A phenom of the drugs-and-money-fueled 1980s art scene, Salle fell off the map in the 1990s, but has recently been staging a comeback.

As first deputy mayor, Harris is Mayor Bloomberg's second in command. She runs this city whenever Bloomberg skips town for a quickie vacation.

Publishing vet Ed Menicheschi is the vice president and publisher of Vanity Fair, the Condé Nast title edited by Graydon Carter.

An early advocate for AIDS research, Krim is the founding chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

As the director of Swingers and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Liman is responsible for unleashing both Vince Vaughn and Brangelina on the world.

If your SAT score sucked, you can blame Caperton. The former governor of West Virginia, was head of the College Board for over a decade until he retired in 2012.

LeClerc was the former president of the New York Public Library, from the main Bryant Park branch to the dozens of smaller outposts scattered across the five boroughs.

A coiffeur to celebs and socialites, Knoll runs the Upper East Side salon that bears his name.

With his partner, colorist Joel Warren, Edward Tricomi presides over the Warren-Tricomi salons in New York, Connecticut, Florida and California. He's known for his rock star look and rather quirky cutting style.

New York's self-proclaimed "King of Color," Licari runs salons on both coasts, and like every other hair superstar, has a line of products, too.

A prolific novelist, essayist, and screenwriter, Didion is considered one of America's leading intellectuals.

Moody is author of a number of successful novels, including The Ice Storm, Demonology, and Purple America.

A longtime media executive, Greenstein is president of Sirius Satellite Radio, where he oversees the company's programming efforts.

A man who's never met a role he didn't like, Stanley Tucci has played Italian gangsters (Road to Perdition) and gay fashion editors (The Devil Wears Prada) and appeared on stage in productions like Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. His Frankie and Johnny co-star, Edie Falco, is also his ex-girlfriend.

If you live on the Upper East Side, in Astoria, or in Long Island City, congratulations: Maloney is your congressional representative.

The meanest grandmother you never had, Judge Judy has earned hundreds of millions of dollars dispensing fake courtroom advice on her syndicated TV show.

The owner (and former editor and publisher) of liberal stalwart The Nation, Navasky is also chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review.

Jim Chanos is head of Kynikos Associates, a short-selling hedge fund. Appropriately, the word "kynikos" means cynic in Greek.

Crowley, a Democrat, represents New York's seventh district, which covers a sliver of northern Queens (Woodside, Jackson Heights) and a chunk of the east Bronx (Co-op City, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, City Island).

Auster, the elder statesman of the Brooklyn literary scene, is the author of a dozen novels including The New York Trilogy.