2012 OTTY Awards: Once Homeless, Now Homeless Shelter Volunteer

Written by admin on March 28, 2012. Posted in News Our Town, OTTY Awards, Our Town, Special Sections

By Max Sarinsky Thomas Williams has been through plenty of tough times, and he doesn’t want to forget them. After enduring a decade-long stretch of homelessness, Williams now volunteers at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on the Upper East Side—where he resided for six months—spending most of his shift just a few yards from the
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2012 OTTY Awards: A Comforting Presence in the Emergency Room

Written by admin on March 28, 2012. Posted in News Our Town, OTTY Awards, Our Town, Special Sections

By Sarah Amandolare Constance Peterson admits her job is intense. As director of patient services for the emergency department at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Peterson encounters pain and suffering on a daily basis. “Short of on the battlefield,” she said, “most people in their work life don’t experience this.” Peterson, 58, has directed what’s called
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