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JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

IN THE LAST decade and a half, New York City has made strides toward more pedestrian-friendly streets. During the Bloomberg administration, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan added miles of bike lanes and transformed major intersections – most notably in Times Square – into European-style plazas. The changes drew criticism from some corners, but many of the efforts were embraced

by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who also launched Vision Zero, an effort to eliminate pedestrian traffic deaths. Then, when much of the city was shut down due to the COVID-19 risk this spring, the New York City Council spearheaded efforts to shut down streets to allow for even more foot traffic – and now there are calls to keep them that way beyond the pandemic.

However, the coronavirus crisis also threatens to upend New York City’s shift away from cars, with millions of metro-area commuters avoiding subways and commuter rails. Many commuters are still working from home, but there are worrying signs that an influx of car traffic is looming in the months ahead, which could upset a delicate balance of transportation options and, as one expert put it, “crash the entire system.”

In this week’s magazine, City & State’s Annie McDonough explains why New Yorkers may soon be facing a “carmageddon” – and why congestion pricing still isn’t part of the solution.

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Opposition on the Upper West Side

COMMUTING … 10 Relying on cars would be a disaster for NYC CONGESTION PRICING … 16

Will the White House let it happen?

POLITICAL CONSULTANTS … 19

NY’s most influential advisers

PRIMARY CAMPAIGNS … 36

The campaign managers behind 2020’s biggest upsets

WINNERS & LOSERS … 50

Who was up and who was down last week

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NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL REOPENING FACES RESISTANCE New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that based on a survey sent to public school parents, about 75% want to send their kids back to school in September.

The other 25% explicitly backed remote learning only. Some parents and teachers disputed the meaning behind those numbers. De Blasio also announced that every

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school will have a certified nurse on-site. However, the reopening plan still faces opposition by unions representing both teachers and administrators, who are asking to delay the start of in-person school – which is currently Sept.

10 – until at least the end of September. Union leaders say school staff don’t have enough time to prepare under the current timeline and still lack guidance on the details of reopening. The New York State Nurses Association joined the call, saying that

schools statewide should postpone any return to classrooms. But their concerns are not stopping de Blasio, who said he is still moving ahead with reopening on Sept. 10, while schools Chancellor Richard Carranza continues to say the city isn’t moving too quickly.

“I like him because he makes me feel like he’s listening to me.”

– rapper Cardi B on Gov. Andrew Cuomo, via Elle

COURTS WEIGH IN ON EVICTIONS

DE BLASIO DIALS UP THREATS OF LAYOFFS

Gov. Andrew Cuomo didn’t explicitly extend the moratorium on evictions earlier this

LIGHTS OUT The last thing anyone wants while stuck at home in the middle of a pandemic summer is for the power to go out. But was the reality for thousands after Tropical Storm Isaias tore through the region. Power outages happen, but more than a week without air conditioning or refrigeration provoked justified outrage, as the Daily News noted – and widespread calls for the state to make power utilities public.

month, but he did give the courts the authority to continue the pause.

That left in limbo about 14,000 New Yorkers who had eviction warrants against them before the start of the pandemic and therefore were not covered by a state law that protects tenants from eviction if they faced financial hardship during the pandemic. The state’s chief administrative judge issued a memo providing new guidance, protecting those who were facing eviction before the pandemic until at least Oct. 1. The memo states that no one can be kicked out of their homes until then, although the approximately 200,000 pending eviction cases from before March 17 will be allowed to proceed in the meantime.

“Sometimes three inches makes all the difference.”

– Gov. Andrew Cuomo, telling lazy New Yorkers to pull their masks up three inches over their face, via Twitter

After weeks of floating the possibility due to New York’s City’s dire financial straits, de Blasio has doubled down on the prospect of laying off 22,000 public employees on Oct. 1 unless the city gets some form of new aid to close its budget shortfall. He was hoping for money as part of a federal aid package, but that seems increasingly unlikely now that talks in Congress have stalled, and lawmakers have gone on

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recess until September. De Blasio has also pleaded with the state Legislature to allow the city to borrow money and take on short-term debt, but state lawmakers have remained reticent. Prior to the mayor’s announcement about the layoffs, he had already reached out to a number of city agencies to let them know how much their budgets would be slashed through layoffs and to determine who would be fired to hit that number.

ZUCKER IN THE HOT SEAT

The state Legislature held a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on hospitals as part of a series of hearings on the pandemic’s effects throughout the state.

Like recent hearings on coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker once again found

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himself on the receiving end of lawmakers’ questions. He was asked about numerous reports that, during the height of the crisis, hospitals ran low on personal protective equipment, nurses had to wear garbage bags when they ran out of gowns and doctors had to wear the same N95 and/ or surgical mask for days.

The New York State Nurses Association sued the state Health Department in April over insufficient personal protective equipment. But Zucker refuted all those reports, saying hospitals had an adequate supply of protective equipment the entire time. He said that in every conversation the state had with hospital staff, none ever complained about a shortage. When asked about what’s being done to prepare hospitals for a second wave of the virus, Zucker said hospitals must have a 90-day stockpile of equipment by Sept. 30.

MONDAY 8/17 The Democratic National Convention kicks off.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is speaking on Aug. 17, and Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez and U.S. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will speak the next day.

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Can NY avoid repeating its primary debacle?

After six weeks of hashing out the June primary results in New York City, it’s time now to begin preparing for the general election in November as the coronavirus pandemic remains far from over. And if the primaries were tough for the state and local boards of elections to handle, a contentious presidential election promises to be even more difficult.

The state Legislature held a joint hearing on Aug. 11 to assess what went wrong in the primary – which was plagued with delays and saw nearly 100,000 absentee ballots invalidated in New York City alone – and how to prevent more mishaps in November. The big takeaway: It won’t be cheap.

Officials from the state Board of Elections testified that they need at least $50 million to process an estimated 5 million absentee ballots, about four times the total number of ballots cast in the primary. During a normal election year, it usually costs about $25 million to process a general election. And as of now, a state Board of Elections official

TUESDAY 8/18 The biggest names in state education policy including interim state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa are talking about virtual learning in the time of COVID-19 in an online event hosted

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said that extra funding for additional manpower and resources is not in place.

Either way, the results will take extra time to certify, perhaps even as long as it took for the primary.

New York City Board of Elections Executive Director Michael Ryan also testified about the long delays and his agency being accused of voter disenfranchisement. He admitted that he had some staffing issues he needed to address, but largely placed the blame on the U.S. Postal Service, asserting it was the reason that people received ballots late.

Certainly, the post office holds the sole responsibility for failing to postmark ballots, an issue that led to a lawsuit to count some ballots that were not postmarked.

The state Legislature already passed some bills to address some of the pandemic-related issues that had been expected for the primary, including expanding the definition of “temporary illness” so anyone can apply for an absentee ballot, allowing boards of elections to mail out ballots immediately after receiving an application and permitting ballots that were not postmarked and received the day after Election Day to be counted. But as of yet, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not acted on any of the bills.

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MONDAY 8/24 Republicans get their own nominating party a week after the Dems.

While their speaker lineup has not been announced, it’s fair to assume we’ll hear plenty in an old-fashioned Queens accent.

INSIDE DOPE

A new round of federal stimulus funding seems unlikely before September, so state lawmakers will likely not reconvene until they have a better idea of how much help New York might get.

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I’m not an activist turned candidate. I’m a candidate that is an activist.

A Q&A with New York City Council candidate

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What led you to launch your campaign for City Council?

Two months ago, I went to my first protests ever – in my life. I was really moved by the murder of George Floyd and because I was in quarantine and it was hard for me to shut that out or turn off my phone or TV. It was everywhere.

I was angry and upset and felt moved to go out to protest on May 29, at the nonviolent protest at Barclays Center. The response from the police there was atrocious and seeing how they treated nonviolent protesters and Black people angered me even more. While I was there I even got

pepper sprayed. I saw women and children hit with barricades. I saw the violent intent in their eyes as they held their batons. It didn’t surprise me that I was seeing this behavior in person because I think like most Black Americans, I have been raised to know about the evil that is our militarized police force.

What surprised me was that it was happening to me and I was experiencing it firsthand and wasn’t watching it on the screen.

As someone that was protesting every single day, I obviously realized that the protests weren’t happening as frequently

as they were initially and that there weren’t as many people. I had this internal moment of thinking, “How can I translate this energy into legislative change?”

and what people are actually fighting for.

Activism and public advocacy go hand in hand. Warriors in the Garden was a great outlet for me to organize on the streets, to find my voice and to listen to what people have to say.

You’re one of the co-founders of Warriors in the Garden, which has garnered a huge following. What made you want to pursue a political career over advocacy work?

I’m not an activist turned candidate. I’m a candidate that is an activist. I think far too often our elected officials shy away from calling out inequities

Police reform is a big part of your platform.

Can you tell me about the kinds of changes you’d like to see the NYPD make?

I’m running on a three-prong platform that is reimagination, reinvestment and renewal.

The reimagination aspect is not only about reimagining and rethinking and redistributing the

NYPD budget but it’s also thinking about the current police officers that we have. You know, 40 to 45% of police officers in the NYPD don’t even live in New York City. They come from New Jersey, they come from Long Island, and 65% of that population is white. So they come into our cities, they beat us, they choke us, they kill us.

They frisk us and then they are able to go back home.

You know, they come into our communities and then they other us. When I say we need to reimagine what policing is in New York City, I’m saying that we need to think about where police officers are coming from.

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FEAR ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE Now isn’t the time for rich neighborhoods to reject the homeless.

by Pablo Zevallos

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VER THE PAST few months, the New York City Department of Homeless Services has been moving homeless individuals from their typical shelter placements to temporary emergency shelter placements, many of them in hotels, to facilitate social distancing. It is a logical response to the pandemic: Reduce density in shelters to reduce the spread of COVID-19, while making use of hotels emptied out by the dramatic drop-off in tourism, providing them with some much-needed revenue and preserving jobs. But these emergency shelters have faced stiff opposition from some in the neighborhood.

Four of the 63 hotels used so far have been on the Upper West Side: the Lucerne, the Belleclaire, the Belnord, and Park West Hotel. The Lucerne, the Belleclaire, and the Belnord – which have faced the brunt of the opposition – are sheltering men without families. The Park West Hotel is doing the same for women without families.

The use of these hotels as temporary emergency shelters has roiled the neighborhood. A petition calling for the removal of the three temporary men’s shelters, driven by a group calling themselves Upper West Siders for Safe Streets, has more than 5,700 signatures. The movement has gotten a boost from very sympathetic coverage in the New York Post. Some residents ground their opposition on the presence of people with substance use disorders, or that 14 of the nearly 700 clients at the Lucerne, the Belleclaire, and the Belnord are registered as sex offenders. There have been a handful of recent reports of assaults in the neighborhood and of other disturbing incidents, such as a drug overdose in a Duane Reade, though it is unclear which of these, if any, may be directly tied to the presence of the new shelters.

A Twitter account named No NIMBY NYC has documented some of the vile language used against the new neighbors in these hotels, including calling the homeless men “creatures” and encouraging “armed warfare” in the event of their continued presence. Residents eager for the removal of these shelters have called for aggressive tactics ranging from removing park benches in the Broadway “green streets” islands to having Curtis Sliwa and the vigilante Guardian Angels, who have previously fabricated crimes for publicity, patrol the neighborhood.

Now, our new neighbors feel most unwelcome as a result.

The Upper West Side has been an important part of my life since I was 12 years old. I went to middle school and high school in the neighborhood, quite close to the Lucerne and the Belleclaire, and I have lived in the area now for the past few years. Acceding to these loud demands – which, I firmly believe, do not represent the views of the majority of residents – would lead to harmful public policy and would be a sharp departure from the proudly progressive tradition of the Upper West Side. (Indeed, some of the opponents of shelters in the neighborhood even told news outlets they recently attended Black Lives Matter protests.) If opponents to these shelters are willing to turn down the temperature on their rhetoric, there is an opportunity to build community and refocus our efforts on the common challenge facing us all: the deep shortage of affordable housing in New York City.

These shelters are part of DHS’s efforts to facilitate social distancing. While flouting social distancing may seem acceptable to some New Yorkers gathering outside bars in Manhattan or the Hamptons, it is a life-or-death matter for the homeless: unhoused New Yorkers had a 61% higher mortality rate for COVID-19 than the over-

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Many of the vocal opponents to housing the homeless on the Upper West Side said they participated in Black Lives Matter protests, oblivious to the irony.

all average for the city. With 89% of homeless households being headed by Black or Latino New Yorkers, combating homelessness is also a racial justice issue.

Meanwhile, as COVID-19 spread and travel decreased, hotel occupancy has declined between 64% and 93% since March.

This level of vacancy risked leading to eventual closures and the loss of unionized blue-collar jobs at a time of double-digit unemployment. Placing temporary emergency shelters in largely vacant hotels, then, is a sound idea with many benefits.

Beyond the presence of hotels on the Upper West Side, there are good reasons for there to be more homeless shelters in the neighborhood. Hotels like the Lucerne and the Belleclaire were once full of single-room occupancies, or SROs, dorm-like residences which housed poor, single men like those now staying in these emergency shelters.

While it would be a mistake to romanticize SROs, particularly those in tenement-like

conditions or that lacked supportive services for residents in need of them, repeated SRO conversions to luxury uses across the city have exacerbated New York City’s housing crisis and dramatically reduced the economic diversity of the Upper West Side.

The presence of a small number of sex offenders very understandably complicates this conversation. However, even here, the evidence should shape the reality. For one, residents are receiving a suite of supportive services from providers such as Project Renewal (the Lucerne), HELP USA (the Belleclaire), and Center for Urban Community Services (the Belnord). In addition, research tells us that individuals convicted of sex offenses are the least likely to recidivate among those who commit the most serious kinds of offenses; that only 3% are likely to recidivate specifically toward another sexual offense; that stable housing is essential to avoiding recidivism and substance use disorders; and that residency is not the prevailing factor

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in sex offense cases. To be sure, one sex offense at any time in any community is one too many, and the state appropriately limits where those who have committed the most severe sex offenses may live. However, even as no combination of statistics can put families at ease, the objective likelihood is that the downward trend of sex crimes on the Upper West Side will remain unaffected.

Instead of letting fear drive opposition, those who oppose these shelters and those of us who support them should focus on a common enemy: our short housing supply.

The pre-COVID unavailability of housing has broad ripple effects, from the high rents or purchasing prices for most homes on the Upper West Side to the homelessness too many experience in our city. The affordable housing shortage drives our homelessness crisis. Research shows that the primary cause of homelessness is the lack of affordable housing, which may be precipitated by evictions, overcrowding within apartments, domestic violence, job loss, and unsafe housing conditions. Tackling these issues will require strengthening the city government’s eviction prevention and domestic violence support programs as well as building much more new deeply affordable housing and providing more rent vouchers to low-income New Yorkers. Those of us who live in transit-rich, high-opportunity neighborhoods like the Upper West Side could help by supporting affordable housing development in our neighborhoods, given the paucity built here during Mayor Bill de Blasio’s term. More permanent affordable or supportive housing means more stability for low-income residents and less blindsiding of communities – a solution where everyone wins.

It is perhaps easy to fall prey to divisive sentiment in a time of social isolation, mass unemployment, business closures, increased shootings, and tales of New Yorkers fleeing the city for good. But our neighborhood must recognize that poverty, more than being an aesthetic inconvenience when visible, requires a collective effort to address.

The Upper West Side has built affordable Mitchell-Lama apartments, fought to realize the city’s promise to build thousands of affordable units in the West Side Urban Renewal Area, helped buy SRO apartments to aid tenants in staying in needed supportive housing, and more. Few of these victories have been complete or unopposed. But they set an example for those of us who live here today – one followed by people like Sara Lind, Amanda Fialk, and other Upper West Side moms, who organized a petition and a positive, well-attended welcoming event for our new neighbors. The rest of the neighborhood should join their cause.

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Pablo Zevallos is an Upper West Side Democratic activist.

IS NIGH If commuters all take to their cars – or even just stay home – it’ll be the end of NYC as we know it.

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OR THE 42% of the American workforce now working remotely, a question hangs over their heads: When are we going back to the office? But for New Yorkers working from home through the pandemic, the question is not just when, but how we get back to work. Before the pandemic, public transit ridership accounted for roughly 80% of commutes into the core of Manhattan. That share has plummeted, with subway ridership down roughly 78% from its pre-pandemic levels. Vehi-

cle traffic on bridges and tunnels is down only 18%, while traffic in Manhattan below 60th Street is down just 15%. The Long Island Rail Road is carrying just about 23% of the riders it was this time last year, while Metro-North is at about 16% of its normal ridership. These signs, transit experts and advocates say, point to an impending “carmageddon” – a scenario in which New Yorkers opt for cars over mass transit, exacerbating already bad congestion, possibly leading to more traffic deaths and jeopardizing air quality.

Even if some portion of workers don’t return to offices at all until there is a vaccine, experts say that just a modest change in the number of cars circulating around Manhattan makes a difference. “A small increase in the number of vehicles in a finite system can actually kind of crash the entire system,” said Tom Wright, president and CEO of the Regional Plan Association, a New York City metro area planning think tank. Wright used an increase of 10,000 vehicles as an example – an increase New York may not see this year or

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even early next year, but which could be a long-term change in the coming years. “In the entire quarter of a million people driving around New York to get to work on a daily basis, 10,000 more might not sound like a big deal. It’s not even a 10% increase,” Wright said. “It’s actually the difference between the system functioning and completely crashing.”

Of course, it’s worth questioning why people would go back to an office but not take public transit. Plenty of working-class New Yorkers – mostly people of color – who cannot work remotely, have been going to their jobs throughout the pandemic. Many of them ride the subways and buses because they have no other choice.

For them, and New York as a whole, the mass transit system has to keep working, and a long-lasting loss of ridership could destroy it.

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EFORE URBAN PLANNERS and transit experts can worry about straphangers turning into road warriors, they first have to ask whether workers will come back to the office at all. “This idea that, ‘Oh, Phase 4, ev-

HOW SAFE IS YOUR COMMUTE? WHILE RIDING public transit may risk some exposure to the coronavirus, research suggests that mass transit has not been linked to so-called superspreader events, and that the danger may be less than the public imagines. Of course, the safety of public transportation depends in part on whether your fellow riders adhere to precautions like social distancing and wearing masks.

Here’s the latest on the safety of different modes of transit around the city, what precautions are in place and how they’re being enforced.

SUBWAY With ridership still down almost 80% of pre-pandemic levels, it’s clear that fear of coronavirus

eryone’s going to come back to their office after Labor Day’ – I think it’s kind of a fantasy,” said Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Gelinas guessed it could be a year before we see even half of those currently working from home return to the office. “Realistically, we’re looking into next summer,” she said. “Then you start to think about the winter weather and everything else.”

If people aren’t eager to return to mass transit as long as COVID-19 is on the loose – and current data suggests they’re not – then the same fears that keep them away from subways and buses should logically apply to the office as well. That’s especially true in New York City, where office buildings are vertical, leading to crowded elevators and lobbies, and featuring windows that don’t open. “There is still no way to get these office workers (safely) back into these office buildings,” Gelinas said. “The elevator problems in themselves – that’s a congestion problem.”

In fact, the office is probably a more likely site of viral transmission than the subway – as car commuters in sprawling states with current coronavirus outbreaks, such

transmission on the New York City subway is still high. But, in part because it’s so much less crowded than usual, the subway may be safer than many realize. While the extent to which the city’s packed subway cars contributed to the outbreak of the coronavirus in New York is intensely debated, recent studies from Tokyo, Paris and Austria haven’t linked any coronavirus infection clusters to mass transit systems. In New York, fresh air replaces the filtered air on subway cars at least 18 times an hour – several times the recommended amount of air-exchange for restaurants or offices. Universal masking and the tendency of transit riders to keep to themselves also help. During the height of New York’s outbreak, however, before mask-wearing became the norm, many MTA subway workers contracted COVID-19 and died from it. Public health experts say that when it comes to an airborne virus, ventilation is more important than the expensive disinfecting efforts being made on the city’s subways – which have been characterized as “hygiene theater.” Still, some

as Texas and Florida, can attest. In New York City’s subways, filtered air circulating around a car is replaced with fresh air at least 18 times an hour, The New York Times reported. In an office, the recommended rate of replacement is only six to eight times an hour. Add to that the fact that we sit in an office for eight hours a day, and on the subway for maybe an hour.

If the advantage of bringing people back to the office is so they can talk to one another – something most try to avoid on the subway – that raises the risk, since talking can generate the respiratory droplets that spread the coronavirus. Vigilant mask-wearing at the office all day might be less practicable, or anyway less widely practiced, than on the subway too. “I definitely think that there’s the chance that a significant fraction of the workforce will not return until we have a vaccine in place,” said Nick Sifuentes, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. “And that makes sense to me.

It is more risky to be in an elevator (than on the subway).”

Emerging reports suggest public transit does not actually pose a great risk of trans-

warn that recent findings about the risk of transmission on mass transit should be absorbed with caution, as ridership is still well below normal and the risk could increase with more riders.

BUSES Bus ridership hasn’t fallen quite as much as subway ridership through the pandemic. Some bus converts have said that’s because it’s easier to see how crowded a bus is. Experts have also suggested that keeping the windows down on a bus could lower the risk of transmission.

Riders of any public transit in New York – buses and subways included – are also required to wear face coverings, and the MTA has been given 4 million masks to hand out to riders. But it’s on riders to actually comply with those rules. While some surveys put mask compliance at over 90% on subways, others have observed riders wearing masks incorrectly or not wearing them at all. The transit workers union, TWU Local 100, has called for cops to enforce mask-wearing on

subways, saying those who don’t put drivers and other passengers at risk.

During the height of the pandemic, before the mask requirement, bus drivers were among the hardest-hit occupations. Those who refuse to wear a mask could find themselves kicked off a bus or subway, but reporting noncompliance has sometimes fallen to passengers tweeting at the MTA and hoping someone will follow up.

CABS AND RIDE-HAILING While taxi and for-hire vehicle ridership is still down, some may reason that catching a cab or an Uber to get to work is relatively safe. As a car passenger, you would only be in contact with the driver, although you’ll be

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fices and flexible schedules that could have employees coming in two or three days a week, for example. Even if people do return to the office via mass transit but do so three times a week, that would be a 40% drop – Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the in ridership. A survey conductManhattan Institute ed by the Partnership for New York City, a business alliance, found that about 10% of workmission. In Paris and Tokyo, for example, ers planned to return to Manhattan offices no COVID-19 clusters have been linked to by the end of the summer and 40% by the public transit, studies show. “Even though end of the year.

The risk then becomes that those who do the data indicates that it’s very safe to ride mass transit – that as long as people are return to the office don’t take public transit wearing masks and practicing safe behav- but commute by car – even if they’re being ior and washing their hands and stuff – it’s irrational in doing so. That would stand in understandable that people will say, ‘Well, the way of the Metropolitan Transportation as long as I’m in my car, I’m totally fine,’” Authority recovering much-needed farebox Wright said. “So there’s a kind of emotional revenue and pose the risk of carmageddon – and all of the gridlock, safety and environside of it, that’s understandable.”

Nonetheless, it’s probably safe to as- mental concerns that go along with it.

The other risk is that until a vaccine sume some portion of the workforce currently working from home will gradually arrives, an insufficient number of workstart to return to the office. Already, some ers will return to the office, dashing the are throwing around ideas including stag- MTA’s hopes of recuperating some of its gered arrival times, a return to private of- daily ridership in a meaningful way. Iron-

sitting less than 6 feet apart.

Rolling down a window in a car reduces the risk of transmission, said Stephen Morse, professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Face coverings are now required for all passengers and drivers of taxis, app-based ride-hailing vehicles and livery car services – both by the city Taxi & Limousine Commission and private

companies such as Uber and Lyft. But there have been some hiccups in enforcement. One Lyft driver in New York had his TLC license revoked and was kicked off the Lyft app when he was arrested after refusing a ride to a passenger not wearing a mask – seemingly the opposite of what the city should be doing to protect passengers and drivers. (His license and Lyft account were later reinstated.)

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ically, Gelinas said that in some sense she would welcome the sign of gridlocked streets at rush hour. “I think the fact that we don’t see a real gridlock, carmageddon problem is the real problem,” she said.

“Of course, the transit people would say, ‘No, of course, you don’t want traffic armageddon.’ And, of course, you don’t. But at least it would be a sign that the demand is there.” Then, Gelinas said, the question becomes how to manage the demand.

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ARMAGEDDON COULD manifest in a few ways and on a few different timelines. But already, anecdotal reports have emerged of New Yorkers buying their first cars, or at least being tempted by private vehicles because they fear mass transit. “Globally, we’ve seen it in other cities that are ahead of us on the recovery – people return and they decide to jump in their cars first,” Wright said.

Harboring any hope that more people riding cars and creating more gridlock could be offset by some workers not returning to the office is futile, Sifuentes said. “About five weeks ago, (the New York

Overall, though, compliance in for-hire vehicles appears to be fairly good, said Brendan Sexton, executive director of the Independent Drivers Guild, which represents for-hire vehicle drivers in New York. “I think for the most part, the drivers have been protected from not picking up (passengers) without masks,” Sexton told City & State. “From talking to drivers, it seems like it doesn’t happen very often where a passenger is not wearing a mask.”

A spokesperson for the TLC said that drivers can refuse a ride to a passenger who is not wearing a face covering, while passengers can call 311 to report a driver who is not wearing a face covering. A spokesperson for Lyft added that both riders and drivers can cancel rides with no penalty if the other is not following the company’s health safety guidelines.

Passengers are also required to sit in the back seat of a vehicle, and pooled rides are prohibited, the TLC spokesperson said. Taxis are also usually equipped with plastic partitions between the front and back seat, and some app-based ride-hailing drivers

have been installing makeshift ones as well. Any TLC vehicle can have a temporary plastic partition installed, but the cost of doing so may fall on the driver.

Of course, as with driving oneself, riding in a car is much more likely to result in a fatal accident than taking the subway.

FERRIES While the NYC Ferry isn’t exactly the most popular form of transportation – it’s inaccessible to much of the city and ridership is largely white and upper-middle class – its outdoor space on the upper deck is a bonus for those who can use it to commute. “We generally believe outdoors is safer than indoors, so that offers great opportunities to reduce your risk of infection while enjoying the magnificent view,” Morse said of ferries. Riders on the NYC Ferry are required to wear face coverings and maintain social distancing. The Staten Island Ferry has sought to encourage social distancing by marking off every other seat with an “X” in masking tape – a move that elicited some eyerolls on Twitter.

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City Department of Transportation) was already saying that traffic volumes on the bridges into Manhattan were back to 90% of pre-pandemic levels. We weren’t even at Phase 2 of reopening at that point,” he said.

“If that says anything, it’s that traffic is absolutely going to be worse. And any mitigating effect from people not working is going to be minimal in the face of the number of people who aren’t going to be on transit.”

But that also doesn’t mean traffic will surge to unmanageable heights. A recent report by the Regional Plan Association considers two scenarios for the return to work post-vaccine – which could be years away – and the effects each would have on the city’s transportation system. The authors called the first one a “stalled recovery,” in which job losses offset any gains from people returning to work, and 75% of workers who are able to telecommute choose to continue working from home.

The second is a “steady recovery,” in which half of the jobs deemed “temporary job losses” are restored, and 50% of workers who are able to telecommute choose to continue doing so. In both scenarios, commuting to jobs in Manhattan is less than pre-pandemic levels. Under the “stalled recovery,” about 50% of commuting activity returns and vehicle travel reaches almost pre-coronavirus levels; in a “steady recovery,” about two-thirds of commuting activity returns and vehicle travel slightly exceeds pre-coronavirus levels.

“All over the world, as cities and countries have begun to reopen following COVID-related restrictions, there has been a consistent pattern where motorized travel has rebounded faster than public transit,” a New York City Department of Transportation spokesperson wrote over email. “There may be a combination of factors, including which industries recover faster and other policy choices, but it is likely that people have concerns with the levels of crowding often experienced on public transit.”

Eric Goldwyn, a research scholar at the New York University Marron Institute, pushed back on the idea that people would tolerate congestion that is worse than it was before the pandemic. “I’m sure traffic could get worse than it was pre-corona.

But I just think if we’re talking about cars going 3 to 4 miles per hour, I don’t buy that in the central business district,” Goldwyn said. “I think people will stay home or people will bike, opt for transit.” At a certain point, he said, once gridlock is so intense that vehicle speeds slow down to walking speeds, people start to make new choices about how to travel.

The threat of carmageddon, however, is not just that congestion and air quality get worse, or that traffic accidents increase –

“WE’RE HURTLING TOWARDS THIS CLIFF. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS. WE DON’T KNOW HOW DEEP IT IS. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE JUST KNOW THAT WE NEED A BRIDGE, OR ELSE WE’RE IN TROUBLE.”

– Ben Fried, TransitCenter communications director

putting pedestrians, cyclists and drivers at risk. It’s also the shift away from transit ridership. The MTA is facing a more than $16 billion budget deficit through 2024.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, along with agency officials, has been pleading for federal assistance, threatening serious cuts to service, jobs and shelving much-needed improvement projects. “For the MTA, the worst-case scenario is a death spiral,” Sifuentes said. “It is the death spiral of transit not having enough money coming in at the farebox to be able to provide operations. And then service gets cut and fares go up. And then more people say, ‘Well, service is unreliable, I’m not going to take transit.’ Or, they say, ‘Well, that got more expensive, it’s just as cheap now to hop in an Uber.’”

One consequence that risks going ignored in discussions about what happens if riders don’t return to transit is the effect service cuts would have on those who are already back on the rails. Brian Taylor, a professor of urban planning and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles who is studying the effects of the pandemic on transportation, said that while New York City stands apart from other U.S. cities in the fact that people of

all income strata take transit in normal times, right now, the people already getting back on subways and buses are more likely to be lower-income, people of color and immigrants. “The evidence that we’re looking at suggests that the people who are kind of coming back to transit now are on average sort of lower-income and have less auto access than the average transit rider back in January, February,” he said.

“They’re more likely essential workers, they’re more likely low-income. So you can think of it as that social service mission of public transit – providing mobility for those without – being the central role that the systems are playing right now.” Cuts to service would presumably end up hurting those riders most.

A spokesperson for the MTA did not elaborate on what those specific cuts to service might include. “We have made it very clear that we have already expended the $4 billion we received earlier this year from the CARES Act and that without another $12 billion in federal assistance to help us get through 2021, all options remain on the table,” Aaron Donovan, an MTA spokesperson, wrote over email.

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cy’s budget would make the transit system unrecognizable. Ben Fried, communications director at the pro-transit think tank TransitCenter, floated the possibility of whole subway lines going out of service, but he didn’t know specifically what those measures would be. “We’re hurtling towards this cliff. We don’t know what it is. We don’t know how deep it is. We don’t know what’s on the other side,” Fried said.

“We just know that we need a bridge, or else we’re in trouble.”

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HERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY for the federal government to pull the emergency brake and keep the MTA from falling off that cliff, but Republicans in Washington appear to be asleep at the switch. (In fairness, the federal CARES Act passed in the spring did include almost $4 billion for the MTA, but that only makes a dent in what the agency says it needs and is much smaller than many of the corporate bailouts included in that package.)

One of the ways the federal government is currently failing New York’s transit system is by preventing the implementation of congestion pricing, which could bring in $1 billion in revenue for the MTA annually.

The feds are refusing to provide guidance about the type of environmental review that needs to be conducted before the plan can go forward.

Of the options not being held up by the federal government, there are smaller actions on the table, such as offsetting the traffic safety risk of increased driving by increasing traffic law enforcement. “What the state can do is a more aggressive network of speed and red light cameras that would both save lives and bring in some revenue they could dedicate to the MTA,” Gelinas said. Wright and the Regional Plan Association recommended instituting high-occupancy vehicle policies that restrict lanes of traffic to carpool or shared rides, although the organization acknowledged that HOV policies would be easier to implement after a vaccine, unless rides were shared by people who were already quarantining together.

And then there’s the suite of streetscape reforms that alternative transportation advocates have been backing for years.

Though the “complete streets” movement has made strides in recent years – including a City Council package passed in 2019 that requires at least 150 miles of protected bus lanes and 250 miles of protected bike

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lanes over the next five years – they say more can be done. Citi Bike’s long-awaited expansion to the Bronx and Upper Manhattan also began this spring.

In June, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to create 20 miles of new busways and dedicated bus lanes, and said that Manhattan’s 14th Street Busway – a pilot project completed last year – would be made permanent. In addition, bus lanes on 149th Street in the Bronx and a short bus lane in Flushing have been recently completed, a city Department of Transportation spokesperson said.

Since the pandemic began, the city has also pledged to temporarily create 100 miles of car-free space for pedestrians, cyclists and outdoor dining, but critics have called it a patchwork approach and are calling for more comprehensive changes. A proposal from the Regional Plan Association, for example, would create a 425-mile continuous network of protected bike lanes across the five boroughs.

New York’s appetite for biking has grown over the past few months, with many opting for bicycles, scooters and other similar transportation options. (One of these options, the moped rental company Revel, shut down its service this summer following the deaths of two of its riders.)

Sometimes, however, discussions about biking and other mobility options leave out those who live too far from the office to commute by bicycle. “Each mode of transportation is better served for certain conditions and certain distances,” Wright said. “I don’t expect people to start biking 10 miles each direction to their job or something.”

But Wright also raised the possibility that the city continues to move beyond the Manhattan core as the city’s only hub of commerce. “Brooklyn and Queens are the fastest growing – pre-COVID at least – the fastest-growing employment centers in the city. The Bronx has seen robust growth.

So it’s not just all about trying to get people from outlying boroughs to Manhattan, but also improving mobility within them,” Wright said. “We know that the bike lanes and the bike network and bike-share systems are a really important, and frankly, cost-effective way of doing it.”

Already, some are looking toward the city’s 2021 elections for a massive change in how New York City designs its streets and how commuters navigate them. “If there’s a chance for a mayor – a new mayor or even a current mayor – to really make a mark and have a legacy, it is in reimagining what the streetscape looks like,” Sifuentes said. “If there’s anything COVID has shown us, it is that there’s a better way for our streets to look and to function and to feel. It’s like the one thing that people have enjoyed.”

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TAKING A TOLL New York needs congestion pricing more than ever.

Will the Trump administration let it happen?

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HE METROPOLITAN Transportation Authority could really do with an extra $1 billion right about now.

The MTA expects to face a $16 billion shortfall through 2024. That’s on top of long-neglected infrastructure modernization needs that congestion pricing was supposed to fund with $1 billion per year in revenue from tolling drivers entering Manhattan south of 60th Street at peak times. But any hopes of the state’s congestion pricing plan delivering that kind of dough have been dashed for the foreseeable future.

State lawmakers in 2019 passed a law that would have made New York the first American city to implement congestion pricing, which has raised revenue and eased traffic in European cities such as London and Stockholm. There was not a set start time for the program, but the earliest it could begin is Jan. 1, 2021. But now, because of a federal holdup that critics believe is political punishment for a blue state from the Trump administration, the program is stalled.

When congestion pricing is in operation, vehicles driving into the central business district will be tolled once a day, likely somewhere in the range of $11 to $14.

The idea is not just to raise revenue for the MTA that would help fund the agency’s five-year capital plan, but to reduce traffic in the most congested parts of Manhattan, where average vehicle speeds can be as low as 5 miles per hour. The legislation passed by the state and signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year requires a six-member panel, along with the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, to nail down the specifics of how the toll will be enforced, how much it will cost and whether any groups will be exempt. (So far just a few exemptions are included in the law; Emergency vehicles and vehicles carrying people with disabilities, for example, will not have to pay the toll.)

The earliest congestion pricing can start is Jan. 1, 2021. First, the bridge and tunnel authority and the six-person panel is supposed to recommend a fee structure between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31 of this year – or no later than 30 days before tolling starts.

And while that timeline may have been ambitious, the MTA’s head of capital construction, Janno Lieber, said in July that the state could be looking at early 2022 instead of early 2021 for a start date because of the federal delay.

Specifically, the hold-up has to do with a required environmental impact study on New York’s congestion pricing program.

Because some of the roads that will be tolled have received federal funding, the Federal Highway Administration – a division of the federal Department of Transportation – can require an environmental review be conducted by the state before the policy can

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Congestion pricing would toll vehicles traveling into Manhattan’s central business district – roughly anything below Central Park. The plan is being held up by the federal government, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has suggested that’s in retaliation for progressive policies passed recently in the state.

be implemented. The federal government can determine what level of environmental review is necessary or decide that none is needed at all. But despite having the materials it requested from the state to make that evaluation since January, the federal government has provided no guidance to New York on what the project requires.

The MTA hasn’t heard back one way or the other, Aaron Donovan, an agency spokesperson told City & State. “It’s paradoxical to me that congestion pricing, central business district tolling, which is a huge environmental, social good, reduces congestion, funds mass transit and reduces emissions is being held up,” MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye added in an emailed comment. “All we want from USDOT, and all we’ve ever wanted from the beginning, is for them to follow their own required process and tell us what the environmental process is so we can pursue it.” Foye added that the MTA has met at least 20 times with the USDOT and Federal Highway Administration, and continues to be in conversation with them.

In February, Cuomo suggested that the Trump administration could hold congestion pricing and other infrastructure projects “hostage,” over political issues with New York. Back in February, the disagreement was over New York’s Green Light

Law, a state policy that allows undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses, and which largely prevented the state Department of Motor Vehicles from sharing information with federal immigration authorities. President Donald Trump sought retribution by banning New Yorkers from participating in Trusted Traveler Programs, but recently backed off after the state amended the law to allow some information sharing. The Department of Homeland Security acknowledged it made false statements in a lawsuit over the issue and restored New Yorkers’ access to the Trusted Traveler Program. While the dust has to some extent settled on that issue – though New York is now seeking damages over the ban – approval of congestion pricing is still mired in federal inaction. Representatives for the Federal Highway Administration did not respond to a request for comment.

Despite suggestions from the Federal Highway Administration that the process is taking a long time because it’s conducting a thorough review, many see it as a political move. “It’s completely political,” said Tom Wright, president of the Regional Plan Association, a New York City-area urban planning think tank. “Because the bureaucracy knows how to do this.”

This is not the first time New York had

a major infrastructure project prevented by the federal government. A lack of federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel is perhaps the most recent ongoing example. Under the Obama administration, New York and New Jersey reached a deal to share the cost of constructing the new tunnel under the Hudson River with the federal government, but Trump effectively killed the deal when he took office, and has used funding for the project as a political bargaining chip in the years since. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who came around to congestion pricing in 2019 after originally opposing the idea, suggested that if Trump loses the presidential election in November, a new administration led by former vice president Joe Biden could clear up any federal delays. “There is an election in four months,” de Blasio said last month. “So things could change very soon in terms of the federal government’s views on congestion pricing and the federal government’s willingness to help New York City.”

But even if Biden wins and the project receives federal clearance to proceed next winter, New York still faces a difficult and potentially thorny task in actually setting the fee structure and exemptions for congestion pricing. Even before federal approval became an issue, the MTA was criticized for

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and the recession it has triggered, calls for exemptions could get louder. New Jersey residents who are already tolled at Hudson River crossings, for example, have raised concerns about being tolled twice for entering Manhattan. And essential workers, such as health care workers and cops, could end up asking for exemptions too, arguing that if they’re risking their lives to show up to work in the middle of a pandemic, they shouldn’t have to risk getting on public transit or pay a toll to do so. Eric Goldwyn, a research scholar at New York University’s Marron Institute, suggested that the issue will become political. “I think if you’re the governor, people are hurting, people lost jobs, things are uncertain. And you probably don’t want to be like, ‘You know what, now I’m going to slap on $10, $15 in congestion pricing fees,’” Goldwyn said. “So I think there’s a rational component, (and) there’s an emotional component to all of it that just makes for a tough political decision.”

Then there’s the task of actually setting up the system that will exempt or rebate certain drivers. Last fall, the MTA selected the company, TransCore, that will build the infrastructure, and it will end up working – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio a lot like E-ZPass. Tolling equip-

being slow to appoint the six members of the Traffic Mobility Review Board. In response to a question about when those members will be appointed, an MTA spokesperson said the issue was “moot” absent federal approval on the environmental review.

Some suggested, however, that the task ahead of the MTA is a more formidable one than the federal hold-up right now. “I just don’t think they’re showing they’re very serious about this,” Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, said of the MTA’s stance on congestion pricing.

“I mean, the state Legislature passed enabling legislation. It is still basically up to Cuomo to pull the trigger.”

Even before the pandemic, many regions or industries were clamoring for exemptions. But with the coronavirus pandemic

“THERE IS AN ELECTION IN FOUR MONTHS. SO THINGS COULD CHANGE VERY SOON IN TERMS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S VIEWS ON CONGESTION PRICING AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP NEW YORK CITY.”

ment will hang mostly off existing street furniture such as light poles, meaning that overhead gantries won’t need to be installed.

Donovan, the MTA spokesperson, told City & State that congestion pricing is on track from a “project point of view” but the agency did not address whether building the equipment needed for congestion pricing could be done in the middle of the pandemic. MTA spokesperson Ken Lovett told Gothamist last month that the agency is still working on the program while waiting for federal approval.

“We continue to move forward internally with all we can do, including preliminary design work, to be ready once the federal government makes a decision,” Lovett said.

No one watching this situation unfold expects to be charged $14 for driving into Manhattan on Jan. 1 of next year. While the MTA losing a revenue stream couldn’t come at a worse time, the agency needs far more to compensate for the current dropoff in ridership. But congestion pricing is not just about the revenue it would generate. It’s also about disincentivizing car use, moving traffic more quickly and improving air quality. “The moment we get a green light from the feds, then the burden is going to shift to the MTA to implement this policy as quickly as possible,” Wright said. “I know that January is the earliest it can be, and it probably can’t even be then, but I think the sooner the better.”

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Despite how desperately the MTA needs the money, some have suggested that adding a new toll would be difficult to implement while residents and businesses are struggling amid the pandemic, even if the federal government were to approve the plan.

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Perhaps the biggest upset in New York’s June primary was Jamaal Bowman’s victory over Rep. Eliot Engel, with significant credit due to campaign manager Luke Hayes. While not a celebrity like his brother, MSNBC’s Jake Dilemani is the lead political consultant at Mercury.

After Jamaal Bowman upset Rep. Eliot Engel, he specifically credited the work of New Deal Strategies.

Rebecca Kirszner Katz, who previously worked on Bill de Blasio’s 2013 mayoral campaign and Cynthia Nixon’s gubernatorial run, launched the progressiveoriented firm last year.

RWDSU veteran Camille Rivera came on in September, bringing valuable union and activist experience.

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Key clients: Elizabeth Warren, Jamaal Bowman, Melissa Mark-Viverito (for Congress), Jessica Ramos, Jason Salmon

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Founder and President; Principal; Director Tu c ker Green & Company Tucker Green, a top Democratic fundraiser in New York, broadened his scope with the 2018 launch of Conscious Voter Contact, a business that does advertising and content production across digital, direct mail, television, and email and texting programs.

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Key clients: Marianne Williamson, Ritchie Torres, Kathleen Rice, Bridget Fleming, Todd Kaminsky, James Gaughran, Mike Siderakis, Gregory Lasak, Jumaane Williams, Steve Bellone, Tim Sini, Laura Curran, Madeline

BILL HYERS Partner WIN

Bill Hyers is perhaps best known for guiding Bill de Blasio to City Hall in 2013.

More recently, his firm worked on Cory Booker’s presidential campaign, and notched wins with House candidate Mondaire Jones, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.

Key clients: Mondaire Jones, Adem Bunkeddeko, Perry Gershon, Jumaane Williams,

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Michael Blake (for public advocate), Rory Lancman, Steve Bellone, Shaun Donovan

and was a top consultant for Elizabeth Crowley’s Queens borough president campaign.

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Key clients: Michael Bloomberg, Nancy Goroff, Evelyn Farkas, Elizabeth Crowley, Dan Quart, Richard David, Jenifer Rajkumar, Laura Gillen.

SCOTT LEVENSON

Founder and President The Advanc e Grou p The Advance Group’s Scott Levenson is a savvy veteran of political campaigns, most recently helping New York City Council Member Donovan Richards win the Queens borough president primary.

Key clients: Diane Savino, Walter Mosley, Iggy Terranova, Ydanis Rodriguez (for public advocate and for Congress), Dan Quart, Erik Dilan, Jason Salmon, Briget Rein, Donovan Richards, Darma Diaz Biggest accomplishment?

“The Donovan Queens BP election and introducing interns to their first political campaign experience.”

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Founder and Managing Partner Mission Control With in-person campaigning limited due to the coronavirus, direct mail is increasingly critical – which is where Ed Peavy’s Mission Control comes in. The national firm did millions of dollars of work on Michael Bloomberg’s presidential bid

16 JOHN E. MCLAUGLIN & JAMES F. MCLAUGHLIN CEO/Partner; COO/Partner Mc Lau ghlin & Assoc iates McLaughlin & Associates, which has offices in New York and Virginia, specializes in public opinion and survey research and media buying for corporate and political clients. Partners John and

John Del Cecato was pivotal to de Blasio’s mayoral campaign.

James McLaughlin work with Republicans at the local, state and federal level, conducting polling for President Donald Trump and Rep. Lee Zeldin while also assisting a number of local candidates on Long Island.

Key clients: Donald Trump, Lee Zeldin, Rob Astorino, John Kennedy

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Partner AKPD Message and Media John Del Cecato made his mark in New York City with pivotal TV ads for Bill de Blasio’s 2013 mayoral campaign, and nationally he’s known for working with Barack Obama. More recently he assisted another mayor who ran for president – Pete Buttigieg.

Key clients: Pete Buttigieg, Madeline Singas, Laura Gillen, Gregory Lasak Biggest accomplishment?

“Helping Pete Buttigieg pull off a victory in the Iowa Caucuses. (My areas were TV advertising and debate prep.)”

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Founder and CEO New Blu e Interac tive Taryn Rosenkranz’s Washington, D.C.-based New Blue Interactive relies on digital prowess – online advertising, email list building, text-messaging campaigns – to bring politics into the 21st century. The firm helped Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler fend off strong challenges this cycle. Apart from House Democrats in New York, the firm is working with Manhattan district attorney candidate Eliza Orlins.

Key clients: Carolyn Maloney, Paul Tonko, Jerrold Nadler, Eliza Orlins

19 JEFF GUILLOT & ALEX VOETSCH Partners Millennial Strategies

Millennial Strategies’ Jeff Guillot and Alex Voetsch played a part in Jumaane Williams big win as public advocate last year, and they notched another victory this year with Jessica GonzálezRojas’ primary victory over Assembly Member Michael DenDekker. A talented staffer on their growing team is Cristina Gonzalez, who worked directly on Williams’ campaign.

Key clients: Suraj Patel, David Weprin, Gregory Lasak, Cameron Koffman, Jessica González-Rojas, Jumaane Williams, Monique ChandlerWaterman.

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20 PETER BROWN & CHRIS MILLER Founding Partners BrownMillerGrou p

Key clients: Jessica Ramos, Elizabeth Crowley, Dawn Smalls, Tiffany Cabán, Nader Sayegh, Grace Lee, Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Jovia Radix, Joseph Ruggiero Biggest accomplishment?

“Our work with grassroots progressive insurgents including. Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn PattersonHoward; near-wins with Queens DA candidate Tiffany Cabán and public advocate candidate Dawn Smalls; issue advocacy wins with Tenants, PAC’s wins for New York tenants; and being chosen by the city of New York to run the U.S. Census outreach canvass.”

21 WILLIAM DEEGAN & BRENDAN KLEIN

Partners North Shore Strategies Will Deegan and Brendan Klein extended the reach of their Queens-based firm into Long Island, helping Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone win reelection. They also guided Farah Louis to victory in a New York City Council special election.

Key clients: Max Rose, Allison Fine, Perry Gershon, Alessandra Biaggi, Laura Ahearn, Catalina Cruz, Steven Cymbrowitz, Peter Abbate

Jr., Amy Paulin, Edward Braunstein, Cameron Koffman, Anthony Scarpino, Farah Louis, Melissa Mark-Viverito (for public advocate), Rory Lancman, Steve Bellone

22 HECTOR SIGALA & LIZ BENNETT Founder; Director of Advertising Middle Seat Consu lting

Middle Seat Consulting, a Washington, D.C., digital firm founded by Bernie Sanders veterans, aided Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, who upset Rep. Eliot Engel in June. The firm also works with progressive Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Ro Khanna.

Key clients: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman Biggest accomplishment: “Middle Seat helped with the media and online fundraising efforts to elect Jamaal Bowman, one of the most dynamic new progressive voices in New York politics.”

23 DOUG SCHOEN & CARLY COOPERMAN

Founder; CEO Sc hoen Cooperman Researc h Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg relied heavily on Doug Schoen, his go-to pollster, to catch up to the rest of the pack during his

short-lived presidential bid.

Last month, Schoen brought on Carly Cooperman as CEO and rebranded as Schoen Cooperman Research. The firm is Everytown for Gun Safety’s long-time pollster and helped Democrats flip Virginia’s state legislature in 2019.

Key clients: Michael Bloomberg, Michelle CarusoCabrera, Melissa Mark-Viverito (for public advocate)

24 JIMMY SIEGEL & MIRIAM HESS Partners Siegel Strategies

Siegel Strategies has created game-changing advertising for many corporations, nonprofits and political entities, but its most noteworthy client in the past year was Michael Bloomberg. The former New York City mayor paid Siegel more than $9 million for media consulting for his presidential

Trip Yang managed Jumaane Williams’ public advocate run.

campaign. Jimmy Siegel got his start in corporate advertising, while Miriam Hess was a top official on Eliot Spitzer’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign.

Key client: Michael Bloomberg

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Democratic Political Strategist Trip Yang managed Jumaane Williams’ New York City public advocate campaign and helped City Council Member Donovan Richards win the Queens borough president primary. Yang, who focuses on consulting for progressive candidates and candidates of color, was Bernie Sanders’ New York political director. He also advised the campaigns of state Attorney General Letitia James and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

Key clients: Bernie Sanders, Jumaane Williams, Donovan Richards, Grace Lee

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Biggest accomplishment?

“Helped build the Democratic supermajority of the Westchester County Legislature by flipping a northern seat for the first time in history with the election of Colin Smith.”

Partners Cu lver Plac e Strategies Culver Place Strategies is led by openly LGBTQ fundraising consultants David Mansur and Allegra Scheinblum.

Among their clients are a number of congressional, state legislative and district attorney candidates.

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Key clients: Jerrold Nadler, David Carlucci, Perry Gershon, Melissa Mark-Viverito (for Congress), Mimi Rocah, John Brooks, Monica Martinez, James Skoufis, James Gaughran, Liz Krueger, Dan Quart, Carmen De La Rosa, Robert Cornegy, Melinda Katz, Letitia James, Eric Gonzalez, Darcel Clark

ANDREW BLEEKER & DANNY FRANKLIN

President and Founder; Partner and Head of Research Bu lly Pu lpit Interac tive Bully Pulpit Interactive assisted Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2018 reelection bid, and has done pro-bono work for the New York state Department of Health during the COVID-19 crisis. The firm has offices in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago and San Francisco.

Key clients: Michael Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, Andrew Cuomo

Founder and Managing Director Marathon Strategies

Lynn Krogh and Vince Casale effectively represent Republicans.

Biggest accomplishment?

“Helping campaigns from presidential to city council adapt to running in a virtual world where digital platforms are the primary battlefield.”

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President Connec tive Strategies Tyquana Rivers, whose firm is 100% run by Black women, consulted for two big Queens winners – District Attorney Melinda Katz and

Tyqu ana Rivers’ firm, 100% ru n by Blac k women, c onsu lted for Melinda Katz and Donovan Ric hards.

Donovan Richards for borough president.

Key clients: Donovan Richards, Gregory Meeks, Cathy Nolan, Michael DenDekker, Melinda Katz Biggest accomplishment?

“Being able to pivot from straight campaign work to training our staff to show the human side of politics (while also personally battling COVID-19 along with my husband and homeschooling a 7-year-old).”

Marathon Strategies specializes in crisis and corporate communications, but it’s no slouch when it comes to political consulting.

Phil Singer cut his teeth as U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s communications director and has advised Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaigns. He also helped then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 2008 White House bid, and got back into the presidential game recently with another powerful New York Democrat: Michael Bloomberg.

Key client: Michael Bloomberg, Melissa Mark-Viverito (for public advocate), Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

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Besides owning The Casale Group, Lynn Krogh is its selfdescribed “political architect” and Vince Casale is the “chief strategery officer.” Yet they’re serious about effectively representing Republicans, including helping Nick Langworthy get elected as state party chair. The firm also helped Dutchess County

Founder and Principal Ditto Consu lting If you’ve run for office in Westchester, you’ve probably run into Kimberly DiTomasso, who works with many Democrats in the county.

Key clients: Nita Lowey, David

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Key clients: Mike Martucci, Peter Oberacker, Bill Weber, Chris Tague, John Salka, Ed Day, Marc Molinaro, Rob Rolison

32 WALTER SWETT & DARREN RIGGER Partners Dynamic SRG

Walter Swett and Darren Rigger run Dynamic SRG, a Harlem-based operation that raises millions of dollars for city, state and federal candidates, which, they told City & State, lets them “spend more time governing and less time fundraising.”

Key clients: Gregory Meeks, Joseph Morelle, Carolyn Maloney, Mark Levine, Gustavo Rivera, Joseph Addabbo Jr., Anna Kaplan, Kevin Thomas, Zellnor Myrie, Inez Dickens, David Weprin, Danny O’Donnell (for public advocate)

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President Patric k B. Jenkins & Assoc iates Patrick Jenkins is known as an Albany lobbyist and close ally of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, though he also assists Heastie on the campaign trail.

Jenkins and his firm count several Black state lawmakers as clients and did work for Heastie’s PAC, which battled a number of outsider challenges against legislative incumbents.

Key clients: Carl Heastie, Kimberly Jean-Pierre, Jamaal Bailey, Kevin Parker, Speaker Heastie PAC, Alicia Hyndman

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Political Consultant Some political consultants take on clients like they’re collecting stamps, while others sign on with a single politician – an approach taken by Lis Smith, who helped make Pete Buttigieg one of the biggest success stories of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, even though the former mayor of South Bend ultimately lost. In the past, she has also worked on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reelection effort.

Jerry Sku rnik and Stu O snow provide voter data for any c ampaign, Democ rat or Repu blic an. levels, including Hillary Clinton’s 2008 White House bid and Christine Quinn’s 2013 run for New York City mayor.

This cycle, she helped finance New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres’ congressional primary victory.

Key clients: Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Cuomo

Key clients: Ritchie Torres, Sean Patrick Maloney, Adam Schleifer, Brad Hoylman, Andrew Gounardes, Aravella Simotas, Michael Gianaris, Laura Ahearn, Karen Smythe, Gregory Lasak, Christine Quinn

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MICHAEL GIACCIO

Founder Weir & Co. Annie Weir is a Democratic fundraiser with experience at the local, state and federal

Patrick Jenkins is a close ally of Speaker Carl Heastie.

Partner Bedford Grove A veteran fundraiser, Michael Giaccio has helped two of New York’s most powerful

politicians – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie – raise money in 2019 and 2020. Besides assisting de Blasio’s unsuccessful presidential bid, Giaccio also raised funds for the mayor’s federal Fairness PAC. Key clients: Bill de Blasio, Carl Heastie, Catalina Cruz, Speaker Heastie PAC, NY Fairness PAC

37 JERRY SKURNIK & STU OSNOW Partners Prime New York

Jerry Skurnik and Stu Osnow aren’t quite like the other consultants on this list, given their specialty in providing invaluable, up-to-date data on voters – names, email addresses, phone numbers and more – for any campaign, Democrat or Republican.

They also handle online and social media campaigning, an increasingly crucial service due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Key clients: Eliot Engel, David Carlucci, Eric Ulrich, Steve Bellone

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to advocate for his progressive ideals around the country. One of de Blasio’s top campaign advisers was Jon Paul Lupo, a former City Hall aide. Lupo has since consulted for Maya Wiley, another former de Blasio official who’s mulling a run for mayor.

Key clients: Bill de Blasio, Maya Wiley

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nicely with the advertising and direct-mail firm’s efforts to win elections. The husbandand-wife duo of John Balduzzi and Jessica Evangelista have a Washington, D.C., office, but retain a strong clientele in New York. Last year they helped elect Adam Bello as Monroe County executive.

Key clients: Joseph Morelle, Jeremy Cooney, Adam Bello

39 EVAN THIES & ALEXIS GRENELL Co-founders Pythia Pu blic Affairs

Pythia Public Affairs has been a powerhouse in Albany in recent years, spearheading state legislation on automatic voter registration, allowing e-bikes and e-scooters, and combatting sexual harassment.

They also run a thriving political consulting business, with clients at the city, state and federal level, and were part of the successful effort to institute ranked-choice voting in New York City.

Key clients: Yvette Clarke, Todd Kaminsky, Jimmy Van Bramer

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President Bartholomew Commu nic ations & Strategies Barry Caro has been building up a strong consulting business in New York City and Westchester.

Key clients: Jumaane Williams, Costa Constantinides, Elijah Reichlin-Melnick Biggest accomplishment?

“The two I’m most proud of were decisively flipping a Westchester County Legislative seat that had not gone Democratic in living memory and the strong field campaign we had put together for the Costa Constantinides campaign in Queens prior to COVID-enforced shutdown of campaigning in March.”

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Founder KMD Consu lting Early on, it looked like Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin might face a rematch against businessman Perry Gershon, but Long Island Democrats instead got behind Nancy Goroff, a Stony Brook University professor whose campaign was assisted by KMD Consulting.

Karen Diemer’s firm also does significant work for the Suffolk County Democratic Committee while specializing in public affairs, corporate messaging and graphic design.

Key client: Nancy Goroff

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Political Consultant Although New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s presidential bid fizzled, it did give him a platform

Few are as u nder the radar as Jonathan Davis, opposition researc h expert.

JONATHAN DAVIS

Managing Director Northside Researc h + Consu lting Many political consultants operate behind the scenes, but few are as under the radar as Jonathan Davis, an opposition research expert. While Davis declines to disclose his clients, public filings show he works in high-profile races, including New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres’ victory in a crowded South Bronx congressional primary.

Key clients: Ritchie Torres, Adem Bunkeddeko, Melinda Katz, Monica Martinez, Melissa Mark-Viverito (for public advocate), Mike Spano, Mimi Rocah

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Political Consultant Michael Nieves is a former legislative aide and political adviser who now runs HITN, a nonprofit Spanish language TV network, but he hasn’t left campaign work behind. Nieves, who has worked for New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy, former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate and former Bronx Democratic leader José Rivera, most recently consulted for Anthony Miranda in the Queens borough president Democratic primary.

Key client: Anthony Miranda

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Key clients: Lindsey Boylan, Liz Crotty, Kevin Parker, Dan Padernacht

Richard Fife has worked for former Gov. David Paterson, New York City Council Member Bill Perkins and state Sen. Robert Jackson. The veteran consultant is now assisting Alvin Bragg in a crowded Manhattan district attorney race.

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Key clients: Robert Jackson, Alvin Bragg

Adem Bunkedekko came close to knocking out Rep. Yvette Clarke in 2018, but he had no such luck this cycle – thanks in part to advisers like Lupe Todd-Medina. ToddMedina, who in the past helped elect Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, has also done work for Assembly Member Jeff Aubry, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and, on a national scale, the ERA Coalition.

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Biggest accomplishments: “Advising successful reelection victories for Robert Jackson, Robert Rodriguez and Al Taylor. Launching Alvin Bragg campaign for Manhattan district attorney and Johanna Garcia for City Council.”

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Key clients: Yvette Clarke, Grace Lee

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President Sykes Global Commu nic ations Michael Oliva and his wife, Ronnie Oliva, form the power couple behind Sykes Global Communications. The political consultant, who has a knack for winning judicial races, has consulted for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer. He’s now working for Manhattan district attorney

The Republican consultant, who managed Harry Wilson’s state comptroller campaign and sent Lee Zeldin to Congress, recently left Mercury.

Key clients: Joseph Caldarera, Thomas Zmich, John Cummings Biggest accomplishment?

“Former NYPD officer John Cummings’ campaign who is running against AOC. I put together a national fundraising operation that has raised $4 million, $1 million in July alone, and locally managed the campaign successfully through a field of 14 opponents, avoiding a primary altogether.”

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Republican candidates have struggled in New York for years, but one bright spot for the party is Rep. Chris Jacobs, a former state senator who just won the special election to replace Chris Collins in Western New York. Jacobs’ campaign, which is likely to win again in the November, paid more than half a million dollars to David Neal’s Washington, D.C.-based Strategic Media Services.

Amelia Adams held key roles in the New York City Council, the nonprofit sector and on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s reelection bid before launching her own consulting firm in 2018. One client, New York City Council Member Rory Lancman, fell short in the Queens district attorney race, but another client, the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting NYC, succeeded in getting the voting system approved.

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BEHIND THE CURTAIN BY

primary races this summer against more experienced incumbents. But they weren’t all able to break through.

City CAMPAIGN MANAGERS WHO & State BROUGHT YOU THE PRIMARIES’ caught up with some INSURGENT VICTORIES of the campaign managers behind successful upset campaigns and asked them about what they did behind the scenes propelled their candidates R E B E C C A C . L E W I S that to victory.

LUKE HAYES

JAMAAL BOWMAN CAMPAIGN EVEN THE MOST charismatic candidates don’t win elections alone. Without organized staff and volunteers, even those with popular platforms have little chance of being heard by voters.

Running a campaign means dedicating long hours seven days a week in the hopes that voters will ultimately choose your candidate. It gets even harder when a campaign has little to no institutional support. Nevertheless, many such political newcomers won

Luke Hayes has consulted campaigns around the country. Inspired by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s monumental primary victory in 2018, he returned to New York City and the borough he grew up in to work on local campaigns like Tiffany Cabán’s nearly successful Queens district attorney run. This year, he brought his expertise to Jamaal Bowman’s campaign as he attempted to unseat longtime Rep. Eliot Engel.

When Hayes arrived in 2019 as campaign manager, Bowman had already gotten the crucial backing of Justice Democrats, a political action committee that helps first-time progressive candidates that rose to prominence for its role in Ocasio-Cortez’s victory. The first thing Hayes did was start building up a fundraising base through Bowman’s own networks from his activism work and his teaching roots.

One advantage that Hayes said the campaign had was that despite Engel’s three decades in Congress, he had a reputation for not being very visible or well-known in the district. “I think our campaign was good about being very present,” Hayes said. “Getting Jamaal out to events, we had a field operation that was calling, texting, interacting with people.”

Hayes added that the campaign was very active on social media, which helped spread the word.

Support from groups like Justice Democrats and the

House nominee Jamaal Bowman and Luke Hayes, left

Working Families Party was integral in attracting the volunteers necessary for a grassroots victory. Endorsements from the likes of U.S. Sens.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Ocasio-Cortez further boosted Bowman’s profile. But Bowman wasn’t the only left-wing challenger in the race – Andom Ghebreghiorgis shared a similar platform before dropping out to endorse Bowman. “I think Jamaal’s stature among the activists helped in that he was a known entity. … He had a little bit of a reputation that helped,” Hayes said. He added that Bowman gave up his job as a school principal in January to campaign full time.

One of the “gambles” Hayes thinks differentiated Bowman was that the campaign began buying ads earlier than most, in early May, as the pandemic halted traditional in-person campaigning. “We knew ballots were going to be mailed out

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House nominee Mondaire Jones and Charles Blaettler, left.

in late May and early June. We wanted to be in front of voters, talking about Jamaal,” Hayes said. “I think that really helped build our name recognition.”

CHARLES BLAETTLER

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MONDAIRE JONES CAMPAIGN

Charles Blaettler came to New York with congressional campaign and consulting experience in New Jersey and Georgia, although Mondaire Jones’ campaign was the first successful one that he has managed. Despite the crowded field, Blaettler – who recently took a job as elections director with the Working Families Party – said that the high-profile nature of the race and Jones’ unique profile made the campaign easier to run than his last.

“The fact that Mondaire was running on this very progressive message that attracted a lot of support from the institutional left, or whatever you want to call it, made it a lot easier for us – not that it wasn’t enormously challenging,” Blaettler said. “If you just pick up one day and decide to run for Congress in a random district, no one knows who you are and you haven’t tapped into anything bigger than yourself, it’s really you against the world.”

Jones was endorsed by groups like the WFP and local

Indivisible chapters, who Blaeattler said did a lot of work to help get Jones elected. He also said that early endorsements from the likes of Sen. Elizabeth Warren did a lot to increase Jones’ viability.

In his early months with the campaign, Blaettler focused on helping Jones attract key endorsements. That meant a heavy focus on fundraising to demonstrate that Jones would have enough money to be competitive. Before Blaettler even came on the campaign, Jones already had about $200,000 from his own network from his days at Stanford and Harvard.

“Our politics are not designed for people who come from working-class or disadvantaged backgrounds,” Blaettler said when asked what set Jones apart from someone like Samelys López, a democratic socialist and fellow first-time candidate who ran in an equally crowded race for an open Bronx congressional seat and lost.

“Mondaire obviously had very humble upbringings, but he went to Harvard Law School,

“OUR POLITICS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO COME FROM WORKING-CLASS OR DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. MONDAIRE OBVIOUSLY HAD VERY HUMBLE UPBRINGINGS, BUT HE WENT TO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, AND THAT’S HOW HE WAS ABLE TO RAISE A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.”

– Charles Blaettler

and that’s how he was able to raise a quarter of a million dollars in the first three or four months, and that’s what gets you taken seriously.”

Jones also declared far earlier than any other candidate in the race, well before Rep. Nita Lowey had announced her retirement in October. Jones was the only person running at the time, which Blaettler said gave him a good hook to start raising the campaign’s profile.

Upon joining the campaign, Blaettler said that he focused on professionalizing what Jones had already been doing, laying

out a strategy and beginning to manage new political relationships, particularly when it came to endorsements. “It was me being very annoying, incessantly texting and calling people,” Blaettler said.

Overall though, Blaettler said Jones’ campaign was a strong example of the “professionalization of the left” that is allowing progressive candidates to compete in the traditional political sphere in ways they couldn’t in the past. “We were running an extremely strong paid television program, extremely strong digital outreach and aggressive

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Fainan Lakha and state Senate nominee Jabari Brisport, right

mail program,” Blaettler said.

“And I think you’re gonna see more and more of that from candidates that are considered left or progressive.”

FAINAN LAKHA

JABARI BRISPORT CAMPAIGN

JABARI BRISPORT FOR STATE SENATE; JOSH HIRSCHFELD-KROEN; JOYCE GEORGE

Jabari Brisport was one of a number of candidates endorsed by the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, a slate in which all but one candidate won, including every insurgent taking on an incumbent. Brisport ran for an open state Senate seat, but

“PROGRESSIVE CAMPAIGNS DO BEST WHEN THEY’RE ROOTED IN THE MOVEMENT AND EMPOWERING THE LEADERSHIP OF VOLUNTEERS.”

– Fainan Lakha

was still at a disadvantage – the favorite in the race was an Assembly member who had the support of the retiring state senator, Velmanette Montgomery.

Fainan Lakha joined the campaign as a field volunteer before getting hired as campaign manager, her first time running a political campaign. Before her hiring, the campaign was entirely run by volunteers. Lakha said

she saw her job primarily as coordinating the many volunteers working on the campaign.

Lakha said Brisport benefited from the current political climate that has energized progressives since President Donald Trump was elected, and intensified amid the pandemic and ongoing anti-racist and anti-police brutality protests. “I think that we are in a moment right now where it feels possible to do something different,” Lakha said. “And that’s the message that a lot of people are receiving, that the Democratic Party establishment has failed us and we need something different.”

Of course, while many progressive candidates succeeded in the June primary, there were still some who did not. “It’s my firm belief that progressive campaigns do best when they’re rooted in the movement and … empowering the leadership of volunteers,” Lakha said. “I think that’s not always easy to do, and I know we did a really great job empowering leaders from our movement.”

The role that the DSA played in supporting Brisport’s campaign cannot be understated either. Lakha said DSA members had been involved in the campaign even before the official endorsement. The group began to set up regular canvasses late last year after the endorsement and helped to establish a solid field operation and fundraising network. “DSA membership is not

the strongest fundraising base, but it was a really good place to start from,” Lakha said. “And I think over the course of the campaign, we all learned a lot about how to expand our fundraising.” The DSA also has its own committee that raises money to support candidates.

Somewhat unique to Brisport’s race was that he was running on something of a ticket with Phara Souffrant Forrest, a fellow DSA-backed candidate running for an Assembly district that heavily overlapped with his. Lakha said that running two candidates in the same area really helped to amplify both their campaigns. “One of the basic ideas of our field strategy is to ... boost turnout among people who don’t vote as often,” Lakha said. “It’s sort of doubled in its effect when you’re running two people in the same area.”

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insurgent campaign against Joseph Lentol, one of the longest serving members in the Assembly. Unlike nearly every other left-wing or progressive campaign running on democratic socialist ideals, Gallagher had neither the support of the Working Families Party, which backed Lentol, nor of the New York City DSA, which sat out the race. And this was the first race he had worked on in about a decade – the only other one being a Binghamton mayoral race straight out of college.

The WFP and DSA offer crucial monetary and volunteer support for progressives and relative political novices, something that Epstein did not have at his disposal. “Emily was an incredibly dynamic candidate who had been doing grassroots organizing in the neighborhood for many years, so that asset was always going to be there,” Epstein said, adding that she had a strong network of friends and activists. But raising

Andrew Epstein and Assembly nominee Emily Gallagher, right

Souffrant Forrest also won her race against Assembly Member Walter Mosley.

ANDREW EPSTEIN

EMILY GALLAGHER CAMPAIGN Andrew Epstein had a challenging race on his hands when he came on to manage Gallagher’s

enough money to be taken seriously and to keep a skeleton campaign team was a constant source of stress. He said they raised $10,000 shortly after Gallagher’s official launch, a paltry sum for most, but it boosted confidence for the campaign and helped move it forward week by week.

But Epstein said he was not especially concerned that Lentol’s campaign far out-

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spent Gallagher’s. “If this was a congressional race, if this was a (U.S.) Senate race, absolutely,” Epstein said. “But this is a local election.” Epstein said it’s easier to compete with less money by utilizing strategic mailers, good design and a solid field operation on the smaller scale of an Assembly district. The pandemic and the resulting shift to online campaigning helped as well. The web offered a low-cost way to engage with large pools of voters with whom Gallagher’s message resonated.

“There were a lot more people online, engaged, scared, angry and wanting to engage with local politics because they recognized how important democracy was going to be to actually see our way out of this crisis,” Epstein said.

Epstein said it was also fortunate that Gallagher was Lentol’s only challenger, as a head-to-head battle is easier for newcomers than competing with other insurgents.

“Getting the attention and resources that you need can sometimes be much harder if you’re having to make the case to donors or volunteers that there’s another candidate in the race, but you have a path to victory,” Epstein said.

LABIBA CHOWDHURY MARCELA MITAYNES CAMPAIGN Labiba Chowdhury only recently became the campaign manager for Marcela Mitaynes, but had worked since about

March as her deputy campaign manager – part of a small team that shared a lot of responsibility. Like many other DSAbacked progressive campaigns, Mitaynes’ consisted of a large volunteer base. In addition to the DSA, Mitaynes also had the support of groups like the WFP and the Sunrise Movement, which advocates for climate change solutions. “If we didn’t have any one of those organizations supporting us this election cycle, I don’t know if we could have won, because the margins were so small,” Chowdhury said. “It took organizations that could mobilize for us, and then building a grassroots campaign

it was “not a coincidence” that Mitaynes won during a time of crisis. Chowdhury said that people really began to desire the change that Mitaynes was campaigning on. Once attracted by the message, Chowdhury said Mitaynes’ history in tenant organizing and working to help pass last year’s rent reform laws solidified support. “We weren’t just a platform,” Chowdhury said. “There were other progressives in our race that also had a nice platform. But our campaign is more than a platform, it was connected to

her election alone. Chowdhury said it was especially helpful for her to have structural support to help her learn during her own first campaign. “There’s so many people who worked on Julia Salazar’s campaign or other electoral campaigns where they got experience and now they’re available for mentoring us, and helping us figure things out,” Chowdhury said.

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Labiba Chowdhury and Assembly nominee Marcela Mitaynes, right.

because of that.”

A first-time candidate coming from a working-class background challenging Assembly Member Félix Ortiz – who is part of the Assembly leadership – Mitaynes faced a tough campaign without the political and fiscal connections that others from more privileged backgrounds or with more experience have. “Going into this, we knew that the odds were against us,” Chowdhury said.

“But then a pandemic happened and then there was mass unrest.” Chowdhury said that

the movement … that can get it done.”

A focus on educating voters on absentee ballots paid off as well: Mitaynes trailed on election night but overtook Ortiz after all the paper ballots were counted. Chowdhury said much of the campaign’s phone banking operation focused on guiding voters through the process of voting absentee.

Chowdhury also said the campaign really benefited from the DSA’s support, not just in terms of manpower, but in the fact that Mitaynes wasn’t going into

“THERE’S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON JULIA SALAZAR’S CAMPAIGN OR OTHER ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS WHERE THEY GOT EXPERIENCE AND NOW THEY’RE AVAILABLE FOR MENTORING US. ”

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Notice of Formation of SUSSEX YORK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/08/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 387 Park Avenue South, 5th Fl, New York, New York, 10016.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-ZG WEST 80 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/30/20.

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, New York, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 203 WEST 80 STREET OWNER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/30/20.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, New York, 10022.

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Notice of Formation of ET FILS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 193 Midwood Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11225. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EMA RUGBY LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/13/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 400 Rugby Road Apt 3a, Brooklyn, New York, 11226. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HIGHER PICTURES GENERATION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/07/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JAR FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/22/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 420 Lexington Ave Ste 1708-09, New York, New York, 10170.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CELERI TREASURY LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/21/20.

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

SSNY mail process to 387 Park Avenue South, 5th Fl, New York, New York, 10016.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EWQ CAPITAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/03/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 1760 Wilson Avenue, Arcadia, California, 91006.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GARAGE D’OR, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 193 Midwood Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11225. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of A UNICORN LIVES HERE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/06/20.

Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 105 Boulder Street, Staten Island, New York, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GBZL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/02/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5401 4th Ave.,Brooklyn, New York, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SKYRX LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/02/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 500 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11249. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KAYA MANAGEMENT GROUP TWO LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1674 72nd Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of COELO OASIS LLC Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/10/20. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 120 Erskine Place #11c, Bronx, New York, 10475-5702.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FIRST ENY LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/07/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1562 Pacific St, F l1, Brooklyn, New York, 11213. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MM3 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/18/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2 Park Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, New York, 10016. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ADVERTIBLES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/26/19.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1129 E 23rd Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11210. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DAMES I, LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/04/45.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 477 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, New York, 10022.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MULTIPLE PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/30/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1763 74th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

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FEEL GOOD VIBES NYC, LLC Notice of formation of limited liabil-i t y company. Name: FEEL GOOD VIBES NYC LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/13/2020.

NY office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her is FEEL GOOD VIBES NYC, LLC, 729 Bryant Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474.

Purpose/character of LLC: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Gross Investigation Bureau, LLC filed with SSNY on April 27, 2020.

Office: 244 5th Ave, Ste V201, NY County, NY 10001. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 213 Bennett Ave, Apt. 3B, NY, NY 10040 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of KIMMERIDGE ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT, LP, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/14/20. Office location: New York.

LP formed in DE on 03/19/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Blocc Music Entertainment LLC filed with SSNY on May 7, 2020.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: P.O Box 381 NY, NY 10039. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Courtney In Real Life, LLC filed with SSNY on March 2, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 405 East 54th Street, 5G, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of IVY MARIE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on July 17, 2020.

Office: Westchester County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. C/O IVY MARIE LLC, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Angels of Mayhem LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/27/2020. Office: Richmond 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 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Little Hunt’s, LLC filed with SSNY on May 27, 2020. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2522 university ave apt 4h, Bronx, NY10468. Purpose : any lawful act of activity.

Notice of Formation of 711-717 GRAND LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/4/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1917 East 1st Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

UCHECHUKWUKA OSADEBE M.D., PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/16/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 115 Broadway, Ste 1800, NY, NY 10006. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine.

Notice of Formation of GHN497 MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/21/20. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 375 Park Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10152. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of ANNEJEANNETTE MERRIEWOLD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/22/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to C/O Peter Slater, Bessemer Trust, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10111-0333.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CULTURAL ANALYTICS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/15/20. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 277 Park Ave., Ste. 3800, NY, NY 10172. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Marc J. Lane, Marc J. Lane, the Law Offices of Marc J. Lane, P.C., 70 W. Madison St., Ste. 2050, Chicago, IL 60602-4256.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of HANCO & WENDY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/01/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 255 Bay 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

P&C Brothers LLC Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: P&C Brothers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/18/2020. NY office location: Richmond County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Esmeralda G Betancourth, 172 Kirshon Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314.

Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Cheat Sheet, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/14/20. Office location: Kings County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/13/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o eResidentAgent, Inc., 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 805A, Albany, NY 12210, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Address to be maintained in DE: 1013 Centre Rd., Ste. 403S, Wilmington, DE 19805. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of BKLYN PIZZA COMPANY OF BUSHWICK LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/27/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7212 Juniper Valley Rd, Middle Village, New York, 11379. Any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of InnissEnt, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/21/2020.

Office Location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Chistopher Inniss, 2286 7th ave apt.2, NY, NY, 10030. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of SAVCON CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/22/20.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/16/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 15 North Mill Street, Nyack, New York, 10960. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Mott Haven Productions, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/22/2020. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 406 East 142nd St., #1, Bronx, NY 10454. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Made with Love, DUH! LLC filed with SSNY on July 13, 2020. Office: Kings. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 80 Clarkson Ave Apt 5H, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Mad Focused Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/09/2020. 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, 163 Milton Street, Apt 3e, Brooklyn, NY 11222.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Taghkanic Lookout LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 7/28/2020. Office location: 13 Van Hoesen Road Craryville NY 12521 Columbia County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Taimur Hyat 185 East 85th Street Apt 33D New York NY 10028. Purpose: Any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of COHEN FASHION OPTICAL STORE NO. 842, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 400 W. 42nd St., NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Richard Winter, Chief Financial Officer, Cohen Fashion Optical, LLC, 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd., Ste. 400, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of FRIENDSHIP SC PRESERVATION CLASS B, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/20. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, 19th Fl., NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 3023 EOS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/23/2020.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated agent for service of process (SOP).

SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC: 3023 EOS LLC, 340 East 93 Street, Suite 7C, NYC, NY, 10128. The Company is formed for any lawful business purpose.

Notice of Formation of FRIENDSHIP SC DEVELOPER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/20. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, 19th Fl., NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

BLUE HERON HOLDINGS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 8/4/2020. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 22 Blue Heron Drive Staten Island, NY 10312.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity Notice of Qualification of GROUPE CHANTELOUP L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/09/20. Office location: NY County.

LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/07/20. Duration of LP is Perpetual.

SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of CAN MAN PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/04/20. Office location: Greene SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 77 Water Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York, 10005.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DIANA FILMCO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/30/20. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 610, NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Grove Entertainment Limited Liability Company at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of ASTAK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/21/20. Office location: Warren SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 80 State St., Albany, New York, 12207.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BARBIE TM, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/22/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1041 Remsen Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11236. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FATHER & 4 SONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/20/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 758 New Lots Avenue, Apt. 1, Brooklyn, New York, 11207. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of L M TREE SERVICE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/14/20. Office location: Montgomery SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 2399 Hickory Hill Road, Fonda, New York, 12068.

Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of LAMINA PROJECT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/21/20. Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 116 Pinehurst Avenue D34, New York, New York, 10033.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LAS MEDIA NY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/10/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 368 Stratford Road, Brooklyn, New York, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NY 21 MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/18/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 930 60th Street. Brooklyn, New York, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PANORAMA BK, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/22/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8725 16th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RTSM GROUP LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/20/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9110 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11236. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE HATCH-CHICKEN & WRAPS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/25/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11206. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of ZANA NYC LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/21/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 35 Seacoast Terrace, 14j, Brooklyn, New York, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ZION POWERWASH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/21/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1020 East 38th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11210. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of 90 LEX LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/10/20. Office location: New York.

LLC formed in FL on 06/07/16. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 90 Lexington Ave., Apt. 9a, New York, New York, 10016. Arts. of Org. filed with FL DOS. R.A. Gray Building, 500 S Bronough St, Tallahassee, FL 32399. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 103 LOCKWOOD, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/15/20. Office location: Suffolk SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 860 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, New York, 10069. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 479E MANAGEMENT, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/21/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 479 East New York Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11225. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Enchantress Beauty LLC filed with SSNY on June 17, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY Yokayra Rojas agent of Enchantress Beauty LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Enchantress Beauty LLC: 451w 166th street apt 4B, New York, NY 10032. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of KRE BKLYNER 23 MENAHAN LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/02/20. Office location: New York.

LLC formed in DE on 06/25/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 302 Wilmignton, Delaware, 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NY Avenue 724 LLC filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on February 4, 2020. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1430 Pitkin Ave, Brooklyn NY 11233.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of SKW - B 33 WEST 9TH STREET PORTFOLIO, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/03/20. Office location: New York.

LLC formed in DE on 05/28/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DAVID & BELL, LLC filed with SSNY on April 20, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC: 125 Schroeders Avenue, 2D, Brooklyn, NY 11239. Purpose: any lawful act

Notice of Formation of COLONIAL VILLAGE PRESERVATION, L.P. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/22/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LP: 60 Columbus Circle, 19th Fl., NY, NY 10023. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 12/31/2119. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 493 QUINCY STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/26/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 489 Quincy Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11221-1505. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HANCO & WENDY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/01/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 255 Bay 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Sade’s Gifts & Goodies LLC filed with SSNY on May.5,2020. Office: Richmond County.SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 56 Ludwig lane Staten Island NY 10303 Purpose : Any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of OverQuo Learning Services LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Jonathan Williams, 315 W. 55th St., Apt. 6A, NY, NY 10019.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of TRUE RATE SERVICES LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/21/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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

Notice of Qual. of KIMMERIDGE ENERGY ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS, L.P. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/14/20.

Office location: New York. LP formed in DE on 03/19/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of 335 Woodbury LLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/30/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to c/o Grassi & Co., 488 Madison Ave, Fl 21, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful act.

Chef Knife Soul Catering LLC , filed with SSNY on June 23, 2020. Office Location: Richmond County. United States Corporation Agents designated agency of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process United States Corporation Agents Inc at 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Bluestone Pictures LLc. Filed with SSNY: 3/5/20. Office: NY Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: 34 Third Ave, Ste 203 NY, NY 10003. Principal office: same address.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of Viking Vex LLC Arts of Org filled with SSNY on 05/29/2020. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY desg as agent of LLC upon process against it may be served SSNY shall mail process to: Viking Vex LLC 45 S broadway Apt 3G Yonkers, NY 10701

Notice of Qual. of KIMMERIDGE ENGAGEMENT GP, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/14/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 03/19/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of LEVEL ILLUMINATION LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/22/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: Highpoint C. S., P.O. Box 140724, SI, NY 10314. Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1324146 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 3203 BROADWAY. ASTORIA, NY 11106. QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. B-WAY PARTNERS CORP

Notice of Qualification of RAINBOW POT LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY on 6/1/20.

Office location:NY County. LLC formed in Delaware on 5/28/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to:c/o The LLC, 500 8th Ave.Rm.908, NY NY 10018. Address to be maintained in DE:850 New Burton R d . , S t e . 2 0 1 , D o v e r, D E 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St.,Dover,DE 19901. Purpose:any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of G&G Design Concepts LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/8/2020.

Location: Westchester. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 3680 Mt. Brook Road Shrub Oak, NY 10588 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of TEMANI ADAMS, PLLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/7/20. Office location: New York. PLLC formed in TX on 4/30/14. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 400, Harrison, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with TX SOS.PO Box 13697, Austin, TX, 78711.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Thomas Title & Escrow, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/04/2020. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Wyoming (WY) on 05/02/2017. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Cogency Global INC, 122 E 42nd St., New York, NY 10168. WY addr. of LLC: 1814 Warren Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of WY, 2020 Carey Avenue, Ste. 700, Cheyenne, WY 82002. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of F&B HH CO LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/16/20.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 730 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10019. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o Paracorp Incorporated, 2140 S Dupont Hwy., Camden, DE 19934. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1330209 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 68 BERGEN ST BROOKLYN, NY 11201. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. BARBALU BK LLC.

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BY LIV HANDMADE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/04/20.

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

SSNY mail process to 18 Elm St., Cherry Valley, New York, 13320. Any lawful purpose.

1900 ACQUISITION LLC. Authority filed SSNY 1/03/20. Office: NY Co. LLC formed DE 3/7/19.

Exists in DE: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served & mail to: 1 State St., 32nd Fl., NY, NY 10004. Cert of Formation Filed: Secy. of State, Corporation Dept., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover DE 19901. General Purpose.

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TO: Unknown Distributees Attorney General of the State of New York William Yarsiah Con Edison NYC Fire Department NYC Fire Department EMS c/o New York City Health and Hospitals Verizon To the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Nathaniel K. Gulah, if living and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained by the petitioner herein; being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees, or otherwise in the estate of Nathaniel K. Gulah, deceased, who at the time of his death was a resident of 56 West 119th Street, New York, New York 10026.

A petition having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, who maintains an office at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York, on September 24, 2020, at 9:30 A.M., why the following relief stated in the account of proceedings, a copy of the summary statement thereof being attached hereto, of the Public Administrator of the County of New York as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, should not be granted; (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that a hearing be held to determine the identity of the distributees at which time proof pursuant to SCPA §2225 may be presented, or in the alternative, that the balance of the funds be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of the decedent’s unknown distributees; (iii) that the Surrogate approve the reasonable amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attorney for the petitioner for legal services rendered to the petitioner herein; (iv) that the claims of Con Edison in the amount of $364.05, NYC Fire Department in the amount of $15.00, NYC Fire Department EMS in the amount of $704.00 and Verizon in the amount of $133.93, as set forth in Schedule D of the account, be rejected; (v) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (vi) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA §307 where required or directed; and (vii) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

-To Persons serving this Citation: The citation is to be served in accordance with the court’s order directing alternative service in process.

-To all Parties: No in-person appearances shall be made at the return date. If you wish to object to this matter, you may do so in writing in accordance with the annexed New York County Surrogate’s Court Notice to Cited Parties.

Dated, Attested and Sealed. August 10, 2020 (Seal) Hon. Rita Mella, Surrogate. Diana Sanabria, Chief Clerk.

Schram Graber & Opell P.C. Counsel to the Public Administrator, New York County 11 Park Place, Suite 1008 New York, New York 10007 (212) 896-3310 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have the right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK 31 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK, NY 10007 (646) 386-5800 NOTICE TO CITED PARTIES You have been served with a citation for a matter that is scheduled to be heard at a New York County Surrogate’s Court calendar.

Please be advised that pursuant to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Orders and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks’ Administrative Orders now in effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this court is serving the public and court users primarily through virtual or electronic appearances; in-person appearances are limited at this time.

The citation that you have received contains a return date. Please do not appear in the courthouse on that date. The following choices are available to you: -If you do not object to the relief requested, you do not need to contact the court or do anything else.

-If you do object to the relief sought on the citation, you or your lawyer must send a document to the court signed by you or your lawyer indicating that: 1. You object to the relief or you are requesting discovery; OR 2. You are requesting the opportunity to appear in person or by using Skype for Business or by telephone conference; OR 3. You are requesting an adjournment to consult with or retain counsel.

Your written response must be received by the court three (3) business days before the return date and must include either an email address or telephone number, or both, where you or your lawyer can be reached during business hours. Your communication to the court may be sent by email to: Accounting_General@nycourts.gov or by mail addressed to the Accounting Department of this court at the address listed above. The attorney for the petitioner must be copied in your communication.

If your written communication to the court indicates that you would like to proceed as described in choice number 1 above, your case may be referred to a court attorney-referee for a conference. The case will be adjourned to a future date, if you request the opportunity to appear in person or by electronic means or to consult or retain counsel (choices number 2 and 3).

If you do not contact the court by the date on the citation, the record will reflect that you do not object to the relief requested.

If an attorney plans to appear on your behalf, he or she must file a Notice of Appearance. This Notice may be filed by mail addressed to the Accounting Department of this court at the address listed above or through the e-filing system (NYSCEF), at www.nycourts. gov/efile.

If you have questions about responding to the citation, you may contact the Accounting Department at Accounting_General@ nycourts.gov. Please note that court staff are prohibited from giving legal advice but they are available to answer any question about procedure.

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ACCOUNTING PROCEEDING FILE NO. 2018-3398/A SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO: Unknown Distributees Attorney General of the State of New York Alexander Herman Capital One credit card acct rending #4706 Con Edison c/o CBHV Reference No. 1XXXX0294 NY Presbyterian EMS acct ending #8288 Time Warner Cable c/o Credit Management, LP creditor acct ending #7911 and to the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Lilia Binder, the decedent herein, if living and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained by the petitioner herein; being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees, or otherwise in the estate of Lilia Binder, deceased, who at the time of her death was a resident of 434 East 58th St., New York, NY 10022; A petition having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, who maintains an office at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York, on September 24, 2020, at 9:30 A.M., why the following relief stated in the account of proceedings, a copy of the summary statement thereof being attached hereto, of the Public Administrator of the County of New York as administrator of goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, should not be granted; (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that a hearing be held to determine the identity of the decedent’s distributees at which time proof pursuant to SCPA §2225 may be presented, or in the alternative, that the balance of the funds in this estate be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of the decedent’s unknown distributees; (iii) that the Surrogate approve the reasonable amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attorney for the petitioner for legal services rendered to the petitioner herein; (iv) that the claims of Capital One credit card acct ending #4706, Con Edison c/o CBHV Reference No. 1XXXX0294, NY Presbyterian EMS acct ending #8288, and Time Warner Cable c/o Credit Management, LP creditor acct ending #7911 be rejected for failure to file a claim in accordance with the provisions of SCPA §1803(1); (v) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (vi) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA §307 where required or directed; and (vii) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. of process.

-To Persons serving this Citation: The citation is to be served in accordance with the court’s order directing alternative service

-To all Parties: No in-person appearances shall be made at the return date. If you wish to object to this matter, you may do so in writing in accordance with the annexed New York County Surrogate’s Court Notice to Cited Parties.

Dated, Attested and Sealed. August 6, 2020 (Seal) Hon. Rita Mella, Surrogate. Diana Sanabria, Chief Clerk.

Schram Graber & Opell P.C. Counsel to the Public Administrator, New York County 11 Park Place, Suite 1008 New York, New York 10007 (212) 896-3310 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have the right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK 31 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK, NY 10007 (646) 386-5800 NOTICE TO CITED PARTIES You have been served with a citation for a matter that is scheduled to be heard at a New York County Surrogate’s Court calendar.

Please be advised that pursuant to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Orders and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks’ Administrative Orders now in effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this court is serving the public and court users primarily through virtual or electronic appearances; in-person appearances are limited at this time.

The citation that you have received contains a return date. Please do not appear in the courthouse on that date. The following choices are available to you: -If you do not object to the relief requested, you do not need to contact the court or do anything else.

-If you do object to the relief sought on the citation, you or your lawyer must send a document to the court signed by you or your lawyer indicating that: 1. You object to the relief or you are requesting discovery; OR 2. You are requesting the opportunity to appear in person or by using Skype for Business or by telephone conference; OR 3. You are requesting an adjournment to consult with or retain counsel.

Your written response must be received by the court three (3) business days before the return date and must include either an email address or telephone number, or both, where you or your lawyer can be reached during business hours. Your communication to the court may be sent by email to: Accounting_General@nycourts.gov or by mail addressed to the Accounting Department of this court at the address listed above. The attorney for the petitioner must be copied in your communication.

If your written communication to the court indicates that you would like to proceed as described in choice number 1 above, your case may be referred to a court attorney-referee for a conference. The case will be adjourned to a future date, if you request the opportunity to appear in person or by electronic means or to consult or retain counsel (choices number 2 and 3).

If you do not contact the court by the date on the citation, the record will reflect that you do not object to the relief requested.

If an attorney plans to appear on your behalf, he or she must file a Notice of Appearance. This Notice may be filed by mail addressed to the Accounting Department of this court at the address listed above or through the e-filing system (NYSCEF), at www.nycourts. gov/efile.

If you have questions about responding to the citation, you may contact the Accounting Department at Accounting_General@ nycourts.gov. Please note that court staff are prohibited from giving legal advice but they are available to answer any question about procedure.

The Accounting Department of the New York County Surrogate’s Court

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Notice of Qualification of GA APF GenPar, L.P. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/8/20.

Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 5/5/20. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o General Atlantic Service Company, L.P., 55 E. 52nd St., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10055, principal business address. DE address of LP: Corporate Creations Network Inc., 3411 Silverside Rd., Tatnall Bldg. #104, Wilmington, DE 19810. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of formation of MountSophia LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/27/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 49 Bayview Dr., Huntington, NY 11743.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of SIG OLIVE TREES IMPORT & EXPORT LLC filed with SSNY on July 10, 2020. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 15 Mackay Place # 6K, Brooklyn, NY 11209.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Castlemore Holdings MIMA, LLC. Filed with SSNY: 4/21/20. Office: NY Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: Juntao Yan, 450 W 42nd Street #45Q, New York, NY 10036.

Principal office: same address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Little Hunt’s, LLC filed with SSNY on May 27, 2020. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2522 university ave apt 4h, Bronx, NY10468. Purpose : any lawful act of activity.

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August 17, 2020

NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above named company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more: FREDERICK ESTATE 1085 WILLMOHR ST 2R BROOKLYN, NY 11212 MATTHEW KURLOWICZ ESTATE 83 WINDHORST AVE BETHPAGE, NY 11714 GRACE M STOCKTON ESTATE 371 E COLUMBIA ST HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550 CARLA KRUM 104 GROVE ST APT 3 COBLESKILL, NY 12043 FRANCES CANNIZZARO ESTATE 19 COLUMBINE RD ROCKY POINT, NY 11778 SARA WEBER ESTATE 600 CIRCLE RD STONY BROOK, NY 11790

A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HAS BEEN MADE TO THOMAS P. DENAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 702 OF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW. A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS APPEARING FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SAID INSURANCE COMPANY TO BE ENTITLED THERETO IS ON FILE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION LOCATED AT 1 ORANGE WAY WINDSOR CT 06095, WHERE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY IS PAYABLE. SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 31, 2020, TO PERSONS ESTABLISHING TO OUR SATISFACTION THEIR RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE SAME. ON OR BEFORE THE SUCCEEDING SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 SUCH UNCLAIMED FUNDS STILL REMAINING UNCLAIMED WILL BE PAID TO THOMAS P. DENAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. UPON SUCH PAYMENT THIS COMPANY SHALL NO LONGER BE LIABLE FOR THE PROPERTY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1330299 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 212 FRONT ST NEW YORK, NY 10038.

NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. OSTERIA DEL PORTO INC. Notice of Formation of ES ACUPUNCTURE PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/7/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Elham Salehin,2152 Ralph Ave, Suite 637 Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.

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The Dress Maven LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/6/2020. Cty: Richmond. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail copy of process to the LLC: 4 Allen Court, Staten Isl., NY 10310. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Signaturedfox, LLC filed with SSNY on July ,9, 2020 . Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 170-32 130th Ave 13E Jamaica , Ny, 11434. Purpose: Clothing company

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1324179 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 38-12 BROADWAY. ASTORIA, NY 11103.

QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. 38-12 CORP.

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State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker drew lawmakers’ ire for claiming hospitals had enough personal protective equipment throughout the pandemic. All those reports of doctors fearful for their safety and nurses resorting to garbage bags? Don’t believe them, Zucker said.

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