Recognizing Lloyd Ashburn Williams' unparalleled dedication to fostering economic empowerment, cultural pride, and social equity in Harlem.

This resolution would recognize Lloyd Ashburn Williams's lifelong dedication to Harlem's economic empowerment and cultural pride. It lays out his biography and achievements: born in Jamaica on January 16, 1945 and brought to New York at age 2, raised in Harlem, a Syracuse University alumnus, longtime President and CEO of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce since 1988, cofounder of HARLEM WEEK in 1974, leader on arts and civic boards, guest lecturer at Columbia, Rutgers, and Fordham, recipient of civic honors, advocate for housing, education, health equity, climate awareness, and digital access, a lifelong member of the NAACP and the National Action Network, who died on August 6, 2025 and is survived by his wife Valorie Roberson-Williams, a son, a grandson, two brothers, and a sister.