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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

IN THE 1990s, my father discovered he was HIV-positive and had unintentionally infected my mother. This is the first time I’ve ever written about this.

My dad didn’t want the news to get out about his HIV status because of the stigma at the time. He and my mom kept it a secret, even from me. It wasn’t until my mother was suffering complications from the infection six months before her death on Mother’s Day in 1999, that I would come to learn what had happened.

It broke my heart. My dad was devastated, because not only did he have that reality to live with, he outlived her by another five years.

I wish my parents had survived to see a day when the stigma of getting infected with HIV was diminished. It’s much easier now because of today’s antiretroviral drugs, especially for people who once had to suffer a stigma for catching such a disease. That’s why my father struggled with admitting that he was bisexual. While we didn’t always see eye to eye, I felt horrible that he couldn’t be himself.

June is a month when I’m celebrated as a father by four beautiful, grown children. It’s also Pride Month, a time I celebrate with my daughter Abigail, who is queer. And I’m grateful for how much she is aware of her grandparents’ story.

City & State’s latest issue marks the breakthrough in LGBTQ rights made by the repeal of the “walking while trans” law. It means so much for a new generation. Hopefully it also gives peace to those who aren’t with us anymore to know that we’ve come this far.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

FOR THE RECORD … 8 Scott Stringer’s decades in government KIARA ST. JAMES … 10 An activist who was key in the repeal of the ‘walking while trans’ law

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The LGBTQ leaders fighting for equality

WINNERS & LOSERS … 54

Who was up and who was down last week

City Comptroller Scott Stringer is running for mayor as a career progressive.

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end the emergency declaration and give up the power that allows him to suspend laws and amend current executive orders regarding the pandemic.

“You don’t speak for Black and brown communities. How dare you assume to speak for Black and brown communities.”

Cuomo already took an early victory lap with a coronavirus leadership book that was written mid-pandemic, so his announcement this week felt familiar, but less premature.

NEW YORK HITS VACCINATION BENCHMARK

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that 70% of New York adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, a benchmark he had set for the lifting of most remaining pandemic restrictions.

In a celebratory press conference, Cuomo all but announced “mission accomplished” with regard to overcoming the coronavirus pandemic. Even with the relaxed restrictions that remove social distancing requirements and capacity limits, Cuomo said the state

will continue to increase vaccination levels in communities where rates remain low. However, Cuomo still has not rescinded the state of emergency he declared over a year ago, which gives him expanded powers and authority.

Republicans are calling on the governor to

OUT WITH A BANG New York crossed a milestone last week, having delivered at least one COVID-19 shot into the arms of 70% of adults in the state. To honor the essential workers who got us here, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a series of impromptu fireworks shows across the state on June 15 – a puzzling choice given the rash of complaints about illegal fireworks last summer.

– New York City mayoral candidate Dianne Morales, after opponent Ray McGuire said Black communities don’t want to defund the police, via NBC New York

“I was proud to be able to make this a holiday here in New York. I am even more proud that Congress has followed New York’s lead.”

– state Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins, in a statement on Juneteenth being named a new federal holiday

A RETURN TO HOMELESS NORMAL

With restrictions lifting and vaccination rates up, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the 8,000 homeless people who had been living in individual hotel rooms during the pandemic will be transferred back to congregate shelters.

They had originally been moved to avoid living in close quarters that would lead to COVID-19 outbreaks, but the decision had been met with backlash from some people who lived near the hotels they had been relocated to. De Blasio’s new decision to place them back into congregate shelters was met with resistance from advocates for homeless people, as well as from the people who had been living in the hotels.

FINAL NYC MAYORAL DEBATE

The eight leading candidates running for mayor of New York City took to the stage for one final debate before voters head to the polls on June 22. Andrew Yang focused his attacks on front-runner Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, with whom he

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has been consistently close in recent polling.

Yang specifically touted his endorsement from the NYPD Captains Endowment Association, Adams’ old police union.

Candidates also traded barbs over how to tackle homelessness and mental illness, leading to an exchange between Yang and Comptroller Scott Stringer, during which Stringer called into question Yang’s preparedness for the position of mayor. When asked about what they considered the worst ideas they’ve heard on the campaign trail, defunding the police was a main point of contention, while Maya Wiley accused Adams of wanting to bring back stop and frisk.

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Joe Percoco, honorary third son of Mario Cuomo, has been reportedly getting financial support from the Cuomo family.

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10 candidates seek to replace Karen Koslowitz in City Council District 29

NEW PERCOCO NEWS

Former top Cuomo aide who was sent to prison for taking bribes, Joe Percoco, was in the news again thanks to new reporting about who has been paying the tab for his lawyers. Turns out, Cuomo’s sister Madeline had been raising money for his defense and appeal, as well as for his children, before the pandemic from close friends and allies of the governor and the Cuomo family. For years, questions have swirled about who has been footing the bill for Percoco’s many courtrelated fees, especially since his lawyers said he had been on the verge of bankruptcy.

The governor denied having any knowledge of Madeline Cuomo’s support of Percoco.

TUESDAY 6/22 Municipal primary elections are held in cities across the state, most prominently in New York City, where Democrats will be voting for a new mayor and more.

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First elected in 1991 and then again in 2009, New York City Council Member Karen Koslowitz has had quite the career representing District 29 in Central Queens. For 12 years in office, the incumbent had a mostly inoffensive record, but her constituents won’t forget one vote: when she supported a plan to build a new Kew Gardens jail in District 29.

Koslowitz called the vote the hardest of her career, but defended herself. In a press conference she said, “I go to sleep at night and I sleep very well.

The people who say ‘no’ have no solutions. They just say ‘no.’” As is the case with most City Council seats, District 29 will soon be represented by someone new, and that person will need to contend with the “no’s” and with the solutions.

Koslowitz previously ran unopposed when she won a new term in 2017. With the incumbent term-limited out of her seat this year, 10 candidates aim to replace her. Due to the heavily Democratic population in the district, the Democratic primary, with nine candidates, is likely to decide who will represent the district next year. The winner of the Democratic primary will face Michael Conigliario, the sole

INSIDE DOPE

Absentee ballots and ranked-choice voting mean it’ll likely take three weeks to know who’ll win New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary.

Republican candidate, in the general election. Several Democrats have raised the maximum public funds and have gained significant momentum. Lynn Schulman, who is running for the third time to represent the district and is a former opponent of Koslowitz in her 2009 race, is in the fundraising lead with private funds upward of $80,000. First-time candidate David Aronov follows her with about $65,000. Avi Cyperstein, the Democrat with the most conservative platform, is pitching himself as a first responder and has reached almost $50,000 in private fundraising. Also notable is Aleda Gagarin, billing herself as the most progressive candidate, with around $35,000.

Most of the candidates are united on one front: stopping the jail. Koslowitz’s reputation was scarred after voting for the city’s plan to close Rikers Island and build four new borough jails. Her vote came with a lengthy list of conditions, including the hiring of additional police officers to the New York City Police Department’s 102nd precinct, and the installation of new security cameras in nearby public schools. – Maryam Rahaman

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IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, THE NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL RACE MIGHT FEATURE THESE TOP CONTENDERS.

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S VOTERS FINALIZE the order of their ranked-choice ballots, we thought it would be interesting to make a mock Democratic mayoral ballot of the coulda, woulda and shoulda candidates. How different would this race have played out if state Attorney General Letitia James was finishing up her second term as public advocate, or if Jumaane Williams decided he didn’t want a second term as her successor? What if Rep. Alexandria

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Ocasio-Cortez listened to some of her more excitable fans and entered the mayoral race? In the even more plausible realm of alternate timelines, what if Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. didn’t drop out so early, or if former Rep. Max Rose or City Council Speaker Corey Johnson decided to run? Speaking of speakers, Christine Quinn could have launched a political comeback! We’ll never know for sure, but it sure is fun to speculate!

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Transportation and infrastructure isn’t just roads, bridges and tunnels, right?

It’s also broadband.

A Q&A with Rep.

ADRIANO ESPAILLAT

With all the going back and forth over an infrastructure plan, what’s left for New York in all the latest dealmaking?

We’re still trying to get this done, so everything that we’ve been pushing for is still on the table. Including, for example, U.S. Sen. (Chuck) Schumer and myself have been pushing for an increase in funding for NYCHA to $80 billion for capital funding.

There’s broadband in there. There’s also a bunch of initiatives that will help transportation infrastructure across the nation, including in New York. We’re trying to get this to be a bipartisan

effort in the Senate, and we’re trying to get the other side to agree to a number and to agree to the project, but everything that was originally there, is still there. So, there’s no drawback, at least not yet.

What key initiatives do you want to see preserved in this process?

I certainly would like to see the $80 billion-plus for NYCHA because I think that addresses a critical issue. Transportation and infrastructure isn’t just roads, bridges and tunnels, right? It’s also broadband; it’s also NYCHA; it’s also schools and hospitals. And so

when you expand the meaning of transportation and infrastructure to include that, I think it has a bigger impact for communities and it has a bigger impact for job creation. Now, you know, we fought hard during the pandemic to keep the funding for the MTA. We felt that it was important that we kept the funding for the MTA, and I believe it was $14.5 billion that eventually we were able to keep on the table for the MTA, because had we not done (that), we would probably would have lost the state funding that has been allocated for the second phase of the Second

Avenue subway. Certainly the money that we’ve allocated now would not have been enough.

We have kept up the pace. In fact, the Federal Transit Administration gave the project what they call a “mediumhigh rating,” which is what it needs to move forward into engineering and eventually into construction. Now we want it to go to the full funding grant level, which is when all the wheels start turning, and I’m working at that as well.

So if you come to an agreement with the White House, what will that greenlight?

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We’ll have the funding available for thousands of bridges to be rebuilt across the country. We will have funding for the Gateway Program. You will have funding for the Second Avenue subway, a $7 billion project, and broadband, which is not just needed in rural areas, but also as the pandemic revealed, is needed also in urban areas. And so these are all major projects that will put people to work. And yes, $1.7 trillion I think is a good amount of money that would accomplish a lot and create a lot of jobs, but I’m sure that there could be a middle ground that the senators could agree on.

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SCOTT STRINGER Two allegations of sexual assault leave this experienced progressive with little chance of becoming mayor.

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HOUGH THE OFFICE wields considerable influence, the work of the New York City comptroller is followed most closely by fiscal policy wonks, which could explain why almost 50 years have passed since the city’s chief fiscal officer was elected to be its chief executive. It so happens that Ronald Stringer, the father of the current comptroller, Scott Stringer, served as counsel to former Mayor Abe Beame, the last person to fill those roles consecutively when he entered City Hall in 1974.

Before his campaign was rocked by two accusations of sexual assault, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer was a top-tier mayoral contender who could plausibly claim to be the most qualified candidate.

Stringer was born into politics on both sides. His mother Arlene Stringer-Cuevas served as a City Council member from Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan, and his stepfather Carlos Cuevas was deputy borough president of the Bronx.

Stringer got his own start in politics as a kid when he volunteered on a congressional campaign of his cousin, former Rep. Bella Abzug. Stringer entered the Assembly in 1993, filling the Upper West Side seat vacated by his mentor Rep. Jerry Nadler, and remained in Albany until winning the Manhattan borough president race in 2005. That year, The New York Times lauded Stringer’s “commitment to the principles of good government” in its endorsement of him. “It was Mr. Stringer who pushed hard to change the ossified rules in Albany, and stood up to angry colleagues on behalf of a reform requiring them to actually be present in the chamber to be recorded as voting.”

Stringer has been an early adopter of some progressive causes. He called for the closure of Rikers Island before other top city officials, for example. But he’s not one to stray too far from the Democratic establishment either. “He’s not rigid in a policy sense or in a political sense,” said George Arzt, a political consultant who was a spokesperson for Stringer’s successful 2013 comptroller campaign.

Harold Holzer first met Stringer, whom he recalled as “this young eager kid with a very loud foghorn voice,” when he was a reporter covering Abzug’s 1972 congressional primary.

Holzer, who is now director of the Hunter College Public Policy Institute’s Roosevelt House, later worked with Stringer during his days as an Albany legislator and Manhattan borough president, and he described him as a “practical innovator.”

The comptroller’s office is not generally viewed as a platform for formulating public policy. Reviewing city contracts, auditing the

spending and performance of agencies, and overseeing the city’s pension funds are its primary functions. But the comptroller also has a policy office, which Stringer has used to advance a range of proposals.

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, for instance, the comptroller came up with a plan to increase the height of the city’s shoreline, particularly from the Lower East Side to the Battery in Manhattan.

“One of the things that I have been impressed with is he put out a proposal on how the city could address the child care problem for the 0-3 age group, and it dealt in a very smart and effective way with the affordability, accessibility and quality problems,” said James Parrott, the director of economic and fiscal policies at The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs. Parrott also pointed to the comptroller’s ongoing efforts to create a retirement fund for workers who don’t have an employer-provided pension fund.

Some budget hawks give Stringer’s tenure as comptroller less enthusiastic reviews. In 2014, the year both Stringer and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio entered their current offices, every municipal contract had expired, and teachers union leaders were demanding retroactive pay increases to match raises that other city unions received during the Bloomberg administration. The de Blasio administration soon hammered out a nineyear, $5.5 billion contract with the United The career poliFederation of Teachers, which included tician has built a brand on being left the back pay but stretched it out over eight of left, even as the years. As New York City’s budget watchdog, left has shifted.

Stringer had to sign off on the deal.

“The city is not supposed to owe people for current and past obligations – only for long-term debt or for capital projects – so this is the comptroller’s main role: Does this pass the balanced budget requirements that the city has under its charter and under state law?” said Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. “The comptroller was very nice to the teachers union in all of this: He just asked for a very small superficial tweak, but mostly let the deal go through.”

Gelinas added, however, that Stringer was “certainly engaged in the job” of comptroller, and praised some reports that the office has released under his watch, including a 2018 examination of the impact of Airbnb on city rents. She described his tenure overall as “basically a competent management of the status quo.”

One of Stringer’s most-cited achievements has been his role in the 2018 decision for the city’s pension funds to divest from fossil fuel companies, which made it the first major pension system to do so.

Stringer’s mayoral campaign touts his efforts to boost city spending on minority- and women-owned businesses. The comptroller’s office, according to the campaign, increased its own share from 13% to 50% of contracts awarded. But Bertha Lewis, president of The Black Institute, told City & State that she was “disappointed” in the comptroller’s record in that area. According to Lewis, she approached Stringer’s office about an initiative to set aside 1% of the city’s pension fund for investments in MWBEs, but the comptroller “never took

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(her proposal) seriously.” She also criticized Stringer for not ensuring that some portion of the billions of dollars in COVID‑19 relief funds for the city was allocated toward MWBEs.

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recently moved left, former Assembly colleagues say he was always a staunch progressive, so much so that he stood out in even the overwhelmingly Democratic chamber. “When he was in Albany, we treated him like he was from another planet,” said Mark Weprin, a former Assembly member who served with Stringer.

“He was further left than anybody. He was the most liberal member of the state Assembly! Manhattan had completely different views than the rest of the state.” As Manhattan borough president, an office he held from 2006 through 2013, one of Stringer’s signature issues was working on community board reform, including the appointment process, recruitment, funding and how conflict of interests were dealt with. Ruth Messinger, a former Manhattan borough president, said that Stringer saw the office, which is largely ceremonial, as a legitimate platform from which to influence policy, including around land use and development. “He was early on questioning the value of huge tax breaks to developers who were only developing luxury housing, and that would become a key issue of his policy concern

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both as city comptroller and now as candidate for mayor,” Messinger said.

In January 2020, Stringer released an affordable housing proposal that would end the 421‑a tax subsidy to developers. But Tenants PAC Treasurer Michael McKee criticized the comptroller for previously taking campaign donations from the real estate industry. When Stringer was a district leader in the 1980s, McKee told City & State, “I heard him make the following speech time and time again on the Upper West Side: ‘We have to make sure that these politicians know that if they take landlord money, they are not going to get the tenant vote.’ That is verbatim. And then, of course, when he ran for borough president in 2005 that all changed.” In 2019, Stringer swore off donations from real estate developers.

The recent disavowal of real estate contributions by many Democratic politicians has coincided with the ascendance of the party’s progressive wing, a shift in which Stringer has stayed ahead of the curve. In the past few years, Stringer broke with his party’s establishment in endorsing the progressive campaigns of a number of young women, including Tiffany Cabán for Queens district attorney as well as state Sens. Alessandra Biaggi, Jessica Ramos and Julia Salazar.

Going into the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary, Stringer was seen as a leading contender because he was unquestionably qualified and aligned with the ascendant progressive movement.

But in April a sexual assault accusation, dating back to Stringer’s 2001 campaign for public advocate, wounded his candidacy.

Though Stringer denied the allegation, many of the young progressives rescinded their endorsements of him. Earlier this month, Teresa Logan, a Manhattan woman, told The New York Times that she had worked at a bar Stringer co‑owned in 1992 and that he had groped her and kissed her at the time. Stringer told the newspaper that he had no recollection of Logan but that he apologized if any of his behavior had made her uncomfortable.

When City & State interviewed 16 former Stringer staffers for a May story, none knew of any alleged sexual misconduct, but many said he was a demanding and sometimes mercurial boss.

Being demanding may come hand‑in‑hand with being intensely ambitious and hardworking. Over the course of their relationship, Holzer said that he has spoken to Stringer at 6 in the morning and 11 at night, and characterized his work ethic as “extraordinary.”

Holzer, who was in charge of government relations at The Metropolitan Museum of Art during Stringer’s tenure as borough president, said that much of the collaboration between his office and cultural institutions flew under the radar. LED lighting, Holzer said, “sounds boring but saves millions and millions of dollars” in energy.

“He believes in justice, and he believes in picking up the garbage as well,” Holzer said.

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The right to walk Kiara St. James and other activists worked for years to end police harassment of transgender people.

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OY IS IMPORTANT TO KIARA ST. JAMES. She is the co-founder and executive director of New York Transgender Advocacy Group, a trans-led organization that advocates for inclusive gender-based policies. During a video interview from Prospect Park in Brooklyn, she told City & State that much of her work has been focused on ensuring that happiness is accessible to people, particularly those who have been marginalized. “This is really about making sure that all human beings are able to bask in the sunshine that we fall into,” St. James said, regarding her advocacy work.

As a Black woman of “trans experience,” St. James knows what it’s like to have her contentment interfered with based solely on how she is perceived. As she walks through the park, occasionally sharing views of its ponds and foliage on a hot June day, she recounts the multiple times that police were called on her and her friends when they attempted to have fun in Manhattan, like friends do.

“It was very common for me and my girlfriends, who were all Black women, to be asked to leave establishments,” St. James recalled. “The folks that just didn’t like us and wanted to get us removed, all they had to do was say, ‘those men over there’ – no matter how female presenting we were, we were still misgendered and called men, and management would side with the other patrons who were not trans. And so oftentimes cops will be called in to remove us all because we’re convening and ordered food just like everyone else.”

Like many other trans women, St. James was subject to discriminatory policing due to what was known as the “walking while trans” law. The statute, Section 240.37 of the state penal law, which outlawed “loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution” was introduced in 1976. The loitering law led to the disproportionate harassment and arrests of trans women and women of color.

Since 1999, at least some version of a bill to overturn the law has been introduced in the state Legislature. And for years activists have been pushing to get the law repealed by suing New York City, organizing protests and marches. But nothing seemed to get them closer to eradicating the law. It wasn’t until a few months ago that it was finally overturned. On Feb. 2, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill, sponsored by state

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Even when the city is blue, a lot of those elected officials still hold on to very archaic mindsets in regard to LGBTQ issues.

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Sen. Brad Hoylman and Assembly Member Amy Paulin to repeal the statute.

“That specter of arrest hung over their every move, like on a weekend night when they would go out to have fun,” Hoylman said of what St. James had related to him.

“And she said that feeling of constant prosecution for crimes you didn’t commit, or nobody believing you, led to this malaise of hopelessness.”

Those closely involved with the bill’s passage say a confluence of many factors helped to repeal the statute. There was the recent change in the state Legislature’s composition, giving Democrats a supermajority in both the Assembly and the state Senate. Activists like St. James formed a coalition with advocacy groups, lawmakers and lawyers over the past several years.

Many district attorneys refused to prosecute loitering cases, and the social justice movements that occurred last summer brought more visibility to the issue.

“The morning that the legislation passed, I spoke to Kiara, and she reminded me that, up until that day, her community had felt like second-class citizens,” Hoylman told City & State.

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HE STATE LEGISLATURE went blue in 2018 after being controlled by a Republican majority for about a decade, which had a major impact on the passage of bills related to LGBTQ rights.

“Up until two years ago, we were unable to pass any bills with letters LGBTQ in the title,” Hoylman said, adding that he believed the Republicans were being obstinate in response to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states, following a Supreme Court ruling in 2015.

“They wouldn’t consider the Gender Expression Non Discrimination Act, (which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and passed in 2019) they wouldn’t ban so-called gay conversion therapy. … Those were some lonely years between marriage equality,” he continued.

Jared Trujillo, policy counsel at the New York Civil Liberties Union who worked with Paulin on the bill to repeal “walking while trans,” told City & State that the state has “repealed more anti-trans laws in the past few months than we’ve passed in the past decade.”

When St. James came to New York in the mid-1990s with her partner, trans women had “no rights.”

“Up until two years ago, we were unable to pass any bills with (the) letters LGBTQ in the title.”

– state Sen. Brad Hoylman

Despite being known for its Democratic politics, she, like many trans women, found the city to be an unsafe place that lacked any protections for its trans or gender-nonconforming residents. She was routinely harassed, stigmatized and misgendered. “New York City had a Democratic mayor, and it had a predominantly Democratic City Council. So it speaks to the fact that even when the city is blue, a lot of those elected officials still hold on to very archaic mindsets in regards to LGBTQ issues, but especially when it comes to transgender, gender-nonconforming and gender nonbinary issues,” St. James said.

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ATE MOGULESCU led the effort in 2016 to sue the New York City Police Department for using the loitering statute to illegally profile trans women.

Mogulescu had created The Exploitation Intervention Project at The Legal Aid Society, which aims to end “systemic criminalization of victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation.”

Leigh Latimer, a supervising attorney for the project who worked alongside Mogulescu, credits her work with being the catalyst in reviving the mission to eradicate the “walking while trans” law. “She challenged the constitutionality of the statute,” Latimer told City & State. “And my understanding is that, as a result of that lawsuit, Amy Paulin became interested in introducing the bill to repeal the statute.”

Mogulescu did not respond to an interview request for this story.

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Thousands demonstrated for Black trans lives at a June 2020 protest in Brooklyn, left. In November, trans women and allies gathered to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance in Washington Square Park, below.

In 2019, the NYPD settled the lawsuit and agreed to revise its patrol guide to no longer allow officers to make arrests based solely on gender and appearances.

“The changes reflected in this settlement are changes that have been well underway in the NYPD,” Sgt. Jessica McRorie, a spokesperson for the department, told the Daily News at the time.

“The NYPD is committed to providing clarity to our officers on loitering enforcement, and did so through a combination of amplifications to the patrol guide and

enhanced training to ensure compliance.”

Paulin, who has been involved in efforts to combat sex trafficking and wrote and sponsored the Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act, told City & State that she learned about “walking while trans” through her ties to women’s groups that she has worked with previously.

The Assembly member then took on the bill to repeal the law, along with Hoylman, and began working with The Legal Aid Society and the New York Civil Liberties Union on the legislation. And as time went on, an even broader coalition of activists, attorneys and lawmakers formed, and the campaign to pass the bill began.

Activists, in particular, were central to getting Albany on board with overturning the law by meeting directly with elected officials and taking on the responsibility of educating them about the ways in which trans women and nonbinary people have been discriminated against, as many lawmakers remained uneasy about supporting the campaign.

“I would say one of the biggest tools we had in the campaign was having people to go and meet directly with our elected officials, and to put a human face behind the violence that people were subjected to under this law,” Richard Saenz, a criminal justice and police misconduct strategist at Lambda Legal, told City & State. “It made it that much more difficult for someone to not be in support of repealing the law. It also helped elected officials see that this was an issue that was important to their constituents. LGBTQ people, trans people, we vote.”

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N 2019, those involved in the coalition were certain that the bill to overturn “walking while trans” would pass, considering Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act – which St. James played a pivotal role in helping get passed – had been passed in the Legislature and signed into law.

However, the campaign to decriminalize sex work was also in full force around the same time, and Paulin and Latimer said

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that confused things for some lawmakers who mixed up the decriminalization movement with the “walking while trans” ban.

“The advocates that were the most visible were the advocates that wanted to legalize prostitution,” Paulin said. “They were the most visible, and I had to talk to them about stepping back from that position for the time being for the sake of this bill because that position was harmful to the bill.” Advocates for decriminalizing sex work say doing so will benefit both people who are coerced into sex work and people who choose to do sex work.

Paulin said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s and Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas’ decisions to no longer process loitering charges was far more pivotal to the passing of the bill, though she credits activists and advocates with making strides through their lobbying efforts.

When Gonzalez took office in 2018, he put together a commission to assess and produce a report on the justice system. The commission was made up of about 75 people, including academics, clergy members, defense attorneys and formerly incarcerated people. The commission would result in the office’s Justice 2020 report.

It was through compiling this report that Gonzalez was able to meet with members of the city’s trans community who had been affected by the state’s “walking while trans” statute. “I had my eyes opened to some of the issues that trans women who were sex workers faced, such as the constant harassment from police, even when they were not engaged in sex work,” Gonzalez told City & State. “I really had my eyes opened to new approaches by the advocates, of how to better serve and protect this vulnerable community. And also, quite frankly, after sitting down with some trans individuals, learned about the trauma of arrest and incarceration in their lives and how that impacted them quite differently than other communities. ” In 2019, Gonzalez announced that the Brooklyn district attorney’s office would no longer prosecute charges under the loitering law, as he viewed it as discriminatory and out of date. Soon after, other district attorneys, such as Singas, began to follow suit. In 2020, Gonzalez also announced that prostitution charges would no longer be prosecuted against sex workers and in 2021 dropped 250 open prostitution-related warrants.

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viduals involved in sex trafficking.

“It’s so important for sex workers to have protections,” St. James said. “They don’t need rescuing. They need protection.”

Many trans women, particularly trans women of color or trans immigrants, tend to turn to sex work as a means of supporting themselves, as they are often discriminated against when looking for other types of work. And many trans women are accused of engaging in sex work, when they are not, based solely on their appearance. “LGBTQ, Black and brown, immigrant and disabled communities engage in sex work at higher rates because they are locked out of jobs in the formal economy,” state Sens. Jessica Ramos and Julia Salazar wrote in an op-ed for the Daily News last year.

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T’S BEEN AN uphill battle for decades to get the (repeal of the) “walking while trans” ban legislated into law, and it really has to do with galvanizing community,” St. James said about recognizing the need to create greater levels of involvement to advocate for the legislation.

After the repeal of the “walking while trans” ban failed in 2019, the movement adjusted strategy.

“One beautiful thing about this, the recent campaign and the successful campaign, was that it really centered and was led by people most impacted (by the statute): trans people and trans women of color specifically,” Saenz said. “I think that is a model that other places, including other campaigns in New York, should really adopt.”

Trujillo also expressed that the greater inclusion of activists in the latest campaign made a significant difference. “It became a much richer campaign than it was two years ago, when it was mostly public defenders,” he said. “This time on the campaign, you had, of course, the public defenders but you also have (immigrant and worker advocacy organization) Make the Road – they were super active in this – you had every LGBTQ group in the city that was super active and so many people that recognize this is a trans rights issue.”

Those involved in the effort to overturn “walking while trans’’ also credit the wave of social justice movements and demonstrations that occurred in the wake of George Floyd’s death during the summer of 2020 for finally putting the pressure needed on Albany to get the law overturned.

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“I think that Black Lives Matter created space for people to reevaluate. Do we want to repeat criminalizing people for crime that is literally defined as loitering?” said David Brown, the legal director at the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund.

And in June, 2020, trans activists mobilized and organized a march to speak out against the continued violence against trans women. An estimated 15,000 people showed up.

“Midway through Pride Month, a loosely knit group of advocates organized a march of New Yorkers outside the Brook-

“LGBTQ people, trans people, we vote.”

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lyn Museum, which grew to 15,000 people, all dressed in white,” Hoylman said.

“It took place adjacent to the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and I think it was a realization on the part of the public and legislators that this issue is really multifaceted and involves more people. And that I think really kind of created headwinds as we went into the session.”

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HEN BIANEY GARCIA, a member of Make the Road New York who had been key in lobbying efforts to repeal “walking while trans,” heard that the law had finally been overturned, she wept.

“It was an amazing day for me, to realize that a law that criminalized my community for 44 years was repealed in New York state,” Garcia told City & State. “I cried so much because it was a long fight, not only for me but also my community.”

However, not all activists were overcome with joy. Tahtianna Fermin is

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founder and CEO of Bridges4Life, which seeks to help trans and gender-nonconforming young people become confident, independent and educated. She told City & State that the news of the legislation being signed into law made her feel happy initially, but she wondered what the law’s repeal would really mean for trans women.

“I teared up because it was exciting and we’re happy to hear that (the law was overturned) but at the same time, the real reality is that policing has always been against us,” Fermin said. “They have always found ways to manipulate the laws and the bills that are being passed to still find ways to get us arrested.”

St. James agrees that there’s still much more to be done to protect trans women and nonbinary people, as discrimination against trans women has continued. “What we have learned, even with GENDA, is that we have legislative law that says that was illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender identity, but during COVID-19 we got a lot of folks reaching out to NYTAG, and to me individually, talking about how they were discriminated in a shelter,” St. James said. “You know, trans women who are legally allowed to be in women’s shelters, were being told by the staff, not so much the other women, but by the staff, that they couldn’t be there in the space, that they had to show proof that they had gender affirming surgery.”

Advocates, attorneys and lawmakers are divided on what needs to be prioritized next, now that “walking while trans” has been repealed. While some feel that decriminalizing sex work should be prioritized, others feel that the NYPD needs to be disbanded or completely reformed – but nearly all agree that trans women need greater protections.

For St. James, there’s a long list of things that need to occur to give trans women of color, and all marginalized people, the ability to live their lives to the fullest, including the creation of universal basic income, decriminalizing sex work and ending qualified immunity for police officers. But for right now, St. James is hopeful that more people continue to use their voices to speak up.

“When a call (to action) goes out, we need for people to hear it and to come out and support,” St. James said. “That’s how we start to amplify our voices. You don’t have to be trans, you don’t have to be Black, but you have to be someone who believes that every human being should have the right to have a multifaceted existence.”

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D E C A D E A G O New York legalized same-sex marriage.

More recently, state lawmakers passed measures protecting transgender, gender-nonconforming and nonbinary New Yorkers, barring so-called conversion therapy and repealing the “walking while trans” ban.

Meanwhile, LGBTQ elected officials hold influential posts. In the past year, voters elected the first two openly gay Black men – Reps. Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones – to serve in Congress and New York City’s first two transgender district leaders. And while the four openly gay men in the City Council are termlimited, a larger and more diverse cohort of LGBTQ candidates are well positioned to potentially win their Democratic primary

races this month.

Of course, plenty of political and policy battles remain. New York leaders are battling back against anti-trans bills passed in state legislatures around the country while pushing for further protections here at home. While gay and lesbian individuals enjoy growing acceptance, transgender New Yorkers, including those of color, still confront prejudice and discrimination in their everyday lives.

To mark Pride Month, City & State’s 2021 Pride Power 100 – which was researched and written in partnership with freelance journalist Gabriel Arana – recognizes the LGBTQ leaders who are still striving for full equality.

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Clockwise from left: Corey Johnson, Sean Patrick Maloney, Ritchie Torres and Brad Hoylman.

1 COREY JOHNSON NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER Corey Johnson continues to be one of New York’s most prominent LGBTQ politicians, and a counterweight to Mayor Bill de Blasio. Johnson’s mayoral hopes were dashed by battles over police funding – and his struggles with depression – but he has since thrown his hat into the ring in the race for city comptroller, promising stricter

oversight of agencies like the Department of Homeless Services, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Education.

2 SEAN PATRICK MALONEY MEMBER OF CONGRESS Openly gay Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s profile in Congress rose when House Democrats elected him to head the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after

Hoylman proposed legislation to curb the use of handguns.

George Gresham, left, is president of 1199SEIU. Gary LaBarbera, right, is president of Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York.

their losses at the ballot box last year. He is the first openly LGBTQ person to hold the post. Having easily won reelection in a district that went for Donald Trump in 2016, Maloney has vowed to listen to the party’s progressive left wing while courting voters who “don’t already agree with us.”

3 BRAD HOYLMAN STATE SENATOR In his bid for Manhattan borough president, state Sen. Brad Hoylman has collected major endorsements from unions including the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, the United Federation of Teachers and the Uniformed Firefighters

Association. All the while, he has remained an active and outspoken progressive in the state Senate, where in the past year he proposed legislation curbing the use of handguns and requiring students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

4 RITCHIE TORRES MEMBER OF CONGRESS After building up his profile in the New York City Council, Rep. Ritchie Torres won a historic election in 2020 to become one of the first two openly gay, Black members of Congress (the other, Mondaire Jones, represents a Hudson Valley district). The South Bronx representative has led efforts in Washington to strengthen oversight of police,

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makes her second in the line of succession behind the first deputy mayor, while also continuing her duties as chief of staff. She has remained close to the mayor amid staff departures and criticisms of his response to social-justice protests last summer and efforts at police reform.

ago. O’Donnell is now pushing for the Gender Recognition Act, which would allow New Yorkers to select “X” instead of “male” or “female” on their driver’s licenses. The Manhattan lawmaker was the first openly gay man elected to the Assembly.

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and reform Immigration & Customs Enforcement – and recently took a strong stance in support of Israel.

5 MONDAIRE JONES MEMBER OF CONGRESS Recently ranked by news site Axios as the most active first-term member of Congress in office – he has sponsored more than 300 bills in his first six months – Rep. Mondaire Jones is also one of the first two openly gay, Black legislators elected to the House of Representatives.

Among the high-profile bills he has introduced is the Judiciary Act of 2021, which would expand the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.

6 EMMA WOLFE CHIEF OF STAFF AND DEPUTY MAYOR FOR ADMINISTRATION NEW YORK CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE Among New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s longest-serving and most trusted aides, Emma Wolfe was promoted to a deputy mayor role at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. This promotion

Assembly Member Harry Bronson, the first openly gay upstate lawmaker, fended off an intraparty challenge from a top aide to Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren last year, and this year he’s backing a primary contender seeking to depose her. In Albany, Bronson has been focusing on mental health, including sponsoring Daniel’s Law – a measure named after Daniel Prude, who died in police custody, the legislature would have mental health professionals respond to certain emergencies instead of police officers.

Assembly Member Deborah Glick, who was first elected in 1990, is the first openly lesbian or gay member of the state Legislature. The Greenwich Village lawmaker and chair of the Higher Education Committee has been part of high-profile legislative debates in recent years, including over paid surrogacy, the classification of gig workers and the proposed pied-à-terre tax.

Glick and Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell were pivotal players in the successful push to legalize same-sex marriage a decade

Katz has been at the forefront of New York City’s pandemic response.

8 MITCHELL KATZ PRESIDENT AND CEO NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS As leader of New York City’s public hospital system, Mitchell Katz oversees 11 hospitals, five nursing facilities, dozens of community health centers and a homecare agency. He has been at the forefront of the city’s coronavirus response, leading contact tracing efforts and helping to weather the system’s shortages of protective equipment, the influx of patients and the ongoing vaccination effort.

He’s also deputy editor of the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

9 RANDI WEINGARTEN PRESIDENT AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS With the backing of the AFT’s 1.7 million members,

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of organizations—from the federal government to state governments to Fortune 500 companies—have made commitments to awarding a percentage of their contracts to diverse-owned businesses. Examples of Diverse Business Certifications include LGBT Business Enterprise, Minority Owned, Woman Owned, HUB Zone Business and more.

However, some business owners don’t feel comfortable offering full disclosure to their bankers—including many LGBTQ2+ individuals. They’re simply not open to being “out” to their financial professionals, which can lead to a lack of transparency, poor planning and misguided advice.

In addition, credit discrimination is still a sad reality. Until March 2021, when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretative rule clarifying sex discrimination under Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B, it was legal in 35 states for bankers to decline a loan based on the sexual orientation of the applicant.

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“TD is removing barriers and allowing individuals to be their authentic selves as they discuss their businesses and their financial picture with us,” said Steve Garibell, Vice President and LGBTQ2+ Business Development Officer. “We see ourselves as much more than bankers. We’re a source of trusted advice for businesses that urgently need a voice and an advocate.”

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It’s all part of TD’s empathetic approach to banking.

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Randi Weingarten has used her pulpit to advocate for economic and racial justice as well as the safe reopening of schools post-pandemic.

She went head-to-head with the Trump administration, threatening “safety strikes” if schools opened against the advice of public-health officials. She has advocated for teachers to get priority among the COVID-19 vaccination drive, but stopped short of endorsing the vaccines to be mandatory for teachers and students to return to school.

JABARI BRISPORT STATE SENATOR Over a decade ago, Jabari Brisport joined the push to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. He later embraced the Black Lives Matter movement and, as a schoolteacher, became active in New York City’s teachers union. After a New York City Council campaign fell short in 2017, he was elected to the state Senate last year, becoming the first openly gay Black man to serve in the state Legislature. He’s also one of a handful of socialist members pulling the Democratic Party to the left in Albany.

10 KIARA ST. JAMES CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

An activist for decades, Kiara St. James began her advocacy in New York with Housing Works in the 1990s.

Today, as head of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group, she has pushed successfully for the passage of major LGBTQ legislation.

This includes New York state’s Gender Expression NonDistrimination Act, or GENDA, which passed in 2019, and a recent measure to eliminate the state’s “walking while trans” law – an anti-loitering statute that has been used to target transgender people.

11 DANIEL DROMM, CARLOS MENCHACA, & JIMMY VAN BRAMER NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Because of term limits, this will be the final year in office for all four members of the New York City Council’s Lesbian, Gay,

Randi Weingarten is the president of the American Federation of Teachers.

Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus. While Council Speaker Corey Johnson is the front-runner in the city comptroller race, the other three caucus members are heading in different directions.

New York City Council Member Daniel Dromm of Queens is set to leave the limelight after using his post to press the New York City Police Department on overspending, and its aggressive handling of protesters during the 2020 George Floyd protests. He sponsored and helped pass the city’s intersex education bill, which includes money for public outreach to discourage unnecessary medical treatments for intersex individuals. Dromm has also sponsored legislation to ban the use of solitary confinement in New York City jails.

Having withdrawn a previous bid for Queens borough president on account of his mother’s failing health,

New York City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer is once again a contender for the post. Facing now-incumbent Borough President Donovan Richards and former Council Member Elizabeth Crowley in the June Democratic primary, Van Bramer has focused his progressive bid on housing and transportation — areas of focus he says were made especially salient by COVID-19.

Meanwhile, New York City Council Member Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn mounted a short-lived campaign for mayor, dropping out in March. Menchaca, a Mexican American who last year helped block a proposed Industry City rezoning, was one of the council’s more progressive members.

However, after exiting the mayoral race, Menchaca endorsed the relatively moderate Andrew Yang, one of the frontrunners in the contest.

13 DARREN WALKER PRESIDENT FORD FOUNDATION Since becoming the Ford Foundation’s first openly gay leader in 2013, Darren Walker has administered the organization’s $14 billion endowment – with yearly grants around $500 million – keeping an eye toward racial justice and inequality. Since taking the helm, each Ford Foundation grant must have fighting inequality “in all its forms” as its mission. In an interview with Time, Walker said it is the responsibility of philanthropists to fund frontline protests such as those

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Cecilia Gentili has made decriminalizing sex work in New York a signature goal.

She won a major battle this year when the state repealed its “walking while trans” ban, an anti-loitering statute LGBTQ advocates said was used to harass transgender individuals. Gentili is also the project managing consultant for The New Pride Agenda, and the founder of Decrim NY, which aims to decriminalize and destigmatize sex workers.

that occurred in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

14 VALERIE BERLIN PRINCIPAL AND COFOUNDER BERLINROSEN Known for advising Democrats, political consultant Valerie Berlin’s influence has grown considerably in the past year, when her firm saw a 20% increase in its client base.

Besides expanding into other areas of practice like labor, real estate and technology, her company advised 170 political campaigns in 22 states this last election cycle. BerlinRosen also supported racial-justice organizations like Color of Change during last summer’s protests over the death of George Floyd.

15 SALLY SUSMAN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CORPORATE AFFAIRS OFFICER PFIZER Sally Susman has been a leading public voice on

17 MARTI ALLEN-CUMMINGS, AMIT BAGGA, ERIK BOTTCHER, TIFFANY CABÁN, CRYSTAL HUDSON, CHI OSSÉ, JOSUE PIERRE, ALFONSO QUIROZ, LYNN SCHULMAN NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES See story on pages 36 and 37.

18 GLENNDA TESTONE & RAHUL TRIPATHI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; BOARD MEMBER THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER Glennda Testone has helped New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center weather a difficult year; without in-person fundraising, the organization suffered a $5 million loss in funding.

The Center has nonetheless continued its social services and advocacy work, recently helping to raise awareness about employment discrimination against LGBTQ people, which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act last year. Rahul Tripathi, the chief financial officer and chief operating officer at The Brearley School, was elected president of The Center’s board of directors in January.

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21 CARMELYN MALALIS & CHANEL LOPEZ COMMISSIONER; TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES LIAISON NEW YORK CITY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Carmelyn Malalis has served as chair and commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights (which enforces the City’s civil rights laws) since 2014 after a decade of advocacy for employee rights in the workplace. Chanel Lopez serves as a liaison to the trans community for the commission, and works to address employment discrimination and harassment against transgender New Yorkers.

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Sunnyside. She has been an open critic of Gov. Andrew Cuomo: She was among a cadre of Democratic leaders calling on the state party to censure him after he was accused of sexual assault – a measure that ultimately failed.

“The state party is controlled by the governor,” she said to Politico after the vote.

MELISSA SKLARZ DISTRICT LEADER ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 30, PART B Melissa Sklarz made history last year, becoming one of the first two openly trans Democratic district leaders in New York City when she was elected to represent northern Woodside in Queens. A longtime activist for transgender rights, she was among the community leaders who called for the successful repeal of New York’s “walking while trans” ban. She’s also a government relations strategist at SAGE, which caters to LGBTQ elders.

Formerly, she co-chaired the Empire State Pride Agenda and led the Stonewall Democrats of New York City.

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26 EMILY GISKE PARTNER BOLTON-ST. JOHNS Not only is Emily Giske a partner at one of the state’s top lobbying firms, BoltonSt. Johns, she is also vice chair of the state Democratic Party and a member of the Democratic National Committee. She has worked

FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PREVENTION ACCESS CAMPAIGN With the “Undetectable = Untransmittable” slogan, Bruce Richman has helped fight the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS by educating the public about the efficacy of treatment that makes

HIV-positive people with undetectable virus levels unable to transmit the virus.

Even amid the economic turmoil brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Richman has hired new staffers in the last year, helping to propel his organization’s message across the globe.

28 ANA OLIVEIRA PRESIDENT AND CEO THE NEW YORK WOMEN’S FOUNDATION Since taking helm of the New York Women’s Foundation in 2006, Ana Oliveira has increased its grantmaking from $1.7 million to $9 million.

Oliveira, who is also the former

Oliveira has increased her organization’s grantmaking from $1.7 million to $9 million.

Representing more than 160 hospitals and health care systems in New York, the Greater New York Hospital Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in the state, with close ties to the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. A veteran of the Mario Cuomo administration who came on at GNYHA in 1993, David Rich is responsible for all of the group’s legislative advocacy and has been busy representing hospitals’ interests in Albany during the coronavirus pandemic.

30 JAMES KRELLENSTEIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER PREP4ALL An HIV and coronavirus activist, James Krellenstein is co-founder of PrEP4All and its COVID-19 Working Group, a collaboration with experts and other activists that has issued reports on vaccine access and the broader response

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As Google’s New York City Office expands – before the pandemic, the tech giant added 1.7 million square feet of office space to its West Side location – William Floyd’s team of 12 helps maintain warm relationships with politicos at City Hall and in Albany. After a nine-year stint working for various New York City government agencies, Floyd turned to the private sector, working for Verizon and the law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

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campaigns, has long provided pro bono services to a long list of LGBTQ organizations.

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to the virus. Krellenstein has criticized the CDC for failing to adequately track uptake of PrEP and advocated for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to waive their patents. He has also been active in the radical HIV/AIDS advocacy group ACT UP.

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young adults identifying as L.G.B.T.Q.,” David wrote recently in The New York Times, “they will also learn this is a losing approach.”

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As a leader of one of New York’s most powerful consulting firms, Chris Coffey signed on as co-campaign manager of Andrew Yang’s New York City mayoral run, for which his firm actively recruited Yang after his loss in the presidential primary.

Coffey has previously advised other major New York politicos – like Gov. Andrew Cuomo, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson – and has represented clients including Uber and New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets.

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Inspired by his parents’ commitment to public service, Ethan Geto has been working on political campaigns since his teens. Founded in 1980, his firm Geto & de Milly advises social services and real estate entities, and recently helped push post-pandemic projects in New York City. This includes the Brooklyn Gowanus rezoning, and a South Street Seaport redevelopment plan.

Geto, who previously held a number of city, state and federal government roles and worked on numerous

As head of the nation’s oldest and largest LGBTQ legal advocacy group, Kevin Jennings has pushed for passage of the Equality Act, which would cement nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people in housing, employment and public accommodations. Jennings, who helped create the first school-based Gay-Straight Alliance club in 1988, is also the founder of GLSEN, which works to combat anti-LGBTQ bullying. “We are not in a state in which LGBTQ people can rest on our laurels,” he told USA Today last year.

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN Since leaving his post as counsel to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to run the LGBTQ advocacy group the Human Rights Campaign, Alphonso David has built on the backing of its 3 million-plus members to fight the anti-trans bills popping up in Republican state legislatures across the country. “But with seven in 10 voters supporting equality and one in six youth and

35 THOMAS CHERNICK DIRECTOR NATIONAL LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK As director of the New York chapter of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Thomas “TJ” Chernick helps empower LGBTQowned businesses locally while coordinating with the organization’s national office in Washington, D.C. As an advocate of LGBTQ rights abroad, Chernick has helped coordinate international gender projects in Iraq with the International Human Rights Law Institute. His organization scored a recent victory when New York City agreed to recognize LGBT businesses in an effort to boost their share of government contracting.

36 RASHAD ROBINSON PRESIDENT COLOR OF CHANGE With more than 7 million members behind him, Rashad Robinson uses his clout as president of progressive racial justice organization Color of Change to change government and corporate policies. “Budgets are moral documents,” he told Yahoo News in May. “They say more

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about what we care about than anything we may say in a speech about racial justice.”

The group’s political action committee funds progressive district attorney candidates – like Alvin Bragg in Manhattan – who pledge to reform racist sentencing guidelines.

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meals and cash assistance, conducting outreach to older adults and reopening early childhood programs.

As a longtime LGBTQ rights activist, he previously led the Empire State Pride Agenda.

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A former Jesuit priest and human rights lawyer, Charles O’Byrne’s career advising politicians includes working on the 2004 presidential campaign of Howard Dean, for whom O’Byrne worked as a speechwriter. He also became a longtime adviser to David Paterson, serving as his chief of staff in the state Senate and ultimately as the influential secretary to the governor. In his current role for the powerhouse real estate

EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE Since 2014, Alan van Capelle has helmed the Educational Alliance, whose Lower Manhattan services include preschool, summer camps and after-school programs. Under his leadership, the Educational Alliance has helped provide relief for those affected by the pandemic. This includes distributing take-home

development firm Related, O’Byrne advises clients on government affairs at the federal, state and local levels.

40 BRIAN ELLNER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GROWTH & MARKETING, NEW YORK BCW Brian Ellner leads the North American corporate practice at Burson Cohn & Wolfe, the global public relations giant.

He led BCW’s efforts advising Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pro bono on its response to the coronavirus. Ellner’s LGBTQ advocacy includes helping legalize same-sex marriage in New York in 2011, and advising similar campaigns in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. He’s now advocating for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and the federal Equality Act.

42 JAWANZA WILLIAMS DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING VOCAL-NY Jawanza Williams, the director of organizing for the progressive grassroots advocacy group Voices of Community Activists and Leaders New York, fought for a decade to legalize recreational marijuana in New York state.

Thanks to the advocacy of activists like Williams, the bill, which finally passed this spring, sets aside 40% of the

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A top lobbyist with deep ties to Staten Island, Jon Del Giorno is well-known for representing labor organizations, including the Teamsters Local 831, the New York City Coalition of Operating Engineers, and the Office and Professional Employees International Union. His firm was behind Christine Quinn and Melissa Mark-Viverito’s successful bids for New York City Council speaker. He has served on the boards of the Stonewall Community Development Corporation, the Jim Owles Democrat Club and on the CUNY LGBTQI Student Leadership Program Advisory Council.

After Teddy Goff helped Barack Obama win a second term in the White House in 2012 as the campaign’s digital director, he and two fellow veterans of that effort launched Precision, a consulting firm catering to political, nonprofit and private-sector clients. The Manhattanite has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations on LGBTQ advocacy. He also sits on the board of Run for Something, which assists young progressives seeking elected office.

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Cuomo. A longtime activist, McMorrow was director of government affairs at the Empire State Pride Agenda, which helped bring samesex marriage to New York, a role in which he pushed for transgender protections.

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Since losing her bid to unseat Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2018, the award-winning actor Cynthia Nixon has seen Albany embrace many of her progressive policies. She’s also remained politically active, speaking out on LGBTQ issues and endorsing candidates for elected office. She has been harshly critical of the governor as multiple women have accused him of sexual misconduct. “If you look at the way he’s treated women, if you look at the way he’s treated members of the legislature, he is a terrifying, abusive presence,” Nixon told NY1.

ARCUS FOUNDATION Billionaire heir Jon Stryker is known for his philanthropic and advocacy work in support of LGBTQ social justice and ape conservation. He has donated more than $500 million of his $4.3 billion net worth to his Arcus Foundation.

Earlier this year, he made a $15 million contribution to fund the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, and helped endow a chair for queer studies at Spelman College.

44 MATTHEW MCMORROW STATEWIDE DIRECTOR OF LGBTQ AFFAIRS OFFICE OF GOV. ANDREW CUOMO A former top adviser to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on LGBTQ investments and event planning, Matthew McMorrow left the mayor’s office last year to join the administration of Gov. Andrew

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worse. Amid the pandemic, the organization has focused on the housing crisis among this demographic, partnering with AARP New York to bring attention to the long-term effects of discrimination on LGBTQ seniors.

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SAGE As head of Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders, the largest organization advocating for the growing population of LGBTQ seniors, Michael Adams has been active during the coronavirus pandemic, which he said has made economic insecurity among LGBTQ seniors much

Stryker has donated more than $500 million to his Arcus Foundation.

signed on to the New York City mayoral campaign of Andrew Yang earlier this year. She has been an advocate for a decade and half, working with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Planned Parenthood, the Street Vendor Project and Girls for Gender Equity – and designing the Young Women’s Initiative while serving as the deputy director for policy under then-New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

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LGBTQ membership on the City Council could reach a new high with the next class.

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term-limited out of office at the end of this year. “We have really viable, top-notch candidates running. There’s a lot of good people in a lot of races, hopefully we’ll be enlarging our caucus,” said Allen Roskoff, president of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, a progressive, LGBTQ focused political club. Surpassing the high watermark of seven LGBTQ members could be a challenge, but it’s a goal for some members of the community in this June election. “Everybody’s got pride on their mind, so maybe we’ll surprise everyone,” Roskoff said.

Erik Bottcher is hoping to be the fourth openly gay candidate in a row to

represent District 3 on the west side of Manhattan, following Johnson, Quinn and Duane. Amit Bagga is hoping to succeed the openly gay Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer in District 26 in western Queens, and Alfonso Quiroz is running to replace the openly gay Danny Dromm in District 25 in western Queens.

Other candidates would be first LGBTQ-identifying candidates in their district, like Lynn Schulman, who is running in District 29 in central Queens, Josué Pierre, running in District 40 in Central Brooklyn, and Tiffany Cabán in District 22 in western Queens.

Marti Gould Allen-Cummings, running in

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FTER DECADES OF holding New York City primaries in September, the contest is in June this year, and this Pride Month primary could result in the most LGBTQ council members of all time. At least nine candidates who are members of the community are widely considered to be among the leading contenders in their races, and many more are running viable campaigns.

“To be elected as the first gay Black woman during Pride Month would be unprecedented, obviously,” said Crystal Hudson, who is running in District 35 in Brooklyn, where Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo currently represents Fort Greene, Prospect Heights and Crown Heights. The timing of the race “gives us an opportunity to really talk about pride and what it means to have pride in oneself, whether you identify as LGBTQ or not.”

The first two openly gay council members, Thomas Duane and Antonio Pagán, were elected in 1991. In 2010, there were four openly gay members, including the City Council speaker at the time, Christine Quinn. By 2016, when longtime member Jimmy Vacca came out, there were seven members in the council’s LGBT Caucus. That fell to five members in 2018, including City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, and is now down to four, after Rep. Ritchie Torres left the council following his election to Congress. That’s 8% of the 51-member council who are LGBT, which is actually more than the approximately 7% of New York City residents who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, other sexual orientation or transgender, according to 2014 to 2016 survey results from the state Department of Health.

That percentage may have grown, as homophobia and transphobia decline and the LGBT Caucus may grow too, even though all four of its current members are

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“My role has been to say, ‘What you’re feeling is entirely normal. You’re not crazy.’”

– Tiffany Cabán, on her more senior position as an LGBTQ candidate

District 7 in Upper Manhattan, is hoping to be the first out nonbinary council member ever. Other LGBTQ candidates running include Wilfredo Florentino in District 42 in the East New York section of Brooklyn, Aleda Gagarin in District 29 in central Queens, Billy Freeland in District 5 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Jeffrey Omura in District 6 on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and Kristin Richardson Jordan in District 9 in Central Harlem, also in Manhattan.

All of the LGBTQ candidates, like all previous LGBTQ members of the council, are Democrats.

In a sign of growing LGBTQ visibility, Hudson and Chi Ossé, who is running in District 36 in Brooklyn, witnessed history in the midst of their own runs for office. State Sen. Jabari Brisport, who represents a district that overlaps with the council districts that Hudson and Ossé are running in, became the first

openly gay person of color in the state Senate when he took office in January.

The council races are also increasing representation of queer New Yorkers of color. Cabán is Latina, Ossé is Black and 23 years old and Bagga would also be the first South Asian American to serve on the City Council.

Many of the LGBTQ candidates have been talking and messaging amongst each other, sharing stories, advice and support.

Cabán, who ran for Queens district attorney in 2019, said she has “the weird experience of being the seasoned veteran,” of some of the queer candidates. “My role has been to say, ‘What you’re feeling is entirely normal. You’re not crazy.’”

Cabán wants the camaraderie to continue in the council, with the next iteration of the LGBT Caucus.

“I think we’re having more intentional conversations about what a quoteunquote queer agenda looks like,” she said. In Cabán’s eyes, that agenda is a progressive, intersectional one that considers bigger issues like housing “because queer youths are exponentially more likely to experience homelessness” and expanding employment rights. But she’ll need allies on the council to work with her.

“The same reason we talk about how we can’t have these tables full of white, cisgendered straight men being in charge of legislating around our reproductive rights,” Cabán said.

“We have to make sure there are enough of our experiences at the table to be able to effectively push an agenda.”

But first, successful candidates will get to take pride in making history.

“I can’t wait to be victorious on June 22 and have the biggest, gayest, celebratory party,” Hudson said.

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“Inside City Hall” host on NY1 has stayed in the public eye as a political commentator on CNN and MSNBC, frequently criticizing the Trump administration’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

proponent of a law legalizing paid surrogacy in New York, which went into effect earlier this year.

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50 ASHE MCGOVERN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NYC UNITY PROJECT AND SENIOR LGBTQ POLICY ADVISER OFFICE OF NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO Launched by New York City’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, in 2017, the NYC Unity Project provides health care and job training for at-risk LGBTQ youth as well as an outreach and awareness campaign.

Under Ashe McGovern’s leadership, the organization launched a $2.6 million work development project for LGBTQ youth this summer.

“This program is historic in its distinction as the largest and

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most comprehensive of its kind in the nation,” McGovern said at the project’s kickoff in April.

51 LUCIANO REBERTE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF NEW YORK STATE LATINO GAY/BI MEN’S INITIATIVES LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS Even as HIV infection rates dip on account of PrEP use, the epidemic has worsened in the Latino community – a trend Luciano Reberte is trying to combat as head of Latino Gay/Bi Men’s Initiativies at the New York-based Latino Commission on AIDS. “I believe that the biggest barrier for a healthy community is

WENDY STARK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR the stigma associated with HIV, followed by homophobia, transphobia and xenophobia,” he told the Edge Media Network last fall.

52 ALEXANDER ROQUE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALI FORNEY CENTER Since being promoted in 2019 to head the Ali Forney Center, the largest social services nonprofit in the country serving homeless youth, Alexander Roque has forged a partnership with the de Blasio administration to launch the country’s largest workforce development program for LGBTQ youth, NYC Unity Works. Roque was also a vocal

Reberte is fighting HIV and the stigma with it at the Latino Commission on AIDS.

CALLEN-LORDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER Despite a decline in visits last year, under Wendy Stark’s leadership the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center – which typically serves more than 17,000 LGBTQ New Yorkers annually – was able to maintain some in-person services in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Along with other nonprofit providers of medical services to queer people, Stark early this year was a vocal critic of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed cuts to Medicaid spending, which she has described as an “existential threat.”

54 KELSEY LOUIE OUTGOING CEO GAY MEN’S HEALTH CRISIS In May, Gay Men’s Health Crisis announced that Kelsey Louie would be leaving his leadership post in order to run The Door, a social services

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Sarah Kate Ellis, who became CEO of media watchdog GLAAD in 2014, has spoken out forcefully in recent months against the more than 100 anti-trans bills cropping up in Republican legislatures. GLAAD deemed this summer the “Summer of Equality” to advocate for passage of the federal Equality Act, which would expand nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people. Before her life as an LGBTQ-rights advocate, she helped make “Real Simple” one of Time Inc.’s top magazine brands.

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where she headed national advocacy campaigns. She has also worked for Amnesty International, 1199SEIU and ACORN.

nonprofit serving young people in New York City.

Louie, who has served as CEO at GMHC since 2014, in July will hand the reins temporarily to Kishani Moreno, the chief operating officer, while the venerable HIV/AIDS services organization searches for a permanent leader to replace him.

55 CHARLES KING CEO HOUSING WORKS Dedicated to addressing the interrelated epidemics of homelessness and HIV/ AIDS, Housing Works has set up extensive shelter space to house homeless LGBTQ New Yorkers who are suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19.

A former Baptist minister, Charles King got his start in LGBTQ activism with ACT

UP, serving on its housing committee. Along with other activists, he helped found Housing Works in 1990. He now co-chairs the Ending the Epidemic Subcommittee of the New York State AIDS Advisory Council.

56 BEVERLY TILLERY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK CITY ANTIVIOLENCE PROJECT With three decades of experience fighting for social justice, Beverly Tillery now serves as executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project.

The organization seeks to end violence against LGBTQ individuals through organizing and education. She was previously deputy director of education and public affairs at Lambda Legal,

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Charles King is the CEO of Housing Works.

Jayson Littman has filled the post on a permanent basis while retaining his position as director of events. Littman, who also founded the gay Jewish social group Hebro, applauded the de Blasio administration’s recent move to certify LGBTQ-run businesses and designating them as minority-owned companies in competing for city contracts.

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Despite funding shortages, Jacquelyn Kilmer has continued the work of Harlem United, which provides housing, food, and other services to more than 16,000 HIV-positive New Yorkers.

Like many other LGBTQ leaders who help provide medical services to those in need, Kilmer was a fierce critic of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed cuts to Medicaid’s 340B program, which she said are at odds with the governor’s 2015 pledge to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the state.

58 JAYSON LITTMAN SENIOR ADVISER FOR LGBTQ COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND DIRECTOR OF EVENTS OFFICE OF NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO After temporarily acting as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s senior adviser for LGBTQ community affairs,

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A prominent figure in the ACT UP era of HIV/AIDS activism in New York, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has led Congregation Beitth Simchat Torah since 1992. The COVID-19 pandemic reminds Kleinbaum of those dark days as she has presided over funerals and tried to keep her congregation connected virtually. She is a co-founder and board member of New York Jewish Agenda, a liberal advocacy group. She is married to Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

60 RONAN FARROW INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING WRITER THE NEW YORKER Ronan Farrow helped launch the #MeToo movement with his exposé of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

After releasing a book about Weinstein, “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators,” Farrow has continued his reporting

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on sexual assault. He most recently had an extensive interview with Lindsey Boylan, whose allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against Gov. Andrew Cuomo paved the way for other women to come forward with similar claims. His reporting on former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s alleged mistreatment of women ultimately led Schneiderman to resign in 2018.

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each month and a popular print magazine, POZ is the leading publication dedicated to those affected by HIV/ AIDS. Editor-in-Chief Oriol Gutierrez, who discovered he was HIV-positive while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, has in the last year covered the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on those living with HIV/AIDS. He even wrote a personal essay about contracting the virus as an HIV-positive man.

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62 ORIOL GUTIERREZ JR. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF POZ MAGAZINE With hundreds of thousands of visitors to its website

63 ALLEN ROSKOFF PRESIDENT JIM OWLES LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB Allen Roskoff, a progressive power broker, leads the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club – named for his late partner and fellow activist – and his political involvement in New York stretches back to the 1970s. Roskoff’s organization hosted an early mayoral forum for progressive Democratic candidates last fall, and its sought-after endorsements have gone to mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, as well as New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s comptroller bid and dozens of other local campaigns.

The award-winning Gay City News covers LGBTQ issues.

Rose Christ is the president of Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC.

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PRESIDENT STONEWALL DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY A senior principal at Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies, Rose Christ is also president of the influential Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, which supports queer candidates and causes. The group made headlines when it screened New York City mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang for its endorsement. “He came across like he was a tourist in New York and said he wanted to visit a gay bar,” Christ told Politico. By a narrow vote, the club upheld its mayoral endorsement of City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who has been accused of sexual assault.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; PROGRAM MANAGER; DEVELOPMENT CHAIR NEW PRIDE AGENDA In July, former New York City Council candidate Elisa Crespo will take over as the executive director of the New Pride Agenda. The Bronx politico fell short last year in her bid to become the first transgender member of the council, but drew attention to LGBTQ issues. A leader of the organization and until recently its project manager, Cynthia Dames has pushed for the proper implementation of the state’s Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act. The organization succeeded in persuading the state to provide mandatory training on gender nondiscrimination for 340,000 state employees.

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After joining Gay City News more than two years ago, Matt Tracy was elevated to the position of editorin-chief of the Schneps publication beginning this year, succeeding longtime editor Paul Schindler. An Ithaca College graduate, Tracy was recently awarded first place by the New York Press Association for Coverage of Crime, Police, and Courts for a story about the death of a transgender woman in Newark, New Jersey. The publication is known for its in-depth reporting on LGBTQ policy and political issues in New York.

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Dames, who also runs Cynthia Dames Consulting, has stepped back from day-today work at the New Pride Agenda, which has been led recently by project managing consultant Cecilia Gentili and program manager Ahmed Mohamed.

Conference, which takes place every year at Pace University.

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DOUG WIRTH PRESIDENT AND CEO AMIDA CARE A warrior in New York’s battle against HIV/AIDS, Doug Wirth runs Amida Care, a nonprofit, special-needs health plan in New York City funded by Medicaid. Despite serving on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s task force to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2020, Wirth was among those who criticized the governor’s proposed cuts to Medicaid, which have been delayed two years and coupled with a promise of $100 million in funding to help backstop affected organizations.

67 RONALD RICHTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO JCCA Ronald Richter has helmed JCCA – which serves more than 17,000 children and families with residential programs, family therapy, and other services in New York City and Westchester County – since 2015. He came to the organization with three decades of advocacy on behalf of children, which included a stint as a judge in New York City’s Family Court as well as commissioner of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services.

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Josh Meltzer has a long history of political activism in New York, having worked for the Empire State Pride Agenda during the state’s yearslong battle over samesex marriage. He was also formerly a deputy chief of staff to then-state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

At Airbnb, Meltzer has helped the company expand in New York and advocated for the short-term rental company in Albany – and he’s now driving its strategy nationally.

An advocate of universal access to health care, Dr. Luis Freddy Molano practiced medicine in South and Central America before joining Community Healthcare Network, which provides primary and behavioral health care services to more than 85,000 New Yorkers. At CHN, Molano pioneered the use of mobile units to bring HIV testing, PrEP education and other social services directly to LGBTQ patients.

He also founded the New York City Transgender Health

Molano practiced medicine in South and Central America.

Mitchell Draizin is the longtime owner of Longview Capital Advisors, but he is better known in New York political circles for his civic engagement on LGBTQ causes and his funding of candidates for elected office.

His Concordia Philanthropic Fund supports LGBTQ and progressive youth leadership initiatives and he founded the City University of New York LGBT Leadership Council.

He has also backed LGBTQ officials including state Sen. Brad Hoylman, Assembly Member Deborah Glick and Rep. Ritchie Torres.

71 RICHARD SOCARIDES CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER GLG As a top executive at Gerson Lehrman Group and the leader of its social impact programming in the nonprofit and philanthropy space, Richard Socarides advocates for racial inclusivity within his organization – and without.

A longtime LGBTQ activist

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Diaz Jr. and Reps. Jerry Nadler and Hakeem Jeffries. The firm – run by David Mansur and Allegra Scheinblum – has done extensive pro bono work for LGBTQ political action committees, including TransPAC, which helped pass the Gender Expression NonDiscrimination Act, bringing nondiscrimrination protections to transgender New Yorkers.

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MARIAH LOPEZ

EQUALITY NEW YORK

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Cathy Marino-Thomas and Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker last year were named co-chairs of Equality New York, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy group. The two have planned to expand the group’s reach by building an organizing force to engage more deeply with local advocacy efforts. Last year, the organization’s political action committee backed a number of candidates, including state Sen. Jabari Brisport, who became the first openly gay Black man elected to the state Legislature.

Marino-Thomas previously led Marriage Equality USA and Marriage Equality NY, while Walker co-founded the New York Transgender Advocacy Group and now works on transgender outreach at the nonprofit SAGE.

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73 DAVID MANSUR & ALLEGRA SCHEINBLUM PRINCIPALS CULVER PLACE STRATEGIES A fundraising powerhouse, Culver Place Strategies has advised New York politicos including state Attorney General Letitia James, Bronx Borough President Ruben

After experiencing abuse at the hands of prison officials and inmates following a 2006 arrest for “loitering with intent to solicit,” former sex worker and LGBTQ activist Mariah Lopez has dedicated herself to fighting for the rights of incarcerated transgender New Yorkers and protesting the mistreatment of transgender people by police. She pushed for a transgender unit for prisoners at Rikers Island, and applauded a recent ban on police participating in the NYC Pride march. The Strategic Transgender Alliance for Radical Reform, or STARR, dates back to 1969.

75 PETER STALEY ACTIVIST Since Peter Staley learned he was HIV-positive in the 1980s, he has dedicated his life to fighting for those with the virus, including as a member of HIV/AIDS group ACT UP. Years later, Staley helped develop Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2015 plan for ending the AIDS epidemic. He also founded the Treatment Action

Mariah Lopez is the executive director of Strategic Transgender Alliance for Radical Reform.

Group and co-founded the PrEP4All Collaboration.

Staley has embraced calls for racial equality in the LGBTQ community. “I think we’re going to see some real radical change come out of this,” he told Rolling Stone last year.

“I’m all in, and I’m just trying to listen.”

76 NORMAN SIMON & JEFFREY TRACHTMAN PARTNERS KRAMER LEVIN Jeffrey Trachtman and Norman Simon have spent years advocating for LGBTQ rights.

Simon, who chairs Kramer

Levin’s advertising litigation practice, served as chair of the now-defunct Empire State Pride Agenda and advocated for same-sex couples seeking the right to marry in New York. He also represented Constance McMillen, the high school student whose case inspired the musical “The Prom.” Trachtman, a bankruptcy and securities expert, has done extensive pro bono work on behalf of LGBTQ causes and individuals. This includes partnering with Lambda Legal to halt the Trump administration from implementing rules blocking queer refugees from obtaining asylum in the U.S.

77 AMIT PALEY CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE TREVOR PROJECT With a background in health care and nonprofit management and journalism, Amit Paley has helmed the Trevor Project – where he

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and adviser to President Bill Clinton on queer issues, he regularly speaks on LGBTQ issues in the media, including CNN, and serves on the board of the State University of New York.

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was previously a volunteer – since 2017. The coronavirus pandemic has made the work of the organization (which strives to prevent suicide among LGBTQ youth) increasingly important. The Trevor Project found that 60% of trans and nonbinary youth said COVID-19 had made it harder for them to express their gender identity, while 70% of LGBTQ youth overall described their mental health as “poor” during the pandemic.

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John Gallagher is a partner at Mercury.

JOE PRESSLEY CEO HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE Late last year, the HetrickMartin Institute – which bills itself as the country’s oldest and largest organization serving LGBTQ youth – named Joe Pressley as its CEO. He comes to the organization after three decades of activism on behalf of New Yorkers with HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ people of color, as well as stints working for then-New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Department of Homeless Services. He also sits on the board of the New Pride Agenda.

78 JOHN GALLAGHER PARTNER MERCURY Before joining Mercury in 2012, John Gallagher served in key roles in the Bloomberg administration, including as the mayor’s spokesperson, and worked for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation after the 9/11 attacks. Gallagher, who was named a partner at the leading consulting firm in 2017, also served on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda, which helped bring same-sex marriage to New York in 2011.

79 JARED ARADER PRESIDENT LAMBDA INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS OF BROOKLYN Jared Arader has sought to use the Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn, the political club he leads, to help elect more LGBTQ people to office. The group recently pulled its endorsement of New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer for mayor after allegations of sexual misconduct, and is now

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focusing on electing LGBTQ City Council candidates including Crystal Hudson, Wilfredo Florentino and Josue Pierre. Arader also works for the New York City Department of Education.

80 MICHAEL MALLON PRESIDENT LESBIAN & GAY DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF QUEENS Michael Mallon started his political career working for New York City Council Member Daniel Dromm, who heads up the legislative body’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus and chairs the influential Finance Committee. Mallon, who in February took on a new role as director of intergovernmental affairs for Queens Borough President Donovan Richards,

also leads the Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club of Queens, which has endorsed a slate of local candidates this cycle.

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TS CANDII

“GAY USA”

FOUNDER

Andy Humm and Ann Northrop bring their activist sensibilities to the news as co-hosts of the weekly news show “Gay USA.” The pair have been critical of the annual Heritage of Pride march, which opponents say has become too corporate and police-friendly. Previously, Northrop worked as a producer for CBS and was an activist with ACT UP in the 1980s. Humm was formerly a spokesperson for the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

BLACK TRANS NATION As founder of Black Trans Nation, which has distributed more than $500,000 to trans people of color, TS Candii was instrumental in this year’s repeal of New York’s “walking while trans” statute, an anti-loitering law that has been used to victimize transgender New Yorkers, including Candii herself, for decades. Candii has been on the forefront of the fight to decriminalize sex work in

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MILA MADISON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE TRANSGENDER RESOURCE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND

Donald Capoccia is the managing principal of BFC Partners.

the state and has called for a mural to be erected in front of the Stonewall Inn to honor the Black Trans Lives Matter movement.

84 DONALD CAPOCCIA MANAGING PRINCIPAL BFC PARTNERS As managing principal and co-founder at BFC Partners, Donald Capoccia has been instrumental in developing affordable housing in neighborhoods across New York City. BFC Partners was a pioneer in combining low-income and marketrate housing in the same developments. Among its recent projects are Empire Outlets, on Staten Island, and Essex Crossing, a mixed-use development on the Lower East Side – and an initiative to develop LGBTQ-inclusive housing for older adults.

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A longtime activist who has helped raise money for cancer and HIV/AIDS research as well as female victims of domestic violence, Mila Madison now heads the Transgender Resource Center of Long Island. The organization’s programming includes support groups for transgender and nonbinary youth, and assistance in changing legal documents to reflect one’s true gender.

Previously, Madison was an executive-level liaison with the FCC, the Better Business Bureau and the Public Service Commission.

ROB BYRNES PRESIDENT EAST MIDTOWN PARTNERSHIP As head of the East Midtown Partnership, which was founded in 2002, Rob Byrnes works to improve the quality of life and encourage commercial activity in East Midtown, Manhattan. During the 2019 WorldPride events, Byrnes’ organization was an active partner, displaying panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, coordinating donations to The Trevor Project and hosting a block party with SUNY Pride.

In addition to running the East Midtown Partnership, which is a Manhattan business improvement district, Byrnes is an award-winning LGBTQ novelist.

87 IMARA JONES FOUNDER TRANSLASH MEDIA Peabody and Emmy Awardwinning journalist Imara Jones is the founder of TransLash Media, which bills itself as “a cross-platform media

88 JOSEPH MCMILLAN JR. FOUNDER, CEO AND CHAIR DDG AND AZUR At his Tribeca-based real estate firm, DDG, Joseph McMillan Jr. has helped amass a $2.5 billion portfolio since its founding in 2009. In May, McMillan broadened his scope with an international real estate venture, Azur, which expands into Europe with an office in Paris. He’ll continue to run New Yorkbased DDG while also serving as chair and CEO of Azur. A U.S. Army veteran, McMillan was previously in private equity with Och-Ziff Capital Management Group and Greenhill & Co.

89 JOHN BLASCO DISTRICT LEADER ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 74, PART A John Blasco is an “Unapologetic Queer Boricua,” as he puts it on his Twitter profile, and he’s a rising star in New York City’s progressive movement. The Lower East Side activist previously served

Blasco is an “Unapologetic Queer Boricua,” as he puts it.

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nonprofit & digital community.”

She is a regular media presence, having spoken about transgender issues on television, on the radio and in print. Last year, she wrote in Time magazine that “Black trans women are, in many cases, the most visionary and progressive leaders within social justice movements.”

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as LGBT liaison for New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, and is now chief of staff to Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, serving constituents in Manhattan’s East Side. He was also elected district leader within his boss’ district.

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organization, which recently moved its headquarters to Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, made headlines recently for its protest of the removal of a pride flag at the boardwalk in Long Beach, Long Island. While Kilmnick called on the Long Beach police commissioner to resign, he has continued to embrace law enforcement officers marching in Long Island Pride events.

90 KIM FORTE OWNER KIM FORTE CONSULTING In her nearly two decades at The Legal Aid Society, Kim Forte oversaw the organization’s LGBT law and policy initiative, helping secure Medicaid coverage for transition-related health care needs. Forte went on to found her own consulting firm, which she launched in 2018. She is also director of corporate development and training for The Phluid Project, an inclusive, gender-free store and training center in New York City.

Mateo Guerrero is a project lead at Make the Road New York.

who has been involved with the organization since he was 15, is the group’s leadership coordinator, and helps inspire other organizers with his coming out story as an immigrant trans man.

91 BIANEY GARCIA & MATEO GUERRERO TRANS IMMIGRANT PROJECT LEAD; LEADERSHIP COORDINATOR MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK The first time Bianey Garcia dressed up “sexy” for a date with her boyfriend, NYPD officers arrested her under an anti-loitering law that LGBTQ advocates assailed as the “walking while trans” ban.

She soon joined Make the Road New York, the influential immigrant-led grassroots organization, helping to overturn that same law earlier this year. Mateo Guerrero,

92 ARTHUR FITTING & SHANNON WHITTINGTON LGBTQ+ PROGRAM MANAGER; CLINICAL DIRECTOR, GENDER AFFIRMATION PROGRAM VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK Arthur Fitting, a registered nurse who was driven to serve LGBTQ New Yorkers after his partner died of AIDS-related illness, works with community-based

organizations to deliver health care to the community through his position as LGBTQ+ program manager at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Shannon Whittington is clinical director of the VNSNY’s Gender Affirmation Program, which advises clinicians in the care of transgender patients.

Since 2016, the organization has helped hundreds of transgender individuals through their gender transitions.

93 DAVID KILMNICK PRESIDENT AND CEO THE LGBT NETWORK David Kilmnick has led the LGBT Network – which runs several LGBTQ community centers on Long Island and in Queens – for more than a quarter century. The

94 ANTHONY MERCURIO FOUNDER AFMSTRATEGY Andrew Yang’s not the only person to break through in the 2020 presidential race and then pivot to a New York City mayoral campaign. While he’s not a household name like the candidates he’s worked with, Anthony Mercurio played a big role in Pete Buttigieg’s campaign as his national investment director, and he’s now doing similar work as the senior fundraising adviser for Yang, who was the early frontrunner in the race to succeed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Kilmnick has led the LGBT Network for over a quarter century.

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KELLY MCNAMEE SHAREHOLDER GREENBERG TRAURIG At the law firm Greenberg Traurig, where she was promoted to shareholder earlier this year, Kelly McNamee’s work focuses on commercial, antitrust and government litigation. She also specializes in state and federal energy regulation, playing a key role as co-outside lead counsel in a transaction paving the way for the decommissioning of the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear power plant. She also takes on pro bono cases involving LGBTQ advocacy.

96 SANDRA KESH VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF POPULATION HEALTH WESTMED MEDICAL GROUP As vice president and chief of population health at Westmed Medical Group – a practice with 13 locations, 500 doctors and 1,500 clinical employees – Dr. Sandra Kesh has been at the forefront of fighting the coronavirus, helping dispel misinformation about vaccines and convincing those who are hesitant to get vaccinated.

Board certified in internal medicine and infectious

diseases, Kesh teaches at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and is affiliated with White Plains and Greenwich hospitals.

97 JEFF ELGART CHIEF CORPORATE OFFICER BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY Jeff Elgart started volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City in 1993.

Twenty years later, he signed on as chief corporate officer of the youth mentorship organization, managing the daily operations of its workplace mentoring program. With a background that includes nonprofit administration and media sales, Elgart has helped expand the list of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City’s corporate partners – and he still keeps in touch with his own “little brother.”

98 STEVEN GARIBELL VICE PRESIDENT OF LGBTQ2+ BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TD BANK Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Steven Garibell has sought to help clients, both business ventures and nonprofits, weather the challenges brought on by COVID-19. Under Garibell’s leadership, TD Bank co-hosted a financial literacy webinar for CenterLink, a 25-year-old coalition of more than 250 LGBTQ community centers. A sought-after adviser to small businesses, he has also led TD Bank’s efforts to hire more LGBTQ workers.

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LGBT FAITH LEADERS OF AFRICAN DESCENT Seeking solace in her faith after her longtime partner died in 2002, Wilhelmina Perry discovered that many Black churches were not welcoming of LGBTQ people.

To combat homophobia in African American communities of faith, she co-founded LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent, which comprises clergy, divinity students and faith leaders across many Christian denominations.

She is also a co-founder of the Black and Latino LGBT Coalition.

TRINITY CHURCH WALL STREET As New York City grappled with the deadly coronavirus last year, Trinity Church Wall Street tripled its grant-making to nearly $25 million — aimed at assisting the most vulnerable New Yorkers, supporting organizations on the front lines and expanding its own programs. “Looking ahead toward 2021, we know we must prepare (for) – and work to prevent – a potential eviction tsunami, and we will continue to respond to increased hunger and need,” Neill Coleman, the church’s chief philanthropy officer, pledged in December.

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LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of JAL Consulting Enterprises LLC filed with SSNY on March 5, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 61 Jane Street, 19G, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of SUNSHINE KITCHENS NY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/13/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1749 NE Miami Ct Unit 514 Miami, FL, 33132. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual of EWB-II, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 05/10/2021.

O f f ice location: N Y County. LLC formed in CA on 03/03/2008. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: East West Bank Attn: Lisa Kim, 135 N. Los Robles Ave., 7th Fl, Pasadena, CA 91101. Address required to be maintained in CA: 135 N. Los Robles Ave., 7th FL, Pasadena CA 91101. Cert of Formation filed with CA Sec. of State, 1500 11th St # 3, Sacramento, CA 95814 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qual. of STOCKBRIDGE MUSIC GROUP, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 05/14/2020. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 05/07/2020. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, C/O Jordan Woldenberg, 11 Chicken Valley Road, Old Brookville, NY 11545.

Address required to be maintained in DE: Registered Agents, Inc., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801.

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

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Notice of Formation of URCENI, LLC filed with SSNY on April 16, 2021.

Office: NY Bronx County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1500 Thieriot Ave #D9, Bronx, NY 10460. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation o f E M PI R E S TAT E DISPATCH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/29/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4814 16 Ave, 2nd Fl. Brooklyn, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of WASSERMAN MUSIC, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/26/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 7/29/20.

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

SSNY mail process to: 10900 Wilshire Blvd #1200 Los Angeles, CA, 90024. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 90 CHARLES ST, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/20/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 14 Dunham Place 8 Brooklyn, NY, 11249. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of WAYFLYER FINANCIAL LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/7/20.

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

SSNY mail process to C/O C T Corporation System 28 Liberty St New York, NY, 10005.Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of TINY TOT PARTIES LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 05/13/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 11 East Raleigh Ave Staten Island, New York, 10310. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PLAZA IMPORTS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/11/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 2740 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11210.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Weathers’ Realty Group, LLC Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on April 9, 2021.

NY Office: Kings County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Keturah Clark-Wearhers, 1043 E 57th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11234 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of VSPOT PRODUCT, LLC filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on _3/30/2021. Office location: 741 Madison Ave nu e , N ew Yo r k County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 741 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065 Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Bubbles & Bites LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/18/2020. Location: New Yo r k .

SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Bubbles & Bites LLC 727 Pennsylvania Avenue, Box 405, New York, NY 11207. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

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Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/06/2021. 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: 1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor #1215; New York, NY 10001.

The principal business address of the LLC is: 1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor #1215; New York, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

Notice of Formation of MADISON PARK PLACE ACQUISITION, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/24/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qualification of NYMM F&B MANAGEMENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/25/21.

O f f ice location: N Y Count y. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/30/21. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Union Square Hospitality Group, LLC, 853 Broadway, 17th Fl., NY, NY 10003. 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. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 241 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending, for beer, liquor and wine, has been applied for by Rock 1 SE Table, L .L .C. and Tourbillon1 LLC d/b/a Caffe Lodi to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111 for on premises consumption.

Rock 1 SE Table, L.L.C. and Tourbillon1 LLC d/b/a Caffe Lodi Notice of Formation of Ocean NY 1 LLC – Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/10/20. 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, Attn Daniella Zelefsky, 360 Lexington Ave, 13th Fl, NY, NY 10017. Duration: p e r p e t u al . Pr in c ip al office: 132 Nassau St, NY NY 10038. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 68.4’ & 70.5 & 71.6) on the building at 253 E. 52 nd St, New York, NY (20210605).

Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

Notice of Formation of NEW SOUTHTOWN ACQUISITION, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/24/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qual. of ICG STRATEGIC EQUITY IV GP LP. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/12/21. Office location: New York. LP formed in DE on 5/29/20.

SSNY desg. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: c/o Corporate Creations, 600 Mamaroneck Ave, # 400, Harrison, NY 10528 . Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 132-40 159TH STREET LENDER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/16/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 90 State Street, Ste 700 Box 10, Albany, NY 12207.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of ICG STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND IV LP. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/12/21.

Office location: New York. LP formed in DE on 5/29/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: c/o Corporate Creations, 600 Mamaroneck Ave, # 400, Harrison, NY 10528 . Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LADY DI ELEGANCE LIMITE D LIAB ILIT Y CO M PAN Y filed with SSNY on April 12, 2021. Of fice: NY County. United States C orp oration Agents , Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: United States C orp oration Agents , Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Form. of ESCAPE CLAUSE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/12/21. Office l o c a t i o n: O n o n d a g a SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to 3986 Jordan Rd Skaneateles, NY, 13152.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JE LLIO WOR LD, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/20/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 239 Java St Brooklyn, NY, 11222.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of JIANG AND FAMILY LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/22/21. Office location: New York .

LLC formed in NJ on 4/12/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 36 Windmere Ct Whippany, NJ, 07981. Arts. of Org. filed with NJ DOS P.O. Box 300, Trenton, NJ 08625.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JOHNSTOWN HOMES USA LLC. Arts.Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/22/14. Office location: Fulton S S N Y de sg .

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 4200 State Hwy 30 Amsterdam, NY, 12010. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KR ENVIRONMENTAL LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/1/21. Office location: Ontario SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 110 Genesee St Ste 390a Auburn, NY, 13021. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of NOSTRAND ONE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. f i l e d with SSNY on 5/11/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 2740 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11210.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BROOK LYN 5511 MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/2/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 278 44th St Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation o f 1 9 3 R AY M O N D PLACE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/19/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 355 Tillman Street Staten Island, New York, 10314. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NOSTR AND THR E E , LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/11/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 2740 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11210.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CDJJ LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/22/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 280 Park Ave South, Apt 22m New York, NY, 10010.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NOSTRAND TWO, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/11/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 2740 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11210.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation o f CY B E R MONKEYWORKS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/20/21. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 160 Union Corners Rd Unit B Warwick, NY, 10990.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 314 ROGERS AVENUE,LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/30/09. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to P.O. Box 1333 Bowling Green Stat., NY, 10006. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of NY 139 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/25/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9500 NW 108th, Av. Miami, FL, 33178. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DB ART CURATORIAL PRODUCTION, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/7/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 310 East Shore Rd Ste 311 Great Neck , NY, 11023.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AFH613 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/17/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1634 E 3rd St Brooklyn, NY, 11230.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-RH MANAGER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/17/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to ATTN: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Ave, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DK LANDMARK LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/20/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 15 Hudson Yards Unit 37 New York, NY, 10001 .Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1821 WHITE PLAINS RD LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/4/21. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1821 White Plains Rd Bronx, NY, 10462. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SLB Ventures LLC filed with SSNY on May 4th 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 38 Delancey Street Apt 5C New York NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Odycco LLC, filed with SSNY on May 14, 2021.

Office: Bronx County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Odycco LLC 1026 E 222ND St. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of 9206 ZYS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/2/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9206 Avenue L Brooklyn, New York, 11236. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AX3, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/2/21.

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

SSNY mail process to 74 Main Street Pob 31 Akron, New York, 140010031. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DRIVE RITE AUTO GROUP, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/26/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 145 Kenilworth Suite 1b Brooklyn, New York, 11210. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Make Moves LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/16/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 99 Devoe St, Brooklyn, New York, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Maki By Akimori LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/2/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2023 East 12th Street Brooklyn, New York , 11229. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MCDONALD497 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/4/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 146 Dahill Rd Apt 2f Brooklyn, NY, 11218 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MIME IS MONEY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/17/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, New York, 10022.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MONGKON ANAN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/19/19.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 1450 Fulton Street Brooklyn, New York , 11216. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of North Point Ventures LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/1/21.

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

SSNY mail process to 8215 Newcomb Road P.O. Box 603 Long Lake, NY 12847. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NYC6 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/25/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 15 Bridge Park Drive #10e Brooklyn, New York, 11201. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PLANT ME SEYMOUR LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/25/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 199 Devoe St Apt #2 Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 48 JEFFERSON LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/10/16.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16TH Ave Ste 9 Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of MEZOCLIQ LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 05/03/2021.

Office loc: NY County.

LLC formed in DE on 06/29/2012. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1700 Broadway, 36th Fl., NY, NY 10019. Address required to be maintained in DE: 850 New Burton Rd., Ste 201, Dover DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of formation of LI ZHE LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/3/21. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 159 W. 53rd St., Unit 15F, NY, NY 10019.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of 27 SHORE PKWY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/3/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1311 Brightwater Ave #17f Brooklyn, NY, 11235.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THAI MEE KIN 88 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/26/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 4516 44TH ST APT 4G SUNNYSIDE, NY, 11104.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DUFFIELD VENTURE LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 5/5/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 62 Saint Felix St., Apt 1 Brooklyn, NY, 11217. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of LEVAL HOSPITALIT Y LLC. Arts.Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/3/21.

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

SSNY mail process to 325 Columbia Turnpike, Ste 301 Florham Park, NJ, 07932. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CANDY’S KICKS LLC Filed with SSNY on 02/22/21. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail copy to: 13055 227 th Street, Laurelton, NY 11413 .

Purpose: Any lawful.

Notice of Formation of Nirvanaum Media LLC filed with SSNY on March 9, 2021. Office: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 200 E 131 NY, NY 10037. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 64 feet on an 87-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 750 Grand Street, Brooklyn, K i n g s C o u n t y, N Y 11211. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Morgan Rasmussen, m . rasmus s e n@ trile af. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

HORTABILITY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/04/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Joanne D’Auria, 411 East 57th Street, Apt 4A , NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of U S UAL E LE M E NT S , LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/3/2020. Office location: Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall forward service of process to Registered Agents Inc., 90 State Street, Ste 700, Office 40 Albany, N Y, 12 207 Purpose: any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VC 88 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/28/21.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 220 Lorraine Loop Staten Island, NY, 10309.

Any law ful purpose.

DAIN U.S.A. LLC filed w/ SSNY on 6/3/21. Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 38 W 32nd St., #1603, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful.

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Notice of Formation of Nirvanaum Media LLC filed with SSNY on March 9, 2021. Office: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 200 E 131 NY, NY 10037. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of GRAND AVE LOFTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/8/21.

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 6/7/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 152 West 57th Street, 12th Floor New York, NY, 10019. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of PLAZA AUTO GROUP, LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 5/11/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2740 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11210.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of G-Speed LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/15/2021. Office Location: Westchester, NY. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process t o : 3 3 9 Ta r r y t ow n Road #1019 Elmsford, NY 10523 . Purpose: any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Buddha Jones, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/3/21.

Organized California 11/9/2004. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Foumberg, Juneja, Rocher & Co., 16311 Ventura Blvd #1180, Encino, CA 91436.

Principal of fice: 1741 Ivar Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028. Authorized officer at such address: Alex Padilla. Purpose: any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 6 GIFFORDS REALTY LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 3/16/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 6 Giffords Ln Staten Island, NY, 10308.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EOLAS LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/18/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler Llp Attn: Andrew St. Laurent 40 Wall Street 53rd Floor New York, NY, 10005.Any lawful purpose.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH JUVENILE COURT SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TERMINATION THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO: .

1. Robert Hillquist, Father of Journee Mae Owen, b.d. 11/03/19, Termination Petition 21-7-00119- 31 filed on March 12, 2021.

A Termination Hearing will be held on Monday, August 23, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at Snohomish County Juvenile Justice Center, 2801 10th Street, Everett, Washington 98201.

You are notified that a petition has been filed in this matter requesting that your parental rights to the above- named child be terminated. You have important legal rights and you must take steps to protect your interests. This petition could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. THE ABOVE NAMED INDIVIDUALS ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR at said hearing regarding your child. If you fail to appear at the hearing, the court may take evidence against you, make findings of fact, and order that your parental rights be terminated without further notice to you. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Termination Petition, and/or to view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.gov/TRM HEIDI PERCY, Clerk of the Superior Court; D. HEGAN, Deputy Clerk PLEASE NOTE: The hearing will be held via Zoom. You may appear either via video and audio, audio only, or in person. The Zoom link, telephone call-in number, meeting ID, and password for the hearing can be found at: https:// snohomishcountywa.gov/195/Juvenile-Court

Notice of Formation of Three Jays Village, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/27/21.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 58 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11249.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 36 Yale Avenue, LLC filed with SSNY on May 26, 2021. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 599 W Hartsdale Ave Suite 203B, White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Gem Blenders LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/19/2021. Office location: Kings County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Steve Sekula, 296 Clinton St, Brooklyn, 11201. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of formation of Wheelz Assets, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed w/ Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/13/2020.

Off. loc.: King Cnty. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 139 Plymouth St. Apt. 410, Brooklyn, N Y 1120 1 . Purp ose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of Root and Node LLC filed with SSNY on February 09, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Root and Node LLC, 490 Myrtle Ave, Apt 2b, Brooklyn, NY, 11205. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of Gem Blenders The Card Game LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/19/2021.

Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Steve Sekula, 296 Clinton St, Brooklyn, 11201. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of TRIBRO REALTY LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/3/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 45 E 89th St Apt 39g New York, NY, 10128.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of GRAND AVE LOFTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/8/21. Officevlocation: New York. LLC formed in DE on 6/7/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whomvprocess against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: Attn: Rachel Brill 152 West 57th St, 12th Fl New York, NY, 10019. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of WOLLMAN PA R K PARTNERS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/9/21.

Office location: New York.

LLC formed in DE on 5/13/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 25 Lafayette St, 3rd Floor Attn: Brad Shron, Esq. Newark, NJ, 07102. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of CRIMSON SAGE LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/9/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 6/8/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corparate Creations Network Inc. 600 Mamaroneck Ave #4 0 0 Harrison, N Y, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ROSE 8 8 8 R E ALT Y LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/7/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 622 52nd St Brooklyn, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SHUUKA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/12/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 357 Bleecker Street New York, New York, 10014.

Any law ful purpose.

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 53 feet on a 56-foot building roof top at the approx. vicinity of 2153 Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11214.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Morgan Rasmussen, m . rasmus s e n@ trile af. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

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LEEN WIRELESS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/29/2021.

Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 189 Minna St, Brooklyn, N Y 112 18 . Purp ose: Any Lawful Purpose.

323 SMITH STREET, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/27/21. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 202 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, N Y 112 31 . Purp ose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of formation of 6567-69 PARKSVILLE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 01/27/2021. Office located in Westchester.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 599 W HARTSDALE AV E SUITE 203B WHITE PLAINS, N Y 10 6 07. Purpose: any law ful purpose.

Form of notice for on-premises license.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number (PENDING) for beer, wine, cider and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in a TW 344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 45 FIRST AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10003 for on premises consumption.

RAKE NYC INC THEO K ALOMIRAKIS GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/11/21. Office: New York C ount y. S SN Y designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Barry W. Silverstein, E s q . , 14 3 3 M antua Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 3 314 6 . Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1334397) for beer, wine, cider and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 782 MAIN STREET, MONTAUK, NY 11954 for on premises consumption.

GLOBAL SURF CUISINE LLC. Notice of Qual. of HITPS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/11/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 9/28/15.

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

S SN Y mail proces s to: C/O: C orp orate Creations Network Inc. 600 Mamaroneck Ave #4 0 0 Harrison, N Y, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose..

Notice of Qual. of NEON MOOSE LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/29/21.

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 4/20/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: P.O. Box 7119 Church Street Station New York, NY, 100087119. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF AR Moss Enterprises, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY on 3/30/2021. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The office address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 195 Central Pkwy, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. The principal business address of the LLC is: 195 Central Pkwy, Mount Vernon, NY 10552.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Index Number 01500-21 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Date Summons Filed 4-29-2021 -----------------------------------------------X Plaintiff Designates Westchester County as the Place of Trial The basis of venue is Michelle Nnatu Plaintiff lives in the court Plaintiff -againstSUMMONS Plaintiff/Defendant resides at 1578 Blvd Defendant Peekskill NY 10566 Abihola Adams-Nnatu x ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named defendant YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiff within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive to the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgement will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Dated 4-29-2021

Plaintiff Address Michelle Nnatu 1578 Blvd Peekskill NY 10566

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS’ COURT DIVISION In re:

Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights to P.B.W.-V., A Minor

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: File No. A2019-97

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS A petition has been filed asking the court to put an end to all rights you have to your chiId, PEYTON BRADLEY WIGGINS-VEREEN; That hearing will be held before the Honorable Michele A Varricchio on .JULY 23, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtrnom 5B, Lehigh County Courthouse, 455 West Hamilton Street, Allentown P. .

You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended by the court without your being present.

You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this notice to your lawyer at once.

If you do not have a lawyer, you may contact the Lehigh County Lawyer Referral Service by calling 610-433-7094 for information about a low-cost consultation with an attorney member of the Lehigh County Bar Association, or hire a lawyer of your choosing at your expense.

If you cannot afford a lawyer to represent you, immediately go to or contact the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court Lehigh County Courthouse, 455 West Hamilton Street, Allentown PA 18101 (Telephone: 610-762-3172) to find out how to request that a lawyer be appointed for you at no cost to you.

Date: May 14th, 2021

By: Briana Gaumer, Esquire Counsel for Petitioner Mobilio Wood 609 W. Hamilton Street, Suite 301 Allentown PA 18101 Telephone: 610-882-4000 APPENDIX I-A

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Notice of Qualification of TAXI CAB BINDER IV, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 0 6/04/21. O f fice location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/02/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qualification of TAXI CAB BINDER III, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 0 6/04/21. O f fice location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/02/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qualification of VHI DEVICE E NTE R PR ISE S , LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/07/21. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/27/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Certificate of Assumed Name Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: RUBEN JAY QUINONES, JR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 73 Academy St Malone NY 12953 USA NAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Address: Ruben Jay Quinones Jr 73 Academy St Malone NY 12953 United States If you submit an attachment, it will be incorporated into this document. If the attachment conflicts with the information specifically set forth in this document, this document supersedes the data referenced in the attachment.

By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

SIGNED BY: Ruben J. Quinones MAILING ADDRESS: None Provided EMAIL FOR OFFICIAL NOTICES: rubenjay. quinones@gmail.com

Notice of Formation of VPLONDON, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 0 6/11/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Vicki London, 10 West St., Apt. 20E, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Articles of Organization (DOM - PROF. LLC) .

Louis J. Mariotti, DO, PLLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/19/2021. Office loc.: NY County. SSNY is designated as agent of DOM-PROF.LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to Louis J. Mariotti, DO, 515 Madison Ave., #1205, New York, NY 10022. Purpose: The practice of Medicine.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sister Madeline has reportedly been offering Percoco help raising money to keep the fight alive against his federal bribery conviction.

That answers the question as to how the supposedly broke Percoco has afforded top-notch attorneys since his 2016 arrest.

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What’s more embarrassing than making national news for accusing Shake Shack of poisoning your milkshake? Getting sued over it a year later, but the plaintiff doesn’t know your name so you’re being sued as “Jane Doe NYPD officer who ordered a vanilla shake.”

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