Outside of family, Steve’s greatest joy is helping other people by volunteering time, resources and energy. Steve just retired as the President of his co-op, The Eagle Tenants Corp., after serving as President for 37 years.

Steve and Beth are supporters of Joe and Ali Torre’s Safe at Home Foundation since it’s inception in 2003. What an amazing organization they created to help victims of domestic violence by providing support, counseling and safe spaces in schools to those that need help and protection.

Steve serves as a member of the Community Mayors organization since 1992 as the Mayor of Wall Street. As volunteers they help children with special needs by creating opportunities and bringing joy to these kids. Their next event is Operation Santa Claus, 3 weeks from today, where they bring over 1000 children to the Delta Hangar at Newark Airport and give them holiday presents donated by Macys and others, and a day filled with lots of entertainment and fun, and even Santa arrives via Delta Jet to the amazement of the children. Additional events run during the year include the NY Aquarium, Dino’s Wonder Wheel, Casino Night, and a host of others, simply to put a smile on a child’s face.

Steve also started his volunteer youth hockey administrative career in 1998 running a local hockey travel organization skating out of Chelsea Piers, the New York City Cyclones, which had approximately 500 children skating for them, then took on additional responsibilities becoming the Assistant Commissioner of the New York State Amateur Hockey League and their Director of Discipline, overseeing 22 youth travel organizations skating out of 20 different rinks representing over 12,000 children practicing 2-4 nights a week and playing 2-3 games each weekend. One might ask why? The answer was very clear to him. Steve spearheaded various fundraising efforts with the Cyclones so that if a child had the talent to play for a team and his parents could not afford the fee for uniforms, equipment, travel, tournaments, etc, the organization would provide a scholarship to the child. These scholarships ranged from $3,000 to $7,000 per child, based on need. Roughly half of the kids on each team received scholarships. He took that model and expanded it to the other 21 organizations in the league and it caught on like wildfire. This has been one of the most satisfying endeavors for Steve because he supported over 6,000 children every year with the opportunity to learn and play hockey, understand teamwork, build friendships, and most of all, keep these kids off the street and give them support with opportunity to succeed in life. He saved some really difficult children from some really bad situations- from joining gangs to dealing drugs to ending up in jail or ending up dead. Steve is most gratified when he sees some of those former at risk children, now adults, at a rink coaching the next generation and sharing pictures with him of their wife and kids.

In his spare time he’s an avid golfer and tennis player, and loves being with his wife and children whether they’re together in the City, in the Hamptons, or in Miami.