{"id":137319,"date":"2026-02-18T13:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/137319\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:40:07","slug":"from-albany-to-manhattan-brad-hoylman-sigal-settles-into-a-new-kind-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/137319\/","title":{"rendered":"From Albany to Manhattan \u2014 Brad Hoylman-Sigal Settles Into a New Kind of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-grad-6-gradient-background has-background\">After more than a decade as the West Side\u2019s 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 \u2014 and how to use his voice.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 one of the city\u2019s architectural treasures \u2014 had been gutted overnight. The senator stood outside the loading bay, furious and unfiltered, <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/art-deco-lobby-mcgraw-hill-tower-demolished-landmark-commission-feckless\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">calling the Landmarks Preservation Commission \u201cfeckless.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to verify and manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for an authentication link.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"Phil O'Brien Portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Phil-OBrien-Portrait-WB-scaled-1-80x80.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher &amp; Editor Phil O\u2019Brien 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\u2019 major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Phil O&#8217;Brien\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than a decade as the West Side\u2019s state senator, Brad Hoylman-Sigal started January in a very&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63,87],"class_list":["post-137319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}