Bernard D’Orazio is a native New Yorker who has lived in Manhattan for 40 years. He is the author of several articles on downtown New York’s history, which have been published by the Tribeca Tribune, an award-winning community newspaper. He is a practicing lawyer and writes and lectures regularly on legal issues, and is the Editor of West Publishing’s Practical Law - New York Judgment Enforcement. He served for eight years as an appointed member of Manhattan Community Board No. 1 in lower Manhattan. He now lives and works in Harlem. He can be reached at [email protected].