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EDITOR’S NOTE

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

IN THE SPRING OF 1990, my dad was hired to help with the U.S. census. He wasn’t one of the thousands of “enumerators” who knock on doors and ask how many people there are in a household, but he supervised the supervisors who oversaw those door-knockers. While he was a few steps removed from the on-the-ground work, his job was to get feedback on how the effort was going. And throughout his three-month stint, there were no real challenges or issues that came up. The field work that he oversaw was in Central Nebraska, including places like our hometown of Grand Island (population 39,386 that year), nearby Hastings (population 22,837) and even smaller municipalities like Fairfield (population 458) and Franklin (population 1,112). That year, Nebraska didn’t lose any seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, which are allocated based on each state’s population. In fact, Nebraska has held onto its three House seats since the 1960s. By contrast, New York lost 14 House seats in that same period, plummeting from 41 seats to 27. This time around, New York is expected to lose another seat or two. In this week’s cover story, City & State’s Kay Dervishi digs into how New York is trying to boost turnout – especially among immigrants and minorities – and what exactly is at stake.

CONTENTS 2020 SESSION … 8

Are the state Senate and Assembly working together this year?

THE CENSUS … 10 New York’s future depends on this year’s count. HEALTH POWER 100 … 16

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The most powerful people at the intersection of politics and health

WINNERS & LOSERS … 46

Who was up and who was down last week

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“This is Times Square 42nd St., where New Yorkers go to relax.” DE BLASIO PRESENTS HIS BUDGET

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed his $95.3 billion preliminary budget, only about 2.7% more than he proposed last year. That represents the smallest percentage year-to-year increase in a preliminary budget since de Blasio took office. Although Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not presented his executive budget yet, de Blasio said he was keeping in mind likely cuts from Albany in light of the

state’s $6.1 billion shortfall. It was also the reason that major spending proposals were also absent from the mayor’s presentation.

IMPEACHMENT TRIAL BEGINS

The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump has officially begun. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed seven impeachment managers who will act as prosecutors during the trial, laying out the case to remove Trump from office.

They include New York’s own Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Hakeem Jeffries. The House voted to approve the impeachment managers and to send two articles of impeachment to the Senate on Wednesday, setting into motion a series of ceremonial formalities before the trial gets underway. It began with the impeachment managers physically delivering the articles to the Senate, followed by Chief Justice John Roberts swearing in each senator on Thursday.

TOASTED New Yorkers are quick to criticize their Massachusettsraised mayor for his out-of-towner proclivities, but Bill de Blasio just made one of his greatest flubs yet: tweeting that he prefers his bagels toasted – at a bagel shop that doesn’t have a toaster. The Daily News memorialized the abomination on its cover Thursday, revisiting a classic mayoral misstep: chowing down on a slice with a knife and fork.

–comedian Awkwafina, in a prerecorded subway announcement played on No. 7 trains, via The New York Times

Keeping a promise from last session, the state Legislature approved a package of 10 limousine safety bills. The state Senate passed them shortly before the end of the session last year, but they didn’t make it through the Assembly. Shortly after the 2020 session began, both chambers of the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo reached an agreement on the bills. The package has passed in both the Assembly and the state Senate, and is now awaiting Cuomo’s expected signature. The new regulations would include seat belt requirements, new penalties for illegal U-turns and special licenses for limo drivers. The legislation is largely in response to a limousine crash in October 2018 that killed 20 people.

BROOKLYN DEMS GET A NEW BOSS

“Have the pigs started flying yet?” – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, tweeting her surprise that both the New York Post and the Daily News agreed with her opposition to the LaGuardia AirTrain proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, via the Post

It’s a time of change at the Brooklyn Democratic Party as Frank Seddio, who has led it for the past seven years, announced that he is stepping down as chairman. His hand-picked successor, Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, faces no opposition in the race to replace him and is expected to get the committee’s rubber stamp on Monday. Seddio attempted to make

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headway with reformers in the party during his tenure, a departure from his scandal-scarred predecessor Vito Lopez. But he is hardly leaving with the best reputation. The cash reserves of the party have drastically decreased under Seddio’s leadership, as has the county organization’s power. He also had a penchant for remaining loyal to Democrats facing widespread criticism.

TISH INVESTIGATES THE NYPD

State Attorney General Letitia James has opened an investigation into the New York City Police Department to determine whether its officers are biased in enforcing fare evasion in the subways. A spokesperson for the department said that all officers enforce every law “fairly and equally without consideration of race or ethnicity.” The announcement from James

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comes several weeks after several NYPD officers alleged in a federal lawsuit that their commanding officer instructed them prioritize black and Latino turnstile hoppers.

De Blasio’s budget, by the numbers

FLAVORED E-CIG BAN OVERTURNED A state Supreme Court justice ruled in favor of the vaping industry and overturned Cuomo’s administrative ban on flavored e-cigarettes. The decision comes after a previous ruling that temporarily stopped the ban from taking effect. It also follows a partial ban imposed by the federal government earlier this year. Despite the setback, state lawmakers are still trying to end the sale of flavored vaping liquids through legislation. A group of legislators called on their colleagues to pass bills that would ban all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.

A giant question mark hung over New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s fiscal year 2021 preliminary budget announcement: How would potential state budget cuts affect the city? Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget presentation Tuesday is expected to explain how the governor will close the state’s $6.1 billion budget gap – which should, in turn, shed some light on how much the city might be forced to bear the brunt of state cuts. “The word preliminary is crucial in this case,” de Blasio said at his press conference at City Hall, “but it will be very deeply determined by what happens between now and April 1” – the date the state budget is due. “We’ve never seen this kind of threat from the state budget.” Whatever the future holds, de Blasio gave some cold hard numbers.

$95.3 billion What goes up but

never comes down? Age, and New York City’s budget. The expense budget has gone up every year of de Blasio’s mayoralty, but since the city is legally required to provide a balanced budget, the increase in spending is offset by huge increases in revenue as the city rides a period of economic growth.

1,000: The number of new employees the city plans to hire to help implement state criminal justice reforms. In total, the city is attributing $175 million in increased spending to the law, which limits the use of cash bail and requires prosecutors and courts move faster to try suspects and disclose evidence earlier. 80%: The percentage of the city’s

workforce that’s currently under a labor contract. These new contracts, many of which include 8% raises for workers over three years, are the cause of $1.6 billion in increased spending in the current fiscal year.

$1.25 billion: The amount in

the city’s budget reserves, including $1 billion in the general reserve and $250 million in the capital stabilization reserve. The city also has $4.7 billion stowed away in the Retiree Health Benefits Trust Fund.

0: The number of new marquee

spending proposals in the executive budget. With de Blasio urging caution, the best he could scrounge up for the announcement were relatively small investments, like $98 million toward improving street safety on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue and $12.9 million for improving community centers at NYCHA developments.

July 1: The first day of the city’s

new fiscal year, and the day the final budget is due. In recent years, the mayor and the New York City Council have reached a budget deal as much as two weeks before the deadline. But if de Blasio’s fears of state budget cuts are confirmed, this year could bring fraught negotiations.

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WEEK AHEAD

TUESDAY 1/21 Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to deliver his budget address for the upcoming year at 1 p.m. at Hart Theatre in the Empire State Plaza in Albany.

INSIDE DOPE

Cuomo has said he will seek to balance the budget without raising taxes, but that is easier said than done, considering the $6 billion deficit largely driven by Medicaid spending.

WEDNESDAY 1/22

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams (a top 2021 mayoral candidate) keynotes an Association for a Better New York breakfast, 8 a.m. at the New York Hilton Midtown.

Less than a year into the job, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams delivers his State of the People address, at 12:30 p.m. at Brooklyn College.

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BY JEFF COLTIN

CUOMO WANTS TO CHANGE THE SEAL? WE’VE GOT SUGGESTIONS. NOT CONTENT WITH just designing a poster accompanying his 2020 State of the State address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo also made a very real artistic proposal in the speech: adding “E pluribus unum” to the state seal. If the governor is eager to change our sacred coat of arms, then we’ve got some ways he can really make it his. New York-based illustrator Martin Gee gave us an idea of what it could look like.

OCTOPUS

Good enough for William Jennings Bryan’s campaign posters. Good enough for Cuomo’s historical propaganda. Good enough for the seal. (Ironically, seals usually eat octopuses.)

CAPTAIN

Eagle: old, cliché. Captain, Cuomo’s Siberian/shepherd mix: fun, adorable.

BILLY JOEL

An avatar of liberty is fine, but has she sold out the Garden 72 straight times like Cuomo’s best bud?

LADY JUSTICE

Which does Cuomo love more – fishing, or local craft beer?

RAINBOW

Per Cuomo’s State of the State poster, this is the Arc of the Moral Universe. The More You Know.

THE BRIDGE

E PLURIBUS UNUM

Out of many good ideas, the one likely to be implemented.

CORVETTE

Cuomo keeps a photo of his Chevy Corvette on his desk. Now, it will be everywhere.

MARTIN GEE; SUBMITTED

New York’s finest piece of infrastructure, bar none, the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.

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A Q&A with outgoing Brooklyn Democratic County Leader

No matter what we’ve done, in that community, it never seems to be enough.

FRANK SEDDIO Why are you retiring now? You’re a young 73 years old. I’ve been county leader for eight years now. Truthfully, I thought it was time. I don’t know if I could accomplish much more than I have in my career. And I think it’s time for new, younger leadership to take over. I’d like to think that I laid a good foundation for the people who are following past me. I’ve been thinking about it for a while. You say you’re proud of your progressive accomplishments. Having more county committee meetings, for example? We’ve done things like

that. I think there were some (reforms) that were good, some that were bad. But the next leader can make a decision about how they feel about it. We’ve done more than any other county to be inclusive – despite not getting the credit for doing so. If I have a disappointment, it’s that no matter what we’ve done, in that community, it never seems to be enough. Would the New Kings Democrats say you’ve unified the party? They’re not the only group here. They get the most attention. But no matter what we do, whatever meeting we

the one that I believe best serves the party.

have, nothing ever seems to (please them). We were not able to continue the kind of funding that (former Brooklyn boss) Vito Lopez was getting. So why did you endorse Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte to take over the party? She’s a young member of the Assembly. She has the opportunity to be a good fundraiser. She has leadership qualities that I don’t think people have appreciated in her in all this time. She has become

Did Bichotte come to you and say she wanted to be the next party leader? No, actually I’ve gone to her. I’ve evaluated all the different leaders, and I’ve gone to her. Assemblyman Walter Mosley criticized your handling of the party’s finances last year – I’m sorry, who’s Walter Mosley? Is he somebody? I don’t know, Walter Mosley? I think he was – he might still be a leader. I haven’t seen him in a year. He hasn’t shown up at a meeting in a year, so it’s hard for me.

Does the retirement have anything to do with you owing more than $2 million in a deal over a Golden Corral franchise? Absolutely not. Have you ever owned a business? I owned a business! It went bad. We were back and forth in litigation dealing with it. Like every other business in America that does that. I’m not happy that we didn’t do well, but I do accept that we have to deal with it and litigate it. (My retirement) has nothing whatsoever to do with me or my personal finances. And nothing to do with the party! I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished.

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The state Senate and Assembly leaders aren’t the same dynamic duo they were last year.

by Z A C H W I L L I A M S

IKE THE FICTIONAL Wonder Twins whose powers only worked after they touched, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins have shown that they are more powerful when they work together. When this one-two legislative punch first formed after Democrats won control of the state Senate in 2018, both chambers passed landmark bills on abortion rights and voting access in the first days of the 2019 legislative session. One year later, the two chambers aren’t always on the same page. Each chamber has considered different bills in the first days of the session. The two leaders have emphasized different ways of closing the $6 billion budget deficit and have had different responses to the backlash against new limits on cash bail. Though the two chambers reached a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on limousine safety – an issue that fell by the wayside last June – the 2020 legislative session has hardly begun with a legislative boom. The discrepancy may stem from different political priorities for each leader at

the beginning of an election year. Stewart-Cousins has to protect vulnerable suburban moderates whose fate in the general election will determine the future of Democratic control of that chamber. Heastie has to protect liberal incumbents in New York City who may face primary challenges from younger, left-wing insurgents. While there is no reason to believe that the interpersonal relationship between Heastie and Stewart-Cousins has suffered because of these political dynamics, they have yet to show that their unity extends to the most controversial issues. Stewart-Cousins and Heastie face very different tasks this year compared to the need last year to show that Democrats could get big things done with their largest legislative majorities in a century, according to Democratic political consultant Bruce Gyory. “Each house pursues, by definition, an approach that tries to strengthen their political position,” he said. “I don’t think they’re crossing swords by any means. I just think it’s a little difference in orientation.” In their first week back in Albany, state Senate Democrats have focused on promoting a message that they are willing to consider changes to legislation they passed last year when they think it is warranted. On

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the first day, the upper chamber passed bills to address issues with early voting, following complaints at a public hearing in November, and to finish a stalled effort to establish automatic voter registration. At a press conference announcing the bill package, Stewart-Cousins said that it highlighted the idea that Senate Democrats were “not a ‘set it and forget it’ majority.” The majority leader has also said she is willing to consider changes to bail reform, a top legislative priority of Democrats last year. Though she has not fully committed to making changes, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Attorney General Letitia James have done, any move by the Senate to make changes to the bail law would be welcomed by suburban Democratic moderates who are already publicly calling for revisions. Hate crimes could be one area where Stewart-Cousins might support expanding the types of offenses subject to cash bail. “Personally, I think that hate crimes sometimes strike at the core of entire communities, and so on, so I want to look at it to see if we are appropriately classifying this,” she told reporters on Jan. 9. Heastie, meanwhile, has downplayed the possibility of making changes to criminal justice reforms by expanding the realm of bail-eligible offenses, or allow-

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ing judges to consider a criminal suspect’s dangerousness when deciding whether to release them pretrial. “We want safe communities, but it is important to have a criminal justice system that treats everybody fairly,” he told reporters on Jan. 9 in remarks that have reflected opposition from progressive groups to backsliding on the new reforms. A similar dynamic has emerged on dealing with the $6 billion budget deficit. While both legislative leaders have said they want to avoid making cuts to government programs, they must either cut spending or raise revenues. Stewart-Cousins has emphasized the need to avoid raising taxes, an idea that is unpopular with suburban moderates, while Heastie has signaled a willingness to consider tax hikes. Spokesmen for both Heastie and Stewart-Cousins said it was too early in the session to make judgements on the coordination between the two chambers. “This is silly,” the spokesmen each said in separate statements. Activists pushing for lawmakers to take up issues as diverse as anti-vaping legislation and rolling back tightened rent regulations told City & State that, at this point, it is hard to judge just how different political dynamics in both houses might affect how the two chambers work together. Kevin O’Fla-

herty, director of advocacy of the Northeast region for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said that one way or another, he expects that new laws cracking down on vaping will pass both chambers, even if there are no guarantees it will happen at the same time. “In any of our meetings with members of the Assembly, we haven’t gotten any kind of increased pushback or any kind of concern about moving these bills, any more so than we get in the Senate,” he said. It is still early. However, the role of a third player in the legislative process must be taken into consideration. Perhaps the Wonder Twins cannot successfully act alone, despite the special powers they have when they work together. They will likely need some additional force to get deals done on the budget, bail and other issues. To do that, they will need help from Cuomo, the most powerful figure among the “three people in a room” who decide the most important issues in state government. So if Democrats are able to address the deficit, resolve the tricky politics of bail and pass legislation on issues like legalizing recreational marijuana in the upcoming months, it might be said that it is Wonder Triplets who are really showing what Democrats can do with their control of state government.

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Amid attacks from the White House, the 2020 census is crucial to New York’s future. Can it avoid another undercount? by K A Y D E R V I S H I

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ULIE MENIN’S MESSAGE is simple. New York is in a nationwide contest for political power and billions of dollars in federal funding – and it all comes down to its residents taking two minutes to fill out a census form this spring. “We are fighting for money for public schools, public housing, our senior centers, Medicaid, Head Start,” Menin said before a packed Manhattan Community Board 10 meeting in Harlem this month. “And if we don’t fill the census out, who gets that money? It goes to other states.” As the director of NYC Census 2020, Menin has made it a priority to make sure New Yorkers fully understand what’s at stake. It was a message she said she didn’t get when she was informed about the census a decade ago, while chairing Community Board 1 in lower Manhattan. “I will never forget that someone from the federal Census Bureau came by and said, ‘It’s time to fill the census out. It’s your civic duty to do so,’” she said last month in an interview. “And no one paid any attention.” New York ended up doing particularly poorly in 2010, with an initial response rate far below the national average, which caused the state to lose two congressional seats. But this year, even more is at stake after the Trump administration’s failed attempt to add a citizenship question to the census. “President Trump thought he could bully the people of New York City,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during the launch of the city’s census outreach campaign. “He thought he could convince them not to respond to the census. He thought he could intimidate us. Well, he’s been away from New York a little too long. Maybe things are different in Florida but here in New York we do not get intimidated.” The citizenship question ultimately was a fight about political representation and funding, Menin said. “It’s really truly about an illegal attempt by the Trump administration to cause progressive cities such as New York City to lose funding, because we have a large immigrant population,” she said, adding that representation that doesn’t go to New York would be diverted to Republican states. On top of that, the U.S. Census Bureau has pulled back its field operations across the country to invest more resources in its transition to the first online census. The digital census has and only will be tested once in the United States, spurring fears that this year’s count will be marred by server failures, hacking and other technical issues. Several states, including New York – which is already expected to lose at least one congressional seat –

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population gets counted. New York has put $60 million toward census outreach, which is 30 times the amount it spent in 2010. New York City is investing a historic $40 million as well – the last time around, the city put no public funding into supporting the count. Menin, who also serves as the city’s executive assistant corporation counsel for strategic advocacy, has been spearheading a high-stakes plan for the past year, joining efforts in the middle of the legal fight over the Trump administration’s proposed citizenship question. It’s not an unfamiliar position for Menin, who colleagues say has marked her career by untangling difficult problems. She launched new programs to boost gender equity as commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and brought the Grammy Awards back to the city. And before she took the reins at what was then the Department of Consumer Affairs, the agency had been plagued by criticisms that it issued excessive fines to businesses. As commissioner, she shifted the agency’s focus to consumer restitution and reduced fines. It was also in that role that she learned the key to a strong ground campaign while promoting both the city’s earned income tax credit and the paid sick leave law. “I remember seeing it on digital, social, online, offline, TV, radio, taxi TV – like everywhere I was seeing stuff about paid sick (leave),” said Neal Kwatra, founder and CEO of Metropolitan Public Strategies. But the census is probably Menin’s biggest challenge yet. The city has never taken on this type of comprehensive outreach effort before, and there are few roadmaps outlining the perfect way to run such a citywide campaign. And if the next six months don’t turn out a better count, New Yorkers will have to deal with its ramifications for the next decade.

VERY 10 YEARS since 1790, the federal government tries to count every person in the country. And after each count since 1950, New York has been hit with bad news. Back then, the state had 45 congressional representatives. That number has consistently fallen, leaving residents with 27 representatives today. Now this is mostly due to New York’s declining population, but these results may also be attributed to the state’s low census response rate, which was 5 percentage points below the national average in 2010. Only 61.9% of New York City residents filled out the first census form they received that year, compared with the national average of 75.8%. Those self-response rates were particularly dismal in some parts of Brooklyn, where less than half of residents responded. The 2000 census produced similarly poor results: New York City’s initial response rate was 55%,

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JULIE MENIN’S POLITICAL FUTURE DA or BP? Local leaders, pundits predict where she might go once the census is done. By Aaron Short

JULIE MENIN HAS two important jobs right now, and New Yorkers may be hearing her name a lot more frequently this fall when candidates start gearing up to run for district attorney, borough president and other New York City offices in 2021. For the past year, the city census czar has led one of the state’s highest-profile campaigns to ensure that the decennial survey counts every New York City resident, despite efforts by the Trump administration to drive down response rates among noncitizens. In addition, Menin has a senior role with the city Law Department to bring cases whenever the federal government and corporations take actions that harm New Yorkers. Once census workers finish their tallies this summer, Menin will have to make an important decision about what to do next in her career. “I think Julie has a bright future ahead of

her,” District Council 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido told City & State. “The work she’s done with the census has been tremendous and her whole life has been public service. Certainly she’ll be at the forefront of any race she seeks.” Menin has been coy about her intentions. A month after Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed her to both positions, the New York Post reported that Menin was eyeing a run for Manhattan district attorney and that her staff contacted political club leaders to arrange outreach meetings. These days, Menin says she is “singularly focused” on the census. “We have an unprecedented campaign to count every New Yorker and it is all-consuming,” she told City & State. “Once it concludes I am going to take a hard look at how I feel about how I best continue work in public sector life.” That hasn’t stopped those in Manhattan political circles from preparing for her future. Supporters are closely monitoring which candidates have expressed interest in the Manhattan district attorney’s race, one Democratic officeholder said. And Menin has been discussing the seat with key political leaders like National Organization for Women New York City President Sonia Ossorio. “I have spoken to her about the district attorney race, that’s the first one that comes to my mind,” Ossorio told City & State. “She’d be a formidable candidate and a serious opponent to any candidate, including

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New York City Census Director Julie Menin speaks at a press conference after the Supreme Court overruled the Trump administration’s census citizenship question.

the current district attorney.” But that doesn’t preclude her interest in other seats, such as Manhattan borough president, which could put her on a path for citywide office. “If someone like Julie ran and won Manhattan borough president, you’d have to talk about her as a potential mayoral candidate,” Metropolitan Public Strategies CEO Neal Kwatra said. “Given the paucity of top-tier female candidates, someone like Julie is going to have a real impact on the race if she gets into (it) because we have a lot of white guys running for a lot of seats.” Menin has familiarity with the borough president’s office, since she already ran for it in 2013. She raised more than $1 million but finished fourth in a four-way race, garnering just 17% of the vote. Instead of going to the private sector, Menin joined the de Blasio administration as its Department of Consumer Affairs commissioner before shifting to head the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, where she helped lure the Grammy Awards back to New York City. A disappointing result in 2013 should not discourage her from running again, political observers said. “It’s true that Julie lost her only electoral bid, but nobody could have beaten Gale Brewer in that contest,” former Public Advocate Mark Green told City & State. “Menin got on the political scoreboard because she showed her fundraising and retail politics chops.”

But running the top law enforcement post in Manhattan may be more enticing. Menin positioned herself as a legal advocate when she investigated the possible illegal sales of handguns online, oversaw the city’s paid sick leave outreach campaign, and found that women were taxed more than men for similar products while at the Department of Consumer Affairs, which she described as a “prosecutorial agency.” The challenge, of course, is that the incumbent may not be going anywhere. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has given no indication he will step down after a rocky third term in which he’s been criticized for accepting contributions from defense attorneys and for mishandling cases involving President Donald Trump’s children and Harvey Weinstein. Vance would be the favorite in a crowded race, and so far several candidates, including Assemblyman Dan Quart, have announced their intentions to run. Ossorio believes that Menin would use her experiences to craft a vision for the office and address the criminal justice issues currently roiling our culture, such as bail reform and workplace sexual harassment. “In terms of the #MeToo movement, you have to start with the fact that she is a woman,” Ossorio said. “For a lot of voters, particularly women voters, there is a built-in sense that a woman is going to understand the experience of sexual assault better than a man.”

far below the national average of 67%. State government spending on the 2010 census was significantly lower than this year, with the state putting up $2 million a decade ago. “That was based on a recommendation I made to the then-Senate majority leader when Democrats controlled the Senate 10 years ago, but we had no real idea of how much we wanted to ask for,” said Jeff Wice, a census and redistricting expert who is currently a senior fellow at New York Law School. People are encouraged to fill out the census form starting around mid-March, after the U.S. Census Bureau begins to mail out its forms. This period is particularly important for Menin because it gives the city its best chance of being accurately counted. Otherwise, the rest of the count will be put into the hands of “enumerators” hired by the federal government to count everyone who didn’t respond by knocking on their doors. When people don’t open their doors, enumerators will try to guess the number of people who live in a household by consulting with neighbors. Those estimates leave room for error, and it is a big part of why children under the age of 5 are often undercounted. The census form asks how many people are living in a particular household as of April 1, whether they own their home or rent, and for their demographic information, including race, gender and age. But despite the form’s simplicity, language barriers, distrust of government, confusion about what’s on the form and how to fill it out can make certain communities reluctant to send it back. These are what experts dub “hard-to-count” populations, and there are a lot in New York: immigrants, racial and ethnic minorities, renters and the homeless. And the 14.5% of people in New York state without internet access will be another hard-to-count population in 2020. There was one sliver of hope to come out of the 2010 census. In Washington Heights and Inwood, nearly 3 in 4 people sent back the census form – the highest self-response rate in the city and among the highest in the nation, despite having a heavily Latino population that is typically considered difficult to count. “A lot of local people worked on the census, particularly young people,” said Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who served as an assemblyman at the time. “So I think it’s important when you send somebody to knock on someone’s door that that person is culturally sensitive, that the people that are answering the door could identify with that person.” Collaboration and relying on community-based organizations, local businesses, doctors and, in particular, pediatricians was key in getting people in the area motivated for the count, an approach that now serves as a model for the rest of the city. But emulating that strategy everywhere from the Or-

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In 2010, Washington Heights and Inwood had the highest response rates in the city.

thodox Jewish community in Borough Park to the Puerto Rican population in the Bronx will take more resources – and convincing.

DOZEN NONPROFIT EMPLOYEES attending a census training in downtown Manhattan were greeted by round white tables stacked with blue and orange Post-it notes, markers and a pile of pipe cleaners. The latter were just to play with if they had trouble concentrating, according to the nonprofit consultants from Community Resource Exchange who were leading the training and trying to make it more fun. “We want to invite you all to share your name, your organization, one question that you’re coming into today’s session with and then (an) estimated number of people that you reach in any given year,” said one of the consultants, George Hsieh. “Estimated – we’re not going to hold you to it.” John DeWind, executive director of the Nostrand Avenue Improvement Association, spoke first. Based in Crown Heights – which only had roughly half its residents initially respond to the census in 2010 – the organization reaches 1,200 people through its magazine and works with four different churches that each have about 400 to 500 members. “I’m just going to be generous and say 5,000 people,” Hsieh said, scrawling the number on the poster board at the front of the room. And so each person in the room introduced themselves, representing organizations doing everything from helping domestic violence survivors to running arts programs. Eventually, the poster board filled

up with a list of numbers totaling 302,037. “The reality is, you all, even just the 20 some of us in this room, have an incredible reach in the city,” Hsieh said. Community-based organizations have emerged as a central component of outreach efforts across the state, since many already work with hard-to-count communities on a daily basis. Their role features heavily in New York City’s four-pronged plan to get its residents counted. In December, the city awarded $19 million to more than 150 nonprofits working in areas with low self-response rates in 2010. To varying degrees, each will coordinate education and outreach events and incorporate census messaging into their daily work and social media. And not unlike a political campaign, they’ll be taking a grassroots approach. Nonprofits will use call centers, send text messages and do canvassing to let people know about the census. In some cases, they’ll collaborate on those efforts with one of the 245 city-organized volunteer groups known as Neighborhood Organizing Census Committees, which will also be key in the city’s field campaign. More than 2,500 people have signed up with the committees online or via a commitment card as of early January. The U.S. Census Bureau will also for the first time be publishing live updates on which areas have been filling out the census form online. That feedback will allow the city to deploy more resources in real time to neighborhoods that are slower to respond. The third portion of the plan is to incorporate census education and outreach into city agencies. Then there was the city’s an-

nouncement this month that it would take $8 million from its $40 million campaign and put it toward census marketing and advertising in at least 16 languages. Reaching the hardest to count communities is especially a priority – 70% of its print and digital budget will go toward community and ethnic media. Details will be rolling out in the next few weeks about how the messages will play across television, radio, social media and other platforms. “We’re message testing a number of different messages in communities all across the city right now,” Menin said last month. “But we’re also going to market and advertise in new and unconventional ways. So on WhatsApp, for example, that’s going to be a great way that we can reach New Yorkers.” When asked if the census would get some celebrity promotion, such as when the “Broad City” stars encouraged New Yorkers to vote on the charter revisions last year, Menin said the city will partner with some “key influencers across all demographics.” The Association for a Better New York, which has emerged as a major hub for census organizers, is doing its own marketing research to help nonprofits. Its research so far has found that some communities may see filling out the census as a form of resistance to the federal government, said Melva Miller, the association’s executive vice president, while others that have a greater trust in the federal government may respond to different messages. The organization is even creating a temporary communications agency to help those organizations find the right strategy. “My biggest concern in New York City is this idea of potentially too many cooks in the kitchen,” said Chris Dick, a former Census Bureau statistician who currently works at Civis Analytics, a data science software and consulting firm. New York City stakeholders are aware of this concern, that 10 different groups might be knocking on the door of someone who’s already agreed to fill out the census. But Menin said that every phone call or text – by nonprofits, volunteers or city staffers – will be tracked, thanks to software the city will be deploying. Beyond the city, some localities more reliant on state help may not be lucky enough that have problem. “There were lots of Complete Count Committees that weren’t doing things because they didn’t have money,” said Meeta Anand, census 2020 senior fellow at the New York Immigration Coalition, which is focusing much of its efforts upstate. The state has yet to distribute funds to local governments to prepare for the census. Advocates initially had pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo to dedicate $40 million for community groups in last year’s budget. The budget ended up including half that amount, though the governor later set aside an additional $40 million for state agencies to conduct

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POWER 100 WHAT’S THE best way to expand health care coverage? How can medi-

cal costs be brought under control, whether it’s prescription drugs or the state’s massive Medicaid program? Is it a bad idea to let people smoke marijuana or flavored e-cigarettes? These debates, which are raging on the national stage, are also front and center for politicians and policymakers in New York in 2020. In City & State’s Health Power 100, we highlight the stakeholders in New York City and New York state who are formulating the answers to

these policy questions – as well as countless other medical matters, from combating AIDS and opioids to contending with the anti-vaccination movement. The list features an impressive array of individuals: top lawmakers and key government appointees; executives at leading hospitals, health insurers and pharmaceutical companies; caregivers and advocates; and academics and consultants. Everyone on the list is aligned on at least one matter: promoting the health of all New Yorkers.

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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

ard Zucker has shaped state health policy and combated an unending onslaught of public health threats. In 2014, while he was still acting commissioner, Zucker’s agency issued a study that was the basis for banning hydraulic fracturing in New York. He oversaw the rollout of the state’s medical marijuana program, and would play a role if recreational marijuana is legalized. He has found some success in spearheading efforts to end the opioid and AIDS epidemics, as well as strengthening environmental health protections. And he has confronted such threats as Ebola, Legionella, Zika, drug-resistant superbugs – and, more recently, the rising anti-vaccination movement. A lawyer, academic and physician with an extensive career in global public health, disaster preparedness and infectious disease response in both the public and private sectors, he oversees a $150 billion public health agency with more than 5,000 employees. In state government, Zucker cut his teeth as deputy commissioner from 2013 to 2014 and later as acting commissioner from 2014 until his confirmation in 2015. To top it off, he may – or may not – have been the inspiration behind the TV show “Doogie Howser, M.D.”

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2 OXIRIS BARBOT

COMMISSIONER NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE THE NEW YORK CITY Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is one of the biggest and oldest agencies of its kind, serving more than 8 million New Yorkers with a budget of $1.6 billion and some 6,000 employees – and leading the whole enterprise is Oxiris Barbot. Her scope is broad, covering everything from patient care and public health to restaurant grades and birth certificates. The accomplished pediatrician and public health advocate was appointed to the post in December 2018, becoming the first Latina to lead the agency. Born at Bellevue Hospital, Barbot has over 25 years of experience crafting equitable health policy and providing care in urban communities. In her prior role as first deputy commissioner, Barbot was responsible for Take Care New York 2020, an initiative that aims to address social determinants of health, such as incarceration and education levels. She also served as Baltimore’s commissioner of health, where she launched Healthy Baltimore 2015, a program that directed resources strategically to places that would make the biggest impact on public health.

3 CHAIRMAN ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE OVER THE past half century, Richard Gottfried has been a progressive stalwart in Albany. Since he was elected to the Assembly in 1970 at age 23, he has helped craft a raft of notable health care policy measures, including the state’s landmark managed care reform and multiple laws creating avenues for low-income New Yorkers to access insurance. He has championed end-of-life care and reproductive rights, and was the first sponsor of a samesex marriage bill in the Assembly. More recently, he was a driving force behind the legalization of medical marijuana and, with Democrats controlling both houses last year, the passage of the Gender Non-Discrimination Act, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity. But the Manhattan lawmaker isn’t done. For more than a quarter century, he has been advocating for single-payer health care, a proposal that has gained traction in recent years. Gottfried’s signature legislative effort, called the New York Health Act, which would effectively abolish the private insurance industry and create a single-payer system for all New Yorkers.

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4 DONNA FRESCATORE

STATE MEDICAID DIRECTOR; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK STATE OF HEALTH MOST OF the medical professionals and health care

5 KENNETH RASKE

PRESIDENT AND CEO GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION NEW YORK has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit.

Medicaid is on the chopping block. An array of health care services could be slashed. But Kenneth Raske has been here before – and the longtime leader of the state’s preeminent health care advocacy organization is in a position to deliver the best possible deal for his members yet again. Raske, who has led the association since 1984, has helped reverse or limit health care cuts, from the battles he waged against the Spitzer and Paterson administrations to his work on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team in 2011 to the successful campaign to reverse $550 million in Medicaid cuts this past session. While spending millions of dollars on lobbying in Albany, GNYHA has also cultivated a productive partnership with the influential 1199SEIU health care workers union on fiscal matters. Raske’s organization also represents hospitals and care facilities in Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island, and has a presence in Washington, D.C., where it has advocated against Medicare cuts and for the Affordable Care Act.

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policymakers on this list have just one job to do. Donna Frescatore has been tasked by Gov. Andrew Cuomo with two critical posts – either of which would qualify as a top government position in New York health care by itself. Frescatore was appointed Medicaid director in 2018, a role she previously held in 2010, making her responsible for the health insurance of more than 6 million low-income citizens as well as payments to over 80,000 care providers and more than 85 managed care plans. Under her leadership, Medicaid enrollment increased by a record-breaking 435,000 people over the past year. Frescatore continues to serve in her prior position as executive director of New York State of Health, the state’s online insurance exchange, which was created as part of the federal Affordable Care Act. Frescatore has worked in state government for most of her career, first joining the Health Department in 1998 as the director of managed care financing and later serving in the state Department of Civil Service for 17 years.

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AS ONE of the most powerful labor leaders in one of the country’s most union-friendly states, George Gresham has delivered for hundreds of thousands of health care workers he represents all along the East Coast. A member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s original Medicaid Redesign Team, Gresham has partnered with GNYHA to advocate for state health care funding. He has also flexed his muscles on broader issues, including raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

PRESIDENT AND CEO NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS MITCHELL KATZ

was hired in 2018 to right the ship at NYC Health + Hospitals, the nation’s largest public health care system, which manages New York City’s public hospitals and clinics. Katz, who turned the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s $177 million deficit into a $247 million surplus, has already narrowed Health + Hospitals’ $1.8 billion budget gap. He has been tasked with spearheading the mayor’s $100 million initiative to reduce the uninsured population.

8 PAUL FRANCIS

DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES GOVERNOR’S OFFICE PAUL FRANCIS is

one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s most experienced and trusted aides, having previously served as the state budget director in Eliot Spitzer’s administration, director of state operations for thenGov. David Paterson and Cuomo’s director of agency redesign. Following a health scare of his own in 2012 that resulted in the amputation of part of his left arm, Francis rejoined the administration in 2015 as Cuomo’s top health policy adviser.

9 RAUL PEREAHENZE

DEPUTY MAYOR FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NEW YORK CITY WHEN RAUL PEREA-HENZE was

appointed to his current role in November 2019, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called him “a genuine change-maker.” Perea-Henze helped combat veteran homelessness at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and held key roles at Merck and Pfizer. He began his career in city government leadership at the then-New York Health and Hospitals Corp. He’s set to tackle homelessness, mental health, opioid misuse and lead.

10 MARK LEVINE

CHAIRMAN NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL HEALTH COMMITTEE NEW YORK CITY Councilman Mark Levine is

term-limited in 2021, but he’s already running for Manhattan borough president – and part of his record will be his policy achievements in health care. As chairman of the legislative body’s Health Committee and a member of the Progressive Caucus, Levine has championed legislation confronting the public health crisis around vaping and creating a new insurance program for the underinsured.

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Everyone at Bolton-St. John’s (BSJ) wishes to congratulate our friend and partner Tom Connolly on being honored for City & State’s 2020 Health Power 100. Tom has represented an array of clients that include health organizations, membership groups and labor unions. Tom has been involved in some of the most important health care legislative and budgetary decisions throughout New York State in the last quarter century. His creativity in developing public policy solutions has ensured that New York continues to be a leader in addressing barriers to health care access and quality for all New Yorkers. Tom honed his skills as the chief health expert for the Speaker of the New York State Assembly, where he drafted, negotiated and wrote many of the most significant state laws relating to health care, including: the annual Medicaid budget; the law establishing the state’s hospital reimbursement methodology (NYPHRM); the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA); the mandatory Medicaid managed care law; the law establishing the Early Intervention program; and provider prompt payment laws. Tom’s unique experience and expertise make him an invaluable asset to BSJ and our clients. We are proud of Tom for this recognition as it is a testament of his professionalism, talent and achievements.

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seized the state Senate last year and state Sen. Gustavo Rivera was named chairman of the Health Committee, his most high-profile cause has been pushing for single-payer health care in New York. But the Bronx progressive, who decided last year against running for Congress since Albany is where he “can best serve for the foreseeable future,” has championed a variety of health care issues, including lead poisoning, maternal health and affordable prescription drugs.

Grause has made her voice heard on a range of health policy issues as president of the Healthcare Association of New York State. She weighs in on issues like patient safety, maternal mortality and the opioid crisis. HANYS has advocated against the proposal to implement single-payer health care in New York and argued against the nurse-topatient staffing ratio championed by the New York State Nurses Association.

MICHAEL DOWLING

STEVEN CORWIN

PRESIDENT AND CEO NORTHWELL HEALTH SINCE 2002, the

Ireland-born Michael Dowling has led New York’s largest health care provider as well as the state’s largest private sector employer, with some 69,000 people on staff. Dowling, who spent a dozen years in state government, including in several top posts, also is a good boss: In June 2019, he won the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award as the nation’s topranked health care or hospital CEO based on his 95% employee approval rating.

PRESIDENT AND CEO NEWYORKPRESBYTERIAN NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN has nearly

doubled in size since Steven Corwin took over as CEO in 2011. Today, the hospital system includes 10 hospitals and 200 primary care and specialty practices in the Greater New York area, employs more than 47,000 providers and staff and serves more than 4 million patients. A native New Yorker, Corwin was previously executive vice president and chief operating officer at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the organization’s seven-campus academic medical center.

15 ARLENE GONZÁLEZ-SÁNCHEZ

COMMISSIONER STATE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS ONE OF Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s longest-serving

commissioners, Arlene González-Sánchez is battling the opioid epidemic. As co-chairwoman of the state Heroin and Opioid Task Force, she notched a victory late last year by reducing opioid overdose deaths outside New York City for the first time in a decade. Her agency, previously the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, recently was rebranded as the Office of Addiction Service and Supports.

Congratulations to Doug Wirth, Amida Care President & CEO, and to all of City & State’s 2019 Health Power 100! Your leadership makes a difference for all New Yorkers who need access to quality care.

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brainchild of New York City’s first lady, Chirlane McCray. The $1 billion initiative aims to help people with mental illness and is managed by the mayor’s office. Although the initiative has faced criticism for mismanaging funds, it is one of the city’s most important public health initiatives. Susan Herman, formerly a member of the NYPD, was named director of ThriveNYC in February 2019.

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COMMISSIONER STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH ANN SULLIVAN, a

psychiatrist, was appointed acting commissioner of the state Office of Mental Health in 2013. She has led the office through a “transformation plan” – an ambitious effort to save the state millions of dollars by shortening the length of inpatient stays – while redirecting funds from community inpatient bed reductions to support community services and prevent patients from having to be hospitalized in the first place.

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CHAIRWOMAN NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON HOSPITALS NEW YORK CITY Councilwoman Carlina

Rivera, a first-term lawmaker from Manhattan, leads the legislative body’s Committee on Hospitals. With hospitals struggling to stay afloat in Brooklyn, and the city’s public health care system, NYC Health + Hospitals, facing financial challenges, Rivera has plenty on her plate. She has called for the creation of an Office of the Patient Advocate and is seen as a potential contender to be the next council speaker.

a name for herself advocating for women in law and business. In November she was appointed to her role at the state Department of Financial Services, an agency charged with regulating more than 1,400 insurers controlling assets of $4.7 trillion. The seasoned lawyer is a member of the new Committee for the Advancement of Women in Leadership in Financial Services.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION PATRICIA KANE,

who had served as the New York State Nurses Association’s treasurer, quietly replaced longtime leader Jill Furillo late last year. The labor union has raised its profile recently, lobbying for minimum nurse staffing ratios, both with state lawmakers and hospitals. NYSNA, which also advocated for single-payer health care, persuaded several hospitals in contract talks, and continues to push for change in Albany.

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21 ERIC LINZER & LESLIE MORAN

PRESIDENT AND CEO; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT NEW YORK HEALTH PLAN ASSOCIATION ERIC LINZER and Leslie Moran advocate for

29 health insurance companies and managed care health plans providing coverage to more than 8 million New Yorkers. Their biggest fight is opposing single-payer health care, which the group argues “would take away health coverage options currently available to millions of New Yorkers and require massive tax increases.” Linzer is the organization’s face, while Moran deserves credit for her tireless advocacy.

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Parenthood branches in New York state are banding together under one entity called Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, to be led by Laura McQuade. Robin Chappelle Golston runs the state advocacy arm, backing the new Reproductive Health Act that passed last year.

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among the largest nonprofit insurance providers in the United States. Covering 3.1 million New Yorkers, EmblemHealth continues to expand under Karen Ignagni’s leadership. The EmblemHealth umbrella now includes Group Health Incorporated, HIP Health Plan of New York, HIP Insurance Company of New York, ConnectiCare and AdvantageCare Physicians. Before she joined Emblem in 2015, Ignagni was president and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group.

ROBERT GROSSMAN

KENNETH DAVIS

CEO NYU LANGONE HEALTH SINCE TAKING

over in 2007, Robert Grossman has pioneered groundbreaking initiatives at NYU Langone Health that he hopes will strengthen the next generation of doctors and clinicians. The dean of the NYU School of Medicine (renamed the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in his honor) has overhauled medical school education to include more clinical training and famously canceled student debt, calling it a “moral imperative.”

PRESIDENT AND CEO MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM

SINCE HIS appointment as president and CEO in 2003, Kenneth Davis has reversed Mount Sinai’s fiscal troubles and spearheaded growth, including a 2013 merger with Continuum Health Partners that created the Mount Sinai Health System, one of the country’s largest nonprofit networks. A noted scientist and researcher in the fields of psychiatry and Alzheimer’s disease, Davis also weighs in on policy issues, including the risks of marijuana and “public charge rule.”

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TALYA SCHWARTZ

PHILIP OZUAH

LARRY MERLO

TALYA SCHWARTZ

IN NOVEMBER, Philip

AS CEO of One

Brooklyn Health System, LaRay Brown is responsible for overseeing a total transformation of major medical centers in Central and East Brooklyn. She’s armed with nearly $700 million in capital funding from Albany as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Vital Brooklyn” initiative intended to address health disparities. As part of the deal, Brown is expected to develop a 32-site ambulatory care network, deliver infrastructure improvements and create a networkwide health IT platform.

PRESIDENT AND CEO METROPLUS HEALTH PLAN

has taken the reins at a key moment for New York City’s public health plan, which is playing a key role in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ambitious effort to expand coverage to some 600,000 New Yorkers who lack health insurance. Schwartz, who was promoted in May after serving as chief medical officer at MetroPlus Health Plan, has been coordinating with city agencies on outreach while striving for improved access and quality.

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FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CEO REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS LEONARD SCHLEIFER knows how to turn a profit. His decision to invest in pharmaceutical research and development in the 1980s turned out to be a wise bet, and now the Tarrytown-based CEO ranks among the most powerful leaders in the pharmaceutical industry. In an era of sky-high drug prices, Schleifer is among the pharmaceutical execs who have cut exclusive deals with large pharmacy benefit managers to undercut competitors.

Ozuah was tapped to replace Steven Safyer at the helm of Montefiore Medicine, the umbrella group that includes Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The executive previously served as president of Montefiore Health System and as physician-in-chief of the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, implementing programs that helped land the hospital on a U.S. News and World Report list of America’s best children’s hospitals.

PRESIDENT AND CEO CVS HEALTH

SINCE HIS promotion

to the top leadership post at CVS Health in 2011, Larry Merlo has guided major structural changes and business reforms, including a massive expansion of walk-in Minute Clinics and a groundbreaking stance on ending tobacco sales, both the subject of policy debates in New York and nationwide. In 2018, New York threatened to block CVS’ acquisition of health insurance provider Aetna, but ultimately approved the merger, a victory for Merlo.

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CRAIG THOMPSON

JEFFREY SACHS

DEPUTY VICE PRESIDENT FOR CEO ADVOCACY IN NEW UNITEDHEALTHCARE YORK OF NEW YORK AND PHARMACEUTICAL NEW JERSEY RESEARCH AND IN 2013, Michael MANUFACTURERS McGuire was OF AMERICA FEW ORGANIZATIONS hold more

sway in setting health care policy than the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, a pharmaceutical industry lobbying group. As the group’s point person in New York, John O’Connor waged a campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to control prescription drug prices in 2017, calling it “unworkable.”

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PRESIDENT AND CEO NEW YORK STATE HEALTH FOUNDATION AMID THE rancor surrounding the single-payer health care debate in New York, David Sandman has been at the heart of one of its defining issues: cost. Under his leadership, the New York State Health Foundation commissioned a report on the subject from the Rand Corp., which found the proposal could work but would require “significant new tax revenue.” Sandman served as executive director of the groundbreaking Berger Commission before assuming his current position in 2016.

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JEFFREY SACHS is a consultant who has advised New York governors on health care policy since the late 1970s. He played a major role in New York’s comprehensive Medicaid overhauls, helping to negotiate multibillion-dollar Medicaid waivers and serving as one of the lead architects of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team. Sachs may find himself sought after once again as New York seeks to close another major budget shortfall due to Medicaid costs.

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is no stranger to advocating for universal health care. In 2014, she became executive director of the Physicians for a National Health Program’s New York Metro chapter, which had her campaigning all over the city on behalf of a publicly financed health care plan. In 2017, she became director of Campaign for NY Health, advocating for the New York Health Act, which would make New York the first state to adopt a single-payer program.

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DIRECTOR STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AIDS INSTITUTE JOHANNE MORNE worked with the state Department of Health AIDS Institute for six years before being appointed director in 2016. She is known for her dedication to the Ending the Epidemic initiatives – a series of statewide efforts to eradicate HIV – and has worked on the state’s task force and the AIDS Advisory Council on Ending the AIDS Epidemic Subcommittee. The AIDS Institute creates policies related to sexually transmitted disease, viral hepatitis and drug use.

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York congratulates Laura McQuade, our President and CEO, on her selection to New York Health Power 100! Laura led the drive to make our organization greater – now with 30 locations across 65% of the state, innovative educational programs, and a bold voice advocating for health equity and justice.

Brooklyn hospitals struggle to stay afloat, Maimonides Medical Center is thriving. Kenneth Gibbs, who previously served as board chairman and took over as president and CEO in 2016, brought his financial acumen to the leadership post, with valuable experience at several top financial firms. On Gibbs’ watch, Maimonides has solidified a partnership with Northwell Health, and it remains Brooklyn’s only accredited children’s hospital.

CHAIRMAN AND CEO BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB AS CEO of one of the

nation’s top pharmaceutical companies, Giovanni Caforio advocates for public policies that will help drive research and development. Trained as a physician, Caforio is credited with leading the company’s research into innovative cancer treatments and emphasizing a patient-first approach. He is also a trustee of the industry lobby group PhRMA, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

PRESIDENT AND CEO UNITED HOSPITAL FUND AS HEAD of the United Hospital Fund, Anthony Shih has been working to spark policy change using data and research. The physician-executive oversees the organization’s efforts to churn out reports on health outcomes, including reviews of the state’s Medicaid program and patient safety initiatives. Before joining United Hospital Fund in 2017, Shih served as executive vice president of the New York Academy of Medicine and executive vice president for programs at The Commonwealth Fund.

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SFC is the #2 Top Performer on Social Mobility among Northern regional colleges according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual college ranking.

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PATRICIA WANG

ANNA MARIA MARITATO

DAVID KOBUS

KENNETH KAUSHANSKY & ERNEST BAPTISTE

PATRICIA WANG is

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PRESIDENT AND CEO ROSWELL PARK COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER CANDACE JOHNSON is a scientist who has

churned out nearly 200 journal publications, book chapters and abstracts. She joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2002, working in a couple of leadership roles before she was promoted to president and CEO. She now leads the cancer center’s scientific exploration of new cancer therapies. In 2010, Johnson was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

credited with driving Healthfirst’s revenue and membership growth since she took over in 2008. Today, Healthfirst is the largest nonprofit health insurance company in New York by revenue. Wang is responsible for 4,400 employees working to provide health insurance for 1.4 million New Yorkers. She also sits on the board of America’s Health Insurance Plans and works in an advisory role to U.S. congressional leaders for Medicare policy.

SENIOR DIRECTOR/ TEAM LEADER OF NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PFIZER PFIZER IS one of the

world’s largest drug developers, with global headquarters in Manhattan. In her current role, Anna Maria Maritato lobbies the state for policies that will advance the company’s interests. Maritato, who has been with Pfizer for over two decades, previously worked in the public sector. During the 1990s, she served as deputy budget director for health and human services for the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.

FRANK PROSCIA

LOUISE COHEN

ALAN MURRAY

STEVEN LOGAN

PRESIDENT DOCTORS COUNCIL SEIU FRANK PROSCIA

was elected in 2014 to lead Doctors Council SEIU, the country’s largest union for doctors. A New York City native who grew up in a working-class family, he became a psychiatrist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and rose through the ranks in the union, which has members in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Proscia has pushed for enacting paid sick leave legislation and ensuring that immigrants get care.

CEO PRIMARY CARE DEVELOPMENT CORP. PRIOR TO her

appointment as CEO of Primary Care Development Corp. in 2015, Louise Cohen served as vice president for public health programs at Public Health Solutions in New York City, where she was in charge of efforts to bolster patients’ access to community health care services. In her current role she administers a $19.5 million state fund designed to facilitate low-cost loans to health care providers across New York.

PRESIDENT AND CEO EMPIRE BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD

HEALTH INSURANCE

industry veteran Alan Murray worked at Empire BlueCross BlueShield early in his career before moving on to various leadership roles at United Healthcare and Anthem. From 2013 to 2018, he was the CEO of Northwell’s CareConnect Insurance Co., which is the first health plan that’s owned by providers within the New York State of Health marketplace. In 2018 he returned to Empire BlueCross BlueShield – this time as president and CEO.

PRESIDENT, TRISTATE MARKET CIGNA DAVID KOBUS spent

decades leading the New York market for Aetna before moving over to rival Cigna as president of the region covering the tristate market of New York, New Jersey and southern Connecticut in 2017. One of his first big moves as a regional president for Cigna was to partner with the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, bringing its network of hospitals into the fold of the insurance giant.

DEAN RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

VICE PRESIDENT STONY BROOK MEDICINE KENNETH KAUSHANSKY, a renowned

hematology researcher, trains medical students, residents and fellows. In 2017, Ernest Baptiste, an Army veteran, was named CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital. Last year his title changed to vice president of Stony Brook Medicine.

PRESIDENT, NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY AETNA FEW UNDERSTAND

the health insurance landscape in New York and New Jersey quite like Steven Logan, who has worked in a leadership role at Aetna Northeast and Great Lakes for 17 years. Today, he is responsible for Aetna’s operations across New York – a market of 1.3 million Aetna members. Before that, he had an even bigger geographic territory to attend to, overseeing a region that included all of New York, New Jersey and New England.

50 JUDITH SALERNO

PRESIDENT THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SINCE ITS founding before the start of the Civil

War, the New York Academy of Medicine has fought to address the most pressing health needs of urban-dwelling New Yorkers. The organization has conducted internationally recognized scientific research in the field of healthy aging and the effects of sugar-sweetened beverages. Judith Salerno is a noted urban health expert, physician-executive and research advocate. She was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine in 2018.

ROSWELL PARK; NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

PRESIDENT AND CEO HEALTHFIRST

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DAVID REICH

HAROLD ISELIN

TOM CONNOLLY

MICHAEL CAIN

DAVID REICH first

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PRESIDENT MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ARTHUR FOUGNER was elected last year to

lead the Medical Society of the State of New York, the state’s primary nonprofit professional organization for physicians, residents and medical students. The Northwell Health gynecologist is responsible for advocating on behalf of physicians across the state and advancing legislative agendas to improve public health.

arrived at Mount Sinai in 1984 to complete his residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesia. He worked his way up the ranks of the institution, first as chair of the department of anesthesiology and later taking on a second leadership role as president of the Medical Board. A prolific medical expert, Reich has published more than 200 articles and served as editor for a number of publications.

MANAGING SHAREHOLDER, ALBANY OFFICE GREENBERG TRAURIG

AMONG THE top lob-

byists in Albany, Harold Iselin is one of the most knowledgeable experts on health care policy. Among the clients that Iselin and Greenberg Traurig represent in Albany are advocates for people with special needs, home care and elder care providers, insurers and other medical associations. Iselin, a U.S. Justice Department veteran who also co-chairs the law firm’s government law and policy practice, also specializes in insurance issues.

Congratulations Stephen Berger on your accomplishments in healthcare and recognition on the 2020 City & State's Health Power 100 Your Friends at Odyssey

PARTNER BOLTON-ST. JOHNS A FORMIDABLE lob-

byist, Tom Connolly has spent the past decade cycling in and around New York state government. Connolly, Bolton-St. Johns’ top health care lobbyist, previously served as director of the Council on Health Care Financing. In this role, he wrote several laws that had a significant impact on New York state health care, include the Health Care Reform Act, a mandatory Medicaid managed care law, and a law to establish hospital reimbursement methodology.

DEAN UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO JACOBS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES THE JACOBS School

of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences isn’t just a top New York medical school – it’s also part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion economic development program. The institution, which opened a downtown site in 2017, bears the family name of Buffalo billionaire businessman Jeremy Jacobs – whose nephew, state Sen. Chris Jacobs, is running for Congress. Michael Cain has been the school’s dean since 2006.

NORTHWELL HEALTH; LAURA CARDWELL

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

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City & State New York

LEV GINSBURG

MARIA MCFARLAND SÁNCHEZMORENO

TODD ROGOW

MARKI FLANNERY

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS BUSINESS COUNCIL OF NEW YORK STATE THE BUSINESS COUNCIL of New

York State is a leading advocate in Albany on behalf of New York businesses, including some 2,400 member companies that collectively employ more than 1.2 million New Yorkers. Lev Ginsburg heads up the Business Council’s advocacy work for insurance, unemployment and financial services. He has campaigned against the proposed single-payer system bill, arguing it would “increase taxes a staggering amount.”

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

MARIA MCFARLAND

Sánchez-Moreno, a staunch advocate for ending the “war on drugs,” doesn’t just talk about social justice – she’s been in the trenches. Prior to joining Drug Policy Alliance in 2017, she worked at Human Rights Watch. Her 2018 book, “There Are No Dead Here: A Story of Murder and Denial in Colombia,” won the Juan E. Mendez Human Rights Book Award.

PRESIDENT AND CEO HEALTHIX TODD ROGOW oversees Healthix, the largest public health information exchange in the country. As a partner in New York’s Statewide Health Information Network, the information technology company connects more than 6,000 health care sites in New York and Long Island. Rogow, who joined the company in 2015, helped drive its growth in recent years, and was promoted to the top post last year, replacing longtime leader Thomas Check.

HEALTHIER FUTURES As one of the nation’s largest non-profit health insurers, EmblemHealth is committed to creating healthier futures for our customers, our communities, and for the health care industry in New York and beyond.

PRESIDENT AND CEO VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK MARKI FLANNERY

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONSUMER DIRECTED PERSONAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE WITH STATE officials eyeing cuts to close a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, one potential target is the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, a Medicaid program providing home attendants or health aides to New Yorkers with chronic illnesses or physical disabilities. But advocates like Bryan O’Malley blocked proposed cuts last year, and are gearing up for another fight.

is a leader who won’t quit. Her brief hiatus from a leadership role at Visiting Nurse Service of New York was short-lived. She left in 2017 only to return a few months later as president and CEO. Today she is in charge of a service that reaches more than 135,000 patients per year, and oversees a licensed home care agency that is now the largest in New York City.

Bringing together leadership and expertise to improve the health of every New York community.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP Congratulations to EmblemHealth President & CEO Karen Ignagni on being recognized as an industry defining leader on City & State’s inaugural Health Power 100 list. hanys.org | 518.431.7600

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CHARLES KING

LISA DAVID

GLENN LIEBMAN

RICHARD PARK

LISA DAVID has dedi-

AS CEO of a nonprofit

CEO HOUSING WORKS ORDAINED BAPTIST

minister Charles King brings an evangelical zeal to advocating for New Yorkers with AIDS/ HIV. He co-founded Housing Works in the 1990s alongside fellow members of the AIDS activist group ACT UP. Known for its iconic bookstores as well as its advocacy work, in 2018 Housing Works announced a merger with Bailey House, creating one of the largest providers of HIV housing and primary care in New York City.

PRESIDENT AND CEO PUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS cated her career to advancing public health. She has a diverse resume of leadership roles spanning three decades, pivoting from Columbia University’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to Medicines360 to Planned Parenthood. David now oversees New York City’s largest public health nonprofit organization, working on various programs including initiatives to curb tobacco use and diabetes/obesity, prevent HIV/AIDS and promote maternal and child health.

CEO MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK STATE

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF NEW YORK CITY THE NATIONAL Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City is the largest branch affiliate of the Virginia-based National Alliance on Mental Illness. As executive director, Matt Kudish is responsible for expanding the organization’s outreach and partnership efforts. Before joining the organization in 2017, Kudish was senior vice president of caregiver services at CaringKind, an Alzheimer’s organization.

working to end stigma against mental illness and to improve the mental health of New Yorkers, Glenn Liebman is fighting an increasingly uphill battle. Rates of depression are surging nationwide, with suicides at their highest level since World War II. But now, thanks to Liebman’s efforts, mental health education will be required in New York schools. Liebman told Spectrum News that schools also need more psychologists and clinical staff.

FOUNDER, VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CITYMD

RICHARD PARK

founded the first CityMD clinic on the Upper East Side in 2010. Since then, the urgent care company has grown to include more than 120 centers in New York, New Jersey and Washington state. Park led the company as CEO until mid-2019, when he negotiated a merger with Summit Medical Group. Since then, Park has stepped down as CEO, instead assuming the role of vice chairman of the merged company’s board of directors.

Northwell applauds our own

Michael J. Dowling— part of the City & State “Health Power 100” list

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JED LEVINE

LOUIS SHAPIRO

JULIE HART

JED LEVINE became CEO of CaringKind in 2018 after spending three decades working for the Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving organization. He previously worked as the organization’s executive vice president and pioneered its Wanderer’s Safety Program, which partners with the New York City Police Department to help locate people with dementia who get lost or go missing. He was recently appointed to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Age-friendly NYC Commission at the New York Academy of Medicine.

THE NEW YORK CITY -based hospital

PRESIDENT AND CEO CATHOLIC HEALTH SERVICES OF LONG ISLAND CATHOLIC HEALTH

Services of Long Island has been led by Alan Guerci since 2013. A cardiologist, Guerci rose through the ranks within the network, which was founded by the Diocese of Rockville Center in 1997. Guerci oversees 18,000 employees who care for thousands of Long Islanders each year, with six hospitals and three nursing homes, physician practices, a home nursing service and community-based care for people with special needs.

PRESIDENT AND CEO CARINGKIND

PRESIDENT AND CEO HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY that specializes in orthopedic care recently expanded its partnership with the Brooklyn Nets, opening a new outpatient center one floor below the team’s practice facility, the HSS Training Center. Louis Shapiro, who has been CEO since 2006, is credited with helping the hospital become a leading institution in its field. He serves on the executive committee of the Greater New York Hospital Association and previously served as board chairman.

SENIOR NEW YORK GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK THE AMERICAN Can-

cer Society Cancer Action Network is famous in Washington, D.C., for its lobbying against Big Tobacco and agitating for more funding for cancer research. In Albany, Julie Hart has led lobbying efforts for policies and programs to prevent and treat cancer since 2015. She knows New York politics, having served as the state government relations director at the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

70 STEPHEN BERGER

CHAIRMAN ODYSSEY INVESTMENT PARTNERS THE CHAIRMAN of the private equity firm

Odyssey Investment Partners is a longtime political adviser, wielding immense influence in New York state politics – particularly on health care policy. Stephen Berger was the chairman of the powerful Berger Commission, officially called the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, which conducted wide-reaching capacity reviews of New York hospitals. The commission’s recommendations had a profound effect on New York’s health care system.

The HPA Board of Directors & Staff congratulate

Eric Linzer, President & CEO & Leslie Moran, SVP And all the honorees of

City & State’s 2020 Health Power 100

Representing 29 of New York’s managed care plans that provide comprehensive health care services to more than 8 million New Yorkers, and are working to ensure quality, affordable care is accessible to all.

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GUILLERMO CHACÓN

C. VIRGINIA FIELDS

STACEY STEWART KEVIN MURPHY

SINCE IT was found-

PRESIDENT AND CEO NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON HEALTH

STACEY STEWART

leads the March of Dimes’ efforts to improve the health of mothers and infants. This is particularly important in the United States, which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world. March of Dimes routinely evaluates all 50 states based on their maternal and infant mortality outcomes. Before joining the nonprofit in 2017, Stewart led strategic direction for United Way Worldwide as its first U.S. president.

CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO ACREAGE HOLDINGS

IT’S BEEN a big year

for Acreage Holdings founder Kevin Murphy, who shephered his company through a major acquisition by Canopy Growth, the largest cannabis company in the world. Murphy, a former Wall Street executive, founded Acreage Holdings and quickly grew the company into a major cannabis distributor. Acreage’s board members include former House Speaker John Boehner and former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld.

FOR THE past 23 years, John Coppola has been advocating on behalf of people with substance use disorders in New York state and representing the health care providers who care for them. A psychologist by training, Coppola has been working to encourage state and local governments – and society at large – to treat substance use disorder as a mental health condition that receives the same health care privileges as any other medical condition.

ELISABETH RYDEN BENJAMIN

BRUCE RICHMAN DOUG WIRTH

ed in New York City in 1990, the Latino Commission on AIDS has expanded to serve communities in more than 40 states and Puerto Rico. Guillermo Chacón has been president of the commission for more than a decade and oversees its efforts to develop HIV education and prevention programs in Latino communities. He is the founder of the Hispanic Health Network and was recently appointed to the city’s Commission on Human Rights.

THE FORMER

Manhattan borough president is a longtime power broker in New York politics. C. Virginia Fields became president and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS in 2008. In 2019, Fields oversaw a major rebranding as the commission broadened its scope beyond HIV, becoming the National Black Leadership Commission on Health.

FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PREVENTION ACCESS CAMPAIGN

VICE PRESIDENT OF HEALTH INITIATIVES COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SINCE JOINING the

Community Service Society of New York in 2008, Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin has handled the prominent anti-poverty nonprofit’s efforts to shape health policy. A veteran of the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Aid Society and Bronx Legal Services, she helps drive the Health Care for All New York Campaign, a state coalition whose goal is to ensure affordable, quality health care for all.

77 KELSEY LOUIE

CEO GAY MEN’S HEALTH CRISIS GAY MEN’S HEALTH CRISIS is the leading provider of HIV care, prevention services and advocacy in the United States. As CEO of the organization – the first of its kind in the world – Kelsey Louie advocates for stronger policies at the city, state and federal levels to support ending the HIV epidemic. Previously, Louie was chief operating officer and senior vice president of HIV/AIDS treatment and support services at Harlem United.

IN 2012, Bruce Richman learned from his doctor that although he is HIV-positive, he had effectively controlled the virus by taking medication every day, meaning it was impossible for him to pass HIV to his partner. He wondered why more people with HIV didn’t know about this game-changing scientific advancement. To spread this message across the country, he founded the Prevention Access Campaign.

75 JOHN COPPOLA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND PROFESSIONALS

PRESIDENT AND CEO AMIDA CARE

AMIDA CARE was founded in 2003 by AIDS community-based organizations, and today serves New Yorkers experiencing homelessness and chronic health conditions, including HIV and behavioral health disorders. Doug Wirth, who oversees the largest Medicaid special needs health plan in New York, served on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s task force to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020 and was a health policy adviser in New York City in both the Dinkins and Giuliani administrations.

80 ROBIN VITALE

VICE PRESIDENT OF HEALTH STRATEGIES AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK CITY UNDER ROBIN VITALE’S leadership,

the American Heart Association in New York City isn’t just a health information and medical research organization – it’s a powerful advocate for policy reform. Thanks in part to Vitale’s tireless anti-smoking campaign, New York City raised the minimum age for purchasing tobacco to 21. She also pushed for better physical education and health teaching requirements in schools.

NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND PROFESSIONALS; ADAM FREDERICKS

PRESIDENT LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS

PRESIDENT AND CEO MARCH OF DIMES

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HERMINIA PALACIO

THOMAS HALLORAN

JO WIEDERHORN

WHILE MANY New

HERMINIA PALACIO

sale of Fidelis Care from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to the St. Louis-based Centene Corp. in 2018 got political, thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to seize part of the proceeds from the sale and the related creation of a nonprofit, the $3.2 billion Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. When Centene promoted then-Fidelis CEO David Thomas to a new position last fall, Thomas Halloran was installed as acting leader.

York policymakers are focused on the state’s Medicaid program, the New York City-based Medicare Rights Center is advocating for recipients of the country’s other big federal health care program. Frederic Riccardi took over at the national nonprofit in May 2019 from longtime leader Joe Baker. A longtime advocate for the rights of the elderly and disabled, Riccardi was once described as “attack dog disguised as a health insurance counselor.”

PRESIDENT AND CEO GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE stepped down from her role as New York City’s deputy mayor for health and human services this past summer, moving over to lead the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization focused on reproductive rights. In addition to her recent experience overseeing the city’s public health and health care system, Palacio brings a range of experience to the role, having worked in academia, clinical medicine, health policy and crisis management.

INTERIM CEO FIDELIS CARE THE $3.75 BILLION

ASSOCIATED MEDICAL Schools of

New York focuses on educating the public on the importance of creating a diverse and inclusive physician workforce. Jo Wiederhorn, who has led the organization since 2002, is responsible for developing its numerous pipeline programs throughout various stages of each would-be physician’s medical education. Previously she was chief of staff to the dean at NYU School of Medicine and director of the school’s Institute for Urban and Global Health.

85 KIMBERLY WILLIAMS

PRESIDENT AND CEO VIBRANT EMOTIONAL HEALTH ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after she was appointed CEO in 2017, Kimberly Williams guided the New York City-based mental health organization through a major rebranding, changing its name from the Mental Health Association of New York City to Vibrant Emotional Health. The new name, Williams explained, would better convey a message of hope for those living with mental health disorders. As president and CEO, she advocates for better behavioral health policies for at-risk New Yorkers.

SHARON GREENBERGER

BILL HAMMOND

FEYGELE JACOBS CHRISTOPHER PRESIDENT AND DEL VECCHIO

DIRECTOR OF HEALTH POLICY EMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY

PRESIDENT AND CEO YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK

WHILE THE Albany

AS THE YMCA of

Greater New York’s leader, Sharon Greenberger oversees a program that serves more than 500,000 New Yorkers. After her hire in 2015, she launched Thriving New Yorkers, Stronger Communities, a strategic plan to reach 2.2 million New Yorkers by 2025. Greenberger has spent more than 20 years in the public and private sectors, including at New York-Presbyterian, the New York City Department of Education and the School Construction Authority.

87 MICHAEL CAPIRASO

PRESIDENT AND CEO NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS NEW YORK Road Runners is a household name

for most New Yorkers – even nonrunners. The organization, which serves 670,000 runners of all ages and abilities, organizes New York City’s annual marathon and hundreds of smaller runs throughout the year. Since 2010, Michael Capiraso has emphasized programs that encourage young adults and children to hit the pavement. Capiraso previously worked in brand marketing and organizational strategy for high-profile companies including Cole Haan and Calvin Klein.

press corps lost one of its best scribes when Bill Hammond left the Daily News in 2015, the Empire Center for Public Policy gained an expert with a wealth of knowledge who continues to dig deep on policy issues. And with health care making up a huge chunk of the state budget – and a huge chunk of the budget deficit – Hammond provides invaluable and accessible analyses that are hard to ignore.

CEO RCHN COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION IN THE 1960s, com-

munity health centers began popping up – including a New York City storefront clinic. That clinic expanded into a network that evolved into the RCHN Community Health Foundation. At its helm is Feygele Jacobs, who came on in 2005 and now oversees the delivery of care for 25 million people. She sets the strategic goals of the foundation, the only one in the country devoted to local, nonprofit, community-governed health care providers.

90 PRESIDENT AND CEO MVP HEALTH CARE IT’S BEEN six

months since Christopher Del Vecchio was appointed CEO of MVP Health Care, a health insurance agency based in Tarrytown. Del Vecchio, who has worked as an entrepreneur and consultant in health care and technology, served as MVP Health Care’s president and chief operating officer, and before that as executive vice president of strategy and innovation.

VIBRANT EMOTIONAL HEALTH; NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS; LIA CHANG

PRESIDENT MEDICARE RIGHTS CENTER

PRESIDENT AND CEO ASSOCIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK

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RAMON TALLAJ

MARIO SCHLOSSER

ANNE NOLON

JAMES BARBA

ANNE NOLON has led Hudson River Health Care for nearly four decades. During that time, she has grown the organization from a single primary care site in Peekskill to a network of 28 federally qualified health centers across the Hudson Valley and Long Island. The organization also has eight affiliate health centers and a mobile health center van. Hudson River Health Care has a staff of 1,200 and serves more than 175,000 patients.

SINCE 1995, James

BOARD CHAIRMAN SOMOS COMMUNITY CARE RAMON TALLAJ

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PRESIDENT AND CEO RYAN HEALTH RYAN HEALTH is a federally qualified health

center that serves around 50,000 patients every year, the majority of whom are Medicaid patients. Brian McIndoe has led the health center, which has locations across Manhattan, for the past decade. Named after a liberal congressman who championed its mission to provide health care for all, the center in 2018 changed its name from the The William F. Ryan Community Health Network to simply Ryan Health.

passed up an offer to serve as minister of health in the Domincan Republic, choosing instead to move to New York City to work with Latino communities in need. In 2015, he founded Somos Community Care, now a network of nearly 3,500 health care providers and 650,000 patients. Somos is the only physician-led performance health care provider participating in New York state’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program for Medicaid redesign.

CEO OSCAR HEALTH MARIO SCHLOSSER is CEO of Oscar

Health, a New York City-based insurance company that champions pricing transparency and caters to millennials through its user-friendly interface and efforts to harness the power of digital innovation. Schlosser was previously a tech entrepreneur, and co-founded Oscar in 2012 alongside Kevin Nazemi and Josh Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner. In 2018, the company caught the attention of Google’s Alphabet, which invested $375 million.

CEO HUDSON RIVER HEALTH CARE

PRESIDENT AND CEO ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER Barba has led Albany Medical Center, the only academic medical center in northeastern New York and one of the region’s largest employers. He has been guiding the medical center through an ambitious renovation and expansion project for the past several years – including at $52 million pediatric emergency department. Barba sits on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Capital Region Regional Economic Development Council and on the board of the Greater New York Hospital Association.

The Associated Medical Schools of New York’s Board of Trustees and staff congratulate the

2020 City & State Health Power 100 honorees, including our President & CEO

Jo Wiederhorn

who has been a visionary leader in expanding diversity in medical schools and the physician workforce and championing biomedical research

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legalnotices@cityandstateny.com NOTICE OF FORMATION of Natural Shea and Textiles LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/2019. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against 790 Concourse Village West, Bronx, #9E New York, 10451. Purpose: any lawful act.

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CORR EQUITY HOLDINGS, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 11/26/19. Off. Loc. : New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: c/o Ciara Corr, 334 West 46th Street, (Suite 1), New York, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Etesian Capital, LLC, filed with SSNY on 12/03/19. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 85 Leonard Street, Apt 4, New York NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 451 TENTH MEMBER II LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/03/19. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Harmony Medical, PLLC filed with SSNY on October 15, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PLLC: 170 E 87TH ST, E12H, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Ciella James, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/05/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Denise Kilburg, 71 Broadway, Lobby 2B #138, NY, NY 10006. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Qualification of SIMON QUICK ADVISORS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/10/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 06/04/04. Princ. office of LLC: WeWork Tower 49, 12 E. 49th St., NY, NY 10017. 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. NJ addr. of LLC: 360 Mt. Kemble Ave., Morristown, NJ 07960. Cert. of Form. filed with State Treasurer, 33 W. State St., Fifth Fl., Trenton, NJ 08646. Purpose: Wealth management. Notice of Formation of NORTH CROWN TOWN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jordan J. Metzger, Esq., - c/o Cole Schotz P.C., 1325 Ave. of the Americas, 19th Fl., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Howard Schwartz Design LLC filed with SSNY on December 18, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 82 Irving Place, 1B, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Innovative Designs Enhanced American Spaces LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 08, 2019. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at: Innovative Designs Enhanced American Spaces LLC 6 Robbins Avenue, Elmsford NY 10523. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Qualification of SURF AVENUE L/CAL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/14/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/07/19. Princ. office of LLC: One Penn Plaza, Ste. 1801, NY, NY 10119. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Own real estate and other activities related to it.

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Notice of Qualification of 11-01 43RD AVENUE LENDER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/27/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/20/19. Princ. office of LLC: 280 Park Ave., 5th Fl. E, NY, NY 10017. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Xallarap Advisory, LLC. Arts of Org filed with the SSNY (SSNY) on 11/25/2019. Office loc: NY Co. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: : 99 Wall Street #3223 New York, NY 10005. The principal business address of the LLC is: 121 Reade St Apt 4F New York, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

ACCOUNTING PROCEEDING FILE NO. 2018-640/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO: Unknown Distributees Attorney General of the State of New York Christine Ann Aliferis Andrew George Aliferis Alexander William Aliferis Janet Edgar M. Plaza, L.P. c/o Gutman Mintz Baker & Sonnenfeldt, LLP BISLR Medical Group of Mount Sinai c/o Arcadia Recovery Bureau Cardiovascular Institute of Mount Sinai HRRG Lifewatch, Inc. Mount Sinai School of Medicine d/b/a MSMC Emergency St. Lukes Roosevelt Medical Center c/o Jzanus Ltd. Robert Gruwell To the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of George Seymour, a/k/a George J. Seymour, a/k/a George Jerome Seymour, if living and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained by the petitioner herein; being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees, or otherwise in the estate of George Seymour, a/k/a George J. Seymour, a/k/a George Jerome Seymour, deceased, who at the time of his death was a resident of 484 West 43rd Street, New York, New York. A petition having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, who maintains an office at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York, on January 24, 2020, at 9:30 A.M. in Room 509, why the following relief stated in the account of proceedings, a copy of the summary statement thereof being attached hereto, of the Public Administrator of the County of New York as temporary administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, should not be granted: (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that a hearing be held to determine the identity of the distributees at which time proof pursuant to SCPA §2225 may be presented, or in the alternative, that the balance of the funds be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of the decedent’s unknown distributees; (iii) that the Surrogate approve the reasonable amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attorney for the petitioner for legal services rendered to the petitioner herein; (iv) that the claim of Janet Edgar in the amount of $2,035.84, as set forth in Schedule C-1 of the account, be allowed and paid; (v) that the claim of M. Plaza L.P. in the amount of $48,806.95 for unpaid apartment rental expenses, as set forth in Schedules C-1 of the account, be rejected for failure to substantiate the claim; (vi) that the claims of BISLR Medical Group of Mount Sinai in the amount of $20.00, Cardiovascular Institute of Mount Sinai in the amount of $9.81, HRRG in the amount of $140.00, Lifewatch, Inc. in the amount of $6.05, Mount Sinai School of Medicine d/b/a MSMC Emergency in the amount of $935.00, St. Lukes Roosevelt Medical Center in the total amount of $808.33, as set forth in Schedule D of the account, be rejected for failure to substantiate their claims; (vii) that the claim of Robert Gruwell in the amount of $100,942.09, representing the proceeds of a certificate of deposit account at Discover Bank, of which decedent was the designated beneficiary, be rejected; (viii) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (ix) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA §307 where required or directed; and (x) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. Dated, Attested and Sealed. December 13, 2019 (Seal) Hon. Rita Mella, Surrogate. Diana Sanabria, Chief Clerk. Schram Graber & Opell P.C. Counsel to the Public Administrator, New York County 11 Park Place, Suite 1008 New York, New York 10007 (212) 896-3310 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have the right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings PennyMac Corp., Plaintiff AGAINST Hyacinth Mcculloch, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 3/7/2019 and entered on 3/14/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on February 06, 2020 at 02:30 PM premises known as 1319E 98th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 8244, LOT: 21. Approximate amount of judgment is $558,755.81 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 514303/2017. Dana L. Jenkins, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

Notice of Formation of TW OWNER 59B, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/05/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Jeffrey D. Zukerman, Esq., Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman, LLP, Eleven Times Sq., NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1319287, FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 48-11 VERNON BLVD LIC, NY 11101, QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. 48-11 VERNON BLVD REST INC

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF IAP Partners LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/06/2019. 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: Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig LLP, 980 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10075. The principal business address of the LLC is: 390 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10022. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of SPOONFUL MANAGEMENT NY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/27/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Employment entity for NY businesses.

Notice of Formation of SOA SIB GROUP, LLC filed with SSNY on November 04, 2019. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1324 Forest Ave, Suite 120, Staten Island, NY 10302. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of The Royal Dogs, LLC filed with SSNY on October 07, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 82 Irving Place, 1B, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. COPTS 4 RE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/19/2019. 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, 77 Chambers St., 3rd Fl, NY, NY 10007. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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In the Matter of a Custody/Visitation Proceeding VELERIA PHILLIPS O/B/O JUSTIN PHILLIPS, Petitioner, - against ACS-Kings, OLGA NICOLE PHILLIPS, Respondents. ------------------------------------------- x SUMMONS - Docket #: V-19233-19 IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: To: ACS-Kings, Brooklyn, NY, and OLGA NICOLE PHILLIPS, address unknown A petition under Article 6 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this court on February 10, 2020 at 11:30 AM Purpose: Return of Process Part 20,10th floor Presiding: Hon. Erik S. Pitchal Location: 330 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with the Family Court Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Dated: Brooklyn, New York SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NA, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, SUCCESSOR TO WACHOVIA BANK, NA, AS TRUSTEE, FOR CHASE FUNDING LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-OPT1, V. ISTLYN LEWIS, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE

Notice of Qualification of LESAGA HOLDINGS 213 MADISON STREET, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/27/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Florida on 1/12/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Stiphany Law, 80 SW 8 St., Suite 3100, Miami, FL 33130. Florida addr. of LLC: c/o Stiphany Law, 80 SW 8 St., Suite 3100, Miami, FL 33130. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of Florida, Clifton Bldg., 2661 Executive Center Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Urban Redwood LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 10/31/19. Off. in NY Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 20 W 38th St, 3rd Fl, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated May 1, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, wherein U.S. BANK NA, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, SUCCESSOR TO WACHOVIA BANK, NA, AS TRUSTEE, FOR CHASE FUNDING LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-OPT1 is the Plaintiff and ISTLYN LEWIS, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the KINGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE 360 ADAMS STREET, ROOM 224, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, on February 6, 2020 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 616 EAST 42ND STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11203: Block 4975, Lot 31: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 515317/2016. Philip Kamaras, Esq. Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

PPaper Design Company LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/19. County: NY. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 462 W 58th St., PHC, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful act.

Kan & Ted LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/19. County: NY. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Keith Kantrowitz, 845 United Nations Plaza, 42B, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Qualification of LESAGA HOLDINGS - 522 W 42 STREET, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/9/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Florida on 10/2/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Stiphany Law, 80 SW 8 St., Suite 3100, Miami, FL 33130. Florida addr. of LLC: c/o Stiphany Law, 80 SW 8 St., Suite 3100, Miami, FL 33130. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of Florida, Clifton Bldg., 2661 Executive Center Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Hermette Productions LLC filed with SSNY on December 6, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 344 West 11th Street, 4W, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qualification of TAMARISK NASSAU PLACE, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/18/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of PGD Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/24/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Drucker Associates, 158 W. 29th St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-OA14, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OA14, Plaintiff against MIRIAM RIVERA A/K/A MIRIAM R. RIVERA; JOE R. RIVERA A/K/A JOE RIVERA; ANA RIVERA; JOE RIVERA, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on October 25, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 6th day of February, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Said premises known as 12 Nichols Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11208. (Block: 4109, Lot: 112). Approximate amount of lien $ 628,907.05 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 511600-15. Doron A. Leiby, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 *For sale information, please visit www.auction.com or call 800-280-2832* NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-9T1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-9T1, Plaintiff AGAINST PATRICK CARRANO AKA PATRICK CARANO, AKA PATRICK I. CARRANO, KATHLEEN SMITH, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 08, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on February 06, 2020 at 2:30PM, premises known as 405 GREENWOOD AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11218. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 5273, LOT 46. Approximate amount of judgment $855,774.64 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fil! ed Judgment for Index# 7008/14. GREGORY M. LASPINA, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 67321 Notice of Formation of Ada Supper Club, LLC filed with SSNY on November 12, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2601 Frederick Douglass Blvd, Apt 2D, NY, NY 10030. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Maya Khouri LLC filed with SSNY on October 09, 2019. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 305 Stuyvesant Ave #1, Brooklyn, NY, 11233. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Qualification of WB HUNTLEY REDEVELOPMENT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/26/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/04/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1120 Ave. of the Americas, 4th Fl., NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of BTWN LLC, filed with SSNY on September 17, 2019. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of Process to LLC: 1060 Ocean Avenue, F6 Brooklyn, NY 11226. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Catalyst Mental Health Counseling, PLLC filed with SSNY on November, 21 st 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Catalyst Mental Health Counseling, PLLC: 230 W. 72nd St, 4F, New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1324673, FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 309 E HOUSTON ST NEW YORK, NY 10002. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. SILVER LION MANAGEMENT LLC.

Notice of Formation of DCJ PARTNERS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed w i t h Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/10/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Cohen & Cohen, LLP, 767 Third Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10017. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Richard N. Cohen, Esq., c/o Cohen & Cohen, LLP, 767 Third Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of Anthony Sperduti, LLC. Authority filed with SECY. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/14/19. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 4/11/19. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served & mailed to: 324 Lafayette,St., FL2, NY, NY 10012. Cert. of LLC filed with Secy. of State of DE loc: 401 Federal St, #4, Dover DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity

Notice of Qualification of LINK INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/27/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/06/18. Princ. office of LLC: 233 S. Wacker Dr., Ste. 4700, Chicago, IL 60606. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Ownership & Investment in real property & all related activities.

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Notice is hereby given that a license number 1323688 for a beer, wine, Liquor license has been applied for by Columbus Avenue Kitchen D/B/A Bareburger, to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control law at 795 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10025 for on premises consumption Notice is hereby given that a license number 1323689 for a beer, wine, Liquor license has been applied for by Eight Avenue Kitchen LLC D/B/A Bareburger, to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control law at 184 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 for on premises consumption

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Notice of Qualification of Great Lakes Services, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/3/20. NYS fict. name: Great Wolf Services, LLC. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 350 N. Orleans St., Ste. 10000B, Chicago, IL 60654. LLC formed in DE on 7/9/04. NY 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. DE addr. of LLC: 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. 290-292 LEONARD STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/10/2019. Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: High Properties, LLC, 10 East 23rd St., Ste. 700, NY, NY 10010. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of MM Merger Sub, LLC, name changed to: MIDBORO MANAGEMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 333 7th Ave., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10001, Attn: Michael J. Wolfe. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Qualification of Landmark Studio Group LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/24/19. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 132 E. Putnam Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807. LLC formed in DE on 9/16/19. NY 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. DE addr. of LLC: 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity Notice of Formation of Whitney L. Taussig LCSW, PLLC filed with SSNY on December 17, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 225 Lafayette St. Apt 9C New York, NY 10012. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Ciella James, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/05/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Denise Kilburg, 71 Broadway, Lobby 2B #138, NY, NY 10006. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-QS5, V. CHERYL JOHN; ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 18, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-QS5 is the Plaintiff and CHERYL JOHN; ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the KINGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE 360 ADAMS STREET, ROOM 224, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, on February 20, 2020 at 2:30PM, premises known as 407 HAWTHORNE ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11203: Block 4815, Lot 61: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 521360/2016. Lawrence W. Schreier, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, vs. IBEKLIS OLEA, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on January 17, 2019 and an Order Pursuant to CPLR 2004 Extending the Time to Set Sale filed on December 19, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on February 20, 2020 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 339 Wyona Street, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 3758 and Lot 13. Approximate amount of judgment is $930,919.86 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 508809/2014. Aaron D. Maslow, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted.

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41 W 35 LLC filed w/ SSNY on 11/27/19. Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1270 Broadway, #709, New York, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful.

Notice of Formation of BACK WHEN, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/19. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 382 Central Park West, Apt. 17H, NY, NY 10025. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 42N Partners LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/26/19. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: 275 Greenwich St., Apt. 3-O, NY, NY 10007, Attn: Donald H. Nathan. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Notice is hereby given that a license number 1323725 for a beer and wine, license has been applied for by West Fourteenth Kitchen LLC D/b/a Bareburger to sell beer and wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control law at 2233 Broadway, New York, NY 10024 for on premises consumption

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Crown Castle is proposing to install telecommunications equipment on a proposed light pole with an overall height, including appurtenances, of 32 feet, 3 inches at each of the following two sites: 56 79th Street Transverse, New York, NY 10024 (Lat./Long.: 40.778752°, -73.967937°) ; 24-28 79th Street Transverse, New York, NY 10028 (Lat./Long.: 40.778118°, -73.965439°). Crown Castle invites comments from any interested party on the impact of the proposed action on any districts, sites, buildings, structures or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and/or specific reason the proposed action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Specific information regarding the project is available by calling Monica Gambino, 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Monica. Gambino@CrownCastle. com, 724-416-2516 within 30 days of the date of this publication.

Formation of Jongro BBQ Franchising, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/5/19. Office loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Choi Kyung Rim, 1270 Broadway, Ste. 1107, New York, NY 10001. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of WF Industrial VI LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/10/20. 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 lawful activity.

THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE TEREZIN FOUNDATION INC. for the fiscal year ended OCTOBER 31, 2019 is available at its principal office located at 262 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is SUSAN JUSTMAN.

Notice of Formation of TTMH New Rochelle Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/7/20. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Corporate Creations Network Inc., 15 N. Mill St., Nyack, NY 10960. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qualification of Nochi Blue LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/6/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 8/25/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 5 Franklin Place, #9A, NY, NY 10013, principal business address. DE address of LLC: National Corporate Services, Inc., 203 NE Front St., Ste. 101, Milford, DE 19963. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: all lawful purposes Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1324695 for on-premise liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine & cider at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 204 E. 13 Street, N.Y. ,N.Y. 10003 for on premise consumption. Soothr Limited t/a Soothr

Notice of Formation of IDEAANDMAKER LTD filed with SSNY on January 2nd, 2020. Office: 154 Grand Street, NY 10016. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to REGISTERED AGENTS INC. 90 STATE STREET SUITE 700, OFFICE 40, ALBANY, NY 12207 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity. THE ANNUAL RETURN OF ANNA & DAVID ZIMMERMAN FOUNDATION, INC. for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2019 is available at its principal office located at 320 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is ROBERT ZIMMERMAN. LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM

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MICHAEL BLOOMBERG The former mayor is spending more than $100 million trying to craft a certain image for voters. But Bloomberg the man hasn’t always lived up to those standards. His company violated the same paid family leave laws he is championing on the campaign trail. He claims to support equal rights, but won’t release women from nondisclosure agreements they signed to settle lawsuits alleging a hostile work environment at his company. What sort of presidency is Bloomberg really looking to buy?

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The vaping association leader’s lawsuit sent Cuomo’s ban up in smoke. $400K raised in six months? Somebody certainly wants the BK BP in City Hall ... The Suffolk exec gave himself a raise – more than minimum wage workers make in a year.

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Sorry, you don’t get a reward when your boy’s insider trading – the GOP boss lost his fight to fill Chris Collins’ seat early. Between Awkwafina and the Train Daddy himself, the subway voice better look out!

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RODNEYSE BICHOTTE The ambitious assemblywoman is all but guaranteed to be the next chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, but she’s not your father’s – and certainly not your grandfather’s – party boss. For one thing, she’ll be the first woman in the role. For another thing, she’ll be only the second black politician to the lead the county organization. Here’s hoping that she bucks history in another way – avoiding the scandals that tarnished most of her predecessors as party boss.

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New York’s the fairest big city in America … it’s just more fair to the ones who complain on “The Brian Lehrer Show.” The latest recipient of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s fairness was Neir’s Tavern, purportedly the oldest bar in New York City that was nonetheless being forced to close because of a rent hike. Luckily, the froth-swilling mayor and his government came to the rescue. If only they could do the same for another storied Queens institution, the Mets …

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MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE 36 BATTERY PLACE, NEW YORK, NY 10280 THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 | 9:00AM-4:00PM New York residents rely on its public transportation systems and roads to get everywhere, with varying degrees of success and frustration. Following the release of the MTA’s five-year capital plan and the continuation of long-planned expansion projects, New York’s systems for moving people and information are poised for a huge makeover. The NEW YORK IN TRANSIT SUMMIT will bring together experts across sectors to assess the current state of New York’s transportation systems, break down recent legislative actions, and look towards the future of all things coming and going in New York.

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