EXTRA CURRICULAR
I do the Polar Bear Plunge every year on New Year's Day at Coney Island. The 2021 plunge is canceled due to COVID, but I'm looking forward to jumping into the Atlantic Ocean on January 1, 2022!
Amy Varghese
Super tennis fan and avid player; attended 3 out of 4 grand slams (U.S. Open, French Open and Australian Open); still have not attended Wimbledon)
Alex Done
I worked on a dairy farm for a year after high school.
Jessica Silver
I was evacuated from a bombing....is this too dark?? it's kind of a fun story
Hazel Crampton-Hays
My capstone project my master’s degree at NYU was sponsored by USAID. The topic was “Making Women’s Wellness Sustainable”. They sent us to Russia, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.
Lisa Flores
I have floated on the Dead Sea.
Neysa Alsina
Won a silver medal in an amateur cycling competition in 1994.
Preston Niblack
Spent two summers wearing a white lab coat working as an assistant for a podiatrist
Sascha Owen
I was married in a hospital as I had an emergency appendectomy two days before my scheduled wedding day.
Amedeo D'Angelo
It took me 8 years to get my bachelor’s degree [insert laughing/crying emoji, which I don’t know how to do]
Marj Henning
I choreographed all my high school plays and still secretly dream of being a dancer and performing 🙂
Wendy Garcia
Name of the Scott Stringer softball team during the Borough President days...
The Stringer Swingers
I was a sheriff in a court house
Elyse Buxbaum
My water broke in the office. I didn't panic or rush to the hospital, instead I asked one of my colleagues to get me McDonalds:)
Jackie Warburton-Thompson
While I lost it a while ago I was once very proficient at speaking Mandarin (but please don't make me prove it on this Zoom)
Matt Rubin
I played the contrabass clarinet in the high school orchestra, an instrument so large that I had to sit on a stool to play it and so low that I sat with the tuba section
Marjorie Landa
The team that brings Scott the most joy and sorrow
The Jets
I once worked in the stockroom at Macy's
Scott Stringer
I still own an orange prison jumpsuit from that time I learned the hard way that lighting fireworks in a National Park is apparently a federal offense. Who knew?
David Saltonstall
I dissected a cow's eyeball in an anatomy class during a summer abroad at oxford
Alaina Gilligo
In the 6 months prior to the pandemic, I had graduated to the intermediate level in my tango class (true story, I haven't shared this). I've lost all my progress!
Tyrone Stevens
Give the name of a staff organized sports team originated in the Comptroller's Office
Comptrol the Court
One of Scott's early jobs was organizing with this kind of tenant
Mitchell-Lama
I am extremely terrified of riding rollercoasters. I've attempted to ride them twice; first time I chickened out after being strapped in and ready to take off. The second and final time resulted in me being medical treated in front of hundreds of amusement park goers after the life altering ride.
Shanifah Rieara
We are among the top 100 chess players in the U.S for our age
Miles and Max