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The curious case of Brian Benjamin Few could have predicted his rise to lieutenant governor, and now he’s got his sights set on the 2022 election.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY clearly has a tough time learning its lessons. The Wall Street Journal reported last week about a new subway map that the MTA is trying out at the Times Square, Grand Central and Fulton Street stations, among others. This new one is more in line with the maps used by other major transit systems. It runs train lines alongside each other, showing more clearly how they interact.

Trouble is this “subway diagram” (it’s not even called a map) looks almost identical to the modernist version by artist Massimo Vignelli that was scrapped in 1979, seven years after it went up. New Yorkers hated it because it distorted the geography of the city (they shrunk Central Park!) confusing riders when they went above ground. It was replaced by the current map designed by Michael Hertz Associates, which still plays around with geography, but not to the degree that it earns a spot at MOMA. I remember Vignelli’s “System Map,” primarily because of its modern, futuristic look which ironically inspired the designs of today’s subway maps used by so many other cities. But I was a kid in the ’70s hooked on science fiction shows and visions of the future.

New Yorkers also were fearful of the subway then because of high crime. Having a map that’s not user-friendly didn’t make things better.

Sarah Meyer, the MTA’s chief customer officer, says she wants to gradually introduce the new map in a way that “doesn’t cause fear.” She also may want to consider preventing some rage too. New Yorkers are picky when it comes to subway art – I mean maps.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

KEITH POWERS … 8 He’s on everyone’s maybe list for speaker.

FOUNDATION AID … 12

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Pandemic cash has flooded school districts.

BRIAN BENJAMIN … 14

The LG on his first month in office.

Keith Powers hopes to be the middle ground between moderates and progressives for speaker.

POWER OF DIVERSITY: BLACK 100 … 21

The established leaders and up-and-comers

WINNERS & LOSERS … 58

Who was up and who was down last week

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“If he wants to participate in a circus, that’s fine. I’m just not buying the tickets.”

– Eric Adams, on Curtis Sliwa’s mayoral campaign, via the Daily News Hochul is basking in the glow of a favorable early election season poll.

HOCHUL SITTING PRETTY IN NEW POLLING

Marist College has released the first poll for the upcoming gubernatorial primary next year, and although it’s incredibly early with a field still in flux, Gov. Kathy Hochul seems

to be positioning herself well to win a full term. In a three-way matchup with state Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams – neither of whom have officially declared yet – Hochul holds a double-digit lead.

James trails her in second

with Williams in third, although a fairly significant percentage of voters polled were still undecided.

Hochul still led in a fourway matchup that included former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, once again ahead of second-place James by double digits. The new governor also enjoys good

DOUBLE FEATURE In New York City’s latest stroke of synergistic genius, moviegoers at select theaters can now get vaccinated on their way inside audiencestarved cinemas through the city’s “vax to the movies” campaign. At any city-run vaccine site, people can still receive a $100 incentive for getting their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which these days is just enough to cover the price of a ticket and popcorn.

“I’m going to tell them about the Deliveristas.”

– U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, promising to fight for delivery workers in Washington after a ridealong, via The City

approval ratings, with 49% of New Yorkers approving of the job she’s doing after two months in office – although 20% are still unsure. So while Hochul positions herself for reelection, much can and will still change over the next several months as the honeymoon period comes to an end, challengers declare and more voters formulate opinions on a governor still relatively unknown. Notably absent from the poll, however, was New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has also been exploring a run for governor. According to one of the pollsters, he was too much of a “fringe” candidate to include.

GIFTED AND TALENTED IS GOING – OR IS IT?

De Blasio announced that he would phase out Gifted and Talented programs in schools, the latest step from his administration to address racial and economic disparities in the New York City school system. As the program stands, children are tested in kindergarten to determine whether they would be part of the highly selective program, which has been criticized for exacerbating segregation. De Blasio said that the test will be eliminated permanently, and that the current Gifted and Talented students will be the last, instead replaced with the possibility of accelerated learning when kids are a little older in elementary

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school. But the lame duck mayor will soon be replaced, almost certainly

by Eric Adams, who said he doesn’t support eliminating Gifted and Talented entrance exams. He also said he believes that the city should expand Gifted and Talented programs to serve more students.

RIKERS INMATES MOVED

As part of the effort to address the staffing crisis at the Rikers Island jail complex, Hochul and de Blasio jointly announced that the city would transfer 200 women – including trans women – trans men

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and nonbinary people incarcerated at Rikers to two prisons to the north to help reduce the population at the troubled complex in New York City. The hope is that those who may have not had access to services due to staffing shortages would receive them at the state prisons. While some lawmakers applauded the move, several public defender groups and criminal justice reform advocates criticized the decision as it would remove in particular trans women from the gender-affirming policies at Rikers without doing anything to actually address the staff issues there.

Protesters have called for people to be freed from Rikers Island jails after lawmakers have sounded the alarm about the horrendous conditions there.

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Why is Hochul calling Cynthia Nixon?

Gov. Kathy Hochul has worked hard in recent weeks to demonstrate how she is a different type of governor compared to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. One strategy has involved reaching out to longtime critics of his such as the actress Cynthia Nixon, a 2018 primary rival who has also been a high-profile activist on education policy. Hochul said their discussion centered on education funding and how Hochul agreed with Nixon that the state needed to maintain funding increases for public schools following a 15-year fight between activists and Cuomo. “I think people should know what we’re doing, and it’s part of my transparency, so I let her know,” Hochul said at a press conference last week when asked about the phone call by City & State.

A phone call with Nixon – the former running mate of Hochul’s likely 2022 gubernatorial opponent New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams – is one of many meetings and phone calls that the governor has held in recent weeks on issues like nursing homes, school funding and ethics reforms.

This includes a meeting last week with Assembly Member Ron Kim of Queens and Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean on COVID-19 in nursing homes as well as a previously unreported meeting earlier this month with good-government groups like the New York

WEDNESDAY 10/20

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The state Independent Redistricting Commission hosts a meeting to receive comments on Western New York draft maps at 4 p.m. at Buffalo State College.

Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa debate at 7 p.m. on NBC and Telemundo in the first face-off of the New York City mayoral general election.

INSIDE DOPE

Sparks are expected to fly at the debate, just days before early voting begins on Saturday, Oct. 23.

Public Interest Research Group on reforming the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

“As part of Governor Hochul’s commitment to change the culture in Albany and restore trust in government, our administration has been working to proactively solicit feedback from advocates, stakeholders, and impacted communities on a range of issues facing New Yorkers,” Hochul spokesperson Hazel Crampton-Hays said in a statement.

Nursing home advocates brought a list of policy requests for the governor for a meeting that arose from a chance encounter between the governor and Kim on a New York City street two weeks ago. “It was night and day,” said Kim – who infamously was the target of Cuomo’s wrath earlier this year over nursing homes. “At this meeting, there was full recognition of some of the mistakes.” While the governor did not commit to supporting advocates’ various demands, such as the establishment of a bipartisan investigation into COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, she did apologize for how the state has handled the issue – a notable contrast to the defiant attitude Cuomo and his administration had. Dean said in a statement that the meeting represented a “small step in the right direction” by the administration.

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WEDNESDAY 10/20 State lawmakers are talking about non-MTA public transit for once at a 10 a.m. hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Albany.

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KEEPING US

By Jeff Coltin

GUESSING Candidates tried to keep their endorsers secret until the last second.

OVERALL RECORD RIGHT: 20

NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATES in the 2021 Democratic primary loved sending press releases teasing endorsement announcements without telling you who exactly would be endorsing the candidate. And I loved guessing the endorsers. In between October 2020 and June 2021, I made a whopping 56 endorsement guesses on Twitter. My record wasn’t good enough to make the playoffs – but better than the New York Jets.

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Easiest pick:

WRONG: 30 HALF: 6

What makes a guess half right? Keith Wright and Hazel Dukes endorsing Eric Adams was the guess, and Wright and former Gov. David Paterson endorsing was the truth. That has to count for something.

BEST RECORD

RIGHT: 5 WRONG: 4 HALF: 2

ERIC ADAMS This was the only candidate where I had a winning record on endorsements. Hopefully the likely next mayor will continue being easy to read.

WORST RECORD

Talk about a slam dunk – an announcement at a school named after state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky’s late husband. Maybe Andrew Yang gave us a layup because we played basketball together in March.

Biggest upset:

RIGHT: 0 WRONG: 3 HALF: 0

DIANNE MORALES The Morales campaign imploded in the final weeks before the primary, with staffers protesting their own candidate. Evidently, it was equally unpredictable to figure out who was supporting her in the endorsement game.

This May 4 Morales endorsement seemed to add up.

It was set to take place outside Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest’s office in Brooklyn and she hadn’t endorsed yet. Instead, the announcement was Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout backing the upstart progressive.

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A Q&A with state Independent Redistricting Commission Chair

I don’t think it would be a failure at all if the Legislature decides to go in another direction.

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Many headlines said that the commission had already failed when it released two sets of maps along partisan lines. How do you combat that narrative?

I completely disagree with that narrative. I think that A: Just because we were unable to reach a single set of lines doesn’t mean we won’t be able to reach a single set of lines in the future. If you look at other commissions – the New Mexico commission, they put 11 sets of lines out. I think the Colorado commission put five sets of lines out, right? I mean, this is part and parcel of being independent, is

putting out multiple sets of lines so the public can weigh in.

I’m not overly familiar with other states, but you had two sets of maps with one backed

by Democrats and the other backed by Republicans. It seems very partisan.

I don’t think New York is any more partisan than any other state.

Redistricting is inherently a contentious issue. And I think in lieu of frantically negotiating a single set of maps without any public input whatsoever on the proposals, other states and we are putting out multiple sets of lines.

Do you foresee a situation where you deliver two sets of maps to the Legislature?

I think that’s certainly possible, but I also think that we’re going to work hard to come to an agreement on it.

How much confidence do you have that the Legislature will accept the maps you propose, or one of the sets of maps you propose?

I view this process in silos. I think we have our job, and our job is to go out to the public and get public input and draw the maps that best represent

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the people of New York.

And then the Legislature has its job, and I think that’s a separate process, and that’s something that we’re not really considering as we go out and get public input. This is something unprecedented in New York state history, that everyday people are being asked to weigh in on this process. And so people all across the state, average New Yorkers, are able to weigh in. When they speak to us, they’re not just speaking to us, they’re speaking to the Legislature as well.

Would you view it as something of a

failure if after all this work with this unprecedented commission that the Legislature doesn’t accept the lines you present?

Not at all. I don’t think it would be a failure at all if the Legislature decides to go in another direction. I think that we have done, I would say, of having literally thousands of New Yorkers weigh in on these lines. Whether the Legislature changes our lines or accepts them, that record, that information is going to go to the Legislature when they draw the maps – if they draw the maps.

– Rebecca C. Lewis

KEITH POWERS

The compromise candidate just has to be the last one standing.

By Annie McDonough

York City Council speaker. New and returning council members will only whisper about who they might support. The likely incoming mayor is expected to put his finger on the scales for a preferred candidate but has yet to confirm it. Voting blocs led by influential Democratic county party leaders or members of Congress are still forming. It’s mid-October, less than three months from when the speaker will be officially elected, and the campaign is still happening behind closed doors. No public forums have been scheduled yet.

It’s a race that requires patience for someone like Council Member Keith Powers, who is one of a few people who have been campaigning for speaker for years. Powers and fellow speaker contenders Carlina Rivera and Justin Brannan have been lauded for hitting the pavement during the primary this year, endorsing and helping to elect new council members whose support they hope to secure in the speaker race. Since the primary, Powers has continued to forge relationships with Democratic nominees and returning members. He’s also working those closed-door rooms filled with the power brokers who have historically had influence in choosing the speaker. “I’ve met with and talked to almost every single incoming member.

I’ve of course met with (Eric Adams).

I’ve talked to labor. I’m at every big

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event,” Powers, who represents Midtown and the Upper East Side, told City & State recently. “Especially this year, you have to really build a coalition.”

In a year with several dozen new members – some of them on the far left and not aligned with the Democratic establishment – it’s unclear what those coalitions will look like. Several incoming council members have told City & State that they feel good about Powers, including some who said he was their top – if not final – choice. “We don’t know where this might go because it’s early in the game,” said one likely incoming council member who praised Powers and said they support him, but who asked not to be named because they haven’t made a final decision. “I don’t want to box myself (in), but I do know that Keith is one of the people on my list.” While Powers is regarded as a strong contender

Powers chairs the Criminal Justice Committee, and he cites closing the jail complex on Rikers Island as a priority.

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in the race, acceptable to progressives and a competitor for Adams’ support, it may not be enough to be on everyone’s list of maybes. “Just because you’re on someone’s list doesn’t mean you’re at the top of their list,” said one Democratic consultant who asked not to be named because they don’t want to get involved with the speaker race. “If you’re Keith, you want to be the last person standing and wait for other people to be eliminated.”

Powers has at least one undeniable strength going into the race: He is well liked. His record is generally free of major problems. “He is not a controversial person in the City Council. I think he’s a bridge builder,” said Council Member Ben Kallos, a Democrat who is termlimited and represents the Upper East Side. And while “noncontroversial” can often describe policy lightweights and lawmakers who don’t stick their necks out

on any particular issue, that’s generally not Powers’ reputation. A former lobbyist with Constantinople & Vallone Consulting, the Manhattan lawmaker ran on a 22-point government reform agenda in 2017, and he now chairs the council’s Committee on Criminal Justice where he cites closing Rikers Island and dealing with the current crisis at the jails complex as priorities. (Replacing Rikers with borough-based jails, which Powers supported, is unpopular with some progressive Democrats, however.) Powers has said the council should continue to evaluate the New York City Police Department’s budget and voted in favor of the 2021 fiscal year budget – though that budget was criticized by the left for not reducing the police funding enough.

Powers’ lane to victory is likely as a compromise or consensus candidate.

While some insiders suggested Brannan

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might be too moderate for the incoming class of farther left council members and Rivera too progressive for an Adams administration, Powers may be able to please a broader coalition. But newer entrants into the speaker race, including Council Members Diana Ayala, Adrienne Adams and Francisco Moya, are competing for support too. Their districts include the outer boroughs, and each has a strong case to make to win the backing of Bronx and/or Queens county leaders – seats of power that were decisive in electing Corey Johnson as speaker in 2017. As voting blocs and potential county alliances form, Powers will have to convince leaders – including Reps. Adriano Espaillat, Grace Meng and Hakeem Jeffries, and state Sen. Jamaal Bailey – that he is not just an acceptable candidate but the best one. Either that, or he’ll have to be the “last person standing,”

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as the Democratic consultant said.

There’s also pressure to elect a woman – in particular, a woman of color – to the council’s top role. The idea of another white male speaker from Manhattan in particular elicits some groans from people who want the council’s leadership to represent the actual diversity of the body.

It’s not the only factor council members and other power brokers are considering.

But if the speaker race is a war, this is a battle Powers and Brannan have already lost. “I think it’s not an easy road for Keith,” said Camille Rivera, partner at the progressive consulting firm New Deal Strategies. “I think with the way the dynamics of citywide elections come up, it’s going to be really hard to make an argument for another Manhattan person who is a white male to be able to make that lift. It’s not impossible, but it’s not going to be easy.”

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“I’ve met with and talked to almost every single incoming member.

I’ve talked to labor. I’m at every big event.”

– New York City Council Member Keith Powers

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Flush with cash, short on oversight

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N A LONG-AWAITED victory for parents and education advocates, the state Legislature in April secured a major budget accomplishment: providing full funding for Foundation Aid, the state funding formula that distributes more resources to highneed schools. Lawmakers appropriated $1.4 billion more toward Foundation Aid in the state’s fiscal year 2021-2022 budget, with a commitment to fully funding Foundation Aid over the next three years.

After that, the funding would become permanent. It was the result of a decade of activism pushing the state to fulfill its obligation to schools under the 2006 state court decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York. This month, Gov. Kathy Hochul reiterated her commitment to fully funding Foundation Aid going forward.

This year’s public school funds also include a nearly $9 billion boost of federal funding for schools under the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief. The influx of cash is distributed through the state Department of Education. The department approves school districts’ spending plans and routes the government funds to each district, where the money is distributed to individual schools. The New York City school district, encompassing 1,876 schools, is set to receive nearly $12 billion from the state plus another $7 billion in federal rescue plan funding over the next three years.

But six months after the budget was approved, some education justice advocates and local officials say that New York City’s Department of Education, as well as some other school districts, have not complied with the state mandate of including input from parents, teachers and community members in their spending plans.

Some have raised concerns over the lack of specifics and transparency in the plans, which they argue could jeopardize the historic infusion of state and federal funding to New York’s public school system.

“What we don’t want to happen is that we spend all this money on education and then the critics come back and say, ‘See, students aren’t doing better and money doesn’t matter because money was wasted, or there was fraud or abuse,’” said Jas-

Parents and education advocates want more of a say on how to spend an influx of school funding from the state and federal governments.

mine Gripper, executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education.

A requirement set by the Legislature for school districts receiving an increase in Foundation Aid funding of more than 10% or $10 million is that school districts’ spending plans must include input from parents, educators and other stakeholders. The plans had to be publicly adopted no later than July 1, 2021 (a similar mandate clause also applies for school districts receiving federal rescue plan funds).

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“I think the benchmarks are really the key thing that’s missing,” said Gripper, whose organization reviewed spending plans released by several school districts.

One example she pointed to was the list item in the city DOE’s spending plan which stated the department will use $378 million from their total funding on 3-K for All. But Gripper noted the plan did not elaborate on specifics regarding how that funding for universal 3-K was going to be implemented over the next three years.

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State Sen. Robert Jackson has been fighting for more school funding for decades. Now, he wants accountability for spending.

Some school districts have engaged stakeholders through surveys, district meetings and social media. But others have not made a significant effort to involve stakeholders in the spending plan process. In September, Cindy Gallagher, a representative of the School Administrators Association of New York State, testified to lawmakers that dozens of school districts’ plans were not accessible on their websites. On Oct. 5, in a joint hearing by the state Senate’s committees

on education, New York City education, and budget, more than a dozen community organizations, local representatives and education advocacy groups expressed dissatisfaction with the New York City DOE’s communication over its spending priorities.

The city DOE did not respond to a request for comment.

The department held town halls in each borough to discuss the city’s plans for its increased funding in May and June. But, according to the Education Council Consortium co-chair NeQuan McLean, the forums were often hijacked by discussions around school reopenings instead. He also noted the Education Council Consortium, a coalition of parent volunteers who advocate for students of New York City schools, had not been given the chance to review the city DOE’s funding application that was submitted to the state Education Department.

“There was no meaningful deep dive into how this money is going to be spent,” McLean, who also serves as president of Community Education Council of District 16 in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, told City & State after the October state Senate hearing. “A lot of time there’s always mandates around engagement. But it’s the difference between meaningful engagement and just engagement to engage and say, ‘We did it.’”

In New York City, schools have largely been given discretion in how they use the extra funding with little oversight from the city DOE. A handful of parents – all who are active members of advocacy groups and parent-led initiatives – told City & State they have not been informed by their childrens’ schools about the increased funding. Instead, schools have focused discussions with parents on bringing kids back to physical class-

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rooms during the pandemic. City schools have returned to full in-person learning since Sept. 13 with a remote option only available for “medically fragile” students.

“One parent said they’re still asking parents to bring in paper towels and sanitizer. Why?” said state Sen. Robert Jackson, who led the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit before he was elected to public office, and was present during the state Senate hearings. “The state of New York has all this money. It shouldn’t be asking average parents struggling to survive to bring them stuff into the classroom.”

According to Natasha Capers, director of the Coalition for Educational Justice, schools need guidance in how to manage the sudden influx of funding.

“Some of the schools don’t know how to handle this additional money because they’ve never had the additional money.

They’ve been told their whole existence to do more with less,” said Capers, whose two children attend public schools in Manhattan and Queens. “So how do we make sure that they’re making good partnerships? And when they still do need more resources, that they have access to it and (are) not just told, ‘Well, we gave you more money.’”

Following the state Senate hearings, state lawmakers said they may revisit and strengthen the budget language related to the Foundation Aid’s stakeholder engagement requirement for the next fiscal year.

“We can’t give districts all this money and not have accountability mechanisms to make sure that money gets to the students with the greatest needs, and that it’s invested in things that are not wasteful,” Gripper said.

Jackson said his office will also be looking at separate legislation to enforce specific school measures, including a bill that would mandate school districts reduce class sizes – a move that advocates see as especially important during the pandemic. He said stakeholders must work together so school districts’ spending of government funding is transparent and that “parents and advocates and unions and administrators have a say to ensure that it’s being spent properly.”

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Natasha Ishak is a journalist covering politics, social issues and culture in New York City.

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The new LG explains the ups and downs in his rise to power.

All about the Benjamin

By Jeff Coltin Portrait

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T. GOV. BRIAN BENJAMIN calls himself an advocate on the inside of the governor’s administration. He’s an advocate for communities of color, as a Black man from Harlem who’s now at the highest levels of political power. He’s an advocate for legislators, as someone who was recently pulled from the ranks of the state Senate. And he’s an advocate for all the people he has met on his travels across the Empire State.

The fact that Benjamin is even in this position is remarkable. He became an elected official just four years ago when he was effectively appointed to the state Senate. And earlier this year Benjamin sputtered in his first competitive election, the Democratic primary race for New York City comptroller, finishing in fourth place. Despite a promising candidacy, journalists raised a series of questions about Benjamin’s potential conflicts of interest as an investor, the source of some of his campaign donations and how he spent campaign cash in a previous run.

So earlier this month, Benjamin took a break from advocating for others to advocate for himself, answering questions from City & State over Buffalo wings at Side Door on 57th Street in midtown Manhattan. It had been less than a month since the 44-year-old had been sworn in as lieutenant governor, and Benjamin was full of energy. His predecessor – and now boss – Gov. Kathy Hochul had made that her signature, showing no signs of fatigue despite a punishing travel schedule. Benjamin seemed determined to match it. If the lieutenant governor senses your mind is wandering, he might snap to get your attention. He’ll touch you lightly on the arm to make sure you’re paying attention to a key point.

Benjamin seems refreshed in his new role. He said that joining the board of directors of a real estate investment company when he was working as a state senator gave the wrong impression. And that he shouldn’t have used campaign cash for what turned out to be a wedding celebration. He said he’s done with any

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jobs outside of government, and that he’s got a new compliance team looking at past campaigns and vetting any future fundraising. He’ll need it. Just a month into the job, some of his attention is already focused on reelection. The June 2022 Democratic primary is on the horizon, and Benjamin expects to face a challenge, just as formidable opponents are lining up against Hochul.

What’s Benjamin’s pitch? He’s a “pragmatic Democrat” and “a solutions person,” the lieutenant governor said. “Some people see getting money for a problem as a win. I see the money being spent in a way that solves the problem as a win. … I’m not celebrating spending more money on homelessness. I’m celebrating having less homelessness.”

So the conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, started out on the topic of elections.

Let’s talk about that. At the beginning, back in 2020, early 2021, when people asked me who was going to win, I was saying you were.

Do you think it was a missed opportunity? Was it New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson entrance in the race that did you in?

With Sen. (Kevin) Parker and I both running, it created a real issue where a number of people who like us both felt conflicted and didn’t want to

support. So you had a situation where I was raising money, putting it together. If Sen. Parker was not in the race, a lot of endorsements, a lot of stuff would have come together much quicker, which might have changed Corey’s calculus as to whether or not there was an opening. So you have a situation where you have Brad (Lander), who’s appealing to the very hard left, and a whole bunch of other people. Corey, me – Michelle (Caruso-Cabrera) was the only female (who was considered a serious contender) in the race, Latina. So it was a lot of different dynamics. But you know, I do maintain that if Corey hadn’t jumped in the race, there would have been labor support, a number of other pieces of support, that would have come together to possibly have a different outcome.

But God had a different plan for my life. It all happened the way it was supposed to happen for me to get here. But on a more important level, I’m not bitter. People wanted me to go negative in that race because they thought that was my only pathway to victory. I refused to do that. I just wanted to make the case for myself. Quite frankly, I think I did, you know, pretty well under the circumstances. I could have maybe done some different things. But it was meant to be the way it happened.

You say go negative – we saw quite a bit of what

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s LG decision was highly anticipated, and criminal justice reform advocates celebrated her pick.

looked like opposition research that came out against you.

Oh yeah, big time. Because that was the way to beat me, right? A lot of times if you have candidates of color who can raise the money, who have the qualifications, who can articulate themselves well on the issues, the demographics really favor that.

So the only way to stop that, in my view, is to tear them down. So that happened.

And quite frankly, I actually feel like I’m the beneficiary of opposition research because it caused me to take a closer look at a number of things. You know, when I first became a senator, I just started doing things raising money. I didn’t have the best lawyers on my team, the best compliance people making sure everything was

set up right and accounted for right. We didn’t have the right structure in place, the way I’m setting up now. So now if you look at me now setting up my LG account, it’s like Fort Knox.

Before I do anything else, I have the best lawyers on the case, got a compliance team on the case, we have a whole vetting system. Granted, I was a very smart person, but I was very naive as to the rules and the process. What I ended up doing was following what everyone else was doing, which is not the best strategy. So there were mistakes made. And what I have done since then, I have asked the lawyers who are helping me with setting up my LG account. I’ve asked them to do a thorough forensic accounting of every single contribution, every single expenditure. I’ve asked them to go through every

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What’s your philosophy on elections? Do you think primaries are always good to keep people on their toes? Or should somebody doing a good job not “deserve” a primary?

I don’t believe in the deserve or not deserve philosophy. I believe that if people want to run, they should run. Even if it’s running against someone who’s amazing. It’ll remind people why that person was amazing.

I’m very much into democracy.

I would have loved to have a primary, to be frank, because I think it would have sent the message that voters directly believe in what I was doing. I was always prepared for one.

I enjoyed (interacting with voters) in the comptroller race.

Obviously I was unsuccessful, but I enjoyed it. I was doing 15 events a day, multiple churches a weekend and making my case. And, you know, the comptroller’s was difficult for a range of reasons.

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layer into it, “Welcome back, first time you’re back, everyone can see you, so that people can feel like they’re a part of your life.” So those decisions got made and the problem was we didn’t have a lawyer there to say, “If you do that you are now creating a problem with how this is being paid for.”

And then they would’ve said, “Listen if y’all want to go in that direction, understand that you’ve got to pay for this personally.” At which point I would have said absolutely not.

And at that point, it would have what we originally planned it to be. These are mistakes I made. I own it. It is what it is.

I’m not going to sit here and go blame staffers from four years ago for this and that. It was one of those mistakes that you just wish never happened. But now you’re running for comptroller.

By the way – no one was hiding anything. Everything was on social media. It wasn’t like I was trying to not show it. It was just that we didn’t do it right.

single thing and whatever they believe we need to clean up, let’s clean up. I didn’t do anything with any malicious intention. There was just some sloppy things that happened and some bad decisions. But it was because I didn’t have the right structure in place.

How do you explain your campaign spending on what appeared to be your wedding in 2018?

Sure. Effectively what it was supposed to be was a community outreach event where I was bringing together all my local supporters to have them come out and get mobilized because we had the November elections coming up. I had buses going all over the state helping to get a majority (of Democrats in the state Senate). So what we did wrong was we started off

like that, and then my team started to mutate it. Because I was getting married everyone said, “Oh, let’s overlay that.”

And then it just mutated. And unfortunately, this is where having a Greenberg Traurig on the case would have said, “Go back to the original intention because otherwise this is a problem.” We didn’t have that.

But we had a great event and people got on buses, knocked on doors and all that. But all that you’re left with is what looked like a wedding reception.

So this event wasn’t your wedding reception?

No! I got married in Virginia and I had my wedding reception in Virginia. It’s all on my social media. I went on my honeymoon and my team was like oh, let’s turn the community outreach event, just

This interview is for our Power of Diversity: Black 100 issue. You’re one of the highest ranking Black politicians in the state – Effectively, I’m the highest.

Which is wild, right? Just statutorily. Obviously, we know power – Tell that to Letitia James!

(Playfully.) No comment.

Obviously, I’m not talking about electoral power here. I’m just talking statutorily. But yes, in terms of actual power, that’s a different story. But the question is what’s power? You know, right after I meet with you, Gov. Hochul and I are sitting down for our weekly meeting to go over key issues. I’m very active with her, very active with her secretary, her chief of staff.

We’re fully integrated. And on any topic, my voice is relevant.

My impression is that Hochul did not have a

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weekly meeting with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

No, she did not. (Laughs.)

So this is new. Do you consider yourself as being a part of the administration, or do you consider yourself as having your own office?

Part of the administration.

Without question. Now listen, I’m lieutenant governor. I have certain – whatever. But to me, I work closely with her secretary, the chief of staff, key officials. She’s given me part of her portfolio. Like focusing on public housing in the city of New York is something that she has given to me (and) focusing on vaccine equity.

By the way, my whole platform is equity. I’m putting together a meeting of all the elected officials of Latin descent next Friday (Oct. 15) to talk about appointments in the administration. That’s commissioners, that’s boards, that’s authorities, that’s commissions – with the governor’s support to do it.

And I’m going to be working with them to be an advocate because we do have an issue with brown leadership across the state. I’m going to play a leading role in making sure that we’re trying to get as many people of color of Latin descent.

I’m sure you saw the reports that Cuomo was planning to run with a new lieutenant governor for the 2022 campaign.

Were you in the mix? Did Cuomo ever call you?

No. I got a call from someone tangentially saying that I was in the conversation, but no one ever called me. But the only way I would have been interested in a spot like that is if the present lieutenant governor was willingly leaving. I would not have been part of some hostile takeover.

And by the way, part of why Kathy picked me is that when I came into the Senate, and

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she was a lieutenant governor who didn’t have a lot of friends within the administration, we did a lot of events together.

She came with me to see some of our small businesses, restaurants, to see how they were doing. We worked on a Harlem local vendor program to have vendors who sold hot sauce and a number of different goods and supplies in Whole Foods. Whenever she came to Harlem, or anywhere near the district, she knew that I would be there. So when the time came for the process, she was just coming and we’re doing what we normally did and said you know what, let’s have coffee afterwards. An existing relationship for four years.

My first public event, which was me walking Eighth Avenue, she called me to congratulate me on winning. I said thank you. She said, “Well, what are you up to?” I said, “Well, my first thing I’m going to do is I’m going to go walk and see our small businesses.”

So she said, “You know what, I’m going to change my calendar and come walk with you.” I could find you a picture that we got from four years ago of me and her walking together.

And we were ecstatic. I mean, I just got here, the lieutenant governor’s coming to walk the streets. And then I had like 40 restaurants on Eighth Avenue and in the surrounding blocks who came. And they’re like, oh my God, Brian, you just got here, and you’re already bringing the state.

You’ve got this great gig guaranteed for another 15 months, but – I’m one of those people who doesn’t need a lot of structure to work. Gov. Hochul is running and chewing gum. We are putting the ship together while driving the ship. Most people have transitions.

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You’re still finding people and staffing up.

That’s a part of my legacy too.

One of the reasons why I’m so interested in these appointments and diversity and equity – I’m labeling myself the equity czar of the administration – is because those appointments last well beyond my time here. You put someone on a board and they do a good job, that leads to the next commission, which leads to the next thing, and now all of a sudden we’ve got people of color, Black, brown, Asian, Pacific Islander, etc., who are now part of the process that we have been historically shut out of. To me that’s the best utilization of a lieutenant governor like myself – everyone at the table.

Everyone’s been talking about who’s running for governor. I haven’t heard much talk about LG yet. Is anybody running against you?

Not to my knowledge. But let me say this. I am supporting Jumaane (Williams) for public advocate. His race is in November. I think that’s where he should stay. I think he’s a good public advocate. I believe that Tish (James) has got a lot of work to do in terms of getting Trump. So there’s a lot of things on the attorney general’s plate. I personally am supporting everyone for where they are now. Tish for attorney general, Kathy Hochul for governor. I believe that we should have some continuity as a Democratic Party after what just occurred. Look, it’s a democracy. People do what they want. But I would personally prefer for Gov. Hochul and I to spend as much time as possible on governing. There’s a lot at stake. Look, whatever it is, it is. But I think there’s a lot of important work for us to do together, and people are doing a good job where they are.

Now lieutenant governor is a thankless job. It seemed like

Benjamin was elected to the state Senate four years ago, a moment he celebrated with then-LG Hochul.

Hochul had to take a flight out of Buffalo every day. You at least have the benefit of living in the heart of the city. But is it a lot of mornings waking up at 5 a.m. and getting on a plane somewhere?

Doing a lot of driving. I hit multiple stops. Greene County, Ulster County, just getting around. Seneca Falls. I flew to Buffalo because that’s too far. But what I think is more important than how many places we’re visiting is how many problems we’re solving across the state. So I don’t look at success as I’ve been to 62 counties. I look at success as we’ve affected 62 counties in ways that are meaningful to them. So one thing I have already seen off the bat that’s a huge problem is broadband

upstate. My phone drops driving around the state.

So if you are in a county, sure, it might make you happy that the lieutenant governor stopped by. But what will make you more happy is the lieutenant governor solved the problem that you’re dealing with on a day-to-day basis. Because the only reason why it matters I go to your county is because you would hope that I went to your county, saw your problems myself, and am able to advocate on your behalf. Not just that I came and saw your county and had some ice cream. We’re being very thoughtful as I’m moving across the state that I’m really digging into what are the issues? What are the problems?

What are the things we’re trying to solve? And then when

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I have my weekly meetings with Kathy Hochul or we’re talking to the secretary, we are advocating to help make sure we’re making things happen.

Is it a grind? We just had Eric Adams claim that he only sleeps from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. I hope you get more than that.

Way more than that. For me? Never. I can’t function with that. I need six to seven (hours) at least. And I’m very targeted in what I’m focused on. I focus on the movement of things. And then I have great staff and then we leverage the governor’s staff on the execution and the flow. I’m on the phone calling legislators to invite them to this meeting.

And then my team is following up with their team. It’s a very high touch job, and I’m really playing a high-level advocate.

And I never want anyone to say that their voice is not heard in this administration. So I am physically making sure that happens, right? Any legislator, any major activist, they know.

I’ll tell you the perfect example.

We signed Less is More on the 30th floor. I was part of making sure we invited the key people who helped get us there.

One of the activists said to me, crying, this is the first time I’ve actually been inside this building. But I’ve spent many times protesting over the last year outside this building. And that’s what I want this to be.

This administration has to be an administration where everybody feels like it’s theirs. Everybody has a voice. We will disagree, right? And sometimes we will agree. But I am the people’s lieutenant governor. At the end of the day they’re going to vote and say keep him or send him home. So I’m filling out a term but this is the people’s seat.

You took outside income as a state senator. Are you doing anything else now? Are you still on

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the board of trustees for Brown University?

No, absolutely not. (As for Brown), I am now a trustee emeritus, so I’m off the board.

And they asked me if I would join a council, and I talked to our counsel and agreed to not even do anything, just so there’s absolutely no (questions). It was a fundraising thing, and obviously it’s a nonprofit, but you don’t want any – so I’m doing absolutely nothing outside of the role of lieutenant governor.

When you were a senator taking outside income, joining the board of directors of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), was it about making extra money? Was it about keeping a foot in the finance world?

So the way in which the SPAC happened was it was outreach that came to me that said, you have a background in finance, you know how to analyze companies. When I was at Morgan Stanley, I used to do mergers and acquisitions, so I was very good at accretion/ dilution analysis, all these things that if you’re into banking, you understand.

What the decision for me came down to was it was a short-term proposition. The way SPACs work is, they get opened, and once the targets are acquired, then it’s closed. It was, OK, I could do this for a couple of months, get some income. I have a growing family and all of that.

And sharpen those tools that I thought would be helpful as the next comptroller. Obviously, things got – now here’s the thing, when we were evaluating the targets, I was looking at these entities from a financial balance sheet standpoint. And because they were authorized where they were, it didn’t occur – that was my task. My task was to focus on that.

You weren’t thinking from a PR perspective?

I wasn’t thinking from a PR perspective. So once I had some activists from my district on the Upper West Side call me to a meeting and say listen, we love you, you’re a great senator.

But we have real concerns about some of the loans that LoanMe has made, blah, blah, blah. Walked me through it.

I researched it myself. And I stepped off the board. And that’s what happened because I didn’t want that perception.

But quite frankly, my role was not looking at that. My role was looking into companies from a financial perspective.

And once it was brought to my attention, that’s when I stepped aside. I stepped off the board prematurely, before the SPAC actually ran its natural course.

You mentioned before the importance of having a Black man in power. Is it better than ever to be a Black New Yorker in politics?

There are Blacks who are ascended to positions, but that still needs to actually make its way down to regular people.

So one of the things I’m going to be doing later on today, I’m going to be talking to (Empire State Development) about the minority- and women-owned business MWBE program because there are a lot of concerns about certification and recertification, who’s been certified. There’s a lot of X’s and O’s that have to get filled out. But we are in power and in positions to do those things.

But the executive branches, the mayor and the governor, are really where the rubber is going to hit the road in terms of driving the results that reflect the political leadership that Blacks have ascended to.

And so I see that as my job.

That’s why I’m focusing on NYCHA because the severe amount of people who are Black and brown and live in NYCHA and the nature of

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those buildings, that is a big equity issue. Compare that housing to the Upper East Side right off of 60th, 61st. Doing that is what matters, getting the money, getting the people in the seats. That’s a great thing, optically. Driving the results is where we have the focus now. And that’s what I’m completely committed to doing.

You being in Harlem – the DSA and progressives hadn’t been challenging incumbents, didn’t have a lot of influence. Then out of nowhere now we see Kristin Richardson Jordan beat an established incumbent.

What do you think about the strengthening left flank in New York politics?

The people are picking who they want regardless of all these titles. There are people who voted for Dianne Morales and Ray McGuire. There are people who voted for Eric Adams and Tiffany Cabán. We make more of a statement around someone’s ideological background and somehow projecting that as the reason why they won. I think people are just voting for who they want to vote for.

People voted for AOC because they liked her. They didn’t vote for her – maybe a few people, and maybe online it’s a whole big thing. But I believe that’s what’s happening. And rankedchoice voting showed us, you cannot bucket people. They voted for who they like and who they feel. That’s what’s at stake. I need to be a candidate who people like, period. And they’ll vote for me. And then what will happen is people will try to rationalize what it is by putting me in some bucket and saying, “Oh, Eric Adams won. Moderates are winning.”

There are people who are quoteunquote hard left voting for Eric Adams because they’re scared when they walk down the street. They’re still hard left.

They’re still super progressive, but they want to be safe.

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LACK NEW YORKERS started serving in elected office at least a century ago. The first Black member of the state Legislature, Edward A. Johnson, was a former slave who became a successful attorney before his election to the Assembly in 1917. In 1944, the legendary Adam Clayton Powell Jr. took office as New York’s first Black member of Congress.

The following decade, Bessie Allison Buchanan became the first Black woman in the state Legislature. In 1989, New York City elected its first Black mayor, David Dinkins.

Today, a new generation of Black leaders is breaking through.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is poised to be the city’s second Black mayor. Alvin Bragg is on track to become the first Black district attorney in Manhattan. Damian Williams is now the first Black U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. At least two Black politicians – state Attorney General Letitia James

and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams – are eyeing gubernatorial bids next year. What’s more, Black representation in the state’s congressional delegation – headlined by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a potential successor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – is growing. The state Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker are both Black, as are the Bronx district attorney, the Queens borough president and the likely next Bronx borough president. And in the New York City Council, Black candidates are set to fill 17 seats, up from 14 currently, in the 51-member body next year.

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allegations to the cover-up of the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes – but he also faced heat for pausing proceedings once Cuomo announced his resignation.

The inquiry’s findings will still make its way into a longawaited report this year.

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1 LETITIA JAMES STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL State Attorney General Letitia James has made her name known nationally for her probes into former President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association.

But her most high-profile investigation this year was directed toward former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who faced a number of sexual harassment and abuse allegations. The first Black woman to win statewide office released the crucial report that doomed Cuomo and led to his eventual resignation. Her next step?

Issuing a subpoena in an investigation into Cuomo’s

book – while also mulling over a potential gubernatorial run.

2 ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ priorities for 2021 included keeping tenants housed via eviction moratoriums and getting recreational marijuana legalized. And she secured several legislative victories in this year’s budget, which had to be negotiated amid thenGov. Andrew Cuomo’s myriad scandals and the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. After a tense relationship with the previous governor, Stewart-Cousins

has worked hand-in-hand with Gov. Kathy Hochul on getting leaders confirmed to the state Cannabis Control Board and extending eviction protections for renters.

3 CARL HEASTIE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER Ever since becoming the first African American Assembly speaker in New York’s history in 2015, Carl Heastie has talked softly and carried a big stick. That approach guided his response to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s downfall this past year. Heastie oversaw an impeachment probe that examined everything from Cuomo’s sexual harassment

5 HAKEEM JEFFRIES HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is trying to unite progressives and centrists in his party around President Joe Biden’s agenda in Washington, D.C. He has been pushing for the passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which passed the House but not the Senate. The Brooklyn Democrat has had a few misses in 2021, such as endorsing Maya Wiley in her run to become New York City mayor. But he’s doing well nationally, especially

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State Attorney General Letitia James could be a formidable candidate for governor in 2022.

Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams has just one minor obstacle to surmount before getting to City Hall: Republican rival Curtis Sliwa. But with widespread backing, a large war chest and party advantage expected to swing the race in his favor, Adams is on track to become New York City’s next mayor. Adams has already begun to gather local leaders for advice as he outlines his vision for City Hall. If Adams plays his cards right, he could wield immense influence come next year.

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considering he remains the top contender to become the next speaker of the House.

Bailey, who reportedly was a top candidate to serve as lieutenant governor under Gov. Kathy Hochul, has raised his profile as chair of the Democratic Party in the Bronx. As the party boss in his borough, he has navigated the divide between long-tenured establishment figures and progressive insurgents while elevating more women to positions of power.

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Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes never forgets who her constituents are. Whether it’s funding the Stop the Violence Coalition in Buffalo or sponsoring the landmark Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act that legalized recreational marijuana statewide, PeoplesStokes maintains an important presence in Albany. She continues to fight inequities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, while still working on perennial tasks like acquiring the funds to create more affordable housing for seniors.

bid, is coasting to reelection as public advocate.

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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Crysal PeoplesStokes shepherded New York's marijuana legalization.

In Washington, Rep. Greg Meeks is refusing to let Republicans disrupt the investigation into the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Closer to home, Meeks joined Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards to survey damage from Hurricane Ida – and promised to send disaster relief and to champion two

Meeks isn't letting the GOP disrupt the Jan. 6 insurrection investigation.

bills that would address climate change nationally. And internationally, Meeks serves as chair of the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee.

To say Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin had a good 2021 is an understatement. The Harlem politician began the year as a state senator and one of the leading candidates to be the next New York City comptroller. While he fell short in a crowded Democratic primary for comptroller, Benjamin was subsequently selected by Gov. Kathy Hochul to be her No. 2 after she replaced the disgraced incumbent Andrew Cuomo.

Benjamin provides diversity and downstate connections to Hochul, a Western New York native who’s seeking a full term in office.

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GEORGE GRESHAM PRESIDENT 1199SEIU Front-line workers have been praised throughout the coronavirus pandemic – but they still need George Gresham. Gresham, the longtime president of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, speaks out for those who have kept the city moving for the past 18 months and also against racism. His influential union held “Stop Asian Hate”

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As he openly explores a gubernatorial run, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has kept himself in the public eye. As a longtime advocate for criminal justice reform, Williams has called for the passage of the Clean Slate Act, which would conceal conviction records of a person once they have finished their sentence and are no longer on parole. Williams, who made a strong statewide showing in his 2018 lieutenant governor

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From neighborhood beautification to workforce development, we’re thinking beyond our conventional energy delivery services and helping to create a more equitable future for every customer and neighborhood we serve.

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Rep. Ritchie Torres defeated a crowded field to represent the Bronx in Congress.

rallies in the spring amid anti-Asian attacks around New York City, and he kept the pressure on politicians. This spring, Gresham celebrated the passage of long-sought legislation on staffing guidelines for hospitals.

12 AL SHARPTON FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT National Action Network The Rev. Al Sharpton, the head of the National Action Network and host of “PoliticsNation” on MSNBC, made voting rights a primary focus in 2021. In the wake of the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent attacks on voting rights by the Republican Party, Sharpton used his platform to call for President Joe Biden to end the filibuster to force the passage and implementation of federal voting rights laws. He’s also

an ally of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who’s all but certain to be the city’s next mayor.

13 RODNEYSE BICHOTTE HERMELYN ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND BROOKLYN DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn got behind the right candidate in the race that matters most, endorsing Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in his bid to be the city’s next mayor. Bichotte Hermelyn, who cultivated

Rep. Ritchie Torres’ entire political career has been about breaking the mold. An Afro Latino who grew up in public housing, he’s often a welcome guest on the leftleaning MSNBC while also earning the praise of The New York Times’ conservative columnist Bret Stephens. One of the two first openly gay Black members of Congress, he recently introduced a resolution denouncing statelevel anti-trans bills across America. He also surprised many Democrats by endorsing Andrew Yang for mayor of New York City.

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hospitals for emergency spending during the coronavirus pandemic. More recently, she has been raising awareness about federal and state relief funds available to businesses and homeowners impacted by Hurricane Ida. Clarke is also prioritizing reining in Big Tech via methods like banning facial recognition software in public housing.

16 DARCEL CLARK BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY After running unopposed for reelection in 2019, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark in 2020 had to grapple with COVID-19, rising shootings and the unrest following the police killing of George Floyd.

She has focused on violence reduction and community engagement, including taking on the role as one of the co-chairs of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, which was previously held by the founding co-chair, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. Clark also dismissed more than 6,000 minor marijuana cases this summer.

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MEISHA PORTER

Rep. Yvette Clarke has spent much of the past 18 months dealing with emergency issues for her constituents, including pushing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse city

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Porter got the mayor to end the Gifted and Talented Program due to inequity.

New York City Department of Education In the seven months since Meisha Porter took the reins of New York City’s public school system from Richard Carranza, she has been a near-constant presence in the press while shaping the routines of parents, students, teachers and other school staff members. In addition to implementing New York City’s

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a similar alliance with the current mayor, Bill de Blasio, has also spoken out about the treatment of refugees from Haiti, the country her parents emigrated from. As the leader of the Brooklyn Democrats, she has fended off a challenge from young reformers but saw Civil Court Judge Dweynie Paul lose the race for Brooklyn Surrogate Court.

“We as citizens can address the virus of social inequity with the same selfless determination and courage we brought to bear on COVID-19, and in doing so prove the true strength of our shared humanity.”

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adaptive measures for the current school year, including mask mandates and no remote learning, Porter also got the mayor to announce a discontinuation of the city’s gifted and talented program.

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New York. Bragg’s union, which represents 85,000 airport employees, security guards and building and school sanitation workers, got behind Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign before the June primary. The union is now looking to influence who becomes the next speaker of the New York City Council.

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No matter your stature or position, if you’re a local politician, you’re going to be talking to Errol Louis on NY1’s “Inside City Hall.” His “Mondays with the Mayor” segments are a must-watch for political junkies, and his weekly reporters’ roundtables spotlight journalists covering stories he hasn’t tackled yet.

He provides the city with his informed observations on these subjects in his new column for New York Magazine – and his reach goes beyond New York as a political analyst for CNN.

As New York City’s deputy mayor for health and human services, Melanie Hartzog is on the front lines of the ongoing fight against COVID-19 all across the five boroughs. Before she was promoted to her current role at City Hall, Hartzog helped craft and negotiate multibillion-dollar spending plans as Mayor Bill de Blasio’s budget director. The New York Foundling, a child welfare nonprofit, recently named Hartzog as its next leader starting in January.

19 KYLE BRAGG PRESIDENT 32BJ SEIU Since he moved up to lead 32BJ SEIU following the unexpected death of thenPresident Héctor Figueroa in 2019, Kyle Bragg has made his own mark as a leader of the influential union and the broader labor movement in

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represent larger districts. But a cohort of young Black women in the Assembly are upending that assumption. One of the most high-profile measures enacted in Albany this year, a coronavirus-era worker protection law called the NY Hero Act, was sponsored by Assembly Member Karines Reyes, an Afro Latina nurse.

Another Bronx lawmaker, Assembly Member Latoya Joyner, helped advance the NY Hero Act and spearheaded the $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund as chair of the powerful Committee on Labor. Expectations are high for Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman, who briefly ran for Queens borough president in 2019 and could seek another office in coming years.

Other rising stars include Assembly Member Diana Richardson, a growing force in her Central Brooklyn district and a staunch proponent of police reform, and Assembly Member Latrice Walker of Brownsville, an ally of state

Attorney General Letitia James and chair of the Committee on Election Law. Walker previously served as chair of the influential Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus, a leadership role now held by Assembly Member Michaelle Solages of Long Island.

Another Long Islander, Assembly Member Kimberly Jean-Pierre, chairs the state Legislative Women's Caucus.

And Assembly Member Jaime Williams of Brooklyn has carved out a niche on such matters as disaster preparedness and food policy.

22 ANTONIO DELGADO MEMBER OF CONGRESS Rep. Antonio Delgado didn’t only flip a pivotal House seat from red to blue

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in 2018 – he managed to keep it in the Democratic column in 2020, thanks to the upstate lawmaker’s focus on local issues while steering clear of controversy whenever he could. With Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the former Republican gubernatorial nominee, announcing that he’ll challenge for the seat next year, Delgado is likely to face a tougher battle in 2022 than he did last year.

that’s now named the Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community Center, which includes affordable housing.

An ally of Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams – and a potential member of his administration – Cumbo has called the defund the police movement a product of white progressives.

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MEMBER OF CONGRESS From educator to member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Jamaal Bowman has managed to make a name for himself quickly. The founder and former principal of Cornerstone Academy for Social Action Middle School in the Bronx has lived up to his promise of advocating for “jobs and education, not bombs and incarceration.” The first-term lawmaker and member of “the Squad” is pushing for investments in child care, universal prekindergarten and postsecondary education.

24 MONDAIRE JONES MEMBER OF CONGRESS Rep. Mondaire Jones, a first-term lawmaker who represents Rockland County and parts of Westchester, has quickly found himself to be sought after both on Capitol Hill and with the Biden administration. With his progressive goals – like passing voter rights legislation and canceling student loan debt – and his outsider status, Jones has become

Rep. Jamaal Bowman is a former principal.

one of the newest members of “the Squad,” the band of progressive representatives that includes fellow New York Reps. Alexandria OcasioCortez and Jamaal Bowman.

ally of Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams.

After beating Assembly Member Nathalia Fernández, fellow New York City Council Member Fernando Cabrera and other rivals in this year’s primary, New York City Council Member Vanessa Gibson is poised to likely become the first woman elected as Bronx borough president and the first Black individual in the role in decades. During her tenure as the chair of the City Council’s Committee on Public Safety, Gibson helped push police reform and backed increasing police staffing levels.

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER New York City Council Member Adrienne Adams is all but guaranteed to win reelection in November, but what’s up in the air is whether she’ll succeed fellow Council Member Corey Johnson as the next speaker of the legislative body. One of a half a dozen contenders for the post, the chair of the Committee on Public Safety has focused on police reform in the wake of police brutality protests in New York and nationwide. The Queens lawmaker is also an

26 LAURIE CUMBO NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY LEADER As the first Black woman to serve as New York City Council majority leader, Laurie Cumbo used her pulpit to advance women’s rights and fight the never-ending battle against gun violence. Cumbo has backed the redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory

NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Among the Black members serving in the New York City Council, several are on their way out and several are just getting started. Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr., who chairs the Committee on Housing and Buildings, lost

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Bill Thompson is chair of the CUNY board of trustees.

his bid for Brooklyn borough president this year and will leave office at the end of the year. Joining him will be fellow term-limited Council Members Deborah Rose of Staten Island, the chair of the Committee on Youth Services, and Queens’ I. Daneek Miller, who chairs the Committee on Civil Service and Labor. Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel had harbored ambitions of being the next council speaker, but she lost her reelection bid and is now slated to become the New York-New Jersey administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Council Member Farah Louis is set to serve a full term a year and a half after winning a special election in Brooklyn. Council Member Kevin Riley of the Bronx won a special election in December, and Selvena Brooks-Powers of Queens won a special election in February – and they both turned around and recently won primaries to keep their seats in the summer.

29 DAMIAN WILLIAMS U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Following the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s recent approval of his nomination, Damian Williams is the first Black individual to serve as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Previously, he was an assistant attorney from Brooklyn who once worked as a law clerk for U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. Now, Williams has joined U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, U.S.

Bill Thompson has led CUNY, New York City’s massive urban public university system, through the COVID-19 pandemic. From campus shutdowns, remote learning and cautious reopenings to lawsuits from the Professional Staff Congress labor union opposing CUNY budget cuts and layoffs, the former New York City Democratic mayoral candidate’s plate remains full.

Thompson is also a partner and chief administrative officer at the investment firm Siebert Williams Shank & Co.

31 LESTER YOUNG JR. CHANCELLOR State Board of Regents Lester Young Jr. has more than a half century of experience changing schools and educational programs for the better. In January, he was unanimously elected to succeed Betty Rosa as chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, which oversees the New York State Education Department.

Jackson notched a major funding increase for public schools.

Young’s ascension makes him the first Black person to hold the leadership position. In addition to dealing with the restart of in-person learning, he has been responding to parent pushback against the mask mandate in schools.

32 JABARI BRISPORT, SAMRA BROUK, LEROY COMRIE, ROBERT JACKSON, ZELLNOR MYRIE, KEVIN PARKER, ROXANNE PERSAUD & JAMES SANDERS JR. STATE SENATORS A confluence of factors over the past few years – including the Black Lives Matter movement, the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color and Democrats solidifying control of the state Senate – have given political momentum to a range of state measures that directly affect Black New Yorkers. Among the Black members in the state’s upper house, state Sen. Robert Jackson of Manhattan notched one of the biggest victories this year with a major increase in state school aid that he has sought for decades. State Sen. James Sanders Jr. has kept his focus on supporting struggling minority and female business owners, while fellow Queens state Sen. Leroy Comrie is in a key role overseeing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as chair of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. State Sen. Roxanne Persaud of Brooklyn has pushed for nonprofit funding as chair of the Social Services Committee, while a fellow Brooklynite, state Sen. Kevin Parker, chairs the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications.

In the younger generation, state Sen. Zellnor Myrie

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and with Queens being an epicenter of the pandemic, Richards worked on relief and affordable housing while also surviving a June primary for reelection to serve a full term.

34 DAVID JONES PRESIDENT AND CEO Community Service Society of New York David Jones is driven by helping low-income New Yorkers with pocketbook issues, like access to public transportation and debt relief.

Jones was involved in the push for half-priced transit fares for those below the poverty line.

He lobbied the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where he serves on the board, to implement a gas tax to forestall more fare hikes in a city that suffered major job losses during the coronavirus pandemic. He has also called for a state stock transfer tax.

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Becoming the first Black male borough president in Queens was no small task for Donovan Richards. The former New York City Council member was victorious in a special election last December to replace Melinda Katz when she became district attorney.

The start of Richards’ term took place during the prevaccination COVID-19 era,

PRESIDENT Public Employees Federation The Public Employees Federation is part of a movement to keep workers from being brought back into government offices for work that can be done at home.

Citing the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, PEF

The Barrons are old-school radicals battling police brutality.

Hawk and Chivona Newsome lead Black Lives Matter of Greater New York.

President Wayne Spence has argued that state agencies have thus far fared well with the remote option. Spence, who leads the second-largest public sector union in the state, was reelected to another term in the spring.

Shea and advocated for the reallocation of police funds to other city agencies.

36 HAWK & CHIVONA NEWSOME FOUNDERS Black Lives Matter of Greater New York The year may change, but the work remains the same for Hawk and Chivona Newsome, the founders of Black Lives Matter Greater New York.

Since 2016, the siblings have rarely missed a chance to protest against police brutality, including in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, when BLM activists took to the streets against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot

37 CHARLES & INEZ BARRON ASSEMBLY MEMBER; NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER The Barrons are a radical power couple battling police brutality and building up their community in East New York and in Albany, but one of them is finally passing the baton.

Assembly Member Charles Barron is returning to City Hall

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toppled a former member of the old Republican-aligned Independent Democratic Conference in 2018 while helping mainline Democrats take control of the chamber.

In 2020, the Democratic conference seized a vetoproof supermajority in the state Senate, thanks in part to upstate candidates like state Sen. Samra Brouk of Rochester flipping Republican seats. Of course, the expanding conference is not monolithic in its views. State Sen. Jabari Brisport, who won his seat last year, is one of a growing number of democratic socialists in the conference, pushing successfully for higher taxes on the wealthy and pressing for further progressive changes, such as single-payer health care.

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after winning the City Council seat his wife, Council Member Inez Barron, is vacating due to term limits. But instead of fully switching spots this time, they’re backing Keron Alleyne, a community board staffer, to fill the state legislative seat that Charles will soon vacate.

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38 BYRON BROWN & INDIA WALTON BUFFALO MAYOR; DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR BUFFALO MAYOR

39 INGRID LEWIS-MARTIN DEPUTY BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT No matter what her exact role ends up being, Ingrid LewisMartin will almost certainly be one of the top advisers in City Hall next year after her boss, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, won the pivotal Democratic mayoral primary this summer. With Adams positioned to possibly be the most influential mayor in

India Walton is the Democratic nominee for mayor of Buffalo.

recent memory, Lewis-Martin will likely continue her role as his gatekeeper and trusted confidant, given her many years at his side.

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District of New York Preet Bharara, who endorsed him in the race.

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New York State Court of Appeals

Alvin Bragg is on track to become one of America’s most prominent prosecutors after winning the Democratic primary for Manhattan district attorney this summer, fending off a scrum of candidates looking to replace the retiring Cyrus Vance Jr. Upon taking office, Bragg will likely pick up on the politically explosive investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business. Bragg has served as chief deputy attorney general for New York state and as a former assistant to then-U.S. attorney for the Southern

Rowan Wilson was nominated by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2017 to serve as an associate judge of the state Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court and often the one of last resort, where he’s now the only Black judge.

Wilson started his career at the white-shoe law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City in 1986. He was recently part of a project with his former firm that involved donating $6 million to support civil rights causes.

43 KEITH WRIGHT DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING Davidoff Hutcher & Citron The head of the Manhattan Democratic Party and former Assembly member uses his clout in myriad ways. Keith Wright, who has long been a power broker in Harlem,

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Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has been a staple in Western New York politics for years.

But after a decade and a half of Brown running City Hall, Buffalo Democrats felt it was time to give India Walton a turn. Walton, a nurse, activist and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, notched a major upset win by beating Brown in the Democratic mayoral primary this summer.

However, the battle between old-school Democrats and the emerging new left had only just begun. Brown lost a court battle for an independent ballot line to serve a fifth term but is mounting an active write-in campaign that could keep him from losing to Walton again in November.

Shortly after she succeeded Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Kathy Hochul moved to jumpstart the implementation of a new state law legalizing recreational marijuana while also demonstrating an ability to cooperate with the state Legislature. She did so by naming former Assembly Member Tremaine Wright to chair New York’s new Cannabis Control Board and installing Chris Alexander, a former state Senate associate counsel, to run the new state Office of Cannabis Management. The two will play critical roles in rolling out regulations and the licensing of companies to sell recreational marijuana in the state.

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Sochie Nnaemeka is the state director of the Working Families Party.

SHEENA WRIGHT PRESIDENT AND CEO United Way of New York City

portfolio includes political consulting in local and state elections as well.

Sheena Wright has had to confront all types of crises since she took over as president and CEO of United Way of New York City in 2012.

First she had to deal with the impact of Superstorm Sandy, and now she’s contending with COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Black and Latino New Yorkers.

Wright has taken numerous steps to improve the situation, like promoting vaccine awareness in the community, organizing food drives and providing relief of all kinds to low-income families as well as assisting small businesses.

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The Working Families Party continues to have significant clout in New York City, where it backed a number of primary winners this cycle. The third party is also flexing its muscle upstate, where it backed India Walton’s upset primary victory over Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown this year and backed state legislative candidates who flipped Republican seats last year. With much of its power derived from making self-proclaimed progressives live up to their policies, the Working Families Party and its state director, Sochie Nnaemeka, had an adversarial relationship with then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo – and are

has led the New York County Democrats for over a decade, playing a key role in backing candidates for elected office.

He is also the director of strategic planning at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, one of the leading lobbying firms in New York City.

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates The founder of Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates capitalized on his close ties with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and his deep knowledge of Albany’s inner workings to help legalize recreational marijuana in New York via the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act. Jenkins and his team have also lobbied on behalf of influential clients, such as the Real Estate Board of New York. Jenkins'

Working Families Party

FPWA With the coronavirus pandemic’s fallout cutting across every swath of New York City, the nonprofit FPWA – formerly the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies – has played a key role in the response, including driving an outreach effort to get more Black New Yorkers vaccinated.

FPWA’s leader, Jennifer Jones Austin, has called for a living wage and combated racism in social services. She was also appointed last year by Mayor Bill de Blasio as chair of the New York City Board of Correction.

48 LARAY BROWN CEO One Brooklyn Health System and Interfaith Medical Center After five years of planning, the merger of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center and Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center into a single entity known as One Brooklyn Health System is picking up steam. LaRay Brown is overseeing the merger as One Brooklyn Health System’s chief executive officer, a position she was named to in 2017 in addition to running Interfaith Medical Center. At the same time, Brown’s health care system has been striving to vaccinate more local residents for COVID-19.

49 RUDOLPH WYNTER PRESIDENT National Grid New York As the National Grid’s New York president, Rudolph Wynter oversees an energy company that provides electricity and gas to 4 million customers in the state. After he was elevated to the new leadership role in December, Wynter helped to finalize a partnership with the New York Power Authority to rebuild 110 miles of transmission lines in

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pushing for more progressive policy changes in Albany under Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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50 PHILIP OZUAH PRESIDENT AND CEO Montefiore Medicine When Dr. Philip Ozuah was promoted as the new leader of Montefiore Medicine in late 2019, he couldn’t have anticipated the crisis he would soon face with the worst pandemic in generations.

Yet, Ozuah quickly pivoted Montefiore Health System’s network of 15 hospitals and 200 outpatient ambulatory care sites, many of which are in low-income areas and serve communities of color, into crisis mode. “The only way to prepare for a once-in-acentury global pandemic is to strive for excellence every day, individually and as a health care system,” he told Becker’s Hospital Review last year.

philanthropic efforts and community outreach as well as expansion efforts, which are bearing fruit. With staff levels in New York rising to 12,000, the company made headlines recently with its $2.1 billion purchase of a 1.3 millionsquare-foot office building on Manhattan’s West Side.

Floyd previously worked at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Verizon and the New York City Economic Development Corp.

52 RACHEL NOERDLINGER PARTNER Mercury Rachel Noerdlinger was recently named partner at Mercury, a public relations and lobbying firm, but she and other executives are reportedly departing due to a dispute with the firm’s parent company. Noerdlinger is also a top communications professional for the National Action Network and an adviser to its leader, the Rev. Al Sharpton. She has also served as chief of staff to New York City first lady Chirlane McCray and ran her own firm, Noerdlinger Media.

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WILLIAM FLOYD

Connective Strategies

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Since Tyquana HendersonRivers launched her own consulting firm, Connective Strategies, in 2008, it has developed a reputation as a top-tier shop for candidates for elected office. The womenand minority-owned firm has enjoyed a recent run of successes in Queens, where it has worked on Melinda

Google William Floyd manages Google’s state and local engagements with elected officials nationwide. He focuses on the company’s

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Katz’s district attorney race and Donovan Richards borough president bid while also assisting candidates for Congress and state legislative office.

54 KASSANDRA FREDERIQUE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Drug Policy Alliance Since Kassandra Frederique was promoted to executive director at the Drug Policy Alliance a year ago, she has led its push to legalize recreational marijuana in New York and reduce sentences for nonviolent offenses.

Frederique’s organization has linked drug policy reform to the Black Lives Matter movement, which has branched out from protesting police brutality to pursuing justice of all kinds.

Frederique scored a major

victory when then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation legalizing marijuana.

55 HAZEL DUKES PRESIDENT NAACP New York State Conference As the leader of the NAACP New York State Conference, Hazel Dukes is at the forefront of many political and policy debates in the state. While her loyal support of thenGov. Andrew Cuomo through multiple scandals wasn’t quite enough to keep him in office, she strongly supported Gov. Kathy Hochul’s selection of Brian Benjamin as her new lieutenant governor. In recent months, Dukes has weighed in on gig worker protections, questioned ranked-choice voting, advocated for parole

Frederique has seen major legislation she worked on signed into law this year.

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the North Country and the Mohawk Valley. He previously oversaw the utility’s wholesale and capital delivery business.

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reform and supported COVID-19 vaccination outreach.

56 GWEN CARR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATE Ever since Eric Garner died after being held by police in a chokehold, his mother, Gwen Carr, has been an outspoken advocate against police brutality, linking up with other mothers of men killed by the police, all the while fighting for justice for her son.

A judicial inquiry into alleged neglect of duty by officers and higher-ups on the force is moving forward – more than seven years after Garner’s death. Carr is also pushing for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a federal policing reform measure.

Gwen Carr became a criminal justice reform advocate after her son Eric Garner was killed by police.

departments. According to Politico, she’s already one of the insiders involved in meetings with Gov. Kathy Hochul regarding final policy decisions. While Smith prefers to operate “under the radar,” she, Hochul and others are paving the way for female leadership in Albany.

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57 SHONTELL SMITH CHIEF OF STAFF AND COUNSEL State Senate Democratic Conference Shontell Smith has spent more than a decade working for the state Senate Democrats. She is currently the chief of staff and counsel to the conference and previously served as the director of counsel and finance. Her current role consists of managing the legal, finance and public policy

New York City Department of Small Business Services As the commissioner of the New York City Department of Small Business Services and co-chair of the Small Business Subcommittee of the Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity, Jonnel Doris has had his hands full helping small businesses fight for their future during the coronavirus pandemic. A current priority is helping New York City Mayor

Bill de Blasio implement the new vaccination policies for indoor businesses. Doris has also sought to streamline the city’s bureaucracy.

lawmakers who are Black or Afro Latino. Amanda Farías, Pierina Sanchez and Althea Stevens of the Bronx, Kristin Richardson Jordan of Manhattan, Nantasha Williams of Queens, Kamillah Hanks of Staten Island and Crystal Hudson, Rita Joseph, Mercedes Narcisse, Sandy Nurse and Chi Ossé of Brooklyn all won pivotal primary contests this summer.

Some have experience in the nonprofit sector, some have experience in education, and some are members of the LGBTQ community. All have brought their own brand of progressive politics to the fold, and it’ll be must see TV when these soon-to-be elected officials go toe-to-toe with Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who’s poised to likely be the city’s next mayor.

59 AMANDA FARÍAS, KAMILLAH HANKS, CRYSTAL HUDSON, KRISTIN RICHARDSON JORDAN, RITA JOSEPH, MERCEDES NARCISSE, AMELIA ADAMS SANDY NURSE, & YVETTE BUCKNER CHI OSSÉ, CHAIR; VICE CHAIR PIERINA SANCHEZ, ALTHEA STEVENS 21 in ’21 & NANTASHA WILLIAMS

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES Around two-thirds of the New York City Council’s 51 seats will have new occupants next year, including nearly a dozen likely first-time

Smith flies under the radar, but she is already meeting with the governor on policy.

Amelia Adams and Yvette Buckner have a shared goal: to increase the number of women in the New York City Council. With their “21 in ‘21” initiative, they along with a group of other influential women are closer to surpassing their goal of electing 21 members to the 51-member body, with more than two dozen female candidates winning their council primaries. Adams, the president at Adams Advisors LLC, is also a senior adviser to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reelection

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the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy – part of Foy’s longstanding fight for police reform.

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L. Joy Williams leads the Brooklyn NAACP.

campaign, while Yvette Buckner is at the consulting firm Tusk Strategies.

office. She also was part of Ray McGuire’s mayoral campaign.

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The question isn’t what L. Joy Williams has done lately.

What hasn’t she done? She is a political strategist at her firm LJW Community Strategies, host and creator of the podcast “#Sunday Civics” and is leader of the Brooklyn NAACP. Williams has also pushed for the state to end qualified immunity for police officers, helped Rep. Yvette Clarke crush a challenger in the 9th Congressional District primary and serves as chair of the Higher Heights for America PAC, which supports Black women seeking elected

After shutting down the entire Queens Public Library system during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic last year, Dennis Walcott reopened more than a dozen branches this past May. In July, all of the system’s libraries were again serving the public.

The former New York City schools chancellor, who has run the system since 2016, has thrived while narrowing his focus to just one borough after once being responsible for educational instruction in all five.

CAMILLE JOSEPH-GOLDMAN & RODNEY CAPEL GROUP VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS; VICE PRESIDENT OF STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Charter Communications

Kiara St. James has advocated for and helped pass legislation beneficial to the trans community for more than 20 years. As executive director of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group, her ceaseless battling for LGBTQ rights in New York City and state, via community organizing and public speaking, has taken on greater resonance during a prolonged increase in attacks on and murders of trans people nationwide. One recent policy victory was the repeal of the “walking while trans” ban.

Charter Communications is a major corporate player in New York’s government arena, delivering political news through its Spectrum and NY1 channels while also playing a key role in access to broadband internet across the state. In New York, the company’s key government affairs executives are Camille Joseph-Goldman, who previously worked in the Office of the New York City Comptroller and for U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and Rodney Capel, who had stints in the Cuomo administration and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

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Kirsten John Foy hasn’t let the coronavirus pandemic slow down his activism in 2021. The Arc of Justice founder railed against ranked-choice voting, which he called “a nefarious, intentional plan to dilute the vote of African Americans.”

He also voiced his support for restoring voting rights and has called out New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams for supporting

In July, the New York State Nurses Association, the largest union for nurses in the state, announced the election of Nancy Hagans as its new president. Hagans, a registered nurse and critical care expert, has been on the board of the politically influential union since 2015 and served as treasurer since 2019. She’s a Staten Island

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critical work. The former SUNY Old Westbury president’s influence remains important: Before being selected as the new lieutenant governor, thenstate Sen. Brian Benjamin received the Baptist minister’s endorsement for New York City comptroller.

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CHIRLANE MCCRAY

Jessica Walker has long been a champion for small businesses, and she stepped up her advocacy in working with city and state government to address their plight as many have struggled to stay afloat through the coronavirus pandemic. The Partnership for New York City veteran is also opposing legislation pending in the New York City Council that would impose rent regulations for commercial spaces. Walker said that the bill would disincentivize renting to small businesses because of the extra rules required for city approval.

New York City first lady Chirlane McCray has been keeping a low profile as her husband’s administration enters its final days, especially after abandoning a bid to be Brooklyn borough president.

Yet, her rebooted ThriveNYC project is still tackling mental health issues across the city.

“We launched Thrive long before the pandemic,” she told NY1 this summer. “And we were fortunate to have an infrastructure of services that people could turn to.”

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70 JANELLA HINDS SECRETARY-TREASURER New York City Central Labor Council

68 CALVIN BUTTS III PASTOR Abyssinian Baptist Church The Rev. Calvin Butts III’s stature in Black New York hasn’t waned. You might not see him as much, but not being in front of the camera doesn’t mean he isn’t doing

Serving as part of the leadership of the New York City Central Labor Council, the influential umbrella group for public and private sector unions, Janella Hinds took to City Hall to testify about New York City’s school system being one of the most segregated in the nation. As vice president for academic high schools at the United Federation of Teachers, Hinds has also played a role in how the public school system in the nation’s largest city responded to COVID-19.

Chirlane McCray is New York City's first lady.

71 MARA GAY & JEFFERY MAYS EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER; METRO REPORTER The New York Times The year may change, but the mission remains the same for Mara Gay and Jeff Mays of The New York Times: to record the voices of the people and provide commentary in the nation’s leading newspaper.

As a former City Hall reporter for The Wall Street, Gay has weighed in on key endorsements and appeared frequently on MSNBC as a pundit. She has also opined on criminal justice reform,

the city’s mayoral race and COVID-19 recovery. Jeff Mays, formerly a DNAinfo journalist, has been covering city and state politics and policy.

72 A. R. BERNARD SENIOR PASTOR Christian Cultural Center While some New Yorkers simply know the Rev. A. R. Bernard as a religious leader, he’s also a player in New York’s political world.

“His church, the largest in New York City, has long been considered a required stop on the way to City Hall and beyond,” The New York Times once wrote. It was

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also at Bernard’s Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn in September that Gov. Kathy Hochul told parishioners that God wants them to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

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ARVA RICE PRESIDENT AND CEO New York Urban League

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During the course of her dozen years at the helm of the New York Urban League, Arva Rice has had the same mission: increasing the equity in chances, treatment, education and employment for Black New Yorkers. Rice is also an adviser to New York City Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea’s police reform task force.

Previous stops on her journey to improve New Yorkers’ lives include stints as the executive director of Project Enterprise and Public Allies New York.

74 GEOFFREY CANADA & KWAME OWUSU-KESSE PRESIDENT; CEO Harlem Children’s Zone For years, Harlem Children’s Zone President Geoffrey Canada has sought to educate Harlem’s children block by block until the entire neighborhood has access to a proper education. Along with Kwame Owusu-Kesse, who was promoted from chief operating officer to the

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chief executive position last year, Canada is seeing that mission through with several charter schools, parenting workshops, health programs and preschool programs.

75 MALIK EVANS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR MAYOR OF ROCHESTER Malik Evans is on pace to become the next mayor of Rochester after soundly defeating incumbent Lovely Warren in the Democratic primary. Evans is running unopposed, which ensures his mayoralty of the Western New York city. Among his initial priorities as mayor: using his discretion to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars in federal relief funds and tackling the

Evans is on pace to become the next mayor of Rochester after a decisive primary.

long-simmering flashpoint of police reform that has only grown more urgent, thanks to several high-profile incidents since 2020. Evans has served on Rochester’s school board for more than a dozen years.

As the national AFL-CIO goes through a time of transition following the death of its President Richard Trumka in August, the New York State AFL-CIO continues its period of stability under its current President Mario Cilento and his long-serving No. 2, Terrence Melvin. As the secretarytreasurer for the statewide labor umbrella group, Melvin has collaborated with member unions, elected officials, community organizations, Black Lives Matter activists and religious groups – he’s an ordained minister – to defend working New Yorkers.

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New York Amsterdam News

MICHAEL GARNER

Elinor Tatum has one of the most listened-to megaphones in New York City politics. The Black community speaks through and looks to Tatum’s New York Amsterdam News, which promises to provide the “New Black View” to its readers – from city and state politics to issues like housing and social justice to arts and entertainment. Politicians have to meet with her to get what many consider to be an important and influential endorsement.

CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER

ELINOR TATUM

Metropolitan Transportation Authority As chief diversity officer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Michael Garner is responsible for awarding contracts to women- and minority-owned businesses to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

Garner also created the Small Business Mentoring Program, which teaches business owners how to compete for government contracts. Before

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81 JOY CALLOWAY INTERIM CEO Planned Parenthood of Greater New York

Leecia Eve is vice president of public policy at Verizon.

joining the MTA, he cut his teeth at the New York City School Construction Authority, another major source of MWBE contracts.

79 JUANITA SCARLETT & VIOLET MOSS PARTNERS Bolton-St. Johns Juanita Scarlett and Violet Moss are both partners at Bolton-St. Johns, a leading government relations and public affairs firm with offices in Albany, New York City and the Buffalo-Western New York region. Before joining the firm in 2019, Scarlett served in key state government roles and in the private sector at Park Strategies and McKenna Long & Aldridge. Moss, who was named a Bolton-St. Johns partner earlier this year, previously worked in the Assembly, The Parkside Group and Mercury.

Editor’s note: Juanita Scarlett is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

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While the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a major abortion case and with various states curtailing abortion access, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York is stepping up its efforts to provide reproductive care to women, no matter where they come from. Joy Calloway, who took over as chief executive officer of the organization on an interim basis a year ago, has announced the reopening of a number of health centers that had been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

LEECIA EVE VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC POLICY Verizon Leecia Eve is the vice president of public policy at Verizon, the telecommunications giant which made headlines for its sale of AOL and Yahoo for a combined $5 billion that was announced in May. Eve, who has been with Verizon for eight years, has overseen its rollout of a 5G network in the downstate region. She is a former state deputy secretary for economic development and is a commissioner at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

82 LARRY SCOTT BLACKMON CEO The Blackmon Organization Larry Scott Blackmon has worked for a long list of political luminaries in New York: U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former New York City Council

Scarlett served in key state government roles before joining Bolton-St. Johns.

Speaker Christine Quinn and Hillary Clinton during her 2000 U.S. Senate campaign. Now, in addition to retaining his role as vice president of public affairs for FreshDirect, he has another boss – himself. He’s the head of his own consulting and lobbying firm, The Blackmon Organization.

Editor’s note: Larry Scott Blackmon is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

83 LLOYD WILLIAMS PRESIDENT AND CEO The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce As president and CEO of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, Lloyd Williams has spurred both the impressive economic development of Harlem as well as local preservation efforts, which have been more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s not all doom and gloom.

Harlem Week returned. The Apollo Theater reopened.

And Williams’ organization has teamed up with Carver Federal Savings Bank to boost minority-owned businesses.

84 MEREDITH MARSHALL MANAGING PARTNER AND CO-FOUNDER BRP Companies Meredith Marshall, the cofounder of BRP Companies, has been a fierce advocate for affordable housing. In January, during an interview with The Real Deal, Marshall argued that city officials don’t really understand the complexities of real estate, that there needs to be more workforce housing built for the “typical New York

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Eric Adams’ successful campaign in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary this year, as the two share an interest in police reform. Lewis is the former head of ACORN and also called out then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo for using Black churches as political “props” earlier this year.

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Effective Media Strategies From then-New York City Council Member Bill de Blasio to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Lupé Todd-Medina has worked for a plethora of public officials in New York and New Jersey. She has also worked with the national Equal Rights Amendment Coalition and was a key staffer on the New York City mayoral campaign of former Citigroup banker Ray McGuire this cycle.

Editor’s note: Lupé ToddMedina is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

86 BERTHA LEWIS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT The Black Institute As the founder and president of The Black Institute, Bertha Lewis is intent on calling out City Hall whenever she feels New York City politicians are not addressing the community's needs to her satisfaction. Lewis backed Brooklyn Borough President

CHRISTOPHER J. WILLIAMS CHAIR Shank Williams Cisneros & Co. Christopher J. Williams founded The Williams Capital Group, a Black-owned investment bank that merged with Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. LLC in 2020 to form Siebert Williams Shank & Co. LLC. Williams was installed as board chair and, along with Suzanne Shank as its president and CEO, leads the largest women- and minority-owned financial firm in America. The bank was recently selected to participate in Wells Fargo’s newly-issued Inclusive Communities and Climate Bond.

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help of some kind during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thomas previously served in then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attorney general administration and under Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

89 INDIA SNEED ASSOCIATE Greenberg Traurig India Sneed isn’t just a rising star in New York politics and a talented attorney with an expertise in election law, women- and minority-owned businesses and government relations. She’s also part of one of the state’s newest power couples, having recently married New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who’s now exploring a bid for governor next year.

Sneed’s firm lobbies on behalf of such clients as Wells Fargo, SL Green Realty Corp., Netflix and News Corp.

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91 BRIAN MATTHEWS SENIOR CONSULTANT Brown & Weinraub After serving for more than five years as chief financial officer in the state Office of General Services and in various roles with the Office of the New York State Comptroller as well as a stint at the state Division of the Budget, Brian Matthews in January joined Brown & Weinraub. The firm is based in Albany and mainly specializes in government relations; it was the top lobbyist in the state by compensation last year. Matthews specializes in government contracting and women- and minority-owned businesses, among other policy areas.

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Kasirer

BEVERLY TILLERY

PARTNER

The government relations firm Kasirer has retained its position as the top lobbying firm in New York City based on compensation in 2020, and while much of the credit goes to company founder Suri Kasirer, it’s also a testament to the talent and hard work of key employees like Jovia Radix. Radix, a Brooklynite who has been a vice president at the firm since 2018, represents clients dealing with legislative matters before the New York City Council.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Parkside Group The Parkside Group’s Paul Thomas has been busy this year with his work at the influential political consulting and lobbying firm, which boasts high-profile clients like Microsoft, DraftKings and the Brooklyn Nets.

However, some of his most important work involves advising labor unions – as well as nonprofit organizations and cultural institutions that have struggled or needed

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New York City Anti-Violence Project In her current role as the executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, Beverly Tillery continues to add to her legacy of advocacy and education. In a career that includes stops at ACORN, 1199SEIU and Amnesty International and over a decade at Lambda Legal, her latest efforts are focused on helping to end violence against LGBTQ New

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93 TARA L. MARTIN HEAD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION REEF Tara L. Martin, the political and labor strategist recently took a position heading up public affairs in the Northeast for REEF. She’s responsible for the international urban tech company’s business in New York City, Philadelphia, northern New Jersey and Boston. Martin established her bonafides in labor and politics when she worked for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

Editor’s note: Tara L. Martin is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

94 FREDERICK WATTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Police Athletic League Over the past year and a half, the coronavirus has forced Police Athletic League Executive Director Frederick

Watts to improvise his way to successful, engaging programming for New York City youth. The PAL was able to once again offer its Playstreets initiative and has continued to partner with the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development’s Summer Youth Employment Program. The organization’s board includes influential business leaders, including John Catsimatidis, Maurice Greenberg and Ronald Perelman.

95 ALDRIN ENIS PRESIDENT One Hundred Black Men Late last year, Aldrin Enis was elected as the 11th president of the founding chapter of One Hundred Black Men, a Harlembased nonprofit advocacy organization. In one of the most prominent examples of his and his organization’s stature, One Hundred Black Men was a crucial part of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s June announcement of a $1.5 million expansion of Mentors Matter and mentoring programs around the city. Enis has also spent five years as the Northeast region outreach director at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

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this year, Patterson-Howard asked the Westchester County district attorney to investigate the city’s finances. She declared a state of emergency in Mount Vernon over the city’s finances and gave herself the ability to rent a temporary replacement after a firehouse suffered structural and water damage.

97 GREGG BISHOP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Social Justice Fund Gregg Bishop is the executive director of the Social Justice Fund, which focuses on lifting up Black and other people of color in Brooklyn. The initiative is funded by the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation, whose benefactor, Joe Tsai, is the majority owner of the Brooklyn Nets. Prior to joining the fund, Bishop served in City Hall for a dozen years, including in the de Blasio and Bloomberg administrations, most recently as the commissioner of the New York City Department of Small Business Services.

Editor’s note: Gregg Bishop is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

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SHAWYN PATTERSONHOWARD

North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

MOUNT VERNON MAYOR

Jomo Akono moved up the ranks of his labor union when he joined the executive board of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters last November. Akono, a second-generation carpenter from the 12-county Local 276 in Western New York, has been recognized for his efforts to make the union more diverse.

Shawyn Patterson-Howard took office as the mayor of Mount Vernon in 2020, ending an especially tumultuous period of political scandals and power struggles in which two individuals claimed to be mayor at the same time.

Facing a budget crisis earlier

Akono is also executive vice president of the Buffalo Juneteenth Committee, which helped make Juneteenth a civic holiday in the Queen City.

99 ROBERT WATERMAN PRESIDENT African American Clergy and Elected Officials Even though the Rev. Robert Waterman lost his latest bid for a New York City Council seat – the Antioch Baptist Church pastor and small business owner was part of a crowded field looking to replace City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr. – his name still has plenty of juice in the community. Waterman is also the longtime leader of the African American Clergy and Elected Officials, which facilitates ties between public officials, religious leaders and the local community.

100 FRED DAVIE CHAIR New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board The Rev. Fred Davie in 2018 took over as chair of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, an agency in the spotlight in recent years amid growing public pressure to crack down on police misconduct. Under Davie, the CCRB recently released a searchable database of complaints against police officers in compliance with the repeal of 50-a, which has kept police disciplinary records private. Davie is also an adviser at the Union Theological Seminary.

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Yorkers. Tillery’s organization recently condemned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo after the New York Attorney General’s report on his sexual harassment allegations.

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-Heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Sydney Lazarus, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence.

- New York County Public Administrator - New York Attorney General A petition having been duly filed by Camille V. Glad, who is domiciled at 880 Forest Avenue, Apt. 9-12, Portland, ME 04103-4117.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, at 31 Chambers street, New York, New York, November 8 2021,at 9:30 o’clock in the that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Sydney Lazarus lately domiciled at 226 East 12th Street, Apt. 90, New York, New York 10003, United States admitting to probate a Will dated October 18, 2005, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Sydney Lazarus deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: [X] Letters Testamentary issue to Camille V. Glad Dated, Attested and Sealed SEP 17 2021 HON. NORA S. ANDERSON Seal Surrogate Chief Clerk Dian’a Sanabria Gregory M. Lanuti, Esq. Print Name of Attorney Gregory M. Lanuti, P.C. Firm Name Telephone (516) 624-0466 480 Forest Avenue, Locust Valley, New York 11560 Address glanuti@gmlpc.com Email (optional) NOTICE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU AS REQUIRED BY LAW. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY APPEAR FOR YOU. AS A RESULT OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE COURT TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, PHYSICAL PRESENCE AT THE COURTHOUSE ON THE RETURN DATE IS NOT POSSIBLE. THEREFORE, IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE RELIEF REQUESTED, YOU, OR AN ATTORNEY ON YOUR BEHALF, MUST CONTACT THE COURT PRIOR TO THIS DATE IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED NOTICE. IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT AS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE IT WILL BE FOUND YOU CONSENT TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED. *To all Parties: No in person appearances shall be made at the return date. If you wish to object to this s. matter, you may do so in writing in accordance with the annexed New York County Surrogate’s Court Notice to the Cited Parties

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Notice of Formation of Marigo Navigation LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/22/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 825 Soundview Ave E x tension, Southold, NY 11971. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NNPS Pharmacy LLC. . Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/23/21.Office location: New Yo r k SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 2580 Adam Clay ton, Powell Jr. Blvd, New Yo r k , NY 10039.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RIRB LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/31/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2444 83rd St Brooklyn, NY 11214.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TROUTMAN PARTNERS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 8/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6 Doyers St, Apt. #13000, New York, NY 10013. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 8789 19TH AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/24/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1633 82nd St., Brooklyn, NY 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 559 Putnam LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6 Doyers St, Apt. #13000, New York, NY 10013.

Any law ful purpose.

WALLABY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/22/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Hubco Registered Agent Services, Inc., 238 W. Jericho Turnpike, H un t in g to n S t a t i o n , NY 11746. Reg Agent: Hubco Registered Agent Services, Inc., 238 W. Jericho Turnpike, H un t in g to n S t a t i o n , N Y 1174 6 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALLIANCE COLLECTIVE, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1663 Woodbine St, #3L, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: SHADDAI CAPITAL SOLUTIONS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/24/2021.

NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC 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 Registered Agents Inc., 90 State Street, Ate 700 Office 40 Albany, NY, 12207.

Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of FOUNDATION TALENT AGENCY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/16/21. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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

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Notice of Formation of 2328 PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/1/21.

Office location Rensselaer 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 2328 Sixteenth St, Troy, NY 12180. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 2495 BROADWAY CENTER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2 /1 9/0 9 .O f f ic e location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 1202 Lexington Ave #153, New York, NY 10028.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Jessette NYC LLC. filed with SSNY on 07/16/2021.

Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 239 West 63rd Streed, 3A, New York, NY, 10023, USA Notice of Formation of ASIAN MEDIA RIGHTS, LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/10/2010.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to 7014 13th Ave, Ste 2 0 2 , B ro o k l y n , N Y 11228.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VILLEPA INTELLIGENCE LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/26/21.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process agains t it may b e s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 738 E 5th St Apt 1C, New York, NY 10009.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 6815 4TH AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6815 4TH Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of 27E79 RE TAIL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY o n 7/2 3/2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York .

LLC formed in DE on 7/23/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: Attn: Jef frey M. Schwar tz, Esq., 444 Madison Ave, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

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

Notice of Formation of 85 Calyer Street TH, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/24/21.

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 258 North 9th St, Apt 2, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 129 Devoes Street LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/5/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 129 Devoe St, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of VL1 Properties, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Sec. of State of NY on 9/16/21. Office Location: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Mail process to: c/o the LLC, 344 Tanglewood Dr. SI, NY 10308. Purpose: any law ful purpose.

UNITED BROTHERS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/13/00 Latest date to dissolve: 1 2 /3 1/2 0 5 0 .

Of fice: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom p ro c e s s a g ain s t i t may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 287 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Flying Point 2 Associates, LLC. filed with SSNY on 11/13/17.

Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 45 Larchmont Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Flying Point 3 Associates, LLC. filed with SSNY on 2/15/18. Office location: Westchester Count y.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 45 Larchmont Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Flying Point 4, LLC. filed with SSNY on 2/14/20. Office location: Westchester Count y.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 45 Larchmont Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Water Mill 1, LLC. filed with SSNY on 2/1/19. Office location: Westchester Count y.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 45 Larchmont Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of AAYH REALTY GROUP, LLC filed with SSNY on July 29, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 260 South 1st Street Apt 5A, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of FUTAI 922 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 926 57th St Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOLDEN STAR 828 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/5/21.

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 5711 8th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11220.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of IGLEHART DESIGN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1 5 0 0 B ro adway, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JMC GROUP HOLDINGS LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/26/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 203 Jackson St, Brooklyn, NY 11211.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KINGS SPEEDY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/23/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1903 Kings Hwy Brooklyn, NY 11229. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Next Leveled, LLC filed with SSNY on January 11, 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: Deborah Woods, 131 Lorraine Avenue, M ount Ve rno n , N Y 10553. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of E nvision Global Productions LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/29/2021.

Office located in King’s county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to Melissa Meredith, 1870 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of ESNYHOME D - S TATE N , LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/26/21. Office l o c ati o n: R i c hmond .

LLC formed in DE on 8/6/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 80 State St. Albany, NY 12207. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of REX 15E LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/14/21.

O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to M. Nader Ahari, 200 Park Ave. South, Ste. 1608, NY, NY 10 0 03 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qual. of 1SSP INVESTOR LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY o n 9/ 1 0/2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York .

LLC formed in DE on 7/30/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528 .

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

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of The Wax Sanctuary LLC filed with SSNY on 9/21/2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2327 Boller Ave Bronx, NY 10475. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

October 18, 2021

Notice of Formation of AURAE, LLC. Arts. of Org. f i l e dw i t h SSNY on 8/31/21.Office loc ation: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 95 Horatio St #410, New York , NY 10014. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation o f C .O D U R O L L C .

Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 54 Noll st, apt 709, Brooklyn, NY 11206 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of Downstate Clean Energy, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/11/21.

Office location: KINGS. LLC formed in DE on 5/27/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY mail process to: Attn: David Arfin, Nyu Urban Future Lab, 370 Jay St 7th Fl Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

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

Notice of Formation of EFRAIM GOLDSTEIN PROFESSIONAL E N G I N E E R I N G PLLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/8/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 15 Ocean Ave Brooklyn, NY 11225. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FELLOW BARBER HUDSON YA R D S LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/16/21.

Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 101 North 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249.Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF A COOPERATIVE APARTMENT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

by Virtue of default under Loan Security Agreements, and other Securit y Documents, which is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trus t C ompany, as Trustee for Residential A s se t S e curitiz ation Trust, Series 2004-A4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004D by an assignment from IndyMac Bank FSB which was assigned from Southern Star Mortgage Corp, as Secured Creditor, Laurance Otis Knox , DCA #2098886, will sell at public auction, with reserve, at the Rotunda of the New York County Supreme Courthouse, at 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10601 at 11:00 AM on October 14, 2021, 530 shares of the capital stock of 365 W. 20th Apartments Corp., issued in the name of Long Nguyen, and all right, title and interest in a Proprietary Lease to 365 West 20th Street, Apt. 17 B, New York, NY 10011.

Sale held to enforce rights of Southern Star Mor tgage Corp. , as Secured Creditor, who reserves the right to bid. Ten percent (10%) Bank/Cer tified check payable to Sheldon M ay & A s s o ciate s , P.C. as attorneys for Deutsche Bank National Trus t C ompany, as Trustee for Residential A s se t S e curitiz ation Trust, Series 2004-A4, Mortgage Pass-Through Cer tificates, Series 2004-D Balance due at closing within thirty (30) days. The auctioneer’s fees are required at sale.

The Cooperative Apartment will be sold “AS IS,” and possession is to be obtained by the purchaser(s) and subject to Co Op Approval.

Dated: 8/19/202 1 Sheldon May & Associates (Escrowee) Attorneys for Plaintiff 255 Merrick Road Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Telephone: (516) 763-3200

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KHB MEDICAL SERVICES, PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/19/2021. Office loc: Ny County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 377 East 33rd Street, Apt. 18B, NY, NY 10016-9474.

Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine.

Notice of formation of Third Road Partners CC LLC. Articles of Org filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/14/2021. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is: Erik C. Tiltmann, 234 E 83 StNew York, NY 10028.

The principal business address of the LLC is: New York . Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of SI YORK HOLDINGS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 12/11/19.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 9 5 7 WILLOWBROOK RD, STATEN IS L AND, N Y 1 0314 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1840 Givan Ave Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/17/2021.

Office: Bronx 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, 1840 Givan Ave, Bronx NY 10469. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of JDavid Marketing Group, LLC filed with SSNY on 9/13/2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: United State Corporation Agents. INC 7014 13th Ave, suite 202 Brooklyn NY 11228 USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of DTF ENGINEERING , PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/22/21. Office location: Madison SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY mail process to 1315 Black Point Rd, CanastotA, NY 13032. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ICONIC HALLMARKS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 7/30/20. Office location Richmond SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 809 Father Capodanno Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EOM Business Capital LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/21.

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 4615 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SMDR ENTERPRISES LLC. filed with SSNY on 08/20/2021. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 400 FORT HILL RD. APT. 510, PEEKSKILL, NY, 10566, USA

Notice of Formation of JLFT 1, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/1 0/2 1 .O f f ice location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 809 father capodanno blvd, STATEN ISL AND, N Y 10305 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 27 E 11TH ST LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/22/21.

O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Moses & Singer LLP, Attn: Daniel S. Rubin, 405 Lexington Ave. , N Y, N Y 10174 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of HU & LIN REALTY LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/21/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8901 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11236.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of B9 ALABAMA AVE OWNER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/0 6/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/04/21. 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. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with 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.

Notice of Formation of LEE Z ENTERPRISE LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2936 AVE W, APT 6B, BROOKLYN, NY 11229. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of NY CANA AN FARM LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 9/20/21.Office location: HERKIMER SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2173 State Rt 28, Mohawk, NY 13407. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of LAMONSTRI LLC, filed with SSNY on 8/18/2021.

Office: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 430 East 6 St. # 4H NY NY 10009.

Purpose: Clothing Sales

Notice of Formation of Spa 56, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY o n 9/2 3/2 1 . O f f i c e location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 77 W. 55th St New York, NY 10019. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FOREVER HEART CREATIONS LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/23/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 24 Crosby Ave 2nd FL, Brooklyn, NY 11207. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

TIDEWATER MARINE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the S SN Y on 09/09/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 245 Eighth Avenue, Ste 169, NY, NY 10014. Reg Agent: Doug Manowitz, 245 Eighth Avenue, Ste 169, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE JACQUES AND N ATAS H A G E L M A N F O U N D A T I O N for the year ended November 30, 2020 is available at its principal office located at 260 MADISON AVENUE, 18 TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10016 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal Manager of the Foundation is JANET C. N E S C H I S .

Notice of Formation of VILLEPA INTELLIGENCE LLC . Ar ts . of Org . filed with SSNY on 08/26/21.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process agains t it may b e s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 738 E 5th St Apt 1C, New York, NY 10009.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Union Springs Heated Storage, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/24/2 1 .O f f ice location: CAYUGA SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 148 Madison Ave 11th Floor New York , NY 10016. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 6543 BROADWAY MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/29/21. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to 15 Raleigh Dr New City, NY 10956. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of A l z i n d a n i Pr o p e r t y LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/13/21.

Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 2505 Olinville Ave #3G, Bronx, NY 1 0 4 6 7. A ny l aw f u l p u r p o s e .

Notice of Qual of AMERICAN I N N O V A T I O N I N V E S T M E N T S MANAGEMENT, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 08/30/2021.

Office loc: NY County.

LLC formed in DE on 02/14/2020. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 790 Madison Avenue, Ste 503, NY, NY 11021. Address required to be maintained in DE: CSC, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington DE 19808.

Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of CPX PROPERTIES LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/9/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 463 62ND STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY,11220. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF LEXINGTON ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Yvette Ravina, as Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Frances Perrenod, Plaintiff,

CASE NO.: 2021-CP-32-02746

v.

SUMMONS AND NOTICES

Irene F. Perrenod, a/k/a Irene Perrenod-Savadian, as Trustee of the Irene Perrenod Revocable Living Trust dated June 28, 2016 and any amendments thereto, Defendants. ___________________________________ TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, Finkel Law Firm LLC, 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29405, or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Lexington County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action. If there are counterclaims requiring a jury trial, any party may file a demand under Rule 38, SCRCP and the case will be returned to the Circuit Court.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above titled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Lexington County on August 19, 2021 at 3:54 PM. FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. 4000 Faber Place Drive | Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 577-5460 Attorney for Plaintiff

Silverback Athletics LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the S SN Y on 06/23/2021. Office: Bronx 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, 140 Bellamy Loop APT 9C Bronx, N Y 10 475 . Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of STRUCTURAL HOLDINGS, LLC filed with SSNY on 09/03/2021.

Office: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to THE LLC 28 LIBERT Y STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10005, USA . Purp ose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Qualification of 690 MADISON INVESTOR LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 0 9/23/21 .

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 7/2 2 /2 1 .

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY shall mail process to c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co. (CSC), 80 State St., A lb any, N Y 1 2 2 0 72543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Lit tle Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808 . Cer t. of Form. filed with State of 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 AFN ABSPROP001, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 0 9/20/21 .

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 3/2 6/ 1 9 .

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY shall mail process to c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cer t. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Own, rent, l e a s e an d m an a g e commercial real estate.

Notice of Formation of CHARM AVIATION LLC filed with SSNY on SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 . Office: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Registered Agent: Registered Agents Inc, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Office 40, Albany, NY Address to mail Notice of Publication: Rose Law Group, Attn: Angelica Van Balen, 7144 E. Stetson Dr., Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Index Number 01500-21 Date Summons Filed 4-29-2021 Plaintiff Designates Westchester County as the Place of Trial The basis of venue is Plaintiff lives in the county Michelle Nnatu Plaintiff -againstDefendant Abihola Adams-Nnatu SUMMONS Plaintiff/Defendant resides at 1578 Blvd Peekskill NY 10566 ----------------------------------------------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 Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Address: Michelle Nnatu 1578 Blvd Peekskill NY 10566

Notice of Formation of 589 METROPOLITAN AVENUE LLC . Ar ts . of O rg . f ile d with SSNY on 4/01/21.Office loc ation: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom p ro c e s s a g ain s t i t may be served. SSNY mail process to ATTN: PAUL CAINE, 7 PENN PLAZA SUITE 1400,NY 10001.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Lunastorm1 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/14/21. Office location: Columbia SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 79 Dogwood Drive, Hudson, NY 12534.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE DELIGRAM, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/24//21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to THE DELIGR AM , LLC, 366 Stockton St., STE 1B, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MORNINGSIDE 4A, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/14/21.

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 Phillips Nizer LLP, 485 Lexington Ave NY 10017. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of DMK TREND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/16/21.Office loc ation: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 17 STATE ST STE 4000, NY 10004.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of WAVE TRAINING AND C O N S U LT I N G L L C .

Auth. filed with SSNY o n 9/3 0/2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York .

LLC formed in CA on 9/21/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 90 State St. Albany, NY 12207.

Arts. of Org. filed with CA SOS . 150 0 11th Street Sacramento, California 95814.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of VA R TA N I A N PROPERTIES, LLC . Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY o n 11/1 6/2 0 11 .O f f i c e location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to 608 Fifth Ave Ste 807, New York , NY 10020.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ARIMAGICALEVENTS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 452 Ridgewood Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of 231 WZ LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/9/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 231 SCHENECTADY AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11213.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RM Chelsea LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/22/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 108 West 73rd Street, New York, NY 10023.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Pacific Program Management Group LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/14/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Washington (WA) on 12/04/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Fikso Kretschmer Smith Dixon Ormseth PS, 901 Fifth Ave., Ste. 4000, Seattle, WA 98164.

Principal Office Address: 600 University St., Ste. 1920, Seattle, WA 98101.

Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 801 Capitol Way South, Olympia, WA 98501. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of FiftyThree FiftyThree LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/16/21. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/01/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: David A. Stein, Esq., Withers Bergman LLP, 430 Park Ave., 10 th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Address to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 23 GREENPOINT AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11222 for on premises consumption.

NOBARS LLC. NOTICE OF FORMATION of Eat N Run Vending LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/27/2021.

Location: Kings. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 7014 13th Avenue, suite 202,Brooklyn,Ny,11236.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EMPIRE L AND MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/30/21.Office location: Montgomery SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 280 Buel Rd, Canajoharie, NY 13317. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of 451 TENTH AVENUE RESTAURANT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/0 4/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/04/21. 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 c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend B l dg . , F e de ral and Duke of York St., Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qualification of AGILITY PRIVATE REAL ASSETS IV LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/0 6/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of KPD Property, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/16/21.Office location: Madison SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 128 Circle Dr. E, Canastota, NY 13032. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of RHRM JL BBQ NYC, LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 6/9/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 15 W O O D VA L E L O O P, STATEN ISL AND, NY 10309. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of RIVINGTON 3A, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Phillips Nizer LLP, 485 Lexington Ave, New York, PA 10017.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation o f S TA R L E T A M I R CAPITAL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/16/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1472 43rd St., Apt. D3, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Yellow Brick Strategic Advisors LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/13/2 1 .O f f ice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 140 Riverside Dr New York, NY 10024. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 208 COUNT Y ROUTE 12, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/2/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Tuttle Yick LLP 352 Seventh Ave 14th Fl New York, NY 10001.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 139 Port Richmond LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/08/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 139 Port Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY 10302.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ELIZ ABETH MICHEL GARDEN DESIGN, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/11/16. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 326a president St. BROOKLYN, NY 11231.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 220 WEST 148TH STREET UNIT 4P LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/26/21.

O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: CCS Global Solutions, Inc., 530 Seventh Ave., Ste. 508, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of 7512 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/16/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1472 43rd St., Apt. D3, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of Toldos Yosef LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/4/21.

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

SSNY mail process to 1568 E 18th St, Brooklyn, NY 11230. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of TWFG INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/20/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 03/09/18.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1201 Lake Woodlands Dr., Ste. 4020, The Woodlands, TX 77380, also the address to be maintained in TX. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Mailing Address: Corporations Section P.O. Box 13697, Austin, TX 78711-3697, Delivery Address: 1019 Brazos St., Austin, TX 78711. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is proposing telecommunications installations at various locations in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Verizon Wireless proposes to replace existing public lighting/ traffic control structures and install telecommunications antennas and associated equipment at the following heights/locations: at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of 23 rd St NS 1E of 5 th Ave, 11215; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of 43 rd St SS 2E of 2 nd Ave, 11232; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of 10th Ave @ NWC of 16 th St, 11215; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Bond St @ NEC of 4 th St, 11231; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Gates Ave SS 3E of Classon Ave, 11238; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of 2 Place NS 2E of Court Street, 11231; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Fulton Street @ SWC of Sackman Street, 11233; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Herkimer Street @ SEC of Roosevelt Place, 11233; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Brighton 6 Street @ NWC of Brighton 4 Terrace, 11235; at a top height of 33 feet at the approx. vicinity of 2 Avenue ES 1N of 39 Street, 11215; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of 10 Avenue @ SEC of Sherman Street, 11215; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Windsor Pl SS 2E of 10 Ave, 11215; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Sands St SS 1E of Jay St, 11201; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of East 17 St SS 1E of 10 Ave, 11218; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of 45 St SS 1E of 1 Ave, 11220; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Kent Ave WS 1N of Willoughby Ave, 11205; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Wolcott Street @ NEC of Dwight Street, 11231; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Clinton Street @ SEC of Centre Street, 11231; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of54 Street SS 2E of 1 Avenue, 11220; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Willoughby Avenue @ NEC of Emerson Place, 11205; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Hicks Street @ SWC of Summit Street, 11231; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Hicks Street @ SWC of Baltic Street, 11201; and at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Downing Street @ SEC of Quincy Street, 11238. 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.rasmussen@ trileaf.com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 197.5’, 199.9’, & 207’) on the building at 82 Wall St, New York, NY (20210989). Interested par ties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

Notice of Formation of GERKEN VENTURES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/15/21.

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

SSNY mail process to 30 65 Oakmount Rd Bloomfield, NY 14469.

Any law ful purpose.

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 58 feet on a 61-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 115 Avenue S and 1888 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11223. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Benjamin Allen, b.allen@trileaf. com, phone: 678653-8673, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 400, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067.

Notice of Formation of GRANDMA BLANCHE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/5/21.

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 lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 362 LACO, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/17/16.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2906 SHELL RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11224. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ABINGTON CALEB CREEK NC, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/04/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 950 Third Ave 27th Floor New York, NY 10022.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HAMMOND LUXURY LIVING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/3/21. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1170 Rt. 17M Ste # 3, Chester, NY 10918. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Brooklyn Koi Candle Co LLC. filed with SSNY on 09/02/2021. Office location: Kings County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 380 Macon Street, Apt 4R, Brooklyn, NY, 11233-4297

Notice of Formation of MAKEUP BY ERICA ROSE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/27/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 384 N Railroad Ave, Staten Island, NY 10304. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Markwood Enterprises (NY) Mgmt LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/1/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 336, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WEALTH FUNDS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/30/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 164 79TH ST Apt. 37 G, BROOKLYN, NY 11209.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VIRNA’S KIDDIE CAVE, LLC filed with SSNY on September 15, 2021. Office: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 830 West 177 Street Apt 2F New York, NY 10033. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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 and install associated equipment at a top height of 28 feet on the rooftop of a 21-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 896 Post Avenue, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY 10302. 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, Lyndsey Miller, l.miller@trileaf.com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 407- 660 -7840.

Notice of Qual. of 27E79 RESIDENTIAL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY o n 8/0 4/2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: Attn: Jeffrey M . S chwar t z , E s q . , 444 Madison Ave 6th Fl New York, NY 10022.

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

Any law ful purpose.

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Public Notice AT&T p ro p o s e s to collocate antennas (tip heights 76.9’) on the building at 222-05 56 th Ave, Bayside, NY (20210985). Interested par ties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial D r. , West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 349’) on the building at 180 Water St, New York, NY (20210984).

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 Mogila Law Group, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/26/21.

Office location: New York County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to 153 Central Ave, Ste 30 03 , West field, NJ 07091. Purpose: practice of the profession of law.

Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 58’) on the building at 6005 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (20210990). Interested par ties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

Notice of Formation of 215 CALYER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/05/21.

Office location: Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 75-20 Penelope Ave, Middle Village, NY 11379. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Franciszka Cielepak at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of TOP TIER HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/27/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 90 William St Apt 2g, New York, NY 10038.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 458 20TH APARTMENTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/1/21.

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

SSNY mail process to Greenberg Traurig LLP, 500 Campus Dr Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of K ARJUSTER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/29/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 130 William Street #34A, New York, NY 10038.

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 72 feet on a 74-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 229 East 67 th Street, New York, N ew Yo r k C o u n t y, NY 10065.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p ro p e r ti e s m ay b e submit ted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Hannah Dell, h.dell@trileaf. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

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Notice of Formation of BK 60 REALT Y LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/30/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1073 60th St Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NinaH, LLC filed with SSNY on 09/27/2021.

Office: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Crepes Columbus 990 Columbus Avenue, Ground floor New York, NEW YORK 10025. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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 5 9 - f o o t b uil din g rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 4710 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11234. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p rop e r ti e s may b e submit ted within 30 days from the date of this pub lic ati on to: Tril e a f C o rp, Morgan R asmus sen , m . r a s m u s s e n @ t r i l e a f . c o m , 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

Premier Credit & Margin Consulting LLC Art. of Org. Filed Sec of State of New York 10/13/2021. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to the LLC, 1000 Clove Road, Apt LO, Staten Island, NY 10301. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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Public Notice AT&T proposes t o modify an existing facility (new tip heights 70.7’) on the building at 393 Lenox St, New York, NY (20210986). Interested par ties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

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 81 feet on a 7 9 - f o o t b uil din g rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 599 West 190 th Street, New York, New York County, NY 10040.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p rop e r ti e s may b e submit ted within 30 days from the date of this pub lic ati on to: Trileaf Corp, Laura Elston, l.elston@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 4 0 0, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 10040, 678-653-8673.

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 and install associated equipment at a top height of 28 feet on the rooftop of a 21foot building at the approx. vicinity of 896 Post Avenue, Staten Island, Richmond C ount y, N Y 1 0 3 0 2 .

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submit ted within 30 days from the date of this pub lic ati on to: Tril e a f C o rp, Lyndsey Miller, l.miller@trileaf.com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 407- 660 -7840.

Public Notice At a term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held in and for the Counfy of Rockland, at New City NY on October 6th, 2021 Present: Hon. Robert M. Berliner Justice of the Supreme Court In the Matter of the Application of EKATERINA FOX a.k.a. Ekaterina Podkovyrina For Leave to Assume the Name of SABLINA FOX Index No SU-2021-000683 ORDER FOR INDIVIDUAL ADULT CHANGE OF NAME Upon reading and filing of the petition of Ekaterina Fox, a.k.a. Ekaterina Podkovyrina, verified the 5th day of October 2021, praying for leave to change Ekaterina Fox’s name to Sablina Fox, in place of this present name, and the Court being satisfied by said petition that it is true and that there is no reasonable objection to the change of name proposed.

NOW on motion of Ekaterina Fox , a.k .a.

Ekaterina Podkovyrina, Petitioner, it is hereby ORDERED that the Petitioner, Ekaterina Fox, a.k.a. Ekaterina Podkovyrina, having been born on August 10, 1989 in Volgsky, Russia, is hereby authorized to assume the name of Sablina Fox in place of the present name, upon full compliance with this Order and the filing of the affidavit of publication hereinafter specified, and it is further, ORDERED that this Order be entered and the papers on which it was granted be filed prior to the publication hereinafter directed in the office of the County Clerk of Rockland County, and that notice of this Order be published within sixty (60) days after the making of this Order in the Rockland News Journal, a newspaper published in the County of Rockland, at least once, in substantially the following form as prescribed in Section 63 of the Civil Rights Law of the State of New York, Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Supreme Court, Rockland County, on the 6th day of October 2021, bearing Index Number 683/2021 ,a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 1 South Main Street, Suite 100, New City, NY grants me the right to assume the name of Sablina Fox. The city and state of my present address are New City, NY; the month and year of my birth are August, 1989; the place of my birth is Volgsky, Russia; my present name is Ekaterina Fox. and an affidavit of such publication shall be filed in the Rockland County Clerk’s Office within ninety (90) days after the making of this Order; and it is further ORDERED that upon full compliance with the above provisions of this Order, the Petitioner shall be known by the name of Sablina Fox which Petitioner is authorized to assume and by no other name.

ENTER: Justice of the Supreme Court Hon. Robert M. Berliner

Notice of Formation of MACKBOYSRNL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/6/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 14 Fountayne Ln Manalapan, NJ 07726.

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Notice of Formation of HUANJU LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/16. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 100 Irving Ave, Freeport, NY 11520.

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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 multiple locations in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. Verizon Wireless proposes to collocate antennas at a top height of 56 feet on a 6 2- f o o t b uil din g rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 20 Baughman Place, 11234; at a top height of 170 feet on a 177-foot building roof top at the approx. vicinity of 142 Joralemon Street, 11201; and at a top height of 75 feet on a 79-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 667 East 34th Street, 11203. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t te d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Benjamin Allen, b.allen@trileaf.com, phone: 678-653-8673, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 400, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067.

Notice of Formation of J. SMITH & SONS E NTE R PR ISE S LLC .

Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/6/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3103 Foster Ave., Apt 5C, Brooklyn, NY 11210.

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Notice of Formation of AAAP PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/14/21.

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

SSNY mail process to 178 East 80th St Suite #2a, New York, NY 10075.

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Who was up and who was down last week

LOSERS THE BEST OF THE REST JESSICA RAMOS

The Queens Democrat has been one of many critics of the LaGuardia AirTrain, the “dumb” pet project of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Its apparent cancellation means Ramos will likely be spared the sight of watching the $2.1 billion boondoggle go through her state Senate district.

STEPHEN CRAMPTON & PLAINTIFFS

A judge sided with Stephen Crampton of the Thomas More Society – and the 17 hospital and nursing home workers the group represents – who sued over the state’s vaccine mandate for their right to seek a religious exemption to the rule.

CREATIVE Art Director Andrew Horton, Senior Graphic Designer Alex Law, Senior Graphic Designer Aaron Aniton, Junior Graphic Designer Juliet Goodman, Photo Researcher Michelle Steinhauser DIGITAL Digital Director Michael Filippi, Digital Marketing Manager Caitlin Dorman, Digital Strategist Isabel Beebe

CLAUDIA TENNEY After a review of the Federal Election Commission records by The Daily Beast, it was revealed that Rep. Claudia Tenney spent thousands of campaign dollars on businesses that the Trumpist claimed ownership of.

Through Tenney’s campaigns for state and federal offices, the GOP lawmaker earned her family’s companies more than $100,000. Despite the multiple requests for comment, Tenney’s team has yet to respond.

THE REST OF THE WORST LAURA CURRAN

The Nassau County executive was caught breaking her own law, after it was discovered that she was sending taxpayers governmentfunded mailers with her name on them within 45 days prior to an election. Challenger Bruce Blakeman wants her to reimburse the county $80K for the mailers. He isn’t going to letter get away with this.

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Vol. 10 Issue 40 October 18, 2021

The curious case of Brian Benjamin Few could have predicted his rise to lieutenant governor, and now he’s got his sights set on the 2022 election.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

All men are created equal, but not all statues are. At least that’s the case for some New York City officials, who have recently pushed to have the Founding Father’s statue booted from City Hall after 187 years.

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ROBERT JACKSON & CYNTHIA NIXON Just like that, the governor of New York and the one-time gubernatorial candidate were friends. Cynthia Nixon was on the receiving end of a phone call from Gov. Kathy Hochul, letting her know that the state had finally, officially settled the decades-old Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit, which was welcome news to state Sen. Robert Jackson, who was the lead plantiff on the case.

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With eight months to the primary, Gov. Kathy Hochul is in a pretty good position for reelection, according to a new Marist poll. But in case that slips, she’s got a trick up her sleeve: Canadians. That’s right – the U.S.-Canadian border, which has largely been closed for the past 18 months, is going to open up again, and many New Yorkers from western New York and the North Country are overjoyed. Next year, dual citizens could be taking their Tim Hortons coffee to the polls and backing Hochul en masse.

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