At Maestro’s Caterers Bronx NY.

Friday, March 19, 2010

According to the latest figures from the New York City Planning Commission, Hispanic-owned and operated business in New York City have increased by sixty percent since the beginning of this decade. While the word Hispanic is a catch-all word, Hispanics are as diverse as the many Nations they come from and the products and services they require can often be as different as a Mexican enchilada is from a Puerto Rican pastel.

This wide diversity also extends to the difference in size of the various Hispanic businesses as well as the experience and know-how of the many entrepreneurs. Access to government contracts, marketing strategies, liability and health insurance are but a few of the many benefits that the New York City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce can make available to its members.
 

It is the mission of the NYCHCC to represent and advocate for Hispanic Businesses in New York in a cohesive and collective manner which will assist new entrepreneurs, vitalize existing businesses and assure the growth and success of Hispanic businesses and the clients they serve. To this end, the NYCHCC recognizes that its work on behalf of the Hispanic business community must be three-fold.
 

1.We must work with the private sector to establish relationships with corporate America that will benefit Hispanic businesses.
 

2.We must work with the public sector agencies, state legislature, Congress, and state executive branch to advocate for laws, regulations and opportunities that promote the growth and success of Hispanic business in New York City.
 

3.NYCHCC will work with its individual business members and member chambers to develop stronger and more effective grass roots organizations that are able to assist the growing number of Hispanic businesses in the City to succeed.
A native New Yorker, Nick Lugo is a graduate of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico in San German where he majored in Business Administration with a minor in Political Science.

He entered the travel and publishing businesses at a young age as an apprentice to his father, the founder of Cophresi Travel Agencies and Temas Magazine, where Nick served as Associate Publisher.

In 1970 he was appointed by then Governor of Puerto Rico, the Honorable Luis A. Ferre, to serve as the National Executive Director for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico offices in the United States. At the same time he headed the Commonwealth’s Migration Division offices for the Puerto Rico Government’s Department of Labor.

He founded Casa Publications, Corporation, parent company of the Spanish-language weekly newspaper, La Voz Hispana, in 1980. Nick Lugo also took over the family travel business and in memory of his father and mentor, changed the name from Cophresi to Nick Lugo Travel, a name that has become synonymous with air travel in New York’s Hispanic communities. The same year, Nick founded the Hispanic Marketing & Advertising Group where he serves as CEO.
 

On Friday March 19th 2010,at Maestro Caterers, New York Hispanic Chamber of Commerce had there annual women’s month celebration luncheon ..,where the following Women were honored; Justice Doris Ling-Cohan Supreme Court of the State of New York New York County Civil Branch , Melissa Mark- Viverito Council Member New York City Council, Kathryn S. Wylde , President & CEO The Partnership for New York City, Gail O. Mellow , President La Guardia Community College , Aurelia Greene ,Deputy Borough President.
 

Other guests in attendance were: Assembly Members: Adam Clayton Powell Jr, many judges, Vice Chancellor Jay Hershon, Presidents and representatives from : Boricua College, Lehman College and many more business leaders from all over New York were in attendance, close to three hundred people were in attendance.
 

We at Liberty News Online like to thank our brother ..,Nick Lugo the president and founder of the NY Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for his kind invite, to join ,network and do business with the NY Hispanic Chamber of Commerce kindly view their website at www.Nychcc.com  
 

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