For a sample of the kind of leadership style TRSA members can expect from TRSA’s newly elected Chair David Potack, you need look no further than the “Big Apple,” and how he led efforts to manage a recent legislative challenge in the form of a laundry licensing bill unanimously backed by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council.
 
The issue emerged in the spring of 2015 amid claims of cleanliness problems and potential health issues in New York City laundries. Activists and lawmakers called for a regulatory response in the form of licensing rules and an ...