45TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER DANCE GALA -- May 4, 2002
 

The Check Cashers Association of New York (CCANY) celebrated its 45th Anniversary with a gala event at the Garden City Hotel, in Garden City, N.Y., on Saturday, May 4, 2002.

“CCANY has accomplished a great deal in 45 years,” said Jim Eustace, president of the association. “What started as a small group of 33 check cashers in 1957 has grown to a membership of 145 companies representing over 475 stores and employing more than 2,700 people in New York.” 

CCANY celebrated its 45th Anniversary at the lovely Garden City Hotel on Saturday, May 4, 2002. Over 300 members were present to commemorate this important milestone.

During the event, Stephen Wolf, treasurer of The Pay-O-Matic Corp.; James Eustace, president of CCANY and of West Side Trading, and Henry F. Shyne, CCANY’s executive director, were presented with Distinguished Service Awards in recognition of outstanding contributions to the check cashing industry.

 

William Siegel and Emanuel Levy (right), Co-Chairmen of the Anniversary Dinner Dance, served as Masters of Ceremony during the program.

 

 

 


 

 

CCANY founder Howard Stein of RiteCheck addresses 
the audience.

 

 

 

 

New York State Assembly member Aurelia Greene attended the evening’s festivities. “[Check cashers] didn’t abandon our neighborhoods when poverty became the norm,” said Greene, who represents the Bronx. “When all the banks left, you stuck around to serve us.”

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