Who's On Your Midtown Community Board This Year? New Members Are Named

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Curious who's voting on land-use actions, liquor license applications and other issues in your corner of Midtown? The new appointments to Manhattan's 12 community boards have been revealed — and some of your neighbors may be on the list.

The appointments were made Friday by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine's office and shared exclusively with Patch. Half of each board was up for reappointment this year, with each board's 50 members serving staggered two-year terms.

(Scroll down to see the full membership list for each of Midtown's three boards.)

A total of 885 people applied to Manhattan community boards this year — the second-highest on record — for just 319 positions. This year's appointees include 91 first-time members, according to Levine's office.

Also new this year, Levine's office asked applicants to say whether they owned cars — the first time that question has been asked. The result: 79 percent of first-time members say they don't have a car, which Levine's office says aligns more closely with Manhattan's demographics.

In a reflection of added outreach to underrepresented groups, 70 percent of first-time appointees identify as BIPOC, including an increased percentage of African American, Hispanic/Latinx, and Asian American/Pacific Islander appointees.

Nearly 18 percent identify as LGBTQ, and 40 percent are renters, compared to 30 percent who say they have an ownership stake in their residence.

Midtown board members

Here's the 2022 membership list for each Midtown board — with new members in bold.

Community Board 4 (Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, Hudson Yards):

• Alice Wong
• Allen Oster
• Aurora Cruz
• Blake Kurisu
• Brad Pascarella
• Burt Lazarin
• Candace Hewitt
• Carl Wilson
• Charlie Todd
• Christine Berthet
• Christopher LeBron
• Dale Corvino
• David Holowka
• David Solnick
• David Warren
• Delores Rubin
• Elizabeth Mackintosh
• Frank Holozubiec
• Gwen Billig
• Hector Vazquez
• James Wallace
• Jean-Daniel Noland
• Jeffrey LeFrancois
• Jesse Greenwald
• Jessica Chait
• Joe Restuccia
• Josephine Ishmon
• Kathryn Stokes
• Kerry Keenan
• Kit Tollerson
• Leslie Boghosian Murphy
• Leslie Williams
• Lowell Kern
• Maarten de Kadt
• Maria Ortiz
• Matt Green
• Michael Noble
• Mrinal Vikram
• Paul Devlin
• Peggy Kauh
• Pete Diaz
• Rae Tina Eskreis-Nelson
• Roberta Barnett
• Sabrina Reveron
• Sarah Mills
• Theodore Arenas
• Tina DiFeliciantonio
• Viren Brahmbhatt
• Wendy Gonzalez
• Yadira Jiminez

Community Board 5 (Central Midtown, Flatiron, Union Square):

• Aaron Ford
• Aiden Blake
• Barbara Spandorf
• Brad Sherburne
• Bridget Killian
• Catalina Muneton
• Charles Miller
• Chia Julie Chou
• Clayton Smith
• Craig Slutzkin
• Daniel Spence
• David Achelis
• David Sigman
• Edward Kalafarski
• Fortunato Castro
• James "Buzz" Beitchman
• Janice Yong
• Jean Sonderand
• John B Harris, Jr.
• Johnathan Cedillo
• Joseph Frewer
• Joseph Maffia
• Katherine Ellington
• Kathy Kahng
• Kimberly McCall
• Laura Garcia
• Layla Law-Gisiko
• Maki Livesay
• Mark Hershberg
• Mary Brosnahan
• Megan Lione
• Michael Kaback
• Nancy Aber Goshow
• Nicholas Athanail
• Noah Stern
• Pete Webb
• Renee Kinsella
• Robert Isaacs
• Sam Levy
• Samir Lavinga
• Samuel Johnson
• Sarah BJ Sung
• Sarah Dowson
• Seth Borden
• Tod Shapiro
• Tristan Haas
• Vikki Barbero
• William Heyer
• Zach Bahor
• Zona Xu

Community Board 6 (Midtown East, Murray Hill, Sutton Place, Peter Cooper Village):

• Abigail Krusemark
• Adam C. Hartke
• Ann Seligman
• Anton Mallner
• Ayisha Siddique
• Beatrice Disman
• Brian Van Nieuwenhoven
• Charles Fernandez
• Claire Brennan
• Elvy Barroso
• Eric Goldberg
• Gabriel Turzo
• Hannah Singleman
• Jason Froimowitz
• Jayson Littman
• Jeanne Donofrio
• Jim Collins
• John Keller
• Jonathan D'errico
• Kavitha Mathew
• Kevin O’Keefe
• Kyle Athayde
• Lawrence Scheyer
• Letty Simon
• Lou Sepersky
• Majed Abdulsamad
• Mark Thompson
• Martin Barrett
• Matt Roberts
• Matthew Bondy
• Matthew Weingtraub
• Maura Whang
• Mike Deveraux
• Molly Hollister
• Nadeem Kilani
• Neil Barclay
• Paige Judge
• Philip Napolitano
• Rajesh Nayar
• Reshma Patel
• Richard Mintz
• Ronnie White
• Sadie Howard
• Sondra Leftoff
• Sandra McKee
• Sandro Sherrod
• Seema Shah
• Steve Oh
• Stuart Desser
• Susan Steinberg

"We need to ensure our community boards are composed of diverse local leaders so that we can recover from this pandemic equitably and stronger than we were before," Levine said in a statement, noting that he had served on a community board himself before entering politics himself.

"This new class of appointments is the culmination of our efforts to begin to transform Manhattan’s Community Boards into a more fair and representative body that includes all the wonderful voices that together make Manhattan the most well-known community in the world."

Other statistics of note: 48 percent of first-time appointees identify as women, compared to 42 percent as men and 1 percent as gender nonconforming.

About 26 percent are under the age of 30, including six who are under the age of 20 — a "significant increase," according to Levine's office.