THANK YOU!

Hands down the best party for public transit in town! Each year, Riders Alliance members get together to celebrate our wins and our community and to honor public transit superstars.

See you in 2026!

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2025 GALA SPONSORS


Transit Champion

Transit Heroes

Super Conductors

Express Conductors

Community Service Society

Edison Properties

Amalgamated Bank, BJH Advisors, Meatpacking Business Improvement District, Midori Valdivia Consulting, New York League of Conservation Voters, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance, StreetsPAC, Unit Two Development

Conductors

2025 GALA CO-HOSTS


Movement Builders

Mark Gorton

Eric Schwartz & Debra Fram

Transit Champion

Paul Gertner

Super Conductors

Alex & Paul Herzan

John Raskin & Eric Schneider

Sheira & Steven Schacter

Meeta Anand & H James Lucas

Hudson, Rafael, Tokumbo & Sheethal Shobowale

Express Conductors

Katrina Baker & Michael Benn, Jeff Blum, Joseph Ferris, Martha King, Anna & Peter Levin,
Margie McHugh, Kirsten Shaw, Larry & Lisa Siebert, Adam D. White, Sharon Wyse & Ray Palermo

Conductors

Errol Cockfield, Tabitha Decker, Rachael Fauss & Nathan Stodola, Lawrence Greenfield & Elizabeth Marcello, Madeline Labadie & Patrick McClellan, Dawn Miller & Jim Thomson, Andrew Prozes, Robert Rieger, Dani Simons & Sarah Charlop-Powers

Bus Warriors

Abundance New York, Corey Chambliss, Chinese-American Planning Council, Mike Dowd, Alex Egan, Matt Green, Christina Greer, Cathy Kim, Ned Klein, Charles Komanoff, Mark Lee, Raju Mann, Joan Marlow Golan, Robert McCarthy, Daniel McPhee, Kathrine Mott, Maria Mottola, Anthony Ng, Will Sherman, Seth Ullman, Tina Vaz

Rider Advocates