After more than a decade as the West Side’s state senator, Brad Hoylman-Sigal started January in a very different job: Manhattan Borough President. In his new One Center Street office, he reflects on power, family, bald eagles seen from the Albany train — and how to use his voice.
I first met Brad Hoylman-Sigal outside the McGraw-Hill Building in March 2021. We had both rushed over after word spread that the Art Deco lobby — one of the city’s architectural treasures — had been gutted overnight. The senator stood outside the loading bay, furious and unfiltered, calling the Landmarks Preservation Commission “feckless.”
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Publisher & Editor Phil O’Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images’ major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children’s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.