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The Legislature Can Solve the Housing Affordability Crisis It’s Time to Expand the City’s Existing Rent Freeze Programs If the Legislature expanded existing rent freeze programs to insulate low-income rent stabilized tenants from rent increases, the housing affordability crisis in the City would be addressed in a meaningful manner. Instead, with the rent laws up for renewal in June, the Legislature seems more intent on using landlords as scapegoats rather than coming up with real solutions to this very real problem.

The Legislature should pass legislation to create the Tenant Rent Increase Exemption (TRIE) program. TRIE would freeze rents for ALL stabilized tenants whose household incomes are less than $50,000 per year and who pay more than 50% of their income for rent. Any rent increases that would otherwise be payable by the tenants would be paid to landlords by the City in the form of property tax credits.

TRIE IS NOT A NEW IDEA. TRIE would be similar to the long-existing SCRIE and DRIE rent freeze programs, which already protect over 72,000 stabilized tenants from rent increases, at a current annual cost of $176.8 million.

WHO DOES TRIE BENEFIT? Approximately 200,000 stabilized tenants- 20% of all stabilized apartments- would be eligible for TRIE. TRIE is a subsidy for tenants, enabling them to remain in their apartments.

TRIE IS AFFORDABLE. Based upon the participation rates in those programs, 46% of the total number of eligible tenants are likely to apply and receive the subsidy. At that rate, the anticipated cost in year one would be $14 million, increasing to $72 million in year five. By comparison, in FY ’17, the City spent $250 million for “one shot” emergency rental assistance grants for over 53,000 tenants, in addition to the billions spent to house the homeless.

THE TRIE LEGISLATION IS NOT NEW. The State Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed this legislation TWICE- in 2015 and again in 2016. Shockingly, TRIE was never put to a vote in the Assembly. Equally shocking, many of the members of the Assembly who, in fact, sponsored the TRIE bill at that time, now seem to have a case of collective amnesia about TRIE. Instead of a groundswell of support, we hear only silence.

TRIE, like SCRIE and DRIE, would be targeted to benefit those most in need. And, rather than spending BILLIONS of dollars to help tenants after they face eviction or become homeless, TRIE would keep them in their homes. After all, isn’t that everyone’s goal?

It is time for the Legislature to put aside the politics of division and enact a time-tested, effective solution which gives a rent freeze to stabilized low-income tenants while enabling owners to continue to maintain and improve their buildings.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

THE DEATH OF QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY Richard Brown marked the end of an era. For most of his tenure, New York City’s district attorneys measured their time in office not in years but in decades. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s distinguished career spanned more than three decades. The Bronx’s Robert Johnson, Brooklyn’s Charles Hynes and Staten Island’s William Murphy all exceeded two decades. Brown served for nearly 28 years, but fell short of Morgenthau’s feat of serving until age 90. He was 86 when he died this month.

Longevity isn’t the only way in which Brown was the last of the old guard. In recent years, scrutiny of the city’s district attorneys has shifted from conviction rates to the fairness of their policies. Ken Thompson, Brooklyn’s pioneering prosecutor from 2014 to 2016, reviewed questionable convictions and declined to prosecute low-level marijuana arrests – and his successor, Eric Gonzalez, has continued to pursue reforms. To varying degrees, the city’s new generation of district attorneys has embraced similar policy shifts.

This week, we take a closer look at the contest for Queens district attorney.

The race features a crowded field running to the left of Brown, although one upstart candidate stands out as the progressive favorite. And whoever wins could shape criminal justice policy in the borough for years – or decades – to come.

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TIFFANY CABÁN … 6 The upstart progressive shaking up the Queens DA race LAW POWER 50 … 13

The most politically influential legal professionals in New York

WINNERS & LOSERS … 34

CELESTE SLOMAN; MEGAN MAGRAY FOR CABÁN FOR QUEENS

Who was up and who was down last week

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Latest QUEENS DA RICHARD BROWN DIES Longtime Queens District Attorney Richard Brown died on May 3 at the age of 86. He had already announced that he would not seek re-election and had planned to step down in June for health reasons. Although crime rates plunged in Queens during his tenure, Brown was known for his tough-oncrime approach that critics said put him out of sync with more progressive practices adopted by other NYC DAs.

RENTAL PROTECTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY

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Back & Forth A Republican hasn’t won a citywide election since Michael Bloomberg in 2005.

Why are you volunteering to face almost sure defeat?

This is a unique situation. It’s a special election. It’s an off year. There are no other races on the ballot. However, I am told I face an uphill battle.

A Q&A with New York City public advocate candidate

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You met with your Democratic opponent, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, over cigars and wine in former Staten Island Councilman Vincent Ignizio’s backyard in April. What did you talk about?

We actually talked about prison reform. We were jamming. He’s someone I enjoy talking about issues with. We have genuinely different views on things. But most of the people I serve in the council with have different views than me on most things.

Do you plan to introduce a policy platform for the race, beyond potentially getting rid of the office?

Yeah, it’s going to be to strengthen the office, or get rid of it. But I’m not going to sit here and hyperventilate over things I’ll have absolutely no control over. “I’m going to solve traffic problems.”

“I’m going to solve homelessness.” “I’m going to solve all these things.” And the truth is, I can’t, because there’s no power in the office of public advocate to do any of those things.

You were a co-chairman of President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign in New York. Will you have a role in 2020?

They haven’t reached out to me to take on any leadership role. That’s not precluding me from doing so. I imagine I’ll be a delegate to the convention, and I’ve done the TV commentary from a pro-Trump perspective for awhile, and will probably continue doing that.

“I’m not gonna rat my people out! This place is full of rats!”

– New York City Councilman RUBEN DIAZ SR., saying he would not report sexual harassment if he saw it at the City Council offices, via the New York Post Get the kicker every morning in CITY & STATE’S FIRST READ email. Sign up at cityandstateny.com.

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The New York City Council passed a package of 17 bills meant to strengthen tenant protections. By and large, the measures are meant to increase transparency on the part of landlords to decrease instances of abuse and ramp up the enforcement of existing laws by the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Buildings.

The state Senate advanced two bills targeting President Donald Trump. The first would close the state’s “double jeopardy loophole.” Currently, state prosecutors can’t bring state charges against people the president has pardoned for similar federal crimes. The legislation would change that, although a pending U.S. Supreme Court case may make the bill moot. The second bill would enable the state Department of Taxation and Finance to hand over tax returns at the request of certain congressional committees.

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WHICH POLITICAL FIGURES IN THE STATE BEST EMBODY THE SHOW’S MAJOR CHARACTERS?

HBO’S “GAME OF THRONES,” now in its final season, is the most popular TV drama about politics since “The West Wing,” and – in its own weird dragon- and magic-filled way – it’s even more realistic. While there are no elections in Westeros, the imaginary land where the show takes place, it is a dissection of power and how it’s used: military and diplomatic strategy, alliances and compromise. In honor of the upcoming series finale, we’ve identified which figures from contemporary New York politics have the most in common with characters on the show.

HBO; JESSE KORMAN; LEV RADIN, JOSEPH SOHM, EVERETT COLLECTION, DEBBY WONG/SHUTTERSTOCK; STATE SENATE; U.S. SENATE

JON SNOW = NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO

DAENERYS TARGARYEN = REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ

Young, telegenic and ambitious, she started with nothing but a belief in herself. Her progressive message won her fast-growing power and a cadre of adoring followers, and every rival who underestimated her has lived to regret it.

SANSA STARK = FORMER U.S. SEN. HILLARY CLINTON

Earnest and well-intentioned – but polarizing among the rank and file – he’s prone to strategic miscalculations and ineffective leadership.

She learned through serial mistreatment at the hands of cynical men to be a savvy, skeptical and hardheaded official, always pointing out the practical challenges to her allies’ idealistic visions.

ARYA STARK = STATE SEN. ALESSANDRA BIAGGI

LORD VARYS = U.S. SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER

This pint-sized young badass packs a powerful punch, and takes out older men on a crusade to restore her family’s honor.

TYRION LANNISTER = FORMER GOV. ELIOT SPITZER He’s the smartest guy in the room, and he knows it. Besides arrogance, his weakness is a fondness for prostitutes.

A cautious, pragmatic operator, he prizes stability and would rather make a deal than go to war.

SER BRIENNE OF TARTH = STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES A tall, powerful woman, she made history when she shattered the glass ceiling.

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IN THE CROWDED AND COMPETITIVE RACE for Queens County district attorney, where everyone is running to the left of the late District Attorney Richard Brown, Tiffany Cabán has ventured further left than others are willing to go. The 31-year-old has never held elected office, and doesn’t have any experience as a prosecutor or a judge. Perhaps due to her inexperience, she has hit a few bumps on the campaign trail, with reports of “infighting and disarray” and turnover on her team and a campaign volunteer caught spying on another candidate.

But Cabán knows the criminal justice system intimately, due to her experience as a public defender. And her ideas for fixing the system, in practice, aren’t as radical as one might expect. It starts, she explains, before trial, with prosecutors handing over evidence.

“When you don’t have the evidence, how can you move forward with a case?” Cabán asked rhetorically, sitting at a long picnic table in her Jackson Heights campaign office early on a weekday morning last month. “When you don’t have the evidence, how can your client make a decision on whether to take a plea or not? When you don’t have the evidence, how can you prepare for a trial?”

In many states, evidence is handed over to the defense right away. The defense has all the information needed to write a big omnibus motion addressing all of the issues. But the way it has typically worked in New York is that the DA shares information bit by bit, Cabán said, and every time the defense gets a new piece of information, they have to write a new motion. And the clock stops ticking. The prosecutor is entitled to time to respond.

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Is it a winning strategy?

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two are career politicians) that are integral to the criminal justice process. But Cabán’s perspective is from the bottom, defending people who are often disadvantaged and outmaneuvered from the moment they enter the system. “The thing that is sort of surreal about when you represent somebody who’s charged with something really, really serious, especially a violent crime,” Cabán said, “is that you also see a person.”

Cabán is tiny – 5’3” – and bursting with energy, zipping across her small, mostly empty campaign outpost, as if trying to make up for her short stride. Clad in her standard uniform, a grey blazer pulled over a white-collared shirt tucked into denim, with reliable brown shoes (a relaxed take on a men’s Cole Haan wingtip), she curses like a sailor – or perhaps like a Queens native. “Oh, fuck!” she said as she fumbled with a coffee maker, uttering an interjection that slipped out on multiple occasions.

“I promise I do this at home every day!”

When answering questions about prosecution, she can sound a little rehearsed, responding like a politician sticking to talking points. “My philosophy is, you should ask two simple questions on every

single case,” she said. “How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again? So what does it take to change behavior? Right?”

And to make communities safer, instead of measuring a prosecutor’s success by the number of convictions or length of sentences, Cabán has these principles: “You’re successful if you do three things: if you can show that you can reduce recidivism, if you show that you can decarcerate our city and if you show that you can apply the law fairly across racial and class lines.”

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HEN DISTRICT ATTORNEY Richard Brown died this month, he had served Queens County for decades. For years, rumors had swirled around Queens political circles that Brown’s seat would open up, and Cabán was among many who saw an opportunity for real change.

Brown became Queens’ lead prosecutor during the early 1990s when New York City was in the thick of a serious battle for public safety, facing challenges like the crack epidemic and rising homicide rates. “There was a time where you couldn’t walk around in the Far Rockaway,” said New York City Coun-

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The clock stops again. And so now you’ve lost, say, two to three months, just like that.

In fact, Cabán was transitioned off a murder case when she decided to run for office – and her former client still awaits trial. He has been in jail for two years.

As the nation comes to grips with the crisis of mass incarceration, activists, researchers and politicians are zeroing in on prosecutors as primary drivers of this problem – and in fact, New York passed legislation a little over a month ago that requires prosecutors to share evidence early on in a case. Cabán, who served as a public defender for seven years, thinks the DA’s office, which sets the pace for the courts, is primarily responsible for dragging out the trial process by deferring proceedings and withholding evidence. She says it’s the first thing she will change if she is elected Queens County’s next district attorney.

Cabán has represented people on charges ranging from turnstile jumping to homicide. As a public defender, she observed flaws in the system firsthand. It’s not the same view that a judge or an assistant district attorney might have, positions (occupied by four of her opponents; the other

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cilman Donovan Richards, who represents Southeast Queens and Far Rockaway and also chairs the Committee on Public Safety. “I certainly heard from people older than me that you couldn’t walk around there without a gun.”

Brown’s response to high crime was to aggressively prosecute every class of offense. His tough-on-crime approach was consistent with the prevailing theories around public safety in the 1980s and 1990s, like “broken windows” policing, a theory developed in 1990s crime-ridden New York City. The approach, finetuned by the mayor at the time, Rudy Giuliani, and his police commissioner, William Bratton, involved taking people in for petty crimes to discourage and prevent more serious crimes. But times have changed: Homicides have plummeted, the crime rate is at record lows in the city, and the national dialogue around aggressive policing and prosecution has shifted – as have the political winds in Queens.

Perhaps the biggest indicator of this shift is the candidate pool for Brown’s seat. There are seven in the Democratic primary, scheduled for June 25 – Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, City Councilman Rory Lancman, Judge Gregory Lasak, Betty Lugo, Mina Malik, Jose Nieves and Cabán – and they’re each clamoring to get to the left. They all say they will decline to prosecute nonviolent offenses like fare evasion and marijuana possession, reduce or end cash bail and significantly reduce the jail population.

While endorsements have been divided among the top tier of candidates in the race, progressive activists are creating a tailwind for Cabán. In March, her campaign was endorsed by Real Justice, a political action committee formed by civil rights activist Shaun King that is working to elect progressive district attorneys across the nation. The Working Families Party also put its considerable clout behind Cabán. And though Katz clinched the powerful support of the Queens Democratic machine, Cabán also has New York City’s Democratic Socialists of America behind her, a rising force in New York politics that propelled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez into office.

State Sen. Julia Salazar, another DSA member, co-hosted a fundraiser for Cabán on April 11. Salazar and Cabán have some mutual friends, but she didn’t really know Cabán until she read through her DSA application for endorsement and said she was surprised by how genuine she came across.

“NYC DSA has a very, very thorough candidate questionnaire, and her responses were very thoughtful, very earnest,” Salazar said.

Earnest is an apt way to describe Cabán.

To explain how the criminal justice system neglects the circumstances that drive people to crime, she talks about her grandfather. As a child she was swept up by fantastical stories he would tell. As an adult, she began to contrast the patient, kind, funny grandfather she knew with the domestic violence she also knew he inflicted on her grandmother. He served in the Korean War and came back mentally ill and abusive because of it. “What our justice system doesn’t do, what our DA offices don’t do is take a guy like that and say he’s also somebody who served our country, who went to war, who came back with mental illness, self-medicated because he didn’t have access to resources,” Cabán said. “And where were our systems in place to support him so that he could support his family?”

“People are human beings,” Cabán said.

“They deserve dignity and respect throughout the process, and they deserve to have their constitutional rights preserved, and they deserve a defense. And they also deserve to be known. Because no matter what you are charged with, the idea should be that we should be doing less harm, and we should be ensuring less harm in the future.”

Both sets of Cabán’s grandparents are from Puerto Rico. They landed in the Bronx after immigrating to New York in the 1950s. Her parents, as young children, lived in the same housing projects in the Bronx and received housing transfers around the same time to another project – Woodside Housing Projects – in Queens, which is where they met.

Cabán grew up on the working-class side of South Richmond Hill, Queens – then a largely Hispanic neighborhood – south of Jamaica Avenue, where her parents still live, separately. Her father is a retired elevator mechanic and her mom a retired caretaker. She went to public school for elementary school and trekked to St. Francis Prep, a Catholic school in Fresh Meadows, for high school. When it came time for college, she escaped an unstable home life (Cabán’s dad is a recovering alcoholic, which she’s talked about publicly) for Penn State, studying criminal justice.

“A lot of the time what separates me from my clients is access to resources,” Cabán said. “It’s privilege, right? The reason why I could say that I haven’t repeated some of the things that my parents have done, that their parents have done, is because I’ve had

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the opportunity to access therapy, to have reparative experiences, to be able to engage in healthier dynamics. Because I’ve had the privilege – or luck really – of creating and having relationships with women who have been really patient and kind and open to hearing about my trauma history and helping me along the way.” (Cabán has a girlfriend who lives in Bushwick.)

The only career public defender among the current and former prosecutors and government officials in the running, Cabán has positioned herself as the insurgent, running from the outside and conspicuously speaking the language of the left. Since their platforms are relatively similar at the top – Cabán, Katz and Lancman are broadly considered to be the front-runners – the outcome of the election might come down to who has been the most consistent in their messaging.

“When you talk about everyone running on a progressive platform now, I don’t think people have a choice. I’ve seen all of the candidates evolve. I think the electorate has evolved,” said Richards, who was quietly meeting with each of the candidates when we spoke in April. (Two weeks later, the councilman endorsed Katz.) “People want to know people’s records, and I think that’s going to come into play. Our community is very intelligent and very knowing. Where were you? What were you advocating for?

Where have you been on these issues?”

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ABÁN’S CAMPAIGN IS grassroots-driven and has a small staff (just two people when I first reached out in late March) that reportedly has had to deal with turnover at the top, so she’s relying on a large network of volunteers, many of whom volunteered for Ocasio-Cortez in her successful campaign to unseat former Rep. Joseph Crowley.

“I got in just about this time, near the end of petitioning,” said Miriam Bensman, a former volunteer for Ocasio-Cortez who’s now volunteering for Cabán. She wasn’t confident that the young liberal bartender had a shot in hell at ousting a veteran lawmaker like Crowley. “I was thinking, ‘This is nuts,’ and then I just felt moved.

And I said, ‘You know what, I’m going to do this, and I pushed other organizations that I knew. It seemed like a long shot, but I could see that there was this incredible grassroots energy around that campaign. We had hundreds and hundreds of volunteers.”

That’s what’s happening again with this campaign, Bensman said. “I got involved, I went to the first meetings in December or January. I thought, ‘You know what, this is harder.’ It’s a much bigger district. Instead of 800,000, it’s three times the number of people. It’s a much bigger geography. But I think we have a real shot.”

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of the candidates. With roughly 2.3 million residents spread across a 109-square-mile area, Queens is by far the largest borough geographically. Nearly half of Queens residents were born in another country, according to census data, and the World Economic Forum has called it the “language capital of the world.” Each candidate will have to speak to a vast constituency, and none of them check every box.

“There’s obviously some demographic benefits that each candidate might have, but there’s some very large constituencies within Queens that don’t have a candidate from within their group,” said Evan Stavisky, a partner with The Parkside Group, a political consulting firm based out of Manhattan that has a history of consulting in Queens.

For example, there’s no African American candidate, although the demographic makes up 20 percent of Queens. This isn’t to say that people invariably vote with their ethnic group. In his primary against Ocasio-Cortez, Crowley carried the four African American Assembly districts in Southeast Queens and split the Latino vote.

But ethnicity is a factor.

Another factor is visibility. Having served Queens since 2007, first in his capacity as an assemblyman, and since 2014 as a city councilman, Lancman will likely do better in his council district than he might do in other parts of the borough. Likewise, Katz has deep ties to Forest Hills, having grown up there and represented the neighborhood in the New York City Council for seven years from 2002 through 2009. The eastern half of Queens is more suburban and conservative, and might appeal to a candidate closer to the establishment like Katz, who has the support of the Queens Democratic Party. As borough president, Katz is also the only candidate who has already won a boroughwide race.

Cabán might try to recreate the AOC playbook, and the progressives coalescing around her certainly hope she does. Ocasio-Cortez did not have to win the entire borough, however. She did well in younger, more gentrified white communities, which aren’t reflective of the rest of the Queens.

In fact, there’s no other district in the borough that looks like the one won by Ocasio-Cortez. Take Bayside and Douglaston, for instance, which are also majority-white neighborhoods. They’re older (the median age is 47.5), more establishment white neighborhoods with a lot of homeowners.

Ultimately, adopting a similar strategy is not a perfect recipe for success.

But movements matter, and there’s something to be said for timing. High-profile deaths, like 22-year-old Kalief Browder’s suicide in 2015 after spending three years on Rikers Island, have drawn attention to civilian interactions with police and the criminal justice system, and the violent, even

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fatal outcomes that can result. Now, people are thinking about how prosecutors contribute to this cycle and reimagining the role of the district attorney’s office. “It’s not what’s changed in Queens,” Stavisky said. “It’s what’s changed in the country.”

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ABÁN HAS A PHILOSOPHY about prosecution. She believes in looking at community and generational trauma as a root cause of crime.

How do you do that from the DA’s office? First, change how success is measured for prosecutors.

“Everybody across the board is talking about these reforms: end cash bail, decriminalize poverty, and discovery reform. What I consistently say is how you do it matters.

You could say I’m going to end cash bail and actually increase our incarcerated population,” Cabán said. “If you keep saying that the metrics are convictions and sentences, then making those reforms are never going to have the intended impact. You have to change the driving reasons. So that’s what happens on day one.”

Cabán has already started building her team for the office, which, she says, includes two former prosecutors with leadership and managerial experience, and she’s working on building a steering committee of professionals.

“We have allowed our system to be a place where we just punt public health issues to our DA offices, which really shouldn’t be what’s happening,” she said. “When we talk about making sure crime doesn’t happen and stabilizing communities and providing services and being a clearinghouse for services to promote public safety, then what you need to do is also step back and acknowledge that you are not the expert in everything and making sure that we have educators in leadership roles in the DA’s office; that we have mental health experts in leadership roles in the DA’s office; that we have immigration attorneys in leadership roles in the DA’s office so that you have a team of people who buy in to and believe in the system and the goals and the metrics in our communities, but are there to provide you with the support you need to be successful.”

Cabán is a supporter of the No New Jails initiative. As DA, she would decline to prosecute low-level marijuana offenses, fare evasion, airport taxis, welfare fraud, sex work, massage parlors and unlicensed driving in any case. And, she’d end cash bail for all crimes – not just nonviolent crimes, which has been proposed by other candidates.

Would she abolish prisons?

That’s not on her agenda, but she still has an answer. “I think that when we talk about prison abolition, I think we’re not close to it,” she said. “In a perfect world, that’s where we would be. That’s where we should be.”

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SPRING INTO ACTION!

By Gregory Floyd, President of Teamsters Local 237 and Vice President at-Large on the General Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

If you live in Florida, or in California, or any other predominantly warm climate, you may not experience or even notice a case of so-called “spring fever”. It’s a much sought after affliction usually accompanied by feelings of calm, happiness and excitement as warm, sunny days replace the chill and drabness of winter. Its side-effects are tolerable: You’ll need sunglasses--but who cares!

Your comfy fur-lined boots and gloves head for the closet—to which you say, good riddance! During the winter months of constant cold and early darkness, thoughts of spring are all you have to fuel the soul.

And now, it’s here. Buds are on the branches, trees are coming alive, and flowers are pushing through soil once laden will snow. It’s like a motion picture that had been shot in black and white, being remade into Technicolor.

And, it’s important to take notice. Look outside. Take a walk. It’s a child’s room filled with toys and wonderment. Everything is new. There’s a fresh coat of paint on the world. It’s affirmation of what William Shakespeare said: “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”

Indeed, spring symbolizes renewal, new beginnings and growth. It’s the season of Easter and Passover—a time of rebirth; a time for making new plans, having new hopes and making positive changes. Ask any baseball fan of a previously losing team and you’ll hear: “This season, they’ll be winners.” Spring is a time of miracles. It’s when we clean the house to brighten things up a bit, and when we try to rid ourselves of thoughts that lead to useless worrying and doubts.

We plan vacations. We buy summer clothing. The mailbox fills with invitations to weddings, graduations and Confirmations. For sure, spring is the time of beauty and love. It’s a time to be in good humor. The birds are singing and so are we.

But an obvious question lurks among all of this good cheer: What do we do with these good tidings? Do we just accept them and move on? Or, is there a call to action here that we should not—that we must not, ignore? If spring offers hope—even miracles—do we have an obligation of sorts that requires us to do something more than just enjoy the season? From my vantage point as a union leader, the answer is a resounding “YES!” Now is the time to reinvigorate our membership. Let’s dust off those old labor movement chants and bumper stickers: “United we bargain, divided we beg”, “Freedom, democracy, unions”, “Unions built the middle class”, and let’s put them to good use…maybe even create new ones that speak to a generation of workers who don’t know or who are yet to be convinced that “United we stand, divided we fall.”

We are in a critical time in the history of our nation, where divisions are deep and disharmony the new norm. But one place where unity is the goal and the driving force, is the labor union. Unions offer stability in the vortex of a storm. We need to use this time to be the anchor. We must reinforce our value among long-time workers and introduce ourselves to newer workers. Union bashers and union busters abound. But I believe that we at Local 237 have done a good job at demonstrating the slogan: “Union strong. Union proud.

Everyone say it loud.” And we must continue. The sun is out. It’s spring. So, let’s spring into action!

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POWER FIFTY LAW UNDERPINS much of what drives politics and policy in New York. From legislating to lobbying, from courtroom battles to campaign challenges, the state’s legal professionals are integral players on everything from elections to land use to criminal justice to labor to health care – and the list goes on and on.

Our inaugural list of the state’s 50 most influential lawyers highlights the breadth and versatility of the legal profession, featuring leaders who have advised Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Bla-

sio, served as top prosecutors at the city, state or federal levels, represented victims of police brutality or sexual harassment, and made their mark on New York government through their work on major real estate developments or hot-button policy debates.

This being New York, it will come as no surprise to City & State readers that some of the names at the top of our Law Power 50 list could have been plucked from national headlines for protecting high-profile defendants, filing legal challenges against the Trump administration or advancing the #MeToo movement.

We reached out to legal experts to compile this list, ranking each person based on their achievements, track record and their sway with powerful politicians. Since we cover elected officials on a day-to-day basis, we limited this list to those who are not strictly in government but instead influence it from the outside.

We’re pleased to introduce our inaugural City & State Law Power 50.

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FOUNDER BRAFMAN & ASSOCIATES

MAYBE EVEN more than his four decades of experience, Benjamin Brafman is known for his quick wit (which frequently makes jurors laugh), his masterful cross-examinations and his list of high-profile clients. Brafman has defended the likes of Jay-Z and Sean Combs, mobsters includ-

ing John Gotti’s right-hand man, “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, and until recently, the infamous Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein (though the two parted ways in January).

The son of Jewish immigrants, Brafman was recently described

by Esquire as a “born fighter.”

After working as an assistant district attorney under Robert Morgenthau, the legendary Manhattan district attorney, Brafman opened his own firm, Brafman & Associates, thanks to a $15,000 loan from his in-laws. That was back in 1980, and the criminal defense lawyer has been gaining

prestige and clients ever since.

Brafman frequently butts heads with the government, like in the late 1980s during the crackdown on the Mafia, or in 2003 when he was up against future FBI Director James Comey, or more recently, when Brafman was still working with Weinstein.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION DONNA LIEBERMAN was born into a family whose members in their own ways all fought for equality, justice and peace. So it made sense for her to go to law school and become a “people’s lawyer.” Lieberman has been leading the New York Civil Liberties Union since 2001, and under her leadership the organization has developed a strategy combining “litigation, public education, advocacy and lobbying to promote and protect civil rights and civil liberties.” Currently, the New York Civil Liberties Union has more than 185,000 members and eight offices around the state. She also founded the organization’s reproductive rights program, making it the only legal organization in New York state that focuses on reproductive rights.

During Lieberman’s tenure, the New York Civil Liberties Union has focused on reforming, among other policies, stop and frisk, “broken windows” policing and solitary confinement in state prisons and local jails. As for her leadership style, Lieberman has said that she strives to be a “visionary” and hopes to be “inclusive and respectful.”

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SPECIAL COUNSEL STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN JERRY GOLDFEDER, an election, voting and campaign finance attorney – and a mainstay of New York’s political class – has been in the profession for more than 35 years. He has represented names as big as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, as well as members of the New York state Legislature and the New York City Council. Now a special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Goldfeder once served as special counsel for public integrity to then-state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

He spent decades before that frequently participating in politics and working with ballot lawsuits, residency disputes and recount battles in the city and the state.

Goldfeder also spent the past three years as chairman of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on New York City Affairs and chaired the New York City Bar Association Task Force on the Charter Revision Commission.

As a professor at both Fordham University Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Goldfeder teaches future generations. He also documented his knowledge in “Goldfeder’s Modern Election Law,” which is in its fifth edition.

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JONATHAN LIPPMAN presided over the state’s

highest court for nearly seven years, serving as both chief judge of New York and chief judge of the state Court of Appeals. During his tenure, Lippman made major decisions that affected New York laws, state government and the day-to-day lives of all New Yorkers, including making New York the first state to require 50 hours of law-related pro bono work prior to bar admission.

Now serving as of counsel at the New York office of Latham & Watkins, he has continued to be a major advocate of reforming New York’s criminal justice system, especially closing the Rikers Island jail complex. Lippman said that the “human toll of the status quo at Rikers is unacceptable” – not only for the prisoners but for the jail’s workers and communities across New York. Lippman helped draft “A More Just New York City,” which offered a “blueprint for increasing fairness and public safety, cutting the number of people in jail by half, and closing the jail complex on Rikers.”

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CO-FOUNDER, TIME’S UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND PARTNER, KAPLAN HECKER & FINK BEFORE SHE co-founded the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, Roberta Kaplan was described as a “litigation superstar.” She was previously best known for representing the late Edith Windsor in United States v. Windsor, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act and paved the way for legal same-sex marriage.

Now, Kaplan, who runs her own firm in Manhattan, is making waves for Time’s Up, which was created during the #MeToo movement in 2017. The fund helps pay for lawyers to fight cases brought by low-paid workers who have faced sexual misconduct or have been the victims of abuse of power. After founding the fund, Kaplan called the #MeToo movement “revolutionary” and said that she “can’t see women agreeing to return to the days of isolation and shame.” More than 21,000 people worldwide have since contributed more than $22 million. Besides representing women who have been harassed or assaulted, the fund also defends “women in efforts that have been undertaken to stop women from speaking.”

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ists hired to defend Amazon’s planned headquarters in Long Island City last year, the former New York City councilman is a New York staple. He began his career at The Legal Aid Society before serving as a City Council member at large in Manhattan and as chief of staff to New York City Council President Carol Bellamy. Wallace has represented New York’s elite schools, including New York University, Fordham and his alma mater, Columbia.

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suspenders-sporting deputy mayor? For five years during the 1990s, Randy Mastro served as the voice of then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s administration, going to bat for the mayor over budget matters and calming the waters by talking with reporters.

Tasked with combating organized crime in the city, Mastro at one point needed personal bodyguards for himself and his family. Now a partner at Gibson Dunn, he is considered one of the nation’s top litigators.

PARTNERS PITTA BISHOP WITH VINCENT PITTA in New York City

and Robert Bishop in Albany, Pitta Bishop covers a wide range of labor, employment, legislative and government relations matters – including representing clients before New York City government and the state Legislature. The two attorneys, who have worked together for more than 30 years, started an affiliated consulting firm whose clients include the Vera Institute of Justice, the Transport Workers Union and the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association.

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made headlines for leading the investigation of then-CBS Chairman and CEO Les Moonves, who was accused of sexual harassment by six women. But White has long been a big name in the New York legal community, having previously served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. During her tenure at the SEC, the commission established measures that led to greater accountability.

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WE CAN thank Jeffrey Braun for helping create a new law on conceptual environmental reviews in New York’s highest court. As a litigator with Kramer Levin, he has successfully defended land use approvals for numerous New York institutions, including Columbia University, the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. In 2016, the firm was hired by Mayor Bill de Blasio to represent him during a federal government investigation into his fundraising practices.

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was recently selected by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to oversee the long-troubled New York City Housing Authority. A go-to attorney often called upon to sort out “thorny situations,” according to The New York Times, Schwartz has his work cut out of him as he prepares to deal with potentially dangerous living conditions in the city’s public housing.

ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN is accustomed

to shattering glass ceilings. She was the first woman elected district attorney in Brooklyn and the first and only woman elected comptroller of New York City. She joined Herrick Feinstein after 22 years in government, including four terms as a congresswoman representing New York’s 16th Congressional District. She played a significant role in investigating the Watergate scandal as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

VETERAN attorney recently made headlines for representing a real estate developer accused of bid-rigging economic development contracts in the Buffalo Billion case. Paul Shechtman served as counsel to then-Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau and director of criminal justice for New York state under Gov. George Pataki, who later tapped him to overhaul the agencies that pursue Medicaid fraud.

Shechtman also represented Pataki in a case that gave the governor broad budgetary powers.

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THE president and legislative director, respectively, of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, David Oddo and Rebecca Wood are ensuring “access to the civil justice system by those who are wrongfully injured.”

When sworn in, Oddo promised the organization would continue to be a “strong voice for victims, patients and consumers who are too often exploited by powerful special interests.”

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Maldonado became the 68th president of the New York City Bar Association in 2018, he made it his top priority to continue protecting “the interests of the vulnerable and to preserve the basic rights of all.” Prior to becoming president, Maldonado chaired multiple task forces at the association and served as the vice president and member of its executive committee. He focused on copyright and contractual rights during his 35-year legal career.

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DAVID KARNOVSKY PARTNER FRIED FRANK

PAUL DEROHANNESIAN II

FRANK CARONE

PARTNER HERRICK FEINSTEIN

LISA MARRELLO & JONATHAN BING

MYLAN DENERSTEIN

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ABOUT impressive resumes. The co-leaders of Jackson Lewis’ government relations practice group have plenty of experience to draw from as they advise clients on legislative policy. Lisa Marrello was assistant legislative representative for New York City under then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, while former Assemblyman Jonathan Bing served at the request of Gov. Andrew Cuomo as the special deputy superintendent in charge of the New York Liquidation Bureau.

Albany law practice founded by his father, Paul DerOhannesian II took a job with the Albany County district attorney’s office and spent the next 22 years heading the special assault unit. He has represented New York politicians, including former Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney during her tight 2018 race against Democrat Anthony Brindisi. DerOhannesian is currently representing Keith Raniere, the accused leader of the sex cult Nxivm, in Brooklyn federal court.

chair of one of the largest commercial real estate law practices in New York City, believes that there is “never a dull moment in the real estate industry.” This is likely why she always finds more work to do, and why she is consistently ranked as one of the city’s leading real estate lawyers. She’s earned this title by advising on some of the city’s biggest development projects.

al counsel to the New York City Department of City Planning, David Karnovsky is now a partner at Fried Frank and focuses on land use, zoning and real estate development. He has worked on a number of high-profile zoning and land use matters in the city, including the recent dispute surrounding the iconic sign atop the Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower building complex in Brooklyn Heights.

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York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and counsel to the Brooklyn Democratic Party for nearly 10 years, Frank Carone has donated money to de Blasio’s political action committee. Appointed to New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and reappointed by de Blasio, Carone helped create a commission focusing on ride-hailing services and driverless vehicles. He recently came under scrutiny for reportedly orchestrating a controversial land deal involving the city.

PARTNER GIBSON DUNN AS Gov. Andrew Cuo-

mo’s chief counsel and principal legal adviser, and one of his longest-serving aides, Mylan Denerstein was known not only for her loyalty to the governor but also for her ability to challenge him. She is credited with crafting the language in the 2011 same-sex marriage legislation that allowed it to survive legal challenges, and she helped with many gender equity issues.

She now handles a broad range of litigation at Gibson Dunn.

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“IF THERE is magic

in the law, Jim Walden has found it,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio once said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, too, offered praise.

Yet Walden – considered a thought leader in the legal world – has sued both elected officials on separate occasions. He began his career at the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of New York, where he broke up a human trafficking ring and helped dismantle the infamous Five Families.

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Sabel worked her way through a number of top positions and high-profile cases at The Legal Aid Society – including a significant antitrust case involving the sale of drugs for Alzheimer’s disease. In 2001, she joined the state attorney general’s office, serving as executive deputy attorney general for social justice and as first deputy attorney general of affirmative litigation.

She is now back at The Legal Aid Society as attorney-in-chief and CEO.

AN EXPERT on labor and employment law, Paul Salvatore handles collective bargaining agreements for New York’s multiemployer organizations and contractors. Several years ago, he negotiated a labor agreement for Hudson Yards – the largest private real estate development in U.S. history. In 2010, National Law Review selected Salvatore as one of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers.” He serves on Proskauer Rose’s executive committee and is a legal columnist for Human Resource Executive Magazine.

FOUNDER CONNORS OFTEN RANKED AS

the top lawyer in upstate New York, Terrence Connors likely earns this distinction due to his involvement in the most significant legal battles in Western New York. His work in both civil litigation and as a criminal defense lawyer sets him apart from other lawyers in Buffalo. Fun fact: While attending high school in Queens, he played basketball against Lew Alcindor, who would go on to become an NBA legend.

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duo has civil litigation and real estate trans‑ actions covered. Alan Klinger has forged a reputation as a suc‑ cessful litigator repre‑ senting public sector unions and employee benefit funds, and Jef‑ frey Keitelman is the top lawyer on projects like the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s redevelop‑ ment of the World Trade Center site. No doubt the two nation‑ ally ranked attorneys helped Stroock land on U.S. News and World Report’s list of leading law firms.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER GERALD B. LEFCOURT P.C. GERALD LEFCOURT

once described him‑ self as “always an activist.” From the be‑ ginning of his career, he earned a reputa‑ tion for being a jus‑ tice‑driven champion of anti‑establishment clients, which includ‑ ed Abbie Hoffman, a member of the an‑ ti‑war activist group known as the Chicago Eight, and members of the Black Panthers. He has also been a mem‑ ber of numerous gov‑ ernmental committees and currently serves on the Magistrate Se‑ lection Committee of the Southern District of New York.

UP on Long Island, Bettina Plevan worked in her family’s department store. The job taught her how to deal with people effectively, and Plevan discovered that skill translated well to attorney‑client relationships. Since joining Proskauer Rose more than four decades ago, she has come to be known for her expertise on sexual harassment and civil rights issues.

Plevan previously served as president of the New York City Bar Association.

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lawyer and litigator was appointed as an independent mon‑ itor overseeing the NYPD’s efforts to re‑ form its use of stop and frisk after courts ruled the practice was unconstitutional. Be‑ fore joining the NYU School of Law as a professor, Peter Zim‑ roth was corporation counsel to New York City, where he headed a department of more than 500 lawyers, providing counsel on all things New York – including employ‑ ment issues, health care, law enforce‑ ment, transportation and education.

ocratic donor, Victor Kovner has contribut‑ ed to the campaigns of Vincent Gentile, Charles Schumer and Jerrold Nadler, as well as to the New York State Democratic Committee. Kovner is a recognized expert on First Amendment law – representing the Metropolitan Trans‑ portation Authority and Times Square Alliance, among oth‑ er clients – and is a go‑to adviser to me‑ dia outlets seeking prepublication review.

Earlier in his career he served as lawyer and adviser to then‑Mayor David Dinkins.

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by Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman – who has pleaded guilty in the Nxvim sex cult case – Susan Necheles (reported‑ ly no longer on the case) is a seasoned trial lawyer special‑ izing in white collar crime, health care fraud, securities fraud, perjury and charges of sexual misconduct.

She previously served as assistant district attorney in Brooklyn and was recognized as an outstanding criminal practitioner by the New York State Association of Crimi‑ nal Defense Lawyers.

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been hired to lead the New York City Council’s prosecution of Barry Grodenchik, a Queens councilman accused of sexual harassment.

The former federal state prosecutor, who has a background investigating corruption and fraud with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, also prosecuted the corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. She co-authored the landmark report, “If Not Now, When?: Achieving Equality for Women Attorneys in the Courtroom and in ADR.”

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ruption and conflict of interest, Richard Briffault recently weighed in on possible charter amendments before the 2019 Charter Revision Commission.

He was a member of New York state’s Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and currently chairs the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board. As a consultant to the city’s Charter Commission in the 1980s, he played a role in establishing new agencies that aim to ensure an ethical government.

longest-tenured chief lawyer, serving under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michael Cardozo oversaw the administration’s 700 lawyers and handled significant litigation on city regulations, real estate and personal injury lawsuits.

In 2014, Cardozo returned to Proskauer Rose, where he had worked earlier in his career litigating on behalf of the NBA, the NHL and other sports leagues. He is a former president of the New York City Bar Association.

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out prison officials for the lack of electricity and adequate heat at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. “Psychologically, the lack of lighting just felt devastating,” she told The Wall Street Journal. A former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, von Dornum has served as a pro bono litigator with the Capital Defenders of New York.

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PARTNER SCHWARTZ PERRY & HELLER

SENIOR PARTNER ZETLIN & DE CHIARA

EVER USED the term “net neutrality”? You’re honoring the work of Tim Wu, a prolific Columbia University professor who coined the term in a 2003 paper titled “Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination” – which led to the passage of a federal net neutrality measure. In 2015, he joined state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office as senior enforcement counsel and special advisor handling technology, internet policy and legal issues. He is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.

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negotiator dedicated to representing victims of police brutality, prison inmates and others accused of crimes, civil rights defense attorney Nicole Bellina has earned a reputation for success in cases considered impossible to win. She began her career with the Prisoner’s Rights Project and worked at The Legal Aid Society before landing at Stoll, Glickman and Bellina.

have been victims of workplace discrimination can turn to Davida Perry, who has spent more than 30 years fighting for the rights of employees. Perry and her firm have had a large impact on the shaping of employment and discrimination law in New York. She helped create New York City’s Human Rights Law, which protects individuals from discrimination at work as well as in public places, housing and other areas.

was founded on the belief that the legal industry needed a law firm that understood the design and construction process. Since 1992, Michael Zetlin has been helping clients (including developers, corporations and large institutional owners) make their construction dreams reality. He also serves as general counsel to the New York Building Congress and the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and is an adjunct professor at Columbia University.

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JOE CANOVAS

KARL SLEIGHT

ED ZIMMERMAN

PARTNER BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER

SPECIAL COUNSEL NEW YORK STATE AFL-CIO

JONATHAN ABADY

MEMBER HARRIS BEACH

PARTNER LOWENSTEIN SANDLER

HENRY “HANK” GUTMAN

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to then-state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Harlan Levy played a key role in several significant investigations. Schneiderman praised him as one of the “best legal minds” in the state. In 2015, he rejoined Boies Schiller Flexner, where he specializes in government and business litigation and white collar criminal defense. His 1996 book, “And the Blood Cried Out,” draws on his time as a homicide prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office.

to advance social and economic justice at the New York State AFL-CIO, which represents 3,000 public sector, private sector and building trades unions statewide and is the largest state federation in the country. The AFL-CIO’s legislative priorities for 2019 include improving public transportation, amending the property tax cap, properly funding public schools, protecting access to health care and expanding prevailing wages.

FOUNDING PARTNER EMERY CELLI BRINCKERHOFF & ABADY

TERRI ADLER MANAGING PARTNER DUVAL & STACHENFELD AS CHAIR of her firm’s real estate department,

Terri Adler oversees one of New York City’s largest practice groups dedicated to the industry, and she has earned a reputation as an expert in national and international real estate.

Adler developed Duval & Stachenfeld’s women’s initiative and mentors and assists young female attorneys within the firm and outside of it. She speaks frequently about gender equality in both the legal and real estate communities.

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named one of the nation’s top 22 lawyers in startups and emerging companies by legal research firm Chambers USA is significant in and of itself, the bigger honor may be that Ed Zimmerman was the only New York lawyer to make the list.

The co-founder of Lowenstein Sandler’s tech group – who is also an expert on wine – Zimmerman has been called “one of the best venture capital lawyers in the country.”

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Jonathan Abady. The top-rated civil rights attorney has represented Rikers Island inmates in brutality cases against correction officers and secured a $5.75 million settlement in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a mentally ill inmate.

But he doesn’t stop at civil rights: Abady has experience litigating commercial and corporate disputes, and has represented Penguin Putnam and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.

Saratoga County, you can recognize Karl Sleight thanks to his “SP” license plate, a type of license plate given by the Saratoga County clerk to a select group of government employees and elected officials. While serving as executive director of the New York State Ethics Commission, Sleight investigated high-ranking officials and private sector establishments that worked with the government. He also served as counsel during both of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Moreland Commission investigations.

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labor and employment attorney Stuart Lichten has successfully represented unions and many employees mistreated on the job.

He often represents union members facing criminal charges arising from a situation at work. In addition to practicing labor law, Lichten advises and represents political candidates in election law and has litigated election law disputes before the state Board of Elections. Earlier in his career, he worked at The Legal Aid Society.

World New York City at Aqueduct Racetrack, you can thank John Cordo, the influential Albany lawyer who played a key role in bringing the project to fruition. The founder of Cordo & Co. also helped secure a living wage for home health care workers in New York City. Earlier in his career, he served as special counsel to the Republican state Senate majority, where he helped implement and develop labor and pension policy.

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legalnotices@cityandstateny.com Notice of Formation of Clapman Services, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/22/19. 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 Carnelutti & Altieri Esposito & Minoli PLLC, 551 Madison Ave., Ste. 450, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activities.

App. for Auth. (LLC) A Team Services LLC d/b/a Team Six Services LLC. App. for Auth. filed w/ the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/19.

LLC formed in DE on 3/6/19. 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 Jordan M. Pantzer, 998 5th Ave., NY, NY 10028, registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: All lawful purposes.

NOYR FASHION CONSULTING AGENCY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 1/30/2019. Office loc: Richmond County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Ryon Reynolds, N.Y., 20 Winfield St. Staten Island NY 10305. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

ELIZABETH MADISON TILLEMANS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 02/28/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Elizabeth Tillemans., 60 W 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF East-West Property US LLC filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/2019. Office 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: 641 Lexington Avenue, 22/F, New York, NY 10022.

The principal business address of the LLC is: New York. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of hderm LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Howard Denton Mills III, 9 Darlene Dr., Goshen, NY 10924. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Walker2, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/21/19.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 289 N Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of URBAN LIVING NYC, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/22/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in California (CA) on 03/20/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: KULBINDER SINGH TAKHAR, 6049 LAURELSPUR LOOP, SAN RAMON, CA 94582.

Address to be maintained in CA: 11040 BOLLINGER CANYON RD., STE. E-874, SAN RAMON, CA 94582.

Arts of Org. filed with the CA SECY. OF STATE, 1500 11TH ST., SACRAMENTO, CA. Purpose: any lawful activities.

CITY STAR RESTAURANT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/05/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jameel A. Ali, 530 W. 45th St., #15K, NY, NY 10036.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of BBRE MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/15/19. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 280 St. Marks Ave., 3C, Brooklyn, NY 11238. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Matthew Beer at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Real estate investment and management.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT KINGS COUNTY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff against RAYMOND L. MENDEZ, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered March 15, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201 on May 30, 2019 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 920 East 102nd Street, Brooklyn, New York 11236. Block 8209 Lot 47. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $531,036.70 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 15758/2014. Cash will not be accepted at the sale.

Steven Z. Naiman, Esq., Referee 2296-003036 Name of LP: Six & Cornelia Associates, L.P. Cert. of Adoption filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/15/2019. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o ABC Management Corp., 152 W. 57th St., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10019.

Name/addr. of each genl. ptr. available from Sec. of State. Term: until 12/31/2052. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1317392 for beer and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 230 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 for on-premises consumption.

230 Ninth Avenue Restaurant LLC

MBL MET LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/15/2019. Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o New Aim Realty, PO Box 933, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Frost Creative, LLC filed with SSNY on March 7, 2019. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 352 East 89th Street Apt 1D New York, NY 10128.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

EARTHYSOUL LLC. filed with SSNY 2/19/19.

Office: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.Mail copy of process to LLC: Attn: Mustafa Kolukisa, 1755 East 13th Street, Apt. F5, Brooklyn, NY 11229 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of PINE HILL GROUP, L.L.C. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/26/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 03/04/08.

NYS fictitious name: PINE HILL GROUP NY LLC. 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, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. NJ addr. of LLC: Flaster Greenberg PC, 1810 Chapel Ave. West, 3rd Fl., Cherry Hill, NJ 08002. Cert. of Form. filed with State Treasurer, PO Box 300, Trenton, NJ 08625. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Ng Medical Brooklyn, PLLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/19/19. Office Location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The PLLC 943 60th St, #C1, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Purpose: to engage in the profession of Medicine.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of TEMPLE FORTUNES PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org.: filed with the Secy. of State of NY on 03/05/19. Office Location: New York County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228, has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SI SoHo LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/4/19. 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 Karen Robinovitz, 259 W. 10th St., #6G, NY, NY 10014, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation Wertling Family Holding LLC Arts of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY 4/5/2019. Ofc Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 435 Edinboro Rd, Staten Island, NY 10306.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

SOLEInfusion, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/19/19. Off. Loc.: Westchester Co. SSNY desig. as agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: SOLEInfusion, LLC, 227 Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers, NY, 10705. The Reg. Agt. is Basil B. Cocheekaran at the same address. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of ATTUNED MOVEMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/24/19. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 41 W. 83rd St., Ste. 1B, NY, NY 10024. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of ANANDAH CARTER SUCCESS COACHING LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/25/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: Anthony F. Vitiello, Connell Foley LLP, 888 7th Ave., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIS 2006-NC3, V. NICHOLAS CALABRESE A/K/A NICHOLAS A. CALABRESE, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 6, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIS 2006-NC3 is the Plaintiff and NICHOLAS CALABRESE A/K/A NICHOLAS A. CALABRESE, ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the KINGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 360 ADAMS STREET ROOM 224, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, on May 9, 2019 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 2176 EAST 36TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11234: Block 8535, Lot 2: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 519461/2016. Steven Naiman, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Notice of Qualification of Ikor Systems LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/26/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC organized in SC on 5/18/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Attn: James Burns, 1320 Main St., 17th Fl., Columbia, SC 29201. SC address of LLC: 1419 Pendleton St., Columbia, SC 29201. Art. of Org. filed with SC Sec. of State, 1205 Pendleton St., Ste. 525, Columbia, SC 29201. Purpose: all lawful purposes Notice of Formation of Hong Rong Realty LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/03/2019.

Office located in Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Hong Rong Realty LLC, 866 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of GREYSTONE CITY ISLAND UNIT OWNER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/28/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/26/19. Princ. office of LLC: 152 W. 57th St., 60th Fl., NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. 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 lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF AMG 159 ASHFORD LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on March 15, 2019. Office location: WESTCHESTER 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: 4 Blanchard Road, Greenwich CT 06831.

The principal business address of the LLC is: 159 Ashford Avenue, Dobbs Ferry NY 10522. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of: Westchester Property Solutions LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 03/04/2019. Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn NY, 11228 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Uniquely Made LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/22/19.

Office: Westchester 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, 24 Jackson Street 1st Floor, New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GEEK COM LLC filed with SSNY on 01/24/2019.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Vivir hair, LLC filed with SSNY on January 11, 2019Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 430 Amsterdam Avenue Apt#4C New York, NY 10024. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of Eurofins EAG Materials Science, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/10/19. Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 2425 New Holland Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601. LLC formed in DE on 7/2/08.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE addr. of LLC: 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of 436 and 442 East 13th Street Investors LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/19/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 64 2nd Ave., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10003.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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CREATIVE @ TABLE OF CONTENT LLC, Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/26/18.

Office: NY Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to FREDERICK (aka RICK) KNIEF, 345 SEVENTH AVE., 22ND FL., NY, NY 10001. General Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SUPTOWN MUSIC & ARTS LLC. Filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/15/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to 854 W 180TH ST, #1E, NEW YORK, NY, 10033. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of TTMH Henrietta Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/9/19. 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 Corporate Creations Network Inc., 15 N. Mill St., Nyack, NY 10960. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of Front Room Creations, LLC filed with SSNY on April 8, 2019. Office: Westchester County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 25 Merlin Av, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of INFINIA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/29/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/07/18. Princ. office of LLC: 135 Madison Ave., Fl. 8, NY, NY 10016.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Ronald J. Cappello at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. 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 lawful activity.

EBBERLY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/04/2019. Office loc: Kings County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: EBBERLY LLC, Attn: E. Strathairn, 345 President St #2, Brooklyn NY. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

125 MERRICK LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/16/2019.

Office loc: NY County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Xia Xun Jiang/Ai Ying Wong, 32 Monroe St. Suite K1, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of BURKE LE DUC SAFAROV LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/10/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/08/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

DEITYNY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/11/2019, effective date on 05/01/2019.

Office loc: NY County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Renee Bishop, 377 E 33rd St. Apt 19E, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF East-West Property US LLC filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/2019.

Office 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: 641 Lexington Avenue, 22/F, New York, NY 10022.

The principal business address of the LLC is: New York. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of AJK ZIGG INVESTORS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/11/19. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 1009 Park Ave., Apt. 9A, NY, NY 10028. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Adam Katz at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of So Satisfying LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/09/19.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Dor Mizrahi, 100 West 26th St., Apt. 10F, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF QUAL. of Maplewood Owner LLC. Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/12/19. Off. Loc: NY Co. LLC org. in DE 3/22/19. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 28 Liberty St., New York, NY 10005, the Reg. Agt upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. Addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

1355 Acquisition Holdco LLC - Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/4/19.

Office location: NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP, 360 Lexington Ave, 13th Fl, NY, NY 10017 Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of LYDIA ANNE DESIGNS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/11/19. Office location: NY County.

No PPOB. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Original addr. of process was Lydia Radandt, 345 W. 14th St., Apt. 2D, NY, NY 10014. Per Cert. of Change filed with SSNY on 03/25/19, SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543, now also designated as regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation Keystone Asssets 1 LLC Arts of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY 1/25/2019. Ofc Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 1911 Richmond Ave, NY 10314.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

WORLD CUTS BARBERSHOP, LLC, filed with SSNY 03/13/2019.

Office loc: Westchester County, NY. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Waldermar Morales, President/Owner, 2150 Central Park Ave Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1317190) for on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 85 Avenue A, Lower Southern Store #5, New York, NY 10009 for on premises consumption.

Ballingers EV LLC Notice of Formation: 8712 DITMAS AVE LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/27/2019.

Office Loc: Kings County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 8712 DITMAS AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 Purpose: Any lawful activity.

1355 Acquisition Manager LLC - Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/4/19.

Office location: NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP, 360 Lexington Ave, 13th Fl, NY, NY 10017 Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION Supreme Court of New York, KINGS County.

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MFRA TRUST 20142, Plaintiff, -againstLEYLA DAVIS; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; KAYLIE JOHNSON; KYANNE JOHNSON; ANSIL JOHNSON; KAREN LIVERPOOL; AUDREY LIVERPOOL; VANESSA SIMPSON; LEO COLON; JESSICA CRUZ, Index No. 512846/2016.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated, January 9, 2019 and entered with the Kings County Clerk on January 18, 2019, Steven Z. Naiman, Esq., the Appointed Referee, will sell the premises known as 203 Cornelia Street, Brooklyn, New York 11221 at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on May 30, 2019 at 2:30 P.M. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York known as Block: 3376; Lot: 54 will be sold subject to the provisions of filed Judgment, Index No. 512846/2016. The approximate amount of judgment is $891,323.70 plus interest and costs.

FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Notice of Filing of AMERICAN LIVING, LLC Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State of New York on 3/13/2019.

Office Location: Westchester County. Sheila Harding designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served with a process mailing address of 89 Heath Place, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings PennyMac Corp., Plaintiff AGAINST Hyacinth Mcculloch, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 3/7/19 and entered on 3/14/19, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on May 30, 2019 at 02:30 PM premises known as 1319E 98th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 8244, LOT: 21.

Approximate amount of judgment is $558,755.81 plus interests and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 514303/2017.

Dana L. Jenkins, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

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Notice of Qualification of OLLIE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/07/17. Princ. office of LLC: 450 Park Ave. South, 5th Fl., NY, NY 10016. 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: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qual. of SPRING LAFAYETTE, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 02/27/2014, Name change to: 63 SPRING LAFAYETTE, LLC on 03/11/2014 .

Office loc: NY County.

LLC formed in DE on 10/28/2013. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Jack Terzi 362 5th Ave 12FL NY, NY 10001.

Address required to be maintained in DE: Vcorp Svcs, LLC, 1811 Silverside Rd, Wilmington DE 19810.

Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1317670 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 3473 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10031. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. LYN GENET KITCHEN LLC. Notice of Qualification of JANE ROTROSEN AGENCY LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/17/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Florida (FL) on 03/28/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Jane R. Berkey, at the FL addr. of the LLC:13248 50th St. South, Wellington, FL 33414. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-9T1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-9T1, Plaintiff AGAINST PATRICK CARRANO AKA PATRICK CARANO, AKA PATRICK I. CARRANO, KATHLEEN SMITH, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 08, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on June 06, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 405 GREENWOOD AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11218. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 5273, LOT 46.

Approximate amount of judgment $855,774.64 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed J! udgment for Index# 7008/14. GREGORY M. LASPINA, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 62702

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TVI C O M M U N I C AT I O N S , LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 4/11/19. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, #202, BK, Ny 11228.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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SRP 2012-4, LLC, Plaintiff, Against

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No.: 520351/2016 EZEKIEL AKANDE, ET AL.,

NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 12/11/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, in Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 6/6/2019 at 2:30 pm, premises known as 34 Jackson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11215, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 1055 and Lot 42.

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $376,471.69 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 520351/2016.

Leonard Spector, Esq., Referee.

Richland & Falkowski, PLLC, 35-37 36th Street, 2nd Floor, ASTORIA, NY 11106 PB

Notice of Formation of DAGNY HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/23/19. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 77 W. 24th St., Apt. 22E, NY, NY 10010. 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: Asset management.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1315652 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 45 W 45TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10036.

NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. THEOPHILOUS 4545 CORP LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM

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Defendant(s).

Dated: 4/9/2019

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-AR6, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-AR6,

Notice of Formation of BENJAMIN & ELLIE LLC filed with SSNY on April 19, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 276 5th Avenue Siute 704-3060, NY, NY 10001.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1317190) for on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 85 Avenue A, Lower Southern Store #5, New York, NY 10009 for on premises consumption.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 6, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-AR6, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-AR6 is the Plaintiff and PROSPER NARCISSE; ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the KINGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROOM 224, 360 ADAMS STREET, BROOKLYN NY 11201, on June 13, 2019 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 498 EAST 53RD STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11203: Block 4737, Lot 20: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 506122/2015. Jageshwar Sharma, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

DAVID HECHLER PUBLISHING LLC, Arts of Org. filed with SSNY 02/27/19. Office loc. NY County. David H. Gendelman, Esq. has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: LLC, Attn: David H. Gendelman, Esq., 49 West 37th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1314837 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER IN A CATERING HALL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 117-03 HILLSIDE AVE. RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418, QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. 117 03 HILLSIDE CATERING INC

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ARIS CLOSET, LLC. of Org. filed with SSNY 4/19/2019. Office loc: Kings County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2420 Glenwood road apt 4c,Brooklyn N.Y. Purpose : Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WELL WOMAN INTEGRATIVE PSYCHIATRY PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/04/19. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of PLLC: One Penn Plaza, Ste. 6301, NY, NY 10119. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Medicine.

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Notice of Formation of 140 EAST 65 NYC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/25/19. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: c/o Forbes Family Trust, 767 5th Ave., 6th Fl., NY, NY 10153. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Seward & Kissel LLP, Attn: Susan J. Lorin, One Battery Park Plaza, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Lucky Gus, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/24/19.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: eResidentAgent, Inc., 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 805A, Albany, NY 12210, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JDD PROPERTIES LLC. Art of Org filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/25/2019.

Office loc: NY County.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

The principal business address of the LLC is: 15 E 117TH ST, FL2, NEW YORK, NY 10035. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Qualification of O&Y Jay LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/18/19.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/17/19.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Adam America Real Estate, 850 Third Ave., Ste. 13D, NY, NY 10022; Attn: Omri Sachs. Address to be maintained in DE: National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above named company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more: ERIE WATSON RODNEY 324 VILLA AVE BUFFALO NY 14216 MONROE SHANER LARRY 68 EDMONDS ST ROCHESTER NY 14607 PIZZO FRANCIS 167 CHESTNUT HILL DR ROCHESTER NY 14617 MARION ARGIA 114 DORSET ST ROCHESTER NY 14609 ORANGE ANTINORI BEATRICE 135 S PLANK RD NEWBURGH NY 12550 MCATEER PETER 22 TIEDEMANN CT MONROE NY 10950 FRIED RANDI 64 FOX HOLLOW RD WOODBURY NY 11797 FEIGENBAUM ROY 64 FOX HOLLOW RD WOODBURY NY 11797 SUFFOLK PRISCO DEBRA 183 W 19TH ST DEER PARK NY 11729

A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HAS BEEN MADE TO THOMAS P. DENAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 702 OF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW. A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS APPEARING FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SAID INSURANCE COMPANY TO BE ENTITLED THERETO IS ON FILE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION LOCATED AT 1 ORANGE WAY WINDSOR CT 06095, WHERE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY IS PAYABLE. SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 31, 2019, TO PERSONS ESTABLISHING TO OUR SATISFACTION THEIR RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE SAME.ON OR BEFORE THE SUCCEEDING SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 SUCH UNCLAIMED FUNDS STILL REMAINING UNCLAIMED WILL BE PAID TO THOMAS P. DENAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. UPON SUCH PAYMENT THIS COMPANY SHALL NO LONGER BE LIABLE FOR THE PROPERTY.

May 13, 2019

PUBLIC NOTICE SprintCom, Inc. (SPRINT) proposes the modification of existing SPRINT facilities installed atop existing buildings at 1014 55th St. in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY (Project 44365) and at 260 6th Ave. in New York, New York County, NY (Project 44159).

In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, SPRINT is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. 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 one-half mile of the site, please submit the comments (with project number) to: RAMAKER, Contractor for SPRINT, 855 Community Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ramaker.com within 30 days of this notice.

VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY

Notice of Qualification of MREC MANAGEMENT, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/30/19. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/22/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: MREC Management, LLC, 23975 Park Sorrento, Ste. 420, Calabasas, CA 91302. Address to be maintained in DE: 9 E. Loockerman St., Ste. 311, Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, Division of Corporations - John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

MADSQPARK, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 04/15/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: MADSQPARK, LLC, Attn: Walter Kulakowski, 208 Fifth Avenue 2W, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose

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