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New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer officially launches his campaign for mayor in a socially distanced press conference at Inwood Hill Park.

LAST MONTH, two top education officials were installed in New York. Betty Rosa, previously the state Board of Regents chancellor, was appointed state education commissioner. Days later, Jim Malatras, an ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was named chancellor of the State University of New York, the state’s public university system.

Neither Rosa nor Malatras were hired as the result of a nationwide search, with officials citing the need to fill the posts quickly due to the unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Yet unlike Rosa, Malatras’ hiring raised eyebrows. One factor was their differing qualifications – Rosa, 68, has advanced degrees in education administration, while the 42-year-old Malatras studied political science and has a more policy-oriented background. Another factor was race: Amid renewed attention to the lack of diversity in leadership positions, not least of all in academia, SUNY nonetheless elevated a white man without considering any candidates of color. And while Rosa is interim commissioner, there’s no such limitation on Malatras, who told City & State he hopes to run SUNY “for a long, long time.” Finally, Rosa has a history of opposing Cuomo on standardized testing and funding, while Malatras made his mark moving up in the governor’s orbit, raising questions as to whether he’ll fundamentally be serving the SUNY community – or the boss who handed him the role of a lifetime.

CONTENTS

SCOTT STRINGER … 8 Why progressives still like him for mayor SUNY … 10

Cuomo installed his righthand man as chancellor.

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CELESTE SLOMAN; ROHANNA MERTENS

The post politically powerful people at NY colleges and universities

WINNERS & LOSERS … 34

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UPHEAVAL IN ROCHESTER CONTINUES

Protests have continued in Rochester after police body camera video was released of Daniel Prude’s arrest in March, which led to his death a week later. State Attorney General Letitia James announced that she will empanel a grand jury to consider evidence

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in the case of Prude’s death after Rochester police for months treated it as a drug overdose rather than a homicide as the medical examiner determined. James’ office had already begun investigating the incident well before the grand jury announcement. Soon after that, Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary and the rest of the command staff

announced they were retiring.

Singletary denied any wrongdoing by the officers involved in Prude’s death, who have been suspended, and said he would not sit “idly” as people attempted to “destroy my character.” When she announced the retirements, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren did not say whether she asked them to resign.

Meanwhile, protesters have marched every night since Prude’s family released the body camera footage.

Two protesters are now facing federal charges after being accused of attacking police officers.

“Trump is actively trying to kill New York City. It’s personal.”

– Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on the president’s handling of the pandemic and the federal government’s refusal to provide aid to states and cities, via the Daily News

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After an intense backlash from wealthy Upper West Side residents, de Blasio

AND COUNTING On May 24, The New York Times previewed a haunting benchmark in the coronavirus pandemic, filling the entire front page of its Sunday paper with short obituaries of some of the nearly 100,000 people killed by the virus in the U.S. Four months later, Time magazine tells the same devastating story on its cover, as the country passes 200,000 deaths from COVID-19.

Time’s coverline: “An American Failure.”

“On so many levels, you fail. Step up! Be a leader! Stand tall for all New Yorkers! ” – New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio for his decision to relocate homeless people from an Upper West Side hotel after community backlash, via the Daily News

decided to relocate 300 homeless men from the Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street to midtown Manhattan. The men had been moved to the hotel to help alleviate crowding at homeless shelters, where coronavirus outbreaks were a large concern, and provide the men with a safer alternative.

Like many hotels that are being used to temporarily house homeless people, it was empty due to a lack of tourists during the pandemic. However, the decision to house the homeless men in the neighborhood led members of a neighborhood typically considered one of New York City’s most liberal to threaten to sue the city.

Although de Blasio said conditions at the hotel were not up to snuff, advocates for homeless people and Upper West Side lawmakers lambasted the mayor for apparently giving in to NIMBYism.

2021 ELECTION MOVES

There’s still plenty of time before the 2021 New York City election cycle truly ramps up, but several candidates have begun making their moves. City Comptroller Scott Stringer made his run for mayor official, launching his campaign with a slew of support from lawmakers, including progressives like state Sen. Julia Salazar and Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou. Stringer will try to establish

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himself in the ever-growing pack of candidates as the progressive choice with a multiracial coalition behind him. City Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, de Blasio’s go-to problem solver, announced she’s resigning from the administration. Although she said her decision was due to recent budget cuts, Garcia is also considering a run for mayor herself, so the resignation could be a sign that she’s getting more serious. Tiffany Cabán, who made headlines last year when she almost won the Queens district attorney race and has since become something of a progressive celebrity, also announced that she is running for City Council in Astoria, Queens.

INDOOR DINING TO RESUME IN NYC

At long last, struggling restaurateurs in New York City have been thrown a lifeline by Gov. Andrew Cuomo when he announced that he would allow eateries to reopen for indoor dining

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on Sept. 30. Until now, Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have resisted permitting indoor dining, even though it has been allowed in the rest of the state for weeks – if not months – without causing a spike in coronavirus cases.

The city has long met the necessary criteria that theoretically should have allowed for limited indoor dining. Both officials argued that the city is different from other areas in New York, and therefore indoor dining posed a greater risk. Just the day before his announcement, Cuomo said it would be “negligent and reckless” to allow indoor dining in New York City before ensuring compliance mechanisms were in place.

However, he posed a theoretical situation where city restaurants would be allowed to open with 25% capacity, half that of the rest of the state. The next day, that hypothetical became reality when he announced the city’s indoor dining plan.

TUESDAY 9/15 State Attorney General Letitia James speaks at 11 a.m. as part of the Association for a Better New York’s webinar series on Black leadership in New York City.

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Can NY learn from 9/11 on COVID-19 disability benefits?

Four years after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, New York state finally passed legislation ensuring that first responders who developed certain illnesses were presumed to have contracted those illnesses on the job, and made those civil servants eligible for accidental disability retirement benefits.

New York passed a similar bill this May, establishing a presumption that any public worker who died from the coronavirus was presumed to have contracted the virus on the job, and was made eligible for line-of-duty death benefits.

But the state has yet to extend the same presumption for accidental disability benefits. As the coronavirus pandemic wears on, reports persist of COVID19 “long haulers” who experience life-altering symptoms for months after testing negative for the virus, including extreme fatigue, short-term memory loss and difficulty breathing.

Now, some public sector union leaders are calling for legislation that will extend disability or workers compensation benefits to the essential workers who contracted COVID-19 on the job and may still be dealing with its devastating symptoms for months or years to come.

“I’ve had some people that I’ve known that got COVID, and now they’re supposed to be over COVID, but you can tell

THURSDAY 9/17 City & State hosts a virtual Healthy New York Summit starting at 1 p.m. with state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, New York City Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi and others.

they’re still not fully over it,” said Shaun Francois, president of the city’s public sector employees union, District Council 37, and of the New York City Board of Education Employees Local 372. “Whatever they can do to start the process,” he said, of extending disability benefits, “I think the earlier the better.”

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Assembly Member Peter Abbate, who sponsored May’s line-of-duty death benefits legislation, have both expressed interest in extending accidental disability benefits to public employees who contracted COVID-19, but neither was firm on how that would be done or what such a bill would look like.

Abbate sponsored the 2005 legislation, but he noted that part of the reason it took so long for that to pass – and the reason it has been amended several times over the years – is because it took a while to understand the extent of illnesses that could be caused by exposure at the World Trade Center. “For years after, we had to add diseases to it, we had to add people to it,” Abbate said of the 2005 bill.

With new and mysterious symptoms of COVID-19 seeming to crop up every day, Abbate said that he wanted to take time to get a coronavirus disability benefits bill right. “The idea is to get it right the first time.”

– Annie McDonough

MONDAY 9/21 The New York City Council Committees on Hospitals and Criminal Justice hold a joint remote oversight hearing at 10 a.m. on the city’s management of COVID-19 in jails.

INSIDE DOPE

Legislative leaders said they plan to reconvene in September. While no session days have been set, that could change as pressure mounts to address city and state budget deficits.

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CESSPOOL WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP first singled out New York City as one of the three “anarchist jurisdictions” he wants to pull federal funding from, we felt defensive. But once we thought about it and

TRUMP WAS RIGHT!

looked impartially at the city’s record of lawlessness, we realized that Trump has a point. After all, just look at the unpunished illegal, immoral, unethical behavior that’s transpired in this godforsaken hellhole.

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A supposedly charitable foundation misused funds to promote the presidential campaign of one of its executives and settle legal claims against various businesses owned by that executive. It even allegedly used tax-deductible donations to purchase a $10,000 portrait of that same executive.

One local developer and reality TV star has been accused of sexual assault by more than 20 women. He was even recorded boasting about committing these crimes, but he still hasn’t faced charges.

A self-proclaimed political dirty trickster was found guilty of obstructing a congressional inquiry, lying under oath, and attempting to block another witness testimony, but didn’t serve a day in prison.

A real estate “school” charged people upwards of $35,000 for seminars, even though it employed unqualified instructors, didn’t actually offer degrees and wasn’t accredited.

Two real estate heirs were on the verge of “being charged with felony fraud,” until a family lawyer who had donated to the Manhattan DA stepped in.

A family real estate venture was allegedly able to dodge taxes by setting up a sham corporation to hide millions of dollars in gifts, taking improper tax reductions and undervaluing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of real estate holdings. The Manhattan DA hasn’t been able to obtain the main suspect’s tax returns.

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This is the home of Stonewall. We’ve been here now 50plus years, and we have never elected a trans person in New York City.

A Q&A with New York City Council candidate

ALEJANDRA CARABALLO

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What inspired you to run for New York City Council?

I’ve been contemplating running for a little while, but I think really what instilled a sense of urgency in me to announce and to run for this cycle in particular has been the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests. In particular, I lost a friend and mentor in Lorena Borjas. And she served as a major inspiration to me.

She provided most of the clients that I represented in my legal work, and she was a real mother to the trans Latinx community.

You’re running for the seat held by Laurie Cumbo, who was

integral to getting this year’s budget passed.

She has been a vocal critic of the defund the police movement and the Democratic Socialists of America as not representing the desires of her constituents. How does that play into your race?

She was elected with a ton of real estate money in 2013, and so it’s kind of hypocritical for her to say, well, these are gentrifiers when these are lifelong residents of New York City who have deeply held beliefs about how the police should be run and how they should be held accountable. My approach will be to welcome

community groups. I really want to keep my office door open for any groups that want to say their piece, rather than have an antagonistic relationship. I think that the ramifications of the budget vote where she got $16 million for her constituents and other City Council members who, like Carlos Menchaca, voted their conscience and really wanted to see meaningful reform, they got no money for their constituents. They were cut. I think that kind of hardball tactics, that’s the kind of dark side of politics that really needs to end.

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You could become the first trans person, let alone trans person of color, to be elected to the City Council. What does that potentially historic aspect of your campaign mean to you?

One of the things that I’ve experienced throughout my career and my life as being a trans Latina lawyer means being the first in a lot of things. I was the first openly trans community board member here in Brooklyn. But also just in my day-to-day work, it was not uncommon when I was working with my clients for them to tell me, “You’re the

first trans lawyer I’ve ever even met.” It’s always been important to me to keep that in mind. But at the end of the day, being the first in something isn’t the kind of end goal in and of itself.

It’s to have meaningful representation and to also uplift the overall community. I don’t want to be known just as the trans candidate. But at the same time, this is the home of Stonewall. We’ve been here now 50-plus years, and we have never elected a trans person, let alone in New York City, but also New York state. And so I think that says something that it’s really time to elect a trans person.

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Despite a seismic cultural shift, progressive rock stars aren’t abandoning the white guy running for mayor.

N THE SUMMER of 2019, two younger progressive legislators of color, state Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou, endorsed New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer for mayor in 2021. “He’s clearly walking the walk” on promoting racial and gender diversity, Niou told City & State at the time.

Conversations around race, inclusion and political representation have only been elevated in the year since, thanks in part to the protests following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, and also a Democratic presidential primary that elevated a white, male political lifer in former Vice President Joe Biden out of a historically diverse field.

So the big news at Stringer’s official campaign launch press conference on Sept.

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“I’m willing to look past identity politics, in this moment,” said Amanda Septimo, who endorsed Stringer on Sept. 8 and is on her way to winning an Assembly seat. “I’m a young woman of color from the South Bronx,” Septimo, who is Dominican-American and Black, told City & State.

And while Stringer’s demographic profile is different, “I recognized that we share the same values. And that’s rooted in the idea that it’s not fair that there are places in the

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city that are consistently left behind.”

Niou, who is Taiwanese, agreed, telling City & State that her endorsement is about Stringer’s consistent record. “This is somebody who has stood up on the right side of the issues for so long,” she said.

That includes police brutality, which has been highlighted this summer by the widespread protests against systemic racism.

“I’m going to go with the guy who literally went to jail, who got arrested alongside folks who got arrested protesting police brutality,” Niou said, referencing Stringer’s arrest during the 1999 protests following the NYPD’s killing of Amadou Diallo – something Stringer himself mentioned in his speech.

“It doesn’t matter what your skin color is as long as you have somebody who is fighting for what you believe in,” Niou said.

So far, the other two major potential candidates in the race include Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who is Black but is a more moderate former police officer, and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who is white and would be the city’s first openly gay mayor, but has lately come under fire from progressives for failing to more substantially cut the budget of the New York City Police Department.

Stringer is hoping that many New York City Democratic voters, who also surely care about racial and gender diversity, make the same calculus as the elected officials who backed him. Stringer’s campaign launch, held at Inwood Hill Park in Upper Manhattan, showed support of a

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multiethnic coalition that included state Sens. Robert Jackson, Alessandra Biaggi, Julia Salazar and Brian Kavanagh, as well as Assembly Members Al Taylor, Catalina Cruz, Linda Rosenthal and Robert Carroll.

Stringer went out on a limb to endorse a number of those now-elected officials when they were challenging incumbents, including Jackson, Biaggi, Salazar and Cruz – which distinguishes him not only from Adams, but also first-time candidates like former nonprofit executive Dianne Morales or Maya a former counsel to Jeff Coltin Wiley, Mayor Bill de Blasio, who didn’t endorse candidates in the 2018 primaries.

But the story isn’t a simple quid pro quo. Septimo noted that Stringer stayed out of her race against incumbent Assembly Member Carmen Arroyo. Niou mentioned that Wiley endorsed her reelection campaign this year – one of Wiley’s very few public endorsements – but that she was still backing Stringer. Similarly, Johnson had backed Ramos, Jackson and Biaggi in their primary races, too.

Asked on Sept. 8 what he’d say to New Yorkers who think it’s time for a mayor of color, Stringer gestured to the elected officials on his side. “I’ve assembled what I think is the beginning of a multiracial, intergenerational group of supporters,” he said. “I believe people will vote for the mayor who best represents the hopes and dreams of every diverse community.”

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“I’M WILLING TO LOOK PAST IDENTITY POLITICS, IN THIS MOMENT.”

– Amanda Septimo, Democratic Assembly nominee

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FEW THINGS made the 43-yearold Jim Malatras an unlikely choice to lead the State University of New York. There is his youth, for one, and the fact that he is the first SUNY graduate to ever become its leader – and then there is the way that he got the job.

Past SUNY chancellors were typically hired through national searches for candidates with a diverse range of experiences as academic leaders, military officers and government officials. SUNY’s board of trustees, however, only considered Malatras as a potential replacement to former Chancellor Kristina Johnson, who is now the president of Ohio State University.

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Malatras appears to be his ties to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who appointed 13 out of the 15 trustees. The appointment alarmed faculty and students for a few reasons.

Giving a $450,000 executive job to a white man without considering other candidates was unethical, they said. Plus, the opaque hiring process set a precedent for excluding faculty and students in future decisions. The SUNY Student Assembly, the University Faculty Senate and the Faculty Council of Community Colleges all voted “no confidence” in the Aug. 24 decision to hire Malatras.

Yet, the impending reopening of the 64-campus university system made some skeptics willing to give Malatras a chance.

“We felt that the arrival of a chancellor

who would take charge immediately was an appropriate step,” United University Professions President Frederick Kowal, whose union represents SUNY faculty and staff, said in an interview. “The concern that many of us had is that the appointment of Dr. Malatras would mean that the governor would have total control over SUNY, but, having said that, he has a very unique background.”

Malatras had spent the past year as the president of Empire State College, a SUNY school with a focus on virtual learning across 33 physical sites. Years ago, he spent a year as chief of staff to former SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher.

But the Catskills native – who received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees

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in political science from the University at Albany – isn’t known as an academic administrator. He made his name by rising through the ranks as a longtime policy adviser and state operations director for Cuomo. Though Malatras left the governor’s office nearly three years ago, his recurring appearances at the governor’s daily coronavirus briefings have demonstrated in recent months just how close the two men still remain.

Now, Malatras, a longtime Albany insider, has to usher the sprawling university system through a deadly pandemic and fiscal uncertainty, while addressing concerns that he is just an extension of the governor.

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UNY IS A vast academic ecosystem that in a normal year would serve more than 700,000 students at community colleges, four-year colleges and graduate universities. Like many public university systems, SUNY cultivates a reputation as a driver of the state economy as well as an academic ladder into the middle class for working-class New Yorkers at just a fraction of the cost of private schools.

But the pandemic has already cost the university $400 million in revenue as of last June, SUNY Chief Operating Officer Robert Megna told state lawmakers in July. That revenue shortfall could grow to $1 billion by the end of the year. About 30% of its approximately $12 billion annual revenue comes from the state, but the coronavirus pandemic could mean a 25% cut in that support. Federal intervention would be needed in order to overcome the crisis, according to Megna, a former head of the state Division of the Budget under Cuomo. “The State – in fact no state – has these kinds of resources,” he added in his July statement to the Legislature.

Billions in new federal aid appeared increasingly out of reach by the time that Malatras officially began his position on Aug. 31, meaning that – from a fiscal standpoint – reopening campuses has become more important than ever.

Student tuition is the third biggest source of revenue for SUNY, after the state aid and university hospital revenues – and SUNY refunded millions of it when campuses shut down earlier in the year. Reviving tuition as a funding stream depends to a significant extent on resuming in-person education, especially in academic disciplines that require hands-on learning in settings like sciences labs.

SUNY campuses planned for a hybrid model this fall that limits in-person classes while allowing campus life to continue with some restrictions. Private universities like Columbia University and New York University have also adopted this ap-

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proach, as have public universities in Ohio and Minnesota. The 23-campus California State University is the only major state university system that is going fully remote this fall. The University of North Carolina, which shut down in-person classes at its Chapel Hill campus in August just a few days after reopening, is a cautionary tale of what can happen to schools that do not implement adequate public health controls as they reopen.

Like other areas of the country, SUNY has struggled to control the spread of the coronavirus ever since students began returning to campuses in mid-August. As of September 9, an estimated 1,110 students had already contracted the coronavirus in

the past two weeks, according to SUNY data. At least one university employee has died and in-person classes at SUNY Oneonta have already been canceled for the year. The same could happen at other SUNY campuses at Buffalo, Oswego and Fredonia, which continue to see surges in reported cases.

In some ways, Malatras’ approach one week into the job resembles the state response he helped form earlier in the year.

This includes the new online database he announced with the governor that tracks university coronavirus infections. Then there are Malatras’ media appearances, in which he has echoed the governor, saying

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that unless students stop partying “the beast that is COVID-19” cannot be beaten. Beyond the similarities of their leadership styles, is a general emphasis on boosting the testing, tracing and isolating of cases through pandemic-fighting high-tech gadgetry and partnerships among SUNY institutions, private industry and public agencies. Malatras’ new initiative to conduct at least 105,000 tests each week across the system is one example.

Another is a newly-acquired machine that will allow health officials at SUNY Upstate Medical University to screen wastewater

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from people at one of its residential facilities for the virus, an approach that helped the private Syracuse University identify a dorm-based viral cluster in early September.

Malatras, like Cuomo, presents the pandemic as a referendum on the ability of public officials to get things done. “We want to make sure that the plans that people put on paper are being executed,” Malatras said in an interview one week into his new job.

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erywhere, or you will lose the confidence of students and you will lose the confidence of the parents.” And, like for the governor – whose approval ratings have skyrocketed in the past six months – a public health emergency offers Malatras a way to build support among faculty, students and staff based on his experience in state government.

“There’s no learning curve,” Kowal said of Malatras’ transition into leading the univer-

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sity. Unlike former Chancellor Kristina Johnson, who Kowal described as unfamiliar in the ways of New York state government, the union leader was beginning to see how her successor would be better able to fight for policy priorities like restoring state funding cuts to university hospitals and securing more state aid overall. “I remain optimistic that we’re going to be able to develop the means by which we can fix or meet all of the challenges facing SUNY.”

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on SUNY’s science research programs, including big investments of state money into the Buffalo area. One analysis by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that the state Economic Development Corporation failed to adequately oversee spending in the so-called “Buffalo Billion” project. “I will not have him embarrassed with this,” Malatras wrote in a 2015 email about the lack of progress on one project that the governor had announced earlier that year, alongside then-Vice President Joe Biden, The New York Times later reported.

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governor’s upstate economic czar, would later go to federal prison in a related big-rigging scandal.

Malatras has also been heavily involved in developing the Excelsior Scholarship program, another key pillar of Cuomo’s legacy.

The three-year-old program offers free tuition to public university students who study full time, meet income requirements and agree to remain in the state for a limited time post-graduation. The only problem is that lower income students tend to have a harder time meeting those requirements. “There’s a lot of trapdoors,” Glick said of the program.

A more established form of student aid like the Tuition Assistance Program that focuses on the most needy students, she argues, is a better use of limited funding.

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ONTAINING THE coronavirus is one thing, but addressing the university’s fiscal problems by restoring the flow of tuition still leaves SUNY hundreds of millions of dollars short in its current fiscal year.

The university began implementing a hiring freeze (Malatras being one notable exception) back in May, halted construction projects and otherwise tried to trim costs as the state faces a $14.5 billion revenue shortfall. Individual campuses are increasingly feeling the budget crunch. “It could become significantly worse,” Maurie McInnis, president of Stony Brook University, said of the university’s $110 million funding shortfall in a mid-August letter to faculty and staff first reported by Newsday. One unnamed university employee blamed the governor in a letter to a local media outlet in the Hudson Valley. “I fear SUNY New Paltz will not survive as the pillar of our community, as we all have come to know it,” the person wrote.

“Cuomo needs to act now.”

With political pressure on the governor building, advocates of more state support for public universities hope that Malatras can secure money from Cuomo more than competing agencies can. “He is a product of SUNY, and hopefully the old school ties will make him an advocate in a way that past chancellors have not been because they were not part of the governor’s inner circle,” said Assembly Member Deborah Glick, chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education. She added that the upcoming state budget process, details of which typically emerge after Thanksgiving each year, will offer the first real test of how Malatras’ close relationship with the governor affects the bottom line at SUNY. The three-term governor also has significant parts of his legacy already invested in the state university system.

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While the pandemic brings challenges, it also offers Cuomo and Malatras a chance for a reset on higher education policy. “We are working closely with some of our best academic institutions to develop strategies that will help make a cleaner, greener Empire State for all,” the governor said at a September announcement of a new SUNY-based program to promote recycling. The big question, though, is how more than five years in the Cuomo administration will affect Malatras’ thinking moving forward. “It’s hard to tell where a staff person’s role begins and ends on any particular issue – particularly in an administration where the governor has a tight circle of aides who are involved in everything,” said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who first met

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Malatras when they were both staffers for former Assembly Member Richard Brodsky.

One possibility is that Malatras will follow the example of Benjamin Lawsky, who like Malatras and Horner, also worked for Cuomo during his time as state attorney general. The newly elected governor appointed Lawsky as the first superintendent of financial services in 2011. His tenure included building a new regulatory system for the multi-billion dollar insurance and financial sectors while also developing new state policies to emerging tech like Bitcoin – all of this with minimal political interference from Cuomo, said Horner. “I don’t think he was at odds with the administration,” he added.

“But I think he was able to advance things that he was interested in, seemingly independent of the governor’s office.”

If that happens with Malatras, then it could go a long way towards fulfilling hopes that putting a longtime Cuomo ally

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in charge of SUNY was a good idea. Success in containing the spread of the coronavirus within the SUNY system would help restore confidence that the university can improve its bottom line while reopening, without fueling wider coronavirus outbreaks across the state. “I think it is going to be a turning point,” state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky, chair of the Senate Committee on Higher Education, said of reopening SUNY campuses. “If there is a resurgence (of coronavirus cases), then all bets are off.”

That all depends on whether Malatras succeeds in the coming months at curbing the spread of the coronavirus on campus and how he uses his gubernatorial pull to get more money for the university. Longevity in his current position is the longterm upside to winning the hearts and minds of the faculty, staff and students in the process, he said in an interview.

“There’s so much potential possibility,” he said of reshaping his alma mater. “I could see myself being in this job, if they would have me, for a long, long time.”

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lege and university leaders are finding creative ways to adjust and adapt while maintaining an unshakable focus on their fundamental mission of educating students and preparing them for purposeful and productive lives. City & State’s Education Power 50 highlights the chancellors, presidents, deans and other academic officers who are navigating New York’s top institutions through this unprecedented period of crisis.

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Martha Pollack, the Cornell University president, said “extraordinary opportunities” will come from Cornell Tech.

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JIM MALATRAS

Chancellor State University of New York In August, Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed Jim Malatras, one of his closest aides, to oversee the State University of New York’s 64 campuses and 468,000 students. Malatras has served as Cuomo’s director of state operations, president of SUNY Empire State College, and chief of staff to former SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher. He helped craft the state’s Excelsior Scholarship program, which allows eligible students to attend SUNY tuition-free.

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President New York University

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Chancellor City University of New York Last year, Félix Matos Rodríguez became the first Latino chancellor of the nation’s largest urban public university system. Matos Rodríguez wasted little time showing he intends to carry on the City University of New York tradition of being an engine of social mobility, joining an initiative that commits 27 corporations to hiring 100,000 Black, Latino and Asian Americans – a quarter of whom will come from his own student body.

When he took the helm at New York University in 2016, Andrew Hamilton’s reputation as a fundraiser preceded him. Despite being one of the nation’s largest private universities, NYU has a smaller endowment than many of its similarly selective peers. Over the course of his tenure, Hamilton has managed to limit tuition increases while continuing to expand the university’s footprint in New York and globally.

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President Colu mbia University Over the past two decades, Lee Bollinger has overseen Columbia University’s ambitious expansion plans into West Harlem.

The development of the university’s Manhattanville

campus – the first in the country to receive the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest sustainability certification – demonstrates how Columbia, one of the city’s largest landlords, can set new norms. Bollinger is also one of the nation’s leading First Amendment scholars and affirmative action advocates.

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in economic activity once complete, Martha Pollack has raised her university’s profile in the field of public policy. In 2019, she opened the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs and, earlier this year, announced the launch of the Cornell School of Public Policy.

6 STUART RABINOWITZ

MARTHA POLLACK

President Hofstra University

In addition to leading the development of the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, which is expected to generate billions of dollars

Stuart Rabinowitz has been a fixture at Hofstra University for 50 years, the last 20 as its president. From hosting three consecutive presidential debates to founding several new schools – including the

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Matos Rodrígu ez got major c ompanies to c ommit to hiring 2 5,000 gradu ates over the next dec ade.

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Zucker School of Medicine – Rabinowitz has continued to raise the university’s profile.

As co-chair of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, Rabinowitz is currently working on a plan for the area’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

7 SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON

President Rensselaer Polytec hnic Institu te The first Black woman to receive a doctorate from MIT, Shirley Ann Jackson chaired the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under President Bill Clinton and co-chaired the Intelligence Advisory Board under President Barack Obama, who would later award her the National Medal of Science. In her two decades at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jackson has established herself as one of the nation’s leading advocates for women and minorities in science.

8 HAVIDÁN RODRÍGUEZ

President University at Albany Earlier this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tasked Havidán Rodríguez, who in 2017 became the first Latino president of a SUNY college, with working alongside the state Department of Health to investigate the disparate

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Rodrígu ez helped state health offic ials look into the disparate impac ts of CO VID-19 . impacts of the coronavirus across different demographic groups. As co-chair of the Capital Region Economic Development Council, expect Rodríguez to play a role in the area’s economic recovery from the pandemic as well.

9 HARVEY STENGER

President Binghamton University Since he joined Binghamton in 2012, Harvey Stenger has sought to bolster research activity at a university that was already ranked among the top public institutions in both the state and country.

He has also worked on expanding Binghamton’s role as an engine of regional development – the school is currently responsible for $1 billion in annual economic activity. Stenger also served as co-chair of the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council.

Institute. A former litigator, Raab held posts in the Koch and Giuliani administrations, including a stint as chair of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

11 VINCENT BOUDREAU

President City College of New York Since his 2017 appointment as president of City College, Vincent Boudreau has had to confront funding challenges at the flagship of the City University of New York system

– an institution that he has described to Crain’s New York Business as “fundamental to the democracy of the city and the nation.” A political scientist and expert in social movements, Boudreau was previously dean of the college’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership.

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President John Jay College of Criminal Ju stic e As the leader of one of the nation’s largest law enforcement education institutions, Karol Mason has promised to confront the challenges brought to the fore by ongoing social justice protests. The first woman and African American president to lead the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a former

Shirley Ann Jackson was first Black woman to receive a doctorate from MIT.

10 JENNIFER RAAB

President Hu nter College Since she arrived at Hunter in 2001, Jennifer Raab has steered its transformation from an open admissions college to a selective one.

During her tenure, Hunter converted Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s historic townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side into the Roosevelt House Public Policy

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assistant attorney general in the Obama administration, Mason has pledged to increase faculty diversity and initiate dialogue around race and policing.

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Crew has played a lead role advising Brooklyn Distric t Attorney Eric Gonz alez on c riminal ju stic e reforms. criminal justice reform with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

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President SUNY New Paltz When he was named president of SUNY New Paltz in 2011, Donald Christian pledged to raise both the college’s visibility in the region and its fundraising capabilities. Today the college is the largest employer in Ulster County, with an annual economic impact of $380 million. As co-chair of the midHudson Regional Economic Development Council, Christian helps develop strategic plans for economic growth and renewal of the region.

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President Stony Brook University Stony Brook’s newly minted president arrives at a difficult time. An art historian and experienced administrator who came to the Long Island campus from the University of Texas at Austin, Maurie McInnis has said she hopes to shore up the school’s post-pandemic finances through state, federal and philanthropic funding. One of the four university centers in the SUNY system, Stony Brook is the largest single-site employer on Long Island.

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President LaGu ardia Commu nity College Kenneth Adams, LaGuardia Community College’s new president, brings an impressive resume in government, business and economic development to the diverse Queens campus.

Adams has served as acting commissioner of the state

18 DAVID MUNSON

President Roc hester Institu te of Tec hnology Since 2017, David Munson has been steering the Rochester Institute of Technology’s expansion both in New York and abroad. Munson Jr. oversaw the creation of the Global Cybersecurity Institute, and construction is now underway on a performing arts center, as well as a $136 million campus in Dubai. RIT is already one of Rochester’s largest employers, and its

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RUDY CREW

President The New Sc hool

A former chancellor of the New York City public school system, Rudy Crew came to Medgar Evers College after serving as Oregon’s chief education officer. One of Crew’s signature initiatives has been a pipeline program designed to help underserved K-12 students transition into college. Beyond his own campus, Crew has also played a lead role working on

Last October, Dwight McBride was named the first Black president in the 100-year history of The New School.

A James Baldwin scholar, McBride had been serving as provost at Emory University, where he was also a professor of African American Studies and English, and an associated faculty member in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. McBride has published numerous books, essays and articles examining

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race theory, sexuality and identity politics.

Department of Taxation and Finance, CEO of Empire State Development and commissioner of the state Department of Economic Development. He also led the Business Council of New York State, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and the MetroTech Area Business Improvement District.

In October, Dwight McBride became the first Black president of The New School.

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ongoing expansion should help spur the economic resurgence of the region.

GRACE WANG

Interim President SUNY Polytec hnic Institu te Since being named interim president of the Polytechnic Institute, Grace Wang has worked to turn the campus into a cutting-edge lab that is more integrated into the SUNY system. She has also led efforts to spur high-tech investment in the capital region, recently partnering with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Griffiss Institute to create a $12 million computer technology research center.

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PHILIP KAMRASS/OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR; MARTIN SECK; SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY; BROOKLYN COLLEGE

Chancellor and President Syrac u se University Syracuse University is looking to grow – and it expects the surrounding area to share in its success. Last year, Kent Syverud announced the launch of a $1.5 billion fundraising campaign, which aims to bolster the school’s international reputation, attract high-end faculty and stimulate local investment.

The university, which recently celebrated its 150th birthday, is already one of the region’s largest employers.

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President Long Island University Upon joining Long Island University in 2013, Kimberly Cline had to stabilize the school’s fiscal situation before pushing forward with big plans. She launched the Global Institute and the Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis. The school’s Brooklyn campus has undergone its largest expansion since 1926, and the university recently announced a partnership with Jay-Z to launch the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment.

Michelle Anderson has made inclusiveness a central theme on campus.

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When he took charge of West Point in 2018, Darryl Williams became the first African American officer to lead the famed military academy in its 216-year history. Prior to arriving at West Point, Williams served as commander of NATO’s Allied Land Command, based in Turkey. In 2014, he was tapped

by President Barack Obama to lead the U.S. response to the Ebola crisis in Liberia.

Over the past decade, Satish Tripathi has been working hard to elevate the University at Buffalo into the highest echelons of American research institutions. Under his watch, the university has seen significant growth in federal research grant funding while also expanding its global reach. The school has also raised its four-year graduation rate to 60% and seen a nearly 40% increase in applications since 2013.

Superintendent United States Military Ac ademy at West Point

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24 MICHELLE ANDERSON President Brooklyn College

Michelle Anderson arrived at Brooklyn College amid an uproar over New York City Police Department surveillance of a Muslim student group, and over the past four years, the former CUNY law school dean has made inclusiveness a central theme on campus. Brooklyn College has one of the most diverse student bodies in the country, and the Brookings Institute recently ranked it among the top 10 American schools for social mobility.

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LIU is joining u p with Jay-Z to lau nc h the Roc Nation Sc hool of Mu sic , Sports & Entertainment.

Dean NYU Tandon Sc hool of Engineering In 2018, Jelena Kovačević became the first woman to head NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering in its 164-year history, and she has since made recruiting

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women to traditionally maledominated disciplines one of her chief priorities. She has formed student groups and mentoring opportunities through the Women at Tandon Committee, which is made up of administrators and faculty who share her commitment to advancing women in STEM fields.

layperson to lead St. John’s, one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. An economist by training, Gempesaw has imposed fiscal restraint throughout his tenure as president to contain the rising cost of education. St. John’s, meanwhile, provided nearly $275 million in direct financial aid to students last year.

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KATHERINE CONWAY-TURNER President SUNY Bu ffalo State College

CHRISTOPHER GIBSON

Community engagement has been a central theme of Katherine Conway-Turner’s administration since she joined SUNY Buffalo State College in 2014, when she began her Bengals Dare to Care Day events, in which faculty, alumni, staff and students engage in community service. The college recently created a scholarship in honor of George Floyd. Last year Conway-Turner came on as a co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council.

Siena College’s new president is also a distinguished alumnus. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from the Franciscan liberal arts school, Christopher Gibson went on to become a decorated military veteran, completing four combat tours in Iraq. In 2011, he was elected to represent New York’s 20th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, where over three terms he earned a reputation for bipartisanship.

DAVID COLEMAN

CEO College Board David Coleman heads the organization that designed the SAT and Advanced Placement tests, though he is perhaps best known for his role in formulating the Common Core curriculum. The College Board has been dogged in recent years by concerns over equity and the growing test-optional movement. The organization has also sustained revenue losses from the cancellation of in-person testing due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Christopher Gibson is a decorated military veteran and former member of Congress.

of New York campus. Baruch College enrolls 18,000 students, of which more than 40% are Asian or Pacific Islander. “The symbolism of having both fair and broad representation ... is a signal to the diverse student population that they can achieve whatever they want to achieve,” Wu said.

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President Baru c h College In February, S. David Wu became the first Asian American to be named president of a City University

29 CONRADO “BOBBY” GEMPESAW President St. John’s University

In 2014, Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw became the first Filipino American and

St. John’s provided nearly $2 75 million in direc t financ ial aid to stu dents last year.

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Dean Colu mbia Jou rnalism Sc hool Since 2013, Steve Coll has steered New York’s flagship journalism school through difficult times that have seen major disruptions in the media industry, with technological changes eviscerating traditional platforms and business models. As a New Yorker staff writer, Coll continues to produce timely reporting while preparing his students to do the same through initiatives like the creation of the Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights.

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President Bard College

32 GREG MORRISETT

Dean and Vice Provost Cornell Tec h Greg Morrisett assumed the leadership of Cornell Tech as the cutting-edge Roosevelt Island campus entered into the second phase of its development, which is expected to add 1 million square feet of space and solidify New York’s stature as a vibrant tech hub.

A software security expert, Morrisett recently introduced Break Through Tech, a program designed to make it easier for women to enter into STEM fields.

For a small liberal arts school, the president of Bard cuts an outsize figure. Leon Botstein has led the college since 1975, when he was just 28 years old. The principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra in his spare time, Botstein is known as an ardent defender of open discourse on campus and of liberal arts. Under his watch, Bard has created the largest prison-education program in the country.

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President The Cooper Union Laura Sparks arrived at Cooper Union in a moment of crisis, with the school facing state investigations

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Laura Sparks created a 10-year plan to make The Cooper Union free again.

as well as administrative upheaval. The school had recently broken from its long-standing tradition of providing all students with tuition-free scholarships, and Sparks soon formulated a 10year plan to make the college free again, which she hopes can serve as a model to other institutions confronting the nationwide problem of rising tuitions.

35 SARAH BARTLETT

Dean Craig Newmark Gradu ate Sc hool of Jou rnalism at CUNY Since arriving at CUNY, Sarah Bartlett has helped the 14-year-old graduate school of journalism become a vital New York institution. Recognizing the underappreciated role of smaller publications in the news ecosystem, she helped found the Center for Community and Ethnic Media, which, under her leadership, has grown into a national organization that supports news coverage of underrepresented communities and issues.

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She also created a Spanishlanguage master’s degree program.

36 BRIAN CASEY

President Colgate University In just four years, Brian Casey has left his mark on Colgate’s campus – including the construction of three new buildings – and its culture.

When he took office, Casey announced a comprehensive review of the school’s diversity and inclusion practices, and he recently launched the Colgate History Project, which will draw on the knowledge of the Colgate community to provide a historical perspective on race and inclusion at the university.

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President Hamilton College When he stepped into his role as president of Hamilton College in 2016, David Wippman announced that campus diversity would be a priority. Under his watch, a capital campaign is underway to establish a digital learning hub and research incubator at Hamilton. Wippman previously served as a director of the National Security Council’s Office of Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs under President Bill Clinton.

Morrisett c reated Break Throu gh Tec h to make it easier for women to enter STEM fields.

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Milagros Peña is the first Hispanic female president of Purchase College.

also a co-author of “Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment.”

MILAGROS PEÑA

President Pu rc hase College In May, Milagros Peña left her dean position at the University of California, Riverside, to become the first Hispanic female president to lead Purchase College. A sociologist by training and author of five books, Peña has described Purchase’s artsy Westchester campus as the “eccentric cousin” of the SUNY family. “We’re the dreamers, the DIYers, the future of arts and culture, of the humanities and the sciences,” she recently said.

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Dean and President New York Law Sc hool

ANTHONY COLLINS

President Clarkson University In May, Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed Anthony Collins, who has served since 2003 as president of Clarkson University, to the Reimagine Education Advisory Council, which aims to help schools find innovative solutions for reopening during the coronavirus pandemic.

A civil engineer by trade, Collins has also advised the governor on redesigning airports across the state, in addition to previously serving as a co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council.

40 MARVIN KRISLOV

President Pac e University Marvin Krislov came to Pace University in 2018 after serving for a decade as president of Oberlin College.

Over the past few years, he has been working on a $190 million plan to upgrade and expand Pace’s Manhattan

Eanes lau nc hed the O ne York Emergenc y Relief Fu nd to help stu dents weather the c oronaviru s pandemic .

campus, while ensuring that the 13,000-student university retains its place as a top four-year school for social mobility. Krislov previously served as acting solicitor of national operations in the U.S. Department of Labor.

41 FRANK WU

President Qu eens College In March, Frank Wu was selected to replace Félix Matos Rodríguez as president of Queens College, becoming the first Asian American to hold the position. Wu is a law professor and author of “Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White,” which is now an essential text in Asian American studies departments. He is

43 BERENECEA JOHNSON EANES President York College

After being named interim president of CUNY’s York College last year, Berenecea Johnson Eanes was forced to confront two unanticipated crises: first, the coronavirus pandemic, and then the police killing of George Floyd.

Eanes rose to the occasion, launching the One York Emergency Relief Fund to help students weather the pandemic while providing unifying leadership amid widespread social unrest. York College promptly dropped the “interim” from her title.

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Anthony Crowell came to New York Law School in 2012 after serving 15 years in government, including 11 years as counselor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. In his current role, Crowell has been reimagining what a 21st century law school should look like with the Innovation Center for Law and Technology and the Joe Plumeri Center for Social Justice and Economic Opportunity, which provides clients with free legal services.

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R. Karl Rethemeyer is the dean of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy.

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Dean, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy University at Albany A terrorism expert who studies social networks, R. Karl Rethemeyer has served since 2018 as dean of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy – the topranked public school of public affairs in the Northeast. The college works with New York state and other governments to meet a wide spectrum of public policy challenges.

Rethemeyer himself has received funding from the Department of Homeland Security to research terrorist networks.

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MITCHELL MOSS

Director of Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management NYU Wagner Gradu ate Sc hool of Pu blic Servic e A longtime fixture in New York political and policymaking circles, Mitchell Moss served as an adviser to Michael Bloomberg during his first mayoral campaign in 2001. More recently, Gov.

Andrew Cuomo placed Moss on an advisory group tasked with addressing revenue shortfalls at the MTA and congestion on New York City roads. Last year, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed him to an expert panel on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway reconstruction project.

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President Metropolitan College of New York Joanne Passaro attended Duke University on a full

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scholarship, graduating at age 30. Her nontraditional background informs her as she leads a college catering to working students, the majority of whom are Black or Hispanic. Amid the historic economic dislocation that the country has not seen in nearly a century, institutions like Metropolitan College of New York could provide a lifeline to low-income New Yorkers.

senior vice chancellor, Miller was the driving force behind an initiative designed to increase faculty diversity and inclusion on campus.

A respected legal scholar, Miller has spent decades working on prison reform initiatives in New York state.

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DENNIS MURRAY

DANIEL LEMONS

After a four-year hiatus, Dennis Murray returned last year to Marist College as its interim president. During his first tenure as president, which spanned nearly four decades, Murray doubled enrollment at the school while raising its national profile.

Marist will soon open a new medical school – the first to be located between Albany and Westchester – which should be a boon to the midHudson Valley.

Interim President Lehman College A biology professor and 30-year veteran of the CUNY system, Daniel Lemons has served since last year as interim president of Lehman, the Bronx’s only four-year college. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Lemons launched a campaign to raise $1 million for struggling students, in addition to guiding the transition to remote learning, including an initiative that sent more than 1,000 laptops to students who are off-campus.

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Officer-in-Charge SUNY O ld Westbu ry Teresa Miller recently stepped into the role vacated by the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who spent two decades at the helm of SUNY Old Westbury. As the college’s

Lemons lau nc hed a c ampaign to raise $1M for stru ggling stu dents du ring the pandemic .

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50 DAISY COCCO DE FILIPPIS Interim President Hostos Commu nity College

In August, Daisy Cocco De Filippis returned to Hostos Community College as its interim president, having previously served as provost of the community college.

De Filippis, who is the first Dominican woman to lead the school’s predominantly Hispanic student body, has described the South Bronx campus as a “bridge of opportunity over the Grand Concourse.” Prior to her homecoming, she served as president of Naugatuck Valley Community College in Connecticut.

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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.

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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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 Qual. of INQUISITIONIS HOLDINGS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/18/20. Office location: New York.

LLC formed in DE on 08/07/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 100 Avenue Of The Americas, 16th Floor, New York, New York, 10013. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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 Dazzling K Jewelry LLC l. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of state of NY (SSNY) on 06/10/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 5550 Netherland Ave, #2F BX, NY 10471. R/A: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, #202, BK, NY 11228.

Purpose any lawful act.

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.

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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 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.

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 SwaineTrain LLC filed with SSNY on April 10, 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: 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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 430 GRAND AVENUE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/08/05.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 425 Riverside Dr, #13d, New York, New York, 10025. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of POINTSFIVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed w i t h SSNY on 06/07/19.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 220 East 42nd Street, 29th Fl.,New York, New York, 10017.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 654 FLATBUSH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/14/20 .Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 684 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11225. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TRU MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 774 Brodway, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11206. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1065 LIBERTY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/20/13.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 65 Noye Lane, Woodmere, New York, 11598. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 10 WATER ST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/03/20. Office location: Greene SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 353 Main Street, Catskill, New York, 12414. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1066-1074 LIBERTY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/20/13.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 65 Noye Lane, Woodmere, New York, 11598. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1089 LIBERTY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/20/13.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 65 Noye Lane, Woodmere, New York, 11598. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1091 LIBERTY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/20/13.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 65 Noye Lane, Woodmere, New York, 11598. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 26 N WARREN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/31/20. Office location: Greene SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 353 Main Street, Catskill, New York, 12414.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 122 W 73 L.P.. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/30/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, 10017.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 170 LACO, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/17/16.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2906 Shell Rd, Brooklyn, New York, 11224. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 1095 LIBERTY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/20/13.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 65 Noye Lane, Woodmere, New York, 11598. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1097-1101 LIBERTY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/20/13.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 65 Noye Lane, Woodmere, New York, 11598. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of 1211 WESTERN AVE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 04/19/19. Office location: New York.

LLC formed in DE on 04/12/2019. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 100 Wall Street Suite 2203 New York, New York, 10005. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1964 AGENCY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/13/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 727 Jerome St., Apt. 2, Brooklyn, New York, 11207. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AAA PITKIN LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 109-19 Liverpool Street, S Ozone Park, New York, 11420.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of GB VERVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/14/20. Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 5024 Worthington Way, Fayetteville, New York, 13066. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ADE LOGISTICS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/24/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2665 Homecrest Ave, Suite 5b, Brooklyn, New York, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AVIYAN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/19/20. Office location: Broome SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2409 Charleston Ave, Vestal, New York, 13850. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BAY RIDGE RADIATION MEDICINE PLLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/31/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 374 Stockholm St., Suite C-08, Brooklyn, New York, 11237. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CONSULTAGEN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/16/20. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 1 Hamaspik Way, Monroe, New York, 10950. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of CXL E NTE R TAINME NT COMPANY LLCAuth. filed with SSNY on 11/21/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 09/12/19. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Los Angeles, California, 90025. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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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.

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 JRS GAMING LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/25/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 254 Park Avenue South, Suite Ph-N, New York, New York, 10010.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LI FAMILY GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/30/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1957 84th St., Brooklyn, New York, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JJ&AD REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/28/20 .Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1376 Nostrand Avenue, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11226.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GRC SERVICES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/03/20.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 652 Huguenot Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HAPPY VALLEY PLACE 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 805 57th Street 4th Fl, Brooklyn, New York, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of IG CENTRAL, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/06/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 635 W 42nd Street, New York, New York, 10036. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Faye’s Couture Hair LLC filed with SSNY on June 8, 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: 1075 Castleton Avenue apt 6E Staten Island, NY 10310.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of HFP OG LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/04/20. 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 Cohen & Cohen, LLP, 767 Third Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

WEEKEND ALL THE TIME, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/05/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 200 Ave A, Apt 4A, NY, NY 10009. Reg Agent: Nusrat S El-Waylly, 200 Ave A, Apt 4A, NY, NY 10009. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of FRIENDSHIP SC PRESERVATION, L.P. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/03/20. 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. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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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 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.

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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 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.

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.

7864 Arkabutla Road Owner LLC. Arts.of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/24/20. Office: New York County. The LLC is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 280 West 12th Street, 3E, NY, NY 10014.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SHAINAYA & SAMARA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/27/07. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 146 West 29th St., 9th Fl., NY, NY 10001.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Name of LLC: H2M Propaint Date filed: 06/04/2020 Address to be included: 11 washington blvd Mount Vernon, ny 10550 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 JERRY LOPEZ NEW YORK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/20.

Location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 147W 40th Street, 2 floor New York, NY 10018 R/A: US Corp Agents, INC. 7014 13th Ave, #202, BK, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Park Watch, LLC filed with SSNY on August 11, 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: Courtney Stern 2832 Weeks Avenue Oceanside,NY 11572 .Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of SkyeVest Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/20. 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 Richard P. Altieri, Carnelutti & Altieri Esposito Minoli PLLC, 551 Madison Ave., Ste. 450, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization of Ornos ASC Holdings, LLC were filed with the Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on August 19, 2020. Office Location: Richmond County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: 65 Broadway, #1400, NY, NY 100062503. Purpose: Any lawful business purpose.

PATALINO LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 8/14/2020. Off. Loc. : Hamilton Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o Susan Patalino, P.O. Box 104, Lake Pleasant, NY 12108 . Purpose : Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of RUBY LEE DRAMA STUDIO LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/24/20. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2100 Tiebout Avenue, Apt 207, Bronx, New York, 10457. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MORVILLO, PLLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/06/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 90 Broad St., 23rd Floor, New York, New York, 10008.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of EMPIRE POLYMER HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/12/20. Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 9841 Washingtonian Blvd Suite 300, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20878. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of MEASURE 8 VENTURES CANADA, LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/22/19. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10/09/19. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 300 Park Avenue 13th Floor, New York, New York, 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NELLY GROUP LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/05/20.

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

SSNY mail process to 600 W 239th St, Apt 1m, Bronx, New York, 10463.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of R & R EXCAVATING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/18/20. Office location: Montgomery SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 314 Polin Road, Fultonville, New York, 12072. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Give and Go, LLC filed with SSNY on 07/20/2020. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 505 St Marks Ave, Apt. 6G, Broklyn, NY 11238. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of DAMILL FAIR CASH SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/04/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 419 Blake Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11212. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GEORGE FERZLI MD PLLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/17/20.

Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 135 East 74th Street, New York, New York, 10021.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SAMURAI WAGYU BEEF FARMS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/04/20. Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 3312 Henneberry Road, Jamesville, New York, 13078. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of MY HEMP DEPOT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/21/20. Office location: Madison.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2071 Elm Street, New Woodstock, New York, 13122. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HEADLINES BY STEPHEN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/05/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 979 Lenox Rd., Brooklyn, New York, 11212. Any lawful purpose.

FELIZ PILATES STUDIO LLC. 720 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, SUITE 1D NEW YORK, NY 10031 718-813-5853 REGISTERED DATE: 9/12/2011

September 14, 2020

Notice of Auction

Notice of Auction

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 29-0 0 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW.STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on September 18, 2020 and end on September 29, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts:

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW.STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on September 28, 2020 and end on October 9, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts:

Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #139-George Anderson; 10 boxes, 16 plastic totes, 4 rolling file cabinets, 1 small refrigerator. #152-Alexus Calderon; 34+ bags, rug, bedframe and small box#238-Vincenzo Marchi; 9 boxes, 4 plastic totes, end table, computer desk, wooden chair#1702-Quinsessa Harrison; Bags, boxes, totes, 2 crates with vinyl records#2217-Anton Makarov; 5 large boxes, queen mattress with frame, dinner ware set, toaster, couch, and round table with 4 chairs #2606-Tara Kulukundis; round table, long square table, 1 glass table, 8 chairs, and a large ship model inside a large display box. #2907-Martin Randall; 2 large boxes, 3 small boxes, 4 chair pads, bookshelf, 2 small end tables, printer, lamp. #3709-Jieni Zhang; 3 suitcases, 6 crates, 7+boxes, 4 black bags, 2 folding beds. #4401-Leonard Tester; 25+ boxes, and duffle bag

#10P08 – Courtyard By Marriot 5th Ave: 1 mop, 1 broom, 1 dust pan, several mattresses in different sizes, 1 armchair, several rugs, several file boxes, 1 garbage can, several plastic bins with unknown contents. #10P33 – Theresa Connolly: 1 king size mattress, 2 twin box springs, 2 metal bed frames, 1 tv, 1 nightstand. #2S15 – Magnificent Obsessions Ltd: 1 wooden dresser, 2 scaffold towers, several light fixtures, several crates, tools, packing materials, 2 chairs. #3L28 – Magdalena Chylicka: several boxes and bags. #4H09 – Magdalena Chylicka: several boxes and bags. #4H12 – Magdalena Chylicka: several boxes and bags. #4J27 – Stephanie Thompson: 9 boxes of misc. items. #4R08 – Alexis Julio: suitcase, plastic bag, duffle bag, sewing machine. #5B12 – Alfredo Villamar: clothes, 50+ boxes, books, bags, suitcases. #5D10 – Samuel Valentin: 2 chairs, 2 light fixtures, several boxes, 1 suitcase. #5E18 – Robert J Groen: 11 file boxes, 4 plastic bins, 2 handbags, 1 black bag, 1 small luggage. #5J06 – Ethan Hunt: 1 shopping cart, 5 plastic bins, 1 bag with winter clothes, several bags. #5J15 – Yang Lou: locker unit. #5J18 – Jason M Matthews: locker unit. #5T01 – Alfredo Villamar: 20 boxes, 60 bags, 1 chair, books. #5T20 – Alfredo Villamar: several bags/boxes, shoe boxes, misc. clothes, 1 luggage bag, 1 chair. #6C07 – Nickian Home Staging: several paintings, several canvasses, 3 tables, 1 chair, 3 picture frames, shelf with painting materials. #6P12-C – Robert F Ferreira: 1 garbage bag. #6P45 – Nicholas Bergmann: 30+ boxes with unknown contents, 2 rattan chairs #6Q47 – Nickian Home Staging: several shelves with throw pillows and misc. decorative items, numerous rugs, several boxes. #6R49 – Edward Satterwhite: several bags of unknown items, 2 bike frames, 1 plastic bin, 1 kite. #6R62 – Nickian Home Staging: 6 metal shelves, several Ikea Boxes, several throw pillows, several bags of throw pillows. #7C22 – Edward Satterwhite: stereo system, record player, shredder, umbrella, exercise weights and misc. items. #7P42 – Edward Satterwhite: bicycle wheels, basketball, shoes, boxes and misc. items. #9A18 – Alfonso Arriaga: several boxes, 4 extension cords, 1 tool kit, 2 jackets, 1 computer keyboard, 1 printer, 1 computer tower, several plastic bags. #B101 – Media Products, INC: several TV’s, several stereos, several radio, light fixtures and old monitors.

The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

Notice of Qual. of 5800 HWY 119 LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/12/20.

Office location: Putnam.

LLC formed in DE on 06/03/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 11 Timberline Ct, Putnam Valley, New York, 10579. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of DeCristoforo Football, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 8/17/2020. 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, 29 Hartford Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity

Notice of Formation of J&Y CHARLTON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/18/17.Office location:New York SSNY rocess to 70 Charlton Street, Unit 2c, New York, New York, 10014.

Any lawful purpose.

716 Broadway LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 7-15-20. Office Location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC for service of process.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 716 Broadway LLC, 716 Broadway, Apt. 6, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of Y&R REALTY MANAGEMENT LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/05/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 99 Madison Ave Fl 601, New York, New York, 10016.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 164 BINGHAMTON CHICKEN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/22/19. Office location: Broome SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 53 Knightsbridge Road, Suite 220, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854.

Any lawful purpose.

The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

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ACCOUNTING PROCEEDING FILE NO. 2019-333/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

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TO: Unknown Distributees Attorney General of the State of New York The RSP Companies NYC Human Resources Administration/DSS and to the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of John Davis, a/k/a John B. Davis, a/k/a John Benjamin Davis, 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 John Davis, a/k/a John B. Davis, a/k/a John Benjamin Davis, deceased, who at the time of his death was a resident of 301 W 53rd St., New York, NY 10019; 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 30, 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, chattel 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 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 claim of The RSP Companies for unpaid apartment rental expenses for the period covering May 2018 through August 2018 in the amount of $5,681.49 and reimbursement for payment of apartment cleanout in the amount of $2,500.00 be allowed and paid; (v) that the claim of NYC Human Resources Administration/DSS for medical assistance rendered in the form of Medicaid in the amount of $5,099.97 be allowed and paid; (vi) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (vii) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA §307 where required or directed; and (viii) 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 of 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 17, 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 CourtCOUNTY, 111 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD., WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601 TEL: (914) 8245337.

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Notice of Formation of SO NOHO LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/15/20. 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 Schwartz Levine PLLC, 150 Broadway, Ste. 1703, NY, NY 10038. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qual. of AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT - B2 S.A.R.L. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/19/20. Office location: New York.

LLC formed in LU on 03/09/15. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1345 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, New York, 10105.

Arts. of Org. filed with LU SOS. Registre de Commerce et des Societes, 14 rue Erasme, L-1468 Luxembourg.. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of TYPT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/03/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/30/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Tao Li, 650 Fifth Ave., Ste. 3301, NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of D Precision Mechanical LLC filed with SSNY on September 11, 2018. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1193 E 56th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

September 14, 2020

Notice of Formation of DOLCE VENTURES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/09/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 828 Belmont Ave., Apt. 1r, Brooklyn, New York, 11208. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of 830 ELMIRA CHICKEN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/22/19. Office location: Chemung.

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

SSNY mail process to 53 Knightsbridge Road, Suite 220, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DOSE OF HEALTH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/31/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1205 Atlantic Avenue, P.O.Box 428, Brooklyn, New York, 11216. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BOGARD NY LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/28/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3121 36th Ave SE, Norman, Oklahoma, 73026. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HERITAGE FUNERAL HOME LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/25/20.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 180 Mansion Ave., Staten Island, New York, 10308. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of RICHBROOK ADVISORS, LP. Auth. filed with SSNY on 06/30/20. Office location: New York.

LLC formed in DE on 06/24/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 1995 Broadway, 8th Floor New York, New York, 10023. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WEINBERGER FAMILY HOLDING, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/28/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 247 Seeley St., Brooklyn, New York, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of CHILLVIN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/17/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York, 10022.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Siwanoy Wellness Three, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with (SSNY) on 9/2/20.

Off. Loc.: Westchester Co. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom proc. may be served & shall mail to 7 Columbus Ave., POB 64, Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Reg. agent Marks & Klein, LLP, 63 Riverside Ave., Red Bank, NJ 07701, is agent upon whom proc. may be served. Purp.: Any lawful Notice of Formation of Leading Factor, LLC filed with SSNY on 8/6/2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 450 37 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Siwanoy Wellness Two, LLC. Arts. of Org. f i l e d with (SSNY) on 9/2/20.

Off. Loc.: Westchester Co. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom proc. may be served & shall mail to 7 Columbus Ave., POB 64, Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Reg. agent Marks & Klein, LLP, 63 Riverside Ave., Red Bank, NJ 07701, is agent upon whom proc. may be served. Purp.: Any lawful Notice of Formation of Siwanoy Wellness One, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with (SSNY) on 9/2/20.

Off. Loc.: Westchester Co. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom proc. may be served & shall mail to 7 Columbus Ave., POB 64, Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Reg. agent Marks & Klein, LLP, 63 Riverside Ave., Red Bank, NJ 07701, is agent upon whom proc. may be served. Purp.: Any lawful Notice of Formation of Siwanoy Operations, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with (SSNY) on 9/2/20.

Off. Loc.: Westchester Co. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom proc. may be served & shall mail to 7 Columbus Ave., POB 64, Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Reg. agent Marks & Klein, LLP, 63 Riverside Ave., Red Bank, NJ 07701, is agent upon whom proc. may be served. Purp.: Any lawful Notice of Formation of Best Way Products LLC filed with SSNY on August 14, 2020. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served: 2167 Cruger Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Ave #202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: E-commerce, any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Artemis Learning Solutions, LLC filed with SSNY on August 17, 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: 2050 East 18th Street, A2, Brooklyn, NY 11229.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Motivating & Transforming Lives LLC, LLC filed with SSNY on July 20, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to LLC: 624 East 17th Street, Apt 1L, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Purpose: any lawful act or 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 of Formation of ANDIE TRUCKING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/19.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 82 St Edwards Lane, Staten Island, New York, 10309.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of F 5 PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/8/20. Office location: Rensselaer SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 7314 Oak Hill Circle, Rensselaer, New York, 12144.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JBMG HOME SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/04/20. Office location: Niagara SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 7285 Balla Drive, North Tonawanda, New York, 14120 . Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of R, Z & D LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/31/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 608 East 39th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11203. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BEASER CONSULTING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/3/20.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 12 Maiden Lane Suite 1a, Staten Island, New York, 10307. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SOZAI BROOKLYN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/4/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 360 Furman Street Apt. 908, Brooklyn, New York, 11201. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BRIDGEHALL GROUP VENTURES 1 LLC Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/24/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1274 49th Street, Suite 476 Brooklyn, New York, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE BUSHWICK BLOCK, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/27/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 218 Randolph St. 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11237. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Essential Cleaning By Kristin LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/2/20.Office location:Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 114 Barr Lane, Monroe, New York, 10950. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EXECUTIVE SANITIZING SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/13/20.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 24 Sweetgum Ave, Staten Island, New York, 10314.

Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 242 86TH STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/26/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 242 86th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11228.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 2173-65 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/03/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1991 Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Essentially Pristine, LLC filed with SSNY on August 14 , 200. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 214 Hillside PL #1R, Eastchester, NY 10709 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Joanne Spataro, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/22/20. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC’s registered agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

EEI GLOBAL LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/03/2020.

Office loc: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: David Munits, 1181 Broadway Floor 6, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Slaybeautee, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on July 7, 2020.

Office: Richmond 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, 23 Ibsen Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10312. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of AB Somers & Associates, LLC (LLC).

Application for Authority filed with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on 09/02/2020. LLC formed in DE on 03/10/2017. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 1214 Fifth Avenue, 44A, New York, NY 10029. DE office: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 210-A, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation is filed with the Secretary of State, State of Delaware, 401 Federal St, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1327773 for liquor, beer, and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 669 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11219 for on premises consumption.

Awkward Rescue LLC Notice of Formation of Blau Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/18/2020. Location: New York. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Blau Partners LLC, 1 West End Avenue Apt 21G, 10023 NY , Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Application for Authority of Foreign Limited Liability Company (“FLLC”).

Name: NYC PowerGen Holdings LLC. Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on July 1, 2020. Jurisdiction of organization is the State of Delaware. Date of organization is December 30, 2015. Office location of the FLLC in this state: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of FLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Dr. Donald Bronn, 322 West 57th St., #46U, NY, NY 10019.

The office required to be maintained in the FLLC’s jurisdiction of formation or its principal office is Business Filings Incorporated, 108 West 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. The authorized officer in the FLLC’s jurisdiction of formation where a copy of its articles of organization is filed is Secretary of the State of Delaware, 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SOUL FAMILY, LLC filed with SSNY on January 23, 2019. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 980 Putnam Avenue, #4A, Brooklyn, NY 11221.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 17 Communications, LLC filed with SSNY on January 1, 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: 65 Ocean Avenue, 1F, Brooklyn, NY 11225. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Datapex LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 9/10/20. Office: Kings County. Juan Ramirez designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 382 Lefferts Ave 4F Brooklyn, NY 11225.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 71’) on the building at 272 Bleecker St, New York, NY (20201300). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 77’ & 79’) on the building at 54 MacDougal St, New York, NY (20201471). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Notice of Qual. of STATEN ISLAND SYNDICATE LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/08/20.

Office location: Richmond. LLC formed in DE on 09/02/20. 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.

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 186’, 193’ & 196’) on the building at 585 West End Ave, New York, NY (20201459).

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

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 72’) on the building at 3630 College Point Boulevard, Flushing, NY (20201496).

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

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ROBERT HADDEN This former Columbia gynecologist managed to avoid time behind bars four years ago, despite accusations he sexually abused at least six patients. But though he struck a plea deal with the Manhattan DA, he’s now facing heat from the feds.

Authorities arrested Hadden for allegedly abusing dozens of women – including minors – over nearly 20 years – a “predator in a white coat.” The news reignites criticism of Manhattan DA Cy Vance’s handling of sexual misconduct cases.

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The powerful lawyer and former deputy mayor brought his legal might down on a worthy foe: the homeless men at an Upper West Side hotel trying to escape the pandemic. He successfully got them evicted, though you’d think he’d have gotten his fill of booting the homeless from wealthy neighborhoods during the Giuliani administration.

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The 19th century publisher of the New York Herald and Confederate sympathizer was swept into the dustbin of history when the FDNY renamed the eponymous award he endowed in 1869, replacing him with Peter Ganci Jr., a certified badass who died saving people on 9/11.

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He was only appointed Rochester’s police chief last April, but then Daniel Prude’s death at the hands of police came to light – and Singletary’s career came to an end.

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