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CAN NEW YORK EVER HIT ITS MWBE GOALS?

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EDITOR’S NOTE

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

When New Yorkers cast their ballots on Nov. 7, they’ll have real choices to make.

Sure, many contests were decided in the primary. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. might lose votes to write-in rivals due to disclosures about the powerful figures he declined to prosecute, but he’s a lock to win. Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh will probably be installed as state Sen. Daniel Squadron’s successor, and Kalman Yeger is likely to win as New York City Councilman David Greenfield’s handpicked replacement.

But other races still matter. Can Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the governor’s longtime foe, fend off state Sen. George Latimer? Will voters back a state constitutional convention, a decision with far-reaching ramifications? Despite New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s huge lead, will his rivals steal votes with their starkly different plans on city spending, property taxes and homelessness?

In this week’s cover story, City & State’s Frank G. Runyeon takes a closer look at another piece of de Blasio’s record – the IDNYC program – and what might happen to it if the mayor is upset by his leading rival, Nicole Malliotakis.

CONTENTS BOCHINCHE & BUZZ ... 6

NEW YORK NONPROFIT MEDIA ... 36

Gossip on the council speaker race, political brawls on Staten Island, and more

The debate over how to retool NYC’s Summer Youth Employment Program

WINNERS & LOSERS ...42

Who was up and who was down last week

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SPOTA IN A LOAD OF TROUBLE

BUDGET BLUES FOR NEW YORK REPUBLICANS

Two Suffolk County officials were indicted on federal charges Wednesday. District Attorney Thomas Spota and an aide, Christopher McPartland – who, um, runs the political corruption unit – allegedly participated in the cover-up of then-Suffolk Police Chief James Burke’s assault of a suspect in 2012.

After county lawmakers from both parties called on Spota to resign, the longest serving district attorney in the county’s history stepped down on Thursday.

SUBWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON TRACK The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors met last week, and voted on several measures to push the subway system into the 21st century. The board approved a $573 million contract for a fare payment system modeled after the London Underground, where riders will be able tap cellphones or debit and credit cards on turnstiles beginning late next year.

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Slant podcast A Q&A with Manhattan Borough President

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Kicker

C&S: What are your thoughts on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new five-point plan to reduce congestion in the city?

GB: I was in the City Council for 12 years, and I was one of the people who voted for congestion pricing at that time, and I continue to be for full congestion pricing. So that would mean the bridges are tolled at different amounts, less for some of the ones that are now more, and something for those that are free. I would also hope that it would provide billions for the MTA. I don’t think any proposal is going to be successful if it doesn’t help the MTA. I haven’t studied it in depth, but I would say it doesn’t go far enough. The real issue is, where is the money for the MTA? You’re not going to get rid of congestion in Manhattan if you don’t have subways that work and buses that work.

“SOMETIMES you just HAVE TO BELIEVE.”

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C&S: There are 13 women in the New York City Council, and all of the candidates for council speaker are men. Why do you think there aren’t more women in the council and running for council speaker?

GB: In the most recent election, I thought it was interesting that in the Bronx there were two dynamite women, but both of them were countered by people coming to run from Albany who had either great money or great name recognition. I think there’s some bad news to these term limits. I believe strongly in at least 12 years – they only have eight. In this crazy eight years and you’re out, you have to have a knowledge of the local (community), or you have to have a ton of money. I don’t know if that’s good.

CELESTE SLOMAN; LEV RADIN, MARCIN JUCHA, VLAD G/SHUTTERSTOCK

The House of Representatives narrowly approved a budget blueprint that would allow President Donald Trump’s tax proposal to pass in Congress without any Democratic votes. The plan would cuts taxes by as much as $1.5 trillion over the next decade, while provisions to offset the cost could include a repeal of the state and local tax deduction, which would disproportionately hurt states with high taxes. Several New York politicians have spoken against the repeal, from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer to members of the GOP congressional delegation. Of the 20 Republican members to vote against the budget bill on Thursday, seven were from New York. The only two New York congressmen to vote “yes” were Reps. Chris Collins, a prominent Trump supporter, and Tom Reed.

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The New York City mayoral race hasn’t generated much real drama, but it has frequently descended into mudslinging and name-calling.

One insult that has caught on is independent candidate Bo Dietl’s likening of Mayor Bill de Blasio to Big Bird. So if de Blasio’s a big, lovable yellow bird, which puppets best represent the rest of the field?

They’re both tall, kind of goofy and a familiar face on the streets of New York City (though many would take offense with Dietl’s description of the puppet – if not the mayor – as “stupid”).

Introduced in 1993 to capitalize on the popularity of Elmo and to balance out a male-heavy lineup, Zoe hasn’t quite caught on. Sounds like Malliotakis, an unknown to nearly two-thirds of city voters.

CELESTE SLOMAN; LEV RADIN, MARCIN JUCHA, VLAD G/SHUTTERSTOCK

The private investigator/talking head is a long shot, but he’s made a lot of noise. With his unpredictable attacks and self-described “Wild Man Bo” personality, who’s a better Bo than Animal?

Waldorf (along with Statler) has been offering his unvarnished criticism since the ’70s. Albanese, a city councilman in the ’80s and ’90s, has been launching cranky attacks from the sidelines for years.

Sure, he didn’t have the guts to run for mayor this year.

But we couldn’t resist bringing back the Scott Stringer puppet from City & State’s 2015 Manhattan issue.

The former mayor would have made things interesting as a de Blasio rival, but he’s not about to overturn term limits again. Maybe one day de Blasio will get a real puppet made of him, too!

The former congressman might have been running for another four years as mayor if he had more self control. Like Gonzo, Weiner loves the spotlight and has, ahem, unusual amorous attractions.

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WHAT DOES JOE WANT?

DAN DONOVAN

JOE BORELLI

MICHAEL GRIMM

At least two Staten Islanders are bochinchando that Joe Borelli has his eyes set on something other than his re-election to the New York City Council’s 51st District. “In his head, Dan (Donovan) gets appointed by Trump to something like U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and that will open up the race for his seat,” one bochinchero said. That is the 11th Congressional District seat once held by ex-con Michael Grimm, who’s formally in pursuit of his old job. Don’t scratch your cabeza. I’m not making this stuff up. If you’re thinking that Joe Borelli can’t possibly think that this scenario could happen, keep in mind that the ambitious 35-yearold made an early bet on Donald Trump winning the presidency.

Borelli co-chaired Donald’s Republican primary campaign in New York. “He’s laying low. Notice he hasn’t been on the cable news circuit. He doesn’t want to get into any trouble with Trump,” said one bochinchero. Smart move. Borelli doesn’t want Trump or any of his folks pissed off at him so that he can have the White House’s support in a primary against Grimm.

CUOMO’S PUERTO RICO STATE OF MIND The buzz is that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will appear at the Somos el Futuro dinner being held in New York, in lieu of the fall conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Nov. 1 event at Terrace on the Park in Queens is only for those who had registered to go to the canceled Nov. 8-12 conference. “The governor’s really into helping the recovery of Puerto Rico as much as the state can,” said a bochinchero who is very familiar with Cuomo’s intentions.

I’ve been assured that while there’s always a political calculation behind his decisions, “Andrew’s brain works well in these nuts-and-bolts matters.

Remember, he loves cars and bikes.” All that may be true, but I bet the biggest incentive for Cuomo is that on the evening of the Somos gathering, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will be on the stage at his final debate before the Nov. 7 mayoral election. That means the governor will have the stage for Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria recovery all to himself.

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QUEENS AND THE BRONX WILL BE CROWNING THE NEXT SPEAKER …

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ROBERT CORNEGY JR.

The latest buzz – and there’s so much bochinche about this race – is that Democratic tag teams in Queens and the Bronx have agreed to go with one candidate in the race for the next New York City Council speaker. “Anything can happen. But, Corey Johnson and Robert Cornegy Jr. have the inside track,” a knowledgeable bochinchero told us. Why? “Because both have stood up to the mayor on many issues. They’ve done so openly and behind the scenes in the chambers.” According to a top insider and Democratic operative, “Mark (Levine) is liked by many, but the mayor’s early support has hurt him.” Insiders have told me that de Blasio has stopped making calls letting Democrats know that the popular Levine is his candidate. But, it may be too late.

REMEMBER, GENTE, IT’S ALL BOCHINCHE UNTIL IT’S CONFIRMED.

Our Perspective No Limit to Amazon’s Greed

By Stuart Appelbaum, President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, RWDSU, UFCW

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n September, Amazon announced it was looking for a city in North America to build its new headquarters in North America, and announced it was soliciting proposals from cities and regions throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Among Amazon’s announced “decision drivers” are government tax credits and exemptions, grants, fee reductions, and other incentives meant to entice the company. Amazon stated it wants a “business friendly environment and tax structure” for the location of its new HQ. The announcement set off a frenzied bidding war as municipalities seek to land the new headquarters by doling out taxpayer subsidies and other incentives, despite the fact that Amazon is the largest retailer in the world and one of the planet’s biggest and richest companies.

New Jersey publicly proposed $7 billion in tax incentives, including $5 billion in state tax relief over a decade and $1 billion each in breaks on property taxes and income taxes from Newark. It would be the largest tax incentive ever offered by New Jersey.

The mind-boggling amount of tax incentives offered by New Jersey shows the lengths governments are willing to go to woo Amazon, and how fierce the competition is among the hundreds of cities making proposals. But it’s important to consider that Amazon will make its decision on where to locate its new HQ on factors other than tax incentives, including proximity to airports and highways, and quality of mass transit, local universities and schools, and communications networks. The emphasis on incentives and the bidding war they’ve created is simply a cash grab by Amazon and an attempt to get as much taxpayer money as it can.

We support job creation – it’s a good thing to promote economic growth and more jobs. But according to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), a nonprofit research and educational organization, Amazon’s growth has eliminated about 150,000 more jobs than it has created due to displacing sales at brick and mortar stores. And many of the jobs Amazon creates are low-wage.

Even the company’s treatment of white-collar jobs

has come under fire. A 2015 New York Times investigation portrayed a workplace where employees can be reduced to tears because of the pressure and stress to perform. And where workers have been put on so-called “performance improvement plans” – which employees say is code for “in danger of being fired” – if they took time off to visit dying relatives or deal with serious health issues.

Amazon is one of the richest companies on Earth, and the mind-boggling wealth of Amazon’s executives in comparison to the low pay earned by many Amazon workers epitomizes the economic inequality that is hurting America’s families. And still, Amazon has made it clear that it expects massive subsidies in return for setting up shop in our communities.

We think it’s important that any conversation between New York and Amazon should include unions and community groups, and that our public policy protects workers, consumers, and our communities. Our communities deserve better than what Amazon has so far shown it will bring them. And, taxpayers shouldn’t be asked to foot the bill for massive bribes to bring Amazon to town. Amazon doesn’t need it. And given its reported treatment of employees, Amazon doesn’t deserve it. .

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KEY 2017 NEW YORK GENERAL ELECTION RACES TO Don’t believe the downplayers. While WATCH the New York City mayoral race may be lacking that open seat electricity, there’s no such thing as a boring race in the greatest city in the world. And there are a number of other intriguing races across the city and the state as well, from a state senator challenging the state’s Republican standard-bearer in Westchester County to a former hardcore punk singer hoping to keep a purple New York City Council district in Democratic hands. Here’s what to watch on Nov. 7.

By JEFF COLTIN and GRACE SEGERS

Westchester County Executive

OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY Nassau County Executive

LAURA CURRAN

(D, WFP, Women’s Equality Party)

JACK MARTINS

VS.

(R, C, Reform, Tax Revolt)

Several scandals loom over the Nassau County executive race, as departing County Executive Edward Mangano is under federal investigation for bribery charges, and another Long Island Republican, former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, recently had his corruption charges vacated. Democrat Laura Curran and Republican Jack Martins have both made ethics a centerpiece of their campaigns, with plans for reform – and by knocking their opponents as corrupt. Martins and his supporters have criticized Curran for hiring BerlinRosen, a consulting firm involved with the investigations into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Meanwhile Curran, who has enjoyed a fundraising advantage over Martins, has tried to tie her opponent to Skelos, noting his initial support of the disgraced former state Senate majority leader after his arrest. Also on the ballot is Green Party candidate Cassandra Lems.

ROB ASTORINO (R, C)

GEORGE LATIMER

VS.

(D, WFP, Women’s Equality Party, Independence, Reform) Republican County Executive Rob Astorino is looking for a third term, but Democratic state Sen. George Latimer has been running a close race against Astorino, who is hoping for a convincing win as he considers another challenge against Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Democrats have a 2-to-1 registration advantage among active voters in the county, but the suburbs have been kind to Republican elected officials in the past. Additionally, Astorino has a big fundraising advantage, with the incumbent having $1.7 million on hand a month before the election, while Latimer had $500,000. In the home county of Hillary Clinton, Latimer is hoping voters reject Astorino, who supported President Donald Trump, but the main focus of the race has been on fiscal issues like property taxes.

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Syracuse Mayor

JUANITA PEREZ WILLIAMS (D)

BEN WALSH

(Reform, Independence, Upstate Jobs)

VS.

Syracuse voters are looking for change, and they’re guaranteed to get it, with Mayor Stephanie Miner reaching the office’s term limit. One recent poll shows a relatively close race between Democrat Juanita Perez Williams and Ben Walsh, a conservative running on the Reform Party, Independence Party and Upstate Jobs Party lines. Perez Williams, a lawyer and U.S. Navy veteran, is hoping to be Syracuse’s first Latina mayor, but has trailed Walsh, a former city commissioner, in fundraising throughout the race. Also on the ballot are former school superintendent Laura Lavine on the Republican line, perennial Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and Joe Nicoletti, the Working Families Party nominee who has stopped campaigning and endorsed Perez Williams.

STEVEN MCLAUGHLIN (R, C, Independence, Reform)

ANDREA SMYTH

VS.

(D, WFP, Women’s Equality Party) Republican Assemblyman Steven McLaughlin was able to secure the Republican Party line for county executive in the primary, and obtained the Independence Party nomination through some backroom party negotiations. An audio recording was also leaked of McLaughlin harassing a top aide in September. Democrat Andrea Smyth nevertheless faces an uphill battle against McLaughlin as retiring County Executive Kathleen Jimino, a Republican, served four four-year terms.

Also on the ballot is Green Party candidate Wayne Foy.

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New York City Mayor

LETITIA JAMES (D, WFP)

JUAN CARLOS POLANCO

VS.

(R, Reform, Stop de Blasio)

Republican Juan Carlos “J.C.” Polanco is challenging incumbent Democrat Letitia James for the public advocate post, but it seems unlikely that his underdog campaign will succeed. Polanco currently has less than $8,000 in cash on hand, while James has more than $1 million. In the 23 years since the first public advocate was elected, there has never been a Republican to hold the position. Despite Polanco’s disadvantages, he has waged a policyoriented campaign, as seen in the surprisingly civil public advocate debate. Other candidates include Michael O’Reilly on the Conservative Party line, Green Party candidate James Lane and Libertarian Devin Balkind.

BILL DE BLASIO (D, WFP)

NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS

VS.

(R, C, Stop de Blasio)

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing his best to cruise to a second term, but six other candidates are vying for the seat and earning varying levels of attention. Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis has to overcome a number of challenges, from party identification to fundraising, but most of all her lackluster polling. Private eye and political gadfly Bo Dietl is running on the Dump the Mayor ballot line and has earned some attention in the race for all the wrong reasons, including his provocative comments, but has struggled to earn support despite strong private fundraising. A distant runner-up in the Democratic primary, former City Councilman Sal Albanese is back again in the general on the Reform Party line. Also running are Akeem Browder of the Green Party, Libertarian Aaron Commey and Michael Tolkin on the Smart Cities line.

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New York City Comptroller

SCOTT STRINGER (D, WFP)

MICHEL FAULKNER

(R, C, Reform, Stop de Blasio)

VS.

The Rev. Michel Faulkner began the 2017 election cycle running as a Republican candidate for mayor, but he dropped out soon after Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis announced her candidacy. He quickly recast himself as the opponent to Democrat Scott Stringer, the incumbent and occasional de Blasio foil. Although both candidates seemed to table mayoral ambitions to compete for comptroller, Stringer and Faulkner have little else in common. In their debate on Oct. 17, Stringer endorsed closing Rikers Island in three years, while Faulkner opposed shutting it down. Stringer also has the advantage in cash on hand, with roughly $1.5 million, while his opponent’s expenditures have outpaced his fundraising. Also on the ballot are Julia Willebrand of the Green Party and Libertarian Alex Merced.

CYRUS VANCE JR. (D)

There’s little to no chance that incumbent Cyrus Vance Jr. could actually lose his unopposed re-election bid, but everyone will be watching this race to see how much of a dent write-in candidates Marc Fliedner and Peter Gleason can make in Vance’s vote total. Vance, the Manhattan district attorney since 2010, has come under scrutiny for taking campaign contributions from lawyers who had worked for de Blasio, the Trump family and movie producer Harvey Weinstein. Vance’s office neglected to prosecute any of those power players despite having open investigations into their crimes. Vance, a Democrat, has suspended fundraising while an outside group reviews the practice.

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KEITH POWERS (D)

REBECCA HARARY

VS.

(R, Women’s Equality Party, Reform, Stop de Blasio)

MARGARET CHIN (D, WFP)

CHRISTOPHER MARTE

VS.

(Independence)

The incumbent City Councilwoman Margaret Chin barely eked out a victory over local activist Christopher Marte in the primary by just 200 votes. Now Marte is back, running on the Independence Party line. But with Chin outraising Marte while earning de Blasio’s and the Working Families Party’s backing, Marte may not be able to keep it as close. Attorney Aaron Foldenauer is also running on the Liberal Party line, and Bryan Jung is running as a Republican.

Keep Building on the Post-Sandy Grid Improvements

BY DR. MATTHEW CORDARO

With the five-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy at hand, there is encouraging news: New York’s electric grid has undergone many improvements. We need to continue to make investments in transmission infrastructure and related items to sustain these gains and provide for a more dynamic and stronger system to literally fuel New York’s homes and businesses.

As term limits prevent sitting City Councilman Dan Garodnick from running again, this relatively centrist eastern Manhattan district is now a battleground for Democrat Keith Powers and Republican Rebecca Harary.

Powers, a former legislative aide and lobbyist, defeated eight other candidates in the Democratic primary, but faces a challenge from Harary, who ran unsuccessfully for an Assembly seat in 2016. Harary and her supporters may be able to inspire turnout on the Upper East Side, where a large swath of voters opposed de Blasio in the 2013 mayoral election. Rachel Honig, a distant third place in the Democratic primary, will also be in the general election on the Liberal Party line.

• Con Edison’s $1 billion storm hardening fortifications program has included installing 400 submersible 460-volt network protectors and 270 watertight flood doors in electrical substations and steam generating stations, while adding 3.3 miles of flood walls around critical equipment.

• There has been an increased stockpiling of key system components, such as poles and transformers, so that in the event of a storm power will be back up and running sooner.

• Through numerous drills and related exercises, communications have been improved between electric utilities, their customers, and out-of-state workforces that are brought in to temporarily assist with emergency work. This has included expanded use of social media.

Key improvements since Sandy include the following:

It is crucial that New York not rest on these achievements.

• Through a $750 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, the Long Island Power Authority has taken numerous steps to protect against severe storm damage, including elevating numerous substations and installing more substantial electrical poles.

Much of our transmission grid is aging, with approximately 75 percent of it more than 40 years old. It has served us well and met mighty challenges. But just as the time to fix the roof is before it falls apart and the rains come, so too should many areas of our grid be replaced and modernized now.

ELIZABETH CROWLEY

(D, WFP, Women’s Equality Party)

ROBERT HOLDEN

VS.

(R, C, Reform, Dump de Blasio) Incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Crowley received a moderate challenge for her Queens seat in the Democratic primary, with professor and local civic association leader Robert Holden earning 36 percent of the vote. Now Holden’s back in the general election, running on a number of lines, including as a Republican. Holden has a decent war chest, but Crowley has more money and the backing of the powerful Queens Democratic Party, which should have her well-positioned against Holden, even in this district with a conservative bent.

Adding impetus to this is the advent of the smart grid, by which consumers and businesses can more easily and directly control how much electricity they use.

Renewable power generation is also a very positive development, even though it presents significant challenges for the grid.

Experts warn us that severe weather will be more likely in the future. To meet this challenge, and our broader electric needs, it is important to continue to invest in and modernize the grid. For the sake of public safety, modern conveniences and a strong economy, we need to continue the progress made in response to the lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy.

About the Author: Dr. Matthew Cordaro, a member of the New York AREA advisory board, is a former utility CEO and currently a Trustee of the Long Island Power Authority. The views expressed here are his own.

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MATHIEU EUGENE (D)

BRIAN CUNNINGHAM

District 44

District 43

VS.

(Reform)

Democrat Mathieu Eugene had one of the tougher primary races, getting just 41 percent of the vote to Brian Cunningham’s 30 percent. Now Cunningham’s back, running on the Reform Party line and earning the backing of the Working Families Party. Cunningham, who has worked for state Sen. Kevin Parker and City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, will have an uphill battle against Eugene, who has been in office since 2007, earned de Blasio’s endorsement in the primary and had nearly double the cash on hand. But progressives in the Central Brooklyn district think Cunningham could win over discontented voters. Conservative candidate Brian Kelly will also be on the ballot.

JUSTIN BRANNAN (D, WFP)

JOHN QUAGLIONE

VS.

YONI HIKIND

(Our Neighborhood)

KALMAN YEGER

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(R, C, Independence)

(D, C)

In the race to fill the seat left open by City Councilman Vincent Gentile, Democrat Justin Brannan is squaring off against Republican candidate John Quaglione. Brannan is the founder of the Bay Ridge Democrats – and a hardcore rock band – while Quaglione is a staffer for GOP state Sen. Marty Golden.

Bay Ridge and Southwest Brooklyn is one of few areas where Bob Capano, another candidate who is running on the Reform Party line, has struggled to raise his campaign’s profile, and he was not invited to a recent candidate forum. Same for Angel Medina, who is running on the Women’s Equality Party line.

The race to replace retiring City Councilman David Greenfield in Central Brooklyn has become somewhat of a proxy war, with Greenfield’s preferred candidate Kalman Yeger taking on Yoni Hikind, the son of Greenfield’s political rival Assemblyman Dov Hikind. Yeger, an election lawyer, earned the Democratic nomination and had more than $140,000 on hand at the latest filing, but Hikind, a former social worker and Assembly aide, outraised Yeger and still had nearly $90,000 on hand. Harold Tischler is also on the ballot, with the School Choice Party.

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SUPPORT ERFA’S RE-ZONING PLAN TO BAN MEGA-TOWERS FROM QUIET RESIDENTIAL SIDE STREETS IN THE SUTTON AREA Residents of Manhattan’s East River Fifties had a rude awakening two and a half years ago when they learned that their local zoning would allow the construction of a 1,000-foot-tall tower, midblock, on a narrow, quiet residential side street.

How could that be true?

The East River Fifties Alliance, or ERFA, was created to find out why, and to defend the community against supertall towers.

We soon learned that the East River Fifties is virtually the only residential neighborhood in the city with mid-blocks still zoned R10 without any type of height control and contextual protections.

This is an anomaly that ultra-luxe developers identified and want to exploit. Residential side streets in all other neighborhoods in the city are protected against supertall towers by lower density zoning designations, contextual protections, or both.

We initiated a zoning change application that simply asks for the protection every other residential neighborhood in New York City already has. The application is intended to right the wrong of an aberration in the 1961 zoning law which allowed unlimited building heights on the side streets of our community while Tower-on-a-Base rules were applied to First Avenue, 57th Street and Sutton Place. Our current R10 zoning flies in the face of the City Planning Commission’s longstanding practice, throughout the city, of zoning for less bulk and height on narrow streets than wide streets. It is time for a correction.

Our co-applicants are Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council Members Ben Kallos and Dan Garodnick and State Senator Liz Krueger.

ERFA’s tower-on-a base zoning solution is pro-development. It is not a down zoning. Density will remain at 10 FAR with the opportunity to expand that to 12 FAR with the creation of affordable housing. If approved, the East River Fifties community will gain protection against out-of-scale development that clashes with community character, and tends to produce very few, very large, very expensive apartments that do little to address the City’s housing needs.

While the proposed rezoning is intended to protect the entire neighborhood, Gamma Real Estate has argued that applying the proposed rezoning to its 58th St. site would somehow be “unfair.” We beg to differ. Gamma closed on the purchase of the land and air rights assemblage associated with the Sutton 58 project in March 2017 with full knowledge and awareness of the proposed re-zoning effort, its overwhelming support by many elected officials, and widespread support of the community at large.

ERFA has been working with the Department of City Planning for over two years to develop an application that could address community concerns and align with the City’s larger planning goals. Our mission of imposing livable height limits and supporting increased affordable housing creation were well documented on ERFA’s web site, erfa.nyc. Our efforts were reported on regularly by the news media, and were a frequent topic of discussion during the Bauhouse Group bankruptcy proceedings that resulted in Gamma’s takeover of the project.

ERFA’s goals have been endorsed by the owners of 45 buildings in the community and over 2,600 individuals residing in more than 500 buildings. We have received the endorsement of such important civic organizations as Sutton Area Community Inc., the Municipal Art Society of New York, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, Kips Bay Association, CIVITAS and LANDMARKWEST!.

TELL CITY PLANNING TO VOTE ‘YES’ TO APPROVE ERFA’S APPLICATION

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POLITICS De Blasio collected sensitive personal data from thousands of immigrants who applied for an IDNYC card. If Malliotakis beats the mayor, would she hand it over to the White House?

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HE LAST QUESTION at the Oct. 10 New York City mayoral debate came after an hour and a half of potshots, prattling and audience antics, and it concerned the benefitpacked city identification card held by 1 in 8 city residents: “Can you commit to not sharing the IDNYC database with federal authorities when they come asking?”

“Absolutely,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said to whoops and screams. “(Nicole) Malliotakis has sued the city of New York to try and get the release of the background information on over a million people to give it to the Trump administration.”

Malliotakis shook her head, scribbling, murmuring, “That’s not true.”

“We are fighting to stop that,” the mayor said. “We believe, and the NYPD believes, that those records should be sacrosanct.

Under city law, they were supposed to be destroyed.”

Malliotakis, defiant, rebuffed the accusation and touted her immigrant upbringing, but fumbled for a clear answer to the question. Would she release the records? “Yes, yes, well, yes,” she said, to booing, before changing tack. “No. My lawsuit is not about turning records over.”

From there, the room descended into cacophony.

But for all the noise that night, devoted viewers suffering through the episode likely learned one key detail about IDNYC. Through the municipal identification program, the city has amassed a trove of highly sensitive personal information belonging to more than a million city dwellers – and it’s in limbo. Its fate hinges on a court decision that has the potential to turn that politically charged legal battle between mayoral contenders into a battle between the city and the federal government.

The creation of IDNYC is a political parable of unintended consequences.

In 2014, the progressive mayor and city legislators crafted a program to enable undocumented immigrants to open bank accounts, sign leases and have library cards – to truly feel they belong in their chosen city.

Three years later, those same city leaders are dreading the possibility that their project to shield vulnerable residents could be used by the White House as a deportation directory.

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N AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, the lights on a bank of encrypted computer servers blink. Its fans whir.

Inside sits a tightly controlled trove of personal data.

A multitude of digital documents are stored there, many providing the kinds of numbers, stamps and seals that prove we are who we say we are. Birth certificates, Social Security cards, driver’s licenses and passports were scanned to support the applications of IDNYC cardholders.

A tally of the data, subpoenaed by Malliotakis’ lawsuit, shows that in the database there are 346,619 driver’s licenses and 467,283 passports – U.S. and foreign, current and expired, machine readable and non-machine readable – belonging to a broad cross section of New York City residents, from our famous mayor to otherwise unknown undocumented workers.

While open to all residents, the program was always intended to provide identification to the largest concentration of immigrants living in the country without legal permission. The metropolitan area is home to an estimated 1.15 million undocumented immigrants, 525,000 of whom live in the city, according to a Pew Research Center study.

“This is a program that has sought to address a number of obstacles that New Yorkers have had,” said Bitta Mostofi, acting commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. “Not just in receiving government identification, but simply their ability to navigate basics – picking up your kids from school, opening a bank account, interacting with law enforcement.

“At the heart of this program is that all of New York City’s residents can do those very things with dignity – without fear, without concern,” Mostofi said, noting that domestic violence survivors and the homeless as well as undocumented immigrants are helped by the card. “The importance is obviously vulnerable populations who have the largest obstacles to getting a government-issued ID.” New York City has long identified itself as a city of immigrants. The data bears that out: 37.5 percent of city residents are foreign-born, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. So, having a local ID card that embraces all residents is hardly surprising, although New York City was not the first.

In the early 2000s, undocumented residents of New Haven, Connecticut, were known as “walking ATMs” – police found they were targeted for robbery

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because they carried large quantities of cash or stowed it at home since they did not have the documentation to open a bank account. A municipal ID card, accepted by local banks, was a solution that solved that problem and helped integrate a growing number of otherwise unaccounted for immigrants.

City leaders across the country saw an opportunity in New Haven’s example. Major metropolitan areas hold a disproportionate share of the country’s undocumented immigrant population. The Pew Research Center found that 60 percent of the estimated 11.1 million undocumented residents in the United States live in just 20 metropolitan areas. These cities could not only help to alleviate crime, but also shield vulnerable immigrants from what many Democratic politicians saw as outdated and draconian immigration policies.

For de Blasio, a municipal identification card played into his signature tagline.

“The state of our city, as we find it today, is a tale of two cities – with an inequality gap that fundamentally threatens our future,” he said in his January 2014 State of the City address.

“To all of my fellow New Yorkers who are undocumented, I say: New York City is your home too, and we will not force any of our residents to live their lives in the shadows,” de Blasio said as he announced the IDNYC program.

The support from the New York City Police Department was a coup for the mayor at a time when some were still smarting from his searing criticism of stop-and-frisk policing. When Assembly members Ron Castorina Jr. and Nicole Malliotakis filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court late last year attacking the ID program with fraud and national security concerns, John Miller, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, came to its defense in court.

“These legions of people exist in some ways with no record of their existence, where they don’t show up anywhere,” Miller testified, talking about the city’s undocumented immigrants. “It causes people to not come forward to accept services, not contact the police, in some cases, not report crimes because they cannot answer the first question, which is, ‘Who are you?’”

“The more people out there that we can document the existence of and be certain about the identity of, the better off I am,” Miller said.

Miller noted that the initial legislation for IDNYC was a compromise between

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WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE CITY HAVE? In order to issue IDNYC cards, New York City collected copies of the following forms of ID through December 2016. The city also collected other forms of ID, including Social Security cards.

OTHER: Expired U.S. passport or passport card

9,739

Expired foreign passport

8,272

2,394 Foreign passport

379,355

U.S. state driver’s license or learner’s permit photo ID (from a state other than New York)

Consular ID card

10,062

67,557

New York state interim driver’s license, learner’s permit or non-driver ID card

2,047

Visa issued by U.S. State Department

1,341

U.S. Department of State driver’s license or non-driver ID card New York state Department of Motor Vehicles driver’s license or learner’s permit

274,228

U.S. permanent resident card (green card)

Foreign national ID card

8,001

25,290

393

Foreign military photo identification card

164

Approval notice on Form I-797, I-797A, I-797B or I-797D issued

by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

132

U.S. passport or U.S. passport card

69,917

Foreign birth certificate

Current U.S. work permit

19,845

4,915

Form I-94 with photo and fingerprint issued

by U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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SOURCE: CASTORINA, ET AL. V. NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ET AL. COURT DOCUMENTS

Foreign driver’s license

SOURCE: CASTORINA, ET AL. V. NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ET AL. COURT DOCUMENTS

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“IT’S NOT MY INTENTION TO TURN OVER RECORDS AT ALL. BUT IF SOMEONE IS COMMITTING A CRIME AND WE NEED THOSE RECORDS TO TURN OVER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEN THAT’S A DIFFERENT STORY.” — Assemblywoman NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS New York City Council members who wanted to immediately destroy the data and police who wanted to retain it in case it was needed to pursue a criminal who had an IDNYC card. The parties landed on a twoyear retention period, ending December 2016, when the city could decide to destroy the records.

But another consideration for not keeping the scanned background documents was “inherent identity theft risks on a huge scale,” Miller told the court.

“We have learned from recent elections that anything that lives on a server can and will be breached at some point, somewhere, by somebody, as the criminal capabilities of hackers develop,” Miller said. “If this system were compromised or breached, it could lead to a massive identity fraud opportunity where people

not only had all the requisite data, say, from the application, but also the actual building blocks in terms of driver’s license, passports, foreign ID, what have you, to recreate people’s identity.”

Later that day, on the stand, Castorina mocked Miller’s testimony as “political mumble jumble” and wryly suggested that perhaps the other departments should delete their data too. “Maybe we should get rid of all the documentation that’s maintained by any agency in city of New York. That’s hogwash,” Castorina testified.

Castorina said his criticisms boil down to national security. “The fact is and remains that somebody who wants to engage in terrorism can utilize this card to obtain identification and then engage in the finance of terror; that’s why this is so important,” he testified.

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That’s because the identity document requirements to get the card are simply too weak, co-plaintiff Malliotakis told City & State.

“I don’t understand. Why would you use expired foreign passports that are not machine readable? Why don’t you say that they have to be current? It doesn’t make sense,” Malliotakis said. “I think you’re putting people at risk by allowing a program that allows this little scrutiny.”

The New York City Human Resources Administration, which administers the program, reported to the City Council in late September that 142 cases of fraud have been detected in IDNYC applications and that every one of these applicants had been denied. Miller said during his testimony that the criminal implications of the pilot program were “de minimis.”

Merits of the case aside, it’s difficult to ignore how useful these talking points could be to a Republican looking to burnish her conservative credentials with Staten Islanders, but Malliotakis chalks it up to chance.

“It’s coincidental, in the sense that I never intended to run for mayor,” Malliotakis said with a laugh. “It certainly is a part of the reason why I’m running. I believe the city is being totally mismanaged.”

“For me, it’s a public safety issue,” Malliotakis said, adding that de Blasio’s recurring charge that the lawsuit is designed to turn over records to the Trump administration is untrue.

“It’s not my intention to turn over records at all,” she said. “But if someone is committing a crime and we need those records to turn over to law enforcement, then that’s a different story.”

“The mayor really outright lied to the people of New York and he’s disparaging the purpose of my lawsuit,” she added, noting that immigration is not the focus of her lawsuit. “I think it’s just political points he’s trying to score by saying that.”

The mayor’s campaign did not respond to a request for an explanation of his comments during the debate.

The lawsuit itself was filed after after a flurry of freedom of information requests

by Castorina and Malliotakis in November 2016 to obtain the data were denied, well after Malliotakis voiced her early complaints about the city’s IDNYC record destruction clause in February 2015. The rationale for the requests was that she and Castorina, in their role as state lawmakers, needed to review the background documents to see if they were adequate forms of identification. The city denied

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HOW MANY IDNYC HOLDERS ARE IMMIGRANTS? 1,250,000 1,000,000 750,000 500,000 250,000

Total IDNYC applications processed

S CITY COUNCIL members cast their votes on IDNYC in summer 2014, Alan Maisel asked to explain his vote.

“I don’t often speak,” Maisel said.

“But I did want to speak about this identification bill.” It was a good bill he said, but it had one defect.

09/29/2016

06/30/2016

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12/30/2016

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06/30/2016

Estimated IDNYC cardholders who are immigrants

their requests and less than a month after the presidential election, on Dec. 5, 2016, the two Republican Assembly members filed their lawsuit.

On Dec. 7, the city issued an executive order to immediately stop retaining all background documents from future IDNYC applicants.

On Dec. 21, a judge issued a temporary restraining order that forced the city to preserve all existing applicant data.

Despite an April 7 ruling that permitted the destruction of the records, Malliotakis and Castorina immediately filed a notice of appeal and succeeded in preserving the data while they filed a second lawsuit on April 13. That lawsuit is ongoing.

This scenario was not unforeseen.

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Estimated IDNYC cardholders who are immigrants and IDNYC is their only form of ID

“Right now, we have an administration in Washington that’s friendly to immigration. What happens two years from now or six years from now when we have an administration that is not friendly to immigrants?” he asked. “We are basically presenting and preparing a list of undocumented workers to be presented to whatever authority there is … and say, ‘Look, we know you’re undocumented. We are deporting you.’”

But the City Council members felt they had addressed that issue by embedding a political kill switch, allowing the city to delete the background documents on Dec. 31, 2016, just in case the political tide turned in Washington.

“That did not satisfy me,” City Councilman Mark Treyger told City & State in a recent interview. He recalled asking, “If a new president gets elected and the message is that we want you to hold onto that data and if the city would try to destroy that data – are we obstructing justice? And are we creating new legal battles between the city and the federal government?” And caught up in all of this, he said, are city residents.

“If they had just created the program without the retention of information, then we could have avoided a lot of the grief and headaches that we are experiencing now,” Treyger said.

The IDNYC bill passed 43-3, with Maisel and Treyger abstaining.

Presently, the IDNYC database and its background documents are protected by executive orders explicitly limiting who can access them and when information can be shared.

Law enforcement agents seeking documents on individuals for a criminal investigation, whether local or federal, are instructed to get a judicial warrant or subpoena. Only a few requests have succeeded in squeezing data from the IDNYC archive.

Since the program began in January 2015, the city has given law enforcement agents personal IDNYC data for 13 individuals after receiving judicial subpoenas, according to an analysis of quarterly reports sent to the City Council.

The city has not received requests for information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the mayor’s office said. If federal immigration agents did request data, they would be subject to a stringent review process.

“The city has the highest standard for the security of IDNYC cardholder information. Any request for information deemed improper by the city, including the ones lodged by Assembly members Castorina and Malliotakis, will be vigorously denied,” said Rosemary Boeglin, a spokeswoman for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. “The city has demonstrated its willingness to do whatever it takes – including going to court – to ensure cardholder information is kept confidential.”

While concerns surrounding the program from immigrant advocates frequently center on the possibility of many of the city’s undocumented immigrants being deported as a result, it’s unclear just how successful the city has been in enrolling undocumented immigrants in the first place because the city does not inquire about immigration status.

Notably, a city-commissioned survey of 70,000 IDNYC cardholders in 2016 found 57 percent of cardholders self-identified as immigrants – 20 percentage points higher than the share of foreign-born immigrants in New York City. Of those self-described immigrants, 36.3 percent said IDNYC is their only form of identification.

SOURCE: NYC HRA

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FIGURE 9

Cardholders Enrolled by Zip Code of Residence through June 30, 2016

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11373

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J “WHAT HAPPENS TWO YEARS FROM NOW OR SIX YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS NOT FRIENDLY TO IMMIGRANTS?” Program Evaluation

— New York City Councilman ALAN MAISEL, in 2014

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Given that 1,207,650 IDNYC applications had been processed through the end of September, according to city records, and assuming the cardholder survey results held true today, it’s possible that the city ID is the only form of identification for about a quarter million self-described immigrants – a more broadly defined group that may also include undocumented immigrants.

Regardless, the effort to provide undocumented New Yorkers with bank accounts appears to be stymied by a lack of participation from larger, risk-averse banks, despite guidance from federal and state regulators approving the use of IDNYC as an identifying document.

Currently 13 banks, largely regional banks and credit unions, are listed on the city’s website as accepting the card as a primary form of identification. At those banks, the city reports that more than 2,300 accounts have been opened using IDNYC as of the end of September, although officials believe the actual number is higher, as the numbers are voluntarily provided by the banks. Still, Amalgamated Bank, which has opened more bank accounts with IDNYC cardholders than any other New York City bank, has opened just 880 accounts with the card used as the primary form of identification.

IDNYC Cardholders by Zip Code through June 30, 2016

IDNYC PROGRAM EVALUATION BY WESTAT FOR NYC

SOURCE: NYC HRA

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UST A WEEK away from the election, the polls show Malliotakis is unlikely to prevail with voters – de Blasio holds a 44-point lead, according to an Oct. 5 Quinnipiac University poll – although the Republican said her private polling shows she has a shot.

Regardless, if Castorina and Malliotakis win in court, what might become of that data? She denies any plans to proactively share it with federal authorities, but the prospect of a conflicted Trump supporter holding the sensitive data of more than a million cardholders leaves some elected officials feeling nervous.

“I didn’t think we would get a lawsuit so quickly, frankly, and probably the city didn’t either, but you’re dealing with the lives of people,” Maisel said, adding that he wished the city had destroyed the data earlier. “As a concept, it’s a wonderful concept. It’s a great idea.” But ultimately, as he tells his constituents, he always had misgivings.

“If I was undocumented and I had half a brain, I wouldn’t sign on to the program,” Maisel said. “But, you know, I’m overly cautious.”

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BY EDDIE B OR G E S

DE BLAS IO CAN’T C ALL HIMSELF A PROGRE S S IV E

October 30, 2017

DOS CIUD ADES IF HE DO E SN ’ T START H IRING MORE LATINOS

AS NEW YORK CITY Mayor Bill de Blasio gets set to cruise to re-election in November, buoyed by significant Latino support, Latinos still can’t get a foot in the door of city government, according to the second biennial workforce report the de Blasio administration filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Sept. 30.

But this last report should certainly put a damper on the mayor’s quixotic ambition to become the Democratic Party’s progressive torchbearer, as it shows a continuing City Hall bias against hiring Latinos and promoting them to lead agencies.

Political analysts universally agree on one thing: growing and winning the Latino vote is critical for the Democratic Party to win back the presidency in 2020. With this in mind, the Demo-

cratic National Committee elected Tom Perez, who was born in Buffalo to Dominican parents, as party chairman in February.

The largest share of New York City’s population today is white: nearly onethird. Latinos are a close runner-up, making up 29 percent. In New York City, we are (mostly) Puerto Rican, Dominican and Mexican. Latinos are likely to become the majority in the city this century. Latinos already make up a plurality of children under 18 in the city.

That said, Latinos are the poorest segment of the city’s population. Nearly a quarter of Latino households with children live below the federal poverty line. They are very likely to grow up to be poor adults.

The traditional path out of intergenerational, concentrated poverty is steady

employment. By the sheer numbers, one would think Latinos would be doing much better getting jobs with the largest employer in the five boroughs: New York City.

Yet, in fiscal year 2017, only 20 percent of new hires by the city of New York under de Blasio were Latino, according to the EEO-4 report filed by the city Department of Citywide Administrative Services.

This is the second EEO-4 report filed by the de Blasio administration. The first covered his first citywide fiscal year running from July 2014 to June 2015.

Latino hiring remained flat at 20 percent in both reports.

The number of white hires declined slightly from 28 percent to 27 percent. The largest proportion of new city hires under de Blasio continues to be African-Americans at 41 percent, a slight decline from

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WORKING HARD EVERY DAY TO BUILD the 2015 report. African-Americans make up 22 percent of the city’s population and African-American voters are a significant part of de Blasio’s base. The most recent Quinnipiac University poll found that 83 percent of black New Yorkers approve of de Blasio’s job performance, by far the highest of any race, with Latinos the second-highest at 63 percent.

Not only is it extremely difficult for Latinos to land a job in de Blasio’s City Hall, it is even more challenging for a Puerto Rican, Dominican or Mexican to rise to become a top department official.

Only 14 percent of de Blasio agency administrators and officials are Latino – 15 percentage points less than our representation in the general population. Nearly 60 percent of de Blasio’s agency administrators and officials are white, or almost twice their representation in the population. Twenty percent of de Blasio agency administrators and officials are African-American – a couple points less than their representation in the general population.

In an emailed statement, Freddi Goldstein, a spokeswoman for the mayor, noted the overall relative diversity of the city workforce as well as administration’s increased efforts in recruiting city workers from underserved communities.

“This administration knows workforce diversity is crucial, which is why two years ago we established an Office of Citywide Recruitment to help with outreach to underserved communities; and in 2017, we saw the minority share of the workforce skyrocket to 73 percent,” Goldstein wrote.

“There is always room to do more, but under Mayor de Blasio we’re seeing the most diverse workforce on city record.”

These hiring and promotions patterns and practices are similar to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration.

But Bloomberg did not present himself as a progressive.

Bill de Blasio ran on a campaign against the “Tale of Two Cities.” He promised to change discriminatory practices that hurt minorities and the poor. The numbers don’t lie: Under de Blasio, Latinos, the poorest minority in the city, continue to get the shaft.

It’s going to be extremely difficult for the mayor to run around as a progressive candidate for president or any future office if he runs City Hall like an exclusive club that doesn’t allow the city’s poorest citizens a seat at the table.

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Eddie Borges writes about the politics of poverty.

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NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO, FLANKED BY DEPUTY MAYOR RICHARD BUERY, LEFT, AND CITY COUNCILMAN ROBERT CORNEGY JR., FAR RIGHT, MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE CITY’S MWBE PROGRAM IN 2016.

A BUMP IN THE ROAD ALTHOUGH GOV. ANDREW CUOMO and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio feud on issues ranging from transportation to land use, their administrations are following similar tracks in promoting minority- and women-owned business enterprises. In 2014, Cuomo set the goal of having 30 percent of all state contracts go to MWBEs. In the most recent fiscal year, MWBEs accounted for 27.2 percent of state contracts.

Last year, the mayor followed suit, creating the Mayor’s Office of MWBEs, accompanied by several new initiatives.

He also included the goal of increasing the share of city contracts awarded to MWBEs to 30 percent by 2021. Between fiscal years 2015 and 2016, city MWBE contracts increased from 8 percent to 14.3 percent.

However, in fiscal year 2017, their share fell to 11.4 percent.

Jonnel Doris, the director of the Mayor’s Office of MWBEs, was quick to note that amounts awarded to MWBEs this year increased by $300 million, from around $700 million to more than $1 billion. His reasoning for the dip in percentage of contracts was garbage – literally.

According to Doris, the city signed an atypical contract that brought the rate down from where it was hovering in the third quarter. The contract involved the Department of Sanitation exporting waste to landfills in other states, as the city does not have any landfills. The city found no MWBE contractors in the waste management industry for the $2.7 billion, 20-year contract.

“From a just mathematical standpoint, you had a contract added to the denominator of the equation of utilization that brought our ultimate utilization

down from the 19 percent that it was trending at the end of the third quarter,” Doris said.

In contrast to this setback, his office has launched several initiatives to bolster MWBEs, and therefore make them available to the city to use as contractors.

He mentioned a capital access program and a bond collateral assistance program as well as a bill recently passed in the state Legislature awaiting Cuomo’s signature, which would remove some of the structural and financial barriers to MWBE success.

He also said that the city has the goal of certifying 9,000 MWBEs by 2021, a sharp increase from the roughly 5,200 MWBEs that are currently certified.

“The more MWBEs are in the program, the more they actually bid, the more they win, the closer we are to our target,” he said.

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NEW YORK CITY CONTRACTS WITH MWBEs In 2016, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio launched several initiatives to promote minority- and womenowned businesses in the city, including setting a goal of awarding at least 30 percent of city contracts to MWBEs by 2021. Since de Blasio took office, the city has not achieved that aim. Although the proportion of contracts awarded to MWBEs decreased in fiscal year 2017, Raul Contreras, a spokesman for the recently created Mayor’s Office of MWBEs, noted that the value of contracts continued to rise to more than $1 billion, up from about $700 million the year before.

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JONNEL DORIS Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of MWBEs

October 30, 2017

C&S: In September, New York City announced that it had, for the first time, awarded more than $1 billion to MWBEs in fiscal year 2017. How did the city achieve that?

JD: We created an MWBE office whose everyday work is to look at our system, look at our firms, look at our agencies and the market and see what we need to do to make sure firms are participating. The second thing we did was increase our programs to assist those firms, such as the contract finance fund, the bond collateral systems fund and also outreach. Firms that have been left out really needed to have their confidence built again – that the city is open for business and I think that’s what

we have done. The mayor has made historic investments in MWBEs in terms of millions and millions of dollars in our programs.

C&S: What more could be done to help the city achieve its goal of awarding 30 percent of eligible contracts to MWBEs? JD: One of the things we really want to do is create a meaningful mentorship program, one that is associated with opportunity – mentorship programs that we can use to build these firms up, but give them the actual practical knowledge in the field.

C&S: What are the challenges in reaching the 30 percent goal?

JD: We will reach our 30 percent goal by 2021. We are quite confident that we will get there. We have produced several programs that are specific to the MWBE community to address some of the capacity concerns. I think this work is hard work.

You’re dealing with a group of businesses who were systematically excluded from the process. When you have that, you not only have to repair the confidence of those firms that the city is open for business, that we want them to have a seat at the table, we want them to be involved. You also have to change policies, processes, procedures, laws.

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C&S: What does your job entail?

WG: What I do is look at how the finances are utilized as it pertains to women- and minority-owned businesses. That really is across the board, whether it’s on corporate boards or contracting in the city, and we’re looking at how companies are made up and their composition.

WENDY GARCIA Chief Diversity Officer, New York City Comptroller’s Office

C&S: Do MWBEs have the capacity to reach the mayor’s goals?

WG: One of the things that we’ve definitely seen in our research is that the city has been increasing their spending. When we first came in, it was 2.8 percent, and now we have seen an increase to 4.8 percent. We have heard the comptroller say over and

over that clearly 4.8 percent is not enough. But we recognize that turning the mountain takes time, flipping the mountain takes time, changing institutional racism and institutional laws that push the pendulum forward takes time. So one of the things we have to also address is not just looking at city spending, but looking at where we’re spending our dollars, where the top 25 awards are going to. I was really happy to see that … on the really large contracts, we do see a utilization of women- and minority-owned businesses in the construction field. We want to see that in professional services as well, and in other industries. What we want to focus on is where we have

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the grandfathered contracts, where are the contractors in the last 20 years who have always had a contract with us, and where are the opportunities within renewals, within new procurements, that we can open up the space for the MWBEs. Capacity is also about creating a pipeline, it’s about debunking contracts, it’s about government being more transparent about who we’re doing business with.

C&S: What else can the city do?

WG: Having a chief diversity officer is very important to build the capacity for MWBEs. We see it in agencies already, like the Department of Design and Construction, and we can see the change.

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TOP DOLLAR AMOUNTS Metropolitan Transportation Authority

October 30, 2017

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$570,661,793.26

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$130,546,047.53 Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications

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Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

89.71%

Governor’s Office of Employee Relations

89.63%

Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority

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Human Resources Administration

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Department of Small Business Services

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“I started working construction when I was 17 years old. I’ve done everything – I’ve pushed brooms, I’ve done demolition, I was a carpenter’s helper, I did roofing for NYCHA. I was lucky if I got $11 an hour. I have to support my five children. I’ve taken every kind of job you can imagine. I’ve done UHAUL, I’ve done Home Depot in Kentucky, recycling in Indiana, I worked for the Parks Department, you name it. But I never had the chance to have a career, until now. I came through the Construction Skills program’s Build it Back class, and I have been working since April, steadily, as a union Lather with Local 46. I’ll tell you that when I found out I got into this program I almost cried. My life has changed. I have security – no more worrying the foreman is going to fire me because he doesn’t like the way I look. I have respect – I am learning a trade, a craft I can be proud of – since I started with 46 I’ve worked on the Kosciusko bridge, I’ve worked on the FDR. I can show my kids my work - with pride. You can’t buy that.”

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AT CAPACITY? ARD AS NEW YORK CITY AIMS TO AW MORE MWBE CONTRACTS, CHALLENGES REMAIN.

By MEERAN KARIM

rING ITS first annive RECENTLY MARK of City Mayor’s Office sary, the New York s en-Owned Busines Minority- and Wom ts g a number of effor Enterprises is makin goal of awarding at us tio bi am its h ac to re s ty contracts, in term ci of t en rc pe 30 t leas by 2021. In fiscal year Es B W M to , rs lla do of in d more than $1 billion de ar aw ty ci e th , 17 20 t terprises and brough contracts to these en certified MWBEs to the total number of more than 5,000. in remain challenges However, target. percent 30 e th g meetin nt progress made ca ifi gn si en be s ha “There st several decades, la e th er ov Es B W

by M id lot to be done,” sa a ill st is e er th t bu of e founder and CEO th n, to os B as om Th -based economic re EuQuant, a Georgia e he capacity of thes search company. “T alnd and their No. 1 ch firms is lagging behi .” owing their capacity lenge nationally is gr MAYOR’S E NE W YORK CIT Y E DIRECTOR OF TH OF THE ER ION ISS MM JONNEL DORIS , TH CO THE D GREGG BISHOP, RVICES AN SE s, S BE ES MW SIN BU OF L E OFFIC OF SMAL CIT Y DEPARTMENT

Boston outlined the ways in which New York City was falling short in a May report, which was published by the Building Trades Employers’ Association. He spoke at a recent City & State event sponsored by BTEA. The EuQuant report concluded that MWBE construction capacity in New York City was surprisingly low and required greater funding of capacity-building programs. He also found that an overwhelming majority of city and state certified MWBEs did not have the licenses or registrations required by the New York City Building Code in order to be awarded certain contracts.

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The statistics cited in the report painted a troubling picture of the current status of MWBEs. According to the report, only six of the 249 MWBEs certified to do heavy construction on streets, bridges and sewers had the capacity to perform contracts larger than $27 million. Meanwhile, 17 of 519 MWBEs certified in commercial and institutional building construction had the capacity to perform contracts larger than $30 million.

Jonnel Doris, the director of the Mayor’s Office of MWBEs, told City & State in a follow-up interview that his office recognized the need to build capacity and is working to address the problem.

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“Over the last year, we released two funds that address the capacity of these businesses, one is the (Contract Financing Loan Fund),” Doris said. “Many businesses, particularly MWBEs, pay a premium to get loans to do business in the city and we felt the need to address that.

We have a fund through which you can get half a million dollars at 3 percent interest if you’re an MWBE and you have a contract with us. That’s a capacity changer for an MWBE that won’t have the capital to perform the work.”

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a boom, ex perienci ng tly en rr cu as bond ing. “We indu str y w prem iu m s on y constr uction ar e ss r th ce ne at un th rs al so for thei so pa id Noti ng a m ill ion dolla e bu si nesses al es lf g th ha in a at ld th to ui d -b up de ty t ci Dor is ad s ca n ge vera l capa d now M W BE Serv ices ha s se an , ss at ne th si d Bu se l al es addr se, Sm ce. A nd, of cour bond ing assi st an develop.” es ss ne si bu e lp thes progra m s to he Gregg Bishop, the commissioner of the city Department of Small Business Services, shared some of the challenges in achieving the 30 percent MWBE goal during a panel discussion at the event organized by City & State and sponsored by BTEA. “There are firms that are operating in New York City that may not look at government as an opportunity for diversifying their revenue source,” Bishop said. “We have a challenge at Small Business Services in finding and uncovering every single firm that could be certified.

The firms that are certified actually seek government work as an opportunity to increase their revenues, but we know for sure that there are firms in the New York City area that have not looked at the New York City market. We have also heard from MWBEs that our certification process is cumbersome, and we have actually streamlined it.”

Both Doris and Bishop expressed eagerness to continue expanding opportunities for MWBEs to reach the city’s 30 percent MWBE goal.

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SUMMER IN THE CITY NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER MELISSA MARK-VIVERITO VISITS STUDENTS FOR FIRST DAY OF THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM IN 2014.

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S NEW YORK CITY PUMPS more money into its popular summer youth jobs program, city officials and nonprofits are discussing ways to improve it, including better addressing the needs of different age groups, imposing an age limit of 21 and raising reimbursement rates.

Funding for the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program increased to $126.4 million for fiscal year 2018, which covers summer 2017, up from $51 million in 2015. Additionally, much of the funding was baselined earlier in the budget process, allowing nonprofits to plan ahead with more certainty.

Now, the city Department of Youth and Community Development is preparing to issue its first requests for proposals for the Summer Youth Employment Program in six years. These RFPs will be informed by a task force set up to study the program and will reflect changes previewed in a recently released agency concept paper.

The six-week program connects young people with summer jobs so they can earn a stipend while gaining skills, training and work experience. It is aimed at reducing youth unemployment, particularly among minority communities.

The review process began when city officials convened a Youth Employment Task

Force last fall to gather input from nonprofit providers, foundation leaders and others to assess the efficacy of the program. The task force found that the summer employment program particularly helped participants without professional networks, boosted academic outcomes and lowered the chances a participant would go to prison.

The task force also recommended that programs for younger participants be differentiated from those for older participants and that the age of participants should be limited to 21 years old, except for “vulnerable youth.” Other city programs, such as Workforce1, could accommodate the 3,000 participants that were older than 21.

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As the Summer Youth Employment Program grows,

By DAN ROSENBLUM so does the debate over how to retool it

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“As we think about (the Summer Youth Employment Program) and the direction that we’re moving in, we want to ensure that we’re creating a program that young people could benefit from in the long term,” Andre White, associate commissioner of youth workforce development at DYCD, said at a New York City Council hearing earlier this month. “We want to ensure that they’re developing and acquiring skills that they could utilize when they leave the program.”

Based on the task force report and a handful of pilot programs conducted over the summer, DYCD released its concept paper in September to give providers an idea of what may be required of them in the upcoming RFPs and to ask for their feedback.

The concept paper proposed releasing three different RFPs later this fall to address different youth populations. One would target community-based programs for 14- and 15-year-olds, older youths aged 16-21 and DYCD’s own Ladders for Leaders programs, which grew by 21 percent over last year and offered internships to 1,855 youths. A second RFP for special initiatives would include serving vulnerable youth, such as homeless youths or those aging out of the foster care system. The third RFP for school-based programs would connect academic programs in specific schools to the Summer Youth Employment Program.

Some service providers – nonprofits who match young people between the ages of 14 and 24 with jobs at summer worksites across New York City – responded to the proposed RFPs with concerns about the contract’s reimbursement rate and program design.

The Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, which participated in the task force, recommended that the de Blasio administration plan to increase the number of summer employment slots to 100,000, and continue to give providers early notice of how many slots are funded so they can place youths. It also recommended DYCD retool and shorten an eight-hour unpaid orientation to ensure kids remain engaged and that it rethink segmenting programming for vulnerable youth to avoid stigmatizing them.

Grant Cowles, the Citizens’ Committee’s senior policy and advocacy associate for youth justice, urged the agency to increase

the price per participant rate that is used to cover administrative costs for the program, particularly since DYCD’s concept paper indicated nonprofits should hire more specialized staff.

That rate, which is paid directly to summer jobs providers, ranges from $325 per participant slot, to $600 for organizations working with vulnerable youth, to $1,000 for participants in the Ladders for Leaders program, which offers internships to high-performing high school and college-age students. That program requires more intense work by providers on behalf of the interns, such as 30 hours of training, resume reviews and job placements.

“The $325 (price per participant rate) has been the rate since 2004, and new contracts are an opportune time to address this low rate,” Cowles said.

Raihan Mondal, a program supervisor at the Chinese-American Planning Council, agreed and said the concept paper wasn’t clear on what the rate increase would be, but recommended it should be doubled. “(The $325 rate) is definitely not going to work, especially if you want to have qualified individuals who are going to be working with these young people,” he said.

“You want to make sure that they could actually work with them and provide the services that we’re trying to give to them to make sure that the program is successful,” Mondal added.

Department of Youth and Community Development Commissioner Bill Chong told the City Council the rate “may change,” but said he needed more clarity about the budget from the mayor’s office before DYCD could issue RFPs with new rates.

Since the previous RFP was issued in 2011, when there were only 23,000 summer employment positions, providers have been working under an open-ended contract, with program designs and price per participant rates left largely unchanged.

Providers also suggested making changes that would increase the program’s appeal and tighten its focus on particular segments of youth.

The Children’s Aid Society, which had 7,800 applications for just 2,678 slots this year, has run summer employment programs for seven years. Its Teen Workforce

Development Director Sandino Sanchez said the school-based programs should be limited to youth up to 21 years old, and they should offer rates to providers closer to $2,000.

In her New York City Council testimony, Lucy Friedman, president of ExpandED Schools, echoed those concerns. She also recommended that programs give participants internship credits and allow school staff to play a role in managing the programs.

Chong said that more consistent funding and an increased budget has already helped firm up slots earlier in the season. In previous years, the final agency budget was approved just a couple of weeks before the start of the summer program, leaving administrators scrambling to hire staff and recruit participants.

“If you rush the process, it’s not going to benefit the young person, and it’s not going to benefit the employer,” Chong said.

With this year’s baseline funding in place early, DYCD had three months to place young people into jobs over the summer. Nonprofits helped connect 69,716 youths to jobs at community-based organizations, companies and government agencies. The number is a massive jump from the 60,113 youths served in summer 2016.

Enrollment has nearly doubled since summer 2013, according to the agency’s 2016 annual summary.

At the hearing, City Councilman David Greenfield, who is leaving elected office at the end of this year to lead the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, questioned the focus on more career-track programs within the summer jobs program, which could have the unanticipated effect of reducing programs for youth and young adults who aren’t as career oriented yet and simply want a job to make money, earn life experience and get off of the street. “(Telling a kid that) you’re going to get to hang out with a bunch of folks and you’re going to wear a sweater vest and a tie … and you’re going to write concept papers and at the end of the summer you’re going to get to write a resume – I don’t know,” Greenfield said. “I would think a very high percentage of the kids are going to be like, ‘No thanks, I’m going to go skateboarding instead.’”

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Notice of Qualification of CA II Flatbush TIC LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/29/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/14/17.

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SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. 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 OldSlip Logos LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/21/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/3/12. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1 State St 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 THE TRENDY GROUP USA LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/20/17. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of SIGHTWAY CAPITAL, LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/06/17.

Princ. office of LP: 100 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10013.

Duration of LP is Perpetual.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, Attn: General Counsel at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808-1674. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of ZAPALIT MANAGEMENT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/27/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/17/17. Princ. office of LLC: 595 Madison Ave., 29th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Overhill Bar Bldg, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/13/17. 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: 815 King St, Port Chester, NY 10573 Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of Smallwood Properties, LLC filed with SSNY 6/7/17. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon who process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC Attn. Nicole Traub, 35 Grove St Apt 4F, NY, NY, 10014.

Purpose: any lawful purpose HAYS CPA LLC. Filed with SSNY on 6/26/17. Office: Richmond County.

SSNY designated as agent for process and shall mail to: 370 St. Marks Place, Staten Island, New York, 10301. Purpose: any lawful

Notice of Qualification of Tennessee Industrial Electronics, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/26/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/5/14.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, Fl. 13, NY, NY 10011. 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 Qualification of Corbin Equity Fund, L.P. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/28/17. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/25/17.

SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 590 Madison Ave, Fl. 31, NY, NY 10022. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership 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.

EVERYBODY BROW BAR, LLC. filed with SSNY 7/18/17.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Rebecca Hoffman, 25 West 13th St, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

SHAMPS BEVERAGE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/15/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 990 Avenue of the Americas Apt 9J, NY, NY 10019.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

AARON HALEGUA, PLLC, a Prof. LLC., Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/13/2017.

Office location: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 154 Grand Street, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Law. Notice of Formation of AC 4720 Third Ave LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/21/17. 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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October 30, 2017 Notice of Qualification of GIVEWITH LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/04/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/31/16.

Princ. office of LLC: Corporate & Securities, 51 W. 52nd St., (19-13), NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

CWW LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 5/10/2017.

Off. Loc.: New York Co. Business Filings Incorporated designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o BFI, 187 Wolf Road, Suite 101, Albany, NY 12205. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of COA 200 E 34TH LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/16/17.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/27/17. Princ. office of LLC: 1500 Broadway, Ste. 2301, 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., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: A developer for residential condos.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 4555 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on November 06, 2017 and end on November 17, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc.

Household goods and other effects. #5F06 – Aishwarya Gupta, 5R14 – Gabriel Garcia, 5R48 – Modesto Guzman, 8C12 – Charles Juntikka, 8P27 – Edith Kneler, 9W21 – Susan Dasilveira.

The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale.

Notice of Qualification of VIVINT SOLAR NYC ELECTRICAL, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/27/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/25/17.

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: 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 Wisdom Foods Randall’s Island, LLC d/b/a Ellary’s Greens. App. For Auth. Filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) 6/8/17. Office: NY County. LLC formed in DE 5/9/17. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: LLC 175 Varick St. 6th Fl., NY, NY 10014. DE addr of LLC: c/o Corp Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., 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 COMMON CONCEPTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 11/07/14. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to LLC c/o US Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of TWO SIGMA VENTURES, LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/17.

Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/06/17. Princ. office of LP: 100 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10013. NYS fictitious name: TWO SIGMA VENTURES, LP 1. Duration of LP is Perpetual.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, Attn: General Counsel at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808-1674. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 73rd Park LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/13/17. 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: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

150 WEST END AVE SUITE 1 LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 7/7/2017. Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The Limited Liability Company, 118-21 Queens Boulevard, Suite 520, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of TLM 34TH INVESTORS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/14/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 205 E. 85th St., Apt. 14H, NY, NY 10028. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 29-00 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on November 6, 2017 and end on November 17, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc.

Household goods and other effects. #712 - Noa Lembersky, #1408 - Louis Papp, #2802 - Consuelo Pornillos, #3206Fara Farahmand, #4434 - Taxi Magazine Inc., #4455-2 - Lorena Recalde, #6108- Jignesh Patel.

The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale.

Notice of Qualification of KRL 175 Pearl LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/6/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/21/17.

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. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Advanced Skill Development, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/21/17. Office location: Richmond County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Paracorp Incorporated, 2804 Gateway Oaks Dr. #200, Sacramento, CA 95833-3509.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1305866 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 58 E 1ST ST NY, NY 10003. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION.

Notice of Formation of 170 Westside Market, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/18/17.

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: 148 W. 24th St, Fl. 3, Apt 3A, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of SUN FLATBUSH LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/10/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/30/17.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 31 W. 34th St, Ste 1012, NY, NY 10001. 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 Opuscule, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) 1/12/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to: 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Principal bus addr of LLC: 347 Manhattan Ave., #3B, NY, NY 10026 Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Qualification of JUST ANOTHER BRAIN LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/17.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/25/17. Princ. office of LLC: 33 W. 60th St., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Michael Rabadi at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1305778 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 20 JAY ST BROOKLYN, NY 11201.

KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. THE SEVENN GROUP LLC. Notice of Formation of GOLDEN CITY 757 REALTY LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 07/20/16. 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: 139 Centre St, #310, NY, NY 10013.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 18 Amalfi Enterprises, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/4/17. 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: 8 W. 40th St, Fl. 6, NY, NY 10018.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 903 PARTNERS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/06/17. Princ. office of LLC: 1270 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 1815, NY, NY 10020. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Investment advisor to venture capital funds.

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Notice of Formation of Weingold Law PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/5/17. 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: 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: Law. Notice of Qualification of Aircraft Hangar Services LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/17/17.

Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/8/17.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to3500 S. DuPont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901.

DE address of LLC: 3500 S. DuPont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of Out to Lunch Productions, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/25/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/17/16. 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: 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 Formation of Pauline’s Pets LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 09/21/17. 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: 1590 York Ave, NY, NY 10028.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of K&SCane LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/19/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Virtusa Corp., 14 Wall St., 28th Fl., NY, NY 10005. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Krishan Canekeratne at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Sidiki Dabo, MD, PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/26/17. 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: 19 W. 34th St, Fl. PH, NY, NY, 10016. Purpose: Medicine.

Notice of Qualification of Durational Capital Management LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/13/17.

Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/21/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 107 Grand St, Fl. 7, NY, NY 10013. DE address of LP: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. 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 Designs

by Ellen LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 8/28/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: LLC, 40 Broad St., Apt 24E, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: Any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of 2 East 61st Street - 4th Floor, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 09/08/17. 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: 585 Stewart Ave, Ste 302, Garden City, NY 11530.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Sun Flatbush Manager LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/29/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/14/17. 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: 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.

MOUNTAINSIDE CHAPPAQUA LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/29/2017.

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, C/O Artemis Partners LLC , 347 West 36th St., Ste 1601, NY, NY 10018.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of JMAB BOWERY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/17/17. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Margaret D. Baisley, Esq., 561 Broadway, Ste. 9B, NY, NY 10012, principal business address.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

PULCINO LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/05/2017.

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, 250 E 63rd St. Apt #711, NY, NY 10065. Reg Agent: NYSCORPORATION. COM, 1971 Western Ave, # 1121, Albany, NY 12203.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

TEMPEST PRODUCTIONS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/19/2017.

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, 36-40 11th Street, Long Island City, NY 11106. Reg Agent: NYSCORPORATION. COM, 1971 Western Ave, # 1121, Albany, NY 12203.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of MAINFRAME HOLDINGS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/30/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/27/17. Princ. office of LLC: One Battery Park Plaza, NY, NY 10004. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Seward & Kissel LLP, Attn: Noelle P. Indelicato at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, NUMBER # 1305949, FOR BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 2458 JERICHO TPKE GARDEN CITY PARK, NY 11040.

NASSAU COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. 4 SEAN INC. Notice of Qualification of 130 EAST 12TH STREET DEVELOPERS LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/8/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/12/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 900 3rd Ave, Fl. 17, NY, NY 10022. 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 ACQUA DI PARMA LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/03/06.

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 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps. and LLC, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 170 Westside Enterprises, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/18/17. 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: 148 W. 24th St, Fl. 3, Apt 3A, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

October 30, 2017 Notice of Qualification of WOWZA MEDIA SYSTEMS, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/14/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/22/12.

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: 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 30 Flatbush TIC LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/3/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/14/17.

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: 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 Formation of 128-130 FIRST AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/17.

Office location: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Douglas Gladstone, Esq., Goldfarb & Fleece LLP, 560 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Horowitz PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 09/21/17. 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: 96 Greenwich St, NY, NY 10006. Purpose: Law. Notice of Qualification of Van Wagner Telecom, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/02/17.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/29/17.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Van Wagner Group, LLC, 800 Third Ave., NY, NY 10022. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Qualification of 19 WEST 44TH STREET JV, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) o n 10/11/17.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/04/17.

Princ. office of LLC: 430 Park Ave., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10022.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John B. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity Notice of Formation of Daniel Goldweit, D.M.D., PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/17/17. 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: 140 Riverside Blvd, Apt 608, NY, NY 10069. Purpose: Dentistry.

Notice of Formation of BMJ SALTAIRE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/16/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Moses & Singer LLP, Attn: Gideon Rothschild, Esq., 405 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10174-1299.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 19 WEST 44TH STREET MEZZ IV, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/11/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/11/17.

Princ. office of LLC: 430 Park Ave., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10022.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John B. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of DON’T SLIP LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 5/12/17. Office loc: NY County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: LLC, 35 Henry St, Apt 1A, NY, NY 10002.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

STORAGE Midtown Moving & Storage Inc. will sell at Public Auction at 810 East 170 Street, Bronx NY 10459 at 6:00 P.M. on NOVEMBER 14, 2017 for due and unpaid charges by virtue of a lien in accordance with the provisions of the law and with due notice given all parties claiming an interest therein, the time specified in each notice for payment of said charges having expired household furniture & effects, pianos, trunks, cases, TV’s, radios, hifi’s, refrigerators, sewing machines, washers, air conditioners, household furniture of all descriptions and the contents thereof, stored under the following names: -ALLEN LEON -BRANNON CHERYL -CHERNOV RIMA -GONZALEZ AMELIA -GUTIERREZ JOSE -HARRISON CORETTA -JOHNSON ROSALEE -JAMES LONELL -LIV JOHN/ JENSEN -MONTOYA ZULAIE -MURATI RIFAT -MITCHELL GAIL -OLAVARRIA JOEL -ISABEL RAMIRO -ROYSTER JALEESA -SANCHEZ LISA -SANCHEZ ROBERT/VIZCARRONDE RICHARD/BLADIMIR PERDOMO/MICHEL QINONES/RAUL ROSADO/ALEXANDRA PAULINO/JULIANA JAVIER/JOSHUA PEREZ/JONATHAN CRUZ -TYNES VIVIAN -TSRAILOVA LYUDMILA -KELLY VARGAS -WILLIAMS KAREN Notice of Formation of American Cyborg, LLC filed with SSNY 5/24/17. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 308 W. 73rd St., #B, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

OTTO GREY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/03/2017.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Laura Miller, 330 W 145th St #508, NY, NY 10039.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

WirelessCo, L.P. dba Sprint (SPRINT) proposes to complete antenna and equipment upgrades atop an existing 91’ water tower at 55 W Railroad Ave in Garnerville, Rockland County, NY (Project 34972), atop a 100’ smokestack at 1 Bridge St in Irvington, Westchester County, NY (Project 34973) and atop a 62’ building (74’ overall) at 4 Decatur St in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY (Project 35281).

In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, SPRINT is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. If you would like to provide specific information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within 1/2 mile of the site, please submit the comments (with project number) to: RAMAKER, Contractor for SPRINT, 855 Community Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ramaker.com within 30 days of this notice.

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at three locations. Antennas will be located on a rooftop, at the approx. vicinity of 722 Henry St, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11231, at a top height of 66 feet. Antennas will be located on the rooftop, at the approx. vicinity of 150 Clove Rd, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY 10310, at a top height of 29 feet. Antennas will be located on a rooftop, at the approx. vicinity of 211 Amboy Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11212, at a top height of 67 feet.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Erika, e.diak@ trileaf.com, 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-997-6111.

Notice of Formation of ASCRX TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY 10/13/17.

Office loc.: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn Abram Shulruff, 58 E First St #7E, NY, NY 10003.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Respectful Productions LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 7/10/17.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail any process to: The LLC, Attn: James Flanagan, 508 E 79th Apt 4F. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Accel Properties Group, LLC, Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on Aug. 25, 2003 office in New York Co. SSNY Desig. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process 150-01 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354. Purchase: Real Estate Holding & Management.

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