BOMA N.Y. hosts 2016 annual conference and leadership breakfast

Jim Kleeman, BOMA

Rick Chandler, NYC Department of Buildings

Philip Santantonio, KM Associates of New York

Frank Fortino, Metropolis Group

New York, NY BOMA New York hosted its 2016 annual conference and leadership breakfast on Thursday, October 27^th from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Club 101.

NYC Department of Buildings (DOB)  commissioner, Rick Chandler, P.E., presented a keynote address updating participants on the newest phases of DOB NOW, the city’s reform program outlined in Building One City. Chandler discussed the new Inspection Ready program, encompassing on-line scheduling, tracking and notifications; the Build program, addressing on-line job and permit filing for plumbing and sprinkler work; and the safety program, which allows for on-line compliance for façade, elevators and boilers.

The keynote addressed was followed by a panel discussion led by Philip Santantonio, co-founder of KM Associates of New York, Frank Fortino, president/CEO of Metropolis Group, Stephen Rizzo, counsel of Rizzo Group and Domenick Chieco, managing partner of Milrose Consultants.

The event also included the announcement of the BOMA New York 2016-2017 board leadership and newly elected directors:

• President: James Kleeman, RPA, Port Authority of NY & NJ.

• Vice president: Ronald Zeccardi, The Moinian Group

• Treasurer: Hani Salama, PE/LEED AP, Capital Properties Inc.

• Secretary: Matthew Duthie, RPA, JLL.

Directors

• One-year term: Evan Walke, Westfield Corporation.

• Two-year term: Laura Ponomarev, RPA, The 58-64 40^th Street Corp., Inc.

• Three-year term: Joseph Bellina, RPAA, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.; Bridget Cunningham, Vornado Office Management LLC; and Albert Voci, CPM/LEED AP, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.

• Allied membership director (three-year term): Tom Krol, LEED AP, Donnelly Mechanical Corp.

• Professional membership director (three-year term): John Brandstetter, The Brandstetter Group.

The leadership breakfast serves as an annual conference for industry professionals to learn about the newest policies and practices impacting commercial real estate. This year’s topic, DOB NOW, is a group of web-friendly systems that over the next two years will be phasing out the need for in person visits, repeated phone calls and on-line portal use. All owners and licensed professionals are now required to use DOB NOW.

BOMA New York is the greater New York area association of BOMA International, which represents 91 local associations throughout the U.S. and ten affiliates in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and South Africa. BOMA New York serves as the first line of defense for New York’s working public, accountable for the safety, physical well-being and security of the city’s 3 million office tenants.