A Look Back at Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan – Politician, Scholar, Statesman and Patriot, with His Staffer, Ross A. Frommer, in Conversation with Inara de Leon

A Look Back at Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan – Politician, Scholar, Statesman and Patriot, with His Staffer, Ross A. Frommer, in Conversation with Inara de Leon

Thurs, Oct 17 2:45-4pm

A major history maker, NY Democrat Moynihan was described as the “nation's best thinker among politicians since Lincoln and its best politician among thinkers since Jefferson” by political analyst Michael Barone. Serving in the US Senate for four terms and a counselor to four different Presidents prior to that – two Republicans and two Democrats – Moynihan deplored the destruction of the old Penn Station and co-authored The Melting Pot, about ethnicity in NYC, among other accomplishments. The Moynihan Train Hall, across from the old Penn Station, now honors the senator. Ross, former Regional and State Director for Senator Moynihan, will talk about what it was like working for him, and discuss his contributions to public policy in NY State and in the country as a whole. He’ll also look at how Moynihan might view the 2024 election, the current political landscape, and what elected leaders could learn from him as they face the policy challenges of today and the future. Ross is VP for Government Affairs at Columbia Univ Irving Medical Center. Inara was a long-time producer of politics for WNBC in NY.