Overview

• More than 30 elected officials modeled local designers at New York County Surrogate’s Court in the Style Across the Aisle show.
• Former governors Andrew Cuomo and David Paterson walked the runway alongside Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and former Rep. Carolyn Maloney.
• Mayor Eric Adams and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani declined to attend after being invited, drawing notice to who participated versus who stayed away.
• Organizer Skye Ostreicher framed the event as a unity effort, with references from the stage to the same-day fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
• Tickets were about $300, and the program highlighted reentry talent tied to Witness to Mass Incarceration, including designs worn by Assemblymember Eddie Gibbs and Councilmember Julie Won.