Brooklyn's Progress
September 2003

New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will be the keynote speaker at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon on Tuesday, September 30, 2003.

The event, hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber Government Affairs Committee, will take place in The Palm House at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  To register for the luncheon, visit the Chamber website:  http://www.ibrooklyn.com/.

Eliot Spitzer became the state’s 63rd Attorney General on January 1, 1999.  Since that time, he has advanced initiatives to make New York a national leader in investor protection, environmental stewardship, labor rights, personal privacy, public safety and criminal law enforcement. 

Mr. Spitzer brings considerable experience to the office.  He was a clerk to the United State District Court Judge Robert W. Sweet and, later, an associate at Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison.

He served as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan from 1986-1992, rising to become Chief of the Labor Racketeering Unit, where he successfully prosecuted organized crime and political corruption cases.  He also worked at the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, and was a partner at Constantine & Partners.

Mr. Spitzer has contributed great time and energy to community service, serving on the boards of various not-for-profit organizations.

Attorney General Spitzer is a 1981 graduate of Princeton University and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School, where hew as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.  Mr. Spitzer and his wife, Silda, also a Harvard Law School graduate, live in Manhattan with their three daughters.

In addition to the keynote address, the new board members will be elected during the September 30 luncheon.  Also on that day, the Brooklyn Chamber will distribute the 2003/2004 Membership Directory and Buying Guide. 

The Brooklyn Chamber’s Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon is sponsored by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Time Warner Cable, Con Edison, Pfizer and Verizon Communications.