The governing body of the hall was most recently appointed by their peers in May 2023 for a two-year term.
The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame's inaugural class was inducted in May 1990.
The hall's first class included all-time basketball superstars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billy Cunningham, Coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, Coach Claire Bee, Bob Cousy, William “Pop” Gates, Connie Hawkins, Coach Dick McGuire, Holcombe Rucker, Adolph Schayes and Ms. Zelda Spoelstra.
A total of twenty eight classes of inductees were enshrined between 1990 and 2017 when the two legendary founders Robert A.
[1] On 24 May 2023 a newly constituted board was appointed with the next induction ceremony scheduled for September 2024.