City & State New York
January 29, 2018
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Arthur Cheliotes
Sid Davidoff
Rev. Jacques Andre DeGraff
Communications Workers of America Local 1180
Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP
Canaan Baptist Church of Christ
As president of Communications Workers of America Local 1180 for 39 years, Arthur Cheliotes was a strong advocate for worker education, pay equity and the enforcement of civil service laws. Under his leadership, the union engaged in litigation to enforce civil service laws that resulted in the promotion of the largest number of minority women in New York City’s history to managerial positions through competitive civil service examinations.
As a former top aide to New York City Mayor John Lindsay, Sid Davidoff has the historical distinction of being one of 20 people to appear on former President Richard Nixon’s infamous “enemies list.” “I would have to say I am still very proud of being No. 12,” he said. In 1975, Davidoff founded the midsize commercial law and government relations firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron and now chairs its administrative law and government relations groups.
Rev. Jacques Andre DeGraff has served on the pastoral staff at Canaan Baptist Church of Christ since 1998. He has spearheaded political campaigns on the local, state and national levels. DeGraff served as the lead negotiator on a collective bargaining agreement between New York City and the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York on behalf of the New York City Minority Business Leadership Council.
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