The Real Deal New York

From the October issue: If Lou Coletti looks familiar there’s good reason for it. As president of the Building Trades Employers’ Association, the mega-organization that represents union contractors in the city, he’s visited most major construction sites with hard hat in hand. In this union town, he manages interests and lobbies for 1,700 city contracting companies, helping them negotiate pay with developers. The new Yankee Stadium bears his fingerprints. Yet Coletti’s Midtown office, with brown carpets and candy bowls, is comparatively modest. Click here to see the desk of Lou Coletti.