In addition to real estate, Resnick is a member of various cultural and charitable organizations, serving as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, co-chairman of the Real Estate Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and trustee and vice-chairman of Carnegie Hall. “These contributions have allowed me to both support and participate in efforts to improve the lives of New Yorkers,” he said. “I hope that my efforts have also improved the experience of visiting and working in New York.”

On the municipal side, Quinn has represented Manhattan’s 3^rd Council District since 1999 and has served as speaker since 2006. During her time in office, Quinn has led the charge on advocating for schools, transportation and affordable housing citywide. “Our hope has been to get things done and put people to work, and keep them working,” Quinn said, accepting her award. Under her leadership, Quinn has ensured passage of the Safe Housing Act, invested in the city’s Early Childhood Education programs and eliminated burdensome taxes for local business owners.

“I really take this award not on behalf of myself, but on behalf of the entire City Council and most importantly, I want to thank all of you for your support,” Quinn said. “You are an incredibly important part of keeping our city moving forward and an incredibly important part of our economic engine. That’s one of the reasons we are fighting as hard as we possibly can to avoid any cuts for this year’s capital budget.”

While praising the city’s rezoning and redevelopment efforts at the World Trade Center, Willets Point in Queens and Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s Far West Side, Bloomberg congratulated Quinn for her “common sense, hard work and likeability” among her constituents. “Our administration has rezoned one-sixth of this entire city and every single one of those new buildings has gone through the city council, and through it all, Christine has displayed over and over again qualities that make her one of the city’s effective leaders,” Bloomberg said. He added, “We have shown that New York City is not done thinking big or building big.”

And one of the city’s biggest institutions--NYU--is expanding both locally and globally. Sexton is growing the NYU name worldwide, with 12 planned International academic centers on six continents. The university recently opened its newest portal campus in Abu Dhabi, and here in the city, NYU plans to expand its main Greenwich Village campus and looks to develop new sites elsewhere, including Downtown Brooklyn.

“The Building Congress and NYU are tied together in a way,” Sexton said, accepting his award. “We are builders of knowledge and you are builders of the physical landscape, infrastructure and communities. We have to have place here for our people as we magnetize talent in the city. Both the Congress and NYU are deeply committed to this city.”