Connie Milstein Supporter of NYU Development

The School of Arts and Science at New York University has been adding creative programming to its curriculum, and Connie Milstein, alumnus, trustee and friend of NYU has been behind much of the new creative energy.

NYU students who want to experience the exciting political, cultural and intellectual life in our country’s capital now have a permanent home from which to do it. The Constance Milstein and Family Academic Center in Washington, D.C. gives NYU students a chance to experience the heartbeat of America from the very center from which it emanates.

Back in New York, freshman entering NYU’s School of Arts and Science will participate in the Collegiate Seminar Program, which was launched in 2007, where they will be challenged intellectually and supported academically. Connie Milstein was the force behind this innovative program which partners students with mentors who will see them through until the conclusion of their undergraduate careers.

Academic excellence is continuously improving and developing at NYU, with encouragement, creative energy and help from Connie Milstein.

Land Mine Removal Video

This is a video which demonstrates the importance of land mine removal. The Humpty Dumpty Institute with co-founder Connie Milstein is an organization which works tirelessly towards this goal.

Connie Milstein Supports Small Family Farmers of New York

In 2007, Connie Milstein, chairman of the Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI), provided a $125,000 grant to the Farmers Market Federation of New York. 25,000 food stamps were distributed to residents of upstate NY, in hopes of increasing their purchases of fresh, locally grown produce. This program not only encouraged more purchases of fruits and vegetables, it also benefitted small family farmers of New York.

HDI is an organization which focuses on solving difficult humanitarian problems around the world. Currently, it is working to identify and eliminate UXOs (unexploded ordinances) and mines that remain hidden around the world, as well as to alleviate international and domestic hunger.

'Mushrooms with a Mission'

A few months ago, the Humpty Dumpty Institute, co-founded by Connie Milstein, began its new program, titled Mushrooms with a Mission. This project focuses on vulnerable families in central Vietnam, teaching them how to become mushroom farmers. The institute chose mushrooms because they are an easy, cheap, and low tech product to grow. The program is intended for landmine and UXO (unexploded ordinances) victims only, and so HDI chose a crop that even amputees could manage easily.

HDI is providing an automatic market for their mushroom farmers, having promised to buy as many mushrooms as they can grow. The mushrooms will be dried, packed and sold to many markets in Vietnam, and hopefully to neighboring countries, and, in the future, even worldwide.

All proceeds from the sales made by HDI will be donated towards removing landmines and UXOs in Vietnam and its surrounding areas.

The Spa Experience at The Jefferson Hotel: Connie Milstein

Recently reopened after a two year restoration, The Jefferson Hotel in Washington D.C. is receiving enormous accolades. With the two year renovation by Ogden CAP Properties, LLC with Connie Milstein, the hotel, today, offers 99 rooms, a spa, and so much more.

The Jefferson Spa includes a large menu of massages, facials and body treatments. The body treatments actually use herbs and botanicals grown in Monticello’s gardens and specialize in vinotherapies that reflect Thomas Jefferson’s passion for wine.

In addition, they have manicure and pedicure services, a hairstyle salon, vintage-styled barber chairs for men, and extremely high quality products.

In addition to the spa, customers will find a 24 hour fitness room with a vast selection of cardio equipment, exercise mats, jump ropes and medicine balls.

Groundbreaking and Construction of Constance Milstein and Family Academic Center

Following various speeches at the groundbreaking for the Constance Milstein and Family Academic Center (NYUDC), the symbolic groundbreaking took place. This comprised hardhats and shovels using the purple NYU torch. Work on constructing the 75,000 square foot 12-story building is scheduled to start soon and will have dorms on the upper floors to house 125 students. It will be perfect for those doing courses in journalism, economics, history and politics as will come with an internship in the city of Washington, DC. But the fun continued after the groundbreaking with the VIPs assembling at the St. Regis Hotel along with around 400 guests (mainly alumni) for food and wine. Following a brief introduction (requesting further donations for the new construction), Connie Milstein, who donated a generous $10 million to the project, talked about the “need for an NYU campus in the nation’s capital and echoed the evening’s excitement about NYU’s global push. ‘[Sexton’s] vision of the ‘global network university’ is no doubt one of the most brilliant ideas of our time,’ she said.”

Properties at Ogden CAP Properties, LLC

Connie Milstein takes an interest in all properties on the market at Ogden CAP Properties, LLC, the company she co-founded. One such impressive property there is located at One Lincoln Plaza, 20 West 64th Street, NYC, and truly is the ultimate in luxury while being extremely centrally located, spitting distance from Central Park and across Lincoln Center. It really provides “the best of New York at your fingertips,” for those seeking relaxed living in the hubbub of New York City’s culture. You will find cleverly-planned residences here boasting aesthetic-pleasing parquet floors, insulated windows and huge closets as well as personalized air-conditioning systems and controlled heating. For the gourmet cook the kitchen will appeal and the top quality appliances will make anyone’s life easier. Relax at the end of a long day in a huge tub and don’t forget to enjoy the New York view during the day and at night time – in the city that never sleeps.