“Curb Your Narcissism,” 2018 Inner Circle show, is Big Success

It’s a little hard to pinpoint what made “Curb Your Narcissism,” the 2018 Inner Circle show, such a success. more…
It’s a little hard to pinpoint what made “Curb Your Narcissism,” the 2018 Inner Circle show, such a success. more…
Mickey Carroll, friend, raconteur, past president of the Inner Circle, voice of the Quinnipiac University Poll and one of the finest reporters of his era, died Dec. 6, 2017 in his family home in New Jersey after a short illness, according to his family. He was 86 years old. more…
When we all worked together at Channel 4, David Diaz would approach me from time to time and ask me “where’s your father?” The person he meant was Gabe, and David wasn’t far from wrong.
This has been a tough week for those of us in the Inner Circle and for everyone who cared about journalism in New York. more…
Gabe Pressman, a reporter whose career over 70 years spanned the length and breadth of journalism in New York and across the U.S.A., died June 23. His wife, Vera, confirmed he died in his sleep after a brief illness. He was 93 years old. Gabe – everyone, from mayors to more…
Larry Sutton, a journalist whose career spanned four decades and who was chiefly responsible for writing the annual Inner Circle show, has died. He was 64. Sutton suffered a heart attack Saturday morning, June 17. EMS paramedics responded to his apartment in midtown but were unable to resuscitate him. Funeral more…
It’s gonna be HUGE! The title for the Inner Circle’s 95th annual show is “TRUMPED! de Blasio to the Rescue?” and sums up the mood and direction of New York City’s top elected figures as a new political era starts. Now, the IC’s writing committee work begins in full with a more…
Henry “Hank” C. Walter, beloved Inner Circle member and past president, died Nov. 17, 2016 after a brief illness. He was a day shy of his 89th birthday. Hank became a member of the Inner Circle in 1956, during Mayor Robert Wagner’s tenure, and served as president in 1963. Here more…
Carl Pelleck, Inner Circle president in 1992, died Nov. 9 after a brief illness. He was 84 years old. For many years, Carl, and his ever-present cigar, was a fixture of the IC. He became a member from the New York Post in 1977. Pelleck was a top crime reporter more…
The Inner Circle kicks off its 95th year with the annual members dinner on Friday, Oct. 14. It will mark the start of a new era as the 2017 show relocates to the Sheraton Times Square New York Hotel. Show night is set for Saturday, April 1. Also new – more…