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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY STARTED June 1, and NYC Emergency Management is hard at work preparing a public service announcement to ensure New Yorkers know what to do the next time one of these traumatic weather events wreaks havoc on the five boroughs. This news comes after the office caught New Yorkers’ attention with another PSA, this time for a nuclear attack. No, there wasn’t an imminent threat of intercontinental ballistic missiles heading toward Manhattan. The PSA was released last week in response to questions the agency had been getting at events and trainings, Gothamist reported.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the city’s depressing video message. “I’m a big believer in better safe than sorry,” Adams said.

Of course, being prepared means everything, but this PSA came out randomly, when the city is supposed to be focused on other priorities, like gun violence, affordable housing, COVID-19 spikes – you name it.

For many, it was unnerving. It also was a reminder of the ridiculousness of PSAs instructing people on what to do when the atom bomb hits. “Duck and Cover” films in the 1950s urged people to drop to the ground and cover themselves with a blanket, or hide under furniture. The city’s PSA wanted New Yorkers to get inside fast, stay there, shower and listen for alerts on what to do next. Sounds like a sound plan. But social media reactions showed many people don’t expect to find a lot left standing after (in the PSA’s own words) “the big one hits.”

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

NYCHA … 8

Will a public trust prevent it from going private?

HOTEL CONVERSIONS … 12

The barriers to creating more permanent housing

ALBANY 40 UNDER 40 … 17

The Rising Stars in the state capital

WINNERS & LOSERS … 58

RALPH R. ORTEGA; RAMONA FERREYRA

Who was up and who was down last week

Ramona Ferreyra, a resident of Mitchel Houses in the South Bronx, is fighting against privatization.

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CANNABIS STORES ON THE HORIZON

“We both approved. They read the bill, they saw the budget, they voted on it.”

The New York City Council Women’s Caucus celebrated a victory last week by passing bills to improve abortion access for locals and out of staters alike.

NYC APPROVES ABORTION ACCESS BILLS As the country deals with the fallout of Roe v. Wade being overturned, the New York City Council took steps to improve abortion access for both local residents and out

of staters. The newly approved legislation would require some city health clinics to provide free abortion pills and would prevent city resources from going to efforts to enforce out-of-state abortion laws.

They would also permit civil lawsuits against people or organizations that attempt

to interfere with a person’s access to reproductive care. Meanwhile, at the state level, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the distribution of the first $10 million in grants to abortion care providers out of the $35 million she had set aside earlier this year for an abortion access fund. And

– New York City Mayor Eric Adams, on City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and other council members objecting to school funding cuts in the budget they just passed, via the New York Post

TOP JUDGE TO STEP DOWN

COPS CAN’T SMOKE YET As if the New York City Police Department needed any other impediments to recruiting rookies, it looks like officers will still be subject to marijuana testing despite recreational use of the drug being legal in New York. A Law Department memo had suggested that random marijuana testing might go away, but the NYPD quickly clarified that drug testing would continue, effectively making it impossible for cops to unwind from a stressful day with newly legal pot.

New York took one step closer to legal pot sales after the state Cannabis Control Board voted to approve regulations for conditional retail licenses.

First unveiled in March, the rules garnered some 600 public comments in the past few months, including concerns about those with prior pot-related convictions getting first dibs on the licenses.

However, the board members reaffirmed their social equity commitment and plan to reserve the first licenses for those impacted by past marijuana enforcement. Over 200 farmers have already received conditional growing licenses to supply the retail stores, which are expected to begin operation later this year or early next year.

“This is not rocket science. Rats don’t go where they can’t eat.”

– New York City Council Member Sandy Nurse, on the council’s rat mitigation plan to limit easily accessible trash, via NY1

In a surprise decision, New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced that she would step down from her position leading the Court of Appeals at the end of August. Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed her to lead the state’s top court roughly seven years ago, meaning that she will only end up serving half of her 14-year term. DiFiore

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President Joe Biden issued an executive order that health care facilities must perform abortions if the life of the mother is at risk, regardless of any individual state’s laws.

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did not give a reason for her departure but said in a letter to colleagues that she had achieved what she had hoped to and felt she left the court heading in the right direction. However, after her announcement, reporting revealed that she was facing an ethics probe – though it’s unclear whether that factored into her decision.

With DiFiore leaving, Hochul will appoint a new chief judge, her second Court of Appeals pick since taking office. Already, Democrats in the state Legislature are urging her to choose a progressive judge with the court’s more recent conservative bent.

COVID-19 ON THE RISE AGAIN

For those who thought the

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pandemic was over, think again. COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise, hitting highs the city and state haven’t seen in months. In New York City, test positivity rates are back around 15%, a significant spike considering also that past summers saw fewer cases. The culprit is another new highly transmissible omicron variant that has been infecting even fully vaccinated and boosted New Yorkers. Still, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has not announced new restrictions, mandates or precautionary measures in the face of those alarming numbers.

At the same time, a judge in western New York ruled that new isolation and quarantine procedures from the state were unconstitutional.

New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, far right, announced her resignation last week, which will allow Gov. Kathy Hochul to make her second appointment to the Court of Appeals.

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WEEK AHEAD

WEDNESDAY 7/20 Crain’s New York Business hosts a “Future of New York: Cryptocurrency” panel at 9 a.m., featuring state Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne Harris.

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De Blasio calls for new COVID-19 strategy Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio just can’t keep away from his old stomping grounds. The 10th Congressional District candidate held his second press conference last week outside City Hall, this time to call for additional actions by the city, state and federal government to fight the current surge in COVID-19 cases as the highly transmissible BA.5 variant becomes dominant.

“When you see cases surging, when you see the worst variant we’ve ever seen in terms of transmissibility, when you see hospitalizations going up rapidly, it’s time to do something different,” de Blasio told reporters outside City Hall’s gates.

The former mayor outlined six actions for different levels of government to take, though most of them would fall on the city. They included the city and federal government distributing at-home test kits, masks and information about the antiviral drug Paxlovid to every New York City household by mail; the city partnering with the private sector to distribute N95 and KN95 masks at every venue where people congregate, like theaters and gyms; the city actually enforcing the private sector vaccine mandate; redefining the meaning of “fully vaccinated” to mean adults who have received at least one booster shot, or two booster shots for the most vulnerable

WEDNESDAY 7/20 The Regional Plan Association hosts a 2 p.m. webinar on history of urban economics in the New York metropolitan region.

adults; the federal government authorizing a second booster shot for all adults; and the city working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to set a new and higher standard for indoor air quality; and the federal government releasing stimulus and infrastructure funds to support businesses in making those upgrades.

Mayor Eric Adams has declined to enforce the private sector vaccine mandate, which was enacted in the final days of the de Blasio administration, saying they’ve been focusing instead on education about the importance of vaccination. He has also rolled back several other policies put in place under his predecessor, including mask mandates and a vaccine requirement to enter indoor venues, known as the Key to NYC program. Adams has also discontinued a color-coded alert system for different risk levels of COVID-19, with recommended actions for the city and individuals to take based on the current risk level. The city has said that it is reevaluating that system.

“Now that we have a strong supply of at-home tests – which we know people prefer – and treatments – which we know save lives – that is what we are focused (on) putting in the hands of New Yorkers,” Adams spokesperson Kate Smart wrote in an email.

– Annie McDonough

THURSDAY 7/21 City & State hosts the Protecting New York Summit 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in lower Manhattan.

INSIDE DOPE

Campaign finance filings for New York City, state and federal candidates were all due on Friday, July 15, so expect a lot of money talk this week from City & State.

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THIS IS WHERE ERIC ADAMS’ OTHER SECRET OFFICE IS

THIS IS WHERE UPSTATE BEGINS

OR MAYBE THIS IS WHERE IT BEGINS

WRITTEN IN THE

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HERE’S WHERE ERIC ADAMS REALLY LIVES

THE FIRST IMAGE FROM THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE CONTAINS HIDDEN NEW YORK POLITICAL MESSAGES.

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HERE’S WHERE REP. MONDAIRE JONES IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS NEXT CYCLE

The first pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope provided the sharpest infrared images of a small portion of the distant expanse of our universe. Last week, President Joe Biden released this image at the White House to celebrate the joint venture launched on Christmas 2021 with the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency. The James Webb telescope images were much brighter than those from the Hubble Space Telescope, which launched in 1990. With that more detailed picture of our universe, City & State may have spotted some important details that even professional astronomers missed.

THE NEXT GROUP OF 40 UNDER 40 RISING STARS

THE MAJORITY OF NYPD OFFICERS LIVE WAY OUT HERE

NEW YORK CITY FINALLY FINDS A PLACE WITH NO NIMBYS

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Automation is going to eliminate millions of jobs, but at the same time, it’s going to have an opportunity for those that are prepared for those jobs in the future.

A Q&A with Hispanic Federation President and CEO

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How has it been continuing the federation’s work for New York’s Latino communities as COVID-19 has subsided?

For us, it’s been a little bit of a struggle to make people understand that the issues affecting our community and the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on communities of color, specifically in our community, are not issues that are going away. We were forced to look in the eye of the disparities that we have been talking about for a long time. In the desire to come back to some sort of sense of normality, it’s almost like people are

trying to say, “Let’s go back to pre-pandemic times,” when we were not okay with prepandemic times.

What’s making the recovery challenging for Latino New Yorkers?

We’re still seeing the effects of the pandemic in our community. There are a lot of issues when it comes to those who can afford to do remote work versus those that have to come back in person on public transportation, having to get on a bus, on a train, with all the anxiety of whether or not they are going to be infected, protected. It could just be the anxiety of just taking mass

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transportation. And a lot of the safety nets that were put in place – excluded worker funds, the protection against eviction and other many programs that helped many people affected in our community – are going away. I think right now, we’re looking at a moment in which many of the needs of the organizations that we’re supporting are going to start shifting in different ways. Vaccine equity and access continues to be a primary focus for us, especially now with the education on children and new guidelines from the CDC. But at the same time, we still see that food insecurity continues to be a big

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concern, because of the economic impact that it continues to have in our community.

At the Hispanic Federation, we are concerned that the limited funding that has been allocated out there is going to start shifting to other priorities because of this urge to say we’re over the pandemic, we need to just move on and take care of other needs.

What are some of your priorities working with Latino communities after the pandemic?

We’re putting a lot of attention on digital skills.

Automation is going to eliminate millions of jobs, but at the same time,

it’s going to have an opportunity for those that are prepared for those jobs in the future. So, we are right now working with 40 organizations around the country to ensure that there is a digital skilling curriculum and that we can continue expanding that, because having digital skills will ensure that families will have wealth in the future.

We have seen in some of our programs on the lower end that some of the participants have seen an increase of $19,000 in their income. On the higher end, those that go into IT or programming have seen a $79,000 increase in their income for their families.

– Ralph R. Ortega

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Trusting NYCHA to stay public The state’s modernization funding plan may be the agency’s last hope – or kill public housing in New York City.

By Tim Murphy

decades. President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would’ve infused NYCHA with billions in repairs funding but died in the Democratic-led Congress, leading champions of the trust to point out that Congress simply can’t be counted on to come through for NYCHA. “For decades, NYCHA residents have been promised repair after repair that never materialized,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a news release about the trust. “We will finally deliver on those promises and offer NYCHA residents the dignity and safe, high-quality, affordable homes they deserve.”

NYCHA Chair and CEO Greg Russ called the passage of the trust “a momentous event in the history of public housing (that) gives NYCHA the ability to raise bil-

lions of dollars in capital funds to invest in its properties and residents a true voice in the future of their homes.”

So widespread is the idea that private money is the only hope for massive NYCHA upgrades that the bill behind the trust was backed by anti-corporate progressive state Sen. Julia Salazar, whose district contains many NYCHA sites and who stepped in as a last-minute sponsor for the bill after state Sen. Brian Kavanagh dropped his sponsorship, citing tenant opposition. Another supporter was the Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres, who has said the trust “has the benefits of renovation without the cost of privatization” and that “NYCHA has no (other) good options.”

That sentiment was echoed by others. “It would be nice if there were big pots of pub-

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AST MONTH, the state Legislature passed a bill that would allow the New York City Housing Authority, which runs the city’s roughly 170,000 public housing apartments, to lease up to 25,000 of those units to a newly created public benefit corporation. That entity, the Public Housing Preservation Trust, could then borrow billions in private dollars for repairs throughout NYCHA’s more than 300 sites citywide, most of which date back to the 1950s and are badly in need of refurbishment. NYCHA has estimated that it needs $40 billion for the task.

First proposed two years ago, the plan would let residents of each NYCHA campus vote on whether they wanted to participate in the trust – and, if they did, would move that site from Section 9, the traditional federal public housing program, to Section 8, which provides tenants with rent vouchers to provide a revenue stream that would be used as backing to borrow private money for repairs. The land and buildings would still be owned by NYCHA. Officials have hailed the plan as the only way to modernize NYCHA units, whose federal funding has plunged in the past few

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Ramona Ferreyra, who lives in NYCHA’s Mitchel Houses in the South Bronx, leads the anti-privatization group Save Section 9.

“It would be nice if there were big pots of public money out there, but the federal government has basically gotten out of the public housing business.”

– Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Hunter College urban planning professor

lic money out there,” said Nicholas Dagen Bloom, a Hunter College urban planning professor, “but the federal government has basically gotten out of the public housing business – and there is a real risk that …

NYCHA projects become unlivable in the next few years.”

TENANT PUSHBACK DESPITE BILL’S PASSAGE But if officials and policy wonks cite the trust as NYCHA’s only survival option, some of the authority’s residents don’t want it to happen anyway. Just how many is hard to determine; it’s likely a great many NYCHA residents haven’t even heard about the trust. Trust promoters have said repeatedly that the law was created with tenant input – reflected in the clause that

each campus must vote on whether to join the trust, and that the total number of units to go into the trust is 25,000, down from Russ’ original ask of 110,000 units.

Yet nine of the 10 members of the Citywide Council of Presidents, tenant leaders who represent all NYCHA residents, voted against the trust. Ramona Ferreyra, who lives in NYCHA’s Mitchel Houses in the South Bronx and leads the anti-privatization Save Section 9, canvassed Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses and Stuyvesant Gardens this spring and found that more than 75% of residents hadn’t heard of the trust.

Moreover, when they were explained what the trust was, she said, “No tenants liked it. Supporters will say that a whole campus supports it when in fact it’s only the tenant association presidents.” She believes the presidents were pressured to get behind it.

The opposition’s biggest point was the claim that the law did not guarantee that if a NYCHA campus defaulted on the trust, then the city or state would step in to make sure that it did not fall into private hands.

Trust supporters denied this would happen. “The trust law prohibits pledging the fee ownership of the properties as collateral,” NYCHA said in a statement to City & State. “It is further codified in the trust law that low-income rights, protections and rents must remain in place on these properties. Under no scenario can the buildings be sold, become market rate or have the resident rights or protections changed.”

But Paula Segal, a lawyer for the tenant group Residents to Preserve Public Housing that’s opposed to the trust, said that “‘fee ownership’ are legal words that mean TOTAL ownership. The trust will never have fee ownership. It will only have a leasehold interest but a leasehold interest is a property right that can be pledged – such as how the Chrysler Building is owned.”

She said the law would have to be changed from “the fee ownership of” to “any ownership interest in.” It would also, she added, have to remove an entire section of the bill that said the trust will be able to pledge an “interest in ... housing facilities as a remedy to ... default” – and also remove language that neither the city or the state will have the obligation to cure that default.

There is disagreement over the likelihood that the trust would ever default.

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“The chance is remote that Section 8 would stop paying out, or that the state or city would not step in to refinance these projects where so many people live,” Bloom said. “Would they really allow a public agency to default? Even when a lot of these big projects were faced with default in the 1970s, the state stepped in.”

Yet if that’s true, “Then why didn’t the city or state guarantee stepping in, in the event of a default?” asked Marquis Jenkins, a longtime resident of NYCHA’s Bracetti Plaza in the East Village and a founding member of Residents to Preserve Public Housing.

The other concern among opponents was that NYCHA, which should issue detailed guidelines for campus-by-campus opt-in voting in the fall, won’t set the quorum high enough to be truly reflective of a given site. Jenkins thought it should be 80%, and that the vote should be preceded by each campus conducting a fiscal needs assessment that looks at the current repair budget against the shortfall – and against how much the trust wants to borrow.

“If there’s only $100 million available for a development,” he said, “then residents should be armed with choices, such as, ‘We want to prioritize the roofs and deal with the grounds later.’” Yet, he said he was skeptical that NYCHA would be fully transparent.

Asked how high NYCHA would set the per-campus quorum, the agency replied via email: “The trust legislation states that within 60 days of the effective date of the signed bill, NYCHA will issue a set of proposed requirements related to the resident voting process, and that there will be a public comment period as well as a public hearing where NYCHA residents and all groups may provide their input before

a final voting process is established. The legislation also states that the voting process shall require a minimum percentage of tenants of record at a housing development to participate in the voting process, in order for the voting process to be valid.

These guidelines and regulations will be further developed through a collaborative and transparent stakeholder process. Fearmongering and spreading misinformation will obstruct residents’ lawful right to participate.”

FEARS A POSSIBLE PRECEDENT THE EVENT OF A DEFAULT Opponents of the trust said they’re afraid of the worst-case scenario: If NYCHA campuses fall into private hands, then the trust’s promise that campuses will remain within NYCHA management will fall through – and private management could lead to evictions in the case of rent nonpayment. In the fall, NYCHA told The New York Times that 42% of its tenants, in the wake of COVID-19 unemployment, were behind on their rent.

Jenkins pointed to a Human Rights Watch report earlier this year that found at least two NYCHA campuses experienced an increase in evictions once they came under private management through a program called PACT. The program leases NYCHA buildings and land to private and nonprofit development partners, who then do repairs, provide site management as well as social and community services using federal Section 8 funding.

One thing the law was clear about: Should NYCHA properties fall into private hands, they will be obliged to maintain them as housing for low-income New

Yorkers. “But they will still be the new owner,” said Segal, and hence potentially could manage them how they wish.

For now, with the trust a done deal in Albany, opponents said they’re focused in the next legislative session on striking from the law language that left open the possibility of private seizure. Jenkins said he wondered if Salazar would urge lawmakers to do so. He also wondered aloud if Salazar would urge them to reduce the maximum bonds the trust could issue from $10 billion to $5 billion, or from $200,000 to $100,000 per unit – thereby reducing risk. (To this point, NYCHA said the average capital needed per unit was roughly $225,000.)

Staff for Salazar said she was unavailable to respond to those questions when City & State reached out.

Regardless of what happens with the trust – if all, some or none of the NYCHA campuses opt into it, if it manages to fund even a portion of NYCHA’s massive repairs, or if it defaults – one thing is clear: For tenants, it’s an uphill battle trying to keep their homes entirely in the public realm, maintained entirely with public money.

“It’s not a rational fear” that private investment will fell NYCHA, Bloom said.

“It’s very remote as a possibility. The money will be borrowed against future Section 8 payments, not against the actual rents, and Section 8 is very politically popular.”

But perhaps the fear, even if inflated, is more visceral for those, like Ferreyra, who actually rely on NYCHA as their sole source of affordable housing in a very unaffordable city. She said she and her Save Section 9 peers went to Washington, D.C., in mid-June to meet with New York City representatives as politically diverse as Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Staten Island Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis. They asked both to put a moratorium on any sort of NYCHA privatization.

It may seem pie-in-the-sky at this point, but Ferreyra is determined. “We want to make sure our electeds in D.C. understand what the original promise of public housing was,” she said, “and what steps we need to get back on track.”

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

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N NEW YORK CITY, where the related crises of affordable housing and homelessness are a constant battle, there’s been a flurry of headlines about new steps that could hasten the conversion of failing hotels into permanent affordable housing.

In Albany last month, lawmakers doubled funding for the effort up to $200 million.

Additionally, Gov. Kathy Hochul penned legislation clearing some red tape to make it simpler and swifter for nonprofit developers to repurpose hotels into affordable housing – not just in the city but statewide.

“As New York’s housing crisis continues to impact families, we’re taking bold action, embracing innovative ideas and thinking outside the box to help ensure that New

Yorkers can access safe, livable and quality affordable housing,” Hochul said during the signing of the hotel conversion legislation. “This new law allows us to tackle the affordability crisis head-on and convert empty, underutilized spaces into homes.”

The cash infusion and red tape snips – primarily one that allows hotels to skip the onerous process of getting a new certificate of occupancy before starting a conversion – were meant to address the fact that, since the state allotted $100 million for the effort a year ago, under a bill called the Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act, not one conversion has taken place. But the new money and tweaks may still not be enough to push the effort forward because there are so many other barriers.

One issue in last year’s bill was for hotels that could be converted to permanent housing, the union for the hotel workers – usually the Hotel Trades Council – must approve of the conversion. “And the union is not going to allow the conversion of any unionized hotels because they want to keep those hotels open to keep jobs for their union members,” said Charles King, CEO of the nonprofit Housing Works, which develops both permanent affordable and temporary shelter housing.

The majority of Manhattan hotels are unionized, likely nixing the chances of them becoming conversions, said King – especially now, as tourism starts to rebound and visitors usually prefer to stay in Manhattan.

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RUPCO bought this Quality Inn in Kingston last year and plans to turn it into 100 units of supportive housing.

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There are lots of barriers to turning hotels into housing. The state is trying to remove them to jump-start the process.

On the other hand, only about 15% of hotels in the outer boroughs are unionized, according to Vijay Dandapani, president and CEO of the Hotel Association of New York City. “Housing advocates think there are at least 170 hotels … that this bill will now permit conversion to,” said state Sen. Brian Kavanagh, who sponsored this year’s bill. That high number, he said, was partially due to yet another tweak that said hotels no longer have to be in a residential zone as long as they are within 400 feet of one so that there would be access to amenities like groceries and drugstores.

But Dandapani noted other roadblocks.

For one thing, he told City & State, conversions to affordable housing require the installation of a kitchenette, which is often

not easy or cheap to do in units with preexisting walls and plumbing. There would also be a minimum square footage per unit requirement, which could mean having to combine two hotel rooms into one unit and then reconfiguring the two bathrooms – also a major undertaking.

Kavanagh acknowledged this. “They’re not free,” he said of such conversions, “and we’re going to have to invest real dollars, but it’s still cheaper and quicker than creating brand-new permanent affordable housing.”

And yet another barrier, according to Dandapani, was a new city rule passed late last year that any new hotel construction in the city had to go through a long, complex and costly community review pro-

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cess. That’ll likely mean fewer new hotels being built. “Many of these hotels in the other boroughs will become more valuable as business starts coming back, so the incentive to sell (for a conversion) will be diminished,” he said.

Kavanagh agreed, saying that the bill was aimed at severely financially distressed hotels. “We don’t want to create more affordable housing at the expense of the tourism industry or the hotel jobs it creates,” he said. “But the perception is that there are still many hotels that’ll be underused for the foreseeable future.”

Then, of course, there’s almost always some degree of community opposition to any deeply affordable or shelter housing. In Manhattan’s Chinatown recently, where a

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Vijay Dandapani, president and CEO of the Hotel Association of New York City, thinks there might be as few as five hotel conversions in the next five years in New York City.

the next five years. Of about 130,000 hotel rooms in the entire city, he said, 20,000 of them remain closed. “But that doesn’t mean they’ll be closed (to tourists) forever.”

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, he said, his association worked with the city to convert up to 20,000 unused hotel rooms to temporary shelter for homeless New Yorkers. He said that experience gave him an insight into special needs when housing homeless people, such as enhanced security and mental health services.

But Kavanagh insisted that his bill, featuring both more money and logistical loosening, will yield fruit. “This bill had a very broad range of support among people who know how to develop affordable housing,” he said, “because they believe there are many sites that can be redeveloped in a cost-effective and quick process.” He declined to name examples of talks already underway on certain sites in the city.

Outside the five boroughs, however, he pointed to Kingston, about 100 miles upstate in Ulster County, where a Quality Inn is being converted, with Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act funding, into 81 units of affordable housing by the nonprofit affordable housing developer RUPCO Inc. “It’s not simple,” Kavanagh said of the effort overall, “but neither is developing affordable housing on vacant lots.”

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

“The union is not going to allow the conversion of any unionized hotels because they want to keep those hotels open to keep jobs for their union members.”

– Charles King, Housing Works CEO MICHAEL OSTUNI/PATRICK MCMULLAN/GETTY IMAGES

homeless man was charged with fatally attacking an Asian American woman in February, fierce community opposition played a role in nixing two proposed shelters.

But Housing Works’ King in May told The New York Times the real reason for the Chinatown conversion that Housing Works was going to oversee was the mayor bowing to the Hotel Trades Council’s wishes – even though, with shelter conversions, the need for union approval was not enshrined in law as it was for permanent housing conversions. King said that Gary Jenkins, the city’s commissioner of social services, told him that.

“It’s really clear to me that the mayor is more concerned about pleasing this one union than he is about addressing the needs of homeless people,” King told the Times.

A spokesperson for the mayor did not reply to a question asking if that was true.

Asked if the mayor – who received his first major labor endorsement from the Hotel Trades Council during his campaign last year – would routinely cater to the union’s wishes on proposed hotel-to-shelter conversions, another mayoral spokesperson replied via email: “All shelter-siting decisions have been and will continue to be guided by the mayor’s commitment to working with communities to understand their needs and siting high– quality shelters equitably across all five boroughs.”

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Rising Stars shining bright in the state Capitol.

IT’S BEEN SAID that youth is wasted on the young, but anyone paying attention to the inner workings of Albany knows that’s not the case. While the state Capitol has historically been the kind of the place that puts a premium on seniority and experience, it has in recent years seen the rise of a new generation of elected officials in their 20s and 30s who aren’t waiting decades before getting a seat at the table. And while big-name politicians headline press conferences and get their

names in the news, they wouldn’t get anything done without their teams of smart, ambitious young staffers. Youthful experts, advocates and activists are a driving force in an array of important policy areas and professions in the state capital as well, from cannabis, casinos to construction and commerce to combating COVID-19 and implementing value-based care. City & State’s Albany 40 Under 40 recognizes the best and brightest of the bunch – all of them younger than 40 years old.

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CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

State Office of Cannabis Management At 31, Christopher Alexander is at a remarkably young age to head a state agency.

Born and raised in Hollis, Queens, he says his Caribbean immigrant parents instilled a strong sense of community responsibility in him. But the true catalyst behind Alexander’s policy work today was his experience with stop and frisks by police as a young Black kid.

“Witnessing and experiencing the way that law enforcement was able to, essentially, operate with impunity and really minimize the humanity of others in those interactions, really frustrated the hell out of me,” he says.

His career in politics began as a field organizer under the New York State Democratic Committee. Alexander also served as a congressional staffer and as policy coordinator for the Drug Policy Alliance.

By the time protests broke out over George Floyd’s murder, Alexander was counsel to the newly Democrat-controlled state Senate. He led proposals on a number of reforms including the repeal of 50-a, a law that previously allowed law enforcement agencies to shield records of police misconduct from the public.

His role spearheading the Start SMART NY campaign and drafting the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act led him to his current role as head of the new commercial marijuana agency.

Alexander hopes to continue building an equitable marijuana sector in New York for the next decade or so.

“I’ll be here definitely to see that through and to make sure that the resources that we generate are going where they need to go,” he says.

– Natasha Ishak

ZAMIRA ASHE DIRECTOR

KPMG Zamira Ashe serves as a director at KPMG, one of the largest audit and accounting firms in the world, leading business development projects in the government health and human services sector.

Her early career aspirations stemmed from her father, who served in multiple public office roles in her home country of Kazakhstan following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Hearing stories about his work inspired her as she got older.

“He was actually sort of the role model and a constant force in me being interested in the field of government,” she says.

In 2009, Ashe moved to New York to attend graduate school at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy at University at Albany. She went on to work at the state Senate as a program analyst and assistant floor counsel, where she encountered the grueling workload of budget sessions. Looking for a change of pace, she jumped at the opportunity to interview with KPMG after a representative spoke at her alma mater. She has been with the firm since 2011.

Ashe has developed long-lasting relationships with her colleagues at KPMG, many of whom she considers mentors. But the most rewarding aspect of her work is her relationship with clients and being able to make a difference.

“New York is tough, there’s a lot of tough clients,” says Ashe, who has been juggling parenting and work challenges amid the pandemic like many working mothers. “Getting positive feedback specifically from them is really rewarding.”

– N.I.

NA’ILAH AMARU DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND CAMPAIGNS

Human Services Council Na’ilah Amaru’s passion for policy was shaped soon after graduating high school, when she joined the army.

“I do not ever regret joining the military. But quite frankly, it’s also a very racist and sexist institution,” she says, adding that “the experiences that I went through in the military completely changed my career trajectory because I understood, in a very painful way, what it meant to not have any power.”

Since then, Amaru has sought to “create and expand spaces to build power” through public policy.

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The most rewarding aspect of her work is making a difference for her clients.

That has taken her to many different roles throughout her career. A Georgia native, she worked as a community organizer. On Capitol Hill, she was a legislative aide to the late Rep. John Lewis. Amaru has also been active in numerous electoral campaigns and served as executive director of the New York City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus.

She started her latest venture at the Human Services Council just last year, spearheading the organization’s advocacy on behalf of human services nonprofits and their workers.

In 2022, Amaru helped secure cost-of-living increases on the state level for human services employees for the first time in 12 years.

Having that diverse range of experi-

ence has helped Amaru understand the importance of making sure policy discussions include the voices of the people who would be most impacted by those decisions.

As she puts it, “I’m constantly asking the question: Who is missing? How do we get them to be part of this conversation?”

– Kay Dervishi

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Barclay Damon About a decade ago, as a junior associate at Barclay Damon, one of Melissa Bennett’s first assignments was to review and finalize details for a transaction the firm handled.

Now a partner at the firm, Bennett played a key role closing a similar $760 million transaction that will finance building renovations and new construction in 66 school districts across the state.

“It’s a lot of fun to keep all the pieces moving,” Bennett says.

Her journey to the legal industry wasn’t linear. A French major in college, she initially had plans to pursue a career path that would incorporate her academic interests. Instead, she secured an internship at the law firm that accelerated her interest in

TAÍNA BORRERO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

The Hayes Initiative It’s no surprise that Taína Borrero ended up pursuing a career in policy work, given that her father is a veteran political journalist, and her mother worked in government at the city and state level in New York, including as a press secretary.

“Just from an early age, I was exposed to politics and government,” she says. “I have pictures of me at City Hall as early as age 4 or 5. I grew up around it.”

Now a senior vice president at The Hayes Initiative, Borrero works with some of the public affairs firm’s biggest clients. One is the state Democratic Party, which she helps on Latino strategy and outreach, and supports Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reelection campaign. Another was

the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in preparation for its 20th anniversary event featuring President Joe Biden.

Yet, another was working with the state Department of Labor as it rolled out its $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund for New Yorkers who didn’t qualify for federal stimulus and unemployment aid.

For young professionals just starting out, she stresses the value of internships. Her first internship was in the office of then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Borrero connected with colleagues – including Karen Persichilli Keogh, now secretary to Gov. Kathy Hochul – who remain mentors to this day.

“I would say intern, intern, intern, intern with us,” Borrero says. “I can’t stress that enough, and not just don’t just intern to put on your resume.”

– Jasmine Sheena

CHRISTIAN CALABRESE PROJECT EXECUTIVE

Gilbane Building Co. More than 40 years ago, Gilbane Building Co. played a key role in the construction of the Olympic Center and other facilities in Lake Placid in advance of the 1980 Olympics.

The company has returned over the past several years to renovate those sites, including the Olympic Sports Complex near Mount Van Hoevenberg as Lake Placid prepares to host the 2023 Winter World University Games for collegiate athletes.

Christian Calabrese has managed

the legal profession, leading her to attend the University at Buffalo School of Law. Early on at Barclay Damon, Bennett made it a priority to continually learn, carrying a legal pad everywhere to take notes – which resulted in her becoming a partner at the firm two and a half years ago.

Today, the public finance attorney manages transactions for a wide range of entities, such as school districts, municipalities and higher education institutions. She also serves as agency counsel to several industrial development agencies across New York state.

She says that one of her favorite aspects of working in public finance is seeing “projects that have a public good come to fruition” and working with others in the field toward a bigger-picture goal.

“I like this field because it’s very collaborative,” she says.

– K.D.

the company’s progress getting those projects to completion, overseeing $50 million worth of construction across 20 contracts on eight different sites. He’s currently in the later stages of bringing the Olympic Center to completion, ensuring everything is ready to go before next year’s event.

Being able to work on the program was one of the factors that drew Calabrese to work with Gilbane. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, especially in New York state, to be involved in a project like that,” he says.

After graduating from college with a degree in civil engineering, Calabrese joined the construction engineering company M+W Group in 2010, right as the firm took on a major project to construct a facility for GlobalFoundries in Saratoga County.

“At the time, I didn’t recognize some of the experiences that I was able to put under my belt,” he says.

“It’s amazing today the dividends that it’s paid.”

– K.D.

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HAZEL CRAMPTON-HAYS PRESS SECRETARY

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Office While attending Oberlin College, Hazel Crampton-Hays ran the Ohio school’s reproductive rights group, organizing against rollbacks to abortion access in the state. Today, she’s serving in the Hochul administration as New York takes steps to respond to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

“It’s kind of exciting that almost

10 years later, I’m working with the first female governor as she really moves the needle forward on abortion rights issues,” she says.

Crampton-Hays is no stranger to Albany, having worked in the Executive Chamber for three years before heading to New York City in 2019. She served as press secretary to then-New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer before returning to the state capital. When Kathy Hochul went from being lieutenant governor to governor last year, Crampton-Hays was offered a job as her press secretary. As she put it, “You don’t say ‘no’ to the first female governor.”

Since then, Crampton-Hays has been

proud to serve in the administration as it responds to pressing developments in the state. That includes Hochul’s decision to create a new $35 million fund to help abortion providers increase capacity and her response to May’s mass shooting in Buffalo, resulting in legislation barring people under the age of 21 from purchasing semiautomatic rifles and prohibiting the purchase of body armor.

“It’s a really exciting time to be working in state government,” Crampton-Hays says. “Because in government, what you do can often have a tangible impact on people’s lives. It’s not theoretical, it’s real.”

– K.D.

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“It’s a really exciting time to be working in state government.”

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Daly was a key staffer in the office of state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

POLITICAL DIRECTOR

When COVID-19 rapidly spread across New York in March 2020, it posed unprecedented challenges for the state’s health care workers.

That same month, Michelle Crentsil became the New York State Nurses Association’s political director, tasked with ensuring nurses’ voices were heard during the pandemic.

“I knew I had to hit the ground running just because it was just so urgent and traumatic at the time,” she says.

Among her top priorities: getting the state to mandate nurseto-patient ratios in hospitals – one of the group’s main goals for years – and capitalizing on public awareness of staffing challenges during the pandemic.

“It created the conditions where it felt like it would be impossible for them to not do something,” she says.

While the union didn’t get everything it wished for, New York’s safe staffing measure was signed into law last year. Crentsil has been busy monitoring the implementation of the law while also continuing to push for other priorities in Albany, such as getting funding for retention bonuses included in the state budget. She also played a key role in pushing for the state Legislature to pass a bill to limit the length of time employers can mandate overtime for nurses during declared emergencies.

“We’ve heard directly from nurses on the ground that this was a challenge that they were dealing with,” she says. “People were being mandated to work back-to-back 12hour shifts where they were being exhausted and where they were worried that that exhaustion would negatively impact patient care.”

– K.D.

THERESE DALY VICE PRESIDENT

Mercury When other kids were tuning into “Sesame Street” or “Blue’s Clues,” 4-year-old Therese Daly stumbled upon C-SPAN – and got hooked.

“When I tell you I was obsessed, I would tape it and record it,” she recalls.

“I would watch it every Sunday. I was fascinated by it. For years … I would watch Parliament every Sunday, and I was just kind of obsessed. From there, I started getting involved in understanding government as a whole – because my parents were not involved in government.”

Today, she is a vice president at the public affairs firm Mercury, where she deals with everything from corporate emergencies to mergers and acquisitions to government relations,

with a focus on transportation, finance and cryptocurrency.

“I have a couple of big projects going on right now, but one of them is understanding the regulations of cannabis and how our clients can really have an understanding and get to sell cannabis in New York state in a way that everyone approves of and believes is for the greater good,” she says.

Daly, who earned a degree in political science at Siena College, was previously a key staffer in the office of state Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins, the first woman to assume the leadership post. While there, Daly helped the state Senate Democrats pass the Reproductive Health Act. “I would say my career has been defined by understanding well-respected women and understanding what it is that I can emulate from them,” Daly says.

– J.S.

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BRIANNA DURKEE NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR

American Heart Association In February, Brianna Durkee joined the American Heart Association, one of America’s biggest organizations dedicated to healthy living and cardiac care.

“Our mission is to be a relentless force for longer, healthier lives,” says Durkee, the association’s government relations director for New York. “That means moving policies that kind of fit this background, making those relations and addressing the needs of the community, and as we see the needs that our data drives.”

In the most recent state budget, Durkee lobbied successfully for an extension of the Medicaid postpartum coverage to a full year, up from 60 days. The capital region native played a role in securing $2 million in funding for the Double Up Food Bucks program, which matches SNAP benefits dollar for dollar for fresh fruits and vegetables, and overall work to fight food insecurity in New York. Durkee is also seeking to eliminate the sale of flavored tobacco products.

“Since the start of my career, I have always been drawn to issues and policy that help people and allow me to be the voice of the needs of individuals in the community,” says Durkee, who previously had stints at a couple Albany-area lobbying firms. “So when I got the job offer at the American Heart Association, I almost felt like it was a no-brainer to accept it. It was the underlying meaning of helping them live healthier lives, knowing that my work was going to be meaningful.”

– J.S

NICOLE EPSTEIN VICE PRESIDENT

Gotham Government Relations When Nicole Epstein graduated from law school at Hofstra University in 2015, she knew she wanted to enter the legal profession. But she “wasn’t really sure exactly where and how I wanted to get involved,” she recalls.

Luckily, she landed at the law firm Gerstman Schwartz LLP, which has an affiliated government relations firm, Gotham Government Relations. “It was through that work that I really saw firsthand the lobbying, the government relations work and how that is truly what I went to law school for, to be an advocate,” she says, “and what better way to be an advocate and have an impact on policy issues in the state.”

During this past legislative session in Albany, Epstein helped a coalition of

special education providers, the 853 schools and 4,410 education programs, secure a major increase in state tuition reimbursement.

“We’re still working and trying to actually reach full parity with general education in terms of funding,” she says. “But this is definitely a big, big win for us that we’re very excited about.”

She also worked with the New York School Bus Contractors Association this year to address the bus driver staffing shortage many schools across the state are facing, helping to reach an arrangement on a pilot program to expedite commercial driver license testing via third-party certified instructors.

“Some of the most vulnerable people in our society, in Albany, I’m there to basically advance on other issues and make sure that their message is heard loud and clear by the right people,” Epstein says.

– J.S.

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NATHALIA FERNANDEZ ASSEMBLY MEMBER

“This is certainly a role with a bigger microphone – for the issues that affect my community.”

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Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez is deeply familiar with the communities she represents in the Bronx.

Before entering office, she served as chief of staff to then-Assembly Member Mark Gjonaj and was the Bronx regional representative to then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Now, she’s hoping that those community ties will allow her to reach greater heights as a member of the state Senate.

After new lines were redrawn for the 34th Senate District, leading to Fernandez’s preferred candidate in the race stepping down, she decided it was time to “step up.”

“This is certainly a role with a bigger microphone – for the issues that affect my community on the ground, but also all over the state,” she says.

The Bronx lawmaker has also kept busy in Albany, describing this as one of her more successful sessions.

Both chambers of the state Legislature passed six of her bills, including legislation that would allow for homeless young adults up to the age of 24 to stay in youth shelters and legislation requiring certain former foster youth to be allowed to return to care.

Because New York’s primaries are split this year, Fernandez is in the unique position of being able to simultaneously run for the Assembly and state Senate. Regardless of which chamber she lands in, Fernandez will be prioritizing another bill she introduced this year, which would protect victims of digital stalking and online harassment.

“We need to have protections put in place so people, especially young women that have been victims of revenge porn, don’t have to fear that this is going to keep coming back in their lives,” she says.

– K.D.

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Greenberg Traurig At the global law firm Greenberg Traurig, Jennifer M. Gomez handles cases dealing with commercial litigation and product liability. The Albany-based attorney represents medical device manufacturers in mass tort litigation and has had clients in civil litigation matters, including class-action defense at state and federal levels. Gomez also does extensive pro bono work through representing asylum seekers and assault victims.

“When you’re able to get the case disposed of or settled early, and you know you spared your client a lot of time, money and stress, that’s what makes me feel most accomplished,” she says.

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skills growing up in Washington Heights, Manhattan, with parents who emigrated from the Dominican Republic, which prepared her for her profession.

“I gained so many lawyering skills by being a child of immigrants because I had to be their translator, their advocate, their negotiator, their accountant and their advisor,” she says. “In many ways, I was the head of the household from the age of 7 because I was learning English.”

Gomez encourages those looking to become attorneys to be willing to take risks.

“I think society judges people who fail,” she says. “I think I would challenge people to be less concerned about failing because if you try, that’s the success that needs to be celebrated. Ultimately you don’t have control over whether it’s going to work out or not, but you do have control over the effort and the energy that you put towards a goal.”

– J.S.

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RYAN GREGOIRE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR

New York State Association of Counties Having worked in local government himself, Ryan Gregoire is no stranger to the challenges county governments in New York state face – and he makes sure lawmakers in Albany are aware of those obstacles, as well as the possible solutions.

Just this year, that has translated into numerous policy outcomes supporting local governments. Among other issues, Gregoire successfully pushed for increased funding to county public health departments and got state leaders to eliminate the diversion of county sales taxes toward state funds. With input from county officials, he also crafted policy proposals to improve child care across New York. Many of those proposals

made their way into this year’s state budget, which committed $7 billion over four years toward child care.

That’s just a small sample of the legislative victories that Gregoire has spearheaded over the years. Two years ago, he also prevented a major shift in Medicaid costs to counties, a change that he says would have “resulted in a huge, significant decline in services.”

Gregoire says his success in pushing forward legislative changes can be credited to the unity and collaboration between New York’s county officials.

“It doesn’t matter what party someone is if it’s the right thing to do for the residents and it’s the right thing to do for counties,” he explains, adding that the New York State Association of Counties “is this bipartisan group – all the leaders come together and decide on a program and a platform that we all collectively work to advocate for.”

– K.D.

Serving the public good has been a major impetus for Mo Helmy’s career, leading him to his current position as public sector executive at T-Mobile.

“In the end, you’re also helping your community, and you’re helping yourself and your future,” he says. “You have to think about, what do you want to leave behind?”

In his role at the telecommunications giant, Helmy works with public sector partners to deliver solutions related to community issues. He analyzes the challenges and costs the public sector juggles and finds solutions that can provide a tangible result for the community. Helmy has helped bridge the digital divide and bring access to broadband and high-speed data to students in partnership with municipalities or school libraries. He has also helped first responder agencies access 5G networks for faster information transfer and oversaw the implementation of fleet integration solutions for various public works agencies. He has supported other public sector agencies as well.

Helmy is particularly proud of his work helping students access schooling during the coronavirus pandemic – and hopes to find new ways to carry out his commitment to public service in the future.

“We connected over 3,500 students at the Albany school district with digital connectivity,” he says. “We provided digital equity during the height of COVID and when a lot of school districts and a lot of families had lost their jobs or been furloughed. Schools wanted to continue, students wanted to continue to learn.”

– J.S.

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Redistricting has created headaches for countless elected officials and candidates, but it opened up an opportunity for Assembly Member Michael Lawler. After lines were drawn for New York’s new 17th Congressional District, spanning parts of the Hudson Valley, the first-term Republican Assembly member announced his intentions to run for the seat.

“Ultimately, this district, the way that it was finalized by the special master, was one that I felt very confident that we have a great pathway to win in November,” he says.

Lawler’s optimism stems from a few factors. Republicans are expected to see a boost in this year’s midterm elections, and Lawler has roots in both Rockland and Westchester counties, which constitute significant

chunks of the district. He represents Rockland County in the state Legislature, having flipped the district in 2020, and also worked for then-Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

If he wins the primary, Lawler will face stiff competition in the general election. He would either face off against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who helms the influential Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, a prominent progressive.

Lawler is centering his campaign on affordability, education and crime, issues he says resonated during his Assembly campaign.

“In areas like Rockland County, where we pay the second-highest property taxes in America, affordability is always a concern,” he says.

“And, you know, getting our fair share of state school aid was a major issue that I ran on.”

– K.D.

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Ostroff Associates Ostroff Associates is firmly established as one of the top lobbying outfits in New York, where it’s regularly ranked in the top 10 based on revenue.

Achieving that consistent level of success requires hard work from key staffers like Jay Holland.

“Through my work here, we always try to be as substantive as possible, really learn issues on behalf of our clients and get into the details and understand exactly what public policy we’re dealing with and how it would affect any interested parties – and then go out there and do the work in order to deliver results,” Holland says.

When he first embarked on his professional career, the Great Recession made jobs scarce. So he volunteered on political campaigns, often knocking on doors. He also volunteered in the office of then-Rep. Bill Owens, who helped him secure a staff job in the Assembly.

Now at Ostroff Associates, Holland oversees a number of public policy campaigns across the state. He was invaluable to the efforts behind the passing of to-go alcoholic drink legislation, a boon for many small businesses, during the past state legislative session.

“I represented a number of different clients in the hospitality and alcohol beverage control space,” says Holland, who also had a stint as government affairs director for the New York State Restaurant Association. “That was a big win for the industry and was a long time coming, and many many thanks to the governor for advancing it. The hospitality sector was devastated throughout the pandemic.”

– J.S.

“Getting our fair share of state school aid was a major issue that I ran on.”

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“Going from long-term care to, say, crypto is just fascinating.”

ALYSSA LOVELACE CONSULTANT

Envision Strategy Alyssa Lovelace has spent much of her professional career advancing the long-term care industry’s agenda in the state Capitol. She has spearheaded public policy initiatives on behalf of organizations such as the Home Care Association of New York State and the New York State Association of Health Care Providers. Most recently, she has advocated for long-term care providers as the state sought to increase pay for home care workers, making the case for increased Medicaid reimbursements to help providers cover those increases.

“They need to be able to comply with these wage mandates and meet their workforce wage labor mandates and compliance,” she says. “To speak to it from that

angle, it was really interesting.”

Lovelace sought a change in focus earlier this year, hoping to sharpen her government relations skills and broaden her expertise. She joined Envision Strategy, where she’s been able to work with a wide range of clients across other industries.

One of her current clients is the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a trade association for the blockchain industry. That means Lovelace has kept busy learning about the burgeoning crypto industry in New York state, while also advancing its interests. A major challenge she’s working to overcome is convincing the governor to veto a bill that would place a two-year moratorium on some cryptocurrency mining in the state.

“Going from long-term care to, say, crypto is just fascinating,” she says. “There’s this whole new world and industry to learn about.”

– K.D.

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As a kid, Dan Leinung spent a lot of time running around the halls of the state Senate, where his father worked.

“Throughout college and then law school, I always knew I wanted to go work in the Legislature,” Leinung says.

“I’m a self-proclaimed policy policy nerd.

So that was always my dream job, so it was kind of in my DNA literally.”

Leinung now analyzes legislation at Tress Capitol Advisors, a government affairs firm. Leinung, who specializes in health care policy, cites the Reproductive Health Act as his most significant professional accomplishment.

“Literally the first bill that was signed into law with the new Senate Democratic majority, I was the staffer that worked on that,” says Leinung, who spent seven years working in the state Senate before moving to Tress Capitol Advisors in 2021. “I have the pen certificate hanging on my wall in my office at home.”

Leinung helped legalize recreational marijuana and pass nursing home legislation as well. As a state Senate counsel and policy analyst to the Codes Committee, he also focused on issues related to mental health and substance abuse. He had a stint investigating environmental matters as an assistant attorney general too.

“Working on these issues, you really do have to dive deep and really understand them,” he says. “Now that I’m representing clients on the outside, I’m able to use the relationships and the contacts, and the knowledge that these issues are bigger than then a lot of people think.”

– J.S.

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JIM MOORE VICE PRESIDENT AND POLICY DIRECTOR

O’Donnell & Associates Jim Moore is at the center of the operations of O’Donnell & Associates, a highly regarded government relations firm with offices in Buffalo, Albany, Manhattan and Washington, D.C. As the vice president and policy director of the firm, Moore is responsible for coordinating policy strategies for all of its clients.

One of Moore’s proudest accomplishments is his work around the 340B program. The federal program allows drug manufacturers participating in New York’s Medicaid program to provide drugs at a discount to 340B entities like safety net hospitals, which support low-income and uninsured patients. Moore supported efforts to delay a policy proposed

during the coronavirus pandemic that would have shifted funding and is actively working with stakeholders to block the change entirely.

Moore is behind a multitude of other policy initiatives at O’Donnell as well, including efforts to support New York’s transition away from fossil fuels.

“We’re at the center of renewable energy discussions, battery, energy storage, things like that,” he says.

“We are specifically working on energy standards and deployment for better storage across the state.”

Moore got his start in government, though he now enjoys going even deeper on policy issues.

“Government relations gives you an opportunity to work at sort of really cool issues and getting into minutiae doesn’t usually get into like when you’re on the government side,” he says. “We represent a sort of a mix of clients that I’m pretty proud to represent.”

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Meghan McNamara is an integral member of the health team at Manatt, a national professional services firm. The Albany-based partner delves into the inner workings of the state Department of Health while representing a range of clients, including health and behavioral health providers, federally qualified health centers, nursing homes and home care providers. McNamara has helped them respond to COVID-19 and access federal funds to stay afloat.

“I work with a lot of safety net hospitals in New York City. During COVID, they were negatively impacted,” she says. “Coming out of their long-standing need for additional funding to support providing equitable care to the communities that they serve, I along with my other colleagues here at Manatt helped form a coalition of safety net hospitals in New York City with the goal of improving their financial stability.”

It’s no surprise McNamara ended up in this line of work, given that her father worked for the state Department of Health, and her mother was an employee of the state Office of General Services. She was interested in health care policy from a young age and initially explored a medical career – but she opted to attend law school and save lives another way.

“Working as an attorney,” she says, “it’s a privilege, and it’s very interesting because you’re able to help people by pursuing different avenues, be it traditional legal work or advocacy, through lobbying on the state or federal level or other types of consulting services that you can provide.”

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AUBREY OHANIAN MEMBER

Harris Beach PLLC New York’s ambitious clean energy targets make it a national leader. Aubrey Ohanian is helping industry players seize the opportunities presented by state climate change policies and put New York on track to meet its goals.

At Harris Beach PLLC, a law firm with offices across New York, Ohanian represents New York Transco, a company aiming to build high-voltage transmission facilities in New York.

The company was chosen by the state in 2021 to build a new high-voltage transmission line from Albany to Hudson.

“Transco needed to secure regulatory approvals from the New York state Public Service Commission,” she says. “I was intimately involved on the legal team with a colleague of mine at Harris Beach to secure the approvals that they needed to begin construction from the state Public Service Commission. That process took about a year. We went through a pretty long settlement process where we negotiated certificate conditions with several different state agencies.”

Ohanian also understands the workings

of another key state energy agency, the New York Independent System Operator, having represented a nuclear decommissioning company that won approval for the transfer of an old nuclear power plant.

She encourages those looking to work in energy policy to be open-minded.

“Be willing to dive in because there’s different aspects of law and energy policy,” she says. “Having a full understanding of what’s going on from a policy level in the energy space as a whole is really important.”

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Dr. Diana Mosquera is a first-generation immigrant from Colombia.

Dr. Diana Mosquera has two roles at the Albany Medical Center: She holds a clinical position as an anesthesiologist, and she’s also an associate medical director, developing and supporting programs that advance value-based care.

The two perspectives give her a holistic view on pressing problems in her field.

“A lot of folks that are not clinicians don’t necessarily understand what clinicians face on a daily basis and then the challenges perhaps to change,” she says, “and a lot of clinicians don’t understand the basics of how the health system is funded and how they’re paid.

And that in itself can raise frustration on both ends if you don’t understand the other side. By having both sides of the coin, I feel like it puts me in a position where I can piece those together.”

A first-generation immigrant who came to the U.S. in 1999 from Colombia, Mosquera often had to translate for her grandmother at hospitals and doctors’ offices. She eventually decided to become a doctor, but while taking courses on health care disparities, she developed an interest in doing more than clinical work.

That led her to pursue a master’s degree in business administration at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in health care management.

Mosquera is proud to have developed Albany Medical Center’s clinic focused on helping those patients who are being discharged from the emergency room but don’t have access to a primary care doctor.

“Those are our most vulnerable patients,” she says.

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RICH ORSILLO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

Red Horse Strategies Rich Orsillo serves as senior vice president at Red Horse Strategies, a top political consulting firm whose client roster includes Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and several first-term New York City Council members.

But Orsillo’s pathway into politics was unexpected. At 26, straight out of graduate school, a few years after the 2008 financial crisis hit, he was brought in temporarily to work on a family friend’s campaign for the state Senate seeking to represent Long Island, where Orsillo grew up. It was a small team, but it allowed him to immerse himself in every aspect of campaigning, from canvassing and door-knocking to coordinating campaign communications.

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“I got bit by the campaign bug after that,” Orsillo says.

He has made a name for himself as a savvy political operative in the decade since. Among his most notable campaigns was Democrat Todd Kaminsky’s state Senate win in 2016, which gave Democrats a one-seat numerical majority for the then-fractured party in the upper chamber.

Since joining Red Horse five years ago, Orsillo has played a lead role in expanding the firm’s television advertising strategies.

He helped secure George Latimer’s upset win as Westchester County executive and guided large-scale labor programs to secure more funding for education and personal protective equipment for nursing homes. The creative challenges of his work are what excites him most.

“How can you connect with people in a better way?” he says. “I think that’s what keeps me going.”

– N.I.

ELIJAH REICHLINMELNICK STATE SENATOR

Reichlin-Melnick, if reelected, wants to pass his bill to resolve the state’s nursing shortage.

State Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick ranks among the legislative body’s newest members, having been elected in 2020. He now represents District 38, including Rockland County, where he was born and raised. The district encompasses the towns of Clarkstown, Orangetown and Ramapo as well as Ossining in Westchester County.

Although he is only in his first term in office, the state senator is no stranger to government and politics. He served as an aide to then-Reps. Eliot Engel and Nita Lowey, and served twice as a village trustee in Nyack. Most recently, he was the legislative director for state Sen. James Skoufis, another youthful lawmaker who represents the district to his north. His experience working

for Skoufis, in part, inspired his own desire to “get off the sidelines” and run for public office.

“I think younger candidates are more willing to run for office because they see that it’s possible and that’s very empowering,” he says.

Several bills he introduced in his first year have been signed into law, including legislation to strengthen the state’s oversight against the beleaguered East Ramapo Central School District.

Reichlin-Melnick is eager to do more in his second term if reelected, including pushing his colleagues to pass his proposed bill to resolve the state’s nursing staff shortage.

“If we can’t take action on this soon, there’s going to be a point when hospitals and nursing homes simply are unable, no matter what they pay, to find the staff they need to treat patients safely,” he says.

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MAYLEEN RIVERA DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Assembly Speaker’s Office Raised in a working-class family in the Bronx, Mayleen Rivera has embraced equity as a steadfast focus of her government work.

After completing an internship with the Assembly, she worked as a fellow under the state Department of Health and the governor’s office, before being selected to serve as legislative director to former Assembly Member David Buchwald.

As a Latina working in politics, building supportive relationships has always been important to her career.

“I had to kind of fight through that impostor syndrome and realize no, I’m here, and I’m occupying this space because my hard work has allowed for me to be open to a lot of these opportunities,” she says.

In 2016, she collaborated with the state Office of Children and Family Services to launch a mentorship program for incarcerated women, which operated under her nonprofit I Am Strong. The program garnered recognition from the Albany County Legislature.

As deputy secretary for intergovernmental affairs under Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Rivera acts as a liaison between state agencies. She developed an intergovernmental contact database featuring more than 200 city, state and federal level agencies and elected officials, effectively streamlining the office’s work.

Not limiting herself has been her mantra to success.

She says we “live in a very forgiving day and age when it comes to our career, where it’s okay to explore so many different things.” While she hopes to continue her public service, she is open to other possibilities in the future, including potentially opening her own business someday.

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Schick advocates for the union’s priorities in Albany and beyond.

JOSH SCHICK CENTRAL REGION POLITICAL COORDINATOR

CSEA Having family members who were hardworking public servants and members of CSEA imbued Josh Schick with a strong respect for public service – and drives him today as a political action coordinator with the union.

“That’s the most rewarding part of it all, bringing that all to the surface, having the public understand the hard work that’s done on their behalf and what their tax dollars actually go to,” he says. “It’s not just the politicians in Albany. It’s the hardworking public employees who clean the streets, repair the roads and bridges.”

Schick advocates for the union’s priorities in Albany as well as in local governments across New York. One priority was pushing forward pen-

JOSH ROSENFELD ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Kivvit Josh Rosenfeld always knew that he wanted to work in a profession where he could make a real difference. His love for talking, and his passion for progressive causes made working in media relations a natural fit for him.

“This arena, it gave me the opportunity to do what I love and then do what I do best,” he says, “talking about issues that I’m really passionate about, messaging those and ensuring that they’re reaching the proper audiences.”

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sion reform in the past budget cycle. In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, he called on the federal government to provide state and local government funding to make up for losses in tax revenue and to preserve public employees’ jobs. After the Biden administration included that aid in the American Rescue Plan, Schick worked on smaller-scale campaigns to ensure local governments in New York used those funds to bolster public services.

Schick is proud of holding municipal leaders accountable.

“It’s a rewarding experience when you can have CSEA members stand up and say, ‘Whoa, we’re going to put the brakes on this thing,’” he says. “We’re going to tell you what we think about this, and we’re going to tell the community what the impact or the loss of the service could be.”

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son, including as the governor’s deputy press secretary, before returning to the firm in 2019, this time as a principal.

“It was cool to work in the governmental sector and then come back to a firm like Kivvit. … That knowledge base is invaluable,” he says.

Rosenfeld has been especially proud of the work he’s done handling campaigns on behalf of clients focused on criminal justice reform and disability advocacy. For the latter, Rosenfeld was glad to have supported efforts to secure a cost-of-living adjustment for direct support professionals in the state budget, a major priority for disability advocates.

“Every day there’s something different,” he says. “When you’re working with clients and you don’t have one general area of specialty, you have that ability every day to dig into a new issue and become an expert in that issue.”

– K.D.

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STACEY SIKES VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Long Island Association For Long Island native Stacey Sikes, there’s no place like home. “It’s a very special place to live,” Sikes says.

As vice president of government affairs and communications at the Long Island Association, the region’s premier business organization, Sikes manages the group’s advocacy portfolio and its work with Long Island’s business leaders and government officials. She also oversees the association’s digital strategies and coordinated the launch of its rebranding this year.

After receiving her master’s degree in government and politics from St. John’s University, she served as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s deputy regional representative. In that role, she gained a deep interest in economic development, having been involved in initiatives such as

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the Ronkonkoma Hub project in eastern Long Island.

She previously served as the executive dean of entrepreneurship and business development at Hofstra University where she supervised the school’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Scott Skodnek Business Development Center. Sikes also launched new initiatives there, including the ideaHUb incubator, which provides mentorship and resources to startups.

She was also the assistant executive director at Accelerate Long Island, a network of academic research institutes and businesses promoting economic growth in the region. She has remained active with the organization, being appointed as the chair of its board this year. But the proudest moment in her career has been supporting small businesses as they navigated the pandemic.

“I was able to understand how it was impacting them, and we put together programs to support their resiliency,” she says.

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JORDYN SOGOIAN DAVID SIRACUSE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS POLICY DIRECTOR

Bolton-St. Johns David Siracuse didn’t plan to become a lobbyist. After finishing his undergraduate studies at Niagara University, he headed to the University at Albany to pursue a doctorate in political science and government, intending to go into academia.

But after realizing that wasn’t a great fit for him, Siracuse was connected to Bolton-St. Johns.

“It’s a really more dynamic and fast-paced environment compared to academia,” he says, “where the usual project timeline or horizon is much longer and slower.”

Since joining the lobbying firm about four years ago, Siracuse has had the opportunity to advise a wide range of clients on legislative, policy and budgetary matters in Albany. “I think one of the fun things about the job really is the diversity of working with small nonprofits to large traditional businesses,” he says.

Siracuse is representing the Freelancers Union and supporting its efforts to get legislation helping freelance workers passed. One piece of legislation he lobbied for is the Freelance Isn’t Free bill, which would provide protections for freelancers dealing with nonpayment or delayed payments.

The legislation was passed by the state Legislature and now awaits the governor’s signature.

Outside of his day-to-day work at Bolton-St. Johns, Siracuse is also busy finishing his dissertation, which focuses on political scandals.

What’s his advice for someone new to lobbying? Be patient.

“It’s a fairly steep learning curve,” he says. “Just because there’s kind of no training or any academic courses that you can go to to help you prepare.”

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STATE DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR

North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Jordyn Sogoian’s passion for her work at the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters is personal: Her father was an electrician who was able to secure a middle-class lifestyle for his family through his union work.

“I’m very grateful for the life that they provided for me growing up,” she says.

“So I think it was a natural fit when I started working with the Carpenters.”

After graduating from college, she attended law school, but left after realizing the field wasn’t a good fit for her. She landed at the union four years ago, fulfilling her passion for the realm of policy and politics.

Since then, Sogoian has had a hand in major legislative pushes the union has made to protect construction workers across New York state. This year, in an effort to better enforce labor laws, she and her colleagues succeeded in getting a bill passed by the state Legislature that would require all contractors and subcontractors bidding on public works projects to be registered with the state.

That’s not the only victory of which she has been a part of. Last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a measure into law that makes contractors liable for wages owed to their subcontractors’ employees.

She’s particularly proud of her work advancing that legislation, which aims to protect workers from wage theft.

“I think that, especially when you’re talking about construction workers, they tend to live more paycheck to paycheck,” Sogoian says.

“And it’s important that they’re paid on time.”

– K.D.

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Local 79 As a Bangladeshi immigrant growing up in the low-income Soundview neighborhood in the Bronx, community service was always top of mind for Tafadar Sourov.

“As I got older, I noticed that people across my community … they really had to work hard and spend a lot of time away from their families,” he says.

In high school, he joined a cross-borough youth collective called the Urban Youth Collaborative, which staged a protest over plans to stop providing subsidized MetroCards. That protest attracted hundreds of thousands of students to walk out en masse.

He continued his political organizing as he got older before joining the apprenticeship program under Local 79, the labor union representing

ALEX SPYROPOULOS REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSOCIATE, EAST COAST

Weedmaps Marijuana legalization has picked up speed – and New York is no exception, having legalized the use and sale of recreational weed.

Being a part of these early conversations shaping cannabis regulations and policies in the state excites Alex Spyropoulos.

“There aren’t too many opportunities to be able to help influence or start a new industry,” he says.

Spyropoulos’ interest in politics began in 2013, during his senior year of high school, when he interned on a New York City mayoral candidate’s campaign.

He would eventually go on to work on an unsuccessful New York City Council campaign and then as an aide to Rep. Adriano Espaillat,

more than 10,000 active and retired construction workers in the city. Upon graduating, he was recruited as a union organizer, a role the 27-yearold has occupied since 2020.

Last year, the group played a key role in pushing labor laws such as New York City’s “body shop” legislation, which requires labor brokers to obtain hiring permits and provide hires with written notice about their rights, as well as the Excluded Workers Fund on the state level.

Representing his union at a young age has been Sourov’s proudest accomplishment, particularly as a first-generation Asian American.

“It’s not a place where people who come from my background are the most represented in the workforce,” he says. “But this is something that I chose to personally make my direction in life, and I’ve loved every bit of it.”

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before making the move to the lobbying firm Kasirer.

Since last year, he’s been working in Weedmaps’ public affairs team to advance their priorities on the East Coast, especially the Northeast. That includes pushing for marijuana legalization and, in states that have allowed for recreational cannabis, working with regulators to create equitable and thriving marketplaces.

What Spyropoulos is most proud of is advancing policies and proposals that create results that can be tangibly seen. He’s already looking forward to seeing the cannabis dispensaries that are expected to open up later this year, driven in part by the work he’s pushed forward.

Spyropoulos hopes that in the future, it’ll be something he can look back on and say: “It was great to be able to effect change that has had a decadeslong impact on the way New York looks, feels and the way people live their lives.”

– K.D.

New York Health Plan Association’s Ashley Stuart

ASHLEY STUART DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

New York Health Plan Association As the director of government affairs at the New York Health Plan Association, Ashley Stuart advocates on behalf of 29 health plans that collectively cover more than 8 million New Yorkers. She tracks legislation that affects the health insurance sector and educates lawmakers about the effects on insurers.

“I advocate on behalf of the industry to help keep insurance costs, your premiums down,” she says. “Keep costs affordable for New Yorkers while expanding access to coverage and making sure people have access to quality, affordable coverage.”

Stuart, who joined the Albany-based organization in 2019, recently was a part of efforts to expand health plan coverage for low-income and undocumented New Yorkers.

“We wanted to see some tax

credits offered to middle-class families who might struggle to purchase coverage,” she says. “We want to continue to work with the administration to make coverage affordable and accessible to all, and we’ll continue to work with the administration until we get to 100% universal coverage here in New York state.”

Stuart, who was previously an assistant vice president of entrepreneurship at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute and legislative director to Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi, is now building support for prescription drug transparency bills that her current organization has been working on.

Prescription drugs are one of the fastest-growing items in terms of cost related to health care spending, she says, and keeping their cost down is essential to making sure health care stays affordable for as many New Yorkers as possible.

– J.S.

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MEGHAN TAYLOR VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

Genting Americas Inc. Meghan Taylor’s introduction to casinos came at a time of unprecedented upheaval.

She joined Genting Americas in May 2020, when the company’s two Resorts World casinos in New York state were closed because of COVID-19. Shortly afterward, the company announced plans to open a Hudson Valley location.

Since then, she’s kept up with major legislative developments in Albany.

New York legalized mobile sports betting late last year, prompting Resorts World to build its first mobile platform to offer the service. This year, state officials opened up full casino licenses for facilities downstate. Resorts World New York City has been actively seeking to secure one, which would allow the Queens location to bring in live dealers at table games.

“One of the roles that I have played in that is trying to develop the overall plan and get us ready for submission of the request for applications,” Taylor says, adding that she is garnering support from local community leaders, our local electeds are all fully aware of what our plans are and supportive of the overall plan.”

Much of Taylor’s career has been spent in economic development, including serving as regional director for the mid-Hudson region for Empire State Development. While there, she was able to help cultivate huge projects like the Legoland New York Resort theme park in Goshen, as well as smaller economic development initiatives across the region.

“It was really interesting and something that I can look back on and be very proud of,” she says.

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Vigars has sought to make herself an expert in New York’s ambitious climate law.

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Phillips Lytle For Kaitlin N. Vigars, it has been an “exciting time” to work on environmental and energy law in New York, not least because of the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, “which I think is the most aggressive climate change law in the country,” she says.

“It’s creating a lot of changes, not necessarily just regulatory changes, but obviously certain changes that are coming to buildings: there will be changes to building

codes, pushing for electrification, pushing for increased generation of renewables.”

After graduating during the 2008 recession, Vigars pivoted from initial plans to pursue journalism and ended up taking a job on a federal grant, studying how health care professionals could better support victims of violence.

While doing that research, Vigars encountered many lawyers and legal professionals, whose work fascinated her. Ultimately, she headed to Boston College Law School.

Now an associate at Phillips Lytle, Vigars has a hand in moving forward renewable energy, transmission and telecommunications infrastructure projects across the state,

handling zoning and land use matters. Recently, she has been busy securing permissions to advance a major renewable energy transmission project slated to deliver power to New York City.

In addition to that legal work, Vigars has also sought to make herself an expert in New York’s ambitious climate law, ensuring she can translate its impact on clients and prepare them for regulatory shifts.

“I love being able to assist clients navigating this unknown,” she says, “and working towards these really important goals.”

– K.D.

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RENEE WALL LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALIST

NYSUT Renee Wall has long been attuned to educational policy issues. Her mother was a teacher and member of New York State United Teachers and, living in small towns north of Buffalo, Wall had her first exposure to local politics through school board elections.

When she was in the sixth grade, she organized a pro-teacher rally.

But what cemented her decision to make a career of labor organizing was attending Cornell University, where she obtained a degree in industrial and labor relations.

“I do think it pushed me even further into where I already was, to basically knowing that I want to advocate for the underdog, for the little guy,” she says. “And right

now, the best way to do that, for me, was the labor movement.”

For the past two years, Wall has advocated on behalf of educators across school districts in Suffolk County, negotiating contracts, representing members in legal proceedings and handling day-to-day concerns.

One of her unit presidents was fired by the Wyandanch Union Free School District in November 2020.

The union had reason to suspect that the person was fired for retaliation, and Wall soon filed a charge with the Public Employees Relations Board.

Ultimately, Wall succeeded in settling the case with the district, getting the unit president’s job back, along with a year’s worth of back pay and all of her vacation and sick leave time.

“I think we got absolutely everything we wanted,” she says, “and then a little bit more.”

– K.D.

SAM WEPRIN LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE

New York City Mayor’s Office of State Legislative Affairs As a legislative representative for the New York City mayor’s office, Sam Weprin’s work takes him all over the state meeting with lawmakers as the middleman advocating for the mayor’s policy priorities. He has served in the role since January, after a three-year stint in the New York City Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget.

His interest in government work started in part due to his love of learning American history as a kid. But he also had a frontrow seat to life in politics coming from a line of Weprins who have served in city and state legislative seats representing Queens, where he grew up. That proximity has both shaped his understanding of public service and driven him to carve out his own path.

“I wanted to make sure that I became known first for being Sam and not always being related to so and so,” he says.

“That’s kind of been a driving force for me when it comes to my motivation and where I want to eventually go down the road.”

His commitment to policy work was further cemented as a college student at SUNY Albany studying political science and history. While a student, he interned for Rep. Joseph Morelle, who was serving as Assembly majority leader at the time.

“Being able to hone in and understand the state legislative process from the inside, has really helped my development and understanding of my current role,” he says of the experience.

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Weprin’s work takes him all over New York state meeting with lawmakers.

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Equality New York A practicing attorney focused on family law, Joseph Williams was fighting the good fight long before he joined colleagues at Equality New York, a statewide advocacy group advancing equality and justice for LGBTQ New Yorkers.

He was behind the successful campaign to pass the Child-Parent Security Act in 2020, which effectively reversed the state’s ban on compensated surrogacy. Most importantly, the law also established a legal process so same-sex parents who opted for surrogacy could have their parental rights protected no matter where they end up living.

“That’s going to be especially important, as these crazy laws and rulings continue to happen,” he says, referring to the anti-LGBTQ laws being passed in conserva-

tive states across the country.

He joined his firm Copps DiPaola Silverman in 2018, after working with the firm’s partner attorney Lorraine Silverman as an intern at The Legal Project, a legal service provider for low-income women. He is also a co-founder of the New York Surrogacy Center, a surrogacy matching program under his firm, which he runs with another partner attorney, Casey Copps DiPaola.

“I really love what I do,” he says. “My hope is that we will be able to expand and be able to become bigger and help more families.”

Beyond serving on Equality New York’s board of directors, Williams is a member of the LGBT Family Law Institute and The Capital District Women’s Bar Association LGBT Committee, in addition to serving as a senior officer for the New York State Bar Association LGBTQ Law Section.

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ABDULLAH YOUNUS SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

New York Immigration Coalition An immigrant rights advocate and bona fide socialist, Abdullah Younus has served in various roles at the New York Immigration Coalition since 2018.

Surprisingly, the politics of his youth had initially skewed to the right. He began to adopt increasingly leftist ideals at George Washington University, where he studied statistics and engaged with other students of different ideologies. But it wasn’t until the rise of former President Donald Trump that he began to seriously transfer that knowledge into action.

“That (Trump) agenda really activated me, and I decided, you know what, I’m not going to go into finance. … I’m going to organize my community,” says Younus, who grew up in post-9/11

New York as the son of Muslim Pakistani immigrants.

He got involved with Democratic campaigns in local races and became a strategic researcher with the United Auto Workers, advancing its Columbia and Harvard graduate worker organizing campaigns.

As part of the New York Immigration Coalition, he helped secure a number of legislative wins including Green Light Law, which allowed undocumented residents to lawfully secure a driver’s license, and the Excluded Workers Fund.

Next on his plate will be coordinating the 200 member organizations under the New York Immigration Coalition and setting the foundation for the organization’s policy agenda next year.

“What really keeps me going is when … people we’re organizing with step into their own power and realize that they don’t just need to be bossed around by the system and the powers that be,” he says.

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legalnotices@cityandstateny.com Notice of Formation of INTERCER NORTH AMERICA, LLC filed with SSNY on 05/13/2022.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 244 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 1203,NEW YORK , NY, 10001, USA . Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of LLC. The limited liability company name is OLD MACDONALD DE VELOPMENT GROUP LLC; articles of organization were filed with the secretary of state June 14, 2022; LLC’s office to be located in Greene County; the secretary of s tate has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served; the post office to which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon it is c/o ANDREW A. MACDONALD, 9621 ST RT 32, FREEHOLD, NY 12431; Purpose: for any law ful purpose.

EZ BUTLER GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/02/22.

Office: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 181 Broadway, Room 6R, New York, NY 10007. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of BUSBAR FINANCIAL MEDIA, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 0 6/0 9/2 2 .

Office location: Kings County. LLC formed in D e l awa r e (D E ) o n 04/13/22.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. 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 Secy. of State, 401 Federal S t . , #4 , Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of M AG A Z I N E S H O M E LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/26/2022.

Office location Allegany 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 1470 WHITE PLAINS RD - 2R, BRONX, NY, 10462. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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H A L CYO N S E A R C H GROUP LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/24/22. Office: NY 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, 309 East 87th St., #5A, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MY FOREVER HOME LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/01/2022.

Office location Richmond 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 24 ST AUSTINS PLACE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10310. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of CAZENOVIA RENTALS, LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 0 5/0 2 /2 0 2 2 .

Office location Madison SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7 RIPPLETON R OAD, CA ZENOV IA , N Y, 13035.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NORTH CAMPUS DEVELOPER LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/06/2022.Of fice 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 13 GREENE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11238. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LLC. The limited liability company name is OLD MACDONALD DE VELOPMENT GROUP LLC; articles of organization were filed with the secretary of state June 14, 2022; LLC’s office to be located in Greene County; the secretary of s tate has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served; the post office to which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon it is c/o ANDREW A. MACDONALD, 9621 ST RT 32, FREEHOLD, NY 12431; Purpose: for any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NORTH CAMPUS EQUITIES LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/06/2022.Of fice 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 13 GREENE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11238. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DK YL LLC. Arts.

O f Org . f ile d with SSNY on 05/26/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 710B 59TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11220.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of formation of Mangrum Studios NY LLC. Filed with SSNY on June 17, 2022. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom processes against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 30 Pilot St., 2A, Bronx, NY 10464. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of NORTH CAMPUS SPONSOR LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/06/2022.Of fice 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 13 GREENE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11238. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MILESTONE S T R AT E G I E S , L L C .

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/05/2022. Office location: BRONX County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her is: 1551 Unionport Rd., 9B, Bronx, NY 10462.

The principal business address of the LLC is: 1551 Unionport Rd., 9B, Bronx, NY 10462. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

Notice of Qualification of L XMI COPPER COVE PROPERT Y OWNER, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 05/12/22.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 3/24/2 2 .

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, N Y 12 207-25 4 3 . DE addr. of LLC: c/o GKL Registered Agents of DE, Inc., 3500 S. Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Cer t. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. To w n s e n d B l d g . 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of ENDEAVOR DENTISTRY LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 0 6/01/2 2 .

Office location: Kings County.

LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 05/23/22.

Princ. office of LLC: 2 3 3 L a f aye t t e S t . , N ewark , N J 0 7 1 0 5 .

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 15 Oliver St., Apt. 2H, Brooklyn, NY 11209.

Cer t. of Form. filed with Acting State Treasurer, 33 W. State St., F i f t h F l . , Tr e n t o n , NJ 086 4 6 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of formation of MPQ 400 Fifth Avenue, LLC Arts of Org filed w/Secy of State of NY (SSNY ) on 11/23/20.

O f f ice location: N Y Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and mailed to against LLC: 80 State St., Albany, N Y 12 207. Principal place of business: 149 Fifth Ave, NY NY 10010.

Purpose: any lawful act.

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Notice of Qual. of FGNYC CENTRAL, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 0 6/0 3/2 0 2 2 .

Office location: New York .

LLC formed in DE on 05/25/202 2 .

SSNY de sg . as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , HARRISON, NY 10528.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYC NORTH GREENBUSH, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/03/2022.

Office location: RENSSEL AER. LLC f o r m e d in D E o n 05/25/202 2 .

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

SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , HARRISON, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JILLIAN GROVER PODCAST SOLUTIONS LLC filed with SSNY on June 9, 2022. Office: Chemung County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Jillian Grover, 258 East 14th Street, Elmira Heights, NY 14903. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation o f 4 0 B R OA DWAY R E NS SE L AE R , LLC .

Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/06/2022.

Office location Rensselaer SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 628 HAVERSTRAW ROAD, SUFFERN, NY, 10901. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 2277 REALTY LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/25/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 54 CENTER MARKET STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11236. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 2413 POPLAR LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/10/2022. Office location Allegany SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2413 POPLAR ST., BRONX, NY, 10462. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BUILT DIFFERENT BK, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 5/0 6/2 0 2 2 .

Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1008 M A N H AT TA N AVENUE, #4B, BROOKLYN, NY, 11222.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of E98 ART STUDIO & GALLERY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 3/ 2 4 / 2 0 2 2 .

Office location: Oneida SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 5819 ROME-TABERG ROAD #6, ROME, NY, 13440.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FORTUNE ASSETS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/28/2022.

Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 108 FORSY TH ST, NEW YORK, NY, 10002.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of G POWER LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/23/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 240 OCEAN PARKWAY, APT 6F, BROOKLYN, NY, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CASEMENT WINDOWS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 0 4/21/202 2 .

Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 102-10 66TH ROAD, 3C, FOREST HILLS, NY, 11375. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOG NY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/26/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 497 RIDGEWOOD AV E N U E , S TAT E N ISLAND, NY, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CLEMATIS 400 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/04/2022.Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to 450 SEVENTH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10123.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYC A M S T E R DA M , L LC .

Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/03/2022. Office location: MONTGOMERY. LLC formed in DE on 05/25/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , HARRISON, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PINE B USH IR I S FARM LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 5/ 2 5/ 2 0 2 2 .

Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 248 BRIMSTONE HILL ROAD, PINE BUSH , N Y, 12566.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SWITCHUP US LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/25/2022.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to JARED E. PAIOFF, ESQ., 444 MADISON AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation o f R AC H E L & C PROPERTIES LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 5 / 1 7/ 2 0 2 2 .

Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 953 68TH STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of WILLIAM SUK ARCHITECTURE PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/03/2022.Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 232 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 500, NEW YO R K , N Y, 10016.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of S B L T E C H N O L O GY SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/27/2021. Office location New York SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 626 1ST AVENUE, APT E10A , NEW YORK, NY, 10016 3914. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WOODRIDGE SUSHI SPOT LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/2022.Office location: Sullivan. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to 1627 E AST 27 TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11229. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SHERWOOD FAMILY LLC. Ar ts .O f Org. filed with SSNY on 06/02/2022.Of fice location: Sullivan. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 262 POTTER AVENUE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10314. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 59-24 57TH STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/01/2022.

Office location Richmond 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 59 -24 57 TH STREET, MASPETH, NY, 11378. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SJC RIA LLC. .Arts. of O rg . f ile d with SSNY on 05/25/2022.

Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 535 5TH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10017.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 451 KINGS HIGHWAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/25/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 32 VILLANOVA DRIVE, FREEHOLD,, FREEHOLD, NJ, 07728. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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Notice of Qual. of FGNYC O N E O N TA , LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/03/2022. Office location: OTSEGO. LLC formed in DE on 05/25/202 2 .

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

SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , HARRISON, NY 10528.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYC PLATTSBURGH, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/03/2022. Office l o c a t i o n : C L I N TO N .

LLC formed in DE on 05/25/202 2 .

SSNY de sg . as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , HARRISON, NY 10528.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYC QUEENSBURY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/03/2022. Office location: WA R R E N .

LLC formed in DE on 05/25/202 2 .

SSNY de sg . as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , HARRISON, NY 10528.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

The name of the limited liabilit y company is Parkwood Blvd LLC. The date of the filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State was 05/03/2022.

The County in which the office of the LLC is located is Bronx. The agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served is the Secretary of State and such shall mail a copy of any process to 2323 Haviland Ave, Bronx, NY, 10462. The business purpose of the LLC is any lawful business purpose or purposes.

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Notice of Formation of APRIL APRIL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/28/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 329 QUINCY STREET, #2, BROOKLYN, NY, 11216.

Any law ful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Qual. of CLEMENTINE CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 9/28/15.

Office location: Kings.

LLC formed in DE on 06/06/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: URBAN FUTURE LAB, 370 JAY S T R E E T, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of H A R T B E AT, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 0 6 /0 7/ 2 0 2 2 .

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/09/2021. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

S SN Y mail proces s to: 15910 VENTUR A BOULEVARD, SUITE 150, ENCINO, CA 91436. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ORANGEBURG PARTNERS VV LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/21/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2571 E 17 TH STREE T, FL 3 , B R O OK LY N , N Y, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JLV Works, LLC filed with SSNY on 6/08/2022.

Office: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 433 East 115th St. Apt. 6A, New York, NY 10029. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT, COUNT Y OF NEW YORK , in favor of BARCLAYS BANK PLC, and against BAVAGUTHU RAGHURAM SHETTY, to me directed and delivered, I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, by Dennis Alestra D CA # 0 8 4 0 2 17. , auc tioneer, as the law directs, FOR CASH ONLY, on the 10TH day of AUGUST, 2022, at 12 O’ CLOCK NOON, at: 66 JOHN STREET 13TH FLOOR in the county of NEW YORK all the right, title and interest which B AVAG U T H U R AG H U R A M S H E T T Y, t h e judgment debtors, had on the 15TH day of April, 2022, or at any time thereafter, of, in and to the following properties: DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: 210 LAFAYETTE STREET UNIT #2C MANHATTAN, NEW YORK 10012 TAX LOT# 1105 BLOCK# 482 OF SECTION 2 The Condominium Unit (the “Unit”) known as Unit No. 2C in the building (the “Building”) known as the 210 Lafayette Street, Borough of Manhattan, County of New York, said Unit being designated and described by the above Unit No. C in a certain declaration dated August 2, 2005 made by Grantor pursuant to Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of New York (the “Condominium Act”) (establishing a plan for condominium) which declaration was recorded in the New York County Office of the Register of the City of New York (“the Register’s Office”) on October 27, 2005 under CRFN 2005000602621 (the “Declaration”). The Unit is also designated as Tax Lot 1105 in Block 482 of Section 2 of the Borough of Manhattan on the Tax Map of the Real Property Assessment Department of the City of New York on September 13, 2005 as Condominium Plan No. 1484 and also filed in the Register’s Office on October 27, 2005 as Condominium Map No. 12-C under CRFN 2005000602622.

TOGETHER with an undivided 1.3353% interest in the Residential Common Elements and undivided 1.1564% interest in the General Common Elements (as such terms are defined in the Declaration).

ANTHONY MIRANDA Sheriff of the City of New York DEPUTY SHERIFF WEIDEMEYER CASE# 22012981 (212) 291-2544 (212) 487-9734 Notice of Formation of AC CUSTOMS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/09/2022.

Office location Orange 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 128 FAWN HILL ROAD, TUXEDO PARK, NY, 10987. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CARGO HOME DESIGN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 5/ 2 5/ 2 0 2 2 .

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 13 GREENE AV E , B R O O K LY N , NY, 11238. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of ARK COMMERCE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/09/2022.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 90 STATE STREET , SUITE 700, BOX 10, ALBANY, NY, 12207. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CPEC ADVERTISING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/31/2022.

Office location New York 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 360 E 89TH ST APT 16B, NEW YORK, NY, 10128. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

July 18, 2022

Public Notice of Registered Assumed Name New York, New York County Please be advised that Quinones, Melvin Jr, Domiciled on the land of turtle Island, is the Executor/ Beneficiary/Name holder of the business now being carried on at 1305 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York 10027, in the following Assumed name to wit; MELVIN QUINONES JR; and the Nature of the said business is commerce.

This statement is to be filed with the clerk of Superior Court of this county, this 1 Day of June, 2022, New York, New York County, Minnesota Original File Number 1098489500023 Filed June 1, 2022: Status: Active/Good Standing Notice of Formation of The Dubin Initiative, LLC filed with SSNY on May 23, 2022. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 725 Hardscrabble Rd. Chappaqua, N Y 10514 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Form. of YO U N G & SONS SERVICES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/0 3/2 0 2 2 .

Office location: Livingston .

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

SSNY mail process to 6425 SONYEA ROAD, MOUNT MORRIS, NY, 14510. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 32 JANIE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/01/2022.Of fice 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 13 GREENE AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11238. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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Notice of Formation of 709 LORIMER LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/15/2022.Of fice location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 709 LORIMER ST, B R O O K LY N , N Y, 11211Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1078 EAST 24TH STREET REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/2014. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1078 EAST 24TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11210. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1922 VP MT MORRIS LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 5 / 2 7/ 2 0 2 2 .

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

S SN Y mail proces s to 7 7 70 PINE TREE DRIVE, VICTOR , NY, 14564. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYC ELMIRA, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/03/2022.

Office location: CHEMUNG. LLC formed in DE on 05/25/2022.

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

SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , H A R R I S O N , NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of 423 FOREST AVE LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 4/14/202 2 .

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

S SN Y mail proces s to 10 WESTBURY AV E N U E , S TAT E N ISL AND, N Y, 10301 .

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of GUO J&K RE AL ESTATE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/24/202 2 .

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1253 70TH STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY, 11228. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of LEOD, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/06/2022. Office location Richmond SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 31 ROMER RD, STATEN ISL AND, NY, 10304 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of YSABEL YATES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/24/2022.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 15 CROOKE AVENUE, APT 2H, BROOKLYN, N Y, 11226.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of CENTENNIAL PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/08/2022. Office location: New York .

LLC formed in DE on 04/27/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10525. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

D o v e r, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

MBBEAUTYSTUDIO & AESTHETICS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on _01_/_ 20_/_ 2022_.

O f f ic e: NE W YO R K County. United States CORPORATION AGENTS, INC designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States CORPORATION AGENTS, INC at 7014 13TH AVENUE SUITE 202, B R O O K LY N N Y 112 28 . Purpose: Any law ful purpose

Articles of Organization of IRL Digital, LLC (“LLC”) filed with the Secretary of S tate of New York (“SSNY”) on May 31, 2022, effective on the date of filing. Office Location: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 6040 JFK Blvd. East, Apt. 17C, West New York, NJ 07093, which shall be the principal business location. The purpose for which the LLC is formed is to engage in any lawful ac t or ac tivit y for which limited liability c ompanie s may b e organized under the NYS Limited Liability Company Law. Notice of Formation of EL PRIMO RED TACOS NYC, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 7/0 1 / 2 0 2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 150 SE 2ND AVE #1003, MIAMI, FL, 33131.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TACOS EL PORK Y II, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/09/2022 .Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528.

Any law ful purpose.

Sarah Groark Psychologist PhD, PLLC filed Ar ts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/13/2022. Office: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 31 Ocean Pkwy, #5J, Brooklyn, NY, 11218.

Purpose: Psychology.

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Notice of Qual. of FGNYC ELMIRA, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/03/2022.

Office location: CHEMUNG. LLC formed in DE on 05/25/2022.

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

SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , H A R R I S O N , NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company.

Name: Kingsbrook Estates BCHS GP LLC (“ LLC ” ). Ar ticles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on June 9, 2022. NY office location: Kings County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Kingsbrook Estates BCHS GP LLC, 25 Chapel Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 2288 ROUTE 9 LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/06/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 100 BOGART STREET 317, BROOKLYN, NY, 11206.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 2734 BRIGHTON 7 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/01/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3133 CONEY ISLAND AVE 2 FL, BROOKLYN, N Y, 11235.

Any lawful purpose.

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SR & V CONSTRUCTION LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/03/22.

Office: Kings County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1745 Caton Avenue, Apartment B5, Brooklyn, N Y 112 26 . Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of M O R G A N PA R K COMPANY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 7/0 1 / 2 0 2 2 .

Office location ONONDAGA SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 7519 MORGAN RD, LIVERPOOL, NY, 13090. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of VERTICURL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/16/2022.

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 04/24/2009. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

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

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1347528 for beer and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer and wine at retail in a Cafe under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1129 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216for on premises consumption.

ARTSHACK BROOKLYN INC. Notice of Formation of TROMPE TA PROPERTIES III LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/15/202 2 .

Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 12 ONEIDA AVE, STATEN ISL AND, N Y, 10301 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FIVE POINTS 262 PROJECT LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 05/16/2022.

Office location: NEW YORK. LLC formed in DE on 11/16/2020. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 444 MADISON AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

D o v e r, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. WHC, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/07/2022.

Office location: Madison.

LLC formed in DE on 05/27/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of TR OMPE TA PROPERTIES I LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/14/202 2 .

Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 12 ONEIDA AV E N U E , S TAT E N ISL AND, N Y, 10301 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 140 PROSPECT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/10/2022.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 1448 71ST STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY, 11228. Any lawful p u r p o s e . .

Notice of Qual. of JL DEPEW 1 2 9 7, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/13/2022.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/02/2022.

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

SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK A V E N U E # 4 0 0 , HARRISON, NY, 10528.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 200 18TH STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/08/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 444 MADISON AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Qual. of TNNY FB, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/13/2022.

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/15/2021. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of CJE 8811, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/24/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1524 SHEEPSHE AD BAY R D. , PH 28B , BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, 11235 - 3890.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VISIONARY I N S U R A N C E CONSULTANTS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 06/10/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 21 E 10TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of TOUCHPOINT MULTI SERVICE LLC. Ar ts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/13/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 323 E 4TH STREET - 1R, BROOKLYN, NY, 11218.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NECKDAYS LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/14/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1630 E 4TH STREET, FLOOR 2 , B R O O K LY N , N Y, 11230.

Any law ful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of HALLELOO PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6 / 1 0/ 2 0 1 5 .

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 456 JOHNSON AVENUE SUITE 323, B R O O K LY N , N Y, 11237. Any lawful purpose.

SA 1424 FRONT ST, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/08/2022.

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, 42 West 39th Street, Floor 6, NY, NY 10018.

Reg Agent: John Behette, 42 West 39th Street, Floor 6, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of RIVERVIEW TEI XI LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/10/22.

O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 55 Fifth Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY 10003.

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 the LLC at the addr. of its princ. of fice. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MPQ 1400 Broadway, LLC. Arts of Org filed w/ Sec’y of State 10/29/20.

O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and mailed to against LLC: 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Principal place of business address: 149 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, NY NY 10010.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1346984 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 24 4 FL AT B US H AV ENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11217 for on premises consumption.

COOP ONE LLC

Notice of Qualification of RailWorks Track Services LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 03/22/22.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Indiana (IN) on 05/28/62. Princ. office of LLC: Hilltop & Midland Terrace, Bldg. D, Sewell, NJ 08080. 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 c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 302 W. Washington St., Rm. E 018 , Indianapolis , IN 4 620 4 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of TROMPE TA PROPERTIES II LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/15/2022. Office location Kings: SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 12 ONEIDA AVE, STATEN ISL AND, N Y, 10301 .

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 255 NEWMAN STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/21/202 2 .

Office location Bronx SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 34B CARROLL S T R E E T, BRONX, NY, 10464. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of COREN OPPORTUNITY FUND II LLC. Ar ts.

O f Org . f ile d with SSNY on 06/15/2022.

Office location Kings: SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 41 BOX STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY, 11222.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LMCV QOZ FUND I LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/14/202 2 .

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 535 5TH AVENUE, 12T H FLOOR , NE W YO R K , N Y, 1 0 0 1 7.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALIANA GEORGEVICTOR LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/28/202 2 .

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 275 MONTGOMERY STREET, 1ST FL, BROOKLYN, N Y, 11225.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of L STOCKNOFF LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/22/2022.

Office location New York 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 35 EAST 75TH STREET, APT. 14E, NEW YORK, NY, 10021.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Registration of THE MADISON PHYSICIANS, LLP, a domestic LLP. Notice of Reg. filed with the SSNY on 03/22/2022. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLP may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLP, 1860 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747. Principal Loc: 635 Madison Ave., 7th FL, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Purpose: To practice the profession of medicine.

Notice of Formation of R ECTOR PL ACE P R O P E R T Y M A N A G E M E N T LLC . Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/3 0/2 0 2 2 .

Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 380 RECTOR PLACE, APT 19A, NEW YORK, NY, 10280.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE 441 GROUP, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/21/2022.

Office location New York 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 51 WEST 76 STREET, NEW YORK , NY, 10023. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of 78-29 AUSTIN STREET HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/02/2021.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 227 SEA BREEZE AVENUE , SUITE C-403, 4TH FLOOR , BROOKLYN, NY, 11224.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PS BROKERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/29/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 13 5 PA R K V I L L E AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11230. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

July 18, 2022

Notice of Formation of PA L M JEWELLERY LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6 /0 7/ 2 0 2 2 .

Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 17 EAST 48TH ST., ROOM 901, NEW YORK, NY, 10017. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ShadawnNicole Enterprises, L.L.C. filed with SSNY on 06/17/22.

Office: Kings County.

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

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

Notice of Formation of KUAN’S CLOSET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/21/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 2602 AVENUE U, #1031, B R O O K LY N , NY, 11229. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Qualification of WG TS HOTEL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 06/23/22.

Office location: NY County.

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

Princ. office of LLC: 23 3 Broadway, Rm .

2305, NY, NY 102792503. 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 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 Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. To w n s e n d Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of M 1711 AVENUE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/23/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 15 41 55 TH STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219.

Any law ful purpose.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1348005 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 47 S ELMWOOD AV ENUE MONTAUK NY 11954 for on premises consumption.

47 S ELMWOOD MGMT INC Notice of Formation of CR E ATE NSIT Y LLC .

Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/10/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 13 5 1 H A N C O C K STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY, 11237. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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Notice is hereby given that a license, number 2231752 for on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a restaurant with a grocery store under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 17-19-21 Main Street, Chatham, N Y 1 2 0 3 7 f or on premises consumption.

Chatham Cheese Inc d/b/a Bimi’s Cheese Shop/Bimi’s Canteen/ Jax Gelato 108 McEwen Street, LLC filed with the SSNY on 7/6/22. Office: NY 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, 108 McEwen Street, Warwick NY 1099 0. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JOMION & THE UKLOS BAND LLC, filed with SSNY on 08/31/2022.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 92 HULL STREET APT 2F BROOKLYN NY 11233 USA . Purp ose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of K NORTH, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/16/2022.

Office location: Wayne.

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 7392 DUTCH S T R EE T, WO LC OT T, NY, 14590. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Public Notice AT &T p r o p o s e s t o mo di f y an ex is ting facility (tip heights 118’ & 134.3’) on the building at 47 3 rd Ave, New York, NY (20220700).

Interested parties may c o nt ac t S c o t t Horn (856 - 809 -1202) (1012 Industrial Dr. , West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

SB H O S P I TA L I T Y GROUP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/28/2022. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Larry Aaronson CPA , 350 Motor Park way, Suite 303, Hauppauge, N Y 1178 8 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

S&T WINDOWS, LLC. Filed June 6, 2022.

Office: NY Co. Org. in PA: 03/17/2005. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to its foreign add: 116 Meadow Lane, Swiftwater, PA 18370.

Arts. of Org filed with SSPA, 302 N. Ofc Bldg, Harrisburg, PA 17120.

Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of JE N SCHE NK E L COACHING LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6 / 2 7/ 2 0 2 2 .

Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 560 6TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, N Y, 11215.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BRIGHT REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/2022.

Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RED WHITE HORSE, LLC. Ar ts .O f Org. filed with SSNY on 06/23/2022.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 100 CROSBY STREET, NEW YORK , N Y, 10012. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE ONE GOLDEN LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/23/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6019 4 AVE, BROOK LY N , NY, 11220. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of YANG LIN 714 LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/09/2022 .Of fice location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5113 8TH AVENUE 3, BROOKLYN, N Y, 11220.

Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of 68 RICHARDSON OWNER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 0 6 / 1 7/ 2 2 .

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/11/22. Princ. office of LLC: c/o FREO U.S. Management, LLC, 117 E. 29th St., #5C, NY, NY 10016. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cer t. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qualification of 100 CHURCH RETAIL II LESSEE LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 06/23/22.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 5/2 6/2 2 .

Princ. office of LLC: c/o SL Green Realty Corp., One Vanderbilt Ave. , 28th Fl. , N Y, NY 1 0 0 1 7.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration S er vic e Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 1220725 4 3 . DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808 . Cer t. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, PO Box 898, D o v e r, DE 19903.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MEINERGY LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/14/2022. 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 5 W 37 STREET, STE 800, NEW YORK, NY, 10018. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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Notice of Formation of PAINTED PANGOLIN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/23/22.

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 is hereby given that a license, number (1345309) for (Liquor License) has been applied

by AMBOY SUSHI CORP. DBA: Yosuki Sushi to sell ( Beer Wine Cider & Liquor) at retail in a (Restaurant) under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at (6410 Amboy Rd, #130, Staten Island, NY 10309) and County of Richmond) for onpremises consumption.

Notice of Formation of 1214 13TH STREET, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/ 2 4 / 2 0 2 2 .

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 392 MANHATTAN AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11211.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of T R O M PE TA WONG INVESTING P R O P E R T I E S LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/2 8 /2 0 2 2 .

Office location Richmond SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 12 ONEIDA AV E N U E , S TAT E N ISL AND, N Y, 10301 .

Any law ful purpose.

HT STRATEGY LLC. Filed: 5/11/22 . Office: NY Co. Org. in NEW JERSE Y: 08/28/2020.

SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to its foreign add: 136 Oakland Ave, 6a, Jersey City, NJ 07306. Arts. of Org. filed with Nj Department Of The Treasury, Division Of Revenue And Enterprise Services, Po Box 002, Trenton, NJ 0 8 625 0002. Purpose: General.

Public Notice SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF BRONX – Index No. 800351/2022E – Date Purchased: 1/7/2022 – SUMMONS WITH NOTICE – Plaintiff designates Bronx County as the place of trial – Basis of venue: Plaintiff’s residence, Plaintiff resides at: 225 E. 149 th Street, Apt. 23E, Bronx, NY 10458 – RUTH A. LUGO A/K/A RUTH A. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff, -against- MARIO TONY LUGO, Defendant. – ACTION FOR A DIVORCE – To the above-named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below. By: NERMINA Z. ARNAUD, of Counsel to WILLIAM WHALEN, Plaintiff’s Attorney, DC37 MELS, 55 Water Street, 23 rd Fl., New York, NY 10041, Tel. (212) 815-1140. NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage between the parties on the grounds: DRL §170(7) Irretrievable Breakdown in Relationship for at Least Six Months.

That the relationship between Plaintiff and Defendant has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months. The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action and granting plaintiff such other and further relief as the Court may deem fit and proper. NOTICE OF AUTOMATIC ORDERS: Pursuant to domestic relations law section 236 part b, sec. 2, the parties are bound by certain automatic orders which shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the action. For further details you should contact the clerk of the matrimonial part, Supreme Court, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY Tel. (718) 6181340. DRL 255 NOTICE: Please be advised that once the judgment of divorce is signed in this action, both parties must be aware that he or she will no longer be covered by the other party’s health insurance plan and that each party shall be responsible for his or her own health insurance coverage, and may be entitled to purchase health insurance on his or her own through a COBRA option, if available. If your divorce was commenced on or after January 25, 2016, this Notice is required to be given to you by the Supreme Court of the county where your divorce was filed to comply with the Maintenance Guidelines Law ([S. 5678/A. 7645], Chapter 269, Laws of 2015) because you may not have counsel in this action to advise you. You are hereby given notice that under the Maintenance Guidelines Law (Chapter 269, Laws of 2015), there is an obligation to award the guideline amount of maintenance on income up to $192,000 to be paid by the party with the higher income (the maintenance payor) to the party with the lower income (the maintenance payee) according to a formula, unless the parties agree otherwise or waive this right.

Notice of Formation of MARINELLO’S DELI, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/30/22.

Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 116 Wyckof f Ave . , B ro ok lyn , N Y 1 1 2 3 7.

Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Registration of THE MADISON PHYSICIANS, LLP, a domestic LLP. Notice of Reg. filed with the SSNY on 03/22/2022. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLP may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLP, 1860 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747. Principal Loc: 635 Madison Ave., 7th FL, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Purpose: To practice the profession of medicine.

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Public Notice NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNT Y OF KINGS MEB LOAN TRUS T, Plaintif f AGAINST LEAH DEMBITZER AKA LISET TE DEMBITZER, et al. , Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 19, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the at the Kings County Supreme Court, outside on courthouse steps on Adams Street, 3 6 0 Adams S tre e t , Brooklyn, New York 11201 on August 18, 2022 at 12:00PM, premises known as 1417 57 TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11219. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 5692, Lot 63.

Approximate amount of judgment $291,540.25 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 5 0 3 9 2 2 /2 0 1 5 .

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the KINGS County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social d i s t an c in g , we ar in g masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Jacob N. Gelfand, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 19-003457 71524 Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending, for beer and wine, has been applied for by Film at Lincoln Center, Inc. d/b/a Walter Reade Theater to sell beer and wine at retail in a tavern under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023 for on premises consumption.

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Notice of Qualification o f I N F O S PE C T R U M LLC filed with SSNY on 05/03/2022. Office: NEW YORK County. LLC formed in DE on 4/5/22 SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: C/O MASUDA, FUNAI, EIFERT & MI TCHEL L , LT D. 203 N. LASALLE STREET,, SUITE 2500 CHICAGO, IL, 60601, USA. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

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 59 feet on a 5 9 - f o o t b uil din g at the approx. vicinity of 1669 79th Street, Brooklyn, K i n g s C o u n t y, N Y 11214. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t t e 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 Qual. of BDS CONNECTED SOLUTIONS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 0 6 / 1 0/ 2 0 2 2 .

Office location: New York .

LLC formed in DE on 03/31/2016. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528 . Ar ts . of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

D o v e r, DE 19901.

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Notice of Formation of 313 EAST 162 LLC. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/11/2019. Office location. Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 5014 16TH AVENUE, SUITE 9, BROOKLYN, NY 11204. Any law ful p u r p o s e Notice of Formation of LC HOME REALTY LLC Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/05/22. Office location: NY SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 10 MONROE ST, APT 5H, NEW YORK, NY 10002 Any law ful purpose Notice of Formation of S U T TO N AV I AT I O N LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 0 5 / 2 7/ 2 0 2 2 .

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1964 E AST 2ND STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY, 11223.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 217A PIERCE ST. L .L .C.. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/11/2022. Office location Richmond SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 217A PIERCE ST., STATEN ISL AND, NY, 10304 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SAM CROPSEY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/20/2022.

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 6141 159TH STREE T, FLUSHING , NY, 11365. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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Notice of Qualification of ACI VI ZD DEVELOPER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 0 6/29/2 2 .

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 6/2 8/2 2 .

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: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of BE LNOR D 201 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/28/22.

O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: Congress Wealth Management, 1 5 5 S e ap o r t B l vd . , B os ton , M A 0 2 2 1 0 .

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY s hall m ail p ro c e s s to Michael Galvin at the princ. of fice of t h e L LC . P u r p o s e : Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qualification of 223 SUNSET HOLDINGS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 10/0 6/21.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 6/24/2 1 .

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 280 Park Ave., 41st Fl., NY, NY 10017. DE addr. of LLC: C orp oration S er vic e Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cer t. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, State of DE, Dept. of S tate, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of 602 MORGAN AVE .

L .L .C.. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 7/ 1 1 / 2 0 2 2 .

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 602 MORGAN AV E . , B R O O K LY N , N Y, 11222.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of C A R E A S E H E A LT H NY-MSO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 6/0 9/2 0 2 2 .

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8 BOURBON CT, L AKEWOOD, NJ, 0 8 7 0 1 . A ny l aw f u l p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of L&L BROTHERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/11/2022.

Office location Richmond 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 660 LIBERTY AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10305. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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 height of 64 feet on a 74-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 375 Seguine Avenue, Staten Island, Richmond C ount y, N Y 1 0 3 0 9 .

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t t e d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Laura Elston, l.elston@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 4 0 0, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

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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 a top height of 46 feet on a 4 2- f o o t b u i l d i n g rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 816 Belmont Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Hannah Dell, h.dell@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 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 at 68 feet on a 78foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 2640 Davidson Avenue, Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10468.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Laura Elston, l.elston@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 4 0 0, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Public Notice Lien sale by Recovery Solutions & Title LLC. on 7/25/2022 at Val-U Auto 113 Southside Drive Oswego NY 13827 at 1:00 P.M. 2015 Vo l v o VIN:4V5NC9 UG3FN913663.

RE: FL Transportation Inc Notice of Formation of ATKINSPER LLC filed with SSNY on 06/15/2022.

Office: KINGS County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 118 Knickerbocker Av e , B r o o k l y n N Y 11237. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of LARGO 76N8 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/15/2019.

Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 67 WEST STREET, SUITE 423, BROOKLYN, N Y, 11222.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALEX ADVOCA AT PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/11/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 205 MIDDLETON ST., APT. 7M, BROOKLYN, NY, 11206.

Any law ful purpose.

Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 63.2’, 74’, & 80.2’) on the building at 760 Riverside Dr, New York, NY(20220742).Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Notice of Formation of BASIC DRONE ENTERPRISES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/07/2022.

Office location: Madison SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 3350 EAST R OAD, CA ZENOV IA , N Y, 13035.

Any lawful purpose.

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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 a top height of 166 feet on a 188-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 225 5 th Avenue, New York, New York County, NY 10010. 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, 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 JT ST MARKS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/06/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1465 NEW YORK AVENUE, APT. 1, BROOK LYN, N Y, 11210.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SOLELOT LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/05/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2602 AV E N U E U # 1 0 3 1 , BROOKLYN, NY, 11229.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AMERICAN FIRST REVERSE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 7/0 8 / 2 0 2 2 .

Office location Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1470 86TH STREE T, BROOKLYN, N Y, 11228.

Any lawful purpose.

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1348434 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a OP 252 Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol L aw at 10 COLUMBUS CR NEW YORK, NY 10019 for on premises consumption.

Pomodoro on the Park LLC Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1348444 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a TW 344 Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control L aw at 35 CEDAR ST NEW YORK, NY 10005 for on premises consumption.

Cedar Street Pi LLC Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1348437 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a OP 252 Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 506 LAGUARDIA PL NEW YORK, NY 10012 for on premises consumption.

ASR Public Notice Crown Castle is proposing to register an existing 92ft monopole tower at the following site: 20705 Linden Blvd, Cambria Heights, Queens, NY 11411, coordinates N40° 41’ 48.45”/W73° 44’ 41.79”. The tower is not expected to be lighted. Any interested party that believes the proposed action may have a significant impact on the environment may file a Request for Environmental Review (Request) to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Such Request may only raise environmental concerns.

Information regarding the project may be found under file number A1218634 on the FCC website www.fcc.gov/ asr/applications. The Request must be filed with the FCC within 30 days of the notice being posted on the FCC website. The FCC strongly encourages that all Requests be filed electronically at w w w.fc c .gov/asr/ environmentalrequest.

Requests may also be mailed to: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554, ATTN: Ramon Williams.

The Request must also be served upon Crown Castle by mailing a copy to 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317 ATTN: Legal Department.

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Damselle LLC Notice of Formation of 142 WATTS HOLDING, LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 2 / 1 0/ 2 0 2 2 .

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

SSNY mail process to 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528.

Any law ful purpose

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Notice of Formation of JS LAW OFFICE PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 0 7/0 6 / 2 0 2 2 . O f f i c e location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 200 E 36TH ST, ROOM 16A, NEW YOR K , N Y, 10016.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FERNANDA LITERARY SERVICES LLC. Arts.

O f Org . f ile d with SSNY on 07/07/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 1 9 5 PLY M O U T H S T R EE T, #323, BROOKLYN, NY, 11201.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1344995, for beer, liquor, cider, and wine, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, liquor, cider, and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1045 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11237 for on premises consumption.

IRENE AND JOELLE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/07/2022.

Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 15 Ocean Avenue, 2nd FL, Brooklyn, N Y 112 25 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

SC METROPOLITAN LLC dba SHAKING CRAB. MOZITO MOE ENTERPRISE LLC. Art. Of Org. Filed with SSNY on 6/23/2022. Office/ New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it mate be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 2196 Third Ave SUIT #2025 New York, NY 10 035 . Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Public Notice T- M o b i l e N o r t h e a s t LLC proposes facility upgrades atop an existing: a) 74’ building at 31 East 127th St in Manhattan, NY (40.8074° N and -73.9399° W) and b) 78’ building at 960 Manhattan Ave in Brooklyn, NY (40.7321° N and -73.9542° W).

T-MOBILE is publishing this notice in accordance with FCC regulations (47CFR § 1.1307) for Section 106 of the NHPA and NEPA. Parties with questions or comments regarding the proposed facility should contact CHERUNDOLO at 976 Tabor Rd, Ste 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 or via email at tcns@ cherundoloconsulting. c o m .

Love Ny Freak’n City Arts. of Org filed with the SSNY on 04/06/2022 Office: Bronx County.

United States Corporation agents, inc. Designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: United States Corporation agents, Inc.7014 13 avenue suite 202, Brooklyn, N Y 112 2 8 Purp o s e: Any law ful purpose.

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Who was up and who was down last week

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THE BEST OF THE REST TIFFANY CABÁN, SHAHANA HANIF & CARLINA RIVERA

It was a big week for these three New York City Council members, helping pass a package of bills to safeguard abortion access in the city. Bonus points for Carlina Rivera, who is also currently the lead contender in the 10th Congressional District race.

JORGE ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ

State Assistant Attorney General Jorge Alberto Rodriguez was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the federal bench. Rodriguez would be in the Albany-based Northern District of New York. Currently, Rodriguez works in the Litigation Bureau and focuses on everything from civil rights to taxation.

CARL PALADINO Another week, another opportunity for Carl Paladino to be a loser. The controversial congressional candidate made headlines for employing a sex offender convicted of owning child porn. His campaign denied the man’s involvement, calling a filing with his name “an oversight.”

But far from denying an association, Paladino spoke proudly of giving his longtime employee Joel Sartori a second chance after his conviction.

THE REST OF THE WORST JANET DIFIORE

The state’s top judge shocking resignation from the Court of Appeals preceded news that the state’s judicial watchdog is looking into allegations she advocated for the longtime president of the court officers union, Dennis Quirk, to be punished for allegedly threatening her.

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LOSERS BRYAN POLITE After years of planning and numerous delays, the Shinnecock Indian Nation on Long Island has finally broken ground on its marijuana dispensary. It’ll be the first Indigenous-owned dispensary in the region – and could get up and running before state-licensed dispensaries. The nation’s chair, Bryan Polite, said the tribal government just needs to finalize recreational pot regulations and they’ll be ready.

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg gets tough on crime – and his toughest critics are pissed. Should Jose Alba have had such a high bail set against him, after getting arrested for killing Austin Simon? Or should he have been let off, since it was apparently self-defense? Whatever happens, the city’s conservative-leaning press is following every single update in the case, turning Alba into a 2022 Bernie Goetz. And Bragg can’t catch a break. For some lighter news, read on.

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