The Municipal Forum Of New York

WE ARE RECRUITING: OPEN BOARD POSITIONS!!!

UPCOMING EVENT(S): Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - 2025 Municipal Market Investor Panel and Cocktail Hour, Moderator: Ian Rogow, Co-Head of Municipal Bond Research at Bank of America - Panelists: Michael Perilli, Municipal Bond Portfolio Manager at MacKay Shields, Keith Friedman, Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager at Tower Bay Asset Management, Susan Joyce, Head of Municipal Trading & FI Market Structure at Alliance Bernstein

May 16, 2019: Photo Gallery of the 2019 Annual Muni Forum Awards and Urban Leadership Fellows Fundraising Dinner.
In 1996, The Municipal Forum engaged Futures and Options (F+O) to coordinate and manage the ULF Program with the goal of expanding internship opportunities and deepening its training component. Read More >>

About the Forum

The Municipal Forum of New York hosts a robust speaker series and an annual dinner featuring and recognizing prominent public sector and public finance community leaders from around the country. These activities in turn help the Forum's affiliate, the Municipal Youth Education Fund, raise funds to provide summer internships for outstanding New York City high school scholars considering careers in public finance at Forum member firms.

MFNY Board of Governors Positions

The Municipal Forum of New York (“MFNY” or the “Forum”) is soliciting applications for two open Board of Governors (the “Board”) positions. The Forum intends to name two new Governors at our upcoming Annual Meeting on October 25, 2024. One Governor position will be for an initial one-year term, and one will be for an initial three-year term. Service as a Governor involves attendance at Board and designated Committee meetings, assistance in fundraising (if the Governor’s employment allows such activities) and assistance in planning and organizing various Forum events and programs.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and a brief professional resume by the close of business on October 18, 2024. The cover letter should specify any prior service on the Board, a Forum Committee or involvement in any Forum sponsored programs or events.

Copies of the cover letter and professional resume should be submitted to John Puig john.puig@rbccm.com and Tim Martin tmartin@comptroller.nyc.gov

Call to Internship Sponsors

For more than 20 years The Municipal Forum of New York has sponsored the Urban Leadership Fellows ("ULF") Program to place New York City high school graduates in summer internships in the field of municipal finance. To date we've been able to provide this opportunity to over 520 students--and by increasing the number of sponsoring firms we can help many more take the road that has led a number of our interns to successful careers in municipal finance. So please consider sponsoring an intern for the upcoming summer, and help us help more in 2015.

For details on the program and to sign up as a sponsor please email or call Caroline Cruise at ccruise@loews.com or (212) 521-2886.

CAREY GABAY EDUCATION FUND

We are pleased to announce the creation of the Carey Gabay Education Fund. Carey Gabay grew up in public housing in the Bronx, studied government at Harvard as an undergraduate and attended Harvard Law School. Originally appointed as an assistant counsel for Governor Cuomo in 2011, he most recently was the first deputy counsel for the Empire State Development Corporation until he was tragically shot and died on September 15th, 2015.

The Carey Gabay Education Fund will serve to honor his memory and inspire other New York City high school graduates to make lasting contributions to their community. The endowment, created within the Urban Leadership Fund, will fund an excellence award to a summer intern in the ULF program.

To make a tax-deductible contribution, please use the PayPal link below or make check made payable to Municipal Forum Youth Education Fund (Carey Gabay Education Fund in the notes) to the following address:

Caroline Cruise
Loews Corporation
655 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10065

We thank you for your support

The Municipal Forum of New York.

NED FLYNN COMMUNITY SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Board of Governors of The Municipal Forum of New York has launched the Ned Flynn Community Service Scholarship to honor and celebrate Ned’s dedication to the Forum and the Urban Leadership Fellows Committee.

Ned Flynn was a 35 year veteran of the municipal finance industry. After graduating from Georgetown University, Ned started his career at E.F. Hutton in 1980. In 1989, he became a founding member of First Albany’s investment banking team and stayed on as the team ultimately transitioned to Jefferies. From 2008 until his untimely passing in 2017, Ned was a managing director in their Public Finance division.

Ned was a member of the Board of Governors, where he served as a member of the Municipal Forum for over 16 years and on its Board of Governors for six years. He served as President of the Board in 2012. Ned also Co-Chaired the Urban Leadership Fellows Committee for three years and has actively sought to increase membership and sponsorship for internships as Co-Chair of the ULF Committee.

To honor Ned’s commitment to making the ULF program available to as many students as possible and broadest range of opportunities possible, we hope that you will consider making a donation to support the Ned Flynn Community Service Scholarship in recognition of Ned and his efforts on behalf of this program.

To make a tax-deductible contribution, please use the PayPal link below or make a check payable to the Municipal Forum Youth Education Fund (Ned Flynn Community Service Scholarship in the memo line) to the following address:

Kristina Eng
Wells Fargo Securities
MAC J0127-026
375 Park Ave, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10152-0002

We thank you for your support

The Municipal Forum of New York.

The Municipal Forum Youth Education Fund (the “Fund”) is tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). A copy of the organization’s latest annual report is available by contacting the Fund directly at http://www.themunicipalforumofnewyork.org/or from the New York State Attorney General Charities Bureau at 28 Liberty Street, 15 th Floor, New York, New York 10005. Registration with the New York State Attorney General Charities Bureau or any other government agency should not be constructed as an endorsement of the Fund.