WILLIAM P. HARRINGTON, Esq.
Managing Partner, Bleakley Platt & Schmidt
A special part of our program since 2015 has been the presentation of the Al DelBello Visionary Award. In addition to his distinguished political career, including serving as lieutenant governor of the state of New York, the Mayor of the City of Yonkers and the Westchester County Executive, Al served as Chairman of this Association for 4 years. Under his leadership, the WCA embarked on many for our groundbreaking initiatives in healthcare, economic development and political advocacy.
To honor Al’s legacy, we created an award in his name to be given to a deserving leader who carries out Al’s vision of making our community a better and more economically viable one. This year’s recipient, Bill Harrington, is certainly deserving of this recognition. Bill succeeded Al as our Chair and continued to be a passionate leader of the initiatives that have become the hallmark of the WCA. Bill was a true champion of the efforts of our Blueprint for Healthcare Reform and anyone who heard Bill speak at any of our healthcare events, knows how passionate and committed he is to protecting our healthcare infrastructure.
Under Bill’s leadership the WCA became laser focused on initiatives that would truly drive the regional economy forward, resulting in the creation of our Blueprint for Westchester. The Blueprint became the umbrella for our work in important areas such as real estate and housing, digital connectivity, workforce development and political advocacy.
As Bill’s tenure as our Board chair ends, we know his predecessor Al DelBello would find him so deserving of this award in his honor.