Erin Piacenti, Killed in Times Square Stabbing, Was a 'Superstar' at Bank of America Known for Mentoring Junior Teammates
The campaign expanded to $1.2 million after more than 8,000 donors backed support for the 32-year-old’s infant daughter.
- A GoFundMe campaign for the 5-month-old daughter of Bank of America executive Erin Piacenti, stabbed to death in Times Square on August 31, has raised more than $851,000 from 8,700 donors toward a $1.2 million goal.
- Piacenti was killed on her first day returning from maternity leave when Pamela Cisneros, 49, stabbed her in an unprovoked attack in Times Square; officers shot and killed Cisneros shortly after.
- Before her death, Piacenti worked as a vice president at Bank of America, having graduated from Fordham University School of Law after attending the University of Pennsylvania; colleagues called her a 'trusted partner' and 'cherished teammate and friend.'
- NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted Cisneros had mental-health-related encounters with police in 2018 and 2019; her brother, Patrick Peralta, said she struggled with psychiatric problems for decades.
- The GoFundMe campaign goal has been expanded to $1.2 million, with organizers stating all funds will support Madison as she grows surrounded by family, friends, and memories of her mother.
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Erin Piacenti, killed in Times Square stabbing, was a 'superstar' at Bank of America known for mentoring junior teammates
Erin Piacenti only spent 18 months at Bank of America before she was killed, but colleagues said she made an outsize impact with her mentorship.
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The Daily ItemNearly $1 million raised to help daughter of Times Square stabbing victim Erin Piacenti
The GoFundMe campaign, which initially sought $250,000 when it was posted Wednesday, was expanded to have a goal of $1.2 million after thousands of people chipped in donations on behalf of the little girl who will never know her mother.
Erin Piacenti's story has shocked New York and, in just four days, has managed to mobilize hundreds of people around a very concrete cause: the future of her daughter Madison, a baby of just five months old who has run out of a mother after the young executive of ... Continue reading "Erin Piacenti's murder mobilizes New York: they raise 639,000 euros for their five-month baby"
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