Sharpton is a controversial minister, civil rights activist, radio host, TV talking head, political fundraiser, perpetual candidate for office, and style icon.

New York's combative, controversial former mayor was born in 1944 in Brooklyn to a low-level mob enforcer, a fact he has never acknowledged in public. He got his B.A. from Manhattan College and his J.D. from NYU Law, and gained attention in the 80's for being an aggressive prosecutor who pursued organized crimes figures and white-collar criminals.

A thorn in Nicholas Scoppetta's side, Stephen Cassidy is president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York, the union that represents the more than 10,000 firefighters in New York. The union's political juice makes Cassidy something of a local kingmaker.

As you may be aware, Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the millionaire, subway-riding Mayor of New York. A native of Medford, Mass. (hence the accent), Bloomberg attended Johns Hopkins and Harvard Business School before joining the rat race on Wall Street and climbing the corporate ladder at Salomon Bros.

Democrat Charles "Chuck" Ellis Schumer has been New York's senior senator since 2000.

Governor of New York from 1983 to 1995, Cuomo is also known for siring a brood of prominent New Yorkers bearing his surname. He's the dad of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and 20/20 anchor Chris Cuomo.

"The Ralph Lauren of hip hop," Ecko is an urban entrepreneur and owner of a billion dollar fashion empire.

His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan was the Archbishop of New York—and the leader of New York City's millions of Catholics—from 2000-2009.

Adored by smug blue-state yuppies everywhere, Stephen Colbert is the host of the second most popular fake news show on Comedy Central.

The oft-imitated Gunn is the host of Project Runwayand chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne.

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Ivana is the ex-wife of Donald Trump and the mother of three of his five kids-Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric.

Tinsley earned A-list social status the old-fashioned way-relentless self-promotion. After briefly working at Vogue, attending Parsons for four months, and working at PR firm Harrison & Shriftman, in 2002 she gave up on the notion of a day job when she tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Topper (otherwise known as Robert Livingston Mortimer) and focused her energies on rising to the top of the social ladder. At her peak in the mid-aughts, with her comings and goings constantly featured on Page Six, Mortimer landed luxury brand endorsements, "designing" gigs, and her own reality show on the CW network. The blitz of exposure has brought with it the inevitable backlash, and in 2008 she and Topper separated. [Image via Getty]

Lawyer, political commentator, politician, New York's 54th governor and, most famously, Emperors Club VIP's Client No. 9. Since his resignation from office in 2008, Spitzer has made attempts to improve his reputation through dedication to philanthropic causes and pro bono legal work. He attempted to make a return to the limelight in 2011 by co-hosting a show, Parker Spitzer, on CNN, though it was cancelled before its first birthday.

Best known as Regis' perky morning co-host (and Kathie-Lee Gifford's replacement) on Live! With Regis and Kelly. Regis recently retired in 2011 and Ripa has been conducting interviews and playing zany games without her 80-year-old partner ever since.

Ingrid Newkirk's worst nightmare, Basso is a furrier and QVC pitchman. He's also a fixture at society events around town.

Considered by many to be the finest actor of his generation, De Niro's also a quintessential New Yorker and he owns about half of Tribeca to prove it.

The co-founder of Spy, former editor-in-chief of New York, and novelist, Andersen has been at (or near) the center of the media universe for more than two decades.

A fashion designer to aging, millionaire socialites, Hannant's clients reside almost exclusively in the 10021 zip code.

LeFrak is a real estate heiress, social fixture, and occasional film and theater producer.