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EDITOR’S NOTE Prosecutors announced last week that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio would not face criminal charges for his questionable fundraising activities, but they declined to endorse his behavior.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim, whose office investigated pay-to-play allegations, noted such challenges as the “high burden of proof,” “any recent changes in the law” and proving intent “where there is no evidence of personal profit.” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. went further, saying the mayor’s fundraising scheme to support state Senate candidates in 2014 appeared “contrary to the intent and spirit of the laws that impose candidate contribution limits.”

Yet de Blasio gave no sign he would change his behavior. “I think it is normal for an elected official to receive concerns from people and pass them along for an agency to assess,” he told reporters.

But are “people” more than just campaign donors? One test is Fair Fares, a campaign City & State’s editorial board is highlighting over the next few weeks.

Low-income New Yorkers who struggle to afford a subway ride can’t spend several thousand dollars to get de Blasio’s attention – so will he hear their concerns too?

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

CONTENTS BOCHINCHE & BUZZ ... 6 The latest insider gossip from Gerson Borrero

SOMOS EL FUTURO ... 8 The conference turns 30, but has it worked?

SPOTLIGHT ON INSURANCE ... 20 Is this the year we’ll see ride-hailing in upstate New York?

WINNERS & LOSERS ... 34 Who was up and who was down last week

PREET BHARARA

Looking back on the legacy of the crusading U.S. attorney ... 10

DE BLASIO IN THE CLEAR

How did he get off the hook?

His lawyer said it was OK ... 14

FAIR FARES

We get behind the campaign to reduce MetroCard fares for lowincome New Yorkers ... 16

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LAST WEEK’S HEADLINES

From the PODCAST With Win CEO

CHRISTINE QUINN C&S: You’ve endorsed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new homelessness policy. Why are you playing nice?

CQ: Let’s pull the lens out a little bit. We need more shelters in this city. And he said he was going to do that.

C&S: What about the need for more permanent housing?

CQ: The problem with that as the overall answer is it’s a little bit of a simplified vision of how we get to the solution. We need permanent housing. But to build permanent housing takes time, right?

So what are we going to do with folks in the meantime? We need to have them in places that are not hotels, not clusters, that are not “three hots and a cot.” But safe places where we can have services for them – and in my case, with Win, because we host families with children – for the children. Because they’ve been through and are going through the trauma of homelessness, which is not just not having a roof over your head. It’s domestic violence, etc., etc.

C&S: With the absence of a new “New York/New York” agreement, there’s a lack of coordination between the city and state governments. Is that serving homeless New Yorkers well?

CQ: We don’t have any agreement. So for me, it’s not so much New York/New York. We need an agreement. And that’s the problem. If people didn’t like the old one – whatever. Call it purple/pink.

I don’t give a shit. We can’t come out of this legislative session in Albany with no agreement.

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DE BLASIO FINALLY EXHALES In surprise Thursday morning releases, acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced they don’t plan to bring federal or state charges against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio following monthslong investigations into his political fundraising. It wasn’t exactly an exoneration – they suggested that what de Blasio did may have been wrong, but there’s no legal case against him – yet it cleared him of his biggest threat to re-election in November. Big Democratic players like Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer who were taking a wait-and-see approach to running for mayor likely won’t challenge the incumbent now. But there’s plenty of time before Election Day. ONE STELLA’VA STORM Mother Nature threatened to make up for New York City’s mild winter on Tuesday with a late-season blizzard that pre-emptively caused schools, libraries, railroads and half the subway system to shut down.

While the five boroughs only got about seven inches, some upstate areas got slammed. Rochester, still recovering from devastating windstorms, had 26 and Binghamton got a record-breaking 35 inches.

TOO MANY BUDGET COOKS The state Senate’s Republican majority and the Assembly’s Democratic majority have always put out one-house budgets – partisan, idealized documents used as a starting point for negotiations. But amid Senate infighting, the IDC and the Senate Democratic minority also released budgets Wednesday. Including Cuomo’s executive budget, that’s five budgets that need to be turned into one.

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CITY & STATE’S ON TECHNOLOGY FORUM

New York City’s gone from analog to digital in the blink of an eye, and now self-driving cars driving down Broadway seems within reach. City & State brought together industry leaders to talk about those changes from a government and policy perspective on March 9 at the New York Academy of Medicine on the Upper East Side’s Museum Mile.

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State Sen. Martin Golden

New York City Chief Technology Officer Miguel A. Gamiño Jr.

PwC’s Raquel Malmberg and Anaita Kasad

New York City Department of Transportation Chief Technology Officer Cordell Schachter

New York City DoITT Commissioner Anne Roest with Greenberg Traurig’s John Mascialino and NetApp’s Meghan Steele

New York City Chief Digital Officer Sree Sreenivasan with Bolton-St. John’s Julian Kline and Tech:NYC’s Jarret Hova

New York City DoITT Deputy Commissioner for Telecommunications Planning Alphonso Jenkins

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UPCOMING EVENTS Upcoming events: Planning an event in the next few weeks that our readers should know about? Submit details to editor@cityandstateny.com. We’ll pick the most interesting or important ones and feature them in print each week.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 10 a.m. – The New York City Council Committee on Immigration holds a preliminary budget hearing, with testimony from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and others. Expect calls for more funding, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.

THURSDAY, MARCH 23 6:30 p.m. – After an increase in hate crimes, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and City Council members Helen Rosenthal, Mark Levine and Bill Perkins host a community discussion, Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School, 140 W. 102nd St., Manhattan.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28 6 p.m. – City & State hosts the annual Above & Beyond Gala honoring 25 exceptional New York women for their accomplishments, including City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom, 311 W. 34th St., Manhattan.

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CAN A REPUBLICAN BEAT BDB? Now that “Lucky Bill” – aka New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio – will not face criminal charges and his potential credible challengers – aka “chickenshit Dems” – will likely sit out the 2017 race, we contacted four Republican bochincheros and asked: Is there any Republican that can take on the mayor in November?

“Nope,” one bochinchero responded. “If all the registered Republicans came out to vote and only 30 percent of the Democrats came out to vote and they voted for their respective candidate, BdB would win by 10 points. Game over.”

It ain’t over till it’s over, but suddenly the road to City Hall looks pretty clear for Teflon Bill.

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HE’S GONE, BUT DOESN'T KNOW IT …

A bochinchero shared with me this info about CUNY Chancellor James Milliken about five weeks ago: “It’s a matter of the timing, but Milliken is gone. He just doesn’t know it.” The buzz about Milliken’s imminent sacking has only grown louder since then. In separate casual conversations with well-connected bochincheros, B&B has been told that the head of the country’s largest urban university system doesn’t fit Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s agenda. “Milliken’s not his guy. It’s as simple as that,” one of the bochincheros said. B&B was not able to get the exact timing of the forced adiós for the chancellor, but Bill Thompson, Cuomo’s handpicked chairman of the CUNY board of trustees, might already be on the lookout for Milliken’s replacement: “His days are numbered.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Bill already has a search committee chosen.”

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CUOMO CONSIDERING BARRON FOR MAYOR? Key supporters of Assemblyman Charles Barron are lukewarm on the notion that he should take a shot at challenging de Blasio in a Democratic primary. But, an insider bochinchero has told B&B that the outspoken Brooklyn activist político has piqued the interest of the state Democratic Party. At least one conversation has taken place between a top Cuomo operative and Barron about whether he will take the plunge. Could it be that the guv wants Barron off his case and on the ass of his City Hall nemesis? Tell me this doesn't make you salivate. Talk about political opposites joining forces. You never know …

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ANNABEL PALMA

POLITICAL MUSICAL SILLAS IN DA BRONX

This is the way it’s going down in the Boogie Down county: According to “el bochinchero major” in the borough, state Sen. Rubén Díaz Sr. will announce his candidacy in April for the New York City Council seat currently held by Annabel Palma, who is term-limited. Stay with me here. Assemblyman Luis Sepúlveda will then run for Díaz’s seat (assuming the polemic politico wins his Council race). If Sepúlveda wins – and he has the backing of Díaz – that will leave his Assembly seat open. Here’s where it gets tricky for Annabel Palma. She has to decide if she runs against Sepúlveda for state Senate, as is rumored, or backs him and, in turn, gets the support from the Bronx machine, including both Díaz and Sepúlveda, to run for Sepúlveda’s Assembly seat. I asked the bochinchero what will happen if she flips the bird to the machine and runs for state Senate? “It would be wise for Annabel to go with the flow. If she doesn’t she’ll have a lot of headaches.” Oh my!

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WORKED? THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE, ASSEMBLYMAN ANGELO DEL TORO

ONE TRULY DOESN'T know what people are capable of. In some cases, if you give them time – in this case, three decades – you could be pleasantly surprised, or you could be disheartened.

The theme for the 2017 Somos el Futuro conference in Albany is: “A Legacy of Nourishing and Empowering Future Generations.” Really? What about hoy?

After 30 years of the founding of Somos and New York state Assembly and Senate Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, I ask: Has it worked?

Without going too deep, I can tell you that I bore witness – yes, I’m that viejo – back in the 1980s, when seven puertorriqueños in the state Legislature – Assembly members Angelo Del Toro of East Harlem, Héctor Díaz, José Rivera and

By GERSON BORRERO José Serrano of the Bronx and Brooklyn’s Victor Robles, and state Sens. Olga Méndez of East Harlem and Israel Ruiz Jr. of the Bronx – were determined to convince their colegas in the Capitol and the power brokers within their own party that they were more than just tokens, beggars and annoying stepchildren in the state’s political system. Every one of them was, after all, a card-carrying member of the Democratic Party, serving not only their constituents and his or her own personal ambitions, but also the future of Latinos in New York. These Puerto Rican pioneros in elective office knew then that someday there would be other Latinos elected in the Empire State.

Those New York Puerto Rican lawmakers no longer found it satisfactory just to be

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the elected representatives of their downstate districts. The seven políticos knew what was needed. Respeto from the ruling elite in government was a shared goal.

Yet not everyone took them seriously back then. (Some would argue that even today Latinos aren’t given equal treatment and respect.) Though dynamic freethinking leaders within their own communities, on a statewide level they were – and still are – for the most part unwaveringly loyal Democrats who placidly went along without expecting or getting much in the way of rewards. They traditionally waited their turn, despite the fact that their party’s largely unappreciative hierarchy excluded them from leadership positions in the state Democratic Committee. It still does.

During that time, however, even as

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most state officials brushed off the rise of Puerto Rican power as insignificant, there was a willingness among savvier political leaders to at least listen to the clamor of these budding discontents. People like then-Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink and, to a lesser degree, Gov. Mario Cuomo, indicated that they took the Puerto Rican lawmakers more seriously. A source from the first Cuomo era in Albany – who spoke on background, as all Cuomo insiders, past and present, do most of the time – said that Fink in particular helped advance the lot of puertorriqueños in the state. “Fink never gets the credit for listening to what Puerto Ricans wanted and moving toward meeting those needs,” the source told me at the time.

A lot has happened since the task force was established. I’ve witnessed, reported and opined about the potential of Somos (under its various names and epochs) and how it’s come and gone. I’ve waited for 30 years to see state políticos from my community take what is never given: power!

It’s always nice to be liked, as most of our politicos are. What’s lacking is the elusive respeto and fear of our political muscle.

I’ve been privileged to have known and

covered the first chairman, Angelo Del Toro. I’ve also witnessed Héctor Díaz, Roberto Ramírez, Peter Rivera, Carmen Arroyo, Félix Ortiz and current Chair-

IT’S ALWAYS NICE TO BE LIKED, AS MOST OF OUR POLITICOS ARE. WHAT’S LACKING IS THE ELUSIVE RESPETO AND FEAR OF OUR POLITICAL MUSCLE. man Marcos Crespo carry out their duties.

Some of those chairs had successes, but most were plagued by the poor or nonexistent documentation of each conference’s

takeaways or the lack of a follow-up agenda for legislation change, bills to be introduced or a strategic plan for expanding the task force and Somos’ reach. They all know they could’ve done better.

It’s been treinta años of hearing about the need for patience with permanent government structures. I’ve heard excuses from eñangotados whose measure of success are the stipends they collect, the titles they’re given, the invitations to the governor’s mansion for political maneuvering and staple dishes from our exquisite cuisine on a Friday afternoon. They feel content with leaving with their panzas full while they get crumbs to take back to their districts.

Even among themselves and in dozens of conversations that I’ve been privy to at times – and repeated along these three decades – there’s been a willingness to accommodate the agendas of those at the helm.

As the 30th Somos conference convenes, the question we must answer is: Has it worked?

I’ve already given you my answer. Think about yours and let the políticos know.

Pa’lante mi gente.

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REET BHARARA’S TENURE as the U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York has now come to an end, which is a disappointment to many New Yorkers who followed his work and admired his hardcharging style. For those of us who work in the public integrity field, however, the silver lining and major takeaway from this news is that Bharara’s strong legacy of fighting corruption should endure for years to come.

The most obvious way for a prosecutor to be impactful is to bring worthwhile cases and win convictions. Bharara and his team have accomplished this in spades.

Over the past seven years, the Southern District prosecuted numerous high-profile public officials from both political parties, including two of New York’s famous “three men in a room”: former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. The third member of that triumvirate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has also been investigated by Bharara’s office, leading to an indictment against members of the governor’s inner circle last year. These blockbuster cases are worthy of the headlines they have generated.

Of course, with its rich pool of talented prosecutors, winning cases is par for the course in the Southern District of New York. So what else did Bharara do to move the needle favorably on corruption in New York?

First, the aggressiveness with which Bharara approached corruption cases went beyond the cases themselves. When Cuomo abruptly disbanded his own Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption – a move that many believed was tied to the commission’s investigations getting too close to Cuomo himself – Bharara immediately moved in to seize the files and continue the commission’s probes. Bharara then announced that not only would his office pick up whatever the Moreland Commission had found, but he also was investigating whether Cuomo’s actions in disbanding the commission were somehow illegal. This effort never led to charges, but it served notice in a very public way that Bharara would counter interference with independent oversight and investigative efforts.

Bharara also spoke frequently in public, and to the press, about the public corruption scourge that pervades Albany. His outspokenness garnered occasional criticism, but there can be little question that the attention Bharara drew to the problem of public corruption in our state both informed the citizenry and energized advocates for clean government. Importantly in this regard, Bharara did not say one thing and then appear to do another. Unlike politicians who set forth ambitious ethics reform plans only to scale them back dramatically later, or let them fizzle in favor of other priorities, Bharara kept his message and his actions consistent: zero tolerance for those who violate the public trust.

At the same time, Bharara understood that he had a limited role in solving New York’s corruption problem, never suggesting that strong enforcement of the criminal laws was the only, or even the best way of proceeding. He made it clear that preventing corruption must start with fixing the rules that governed public officials and the culture that immersed them, the first of which the U.S. attorney had no impact on, and the second of which he could affect only indirectly. With the credibility that he gained in speaking so widely and so openly about these issues, Bharara used his platform to shine a bright light on the critical problem of corruption in our state and the serious damage corruption does to our government institutions.

In the end, Bharara and his colleagues have a stellar track record of corruption prosecutions; numerous politicians were brought to justice in the last seven years, and that is a good thing. But to me, Bharara’s legacy in this area is more about the tone he set with his aggressive stance towards prosecuting corruption offenses, and for his willingness to lead the continuing discussion about the importance of ensuring the integrity of our public servants. In that regard, while Bharara will be missed, I hope he also will be long remembered.

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1. State Sen. Vincent Leibell: Pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and tax charges in December 2010. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.

2. State Sen. Carl Kruger: Pleaded guilty to bribery plus mail and wire fraud in December 2011, for accepting nearly $500,000 in exchange for official actions.

Sentenced to seven years. 3. State Sen. Nicholas Spano: Pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud in February 2012. Sentenced to a year and a day.

4. Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi: Convicted in March 2012 on bribery charges for reversing a vote after accepting nearly $200,000 in secret payments. Sentenced to six years. 5. State Sen. Hiram Monserrate: Pleaded guilty in May 2012 to conspiracy and mail fraud charges for misusing New York City Council funds. Sentenced to two years. 6. New York City Councilman Larry Seabrook: Convicted on nine counts of corruption in July 2012, including for diverting $1.5 million in city funds to family nonprofits. Sentenced to five years. 7. Assemblyman Nelson Castro: Pleaded guilty in summer 2013 to perjury and making false statements to investigators. Avoided jail time due to his cooperation in the case against Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and others. 8. Assemblyman Eric Stevenson: Convicted in January 2014 of taking more than $20,000 in bribes in exchange for official acts, including introducing legislation. Sentenced to three years.

9. Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa: Pleaded guilty in June 2014 to two felony charges for a sham marriage to get citizenship as well as concealing assets and income.

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10. New York City Councilman Dan Halloran: Convicted in July 2014 of arranging Malcolm Smith’s bribery scheme and, separately, for taking thousands of dollars in bribes. Sentenced to 10 years. 11. State Sen. Malcolm Smith: Convicted in February 2015 of bribing New York City Republican leaders to try to run for mayor on the GOP line. Sentenced to seven years. 12. Queens Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone: Convicted in February 2015 of witness tampering and taking bribes from Malcolm Smith in a mayoral bid scheme. Sentenced to 42 months. 13. State Senate Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous: Convicted in July 2015 of lying to the FBI. Sentenced to six months of house arrest. 14. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver: Convicted in November 2015 for corruption schemes involving a cancer researcher and real estate developers in which he received nearly $4 million. Sentenced to 12 years. 15. State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos: Convicted of corruption in December 2015 for obtaining more than $300,000 in bribes and extortion payments for his son. Sentenced to five years. 16. Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Norman Seabrook: Indicted on corruption charges in July 2016 for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for investing union money.

Pleaded not guilty. Trial scheduled for late October. 17. Joe Percoco, executive deputy secretary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo: Indicted along with seven others in November 2016 for allegedly taking more than $300,000 in bribes while taking action on behalf of an energy company. Pleaded not guilty. 18. SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros: Indicted along with Percoco in November 2016 for alleged bid rigging on state contracts. Pleaded not guilty.

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FOR MONTHS, investigators scrutinized whether New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had exploited a loophole to illegally evade campaign contribution limits. But in the end, he avoided legal trouble not because prosecutors had determined that his fundraising scheme was perfectly legal – but because he had the foresight to get the green light from a lawyer first.

When federal and state prosecutors revealed last Thursday that they won’t criminally charge the mayor or his aides, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who spearheaded the state probe, noted that de Blasio and his team’s behavior in an effort to elect Democrats to the state Senate in 2014 may have actually violated election law.

But Vance wrote that to prosecute them, he would need to prove that the mayor and his allies knowingly overstepped the bounds. De Blasio’s dependence on an attorney demonstrated the opposite, Vance concluded: that the mayor aimed to follow the letter – if not the spirit – of the law.

“After an extensive investigation … this office has determined that the parties involved cannot be appropriately prosecuted, given their reliance on the advice of counsel,” Vance wrote in a memo, adding that

he did not endorse the behavior in question. “Indeed, the transactions appear contrary to the intent and spirit of the laws that impose candidate contribution limits, laws which are meant to prevent ‘corruption and the appearance of corruption’ in the campaign financing process.”

De Blasio’s defense that he relied on a lawyer looks like a lifesaver beyond the reach of most New Yorkers.

After all, who would expect to escape charges by telling police they cracked open a beer on their stoop because a law student living down the block said open container laws do not apply in quasipublic spaces?

This tactic of claiming to have inadvertently broken the law or having relied on the advice of an attorney is quite common, particularly when it comes to complex matters like election and tax laws.

Attorneys said several criminal charges can only apply if someone intended to break the law. For instance, Sarah Steiner, an election attorney, said theft cases “can’t just be something that

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attached by Velcro to the back of your sweater in the changing room.”

When it comes to more complex laws, relying on an attorney’s expertise makes sense because no lawyer would simply offer advice that aligns with a client’s goals at the expense of ruining their professional reputation, said Jennifer Rodgers, a former assistant U.S. attorney who now works as executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School.

“You can’t say I murdered my wife because my lawyer said it was OK,” Rodgers said. “But there are certain offenses for which an advice of counsel defense is an affirmative defense. And they are the types of crimes where the law is unclear or very complicated, like taxes.”

Other attorneys agreed that federal corruption provisions and New York election law qualify as complex. Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon Kim said his team would not bring public corruption charges after examining, in a separate probe, how de Blasio and his team solicited contributions from people who sought favors from City Hall, and then directed matters to city agencies on their behalf.

On the state level, Vance went so far as to say “apparent ambiguities” in campaign protocols should be clarified via legislation in a memo to state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman. At Sugarman’s request, Vance examined whether de Blasio’s team intentionally evaded limits placed on how much money one person or organization could give to an individual candidate’s committee during the 2014 election cycle. Vance noted that de Blasio and his allies urged unions and wealthy donors to contribute to the Democratic Party’s county committees, which could accept donations nearly 10 times larger than an individual candidate’s committee. The county organizations then funneled the money to campaigns of de Blasio-backed Democrats, which promptly spent large sums with consulting firms close to de Blasio. In the memo, Vance wrote, “the facts here do not make out a provable violation of the Election Law’s criminal provisions. Nevertheless, they appear contrary to the intent and spirit of the law.”

Attorneys that City & State spoke to offered different views on whether political campaigns – and the lawyers they rely on – will change their practices to steer clear of the conduct Vance called into question.

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Steiner said political players now have a clear instruction not to route money through county committees to individual candidates. “In the text of these remarks (Vance’s memo), particularly the portions where they talk about how it’s not the intent of the law to have this happen, I think this puts people on notice that they should not be doing this,” she said. “So I don’t see them doing it.”

Rodgers, however, did not expect Vance’s statements to alter campaign practices. She said prosecutors have aggressively pursued corruption in recent years, which has prompted politicians to be more careful about not directly connecting contributions to any government action. “But it still remains the case that it’s perfectly legal to take campaign donations from people who do business with the government and then who later will come kind of seeking things from the government,” she said.

If nothing else, the outcome underscores the value of seeking legal advice for a political campaign – even if it’s expensive.

“The world isn’t exactly a fair place,” Steiner said. “If you don’t have enough money to get a legal opinion, you’re unlikely to have enough money to be making questionable distributions to others.”

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THIS CITY NEEDS FAIR FARES NOW MORE THAN EVER Subsidizing MetroCards for low-income New Yorkers is a tangible way to tackle inequality By the CITY & STATE EDITORIAL BOARD

IMAGINE YOU ARE a single adult raising two kids in New York City while living below the federal poverty line – under $20,000 in annual income for a family of three. Your job barely enables you to afford rent in an gentrifying neighborhood like, say, Brooklyn’s Crown Heights or Mott Haven in the Bronx.

Now imagine losing your job, which is unfortunately a fairly common occurrence in the unstable low-wage job market.

Every personal expense suddenly falls on the chopping block – routine costs like groceries or paying your phone bill become a burden. You’re forced to postpone buying any new school clothes for your two children, let alone notebooks and pencils.

Your personal budget audit now turns to traveling anywhere in New York City. A single ride on the subway, your primary mode of transportation, costs $2.75. That new job you’re interviewing for? It will cost you $5.50 round trip just to get to the interview, before tacking on the extra fares for stops in between – including picking up your children from school.

In a city that depends on public transportation, residents should not have to choose between going to work and eating dinner. They should not be stranded until the person holding the household’s one MetroCard returns home, or forced to walk such long distances that they are sore to the point of tears the next day.

And yet these are the stories organizations like the Riders Alliance and Community Service Society of New York are hearing on a regular basis. Those are our neighbors begging for swipes or risking a $100 fine for jumping a turnstile because $2.75 is too much to pay.

Over the next five weeks, City & State’s editorial board will be partnering with the Community Service Society of New York and Riders Alliance to support their Fair Fares campaign – a proposal we cited in our “Best Ideas of 2016” editorial in December.

The goal of Fair Fares is to convince the mayor and City Council to fund subsidized MetroCards for low-income New Yorkers, at a cost of roughly $212 million – a mere 0.25 percent of the city’s $84.7 billion preliminary budget. For our part in this campaign, City & State will be publishing op-eds from experts in various fields to make the case for why this initiative deserves full funding. These

op-eds will focus on the economic benefits of funding Fair Fares, but also consider peripheral angles, such as its positive impact on the criminal justice system and undocumented immigrant communities.

When Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about bridging the equality gap in New York City, public transportation is too often a footnote in that rhetoric. He has doubled down on his plans for a citywide ferry system, which won’t do much for the low-income commuters from the Bronx that live miles from the East River.

And his plans for a light rail connector from Astoria to Sunset Park will do wonders for waterfront property values, but won’t help the single mother of three get from central Brooklyn to her job in northern Manhattan.

Besides the narrow populations each proposal would serve, another thing the ferry system and light rail connector have in common is that both would operate entirely outside of the rest of New York City’s

transportation system. Neither proposal envisions making use of the same MetroCard that all New Yorkers swipe for buses and subways, but rather creates an even more complicated network of transportation that, for low-income families that choose to take the ferry or BQX, could necessitate an entirely separate personal budget.

There is nary a more populist issue in New York City than public transportation.

Subways and buses are truly the connective tissue that binds our city. They are among the only conduits for breaking down the barriers of both class and ethnic segregation that are, unfortunately, still prevalent. Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare hikes are increasingly putting this vital public service out of reach for our lowest-income neighbors.

If we are to live up to our reputation as a progressive city, we must ensure that we are not inadvertently crippling the mobility of low-income New Yorkers.

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OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO March 20, 2017

“This affordability crisis … threatens the very soul of this city.”

– New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio,

State of the City address, Feb. 13, 2017 Mr. Mayor, we agree.

Unfortunately, the affordability crisis is not limited to housing. Lowincome New Yorkers struggle every day to pay for transportation. More than one in four often can’t afford the bus and subway fares needed to get to work, commute to college or transport their children. Should our fellow New Yorkers be reduced to begging for a swipe? Forced to choose between food and finding a job? Should a low-paid home health aide, desperate to get to work on time and keep her job, risk fare evasion that could lead to deportation?

The cost of MetroCards consumes more than 10 percent of income for the working poor. With the latest round of fare hikes going into effect March 19, public transit has become even more out of reach for those who rely on it the most because they can’t afford cars, taxis or Uber.

In a recent letter to New Yorkers you said, “The fact is: People are so fundamentally challenged by the affordability crisis that this city must do more and must do it quickly.”

Here is one thing you can do right now, that unlike so much else, does not depend on action from Albany: Provide half-price subway and bus fares to working-age New Yorkers living at or below the poverty line. The city already subsidizes half-price MetroCards for seniors, reimburses the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for student passes and gives a tax break through transit benefits to middle- and higher-income commuters. Why not give a break to those who need it the most?

Half-price fares would put up to $726 in the pockets of the lowest-income New Yorkers. That’s nearly a month’s rent that could keep a family from becoming homeless, or buy more than a month’s groceries to feed an entire household.

Current law allows the mayor to secure reduced fares, as long as the city makes up the foregone revenue to the MTA. Estimates put that at $212 million a year or just 0.25 percent of your proposed $84.7 billion municipal budget.

That’s a very small bite out of the city budget to reduce a huge bite out of the household budgets for hundreds of thousands of the neediest New Yorkers.

Economic mobility requires physical mobility. Let’s make it possible for every New Yorker to get ahead. We urge you to include funding for fair fares in the fiscal year 2018 city budget.

Signed by: Rev. Michael A. Walrond Jr., senior pastor, First Corinthian Baptist Church. Eric L. Adams, Brooklyn borough president.

Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and executive director, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. José Calderon, president, Hispanic Federation. Rev. Fred Davie, executive vice president, Union Theological Seminary. Hazel N. Dukes, president, NAACP New York state chapter. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat. Betsy Gotbaum, former New York City public advocate. Bill Lipton, New York state director, Working Families Party. Former U.S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel. John Samuelsen, president, Transport Workers Union Local 100. U.S. Rep. José E. Serrano. Javier Valdés, co-executive director, Make the Road New York. Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The Nation. U.S. Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez. Dorian Warren, president, Center for Community Change Action. Afua Atta-Mensah, executive director, Community Voices Heard. Deborah Axt, co-executive director, Make the Road New York. Catherine Barnett, executive director, Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York. Sean Basinski, director, Street Vendor Project of the Urban Justice Center. Rev. Micah Bucey, associate minister, Judson Memorial Church. Juan Cartagena, president and general counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF. Mary Ellen Clark, executive director, New York City Employment and Training Coalition. Carol Corden, executive director, New Destiny Housing.

Ronald Deutsch, executive director, Fiscal Policy Institute. Jacqueline M. Ebanks, executive director, Women’s City Club of New York.

Rabbi Michael Feinberg, executive director, Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition. Christina M. Greer, associate professor of political science, Fordham University. Seymour James, attorney-in-chief, The Legal Aid Society. David R. Jones, president and CEO, Community Service Society of New York. Doug Lasdon, executive director, Urban Justice Center. Jenny Laurie, president, Emergency Rent Coalition. Bertha Lewis, founder and president, The Black Institute. Nancy Rankin, vice president for policy, research and advocacy, Community Service Society of New York. John Raskin, executive director, Riders Alliance. Katy Rubin, executive director, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC. Gene Russianoff, senior attorney, New York Public Interest Research Group’s Straphangers Campaign.

Lisa Schreibersdorf, executive director, Brooklyn Defender Services. Robin Steinberg, founder and executive director, The Bronx Defenders. Elinor Tatum, publisher and editor-in-chief, New York Amsterdam News.

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NEW YORK CITY Mayor Bill de Blasio came into office three years ago pledging to create a more equitable city. His vision for what our city could achieve gave hope to many New Yorkers, particularly low-income New Yorkers who saw a champion in the new administration.

De Blasio promised to be a mayor who would level the playing field for those left out of the city’s economic growth and prosperity. On a number of fronts, he has succeeded.

A review of some of the mayor’s policy accomplishments offers a compelling case that he has, in fact, used his power to try to foster greater social and economic equality. As mayor, he has expanded paid sick days, expanded the number of prekindergarten slots and built and preserved tens of thousands of units of affordable housing. Just recently, the mayor proposed that the city provide a right to counsel to low-income tenants facing eviction in Housing Court, and he is working to reverse decades of disinvestment in the city’s public housing by committing more than $1 billion over 10 years to repair roofs in New York City Housing Authority developments.

This kind of forward-thinking, progressive policymaking is what many New Yorkers want to see from our mayor. And it could not come at a more critical time: President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to slash billions in funding for critical health, housing and safety-net programs that will hit New York City especially hard. Progressive policies that improve the lives of vulnerable New Yorkers are needed more than ever.

But one issue remains unaddressed. For many low-income New Yorkers struggling to get to work and school, the cost of subway and bus fare is increasingly out of reach. A report last year by the state comptroller found that bus and subway fares rose 45 percent between 2007 and 2015, six times faster than average salaries in the city. On March 19, the cost of a monthly MetroCard increased from $116.50 to $121.

For most users of the system, the increase is manageable. But that’s not the case for the working poor. The cost of getting just about everywhere you need to go to in the city will fly even further out of reach.

Last year, our organizations – the Community Service Society of New York and Riders Alliance – joined together to launch the “Fair Fares” campaign. It calls on the mayor to fund half-price bus and subway fares for working-age city residents living in poverty. The impetus

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behind the campaign was data from CSS’s annual Unheard Third poll, which found that paying for public transit was one of the most frequent hardships experienced by low-income New Yorkers. Specifically, the survey found that more than a quarter of working-age low-income New Yorkers – 35 percent of Latinos and 25 percent of blacks – often cannot afford the fare.

A majority of the New York City Council, four borough presidents, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and 48 organizations, including major labor unions, have all endorsed fair fares.

The only prominent city politician who opposes the proposal seems to be the mayor. He declined to include it in his fiscal year 2018 preliminary budget, citing its cost and arguing that the operation of the city’s buses and subways is a state responsibility.

Although the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is a state authority, there is ample precedent for the city stepping up to subsidize fares. The law explicitly gives the mayor power to secure discounts for categories of riders, as long as the city offsets the costs, as it does for seniors and students. Moreover, the city stands to reap millions in savings from making fares more affordable. The city spends more than $50 million a year dragging mostly poor people through the criminal justice system for fare evasion.

The city Human Resources Administration spends $48 million annually to help public

A MAJORITY OF NEW YORKERS (62 PERCENT) SAY THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR A MAYORAL CANDIDATE WHO CHAMPIONS REDUCED FARES FOR LOW-INCOME NEW YORKERS.

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assistance recipients get to their required training programs, a tacit acknowledgment that poor people cannot afford to use public transit now.

At an estimated $212 million, or 0.25 percent of the city’s proposed $84.7 billion budget, fair fares will not break the bank. But, it would improve the economic prospects of low-income residents and make our vast mass transit system more affordable to those who must rely on it to get and keep jobs, and access higher education and training programs. Indeed, a lot of the city’s poorest residents are waiting for the mayor to take up transit affordability with the same fervor as he did with paid sick days and universal pre-K. Here’s something else the mayor should consider: A majority of New Yorkers (62 percent) say they are more likely to vote for a mayoral candidate who champions reduced fares for low-income New Yorkers. Further, more than half of black and Latino respondents who identify themselves as Democrats – the mayor’s core constituency – say they are much more likely to vote for a mayoral candidate who backs reduced fares. The same Unheard Third poll found very little public support for the mayor’s top transit priorities. When asked about their top priorities for the mayor, respondents said expanding ferry service and the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar ranked dead last – at just 3 percent – among a list of 10 issues.

The start of the 2017 mayoral election season is the perfect time for the mayor to burnish his progressive bona fides. To use the power of the purse to work with the New York City Council and enact a truly progressive agenda that stands in stark contrast to the harsh policies coming out of Washington, D.C. To unapologetically step up on behalf of the neediest New Yorkers who are arguably the city’s least powerful political constituents.

Reduced-price MetroCards for our lowest-income residents makes sense economically and pragmatically. Other cities, including London and San Francisco, have done it. Before this budget season comes to an end, we ask that the mayor reconsider his position, and add a provision to the city budget that supports half-price fares for those in true need, a policy befitting the city he leads.

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David R. Jones is the president and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York. John Raskin is the executive director of Riders Alliance.

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SPOTLIGHT ON

INSURANCE In the popular imagination, insurance is as dull as it gets.

In the Pixar film “The Incredibles,” a superhero who has gone into hiding is assigned the soulless task of processing insurance claims. In “The Truman Show,” the lead character is an insurance salesman who slowly discovers how sheltered his life truly is and finally breaks free.

And the protagonist of “Fight Club” has a job that involves analyzing the risk of auto accidents for an insurance company – but soon he’s setting up fight clubs all across the country and launching a shadowy anti-capitalist organization.

In the real world, insurance is just the opposite. Perhaps the most contentious policy debate in the nation right now is over the appropriate level of government involvement in overseeing and subsidizing health insurance. For years, Republicans have assailed the Affordable Care Act – a landmark achievement of President Barack Obama’s administration – as an unmitigated disaster. Now that the GOP is in power, Democrats are attacking a proposed replacement plan that would save an estimated $337 billion but also result in an estimated 24 million people eventually losing coverage.

In this special section on insurance, we delve into an array of insurance-related issues here in New York, from the impact of repealing Obamacare to disagreements over insurance requirements should ride-hailing expand beyond the five boroughs.

IMPACT OF INSURANCE IN NEW YORK The insurance industry is a major contributor to New York State’s economy and communities—providing financial security to consumers and businesses and vital services to people in their time of need. Let’s take a look at the numbers!

$46.7 Billion in Economic Output The insurance industry’s contributions to the New York State economy accounted for 3.4% of the state’s gross domestic product. Insurance contributed more than a variety of other key industries, including construction, utilities and transportation.1

$1.4 Billion in Taxes Premium taxes paid by insurance companies in New York State totaled $1.4 billion in 2015, in addition to numerous other taxes, assessments and fees.2

$24.9 Billion in Claims Insurance provides New Yorkers with financial security and enables people to live life to the fullest. Individuals would not be able to own a home, drive a car or start a business without insurance.3

$7.5 Billion $2.2 Billion $3.8 Billion

$1 Billion in Charity

AUTO INSURANCE

By donating financially to a myriad of worthy causes, New York insurance companies and agents contribute to philanthropic giving of $1 billion annually on a national level. Even more importantly, employees dedicate their time to help those in need—whether it’s Meals on Wheels, flood recovery efforts or building a playground—the industry is always looking to make a difference.4

HOMEOWNERS WORKERS COMPENSATION

$18.4 Billion in Municipal Bonds Insurance companies invest the premiums they collect in state and local municipal bonds, helping to fund the building of roads, schools and other public projects.5

197,029 Jobs New York boasts one of the largest insurance workforces in the country. The Empire State is ranked fourth in the nation.6

Employing New York Insuring New York Moving New York Forward 1. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2014 2. U.S. Department of Commerce, 2015 3. SNL Financial, 2015 4. Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, 2014 5. SNL Financial, 2013 6. U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015

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Is this finally the year for ride-hailing in upstate New York?

By ASHLEY HUPFL IT’S A common complaint around Albany.

When Amtrak passengers arrive at the Albany-Rensselaer train station, some walk out to grab a cab – only to find they must share a ride with several other passengers, with no alternatives.

“One of the things I hear on ridesharing is that people come up on the train and they have to take a taxi,” said Jim Seward, chairman of the state Senate Insurance Committee. “I’ve heard so many terrible stories about that. At the train station they load up the cars.”

While Uber launched in New York City in 2011, state insurance law doesn’t allow ride-hailing services in upstate. Lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly have failed to reach an agreement on authorizing legislation in recent years, but proponents now see real hope of passage.

In his State of the State addresses this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the first time included a proposal to expand ride-hailing services upstate, saying it would spur economic growth, provide a “cost-effective” transportation option and bring “transportation into the 21st century.”

Lawmakers believe Cuomo’s endorsement of the expansion – and its strong support among voters – will be enough to cross the finish line this session. A late January Siena College poll found 77 percent of respondents

supported expanding ride-hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, to operate across the state. Only 15 percent were opposed.

Like traditional taxicabs, ride-hailing operators require insurance protection in case of an accident or death. The insurance requirement is higher when a car has a passenger in it or a driver is en route to pick up a passenger.

Last year, state Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats were unable to agree on insurance requirements for when an auto accident results in the injury or death of a passenger. The state Senate proposed a minimum of $1 million of coverage, but in the final days of the 2016 session the Assembly raised that to $1.5 million. In the end, the legislation stalled.

This year, a similar state Senate bill stipulates an insurance minimum of $1 million.

The Assembly’s one-house budget includes a provision that “removes language related to the Executive proposal to regulate the operation of transportation network companies outside of New York City.” A bill introduced this year by Assembly Insurance Committee Chairman Kevin Cahill that is currently in committee would once again propose a $1.5 million insurance coverage minimum.

In addition to expanding hail-railing services, Cuomo proposed consumer protections, minimum safety standards and state

Department of Motor Vehicles licensing and oversight. His proposal also requires a minimum of $1 million of coverage while a ride-hailing vehicle is on the way to pick up a passenger and while transporting a passenger. While there are some differences between the state Senate and executive bills, they are closely aligned.

Unlike previous years, the debate has shifted to consumer safety. Uber in the past has suffered from several high-profile scandals, such as the recent reports of sexual harassment within the company and the use of a tool called “Greyball” to evade authorities.

Josh Gold, Uber’s New York policy director, said this will not negatively impact the debate in Albany. “Ridesharing isn’t about one company. We have a lot of competitors,” he said. “That shouldn’t play a role in how New Yorkers feel about the lack or desire for ridesharing.”

John Tomassi, president of the Upstate Transportation Association, a group of traditional livery and cab companies, said his group supports the Assembly’s bill, as it provides more protections. Tomassi argued the state Senate bill wouldn’t address what he described as flaws in Uber’s background checks. “It does not provide for fingerprinting, which we think is essential,” Tomassi said. “Down in the city they’re subject to the

Do You Know Which Industry Invests Nearly Half a Billion Dollars in New York State?

The The answer answer is is the the life life insurance insurance industry. industry. Many Many think think of of life life insurance insurance as as something something a a family family or or individual individual only only needs in times of duress, but the fact of the matter is that New York’s life companies are quietly needs in times of duress, but the fact of the matter is that New York’s life companies are quietly one one of of the the state’s state’s most most important important economic economic drivers. drivers. Consider Consider the the following following statistics: statistics:

Billions Billions of of Dollars Dollars Invested Invested in in the the New New York York •• •• ••

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York. $38 $38 billion billion invested invested in in mortgage mortgage loans loans on on farm, farm, residential, residential, and and commercial properties in New York. commercial properties in New York.

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2015. $6 billion – the total paid to New $6 billion – the total paid to New Yorkers Yorkers in in the the form form of of annuity annuity benefits in 2015. benefits in 2015.

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The The Life Life Insurance Insurance Council Council of of New New York York (LICONY) (LICONY) is is the the trade trade association association representing representing the the life life insurance insurance industry doing business in New York State.

Its member companies provide the vast majority of industry doing business in New York State. Its member companies provide the vast majority of life, life, disability disability income, long-term care insurance and annuity benefits for New Yorkers. income, long-term care insurance and annuity benefits for New Yorkers.

Insuring Families. Investing in Communities.

The Life Insurance Council of New York All All statistics statistics are are from from the the American American Council Council of of Life Life Insurers Insurers State State Fact Fact Sheet Sheet

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S KEVIN CAHILL Chairman, Assembly Insurance Committee

C&S: Outside of upstate ride-hailing, what insurance issues will be taken up this year?

KC: We’re dealing with a variety of issues, including car sharing, which is actually sharing. It’s when you decide to rent your car out on an individual basis. We’ll be looking at that issue. We’ll be looking at the issue of liability insurance overall for automobiles and determining whether the limits are appropriate or even if the current form of coverage is appropriate. We will be examining a number of issues pertaining to health care. We can’t forget what they are because a lot of that is in the hands of Congress and what they decide to do with the Af-

fordable Care Act. Of course, we will continue to take steps, as we have in years past, to ensure the role of insurance in our financial markets – which is the most prominent role that it has in New York – continues to be robust, safe and secure for the people of New York.

C&S: What happens if the Affordable Care Act is repealed?

KC: My biggest concern is that New York state enrolled a record number of people – about one out of seven American people who enrolled under the Affordable Care Act have done so in New York state. We’ve seen our Medicaid rules expanded through liberalization of eligibility requirements and we’ve seen

a number of people secure insurance who never had it before. So, our No. 1 concern is whether Congress strips away those resources that made that possible. The comptroller has identified that there’s a potential loss to New York state of $3.7 billion should the Affordable Care Act be rolled back entirely.

We’re also dealing with things, such as contraceptive access under insurance plans. One that was virtually guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act, but now is threatened under the new Congress, so we’ll be dealing with those issues as well when it comes to the Affordable Care Act and insurance issues, so there’s a lot on our plate.

As Albany lawmakers and lobbyists debate whether to expand ride hailing outside of New York City there’s one thing that’s shouldn’t be up for discussion: safety.

The truth is we can have good jobs and better transportation without sacrificing standards because we already do.

The Black Car Fund is the workers compensation and insurance fund for 50,000 black car drivers in New York City, including those who drive for Uber and Lyft. That means drivers may work for multiple companies in any given day but their workers’ compensation coverage remains intact. They’re independent contractors, just like drivers in the gig economy, who receive essential workplace protections and benefits that keep riders safe.

Hands free CPR in the event of a crash? Yep, your BCF driver has you covered. Enhanced defensive driving courses to reduce accidents? 100%. Wellness classes to keep drivers alert through long hours? Absolutely. We actually pay our drivers $300 to get trained, rather than charging them, so riders don’t have to give safety a second thought.

And all our drivers have to pass a criminal background check and get fingerprinted.

Over its twenty year history the BCF has created a sustainable workforce model for New Yorkers and their families. And we’re constantly innovating. Just this year we introduced $50,000 death benefit, so that families of drivers killed on the job won’t also suffer financially.

Just because driving is part of the gig economy, doesn’t mean it can’t also be a good job.

Independent contractors are a growing workforce and consumers deserve a competitive market of options to choose from. Expanding ride hailing into communities outside of New York City makes sense. In fact, there’s no reason ride-hailing companies can’t expand right now if they’re willing to comply with the existing laws that mandate certain safety precautions and insurance coverage.

We can and should have the kind of economy we deserve, and the security that goes with it.

Ira Goldstein is the President of the Black Car Fund.

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MARIA VULLO Superintendent, state Department of Financial Services

C&S: What impact could the repeal of the Affordable Care Act have in New York?

MV: Repeal of the Affordable Care Act will impact millions of New Yorkers who will lose health insurance. And people losing health insurance means they will lose health care, and that comes from both the concern about the reduction in the funding for Medicaid and the expansion of Medicaid that the Affordable Care Act provided, it comes from the Essential Health Plan changes that would be impacted, and it comes from the changes in the private insurance market.

C&S: What impact could this have on premiums?

MV: Before the Affordable Care Act, our individual market (in the direct pay market) in New York was less than 20,000 people, and it was a high-risk group of people in that market that had premiums up to $1,500. Since the Affordable Care Act, beginning in 2014 when the policies started, the individual market grew to over 300,000 people and premiums dropped 50 percent from where they were before the Affordable Care Act in the individual market. So the talk about premium prices and everything else, I can’t speak for any other state but I can speak for New York under this governor’s leadership and with the advance of the

Affordable Care Act, that it actually provided insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands of people in the individual market. Those are people who don’t have an employer that is providing them with coverage, and they need it. There are a lot of elderly in that market because maybe they had health care before and don’t qualify, and there are people who maybe had pre-existing conditions and couldn’t get health care previously and now were able to get it. And prices dropped, because the market expanded and the ACA had some great consumer protections. I feel strongly about what it did and we want to protect that.

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In New York, a medical malpractice lawsuit must be filed within two and a half years of when an alleged error occurred.

That’s different than in many states, where the date of discovery – the point when a patient becomes aware of a medical error or misdiagnosis – is when the clock starts ticking.

In recent years, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein has introduced legislation to change that. Lawmakers dubbed the bill “Lavern’s Law” after Lavern Wilkinson, a woman who died of a curable form of lung cancer that was misdiagnosed and by the time her family put together a medical malpractice suit, the statute of limitations had passed. The legislation, which would also bar any suit more than 10 years after the original incident, passed the Assembly but died in the state Senate despite support on both sides of the aisle and from the governor. Here’s how New York’s medical malpractice law stacks up against other state statutes of limitations.

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C&S: Outside of the ridehailing push, what other insurance priorities will you push this session?

JS: We are interested in doing a comprehensive package of bills that reform auto insurance programs. Basically, coming down tougher on fraud and abuse of the nofault system. I have a couple of bills here making it a crime to stage an accident and then collect – in a no-fault you can get up to $50,000 of benefits per individual. People stage accidents and run up the tab. There’s a runners bill that would make it a felony to be a runner. These are individuals that, following an accident, they procure alleged victims and then run them through these medical mills and once again to inap-

Source: New York state Unified Court System

propriately collect no-fault benefits. (State) Sen. (Martin) Golden has a piece of legislation that has the retroactive cancellation, so that would allow the carrier to retroactively cancel a no-fault policy when that policy has been obtained fraudulently, either by writing a bad check or on an account that no longer exists or a stolen credit card.

C&S: What insurance issues will you be pursuing after seeing the governor’s budget and policy proposals?

JS: I’m interested in the fact that we want to keep insurance companies doing business in the state of New York to give our consumers plenty of choices when it comes to their insurance and a more competitive market and I

think that makes insurance more affordable through a competitive market – plenty of choices and more affordable options for more consumers. The governor has some proposals that I think is detrimental to that. For example, he’s got proposals in the budget that would greatly expand the (state) Department of Financial Services’ ability to impose administrative supervision on companies … obviously we don’t want bad actors in the financial services industry and there are some situations where administrative supervision is needed, for the department to step in and, in effect, take over the supervision of a company in rare situations, but you have to have due process.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1300754 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW 211 DEKALB AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11205.

KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. AURORA FG INC. Notice of Qualification of WYE COMMUNICATIONS LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/15/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/07/16.

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

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of DBZ PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/7/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/7/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 43 Bay Reach, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971. DE address of LLC: 43 Bay Reach, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.

Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of WEST SIDE PHYSICIANS OF NYC, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/16/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of PLLC: 715 9th Ave. Ground Fl., NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of ARBOUR LANE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/10/17.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/22/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of EURNITED ARTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/11/2016.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process against LLC to: 120E 34th St., Ste. 15L, NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Essex Olive & Spice House, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 2/3/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Saad Bourkadi, 577 Grand St #F504, NY, NY 10002.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Shield Analysis Technology, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 1/5/2017. Office loc: NY County.

LLC formed in VA 10/25/2010.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 9028 Prince William St. Ste E, Manassas, VA 20110.

VA addr. of LLC: 9028 Prince William St. Ste E, Manassas VA 20110. Cert. of Form. filed with VA Secy. of State, 1111 E. Broad St, 4th Fl, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of CHICHI EATS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/1/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 49 Bleecker St, #205, NY, NY 10012.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of West Madison Entertainment Film Fund LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/1/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/9/15.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1501 Broadway, Fl. 12, NY, NY 10036. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

KRAMER, DUNLEAVY, & RATCHIK PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/10/17. Office loc: NY Co. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The PLLC, 61 Broadway, Ste. 2200, NY, NY 10006, Attn: Jonathan Ratchik, reg. agent.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of BERNSTEIN DECOR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/20/17.

Office location: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 151 West 25th St., NY, NY 10001.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Flagstaff4 LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 11/14/16.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1350 Broadway, FL. 11, NY, NY 10018, Attn: David J. Pfeffer, Esq. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 470 Baltic Funding LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/2/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 14 W 23rd St, Fl. 5, NY, NY 10010.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Adam Green Fine Art LLC filed with SSNY on 2/1/17. Office: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC at 77 W. 24th St., 11H, NY, NY 10010.

Notice of Formation of FELICELLO & MELCHIONNA LLP. Cert. of Reg. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/20/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLP: 1120 Ave. of the Americas, 4Fl., NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLP at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Legal services; Law firm.

Notice of Formation of RELATED TX RD GENERAL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/07/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Related Companies, 60 Columbus Circle, 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 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of American Carrier Transport LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/16/17.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 1155 Stoops Ferry Rd., Moon Township, PA 15108. LLC formed in IN on 5/23/11. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. IN addr. of LLC: 150 W. Market St., Ste. 800, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

Cert. of Form. filed with IN Sec. of State, 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

ZIRKANOVA COMPANY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/23/2017. 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, 206 W 100TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10025.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of W18 Retail LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/11/17. 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 Michael Yakuel, 225 E. 6th St., Unit 5B, NY, NY 10003.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of W18 Garden LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/11/17. 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 Michael Yakuel, 225 E. 6th St., Unit 5B, NY, NY 10003.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of MS 124th Street, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/09/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Company, c/o Post Management, LLC, 204 West 84th St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10024, Attn: Marc D. Slayton.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/21/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: One Boston Place, Boston, MA 02108. LLC formed in DE on 4/24/01. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Attn: BNY Mellon Legal Dept., 225 Liberty St., NY, NY 10286. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qualification of Geronimo Solar Energy, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/27/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Minnesota (MN) on 10/01/12.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011.

Address to be maintained in MN: 725 Edinborough Way., Ste. 725, Edina, MN 55435.

Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 60 Empire Dr., Ste. 100, St. Paul, MN 55103.

Purpose: any lawful activities CERYNEIAN MGT, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/27/17. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 529 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Stansberry Asset Management Partners, LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/23/17. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/4/15.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1350 Ave of the Americas, 4th Fl, New York, 10019. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Nonsuch, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed w/ Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/17. Office in NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Daniel Barbera, 32 E. 57th St., 16th Fl., NY, NY 10022, registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: Any lawful act/activity.

Notice of Qualification of VFA Fund I LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/27/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/25/17.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40 W 29th St, Ste 301, NY, NY 10001. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801.

Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

1811, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/06/2017.

Office loc: Richmond County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 105 Buttonwood Road, Staten Island, NY 10304.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Whistle Works LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/20/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 304 W 117th St, #2P, NY, NY 10026.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of SpringHealth Behavioral Health and Integrated Care New York, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/22/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 9901 Linn Station Rd., Louisville, KY 40223. LLC formed in DE on 2/15/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qual. of ARTEMIS PARTNERS LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 02/13/2017.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in CT on 07/03/2008.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 347 W. 36th St., Ste 1601, NY, NY 10018.

Principal Office Address of LLC: 347 W. 36th St., Ste 1601 NY NY 10018. Cert of Formation filed with CT Sec. of State, 30 Trinity St., Hartford, CT 06106.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Polyfon LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/23/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 60 W 23rd St, Apt 426, NY, NY 10010.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of FKAL 49 Ann Street LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 11/23/16.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 105 Mulberry, Ste 202, NY, NY 10013.

Purpose: any lawful activity Notice of Qualification of YORK LONG EQUITY FUND, L.P. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/3/17. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/28/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o York Long Equity Domestic Holdings, LLC, 767 5th Ave, Fl. 17, NY, NY 10153.

DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of PAPARONE LAW PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/21/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 22 Independence Way, Jersey City, NJ 07305.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 69 Amherst Road LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/13/17.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 223 W 138th St, Ground Fl., NY, NY 10030.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Nexus Reinsurance Underwriting Managers, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/1/17. NYS fictitious name: Nexus Underwriting Management Services LLC. Office location: NY County. LLC organized in CT on 9/23/15. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. CT and principal business address: Two Corporate Dr., Suite 636, Shelton, CT 06484. Cert. of Org. filed with CT Sec. of State, 30 Trinity St., Hartford, CT 06115.

Purpose: all lawful purposes .

RAMDEEN HOLDINGS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/15/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Timothy Rabindranath Ramdeen, 404 East 83rd St., Apt 3D, NY, NY 10028.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

GOLDEN ALLEN, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/07/16. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 2 Allen Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10002.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Ranger Global Real Estate Advisors, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/7/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/9/16. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 415 Madison Ave, Fl. 14, NY, NY 10017. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805.

Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Stansberry Asset Management Partners (GP), LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/23/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/4/15. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1350 Ave of the Americas, Fl. 4, NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Flavio Wines LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/8/17.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 325 Broadway, Ste 501, NY, NY 10007.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of APO NYC 3 OWNER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/28/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Ampixi LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/9/16. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 405 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10174.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of NUT TREE PARTNERS CO-INVEST LP. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/07/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/31/17.

Princ. office of LP: 2 Penn Plaza, 24th Fl., NY, NY 10121.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of New Homes NY NJ LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/10/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1890 7th Ave, Ste 3E, NY, NY 10026.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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March 20, 2017 Notice of Qualification of AIM DATA, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/22/16. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/15/16.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 254 Canal St, Ste 2001, NY, NY 10013. DE address of LLC: 16192 Coastal Hwy, Lewes, DE 19958. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of PRINCIPIUM STRATEGIES LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/03/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/03/06.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1040 Ave. of the Americas, 5th Fl., NY, NY 10018. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of FABRICANT ADVISORS, LLC filed with SSNY on 2/9/17.

Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 75 East End Ave, Ste 12A, NY, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Qual. of 330 GRAND LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 02/06/2017. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 02/03/2017.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 64 Delancey Street, Ste 2E , NY, NY 10002. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St. Wilmington DE 19801.

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

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of SKELETON PARTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/20/17.

Office location: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The Company, c/o 60 West 23rd St.- Apt. 436, NY, NY 10010.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (tip heights 70’) on the building at 680 Monroe St, Brooklyn, NY (20170170). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Notice of Qualification of True Partner Capital USA, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/8/17. O f f i c e location: NY County. LLC organized in IL on 2/3/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016.

IL and principal business address: 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60604. Cert. of Org. filed with IL Sec. of State, 213 State Capitol, Springfield, IL 62756.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of SUPPORT CENTER JR, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/30/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 505 Park Ave., 18th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qualification of NEXUS New York Club, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/30/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 1/18/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Chris Pillo, 9350 Conroy Windermere Rd., Windermere, FL 34786, principal business address. DE address of LLC: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc. 160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qualification of IFLScience LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/13/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/22/15.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 120 E 23rd St, Fl. 5, NY, NY 10010. DE address of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd, Ste 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of SLB PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/7/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/7/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 43 Bay Reach, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971. DE address of LLC: 43 Bay Reach, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.

Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Carroll Boulevard Holdings LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/16/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 625 W 55th St #6, NY, NY 10019.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Digital Equity LLC, filed with SSNY on January 30, 2017. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 300 East 74th St, 35F, NY, NY 10021. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Alexia Valentina LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/13/17.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 250 Mercer St, #D404, NY, NY 10012.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of KALYANI 227 10TH AVENUE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/03/17.

Office location: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1015 Belle Meade Island Dr., Miami, FL 33138.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1300688 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 27-08 QUEENS PLAZA S LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101.

QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. IAMC INC. MAJOR TIKI LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/03/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Richard A. Frazer, Esq. C/O Pryor Cashman LLP, 7 Times Square, NY, NY 10036.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”).

Name: Genesis ANCP LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on February 28, 2017. N.Y. office location: New York County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Genesis ANCP LLC, c/o Genesis Companies, 594 Broadway, Suite 804, New York, New York 10012. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of NEXUS New York Management Company, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/30/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 1/18/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Chris Pillo, 9350 Conroy Windermere Rd., Windermere, FL 34786, principal business address. DE address of LLC: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc. 160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of Boulevard Carroll Holdings LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/16/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 625 W 55th St #6, NY, NY 10019.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of BioInnovation Management LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/2/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139. LLC formed in DE on 8/11/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qualification of ALMANAC INVESTORS, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/10/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/05/17.

Princ. office of LLC: 1140 Ave. of the Americas, 17th Fl., NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of WESTMINSTER MAD ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/21/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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March 20, 2017 Notice of Formation of Bespoke Capital Services LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/26/17.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 750 Lexington Ave, Fl. 28, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of COHEN FLAG CLOTHING LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/9/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 750 Lexington Ave, Fl. 28, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of GRAND AVE SUITES LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/8/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/13/16. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: q State Street Plz, Fl. 29, NY, NY 10004. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805.

Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of FLAG CLOTHING USA LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/15/17.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 750 Lexington Ave, Fl. 28, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Kacy Ellis Design LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/6/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 145 W 12th St, #2-1, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of NYC Remote Hands, LLC filed with SSNY 9/16/2016.

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: 29-10 Berkshire Rd Fair Lawn NJ 07410. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Q & G REALTY LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/27/16. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 165 Hester St, Basement, NY, NY 10013.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Down The Block LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/21/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 151 W 17th St, PHE, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of RIVERWARREN22E LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/9/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 212 Warren St, Apt 22E, NY, NY 10282.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 119 SPRING RETAIL OWNER, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/27/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/23/17.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o 60 Guilders LLC, 370 7th Ave., Ste. 1400, NY, NY 10001. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of SE DUANE MEMBERS, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/3/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 187 Wolf Rd, Ste 101, Albany, NY 12205.

The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Business Filings Incorporated, 187 Wolf Rd, Ste 101, Albany, NY 12205.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of The Accolade JLD LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/3/17. Office loc.: Richmond County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to is Joseph D’Arco, 112 St. James Pl., Staten Island, NY 10304.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Foot Fete, LLC filed with SSNY on 05/12/2016. Office loc: NY Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: US Corp Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful act.

AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new antenna tip heights 52.7’) on the building at 2940 W. 21st St, Brooklyn, NY (20170169). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Notice of Qualification of KCP Building Holdco, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/2/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/16/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o KCP HOLDCO, Inc., 603 W 50th St, NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Litigation Services, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/21/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Nevada (NV) on 12/08/10.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Paracorp Incorporated, 2804 Gateway Oaks Dr. #200, Sacramento, CA 95833-3509.

Address of the principal office: 3770 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Ste. 300, Las Vegas, NV 89169.

Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 101 North Carson St., Ste. 3, Carson City, NV 89701.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new antenna tip heights 199’) on the building at 12 E. 86th St, New York, NY (20170187). 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 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, THAT THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 05, 2017 AT 2:00 P.M. AT 42 BROADWAY, 5TH FLOOR, ON A PETITION FOR MADREL LLC TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN UNENCLOSED SIDEWALK CAFÉ AT 1018 AMSTERDAM AVE IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, ATTN: FOIL OFFICER, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Formation of Tenacious Toys, LLC filed with SSNY 1/3/17. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Ave, 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of Radiodash, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 11/25/16. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/19/14.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 421 7th Ave, Ste 510, NY, NY 10001. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403S, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of BRABS New Roch LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/28/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/24/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 5 TIMES SQUARE B NOTE FUNDING LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/2/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/23/11.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 420 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10170. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of P&D Care LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/9/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 413 Grand St, F304, NY, NY 10002.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of DR. DATTA MD PSYCHIATRY PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/23/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 576 5th Ave., Ste. 805, NY, NY 10036, Attn: Arnab Datta, M.D. Purpose: to practice the profession of medicine.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1297798, FOR LIQUOR, WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 100 WALL ST NY, NY 10005. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ONPREMISE CONSUMPTION. WESTVILLE WALL STREET INC. PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (antenna tip heights 85’) on the building at 227 Central Park West, New York, NY (20170203). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE PACK FAMILY FOUNDATION for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2016 is available at its principal office located at 12 Herkimer Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Loren P. Beyer.

MISTER MELLOW MANAGEMENT, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/17/17. Office in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 30 Wall St., 8th Fl, NY, NY 10005-2205, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of Monkey Valley Enterprises LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 01/18/2017.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 9 W. 10th St, #4R, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NYCMONICA LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/14/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Monica Matos, 404 East 79th Street, NY, NY 10075. Reg Agent: Monica Matos, 404 East 79th Street, NY, NY 10075.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of HVNYC, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/27/17. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 80 State St, Albany, NY 12207.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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LOSERS BILL DE BLASIO Could you hear the sigh of relief coming from the Park Slope Y? The New York Post proved prescient by predicting Bharara’s firing would make de Blasio “Preety Happy.” With coordinated all-clear messages from the U.S. attorney and Manhattan district attorney (despite a “youshould-have-known-better” rap on the knuckles), the mayor’s greatest threat to re-election was vanquished before Republicans even had the chance to start a “lock him up” chant.

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MARISOL ALCÁNTARA & MICHAEL GIANARIS If anyone thought New York politics was dignified, they only had to watch a state Senate session from last week to be disproved. Gianaris, a mainline state Senate Democrat, attacked the rival Independent Democratic Conference as Trump Democrats for their “Republican lite” budget proposal. Alcántara, a freshman lawmaker in the IDC, fired back by blasting Gianaris’ “white privilege.”

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ROBERT KENT

KAREN MAGEE

state official drops f-bomb on nonprofit leader – “on behalf of the state of New York”

MERRYL TISCH

her state tax agency has computers on the fritz during tax time

state drops controversial test for prospective teachers donates $20 million to the New York Public Library

“CAN I GET A SWIPE?”

fined $71,000 for using City Council campaign to enrich himself

NONIE MANION

LOWELL MCADAM

NYC suing Verizon over Fios rollout

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