Speaker, Inside City Hall

    With a special presentation to
    Ross Sandler, ABA Section’s Lifetime Achievement Award

    ✱✱✱

    3rd Annual Civic Fame Awards

    The Center offers special recognition for:

    Hon. David N. Dinkins, the 106th Mayor of the City of New York

    Wayne G. Hawley, retiring deputy executive director and general counsel
    of the Conflicts of Interest Board

    Susan M. Hinkson ’98, retiring member of the
    Board of Standards & Appeals

    Con Edison, a founding sponsor of the CityLaw Breakfast Series

    Inside City Hall, 25th Anniversary of NY1’s nightly political news and opinion program

    ✱✱✱

    (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, CityLaw Breakfast, Civic Fame Award, Con Edison, David N. Dinkins, Errol Louis, Inside City Hall, Susan M. Hinkson, Wayne Hawley
    Date:04/27/2017
    Category : The Center for New York City Law
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    BSA Commissioner Susan M. Hinkson Discusses Her Varied Career

    Susan M. Hinkson

    Susan M. Hinkson serves as one of the five Commissioners on the Mayor-appointed Board of Standards and Appeals. Hinkson, who is trained as both an architect and an attorney, was born and raised in the Bronx. Her father served as a justice in the Bronx County Supreme Court and her mother was a musician in the theater. Hinkson said her mother probably thought she would also go into theater, but around age fourteen Hinkson declared that she wanted to pursue a career in architecture instead. Hinkson did some acting, however, and, drawn to the technical aspects of the theater, also worked on set and lighting design. While studying architecture at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Hinkson worked nights as a stage manager, and she is still a member of Actors’ Equity.

    Architectural roots. Hinkson fondly recalls having crammed in an attic studio space at Pratt with three other students. Studying architecture before the shift had occurred to computer-assisted design, Hinkson learned to do everything by hand. She appreciates the human element of drafting, where the “brain is thinking with the fingers,” which she feels can be lacking from entirely computer-designed buildings. She said working by hand forced her to contemplate each line placement.  (read more…)

    Tags : Susan M. Hinkson
    Date:12/15/2011
    Category : CityLand Profiles
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