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The uphill battle of shutting down old fossil fuel plants

New Yorkʼs pot NIMBYs: The smoke stops here The high cost of losing tax revenue to neighboring towns.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

THE DEADLY BRONX HIGH-RISE FIRE THAT CLAIMED 17 LIVES, including eight children, on Jan. 9, brought heartache to New York City just days after the end of the holidays. Reporters experience firsthand the feeling of helplessness of arriving at a scene when so much panic and pain is happening at the same time. The sight of people searching for missing loved ones, firefighters emerging with victims in their arms and the smell of wet and charred debris – toys, pictures, clothing – can be overwhelming. There are also the funerals afterward, and as in the case of the victims of this latest blaze – most of whom were from Gambia in West Africa – arrangements may be made to return their remains home. Perhaps this same feeling is what motivates people into action. New Yorkers have been fast to help the survivors of the blaze and their families. Three drop-off locations for food and clothes had to be closed because so many donations were made. The Gambian Youth Organization, which can be reached at (646) 470-6330, set up a GoFundMe page, which has raised more than $1 million. The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City is also raising funds in partnership with Mayor Eric Adams and the city, while Gov. Kathy Hochul has set up her own victims compensation fund. All this proves how much can be done after that helpless feeling says otherwise, and it shows how in the face of tragedy, New Yorkers rise to meet the needs of their neighbors and help them through the worst of times.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

CLIMATE GOALS … 8 Is New York falling behind? POT OPT OUT … 14

Hundreds of towns don’t want stoners – and tax money

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The comms pros getting it done

WINNERS & LOSERS … 50

RALPH R. ORTEGA; COLIN KINNIBURGH

Who was up and who was down last week

Ravenswood Generating Station

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protests and rallies from activists, lawmakers did not approve the legislation.

“In City Hall, everyone is learning the Eric Adams system.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an extention to the eviction moratorium in September, but it expired on Jan. 15. Now some tenants are left to wonder, what will happen next?

EVICTIONS ARE BACK ON THE MENU

On Jan. 15, the statewide eviction moratorium enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic officially came to an end after Gov. Kathy Hochul declined to extend it, and lawmakers did not

take action themselves. That means that a long backlog of eviction cases around the state can begin to proceed, and tenants who were facing imminent eviction prior to the pandemic may find themselves without a home since landlords can now enforce vacate

– New York City Mayor Eric Adams, talking about his management style, which included a recent Zoom meeting where he made everyone do breathing exercises at the beginning, via Gothamist

notices. Tenant advocates had hoped the state Legislature would have passed the good cause eviction bill before the moratorium ended, which would restrict the reasons that landlords could kick people out, in hopes that it would help people remain in their homes. But despite

SCHOOL’S OUT After weeks – even months, years – of parents, lawmakers, educators and unions fighting over the best way to conduct school in the middle of a pandemic, the kids are seizing the mic. Students at Brooklyn Technical High School staged a walkout last week to call for a remote learning option as the omicron variant of COVID-19 continued to overwhelm the city.

“He can’t move on.” – Andrew Cuomo’s attorney, Rita Glavin, on the former governor’s perceived unfair treatment following numerous allegations of sexual harrassment, via The New York Times

In one of their first acts of the new year, state lawmakers from both parties resoundingly rejected both sets of partisan redistricting maps, sending them back to the Independent Redistricting Commission to make changes. The commission has about two weeks to revise the maps, and hopefully come to a bipartisan agreement on a single set, which they were originally tasked with doing. Realistically, the prospect seems unlikely given the professional animosity between the Democratic and Republican commissioners that characterized the end of their work and was apparent during their final public meeting, with both sides blaming the other for perceived intransigence. If the Legislature rejects the maps the commission sends them a second time, then the task falls to the Democratic lawmakers to draw new district lines themselves, allowing them to engage in gerrymandering the commission was designed to avoid if they so choose. Although the state Senate did approve some things in their first full days of the session, including confirming new Court of Appeals Justice Shirley Troutman and passing a package of voting reform bills.

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DISCORD AT RIKERS

Issues at the violenceplagued Rikers Island jail complex in New York City are hardly new, but they recently have featured prominently in news coverage. Hundreds of people at the jail have engaged in a hunger strike to protest poor conditions as COVID-19 rapidly spreads among the detained, many of whom remain unvaccinated. Protesters said corrections officers haven’t let them outside in weeks and that temperatures in the jail have been dangerously cold since the start of winter. They also sought to draw attention to violence at the complex, new details of which have come to light thanks to reporting from The New York Times. The paper obtained surveillance videos from the jail that laid bare the extent of the problems as guards simply looked on at a regular “fight night” organized by gang leaders who would force other detainees to participate.

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A DEADLY BRONX BLAZE

An apartment fire caused by a faulty space heater in the Bronx resulted in 17 deaths, including eight children, making it the deadliest fire New York City has had in decades. Although the space heater caused the initial spark, a door that had not closed properly allowed the fire to spread through the building. The fire resulted in immediate backlash for the building’s owner after city data showed that he had been cited for several recent heat complaints as well as for his position on Mayor Eric Adams’ transition team. The ajar door also drew scrutiny since, by law, all doors in apartment buildings must close automatically to prevent precisely a situation like the one that occurred. At least one tenant in the building had also recently complained about a self-closing door that was not working properly prior to the fire, in addition to a lack of heat.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro brief the press after a Bronx fire killed 17 people in an apartment building.

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WEEK AHEAD

TUESDAY 1/18 Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to release her proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1.

Schumer’s labor union support U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer just announced endorsements from nearly every major labor union in New York. And the missive from Schumer’s campaign was a good reminder that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will almost certainly not challenge him for reelection this year – no matter how many Republicans openly daydream about the scenario. Twenty-nine unions and labor groups backed Schumer, the campaign announced, including 1199SEIU, District Council 37, Teamsters Joint Council 16 and the city and state building trades. By the campaign’s count, they represent more than 1.9 million workers in New York. The endorsements aren’t a surprise. Schumer is among the most powerful Democratic politicians in the country, and he carries major influence at the state level. He can take credit for huge influxes of federal funding to the state – most recently a $6.2 billion grant to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. That money greatly pleased the Transport Workers Union, one of the unions that backed Schumer, and there are countless other examples. “New York is a union town, and I am proud and humbled to receive these major

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Cold hard numbers mean Hochul has to show us the money to make good on her various promises to remake New York.

endorsements and the support of so many unions and their members,“ Schumer said in a press release, shared in advance with City & State. “From walking picket lines to passing legislation that kept millions of unions workers on-the-job during the whole pandemic to securing a rescue package for at-risk worker pension funds to passing a bipartisan infrastructure law to invest billions to create American jobs, I will never stop fighting for New York’s working people and the unions that represent them.” Schumer also has a lot of money flowing in. He reported having $32 million in his campaign account as of Sept. 30, and a campaign source said the next filing due on Jan. 31 will show over $35 million. With that kind of money and labor support, it isn’t hard to see why there has been little to no serious talk in New York’s left-leaning political circles in recent months about Ocasio-Cortez primarying Schumer. Some eyes have already turned to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is up for reelection in 2024, instead. Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but the always-unlikely primary is looking less likely than ever. – Jeff Coltin

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THURSDAY 1/20

Campaign finance filings are due for all candidates in the state and New York City.

The New York City Council officially announces who is chairing and sitting on each committee at its second meeting of the new session at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall.

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NEW YORK'S NEPOTISM HALL OF FAME GIVING FAMILY MEMBERS JOBS IS A TIME-HONORED NEW YORK TRADITION. By Caitlin Dorman and Jeff Coltin New York City law is clear on conflicts of interest when it comes to nepotism: It’s a big no-no. A City Council member isn’t even allowed to nominate a family member to the unpaid, thankless position of community board member. But that didn’t stop Mayor Eric Adams from giving his brother Bernard a high-level post at the NYPD, and when you look at the precedent set by previous mayors … he might have a point! Exceptions have been granted in the past – mostly for unpaid positions – but an exception could be granted for this $210,000-ayear job. With that in mind, we took a look back at some recent examples of nepotism by city and state executives.

Bernard Adams, left, was named by his brother, NYC Mayor Eric Adams, as head of mayoral security.

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CHIARA AND DANTE DE BLASIO

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Chair of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City; ThriveNYC founder Bill de Blasio gave her so much to oversee, but he couldn’t give her the world, aka the Brooklyn borough presidency. Summer 2014 interns You kind of have to admire Chiara de Blasio for embarking on the road of nepotism that first summer and then deciding it wasn’t worth the negative clout of being attached to her dad’s administration. The same can’t be said for her brother …

DANTE DE BLASIO

Contracted filmmaker After initially rising to fame in front of the camera during his dad’s mayoral campaign, Dante de Blasio bid adieu to his time in Gracie Mansion by working on a series of short films highlighting the de Blasio administration’s accomplishments. Get this guy an Emmy.

EMMA BLOOMBERG

Mayoral program coordinator Bloomberg also raised eyebrows when he hired his 22-year-old daughter to work on his staff, but really he was doing the city a favor – an unpaid relative is one less employee to lay off when you’re looking to save the city some money.

Informal adviser to the state Department of Health To think, if it weren’t for her father Andrew Cuomo’s fall from grace, Mariah would probably be state health commissioner by now. Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol Michael Bloomberg’s younger sister didn’t receive a salary for the important but littleknown job as New York City’s liaison to the United Nations (overseeing a staff of a dozen), but that’s the beauty of being a Bloomberg isn’t it? You don’t really need a salary.

JAMES COPELAND

George Pataki relation, hired as an architect for SUNY Hiring your wife’s sister’s husband who is also your next-door neighbor might look like a minor nepotism offense, but while almost everyone else worked for free, this guy got paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in state university contracts.

ANDREW CUOMO

$1 a year special adviser to Gov. Mario Cuomo Don’t be deceived, despite a gig in his 20s as an adviser to the governor, Andrew Cuomo is not a politician. He might want to watch out given the way things are going with JCOPE. They might ask him to return his tiny salary.

THE GIULIANIS

Four relatives in various positions When reporters pressed Rudy Giuliani on why so many of his relatives were hired in his administration, he pleaded that he had too many cousins to keep track of. “At what degree of relationship should I know about. What about a second or third cousin?” he asked. With a memory like that, it’s no wonder he forgot the basic rule of law later in life.

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We need people to take (the) recommendations to get their kids vaccinated and wear their masks.

A Q&A with acting state Health Department Commissioner

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DR. MARY BASSETT

What has your first month been like? Well, obviously, the omicron variant thread has really dominated my time in the first month. There was a time when we were reporting each person who was identified within the omicron variant, now we’re just reporting the proportion of COVID and the state attributable to omicron. And it’s 95% or so. So that’s been the dominant part of my work. And obviously, not all I hope to do here. But it has given me a chance to get to know many people in the Health Department. What led you to accept Gov. Kathy Hochul’s offer to take the position at such a trying time? I think there’s two parts

to it. First, I’ve worked in public health for many years now, over 35 years, and the COVID pandemic is a once-in-a-century event. You can imagine that it’s been hard to be on the sidelines when public health was in such demand. So part of it was just wanting to contribute. Part of it was that this Health Department has unique features. The state Health Department oversees hospitals and health facilities from a regulatory standpoint. And it also has oversight over Medicaid, which is a payer that insures about a third of New Yorkers. Those are important levers that public health doesn’t always have authority in. That was what I was interested in, long-standing challenges: how to cover health care

for the undocumented, for example, how to address what appears to be just baked-in instability of the safety net hospitals. Those are the things I’m looking forward to turning my attention to. And of course running through all of this is the issue of racial equity. In your first appearance alongside Hochul, you promised greater transparency. Do you feel you have had an impact in this regard? Since I became commissioner, we’ve implemented what (we call) in shorthand the mask or vax mandate. That was something that I recommended to her – and that of course other people in the administration also supported – and she implemented that.

Another example of transparency with the data was on Dec. 24, the day before Christmas, when everybody’s thinking about children and family. We put out information that we had observed a troubling increase in pediatric hospitalizations due to COVID. Somebody might have said, “Let’s wait a few days, not do it on Christmas Eve.” But we put it out. And that is what this governor expects of us, and that’s what we’re going to keep delivering. What might be the next steps for tackling rising COVID-19 cases? Every morning, a group of us meet and go over the numbers. And we’re tracking very carefully the number of hospital beds there are. New

York City does not yet have a capacity problem, and that’s the heart of the omicron surge still. Hospitalizations are still a lagging indicator, but I expect it to continue to rise. The only saving grace with this variant is it’s clear now – although you’ll hear people say “it seems,” but I say it’s clear – that it causes more mild disease. The problem is how contagious it is. The problem is the number of people, even if we have a relatively low proportion, who get sick and hospitalized. I’m still really – I’m watching it carefully. We need people to take (the) recommendations to get their kids vaccinated and wear their masks. Those are our principal tools right now. – Rebecca C. Lewis

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New York’s cloudy dream of a clean energy future

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Does the state have a workable plan to shut down old fossil fuel plants?

By Colin Kinniburgh

L The Ravenswood Generating Station looms over neighboring fields.

OOK ACROSS THE East River from midtown Manhattan, and you can’t miss them: the four towering, candy cane smokestacks of the Ravenswood Generating Station, New York City’s largest power plant. For more than 50 years, the plant has been a cornerstone of the city’s electrical grid and a landmark of the Queens waterfront. Its southern end also sits just opposite the largest public housing development in the country: Queensbridge Houses, home to more than 6,000 people, the majority of them Black and Latino. “I knew I was home when I would see those,” longtime resident Kaseem Cushnie, 44, said of the smokestacks. Cushnie grew up in the shadow of the power plant, and he expects its smokestacks will be around at least as long as he is. But a coalition of local public housing residents, environmental justice groups and elected officials hope Ravenswood’s fossil fuel-burning days will soon be over. The plant, powered mostly by natural gas, is one of the biggest polluters in the state. In 2019, according to Environmental Protection Agency data, it pumped out more than 1.2 million tons of carbon dioxide, roughly 5% of all emissions from the electricity sector in the state. It also released some 360 tons of nitrogen oxides, a major contributor to unhealthy air.

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Ravenswood is only one of several power plants concentrated along the Queens waterfront – one factor driving air pollution levels in Long Island City and Astoria above the city average, according to a survey by the city Department of Health. Organizers see the cluster of fossil fuel plants as a textbook case of environmental injustice. “It’s been an (environmental justice) dream for Ravenswood to shut down because of how big it is and how much it pollutes,” said Eddie Bautista, executive director of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance. The cause has drawn the attention of Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who told New York Focus and City & State it is one of her “goals in life to close this thing down.” “It is unconscionable that so many polluting power plants are allowed to emerge in one area,” Maloney said. In September, she rallied with New York City Housing Authority tenant leaders, calling on state lawmakers to shut down “Big Allis,” the plant’s largest smokestack. In an unusual twist, it’s not the power company they’re fighting. Rise Light & Power, which has owned the plant since 2017, has its own ambitions of transforming Ravenswood into a renewable energy hub. “Our plan has always been for a longterm redevelopment of this site to support the energy transition,” said Clint Plummer, CEO of Rise Light & Power.

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Plummer said the company has already shut down most of the plant’s dirtiest peaker units, and it has plans to install 300 megawatts of battery storage – about 5% of the state’s recently expanded 6 gigawatt goal. Last year, the company submitted a major proposal to build new transmission lines that would bring upstate solar and wind power to New York City through the Ravenswood plant. But the project, one of seven reviewed by the state energy agency NYSERDA, lost to two other contenders: the Champlain Hudson Power Express and Clean Path New York, which Gov. Kathy Hochul has promoted as a flagship of New York’s transition to renewable energy. That left Rise Light & Power’s project in limbo, and Ravenswood as dependent as ever on fossil fuels. The company’s plans to install battery storage were also stalled, Plummer said, because of a lack of a long-term contract, which also depends on state regulators. The drawn-out fight over Ravenswood illustrates the thorny path to achieving one of the key targets of New York’s landmark climate law. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, passed in 2019, requires the state to supply 70% of its electricity from renewables by 2030 and 100% by 2040. That will mean retiring and replacing most of the state’s generating capacity – more than two-thirds of which relies on gas and oil – in less than 20 years, even

as overall electricity demand is projected to increase due to electrification of home heating, transportation and other sectors. Some of those facilities will simply age out: More than a third of the state’s current fossil fuel capacity is on track to be retired by 2030 because it can no longer be operated reliably or profitably, according to an analysis by New York Focus and City & State of data published by the New York Independent System Operator, which manages the electrical grid. The state has recently signaled that it does not want these plants to be replaced with new polluters. In October, the state Department of Environmental Conservation denied permits to two new gas plants that would have replaced outdated peakers: one proposed by NRG Energy in Astoria and the other by Danskammer in Newburgh. Six weeks later, the company behind a similar project in Gowanus pulled its application and said it would instead pursue plans to replace its peaker facility with battery storage. “We crossed a pretty important threshold where it’s getting harder and harder to build anything new, and it took a lot of work to get there,” said Alex Beauchamp, Northeast region director at Food and Water Watch. “But even that’s only the bare minimum first step.” Shifting the entire grid away from fossil fuels will require not only adding vast

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Left, Gov. Kathy Hochul visits a hydroelectric power plant. Right, the Ravenswood Generating Station.

“It is unconscionable that so many polluting power plants are allowed to emerge in one area.” – Rep. Carolyn Maloney

amounts of wind and solar power, and expanding and upgrading transmission lines, but also closing dozens of existing plants. As of now, climate organizers and some industry experts said the state lacks a plan to match the scale of the task at hand. In one sense, New York has a head start on the energy transition: more than half of the electricity the state produced in 2020 was carbon-free, thanks overwhelmingly to upstate nuclear plants and hydroelectric dams (wind, solar, and other renewables made up only about 5%). But gas and oil plants account for the remaining 43% statewide and a whopping 77% in New York City and Long Island. Statewide, there are about 80 active fossil fuel plants, the bulk of which burn fracked

gas from Pennsylvania as their primary fuel. Many have some oil-burning units as well, but very few rely on oil alone and, since 2020, none burn coal. Phasing out the dirtiest fuels has reduced the power sector’s emissions sharply over the past 30 years, and the industry now accounts for only 13% of New York’s greenhouse gas emissions – third after buildings and transportation, which are responsible for roughly 30% each. As those two heavily polluting sectors go electric, though, the question of where the electricity comes from becomes increasingly key. And so far, the state has said much more about the renewables and transmission lines it plans to add than about what will happen to the plants they’re expected to replace. “Elite-level Democrats … are totally cool with incentivizing more clean energy development,” said Pete Sikora, climate and inequality campaigns director at New York Communities for Change. “What they generally are unwilling to do is actually cut fossil fuel use directly.” The governor’s office said the Champlain Hudson and Clean Path transmission projects, combined with new offshore wind and other renewables, will be enough to cut New York City’s use of fossil fuels for electricity by more than 80% in 2030. If all of the projects receive final approval and are built on schedule, they would put a major dent in the state’s overall emissions and bring the CLCPA’s 2030 targets within reach.

The future of the plants they intend to replace is far less clear. The state has moved against one subset of fossil fuel plants so far: the so-called peaker plants that fire up when electricity demand spikes, which are among the dirtiest and most expensive plants to run. In late 2020, the state adopted rules capping the emissions of nitrogen oxides from such plants, effectively requiring about a dozen plants to retire their dirtiest units by 2025. Independent System Operator estimates this will take about 6% of the state’s fossil fuel power supply off the grid. In her State of the State policy book published this month, Hochul broadened the regulatory push against peakers, saying her administration would establish a blueprint for shutting down “New York’s oldest and most-polluting fossil fuel facilities” by 2030. She did not say how those criteria would be defined, or how many plants might be covered, and her office did not respond to a request for more details. Peakers account for less than 10% of the sector’s emissions. The next big step, climate organizers said, will be to take on the “baseload” facilities that supply the bulk of the state’s power. To do that, climate organizers want to see the state adopt a more stringent version of the “Peaker Rule,” which would apply to a much broader swath of plants across the state and would be tightened every two years.

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They also want the state to establish a comprehensive planning process so that the retirement of fossil fuel plants is carefully managed alongside deployment of renewables and transmission upgrades, maintaining the reliability of the grid while protecting workers from layoffs and consumers from rate hikes during the transition. The state’s Climate Action Council – the body tasked with writing a roadmap to meet the CLCPA targets – has endorsed both prongs of this approach in its Draft Scoping Plan, released in late December. But the council’s recommendations won’t be finalized until the end of the year, and it could take another year or more for new rules to be written and adopted. Allison Considine, senior New York campaign representative at the Sierra Club, said the state can’t wait that long. “The governor and the Climate Action Council have a public mandate to move really quickly, and to meet or hopefully even exceed (the CLCPA targets),” she said. “Seventy percent by 2030 is not a ceiling.” Climate organizers also warn that, as of now, the state has not provided funding to match its legally binding climate targets. NYSERDA analysts working with the Climate Action Council estimated that decarbonizing New York’s economy will cost some $15 billion per year. New York Renews, the coalition behind the CLCPA, is pressing the governor and Legislature to include that full amount in this year’s budget. When it comes to the power sector, the state can count on at least one new source of funding: A portion of the $65 billion for grid upgrades that was included in the federal bipartisan infrastructure bill passed in November. A state environmental department spokesperson said that historically New York has received about 7% of federal formula funding, which would translate to $4.5 billion for the grid over the next five years, but the state is still waiting for details. More than 50 state Democratic lawmakers want the governor to include the Build Public Renewables Act in her budget. The bill would enable the New York Power Authority to build new large-scale wind and solar facilities, and require it to phase out its fossil fuel facilities by 2025. Proponents said the effort would pay for itself, relying on the authority’s well-established bond program. So far, Hochul has shown no sign of backing either approach. In her State of the State speech, she announced $500 million to develop offshore wind and proposed a $1 billion increase to the $3 billion Environmental Bond Act that was passed in the

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budget last year. But only about a third of the funds in the bond act are slated directly for climate mitigation – the mandate of the CLCPA. And none of it would go toward greening the grid. The bond act also still needs to be approved by voters through a ballot initiative in November. Without a major infusion of new climate funding in the budget, Hochul’s promises in the State of the State would amount to “just more unfunded goals, which has been NY’s M.O. for a long long long time,” Sikora said by text message. Climate organizers aren’t the only ones voicing these concerns. Gavin Donohue, president and CEO of the Independent Power Producers of New York, a statewide trade association representing both fossil

“If it doesn’t help keep the lights on, it’s really not accomplishing what we set out to do here.” – Gavin Donohue, Independent Power Producers of New York president and CEO

fuel and renewable electric companies, said the state has “a long way to go” in planning and above all paying for the transition to a clean grid. Donohue, a member of the Climate Action Council, is especially worried about the costs that could be passed on to ratepayers if the state doesn’t implement carbon pricing or another mechanism to fund the transition. He’s also concerned about reliability, an area that he doesn’t think climate advocates take seriously enough. “All the activists can claim all they want about the value of this stuff, but if it doesn’t help keep the lights on, it’s really not accomplishing what we set out to do here,” said Donohue, whose group has lobbied against proposals to block new fossil fuel plants statewide. Independent System Operator’s latest reliability plan warned that if renewable energy deployment and grid

upgrades don’t stay on schedule, the combination of climate impacts and regulations like the Peaker Rule could leave New York City with relatively little backup in an emergency. Donohue also said that closing plants too quickly could take a toll on jobs, and organized labor wasn’t given enough of a role on the Climate Action Council. Experts on the council stressed that decarbonization is projected to create far more jobs than it will cost. The council’s Just Transition Working Group projects that the rapidly growing energy sector could add upward of 38,000 jobs by 2030 compared to 2,000 jobs lost. (Estimates of total New York fossil fuel plant employment today range from 4,000 to 10,000 workers – 0.1% or less of the state’s total workforce.) But those costs and benefits aren’t always distributed evenly, and organizers insisted that a portion of any funding for the energy transition go toward the workers and communities long dependent on fossil fuel plants to ensure they don’t get left behind. As for Ravenswood, Rise Light & Power hopes Hochul’s recent promises to promote battery storage could finally allow the company to make good on its promises of a green transition. (Her State of the State included a directive to prioritize storage projects that will help eliminate the dirtiest plants, as well as doubling the CLCPA’s target of 3 gigawatts of energy storage by 2030.) Some local residents, though, said phasing out fossil fuels would be just the beginning of what the company owes the community. “I think there has to be some restitution paid,” said Lashawn “Suga Ray” Marston, a filmmaker and community health advocate. His mother, who has lived in Queensbridge for 35 years, is one of many in the area who suffer from asthma, and he said nearby power plants are at least partly to blame. Anthony Rogers-Wright, director of environmental justice at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and steering committee member of New York Renews, shares the sentiment. The energy transition’s projected $15 billion cost, he said, is “a pretty good deal” for big polluters. “If we were to externalize the price that they’ve caused, specifically to indigenous, Black, brown and poor white communities in lost lives and ailing health, the fee would be even higher, and they would basically just have to go out of business,” he said. “We are letting them off easy.”

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Colin Kinniburgh is a reporter for New York Focus.

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HYDROGEN: CLIMATE CHANGE FRIEND OR FOE? NEW YORK NEEDS all sorts of renewable energy projects to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 85% (compared to 1990 levels) before 2050. Offshore wind, solar and hydroelectric power will be important to replacing fossil fuels, but they each have their own limits. Wind patterns do not always line up with consumer demand. Clouds sometimes block the sun. Many rivers have already been dammed. Some engines just need more oomph than electricity can provide. Hydrogen is getting more attention from policymakers at all levels of government as a future fuel source. It is much lighter than gasoline and has the torque to keep long-haul trucking and commercial flights going in a carbon-free future. Heavy industry could use it to smelt steel and produce cement, and hydrogen can be stored without needing batteries. Such advantages help explain why the federal government is now offering billions of dollars in funding for states with ideas for harnessing the most plentiful element in the universe as a reliable source of energy. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced steps in her State of the State to transform the Empire State into a “green hydrogen hub” over the next few years. New York is increasingly leaning on hydrogen power as an option to help the state meet the environmental goals established in the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Hydrogen has advantages over other renewable energy sources, but it also has its drawbacks. New funding aims to encourage the technological advances necessary to overcome many of the nega-

tives while making hydrogen power economically viable, but its production could lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions in some situations. That is why environmentalists warned that fossil fuel companies were promoting it to help their own bottom line more than efforts to confront climate change. Nomenclature and a little science are important to understanding hydrogen as a fuel. So-called blue hydrogen is made from natural gas in a process that research shows can pollute as much as coal. Green hydrogen is made from water through an energy intensive process called electrolysis, which can be carbon neutral if renewable sources were used to create the electricity needed to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. Once hydrogen gas gets made through either method, it can be burned to power an engine. Or, it can go into a device called a fuel cell to generate electricity without making any greenhouse gases. The bottom line is there are two important types of hydrogen – and two ways to use them. Hochul appears to be keeping an open mind when it comes to new fuel sources, though she emphasized green hydrogen in her State of the State policy book. “Green hydrogen is a cutting-edge climate technology with the potential to accelerate New York’s transition into a net-zero economy and create good-paying jobs across the state,” reads the book outlining her 2022 agenda. “Made from renewable energy right here in New York, green hydrogen releases zero greenhouse gas emissions when used in a fuel cell, yet it is strong enough to pow-

er a forklift, long-distance semi-truck, or even entire neighborhoods via a microgrid.” To do this, she proposed competing for billions in funding for hydrogen development included in a recent federal infrastructure bill, catalyzing new state-funded research and continuing work New York has already done in recent years. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which leads many of New York’s climate initiatives, has spent millions of dollars on research into hydrogen as well as internal combustion engines that could be fueled by any of the color-coded types of hydrogen. Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his final weeks in office promoted hydrogen as a potential fuel for power plants, which would require additional advances in carbon capture technology to stop greenhouse gases from entering the air. But draft plans recently released by the state Climate Action Council – tasked by law with developing plans for the state to reach its climate goals – recommended limiting “the use of hydrogen, nuclear, and biofuels” because of their potential ill effects on the environment. Making hydrogen from natural gas can result in leaking methane, which is a much more harmful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, which is also created in the process. Energy companies like National Grid have nonetheless promoted hydrogen as a way to continue using current infrastructure like pipelines even though that could mean creating more greenhouse gases through combustion that could not necessarily be captured and stored. “The Trojan horse argument is real,”

Alex Beauchamp, Northeast region director of Food & Water Watch said in an interview. “There’s a reason that (fossil fuel companies) are hyping up hydrogen that just magically can exist in the exact same infrastructure that the gas they currently burn is in.” Environmentalists succeeded in getting the City Council to include a ban on hydrogen gas (fuel cells are permitted) in a landmark law requiring all new buildings to be fully electric after 2027. They are hoping that the state will adopt a similar approach to reducing pollution from commercial and residential buildings, which accounted for 32% of greenhouse gas emissions in New York in 2019. A lot about the state’s climate strategy will be determined soon. The state budget is due April 1. A final plan for state climate efforts is scheduled to be released by the Climate Action Council at the end of the year. Federal applications for hydrogen funding are expected to open up sometime around the latter half of 2022, according to NYSERDA. If all goes well, Hochul might be able to make good on creating a national hydrogen hub. Such efforts will not come to fruition in time for the June Democratic gubernatorial primary or even the general election, but the governor is making a lot of political hay about how she is confronting climate change here at home. Environmentalists are hoping she prioritizes forms of green hydrogen that will reduce New York’s carbon footprint. “There’s going to be a role for green hydrogen; we’re going to need to look into this,” said Liz Moran, New York policy advocate at Earthjustice. “But it needs to be done very carefully.” – Zach Williams

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The toke of the town Hundreds of cities and villages across the state opted out pot sales and smoking lounges. Are they wise for waiting, or will they miss the tax money going to their neighbors?

By Rebecca C. Lewis

Pot sales might be lucrative, and being first could be an advantage.

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HE NEW YEAR has come and passed, washing away the weariness of 2021 and replacing it with a fresh coating of hope. And with it also passed the deadline for localities to opt out of recreational cannabis sales and consumption sites. Between pot’s legalization at the end of March last year and Dec. 31, villages, towns and cities had the opportunity to weigh their options and decide whether or not they would permit dispensaries and marijuana lounges in their communities. And in true town and village fashion, the decisions made by local councils and boards prove that old maxim that all politics is local. A total of 1,521 municipalities around the state had the option to opt out before the deadline, from major metropolises like New York City to tiny villages like Weedsport. Of those, nearly 750 chose not to allow dispensaries within their borders, with about 100 more disallowing on-site consumption businesses, according to a database compiled by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. The decisions made by town councils and village boards across New York don’t impact the legality of cannabis itself within the municipalities’ borders, but preventing sales and locations akin to bars could greatly diminish the drug’s presence in a community, especially in isolated places or when surrounding neighborhoods took similar action. The number of towns and villages that opted out is rather significant, but that’s likely due in part to the fact that while the law established a deadline to disallow sales, it allows local lawmakers to change their minds whenever they want in order to permit dispensaries and consumption lounges. The town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County is one place where local lawmakers remain open to opting in

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Who’s in and who’s out?

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The patchwork map of where pot shops and lounges will be permitted to open.

Clockwise from top left: Orchard Park Council Member Conor Flynn, Rhinebeck Supervisor Elizabeth Spinzia and Irondequoit Council Member Patrina Freeman

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“There’s no breathalyzer for roadside testing for marijuana. Down the line, I would like to see us opt back in to on-site consumption licenses, but we’re just going to wait until we have the technology for now.” – Orchard Park Council Member Conor Flynn

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Middleburgh’s Timothy Knight was the lone vote in favor of pot.

later, at least for retail. As of now, the town board voted against both dispensaries and consumption lounges, but Supervisor Elizabeth Spinzia said her community doesn’t actually oppose retail sales. “We know we can control it with zoning,” Spinzia told City & State. “I think unanimously, we’re pro marijuana sales, we just wanted to see what this looks like.” She added that she and her fellow board members, however, don’t intend to revisit consumption sites because they don’t “fit with the characteristics of our rural communities.” Spinzia’s position is not a unique one, according to Lizzie Kirshenbaum, the associate director of East Coast government relations with the marijuana tech company Weedmaps. She had traveled to various parts of the state prior to the deadline to perform educational and advocacy outreach against opting out of sales and told City & State that she experienced a fair amount of hesitancy from local leaders and encountered many who wanted to wait before acting. “I think that’s actually not a great idea because there’s a real advantage to being a first mover,” Kirshenbaum said. Kirshenbaum found this mindset particularly strong on Long Island, where she said there was more coordination among communities for large-scale opt-outs. That seemed to work out as the overwhelming majority of municipalities in Nassau and Suffolk counties voted against both dis-

pensaries and consumption lounges, even those with easy access to New York City where sales will proliferate. For example, the village of Mineola, the county seat of Nassau opted out in part because of the fact neighboring communities had. “I’m concerned about the congestion and the traffic that the only stores in this area would cause on our roads,” Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss said at a hearing back in October. The village, home to a major commuter rail station, is just 40 minutes away from Manhattan. Such concerns did not seem to impact the town of Irondequoit. The town council of the affluent Rochester suburb decided to permit both dispensaries and bar-like consumption lounges. For Council Member Patrina Freeman, economics were a key factor in her decision to permit both in her town – municipalities that opt in benefit from sales tax revenue others without dispensaries don’t receive. Repairing the harms of cannabis prohibition on communities of color also influenced her decision. But while Freeman said she never considered rejecting dispensaries, she was initially hesitant about the consumption lounges. “To my, I guess, surprise, there was overwhelming support to have on-site consumption,” Freeman told City & State of responses in a public hearing. That feedback assuaged her initial concern and informed her final decision. “Both as a lawmaker and as a person of color, hav-

ing the opportunity to decide things for myself, for my community, was a huge benefit.” In many instances, decisions seemed to revolve around hyperlocal issues more than they did on ideological grounds. Orchard Park, for example, voted to opt out of consumption lounges because the Buffalo suburb is not particularly walkable, meaning that people would need to drive to and from the locations. “There’s no breathalyzer for roadside testing for marijuana,” Council Member Conor Flynn said to City & State in explaining his concerns around road safety. “Down the line, I would like to see us opt back in to on-site consumption licenses, but we’re just going to wait until we have the technology for now.” Still, despite Flynn describing the town as a “conservative” community that expressed at least partially unfounded fears about opting into the cannabis businesses, the council nonetheless approved dispensaries. And interestingly, he added that the economic factor was not even a driving force behind his decision, but rather the neighborhood’s young people in favor of marijuana who would be there for decades to come. In yet another example, the village of Middleburgh, to the west of Albany in Schoharie County, opted out of consumption lounges for the reason that Kirshenbaum encountered: Lawmakers wanted to see how other municipalities handled it first over the course of a year or two. Middleburgh Deputy Mayor Timothy Knight, the lone board member to vote in favor of on-site consumption, echoed the caution that Kirshenbaum offered about opting out in a wait-and-see approach. “By then, our hands might be tied by how many licenses are available, how oversaturated the product is, so on, so forth,” Knight told City & State. But Knight, whose day job is reporting, expressed surprise at the overall ideological tenor of the debate in his and neighboring rural communities. “There are a lot of people in the ‘I do not want this in my town’ mindset,” Knight said. “But for whatever reason, it’s actually more muted than I thought it would be.” He opined that in some cases, fiscal conservatism in favor of more revenue outweighed people’s social conservatism that perhaps made marijuana legalization seem abhorrent. It goes to show the degree of nuance that likely went into the decisions of lawmakers from 1,500 municipalities and how much even a contentious topic like pot proves that ultimately, all politics truly is local.

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The communications pros winning elections and burnishing reputations across New York.

N POLITICS, it’s never enough to simply pass legislation, shape policies or deliver on pledges to voters. It’s just as important – if not more so – to communicate to constituents what you’ve accomplished and why it matters. Fortunately for politicians in New York, there are plenty of experienced professionals here who can ensure that the right message gets

delivered to the right people. City & State’s Political PR Power 50 list highlights the top public relations pros in New York politics and government, from the communications experts propelling candidates into elected office to the key spokespersons burnishing the reputations of leading companies and nonprofits at the local, state and national levels.

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1 EVAN THIES & ALEXIS GRENELL CO-FOUNDERS Pythia Public Since its founding five years ago, Pythia Public has consistently punched above its weight. Alexis Grenell has been driving changes in how the state responds to sexual harassment and highlights the need for good government reforms. Her business partner, Evan Thies, has been in the spotlight playing a crucial role in the ascension of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, perhaps the most significant election outcome in the country in 2021. The small firm,

which also has Becky Stern on board as communications director, notched another major win at the polls last year with Brad Lander’s victory in the New York City comptroller’s race. Other key employees: Becky Stern Notable clients: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Common Cause, SUNY, Safe Horizon, Hotel Association of New York City, Phoenix House Company highlights: We are very proud of our work this year to help elect Eric Adams as our next mayor and Brad Lander as our next comptroller, while winning fights for sexual assault survivors, voting rights, homeless New Yorkers and industries critical to the success of New York City as we recover from the pandemic.

2 KERRI LYON, MIKE MOREY & MORGAN HOOK PARTNER; PARTNER; MANAGING DIRECTOR SKDK As one of New York City’s public relations firms that have a truly national profile, SKDK is a major player in the five boroughs and in both Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Kerri Lyon and Mike Morey drive the company’s PR campaigns as partners in its New York City office, while Albany veteran Morgan Hook oversees its operations in the state capital. The Democratic firm, which is run by U.S. Sen.

Chuck Schumer alum Josh Isay, is owned by Stagwell, a New York City-based marketing and advertising company. Notable clients: Robin Hood Foundation, Women in Need, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai, Columbia University, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, Rep. Joseph Morelle, House candidate Matt Castelli Company highlights: As the nation’s leading public affairs and political consulting firm, SKDK continues to work with major brands, organizations and political candidates – some examples listed above. Of course, these are just a few highlights from the past year. In terms of hires, we recently brought on a new managing director in our New York office, as well as a new chief operating officer and a deputy operations chief. We also

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River in May. Rubenstein supported the global legal advocacy organization the Center for Reproductive Rights in the most consequential abortion rights case to reach the Supreme Court in nearly 50 years. The firm continued its long-standing relationship with NewYork-Presbyterian, supporting the health care system across a range of initiatives in the ongoing fight on the front lines of the pandemic. Efforts included a communications program around the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to the public and the implementation of an employee vaccination program. Among the firm’s key hires in 2021 are Bryce Tom, James Allan, Kate Blumm, Lindsey Green, Jeff Mutterperl, Omar Bourne and Hudson Pitts.

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welcomed partner Anita Dunn back to the firm in the fall after she served as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden.

3 STEVEN RUBENSTEIN PRESIDENT Rubenstein Steven Rubenstein leads the venerable public relations firm Rubenstein and also chairs the Association for a Better New York, which helped boost census turnout. The PR firm, which opened a new West Coast office in 2021, has continued to represent a long list of marquee companies and attractions in New York City and assisted the city’s

business and civic leaders as they contend with the persistent threat of COVID-19. Rubenstein also co-led New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ transition communications committee. Other key employees: Alice McGillion, Chris Giglio, Gary Lewi, Iva Benson, Wiley Norvell, Kate Blumm Notable clients: New York-Presbyterian, NYC & Company, Partnership for New York City, Tishman Speyer, Citizens Budget Commission, Vornado Realty Trust, New York Cares, Uber Company highlights: At Little Island at Pier 55, Rubenstein was the agency of record, leading a multichannel communications campaign to open the highly anticipated, 2.4-acre public park and performance venue created by Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg on the Hudson

goals than ever before, with a notable roster of Fortune 100 companies. The firm’s political and campaign business is as big as it has ever been – built on a blockbuster 2020 political cycle working for Democratic political campaigns, as well as with progressive causes and companies taking positions in the hypercharged political environment. 2022 is already shaping up to be a recordbreaking year. GSG launched The L@B this year – a new agency offering high-level creative direction, full-service video and content production and powerful digital media strategy, planning and buying capabilities. We’ve recently brought on Rob Lee, formerly of Newsweek and a veteran of the New York ad and creative space, as creative director, to co-lead this new agency along with Media Director Emily Williams.

JON SILVAN & JUSTIN LAPATINE FOUNDING PARTNER AND CEO; PARTNER Global Strategy Group Global Strategy Group continues to build on its expertise in polling while expanding its clientele at the intersection of business and politics. The firm, which has assisted a long list of Democratic politicians in the state, helped the Metropolitan Transportation Authority secure federal relief funds during the COVID-19 pandemic and helped RXR Realty win approval of its 175 Park redevelopment plan for the Grand Hyatt next to Grand Central. Notable clients: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Newsela, Maimonides Medical Center, RXR Realty, New York State Health Foundation Company highlights: GSG’s communications and public affairs practice is helping more corporate clients achieve their reputation and public affairs

5 NEAL KWATRA CEO AND FOUNDER Metropolitan Public Strategies After making a name for himself during stints in the state attorney general’s office and with the Hotel Trades Council, Neal Kwatra has delivered for candidates for elected office and for groups advocating for various causes – raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, legalizing driver’s licenses for

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undocumented immigrants, boosting census turnout – in his role as the head of his consulting firm, Metropolitan Public Strategies. A former political director at the Hotel Trades Council, Kwatra worked with the influential union on a multimillion-dollar independent expenditure supporting New York City Mayor Eric Adams. If you’re a reporter, you already talk to Kwatra and know he’s one of the best around town at shaping a story. A key staffer at the firm is director of operations Jason Heard. Notable clients: Building Decarbonization Coalition, New York Offshore Wind Alliance, Ørsted, Hotel Trades Council, The Witkoff Group Company highlights: We continue to shift the focus of our work to concentrate on key climate campaigns, including the expansion of offshore wind in New York and the decarbonization of buildings, the largest source of emissions in New York.

testing ads they had seen this cycle so far.

7 RACHEL NOERDLINGER EQUITY PARTNER; PRESIDENT

Rachel Noerdlinger is an equity partner at Actum.

6 VALERIE BERLIN & ALEX NAVARRO-MCKAY PRINCIPAL AND COFOUNDER; MANAGING DIRECTOR BerlinRosen BerlinRosen’s longtime ally Bill de Blasio has left City Hall, but the public relations firm has helped propel dozens more progressive candidates to victory all across the state – including as part of the team behind New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s

major upset victory. The New York City firm, which also has offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., is expanding its national footprint as well. It helped elect Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and reelect Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and joined Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project. Staffing at the company rose to 253 strategists in 2021, a 25% increase. Notable clients: New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, state Sen. Elijah ReichlinMelnick, New York City Council Member Farah Louis, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Associate Judge Madeline Singas, state Sen. Todd Kaminsky, state Sen. Michelle Hinchey, state Sen. Sean Ryan, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, former Nassau County Executive Laura

Curran, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, New York City Council Member Ari Kagan, New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher, New York City Council Member Keith Powers Company highlights: Brad Lander’s campaign for New York City comptroller. Lander started off 19 points behind the front-runner and ended the Democratic primary 9 points ahead – with zero spending advantage. As media consultants for Lander’s come-from-behind campaign, we produced a series of ads for TV and digital platforms that won praise from press and pundits, and we were fortunate to work with Jefrey Pollock, Will Jordan and Kathryn Rivera from Global Strategy Group, who managed the campaign’s polling and ad testing and let us know that our ads for Brad were the best

After becoming the first Black female partner at Mercury in February, Rachel Noerdlinger this month departed the consulting firm to pursue two other professional paths. One is with the new consulting firm Actum and the other is with Noerdlinger Strategies. The former City Hall aide is continuing to work for some of the same clients, most notably the Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network, which has been in the spotlight in recent years amid the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. She recently was part of a meeting of Black female leaders convened by Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss voting rights and the federal Build Back Better Act. Notable clients: the Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies CEO Jennifer Jones Austin, Charter Communications, Uber Company highlights: Rachel Noerdlinger is an equity partner at Actum, a newly formed global consultancy firm where she is an expert in communications strategy, coalition building, crisis management, narrative development, advocacy mobilization, political consulting and much more. She is also president of Noerdlinger Strategies, a firm that specializes in diversity, equity and inclusion consultation and high-level media strategy. Actum colleagues include former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Fabian Núñez,

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Clockwise from top left: Jennifer Burner Barden, James Yolles, Linden Zakula and TJ Ducklo

former Sen. Barbara Boxer, Peter Villegas and New York coalition building expert Paul Persaud, among others. In 2021, Rachel became the first Black woman to hold the role of partner at her former firm Mercury, where she led strategic communications, crisis management and specialized in public affairs and community engagement.

8 JENNIFER BURNER BARDEN, JAMES YOLLES, LINDEN ZAKULA & TJ DUCKLO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT; MANAGING DIRECTOR; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Risa Heller Communications Notable clients: Marblegate Asset Management, Airbnb, Lyft, Citi Bike, Blackstone, New York Blood Center Company highlights: This New York City public affairs fixture has more than doubled in size since 2020 and its clients remain at the center of high-profile events shaping

the city’s future. In 2021, that included advising private equity firm Marblegate as it addressed the taxi medallion debt crisis and ultimately reached a landmark accord with the city, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Taxi Workers Alliance. At the same time, the company remains a go-to for real estate issues across the city, and last year, led communications on behalf of successful land use reviews for the Howard Hughes Corp., Trust for Governors Island and the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp., park openings for the Hudson River Park Trust, new affordable housing developments by L+M Development Partners, the Hudson Companies and Phipps Houses and office marketing campaigns by Nuveen Real Estate and Taconic Partners. Its tech sector work includes longtime client Airbnb, and DoorDash, which recently announced its partnership with the United Way and delivery expansion.

9 FRANK MARINO AND JOHN F. MARINO CEO; PRESIDENT Marino The father-and-son duo of Frank and John Marino run a leading public relations firm in New York City, with a notable specialty in serving top real estate developers in the five boroughs along with clients in the nonprofit, health care, labor and higher education spaces. Notable clients: New York City Hospitality Alliance, Turn 2 Foundation, McDonald’s New York Metro Region, Chelsea Market, Jamestown, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Company highlights: In 2021, Marino not only continued to position the NYC Hospitality Alliance as a constant presence in local and national media, but the firm’s aggressive

Risa Heller Communications remains a go-to company for real estate issues in NYC.

communications campaign also helped the trade organization secure major legislative and regulatory victories critical to the survival of the city’s hospitality sector. 2021 was also a landmark year for the local cannabis marketplace, and Marino continues to be on the front lines of educating New Yorkers about its benefits and economic value. Momentum from the legalization created the perfect opportunity to introduce The Stone Age, NYC’s first interactive event designed to educate visitors about the plant and social justice issues related to cannabis. In June, Marino won unanimous approval in the state Legislature for the bipartisan Pharmacy Rescue Package: four pieces of legislation intended to fix New York’s prescription drug system and save independent pharmacies. The victory was the result of FixRx, the David vs. Goliath advocacy campaign Marino conceived and launched three years ago on behalf of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York to take on a group of Fortune 25 corporations known as pharmacy benefit managers.

10 STEPHANIE MILIANO & WILL CHABOT CHIEF OF STAFF; SENIOR MEDIA STRATEGIST Stu Loeser & Co. Stu Loeser has established his public relations firm as a leader in the technology

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And it helped shepherd the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes, which represents more than 90 New York City hospitals and medical providers through successful contract negotiations with 1199SEIU.

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11 MONICA KLEIN CO-FOUNDER Seneca Strategies Notable clients: Invest In Our New York, New York Working Families Party, Strong Economy for All Coalition, New York Caring Majority, Arena Company highlights: This year, Seneca Strategies led communications strategy for the successful state legislative campaign to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers, winning over $4 billion in new annual revenue to fund education, housing and health care.

Phil Singer is founder and CEO of Marathon Strategies.

12 ANAT GERSTEIN & JEFF SIMMONS PRESIDENT; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Anat Other key employees: Zac Roy, Jake Oliver Notable clients: AARP New York, Girl Scouts of Greater New York, The Fortune Society, Brooklyn Community Foundation, BronxWorks Company highlights: We added a lot of new clients – Fortune Society, GreenWood Cemetery, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Rippel Foundation, Encore Community Services, etc. – and we continue to have extremely high client retention rates – the Girl Scouts, for example, just signed on for their 10th year of work with us. We added several new staff members, including Reggie Vikram, the longtime NY1 planning editor. We saw an approximate 30% growth in revenue. We also had big wins for clients. A new state policy

threatened to disrupt health care for clients of Amida Care and Alliance for Positive Change. Our media campaign pushed the governor to delay implementation (340B policy). Our advocacy communications were also integral to saving the Associated Medical Schools of New York’s Diversity in Medicine funding, which was on the governor's chopping block.

13 PHIL SINGER FOUNDER AND CEO Marathon Strategies Other key employees: Liz Benjamin, Anthony Hogrebe, Raymond Hernandez Notable clients: 32BJ Health Fund, New York Independent System Operator, New York Housing Conference, New York Medical Cannabis

Industry Association, New York State Association for Affordable Housing, New York State Bar Association, Supportive Housing Network of New York Company highlights: Over the last year, Marathon has helped clients navigate the ever-shifting waters in both Albany and at City Hall. We supported the NYMCIA in its final and successful push to see recreational cannabis legalized in New York, with access to lifechanging products protected and expanded for medical cannabis patients. Our team also drove media coverage for the United for Housing coalition, helping the group secure a historic promise from all eight leading mayoral candidates – including Mayor Eric Adams – to double the city’s capital spending on housing to $4 billion if elected. In Albany, we secured an additional year of funding for the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative through our work with the Supportive Housing Network of New York.

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space, among other areas. Stephanie Miliano, a former national organizer for political engagement for the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., and media strategist Will Chabot play key roles in the company’s communications efforts. Other key employees: Owen Stone, Jeane MacIntosh, Jennifer Blatus, Bobby Familiar, Madeline Saunders, María Navarro Gallegos, Kelsey Jones, Yakira Kellman, Stu Loeser Notable clients: Google, Tech:NYC, Revel, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Fix the Sixth Amendment Coalition with National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Company highlights: Since returning to the company after the Bloomberg 2020 campaign, Stu has reshaped his company around running projects and campaigns for people and companies, in addition to securing elite media attention. Stu Loeser & Co. opened a digital practice based out of Portland, Oregon, headed by Peabody Awardwinning strategist Kelsey Jones and is creating bespoke content as well as targeted advertising for a range of clients. Nationally, we helped organize a coalition spanning the ideological spectrum to protect the Sixth Amendment and amplify the “trial penalty” as a key issue in the criminal justice reform discussion. We have also expanded our work for Google nationally, while still also working for them locally, leading efforts to communicate its commitment to New York City. Their purchase of St. John’s Terminal, which was the biggest real estate transaction in the city (or anywhere) since the start of the pandemic, was A1 in the print editions of both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal on the same day – not an easy thing to accomplish anymore given both outlets’ focus on exclusives and enterprise reporting.

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14 ERIC MOWER, STEPHANIE CROCKETT, GARY HOLMES & JOHN LACEY CHAIR AND CEO; PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER; VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Mower Other key employees: Mary Gendron, John O’Hara, Brendan Kennedy, Austin Philleo Notable clients: The Business Council of New York State, EDF Renewables, National Grid, Transmission Developers

Inc., Westchester County Tourism & Film Company highlights: Gary Holmes, former assistant commissioner for public affairs, New York State Department of Health, joined Mower in July 2020 to lead the agency’s Albany office. During more than four years at NYSDOH, he led all internal and external communications, served as the department’s primary spokesperson for local, national and international press inquiries and served as the department’s chief liaison to the governor’s press office during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephanie Crockett, a 17year member of the Mower organization, was appointed president/chief operating officer. She also leads the agency’s energy and sustainability practice group. Mower is a fully integrated

Red Horse Strategies had a role in electing many Democrats in NYC in 2021.

marketing firm that offers public relations, public affairs and advertising services to clients from Mower locations in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and New York City, as well as Boston, Charlotte, Atlanta, Cincinnati and Chicago. Agency growth in 2021 was derived from clients in renewable energy, health care, manufacturing, banking, tourism and crisis communications.

15 DANIELE DE GROOT, HAYLEY BRUNDIGE & CHRIS FLEMING SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS ASSOCIATE; COMMUNICATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS ASSOCIATE; DC DIRECTOR Red Horse Strategies Notable clients: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Manhattan

16 SPENCER LEE, TESS MCRAE & TIM COSTA MANAGING DIRECTOR; VICE PRESIDENT; COMMUNICATIONS ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE The Parkside Group Notable clients: SCO Family of Services, Allied Building and Metal Industries Inc., Freeport Public Schools, Apicha Community Health Center, Farrell Fritz Company highlights: From working with national partners to promote the climate programs in President Biden's Build Back Better Act to highlighting local COVID vaccination efforts across New York City, Parkside has been securing press coverage for our clients on the most topical issues of the day.

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Borough President Mark Levine, Be A Hero, Child Tax Credit Alliance Company highlights: We were proud to play a role in electing a new mayor, two borough presidents and over a dozen members of the City Council in New York City and reelecting George Latimer as Westchester county executive. We’re excited for another busy year of supporting progressive Democrats up and down the ballot. Beyond candidates, we are working with multiple labor unions as well as progressive interest groups like Be A Hero, Child Tax Credit Alliance, Climate Power and TenantsPAC fighting for home care, the child tax credit, investments in climate change in President Biden’s agenda and tenants’ rights. And outside our home state of New York, we're elevating strong candidates and causes in Pennsylvania, D.C., Florida and California.

New York’s strongest grassroots public aﬀairs practice welcomes

Gary Holmes It isn’t just our Albany team who celebrate Gary’s arrival at Mower. And it isn’t just our Albany-based clients. The celebrations include our Buﬀalo, Rochester, Syracuse and New York City colleagues and clients. If you wonder why, check out Gary’s LinkedIn bio. And while you’re at it, check us out at Mower.com. Mower delivers strategic insights, digital solutions, smart creative and award-winning results to clients in a wide range of industries from 10 U.S. cities. It is the only full-service PR/PA agency ranked in AdAge, B2B Marketing, PRWeek and Chief Marketer and is part of two global agency networks— thenetworkone and IPREX—as well as the 4A’s.

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led by LC Hodges, formerly of SL Green. In a year where significant changes occurred in the New York landscape, Kivvit remains involved in the top issues of our time – from public health to energy to criminal justice reform – impacting change at every level and adapting to meet the needs of the fast-changing media landscape in 2021 and beyond. Kivvit achieved record business performance in 2021 and was recognized as Public Affairs Firm of the Year by Campaigns & Elections magazine’s Reed Awards.

CHRIS COFFEY & ERIC SOUFER CO-CEO; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Tusk Strategies Other key employees: Erika Tannor, Jake Sporn, Alex Sommer, Henry Greenidge, Matt Munsil, Ricky Soto Notable clients: TransPerfect employees, Ronald Lauder, eToro, Pymetrics, StudentsFirstNY Company highlights: Chris Coffey took over as co-CEO in October. We now have 32 people. Eric Soufer was promoted to head New York practice and executive vice president. We launched New York’s first crypto and fintech practice to serve the overwhelming interest and demand we’re seeing in the space.

18 JON REINISH & MICHAEL NITZKY MANAGING DIRECTORS Mercury Other key employees: Karen Mustiga, Kim Winston, Gael Black, Erica Dumas, Greg Drilling, John Tomlin, Jake Dilemani, Eric Hersey Notable clients: Justice Action Network, Tax Equity Now New York, Coalition for Public Safety, Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center, Rebuild

20 LUPÉ TODD-MEDINA PRESIDENT Effective Media Strategies

New York Now Company highlights: Under partners John Gallagher and Dan Bank, Mercury’s New York media relations and communication practice continues to grow and expand. Notably, we have increased crossover work with Mercury's lobbying and GR teams, which has diversified our media relations portfolio. The media relations team has grown this year as well, with Jon Reinish and Michael Nitzky joining the firm as managing directors. Prior to Mercury, Reinish spent 10 years at SKDK and before that, served as a communications and political aide to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Capitol Hill and in New York. Nitzky joined the firm after leading communications for StudentsFirstNY. He was also communications director for Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office and was producer of “Inside City Hall.” Other key hires this year include Eric Hersey, Gael Black and Aaron Siegel.

19 TOM MEARA, RACHEL ROSENECK & BRAD WEEKES MANAGING DIRECTOR; ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR; PRINCIPAL Kivvit Other key employees: Shea Savaria, RoseMarie Terenzio, Zach Silber, Molly Scherrman, LC Hodges Notable clients: New York League of Conservation Voters, FWD.us, AnheuserBusch, New York State of Health, Goldman Sachs Foundation, New York City District Council of Carpenters Company highlights: We launched a new brand strategy team and doubled the size of our digital and insights teams. We expanded headcount firmwide by 10% and created a new talent team

Notable clients: Gov. Kathy Hochul, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Company highlights: Have expanded the business to include national mail services and consultancy through a partnership with Blue Wall Mail, which helped BidenHarris to victory. Editor’s note: Lupé ToddMedina is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

21 ANDREW KIRTZMAN & DAVID WEINER PRESIDENT; PARTNER Kirtzman Strategies Notable clients: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, CUNY, numerous political candidates and crisis clients Company highlights: Kirtzman Strategies ran the communications effort behind Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s successful “Fight for Sunlight” campaign, which defeated plans for a luxury tower complex whose

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22 JUANITA SCARLETT PARTNER Bolton-St. Johns A partner at the top lobbying firm Bolton-St. Johns since 2019, Juanita Scarlett is also a political strategist and communications professional who still has the ear of top candidates. She’s known to be close to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who just ascended to one of the most influential posts not just in New York but nationwide. Notable clients: Quest Diagnostics, United Way, Black AIDS Institute, Waterfront Alliance Editor’s note: Juanita Scarlett is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

23 MICHAEL WOLOZ & DANNA DEBLASIO PRESIDENT AND CEO; MANAGING DIRECTOR CMW Strategies Other key employees: Skip Piscitelli, Matt Walsh, Kathy

Cudahy, Evie Pope Notable clients: New York State Latino Restaurant, Bar and Lounge Association, National Supermarket Association, Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Hotel Association of New York City Company highlights: Danna DeBlasio was elevated to managing director. CMW was able to revive and pass significant legislation on behalf of the Center for Science in the Public Interest requiring sugar warning labels in fast-food chain restaurants, and there will be more to come in 2022 to help combat obesity, diabetes and other disease through smart public policy.

24 CRISTYNE NICHOLAS & GEORGE LENCE CEO; PRESIDENT Nicholas & Lence Communications Other key employees: ShinJung Hong, Laura Rothrock, Joshua Knoller, Wendell Jamieson, Nick Nicholas Notable clients: Times Square Alliance, Fireman Hospitality Group, City Experiences by Hornblower, Gary Sinise Foundation, Travis Mills Foundation, Tuesday’s Children Company highlights: Nicholas & Lence Communications has spent the past year working handin-hand with City Hall, Albany and Washington, as well as with business and community leaders, on behalf of the firm’s many travel and tourism, real estate, restaurant, Broadway,

Peter Kauffmann is founder and principal at Bluejacket Strategies.

destination, sports and BID clients, on New York’s comeback from COVID-19 and also positions clients as thought leaders on crucial issues of the day, helping them write and place op-eds, essays and letters to the editor in major publications around the country. CEO Cristyne Nicholas this past year also began hosting a weekly radio show on Friday nights about New York’s recovery, highlighting the positive work that many companies and nonprofits are pursuing on a daily basis to revitalize New York.

Cristyne Nicholas started a radio show about New York's pandemic recovery.

25 PETER KAUFFMANN FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL Bluejacket Strategies Notable clients: Blue Collar Coalition, Family Equality Council, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Company highlights: In April, Bluejacket’s principal, Peter Kauffmann, was asked to serve as senior adviser on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID-19 task force. In that capacity, he managed day-to-day operations at City Hall during the height of the pandemic. Kauffmann, a former Navy intelligence officer, is vice chair of VoteVets and a frequent commentator on national security issues,

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shadows posed an existential threat to the 52-acre site. We also fought on behalf of the Yeshiva University Pride Alliance, which filed suit against the university for refusing to recognize LGBTQ student organizations, a case potentially headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Adams Company highlights: In many ways, we are the ultimate boutique firm, because we continue to surprise year after year. We have opened up a division just for judicial races. We are currently in transition to refocus more on corporate clients with some political surprises, and our client roster is set to expand very soon. We are expanding from mostly city-centric to city, downstate and statewide. We are very proud of the great success of several of the remarkable women we represented this past year. Rosemarie Montalbano will be Kings County's next surrogate court judge. Cordell Cleare will be Central Harlem's state senator, and Council Member Adrienne Adams will be the first Black woman to serve as speaker of the New York City Council.

named a member of the communications transition committee for Mayor Eric Adams and serves on the board of Coro New York. Earlier this year, Eric Phillips was promoted executive vice president and head of Edelman’s New York crisis management practice, where he counsels C-suite executives involved in highprofile leadership transitions, governance reforms, mergers and acquisitions and internal investigations. Additional new hires to Edelman NY’s Corporate and Public Affairs team include Abigail Barker, Guy King, Djenny Passe and Tiffany Telemaque, adding more depth in state/federal politics and issue campaigns.

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26 ANDREW MANGINI SENIOR DIRECTOR AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS LEAD The Martin Group Other key employee: John Mackowiak Notable clients: New York State Restaurant Association, Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, Vireo Health, Grow NY Farms, Danskammer Energy Company highlights: Since acquiring Gramercy Communications in February 2021, The Martin Group – a

leading New York state integrated communications agency – has continued to rapidly expand its public affairs portfolio. The firm has recently tackled various education, energy, health care and infrastructure issue campaigns and assignments at both the state and federal level. Former Gramercy Communications partner Andrew Mangini leads the firm’s public affairs practice, and founder Tom Nardacci continues to consult with The Martin Group as a senior advisor.

27 RONNIE & MICHAEL OLIVA CEO; PRESIDENT Sykes Global Communications Notable clients: Kings County Supreme Court Judge Rosemarie Montalbano, state Sen. Cordell Cleare, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne

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28 ANDREA HAGELGANS & ERIC PHILLIPS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, NEW YORK OFFICE; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Edelman Company highlights: In the past year, Andrea Hagelgans has supported clients addressing critical policy initiatives, including the caregiving crisis in the United States, the expansion of electric vehicles and the intersection of business with societal issues, among others. She was recently

Other key employees: Richard William Thomas, Michelle Loeb Notable clients: Siebert Williams Shank & Co, Home Healthcare Workers of America, FDNY EMS Local 2507, Barasch & McGarry, Kenya Education Fund Company highlights: Butler Associates is a multidisciplined strategic communications firm with offices in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut, and clients across the nation. In fall 2021, Butler Associates was honored with the Public Relations Society of AmericaNY’s 2021 best reputation and brand management campaign award for its work on its “A Pandemic of R-E-S-P-EC-T for NYC’s Medical First Responders,” a very successful year-long national earned media campaign to elevate recognition for the critical work of the New York City’s medical first responders – our FDNY EMTs and paramedics.

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on cable news and in print. Bluejacket went 3-0 on Albany legislative campaigns in 2020, with three big wins: expansion of prevailing wage (Blue Collar Coalition), legalizing surrogacy/ChildParent Security Act (Family Equality Council) and the Elevator Safety Act (elevator mechanics union).

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30 PAUL LARRABEE MANAGING DIRECTOR Corning Place Communications

31 JEN FERMINO MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Moonshot Strategies Other key employees: Jason Ortiz, Jenny Sedlis Notable clients: New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, StudentsFirstNY,

34 MINDA CONROE, ASHLEE PALMIERI & ADAM MOREY Jen Fermino of Moonshot Stategies

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Innocence Project, Vera Institute of Justice, New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, #BEYONDrosies Company highlights: Firm was just founded in 2021.

32 SARAH BERMAN, DANE WISHER, KARYN HOUDE & KATE HARRINGTON PRESIDENT; MANAGING DIRECTORS The Berman Group Other key employees: Chris Hopkins, Director of Technology; Michelle LaRocca, Creative Director Notable clients: New York Power Authority, The Howard Hughes Corp., Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp., RXR Realty, Brookfield Company highlights: Expanded our team and office to include Boston and Washington, D.C., locations. Helped launch the national Stand with Cities campaign in 2021 to bring together landlords and political figures to stop migration away from

large cities following the pandemic.

33 RONN TOROSSIAN FOUNDER AND CEO 5W Public Relations The veteran PR executive is known for his no-holds-barred approach to representing his clients and it often works. He has garnered attention recently for appearing at the side of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, including at an election victory party at the Manhattan club Zero Bond. 5WPR, which Torossian founded in 2003, has worked with such clients as Sinclair Broadcast Group, CoinFlip, Columbia Care and, briefly last year, Chris Cuomo.

Other key employees: Francisca Cruz, Erin Hearn, Michelle McCarthy, Jeff Quain, Tess Morrissey, Carly Andersen, Gabriel Torres Notable clients: PhRMA, Compassion & Choices, Unchained At Last, GRAIL, BCW Global, Chamber of Progress Company highlights: In 2021, J Strategies grew its team of talented communications professionals in order to service our expanding roster of high-profile clients in the life sciences, health care, technology, financial services and nonprofit sectors. As our team grows, so has our reach, providing national campaign support and adding clients in New Jersey and New Hampshire. We're also launching dedicated practice groups in areas including cannabis, digital technology and consumer brand management. J Strategies is extremely proud to have supported the work

Paul Larrabee's firm worked on a parking reservation system in the Adirondacks.

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Other key employees: Andrew Gregory, Josh Poupore, Chyresse Wells Notable clients: New York State Conference of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, New York State Professional Fire Fighters Association, Northeast Dairy Producers Association, Retired Public Employees Association, Association of Proprietary Colleges Company highlights: In 2021, Corning Place Communications teamed with the Adirondack Mountain Reserve to manage the rollout of the first-ever parking reservation system in the Adirondacks and supported the 4201 Schools Association's efforts to secure $30 million in capital funding for health and safety projects at its 10 member schools. Additionally, CPC worked with the New York State County Highway Superintendents Association to advocate and access nearly $1 billion in transportation infrastructure investments. In 2022, CPC's Senior Vice President Josh Poupore will serve on the Public Relations Society of America National Board of Directors.

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of Unchained At Last in advocating for the enactment of legislation ending child marriage in New York. The bill passed both houses and was signed into law in 2021.

NICOLE EPSTEIN, BRADLEY GERSTMAN & DAVID SCHWARTZ SENIOR ASSOCIATE; PARTNER; PARTNER

GEORGE ARZT, BOB LIFF, BRIAN KRAPF & JAMES CHRISTOPHER PRESIDENT; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT; MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE MARKETING George Arzt Communications Other key employees: Maya Gelfand, Shawna Baratta Notable clients: Association of Supreme Court Justices of the State of New York, Extell Development Co., Kings County Democratic County Committee, JCDecaux North America Inc., Lendlease Company highlights: When the state court system administrators took the extraordinary step of refusing to recertificate 48 Supreme Court justices for continued service, the associations representing city and state justices reached out to George Arzt Communications for guidance to help make the case why the actions were unwise, unfair to litigants and judges alike and in

apparent violation of the New York state Constitution. Working with reporters throughout the state, we helped craft a narrative that led the court system to reverse its action and worked with the associations to ensure that appellate justices were reappointed to continue their service as well.

36 HANNAH ARNOLD & LISA LINDEN PRESIDENT AND CEO; MEDIA STRATEGIST The LAKPR Group The LAKPR Group, which boasts PR veterans Hannah Arnold and Lisa Linden on its team, often stays behind the scenes but is known among insiders for guiding corporate clients and political figures through media firestorms. Notable clients: Hotel Association of New York City, Clearview AI, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Quiznos, FMG Leading

The LAKPR Group is known for its crisis communications work.

37 JOE BONILLA MANAGING PARTNER AND SENIOR MEDIA DIRECTOR Relentless Awareness Other key employees: Mike Allen, Sam Moskowitz, Sabrina Flores, Brooke Pominville, Ariah Matias Notable clients: Deloitte, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, National Association of Theatre Owners of New York State, Discover Albany, City of Troy, Nine Pin Cider, Waste Management, Delivery.com, Maria College, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, PowerVision Robot Company highlights: Our team has invested additional resources in commercial production for digital and television advertising, digital and social strategy, DEI consulting and media buying. The hiring of Mike Allen as director of production, coming off a decade in television news, strengthens the firm’s overall capabilities. The firm looks to hire more for our Albany office, looking to hire more in the New York City area, and add additional personnel in branding and creative strategy out of our Las Vegas office.

Notable clients: Red Apple Group, New York School Bus Contractors Association, Special Education 853/4410 School Coalition, New York Association of Grocery Stores Company highlights: Placing critical stories in the press to bring much needed attention to the serious issue surrounding the lack of parity in education funding for kids with disabilities in New York.

39 MICHAEL SKELLY PRESIDENT Skelly Strategic Solutions Notable clients: New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, New York State Troopers PBA, Subway Surface Supervisors Association, Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees, New York State Supreme Court Officers Association Company highlights: My firm continued its vigorous advocacy in the media on behalf of our uniformed and civilian public sector union clients, facing a myriad of high-stakes political challenges. One of our more notable accomplishments this year was our successful effort to assist the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association in its existential fight to prevent the de Blasio administration from illegally privatizing the jobs of

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hundreds of NYC Correction Officers. If the city's efforts were successful, there would have been significant negative ramifications for other public sector unions. We enlisted the public support of many law enforcement and civilian unions throughout the city of New York, as well as the Municipal Labor Committee and the New York State Public Employee Conference and our united labor coalition prevailed. No correction officer jobs were privatized! We also helped lead a public awareness campaign to assist the Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees in passing the “first responder bill,” which was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul and for the first time ever, recognized 911 emergency operators and dispatchers throughout New York state as first responders.

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jobs statewide for people with disabilities; the Archdiocese of New York; CAMBA; New York eHealth Collaborative; PhRMA Company highlights: Past year has seen growth in high-stakes strategic planning and positioning for several large and small organizations, as well as more traditional communications and media relations.

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Notable clients: Maya Wiley for Mayor, Met Council on Jewish Poverty, Coro Fellowship, 32BJ SEIU, New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera Company highlights: Downfield was founded this fall and is a firm specializing in strategic, crisis and political communications. Off the bat we’ve had some good wins, including James Solomon for City Council in Jersey City, helping 32BJ’s national airports campaign around Thanksgiving and continued work highlighting the incredible job the Met Council on Jewish Poverty does to ensure people have hot meals. In 2022, we will be working with even more candidates in New York and nationally and great organizations doing important work.

Notable clients: Compassion & Choices, Siena College Research Institute, New York State Industries for the Disabled, New York eHealth Collaborative, UFC Company highlights: The firm has helped several issue campaigns advance their objectives and position those issues for the opportunity of success in the 2022 legislative session.

41 BOB BELLAFIORE OWNER Stanhope Partners Notable clients: New York State Industries for the Disabled, which facilitates

43 STUART MARQUES FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT Stuart Marques Communications Notable clients: 1199SEIU, Chashama. Past clients include 32BJ SEIU, RWDSU, Pratt Center for Community Development, Housing Rights Initiative Company highlights: We played a key role in various successful campaigns for 1199SEIU, including nursing home reform legislation and contract negotiation wins for the union’s health care heroes with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes as well as with the two major associations representing some 33,000 workers at 250 for-profit nursing homes across the state. We also did major writing projects and op-eds on the New York City mayoral race, and for clean energy groups and on various state issues.

44 JONATHAN DAVIS MANAGING DIRECTOR Northside Research + Consulting Insiders in New York politics know that Jonathan Davis is one of the best in the business when it comes to opposition research, which is a discreet way of getting a certain message out on behalf of clients. But Davis – who declined to divulge any details about his work for this list – likes to keep a low profile. Public records indicate that he has worked for the likes of Rep. Ritchie Torres, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Corey Johnson’s New York City comptroller bid

and Scott Stringer’s mayoral campaign.

45 ALYSSA CASS PARTNER Slingshot Strategies Other key employees: Sam Haass, Evan Roth Smith Notable clients: Jumaane Williams for New York governor, Open New York, Andrew Yang for New York City mayor Company highlights: Slingshot Strategies, led by partners Alyssa Cass, Sam Haass and Evan Roth Smith, made a splash this year through their work on campaigns for Jumaane Williams, Vanessa Gibson, Jo Anne Simon and Andrew Yang. Cass, who joined Slingshot this year from New Deal Strategies, was a senior communications advisor to Jamaal Bowman’s 2020 campaign and worked on Sandy Nurse’s special election. Slingshot’s polling and communications practice is supplemented by national work on donor advisory, particularly in the nonprofit and civic engagement space. One of the newer firms in New York politics, Slingshot’s fast-growing client list shows a preference for progressives and historic first-and-only candidates that are remaking the city and state’s political landscape.

46 KIM WILSON MARSHALL FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR Wilson Marshall PR + Special Events Other key employees: Jervelle Frederick, project and creative director

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Goodman Media International Inc. Notable clients: FreshDirect, Ballet Hispánico, HANAC, Student Leadership Network, Columbia Business School Company highlights: Goodman Media International Inc. is celebrating its 25th year anniversary. Throughout my 20year tenure at GMI, it has been a privilege to work with client partners from various sectors of business who are leaders in their respective industries and serving diverse communities with important and impactful missions and purpose.

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access to capital for small cannabis businesses.

50 YURIDIA PEÑA Todd Shapiro is the president and CEO of Todd Shapiro Associates Public Relations, which is headquartered in New York City with offices in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Shapiro’s clientele includes public figures, business executives, health care professionals, first responders and emergency services, public officials and municipalities. Among the clients he has worked with are New York State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, the Nassau County Democrats, 77 WABC Radio, the village of Hempstead and the village of Freeport and various labor unions.

49 KRYSTEN COPELAND FOUNDER KC & Co Communications

Mercury congratulates our own Michael Nitzky and Jon Reinish and the entire media relations team for being selected for City & State’s 2022 Political PR Power 50 List. Partners: Dan Bank, Jan Feuerstadt, John Gallagher, Charlie King

Company highlights: Krysten Copeland’s past clients have included Rep. Yvette Clarke and former Assembly Member Michael Blake, and she also worked for Dianne Morales as communications director during the 2021 mayoral election. She is currently working on supporting communications for marijuana legalization and equitable Krysten Copeland of KC & Co Communications

FOUNDER Alta Consulting Notable clients: Shaun Donovan for New York City mayor, Exalt, Hartford Public Library, FoodStream Network, GreenPoint EARTH, Diana Reyna Strategic Consulting Company highlights: Alta’s diverse portfolio includes issue-based organizations and campaigns laser-focused on social impact and progressive initiatives. This election season, Yuridia represented former HUD Secretary and OMB Director Shaun Donovan for his New York City mayoral bid. In the social impact space, she is supporting communications for FoodStream, a tech platform that easily connects leaders in the food industry with local groups to distribute fresh produce and hot meals to food insecure communities, and is helping GreenPoint EARTH highlight multistakeholder activations with artists to create street art that raises awareness about climate change solutions in public spaces. On criminal justice reform, Yuridia works for Exalt, a nonprofit that works to reduce and vacate sentences for court-involved youth and provide academic and skills training capacity support to internal communications and leadership teams.

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Notable clients: EatOkra, Harlem Shake, 5001 Flavors Clothing Co. / Harlem Haberdashery / HH Bespoke Spirits, Larry Blackmon / FreshDirect, Harlem Commonwealth Council, New York Urban League, The Knowledge House Company highlights: Wilson Marshall PR + Special Events has hospitality and lifestyle division – WM Experiences highlighting the services we provide to hospitality and lifestyle businesses. We offer several packages for small to midsize businesses and nonprofits. Jervelle Frederick is now project and creative director.

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Watermill Cros sing Development LLC. App. for Auth. filed with the S SN Y on 11/05/20. Originally filed with Secretary of State of Delaware on 08/14/2019. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1035 5th Avenue, Apt 15B, New York, NY 10028. Purpose: Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 60 East 7th Street, LLC filed with SSNY on 11/19/21. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 60 East 7th Street Apt. 2A New York, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of K E NILWOR TH 11210 LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 11/16/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 145 Kenilworth Place, , Unit CF-1A , Brooklyn, NY 12210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of LONG YAN REALT Y LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/22/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 107 Forest St Staten Island, NY 10314. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of LTCP HE 43 MANAGER LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attn: Eli D. Greenberg, Esq., 444 Madison Ave 6th Fl New York, NY 10022. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation o f 1 81 M E S E R O L E AVENUE LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/9/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to ATTN: Paul Caine, 7 Penn Plaza Ste 1400, New York, NY 10001.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Form. of MAMMOTH SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/29/21. Office location: Chemung. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY mail process to 241 Pantigo Rd East Hampton, NY 11937. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of MERRY CLIFF TOO, LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/21. Office location: Broome SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 27 Theresa Blvd, Binghamton, NY 13901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of MOMENTUM LOGISTICS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/12/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to 138 Freeborn St, Staten Island, NY 10306. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of NEW LESER GROUP HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/1 0/2 1 . O f f ic e location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1481 47th St Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose

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Notice of Formation of NICE CONDO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/1/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 382 Jefferson St, Brooklyn, NY 11237. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of OMLID HOLDINGS LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/16/21.Office location: New Yo r k SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Phillips Nizer LLP, 485 Lexington Ave 14th flr, New York, NY 10017. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SPAM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/29/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to c/o Ashish Kumar 121 E 18th St, New York, NY 10003. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SUPER 777 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/17/21. Office location: Queens SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 5027 192nd St, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of XOCHITL FLORES FLOWERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 640 40th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of WR B H B R ANDS GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/21/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2354 East 5th St Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of Union 16 Borrower LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/17/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 11/16/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 162 Montague St 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of ZOU & HOU 6523 REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/28/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6523 11th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 5 BORO REHAB OT PT, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/24/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1906 Bergen Ave Apt 3-0, Brooklyn, NY 11234. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of CHI IFA, LLC filed with SSNY on 05/24/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: MYHUNGRY WORLD INC 909 THIRD AVENUE UNIT 542 NEW YORK, NY 10150 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of 306 86TH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1 0/1 2 /2 1 .O f f ic e location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 306 86th St Brooklyn, NY 11209. Any lawful purpose.

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NNotice of Formation of 153 DIVISION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/15/16. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 268 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205 . Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 143 HOWELL STREET APAR TM E NT S LLC . Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/3/21. Office location: Ontario SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to 140 Washington St Canandaigua, NY 14424. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 149 CHESTNUT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 149 Chestnut St Brooklyn, NY 11208. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 227 GARFIELD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/14/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 195 Garfield Place, #1G, Brooklyn, N Y 11215 . Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of AE BROOKLYN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/10/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 232 Lake St, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of 419 16TH CC OWNER LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/22/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 11/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 162 Montague St 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose.

P O D I A T R I C MEDICINE SURGERY CONSULTANT PLLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 11/23/2021. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The PLLC, 189 Lyman Pl., Englewood, NJ 07631. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity Notice of Qual. of 197 EAST 7TH CC OWNER LLC. Auth. filed with S S N Y on 11/2 2 /2 1 . Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 11/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 162 Montague St 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of 405 EAST 6TH CC OWNER LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/22/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 11/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 162 Montague St 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 201 NASSAU AVENUE LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/17/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attn: Paul Caine, 7 Penn Plaza Ste 1400, New York, NY 10001. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 271 AINSLIE STREET LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/9/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attn: Paul Caine, 7 Penn Plaza Ste 1400, New York, NY 10001.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of DAKOTA LIVE!, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/03/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Pennsylvania (PA) on 10/31/18. 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. PA addr. of LLC: 925 W. Lancaster Ave., Ste. 220, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. Cert. of Form. filed with Acting Secy. of the Commonwealth, 401 North St., Rm. 206, P.O. Box 8722, Harrisburg, PA 17 10 5 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of 247 NASSAU AVENUE LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/12/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attn: Paul Caine, 331 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 316 S. 4TH STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attn: Paul Caine, 7 Penn Plaza Ste 1400, New York, NY 10001. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qualification of LBC CREDIT MANAGEMENT, L .P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/24/21. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/28/05. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 614 N. DuPont Hwy., Ste. 210, Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Qual. of 764 UNION CC OWNER LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/22/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 11/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 162 Montague St 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of CHEN LIU 640 51ST LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 10/11/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 640 51st St Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SINGLE BUBBLE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/6/21. Office location: Madison SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 2442 Ocean Ave Apt 4D, Brooklyn, NY 11229. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation o f R O S E LY N N Y U REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/22/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1458 65th St Brooklyn, NY 11215. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of WMF LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 569 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11207. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SHOT WELL AVE LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 11/30/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 176 Benedict Rd Staten Island, NY 10304. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ART THEORY - A C R E AT I V E ARTS THERAPY PRACTICE, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/30/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 41-21 24th St. Apt 2J, Long Island City, NY 11101. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of B&M MARKE TS1 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/18/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m ail process to 47 Keating St Staten Island, NY 10309. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation o f B E LT B A R L L C . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/27/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 315 Flatbush Ave 537, Brooklyn, N Y 11217. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of BL ACK S WA N PROJEKT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/30/21.Office location: New Yo r k SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to 100 Metropolitan Ave #6, Brooklyn, NY 11249.Any lawful purpose. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (Pending) for beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the A l c o h o l i c B e ve r a g e Control Law at 575 Main S treet Armonk , N Y 10504 for on premises c o n s u m p t i o n . BL 575 Main NY LLC.

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Notice of Formation of COLOR FUL WOR LD LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/23/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 468 Van Buren St Brooklyn, NY 11221. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of DE ROAD GROUP USA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/17/21. Office location: Queens SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY mail process to 15064 Melbourne Ave, Flushing NY 11367. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of DEK ALB ASSETS 2015 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/12/15.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY mail process to 141-07 20th Ave Ste 409, Whitestone, NY 11357.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of EAST 6 AND 7 BORROWER LLC. Auth. filed with S S N Y o n 11/ 1 7/2 1 . Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 11/16/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 162 Montague St 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of GMMGC LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1 0/2 1/2 1 . O f f ice location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 15 Jaffe St Staten Island, NY 10314. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of HF2 HOTEL OWNER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/29/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m ail process to Attn: Stephen Chan / Erik Warner, 372 Court St 2nd Fl Brooklyn, NY 11231. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Crandall Performance, LLC filed with SSNY on 11/01/2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 95 Horatio St. Apt 6T. New York, NY. 10014. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of J E N NA R E ALT Y LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 12/2/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 336 Mayfair Dr. N, Brooklyn, NY 11234. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of JK 192 PROPERTY LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 11/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 192 32nd St Brooklyn, NY 11232. Any law ful purpose. V.P. POLY XENE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/02/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Vasilios Papaioannou and Polyxeni Papaioannou, 600 West 178 Street, Apt 31, NY, NY 10033. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Lovely Lore LLC, filed with SSNY on 09/28/2020 Office: KINGS County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC: 5802 Snyder Ave Brooklyn NY 11203. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of IN GOOD COMPANY C A F E & E AT E R Y, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/29/21. Office location: Madison SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 5337 Mark Lane, Cazenovia, NY 13035. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qualification of HTS WEST 42ND STREET LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/3 0/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/16/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration 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, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of Just Salad 655 6 th Ave LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 11/15/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the company c/o Delaney C orp orate S e r vic e s , Ltd., 99 Washington Ave. , Ste. 805A, A l b a ny, N Y 1 2 2 1 0 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

NPKB DUANE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/06/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, 129 Duane Street, Apt. 4T, NY, NY 10012. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1300915) for beer, wine, liquor and cider a has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor and cider at retail in a under the OP 252 Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 100 Pearl Street New York, NY 10004 for on premises consumption. Bars and Events Pearl Street LLC with Cask + Care Notice of Formation of RoziesDesigns, LLC filed with SSNY on 07/31/2020. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 37 7 Netherland Ave Staten Island, NY 10303. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. WIDE VIEW LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/25/2021. 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, 156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1107, NY, NY 10010. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of Objetiny, LLC filed with SSNY on 12/09/2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1123 Broadway, Ste 712, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of STERN ETE III, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 11/19/21. O f fice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Timothy P. Te r r y, c/o T h e Hartz Group, Inc., 667 Madison Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10065. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of PYRAMID EFFECT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 11/12/21. O f fice location: N Y County. Princ. office of LLC: 173 Seventh Ave. South, NY, NY 10014. 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. of fice. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of STERN EDOF, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 11/19/21. O f fice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Timothy P. Te r r y, c/o T h e Hartz Group, Inc., 667 Madison Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10065. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation o f T H E E M B A S SY STUDIOS LLC filed with SSNY on 09/22/2021. O f f ice: NE W YOR K County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: PHASE ONE NET WORK , INC. 424 WEST 33RD STREET, SUITE 220 NEW YORK, NY, 10001, USA Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1340817) for cider, beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell cider, beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 17 1 East Broadway New York, NY 10002 for on premises consumption.

Notice of Formation of GK NE W YOR K VENTURES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1 0/ 2 8 / 2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process agains t it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 2835 North Highway, A1A, Unit 601, Indialantic, FL 32903. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 60 East 7th Street, LLC filed with SSNY on 11/19/21. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 60 East 7th Street Apt. 2A New York, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

BE CHIKI LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/26/2021. 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, 555 West 23rd Street #N6M, NY, NY 10011. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, N Y 112 28 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (Pending) for beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the A l c o h o l i c B e ve r a g e Control Law at 109 WBroadway New York, NY 10013 for on premises consumption. BL 109 WBroadway NY LLC. Notice of Formation of GREGORIO DESIGNS, LLC filed with SSNY on 11/09/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: ANTONIO HAUGHTON ADDRESS: 2950 WEST 33RD STREE T, AP T 4D BROOK LY N , N Y 11224 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1340933) for beer, wine, and cider a has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a under the OP 252 Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 67 1ST AVEUNE NEW YORK, NY 10003 for on premises consumption. WARA NY LLC Notice of Formation of Limelsa Floor Covering & More LLC. filed with SSNY on 03/24/21. Office: Westchester Count y. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Jose A Ortiz 590 5th Avenue Apt. #E1 New Rochelle, NY, 10801 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (Pending) for beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the A l c o h o l i c B e ve r a g e Control Law at 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 for on premises c o n s u m p t i o n . BL 55 Hudson Yards NY LLC.

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Notice of Formation of SE COND HOME PICTURES LLC filed with SSNY on 12/13/2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: MONIQUE PERREAULT 4601 HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY WEST, UNIT C6 BRONX, NY, 10471, USA . Purp ose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of MALINDA2 SERVICES LLC filed with SSNY on 12/06/2021 Office: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: THE LIMITED LIABILIT Y COMPANY 616 E LINCOLN A VE, APT A52, MOUNT VERNON, NY, 10552, USA Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of SYKO BROOKLYN LLC filed with SSNY on 11/30/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: JAMES,J KIM / ROSETTE KHOURY-KIM 214A PROSPECT PARK WEST APT A, - J AND H FARM - BROOKLYN, NY, 11215, USA Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of HORIZON MEDIA LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/24/21.Office location: New Yo r k SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Horizon Media New York Llc At tn: Scott Hazlett 75 Varick St 16th Fl. New York, NY 10013Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 15 W 89th Street Bass LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/3/21. Office location: New York Count y. NY Sec. of State designated age nt of the L LC upon whom process agains t it may be ser ved, and shall mail process to 15 W 89th St, New York , NY 10 024 . Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of L atch Insurance Agency, LLC filed with SSNY on November 24, 2021. Office: New York Count y. S SN Y designated Registered Agent Solutions, Inc. of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 1008, Albany, NY 12260, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending for a Restaurant On Premises liquor license has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, cider, wine and liquor retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 8 Elm Street, Bloomfield, NY 14469, County of Ontario for on premises consumption.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending for a Retail On Premises liquor license has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in a Catering Establishment under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1100 S Goodman S t , R o c h e s t e r, N Y 14620, County of M onro e for on premises consumption.

Notice of Formation of 15 W 89th Street Treble LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/3/21. Office location: New York County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom p ro c e s s a g ain s t i t may be served, and s hall mail p ro c e s s to 15 W 8 9 th S t , New Yo r k , NY 10024. Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of 163 CIT Y ISLAND AVENUE, LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/2 2 /2 1 . O f f ice location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to 163 City Island Ave Bronx, NY 10460. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of MELIOREM, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/2/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 555 10th Ave Apt. 40F, New York, NY 10018.Any lawful purpose.

Cheap Charlie’s Restaurant LLC Notice of Qualification of DUANE WEED, LLC. Authorit y filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/17/21. Office location: Kings County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/15/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1000, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Address to be maintained in DE: 9 E. Loockerman St., Ste. 311, Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

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The Divinity Estate and Chapel, LLC d/b/a: Divinity Estate and Chapel Notice of Formation of E3 HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 333 Flatbush Ave 1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation o f A PE C G L O B A L HOLDING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/11/21. Office location: New Yo r k SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 355 West 39th St New York , N Y 10 018 . Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of CNYBSN, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/14/21.O f fice location: HERK IMER SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m ail process to 43050 Ford Rd Ste 160, Canton, MI 48187. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of COOLE Y RYANS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/16/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m ail process to 249 Smith St # 2001, Brooklyn, NY 11231. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of CR E E M STUDIO LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/9/21. Office location: Columbia SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1220 County Rt 22, Ghent, NY 12075. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of Calmo LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 9/28/15. Office location: KINGS LLC formed in DE on 9/28/15. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to: 90 State St. Albany, NY 12207. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of FL AMINGOS CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 12/14/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 9/15/21. SSNY desg . as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to: C/O Urban Future Lab, 370 Jay Street, 7th Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of HE ALTH RCM NEW YORK, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/22/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10/20/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: Attn.: Claudia Honan, 300 Park Ave, Ste 2501, New York, NY 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of DAV ID H Y UNGHWA K I M , M . D. , PL L C . Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 420 East 61st Street, Unit 14e, New Yo r k , NY 10065. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 3AN REALTY GROUP LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 11/10/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 706 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of CHIDINMA N W A C H U K W U PHYSICIAN SERVICES PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/2/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 21 West End Ave Apt 4004, New York, NY 10023. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JET BLACK LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/6/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 444 Franklin Ave Ste 1B, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of LINGLONG N YC LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/14/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to 18 Buel Ave Staten Island, NY 10304. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of A&W SUPPLIERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/2/20. Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m ail process to 2823 Avenue Z, Brooklyn, New York, 11235. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of LUCK Y LEE REALT Y LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 12/7/21. Office location: New York . LLC formed in DE on 5/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 225 Rector Place, Unit 22h, New York, NY 10280. Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS The Centre of Tallahassee, 2415 Nor th Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahas s e e , Florida 32399 Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of MC1R VENTURES, LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/6/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 174 Pacific St Brooklyn, NY 11201. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of C R M D S T I L LW E L L LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/3/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1991 Stillwell Ave Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of NI & CHEN REALT Y LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/3/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6913 New Utrecht Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of OR 159 S 2, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/9/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O: Phillips Nizer Llp, 485 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 18343. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of OR 188 GREEN, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with S S N Y on 11/3 0/2 1 . Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m ail process to C/O: Phillips Nizer Llp, 485 Lexington Ave, New York , NY 18343. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of SEIKO LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/1/21.Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 15 E 13th St, New York, NY 10003. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of AMOGY B74 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/9/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 13 Greene Ave Brooklyn, NY 11238. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Seventy Four Sunnyside LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/10/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 74 Sunnyside Te r r a c e , Staten Island, NY 10301. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of THE PINES CLOTHING C O M PA N Y, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 218 Randolph St 2nd Fl Brooklyn, NY 11237. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of K ATE FITNE S S , LLC filed with SSNY on 11/15/21. Office: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 150 west 47th, NY, 10036. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qual. of ISLAND CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 12/14/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 9/15/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Urban Future Lab, 370 Jay S treet , 7 th Fl, BROOKLYN, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of WAVERLY DG LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1 0/14/2 1 . O f f ice location: Tioga. LLC formed in FL on 9/27/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 631 N. Us Hwy 1, Suite 100, North Palm Beach, FL, 33408. Arts. of Org. filed with FL S OS . R A G ray Building 50 0 South Bronaugh St Tallahassee, Florida 323 9 9 . Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of E BK MANAGE ME NT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/8/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m ail process to 599 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 38 Newel Street LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/16/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail process to 79 North Henry St Brooklyn, NY 11222 . Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Mercier Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/6/2021. Of fice location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 130 Fort Washington Ave, #3C, New York, NY 10032, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of T E L E G R A PH R OA D LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/28/21. Office location: Ontario SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY mail process to 6752 Bear Ridge Rd Lockport, NY 14094 Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1341304, for beer, liquor and wine, has been applied for by Rock South Rink Banchan, L.L.C. & LMU LLC to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 10 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020 for on premises consumption. Rock South Rink Banchan, L.L.C. & LMU LLC Notice of Formation of IGUARD INFO LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with S S N Y on 12 /20/2 1 . Office location: Ontario SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 15 4 Cobblestone Court Plaza, Ste 122, Victor, NY 14564. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of GS STL QOF LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 12/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 12/7/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corporate Creations Net work Inc . 60 0 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY . Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. D o v e r, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of NOBIS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/06/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to: 485 Madison Ave Ste 202, New York, NY 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of HFP 15 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/08/21. O f fice location: N Y County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Cohen & Cohen, LLP, 767 Third Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of AW COL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY o n 1 2 / 7/2 1 . O f f i c e location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 166 Montague St Brooklyn, NY 11201. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice is hereby given that a license number PENDING for beer & wine has been applied for by HBM TRIBECA LLC to sell beer & wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 88 W Broadway, New York NY 10007 for on premises consumption. HBM TRIBECA LLC dba HOMEMADE BY MIRIAM Notice of Qual. of GS STL QOZB LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 12 /17/2 1 . O f f ic e location: New York . LLC formed in DE on 12/7/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O C orporate Creations Net work Inc . 60 0 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY . Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qualification of STASH101 LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/26/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/09/21. Princ. office of LLC: 75 Varick St., 8th Fl., NY, NY 10013. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration 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, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1341289, for beer, liquor and wine, has been applied for by Rock Central Rink Harvest L.L.C. & Spudrock, LLC to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 10 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020 for on premises consumption. Rock Central Rink Harvest L.L.C. & Spudrock, LLC

Notice of Formation of 66 PULASKI STREET LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 12/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 66 Pulaski St Brooklyn, NY 11206. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of RYMAMAQU LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/9/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to Attention: Lynn M. Edens, 150 Wooster St New York, NY 10012.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of S K W H I L L S I D E BLEECKER LENDER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/2/21. Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attention: Lynn M. Edens, 150 Wooster St New York, NY 10012.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of AWMB HOLDING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m ail process to 166 Montague St Brooklyn, NY 11201. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of 720 WEA VENTURES, LLC. Auth. filed with S S N Y on 1 2 /1 5/2 1 . Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 8/24/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 350 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of DDV HOLDINGS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 12/21/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 270 Corbin Place, Brooklyn, NY 11235. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of MB BE AU LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 166 Montague St Brooklyn, NY 11201. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of R. SETHNA EVENTS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 12/9/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 344 East 76th St Apt 8, New York, NY 10021. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of AIELLO PROPERTIES LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 12/27/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 320 Bethel Ave, Staten Island, NY 1 0 3 0 7. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 420 CARROLL GP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/21. O f fice location: N Y County. 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. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Public Notice NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNT Y OF KINGS DI T EC H FINAN C IAL LLC, F/K /A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST FLOZENA WEEMS AKA F L OZ E M A WEEMS, et al. , Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 01, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, outside on courthouse steps on Adams Street, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on February 03, 2022 at 11:00AM, premises known as 757 G E O R G I A AV E N U E , BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 4321, Lot 45. Approximate amount of judgment $472,676.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 500829/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Kings County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Of fice of Cour t Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2. ny c o u r t s . g o v/A d m i n/ oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and s c re e ning p rac ti c e s in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Charlane Odetta Brown, Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 17 75 Wehrle Drive , Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 70495 Notice of formation Evanstech HVAC & Refrigeration LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 08/28/2021. Office located in Bronx. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 2420 Wallace Ave Apt 2, Bronx N Y 104 67. Purpose: any law ful purpose.

Public Notice At Part 53 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held in and for the County of New York at the Courthouse, located 60 Centre St. New York, NY, on the 22 day of November, 2021 The 22 of November, 2021 PRESENT: HON. ANDREW BORROK, J.S.C Justice of the Supreme Court In the Matter of the Application of UNION GOLD, INC., as a holder of fifty percent of all outstanding shares of African Metals Corp., Petitioner,

for the Judicial Dissolution of AFRICAN METALS CORP., a New York corporation, pursuant to Business Corporation Law § 1104(a)(3)

Index No.: 656238/2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Motion #001

-againstAFRICAN METALS CORP. Respondent. Upon reading and filing of the Petition of Union Gold, Inc. (“Union Gold”), verified on the 29th day of October, 2021, and upon the exhibits attached thereto, and the statement of corporate assets and liabilities, including the name and address of each shareholder and each creditor and claimant of AMC pursuant to BCL § 1106(a), and it appearing that African Metals Corp., (“AMC” or the “Corporation”) is a for-profit corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, with its principal place of business located in New York County, and it further appearing that Petitioner Union Gold owns a fifty percent (50%) interest in the Corporation, and Générale Des Carrières Et Des Mines Pour La Commercialisation, S.A. (“Gécamines”) owns a fifty percent (50%) interest in the Corporation, and it further appearing that there is dissension among the members, who are so divided that dissolution would be beneficial to the shareholders, NOW, THEREFORE, Let AMC, Gécamines, the New York State Attorney General, the New York State Tax Commission and any and all other known persons interested in the Corporation show cause before the New York County Supreme Court, located at 60 Centre Street, New York, New York on the 24 th day of January, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. or as soon as counsel may be heard, why judgment should not be entered as follows: 1. Dissolving AMC pursuant to BCL § 1104(a)(3); 2. Granting Petitioner such other and further relief as the Court deems just, proper, and equitable; ORDERED, that pursuant to BCL § 1106(b), Petitioner shall cause a copy of this Order to Show Cause to be published at least once in each of the three weeks before the time appointed for the hearing above, in the following publications: City & State New York; amNewYork, and it is further ORDERED, that pursuant to BCL § 1106(c), on or before December 3, 2021, Petitioner shall serve a copy of this Order to Show Cause, and the papers upon which it is based, upon the New York State Tax Commission, AMC, and each person named as a shareholder, or upon his or her counsel, except upon a person whose address is stated to be unknown, and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. The service shall be made personally on or before December 3, 2021 or by mailing a copy by certified mail of the order, postage prepaid, on or before December 3, 2021 to the person to be served at his last known address; and it is further ORDERED, that any answering papers or cross-motions shall be served on Petitioner’s counsel by electronic filing on or before January 10, 2022, and it is further

Notice of Formation of Viral Pegasus, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Sec. of State of NY on 12/6/21. Office Location: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and mail process to: c/o the LLC, 437 Cornelia Ave. SI, NY 10312. Purpose: any law ful purpose. Notice of formation of PREACHER HOUSE LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/22/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 77 Madison St., Apt. 19, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Qualification of BELGO FRANCHISOR LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 264 Butler St., Brooklyn, NY 11217. DE addr. of LLC: c/o C orp oration S er vice Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. WFLD Jewelry Studio LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 12/01/2021. Cty: Richmond SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to JTS Associates CPAS, P.C., 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 403N, Westbury, NY 11590. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity

ENTERED: 11/22/2021 HON. ANDREW BORROK, J.S.C.

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Notice of Qualification of BEECHTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/23/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/10/21. Princ. office of LLC: 41 E. 57th St., 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 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., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1336529, for beer, liquor and wine, has been applied for by Tombre LLC to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a tavern under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 for on premises consumption. Tombre LLC Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1341437) for cider, beer, liquor and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell cider, beer, liquor and wine at retail in a OP-252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1841 WES TCHESTER AV E BRONX, NY 10472 for on premises consumption. GOLDEN SPOON RESTAURANT LOUNGE AND JERK CENTER INC. Notice of Formation of SWH 33 PROPERTIES LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/31/21.Office location: New Yo r k SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave #4 0 0, Harrison, N Y 10528.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding star ting on January 24, 2021 and end on February 4, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: # 1A10 Shannon Morgan: black plastic bags, carpets, 1-sink, 2-doors, 2-T V ’s #4 G 12- L ino B ohn: several boxes, 10-black plastic bags #4H05- Lino Bohn: several file boxes, several boxes #4H 0 8 - Lino Bohn: several boxes #4L01- Olaotan O Fowora: boxes with personal items, chair, plastic bins, luggage, cooler, bag of clothes #4L 5 4 - L ino B ohn: several boxes, several suitcases , 2-wooden chairs, 1-wooden table, 1- guitarcase #4L 5 8 - L ino B ohn: several boxes, 1-computer monitor, 2- computer keyboards, 1 - P. C . #5A14 Camille Gordon-David: folding table, laundr y bags #9T01- Philip Sblendorio: ramp, industrial dolly, several boxes, several plastic bins, printer, plastic case #B105Imran Lonie: several boxes The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time. Notice of Formation of ME DCAP GL AM LLC, filed with SSNY on 12/02/2021. Office: Westchester Count y. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1969A Palmer Avenue Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any law ful act or ac tivit y.

VGM GOV BIZ LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/14/2021. Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 445 Empire Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 12225. Reg Agent: Menachem Light, 445 Empire Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 12 2 25 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of MJ76 REAL ESTATE LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/31/21.Office location: New Yo r k SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave #4 0 0, Harrison, N Y 10528.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of CASTLE PA R K CO M M U N I T Y MANAGEMENT, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 10/26/2021. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 10/19/2021. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 413 W 14th St., 2nd Fl, Ste 208, NY, NY 10014. Address required to be maintained in DE: N ational R e gis tere d Agents, Inc., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of a New York LLC. Name: Tazinnes LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was October 25, 2021. Location: 2 Stuyvesant Oval, #5F, N ew Yo r k C o u n t y, NY. SSNY has been designated as agent of Tazinnes LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of such service to Tazinnes LLC, 2 Stuyvesant Oval, #5F, New York, NY 10009. To engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Notice of Qualification of JOKR - 4 DUTCH STREE T, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of N Y (S S N Y ) on 12/21/21. Office location: NY C ount y. LLC formed in Delaware ( D E ) o n 0 6/ 1 1/2 1 . SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY shall mail process to c/o C T Corporation System, 28 Liberty St., NY, NY 10005 . DE addr. of LLC: The Corporation Trust Co., Corp. Trust Center, 1209 Orange St. , Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., J o hn G . Towns e n d B l d g . , 4 0 1 F e d e ral St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of URBAN OYSTER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 12/22/21. O f fice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 148 Lafayette St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10013. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. of fice. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1341295) for cider, beer, and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell cider, beer, and wine at retail in a Cafe: TW 344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 44 MULBERRY STREET NEW YORK , NY 10013 for on premises consumption. YU AND ME BOOKS LLC.

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Notice of Formation of Ahimsa Advisors LLC filed with SSNY on December 12, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 82 Remsen St., Garden Suite, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1 3 41 6 0 6 , f o r b e e r, liquor and wine, has been applied for by 133 Greenwich LLC to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a tavern under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 133 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006 for on premises consumption.

Notice of Formation of Joyce Murakami LLC filed with SSNY on July 3 2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 138 Duane Street, Apt. 2N, New York, New York 10013. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of SMY THE BUSINESS SERVICES LLC filed with SSNY on 08/26/2021 Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 746 FULTON ST., APT. 2, BROOKLYN, NY, 11238, USA Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Application for Authority of Foreign Limited Liability Company (FL LC): TINICUM VENTURE PARTNERS LLC Application For Authority of FLLC filed with the S e cre tar y of State of New York (SSNY) on: 12/10/2021 The jurisdiction of the Company is: DELAWARE, and it was formed on: 11/22/2021 Office location in NYS, NEW YORK County is: 800 THIRD AVE 40 TH FLR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022. SSNY designated as agent of the FLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY can mail process to: C/O TINICUM ENTERPRISES INC 990 STEWART AVE, STE 580, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530. The address of the principal office of the Company in DE is: 1209 ORANGE STREET, WILMINGTON, DE 19801. The name and address of the authorized officer in: DE where a copy of the Articles of Organization of the FLLC is filed: Secretary of the State: JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, 401 FEDERAL STREET, STE 4 DOVER, DE 19901. Purpose of company is any lawful activity.

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Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending for an Onpremises liquor license has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, cider, and liquor at retail in a Bar/Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 2849 NYS Route 9N, Crown Point, NY 12928 County of Essex for onpremises consumption. War Cannon Spirits LLC Notice of Qual. of E LE VE N -T WE LVE EAST, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/7/22 Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE 12/16/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY m a i l p r o c e s s C/O UNITED AGENT GROUP INC.600 Mamaroneck Avenue#400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of DUPONT JENSEN LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/4/22.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to c/o C orporate Creations Network Inc.600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528 . Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SONNY JEAN CREATIVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 79 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Any law ful purpose. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 13 4 0 9 0 8 , has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a restaurant un d e r t h e A l c o h o l Beverage Control Law at 226 7th Ave., Brooklyn NY for on premises consumption. Food Farm NYC LLC dba Earthen. Notice of Qualification of RAITH REAL ESTATE FUND III L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/22/21. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/16/21. Princ. office of LP: 424 Madison Ave., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10017. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general par tner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John B. Townsend B l d g . , 4 0 1 F e d e ral St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Making portfolio investments in commercial real estate. LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM

Notice of Formation o f L o g g i a C ap i t al LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/8/21. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 67 Edgemere Ave, Greenwood Lake, NY 10925. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of PRINCE STREET HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 10/27/2021. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 10/25/2021. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 31 Hudson Yards, 11th Floor, NY, NY 10001. Address required to be maintained in DE: N ational R e gis tere d Agents, Inc., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 85 feet on an 86-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 961 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, New York C o u n t y, N ew Yo r k 10032; and to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 77 feet on an 83-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 188 2nd Avenue, New York, New York County, NY 10003. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t te d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Benjamin Allen, b.allen@trileaf.com, phone: 678-6538673, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 400, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067.

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January 17, 2022

Notice of Qual. of MODID LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 12/9/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in CT on 4/26/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 90 State St. Albany, N Y 12 207. Ar ts . of Org. filed with CT SOS. P.O. Box 150470, 165 Capitol Ave. Suite 1 0 0 0 H ar t f o rd , C T 06115-0470. Any lawful purpose. Notice of formation of HAKSY LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/3/22. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 199 Bowery, Apt 8EF, NY NY, 10002. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Formation of MYMEMORIES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with S S N Y on 12 /2 3/2 1 . Office location: Otsego SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 1024 County Highway 27, Richfield Springs, NY 13439. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of QUANDARY SHIPPING LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 1/3/22. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2108 30 Ave, Apt 2, Astoria, NY 11102. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 218 20TH STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/27/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 42-40 Bell Blvd, Ste 400, Bayside, NY 11361. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of BAY VIEW BED AND B R E A K F A S T, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/21/21. Office location: Wayne. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to 8420 Bay St Sodus Point, NY 14555. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of BLOOMONRIVERSTREET LLC . A r t s .O f O rg . filed with S SN Y on 1/10/22. Office location: Delaware SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1866 C o u n t y H i g hway 6 , Bovina Center, NY 13740. A ny law f ul purp os e . Notice of Formation of CHRYSALIS CAPITAL AND ADVISORY LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 6/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail process to 90 State St Ste700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of DACK X SERVICES LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/3/22. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 2039 County Hwy 107, Amsterdam, NY 12010. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of IRVINE BH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/28/21 . O f fice location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2385 Arthur Ave Ste #208, Bronx, NY 10458. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 2025 GERRITSEN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/1/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 1761 East 29th St Brooklyn, NY, 11229. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of F I N E PAT H R E A LT Y LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1607 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY 11229 4416. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KMGS CONSULTANCY, LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 10521 Flatlands 10th St., Brooklyn, NY 11236. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GROUSSMANS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 1/3/22.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 3745 Amboy Rd Apt. 17B, Staten Island, NY 10308. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of L &N PROPER T Y NY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/16/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 759 52nd St Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HONG & HOME LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/28/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1360 82nd St Fl 2, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 170 ST NICHOLAS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/5/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 449 Harman St, Brooklyn, NY 11237. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of WF Industrial X V LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/3/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 80 8th Ave., Ste. 1602, NY, NY 10011. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 122 E. 42nd St., 18th Fl., NY, NY 10168. Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Formation of TSPRO, LLC. Arts. O f Org . f iled with SSNY on 1/3/22. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 41 Wellington CT, APT 1L , Staten Island, NY 10314. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of WADSWORTH EXCAVATION & SITE DEVELOPMENT, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/10/22. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to 185 So Shore Rd E. Caroga Lake NY 12032. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 660 47TH STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/4/22.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 655 50th St 2fl, Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of AMAZING GOODS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/5/22. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 30 Eva Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 22 ST MARKS BAKE LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/16/21.Office location: New Yo r k SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 22 St Marks Pl., New York, NY 10003. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of LU PROPERT Y MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/4/22.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6 Stryker Ct, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of AR T IN D IA LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/22. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to Po Box 1889, Newtown, ND, 58763. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: PIZZABAGEL LLC, LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 12/23/2021 . Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copies of process to Anthony Rizzuto, 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite 300, Rye Brook, New York 10573. Purpose is to engage in any and all business a c ti v i ti e s p e r mi t te d under NYW laws . Shaolin Bead Shop LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 11/24/2021. Cty: Richmond SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to JTS Associates CPAS, P.C., 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 403N, Westbury, NY 11590. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Admin and Things LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on . Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: . The principal business address of the LLC is: . Purpose: any lawful act or activity Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a Coffee shop/ Tavern: TW 344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 605 Forest Ave, Staten Island, NY, 10310for on premises consumption. R & J Roaster LLC Notice of Qualification of 400 CAPITAL ASSET BASED TERM FUND AIV L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/21. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/13/21. Princ. office of LP: 510 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process agains t it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general par tner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 251 Little Falls D r. , Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with S e c y. o f S t ate o f the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Qualification of 400 CAPITAL JSIF IV L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/21. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware ( D E ) o n 0 6/ 1 1/2 1 . Princ. office of LP: 510 Madison Ave . , 17 th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be ser ved. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general par tner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 251 Little Falls D r. , Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with S e c y. o f S t ate o f the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 88’) on the building at 770 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY (20211301). Interested par ties may contact Scott Horn (8 5 6 809 -1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties. Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 170.8’ & 171.3’) on the building at 40 W 72nd St, New York , NY (20220046). Interested parties may contact Scot t Horn (856 - 809 -1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties. Notice of Formation of Kate Louise Herts, PhD, Psychologist PLLC filed with SSNY on 12/22/2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PLLC: 99 Hudson St., 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10013. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Public Notice FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS In the Matter of an Article 8 Family Offense Proceeding File#: 197675 Docket#: 0-01234-20 Terrell Ellis (Petitioner) SUMMONS - GENERAL (VIRTUAL) Jhlani Banks (Respondent) NOTICE: DUE TO THE ONGOING EFFECTS OF COVID-19, THE MATTER(S) INDICATED ABOVE HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY To: Jhlani Banks 28-50 W 24 Street Brooklyn, NY 11224 A petition under Article 8 of the Family Court Act has been filed with this Court. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear VIRTUALLY before this Court on: Date/Time/Part:March 7, 2022 at 10:30 AM in Part2 Purpose: Settlement Conference Presiding: Hon. Elizabeth L. Fassler to answer the attached petition and to be dealt with in accordance with the Family Court Act. Virtual appearances may be held via video or phone. To update your contact information, e-mail or call the court and provide your name, phone, e-mail address, docket number(s), and date/time of court appearance. Court E-mail: QueensFamilyCourt@nycourts.gov or Court Phone#: (718) 298-0197 If you have documents that you would like to send to the Court, at least 5 days prior to the Court date please submit through our Electronic Document Delivery System (EDDS) https://iappscontent.courts.state.ny.us/NYSCEF/live/ edds.htm or e-mail to QueensFamilyCourt@nycourts. gov. FOR VIDEO, CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://notify.nycou11s.gov/meet/0kwsz4 FOR PHONE, CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER AND ENTER THE MEETING ID Phone: 1-347-378-4143 Meeting ID: Conference ID 281015098# For information on how to install/use Microsoft Teams to participate in virtual court proceedings, visit: https://nycourts.gov/appear. If you fail to appear as directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Dated: December 7, 2021 Doreen M. Hanley, Chief Clerk NOTICE: FAMILY COURT ACT §154(C) PROVIDES THAT PETITIONS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 4, 5, 6, 8 AND 10 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, IN WHICH AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS SOUGHT OR IN WHICH A VIOLATION OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS ALLEGED, MAY BE SERVED OUTSIDE THE STATE OF NEW YORK UPON A RESPONDENT WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OR DOMICILIARY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IF NO OTHER GROUNDS FOR OBTAINING PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE RESPONDENT EXIST ASIDE FROM THE APPLICATION OF THIS PROVISION, THE EXERCISE OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE RESPONDENT IS LIMITED TO THE ISSUE OF THE REQUEST FOR, OR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF, THE ORDER OF PROTECTION. WHERE THE RESPONDENT HAS BEEN SERVED WITH THIS SUMMONS AND PETITION AND DOES NOT APPEAR, THE FAMILY COURT MAY PROCEED TO A HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ISSUANCE OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER OF PROTECTION.

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Notice of Qual. of GLOBAL STRATEGIES INTERNATIONAL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/13/22. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/27/04. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail process to: C/O C o r p o r a te Creations Network Inc.600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of CATA LYS T O N L I N E LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/13/22. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/6/04. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corporate Creations Network Inc.600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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Justice Shirley Troutman became the second Black woman to sit on the state’s highest court when the state Senate confirmed her appointment to the Court of Appeals. Troutman, who hails from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s hometown of Buffalo, was the governor’s first nomination to the court and is now the only judge on the seven-member body who was not appointed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

JANNO LIEBER

After months of serving as MTA chair on an interim basis, Janno Lieber finally locked down the job. Plus, the MTA got $6B in aid from the feds. Congratulations Janno, here’s $6 billion, don’t waste it.

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ALVIN BRAGG Republicans and their political allies are already pushing for the new Manhattan district attorney to be removed from office because they don’t like his approach to the job. Gov. Kathy Hochul appears unlikely to indulge them by invoking an obscure state law to fire Bragg, but negative headlines and the combined ire of criminal justice reactionaries made for a rough honeymoon. THE REST OF THE WORST TOM SUOZZI

Does anyone like Rep. Tom Suozzi? His primary opponent Gov. Kathy Hochul rolled out several Long Island endorsements last week that might have been a little bit of gut punch to the member of Congress.

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Vol. 11 Issue 2 January 17, 2022 The uphill battle of shutting down old fossil fuel plants

VICKIE PALADINO

“Vickie Paladino uses her head, her mind and her voice,” the City Council member told NY1 in an interview defending her decision to not disclose her COVID-19 vaccination status last week. In that same interview, she used her voice but apparently not her head when she compared New York’s vaccine mandates to “Nazi Germany.”

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New Yorkʼs pot NIMBYs: The smoke stops here The high cost of losing tax revenue to neighboring towns.

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PHILIP BANKS III Unindicted co-conspirator, schmunindicted schmo-conspirator. Eric Adams’ administration is the City Hall of second chances and that’s clear with Phil Banks, the former NYPD honcho who was named – but never charged – in a federal bribery case. Now he’s deputy mayor for public safety, firing the guy who once investigated him. And he even got to announce his own hiring. Take it to the Banks.

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Mayor Bill de – who again? While Andrew Cuomo stays in the political picture, “stay tuned for more” Bill de Blasio is slowly getting erased from it. His name will be off all the road signs by the end of the month, the New York City Department of Transportation said. Wasn’t he supposed to be running for governor by now? The former mayor might have put his plans on hold for a visit to Puerto Rico with Bitcoin billionaire Brock Pierce.

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