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GANYC Events and Public Meetings
Our monthly meetings are open to the public and take place in venues across the five boroughs. GANYC members are also welcome to exclusive site visits and FAM (Familiarization) tours offered by fellow guides. GANYC guides offer FAM tours to their peers to receive invaluable feedback and to practice new tours.
GANYC Opposes New Measures for Visitors from Visa Waiver Eligible Countries
The Guides Association of New York City stands in strong opposition to proposed federal regulations that would require visitors entering the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to disclose extensive personal information, potentially imposing significant new barriers to travel.
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Any licensed NYC tour guide is eligible for GANYC membership! Join us at our next monthly meeting and learn the benefits of being a GANYC Guide.
My professional background in event coordination and administration. Managing red-carpet press junkets for premier Broadway publicity firms like Polk & Co. and O&M, where I honed my ability to navigate the city’s complex energy with precision. Whether I was coordinating media events for the…
Fraunces Tavern® Museum to Celebrate Martha Washington in its latest Special Exhibition
Martha Washington – familiar to many, but few people have come to know the person behind the name. Fraunces Tavern Museum is delighted to announce our new special exhibition Martha, The First Founding Mother Revealed in the Adeline Moses Loeb Gallery. As part of the Museum's broader Path to Liberty…
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Canal Street looking downtown
Emma Guest-Consales
Governors Island FAM Tour
January 2020 Meeting at the N-Y Historical Society
Coney Island FAM tour
The Metropolitan Museum of Art FAM Tour
Spanish Harlem tour
Leigh Hallingby
Boat Ride to Dead Horse Bay
NYC Rat Tour
Marc Landman
GANYC FAM Tour of East Harlem
West 45th Street Theaters
Ayinde Stevens
Happy 400th Anniversary NYC in Times Square
Harvey Paul Davidson
GANYC Members tour the High Line