Stan Michels, 1933-2008

Today our community lost one of its giants. Stanley Michels, who served as our City Councilman from 1975 to 2001, left an indelible imprint on Upper Manhattan. Nowhere was his impact felt more than in the many parks here uptown, which thanks to Stan's leadership became some of the most beautiful in the city. 

I had the pleasure of working with Stan on many local issues over the past 12 years.  He was one of the earliest and most important supporters of the community development credit union I founded (this photo was taken at the credit union's opening ceremony on March 20th, 1997).

Our condolences go out to his wife Molly and their children and grandchildren.  Click here for a moving tribute to Stan, written by his lifelong friend and former Council colleague Henry Stern.