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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

LAST WEEK, a progressive political consultant, speaking on the condition of anonymity, commented about the recent allegations levied against New York City mayoral candidate Scott Stringer. “In 2021, straight white men are not trustworthy, and he’s only confirming the suspicion that everyone has about what happens when straight white men gain power.”

Stringer responded to the accusations made against him by Jean Kim, a lobbyist and former volunteer on his unsuccessful 2001 campaign for New York City public advocate, who alleged that he subjected her to sexual harassment and abuse. Stringer has denied the allegations and said that he had a consensual relationship with Kim. Yet the allegations still threw his campaign off the rails. And the consultant’s observation brings to mind how other white men in power have been caught acting inappropriately with women.

With Stringer, currently New York City’s comptroller, just being the latest white man accused of such behavior, one has to wonder if this crisis will ever stop. Accountability, for now, is the only answer, and it must start with the very people who are accused. They should acknowledge that such conduct is unacceptable and that every accuser must be heard, before launching into any kind of defense.

Also, a politician or candidate for office who’s got one of these skeletons in their closet cannot just hope that it will never come out. It’s better that they spend their time addressing the issue and table their ambitions, rather than pretending that their past won’t come back to haunt them.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

FOR THE RECORD … 8 Maya Wiley’s long crusade for racial equity QUEMUEL ARROYO … 12

The MTA’s first chief accessibility officer is getting to work.

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MIXED RECORD … 16

Disability advocates say Gov. Andrew Cuomo hasn’t consistently supported them.

MWBE GOALS … 18

The city and state are easing restrictions and putting MWBEs back to work.

Maya Wiley’s impressive record as an activist, lawyer and pundit can barely fit into one really long sentence.

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The executives and officials diversifying government contracting

WINNERS & LOSERS … 46 Who was up and who was down last week

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endorsement, and the union UFCW Local 1500, which represents some 20,000 grocery workers, later took back their endorsement as well.

“This is going to be the summer of New York City.”

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who is running for mayor, was accused of sexual assault by Jean Kim, who worked on his 2001 campaign for public advocate.

STRINGER ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

not long before the 2001 election in which she said Stringer began forcibly kissing and groping her without her consent.

Afterwards, Kim said Stringer continued to sexually harass her.

Stringer denied the allegations, saying that he and Kim were engaged in a consensual relationship and that she was never an intern, but a volunteer.

Jean Kim, a lobbyist who says she was an intern for Stringer’s campaign for public advocate years ago, said New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Scott Stringer sexually assaulted her while she worked on his campaign. Kim described an incident one evening METRO CN

Kim has called on Stringer to resign and to withdraw from the mayoral contest.

Although he said he would not, some of his mayoral competitors have called on him to drop out of the race. And as he attempts to rally support, some of his supporters have already rescinded their endorsements. State Sen. Jessica Ramos was the first to revoke her

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“I know from my 21 years as an educator that far more students could thrive in our specialized high schools, if only given the chance.”

– New York City schools Chancellor Meisha Porter on wanting to end the Specialized High School Admissions Test, via the New York Post

For the first time since the state Legislature rescinded Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded pandemic powers, lawmakers voted to do away with several of his restrictions that were still in place. Chief among them was doing away with the requirement that one had to buy food with alcohol, which had given rise to “Cuomo chips” – the name that some bars gave to the food item they were required to sell in order to do business. In another victory for the restaurant industry, Cuomo also announced that he would revoke the curfew he had in place for bars and restaurants, meaning that they can once again remain open past midnight beginning in May for the first time since November.

BUDGET SEASON RAMPS UP IN NYC

De Blasio presented his executive budget proposal, pitching it as “the recovery budget” that seemed more optimistic than his smaller preliminary budget proposal earlier this year. At nearly $99 billion, it would be the city’s biggest budget in history, and a sharp increase from last year’s budget passed when the

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city was still struggling through the beginning of the pandemic. Bolstered by some $13 billion in direct federal aid for schools and other purposes, plus over a billion more in FEMA reimbursements, de Blasio announced big new spending proposals for the city. But while he expressed confidence that going big is the best way to help the city recover and grow economically, his own budget projects multi-billion budget holes for the next several years that his successor will have to address. Plus, the next mayor will have to figure out $1 billion labor savings that were built into future budget projections without specification.

CUOMO WELCOMES BACK THE PRESS For the first time since December 2020, Cuomo held an outdoor press conference that reporters

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were able to attend. The governor was facing ongoing questions about why he continued to hold only virtual press conferences where he had complete control. He has not held any outdoor events in Albany yet, the only kind that he said the press could attend, but a couple members of the Albany press corps gamely took the hourslong trip to Syracuse to question the governor in person again. At the same time, new reporting from The New York Times added fuel to the fire of the governor’s ongoing COVID-19 nursing home deaths scandal. The Times found that Cuomo’s aides went further than previously known to prevent data on those deaths from getting released, keeping the totals artificially low, and had on multiple occasions overruled Health Department officials to keep the numbers from getting out.

After months of not allowing the press to attend his in-person events, Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally let reporters back in.

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Prisoners now receiving COVID-19 vaccines Soon after prisoners in New York correctional facilities sued Gov. Andrew Cuomo and won, they began receiving hard-won COVID-19 vaccinations.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision wrote in a statement to City & State that it began offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to all incarcerated individuals on April 6. As of mid-April, 894 incarcerated individuals and 23 staff members had been vaccinated through this effort.

Getting shots in the arms of inmates to begin with, however, has been a battle. On March 30, a judge ordered the state to administer COVID-19 vaccines to prisoners after a lawsuit from a coalition of advocates argued that Cuomo and state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker had unfairly denied prisoners access to the vaccine.

Meghna Philip, a staff attorney at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, one of the groups who brought the suit, was involved in every stage of the litigation and argued the case before the judge.

Philip said that her organization had tried contacting the governor and his office and advocate “in any way we could.” But after receiving no response time and time again, they resorted to legal action. When other

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Some 80,000 New York City government employees are scheduled to return to their offices for the first time in over a year, under an initiative encouraging private companies to follow suit.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is slated to extend for another month nearly 200 executive orders affecting the state’s pandemic response.

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organizations had the same problem, they banded together and brought the suit.

Philip said part of the suit cited the fact that people in every other kind of congregate setting were eligible for the vaccine and that the exclusion of incarcerated adults felt intentional. She found it mind-boggling that those in juvenile detention centers were even eligible, along with prison staff, but adults who were incarcerated (and didn’t have another qualifier for the vaccine) were not allowed to get the vaccine.

The judge, in ruling with the coalition of advocates, agreed. She wrote that the state “irrationally distinguished between incarcerated people and people living in every other type of adult congregate facility, at great risk to incarcerated people’s lives during this pandemic.” In her decision, she said there was “no acceptable excuse for this deliberate exclusion as COVID19 does not discriminate between congregate settings.”

In response, Philip said, “It’s worth noting that the judge’s decision really underscores the fact that the state was neglecting its duties to incarcerated people for several months. It is a reflection of, throughout this pandemic, the deprioritization of the lives and safety of incarcerated people.”

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SPRING OF BILL IT WAS A MERE two years ago that this publication announced Andrew Cuomo was having a “hot gov” summer. Multiple sexual harassment allegations and a whole pandemic later, Cuomo will count himself

lucky if he’s not impeached this summer.

On the other hand, after spending a month dancing on the political grave of his No. 1 rival, Bill de Blasio is looking refreshed, rejuvenated and resplendent.

HE MAY BE A LAME DUCK, BUT HIZZONER IS HAVING A HECK OF A TIME.

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This was the perfect outing for notoriously grump a mayor who’s finall y y enjoying himself.

Bill visited the biggest vaccinated celebrity, the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History.

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Not sure whether BdB and Neil deGrasse Tyson are trying to fist or elbow bump ...

It’s statistically impossible to not have fun while celebrating Holi (don’t fac t-check us on that).

BdB seemed to be genuinely enjoying spending time around his constituents – what a novel concept!

It’s like he’s a high school senior cutting class to hit the boardwalk , except this is his ac tual job.

But even the clumsiness seems cute when the vibes are this good.

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We really were in a go-it-alone approach, unfortunately, with no partnership from the state.

A Q&A with former NYC 2020 census czar

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After hearing that New York state would lose one congressional seat, but missed out on keeping it by 89 people, what was your initial reaction?

Was it a victory that New York avoided the worst-case scenario of losing two seats or disappointment that we almost kept all our seats?

It was absolutely a victory in the sense that we staved off the worst result, which had been feared. Every pundit, every observer two years ago felt that New York was going to lose two congressional seats, and I think it really was a testament to the

organized effort that we put in that we got to the point where we lost one.

It’s never good to lose any, of course, but we lost one and we almost lost none.

Since World War II, this is actually the best result on the census in terms of a loss of congressional representation, to lose just one seat. I will say, however, that it is beyond frustrating to know that we almost lost no seats.

And certainly, if the Trump administration had not cut our work short by two weeks … in those two weeks, of course we could have counted those additional 89 people and then we would have lost no seats. So that is the

first frustration. And the second one would have to be the state and Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo because, at the end of the day, the city spent two years organizing. New York City beat almost every other city across the country on the census because we had a well-organized effort. … The governor refused to allocate funding until the census was well underway, and even at that only a fraction of what was needed. … We really were in a go-it-alone approach, unfortunately, with no partnership from the state. And if you look at the numbers upstate, downstate, you can really see that.

What do you think the state should have done and can you explain what difference it would have made if those funds had been released earlier?

If you look at the state of California and what that state decided to do, in terms of allocating close to $180 million of funding.

And then you look at what New York state did. They kept saying that they would allocate funding but they didn’t, and then the census was underway.

If you contrast with the city of New York – I was appointed census director in January 2019. I then spent that time organizing a community grants

approach. That takes time to put in place because of government, distribution and procurement rules. … But the state, on the contrary, opted not to do that, and only reluctantly, after quite a bit of badgering, ended up allocating $20 million well after the census had already begun, and then COVID hit. … And not to mention the governor had the power of the bully pulpit, with the COVID briefings. Where was he in using the power of the bully pulpit to help our state? …

We asked so many times for his briefings to include messaging on the census like we did at the city.

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forum on policing and community safety, candidates were asked for two things they would do as mayor to ensure that police who kill, brutalize or harass people are fired. Maya Wiley, the first to answer, began as if reading off her own resume.

“As someone who has been a civil rights lawyer my whole career, and racial justice advocate, and has worked on a criminal justice initiative in postapartheid South Africa and chaired the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board – including getting the Daniel Pantaleo case over to the police law school. After becoming a lawyer, Wiley followed department with charges, and fighting to hold in Greenberg’s footsteps, joining the group’s poveron to civilian prosecution of that case – we have ty and justice program in 1992, where she remained to do a couple of things,” Wiley said, in not quite until 1994. She left the NAACP to become a federone breath but certainly one run-on sentence. al prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Absent from that long that long list of professionworking in the civil division. She would later join the al achievements are elected positions, but she’s proud Open Society Institute, where of that. “I’m not a conventional she helped develop the criminal candidate,” Wiley declared in her justice initiative in South Africa. announcement video. But with One could say she also fol30 years in a variety of positions lowed in the footsteps of her in activism and government, she parents, George and Wretha is unquestionably experienced, Wiley – George was a civil rights especially in the realm of civil activist who worked with Conrights. Some of that experience, gress of Racial Equality in the though, especially in the de Bla1960s and founded the Nationsio administration, hasn’t always al Welfare Rights Organization, led to positive impressions on the while Wretha fought for school progressive base she is now courtintegration – and her stepfaing in the Democratic primary. ther Dr. Bruce Hanson, who The work Wiley mentioned was also a civil rights activist. in post-apartheid South AfriWhile with the NAACP, Wiley ca has its roots in her ungraduShe’s been influencing policy as an lobbied Congress on health care ate days at Dartmouth College activist, counsel to the mayor and TV reform and worked on a lawin the 1980s, when she was one suit against St. Luke’s-Roosevelt of a group of student activists pundit. Now she’s ready to lead.

Hospital Center, which was made working on divestment. A psyBy Rebecca up of two facilities in Manhatchology major at the time, she C. Lewis tan, in an attempt to keep the cited apartheid and divestment hospital from removing services for inspiring her to go to law from its facility closest to Harschool and become a civil rights lem. Wiley didn’t win the case: lawyer, she told the magazine A judge dismissed it. But former Assembly Member Diverse Issues in Higher Education in 2018.

Michael Blake, a friend and supporter of Wiley’s, Wiley chose to go to Columbia Law School, where still considers that lawsuit one of her success stories. she was mentored by the renowned civil rights lawyer “Just because a case is dismissed doesn’t mean you Jack Greenberg, who took over as director-counsel to have failed,” said Blake. “When you’re working on the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund from these matters, a lot of times, it’s the person that opens Thurgood Marshall and served as vice dean of the the door that leads to further action down the line.”

Wiley went on to co-found her own nonprofit, the Center for Social Inclusion, a national policy strategy organization focused on racial inequality that has since been wrapped into the nonprofit Race Forward.

Co-founder Jocelyn Sargent described the goal of the Center for Social Inclusion as connecting grassroots organizers with policymakers and national groups. “Maya’s always been committed to ... being of service to justice and democracy,” Sargent said.

Racial justice has Those who have worked with her have described been a constant for Wiley, who has held Wiley as a strong and supportive leader. “I always high-profile roles at found that no matter where we were, if you just came

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up and said to Maya, ‘I want to be able to do this,’ she would help you kind of figure out how to best do that,” said Anthony Giancatarino, who joined the Center for Social Inclusion as a researcher in 2010. “And I found her someone who’s willing to listen, to challenge you.”

“Visionary” was a word used to describe Wiley by multiple people who worked with her at the nonprofit, including Sargent. Although its roots are in New York City, the Center for Social Inclusion began work on racial inequality in the South and on issues including broadband access, transportation, food inequity and energy as its national work ramped up and Wiley expanded its reach.

It’s hard to point to concrete victories that the Center for Social Inclusion achieved, or even a specific policy it helped to implement, but those who have worked for the organization have credited it with helping to shift policy conversations to be more explicitly race-centered under Wiley’s leadership. “Advocacy groups and policy groups all wanted to be race neutral – they just wanted to talk about class at that time,” said Dennis Chin, who joined the Center for Social Inclusion in 2011 and and still works for Race Forward.

“Because of Maya’s visionary and principled leadership … and the partners that we’ve worked with across the country, it played a huge part in making sure that racial equity was central to policymaking.”

Chin’s assessment is difficult to prove or quantify, but it’s clear that Wiley’s profile began to rise in the later years of her time as president and executive director of the nonprofit. She began appearing on MSNBC as a guest expert in the field of racial justice in the 2010s, long before she became a paid contributor to the cable network.

Echoing both Chin and Sargent, Giancatarino considered Wiley “ahead of her time” when he worked with her in the way she centered racial equity in policy analysis.

Wiley brought that mindset

One police reform advocate said some of Wiley’s talking points are too reminiscent of de Blasio, who let down many reformers.

with her into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration when she joined in 2014 as the mayor’s counsel.

“The influence that she had was really sort of bringing that social justice dimension to everything,” said Andrea Hagelgans, de Blasio’s former communications director and senior adviser for strategic planning. “She was always looking for opportunities to drive policy as well, and to think through the mayor’s agenda and how to use her role to reduce inequality in the city,” Hagelgans added, crediting Wiley for work to ensure that the administration enacted progressive policies including mandatory paid parental leave.

While Wiley’s policy work has only been criticized for sometimes slow execution, according to Gotham Gazette, her role as the mayor’s lawyer has been more controversial. She offered advice on how to avoid conflicts of interest issues when fundraising for the nonprofit Campaign for One New York, defended de Blasio amid scrutiny of the nonprofit that led to multiple investigations and reportedly played a fairly significant role in vetting donors to that and another fund the mayor controlled.

In a 2015 video, Wiley

said her job as counsel to de Blasio is to “keep him out of jail.” And she succeeded, after multiple investigations into the mayor’s fundraising practices did not result in criminal charges against him – although Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said de Blasio was not following “the intent and spirit” of the law. Wiley was even the first to coin

the now-infamous phrase “agents of the city” to refer to a group of informal outside advisers to the mayor as the administration fought for years to keep communications with them private.

For her part, Wiley has said that she offered advice to de Blasio as his lawyer, but he didn’t always follow it.

Wiley was not available for an interview for this piece and

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her campaign did not respond to a detailed list of questions, but supporters and colleagues defended her. “We all have bosses we disagree with,” Blake said, pointing to the Department of Investigation probe that found that her advice was not always followed and that de Blasio had broken ethics rules. “The framing of ‘well she was there’ and therefore let’s hold that on

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call,” Hagelgans said. “And I think she’s got tremendous judgment.”

Wiley left the administration in 2016 and was appointed the chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an oversight agency for the New York City Police Department. She often touts her role in this position when discussing police reform, and during her tenure the CCRB did investigate Pantaleo for Eric Garner’s death, substantiating the complaints and recommending his firing just days after she left the agency. But the one year that she was there was marked by complaints from police reform advocates over a lack of transparency and what some saw as a reluctance to confront the police department.

“Over the last year, the CCRB has been disturbingly absent from the public debate about police misconduct and accountability,” Christopher Dunn, then the associate legal director for the New York Civil Liberties Union, Wiley is touting her civil rights record in her quest said when she left. to become the first woman to lead New York City.

To some in the civil rights and criminal justice reform commuher, that’s wrong.” Hagelgans nity, Wiley has a solid track record as an activist, but also said she’s not concerned isn’t the candidate that truly something similar would meets the moment. One pohappen should Wiley become lice reform advocate, who mayor. “In that position, asked for anonymity to speak she would be the one that candidly before their group would be taking the advice makes an endorsement, said and making the judgment

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that some of Wiley’s talking points are too reminiscent of de Blasio, who let down many reform advocates during his time in office after failing to live up to his campaign promises on policing. This is despite attempts from Wiley to distance herself from her old boss throughout the campaign. “I think she’s got some good politics, and she’s got a good resume, generally, overall, when you talk about racial equity,” the advocate said. “But I’m not sure exactly what she can point to that came out of the CCRB, under her tenure, that radically improved the lives of New Yorkers.”

Most of Wiley’s work until then had been with the Center for Social Inclusion, which was nationally focused and often did work on equity in other parts of the country. The advocate couldn’t think of any work from Wiley’s time at the Center for Social Inclusion that involved reforming the NYPD, the civil rights and racial justice issue at the heart of this year’s mayoral race. “I think she comes to the police reform work from a very grasstops place, as opposed to grassroots,” they said. One could presumably make the same argument about Wiley’s post-administration work as a professional pundit for MSNBC and a professor at The New School.

But Sargent, who worked with Wiley in advocacy, disagreed with that assessment.

“I’ve witnessed her work with grassroots organizing groups, community groups, to really raise their voices in, you know, traditional policymaking spaces,” Sargent said. “When I look back at her career, I see it all consistently building to what I think would be a really wonderful opportunity for the city of New York. It makes so much sense to me that she would be running for office.”

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By Kay Dervishi

Portrait by Sean Pressley

Quemuel Arroyo can envision a more inclusive transit system. It’ll take time for the MTA to see it too.

UEMUEL ARROYO IS attracted by transportation’s ability to close social inequities. That is a big part of what led him down the path he has taken, he said on an April morning in Battery Park, now serving as the first chief accessibility officer at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

“I honestly believe that transportation has the power to drastically enhance a community and individuals’ lives,” he said, wearing a mask declaring “New York Tough,” “or if not done the right way, really create barriers that preclude someone from living their best life.”

But the inequities he’s tasked with trying to overcome in New York’s transit system are enormous. That became clear as Arroyo, who uses a wheelchair after a spinal cord injury at 18, exited the park for a scheduled photo shoot in the nearby Bowling Green sta-

tion: The one elevator at the station was out of service.

That occurrence is hardly a rarity in New York. While station elevators had overall availability of 96% in 2018, the advocacy group TransitCenter found that 84% of elevators reported at least a week’s worth of outages that year. That’s on top of the already dismal availability of elevators for people with disabilities, older adults and other New Yorkers. Just 25% of the 472 subway stations across the city have elevators. Arroyo said the closest subway station to his home in Harlem doesn’t have an elevator.

And there are plenty of other challenges for improving accessibility across the MTA. For one, the paratransit service offered to New Yorkers with disabilities, Access-A-Ride, is often called “Stress-A-Ride” by users because of its inconvenience.

While the creation of a new top level position at the MTA dedicated to accessibility has been celebrated by advocates for peo-

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I honestly believe that transportation has the power to drastically enhance a community, or, if not done the right way, create barriers.

Arroyo is the MTA’s first chief accessibility officer. It’s a tough job at an agency slow to change.

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ple with disabilities, there is still lingering concern that the appointment won’t be enough to bring about big picture change.

Some fear that Arroyo may not have enough power and influence within the MTA to bring a greater focus on accessibility. Some are worried that the position will be used as a public relations tool to make the MTA look as if it’s making progress while continuing business as usual.

Given that Arroyo is still only about four months into the job, it remains to be seen if those concerns will be realized. For his own part, Arroyo is confident in his ability to bridge the gap between New Yorkers with disabilities and the MTA, despite a long, fraught history between the two.

“I always say that my role is not to be where the buck ends, or to be the guy on accessibility,” Arroyo said. “I’m the guy who’s facilitating a conversation.”

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RROYO’S FORAY INTO transit and accessibility led him to the New York City Department of Transportation in 2014, where he’d go on to become chief accessibility specialist. “When I first met with (then-Commissioner) Polly Trottenberg, I said to her, ‘I don’t see people with disabilities in the website, in your brochures, and I don’t hear that as an agenda item,’” Arroyo said.

“That was our first conversation and she said, ‘Huh, funny enough, that’s one of the first things I noticed too. What are you going to do about it, like what’s your plan?’”

During his five years at the city agency, the city built its first raised crosswalks which serve as speed bumps to slow drivers and allow older adults and people with disabilities to cross more easily. He also helped improve boarding on the Staten Island Ferry. “Most people don’t realize this, but tides change hourly, and if you are a person with a disability, your experience on and off a ferry could be quite different depending on the tide,” Arroyo said. The city went on to allow people to board ferries on the lower levels, which was previously prohibited for security reasons, to get around that barrier.

Arroyo sees his role at the MTA as fairly similar to his role at the city Department of Transportation, except at a much, much larger scale. He’s tasked with bringing accessibility to the forefront throughout the MTA, which encompasses New York City Transit, the Long Island Railroad and Metro-North.

“Weaving that narrative and that agenda throughout the entire organization is a pretty steep challenge because you’re dealing with very different organizations that have their own cultural identities, and now we’re bringing them together,

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New elevators were completed at the 86th Street R station in Brooklyn last summer.

The MTA has committed to building elevators at 70 stations in the coming years, but the pandemic’s impact on the agency’s finances could put that goal in jeopardy.

creating one identity,” he said.

The MTA has historically been resistant to make changes that improve accessibility. The United Spinal Association, then known as the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, was the first to take legal action against the MTA in 1979, arguing that the prevalence of inaccessible stations amounted to discrimination. The MTA argued in response that installing elevators in often old stations would be excessively expensive and difficult, and they would be used by few riders. But the lawsuit eventually led the transit authority to begin making improvements for passengers with disabilities. And with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, those measures to improve accessibility became mandated by law.

Thirty years later, significant swathes of the city’s subway system continue to fall short of the law’s requirements. Logistical challenges make it difficult to install elevators in old stations in a century-old subway system, and the installations continue to be expensive. According to the MTA’s latest capital plan, the cost of building new elevators in the city’s subway system averaged $78 million per station, far more than similar projects in cities such as Boston and Paris.

Still, more efforts have been made in recent years to accelerate accessibility projects. Former New York City Transit President Andy Byford unveiled a plan in 2018 that aimed to make more stations ac-

cessible so that riders are never more than two stops away from a station with an elevator. He also hired Alex Elegudin to serve as senior adviser for systemwide accessibility, the first chief accessibility role at New York City Transit. Elegudin served as a predecessor to Arroyo.

Most recently, the MTA’s 2020-2024 capital plan committed $5.5 billion to add elevators to 70 stations over five years.

The COVID-19 pandemic and declining ridership devastated the MTA’s finances this past year, leaving those plans up in the air, though the MTA has continued some elevator installations throughout the past year.

Advocates for people with disabilities are also concerned about how Access-ARide might be affected by financial woes related to the pandemic. The MTA has operated a popular pilot program to provide on-demand rides for $2.75 to about 1,200 Access-A-Ride users, which allowed passengers to bypass the inconvenience of scheduling rides a day in advance. The convenience has led users to take trips more frequently.

The MTA proposed doubling the number of program participants in 2019, but while also capping monthly rides to 16 per user and capping the ride subsidy to $15 per trip, with the rest of the cost being paid out of pocket. That’ll get people less than four miles, according to estimates. That proposal frustrated some New Yorkers with disabilities who said the on-demand service was

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“The ultimate expression of (the MTA’s) commitment to accessibility will be expressed through the budget. And that’s how we’re going to know if this has made a difference.”

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a game-changer for them. “It would really not only hurt me personally but hurt my professional life if Access-A-Ride suddenly doesn’t work right or on-demand was suddenly gone,” said Eman Rimawi, an organizer at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest advocating to improve Access-ARide. “Because when I started at (New York Lawyers for the Public Interest) four years ago, on-demand wasn’t in place yet and I was taking traditional Access-A-Ride, and I was late the majority of the time.”

Those changes were put off because of the pandemic, and Arroyo emphasized the pilot program will continue until the health emergency ends. But some changes to the pilot program will likely be coming in the future.

“We can never deliver it to every Access-A-Ride member out there, I mean we have over 160,000 people that are part of the Access-A-Ride community and eligible for those rides,” Arroyo said, adding that making mass transit as accessible as possible instead remained a bigger priority.

He suggested, as MTA officials have in the past, that New York City pay up a greater share of its paratransit costs.

The MTA’s financial woes have improved in recent months, given that it has received more than $6 billion through the federal American Rescue Plan that has helped it stave off some of the worst-case scenario cuts discussed months before. But it remains uncertain how proposed capital projects will be affected even with the

federal aid. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued a report in April saying that the MTA will fall short of its $54 billion capital plan by about $2.9 billion because of outstanding debt. The MTA has contested that description, arguing that the billions in debt don’t need to be repaid until 2023 and that it’s too early to tell whether loans will be needed to carry out their plans.

Frustration with the pace of change throughout the years has led many advocates for people with disabilities to see litigation as the most effective strategy to ensure progress. The MTA is currently embroiled in three lawsuits over its inaccessible subway system.

“The MTA has a history of leaving us at the altar,” said Susan Dooha, executive director Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York. Her organization is a lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit arguing the MTA is in violation of both the Americans with Disabilities Act and the New York City Human Rights Law because its stations largely remain inaccessible. Ideally, she and other advocates want to see the MTA commit to an actual timeline for full, system-wide accessibility.

“The MTA should settle those lawsuits and then get down to the business of actually making the system accessible,” said Joe Rappaport, who heads the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, which is involved in the three lawsuits.

Arroyo wouldn’t speak to the specifics of the lawsuits faced by the agency. “I am

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actively involved with all stakeholders on this in those conversations, ensuring that the disability experience is understood, that that disability community is heard … but really ensuring that my family, my new family at the MTA feels like they are not over-promising, they’re not under-delivering, and then showing that they do provide the best possible plan to the litigants to our plaintiffs.”

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HIS LONG EXISTING tension between the MTA and riders with disabilities put Arroyo in a difficult spot. Most transit activists and advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities expressed praise for Arroyo and his intentions in the new chief accessibility officer role. But reforming a transportation system that has been slow to change may be difficult for one person alone to accomplish. Even with a senior-level position, it remains to be seen whether Arroyo will have the power and influence to actually change the MTA. Some are skeptical about what it means given the MTA’s checkered history. “It has seemed to me that the MTA has looked at its disability hires as people to push out the MTA’s messages to the disability community, in a kind of a PR effort,” Dooha said.

Ben Fried, a spokesperson for TransitCenter, said: “The ultimate expression of that agency’s commitment to accessibility will be expressed through the budget. And that’s how we’re going to know if this has made a difference.”

Arroyo has laid out several priorities when it comes to accessibility initiatives.

He joined other MTA officials in unveiling a new “Zoning for Accessibility” proposal this March, which would incentivize real estate developers to build and maintain elevators that are connected to their buildings at nearby stations outside of Manhattan. Similar collaborations with the private sector could be a good opportunity to circumvent the bureaucratic slowness of government.

“We need to start trusting the private sector to deliver the changes that we want to see happen in the public realm, and to do that we need to engage them and have conversations with them,” Arroyo said.

Using technology is also a priority, such as providing real-time data for elevator and escalator outages and visually displayed announcements for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

“Something that most people won’t say is that we share a lot of the goals that the advocates have, and that the public has, and we want those same enhancements that a lot of people shout and scream about,” he said. “However, we understand the resource constraints that we face.”

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Advocates say Cuomo has ignored people living with disabilities too often.

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UMOR AND Gov. Andrew Cuomo have not always gone well together in recent years. One incident of note was the way the governor talked about his brother, CNN host Chris Cuomo, to a group of state Democratic Party dignitaries in 2018. “It’s actually a funny story,” the governor said. “He was found at our front door in a basket and he was 16 years old. So he has certain development issues.”

The governor has delivered high-profile policy victories for historically disadvantaged groups. His record includes the legalization of same-sex marriage, criminal justice reforms, expansions of the social safety net like paid family leave and a domestic terrorism law aimed at combating antisemitism. But advocates for people with disabilities offer mixed reviews about his record during three terms in office. “The past several years have been tough,” state Senate Disabilities Committee Chair John Mannion of Syracuse said in an interview. “As it relates to people with disabilities, they seem to be the first to get caught and the last to be invested in.”

Cuomo’s record with people with disabilities belies the image he projects as a justice warrior. Their needs have gone missing in gubernatorial pet projects. Legislators and advocates warn state support for key programs has remained relatively flat in recent

years despite the growing need. And then there are the times when people with disabilities have faced the governor’s political wrath for seemingly no real reason.

His once-celebrated COVID-19 briefings last year were a good example of this last point. “We are Americans at the end of the day,” he said on March 17, 2020, at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. “That’s who we are and that’s who we are when we are at our best so this hypersensitivity about politics and reading every comment and wanting to pit one against the other – there is no time for this.” Yet, this message was not reaching deaf people because the Cuomo administration had not hired an American Sign language interpreter yet. “They didn’t want to extend the service,” Jessica Barlow, a senior staff attorney at Disability Rights New York, said in an interview. “He seems to be rather dismissive of the disabled community.” A lawsuit by the advocacy group eventually forced the governor to share the screen with a sign language interpreter.

The episode highlights a disconnect between the rhetorical support that the governor offers people with disabilities and the concrete help that he delivers to people with physical or intellectual disabilities. “You can talk the talk, but walking the walk is where the money is,” Matthew Shapiro, associate director of public affairs at the National

Alliance on Mental Illness, said of the governor in an interview. The recently passed $212 billion state budget offers a few examples of how Cuomo has leveraged funding for programs benefiting people with disabilities to meet the greater political end of passing a budget to his liking.

About 1 in 5 New Yorkers have some type of disability, according to the state Department of Health. Those numbers cover a range of conditions from blindness to mobility issues to autism spectrum disorder, but the people who arguably need the help of state government the most are the more than 100,000 New Yorkers who receive services from the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. “Every year, we have to fight to just maintain the budget,” Assembly Member Thomas Abinanti of Westchester County, who chairs the Committee on People with Disabilities, said in an interview. This included getting the governor to back down from a proposed $93 million reduction for the office’s services. Lawmakers and activists also had to push Cuomo to give up on deferring a costof-living adjustment for nonprofit workers who deliver services on behalf of the agency.

The governor justified these proposed cuts because of the budget deficit that existed before billions of dollars arrived from the latest federal stimulus package and higher

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been criticized for not using a sign language interpreter and making jokes in poor taste.

taxes on wealthy New Yorkers. And once the money arrived, any increases for programs benefiting people with disabilities had to be balanced with restoring cuts to other government agencies while directing resources to the state’s recovery from the pandemic.

Yet, hundreds of millions in federal stimulus funding for supportive services remain unused after state legislators made the governor give up control of it, according to Abinanti. “He made a big, big deal in his budget (proposal) about a crisis response program – didn’t fund it,” Abinanti added. “There was no money in the budget to fund it.”

A provision in the state budget permits the state to direct more stimulus money toward programs benefiting people with disabilities once federal guidance is received, according to Department of the Budget spokesperson Freeman Klopott. “This administration cares deeply about supporting New Yorkers with developmental disabilities and their families,” he said in a statement. An 8% increase for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities in the new state budget, and other increases for certain support services, are two demonstrations of the administration’s commitment, he added.

This hardly means that the governor had done nothing for people with disabilities during his time in office. His early years included pushing for accessible New York City

taxis and updating the outdated “handicap” symbol created four decades ago. Cuomo established the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs in 2012 to monitor state agencies and nonprofit contractors for abuse. Despite some scandals, the state as a whole appears to be doing a lot better at taking care of people with disabilities compared to decades ago when it operated state institutions like Willowbrook on Staten Island. The recently passed budget for example increased the minimum wage for caregivers, which could reduce staff attrition rates. Ongoing efforts by the Cuomo administration include a $710 million investment in salaries since 2015 as well as ongoing expansions of programs promoting employment, independent living and community-based residential programs.

Yet, advocates say the governor has ignored the needs of people with disabilities on gubernatorial pet projects like public transit. The governor has notoriously micromanaged projects down to the blue and yellow subway tiles used by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which Cuomo controls through his appointments to its board, and a subway tunnel repair project under the East River.

Just a quarter of subway stations are currently accessible, with plans to make the transit system fully accessible by 2034.

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Three lawsuits against the MTA by the Center for Independence of the Disabled New York remain ongoing because the governor will not work together with the advocacy group, according to Executive Director Susan Dooha. “We are disappointed with the governor,” she said in an interview. “We think that the governor and his appointees on the MTA board should instead be looking proactively how they can reach an agreement with the community.”

Dooha added other sources of gubernatorial frustration. Cuomo’s self-imposed cap on Medicaid spending growth limits how much money the state spends on services for people with disabilities, like long-term care. Other policies have affected people with disabilities, such as the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines in prisons and jails whose populations have higher numbers of people with disabilities compared to the general population. The COVID-19 death toll in congregate facilities was made worse by a policy allowing patients discharged from hospitals to be sent to recover at congregate living facilities, similar to the governor’s controversial policy on nursing homes. This comes after the administration has blocked additional funding for oversight programs in past years, according to Dooha.

People with disabilities and their advocates have plenty of fiscal grievances with the governor. They also lament how he has not applied his political talents to their various causes as much as they would like.

Sometimes, they just want the governor to stop making jokes at their expense, like that time several years ago when dwarfs asked the governor to avoid “Mini Me” attacks on his political rivals moving forward. Longtime political insiders like Abinanti say gubernatorial recognition is evidently hard to come by for people with disabilities. “They’re not at the top of his list or at the bottom of his list,” Abinanti said. “He sees services for people with disabilities as a place to cut and save money.”

Abinanti, who has a child who is autistic, was also frustrated with the governor’s track record of making jokes at the expense of people with disabilities. The governor never apologized to Abinanti when he demanded an apology after Cuomo joshed a crowd of political supporters about his brother’s purported “development issues.”

Three years later, Abinanti is seeing a connection with how the governor is using his questionable sense of humor as a shield against allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women. “He never admits he is wrong,” Abinanti said. “He never apologizes. Just look at the ‘apology’ to the women who accused him of wrongdoing.

Almost like it was their fault for taking his ‘humor’ the wrong way!”

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Despite pandemic setbacks, New York City and state are nearing their goals on working with firms owned by women and people of color.

ment declining during the pandemic, the value and number of contracts awarded to MWBEs have declined as well.

New York City and the state had both set goals of awarding 30% of government con‑ tracts to MWBEs by the end of this fiscal year. Despite the setbacks of the pandem‑ ic, both the city and state are inching clos‑

er toward that goal, with New York City awarding 28% of government contracts to businesses owned by women and people of color, and the state awarding 29.51% in the past fiscal year. That amounts to just over $1.1 billion in prime and subcontractor awards for the city, and $3.1 billion for the state. But Bichotte Hermelyn and others

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HE PANDEMIC HAS taken a dis‑ proportionate toll on people of color across the board. Rates of COVID‑19 infection are higher, death rates are higher and vaccina‑ tions are rolling out more slowly in Black and Latino communities.

The same can be said for the pandem‑ ic’s impact on New York’s small businesses.

“We are mired, right now, in pandemics,” said Michael Garner, chief diversity offi‑ cer at the Metropolitan Transportation Au‑ thority, at City & State’s Diversity Summit in February. “A health pandemic, a fallout economically. When this country is in a re‑ cession, Black America is in a depression.”

A report last summer found that na‑ tionally, 41% of Black‑owned businesses, 32% of Latino‑owned businesses and 26% of Asian‑owned businesses had closed ei‑ ther temporarily or permanently, com‑ pared to 17% of white‑owned businesses.

And in New York, businesses owned by people of color have struggled to access funds from federal relief programs. A re‑ port by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer last summer found that out of 500 minority‑ and women‑owned busi‑ ness enterprises surveyed, only 10 re‑ ceived coronavirus‑related government contracts from the city.

That fact makes New York’s progress on its goals to utilize more minority‑ and women‑owned businesses in government contracts especially important this year. “I think overall, the movement towards the goal for both the city and state has been pro‑ gressing. It probably could have progressed a lot faster and it would have been higher, but since the pandemic, everything has taken a step back,” said Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, who chairs the Assembly Subcommittee on Oversight of Minority‑ and Women‑Owned Busi‑ ness Enterprises. A spokesperson for New York City added that with overall procure‑

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watching New York’s progress say there’s still more that the city and state could do to invest in its minority- and women-owned business programs to ensure that those businesses are able to emerge from the pandemic fully equipped to compete for more

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government contracts.

The city and state’s progress has been accompanied by legislative reforms in recent years, including state legislation passed in 2019 that increases the personal net worth cap on minority and women business owners from $3.5 million to $15 million, and legislation that increases discretionary spending

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York City doesn’t have a personal net worth threshold, the application process is a lot faster than the state’s,” she said, noting that the cap is just one more hurdle firms have to clear to earn certification. Bichotte Hermelyn is sponsoring a bill that would repeal the state’s personal net worth cap.

And then there are steps that the city and state could take when it comes to actually awarding contracts to the firms that have already been certified. Jonnel Dorris, director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of MWBEs, applauded the increased discretionary spending threshold at City & State’s February Diversity Summit. “We’re going in the right direction,” he said “We believe that if we want to increase utilizaNew York City and tion, we want to make sure state legislators are passing new that the discretionary abillaws to make it ity of our city agencies goes easier for MWBEs even higher. We were askto get contracts. ing for $1 million.”

Others have pointed out that winning prime contracts is still a challenge for some businesses owned by women and people of color. They often get subcontractor positions under larger firms that do business with the city and the state. The city and state both have mentorship programs that aim to help more experienced firms network with smaller or newer firms, possibly to help navigate the daunting prospect of competing for prime contracts. New York City and state also each have loan funds for vendors working as either prime or subcontractors.

Bichotte said she would “When this country like to see more lending programs to help firms get is in a recession, access to capital.

Garner, the MTA’s chief Black America is in diversity officer, touta depression.” ed the authority’s work with MWBEs during the pandemic, but added that there’s always more work – Michael Garner, Metropolitan to do, especially in light Transportation Authority chief of the outsized effect the diversity officer pandemic has had on people of color. “If we’re not awarding a substantial number of contracts en-owned business enterprises by that time.

Bichotte Hermelyn credited the city’s to women, to Black companies, to Latinx work engaging chambers of commerce, companies, to Asian American companies, local small businesses and nonprofits, and then we need to come up with strategies that conducting outreach and workshops to as- are going to allow us to not only award our sist firms in getting certified. But she also contracts in a cost-effective manner – benoted that the state’s certification process cause it’s taxpayer’s money being spent – but can be more cumbersome. “Because New in an inclusive manner.” ■ thresholds across all agencies and authorities from $200,000 to $500,000 for MWBEs. The state also extended its program for another five years in 2019 and changed the law so that MWBE certification lasts for five years instead of three years.

Bichotte Hermelyn said there are aspects of New York City’s approach that New York state could learn from, including the steps firms first have to take to get certified as MWBEs. New York City has surpassed the state in certifying firms, reaching over 10,000 as of the end of the last fiscal year.

By comparison, the state counted a total of roughly 8,200 certified minority- and wom-

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The executives and officials boosting government contracting with women and people of color in New York.

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prises, or MWBEs, enjoy increasing support in City Hall and Albany. Both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have set ambitious targets for awarding government contracts to MWBEs. Cuomo has prioritized MWBE contracting since his first year in office, while de Blasio has recently demanded that each city agency appoint a chief diversity officer as soon as possible.

While sexism and racism continue to pose formidable hurdles for business owners who are not white men, policymakers have doubled down on their efforts to diversify the pool of city and state government contractors as one way to rectify historical inequities. City & State’s first MWBE Power 50 – compiled in partnership with journalist Leonard Robinson – recognizes the contractors, public officials, industry leaders and advocates behind rising utilization rates for New York’s businesses owned by women and racial minorities.

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Jonnel Doris leads NYC SBS.

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Julissa Gutierrez assigns contracts as the state’s chief diversity officer.

1 JULISSA GUTIERREZ CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK When Julissa Gutierrez was appointed New York’s chief diversity officer last summer, she was tasked with registering more MWBEs and reaching the state’s ambitious 30% MWBE contract utilization goal – which New York nearly did, with the state announcing in December that 29.51% of its contracts had been awarded to firms owned by women or minorities in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. An

Dynishal Gross is a deputy commissioner at NYC SBS.

expert on Latino issues and civic engagement, Gutierrez previously held key roles with the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund.

2 JONNEL DORIS & DYNISHAL GROSS COMMISSIONER; DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DIVISION OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY New York City Small Business Services Jonnel Doris has been a key

Gutierrez ensured that almost 30% of state contracts went to MWBEs.

Michael Garner gave $722 million to MWBEs as chief diversity officer at the MTA.

advocate for MWBEs long before he was appointed to lead New York City Small Business Services in May 2020, having previously led the Mayor’s Office of MWBEs and having served as chief diversity officer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Office of Storm Recovery. In addition to overseeing the city’s MWBE program at SBS, Doris cochairs the Small Business Subcommittee of the Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity.

His colleague Dynishal Gross, the deputy commissioner for SBS’ Division of Economic and Financial Opportunity, manages the city’s certification of MWBEs while also connecting them with resources for procuring city contracts. She previously worked for members of the New York City Council and was assistant commissioner for business programs in SBS’ Division of Business Services.

3 MICHAEL GARNER CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER Metropolitan Transportation Authority As the MTA’s chief diversity officer, Michael Garner has overseen significant growth in MWBE contracting. The transit authority, which has the state’s highest discretionary program threshold at $1 million and assists with lending, appropriated $722 million to MWBE firms in the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the largest amount of any New York agency, and is on track to hit Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s goal of utilizing MWBE firms for 30% of the state’s contracting. Garner previously worked at the New York City School Construction Authority, another agency leading the way on MWBE

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JAMES SANDERS JR. CHAIR State Senate Committee on Banks State Sen. James Sanders Jr. has long been a leading voice in Albany for MWBEs. As chair of the Committee on Banks, he has sought to expand lending options, combated predatory lending practices in marginalized communities and ensured access to lending resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last May, Sanders and Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn hosted an MWBE and small business call to discuss the pandemic’s impact and how to provide resources for inclusion and recovery.

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Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is chair of the Assembly Subcommittee of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises.

contracting, and serves as president of One Hundred Black Men of New York, a nonprofit empowering the Black community.

4 RODNEYSE BICHOTTE HERMELYN CHAIR Assembly Subcommittee on Oversight of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is a

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vocal advocate for MWBEs in Albany. As chair of the Assembly’s MWBE oversight subcommittee, the Brooklyn lawmaker has provided legislative support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 30% MWBE contracting target, expanding MWBE lending options and educational resources, pressuring state agencies to collect more data on MWBE firms that seek government contracts and making resources available at the state level for MWBEs and other small businesses impacted by COVID-19. She is a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on MWBEs.

Mayor’s Office of Minorityand Women-Owned Business Enterprises Maggie Austin last May was appointed to lead the New York City Mayor’s Office of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises. She has led the city’s MWBE program during a critical period, as the coronavirus pandemic threatened many small businesses and disproportionately affected people of color. In July, as city

7 ROBERT CORNEGY CHAIR New York City Council MWBE Task Force New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy, who represents BedfordStuyvesant and Crown Heights, is seeking to represent all of Brooklyn as he campaigns to be the next borough president. In addition to chairing the Housing and Buildings Committee, Cornegy also leads the New York City Council MWBE task force, which supports efforts to boost MWBE contract utilization and increase the number of minority-owned businesses throughout the city. He is also a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on MWBEs.

Cornegy is campaigning to be the next Brooklyn borough president.

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agencies were required by executive order to appoint chief diversity officers to help reach the city’s goals for MWBE contract procurement, the Mayor’s MWBE office was tasked with implementing the executive order and ensuring compliance.

Celebrates Larry Scott Blackmon and the MWBE Power 50 honorees.

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NINA KUBOTA & SUZANNE VEIRA PRESIDENT; CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER New York City School Construction Authority After Lorraine Grillo was appointed senior adviser for recovery by New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio in February 2021, she handed off the reins at the New York City School Construction Authority to Nina Kubota.

Kubota, who served as the SCA’s senior vice president for capital plan development and implementation, has big shoes to fill. But she’ll continue to work alongside a fellow SCA veteran in Suzanne Veira, above, the authority’s chief diversity officer, to boost the number of contracts made available to MWBE firms and involve minority communities in dialogue about school construction throughout New York City.

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created in 2011, helped create the Assembly Subcommittee on MWBEs and served as its chair for several years starting in 2012, a time when the state began setting more ambitious MWBE contracting targets. This year she notched a big win with the passage of her legislation legalizing recreational marijuana, which includes language ensuring revenue is reinvested in communities of color. Fellow Assembly Member Inez Dickens of Harlem has also supported MWBEs in Albany, supporting a 2019 measure extending the state’s MWBE program. Assembly Member Latrice Walker of Brooklyn has also championed MWBE causes, including efforts to establish a Women of Color in Tech Day last year and eliminate net worth requirements for MWBE certification.

local MWBE community.

Coletti has spearheaded the BTEA’s MWBE Leadership Council, which meets quarterly to discuss and strategize on MWBE topics in the construction industry.

Additionally, Coletti is a member of the New York City Comptroller’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth through Diversity and Inclusion.

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Stephanie Burns is president of the Women Builders Council, a leading New York membership association focused on empowering women in the construction industry. In this capacity, her efforts of implementing programming and strategic planning have proven essential to New York’s construction MWBE community. Her responsibilities have also included building a pipeline of students studying in STEM programs to find careers in construction and engineering.

As a vice president at Turner Construction, she leads strategic project and community planning on numerous workforce development projects.

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Wendy Garcia has served for seven years as chief diversity officer for New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, a mayoral candidate whose office has kept close tabs on MWBE contracting. Garcia leads the Office of Diversity Initiatives, which publishes “Making the Grade: New York City Agency Report Card on Minority- and Women-

Assembly Members

Since 1997, Louis Coletti has served as president and CEO of Building Trades Employers Association, which represents construction contractors in New York and has been an important player in the industry’s

Long before she became Assembly majority leader in 2018, Buffalo lawmaker Crystal Peoples-Stokes was an advocate of MWBEs. She served on an MWBE task force Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Peoples-Stokes helped create the Assembly Subcommittee on MWBEs.

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Owned Business Enterprises,” an annual report assessing city agencies’ progress towards diversity goals. She also runs the Comptroller’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth through Diversity and Inclusion, which aims to increase supplier diversity.

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coalitions for a quarter century. His role as spiritual leader of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem has placed him on the front lines of numerous social justice efforts, including boosting coronavirus vaccination rates among Black New Yorkers.

He is an active member and former vice president of 100 Black Men of New York and helped launch the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Color. DeGraff previously chaired the New York City School Construction Authority Diversity Council.

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14 REUBEN MCDANIEL III PRESIDENT AND CEO Dormitory Authority of the State of New York Last summer, Reuben McDaniel was confirmed as the president and CEO of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, a trailblazer in awarding contracts to MWBEs. McDaniel arrived at DASNY after a career in finance, most recently at Raymond James. McDaniel, who gained governmental experience as chair of the Atlanta Board of Education while still in the private sector, now runs an authority that awarded $184 million to MWBE firms in the 2019-2020 fiscal year, or nearly a third of all its contracts.

Michael Massiah is the chief diversity and inclusion officer at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

the Bronx and Harlem as well as a portfolio of health care, educational and other largescale projects throughout New York. A member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on MWBEs, she was named chair of the New York Building Congress last year.

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Her Velez Organization was launched in 1972 and has built affordable housing in

16 JACQUES ANDRE DEGRAFF CHAIR Minority Business Enterprise Leadership Summit Rev. Jacques Andre DeGraff has been involved in MWBE

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As founder and former president of the Women Builders Council and a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on MWBEs, Sandra Wilkin has been recognized for mentoring other MWBE firms as means to boosting capacity and achieving city and state contracting targets. She has also led successful efforts to use legislation to boost MWBE contracting. Her womenowned Bradford Construction Corporation is also part of the Bravo Group, a partnership with fellow MWBEs Velocity Architecture & Engineering Group, Chu & Gassman Consulting Engineers and Skyline Engineering.

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20 NAYAN PARIKH PRESIDENT Ashnu International

Cheryl McKissack Daniel runs a firm over a century old as president and CEO of McKissack & McKissack.

18 CHERYL MCKISSACK DANIEL PRESIDENT AND CEO McKissack & McKissack Cheryl McKissak Daniel leads McKissack & McKissack, a minority-owned design and construction firm that dates back more than a century. Her company worked on Columbia University’s expansion, the World Trade Center and the former Atlantic Yards development. A past president of the Women Builders Council, she is a member of Women in Transportation, the New York Building Congress and the Mayor’s Advisory Council on MWBEs. Her sister, Deryl McKissack, runs another construction company named McKissack & McKissack, with a headquarters in Washington.

19 SAMUEL PADILLA PRESIDENT Padilla Construction Services Samuel Padilla leads Padilla Construction Services, an MWBE-certified construction firm that quickly established itself after its founding in 1993. Padilla was appointed to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s MWBE advisory board when it was launched in 2015.

His construction company has completed projects at the World Trade Center and the United Nations while working with major city and state agencies, including the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Port Authority

Nayan Parikh started out as a civil engineer in India and is now the owner of a Queensbased construction firm with multiple offices around the country and abroad, and along the way he has become a leader in New York’s MWBE community. Parikh founded Ashnu International as a general contracting and construction management company in 1998, becoming a trusted contractor to federal and state agencies along with clients in the private sector.

He serves on the Mayor’s Advisory Council for MWBEs.

21 CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS PRINCIPAL Siebert Williams Shank & Co. As board chair at Shank Williams Cisneros & Co. and principal of the affiliated Siebert Williams Shank & Co., Christopher Williams leads one of the largest MWBE

financial services firms on Wall Street. Williams, who previously led The Williams Capital Group and Williams Capital Management, merged with Suzanne Shank’s Siebert Cisneros Shank in 2019. Other key executives at the company include former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros and former New York City Comptroller William Thompson Jr.

22 ANYORI HERNANDEZ DIRECTOR OF EMERGING MANAGERS Office of the State Comptroller While much attention is paid to how many contracts New York agencies award to MWBEs, another significant source of government funds that minority and women business owners compete for is in the pension fund managed by the state comptroller. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s Emerging Manager Program has diversified the portfolio of the Common Retirement Fund, with Barclays alum Anyori Hernandez investing more than $20 billion in assets with MWBEs.

23 EHAB SHEHATA PRESIDENT AND CEO Bravo Group Ehab Shehata heads up Bravo Group, a full service architecture and engineering firm. Spearheaded by Shehata and Sandra Wilkin, Bravo is a

Hernandez has invested $20+ million in MWBEs.

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collaborative effort of Velocity Architecture and Engineering Group, Chu & Gassman Consulting Engineers, Bradford Construction Corporation and Skyline Engineering, all leaders in construction and engineering.

Under Shehata’s leadership, Bravo Group has taken on projects with educational institutions, national organization headquarters, health care facilities, transportation hubs and industrial projects, such as the ongoing restoration work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

supported supplier diversity by growing and utilizing their MWBE subcontractor database. Northeast Remsco Construction is currently a top MWBE in New York City, having received $52 million to date this fiscal year.

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24 QUENIA ABREU PRESIDENT AND CEO New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce Quenia Abreu co-founded the New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce in 2002, when it became the first and only women’s chamber of commerce in the state. Abreu, who previously directed the Women’s Business Centers at the Queens Economic Development Corporation and the Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation, has led the NYWCC since 2004, spearheading its efforts in assisting firms seeking MWBE

certification. A member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on MWBEs, she also launched a women and minority business development center in Upper Manhattan.

25 THAI LEE PRESIDENT AND CEO SHI Since SHI was founded in 1989, Thai Lee has been at the helm of the leading information technology firm. The New Jersey-based company, formerly Software House International, has billed itself as the country’s largest minority- and women-owned

Lee’s firm is the top MWBE contractor in New York City.

business, with certifications from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council and New York City. Lee’s firm is currently the top MWBE contractor in New York City, with more than $100 million received on a $285 million contract.

26 ROLY ACOSTA PRESIDENT AND CEO JAG Companies Roly Acosta runs JAG Companies, the New Jerseybased parent company of construction heavyweights such as Northeast Remsco Construction and Caldwell Marine International. The family-owned JAG Companies is one of the country’s biggest Hispanic-owned firms. The company has

28 LLOYD WILLIAMS PRESIDENT AND CEO The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce Lloyd Williams, a lifelong Harlemite and the godson of

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Ehab Shehata is president and CEO of Bravo Group.

Lourdes Zapata in 2019 took the top position at the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, or SoBro, a community development organization serving one of the poorest congressional districts in the country. Zapata, the first Latina and woman to hold the position, had previously served as the organization’s director of community development. In between, Zapata served as chief diversity officer under Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a position in which she oversaw increased contracting for MWBE firms.

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Malcolm X, is the longtime leader of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce. The organization, which dates back to 1896, aims to improve the lives of Harlem residents, and during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic it delivered hundreds of meals and personal protective equipment each day. Williams, who co-founded Harlem Week and the Harlem Jazz & Music Festival and serves on the board of NYC & Company, has also been an outspoken proponent of MWBEs.

to support Asian womenowned businesses. The nonprofit offers mentorship and networking for Asian women in corporate and legal sectors. AWIB has grown to become a widely recognized organization championing MWBE efforts in New York and nationally. Wong serves on MWBE and diversity boards for both New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

29 PRESIDENT AND CEO Armand Corporation Barbara Armand is the owner and chief executive of Armand Corporation, a program and construction management firm she founded in 1991 that now has offices in New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

She is a consultant on MWBE policy and her clients have included large organizations in the private and public sectors, such as the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the New York City School Construction Authority. She’s also the president emeritus of the New York chapter of Professional Women in Construction.

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Barbara Armand Kushner is president and CEO of Armand Corporation.

the Women Builders Council, she formed a partnership with the United Nations to encourage women to enter the construction industry, helped launch student chapters and lobbied New York officials to adopt a 30% MWBE utilization goal. The former accountant is a member of the New York Building Congress and has served since 2019 on the Mayor’s Advisory Council on MWBEs.

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Bill Howell’s company started out in the petroleum business before transitioning to construction work. Howell Industries today mentors small MWBE contractors and contracts with large governmental bodies including the New York City

Deborah Bradley launched her construction management firm in 1994 after graduating from Columbia University, her first client. A past president of

School Construction Authority, Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. It also assists Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses through the MTA Small Business Development Program. In 2019, Howell was appointed to the Mayor’s MWBE Advisory Board.

32 BONNIE WONG FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT Asian Women in Business Bonnie Wong is the founder and leader of Asian Women in Business, a national membership organization

33 TUNISHA WALKER-MILLER PRINCIPAL Capalino Tunisha Walker-Miller, a principal at Capalino, manages the leading lobbying firm’s MWBE Consulting Group, which has helped procure contracts for firms on both state and local levels across a variety of sectors since 2015. She also founded the Association of Black Lobbyists and Consultants in 2019. She has previously served as executive director of the state Senate Conference of Black Senators.

Bradley partnered with the U.N. to encourage women to enter the construction field.

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As a partner at Peckar & Abramson, Charles Williams III practices construction and real estate law, with a special expertise in MWBE regulations and certification.

Williams previously served as vice president and general counsel of the New York City School Construction Authority, a leading agency in awarding MWBE contracts, and he also has worked with the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, the New York Department of State and the NAACP. He’s also general counsel for the Building Trades Employers Association’s MWBE Leadership Council.

After three decades working in state government, Brian Matthews joined top Albany lobbying firm Brown & Weinraub in January and has been helping to build out its MWBE practice. Matthews brings plenty of relevant experience, including as chief financial officer for the state Office of General Services and director of the Bureau of Financial Administration in the Office of the State Comptroller.

Matthews recently called for revisions to evaluation standards for government contractors to prioritize the “value of community progress” as much as cost and experience.

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boost the number of certified MWBEs through a partnership with New York City Small Business Services.

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CO-MANAGING DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Minority & Women Contractors & Developers Association

Brooklyn Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Kenneth Thomas and Jason Cintron launched the nonprofit Minority & Women Contractors & Developers Association in 2019, with the goal of empowering MWBE firms and diversifying the real estate and construction industries. MWCDA has been focused on growing its membership and promoting workforce development training. Cintron previously held key staff positions with the New York City Council, while Thomas worked in the real estate industry.

Brian Matthews is a senior consultant at Brown & Weinraub.

As the longtime leader of the Brooklyn Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Rick Miranda has driven the membership organization’s efforts to support Hispanicowned businesses across the borough. A member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on MWBEs and other diversity boards and councils – and as a small business owner himself – Miranda has helped

38 KRISTIN MALEK DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DIVERSITY CDW Since December, Kristin Malek has overseen business

Nelson and Lovitz led a deal to certify LGBTQ-owned firms.

diversity initiatives for CDW, an Illinois-based information technology services provider that does significant business in New York. Malek has managed some $2 billion yearly in investments through the company’s supplier diversity program, partnering with hundreds of minority- and womenowned firms. Since Malek joined the company in 2017, it has twice been a finalist for the National Minority Supplier Development Council Corporation of the Year.

39 JUSTIN NELSON & JONATHAN LOVITZ CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT; SPECIAL ADVISER National LGBT Chamber of Commerce The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce recently reached an agreement with the New York City Department of Small Business Services to certify firms owned by LGBTQ

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New Yorkers. Supporters say the move connects these firms with city resources, but without undermining official MWBE government contracting efforts. The agreement, which was reached in lieu of passing proposed legislation, is a victory for NGLCC’s Justin Nelson, who is typically more active on the national level, and Jonathan Lovitz, who was previously NGLCC’s New York director and lobbied for the recent local change.

40 PAUL WILLIAMS JR. FOUNDER Brown Hatchett & Williams Paul Williams is a founding partner at Brown Hatchett & Williams, a law firm well versed in corporate governance, finance and real estate matters. Williams made history in 2008 as the first African American to lead the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and established DASNY as an innovator in developing new strategies to award

contracts to MWBEs. He also chaired then-Gov. David Paterson’s MWBE task force and continued to lead DASNY under Gov. Andrew Cuomo until 2015. Williams now advises companies on diversity and inclusion.

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PROFESSOR Medgar Evers College John Flateau is the co-founder of Medgar Evers College’s DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy and US Census Information Center. Previously, he served as chief diversity officer at Empire State Development under former Gov. Mario Cuomo, executive director of the New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus and chief of staff to former New York City Mayor David Dinkins. A founding father of New York MWBEs, he played a key role in conducting a disparity study that paved the way for New York City’s MWBE program.

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43 VALERIE WHITE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LISC NYC Valerie White took the reins of the New York City office of

Liz Neumark has led Great Performances for four decades, building it out from a part-time staffing agency for women in the arts into a top-tier catering and events company. In 2019, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Neumark’s women-owned firm was relocating from Manhattan to the South Bronx, while creating nearly 200 new jobs and investing $4.4 million into a 40,000-square-foot space.

Flateau’s disparity study paved the way for MWBEs.

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Paul Williams Jr. uses his DASNY experience as founder of Brown Hatchett & Williams.

As a longtime leader with the venerable civil rights organization the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hazel Dukes has spent decades seeking to create social and economic opportunities for New Yorkers of color. Dukes’ consulting firm Hazel N. Dukes and Associates focuses on public policy, health and diversity, and she was appointed to serve on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Task Force. She’s also a member of New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth through Diversity and Inclusion.

the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, or LISC NYC, a year ago. White, who previously led Empire State Development’s Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development, now is tasked with continuing initiatives that have pumped $3.1 billion into affordable housing, health care, jobs and business development programs. LISC, which was founded in New York by the Ford Foundation and corporate partners in New York in 1979, now has a presence in 45 states.

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Jacqui Williams is one of New York City’s top lobbyists, specializing in everything from real estate to recreational marijuana to retail and grocery stores, including helping the popular Wegmans Food Markets bring a supermarket to Brooklyn. The longtime owner of the consulting firm 99 Solutions has also served on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s MWBE task force in her capacity as MWBE Coalition coordinator and pursues economic opportunities for MWBEs and marginalized communities.

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The Blackmon Organization When Larry Scott Blackmon founded his consulting firm The Blackmon Organization, it was the latest stage in a career straddling the public and private sectors. He previously served as vice president of public affairs at FreshDirect, forging relationships with MWBEs in the company’s supplier network and managing government and community relationships. He also worked for the New York City Department of Parks and

The Council of Peoples Organization assists South Asian and Muslim families.

Recreation and New York City Small Business Services and is an active member of One Hundred Black Men of New York.

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An author, motivational speaker and MWBE advocate, Stacie NC Grant leads C&G Enterprises Unlimited, which provides meeting facilitation, professional development and event services for various community, nonprofit and educational organizations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company pivoted to providing decontamination services for small businesses and meeting spaces. Previously, Grant was selected as the facilitator for the JFK International Airport Redevelopment Community Advisory Council, a part of the $13 billion redevelopment project.

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Urban EcoSpaces

Council of Peoples Organization An immigrant from Pakistan and a former businessman, Mohammad Razvi founded the Council of Pakistan Organization five months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Now the Council of Peoples Organization, the nonprofit assists low-income immigrant families, primarily of South Asian and Muslim descent, as they adapt to life in New York City. An advocate for minority and immigrant owned businesses, Razvi also serves

In 2009, Everett Perry launched Urban Ecospaces, a development and general contracting firm and a certified MWBE. Perry’s firm has worked on major projects with the New York City Department of Design and Construction, the New York City School Construction Authority and the Build It Back program after Superstorm Sandy.

Perry is also the fundraising chair for the NYC MWBE Alliance, a diverse coalition of MWBEs that works with city, state and federal agencies and contractors to secure government contracts.

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After a career in private security, Jean Kristensen switched gears to run her own consulting firm, Jean Kristensen Associates. The firm, which is a minority- and women-owned business, assists other small business owners in getting certified with city and state MWBE programs and pursuing government contracts.

Government agencies have also consulted Kristensen to identify firms for their supplier diversity programs.

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Notice of Formation of THE SCOTT-EDWARDS HOUSE OF VOCAL TRAINING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/21. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 752 Delafirld Ave Staten Island, NY, 10310. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of W L S W V DILIGENCE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/15/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9013 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11209. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 68 FOREST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/19/19. Office location Orange SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to P.O. Box 57 Monroe, NY, 10949.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BIG BLUE MUSIC GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/25/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1301 Avenue Of The Americas New York, NY, 10019. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 595 UNION AVE., LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/22/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 238 North 11th St Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CASA MIA ORANGE COUNTY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/21. Office location Orange SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 32 Bristol Drive Middletown, NY, 10941. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of A & B LANDSCAPING AND HARDSCAPING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21.

Office location Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 61 Elmwood Ave Gloversville, NY, 12078. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALTITUDE HR LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/4/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 10 Park Avenue, Suite 6J New York, NY, 10016.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of DOCTORS ON CALL MEDICAL SERVICES, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/21.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 272 Marion St Brooklyn, NY, 11233. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ANUM 786 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1011 E 58th ST, 1FL Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KK TOTORO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2067 East 37th St. Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Tingirin, LLC filed with SSNY on March 21st, 2021.

Office: Bronx County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be serve.

SSNY mail shall mail copy of process to LLC: 665 Allerton Avenue, APT: FE, Bronx, NY 10467. Purpose: any lawful act activity.

GROUNDED THERAPY LCSW, PLLC, a Prof.

LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the S SN Y on 03/10/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 133 West 87th Street, NY, NY 10024.

Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Licensed Clinical Social Work.

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7 FILLMORE PLACE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the S SN Y on 03/30/2021. Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Rahul Chabria, 7 Fillmore Place, Brooklyn, N Y 11 2 11 . Purp o s e: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qual. of SURREY OPCO LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 12/8/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 733 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of SURREY PROPCO LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/30/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 733 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of S3 RE 323 E 79TH FUNDING LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/19/21.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 555 Madison Ave, 19 th Fl, NY, NY 10022.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 2083 DALY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/23/18.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16th Ave Ste 9 Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

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SHAPIRO & LEE PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/19/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 579 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, NY, NY 10017.

Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Law. Notice of Formation of Jindonut LLC filed with SSNY on March 18, 2021.

O f f i c e: We s tc h e s te r County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 24203 Town Green Drive, Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of OBSCURA DIGITAL, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/21.

O f f ice location: N Y County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/23/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John D. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of CBM WILLIAMSBURG, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/12/21. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/09/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of PRINCETON AMHERST RELATED GP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of PRINCETON AMHERST RELATED CLASS C, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/21.Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

GERARDANTHONY SALON LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/18/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Gerard Anthony Salon, 580 Amsterdam Avenue, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of PARKSIDE AMHERST RELATED GP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Formation of Glitchworks LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretar y of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/27/2019.

NY Office Location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served.

The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Attilio Rigotti, 111 Malcolm X Blvd, Apt. GDN Brooklyn, NY 11221.

Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of CBM NoHo, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/05/21.

Office location: NY Count y LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/29/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qual. of HRA TIMES SQUARE, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/1/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in FL on 3/19/21. 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.

Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS. The Centre of Tallahassee, 2415 N. Monroe Sreet Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Omniscient Demolition LLC filed with SSNY on February 22, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 211 Lott Ave, Apt 4A, Brooklyn, NY 11212. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

May 3, 2021

Notice of Formation of 4100 Lake Road LLC. filed with SSNY o n March 31, 2021. Office: Wayne County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7175 Tuckahoe Rd, Williamson, NY 14589. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Sandhya Jain- Patel, LLC filed with SSNY on 31 March 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 149 Skillman Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of DOBBS FERRY VETERINARY CENTER PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State (NYSS) on 3/26/21. Office in Westchester County.

NYSS designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to: DOBBS FERRY VETERINARY CENTER PLLC, 62 Hampton House Rd, Newton, NJ 07860. Any lawful business purpose.

Notice of Formation of WAYSIDE WEST, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/31/21.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 Ave #400 Harrison, NY, 10528.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BACK TO NYC 71, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/3/21.

Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas Llp Attn: Jeffrey S. Reich, Esq. 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 36D PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21.Office location: New York 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.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 248WEST22ND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21.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.

Notice of Qual. of EC 58TH STREET LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/2/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10//21/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: C/O United Agent Group Inc. 15 North Mill St Nyack, NY, 10960. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JX Service, LLC filed with SSNY on April 1, 2021.

Office: Kings County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 8622 25th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11214. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of HRA AMSTERDAM, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/1/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in FL on 3/19/21. 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.

Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS. The Centre of Tallahassee, 2415 N. Monroe Sreet Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of The Sunrise Center, LLC filed with SSNY on March 29, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 235 16th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Rini Fonseca-Sabune Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on February 12, 2021. Of fice: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 280 Riverside Drive, 14A, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of RE ALVITALIZE LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/22/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 7/19/19. 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.

Notice of Qualification of UPFRONT RENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/21. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/25/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 379 W. Broadway, FL 2, New York, NY 10012.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o C orp oration S er vic e Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Qualification of CBM UES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/21.

Office location: NY Count y LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/01/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of AMB IMPACT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/24/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 325 COLUMBIA TURNPIKE STE . 301 FLORHAM PA R K , NJ, 07932.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Otto CSG 1 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/9/20. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Dimension Energy LLC, Rafael Dobrzynski, 328 0 Peachtree Rd NE, 7th Fl., Atlanta, GA 30305, principal business address.

Purpose: any law f ul ac ti v i t y Notice of Formation of OGL HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/6/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Contessa Health Management 49 Music Square West, Ste. 401 Nashville, TN, 37203.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of AGAPE CROCHET LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/2/21. Office location: KINGS. LLC formed in DE on 2/4/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 1178 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY, 112344112. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AND SONS NYC BUTTERY, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/25/21 Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 193 Midwood St Brooklyn, NY, 11225.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of ANDREW PAUL REALTY LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/29/21.

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in MA on /18/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to: PO Box 1872 New York, NY, 10101. Arts. of Org. filed with MA SOC McCormack Bldg O ne A shbur ton Pl , 17th Fl Boston, MA 02108.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BINDLESTICK MEDIA, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/10/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1591 Saint Marks Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11233.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 31 LANCASTER LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to P O Box 230323 Brooklyn, NY, 11223.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of BIRD POND HAUS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21. Office location: Warren SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2 Galasso Place Maspeth, NY, 11378.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CHI ZONG LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7004 Fort Hamilton Pk w y Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose

Notice of Formation of DANIELLE ROSS NP IN PSYCHIATRY, PLLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/29/21.Office location: Chautauqua SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 567 Fairmount Avenue Warwick Plaza Rear Door Jamestown, NY, 14701.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DESIGNED AS RARE APPAREL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/21. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 41 Washington St Middletown, NY, 10940.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EAT CHIQUE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1347 East 7th St Brooklyn, NY, 11230. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GRCANALY TIC LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/26/2021.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 60 South 8th St #D717 Brooklyn, NY, 11249.

Any law ful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER

Index No. 65087/2020 Date Summons Filed: 23rd day of November, 2020 Date Supplemental Summons Filed: 3rd day of March, 2021

JUDITH MILOWE

Plaintiff, - against-

JOHN JOSEPH WIEMERS

Defendant.

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE

This action is brought in the County of Westchester because said County is the County where the Plaintiff resides. ______________________________________ ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS and to the requests for relief made by the Plaintiff by serving a written Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney, at the address stated below.

If this Summons with Notice was served upon you within the State of New York by personal delivery, you must respond WITHIN 20 DAYS after service, exclusive of the day of service. If this Summons with Notice was not personally delivered to you within the State of New York you must respond WITHIN 30 DAYS after service is complete in accordance with the requirements of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.

THE NATURE OF THIS ACTION IS TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT OF DIVORCE, DISSOLVING THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT. THIS ACTION FOR DIVORCE IS BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING GROUND OR GROUNDS: The relationship between Plaintiff and Defendant has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months, pursuant to Domestic Relations Law Section 170(7).

THE RELIEF SOUGHT BY THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS ACTION IS A JUDGMENT DIVORCING THE PARTIES AND DISSOLVING THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP WHICH HAS HERETOFORE EXISTED. PLAINTIFF ALSO REQUESTS THAT SUCH JUDGMENT GRANT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF ADDITIONAL AND ANCILLARY RELIEF: (A) Awarding Plaintiff equitable distribution of marital property, including a distributive award to Plaintiff if required or appropriate to effect such equitable distribution; (b) Declaring Plaintiff’s separate property; (c) Granting such party the right to resume the use of any maiden name or other pre-marriage surname; and (d) Awarding Plaintiff such other and further relief as to the court may seem just and proper, together with the costs and disbursements of this action.

Pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 255, effective October 9, 2009, notice is hereby given that once the judgment of divorce is signed, a party hereto may or may not be eligible to be covered under the other party’s health insurance plan, depending on the terms of the plan.

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU FAIL TO APPEAR OR ANSWER, JUDGMENT WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU, by default, for the relief demanded in this Summons with Notice.

The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action AND any other relief the court deems fit and proper.

Dated: March 2, 2021

Yours, etc., /s/_______________ _______________ NICHOLAS P. BARONE, ESQ. LAW OFFICES OF NICHOLAS BARONE Attorney for Plaintiff 44 Church Street, White Plains, NY 10601 (914)683-8200

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Notice of Formation of Zainab Albedawi Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on March 1, 2021.

Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 52 Avon Place, Staten Island, NY, 10301. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of P&R WORKS, LLC filed with Secretary of State of New York on February 4, 2021. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1199 East 53rd Street, Unit 7B, Brooklyn, NY 11234 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Market Street MA Z Investor LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/22/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 9 Prospect Park West, #10C, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Aramak LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 1/13/21.

Office location: New York County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 101 West End ave #7R, New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity, Notice of Formation of Suds And Sweeps, LLC filed with SSNY on December 23,2020. Office: NY Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 82 Irving Place, 1B, NY, NY 10003.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Qual. of KENNEDY RD LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/5/21.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/26/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: C/O Julie Lawson 983 Park Ave, 2c New York, NY, 10028. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CN VENTURES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/13/21.

Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o K&L Gates LLP, Attn: Robert Salame, 599 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 1270 3RD RESTAURANT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/21.

O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. office of LLC: 390 Broome St., 1st Fl., NY, NY 10013. 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 law ful ac tivit y.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RANTE MEDIA LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/2021. Of fice location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 #086 Buffalo NY 14221.

The principal business address of the LLC is: 201 Allen St, Unit #10126 New york , New York 10002. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

May 3, 2021

Notice of Formation of LH206, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/6/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 515 West 18th Street #206 New York, NY, 10011.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual of WOODFIELD R E N E W A B L E PARTNERS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/18/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/12/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 228 Park Ave S PMB 50992 New York, NY, 10003. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

MO DANCE FITNESS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/02/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Morgan Ose, 510 West 52nd St., Apt 6L, NY, NY 10019.

Reg Agent: Morgan Ose, 510 West 52nd St., Apt 6L, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of TURNWOOD VENTURES LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 325 Columbia Turnpike, Ste 301 Florham Park , NJ, 07932. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Y & L EMPIRE LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/26/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 605 Water St Apt 17c New York, NY, 10002.

Any law ful purpose.

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STATE OF WISCONSIN BRUCE W. CAR-

CIRCUIT COURT

DONE, et al, Plaintiffs,

WAUKESHA COUNTY Case No. 2020CV000700

-vBRIAN J. CARDONE, SR., et al, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, -vDORRIS BALSAM, 25 Central Park West New York, NY 10023 Third-Party Defendant.

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, to each person named above as a Third-Party Defendant: You are hereby notified that the Third-Party Plaintiffs named above have filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within forty (40) days after April 26, 2021 you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Clerk of Court WAUKESHA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT 515 W. Moreland Blvd.

Waukesha, WI 53188 and to the Plaintiffs’ attorney, The Law Office of Marcus B. Hirsch LLC, 141 N. Jackson St., Ste 119, Milwaukee, WI 53202. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for an award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated this 21st day of April, 2021 Marcus B. Hirsch Attorney for Plaintiffs The Law Office of Marcus B Hirsch LLC 141 N Jackson St Ste 119 Milwaukee WI 53202 SBN: 1100901 (414) 810-3985 marcus@lawmbh.com

Notice of Formation of PME 26 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/8/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 239 West 26th Street New York, NY, 10001.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JW ZHANG LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/2/21.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 50 Bayard Street, Apt 6f New York, NY, 10013.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Mercury Movement LLC Arts,of Org. Filed with SSNY on 03/18/21. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LL upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail copy of process to Alisa David, 1125 Blake Ave, Brooklyn NY 11208. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TILLIA TIME LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/20.Office location: Wyoming SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 38 Lake St Hamburg, NY, 14075. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele NYC LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/26/21 . O f fice location: NY Count y LLC formed in Delaware (DE on 02/23/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Chet H. Olsen, 9696 Culver Blvd., Ste. 301, Culver City, CA 90232.

DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any law ful activity

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NOTICE OF AUCTION Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 2900 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on May 7, 2021 and end on May 18, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #224 – Marilyn Andino Montalvo; Pile of wood, a large bag, plastic totes filled with clothes, 2 suitcases, 5 plastic bags, 4 laundry bags, a wooden shelving unit filled with religious items. #1905 – Iovannie Echavarria; 5 boxes, laundry bags, 1 large black bag, 3 plastic drawers, 1 plastic tote, and 1 sweater, #3432 – Peter Carrera Gumersindo; Approx. 20 med, boxes, 3 square tables, approx. 15 assorted picture frames, 1 carpet, 1 wood table #6230 – Timothy D. Pinet; Misc. items The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours.

Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”.

Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

Notice of Formation of Bronxville Psychology PLLC. Ar ticles of Organization were filed with the New York Department of State (SSNY) on 4/8/2021.

Office location: Westchester Count y.

SSNY is designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against the PLLC may be served and is directed to forward service of process to: 7 Pondfield Road, Suite 208, Bronxville, NY 10708.

Notice of Qualification of CBM NoMad, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 0 4/13/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY Count y LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/30/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, N Y 12 207-25 4 3 . DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of WF Industrial XIII LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/6/21.

Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 80 8th Ave., Ste. 1602, NY, NY 10011. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 122 E. 42nd St., 18th Fl., NY, NY 10168. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of M i n d f u l N E S T, L L C .

Arts of Org filed with Sec. of State of NY on 4/19/21. Office Location: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and mail process to: c/o the LLC, 4218 Amboy Rd. SI, NY 10308. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NYCHA PACT LLC. Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 3/25/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o NY City Housing Authority, Gen. Counsel, Law Dept., 90 Church St. Fl 11 NY, NY 10007.

Purpose: All lawful purposes.

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Notice of Formation of 361 MARION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/24/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Next Brooklyn Management LLC 6 Doyer St., #130006 New York, NY, 10013.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MARION & CRESTON A PA R T M E N T S L LC .

Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/9/21. Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 370 Annandale Drive, Oyster Bay Cove, NY, 11791. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JOLLY CORNER GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 400 3rd Ave Ste 1 Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TWINS JS PROPERTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/9/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1545 W 11th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

THE PRODUCTIVIT Y SHOP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/19/21. Office: Kings 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, 70 Wyckoff Av e n u e , Apar tment 1G, Brooklyn, NY 11237.

Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DEVOCION DUMBO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/15/21.

Office location: Kings 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.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of MACK REAL ESTATE GROUP, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/25/21.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/21/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State - State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4,Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for liquor, beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, cider and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 36 E 61st Street New York, NY 10065 for on premises consumption.

CASE CRUZ 61 LLC Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for liquor, beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, cider and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 253 West 28th Street, 7th Floor & Rooftop, New York, NY 10001 for on premises consumption.

FLORA VENTURES LLC Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for liquor, beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, cider and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 195 Morgan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11237 for on premises consumption.

Brooklyn Greens Golf LLC

Form of notice for on-premises license.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, cider and wine at retail in a TW 344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 175 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002 for on premises consumption.

Pizzaiolo Napoletano LLC Notice of Formation of YANG GROUP ESTATE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/23/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 22 Ocean Ave Staten Island, NY, 10305.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 79 N HENRY STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/12/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 79 N. Henry St Brooklyn, NY, 11222. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 257 LORETTO STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/14/21.

Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 7266 Hylan Boulevard Staten Island, NY, 10307.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NE IGHBORHOOD BROTHERS LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/13/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 51 Ramapo Ave Staten Island, NY, 10309.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ONEFORTYEIGHT JAVA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/12/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 148 Java Street Brooklyn, NY, 11222. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 1752 PROPE R T Y LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/15/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7003 13th Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11228.

Any lawful purpose..

Notice of Formation of 2546 VALGAR REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/13/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2257 Mill Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ADIRONDACK JULES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/13/21.

Office location: Warren SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to C/O The Lyda Law Firm, PLLC 9 Executive Park Clifton Park, NY, 12065.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CHINGCHEN REALT Y LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 4/16/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 189 Keating Place Staten Island, NY, 10314. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CLAIRE ROSE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/1/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 230 Park Ave, Ste 1130 New York, NY, 10169.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MAH FERR A Z LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/23/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 192 Clermont Ave Apt 2 Brooklyn, NY, 11205.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of GEREL REALTY LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/23/21.

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 2/10/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Esq 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HAPPY HULET TS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/23/20.

Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 9 Darlene Dr Goshen, NY, 10924. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HEALING MANHATTAN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/21.

Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 747 10th Ave Apt 12l New York, NY, 10019.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of J. A . MCNULT Y MANAGEMENT, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 596 Union Ave Apt 3L Brooklyn, N Y, 11211 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of K I N G L E T R D L LC .

Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/30/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 2/18/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to:1202 Lexington Ave #292 New York, NY, 10028. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of RAINBOW 227 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/20/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 976 Rutland Rd Apt 3 Brooklyn, NY, 11212 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RHYMIN & THIEVIN, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/11/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 595 Union Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SHANICOLE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/16/21. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 198 W Parmenter St Newburgh, NY, 12550.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ST. MARKS GROUP RE AL ESTATE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/14/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 120 12th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 70.5’ & 80.7’) on the building at 106 Liberty St, New York, NY (20210433). Interested par ties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

Notice of Formation of BCTO MOHAWK MERGER SUB, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/15/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 15 North Mill St Nyack, NY, 10960.Any lawful purpose.

May 3, 2021

Public Notice

Public Notice

Notice of Auction

Public Notice

T-Mobile Northeast, LLC proposes to collocate antennas on a 100 foot tall building located at 50 West 131st Street, New York, New York County, NY 10027. Interested parties with comments regarding potential effects on Historic Properties may contact T-Mobile c/o Virginia Janssen at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 877-9684787, Sec106@DynamicEnvironmental.com within 30 days from the date of this publication.

Re: 22104019.

T-Mobile North-e a s t , LLC proposes t o collocate antennas on a 87 foot tall building located at 880 West 181st Street, New York, New York County, NY 10033.

Interested parties with comments regarding potential effects on Historic Properties may contact T-Mobile c/o Virginia Janssen at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 877-968-4787, Sec106@DynamicEnvironmental.com within 30 days from the date of this publication. Re: 22104018.

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW.STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on May 24, 2021 and end on June 4, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts:

T-Mobile Northeast, LLC proposes to collocate antennas on a 75 foot tall building located at 1621 Lexington Ave, New York, New York County,NY 10029. Interested parties with comments regarding potential ef fects on Historic Proper ties may contact T-Mobile c/o Virginia Janssen at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 8779 6 8 - 4 7 8 7, S e c1 0 6 @ DynamicEnvironmental. com within 30 days from the date of this publication. Re: 22104020

Notice of Formation of THE PONY COOKIE CO., LLC. Arts. of Org. filed w/ Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/26/21.

Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Fanny X. Eaton, 1232 Crescent Dr., Tarrytown, NY 10591, registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose:Any lawful act/ activity.

THE ANNUAL RETURN of The AGB FUND, Inc. for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020 is available at its principal office located at Farkouh, Furman & Faccio LLP, 460 PARK AVE 12 TH FL, NEW YORK, NY 10022 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is LEE R. ROBBINS. THE ANNUAL RETURN O F T H E BAU D O I N FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC. for the year ended December 31, 2020 is available at its principal office located at 460 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof Principal Manager of the Foundation is PATRICIA BAUDOIN .

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for liquor, beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, cider and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 430 Troutman St Brooklyn, NY 11237 for on premises consumption.

WMP BROOKLYN LLC Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for liquor, beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, cider and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 430 Troutman Street Brooklyn, NY 11237 for on premises consumption.

WMP BROOKLYN LLC THE ANNUAL RETURN OF CAROL & EDMUND BLAKE FOUNDATION for the year ended December 31, 2020 is available at its principal office located at 335 Madison Avenue, Suite 1100, NY, NY 10017 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal Manager of the Foundation is ERIC FREEDGOOD.

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#3P33 – Lesley L Brunelle: several duffel bags, 1-VCR, several DVD’s, several wooden chairs, wooden stool, several luggage, 1- guitar, 1-keyboard #4J32 – Lesley L Brunelle: 1 – leather couch, 2nightstands, 1 – coffee table #8P63 – Yiqian Zheng: 1 – mattress, 13- boxes, 1-canvas, cleaning supplies, 1- metal frame The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”.

Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

Notice of formation of The Gillery Group,LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/2020.

Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process LegalInc. Corp.

Services, Inc. 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1# 086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Any lawful purpose.

Form of notice for on-premises license.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for liquor, beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, cider and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 428 Troutman St Brooklyn, NY 11237 for on premises consumption.

WMP BROOKLYN LLC

Public Notice T-MOBILE proposes to upgrade a facility atop a 32.3’ (44.1’ overall) building at 221 Boonton Ave in Butler, Morris County, NJ and another atop an existing 151’ (157’ overall) building at 2550 Webb Ave in Bronx, Borough of the Bronx, NY. Additionally, AT&T proposes an installation on a proposed 38.5’ (43.25’ overall) wood utility pole at 358 Varick St in Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ. In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Review Under the National Preservation Act; Final Rule, T-MOBILE and AT&T are hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. Accordingly, if you would like to provide specific information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within ½ mile of the above address, please submit the property’s address and your comments to: Charles Cherundolo Consulting, Inc. at 976 Tabor Road, Suite 4B, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 or via email at tcns@cherundoloconsulting.com.

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May 3, 2021

NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY The following persons appear from our records to be entitled to unclaimed property consisting of cash amounts of fifty dollars or more: BOOME, FRANCIS 35 HEATHCOTE RD. ELMONT, NY 11003 FERRARI EXPRESS, INC 215 MILL STREET LAWRENCE, NY 11559 FULLBRIGHT, MEREDITH 18 EASTFIELD ROAD MT VERNON, NY 10552 LOPEZ, ANGEL 554 WEST 53RD ST APT 4A NEW YORK, NY 10019 MIRZA, JOSHI 104 LEXINGTON AVE 3B NEW YORK, NY 10016 RODRIGUEZ, MARIA 608 W 140TH ST APT 26 NEW YORK, NY 10031 REYNOSO, SIXTO 240 E. 39TH ST. APT 17B NEW YORK, NY, 10016

A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY WILL BE MADE TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY 6641 WEST BROAD STE 300, RICHMOND VA, 23230, WHERE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY IS PAYABLE. SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 31.

JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY

SANCHEZ, FRANCISCO 1127 IRVING AVE RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 SEGALLA, GOLDBERG 665 MAIN STREET BUFFALO, NY 14203 SCHWARTZ, JORDAN 142 E. 37TH ST., APT 4 NEW YORK, NY 10016

Notice of formation of T.D.R. ALIVE, LLC. filed with SSNY on March 26,2021. Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Tykisha Johnson, 959 E89th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11236. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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Form of notice for on-premises license.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for liquor, beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, cider and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 103 West 14 th Street, New York, NY 10011 for on premises consumption.

GV WINGS LLC

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SANFORD BERLAND

After a two-year search, this former judge now has the honor of running the state’s ethics watchdog agency.

The governor can blame Trump all he wants for politicizing the pandemic, but it was gubernatorial aides who were scrambling for months to hide the true number of nursing home residents who died of COVID-19 in hospitals.

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Three years after admitting to abusing women, former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been barred from practicing law for 12 months.

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CORRECTION: In our April 26 story, “The price of pollution,” we incorrectly described how revenue from the Climate and Community Investment Act would be spent. Thirty percent of future revenues would go toward a community group grant fund. Another 30% would directly fund renewable energy projects and 33% would fund energy rebates to low- and moderate-income New Yorkers, nonprofits and small businesses. The remaining 7% of revenues would help workers and communities cope with the loss of fossil fuel-related jobs and revenues.

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