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NEW YORK CITY has had its hands full trying to accommodate thousands of asylumseekers who have been arriving in recent weeks. The mad scramble to temporarily house up to 1,000 migrants at a time in tents in Orchard Beach has not been received well by advocates, especially after City & State was the first to report that the site chosen was in a flood zone. City Hall is clearly working overtime to figure out the best way to enforce the state’s landmark “right-to-shelter” law for these individuals and families, and as a result, has been reassessing the entire shelter system.

Still, the Adams administration has welcomed the asylum-seekers. There may be an opportunity to explore how the city can fill some of its job vacancies with these migrants and place them on a path to citizenship. The City reported that the city’s job vacancy rate stands at nearly 8%, climbing up to almost 25% at certain agencies. Of course there are hurdles that need to be overcome from their illegal entry into the United States, and many may not qualify for some of the agency positions that are available. “I think it would depend upon the role and whether or not there is a pathway to hire them legally,” Catherine Trapani, executive director of Homeless Services United, told City & State. “Assuming some number of folks will be able to obtain work authorization, they should be considered for any oppor tunity that is available where they have relevant skills and experience to lend.”

“New York City was built by immigrants,” she added, “and just as they were critical to making our city in the past, they will be critical to keeping its vibrancy in the future.”

That’s certainly one way of achieving the American dream.

At the end of last week, tents started to go up on a vast expanse of asphalt at Orchard Beach.

CONTENTS

FIRST READ … 4

The week that was

KEECHANT SEWELL … 8

She’s got the PBA’s backing, for now

ASYLUM-SEEKERS … 10

New York City’s shelter system is breaking

TENT CITY … 14

Migrants are going to be placed in a Bronx parking lot that often floods

RIKERS ISLAND … 18

The jails complex is dealing with immense mental health care challenges

POWER 100 … 25

New York’s philanthropic power players

LOSERS … 62

Who was up and who was down

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– New York City Mayor Eric Adams, after being questioned by reporters on the lack of transparency in his public schedules, via the New York Post

LATEST POLL HAS HOCHUL WAY UP

Allegations that the gov ernor was involved in a pay-to-pay deal involving the state’s purchase of overpriced COVID-19 tests from a deep-pock eted campaign donor seem to have done

little to marr how she’s resonating with voters, though congressional Republicans have vowed to investigate the deal if they retake the House. Still, with a 17-point lead, Gov. Kathy Hochul has only expanded her sweeping edge over Rep.

AT HOME

Lee Zeldin since August, according to the latest Siena College poll. She’s held a comfortable lead in most public polls and has even moderately improved her favorability with Republicans. Both Zeldin and Hochul have continued to disagree

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A wave of violent attacks against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic has caused some people in New York City to arm themselves with pepper spray and push for more policing, while others attempt to navigate self-protection without partnering with police. This month’s issue of New York magazine looked into this conflict, along with other aspects of what it means to be “at home in Asian America.”

– state Sen. Jessica Ramos, on urging New York City to lift the cap on food vending permits, via The City

about which debates they’ll participate in, meaning as of now, none will be held. While Hochul recently agreed to one debate that would be hosted by NY1 toward the end of October, Zel din blasted her decision to only participate in one debate and has yet to accept the invitation. The candidates’ positions on crime also took center stage as they rolled out dueling endorsements from law enforcement organizations with the Police Conference of New York backing Zeldin and the Police Benevo lent Association of New York State getting behind Hochul.

NYC REVERSES COURSE ON SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

After adopting a random lottery system in an effort to combat school segrega tion under then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2020, New York City schools will again have significantly more power to consider academic performance and test scores in their admissions processes. This marks a major policy shift under New York City Mayor Eric Adams and schools Chancellor David Banks to reward students who perform well. The move has been celebrated by Asian American education advocates in particular, as Asian American students make up a significant portion of the population

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“You’re trying to put me in the box of these mayors that may have been 9-to-5 guys. I’m a 9-to-9 guy.
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of New York City’s highly selective schools. Banks also announced three new selective schools in the South Bronx, Southeast Queens and Brownsville, Brooklyn to expand access to more neighborhoods.

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, RIKERS

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Reports surfaced that New York City Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina appeared to have pushed for the compassionate release of Elmore Robert Pondexter, who was seriously ill while incarcerated at Rikers Island, in order to keep the number of deaths reported in city jails from exceeding last year’s toll. There have been 16 deaths at the jail complex so far this year. A

few days later, Gothamist published a harrowing re port that further illustrated the deplorable conditions that have plagued the jail as the threat of a feder al government takeover looms. Never-before-seen photographs included in the report showed a man having defecated in his clothes due to a lack of toilets available to him, another man locked in a cage shower and several incarcerated people drag ging sick people to medical care. Hours before the New York City Council held a hearing on a long-await ed bill that would reform solitary confinement in city jails, dueling rallies for people against solitary confinement and correc tion officers in support of it came to a head outside City Hall.

GOP candidates soften their messaging on abortion

So far, 16 people have died on Rikers Island this year, sparking rallies about ending the use of solitary confinement and the poor conditions that have plagued the jails complex.

THE WEEK AHEAD

MONDAY 10/3

The Assembly Transportation Committee is holding a public hearing at 10 a.m. in the Legislative Office Building to discuss complete streets.

Republican candidates in two of New York’s battleground congressional districts who favor placing more restric tions on access to abortion have updated their campaign websites in recent weeks to re flect some exceptions to their relatively hardline stances.

Nick LaLota and Brandon Williams, GOP candidates running New York’s 1st and 22nd congressional districts, respectively, have both made changes to the sections of their campaign websites that ad dress their views on abortion. Where they didn’t previous ly mention any exceptions to their anti-abortion stances, both websites now mention that the candidates wouldn’t oppose abortion in instanc es of rape, incest or when the health of the mother is at risk. The changes appear to have been made after last month’s primary election.

Williams, an entreprenu er running against defense policy adviser and Democrat Francis Conole in Central New York, had already ex pressed during the Republi can primary that he was not wholly opposed to abortion in these instances. But that nuance wasn’t previously re flected on his website. Up to at least Aug. 30, Williams’ page on abortion read, “I am

MONDAY 10/3

The Brooklyn Democratic Party reconvenes to finish its biannual organizational meeting, after the first was cut short, at noon at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge.

INSIDE DOPE

All local political committees have been meeting across the state in the past couple weeks to set rules and elect their leaders.

pro-life by faith; abortion ends all of the future possibil ities of the life it extinguish es. No one is more vulnerable than the unborn and we must protect them.” Whereas that section of the website was previously titled “Pro-life,” it’s now titled just “Life.”

LaLota, the former commis sioner of the Suffolk County Board of Elections, is running against Democratic Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming on Long Island. Up until at least Aug. 31, a page on LaLota’s website titled “Protecting Life” focused on support for the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent reversal of Roe v. Wade and called for New York to ban third tri mester abortions and institute stricter parental notification requirements for minors.

This section of LaLota’s website has since been ex panded. “I do not oppose abortion in cases of rape, in cest, or to save the mother’s life,” the page now reads.

But the updated page also goes into more detail about aspects of LaLota’s posi tion on abortion that don’t appear to have softened at all. It now mentions that he doesn’t oppose just third tri mester abortions, but sec ond trimester abortions too.

WEDNESDAY 10/6

The New York City Council Land Use Committee is expected to vote on the Bruckner rezoning – a closely watched proposed residential development in the East Bronx.

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The Brooklyn Democratic Party’s meeting last month didn’t exactly go as planned and had to be postponed. Do you have any comment on this, or why this keeps happening? In this particular case, the Wi-Fi erratically performing was beyond our control. So this caused a couple of hours of delay in check-in because our computers were programmed to run and update registration (in) real time. This was the first in-person organizational meeting held under my leadership and it’s a learning experience. Yes, there were a couple of

snafus, but we’re going to come back around Oct. 3 strong. So sometimes meetings like this can be complex, especially, you know, when you have a number of people who are completely always trying to be dilatory or disorderly, you know, I mean, that’s typically their goal.

You passed a law in 2020 requiring hospitals to admit anybody in preterm labor, even if they’re uninsured. You recently introduced Mickie’s Law. Can you explain the name behind the bill, and the motivation, the story behind it?

Mickie’s Law would ensure that mothers who encounter fetal death get the treatment that they need to remove the dead fetus, especially in the event of an emergency. In this particular case, with Mickie, there was a couple who was in the second trimester and lost their child. And when it was time to remove it, they went to the hospital. The hospital would not allow it to happen, because it was a Christian hospital, and they considered removal of a dead fetus was abortion.

Why is it that it takes them so long to deal with these kinds of situations

that you think they would attend to immediately?

Well, in many cases, it’s all about the money. They don’t want to have to deal with increasing malpractice insurance. And they don’t want to enter into a situation where they might be liable for a death. And then there’s a level of racism with what I went through, which is why I passed the Jonah Bichotte Cowan Law, after my son. They treat Black women definitely worse than white women. I was a victim of that, having to come out of a hospital – a top end hospital, Columbia – that

pushed me out and said, we can’t service you because of insurance. And we can help you get rid of the baby, but we can’t service you to help save you and to help save your baby. I left, and I went to a local hospital in Brooklyn; it was a safety net hospital, and they took care of me. They were just beautiful people. Although I lost my son, or delivered my son there, it was still an experience that was comforting that eased my pain. And so I wrote the law to make sure that other women don’t go through this ever, ever, ever again.

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Although I lost my son, or delivered my son there, it was still an experience that was comforting that eased my pain.
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Cozying up to the commish

DURING HER SHORT TIME on the job, New York City Po lice Department Commission er Keechant Sewell has forged a positive relationship with rankand-file officers at a time when morale among cops is at what union officials call an “all-time low.” Earli er this month, she became the first NYPD commissioner to receive the New York City Police Benevolent Association’s Person of the Year award – a move intended to forge an alliance with the new commissioner, who serves as a liaison between the police department and City Hall.

Sewell, the former Nassau County Po lice Department chief of detectives an nounced by New York City Mayor Eric Adams in December, is leading the roughly 36,000-member force through a period of hardship, union officials and police experts said. Rising crime during the pandemic, coupled with low recruitment numbers, anti-police rhetoric, and new officer ac

countability and bail reform laws have left New York City cops feeling undervalued. Sewell has been tasked with rebuilding morale in the department and advocating for its members, while also adhering to the politics of the Adams administration.

So far, PBA officials said they have been impressed with her ability to avoid any major conflicts and handle tough moments with professionalism and resolve.

“With all the challenges facing New York City police officers, it has never been more important for our union to have a positive, productive relationship with the police commissioner. We are fortunate to have that relationship with Commission er Sewell,” PBA President Pat Lynch said in a statement. “Commissioner Sewell ac knowledges these challenges, instead of trying to downplay them or explain them away. That alone is refreshing. But she goes further than that – she speaks up and ex plains to the public what police officers are going through.”

New York City’s police unions want to have Keechant Sewell on their side when the next crisis hits.
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The award could also be seen as a way to curry favor with the commissioner amid contract negotiations with City Hall. The PBA, which represents 24,000 officers, is currently operating under a contract that expired in 2017 while awaiting a decision from an independent arbitrator and panel on the terms of its next contract. “Our goal, as always, is to obtain substantial wage in creases that close the gap between New York City police officers and our local coun terparts. We’re currently paid upwards of 30% less than other local departments, in cluding agencies like State Troopers, (Met ropolitan Transportation Authority police) and (Port Authority police) that operate within NYC,” said PBA spokesperson John Nuthall, adding that the bulk of the nego tiations occurred under former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The city’s contract with the Detectives’ Endowment Association, the union for the NYPD’s approximately 5,500 active duty detectives, expired in June. The union is

seeking raises for its members, in addition to an increase in manpower and promo tions, according to President Paul DiGia como. The city’s plans to shift retirees to a privatized Medicare Advantage plan threat ens to stall contract negotiations for the city’s public employee unions, however.

DiGiacomo also had a positive review of Sewell’s performance thus far, but said, “We have a long road ahead of us.”

He added: “So far we have a dialogue. She’s receptive to the DEA and our con cerns and needs,” noting Sewell has rec ognized a number of detectives’ death anniversaries, visited wounded officers in the hospital and attended street re namings for detectives. “She’s going on a regular basis to visit commands and she’s going up into the detective squads. She’s taken over this job at a very diffi cult time,” he said.

In some ways, the award lacks teeth and is commonplace in cop culture, according to Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran political con sultant and Detectives’ Endowment Asso ciation spokesperson. “You have all kinds of fraternal organizations who love to give out awards,” he said, but noted that award ing Sewell “is a smart thing for the PBA to do … it’s an extension of an olive branch at a time when they’re going through a period of real turmoil.”

Eugene O’Donnell, a retired NYPD of ficer and professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the commission er’s powers have been weakened by the Adams administration, which appoint ed retired NYPD Officer Philip Banks to the newly created deputy mayor of public safety position.

“The commissioner’s job, especially in this administration with a deputy mayor

of public safety – many commissioners wouldn’t even take the job under those cir cumstances – there’s probable cause to be lieve her strength is diluted. You have three commissioners: two in City Hall and one in Police Plaza,” O’Donnell said, referring to Adams, Banks and Sewell.

Officer misconduct complaints have risen in recent years. The New York City Council has implemented a number of of ficer accountability laws in recent years, including one that ended qualified immu nity for some violations, which protected officers from being sued for misconduct. Sewell has sway in deciding whether to ter minate cops accused of misconduct, along with issuing promotions and transfers. “At some point, there is going to be an incident, and (the union is) hoping that she can go to the podium and defend them in a way the last several commissioners did not,” O’Donnell said.

Lynch said former department heads have tried to “appease” criminal justice reformists and “treated engagement with the union as just another box to check,” he said. “We would sit down to talk, but they weren’t really listening. As a result, we have a police department in a near-con stant state of crisis.” The PBA issued votes of no confidence against former Commis sioners Raymond Kelly in 2004 and James O’Neill in 2019, after the latter fired for mer Officer Daniel Pantaleo for putting Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold.

Sewell, while accepting the award at the union’s annual ceremony, spoke about the hardships of NYPD officers’ jobs, ac knowledging officers are “judged through a microscope, under a magnifying glass, using binoculars,” she said. “Many can criticize, few can understand.”

NYPD Commis sioner Keechant Sewell was the PBA’s Person of the Year.
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SANCTUARY CITY?

Advocates worry that New York City won’t follow the law and give adequate shelter to incoming migrants.

OVERWHELMED & BREAKING

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OVERWHELMED

LATE IN THE morning on Sept. 23, roughly 50 new arrivals to New York City – men, women and chil dren, including several toddlers and babies – wait ed on chairs inside a gated-off section of the main entrance to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. They were surrounded by bags of clothing and food, and several seemed busy feeding children.

No sooner had a reporter begun talking to one family close to the gated perimeter – who said they’d just finished a multipart journey from Venezuela – than a New York City worker rushed over and barked that press were relegated to the bus drop-off area around the corner on 41st Street. That area was empty, except for more security gates and a sign reading “No Press Beyond this Point.”

A few minutes later, several blocks away on West 49th Street close to the Hudson River, a 33-year-old Venezuelan man was sitting on the steps, glued to his phone, outside a massive American Red Cross center, which has been hous ing intake services for the more than 13,000 people who have come to New York City since the spring, many of them seeking asylum here from Venezuela or other Latin Amer ican countries. Some of the asylum-seekers were coaxed or tricked into getting on buses to New York City by Texas and Florida Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis – their way of sticking it in the face of northern blue states – but many had come of their own accord, fleeing repressive regimes, pov erty, violence and looking to start new lives – whether they already had family and friends here or not.

The influx, which continues at the rate of hundreds of people per week according to the mayor’s office, has pushed New York City’s crowded homeless shelter system to the breaking point. According to a state law like no other in the U.S., New York City must provide immediate accommo dation, measuring up to certain health, comfort and safety standards, to anyone who requests it, even if they’re newly arrived to the city.

“We went through several different countries and jun gles to get here,” said the Venezuelan man, who arrived recently with his wife, with whom he’s living in a Queens shelter, and his daughter, who is already in school here. The entire journey from Venezuela to New York City took them two months, he said, but now that they’re here, they don’t want to leave. He said he has been finding any cash work available – fixing things, sweeping – “anything that somebody might need.”

He said his dream was to get legal papers, find steady work and be able to send money to his relatives in Vene zuela, which he said they left to escape “the president’s regime.” But he added that since arriving in New York, he and his family had received support and were, over all, happy.

Nearby on the sidewalk, another man, 39, his wife, 32, and their son, 9, stood alongside the stroller that held their 1-year-old baby. They had arrived in the city a month ago

Many migrants have traveled a long way from Latin American countries to get to New York City.
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from Nicaragua, after a trip that involved walking across large swaths of Mexico. “We thought about all the bad things that could happen to us on the trip,” said the man, “but we still did it for our children.”

They arrived by bus at Port Authority at 6 a.m., followed by an intake that placed them in a hotel room, where the city is placing as many migrant families as possible. (In the right to shelter law, families must be given their own shelter unit; only single people can be in congregate settings.) They said they were being given free food, were scheduled to appear in immigration court on Oct. 4 and, yes, they wanted to stay in New York.

“The trip here was hard but not impossible,” the man said, “and now our dream is to settle here and work.”

It’s a dream they share with thousands of their fellow recent arrivals – and one that New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said he’s ready to honor. His team, even while tweeting that Abbott’s “continued use of human beings as political pawns is disgusting,” has said that “NYC will con tinue to welcome asylum seekers w/ open arms, as we have always done.”

But just how the city will do so has worried immigrant and shelter advocates. They objected to the mayor’s pro posed plan to use cruise ships to temporarily house migrants for whom there was no room in shelters or city-contracted hotels. On Sept. 22, he announced that the city would erect massive emergency tent complexes to accommodate the overage – the first of which, to house 1,000 single adults at a time, began being built in the Bronx’s Orchard Beach. Ad vocates have complained about the location because it is re mote, poorly connected to public transit and in a flood zone.

But yet another concern was that the tent sites will be under the city’s Emergency Management office rather than the shelter system, technically exempting them from shel ter rules, such as the requirement that everyone must have a proper mattress. The city released photos of what a site would look like, showing a massive open room with endless cots lined up. The city noted that such a space was for single adults for a maximum of 96 hours, but advocates still won dered how cots could accommodate a mattress.

“We’ve asked the city a number of questions about this,” said Legal Aid Society staff attorney Josh Goldfein, “but as far as the legal questions, it’s their view that these are not shelters or covered by those rules. But it’s never appropriate to place minor children in a congregate setting, and we’re trying to get an agreement (from the city) that they will defi nitely not do that.”

The proposed sites also raise legal questions about ac commodations for people with disabilities, added Goldfein. “They’ve told us they’re going to address that, but we’ve seen no details from them,” he said.

The mayor’s office, the Department of Social Services, the Department of Homeless Services and the Emergency Man agement office did not reply to multiple emails from City &

Masbia, a nonprofit soup kitchen and food pantry network, has been preparing meals and welcoming migrants coming into Port Authority on buses from Texas and other states.

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State to clarify any of these details. Howev er, at a Sept. 27 press conference, the mayor appeared to confirm that the tent sites would not be subject to the rules of the shelter sys tem: “The migrant crisis is outside of the housing initiative that we are doing for right to shelter.”

Aside from worries that the emergency sites would not be appropriate, advocates also demanded that the city instantly take a num ber of steps to free up space in the shelter sys tem for the surge of asylum-seekers.

“There’s no reason in the world the city can’t immediately implement reforms to make it easier for people who are currently in shelter to get (permanent) housing,” said Catherine Trapani, executive director of Homeless Ser vices United, a coalition of about 50 nonprofits that also represents the majority of city-con tracted nonprofit shelters.

Among the things the city could do right now, she said, was to cut red tape so that ex isting shelter residents could get into per manent housing quickly after identifying an apartment and a landlord willing to take public assistance – such as rent vouchers for families – which landlords must do by law but which can be hard to enforce. The city could also pay off past-due invoices to its shelter providers, which would then allow the providers to open more facilities. It could slow down Housing Court eviction proceed ings, which have been slowly rising.

She added, “There are thousands of vacan cies between NYCHA, (the Department of Housing Preservation and Development) and supportive units (for people with special phys ical or mental health needs) that are currently unfilled for largely bureaucratic reasons.”

She said the city should continue to book asylum-seekers into vacant hotel rooms –a somewhat harder task than it was during COVID-19, when vacancy rates were soar ing – and that “there are other types of build ings more permanent than tents located in a flood zone, such as fitness centers and college dorms, that the city could repurpose.”

City agencies did not immediately respond to a City & State request asking if any of those solutions were in the works.

There’s also the issue of how soon those seeking asylum can legally work here – a fed eral matter. Asylum-seekers are not autho rized to work legally for about a year while

their case is pending. Recently, President Joe Biden’s administration took steps to stream line the asylum hearing process.

Meanwhile, a vast network of charity and mutual aid groups have been scrambling to help the city supply the asylum-seekers with everything they need, including food, clothes, toiletries and school supplies as well as legal support and mental health counsel ing. The first week that migrants began ar riving at Port Authority, they were met with warm welcome signs, food and new clothes from groups including Artists Athletes Ac tivists as well as Masbia, the latter of which cleaned out several Walmarts in order to greet newcomers with new pairs of shoes.

“We saw people arriving without shoes or maybe just flip-flops after being on a bus for 50 hours, so we decided that (giving people new) shoes would help give them back their dignity,” said Alex Rapaport, Masbia’s exec utive director. The experience was, he said, “surreal – a pop-up Ellis Island feel in a dark back alley,” by which he meant 41st Street, where the buses pulled in.

But advocates stressed the legal burden was on the city to make sure that the new comers were sheltered properly.

“I worry we’re being distracted by a cri sis,” Trapani said, “but we have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.” When it comes to the ongoing need to shel ter people, she said, “We can’t let the bigger pieces fall by the wayside.” ■

Tim Murphy is a Queens-based freelance jour nalist focusing on health care, housing and LGBTQ issues.

“We thought about all the bad things that could happen to us on the trip, but we still did it for our children.”
– A man who recently arrived in New York City from Nicaragua
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THE PROPOSED SITE of a recently announced tent facility for newly arrived migrants is located in a far-flung coastal parking lot in the Bronx – an area prone to flooding.

The shelter will be erected in the Orchard Beach parking lot and will house up to 1,000 adults at a time, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office. There will be a second facility as well, which will house families with children, but the location hasn’t been confirmed yet. Described as “humanitarian emer gency response and relief centers,” a press release said the facilities will shelter and support asylum-seekers on a temporary basis. Two photo ex amples of what the Orchard Beach facility would look like showed mul tiple sweeping white tents packed together in a parking lot. Inside, uniform rows of cots stretched from one end of the structure to the other.

Orchard Beach is prone to flood ing, and the Atlantic hurricane sea son, which will run through the end of November, recently picked up momentum. The entire parking lot area is designated as a “special flood hazard area” on the Federal Emer gency Management Agency’s flood map and is entirely within the city’s “Zone 1” hurricane evacuation des ignation. But even a normal rain storm could potentially be an issue, according to an East Bronx political leader who asked for anonymity to

It’s unclear why New York City chose to house migrants in an isolated Bronx parking lot that often floods.
New York City began construction on tents at Orchard Beach toward the end of September.

discuss a sensitive topic.

“I’m baffled by the whole thing. Flooding is a big concern, the weather, a transporta tion desert. And all the amenities that you would want somebody to get while they’re getting social services are not there,” the source told City & State, adding that Orchard Beach has always had issues with flooding and pooling during regular rainstorms.

Last year, The Bronx Times reported that several residents of the nearby City Island sent a letter in 2018 to a few city agencies, in cluding the Department of Transportation, outlining the drainage problems on sever al roads and how they’ve led to dangerous conditions. The entrance to Orchard Beach at Park Drive between Orchard Beach Road and City Island Road in particular has posed such an issue that some have informally dubbed it “Lake Orchard.”

“Everybody knows that it’s one of the more vulnerable geographies in the New York area,” said Anthony Rogers-Wright, director of environmental justice at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. “It’s disappointing that this is the location that has been settled upon.”

He added that the city must put strong contingency plans in place now, because it is entirely possible for a storm to strike New York City in the months to come.

City officials said hundreds of people con tinue to arrive in New York City each day. They are primarily coming from Venezue la, fleeing violence and economic instabili ty, and can legally reside in the United States while seeking a more permanent status. Many asylum-seekers have been bused from Texas under a political ploy by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Under a long-standing court ruling, New York City is obligated to provide a bed to every person who requests one. The city’s homeless shelter system has been over whelmed by the increased numbers in recent months – more than 10,000 people, accord

“Everybody knows that it’s one of the more vulnerable geographies in the New York area. It’s disappointing that this is the location that has been settled upon.”
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ing to Adams’ office – and City Hall has been desperate for temporary solutions to meet its legal obligations and to live up to New York’s reputation as a sanctuary for migrants.

Since the city’s announcement, elected officials and immigration and homeless ad vocacy organizations have voiced concerns about the planned facility. New York City Council Member Shahana Hanif, who is the Immigration Committee chair, likened the structure to a refugee camp and said the pho tos show that it “will inevitably fail to meet the bare minimum standards” of the shelter system. The Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless released a joint statement expressing concerns about any scenario that would place families with children in a con gregate setting. State Sen. Jessica Ramos of Queens said she has never seen the city offer anything like the tents to homeless New Yorkers in the past, Gothamist reported.

A city spokesperson said safety will be the top priority at the Orchard Beach facility and that all necessary measures will be taken to

keep people safe – including from inclement weather. The tents will be climate controlled and weatherized, though additional details have yet to be provided. The city has also emphasized that anyone staying within the center will do so on a temporary basis, likely around one to four days.

“This is something that we’re bringing to the table and it’s humanity, it’s making sure that the asylum-seekers have a safe, sanitary place to stay. This is a priority not only to my self, but certainly to the borough president and the mayor,” said Council Member Mar jorie Velázquez, whose district encompasses Orchard Beach. “This will not be built over night and I can reassure you that there’s a lot of conversation (taking place).”

Velázquez said it was essential that the city create an environment where asy lum-seekers can get off the bus and have an opportunity to “stop and breathe” while re ceiving services like health checks. She con firmed that she also recently asked the city to increase the number of police officers from

precincts covering the area – which she said are facing staffing shortages – to bolster pub lic safety and resources for the community and any asylum-seekers who will be housed at Orchard Beach.

Kathryn Kliff, a staff attorney in The Legal Aid Society’s Homeless Rights Proj ect, said the nonprofit and the Coalition for the Homeless recently sent a long list of ques tions to the city that underscore both orga nizations’ concerns about the plans. Orchard Beach is an isolated area and a long walk from public transportation, she said. Buses don’t go to the location during the off-season, however, the city told City & State that trans portation will be provided to asylum-seekers.

“The location is not our first choice by any means,” Kliff said. “Obviously they wanted a large space for the type of facili ty they are envisioning, but being that far away from everything is certainly concern ing to us, especially if people are going to be staying there for up to 96 hours, that’s quite a few days, and people might need to do things and get things.”

Underscoring these concerns was the fact that many of the people who would seek shel ter there are likely to have experienced an immense amount of trauma getting into the U.S. and making their way to New York City. Communal settings where large numbers of people are sheltered under a single roof aren’t the best environment for people to heal from trauma, nor are they always the safest place to be – especially for families with children, according to Kliff.

“We appreciate the city dialoguing with us and we’re happy to try and help come up with solutions, but we do want to make sure that people’s legal rights are still being hon ored and that people are safe and in a situ ation where they can get the services they need.” Kliff said. “We still have a lot of ques tions about how that is going to work on a day-to-day basis.”

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has gotten into a war of words with the Texas governor over the busloads of migrants being sent to the city.
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INSIDE NEW YORK’S LARGEST PSYCHIATRIC PROVIDER

On an average day, almost 3,000 people with mental illnesses are detained on Rikers – and they need better care.

AROUND THIS TIME last fall, a delegation of state and local lawmakers visited Rik ers Island, New York City’s 400-acre jails complex in the East River. More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a spike in violent incidents and chronic absentee ism among staff, elected officials had come to see for themselves what had been described as an unrelenting crisis.

Some of them ended up seeing something unimag inable: an attempted suicide. “I had never witnessed something like that before,” state Sen. Jessica Ramos told City & State recently. “It was truly disheartening to see someone feel so hopeless that they really only saw that as their way out.”

Just over a year later, with a new mayor and a new commissioner leading the Department of Correction,

Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide, which some people may find disturbing. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988 or 1-800-2738255. Those in New York City with mental health struggles can contact NYC Well at 1-888-NYC-WELL.

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New York City is still dealing with this cri sis. Sixteen people have died after being held in custody so far this year, and five of those deaths were suicides or suspected suicides. New York City isn’t alone here. Between 2000 and 2019, suicides were the leading cause of deaths in jails – facilities that hold individuals still awaiting their day in court, or some people serving short sentences.

But New York faces the challenge of stemming this crisis at a massive scale. Rikers Island is one of the largest psychi atric care providers in the country, and it is the largest psychiatric provider in New York City. Half of Rikers’ population in the previous fiscal year had a mental health diagnosis – about 2,780 people – and 16% had a serious mental health diagnosis. In the face of the immense responsibility of caring for those people in custody, some lawmakers and criminal justice advocates said the city was flat out failing. “New York City jails often lack adequate men tal health services, which has contribut ed to unsafe conditions for detainees and staff working within the jail complex,” Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote in an April letter to Mayor Eric Adams.

The New York City Board of Correction has recommended policy and management changes to improve access to mental health care on Rikers, including having medical staff conducting more regular rounds of the intake areas and improving mental health treatment training for correction officers, while others have called for expanding the number of dedicated psychiatric units in the jails system.

But some advocates and progressive law makers argued that the best solution to these problems was a much bigger under taking: diverting many more mentally ill people involved in the criminal justice sys tem to treatment programs, rather than jail ing them. “It’s important to recognize that lots of these folks shouldn’t be in jail,” New York City Council Member Tiffany Cabán said. “They should be in their communities receiving the kind of mental health care that they need and deserve.”

PROBLEMS STARTING AT INTAKE

An individual’s access to mental health care on Rikers often starts during the intake

process. A mental health screening is sup posed to happen for every person in custody within 24 hours of their arrival. The same window applies for general medical intake screening. But in practice, some criminal justice advocates said, people sometimes have to wait several days for those screen ings. “I think the problems often start there,” said Julia Solomons, a senior policy social worker at Bronx Defenders, a public defender nonprofit.

Brandon Rodriguez, a 25-year-old man who died by suicide on Rikers in August 2021 after just a few days in custody, had a recorded history of mental illness during a previous detention at Rikers. But last year, Rodriguez was held in an intake area of the Otis Bantum Correctional Center – one of eight active facilities on Rikers – for more than two days before receiving his initial mental health assessment, according to a recent report by the Board of Correction.

Rodriguez’s mother has since filed a lawsuit

New York City Mayor Eric Adams visited Rikers in July to talk with incarcerated people.
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against the city, alleging numerous viola tions in how Rodriguez was treated, includ ing the delay in his initial assessment.

If a person is flagged as having a mental health issue or is in need of further evalu ation during the initial screening, they will then be referred for a more comprehensive mental health assessment. Mental health staff at Correctional Health Services – the division of New York City Health + Hos pitals responsible for health care on Rik ers – could determine whether the person needs to be hospitalized at Bellevue Hospi tal’s psychiatric ward or possibly be housed in one Rikers’ specialized units that offer more direct access to psychiatric services and closer observation. Correctional Health Services staff could also determine at this point whether a person should be placed under suicide watch.

In June, 82% of the 371 referrals that were made for mental health services took place within 72 hours.

FEWER BARRIERS TO CARE IN SPECIALIZED UNITS

The level of psychiatric care that a person in custody has access to largely depends on where the person is housed. Most peo ple on Rikers – including those with men tal illnesses – will be housed in the general population across the island, and they’re meant to receive access to individual coun seling and medication treatment through Correctional Health Services. But a smaller number of incarcerated people with serious mental health issues will be placed in spe cialized units meant to offer more regular observation and access to treatment.

The least intensive level is known as men tal observation, of which there are current ly 15 units, many of them in the Anna M. Kross Center, the largest jail on Rikers Is land. Mental observation units are intend ed to house people with more serious mental illnesses who might require closer clinical evaluation or are on suicide watch. Mental health staff are assigned to work in these units, and according to Correctional Health Services, the units involve group therapy, individual counseling, medication manage ment and community-building activities. Still, some advocates said these units only amount to slightly modified general popu lation housing. Cabán said she consistent ly hears that people in mental observation units feel that they’re not getting enough at tention or care, but she added that she has heard some positive reports: “There were a couple of units we walked through where they did report that they regularly saw and had a (health) practitioner available to them in their unit.”

A newer specialized housing program, known as the Program to Accelerate Clin ical Effectiveness, houses people with seri ous mental health issues and is more akin to inpatient psychiatric care, people famil iar with the system said. These units were modeled on the existing Clinical Alterna tive to Punitive Segregation program, an intensive inpatient alternative to punitive segregation for those with serious mental illnesses.

According to the Department of Correc tion’s website, PACE units are meant to offer intensive treatment to those who “struggle to function adequately while incarcerated due to chronic mental illness, risk of acute

psychiatric decompensation, and/or be havioral disruption.” A step up from men tal observation units, PACE units include dedicated staff from medicine, nursing and mental health services, as well as correction officers with some additional training.

“When you go into those units, you’ll find that things do tend to be a little bit calmer in those spaces,” Cabán said of her visits to PACE units. “It’s clear that people are also, for better or worse, heavily medicated.”

One benefit that both kinds of units share is a more direct access to medication than individuals in custody usually receive when they’re in the general population. For the most part, people in PACE and mental ob servation units can receive their medication in their unit, while those in general popula tion usually need to be escorted by a correc tion officer to retrieve their medication. “For the people that have to be escorted down to get their medications, things like alarms, things like insufficient DOC escorts, will hinder that availability of medications,” said S. Lucas Marquez, associate director of civil rights and law reform at Brooklyn De fender Services. “Someone might be labeled as ‘not treatment compliant,’ but it actual ly just turns out that they haven’t had the opportunity to be given their medication, as opposed to a refusal (of it).”

Still, some report problems accessing medication even in these specialized units. “My clients tell me that even on the PACE unit, the thing that they don’t like is they have to be awake when someone comes around to dispense the medication,” said Katherine Bajuk, a mental health specialist at New York County Defender Services. “At 5:30, when someone comes to their hous ing cell and says, ‘Come take this morning medication,’ sometimes they’re just sleep ing, and they miss it that way.” Bajuk said this can hurt her clients when courts look into a person’s compliance with medication when considering treatment alternatives to incarceration.

The Department of Correction has re ported that individuals who have been housed in PACE or CAPS units are involved in fewer use-of-force incidents and have lower rates of self-harm. Solomons argued that there weren’t enough of the specialized PACE units for the number of people who could benefit from being housed there. “It’s

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not that people are not sick enough for those beds, it’s that they have to triage and pick only the absolute sickest people who can be in those units,” she said. “And they move people off of those units fairly quickly if they show signs of improvement, which is also often a bad situation for folks – once they get stable and they go back to the general popu lation and they decompensate again.” Plans to expand the PACE units, which start ed under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, have stalled under Mayor Eric Adams’ adminis tration. There are currently 12 PACE units on Rikers, according to the Department of Correction, which added that it is open to the possibility of expanding these units.

Although individuals in PACE units or even under mental observation can face fewer barriers to accessing mental health care than those in the general population, it doesn’t guarantee a person’s safety.

In August, Michael Nieves, a 40-year-old man who was housed in a PACE unit in the Anna M. Kross Center, died after slitting his throat in front of two correction officers and a captain who failed to respond for 10 minutes, The New York Times reported. The officers and captain were suspended pending an investigation.

TRIAGE CONDITIONS

Incarcerated people housed in the gener al population require correction officers to escort them to clinic visits with Correc tional Health Services. The Department of Correction pointed to data showing that roughly half of missed clinic appointments were due not to a lack of available escorts, but to people in custody refusing to go. A department spokesperson said that the lack of an officer escort accounted for 0.5% of missed medical appointments. But the re cently released Mayor’s Management Re port acknowledged that the department’s staffing problems played a role in missed appointments in the previous fiscal year.

“Although the Department aims to pro duce as many individuals to the clinic as possible, staffing shortages contributed to an increase in overall non-production numbers during Fiscal 2022,” the report read.

“Our medical non-productions, which are published on our site, show that non-produc

tion in June and July declined by approxi mately 40% when compared to June and July of 2021 – a substantial improvement,” a de partment spokesperson wrote in an email. The department has also assigned additional staff in each facility to be available for escort ing individuals to the clinic. At the Rose M. Singer Center, which houses women in cus tody, “low classification” individuals no lon ger require an escort to the clinic.

Department of Correction Commission er Louis Molina, who is on the clock to in stitute reforms at Rikers to avoid a judge installing a federal receivership, said the department’s staffing problems have im proved since he took over in January. The city comptroller’s office reported, however, that the share of uniformed staffers out each day was still far above pre-pandemic levels.

In June, the most recent month for which data on mental health services was avail able, Correctional Health Services reported completing 63% of 13,759 scheduled mental health services across the jails, while 31% –or 4,246 services – were missed because the person was not brought there. This data didn’t specify why the person wasn’t brought to the visit.

When a health issue arises – for example a new mental health problem that wasn’t pres ent during intake or a need to adjust or be prescribed medication – a person in custody can ask to be escorted to the clinic by a cor rection officer or call a Correctional Health Services hotline. But when those visits aren’t completed for whatever reason, it can take advocates on the outside to follow through.

“It’ll often take two or three emails (to Cor rectional Health Services) in combination with the client asking and trying to get seen, for them to see the psychiatrist,” Solomons said. “I often wonder what it looks like for people in custody who don’t have advocates that are pushing on the other side for them.”

Cabán, who worked as a public defend er before joining the City Council this year, said individuals in custody have resorted to desperate actions to be seen by doctors.

“There are folks that will resort to selfharm in order to be able to get to see a doc tor, or resort to self-harm to get on suicide watch and then be able to see a psychiatrist or other mental health facility on the is land,” Cabán said.

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custody last year, was seen by mental health staff on Rikers after he reported making “superficial scratches” on his arm several days before his death because he was afraid for his safety and “wanted someone to pay attention to him,” according to a Board of Correction report.

Several people City & State spoke to com plimented the efforts of Correctional Health Services staff to treat people on Rikers, but said that because of the crisis conditions in the jails system and the level of care people need, incarcerated individuals often need to be their own best advocates. “When they do access care and are sitting down with a clin ical professional, I think at least some of the time that’s a productive visit. But I do think it requires a lot of advocacy on the part of the client and being forthcoming about what’s going on with them,” Solomons said. “Ev eryone is moving quickly and just trying to triage.”

Persistence – from individuals them selves or from advocates on the outside –was sometimes needed to secure a suicide watch status too. Solomons said it recently took two weeks for a client to be moved to a unit where they could be placed on suicide

watch. “For someone that’s experiencing suicidal ideation, those two weeks are pretty critical,” she said.

The department spokesperson said in a statement: “The department is also com mitted to suicide prevention, and we provide our recruit correction officers with exten sive training in suicide prevention during their onboarding.” After vetting and train ing, people in custody can also be hired as suicide prevention aides to assist correction officers in observing people deemed at high er risk for suicide or self-harm. A recent Board of Correction report recommended significantly raising wages for these aides, who are currently paid $1.45 an hour, to in centivize more participation.

Staff at Correctional Health Services make the determination for when a person should be placed on or removed from sui cide watch, but Department of Correction staff are responsible for monitoring some one on suicide watch. Health staff also conduct rounds to those individuals to de termine if clinical intervention is needed, but it’s unclear how often those rounds are made. Suicide watch requires a person to be under constant supervision by correc

tion officers – not just with surveillance cameras but “uninterrupted personal vi sual observation,” according to the de partment’s rules.

In their recent report, the Board of Cor rection noted that several of the people who died by suicide in 2021 had been placed on suicide watch and then taken off after a cou ple days. In Javier Velasco’s case, Correction al Health Services discontinued his suicide watch after 30 hours, which followed Vel asco’s attempted suicide and disclosing pre vious attempts while in custody. The state Commission of Correction identified the de cision to remove Velasco from suicide watch as premature, and the commission’s Medical Review Board stated that his death was “pre ventable had his suicidal ideation been prop erly identified and treated.”

The Board of Correction further found insufficient staffing to be a “persistent problem,” citing it as an issue in several of the deaths by suicide on Rikers in 2021. “Suicides in jail are preventable,” Dr. Rob ert Cohen, a member of the Board of Cor rection, wrote in an email. “Rates of suicide in New York City’s jails are skyrocketing because people are housed where no floor officers are present. If DOC cannot provide adequate supervision, it should decrease the population in its jails.”

TREATMENT NOT JAILS

State Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest sponsored a bill in the state Legislature to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses on Rikers. The Treatment Not Jails bill would expand eligibility for mental health diver sion programs in the justice system, with the goal of keeping people with mental ill nesses out of Rikers in the first place. If the blowback to the state’s bail reforms was any indication, the bill, first introduced in 2020, could face a rocky path in the Leg islature. But Forrest and Ramos both said they hope to advance it in the upcoming ses sion. “In the budget dance last cycle, I felt like I did make good headway in helping so many people understand what the bill really does,” Ramos said. “I think a lot of people are starting to better understand the legal ese, if you will, instead of succumbing to knee-jerk reactions.” ■

“When you go into those units, you’ll find that things do tend to be a little bit calmer in those spaces. It’s clear that people are also, for better or worse, heavily medicated.”
– New York City Council Member Tiffany Cabán, on her visits to Program to Accelerate Clinical Effectiveness units
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THE 2022 NONPROFIT POWER 100

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PLAY an invaluable and yet overlooked role in New York. Social services nonprofits contract with government agencies to carry out essential functions, whether it’s protecting children, caring for the elderly or providing aid to the poor. Some nonprofits represent vulnerable New Yorkers in court while seek ing criminal justice reforms as well. Others focus on homeless ness, housing, immigration, public transit and access to health care, to name a few. These organizations, with rare exceptions,

are led by idealistic executives who toil day after day to make New York a better place.

The Nonprofit Power 100, a partnership between City & State and its sister publication, New York Nonprofit Media, identifies the sector’s most important and effective leaders. It also high lights top government officials and heads of major philanthropies whose funding and oversight drive the work of New York’s non profits. Read on to see where everyone stacks up in the 2022 Non profit Power 100 – including a No. 1 who’s new to this year’s list.

The public officials, philanthropic leaders and nonprofit executives leading the sector in New York.
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TWYLA CARTER

The Legal Aid Society

Twyla Carter took charge of The Legal Aid Society earlier this year, making history as the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead the storied public defender service since it was founded 145 years ago. Carter and Legal Aid have been at the forefront of recent efforts to protect the city’s “right to shelter” law amid an influx of asylum-seekers that has strained the Department of Social Services. In August, Legal Aid helped secure $200,000 from the New York City Department of Correction after suing the agency on behalf of victims of medical neglect in city jails.

Way of New York City, remains an influential leader in the nonprofit space, as perhaps the most important figure within City Hall dealing with the sector and the issues facing it. And the longtime Adams ally could be gaining more power, should her reported efforts to succeed Lorraine Grillo as first deputy mayor come to fruition.

and stabilizing nonprofit organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19.

Before joining Ford, Walker was vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation and chief operating officer of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, Harlem’s largest community development organization. Walker also co-chaired New York City’s Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers.

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COMMISSIONERS

SHEENA WRIGHT

NEW YORK CITY DEPUTY MAYOR FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Late last year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams named Sheena Wright to serve as his deputy mayor for strategic initiatives, one of five women named to key deputy mayor posts. Wright, who previously led the United

DARREN WALKER

PRESIDENT

Ford Foundation

Under Darren Walker, the Ford Foundation became the first nonprofit in U.S. history to issue a $1 billion designated social bond offering, which was aimed at strengthening

New York City Department of Social Services; New York City Administration for Children’s Services; New York City Department for the Aging

Gary P. Jenkins brings more than three decades of experience at the Human

Resources Administration to his new role as commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, which oversees both the Department of Homeless Services and the HRA.

Rising through the ranks from the front lines, Jenkins previously served as HRA’s administrator, overseeing services including Medicaid, child support, emergency food assistance and the Fair Fares program. Jenkins has been under pressure to manage the influx of migrants that are overwhelming the city’s shelter system, and a two-week vacation in the midst of it didn’t help – although Mayor Eric Adams has offered steadfast support for the commissioner.

Jess Dannhauser’s appointment as commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services was lauded by youth and family advocates and city child welfare leaders. As the former head of Graham Windham, a major child welfare provider serving over 4,500 youth and their families, Dannhauser has experience helping the city’s disenfranchised young people. He was previously the Administration for Children’s Services associate commissioner for performance measurement, monitoring and improvement, and special assistant to the commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services.

Equally important to many nonprofits in New York City is the city’s Department for the Aging, which has been led since 2019 by government veteran Lorraine CortésVázquez. On her watch, the agency has increased the amount reimbursed to nonprofits for feeding seniors and just helped launch the new New York City Cabinet for Older New Yorkers to collaboratively address

The Legal Aid Society Attorney-inChief and CEO Twyla Carter
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issues affecting older adults across city agencies, in order to better serve a large and growing part of the population.

Achievement First in building a network of 41 charter schools across New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Previously, as New York City’s deputy mayor for strategic policy initiatives, Buery helped create citywide educational programs, including the universal pre-K initiative and School’s Out NYC, and launched mental health reform initiatives through the City University of New York system and ThriveNYC.

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SHEILA POOLE

COMMISSIONER

5RICHARD R. BUERY JR.

CEO

Robin Hood

Richard R. Buery Jr. is the CEO of Robin Hood, one of the nation’s leading antipoverty organizations, after leading its community partner

State Office of Children and Family Services

As head of the state agency responsible for child welfare and juvenile justice programs, Sheila Poole is leading a $100 million initiative to ameliorate child care deserts, part of a larger $2 billion investment

in child care under Gov. Kathy Hochul. Last year, she co-chaired a blue-ribbon commission examining the use of certain types of controversial assessments in child custody cases. Poole was one of the first administration leaders to condemn then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s actions following the attorney general’s report on sexual harassment allegations against him.

homeless encampments and an increase in migrants from the southern border. Quinn is also the executive committee chair of the state Democratic Committee.

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PRESIDENT AND CEO

Win

When Christine Quinn wasn’t dispelling rumors that she might run for mayor last year, the former City Council speaker was steering the city’s largest family shelter and supportive housing provider in a role she has held for the past seven years. Quinn has long advocated for more resources for homeless services amid the city’s recent efforts to remove

8PATRICIA E. HARRIS

CEO

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Patricia E. Harris is the CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies, the former mayor’s charitable organization, which last year invested $1.66 billion around the world, impacting millions of people across 941 cities and 173 countries. She previously worked in the Bloomberg administration as first deputy mayor, the first woman ever appointed to that position. In addition to her work at Bloomberg Philanthropies, Harris serves on the board of the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum and is the vice chair of the board of trustees at Franklin & Marshall College.

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a seat on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. Editor’s note: David Jones is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

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JAMES SHEEHAN

State Attorney General’s Office

A veteran of city and state government, James Sheehan has led the state Attorney General’s Charities Bureau over two administrations, monitoring – and, when necessary, suing – stakeholders in the largest philanthropic sector in the country. He had a key role in securing a $4.5 billion settlement with the Sackler family over Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis – a case that led to the dissolution of Purdue last fall. Since then, he has brought cases to protect pensions and crack down on embezzlement, fraud and mismanagement.

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PRESIDENT AND CEO

Breaking Ground

Brenda Rosen leads Breaking Ground, a supportive and affordable housing provider that serves more than 8,000 homeless and at-risk individuals annually. In August, the state awarded Breaking Ground $5.7 million to build 52 units of permanent supportive housing for seniors with mental illness and substance use disorders. This summer, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced an $8 million partnership with Breaking Ground to provide outreach and housing to homeless individuals with support from the Partnership for New York City and more than 60 businesses.

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PRESIDENT AND CEO

Community Service Society

As the head of the Community Service Society for almost 40 years, David Jones is a leader in anti-poverty research, advocacy, and direct services for low-income New Yorkers. The nonprofit recently celebrated the hard-fought expansion of the city’s Fair Fares program, which provides discounted MetroCards to income-eligible New Yorkers, and the passage of state legislation to create the Public Housing Preservation Trust to fund needed repairs at the New York City Housing Authority. Jones currently holds

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Human Services Council

Michelle Jackson has been a tireless advocate for New York’s human services workers and the 170 member organizations the Human Services Council represents.

As a member of the city Joint Task Force to Get Nonprofits Paid on Time, Jackson played a major role in unlocking $4.2 billion in backlogged funding for city contractors. Jackson was a leading voice in calls for a cost-of-living increase for human services workers, which Gov. Kathy Hochul backed in the state budget this year to the tune of $500 million.

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LISA DAVID

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Public Health Solutions

Lisa David is the head of one of New York City’s largest public health nonprofits, helping underserved residents and supporting

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over 200 community-based organizations. The nonprofit has partnered with the city to connect thousands of New Yorkers to NYC Care, the city’s low-cost health care access program. David has led calls for public funding for social safety net programs, which have been a lifeline to lowincome households during the coronavirus pandemic. As the leader of a major abortion services provider, she has pushed for more state funding for reproductive health services.

the commission received $5 million from Mayor Eric Adams to promote the proposals. In February, Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed her to another racial justice commission.

services for refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine and Haiti. In March, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed Sullivan to the New York City Districting Commission.

FPWA

As the head of one of New York City’s largest social service providers, Jennifer Jones Austin has become increasingly influential in racial justice reform efforts since protests against police brutality in 2020. In spring of 2021, she was named chair of then-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Racial Justice Commission, which is putting three City Charter amendments on the ballot this November; this year, Jones Austin and

KEVIN SULLIVAN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York

Kevin Sullivan has been the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York for more than 20 years, overseeing a network of 90 human services agencies across 10 counties. This year, Sullivan and Catholic Charities partnered with the city and state to provide supportive housing, relief for survivors of Hurricane Ida, and legal

CEO

UJA-Federation of New York

Eric S. Goldstein is the CEO of UJA-Federation of New York, one of the world’s largest philanthropies. Allocating nearly $150 million in annual funding, the organization expanded to include free legal services to 100,000 New Yorkers, COVID-19 relief hubs and mental health counseling sessions. The organization also served 9.6 million free meals, gave 16,000 kids the opportunity to attend Jewish summer camp and secured nearly $475 million in government funding to support vulnerable communities.

171-year-old child welfare agency serving families and youth in foster care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kohomban was named to then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Non-Profit and Social Services Sector Advisory Council to help guide the industry’s recovery. In August, Children’s Village was one of several communitybased organizations to receive a grant from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to operate a youth gun violence prevention program.

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PRESIDENT AND CEO; DEPUTY CEO

The Fortune Society

JEREMY KOHOMBAN

PRESIDENT AND CEO

The Children’s Village

Jeremy Kohomban is the president and CEO of The Children’s Village, a

JoAnne Page has held the reins at the Fortune Society, one of the city’s largest reentry and post-incarceration service providers, for more than three decades. This year, the Fortune Society partnered with the city and state on a number of projects to create affordable and supportive housing for formerly homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals. Page was also a vocal proponent of the Less Is More Act, a major parole reform, which Gov. Kathy Hochul signed shortly after taking office. Earlier this year, Fortune Society veteran Stanley Richards was named the newly created role deputy

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chief executive officer, a move some observers see as a sign that he’s next in line to lead the organization. Richards, who himself was formerly incarcerated, returned to the Fortune Society after a stint as a deputy commissioner at the city Department of Correction.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

New York Civil Liberties Union

Donna Lieberman has led the New York Civil Liberties Union for the past two decades, compiling an impressive track record. This year, Lieberman saw lawmakers enact the New York Voting Rights Act, which the NYCLU played a major role in drafting. With the U.S. Supreme Court repeal of Roe v. Wade and New York’s concealed-carry gun law, Lieberman has been leading calls for stronger local protections, including an equal rights amendment to the state constitution, which received its first passage in a special session this summer.

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MURAD AWAWDEH

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

New York Immigration Coalition

Murad Awawdeh was tapped more than a year ago to lead the New York Immigration Coalition, an advocacy group of nearly 200 member organizations focused on immigrant rights, education, health, and civic participation. Awawdeh is a member of the New York City Civic Engagement Commission and sat on the Street Vendor Advisory Board, whose recommendations to

modernize vending regulations were hailed by New York City Mayor Eric Adams earlier this year. Awawdeh has been named by both the mayor and governor to serve on pandemic advisory panels.

Resource Exchange, Fran Barrett assumed the role of interagency coordinator for nonprofit organizations in 2012. Heavily involved in New York’s nonprofit industry and widely recognized for her work, Barrett serves on several nonprofit boards and has received a lifetime achievement award from the Nonprofit Management Association, as well as a Brooke Russell Astor Award.

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is a leading provider of foster care and foster care prevention services, offering a range of programs from college readiness to family support. Watson has received citations for her work from then-Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, academic institutions and various publications.

Editor’s note: Kimberly Hardy Watson is a member of the advisory board of New York Nonprofit Media, the sister publication of City & State.

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FRAN BARRETT

INTERAGENCY COORDINATOR FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Office of the Governor

With a long career in the nonprofit sector, where she served in leadership roles at organizations such as Atlantic Philanthropies and as a founder of the Community

PRESIDENT AND CEO Graham Windham

As president and CEO of Graham Windham, Kimberly Hardy Watson oversees children and family services at 12 sites across Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, serving over 4,500 youth and their families. The organization

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LIZ ROBERTS

CEO

Safe Horizon

Liz Roberts is the head of Safe Horizon, a major victim assistance organization offering counseling, safe haven and legal services to survivors of domestic violence. In her current role and as a former deputy commissioner for the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, Roberts has advocated on behalf of child abuse and sexual assault survivors, trafficking victims and homeless youth. She sat on the city Youth

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TO YAI CEO GEORGE CONTOS AND THE NONPROFIT POWER 100.

No matter the challenges, YAI continues to offer long-term services and supports, healthcare, and education in New York, California, and New Jersey to thousands of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

For more than 60 years, YAI has been committed to seeing beyond disability, providing opportunities for people to live, love, work, and learn in their communities. To learn more about how YAI prepares people for greater independence, visit yai.org.

Homelessness Demonstration Program Planning Committee, which helped craft New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ signature youth homelessness prevention plan.

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MEG BARNETTE

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Nonprofit New York

Meg Barnette is the president and CEO of Nonprofit New York, a consulting and advocacy firm offering training and technical support to nonprofits. Last year, Barnette penned an op-ed with Maria Torres-Springer, now New York City’s deputy mayor of economic and workforce development, calling for ontime pay and health benefits for nonprofit contractors, an issue the Adams administration has taken steps to address. Barnette makes up half a power couple with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.

organization’s expansion in grant-making, breaching a milestone this year of over $100 million in total awarded grants. The foundation invests in women and genderexpansive leaders to advance justice in their communities while supporting causes such as racial equity and criminal justice reform. Oliveira continues to advocate for reproductive justice rights while facilitating access to sexual health services.

of more than 20 facilities offering community programs.

During the pandemic, the YMCA played a crucial role in providing school enrichment, emergency meals, and health and wellness information. Recently, Greenberger and the YMCA have hosted some of the biggest names in politics, from Vice President Kamala Harris to Gov. Kathy Hochul. In June, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Hochul named Greenberger to the “New” New York blue-ribbon panel, intended to guide policy decisions around the city's economic recovery.

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ANA L. OLIVEIRA

PRESIDENT AND CEO

The New York Women’s Foundation

As president and CEO of The New York Women’s Foundation since 2006, Ana L. Oliveira has led the

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SHARON GREENBERGER

PRESIDENT AND CEO

YMCA of Greater New York

As head of the YMCA of Greater New York, Sharon Greenberger is in charge

Urban Resource Institute

Nathaniel Fields leads one of the largest domestic violence shelter providers in the country as the CEO of Urban Resource Institute.

Fields has been a staunch advocate for abuse survivors, recently spearheading the institute’s opening of the first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter in Queens. During the pandemic, he was named to then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Non-Profit and Social Services Sector Advisory Council. He has served on a number of other city and state advisory boards related to social services and domestic abuse.

KWAME OWUSU-KESSE

CEO

Harlem Children’s Zone

Kwame Owusu-Kesse has led this family services provider and charter school network since 2020 as it expanded into six other cities, offering youth enrichment programming and pandemic relief for lowincome children and families. In April, Harlem Children’s Zone received $100 million from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to cover operating costs, upgrade facilities and launch new remedial learning and health services. Last fall, Owusu-Kesse hosted the investiture ceremony of

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AMY FREITAG

PRESIDENT

The New York Community Trust

Amy Freitag joined The New York Community Trust, a century-old public grantmaking foundation, after working at the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a 75-year-old family foundation based in New York City. Freitag boasts extensive philanthropic and managerial experience, including as executive director of both the New York Restoration Project and the Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation. Early in her career, Freitag’s specialization in park restoration and preservation led to her being named deputy

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JENNIFER MARCH

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York

Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York is an independent, nonpartisan child advocacy group focused on public policy, research and

civic engagement. After 30 years in the public and private sectors, including the past 15 as the group’s executive director, Jennifer March is well known as a crusader for early childhood education, youth involved with the justice system and homeless families. In April, the organization published a report tracking the devastating impact the pandemic has had on children and families.

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BETSY GOTBAUM

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Citizens Union

A former New York City public advocate, mayoral adviser and senior official to several citywide organizations and agencies, Betsy Gotbaum now leads Citizens Union, a good-government group where she has worked to depoliticize the New York City Board of Elections, aiming for a more professional and well-run system. Gotbaum has also emphasized voter rights, including early and absentee voting and consolidated primaries, and was part of the successful push for rankedchoice voting in the city.

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DAVID GREENFIELD

CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Met Council

Since leaving the New York City Council in 2017, David Greenfield has led Met Council, one of the largest human services agencies in New York City, overseeing an organization of 20 affordable housing developments, 101 food pantries, and 15 Jewish community centers serving close to 300,000 people each year. Greenfield also teaches a class on zoning and land use as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School. Editor’s note: David Greenfield is a member of the advisory board of New York Nonprofit Media, a sister publication to City & State.

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JULIE WON

CHAIR

New York City Council Contracts Committee

Representing New York City Council District 26, which covers Long Island City, Sunnyside, Astoria, and Woodside, Julie Won serves her community and New York City at large by sitting on several committees and ARI

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Chairman, Board of Trustees, and the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, we are proud to recognize MICHAEL N. ROSENBLUT President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman, AgeWell New York, for being honored as one of Crain’s Notables in Healthcare 271-11 76TH AVE | NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040 877-727-5373 | www.parkerinstitute.org CONGRATULATIONS! MICHAEL N. ROSENBLUT On behalf of Robert S. Sterling, Chairman, Board of Trustees and The Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, we are proud to recognize President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, AgeWell NewYork, for being honored in the City & State Nonprofit Power 100 List Congratulations to the City & State New York Nonprofit Power 100 honorees including our Founding Executive Director Debra-Ellen Glickstein We celebrate her leadership, ingenuity, and commitment to building a universal community-driven wealth building platform for NYC neighborhoods. nyckidsrise.org@fundnyc @fundfornyc Fund for the City of New fYork cny org D R . L I S E T T E N I E V E S C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O O U R P R E S I D E N T O N B E I N G N A M E D T O C I T Y & S T A T E ' S N O N P R O F I T P O W E R 1 0 0

caucuses. She has chaired the Committee on Contracts since January. Won, who is the first woman and immigrant to represent the district, focuses on creating affordable housing, increasing internet access for all New Yorkers, and achieving greater equity in regard to education and health care.

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PRESIDENT AND CEO

Samaritan Daytop Village

Mitchell Netburn leads Samaritan Daytop Village, a trailblazing addiction services program that has expanded into health care and housing. This year, Samaritan partnered with the state to rehabilitate supportive housing in the Bronx and open a crisis stabilization center in the Hudson Valley. In July, the city tapped Netburn and Samaritan Daytop Village to provide services at the Bronx Support and Connection Center, a new short-term mental health and substance abuse treatment facility.

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GREGORY MUSTACIUOLO

CEO

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

Monsignor Gregory Mustaciuolo is the first CEO of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, which has quickly become one of the largest and most influential health foundations in the country.

Since its 2018 launch, the foundation has awarded grants totaling $470 million to nonprofits serving the health needs of low-income and underserved communities.

In his previous role as vicar general and chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York, Mustaciuolo addressed the financial needs of 2.6 million Catholics, while overseeing parishes, schools and charity organizations.

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KEITH LITTLE

PRESIDENT AND CEO

SCO Family of Services

SCO Family of Services head Keith Little leads the agency’s residential and communitybased child welfare, early childhood, youth development, family support, special needs and homeless services. He has held leadership positions at Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families, the state Office of Mental Health, the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, and the New York City Department of Health. Little sits on the boards of several organizations, including Black Agency Executives and the Collaborative for Children and Families.

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MICHELLE YANCHE

CEO

Good Shepherd Services

Michelle Yanche leads the operations and advocacy agenda of Good Shepherd Services, a family services provider helping 30,000 youth and families across 100 programs ranging from career readiness to youth justice. Good Shepherd currently holds a seat on the city’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

Planning Committee, which played a key role in developing the Adams administration’s blueprint to prevent youth homelessness. This year, Good Shepherd hosted a series of community events across the Bronx as part of its gun violence interruption program.

Editor’s note: Michelle Yanche is a member of the advisory board of New York Nonprofit Media, a sister publication to City & State.

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PHOEBE BOYER

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Children’s Aid

As president and CEO of Children’s Aid since 2014, Phoebe Boyer has been helping children living in poverty through the agency’s

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Services for the UnderServed congratulates JORGE R. PETIT, MD

City & State’s Nonprofit Power 100 Honoree

As President & CEO of S:US, Dr. Petit’s longstanding commitment to serving New Yorkers in need and creating opportunities for all is unwavering.

The S:US board, staff and our community join in congratulating you on this well-deserved recognition!

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Your trailblazing efforts at the helm of Acacia are paving the way for a more integrated, dynamic network that will sustain and drive growth for decades to come while continuing to preserve valuable community assets and serve our communities through a trauma informed lens

community schools, foster care programs, medical and mental health services, and more. Boyer was named to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ transition committee on education, advising the incoming administration on education policy. During the pandemic, Children’s Aid developed interventions to make up for lost learning and delivered over 200,000 meals to struggling families.

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ANDRE WHITE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO

Phipps Neighborhoods

Andre White leads what is frequently referred to as “the oldest and largest not-forprofit developer, owner, and manager of affordable housing in New York City.” A former deputy commissioner of youth workforce development at the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, White has also overseen the Summer Youth Employment Program; designed and launched Advance & Earn, a career pathways training and employment program; and served as a policy analyst for the office of the Brooklyn borough president.

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DAVE GIFFEN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Coalition for the Homeless

Dave Giffen has been the executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless since 2012, having also served as vice chair of the organization’s board of directors. Giffen, who was

“gun czar” as part of the announcement, is known for his “violence interrupter” efforts in his home borough of Brooklyn. Yet his nonprofit, which also partnered with the city during the de Blasio administration, has faced scrutiny for nepotism and financial mismanagement.

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ANDRE MITCHELL

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Man Up

previously vice president of the Mercator Corp., has made sure his organization continues to work diligently on the streets, in shelters, and with community leaders around New York City to find effective solutions to the city’s longstanding homelessness crisis.

One of the steps New York City Mayor Eric Adams has taken to follow through on his campaign pledge to tackle crime in the city is the creation of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force in June, with Man Up’s Andre Mitchell appointed to lead the group alongside Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright. Mitchell, who was dubbed the city’s

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WAYNE HO

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Chinese-American Planning Council

Wayne Ho is a leading advocate for Asian Americans, immigrants and low-income New Yorkers. The ChineseAmerican Planning Council has provided critical support to Asian communities across New York, offering COVID-19 testing and meal services throughout the pandemic. Last year, the group partnered with the city and state to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Ida. This year, it teamed up with the state to combat the rise in antiAsian hate. Meanwhile, the organization has been at odds with lawmakers, including Assembly Member Ron Kim and New York City Council Member Christopher Marte, who allege underpayment of home care staffers.

Editor’s note: Wayne Ho is a member of the advisory board of New York Nonprofit Media, a sister publication to City & State.

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NICHOLAS TURNER

PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

Vera Institute of Justice

Nicholas Turner, the first person of color to lead the Vera Institute of Justice, previously worked with Vera from 1998 to 2007. Since 2013, Turner has steered the organization toward an emphasis on ending mass incarceration, reducing jail and prison sizes, and reforming public safety practices. A graduate of Yale Law School, Turner has extensive legal experience and currently serves as a trustee for the Council on Criminal Justice, the Policy Academies and Vera Action, and chairs the advisory board of New York University School of Law’s Policing Project.

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RONALD RICHTER

CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

JCCA

Ronald Richter, a former New York City Family Court judge and commissioner of the city Administration for Children’s Services, guides JCCA’s expansion of educational and vocational programs, wraparound family services and community-based health care. In April, New York City Mayor Eric Adams named Richter to his Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, which advises City Hall on appointments to New York City courts. In March, Gov. Kathy Hochul partnered with JCCA to operate a Youth Assertive Community Treatment team, part of a $21 million initiative.

JILLY STEPHENS

CEO

City Harvest

Jilly Stephens has led City Harvest through some challenging times. Since 2006, Stephens has overseen the organization’s mission to meet increasing food and nutritional demands, with particular emphasis on access for low-income New Yorkers. Previously, she served as City Harvest’s senior director of program development and vice president of program services. During her tenure, the organization established its Food Rescue Facility in Long Island City, Queens, with the twin goals of expanding storage facilities for rescued food and creating space for deliveries.

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MELANIE HARTZOG

PRESIDENT AND CEO

The New York Foundling

As the deputy mayor for health and human services during

COVID-19, Melanie Hartzog helped steer New York City through the worst of the pandemic via the city’s social services agencies and the vaccine rollout. Now she leads The New York Foundling – and its operating budget of over $200 million – serving close to 30,000 residents across the five boroughs and nearby counties and in Puerto Rico, offering programs for lowincome children and families, people with developmental disabilities, youth involved in the juvenile justice system, and people with special health and behavioral health needs.

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GRACE BONILLA

PRESIDENT AND CEO

United Way of New York City

Grace Bonilla is United Way of New York City’s first Latina leader. A veteran advocate for racial and income equity, Bonilla previously served as the founding executive director of the New York City COVID-19 Racial Inclusion and Equity Taskforce and administrator of the New York City Human Resources Administration. Bonilla also has extensive experience in the city’s philanthropic community, having served as

Bonilla is the first Latina to lead the United Way of New York City.
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CONGRATULATIONS

CITY & STATE NEW YORK NONPROFIT POWER 100 HONOREE

Msgr. Kevin Sullivan

Executive Director

We admire all his exemplary leadership and work at Catholic Charities of New York.

Congratulations

RONALD E. RICHTER

City & State NONPROFIT POWER 100

Thank you for your vision, dedication, and leadership on behalf of the young people of New York City, their families, and all people who share JCCA’s commitment to repair the world, child by child.

United Neighborhood Houses

Queens native Susan Stamler has led United Neighborhood Houses since the fall of 2015, coming to the role after working on a national campaign in support of statebased juvenile justice policy reform initiatives as senior vice president of M+R Strategic Services. Stamler, who was the group’s director of policy and advocacy from 2001 to 2010, is a noted advocate for youth development, education, women’s rights and health rights, and is one of the cofounders of the New York AIDS Coalition.

developmental disabilities across 300 programs in New York, New Jersey and California. Contos is leading YAI’s latest strategic plan, helping the organization transition to managed-care models. He has held seats on multiple city and state advisory boards, including the Joint Advisory Council for Managed Care at the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

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HARRIET KARR-MCDONALD

CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

The Doe Fund

Since founding the Doe Fund with her husband, George McDonald, more than 30 years ago, Harriet Karr-McDonald has helped reach 30,000 homeless or formerly incarcerated clients seeking housing and social services. Led solely by KarrMcDonald since the death of her husband last year, the fund recently partnered with the city and state on projects ranging from affordable housing

to workforce development. Last year, the fund played a major role in the New York City Cleanup Corps and recently teamed up with Mayor Eric Adams and private stakeholders on the Street Homeless Advocacy Project, a volunteer homeless outreach initiative.

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GEORGE CONTOS

CEO YAI

George Contos is the head of YAI, a network of human services agencies serving 20,000 children and adults with intellectual and

organization’s interim CEO, Mary Crowley, is staying on as executive vice president.

CEO

Fountain House

Ken Zimmerman has big shoes to fill as the chief executive of Fountain House, which was previously led by New York City Health Department Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. But Zimmerman brings plenty of experience to his new role leading the national mental health nonprofit, including as director of U.S. programs with the Open Society Foundations and as senior adviser to then-U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan. He assumed his new duties at the end of September, while the

RASMIA KIRMANI-FRYE

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Hester Street

Hester Street interim Executive Director Rasmia Kirmani-Frye was recently appointed to serve on the City Planning Commission by the New York City Council. She served as the director of the Office of Public/Private Partnerships at the New York City Housing Authority from 2015 to 2018, managing external relationships with multiple city agencies. As an urban planner and nonprofit leader, Kirmani-Frye has spent her career finding solutions to housing and ensuring equity. She continues this work at Hester Street, an urban planning nonprofit that emphasizes and facilitates community decision-making.

JOHN MACINTOSH MANAGING PARTNER

SeaChange Capital Partners

John MacIntosh is the managing partner of

senior vice president for Latin America at Covenant House International and president and CEO of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families. KEN ZIMMERMAN Hester Street interim Executive Director Rasmia Kirmani-Frye JENNIFER WEIL; MARC GOLDBERG JOHN MACINTOSH
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SeaChange Capital Partners, founded in 2007 by alumni of Goldman Sachs to provide grants, loans and consulting services to nonprofit organizations that are facing challenges. Among its recent partners in New York are the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund and Boom!Health, a merger of CitiWide Harm Reduction and Bronx AIDS Services. MacIntosh joined SeaChange in 2008 after having been a partner with private equity firm Warburg Pincus in New York, Tokyo and London.

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BARIKA X. WILLIAMS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development

Barika X. Williams leads the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, a training, research and advocacy organization focused on affordable housing and community-based services in distressed areas of New York City. The organization reaches 450,000 New Yorkers annually through anti-displacement, responsible banking, and housing programs. Williams was one of many stakeholders who advocated for the end of the tax exemption known as 421-a, which state lawmakers allowed to expire this year.

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JORGE PETIT

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Services for the UnderServed

Dr. Jorge Petit took the reins of Services for the UnderServed in February, bringing with him a wealth of experience from

25 years working in public health care. Annually serving 37,000 clients across housing, employment and recovery programs, Services for the UnderServed has played a major role in several affordable and supportive housing projects in New York City and state. The organization will be the service provider on a $189 million supportive housing development in the Bronx that broke ground this summer.

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MICHAEL SEEREITER

PRESIDENT AND CEO

New York Alliance for Inclusion & Innovation

Michael Seereiter is the president and CEO of the New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation, an organization created by the merger of the New York State Association of Community and Residential Agencies and the New York State Rehabilitation Association. Seereiter also has extensive experience with the state Office of Mental Health and the Executive Chamber, and as legislative director for then-Assembly Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee Chair Marty Luster.

COURTNEY BRYAN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Center for Court Innovation

As executive director of the Center for Court Innovation, Courtney Bryan works for a fair, effective and humane justice system. By collaborating with government and communities, the center develops program alternatives to incarceration, strengthens underserved communities through initiatives focusing on safety and economic opportunity and also conducts research. In her previous roles at the organization, Bryan promoted new initiatives against human trafficking and domestic violence and led the center’s Rikers initiative with the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal

KATHLEEN BRADY-STEPIEN

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies

Kathleen Brady-Stepien, who has led the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies since 2014, has been instrumental in guiding the organization through the coronavirus pandemic. In her role, she manages the organization’s partnerships and oversees its finances while also supporting its advocacy on behalf of over 100 member

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agencies under the council’s umbrella. She brings experience from previous stints at Buffalo Public Schools and Catholic Charities to the job.

Services. He also helped flesh out the organizational chart with new leadership positions; facilitated a merger with Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families; and expanded the organization’s budget from $56 million to over $130 million.

reproductive health care provider whose 23 centers cover nearly two-thirds of the state. The hiring of Stark, who previously led the LGBTQ organization CallenLorde, comes as abortion rights activists are in retreat thanks to the overturning of Roe v. Wade – which could increase demand for Planned Parenthood’s services in the state as more out-of-state women come to New York for abortions.

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ALAN MUCATEL

CEO

Rising Ground

Alan Mucatel has led Rising Ground since 2009, in that time overseeing a notable transformation and expansion of the nearly 200-year-old organization, including helping Rising Ground rebrand itself –the organization was formerly known as Leake and Watts

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WENDY STARK

INCOMING PRESIDENT AND CEO

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York

This month, Wendy Stark will take over as president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, the

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MYUNG LEE

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Volunteers of AmericaGreater New York

For more than two decades, Myung Lee has held senior positions at agencies and organizations in the public and private sectors serving children and families experiencing homelessness. As the head of Volunteers of America-Greater New York, Lee controls a $100 million budget for programs that serve some 30,000 children, adults and families each year. Lee is a member of the Joint Task Force to Get Nonprofits Paid On Time.

ELIZABETH MCCARTHY

CEO

Sheltering Arms

Elizabeth McCarthy’s tenure as CEO of Sheltering Arms has been defined by the organization’s growth and the expansion of its programs. She joined the nearly 200-yearold organization in 2011 after stints as chief operating officer at MercyFirst and senior vice president for programs at Safe Horizon, where she led the organization’s response to 9/11. She holds a master’s degree in public and nonprofit management from Yale University and received her bachelor's degree from Boston College.

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ARVA RICE

PRESIDENT AND CEO

New York Urban League

Arva Rice leads the New York Urban League, which helps underserved communities access higher education, opportunities for social mobility and equal respect of their civil rights through programs, services and advocacy. As COVID-19 disproportionately affected African Americans and communities of color in New York City, the Urban League held online conferences to address structural and systemic issues, inequalities in public education and the

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pandemic’s economic impact. Rice, who previously served as the executive director of Project Enterprise, is now the chair of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board.

LISA SCHREIBERSDORF

Brooklyn Defender Services

Lisa Schreibersdorf is the founder and executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services, where she advocates for youth justice reform and the rights of clients in mental health, and drug courts, and serves in specialty court task forces throughout the nation. A recipient of the Women’s Bar of the State of New York’s Judith S. Kaye Access to Justice Award, Schreibersdorf previously served as president of the Chief Defenders Association of New York, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association.

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KATY GAUL-STIGGE

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey

Katy Gaul-Stigge leads Goodwill Industries of Greater

New York and Northern New Jersey, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the greater New York area. As president and CEO, she oversees 57 operational programs and 42 retail locations in New York City, northern New Jersey, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and the Capital District. GaulStigge garnered attention for developing then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Career Pathways strategy as executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development.

with criminal convictions in securing employment, has expanded beyond the New York City area to over 30 cities across the United States. Schaeffer, who has authored articles and been interviewed about cash grants for newly released prisoners transitioning back into public life, previously served as director of economic development for U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer.

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FRANKIE MIRANDA

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Hispanic Federation

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SAM SCHAEFFER

CEO Center for Employment Opportunities

Sam Schaeffer has led the Center for Employment Opportunities since 2009.

Under his watch, the program, which assists individuals

Hispanic Federation President and CEO Frankie Miranda leads one the nation’s most recognized Latino nonprofit membership organizations. Largely credited with the federation’s successful expansion into Florida and Puerto Rico, Miranda was influential in both mobilizing the organization’s civic engagement in Florida and establishing immediate and long-term disaster assistance strategies in Puerto Rico. Prior to becoming president and CEO, Miranda held various senior positions in the organization, managing its operations, expansion initiatives and annual gala, which raises more than $2.7 million annually.

JOE PRESSLEY

CEO

Hetrick-Martin Institute

Joe Pressley is the CEO of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, the nation’s oldest and largest organization primarily serving LGBTQ youth of color. A Brooklyn native, Pressley’s career has long centered around LGBTQ issues, particularly those concerning African Americans. Previously, he served as the community organizer and executive director for the New York AIDS Coalition, senior director of policy and government relations for Harlem United Community AIDS Center and director of special projects for then-New York City Council Member Melissa MarkViverito.

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JOANNE OPLUSTIL

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Camba

Joanne Oplustil is the president and CEO of Camba and Camba Housing Ventures. Oplustil has spent four decades at the helm of Camba, which supports housing, community development and public safety initiatives, and seen it grow considerably to encompass 95 locations citywide. Today she

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oversees over 160 programs related to health services, economic development and legal services. She has helped raise over $1 billion for Camba and Camba Housing Ventures.

on with the organization to assist with its Restoration Innovation Campus and an effort to make a more inclusive Fulton Street innovation corridor.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Asian American Federation

Jo-Ann Yoo leads the Asian American Federation, a research and advocacy organization and direct services provider working with 70 partner organizations to serve New York’s Asian communities. During the coronavirus pandemic, Yoo and her organization have helped distribute aid to hard-hit communities and received state funding to address anti-Asian hate. Yoo serves on both the New York City Racial Justice Commission and Mayor Eric Adams’ COVID-19 Recovery Roundtable and Health Equity Task Force.

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LESLIE GORDON

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Food Bank For New York City

Leslie Gordon has led the Food Bank for New York City since 2020, taking the helm at a key moment when the pandemic was just beginning and the

demand for emergency food provider services had increased. She arrived at the role after working as president and CEO of Feeding Westchester, where her efforts allowed the organization to increase its food distribution by 20%, above average nationally for a food bank. She also served in leadership at City Harvest.

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DEBRA-ELLEN GLICKSTEIN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

NYC Kids RISE

As executive director of the New York City Office of Financial Empowerment, Debra-Ellen Glickstein advocated for innovative financial plans to enable asset building and wealth creation for low-income New Yorkers and neighborhoods. Now, as executive director at NYC Kids RISE, she helps kick-start the financial and academic futures of New York City’s

kindergartners. NYC Kids RISE’s Save for College Program is automatically providing all New York City kindergartners with their own 529 savings accounts this fall.

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BLONDEL PINNOCK & COLVIN GRANNUM

PRESIDENT AND CEO; STRATEGIC ADVISER

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp.

Blondel Pinnock is the first female president and CEO of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. since its founding in 1967. She was previously chief operating officer at the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. This summer, she took the reins from Colvin Grannum, who made the community and economic development organization a national model as it helped revitalize parts of Brooklyn. Grannum is staying

74MICHAEL N. ROSENBLUT

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation

Michael N. Rosenblut is approaching two decades at the helm of Parker Jewish Institute, a major regional postacute care center for adults located on Long Island, and its dialysis center, the QueensLong Island Renal Institute Inc. Apart from guiding the medical institution through the coronavirus pandemic, Rosenblut is deeply engaged in the broader community, serving on the boards of the Association of Jewish Aging Services, Westchester Medical Center and AgeWell New York, a managed long-term care plan and Medicare Advantage plan.

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LISETTE NIEVES

PRESIDENT

Fund for the City of New York

Ever since its founding in 1968 by the Ford Foundation, the Fund for the City of New York has partnered with nonprofits to improve the quality of life of the city’s residents. It’s known for its support through its Cash Flow Loan Program, the Partner Project Program and its Sloan awards for teaching and public service. Lisette Nieves took over the major funder two years ago, succeeding Mary McCormick and continues to teach at New York University, where she’s a

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and its $60 million annual budget to deliver a range of social services, from assisting older adults living independently to providing affordable supportive housing and finding families for children. The organization emphasizes social and racial justice to improve disenfranchised communities – a mission familiar to Kelly, who previously served as CEO of Southeast Bronx Neighborhood Centers, where he helped children and families access educational, vocational and behavioral treatment programs.

Sanctuary for Families

As executive director of Sanctuary for Families, Judy Harris Kluger has helped implement programs supporting college sexual assault survivors and incarcerated gender violence survivors. Kluger, who previously worked as a state judge for 25 years, serves on the New York City Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the

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DAMYN KELLY

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Lutheran Social Services of New York

Damyn Kelly leads Lutheran Social Services of New York

FREDERICK SHACK

CEO

Urban Pathways

Frederick Shack is the CEO of Urban Pathways, which helps homeless New Yorkers via more than 800 transitional, permanent and low-income units in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. A former vice chair of the board for the Human Services Council and vice chair of the board for the Supportive Housing Network of New York, Shack was named to then-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Nonprofit Resiliency Committee and Supportive Housing Task Force. A lecturer at the Columbia University School of Social Work, Shack teaches homeless policy and field supervision to the next generation of advocates.

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JANELLE FARRIS

Brooklyn Community Services

Janelle Farris, who became the first Black president of Brooklyn Community Services in 2018, came to the organization after an extensive career in nonprofit leadership and management, including a nine-year stint as the associate director of operations at Pratt Center for Community Development. With over two decades of operations management experience and a master’s of public administration degree from Harvard University, she has successfully pushed Brooklyn Community Services – and its 35 programs, 20,000 clients and 600 staff members – through the pandemic.

Northern Rivers Family of Services

William Gettman manages Northern Rivers Family of Services, a 193-year-old, $90 million Albany-based children’s and family services provider with behavioral health, foster care, education and foster care prevention programs. Gettman is also the chair of the New York State Justice Center Advisory Council, which helps protect people with special needs from neglect and abuse. Gettman was outspoken in calling on state lawmakers to pass cost-of-living increases for human services workers earlier this year.

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MEGAN T. ALLEN

CEO

New York Council of Nonprofits

Megan T. Allen is the new CEO of the New York Council of Nonprofits and its New York City affiliate, BoardStrong, which promotes high standards of board leadership and governance among the council’s 3,000 nonprofit members. Widely recognized for heading a grant-writing service at the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services that helped nonprofits, school districts and municipalities raise $105 million in funding, Allen also previously served as board chair of the Capital District Women’s Employment and Resource Center, where she led staff evaluation initiatives, board nomination processes, and a merger with another nonprofit.

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GREG BERMAN

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW OF PRACTICE

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Greg Berman, a renowned criminal justice expert, helped to found the Center for Court Innovation in the early 2000s and built it into a major player in the criminal justice

Allen's group promotes high standards for board leadership and governance.

reform space. After resigning as director of the center, he was named the inaugural Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Fellow of Practice. He also remains actively engaged in the broader nonprofit community, interviewing leaders of noteworthy organizations and highlighting their impact in the city.

Editor’s note: Greg Berman is a member of the advisory board of New York Nonprofit Media, a sister publication to City & State.

which seek to end chronic and veteran homelessness.

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MARIA LIZARDO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp.

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ALISON OVERSETH

CEO

Partnership for After School Education

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ROSANNE HAGGERTY

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Community Solutions

Rosanne Haggerty is a crucial figure at Community Solutions, bringing more than 20 years of experience as founder of Common Ground Community to her role. After founding Community Solutions in 2011, Haggerty has gone on to support its work to end homelessness by solving difficult housing problems. Under her supervision, Community Solutions has led groundbreaking initiatives such as the 100,000 Homes and Built for Zero campaigns,

Maria Lizardo came to Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp. in 1998, where she held a number of positions before becoming interim executive director in 2014 – and, shortly after that, permanent executive director. Lizardo, a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, youth development and women’s rights, is a cofounder of the Brides’ March, an organization dedicated to sounding the alarm on domestic abuse, and a co-author of “Latinx in Social Work.”

Alison Overseth brings more than 25 years of experience supporting youth to her role overseeing the Partnership for After School Education. The nonprofit partners with higher education institutions, local organizations and corporations to support young people in poverty in New York City. In the past, Overseth has worked with the Fund for the City of New York to strengthen nonprofits that are geared toward helping youth.

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MUZZY ROSENBLATT

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Bowery Residents’ Committee

Muzzy Rosenblatt is president and CEO of the Bowery Residents’ Committee, an organization dedicated to serving homeless New Yorkers. His organization, a major New York City contractor on the front lines of the city’s effort to crack down on homelessness in the city’s subways, faced allegations of misspent funds in a state comptroller report late last year. Rosenblatt came to the position with notable political experience, having served under three New York City mayors: Ed Koch, David Dinkins and Rudy Giuliani.

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LYMARIS ALBORS

CEO

Acacia Network

In January, Lymaris Albors was named CEO at Acacia Network, one of New York state’s largest Latino-led social services nonprofit organizations.

Heralded as a visionary Latina leader, Albors has worked with Acacia Network President Raul Russi to expand the organization, which now provides community-based, culturally competent care to

more than 150,000 individuals in multiple states and Puerto Rico. Since being appointed CEO, Albors has focused on new initiatives related to housing and health care.

and instead monitoring individuals and providing mental health treatment and other services. He brings a diversity of experience to the position, including posts at the Center for Court Innovation and the Institute for Economics and Peace.

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ERIC ROSENBAUM

PRESIDENT AND CEO

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AUBREY FOX

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

New York City Criminal Justice Agency

A key figure in criminal justice reform, Aubrey Fox oversees an important partnership with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice through the New York City Criminal Justice Agency. In this role, Fox focuses on reducing the use of pretrial detention

Project Renewal

As president and CEO of Project Renewal, Eric Rosenbaum oversaw the nonprofit’s summer opening of Bedford Green House, a new supportive and affordable housing development in the Bronx. The LEED-certified building will provide 117 units of housing to formerly homeless individuals, families

impacted by mental health issues and substance use disorders, people living with HIV and low-income New Yorkers. Rosenbaum was the CEO of Lantern and chief operating officer of Win, which both provide supportive housing and homeless services. He has served on the board of Homeless Services United.

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ALLISON NICKERSON

LiveOn NY

Allison Nickerson is the executive director of LiveOn NY, a nonprofit coalition that advocates on behalf of over 100 members providing core services to seniors, from affordable senior housing, senior centers and elder abuse prevention to home-delivered meals, caregiver support and Naturally Occurring Retirement Community programs. Nickerson, who has worked at LiveOn NY for over a decade, previously served as director of development and sustainability.

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JOANNE N. SMITH

FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CEO

Girls for Gender Equity

Joanne N. Smith heads this Black feminist organization focused on the future leadership of Black girls and

Albors is working on providing community-based care for over 150,000 people.
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gender-expansive young people of color through policy change, advocacy, youth-led programming and narrative shifts. In 2020, Smith launched the Black Girl Freedom Fund, a 10-year, billion-dollar initiative to support Black women and girls. She also co-chairs the Young Women’s Initiative and advocates for survivors of sexual abuse by R&B singer R. Kelly.

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KATHRYN HASLANGER

CEO

JASA

Kathryn Haslanger has been CEO of the Jewish Association Serving the Aging, or JASA, since 2012. A board member for The Commonwealth Fund and New York eHealth Collaborative, Haslanger has had a career centered around providing greater access to care services for older, disabled and low-

income individuals. At JASA, she manages a $120 million budget and over 50 locations across the city. She oversees efforts to bring various services to over 40,000 New Yorkers.

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SCOTT SHORT

CEO

RiseBoro Community Partnership

Scott Short has worked at RiseBoro Community Partnership for 20 years. In that time, he has helped expand the organization beyond its roots as a senior services provider in Bushwick and Ridgewood to reach other neighborhoods and populations. RiseBoro recently partnered with the state to administer addiction prevention and supportive housing programs. This summer, RiseBoro won majority ownership of three

Rudin's organization provides comprehensive health services in East New York.

affordable housing buildings in Brooklyn as part of a settlement with the private equity behemoth Blackstone.

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ANITA GUNDANNA & VANESSA LEUNG

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Coalition for Asian American Children and Families

Both Anita Gundanna and Vanessa Leung joined the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families five years ago, forming a team that has allowed CACF to reach new heights in its advocacy. They both bring extensive experience advocating for minorities – a valuable asset for the only pan-Asian child and family advocacy organization in the United States bringing local organizations and youth allies together to fight for Asian American and Pacific Islander rights.

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JODY RUDIN CEO

Institute for Community Living

Jody Rudin leads this nonprofit serving 15,000plus people annually with integrated, trauma-informed and recovery-oriented health care. Funding from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services helps the Institute for Community Living address disparities in mental and physical health in East New York through its groundbreaking East New York Health

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Hub, which provides comprehensive health, housing and employment services. Previously, Rudin was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Project Renewal and deputy commissioner of the New York City Department of Homeless Services.

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ADEM BUNKEDDEKO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Coro New York Leadership Center

Adem Bunkeddeko leads the Coro New York Leadership Center, a civic leadership organization that runs training programs for future leaders interested in the government, nonprofit, business and education sectors. As executive director, Bunkeddeko draws on his vast managerial and civic experience – and the hardwon knowledge borne of two unsuccessful congressional primary runs against Rep. Yvette Clarke. Bunkeddeko previously served as senior adviser to Project 10X, a community investment initiative aimed at closing the racial wealth gap. Editor’s note: Adem

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QUAMID FRANCIS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

City Year New York

Quamid Francis, who serves as City Year New York’s executive director, came to his latest role after serving as deputy commissioner, chief of staff and chief diversity officer at the New York City Department of Veterans’ Services. Born and raised in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Francis is a veteran of the Marine Corps. He has staff experience in the New York City Council, the state Senate and the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services.

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LINA LEE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Communities Resist

Lina Lee is a driving force at Communities Resist, an

organization committed to supporting housing rights for low-income communities and preventing displacement and gentrification. The organization, which is led by people of color, was co-founded by Lee. With her at the helm, Communities Resist has worked to target neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens that have been rapidly gentrifying. She brings to the position prior experience working with immigrant tenants as a staff attorney at the MinKwon Center for Community Action, and previously served at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A as deputy director.

rights advocate who has focused on reproductive rights and gender justice. Before taking the reins at this nonprofit consulting firm, Jayasinghe served as executive director of Sakhi for South Asian Women, social affairs officer for the Division for the Advancement of Women at the United Nations and chief program officer at Nonprofit New York. Jayasinghe is on the board of the New York Women’s Foundation and the steering committee of the Asian Women Giving Circle.

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BEN THOMASES

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Queens Community House

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TILOMA JAYASINGHE

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Community Resource Exchange

Community Resource Exchange President and CEO Tiloma Jayasinghe is a human

Following in a long family tradition of public service, Ben Thomases has served as Queens Community House’s executive director since 2015. Prior to the role, he was the executive vice president for programs at Seedco, an economic development organization, and chief operating officer at Wildcat Service Corp. As executive director of Queens Community House, he has advocated for fair pay for human service workers and the expansion of voting rights. He has also helped lead the group’s growth through the renovation of its Forest Hills, Queens, headquarters.

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Notice of Formation of JS YOUNG CONSULTING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/15/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 20 E. 9th St., Apt. 14K, NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jill Young at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qual. of 87-89 PEARL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/05/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 08/05/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 93 PEARL STREET, , SECOND FLOOR , NEW YORK, NY, 10004. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 57 GARAGE MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/08/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 90 STATE STREET , SUITE 700, BOX 10, ALBANY, NY, 12207. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Night Wolf Studios, LLC filed with SSNY on August 8, 2022. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 85 Amazon Lane Staten Island, NY 10307. Purpose: General- any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of SAMIRA 0200 LLC filed with SSNY on 8/19/2022 Office: New York county. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2075 First Avenue, Apt. 11E New York, NY. 10029 Purpose: any lawful act or activity

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Notice of Formation of BELLA TRUCCO TEAM LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/29/2022. Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 53 JAMES CLARK DRIVE, MIDDLETOWN, NY, 10940. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ABA SACK WERN MANAGER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/24/22. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 7 Penn Plaza, Ste. 600, NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL GRAND LES LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/22. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 384 Grand St., Store #3, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) - name: Hibza Capital, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York(SSNY) on September 28, 2021. Office Location: Wayne County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 654 Autumn Breeze Ln, Ontario, NY 14519. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of 42 Distilled Consulting Group LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/25/22. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 875 W. 181st Street #3L, New York, NY 10033. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Lady Anderson Enterprises, LLC filed with SSNY on [06/17/2022]. Office: [New York] County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: [720 Lenox Avenue 26F, NY, NY 10039]. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of 122 Deer Meadows Road, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY on 8/22/2022. Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Mark Bethmann C/O BellCornerstone 100 E Seneca St Ste 100 Manlius, NY 13104

Notice of Formation of 6031 SENTINEL ROAD, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/04/2022.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 5 WEST 37TH STREET, 12TH FL, NEW YORK, NY, 10018. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MSTAR GROUP HOLDING COMPANY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/19/2022. Office location Richmond SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1324 FOREST AVE, UNIT 194, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10302. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE LOST AND FOUND BK LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/19/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 226 CLIFTON PL 3B, BROOKLYN, NY, 11216. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1950 EAST 4TH STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/20/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1946 EAST 4TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 2921 BRIGHTON 4 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/08/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 35 BRIGHTON 2 PLACE, 4B, BROOKLYN, NY, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of TK1 56 ST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/21/2022.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 42 W 56TH ST 1FL, NEW YORK, NY, 10019.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 188 CONSELYEA ST., LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/29/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 188 CONSELYEA STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of GINKA PROPERTIES LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/19/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in CO on 06/07/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 257 PARK AVENUE, ASPEN, CO, 81611. Arts. of Org. filed with CO SOS. 1700 Broadway, Suite 550, Denver CO 80290.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MARK BAY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/14/2012. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 274 49 STREET, SUITE 211, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SOLOMON LEXINGTON LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/09/2022. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4 RALPH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11221. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RESILIENT BY ALANA LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/29/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 60 LONGVIEW ROAD, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10304. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALISON MCGORAN, DECORATIVE FINISHES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/30/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 128 E 94TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11212. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MAGNOLIA SOLUTIONING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6410 15TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NY HLC LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/06/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 813 55TH ST FL 3, BROOKYN, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of WINTERGREEN CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/29/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Blazing Star Investigation, LLC , Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/9/2022. Cty: Richmond. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to James P. Sarlo 297 Castleton Ave. Staten Island, N.Y. 10301. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of New Balab LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 8/17/22. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Samuel Chenillo, 350 7th Ave., Ste. 1605, NY, NY 10001, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of 1000AGrantAve LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/3/22. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1000A Grant Ave, Bronx, NY 10456. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Thomas Hodges Music LLC, LLC filed with SSNY on August 21, 2022. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: The Limited Liability Company 611 West 171st St, 1B New York, NY, 10032, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of SLADFIT LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/14/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 444 MADISON AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF KINGS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST FLOZENA WEEMS AKA FLOZEMA WEEMS, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 01, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, outside on courthouse steps on Adams Street, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on February 03, 2022 at 11:00AM, premises known as 757 GEORGIA AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 4321, Lot 45. Approximate amount of judgment $472,676.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 500829/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Kings County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2. nycourts.gov/Admin/ oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Charlane Odetta Brown, Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 70495

Notice of Formation of MANHOLCON, LLC filed with SSNY on AUGUST 18, 2022. Office: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 228 East 84th Street, Apt 2B, New York, NY 10028. Purpose: Project Management Consultancy

Bok Global LLC filed w/ SSNY on 8/11/22. Office: Kings Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 668 6th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215. Purpose: any lawful.

Notice of Qual. of BH3 MANAGEMENT LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/01/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10/27/2009. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MANSBY CAPITAL, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/19/2021. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10020. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BEANE HOLDING, LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/09/2022. Office location: Wyoming SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 4172 ROUTE 98, JAVA, NY, 14113.Any lawful purpose.

884 NOXON ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/01/22. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 8625 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Registered agent address c/o Rosemary Hayden, 8625 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TELESTAR 311 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/25/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1 PELICANS DRIVE, NEWPORT COAST, CA, 92657. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 304 LEONARD STREET LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/17/2022. Office location: NEW YORK SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY 915 BROADWAY, SUITE 1101, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, 10010. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GEORGE BEASON LAW PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/21/2021. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1084 BUSHWICK AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11221. Any lawful purpose.

Arts. of Org. of HV MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC (“LLC”) filed with NY Dept. of State on 08/26/2022. Office location: Rensselaer County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 765 WESTERN ROAD, CASTLETONON-HUDSON, NY, 12033, LLC, HV MANAGEMENT GROUP,LLC, principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes. Filer: Ed Martin, Law Office of Edward J. Martin, PLLC, 125 High Rock Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

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Notice of Qual. of VESPER SPARROW CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of W&F 168 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/23/2022. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8212 14TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of AMERICAN ROBIN CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of TEABERRY CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of CHICKADEE CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of NEW HOLLAND HUDSON FUND L.P.. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/25/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/17/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SOLOMON BROADWAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/09/2022. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4 RALPH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11221. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 226 PROPERTY OF NY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/30/2022. Office location: KINGS SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail 226 UTICA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, 11213. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of S&T FREEPORT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/07/2022.

Office location: KINGS SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail 1425 37TH STREET, SUITE 604, BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that license number 1342889 for LIQUOR has been applied for by the undersigned to sell LIQUOR, BEER, WINE, CIDER at retail in a BAR/RESTAURANT under the alcoholic beverage control law at 54 EAST 13TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10003 for on-premises consumption.

54 EAST 13TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10003

Homes by Habersang LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/28/22. Office: Schenectady County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, [2106 Nott St, Niskayuna, NY 12309]. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SAWANEH HOMES, LLC filed with SSNY on 7/30/2022. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2057 Valentine Ave, Bronx, NY 10457. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of PENNY HOTEL MANAGER NORTH 8TH STREET LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/02/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 02/22/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of STACKED SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2433 KNAPP ST, SUITE 205, BROOKLYN, NY, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of ASCEN WORKFORCE, LLC. . Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/01/2022.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/14/2021. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 5500 MAIN STREET, STE 345, BUFFALO, NY, 14221. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CRAFT HOT CHOCOLATE DRINKS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/18/2022. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 64 EAST 1ST STREET , NEW YORK, NY, 10003.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Fireleaf, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/08/22. Office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: The LLC, 1332 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, New York 11233. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of XANDAR US LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/16/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 575 DECATUR ST, #2, BROOKLYN, NY, 11233. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HERRERA GROUP PRINTING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/09/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1131 GLENMORE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11208. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Dank Collective, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/09/22. Office location: Jefferson County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: The LLC, 302 N. James Street, Carthage, New York 13601. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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PLLC filed w/ SSNY on 9/6/22. Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 340 E 80th St., #2E, NY, NY 10075. Purpose: Medicine.

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Notice of Qual. of EN HAUS COMMUNICATIONS LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 09/08/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LISA 7 AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/02/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4604 7TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1081PER LLC filed with SSNY on 8/2/2022.

Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 118KNICKERBOCKER AVE, Brooklyn, NY, 11237. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

The name of the Limited Liability Company (the “Company”) is JRFink LLC; the date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State was July 7th, 2022; the County in New York in which the office of the Company is located is Richmond County, New York; the street address of the Company is PO Box 7007 New York, New York 10150; the Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process may be served and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him to Jeff Fink (or counsel for the Company (JRFink LLC)) PO Box 7007 New York, New York 10150; the duration of the Company is perpetual; the business purpose of the Company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.

Notice is hereby given that license number 1341577 for LIQUOR has been applied for by the undersigned to sell BEER, WINE, CIDER at retail in a TAVERN under the alcoholic beverage control law at 1063 BEDFORD AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11216 for on-premises consumption.

FRANKIE & VALI’S PIZZA LLC 1063 BEDFORD AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11216

Notice of Formation of MARASA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/06/2022.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 475 STAFFORD AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice is hereby given that license number 1350953 for LIQUOR has been applied for by the undersigned to sell WINE at retail in a RW 341 RESTAURANT under the alcoholic beverage control law at 2052 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10023 for on-premises consumption.

BONDI - 2052 BROADWAY LLC 2052 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10023

Notice of Formation of CORTLAND 19CW LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/2022. Office location: Nassau SSNY desg.as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 301 MISSION STREET, APT 27F, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94105. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 58 AVE. O LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/06/2022.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 475 STAFFORD AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PIES UPSTAIRS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/14/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HUDSON BILLIARDS, LLC filed with SSNY on 9-12-2022. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC: 801 Bay St. Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of THE ROBERT INDIANA LEGACY INITIATIVE LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 08/16/2022. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 08/10/2022. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 45 East 80th St., Apt #7A, NY, NY 10075. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

522 W 142 LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 09/17/22. Off Loc: New York County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 105 Giordano Dr, West Orange, NJ 07052. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Ryno Films LLC filed with SSNY on September 6th 2022. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 138A Suydam Street, 1st Floor. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of AR2 IMPORTS LLC filed with SSNY on 02/04/2022. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 4600 9TH AVENUE, APT 504 BROOKLYN, NY, 11220, USA Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of IAN’S EVENT VENUE LLC, filed with SSNY on 07/12/2022. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 833 MIDWOOD ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11203, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of REN MEDICAL CARE, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/19/2022. Office location: Nassau SSNY desg.as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 168 CENTRE STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10013. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of SANNIK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022. Office location: Rensselaer SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 33 SCOTCH PINE DR, MEDFORD, NY, 11763. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of SUNCROFT HUNTER INVEST, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/2/2021. Off. Loc.: New York County. SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy to is: The LLC, 33 Irving Place, 3rd Fl., New York, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Qualification of Boris & Horton Brooklyn, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/02/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/04/22. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 74 Fifth Ave., Apt 8B, NY, NY 10011. Address to be maintained in DE: 108 Lakeland Ave., Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qual. of THE ROBERT INDIANA LEGACY INITIATIVE LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 08/16/2022. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 08/10/2022. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 45 East 80th St., Apt #7A, NY, NY 10075. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Maneki Neko Ventures, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/02/22. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Andy Wong, 45 W 67 th ST., 12G, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of R3 PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022.

Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 328 FRANLEE LANE, VICTOR, NY, 14564. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SNEAKERHEAD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/31/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2364 WOODHULL AVD, BRONX, NY, 10469. Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, serial #3170841, for an On-premises liquor license, has been applied for by Sushi Queen WNY Inc dba Sushi Queen to sell beer, wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 4248 Delaware Ave Tonawanda, NY 14150 or on premises consumption

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, Against

SIGISMONDO RENDA, ESQ, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM MILITARY ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF DAVID JARUSHEWSKY, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widow, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, et al.,

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 11/28/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the Courthouse steps, Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 10/27/2022 at 11:25 AM, premises known as 996 Decatur Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207 and described as follows:

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New York. Block 3432 Lot 22. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $1,054,190.83 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 502602/2014.

Jack Segal, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573. Dated: 9-132022 File Number: 58-0351 Kelsey Bonds

Notice of Formation of 310 WILD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/06/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 219 SPRING ST, LAWRENCE, NY, 11559. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LEAFY WONDERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/28/2022. Office location ONONDAGA SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2 WESTCHESTER PARK DR., SUITE 110, WHITE PLAINS, NY, 10604. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GEM 22 LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2719 MILL AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.

Queen Me Now LLC, LLC filed with SSNY on 07/18/22. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to LLC: 1289 Chisholm Street, Bronx, NY 10459. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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COUNTY OF KINGS MTGLQ Investors, L.P., Plaintiff AGAINST Michael McGrath, Rachel Sherman, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered July 29, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Outside on courthouse steps on Adams Street, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 on October 27, 2022 at 10:50AM, premises known as 2116 Dorchester Road, Unit 2J, Brooklyn, NY 11226 a/k/a 2116/2118 Dorchester Road, Unit 2J, Brooklyn, NY 11226. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of New York, County of Kings, State of New York, Block 5185 Lot 1022. Approximate amount of judgment $434,558.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #5761/2015. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the KINGS County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Gregory T. Cerchione, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 21-001464 71596

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1342807 for liquor/wine/ beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor/wine/ beer at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1404 3RD AVE, New York, NY 10075 for on premises consumption.

PEGREP 1404 LLC

1404 3RD AVE, New York, NY 10075

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST George P. Richards, Sharon Bryan, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 3, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Outside on courthouse steps on Adams Street, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 on October 27, 2022 at 11:00AM, premises known as 442 Newport St, Brooklyn, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 3851, LOT: 15. Approximate amount of judgment $366,713.91 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #507404/2015. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the KINGS County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2. nycourts.gov/Admin/oca. shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. For sale information, please visit Auction. com at www.Auction. com or call (800) 2802832. Steven Naiman, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-076231-F00 71665

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1351177 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 239 W 4TH STREET NEW YORK ,NY 10014 for on premises consumption.

239 WEST 4TH STREET RESTAURANT LLC

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is proposing telecommunications installations at various locations in Bronx, Bronx County, New York. Verizon Wireless proposes to replace existing public lighting/traffic control structures and install telecommunications antennas and associated equipment at a top height of 32 feet at the following locations: the approx. vicinity of Valentine Avenue @ NWC of East 203 Street ,10455; the approx. vicinity of Grand Avenue @ SEC of West 181 Street, 10453; the approx. vicinity of Creston Avenue @ SWC of E 198 Street, 10468; the approx. vicinity of 5500 Broadway, 10463; the approx. vicinity of 63 Westchester Square, 10461; the approx. vicinity of 2951 East Tremont Avenue, 10461; the approx. vicinity of 1194 Webster Avenue, 10456; the approx. vicinity of 2050 Webster Avenue, 10457; the approx. vicinity of NE Corner of Hugh J. Grant Circle, 10462; the approx. vicinity of 1 W Tremont Avenue, 10453; the approx. vicinity of 808 E Tremont Avenue, 10460; the approx. vicinity of 756 St. Anns Avenue, 10456; and the approx. vicinity of 69 Bruckner Boulevard, 10454. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Hannah Dell, h.dell@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Notice of Formation of Vik Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/6/22.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to c/o Corporate Creations Network Inc., 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, NY, 10528.Any lawful purpose.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is proposing telecommunications installations at various locations in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Verizon Wireless proposes to replace existing public lighting/traffic control structures and install telecommunications antennas and associated equipment at a top height of 32 feet at the following locations: the approx. vicinity of Atlantic Avenue @ SEC of Smith Street, 11201; the approx. vicinity of Flatbush Avenue CM 1E of Plaza Street East ,11238; and the approx. vicinity of Park Circle NS 2E of Ocean Parkway, 11215. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Hannah Dell, h.dell@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Notice of Qual. of ATLANTIC BEACH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/19/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/08/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 1750 K STREET, NW, SUITE 7E, WASHINGTON, DC, 20006. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LI & LIU PROPERTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/10/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 833 BAY RIDGE AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 646 BAY STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/12/2022.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 646 BAY ST, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10304. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HUCKO & BARONE CONSULTING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/19/2022. Office location: Ontario SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 7606 ZEPHYR HTS, VICTOR, NY, 14564. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MIU PROPERTY LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/15/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6505 15TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOTHAM & Z CONSTRUCTION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/21/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1869 E 31ST ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of 7237 WOODCHUCK HILL ROAD PROPERTIES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/20/2022. Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 126 NORTH SALINA STREET, SUITE 400, SYRACUSE, NY, 13202. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of REES ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/21/2022. Office location Cayuga SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 216 N. SEWARD AVE., AUBURN, NY, 13021. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of SYMPHONY RUM LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/21/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 03/03/2021. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 533 FOREST AVENUE , PARAMUS, NJ, 07652. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE SHIRLEY ANINIAS SCHOOL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/16/2022. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 291 BROADWAY, 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10007. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALPHA OMEGA MANAGEMENT NY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/22/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1930 RICHMOND ROAD, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10306. Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that license number 1351240 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a TAVERN under the alcoholic beverage control law at 145 Grove Street New York NY 10014 in NEW YORK County for onpremises consumption.

York NY 10014

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Notice of Formation of EIGHT BY EIGHT, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 264 LEXINGTON AVENUE, #2A, NEW YORK, NY, 10016. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOODWILL IT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/24/2022. Office location ESSEX SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2075 86TH STREET STE 201, BROOKLYN, NY, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WOODHULL 91 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/22/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 495A HENRY STREET, SUITE 223, BROOKLYN, NY, 11231Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DRAGON IT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2075 86TH STREET STE 201, BROOKLYN, NY, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LLC. TK Tribecca LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/2022. Office location: Schenectady County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at c/o Anessa Waheed, 431 Liberty Street, Schenectady, NY 12305. Purpose: any business permitted under law.

Notice of Formation of CARROLL 132 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 495A HENRY STREET, SUITE 223, BROOKLYN, NY, 11231Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BB 176 SKILLMAN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/2022. Office location: NEW YORK SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY 915 BROADWAY, SUITE 1101, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, 10010. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOGOASIAN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/26/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 223 BEDFORD AVE, STE A PMB #776, BROOKLYN, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 160 feet on a 178-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 139 Fulton Street, New York, New York County, NY 10038. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to:  Trileaf Corp, Benjamin Allen, b.allen@trileaf. com, phone: 678653-8673, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas 147-feet on a 184-foot water tank at the approx. vicinity of Carroll Street, Brentwood, Suffolk County, NY, 11717; and 88feet on a 131-foot water tank at the approx. vicinity of 40 Banana St, Central Islip, Suffolk County, NY 11722; and 137-feet on a 132-foot water tank at the approx. vicinity of New York Ave Suffolk Water Tower, Sound Beach, Suffolk County, NY 11789. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Meagan Henderson, m.henderson@trileaf. com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway SE, Marietta, GA 30067, (678) 653-8673 ext. 657.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas 83-feet on a 100foot smokestack at the approx. vicinity of 1 Bridge St, Irvington, Westchester County, NY, 10533. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Meagan Henderson, m.henderson@trileaf. com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, (678) 653-8673 ext. 657.

Notice of Formation of FLOWER CITY EXOTICS, LLC filed with SSNY on September 19, 2022. Office: Allegany County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 580 Tildon Hill Rd. Arkport, NY 14807. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas 72-feet on an 88foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 342 Huguenot Street, New Rochelle, Westchester County, NY 10801. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Meagan Henderson, m.henderson@trileaf. com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, (678) 653-8673 ext. 657.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 66 feet on an 82-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 3001 Kings Bridge Avenue, Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10463. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Laura Elston, l.elston@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Notice of Formation of 1414 THIRD AVENUE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/16/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 1315 W. 54th St., 1st Fl., NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Wilf Law Firm, LLP at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of CP NY 28TH LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/15/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in North Carolina (NC) on 09/08/22. Princ. office of LLC: 123 W. 28th St., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. NC addr. of LLC: 11410 Common Oaks Dr., Raleigh, NC 27614. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 2 S. Salisbury St., Old Revenue Bldg. Complex, Raleigh, NC 276012903. Purpose: General hotel operations.

Notice of Qualification of ABA RISK MANAGEMENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/19/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Kentucky (KY) on 11/23/20. Princ. office of LLC: 908 Lily Creek Rd., Louisville, KY 40243. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. KY addr. of LLC: 3309 Collins Ln., Louisville, KY 40245. Cert. of Form. filed with KY Secy. of State, 700 Capital Ave., #152, Frankfort, KY 40601. Purpose: Insurance agency.

Notice of formation of  PIZZARO WANG SOLUTIONS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 06/21/2022. Office located in BRONX COUNTY. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 500 TRINITY AVENUE. APT#3D BRONX, NY 10455Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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T-Mobile Northeast, LLC proposes to collocate antennas on a 92-foottall Building located at 1000 5th Avenue, New York, New York County, NY 10028. Interested parties with comments regarding potential effects on Historic Properties may contact T-Mobile c/o Julia Klima at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 877968-4787, Sec106@ DynamicEnvironmental. com within 30 days from the date of this publication. Re: 22209009

Public Notice

T-Mobile Northeast LLC proposes facility upgrades atop an existing 52’ building at 40-46 Main St in Flushing, Queens, NY (40.75829° N and -73.82983° W) and atop an existing 105’ building at 1 River Plaza in Tarrytown, Westchester County, NY (41.07827° N and -73.86352° W). T-MOBILE is publishing this notice in accordance with FCC regulations (47CFR § 1.1307) for Section 106 of the NHPA and for the NEPA. Parties with questions or comments regarding the facility should contact CHERUNDOLO at 976 Tabor Rd, Ste 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 or via email at tcns@ cherundoloconsulting. com.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 66 feet on an 82-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 3001 Kings Bridge Avenue, Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10463. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Laura Elston, l.elston@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

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Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/21/22.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/16/22. Princ. office of LLC: 15305 Dallas Pkwy., Fl. 12, Addison, TX 750014637. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Public Notice

Crown Castle is proposing to install a 77 foot monopole telecommunications facility at the following site: 55 New King Street, West Harrison, Westchester County, NY 10604 (41 04 8.1 N / 73 42 57.7 W).  The facility is not expected to be FAA lighted. Crown Castle invites comments from any interested party on the impact of the proposed action on any districts, sites, buildings, structures or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and/or specific reason the proposed action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment.  Specific information regarding the project is available by contacting Monica Gambino at 724‐416‐2516 during normal business hours. Comments must be received at 1500 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, ATTN: Monica Gambino or via telephone at 724‐416‐2516 within 30 days of the date of this notice. (Ref. EBI Project #6122006807)

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Notice of Formation of THE WORST GENERATION LLC filed with SSNY on 9/22/2022.

Office: KINGS County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1449 E 88th St, BROOKLYN, NY, 11236 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1341606, for beer and wine and liquor, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 133 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006 for onpremises consumption.

133 Greenwich LLC 133 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006

Notice of Formation of MELICMEDIA, LLC filed with SSNY on 08/07/2022. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 63 ADRIAN AVENUE, #2D, BRONX, NEW 10463. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of SYNEOS HEALTH PATIENT SERVICES, LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/28/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/21/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 40 feet on a 42-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 5180 Amboy Road, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY 10312. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Laura Elston, l.elston@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Notice of Qualification of RIVERWOOD CAPITAL PARTNERS IV L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/21/22. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Cayman Islands (C.I.) on 11/05/21. Princ. office of LP: 70 Willow Rd., Ste. 100, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. C.I. addr. of LP: Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, C.I. KY11104. Cert. of LP filed with Cindy JeffersonBulgin, Registrar General of the General Registry, PO Box 123, Ground Fl., Government Admin. Bldg., 133 Elgin Ave., Grand Cayman, C.I. KY1-9000. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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JULIE MENIN

Good news for small-business own ers. Thanks to a measure sponsored by New York City Council Member Julie Menin, anyone wanting to roll out their own business will have an easier time doing so going forward. The council gave its stamp of ap proval to Menin’s legislation, known as the One-Stop Shop NYC Busi ness Portal, that will bring crucial documentation and application info under a single web portal.

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PHILIP BANKS

Kickboxing crime, on company time? One of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ deputy mayors is decidedly behind the scenes, staying out of the spotlight since he was an unindicted co-conspirator in a corruption case. But his public schedules suggest that Banks is a power player in the administration.

JAMES TEBELE

The 21-year-old son of Digital Gadgets founder and CEO Charlie Tebele was revealed to have had an internship with the governor’s campaign, which then became a full-time position as campaign finance associate. Tebele’s dad and his company have been caught in the middle of the COVID-19 test kit scandal.

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It’s tough running as a Republican in New York, we get it. A statewide race is an uphill battle, both ways, in the snow. Polling showed he’s down by 17 percentage points. But Rep. Lee Zeldin didn’t just dispute the numbers, he offered his own. His campaign released an inter nal poll that showed he was only 6 points behind Hochul. Which just didn’t really feel like quite the brag he was hoping for.

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was roasted by Adams. “Kansas doesn’t have a brand,” he said while laughing. “When you go there, OK, you’re from Kansas. But New York has a brand.” In response, Kelly declared Kansas to be the “best state in America.”

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