Jon Bon Jovi, Martin Scorsese

Gotham Hall was brimming with entertainment industry luminaries for HELP USA’s Anniversary Tribute Awards Dinner. Founded by New York State Attorney General hopeful Andrew Cuomo in 1986, the organization’s mission is to provide housing, employment, and social services for the homeless.

HELP hero, rocker, actor, and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi—who was honored along with legendary film director Martin Scorsese—spoke to the crowd: “The more involved I’ve become in charity work on this level, the more I find myself veering towards the issue of homelessness. It’s the umbrella issue under which so many other problems have the opportunity to fester.”

While guests mixed and mingled over cocktails and dinner, Ron Blaylock and Judy Byrd Blaylock received the Business Leadership Award. The Mentoring Award went to Dr. Nicholas Perricone, and Tara Stacom took home the Real Estate Award.

HELPing hands: Chair Maria Cuomo Cole, Barbaralee Diamonstein and Carl Spielvogel, Meredith Vieira, and Mario and Matilda Cuomo.