For more than 100 years, Regional Plan Association has developed and promoted ideas to improve the economic health, environmental resiliency, and quality of life of the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area. Click on the link below for photos from last year’s Assembly.
Join us April 27-30 online and at Pier 60 in Manhattan on Friday, May 1 for the 2026 RPA Assembly!
Each year, Regional Plan Association convenes 1,000 policy experts, public officials, and business leaders at the RPA Assembly to debate bold solutions for the tri-state metropolitan region’s most pressing challenges:
- Addressing climate change
- Promoting inclusive growth
- Developing transportation systems that work for all of us.
2026 John Zuccotti Award
RPA’s highest award for leadership in the region is named after John E. Zuccotti, a long-serving member of the RPA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Presented each year at RPA’s annual Assembly, the award recognizes a leader who has made extraordinary contributions to the built environment of the tri-state metropolitan region.
Presented to
Kathryn Garcia
Kathryn Garcia, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is a long-time public servant leading important projects for our region.
Recent Assemblies
May 3, 2021