Attorney and former Councilman Ken Fisher grabbed a drink and scanned the room of City & State’s “Rising Stars” at Sprig on Monday night. “The problem is the older I get, the fewer people I recognize – I came here to start recruiting,” he said, before adding his unprintable thoughts about next year’s primary. So went the night. City & State recognized its 40 under 40 honorees who brought their colleagues, bosses, and parents to the Midtown Manhattan restaurant. “It’s… [More]

If you can make it in New York City, you can make it anywhere. And if you want to know who’s making it in the city’s political circles, this is the list for you.… [More]

City & State honored Albany’s 40 Under 40 Rising Stars this month with a reception at the 74 State Hotel, where the next generation of political leaders were joined by their friends, families and colleagues.… [More]

Profiles by Andrew J. Hawkins, Jon Lentz, Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Laura Nahmias, Nick Powell and Morgan Pehme Photos by Andrew Schwartz, Daniel S. Burnstein, Patrick Dodson and Dylan Forsberg Click on the links below to read their individual profiles: Eric Soufer Carlos Beato Sean Gavin Dan Quart Deanna Bitetti Elizabeth Misa Tom Giordano LaShaun Lesley Matthew Wing Jill C. Anderson Laura Kavanagh Katherine Delgado Brian Paul Alexis Grenell Eileen Miller Joshua Oppenheimer Ryan Delgado David Lobl Rebecca Wood Jessica Schafroth Tania… [More]

Seth R. Lamont Age: 37 Director, Government Relations, CNA Insurance Seth Lamont’s work history spans all three branches of New York State government, with a focus on insurance law. Yet one of his favorite professional achievements is developing the Consumer Protection Board’s “Do Not Call” program. “It sort of found me,” he says of the project. Though Lamont went to the Consumer Protection Board in 2001 as an energy lawyer, he stepped into a peculiar vacuum in leadership surrounding the… [More]

Jonathan Lang Age: 29 Director of Governmental Projects and Community Development, Empire State Pride Agenda While Many New Yorkers rejoiced last June when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Marriage Equality Act legalizing same-sex marriage in New York, for Jonathan Lang, that milestone was merely a small victory in the grand scheme of leveling the playing field for gay, lesbian and transgender individuals. “We had a lobbying team that worked in close conjunction with the governor’s office, but my job is… [More]

Jessica Schafroth Age: 38 Lobbyist, Malkin & Ross It’s all Rep. Paul Tonko’s fault that Jessica Schafroth got into politics. When Tonko was a first-term congressman, he gave a speech to a group of Girl Scouts in Schafroth’s hometown. “He gave a speech about the need to have more women in politics,” says Schafroth, who was 9 at the time. “I don’t know that I knew too many really strong women, so that resonated with me.” “So I blame Paul… [More]

Jill C. Anderson Age: 31 Chief of Staff to the President and CEO, New York Power Authority Jill Anderson always had a knack for science, though she also served as the editor of her high school newspaper and competed on the speech and debate teams. In her role now as chief of staff to NYPA’s president, she still uses both her scientific side and her writing and communication skills. In college she had narrowed her focus to engineering, viewing it… [More]

Carlos Beato Age: 32 Senior Government Relations Specialist, Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin As a child Carlos Beato got his exposure to labor politics by taking out the trash. That was one of the tasks he was charged with when he spent afternoons at the offices of Local 237 with his father, who was a porter for the building. By the age of 9, his favorite subject was current events, and he stayed up late to watch 20/20 by… [More]

Eileen Miller Age: 33 Director of Media Services, New York State Senate Once upon a time Eileen Miller wanted to be the one asking the tough questions. Instead she ended up helping politicians answer them. A communications major with a concentration in journalism at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, Miller originally had her sights set on becoming a reporter, starting her career as a Web editor for an entertainment company composing product descriptions. “I realized I did not enjoy the content… [More]