Financier who fatally plunged from NYC rooftop bar ID’d as Connecticut dad of 3

The financier who plunged to his loss of life from a Manhattan rooftop bar has been recognized as Dale L. Cheney, a dad of three who launched his personal Connecticut-based funding agency, police sources confirmed.

Cheney, 46, plummeted from Bar 54 on the Hyatt Centric Instances Sq. New York on West forty fifth Road close to Seventh Avenue, in entrance of at the least two witnesses round 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities and the sources mentioned.

He landed on the road beneath and was pronounced useless, cops mentioned.

The loss of life is being investigated as a suspected suicide, an NYPD spokesperson mentioned.

Cheney based T-street Capital in 2013 in Darien, Connecticut, about 40 miles northeast of Manhattan, in accordance with public information.

The impartial development fairness agency companions with entrepreneurs and administration groups by means of capital funding, strategic acquisitions and different alternatives. 

Cheney was additionally a board member and investor at six totally different corporations in 4 states, in accordance with his LinkedIn web page.

Earlier than beginning his personal agency, he labored as an funding principal at Citicorp Enterprise Capital relationship again to 2007, and previous to that was at Goldman Sachs for 2 years starting in 2005.

He earned a grasp’s diploma in enterprise administration from Harvard College, in accordance with the web profile. 

Cheney lived in a sprawling six-bedroom, seven-bathroom residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, information present. The 8,100-square-foot house’s estimated market worth is greater than $3.8 million, in accordance with its Zillow profile. 

He has three youngsters who’re of their late teenagers and early 20s, in accordance with police sources. 

Simply after the deadly plunge, two individuals on the rooftop bar advised police that the person jumped off the constructing, sources mentioned. One girl known as 911, saying she heard a loud noise.

“We’re really heartbroken on the state of affairs that occurred this night outdoors our rooftop bar, and we’re maintaining the sufferer’s household and pals in our ideas and hearts,” Tom Blundell, the final supervisor of the Hyatt Centric Instances Sq., mentioned in an announcement.

“We’re working intently with native authorities. The protection and wellbeing of all our colleagues, resort company and Bar 54 company stays a prime precedence, and right now, on account of this tragic incident, we are going to hold the door to the bar’s outside area locked always,” Blundell mentioned by means of a spokesperson.

That is the second time in lower than 4 months an individual plunged from the identical resort bar.

In October, aspiring mannequin Elizabeth Gaglewski, of Queens, fell from Bar 54 earlier than hitting a Twenty seventh-floor balcony, the NYPD mentioned. Workers tried to swoop in and cease the 26-year-old girl from falling as she stood on the ledge, sources advised The Publish in October.

Gaglewski was remembered as “candy and loving” by household.

“She was only a good individual, a candy and loving, caring child,” her uncle Tony Smith advised The Publish final yr.

If you’re scuffling with suicidal ideas or are experiencing a psychological well being disaster and reside in New York Metropolis, you may name 1-888-NYC-WELL totally free and confidential disaster counseling. For those who reside outdoors the 5 boroughs, you may dial the 24/7 Nationwide Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.