The Columbia Street Waterfront Association’s first Annual Meeting will take place in just a few weeks on Monday, November 16 from 6:30-8:30 PM, at Cabrini Hall, Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Church,125 Summit St, Brooklyn, NY 11231. Please RSVP here. We will be streaming the meeting on Zoom.
We’ll have updates from our committees on all that’s been achieved since CSWA was born in September 2025. Plus, we will be honoring Congresswoman (and CSW resident!) Nydia Velázquez for her many years of service to our community!
During the election portion of the meeting, the Nominating Committee will present the slate of nominees for the first elected Board of Directors and Officers, and Individual and Business Members will be able to vote in person or electronically.
Note: Only CSWA Individual Members (who live or own property in the Columbia Street Waterfront District), and CSWA Business Members (who operate a business within the CSWD) will be eligible to vote. If you do live, own property, or operate a business in CSWD and wish to vote at the meeting, please sign up on our website’s support page:
Members will vote to elect 9 directors, including officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary)*.
The nomination slate is:
Officers (3-year terms)
- President: Randy Gordon
- Vice President: John Leyva
- Treasurer: Lucy Di Rosa
- Secretary: Lynette Wiley Wood
Directors (1 or 2-year terms**):
- Blake Bell
- Ben Fuller-Googins***
- Elliot Grossman
- Zoe Grover ***
- James Morgan
- Gregory O’Connell ***
- Jessica Setton
- Debra Tackney ***
The agenda, RSVP, and bios of the nominated officers and board members will be published next week.
*Per the Columbia Street Waterfront Bylaws, Section 5.4, for the first election, the four Officers will “shall be elected for initial terms of three (3) years. Three (3) additional directors shall be elected for initial terms of two (2) years, and Two (2) additional directors shall be elected for initial terms of one (1) year.” Section 5.1 states that the CSWA Board “shall consist of not fewer than five (5) and not more than eleven (11) Directors, including the elected officers of the Association.” The Board intends to expand from 9 Directors to up to 11 in the future.
**Per the CSWA Bylaws, Section 5.4, “The initial elected Board shall determine by lot which of the non-officer Directors shall serve the one-year and two-year terms.”
***Current Board Member