Overview

• More than 30 current or former 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, with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney among the participants.
• Mayor Eric Adams and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani declined invitations, a choice that shaped the event’s optics during the mayoral race.
• Proceeds benefited Witness to Mass Incarceration, whose tailoring program dressed some models including Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs and Council Member Julie Won.
• Organizers described the sold-out, roughly $300-per-seat event, sponsored by Uber, Roc Nation and Airbnb, as a call for civility following reports that a right-wing influencer was fatally shot earlier in the day.