Jacob Javits was a united states politician who was a United States Senetor from New York from 1957 to 1981.
Perhaps the most known honoring of him is the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Inside there is a statue of him next to a chair for people to take pictures.
The Jacob Javits center is home to many big events in New York city, including, The New York Auto show, The New York International car show, The New York boat show, New York Comic Con. all hosted in the large convention center.
This was taken inside the Jacob Javits center, near 11th ave and 36st.
Interesting reads
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6856871
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/research/epilepsyweb/javits.htm
A video of Jacob Javits himself
https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.95852
