Ferrara, Eric: - Eric Ferarra is the founder and executive director of the Lower East Side History project, an award-winning nonprofit research organization.
This is his second title as an author for The History Press..
A true product of the Lower East Side melting pot, Ferrara\'s ancestors arrived to New York City from Sicily (1880s), Ukraine (1909), Russia (1917) and Naples (1940s.) He is a fourth-generation native New Yorker and dedicated community activist.
Ferrara is a popular public speaker, sits on a number of local boards and has consulted on numerous movie and television projects.
He also founded the East Village Visitor Center, as well as the first museum in America dedicated to gansterism.
Ferrara, Eric: - Eric Ferarra is the founder and executive director of the Lower East Side History project, an award-winning nonprofit research organization
