Please nominate an “unsung hero” of the Lower East Side!
Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 24, 2023

The LES Community Hero Awards were created in 2014 to celebrate and honor the everyday under-recognized heroes of the Lower East Side.

Too often, the folks who really make a difference in a community go without knowing how much they are appreciated and respected by their neighbors.  

The LES Community Hero Awards is an opportunity to honor those who have made a difference right here in our community.

All heroes are nominated, selected, and presented their awards by members of the Lower East Side community.

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Past Community Hero Award recipients

See the People’s LES website for more in depth information about these community heroes!

2014: Ruth Taube, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, Jaime Hernandez, Robert Graf, Steve Cannon
2015: Joyce Mendelsohn, Paul Garrin, Nelson Valentine, Mateo Gomez & Nelson Landrieu, Chino Garcia
2016: Harriet Putterman, Thea Martinez, Mike Hoyos, Wendy Brawer, Ed Litvak and Traven Rice, Dr. Michael Zisser
2017:  Elissa Sampson, Jimmy Fragosa, Corinne Jennings, Steve Zeitlin, Crystal Field, Neighbors to Save Rivington House
2018:  Charles Krezell, Monique Flores, Robert “Bob” Humber, Family of Ricky Leung, Essex Market Vendors
2019:  Michael Casiano, Libertad Guerra, Ayo Harrington, Jose Ortiz-Rivera, Sandra Strother, the Drag March
2020: Eric Diaz/Vision Urbana
2021:  John Blasco, Jen Chantrtanapichate, Anthony Feliciano, Sam Jacques, Jan Lee, Larissa Lozada, Carolyn Ratcliffe
2022: Marlis Momber, Shawn Garcia, Kim Fong, Frank Avila-Gordon, Debra Jeffreys-Glass