THE LATEST POWER ISSUE published by New York features “The Most Powerful New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of. 49 people who are actually running the city.” The list includes iconic collector and longstanding Museum of Modern Art board member AC Hudgins and Rujeko Hockley, an assistant curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. For decades, the magazine has been assessing who wields power in the city and post-pandemic decided to approach the project from a different perspective. New York: The Power Issue | Oct. 23-Nov. 5, 2023 Introducing the Power List, the editors wrote: “Earlier this year, when we set out to chronicle power post-COVID, we came to an unexpected conclusion. New York’s major power brokers—the moguls and the billionaires, the sort of people who bend the city to their will—are, as a group, remarkably staid and listless. Across government and media, Wall Street and the arts, the big machers are more likely than ever to shirk the spotlight, enjoy just minding the shop, or, in a lot of cases, simply be absent. Power vacuums abound.” City politics, business, and special interests dominate the list, which is not ranked or presented in any particular order. Among the […]
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