11th Annual LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST
Featuring U.S. Congressional Representatives

Monday, May 14, 2007
Congressman Gary L. Ackerman, Congressman Timothy H. Bishop, Congressman Steven J. Israel
Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy

Moderated by Abby Kenigsberg
Adjunct Professor of Media Arts, CW Post Campus/LIU, Founder of LI Coalition for Fair Broadcasting

Far left Moderator Abby Kenigsberg, Congressman Timothy H. Bishop, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy

WEDLI’S 11TH ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST
         
          Every May for the past eleven years WEDLI’s Legislative Breakfast has convened a panel Long Island lawmakers from the federal, state or county levels of government to address current economic development issues and initiatives appropriate to each level of government. It was felt that bringing together Nassau and Suffolk Counties would help to home in on issues that affect all Long Islanders. WEDLI’s inaugural legislative breakfast in 1996 marked the first public forum where legislators from both Nassau and Suffolk, were brought together to address common Island-wide concerns. Attended annually by hundreds of leaders, both women and men, from the Long Island business community, this unique forum provides a vehicle for allowing our legislators to speak directly to us by answering our most pressing questions.

          2007 was no exception, with the five Congressional Representatives from Long Island invited to participate. They were Carolyn McCarthy, Timothy H. Bishop, Gary L. Ackerman, Steven J. Israel and Peter King with Abby Kennigsberg, Adjunct Professor of Media Arts, CW Post Campus of LIU and Founder of the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting acting as moderator. (As luck would have it, two days before the event, U.S. Senator Hilary Clinton and Governor Elliot Spitzer called a press conference requesting the presence of New York State Democratic Representatives. Fortunately, Congresswoman McCarthy and Congressman Bishop honored their commitments to WEDLI.)

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