New York's Top 100 Events 2013 - Political & Diplomatic Events
May 8, 2013
1. Clinton Global Initiative
#1 Political & Diplomatic Event Coinciding with U.N. Week each fall, former President Clinton's marquee annual event has brought together 150 heads of state and garnered some $73 billion in pledges for global aid. Next: September 23-26, 2013
Photo: Adam Schultz/Clinton Global Initiative
2. Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner
#2 Political & Diplomatic Event The traditional comedic break in the presidential campaign season, the Smith dinner brought together President Obama and Mitt Romney for the standard guffaws last fall and also brings local politicos together in off-years. Next: October 17, 2013
Photo: Ryan Brenizer
3. The Inner Circle Show
#3 Political & Diplomatic Event New York's localized answer to the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, the annual insiders' send-up took on added significance in 2013, with Mayor Bloomberg making a last hurrah at the end of his third term. Next: March 2014