2015 MAS Summit for New York City

In 2015 Sophia Koven founded GoKid, a mobile application that provides a complete carpool solution for families. GoKid will reduce driving time and carpool management stress for parents, and also reduce traffic congestion and harmful emissions in communities everywhere. She has focused... Read More →

Vicki Been is Commissioner of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the nation’s largest municipal housing agency. She is charged with implementing Mayor de Blasio’s Housing New York Plan to create or preserve 200,000 affordable homes over 10 years. Previously... Read More →

Les Bluestone has been involved in the real estate development and construction industries for over 35 years working in New York City and surrounding counties. The co-founder of Blue Sea Development Company and Blue Sea Construction Co., his firms developed and built New York State's... Read More →

For the past three years, Claudia Coger has acted as the President of Astoria Houses Resident Association. An advocate for the residents of the Astoria Houses projects, Coger is responsible for speaking on behalf of members of her community. She takes care of everything from registering... Read More →

Benjamin Dulchin is the Executive Director of the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD), a membership association of one hundred neighborhood-based community development groups in New York City committed to the preservation and production of affordable housing... Read More →

Sam Roberts has been the New York Times' urban affairs correspondent since 2005. He joined the Times in 1983 from the Daily News. He is also the host of The New York Times Close Up, the Times's weekly interview program on Time Warner Cable New York 1 News. He is the author of a number... Read More →