New York City Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, Aug. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:  
Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick of New York’s Fourth Council District (Manhattan) will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of his twelve years of service on the New York City Council, Daniel R. Garodnick will ring the Opening Bell. 

Where:  
Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio 

When:   
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET    

NYC Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick Media Contact: 
Cory Epstein  
(646) 946-4519 
cepstein@council.nyc.gov  

Nasdaq MarketSite Media Contact: 
Emily Pan
(646) 441-5120 
emily.pan@nasdaq.com 

Feed Information: 
Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
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DL 3811 Vertical
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MOD 4:2:0
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Social Media:

Council Member Garodnick is on Twitter, at @DanGarodnick or: 
https://twitter.com/DanGarodnick 

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For more information on Council Member Garodnick, please visit his website:
http://www.garodnick.com/ 

Webcast:
A live stream of the Nasdaq Opening Bell will be available at:
https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://business.nasdaq.com/discover/market-bell-ceremonies and click on the market open of your choice.  

About NYC Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick 
Council Member Garodnick is known as one of New York's most independent voices and effective legislators.  He recently passed a plan that will deliver nearly a billion dollars to improve subways and public spaces in Midtown over the next 20 years, through the East Midtown and Vanderbilt Corridor rezonings. These rezonings will also generate millions of square feet of new Class A office space to rejuvenate Midtown as a thriving commercial district. Dan is also a fierce tenant advocate and, in 2015, negotiated the largest affordable housing preservation deal in New York City’s history -- 5,000 middle class housing units in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village.  A lawyer with a background in civil rights, he has represented same sex couples seeking marriage equality, low wage workers seeking a living wage, and businesses seeking fair funding for city schools as part of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity.  Dan lives with his wife Zoe, and two young sons, on the East Side of Manhattan.  

About Nasdaq 
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading global provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 90 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,900 total listings with a market value of approximately $12 trillion. To learn more, visit: http://business.nasdaq.com 

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