IN PICTURES: Gloria Gaynor rocks out REBNY Residential Deal of the Year Gala

Superstar Gloria Gaynor entertained 500 of New York’s leading apartment brokers and builders last night at the annual REBNY Deal of the Year Awards and Gala honoring the city’s top dealmakers. The Real Estate Board of New York hosted the party  at Chelsea Piers.

Photos by Richard Lewin

15.John Banks, III, REBNY President with Mirza Avdovic, Keller Williams NYC, Winner of The Most Promising Rookie Salesperson of the Year Award.

14.John Banks, III, REBNY President with Ruth McCoy, Brown Harris Stevens, Winner of the Henry Forster Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Corinne Pulitzer Douglas Elliman, Co-Chair of REBNY’s Residential Brokerage Membership Committee

Diane Ramirez, Halstead Property, Co-Chair of REBNY’s Residential Board of Directors with Gloria Gaynor.

REBNY’s Residential Deal of the Year Charity & Awards Gala Committee: (from L-R) Brenda Hersh-Weinberg, Buchbinder & Warren; John Wollberg, Halstead Property; Ruth McCoy, Brown Harris Stevens; Jeffrey Rothstein, Douglas Elliman; Christopher Wilson, Stribling & Associates; Rebecca Mason, OneTitle National Guaranty Company; Barbara Fox, Fox Residential Group; Karen Gastiaburo, Town Residential; and Elizabeth Henry, The Corcoran Group.

10.Barbara Fox of Fox Residential Group and Jeffrey Rothstein of Douglas Elliman, Co-Chairs of REBNY's Residential Deal of the Year Charity & Awards Gala Committee give remarks at the awards ceremony.

Emel Glicksman, Fox Residential Group, Winner of the Rental Award

Town Residential's Gary Lacy, Dorothy Sexton, Neoly Lika Williams (winner) and Andrew Heiberger accepting the Third Prize Residential Sales Award

Bess Freedman, Hall Willkie, Timothy Simmons (co-broker), Peter Michael Riolo (winner), and Sarah Orlinsky-Maitland of Brown Harris Stevens accepting the Second Prize Residential Sales Award

6.(From L-R) Karen DeMeco, Compass, Winner of the First Prize Residential Sales Award with Robert Reffkin, Compass

Mirza Avdovic, Keller Williams NYC, The Most Promising Rookie Salesperson of the Year Award Winner with Barry Brandt, Argo Residential.

Ruth McCoy, Brown Harris Stevens; Eileen Spinola, REBNY's former Senior Vice President of Education and Brokerage Services; and Doug Wagner, Bond New York, Winner of The Eileen Spinola Award for Distinguished Service.

3.(From L-R) Bess Freedman, Brown Harris Stevens; Corinne Pulitzer, Douglas Elliman; Ruth McCoy, Brown Harris Stevens, Winner of the Henry Forster Award for Lifetime Achievement; Hall Willkie, Brown Harris Stevens.

2.Winners of REBNY’s 28th Annual Residential Deal of the Year Awards for 2015-2016.

(Back row from L-R) Timothy Simmons, Brown Harris Stevens, Co-broker for the Second Prize Residential Sales Award; Peter Michael Riolo, Brown Harris Stevens, Winner of the Second Prize Residential Sales Award; Douglas Wagner, Bond New York, Winner of The Eileen Spinola Award for Distinguished Service; Karen DeMeco, Compass, Winner of the First Prize Residential Sales Award; and Mirza Avdovic, Keller Williams NYC, Winner of The Most Promising Rookie Salesperson of the Year Award.

(Front row from L-R) Neoly Lika Williams, Town Residential, Winner of the Third Prize Residential Sales Award; Ruth McCoy, Brown Harris Stevens, Winner of the Henry Forster Award for Lifetime Achievement; Reba Miller, RP Miller Realty Group, Co-Broker for the Rental Award; and Emel Glicksman, Fox Residential Group, Winner of the Rental Award.

Winners of REBNY's 28th Annual Residential Deal of the Year Awards for 2015-2016 with their managers and REBNY leadership.

(Back row from L-R) Hall Willkie, Brown Harris Stevens; Peter Michael Riolo, Brown Harris Stevens, Winner of the Second Prize Residential Sales Award; Sarah Orlinsky-Maitland, Brown Harris Stevens; Douglas Wagner, Bond New York, Winner of The Eileen Spinola Award for Distinguished Service; Mirza Avdovic, Keller Williams NYC, Winner of The Most Promising Rookie Salesperson of the Year Award; John H. Banks, III, REBNY President; Reba Miller, RP Miller Realty Group, Co-Broker for the Rental Award; Robert Reffkin, Compass; Karen DeMeco, Compass, Winner of the First Prize Residential Sales Award; Gary Lacy, Town Residential; Neoly Lika Williams, Town Residential, Winner of the Third Prize Residential Sales Award; Andrew Heiberger.

(Front row from L-R) Timothy Simmons, Brown Harris Stevens, Co-broker for the Second Prize Residential Sales Award; Bess Freedman, Brown Harris Stevens; Ruth McCoy, Brown Harris Stevens, Winner of the Henry Forster Award for Lifetime Achievement; Eileen Spinola, REBNY's former Senior Vice President of Education and Brokerage Services; Emel Glicksman, Fox Residential Group, Winner of the Rental Award; Dorothy Sexton, Town Residential.