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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

THE ESCALATING SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACCUSATIONS made against Gov. Andrew Cuomo this past week have put into question how much longer he will be able to survive as governor.

There have been many calls for his resignation, even after an almost tearful Cuomo said on March 3 that he was sorry for making anyone feel uncomfortable. Former Cuomo aide Charlotte Bennett’s complaint of inappropriate conversations with the governor came a week after Lindsey Boylan made her own separate claims, accusing Cuomo of sexual harassment and assault when she worked for Empire State Development. Add to that Cuomo’s alleged unwanted advances towards a female guest at an aide’s wedding. An image of him holding her face while she had an uncomfortable expression left almost anyone to make their own damning conclusions.

While Cuomo awaits the results of state Attorney General Letitia James’ independent investigation into the accusations, City & State’s Zach Williams takes a look in this week’s issue at the culture of inappropriate comments, workplace bullying and sexual harassment that appears to be commonplace in Albany.

Journalists who cover the state Capitol hear from legislative aides who have either experienced harassment firsthand or witnessed or heard rumors of it by elected officials or others, but are afraid to come forward. That may be changing now. The other shoe may finally have dropped on those in state government who’ve encouraged, or tolerated, this inappropriate behavior.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

ADVISORY BOARD … 8

City & State names its 13-member panel

ALBANY’S MESS … 12

Cuomo allegations pull back the veil on the Capitol’s toxic culture

TIPPING POINT … 15

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Female state lawmakers lead the fight against harassment

New York City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza was asked to do the impossible: keep kids educated during a global pandemic.

RICHARD CARRANZA … 18 The outgoing NYC schools chancellor’s legacy LABOR RISING STARS … 24 The 40 Under 40 list

WINNERS & LOSERS … 62 Who was up and who was down last week

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued his first remarks on March 3 following three sexual harassment claims by young women.

CUOMO CONFRONTS THE PUBLIC After several days without a public appearance following sexual harassment allegations and amid growing calls for his resignation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally took questions from reporters. He said he would not resign, but offered an apology for any actions that made

anyone uncomfortable, saying that it was never his intention. Cuomo added that he often greets people with hugs or kisses, and said that he never touched any inappropriately. He was accused of harassment by two former staffers – Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett – and of making an unwanted advance on a third woman, Anna Ruch, at a wedding. Boylan alleged that Cuomo

kissed her on the lips without her consent (a claim Cuomo’s office denied) and Bennett said that Cuomo asked inappropriate questions about her personal life, including whether she would have sex with an older man. Bennett, who was 25 at the time, interpreted this as the governor trying to gauge whether she would sleep with him.

Ruch, meanwhile, said that within moments of meeting her for the first time, Cuomo placed his hand on her lower back, cupped her face and kissed her on the cheek.

The governor asked that people withhold their judgment until after an independent investigation that state Attorney General Letitia James is spearheading.

Initially, Cuomo said that a former federal judge of his choosing would be in charge of reviewing the allegations, but after James and others rejected that proposal, he officially referred the matter to the attorney general’s office. Cuomo’s mea culpa was panned by lawmakers and his

accusers, as calls for his resignation continued to grow. But at least for now, a majority of voters in the state don’t think he should resign, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll, though his approval ratings continue a downward trend after hitting record highs during the pandemic.

“Just watched the @NYGovCuomo press conference. I take back what I said before, he does deserve an Emmy.”

– Rep. Claudia Tenney, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment apology, via Twitter

A THOUSAND WORDS Last week, the third accusation of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo was accompanied by a damning photo showing the governor cupping the face of Anna Ruch, a young woman he met at a wedding. Cuomo has a recognizable mug, but it’s nothing compared to the expression that women everywhere can recognize on Ruch’s face: unnerved alarm at an unwanted advance.

“If I could, I’d make a citizen’s arrest of the governor.”

– Assembly Member Charles Barron, during floor debate, via Twitter

MORE ON NURSING HOME COVER-UPS

The hits just kept coming this week for Cuomo.

The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times both independently reported that members of his administration rewrote parts of a July report on COVID-19 nursing home deaths to reduce the number of nursing home deaths by about 35% from the initial version. The report, put together by officials in the state Health Department, originally included deaths of nursing home residents who died in hospitals or otherwise outside of their adult-care facilities.

The administration now says more than 15,000 nursing home residents died of COVID-19, and the tally is much higher than neighboring states.

Despite wariness from public health officials who had authored the report and felt confident about the numbers to include them, close Cuomo aides including Melissa DeRosa, Linda Lacewell and Jim Malatras edited

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it out, according to reports. Cuomo’s chief counsel Beth Garvey said in a statement the changes did not affect the conclusion of the report – that a controversial March directive for nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients in nursing homes did not drive deaths in those facilities. She added that the deaths outside nursing homes were removed because members of Cuomo’s COVID-19 task force could not verify them against hospital records.

NEW VACCINE APPROVED

The third COVID-19 vaccine, this one from Johnson & Johnson, received federal approval, spelling good news for the prospect of quickly vaccinating the public. In fact, President Joe Biden announced he expects all adults (the

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vaccines are not approved for teens and children) to have access to a vaccine by the end of May. That’s two months sooner than his original promise of the end of July. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is also different from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in that it’s a single dose and easier to store, which health officials hope will enable them to do athome vaccinations. New York City is setting up a program to get the shot to homebound seniors, starting first in Co-Op City in the Bronx and Brighton Beach in Brooklyn. Cuomo also announced that three state-run sites would begin offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine overnight, turning the Javits Center in Manhattan, Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and the New York State Fairgrounds near Syracuse into 24-hour vaccination sites.

Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine was approved and is already being administered in New York state.

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WEEK AHEAD

THURSDAY 3/11 City & State hosts a webinar at 2 p.m. on New York City’s path to ranked-choice voting, focusing on Staten Island, with remarks from mayoral candidates Andrew Yang and Dianne Morales.

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De Blasio is living for Cuomo’s downfall Is it just us or has New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio been more vocal about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s shortcomings recently?

The mayor, who is often tightlipped when it comes to the governor, despite their many public disagreements, has been lambasting Cuomo for his handling of nursing home deaths in the state as well as his response to allegations of sexual harassment On March 1, the mayor called for a full investigation into the harassment allegations, after a second claim surfaced the prior weekend, and he suggested that Cuomo should leave office if the allegations were true. “If someone purposefully tried to use their power to force a woman to have sex with them, of course that person should no longer be in public service,” de Blasio said during a radio appearance on Hot 97.

Three weeks ago, the mayor also weighed in on the governor’s growing nursing home scandal, after Assembly Member Ron Kim revealed that Cuomo threatened to “destroy” the lawmaker over a statement he made regarding nursing homes. “A lot of people in New York state have received those phone calls,” de Blasio said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “The bullying is nothing new. I believe Ron Kim and it’s very, very sad.

No public servant, no person who is telling the truth, should be treated that way.

The mayor also backed numer-

FRIDAY 3/12 The New York City Council Public Housing Committee holds a 1 p.m. virtual preliminary budget hearing on the New York City Housing Authority.

SUNDAY 3/14 President Joe Biden has vowed to pass a COVID-19 relief bill by this date that would include billions in new funding for New York state.

ous other lawmakers calling for a “full accounting of what happened” in nursing homes after the state shared data that indicated more than 15,000 nursing home residents had died of COVID-19.

Cuomo and de Blasio have been sparring partners for years, but the governor has typically had the final say on whatever matter they’re bickering over, whether it’s how the coronavirus crisis should have been handled in the city, the subway system or the euthanasia of a deer. Since the governor has so much power over the city, de Blasio has often been reluctant to air his grievances in public – even when the governor has criticized him – not even to anonymously trash his adversary, as Cuomo, or members of his staff, have frequently done to de Blasio.

There have been times when the mayor’s frustration with the governor has boiled over and he has openly complained about policy decisions or Cuomo’s management style. But it’s previously followed specific disputes, rather than de Blasio just weighing in on Cuomo’s actions from the sidelines.

While Cuomo in the past could rely on de Blasio to be his – and the city’s – punching bag, the current controversies are giving de Blasio a rare opportunity to indulge in something Cuomo frequently does: kicking your enemy when he’s down.

– Amanda Luz Henning Santiago

INSIDE DOPE

State budget negotiations are expected to really begin once the state Senate and Assembly approve their respective onehouse budgets in mid-March.

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KATHY HOCHUL? IF CUOMO RESIGNS, SHE’LL BE NEW YORK’S NEXT GOVERNOR.

BY CAITLIN DORMAN

FOR SOMEONE accustomed to playing second fiddle, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul has been in a lot of Google searches this past week in the light of sexual

harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and calls to remove him from office. Here’s a rundown of what you should know about her.

• How to pronounce her last name: HO-kuhl • Hochul used to be a member of Congress! She generated a lot of buzz when she won the special election for the 26th District in 2011, since it was a heavily Republican seat in Buffalo, but she only served one term. Due to redistricting, she had to run for reelection in the newly drawn, and even more conservative, 27th District, and she narrowly lost to Chris Collins in 2012.

• She’s actually Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s second lieutenant governor. She joined the ticket in 2014, after Robert Duffy announced he wouldn’t be seeking reelection. Both she and Duffy are from Western New York.

• She’s everywhere.

Hochul has an almost supernatural ability to be at (and seemingly enjoy) every economic development event, ribbon-cutting, campaign Zoom and keynote address.

• While the position of lieutenant governor is most akin to vice president (with nowhere close to as much political power as the top dog), she does hold significant sway over New York’s Regional Economic Development Councils.

• Jumaane Williams challenged her in the 2018 Democratic primary for lieutenant governor.

While Hochul has operated in lockstep with Cuomo, Williams had a vision for a second-incommand that would serve as a check on the governor’s power.

An adversarial relationship between the two offices isn’t without precedent (remember Betsy McCaughey Ross?), but Hochul persevered in the election.

• So far, she has issued a statement in support of “an independent review” in the wake of Lindsey Boylan's and Charlotte Bennett’s accusations. At the time of publication, she has not said anything else since Anna Ruch’s accusation.

• If Cuomo were to resign or be impeached, she would be next in line to be governor of New York.

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We want to make sure this next tranche of federal money goes to schools, not the state.

A Q&A with state Senate Education Committee Chair

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Congress appears likely to approve somewhere in the neighborhood of $12 billion in new aid for New York, how is that affecting state budget negotiations on education?

The CARES Act was intended to preclude governors from supplanting their own contribution towards education by using federal monies. But the language did not seem to preclude what this executive has proposed, which is basically a cut in the state’s education spending by holding it harmless again by using federal money.

What is he specifically proposing to cut?

We want money for the cost of reimbursable aids (expense-based funding streams that reimburse schools for buying things like textbooks and school buses). We want to change and reject many of the long-term changes he made that will be permanent, including offsets in STAR funding.

And then we want to make sure that this next tranche of federal money goes to schools, not to the state, and is used for expenses related to COVID, including compensatory learning, summer school, the costs of paying for PPE, new air

filtration systems – all the costs related to having kids come back and addressing their mental health needs. Whether it’s psychologists, social workers, or guidance counselors, these kids are going to face quite a bit when they get back to school full time.

Before the pandemic, you were talking about updating the funding formula for public schools. What’s the status of that and efforts to get the state to provide billions in additional funding per the 2006 Campaign for Fiscal Equity state court decision?

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We’re calling again for the full funding of Foundation Aid phased in over three years as we did two years ago in our one-house budget, and I think we would have done (that) last year had COVID not come. The concept of deciding how much school districts get based on need is a very appropriate way to go forward. The changing demography of the suburbs and upstate requires that we really rethink this reliance on property taxes.

Democrats have supermajorities in both chambers of the state Legislature, why not use them to

get the funding levels you want over the objections from the governor?

The 2004 state Court of Appeals decision in Silver v. Pataki still gives the governor extraordinary power in the budget process. Yes, we have a supermajority. We do want to have (an) on-time budget. I was there for some late budgets, where then-Gov. (David) Paterson imposed all kinds of things in his budget. This is a bit of uncharted territory now.

I am hopeful the Senate and the Assembly will be united as much as possible to push back with our big majorities.

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MEET OUR NEW ADVISORY BOARD

By Ralph R. Ortega and Sheryl Huggins Salomon

CITY & STATE WELCOMES 13 POWER PLAYERS TO GUIDE US AS WE COVER NEW YORK’S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

ITY & STATE has created its first advisory board to provide valuable insights that will help maintain and improve our focus on diversity and inclusion within our editorial coverage, power lists and rankings.

This 13-member panel comes in response to City & State’s commitment to reflecting all of New York’s diverse communities in our coverage of local and state politics and government.

These individuals have been chosen because of their professional and personal commitment to New York, and their knowledge of the communities they serve, as well as their unique perspectives about the concerns and experiences of people in those communities.

With regard to the power lists and rankings, City & State sets out to ensure they reflect who is powerful, influential or noteworthy within various industries.

Inclusion on a list does not equal an endorsement or moral judgment on a person’s record in their industry.

The board will be headed

by Sheryl Huggins Salomon, left, a City & State contributing editor and the chief communications officer for the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research.

Sheryl’s previous posts include editorial leadership positions at outlets focused on the interests and achievements of Black people, as managing editor of The Root and AOL Black Voices, as well as editorial director of NewsOne.com.

Sheryl’s further journalistic experience at outlets such as Dow Jones Newswires, Fortune’s erstwhile FSB. com digital outlet, and the Asbury Park Press shaped her understanding of truly inclusive coverage. She also has worked for Gizmodo Media Group, The Washington Post, Time, Dow Jones and Urban One, and has taught journalism at CUNY York College.

To meet the other advisory board members, read on.

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Sayu Bhojwani, a native of India who is now a naturalized U.S. citizen, is the founder of Women’s Democracy Lab, established in 2020 to support women of color in elected office. In 2010, she also founded New American Leaders, a similar movement empowering immigrants, refugees and their advocates in their efforts to run for office.

She served as NAL’s president for 10 years, during which she recruited, coached and supported over 50 first- and second-generation Americans who now serve in local, state or federal office. She also served as New York City’s first commissioner of immigrant affairs from 2002 to 2004.

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Gregg Bishop, born in Grenada and raised in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, serves on several boards, including at the Red Hook Initiative, Junior Achievement of New York, Pursuit (formerly New York Business Development Corporation), the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Association for a Better New York. He is interim executive director of Coro New York, a civic leadership training organization. He has worked extensively in the nonprofit world and served as the commissioner of the New York Department of Small Business Services, where he connected small business owners to more than $200 million and certified a record 9,000 minorityand women-owned business efforts. He also developed and launched several initiatives aimed at removing barriers women and people of color face, including Black Entrepreneurs NYC and Women Entrepreneurs NYC. City & State included Gregg in its 2015 New York City 40 Under 40 Rising Stars list.

New Yorkers have gotten to know Andrew Kirtzman from his years as a television journalist and work in public service. He was the host of NY1’s “Inside City Hall’’ and WCBS-TV’s “Kirtzman and Co.” and made appearances as a political analyst on CNN and MSNBC. Andrew also has been a contributor to The New York Times and The Washington Post, and recently signed with Simon & Schuster to write his second book about Rudy Giuliani. Now running his own boutique public affairs and communications firm, Kirtzman Strategies, he also worked as a government reporter for the Daily News, an investigative reporter for the Houston Post and city editor of the Hudson Dispatch in New Jersey. Andrew also served as a senior adviser to then-New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott in 2013. He is a native of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and currently lives in NoHo. Andrew was included in City & State’s 2020 Political PR Power 50 and 2019 New York 50 Over 50.

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In addition to City & State’s board, Juanita Scarlett also is serving on the advisory committee board for the NYU Wagner School of Public Health NYC 2025. Scarlett, a partner with Bolton-St. Johns public affairs firm, has worked as press officer to former Gov. Mario Cuomo, in various roles for former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, and most recently in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration as executive vice president for strategy, policy and public affairs at the Empire State Development Corporation.

She also worked as director of intergovernmental affairs for Cuomo when he was attorney general. At BoltonSt. Johns, she has worked with United Way of New York City, Quest Diagnostics and Epiq. Juanita was included in City & State’s 2021 Political PR Power 50 and 2020 Women Power 100 lists.

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Trip Yang, a native of China who became a U.S. citizen at age 25, runs a consulting firm that focuses on progressive candidates and candidates of color. He helped City Council Member Donovan Richards win the Queens borough president primary in 2020 and was Bernie Sanders’ New York political director. He also advised the campaigns of state Attorney General Letitia James and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

Trip right out of college took an unpaid internship with President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign. He was included in City & State’s 2020 NYC 40 Under 40 Rising Stars and 2020 Political Consultants Power 50 lists.

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Larry Scott Blackmon, CEO of political consulting and communications firm The Blackmon Organization, has 20 years of experience in public service. Prior to consulting, he was vice president for public affairs at FreshDirect and before that deputy commissioner with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Larry has served under New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and worked with former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, and former New York City Council Speakers Christine Quinn and Gifford Miller. He also has worked on the staffs of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her 2000 Senate campaign.

He was included in City & State’s 2020 Bronx Power 50 and 2019 Bronx Power 100.

Ashwin Vasan is a practicing primary care physician and academic who has focused on improving the lives of vulnerable people.

He is an assistant professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. Vasan, who has family members who have lived with mental illness and addiction, also is president and CEO of Fountain House, a nonprofit that provides employment, education, housing and wellness programs to the mentally ill. He previously worked at Partners In Health and at the World Health Organization to increase access to HIV/ AIDS treatment in the global South, and at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Vasan, who lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children, was included in City & State’s 2021 Nonprofit Power 100 list.

Maite Junco, vice chancellor for communications and marketing at the City University of New York, joins the board after more than more than three decades of experience in communications and journalism. She spent 17 years in various editorial roles at the New York Daily News, including as an editor of mine when I was a reporter at the Daily News. Her parents were from Cuba, and she was born in Puerto Rico. Early in her career, she was deputy press secretary on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential run, director of communications on the Committee to Reelect David Dinkins a year later, and campaign director at the Committee to Reelect Nydia Velázquez in 1994. Her most recent job before CUNY was leading communications strategy for Letitia James on her successful run for state attorney general.

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Born in Panama, Lupé ToddMedina has relied on her own personal experiences to relate to immigrant communities throughout her work in the public sector and in communications. She has worked for Ken Thompson, Brooklyn’s first Black district attorney; led communications for Shavar Jeffries when he ran for mayor of Newark, New Jersey, in 2014; and was campaign director for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley. She also was the first press secretary for thenNewark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker and Newark’s spokesperson from 2006 to 2007. She has been included in City & State’s 2020 Power of Diversity: Black 100 and 2020 Women’s Power 100 lists.

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Tara L. Martin has spent decades working in community engagement, public affairs and labor organizing. She is currently director of political outreach at Madison Square Garden Entertainment, and previously held positions with four presidential campaigns.

Martin also has worked with the Democratic National Committee, the New York State Nurses Association, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, and as an adviser to several elected officials on the New York City Council, Congress and in boroughwide offices. She currently also serves as executive director of The Coalition to Restore New York, a super PAC set up by James Dolan, the chief executive at MSG Entertainment.

She was included in City & State’s 2020 Brooklyn Power 50 and 2015 40 Under 40 Rising Stars lists.

David Jones, longtime leader of the Community Services Society, is currently a member of the Metropolitan Transit Authority board and a recognized expert on urban poverty and economic advancement. He has served on transition committees for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Early in his career, David interned for the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. David is also chair of the board of the Nation Institute, a board member of the Scherman Foundation and Center for Community Change and board chair of Carver Federal Savings, the largest African Americanmanaged bank in the nation.

He is a native of BedfordStuyvesant, Brooklyn, and son of the late Assembly Member and Judge Thomas R. Jones. David was included in City & State’s 2021 Nonprofit 100 and 2020 New York 50 Over 50 lists.

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Longtime political operative Mike Nieves, also CEO and President of Spanish language television network HITN, has devoted years of public service serving on the boards of the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Chicago, the New York Puerto Rican Parade and New York City Public Schools Community School Board #32. He has spent more than 25 years working with elected officials and their campaigns. Among them, Assembly Member and former Bronx Democratic leader José Rivera, Assembly Member Robert Rodríguez, New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy, former Rep. Charles Rangel and New York City Civil Court Judge Lisa Headley. He also has served in several New York City government posts and was included in City & State’s 2018 50 Over 50 list.

These board members in the coming weeks will have their first meeting to review upcoming City & State lists and rankings, providing guidance to ensure diverse communities remain a top focus and consideration during editorial research and reporting.

We invite your feedback and ask that you please direct your thoughts to rortega@cityandstateny.com.

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TOXIC MESS Allegations against Cuomo pull back the veil on a troubling culture in the Capitol lacking boundaries and rife with unwanted innuendo.

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OV. ANDREW CUOMO’S recently alleged actions – sexual comments and kissing without consent, unwanted touching and bullying phone calls – are changing public perceptions of the third-term governor, but they are unsurprising for many people who work at the Capitol. Most legislative aides have either experienced, witnessed or heard rumors of actions like these by some elected official or other. “We spent years rooting out the Vito Lopezes,” one longtime legislative staffer said, referring to a former member of the Assembly who notoriously harassed women while in office. “The stories with Cuomo absolutely ring true to me.”

Capitol staffers and lobbyists may not say so openly, but Albany remains a place where inappropriate comments, workplace bullying and sexual harassment are common, despite progress in recent years in addressing the issue.

“Sometimes it takes this kind of reckoning for people to realize what’s been happening all along,” Erica Vladimer, a former Capitol staffer and co-founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group, told City & State said in a recent interview. “It’s because the man who was in charge of the system that protects him is the one that we are finally shining a spotlight on.”

Aleks Wolan recalls that the reality of working in state politics was made

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clear to her as soon as she took a job as an Assembly staffer in late 2018. “Day one of working for the Legislature, our chief of staff, who is a woman, gave me the sexual harassment talk: ‘This is something that happens here, it could happen to you,’” Wolan told City & State. Wolan said that she never personally experienced sexual harassment, and in no way did the warning imply anything about her boss, Assembly Member Dan Quart, or anyone in his office. But others have not been so lucky.

Landmark legislative hearings on sexual harassment in 2019 highlighted egregious examples of lawmakers abusing their power, but the comments and blurring of boundaries can also be much more subtle.

It could be a hand brushing a knee or a little extra attention from a powerful person.

Sometimes, it’s stuff that is just downright weird, according to the longtime legislative staffer, who wished to remain anonymous to speak freely. “I’ve gotten weird texts from a legislator, asking me if I’m going to be at an event or, you know, buying me a dog that I said I didn’t want,” the staffer said. “It’s that stuff where you can’t put your finger on it and say, ‘This is wrong,’ but you just wonder: What’s going on there? Are you overinterpreting? Are you kind of looking for sexual harassment everywhere? Is this just someone who doesn’t know how to talk to people?”

Elected officials are famously demanding of their staffs. Working in politics, often on nights and weekends, also means lots of time hanging out with colleagues. Many politicians’ offices are known for a cult of personality, with admiring staffers who are heavily dependent on their former boss’s recommendations in building their careers. All of that adds up to a situation ripe for elected officials to cross boundaries with staffers who are reluctant to speak up about it.

Cuomo has defended his own conduct by effectively saying he had no idea that his efforts at “fun” and “jokes” would be construed as sexual harassment, despite saying he took the state-mandated sexual harassment training. He has denied any unwanted touching, but he has sidestepped questions about whether he made certain alleged comments, such as asking former executive chamber staffer Charlotte Bennett whether she was monogamous or ever considered dating older men. “I didn’t know I was making

“It’s that stuff where you can’t put your finger on it and say, ‘This is wrong,’ but you just wonder: What’s going on there?”

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her uncomfortable at the time,” he told reporters on March 3. “I feel badly that I did.”

Cuomo also argued that there was nothing wrong with the way he treated Anna Ruch when he grabbed her face and asked her whether he could kiss her at the 2019 wedding of his longtime aide Gareth Rhodes, who recently left his role on the state COVID-19 task force. “You can go find hundreds of pictures of me kissing people: men, women,” he added. “It is my usual and customary way of greeting.” As for allegations that he kissed Lindsey Boylan, a former chief of staff at Empire State Development who is now running for Manhattan borough president, on the lips? Didn’t happen, according to Cuomo. “I never touched anyone inappropriately,” said Cuomo, who deflected a question about what he would do if the allegations were not against him but one of his staff.

“How can New Yorkers trust you (governor) to lead our state if you ‘don’t know’ when you’ve been inappropriate with your own staff?” Boylan tweeted following his remarks.

Women’s rights activists expressed concern that Albany’s notorious frat house cul-

ture won’t be fixed if the governor doesn’t lead by example. “It is very, very dispiriting and debilitating to have the person at the top be a bully or a harasser or someone who is setting a tone,” said Lynn Hecht Schafran, legal director at the Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund, who has written extensively about sexual harassment in the workplace. “That is giving permission to everybody else to behave very badly.”

Cuomo, 63, has claimed that he was only joking when he reportedly asked Bennett, 25, whether she would ever consider sleeping with an older man.

He is not the only person in his administration who appears willing to mix his love life with his professional duties, although no one else is currently accused of anything nonconsensual. “Have I dated people that I’ve come across, you know, at work?

Sure,” state Budget Director Robert Mujica, who faces no allegations of sexual harassment, told City & State months ago.

The governor has embodied a political persona built on male archetypes of being a gruff leader who eagerly dons a hard hat, projects strength and control, rarely admits to having been wrong and hits back when attacked. This has also raised questions about how his leadership style translates into action by his staffers. Spokesperson Rich Azzopardi called state Sens. Alessandra Biaggi and Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou “fucking idiots” in 2019 after they criticized a fundraiser the governor held in budget season. One year later, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa asked Biaggi, after the legislator floated the idea of challenging Cuomo for the 2022 Democratic nomination for governor, “Are you drunk? Get a grip.”

A spokesperson for the governor did not respond to a request for comment about how the governor’s actions set an example.

The governor is not the only man in the Capitol who is rumored to be easily angered or prone to making sexually charged comments. Many of the others have yet to face public scrutiny about their actions, though staffers whisper to each other and the media about them.

At least some staffers feel fortunate that they do not have to deal with “toxic masculinity” in the workplace – at least not directly. “I work for a woman,” one legislative staffer told City & State. “I have never experienced during my time in the Legislature being asked by a supervisor about my sex life. (It) would be seen as completely inappropriate.”

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Lindsey Boylan, who is now running for Manhattan borough president, described in detail that the governor harassed her over an extended period and gave her an unwanted kiss.

Cuomo denies the allegations.

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State Sen. Jessica Ramos, who has worked in New York City politics for more than a decade, said that increased representation has empowered women to speak out.

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There are now enough women in the Legislature to act as a powerful bloc against sexual harassment.

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F IT SEEMS like the loudest calls for action and accountability in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo have been coming from women, it might be because Albany’s growing contingent of female lawmakers have a deeper understanding of harassment. “We get it. We understand the wrong that has happened here,” said Assembly Member Nathalia Fernández, a legislator from the Bronx who was elected in 2018. “We’re trying to let everybody else understand – or at least asking them, and trying to get them to understand.”

A series of accusations of sexual harassment and, in some cases, unwanted touching – first from former Cuomo aides Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett, and then from another young woman – have rocked Albany, leading Cuomo’s office to grant state Attorney General Letitia James the authority to oversee an independent investigation into the allegations.

And while calls for Cuomo to be investigated or even to step down from office have crossed both gender and party lines, Albany’s female lawmakers are at the forefront of the charge to hold Cuomo accountable.

As Micah Sifry, co-founder of the “technology for the public good” nonprofit Civic Hall pointed out on his Substack, a greater share of New York’s female legislators have called for an investigation into the allegations than the share of Albany’s male legislators. As of March 3, a crowdsourced spreadsheet reported that 29 women in the Assembly called for an independent investigation, compared with 8 men in the body, while 12 of the Senate’s 18 female members have called for an independent investigation, compared to 19 of the body’s 45 male members. (This count

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From left, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, Assembly Member Nathalia Fernández, and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. Fernández says that more women in Albany means more support to call out harassment.

may miss legislators who have spoken up more recently.)

On March 1, over two dozen women in the Assembly released a statement calling for an investigation with subpoena power – which James’ investigation now has. That list included longtime legislators such as Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, alongside first-term lawmakers such as Jessica González-Rojas. Six of the Legislature’s democratic socialist members – including state Sen. Julia Salazar and Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes, went further, saying that impeachment proceedings should begin.

Some of the Legislature’s female members said that increased representation of women in Albany is contributing to a shift in the Capitol’s culture, which may aid the quest for accountability for allegations of sexual harassment.

While representation in the Legislature is still disproportionately male, it has steadily increased in recent years. According to Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics, women make up just over 34% of the New York Legislature in 2021, compared to just over 21% a decade ago.

State Sen. Jessica Ramos, who was elected to the Senate in 2018, but who has had an inside look at Albany since she started working in New York City politics more than a decade ago, said that increased representation has empowered women to speak out. “It’s been quite an experience to see not only how the influx of women into the state Legislature has certainly impacted what we choose to comment on, what we choose to fight, what we choose to legislate about, hold hearings about,” she said. “I would argue also that some of the female legislators who were there before

we arrived, before the new class arrived, seems to me feel much more empowered now too.”

Fernández echoed that notion. “There’s more women here, so we’re less alone,” she said. “There’s more understanding of these circumstances and the situations.”

Both Ramos and Fernández have called for Cuomo to resign in the wake of these allegations, coming down on the harsher side of those calling for accountability, along with other progressive Democrats and some Republicans. Most members of the Democratic political establishment, however, haven’t gone that far, calling instead for an investigation into Cuomo’s alleged actions, or staying silent.

As one example of progress, Ramos pointed to the first joint legislative hearing on sexual harassment that the state held in more than 25 years, which was held in 2019. That year, the Legislature took sweeping action to reform the state’s sexual harassment laws, including lowering the long-standing “severe and pervasive” standard for harassment.

Rita Pasarell, a co-founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group – an organization of former legislative staffers who campaign for sexual harassment policy reform – said it’s not just that the culture is shifting because there are more women in office, but that those kinds of reforms make it more likely that women can succeed and stick around in Albany.

“More women are in office because we’ve had a measure of increased sexual harassment protections over the years,” she said. “I think it has become safer and easier for victims to talk about that because the laws have improved.”

Cuomo spoke to reporters for the first time in over a

week on March 3, addressing the allegations made against him, after previously releasing written statements in which he denied Boylan’s accusation that he forcibly kissed her, but acknowledged that he sometimes makes comments on people’s personal lives and said he was sorry if those were misinterpreted as unwanted flirtation. “I now understand that I acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable,” Cuomo

“It’s been quite an experience to see how the influx of women into the state Legislature has certainly impacted what we choose to comment on, what we choose to fight, what we choose to legislate about.”

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said. “It was unintentional and I truly and deeply apologize for it. I feel awful about it and frankly embarrassed by it, and that’s not easy to say, but that’s the truth.” Cuomo added that he never “touched anyone inappropriately.”

Phara Souffrant Forrest, a new member of the Assembly from Brooklyn, noted that it’s

not just the allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo that have put him in the hot seat, but the ongoing controversy over his administration’s handling of COVID-19 nursing home deaths. Souffrant Forrest, whose father is currently in a nursing home, said that women’s voices have been important in drawing attention to that issue too. “It’s women of color and working-class women in the Legislature whose concerns about this have been most acute,” she said.

Like Ramos and Fernández, Souffrant Forrest has called for Cuomo’s resignation.

A large share of those calling for Cuomo’s resignation are progressive Democrats, such as Ramos, Souffrant Forrest and Fernández, and those who have butted heads with Cuomo – including Assembly Member Ron Kim and state Sen. Gustavo Rivera. Many of the lawmakers who were first to call for an investigation into Cuomo’s alleged actions also fall into these categories, though those calling for accountability have now moved beyond just Republicans and progressive Democrats. More moderate Democrats have also called for an independent investigation, including state Sen. Diane Savino and Assembly Member Amy Paulin – both of whom have served in the Legislature for more than a decade.

While Cuomo gave no signal in his first public comments that he’s ready to step down, Fernández said that this moment is the product of a long overdue cultural shift in Albany. “We’ve all said it, and we know it: Government was started by men, and originally white men,” she said. “So we’re changing what used to be comfortable and normal, and demanding it to be better.”

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In an emotional announcement that he was stepping down, Richard Carranza said he needed to take time to grieve for loved ones lost to COVID-19.

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THE OUTGOING NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR HAD ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TENURES IMAGINABLE. STRAIGHT TALK ON SCHOOL SEGREGATION – AND LITTLE PROGRESS – WILL BE HIS LEGACY.

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HEN RICHARD CARRANZA showed up to run New York City’s public schools, he did not have a filter when it came to discussing integration. After being appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2018, he got started on an agenda to address such inequities until he ran into pushback from parents and teachers. But all else would eventually be overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic, forcing Carranza to deal with what de Blasio described to him as a “war scenario,” the chancellor told City & State. One year after the outbreak began, Carranza announced that he had reached his limit – but it remains in dispute exactly which limit. Carranza said he needed a break from managing a system of more than

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1 million students in the middle of a pan- economic: Black and Hispanic students are demic, but speculation abounds that he and more likely to attend a school where more the mayor were butting heads over how far than 75% of students experience poverty.

Carranza and de Blasio made some limitCity Hall would take his integration agenda.

“I know the pandemic has not been easy ed progress on integration, including providfor you or for any New Yorker. And make no ing $2 million for the city’s 32 local school mistake, I am a New Yorker. While not by districts to work on their own desegregabirth, by choice,” he said with an emotional tion plans. The pandemic also presented an voice at a Feb. 26 news conference. “A New opportunity for some temporary measures Yorker who has lost – a New Yorker who has that could advance integration, including relost 11 family and close childhood friends to cently removing middle school screenings this pandemic and a New Yorker who, quite that relied on academics-based admissions frankly, needs to take time to grieve. I feel for next year. Carranza and the mayor were that I can take that time now because of the also credited for accepting many of the recommendations of a Diversiplace that we are in and ty Advisory Group that was the work that we have charged with coming up done together.”

“Between the with policies that advance It was a surprise anpandemic, school integration. nouncement, which The the end of the In other areas, graduaNew York Times retion rates improved under ported came after heated administration, Carranza’s tenure. The disagreements between it’s really been percentage of students Carranza and de Blasio, who exerts mayoral a tough position who started high school and graduated within four control over the nation’s for Richard at years was 78.8% in 2020, largest public school systhe end.” up from 77.3% a year eartem. Neither Carranza lier. College readiness rates nor de Blasio commentalso have been inching up, ed about the Times arthough critics claim the ticle to City & State, – United Federation of numbers are higher bewhile their staff deferred Teachers President Michael cause of so-called “diploto statements from the Mulgrew ma mills,” which are high news conference to anschools with above averswer reporter questions age graduation rates that about Carranza’s decimask lower college readsion to leave. He also had iness rates. The last measure is one closely not scheduled any exit interviews.

“For three years, he’s given his heart watched by experts, who credit Carranza and soul to the kids of this city, and it’s for pushing an agenda while his hands were been a labor of love,” de Blasio said at the tied by mayoral control.

“It hasn’t been a colossal, sudden blospress conference. “I’ve worked shoulder to shoulder with him. I’ve seen it. And a lot soming that every kid in the city schools is has happened in these three years to move getting what they need and what they deserve,” said Michael Rebell, professor of us forward.”

Meisha Porter, 47, is to replace Carranza law and educational practice and execuas leader of the massive school system after tive director of the Center for Educational he leaves on March 15. Porter, the current Equity at Columbia University’s Teachers Bronx executive superintendent, will be College. “But I think he has pushed the the first Black woman to take on the job of system forward.”

Observers say that while much more chancellor.

Since Carranza’s appointment in 2018, work still needs to be done on integration, the 54-year-old chancellor’s agenda has Carranza is due credit for igniting the issue been largely focused on racial integration. with blunt words no previous administraCarranza is a second-generation American tor, or even de Blasio, was willing to express whose grandparents were from Mexico, before him. “Not everybody is ready to have and he speaks fluent Spanish. He arrived those conversations,” said Naomi Peña, a in New York City after serving as super- past public school parent and president of intendent in Houston and in San Francisco Community Education Council District 1.

The chancellor’s push for desegregation before that, speaking bluntly to New Yorkers about how to tackle segregation within still managed to alienate certain groups. the schools. New York City schools remain Asian American parents mounted proamong the most segregated in the coun- tests after the chancellor and de Blasio antry. Of all Black and Hispanic students, nounced a plan to end the entrance exams 74.6% attend a school with less than 10% for the city’s eight specialized high schools white students, while 34.3% of white stu- shortly after Carranza’s arrival. The plan dents attend a school with more than 50% threatened to eliminate about half the white students. The racial disparity is also school seats held by Asian students at the

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specialized schools, including Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech, where they have been a majority. Asian American parents responded with chants of “Fire Carranza!” joining other critics of the chancellor, most of whom have been conservative and white. Because the test for the specialized schools is required by the state Legislature, the entrance exams have stayed.

Carranza wasn’t shy about pointing out his perceptions of existing racism within the schools as well. “WATCH: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools,” he tweeted in 2018, reposting a Raw Story report about Upper West Side parents reacting critically to one of his desegregation plans. In some cases, Carranza has publicly apologized for having heated exchanges with parents who disagreed with him. His persistence on the topic of segregation even led to the start of an online petition calling for his termination a year ago.

“As a teacher committed to social justice and equity, I welcomed the Chancellor wholeheartedly and truly believed he could lead us to where we need to go. He proved me wrong,” wrote Julie Milner, a lawyer and former teacher from Elmhurst, Queens, who commented on the petition and complained that Carranza was “marginalizing Asian voices.”

Shino Tanikawa, co-chair of the Education Council Consortium, an advocacy group, said Carranza’s unvarnished words were necessary.

“I think we needed, as a city, to hear them,” Tanikawa told City & State. “To have a chancellor who comes in and is able to say things that he said, for those of us who were working on school integration, that was incredibly rewarding and refreshing. Finally, here was a man who could say it like it was, calling a spade a spade. Maybe we can actually move forward because we can now articulate what the problem is, which we were not able to do until he arrived.”

When COVID-19 emerged, Carranza’s job changed dramatically. He helped usher in remote learning and vowed that it was here to stay, essentially putting an end to snow days. He later was tasked with making sure school buildings were safe for students and teachers when New York became the first major school system to resume in-person learning in the fall. Integration continued on his list of priorities, plus addressing hot-button issues like the cancellation of testing for gifted students and inequities that continue to skew admissions to the city’s specialized schools.

But the closing and reopening of schools came with unprecedented challenges, miscommunications and concerns. Not all students had computers to learn from home while there were 200,000 children with disabilities and 114,000 who were home-

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RICHARD CARRANZA’S three years as New York City schools chancellor were by no means easy, as he dealt with the coronavirus pandemic as well as increasing pressure to integrate the racially segregated school system. In 2019, the difficulty of that ongoing battle led City & State to – only half-jokingly – name him one of New York’s most politically powerless people. Here are some of the defining moments of Carranza’s tenure.

Tension between Carranza and Mayor Bill de Blasio reportedly contributed to Carranza’s decision to resign.

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Carranza gets the job Carranza was, quite publicly, not de Blasio’s first choice, following the retirement of his first-term schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. The city had first asked Miami’s top educator, Alberto Carvalho, who turned down the job in a dramatic hearing carried live on TV. So while every schools chancellor gets put under the microscope, Carranza accepted the job with even more scrutiny than usual – and it didn’t help that he was an outsider, who never worked in New York, and hadn’t appeared on many folks’ shortlists. But de Blasio’s City Hall emphasized that Carranza, who had previously led school systems in Houston and San Francisco, was up for it.

De Blasio proposes eliminating the SHSAT Early in Carranza’s tenure, de Blasio announced a long-awaited proposal to eliminate the Specialized High School Admissions Test, or SHSAT, that is the sole criterion for admission to some of the city’s most prestigious high schools.

Critics of the test say it disadvantages Black and Latino students and keeps them out of the city’s best schools.

Carranza stood by de Blasio, and also talked about school segregation more broadly – an issue that would come to define his time as schools chancellor. But integration isn’t easy, and many parents and advocates prefer the status quo for a variety of reasons. Nearly three years later, nothing about the specialized high school admissions process has changed.

Graduation rates continue to rise The schools chancellor has a massive portfolio, but to many observers, the most important thing is graduation rates. So despite the controversies over everything from school integration to chocolate milk, Carranza was able to stay in his job in part because high school graduation rates rose in his first full year, 2019, and again in his second.

School goes remote When the city’s school system faced one of its biggest challenges in history, Carranza was at the helm. Facing the global coronavirus pandemic, public school got called off completely for just a week – then class resumed, virtually, on Monday, March 23. The transition was bumpy, as hundreds of thousands of students lacked the resources to join in. And among many other challenges, the moves to remote learning,

then part-time “blended learning,” and back again has raised concerns of racial disparities in the school system.

Principals cast vote of no confidence in Carranza New York City officials had all summer to decide what public education would look like in the fall. They didn’t. And students, teachers, parents and more were all left confused and wondering whether schools would reopen, and how. The city delayed in-person learning in September, then delayed it again, and the tension, among other ongoing issues, led to the principals union’s unanimous vote of no confidence in Carranza and de Blasio. Things have calmed down significantly since then, and while criticism has continued over specific issues, de Blasio and Carranza have received praise for their efforts to keep schools open and kids learning inperson.

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Meisha Porter faces huge challenges and not much time to make an impact as Carranza’s successor.

is, you know, segregation exists, and I’m not going to shy away from the importance of really looking at the inequities around admissions processes and really pushing forward for ways we can create opportunities and access for all students,” she said after de Blasio announced her appointment, adding that she’s previously supported efforts to open the middle school admissions process. She also said she would prioritize changing gifted and talented classes in New York City as part of the integration effort. Carranza and de Blasio have clashed on admissions to gifted programs in recent months.

RUNNING THE New York City school system may be the second-hardest job in the city, behind being mayor.

Public school veteran Meisha Porter is taking on the role in the middle of an unprecedented crisis – and with less than a year left in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure. Like Richard Carranza, who abruptly announced his resignation last month, she’ll have to figure out how to fully reopen New York City schools in addition to tackling the thorny issues of persistent school segregation and how to define “gifted” students. Unlike Carranza, she’s a native New Yorker, deeply familiar with the school system. Here are four things to know about the new leader of the nation’s largest public school system, who takes over March 15.

She’s a New York City public school veteran Porter currently serves as executive superintendent in the Bronx, where she oversees 361 schools in the borough.

But she has a long history with the city Department of Education, in contrast with Carranza, who took the job after holding posts in Texas and California. She spent 18 years as a teacher and principal at the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice, which she helped establish after serving as a youth organizer. From there she became superintendent of District 11, which served the Pelham Parkway, Eastchester and Woodlawn neighborhoods of the Bronx. The Queens native is herself a product of New York City’s public school system – having graduated from Queens Vocational and Technical High School – and her mother and aunt were both teachers.

She will be the first Black woman in the role Porter will make history as the first Black woman to serve as schools chancellor in New York City. Among her priorities will be tackling segregation in the city’s public schools. “The reality

Principals and parents are optimistic about her appointment Reactions to Porter’s appointment from principals, educators and parents familiar with her have largely been positive. Parent advocates with the New Settlement Parent Action Committee credited her for helping them join the city Department of Education’s equity teams and ensuring parents have school materials translated into their native language. Principals have commended her leadership. For example, Mark Dunetz, the president of New Visions for Public Schools, told the New York Times: “As I’ve watched her work, I’ve seen her really pay attention to the details of how the work actually gets done by principals, teachers, counselors. She never assumes that these details will work themselves out.” Freshman Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who served as the principal of a Bronx middle school before running for office, also praised her, calling her “a leader and visionary.” What remains to be seen is to what degree the problems that stymied Carranza during his tenure – in particular, clashing with the mayor – will also be a challenge for Porter over the coming months.

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She’s overseen rising graduation rates while executive superintendent Since becoming executive superintendent in the Bronx in 2018, Porter has overseen the greatest improvements in graduation rates of any borough over that time period, according to the city. Rates jumped up by 5.7 percentage points since 2018 – up to a 73% graduation rate – outpacing the citywide increase of 2.8 percentage points.

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less. Later, as New York City moved to be the first major public school system to reopen in response to declining infection rates, there remained concerns over aging ventilation systems in school buildings and worries of possible school nurse and teacher shortages. Parents were slow to let their children return, even though many were anxious for an end to months of learning from home.

Critics of mayoral control over the public schools in New York City say the policy undermines a chancellor’s authority, and that Carranza was no exception when it came to working for de Blasio. “Control, I think that’s been the toughest part for him,” said Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, the union representing 200,000 teachers and school personnel, said of Carranza. A term-limited de Blasio will leave office at the end of this year, which means it’s likely a new mayor will bring in a new chancellor, even possibly to replace Porter.

Carranza, meanwhile, has continued in what some consider to be an almost impossible job. “Between the “People will say to ranza was just more radical than the pandemic, the end of the adme sometimes, mayor.” The source ministration, it’s really been ‘So you work for noted how Carranza a tough position for Richard had favored eliminatat the end,” Mulgrew said. the mayor.’ No, testing for the city’s During an interview with but I am working ing Gifted and Talented City & State on Feb. 17, Carranza reflected back on the for the children.” program, which has been criticized for not past three years and what granting fair access to it has been like pushing students of color. The his agenda for the schools, exams were killed this which he said was in agree– outgoing New York City schools Chancellor Richard year, but because a city ment with de Blasio’s – and Carranza education panel rejectnot just a case of following ed a testing contract in orders. “I think the fact that what was viewed as a the mayor appointed me as chancellor speaks to the fact that he and I rebuke to de Blasio. Student interviews and are aligned in terms of how we view edu- a lottery will be used instead.

The administration source said that Carcation. But at the end of the day, the mayor is the mayor of the city of New York and ranza was pushing an agenda to integrate 1.1 million of his citizens are the children schools that failed to take into account the in our schools,” Carranza said during the time-consuming process of government, which de Blasio oversees. “This is not a 45-minute Zoom call.

He showed little indication of a falling dictatorship,” the source said, defending out with the mayor that may have led to his the mayor and his relationship with the decision to resign. “The mayor and Car- chancellor.

Schools have started a conversation with ranza had a good relationship,” an administration source, who requested anonymity parents on how students who are considto protect their job, told City & State. “Car- ered “exceptional,” should be taught. “I’ll

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tell you, it’s usually not in a segregated program” wrote the chancellor in an email followup to the interview. He also offered his insights on how the city’s specialized schools could become more diversified moving forward.

“We’re bound by a state law from the 1970s to administer a single test that determines who gets admitted to specialized high schools. I’ve been crystal clear since I became chancellor – this is not a fair or equitable way to run this process, and the test creates a barrier and results in segregation. No single test should determine a student’s future. It must be repealed and we have made important, unprecedented progress on this,” he said.

Carranza wrote that a goal was set of reserving 20% of seats at each specialized high school for students in the Discovery program, a summer enrichment program that helps high-performing, underserved students gain admission to a specialized high school. But he remained insistent that the Specialized High School Admissions Test be eliminated. “We’ve moved the conversation forward in substantial ways, yet adults are standing in the way of what’s right for New York City’s children, and initiatives like this alone aren’t going to move the needle to where I would like it to be,” he said, in a reference to the state Legislature’s requirement of the exams.

COVID-19 made some inequities worse, such as lack of access to technology, but it also created opportunities for at least temporarily ditching biased admissions criteria.

“We have long been addressing historical inequities, many of which COVID-19 exacerbated,” Carranza said. “And (we) ushered in new admissions changes, such as the pause on middle school academic screens and the removal of geographic priorities for high schools, to open up access and opportunity for more children in every neighborhood in the city.”

The chancellor gave only one acknowledgment that he might no longer be around, as he described what his message would be to the next mayor and chancellor: “My message would be, ‘Don’t ever forget who you’re working for,’” Carranza said. “People will say to me sometimes, ‘So you work for the mayor.’ No, but I am working for the children. That’s my job to work for the children. So my message would be, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, but make it better, and always remember you’re working for children.’”

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FORTY Recognizing the rising stars in New York’s labor movement.

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FORTY IN NEW YORK, organized labor has a lot of leverage. The chiefs of the state’s largest labor unions play an outsized role in shaping policy in New York City and in Albany. But while the top officeholders heading up these influential unions get plenty of press and applause, they rely heavily on hardworking deputies who assist in protecting their rank-and-file members, passing worker-friendly legislation and driving political debate. Meanwhile, other younger New Yorkers are also helping to advance the cause of the labor movement, including officials within state and local government as well as activists agitating for change from the outside.

City & State’s Labor 40 Under 40 highlights an impressive array of rising stars – all under the age of 40 – who you might not know, but should. This list features individuals who have been on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19, who are training New Yorkers to adapt to an evolving economy, who are advocating for women and people of color. These young leaders are taking on such timely causes as immigrant rights, diversity in workplace and criminal justice reform. And a number of them are running for elected office to have an even greater impact on the lives of working New Yorkers.

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ERIK ANTOKAL ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMS Nontraditional Employment for Women It’s no secret that construction work has long been a male-dominated industry. Erik Antokal is striving to change that.

“You have 50% of the population that has essentially been historically excluded from that incredible opportunity – what an untapped resource,” Antokal says.

After graduating from Tufts University in 2012, Antokal completed a fellowship with the Coro New York Leadership Center, where he worked with the United Federation of Teachers and 32BJ SEIU, the politically powerful property service workers union. Antokal also worked for the New York City Department of Small Business Services, where he helped coordinate the city’s business improvement districts.

Since joining the Nontraditional Employment for Women almost five years ago, Antokal has connected women and nonbinary individuals who graduate from the organization’s training program with the developers and subcontractors hiring construction workers. Of the women who go through NEW’s program, Antokal says about 85% are women of color and 82% are low-income individuals.

In the future, Antokal says he hopes to promote equity in the city’s green infrastructure projects. He also leads the organization’s Signature Projects Program, which he describes as “essentially trying to cheat the market” by working with developers and unions to set diversity goals, thereby creating demand for the organization’s trainees.

“We’re here to help companies do what the unions have already stepped up to do in setting their own diversity goals on their projects,” Antokal says.

ANTHONY BECKFORD PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER

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Black Lives Matter Brooklyn As a former United Federation of Teachers member and a member of the Freelancers Union, Anthony Beckford has taken his experiences in organized labor with him into the political sphere.

“I’m able to bring what I know from being a union member, what I know from being a laborer, what I know from being an advocate, from being a father, being a parent, being a dedicated community member into the political arena,” Beckford says.

“Labor rights is civil rights, which is human rights, which is all social justice,” he adds, referencing Martin Luther King Jr. Perhaps best known for his role as president and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Brooklyn, Beckford’s most recent endeavor is his campaign to represent the borough’s 45th District, which includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Flatbush, East Flatbush and Midwood, on the New York City Council. Beckford also heads Brooklyn’s Copwatch Patrol Unit and is an elected member of the Kings County Democratic County Committee.

In his bid to represent the 45th City Council District, Beckford says he will advocate for the reallocation of $2.5 billion in New York City Police Department funding, a moratorium on rent increases for the next 10 to 15 years and a 5% equity tax to fund the New York City Housing Authority. He also supports a free City University of New York.

During the course of the pandemic, Beckford has forged partnerships to distribute over 15,000 masks, 160,000 free meals, and 900 bottles of hand sanitizer in his Brooklyn community.

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ANGEL BENITEZ SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Local 420, DC 37, AFSCME Angel Benitez first became involved in his labor union after being written up by a supervisor at Woodhull Hospital in 2015. Local 420, the Municipal Hospital Employees Union, helped him challenge the write-up and inspired Benitez to become a more active member of the union, where he eventually took on even more responsibility as a shop steward.

In 2016, Benitez says, he was able to work together with his co-workers to successfully advocate for behavioral health associates working at Woodhull Hospital to obtain the maximum salary possible.

Benitez has also focused on advocating for better safety protocols to reduce the number of assaults on hospital staff by patients.

Benitez is no stranger to on-the-job trauma: He says he has been hurt while working at the hospital, suffering a torn rotator cuff and an injured back.

After being elected to his role as second vice president of Local 420 early last year, Benitez now splits his time between working as a behavioral health associate at Harlem Hospital and acting to engage, empower and educate other members within the union.

In his leadership role, Benitez fields calls from members asking about benefits and family medical leave, and he oversees about 100 shop stewards.

“My goal is to inspire those around me, motivate them, make them more engaged so that they can have a better life, more benefits,” says Benitez. “There’s more to life than just going and clocking in for a paycheck.”

GRACE BOGDANOVE VICE PRESIDENT, WESTERN NEW YORK NURSING HOME DIVISION Grace Bogdanove’s first experience with organized labor came during an internship with the Western New York Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO, while she was an undergraduate student at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

“I came to believe, in that one summer really, that the labor movement is the single most powerful movement in the fight for social and economic justice today,” Bogdanove says. The AFLCIO internship also introduced Bogdanove to working with health care unions – and the experience made an impact.

“I think, all along, my heart and my passion was with health care,” says Bogdanove, who took a position with the Pennsylvania State Education Association after graduating from Cornell. Eventually, she found her way back to 1199SEIU as an administrative organizer representing six nursing home facilities.

In this role, Bogdanove worked with a long-term care facility in Utica to motivate members who were too frustrated and worn out by changes in ownership to put up a fight when the new owners instituted a 4% wage cut, she recalls. Over time, she says, she was able to rally the facility’s members, leading them to win a contract where she says they did not give up a single thing – “all they got were gains.”

Nine months ago, Bogdanove became vice president of the union’s northern New York region, and in the next couple of months, she will transition into a new role as vice president of the western region.

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1199SEIU

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DERICK BOWERS DIRECTOR, SOCIAL ENTERPRISE NYC Center for Employment Opportunities Derick Bowers says he learned early in his career – while working as a public charter school teacher in Washington, D.C. – that a lot of the barriers children face have to do with their home environment. Many of the students he taught had family members caught in cycles of incarceration.

In his current role as director of social enterprise at the Center for Employment Opportunities, Bowers works with formerly incarcerated individuals who are looking for work. He oversees 30 or more work sites through partnerships with New York City and state agencies such as the New York City Housing Authority and the City University of New York. Throughout the pandemic, the supplemental sanitation and maintenance services provided by the over 2,000 individuals enrolled in the organization’s programs each year have become even more essential.

“Not only are they doing amazing work and getting paid that day, but they’re also providing a service to people who need it from their communities,” Bowers says.

Prior to joining CEO, Bowers worked at The Doe Fund for six years, serving in several positions – including a role with the organization’s culinary training program, where he “fell in love with the idea of social enterprise,” he says.

“That led me to think about what social enterprise meant, and how I can create business opportunities for an organization with the purpose of not making money for the organization, but really injecting profits into the pockets of individuals we serve,” Bowers says.

DOMINICK CASSANELLI JR. VICE PRESIDENT Originally from Yonkers, Dominick Cassanelli Jr. has been a Teamster his entire professional life. After graduating from Saunders Trades and Technical High School in his hometown, Cassanelli began working in the construction industry at a roofing supply yard and has now been with his union for the past 20 years.

“I was legitimately born into this union – and that’s where I plan to die, to be honest with you,” says the fourth-generation Teamster.

In 2012, after working as a shop steward, Cassanelli was asked to take on a business agent role, working at the Local 456 headquarters in Elmsford. In 2016, after organizing with other business agents and board members to form the Solidarity for Strength slate, Cassanelli was elected as vice president.

As a Teamster, Cassanelli has worked with members to challenge a South Bronx construction company that was unwilling to pay workers the prevailing wage in Westchester County, as well as on other initiatives like advocating for political funding and organizing picket lines.

Throughout the pandemic, Cassanelli says that he has worked to ensure that members aren’t taken advantage of if they have to take time off work for being sick, while keeping up to date with the various state mandates regarding coronavirus regulations.

“My professional goal is, honestly, being able to change certain laws in this state and in this country that are against the working class and are against the Teamsters,” he says. “If it takes me running for office somewhere down the line, then I’m going to do that, too.”

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SUE CASTLE LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL ACTION COORDINATOR CSEA Sue Castle grew up in a union home: Her mother worked as a school nurse and her father as a printer.

“My mom always instilled in us the value of having a union and what it meant to have a collective voice and the power that that brought to working families,” she remembers.

Prior to joining the Civil Service Employees Association, Castle’s first experience working with a labor union that was tied to political advocacy was through a 2004 internship with United Steelworkers.

“It was really challenging,” Castle says of the internship, which focused on motivating rural steelworkers to vote for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. “But I also loved it because it was a way to connect with union members on a different level and it kind of started my interest in politics and unionism.”

Castle also worked for the Professional Staff Congress for several years, representing City University of New York professors.

At CSEA, Castle has prioritized fighting for increased federal funding during the coronavirus pandemic, lobbying elected officials on issues important to members, and supporting political candidates backed by the union.

Although the pandemic has posed challenges for outreach efforts, Castle says CSEA has adapted during the past year, using social media and technology to sway voters and reach out to members.

“We had to get creative because, as a labor movement, one of our biggest tools is being on the ground and asking for votes at people’s doors,” she says.

OLANDO MARLON CHARLES CHOW COORDINATOR

Once a student of the program he now oversees, Olando Charles provides free, in-depth training for jobs like waiting tables, bartending or managing a restaurant.

“I always wanted to make a difference in the lives of people, especially for persons who are immigrants, persons who are LGBT, persons who are minorities,” says Charles, who immigrated to New York from the Caribbean.

To adapt during the pandemic, Charles says he developed an online curriculum for the CHOW program and partnered with agencies like ThriveNYC, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (formerly the Department of Consumer Affairs), and the New York City Department of Small Business Services to provide the program’s students with mental health resources and help them learn their rights as workers. Over the past year, Charles says, the program has graduated close to 135 students.

Prior to joining ROC, Charles was an organizer and case manager for the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project, helping LGBTQ immigrants.

“I really want the world to be a safer place for persons, especially persons who have experienced discrimination or inequality,” he says.

Aside from his work at ROC, Charles serves as a board member for the O’Brien Dennis Initiative for male survivors of sexual violence, the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project and Men of Faith.

He is pursuing both his bachelor’s degree in labor and urban studies at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and a certificate program in theology at the New York Theological Seminary.

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NUZHAT J. CHOWDHURY LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL New York City Council Over the past year, as legislative counsel to the New York City Council’s committees on Aging and on Civil Service and Labor, Nuzhat Chowdhury says she has been focusing on how the city can better protect its workers during the pandemic.

“I think that the pandemic has really highlighted the disparities that we knew existed already in the workforce,” she says.

After graduating from Columbia Law School, Chowdhury focused on appellate work on the public defender side for a year through a fellowship before transitioning into city government. As a social justice fellow with the city, she was placed with the City Council, originally working with the Committee on Civil Rights.

Once she became a permanent hire, Chowdhury began working with various committees before landing with the committees on Aging and Veterans, and eventually with the Committee on Civil Service and Labor.

Recently, Chowdhury contributed to the city’s passage of just cause legislation for restaurant workers, as well as an age discrimination package, which set up studies to research the issue in the city.

In January, Chowdhury oversaw the city’s passage of two pieces of legislation related directly to workplace safety, creating specific guidelines and what is essentially an external review board.

“The people who are putting themselves on the front line – the people who are more vulnerable to even contracting the virus – they disproportionately tend to be from these communities of color,” says Chowdhury. “That’s something the city needs to address.”

KELLI COUGHLIN DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS

Kelli Coughlin was a competitive dancer and gymnast as a Syracuse University undergraduate. Later, as a New York Law School student, she took a class in sports law because it seemed like a natural fit. There, she was introduced to collective bargaining, negotiation and labor relations.

Ever since, Coughlin has been devoted to labor law. She now works with Metro-North, which she rode from Poughkeepsie to Manhattan during her law school days.

“I would look out the window as I’m on the train and I would, you know, envision what it was like for the employees at Metro-North and labor relations at the railroad,” Coughlin recalls.

At Metro-North, Coughlin worked her way up from an intern to her current role as deputy director of labor relations – which involves interpreting and administering labor contracts for more than 15 Metro-North unions. She prides herself on being able to directly understand the represented employees at Metro-North.

“Most memorable to me is really going out into what we call the field,” Coughlin says. “I really want to experience what it is that our employees do every day so that I truly understand their perspective.”

As for her future goals, Coughlin says she hopes to continue to engage with collective bargaining in a way that is mutually beneficial to both the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and union employees, and to continue to grow her career with Metro-North.

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JACOB CRAWFORD SECRETARY AND TREASURER Professional Staff Association Jacob Crawford comes from a true labor family – his grandfather is a 65-year member of the UA and Crawford’s father recently retired as president of the IBEW Local 43.

“Labor’s always run through my family,” says Crawford. “The opportunity to work at (New York State United Teachers) was an amazing opportunity and the ability to serve my fellow co-workers by being one of their union representatives is an amazing opportunity to me.”

In addition to union work, Crawford is chair for the Albany County Democratic Committee – the youngest elected chair in history, he says. “My day job is working in labor and my hobby is the Democratic Party at this point,” Crawford says. “I’ve always thought that the Democratic Party goes hand in hand in terms of the values that labor believes in and the values that the Democratic Party will use.”

During the pandemic, Crawford has updated union members on changing policy and finances due to COVID-19. His regular role at NYSUT focuses on helping higher education faculty with their contracts, providing career resources and offering professional development at reduced rates.

“Being able to work with and serve our members in NYSUT and then also being able to serve my colleagues that work for NYSUT is in itself just absolutely rewarding every day,” says Crawford, who lives in Guilderland with his wife, Kellen, and their three daughters.

MICHELLE CRENTSIL POLITICAL DIRECTOR

When Michelle Crentsil started her job with New York State Nurses Association, a mid-sized nursing union, it was March 24, 2020 – just days after a stay-at-home order had been implemented in New York due to the highest surge of COVID-19 cases in the country. Crentsil overcame this challenge, however, and was able to organize during the pandemic.

“It was really important for my development in this role of being able to understand how people view nurses as a profession, then being able to tap into that and channel that into our advocacy and organizing,” she says.

During that same time, statewide elections were ramping up.

“One of the first things I was going to do was risky,” says Crentsil: endorsing Jamaal Bowman in the Democratic primary for the state’s 16th Congressional District against longtime incumbent Eliot Engel. “We might be the only one (union),” Crentsil told her colleagues. “Are you prepared for us to be the only ones?”

Through many conversations, Crentsil concluded that the members ardently supported the bold move, and she says she is proud of the decision.

Crentsil says she hopes to increase diversity within the labor field, a goal she thinks has been aided by the Black Lives Matter movement.

“I’m a young Black woman in this role, and I think that’s important,” Crentsil says. “I want to be able to work with other talented Black people in leadership roles in the labor movement and outside of the labor movement.”

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STUART DAVIS VICE CHAIR Professional Staff Congress Chapter at CUNY Baruch College Stuart Davis has been studying communications, with an emphasis on digital activism, for most of his professional career. Prior to becoming an assistant professor of communication studies at City University of New York’s Baruch College, Davis conducted research on community organizers in Brazil who were fighting against police violence. His analysis of activism led him to become an organizer at CUNY. “The kind of connections I see between (CUNY bargaining) and the work I did in Brazil is if you want to get something changed, the best way – maybe not the most time-effective way – is to get significant buy-in and come up with a good kind of organizing strategy around it, which overlaps with my interest in union stuff,” Davis says.

At Baruch, Davis helps bargain on behalf of faculty and organizes the staff. When he first started working at CUNY, Davis says, the university was going to have the CIA build a program on campus without previously briefing any faculty members who might have raised concerns, particularly those in the international programs.

Despite not yet knowing anyone at his new workplace, Davis reached out to his new colleagues and eventually gained enough support that the university agreed to sit down with the faculty senate and stop advertising the program.

Davis now wants to strengthen the union and protect its members.

“Part of that involves having more part-timers in leadership and more full-timers like me realize that really, this (organizing) is a part of our life,” Davis says.

ERIC DINOWITZ MEMBER When Eric Dinowitz graduated from college and returned to the Bronx, he embarked on a mission to serve high school students with special needs.

“Right away, I saw the needs of the vast majority of my students extend far beyond the academics I was providing for them,” Dinowitz says. “I have kids who are struggling with homelessness. I would see kids sneak extra sandwiches into their backpack, bring home extra milks as if they were doing something wrong – which they weren’t.” He also served for a time as a United Federation of Teachers chapter leader and remains a member of the city’s teachers union.

The work has been rewarding, Dinowitz says, citing two students who became EMTs. “It was such a proud moment – two of my students are doing something where they’re helping other people, where they’re taking care of themselves and their families,” he says.

Dinowitz, whose father is a state lawmaker, hopes to serve a larger constituency as he seeks a seat on the New York City Council. “There are a lot of ways in which our system does not provide for the people who need the most support and many ways in which our community here in the Northwest Bronx very often feel voiceless, as though we are not being heard,” Dinowitz says. “And in my role, whether it’s as a teacher, a chapter leader, a district leader, I have sought to make sure that people have a voice, that their voice is heard and that they have an advocate, a strong advocate.”

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JENNIE ENCALADA-MALINOWSKI LEGISLATIVE AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS COORDINATOR Laborers’ Local 1010 LECET Jennie Encalada-Malinowski grew up in Jackson Heights, where her immigrant parents were members of the Laborers’ union, earning wages and benefits to provide for their family. Encalada-Malinowski got her degree in social work knowing she wanted to work with immigrants. She soon got the opportunity to advocate for unions – and has been in the labor movement ever since.

“Ideally, everyone could be in a union,” says Encalada-Malinowski. “It’s something that’s talked about a lot. I think people are often on board and think unionized workers are great, the benefits and the wages – they’re great – but it’s more the details of it.” She elaborates that it is of the utmost importance that unions “make sure we’re holding elected officials accountable and that we’re pushing for those opportunities.”

Encalada-Malinowski helps people in a variety of ways, from filling out applications to aiding them in passing a project in their district. One of the members asked her to help him get a community benefits agreement for the local community board prioritized. She helped him highlight how the agreement could provide union job opportunities to community members – and it eventually passed the community board.

“He was really happy about it,” says Encalada-Malinowski. “It was important to him to advocate in that position so, obviously, being able to help him complete that task was really great.” Encalada-Malinowski hopes to continue expanding community engagement and memberships with the union.

LAURA GABBY CARPENTER Laura Gabby graduated college in the midst of the financial crisis and, after many jobs, figured out that a desk gig wasn’t for her.

She had been engaged in community organizing for some time and carpentering piqued her interest. She became a carpenter, joining Local 157, the largest Carpenters local in the country, and started organizing for the union. But it wasn’t easy. “The first job I was ever on, I was the only woman – there were hundreds of guys.

Now that doesn’t happen,” says Gabby.

Gabby says she had to fight stereotypes as a young female apprentice, but has since garnered a lot of support. “At this point, I’ve proven that I’m a good carpenter and that I’m going to stick it out and have years of working alongside people. It’s become easier over time to organize with both men and women.” Although no longer in the position, she was the first woman to be elected to the executive board at Local 157.

Gabby has worked tirelessly to defend the rights and safety of carpenters, as highlighted by a piece of safety legislation she was key in fighting for. “Every time there was a death at a construction site, we would go and hold a vigil outside, and we would flyer and educate the public about it,” says Gabby. With community support, they ended up having thousands of people rallying in City Hall for new safety requirements and classes that were ultimately passed.

Gabby hopes to continue strengthening building trades unions and increasing diversity. “I think we need to bring that back – the kind of fighting spirit that started the union – and I want to see many more members involved in the fight,” says Gabby.

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GABRIEL GALLUCCI DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS CSA Gabriel Gallucci never thought he’d end up in politics. But after working on President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, he was catapulted into the world of organizing.

“I just finished my master’s and then went down to North Carolina, fell in love with organizing, fell in love with going out into the community and connecting with people and building this coalition of good energy,” he recalls.

Gallucci briefly served as the political and legislative director at New York Communities for Change before joining the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, steadily climbing the ranks to become the director of governmental affairs. While his work there has always centered around building inclusionary educational systems, Gallucci has focused over the past year on illuminating the devastating and unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on supporting students and educators.

For Gallucci, the pandemic has highlighted the need for organized labor, which he refers to as “the backbone of the country.”

“I think that education is the equalizer for our society,” he explains. “I think it’s an equalizer for our communities. And I think that as long as we’re educating our students in an equal way, we’re all going to prosper as a country. So the fact that I’m on the front lines of bringing that together and shining a light on these issues for our educators and students keeps me hungry. I feel blessed to be in this position, and I don’t take it for granted.”

CARINA KAUFMAN-GUTIERREZ DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez has been working in the food industry since she was 15 years old. “I experienced on my own figuring out how to fight for my own wages and have grown through that process into organizing locally in my neighborhoods,” she says, by “starting to understand the dynamics of how neighborhoods are under threat, especially immigrant neighborhoods where our street vendors and smallest businesses are the vitality of our streets, sidewalks and communities.”

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on street vendors, but with the help of the Street Vendor Project and state Sen. Jessica Ramos, vendors have been able to receive food and housing aid – an effort that took months of phone calls and organizing for relief.

Most recently, Kaufman-Gutierrez relished another win she was involved in – the passage of legislation to raise the cap on the number of permits available to street vendors. “This was a historic moment for street vendors, really showing that the city is recognizing how essential their labor is and how essential their role is to the entire city,” she says.

Kaufman-Gutierrez wants to create a safe community for street vendors whom she and many others see as anchors of their respective communities. “They’re the soul of New York City,” she says.

“I think day to day, street vendors are creating community block to block. They’re creating safety. They’re the eyes on the street.

They’re always looking out. If you want to know what’s going on in the neighborhood, talk to a street vendor, because they know.”

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LEILANI IRVIN MANHATTAN BOROUGH DIRECTOR New York City Department of Social Services For Leilani Irvin, making sure homeless people get shelter is paramount. “I work with everyone in the borough to try to get our most vulnerable New Yorkers support,” Irvin says. “We want to make sure that folks can seamlessly integrate into a community where they feel welcome.”

Much of that effort centers on engaging with community stakeholders, talking to them about how to be a supportive neighbor of homeless individuals in the neighborhood. Through these conversations, she tries to counteract the stigmatization of homeless people. Oftentimes, it’s an emotional and difficult process that is vital to both shelter and community success.

Irvin says her activism dates back to organizing her kindergarten classmates. Prior to her current position, she did strategic outreach for the New York City Department of Education, where she doubled the number of enrollments in an East Harlem community school district by effectively spreading the word that there was an early childhood program for underserved, financially struggling families.

“My father always tells me, ‘It’s not how you start the race, it’s how you finish,’” Irvin says. “I was not the straight-A student. I was the vocal student, at times a class clown. My professors see me now and they’re just in awe ... I just want to make sure I’m on a path where I have a strong finish.”

Irvin is a member of SSEU Local 371 and was with Local 372 during her time with the education department. She places emphasis on unions as a key component of her success.

BRADLEY KOLB FIELD REPRESENTATIVE

Bradley Kolb can trace his passion for representing working families back to his own family – “a proud union home.”

“He took me everywhere with him,” he says of his father, a New York City gravedigger, shop steward and member of SEIU Local 365. “There was never a time he didn’t include me in something – the family was heavily involved.”

When his father became a business agent for SEIU Local 74, Kolb interned for the union one summer as an organizer. “It was an obvious fit,” says Kolb. “Something stuck.” He stayed with the union throughout college and went on to receive a master’s degree in labor studies before taking a job at the Public Employees Federation.

Kolb currently represents members from 12 different state agencies, including psychiatric hospitals, where he processes grievances, participates in labor management with each division and more.

“Every single day, I wake up and there’s something new,” he says. “I’ve dealt with hundreds of thousands of members throughout the years, and I feel lucky that I get to hear the stories of so many civil servants.”

Kolb says the biggest job-related challenge during the pandemic has been virtual communication. “The contract has a whole different meaning now and it takes away that human connection between you and the member.” Despite the difficulties, he says he is “especially proud of the work the union has done to distribute PPE and to represent the state workforce in this hard time.”

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New York State PEF

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REBECCA LAMORTE LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Greater New York LECET After getting acquainted with the local progressive political scene at Fordham University, Rebecca Lamorte interned for Beaudoin and Company, a lobbying firm that represents the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and Teamsters Joint Council 16. It was there that she forged the beginnings of a career dedicated to serving everyday working people.

“I fell in love with the work – being able to help others and take on issues that affect people in the day to day. It allowed me to learn so much and really service the passion inside me,” says Lamorte.

“I’m someone who’s driven to change people’s lives.”

Lamorte’s own life changed after a subway accident left her partially disabled seven years ago. This has led her to further advocate for disabled New Yorkers in her recent campaign for a seat on the New York City Council. She’s served on Manhattan Community Board 8 since 2017, as well as on the Hotel Trades Council. She has campaigned against Airbnb practices and has championed fair wages in the Fight for $15 campaign.

She says it’s always been about her direct ability to help people, no matter the circumstances. “I can’t go out and give someone a job, but I can help make sure that they’re going to make a wage that ensures they can work what they’ll be worth – they’ll be given health care benefits, retirement security that so many New Yorkers don’t have,” she says. “It’s the power of people working together and wanting to see the best around them.”

AMY LEBOWITZ ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR As a geography major with minors in gender and environmental studies, Amy Lebowitz didn’t always know she’d wind up working in the labor industry – but, she says, in a very abstract sense she understands how it happened.

“My education was really about critically approaching systems and institutions and thinking through how to improve them, which essentially prepared me mentally for what I do now.”

Prior to joining BerlinRosen, she led media relations for reproductive justice and health advocacy organizations.

Working to raise awareness that, as she puts it, “unions are the general solution for many different kinds of ills,” she has worked on the Fight for $15 campaign and helped to challenge sexual harassment within the service industry as part of the #MeToo movement, making countless phone calls to reporters, workers and union leaders to ensure that those involved feel secure and supported in the movements they’re leading.

“I think that the last four years under (then-President Donald) Trump and the last year during COVID has made injustices and the two separate realities that exist in this country incredibly and unavoidably obvious,” she says.

Going forward, Lebowitz’s main priority is to elevate the voices of people who’ve been most impacted by the pandemic. “They’re ultimately the ones we need to be listening to – they’ve always had the clearest vision for what needs to change.”

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ROSS LIEBLICH LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALIST NYSUT Ross Lieblich knew what he wanted to do with his life as far back as his high school days. The path was clear: As an athlete, he saw himself working to represent other athletes in sports law.

While attending law school, though, he found he was most engaged in the public-sector labor sphere, taking labor law classes and working as a law clerk for New York State United Teachers. “I really enjoyed the work they were doing – I always wanted to work there – it was just going to be a matter of when the stars aligned.”

Following law school, Lieblich worked at a law firm in Rochester for two years. After working at another firm for about six months, he got a call from NYSUT that a position had opened up – and the rest is history.

As a labor relations specialist, Lieblich manages 16 individual local associations within the union, which represents around 600,000 school district employees. He handles contract negotiations and assists with legal claims, medical concerns, and issues concerning family, personal health and well-being.

He says it’s NYSUT’s clients who have kept him going these past nine years.

“I truly get to interact and problem-solve with so many hardworking people,” he says. “What really drives me, that I’ve learned from a really young age, is that no matter anyone’s job or experience or education level, you treat everyone with respect and you go out of your way to help them.”

RYAN MCGARRY DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

KAREN BAKER; BENNY MIGLIORINO AT BENNY MIGS PHOTO

Suffolk County AME It was 2000 – the dawn of the cellular phone era – when Ryan McGarry saw the Communications Workers of America striking against Verizon. A few years later, McGarry became a union member himself, working at TWU Local 100, New York’s public transit union. “As the son of Irish immigrants, it felt personal – and like the perfect fit,” he says.

It was at TWU where McGarry endured a self-described “trial by fire” when the union shut down the city in the 2005 transit strike. He earned a master’s degree and spent several years working in the Suffolk County executive’s office before getting a call from AME inviting him to join their team.

McGarry was brought on to help the union with community outreach and government organizations. “My day to day is making sure we’re influencing the hearts and minds of the general public,” he says. “The more we can get them to understand the importance of our work, the more we can represent their best interests when it comes to the negotiating table.” For McGarry, this includes tracking bills at all levels of government to make sure nothing adversely affects the union.

Today, he’s most proud of the union’s weekly radio show, “Suffolk Matters,” and the Mayday Music Festival, an annual May Day event dedicated to celebrating unionism. “I look forward to the day we can all gather together again and show people – union workers are your friends and neighbors and we’re proud of the work we do,” he says.

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MIRANDA NELSON NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY DIRECTOR Jobs to Move America “It’s in the family,” says Miranda Nelson of her union upbringing.

As the daughter of union members and the great-granddaughter of a union organizer, Nelson is no stranger to labor activism – she cut her teeth working as a researcher and campaigner with the New York State Nurses Association and the Food and Commercial Workers union.

Nelson is currently collaborating with other unions and environmental groups at the New York/New Jersey chapter of Jobs to Move America to advocate for green infrastructure and sustainable jobs.

The issue most on her mind currently is how to make the Metropolitan Transportation Authority a more equitable and safe institution for its workers. “(They) adopted our policy ideas for the big purchase of rail cars, which was quite delayed. We’d really like to see this put into place, but the MTA’s put it on hold because they’re facing a fiscal crisis,” she explains.

She says issues like this have vividly underscored the infrastructure problems that exist nationwide. “COVID has made clear that we are in a crisis and points to our large crises of climate change and inequality,” says Nelson. “There’s not a lot of alternatives besides fighting to make things better and to try to reverse some of these crises. I just had a daughter, and thought a lot about if I wanted to bring a kid into this world – if you’re going to, you have to fight to make it a better one.”

LEAH OKIN BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE

As the daughter of a costume designer, Leah Okin says both theater and unions are “in (her) blood.” After hearing critics dismiss her profession by claiming jobs in costume design are “not real jobs, but just clothes,” Okin has worked to dismantle such misconceptions and has dedicated herself to supporting the industry’s garment workers.

“I spent a lot of my time in the wardrobe rooms in the theaters.

I worked at a prop shop in Portland for a while. When I really got into the union part of it, I saw that it wasn’t because of the industry that my mom had a good job; it was because of the union and what they had fought for. I was really inspired by that,” says Okin.

As a nine-year member of IATSE, Okin has worked her way through myriad positions. Under typical circumstances, she handles live performances, working to represent wardrobe workers through collective bargaining agreements and negotiating and administering contracts.

Since Broadway went dark in March 2020, Okin has worked to ensure members have access to unemployment and mental health resources. She’s very proud of the work the union’s members have accomplished during the pandemic.

“They churned out personal protective equipment for hospitals and thousands of masks for a group of domestic abuse survivors.

When the election came, we had people who were virtual phone bankers. At every turn, when something has been asked of our members, they’ve stepped up to the plate – they’re all-in for this city,” she says.

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JEFFREY OMURA CHAIR, INTERNATIONAL ACTORS COMMITTEE Actors’ Equity Association It’s difficult to imagine exactly where Jeffrey Omura could be on any given day. The actor-turned-labor activist-turned-congressional lobbyist – and now New York City Council candidate – has worn many hats since his days studying acting at Carnegie Mellon.

“The mark of my professional career as an actor was getting my membership cards to three actor unions,” he recalls fondly.

However, even with union memberships, Omura was making less than $600 a week at a well-known off-Broadway theater. “I knew something had to change,” he remembers.

In 2016 he helped create Fair Wage Onstage, a grassroots movement for Actors’ Equity that gained national attention when it secured, via a single contract negotiation, an 83% wage increase for actors. Omura is also part of the new Be an Arts Hero campaign, which focuses on lobbying Congress to provide relief for the arts.

After years of lobbying New York City Council for funding on behalf of New York City theaters, Omura is running for a council seat with the message that post-pandemic life can be “a renaissance for all.”

“Artists are lucky that they get to do what they love and I want to make sure I can afford to continue doing that – and that other people can as well,” he says. “We want all the same things that other workers want – to pay bills and rent and be able to have a family. It’s something that can really feel out of reach at times for artists – but it shouldn’t.”

DANIEL POLLAK ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER

MICHAEL LEVY; MARGOT WEISBERG

New York City Office of Labor Relations “Every day really is something different,” says Daniel Pollak of his job with the New York City Office of Labor Relations. From contract negotiations and bargaining sessions with unions to addressing employee disciplinary issues, Pollak runs a tight ship working with city agencies and union representatives at OLR. After interning at 1199SEIU piqued an interest in union organizing, Pollak became increasingly curious about labor law while getting his law degree at George Washington University. He moved back to New York and took a fellowship with the city Law Department in the appeals division before starting at OLR, where he originally represented the city in grievance arbitration and improper labor practice cases with the office’s legal division.

Pollak is currently seeking creative ways to manage severe economic outcomes of COVID-19, working to negotiate savings with unions and address budget shortfalls. “Even more so in a time like this, I really like that on a large- and small-scale basis, my job is about helping hardworking people who keep this city running,” he says.

Though the office’s dealings are focused on the managerial side of labor relations, Pollak says it’s been incredibly rewarding to help address the concerns of everyday working-class people. “Agencies are really responsible for things like plowing the snow, picking up the garbage, law enforcement, and medical workers – we’re helping these agencies run and I really like being able to do that. I like helping them achieve their mission.”

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CONNOR SHAW ASSISTANT POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND BUSINESS AGENT IUJAT “Unions have always been important to me,” says Connor Shaw, proclaiming it was not a shock, as the son of a union man, that he wound up representing 25,000 health care workers during a global pandemic in a successful bid to secure personal protective equipment for home and hospital workers. He also serves as a labor representative at Local 255 USWU-IUJAT, based in New Jersey, where he’s involved in day-to-day representation.

Before taking on a union job, Shaw made his bones in the political realm, working on campaigns like Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, and performed communications and consulting work for nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

The International Union of Journeymen and Allied Trades was “instrumental in making sure health care workers who were going in and out of people’s homes were 1A for the vaccine,” says Shaw, describing the many difficulties home health care workers face when frequenting several homes per day. He has since helped set up a phone line for union members to call if they have any PPE-related questions or requests.

“It’s definitely making sure working folks are represented,” he says about maintaining motivation through difficult times. “Even when I was involved in politics, this was big for me. I could see that people like my dad – his interests weren’t being reflected. This is why I’m so happy to be involved in the labor movement for the past five years and going forward.”

NAGMA SINGH LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT New York State AFL-CIO Nagma Singh started at the New York State AFL-CIO as a receptionist, but hard work and passion quickly propelled her to the position of legislative assistant. Her day now consists of meeting with state senators and organizers she once greeted at the door.

“I think they realized there was more potential to me,” she says.

“They taught me so much.”

Singh, however, was introduced to labor much earlier. Her mother, an immigrant from India, was a member and delegate for 1199SEIU. “Unions gave people like my mother a voice,” she says. “When she moved to New York City, the bachelor’s degree she received in India didn’t matter here. Being part of a union gave her the opportunities and benefits she might have never had, which led to me and my brother to have a better quality of life. She was able to afford child care, she was able to afford a nice home, and she was able to put food on the table.”

Singh has dreamed of becoming a lobbyist ever since she was introduced to the concept in high school. This aspiration took her to the University at Albany, where she studied political science and history. She has also built off of her experience interning at Rep. Paul Tonko’s office.

“It’s something that sounds cliche, but I’ve always wanted to be part of something that had a positive impact on people’s lives,” she says.

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CANDIS TOLLIVER VICE PRESIDENT AND POLITICAL DIRECTOR 32BJ SEIU Candis Tolliver first learned about 32BJ SEIU – the largest union of property service workers in the country – via her work on police reform at the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Tolliver carefully observed how union involvement energized police reform efforts across New York City, especially when it came to stop and frisk and the Community Safety Act. “It wasn’t until the unions jumped in and played a major role that we really saw success in that campaign,” she says. “It introduced me to unions in a whole new way. I wanted to learn how you can use organized labor to advance social justice.”

Since that realization almost six years ago, Tolliver has left the NYCLU and risen from 32BJ’s deputy political director to its vice president. She spends her days negotiating legislation with policymakers, devising member engagement strategies, managing a team of 26 people, and ensuring that essential workers are prioritized.

Throughout more than a decade of experience in organizing, Tolliver has seen the labor movement transform.

“When people think about labor, they think of white men doing construction work,” she says. “And I think our union highlights and shows that that is not the whole workforce, right? There are folks that look just like me, Black and brown and women, coming from all kinds of communities, banding together to have a collective voice to improve their work standards.”

ERICA VARGAS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR POLITICAL ACTION AND LEGISLATION

NICK DIPPOLITO; CLAIRE MCGARRY; 32BJ SEIU COMMUNICATIONS STAFF; PIXELMEDIANYC

DC 37 While studying for her undergraduate degree, Erica Vargas considered many different career paths – from computer programming to medicine and even forensics. But while working as an assistant at Lehman College, she was introduced to the world of organized labor.

“I didn’t know I was in a union, which is crazy,” she said. “I was like, ‘Hey, like, I get these dues taken out of my check. Like, what is this? You know, we didn’t make a lot of money. Why are they taking this money?’”

Now, almost two decades later, Vargas is the assistant director for political action and legislation at DC 37 – New York City’s largest public employee union – which is the same union that represented her as a young assistant. Vargas has spent the past 20 years advocating for 911 operators, librarians, health care administrators, laborers, educators, school crossing guards, child care workers, and many more municipal employees. Vargas refers to the members she represents as a “second family” and a source of “constant joy.”

“It makes me proud to have this connection with the membership,” she says.

While working to improve the lives of workers and their communities across the city, Vargas has seen a significant shift in the way labor is perceived.

“Things have changed so much,” she says. “I’ve talked to a lot of candidates – there’s a lot of folks who are running – and a lot of young folks are running as well. The fact that they’re seeking to get endorsements from the union means a lot.”

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PATRICK WEISANSAL II VICE PRESIDENT CWA Local 1168 Patrick Weisansal fell into the world of labor while working as a radiologic technologist at Kaleida Health. But he credits his time at Trocaire College as the pivotal moment that decided his career path.

“My college years and my degree helped me become someone who wanted to be an activist and stand up for others,” he says.

The Buffalo native not only tends to patients but also advocates for health care professionals through his work with Communications Workers of America Local 1168, which represents 4,600 health care workers across Western New York. After seven years as the local’s director of organizing and mobilizing, Weisansal was elected vice president in November following a successful campaign that highlighted transparency and member involvement.

“Union leaders are told that they are the ones to make every single decision and that’s why their members put them there,” Weisansal says, adding that this may not be the best approach because one person cannot be an expert in everything.

“But, really, we should be organizers and we should be going out and encouraging members to get involved,” he says. “We have to work as a team.”

Weisansal says he is most eager to tackle understaffing and mental health coverage.

“We have to tell the real stories of what’s going on at the bedside,” he says. “The first step is getting more people involved. And then once you do that, we have to expose what’s really going on and call out our employers.”

ANDREW WIEBER PROJECT MANAGER Champion Painting Specialty Services Andrew Wieber recently started at Champion Painting, but he’s been in the business for more than 16 years. He spent the majority of his career at Ahern Painting Contractors, which he joined in 2005 while still a construction management and engineering technology student.

He quickly rose from a field engineer to project manager, overseeing numerous multimillion-dollar projects and managing federal, state and city public works projects.

“We’ve done everything from transit projects to building new public schools, a lot of bridge preservation, renovations and repairs,” he says. “It’s been cool to just be a part of so many really iconic structures that are all over the city.”

The Queens native always enjoyed working with his hands, but it wasn’t until his senior year of high school, interning at a Manhattan architecture firm, that he realized he wanted to get into construction.

“It really shaped me from early on in my working career,” he says.

“I gained a lot of respect for the different trades, especially being on the bridges between the ironworkers and the bridge painters, and just seeing the literal heights that they go to.”

Another pivotal moment in Wieber’s relationship with labor was a two-year missionary trip to Guatemala, where he worked on medical outreach and clean water, building and solar projects.

“Seeing people hike an hour or two in the morning down a mountain to go work, whether it’s on a farm or at a construction site for $3 to $4 a day – and then hike all the way back home – gives you an appreciation for the length people are willing to go just to work,” he says.

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MEGAN WYLIE POLITICAL ACTION COORDINATOR New York City DCC

ANDREA BILLITTIER; LYMARIE CINTRON-WIEBER; ZACK ABRAMS

Megan Wylie always knew she wanted to go into politics, but it took a year in Washington, D.C., to realize that New York politics was where her heart lay.

“I missed the dynamic of New York politics,” she says now. “I think it’s so much nicer to be able to focus on issues of labor and issues actually affecting citizens versus issues that are affecting corporations.”

Wylie, the political action coordinator at the New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters, has been steadily rising in the world of New York politics since interning for now-mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer’s 2017 city comptroller reelection campaign.

After working for multiple New York City Council campaigns and a top New York lobbying firm, Wylie was ready for a new challenge.

In her role with the NYCDCC, she has helped efforts to increase the state’s prevailing wage and pushed for a bill that would hold general contractors accountable for wage fraud offenses committed by subcontractors.

“It’s really horrible that in a city that’s as progressive as New York, we still face these offenses daily,” she says.

Wylie’s biggest priority is to act as a link between the union and city and state officials.

“I could talk for hours about the need to ensure protection against wage fraud, but it really means nothing for me unless I serve as an intermediary and help explain and introduce our members to elected officials so they can actually describe their stories and how they’ve been affected personally,” she says.

MANUEL CASTRO

KARLA MAYENBEER CRUZ

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATION AND POLICY

NICE

Greater New York LECET

After moving to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 5 years old, Manuel Castro grew up in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, as an undocumented immigrant. Now the executive director of New Immigrant Community Empowerment, Castro works to connect new immigrants to employers throughout the city, advocating for fair wages and better opportunities.

Although Castro joined NICE in 2015, he says his first experience with the organization was as a 19-year-old intern.

“When I came back to the organization, it was with the intention of really building an organization that could have a lot of impact,” Castro says.

The organization has grown tremendously since then, he says. It now has over 1,200 members and three locations throughout the city, including a worker center in Jackson Heights, which remained open during the pandemic.

“Our model is organizing a labor force that tends to be unorganized, that tends to be taken advantage of because of that,” says Castro.

Under the Biden administration, Castro says he hopes for immigration reform that can help the organization’s members “live without fear of getting deported” or taken advantage of by employers.

Early in his career, Castro worked at New York Immigration Coalition, leading immigration reform campaigns like the New York State DREAM Act and the NYC ID card campaign.

He was recently awarded the David Prize.

Karla Cruz never imagined she’d be working in the labor industry, but after extensive networking, she got the opportunity to work for the New York City District Council of Carpenters.

“I didn’t know what I was getting myself into,” says Cruz. “I was right out of college; I really needed a job.

I didn’t even know what a union was. When they told me that I was getting the salary I was getting back then, with the benefits and all, I didn’t even believe it.”

Since then, Cruz has been at the forefront of efforts to revamp construction safety laws and improve the wages of workers.

“My job has always been to make sure that we are continuing to fight for working people, specifically construction workers in New York City,” she says. “Making sure that they have the dignity they deserve. We can raise wages, not just for our members, but to make sure that we’re also taking care of and helping to advance more rights for undocumented workers and anybody that works in the field in the nonunion sector.”

Cruz works to make sure construction workers are viewed as part of the makeup of New York City and that they are represented accordingly. When asked about her goals for the future, she says she is devoted to achieving economic justice for those unseen and unheard.

“Every day is a fight in the labor movement – and I’m willing, able and excited to see how this all unfolds,” she says.

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ERIN DARCY

BHAV TIBREWAL

RYAN TREVAS

DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

POLITICAL DIRECTOR

BUSINESS SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE

CWE

New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council

New York State Department of Labor

The daughter of a machinist union member, Erin Darcy grew up in a union household. She continued in those footsteps, working at the same manufacturing facility in the summers in college. In her sophomore year at the University at Albany, Darcy got a runner job with a lobbying firm that took her around the Capitol. “It really entrenched me in the state work and the pace of everything,” she recalls.

Darcy has worked as a legislative representative for the United Federation of Teachers, a City Hall staffer, a public school educator, and a field organizer for several national, state and city political campaigns before ending up at the Consortium for Worker Education.

“I don’t know if it’s that union, political gene,” she says, “but I just kept coming back to this work. It’s really exciting.

Organizing is the pillar of any sort of government affairs work. It’s really important to be able to organize. For me, it’s such a foundation of everything I do.”

Bhav Tibrewal has spent so much of his professional life with the Hotel Trades Council that he simply calls it his home.

“I’m really proud of all the work I’ve done during that whole time,” he says. “I’m committed to continuing to do it at a time like right now. ...

Our industry has been hit perhaps worse than any other industry.”

For Tibrewal, the next few months are crucial to rebuilding a more equitable hotel industry. The son of Indian immigrants, Tibrewal has always been passionate about workers’ rights. He notes that his own experiences directed him towards labor.

“I think part of the thing that’s informed that is being an immigrant and being of immigrant parents whose experience in the United States was often fraught with being othered or facing racism,” he says. “And I think seeing my parents navigate that world, as their child, helped inform my political views about the country and about justice.”

As a child growing up in Irondequoit, Ryan Trevas was exposed to the ideal of serving the community – his father, who worked for Xerox, was committed to helping others and his mother was a teacher assistant, instilling in him an inclination for public service.

“My dad’s volunteer work, as well as my mom being an educator, ultimately led me to create a passion for public service,” Trevas says.

In response to the coronavirus, his workload has shifted since last March to include helping provide assistance to the unemployed as many New Yorkers lost their jobs.

At the state Department of Labor, Trevas also assists businesses with hiring and recruiting, including planning virtual job recruitment fairs.

“That’s what I’m really about, you know, helping my fellow New Yorker get off their feet and … get a job,” Trevas says.

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Notice of Formation of Keep It Tight, LLC filed with SSNY on October, 28 2020 Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 79 e 94th st, Brooklyn, NY 11212. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Solutions By Sam, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/16/2020.

Cty: New York. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Samantha Sil-verman, 201 E. 19th St., Apt. 7L, New York, NY 10003. General Purpose Notice of Form. of PEERLESS GROVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/13/21.

Office location: Saratoga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 525 Locust Grove Greenfield, Ny, 12833.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 350 E 32 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O: Phillips Nizer Llp 485 Lexington Ave New York, NY, 10017. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 392 LEFFERTS AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/20/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1314 Fulton St Brooklyn, NY, 11216. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BWB HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 80 State St Albany, NY, 12207- 2543.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CMCC HOLDINGS LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/7/21. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 212 W 4th Ave Johnstown, NY, 12095. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1331 FINDLAY REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/5/18.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 127 Fores Rd Monroe, NY, 10950. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of D&S ON THE BAY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/12/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3099 Emmons Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1864 HARRISON AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/23/19.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 670 Myrtle Ave Ste 388 Brooklyn, NY, 11205. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DISTILLATION, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 80 State St Albany, NY, 12207-2543. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Form. of DMC RENTALS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/13/21. Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 7990 River Rd Baldwinsville, NY, 13027. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/19/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 193 MIDWOOD ST BROOKLYN, NY, 11225. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FERMENTATION, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 80 State St Albany, NY, 12207-2543. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HONG LE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 941 55th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of JEFFREYOPS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/4/21. Office location: Saratoga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 23 Horizon Dr Saratoga Spring, NY, 12866-8777.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LOEFFLER 10 PRINCE LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/30/19.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 588 Broadway, Ste 1203 New York, NY, 10012. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Form. of YATES VILLAGE II GP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/1/20.

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

SSNY mail process to 28 Liberty St New York, NY, 10005. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 2632 EAST 22 STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/19/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2632 East 22 St Brooklyn, NY, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 31 ORIENT AVENUE LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/3/20.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to C/O Blank Property Group Attn: Paul Caine 7 Penn Plaza Ste 1400 New York, NY, 10001. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of S. ELITE CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/17/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 239 South 1st.

Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 47 ANJALI LOOP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/13/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 38 E. Broadway Apt 9 New York, NY, 10002. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 145 WELLS STREET LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/8/21.

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

SSNY mail process to 447 N Perry St Johnstown, NY, 12095. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of CS BLACKBIRD LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/25/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/14/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: C/O Spruce Capital Partners Llc 535 Madison Ave, 19th Floor New York, NY, 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SMILING HEART CARE LLC. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/3/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 102 Skillman St Apt 3 Brooklyn, Ny, 11205. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WAVE LIMIT LAB LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/26/21. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 3285B Richmond Ave Suite #352 Staten Island, NY, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WAVELINE LAB LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/26/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 3285B Richmond Ave Suite #316 Staten Island, NY, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of STMNTshop, LLC filed with SSNY on February 10, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC: 243 Slater Blvd Staten Island, NY 10305. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of Tower Cap LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/08/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/25/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 111 Broadway, Ste. 1703, NY, NY 10006. Address to be maintained in DE: Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities Notice of Formation of 2641 EAST 21 STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/12/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2641 East 21 St Brooklyn, NY, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALOHA KRAB OF HILLEL PL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/15/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 354 Myrtle Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11205. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CALL ME CORDOBA PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 220 Berkeley Place 4a Brooklyn, NY, 11217. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of LYZ 760 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/19/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 225 Dahlgren Pl Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose Notice of Qualification of Tower Cap SPV LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/08/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/22/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 111 Broadway, Ste. 1703, NY, NY 10006. Address to be maintained in DE: Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of Landed Educators II, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/06/21. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/18/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 28 Liberty St., NY, NY 10005, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Address to be maintained in DE: National Registered Agents, Inc., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801.

Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of WATSON DESIGN ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/11/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 105 West 72nd Street 9B New York, NY, 10023.

Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of BROOKLYN BLON XLVI LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/14/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 365 Clinton Ave Apt. 4E Brooklyn, NY, 11238. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DARK KNIGHT EQUITIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/25/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1838 E 3rd St Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KAIA INDUSTRIES LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/21/21.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 40 East 20th St 4th Floor New York, NY, 10003.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KAINZ PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/06/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 138A Classon Ave. #3 Brooklyn, NY, 11205. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KEATSBRIDGE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/22/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 70 Vestry Street Apt 3E New York, NY, 10013. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SKW 6 E 74TH STREET LENDER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 134 West 25th St 5th Floor New York, NY, 10001.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Sara Levine Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on October 9, 2020. Office: Westchester County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 21 Half Moon Lane, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of CMAP Industries LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 13, 2020. Location: New York. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC. 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1-086 BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14221. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Katherine Nicole, LLC filed with SSNY on October 16,2020 Office: NY County. United States Corporation Agents Inc., designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

United States Corporation Agents shall mail copy of process to LLC: 3609 Broadway, Apt. 4J, New York, NY 10031. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of Del Ave 95 LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 12/30/20.

Office location is Richmond County and the SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: the LLC, 61 Shotwell Ave, Staten Island, NY 10312. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 212 CITY SERVICES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/26/21.

Office location Richmond SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3285B Richmond Ave Suite #320 Staten Island, NY, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1334 58TH 1 STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1334 58th Street Unit 1 Brooklyn, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1435 FULTON STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/03/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3522 15th Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of M & S REAL PROPERTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/6/20.

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

SSNY mail process to 608 Grooms Rd Clifton Park, NY, 12065. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 22 SARATOGA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/20. Office location: Warren SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 13 Fort Amherst Rd Glens Falls, NY, 12801.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SWASNAN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/5/20. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 90 State St Ste 700, Office 40, Albany, NY, 12207. Any lawful purpose.

March 8, 2021

Notice of Formation of ADNUNCIO LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/22/21. Office location: ONONDAGA SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 4933 S Salina St Syracuse, NY, 13205. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of ALEX CARRER LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/20/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in NJ on 9/2/16. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 91 Ocean Parkway, 2A Brooklyn, NY, 11218. Arts. of Org. filed with NJ SOS. 33 West State Street Trenton, NJ 08608. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ATLANTIC RENTAL GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2140 West 5th St. Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-RH CHADWICK LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/21/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Ave, 6th Fl New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-RH ORLEANS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on12/21/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP ATTN: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Fl New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of AV-RH WARWICK ARMS LLC. Arts. O f Org. filed with SSNY on 12/21/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Fl New York, NY, 10022.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CENTURY TWENTY TWO NY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/10/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1583 Bay Ridge Parkway Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CJK HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/26/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O The Pace Companies 41 Box St Brooklyn, NY, 11222. Any lawful purpose.

244 HALL ST, LLC Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: 244 HALL ST, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/20/2015.

NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC 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 C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY, 11228.

Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of formation: 126 West 121st Street, LLC Arts of Org filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/05/2020 NY Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon to C/O the LLC: 2186 5th Avenue #11P, NY, NY 10037. Purpose: Any lawful activity

Notice of Formation of DML US LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 140 58th Street Building B Unit 4E Brooklyn, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of REST INN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/28/21. Office location: Oneida SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1216 Rahway Ave Avenel, NJ, 07001. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EMJ & H LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 68 Ocean Court Brooklyn, NY, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TL&WX GP LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/4/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 140 58th Street Building B Unit 4E Brooklyn, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MORITZ CAPITAL LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/1/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2315 Quentin Rd Brooklyn, NY, 11229.

Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of UMC PRED LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 12/22/20.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 12/17/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 150 East 52nd Street 25th Floor New York, NY, 10022.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WATERS VACATION RENTAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/31/20. Office location: Orleans SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 10481 Mill Rd Medina, NY, 14103. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WX US LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/4/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 140 58th Street Building B Unit 4E Brooklyn, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of R&D VACATIONS RENTAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/1/15. Office location: Orleans SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 10481 Mill Rd Medina, NY, 14103. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 17 STATE STREET PROPCO, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/30/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Tuttle Yick LLP 220 East 42nd St 29th Fl New York, NY, 10017.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 7376 NY-28, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/28/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to C/O Tuttle Yick LLP 220 East 42nd St 29th Fl New York, NY, 10017.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 12112 NY-23, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/30/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Tuttle Yick Llp 220 East 42nd St 29th Fl New York, NY, 10017.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of A PLUS T LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/26/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 3285B Richmond Ave Ste #324 Staten Island, NY, 10312.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AC NORTHTOWNE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/11/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 42 Box St #200 Brooklyn, NY, 11222. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MAXESS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/01/21. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Esther S. Weingarten, 799 Park Ave., 19C, NY, NY 10021. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of SECOND VERNON MEMBER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/5/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to One Bryant Park, 49th Fl New York, NY, 10036.Any lawful purpose.

Application for Authority of ABL Four, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/26/2021. Formed in DE on 1/7/2021. Office loc.: NY County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to 30 Montgomery St., Ste. 215, Jersey City, NJ 07302. The office address required to be maintained in DE is 614 N. DuPont Hwy., Ste. 210, Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of formation filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of Rock Ridge Asset Management LLC filed with SSNY on January 29, 2021. Office:NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 55 West 14th Street #15G New York, NY 10011. Purpose:any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of PSC FAMILY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/2/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Reshma Shah 1540 Broadway New York, NY, 10036.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of BUBBLE BUD INVESTOR GROUP 2 LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/08/21. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/15/21. Princ. office of LLC: 28 W. 76th St., NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: National Registered Agents, Inc., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of CATALYST INVESTORS PARTNERS V, L.L.C. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/22/18. NYS fictitious name: CATALYST INVESTORS PARTNERS V (NY), L.L.C. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Catalyst Investors, 711 Fifth Ave., Ste. 600, NY, NY 10022.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, DE Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19001.

Purpose: Any lawful activity

Notice of formation of JFI Law, PLLC, Articles of organization filed with the secretary of state on 02/10/2021.

Location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on PLLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Josephine, Franz, 411 Lafayette St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10003.

Notice of Formation of Fidelis Enterprises, LLC filed with SSNY on March 19th, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 365 W 125th Street, Suite 2A, New York, NY 100279998. Purpose: Fidelis Enterprise partners with companies pursuing state & federal contracts earmarked for minority and/or veterans/disabled veterans

Notice of Formation of HENRI MORTON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/23/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attenton: Euan Menzies 60 Jane St New York, NY, 10014. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of DESIRON HOLDINGS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/5/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in CO on 5/21/20.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corporate Creations Network Inc. 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400 Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with CO SOS.1700 Broadway, Ste 550 Denver CO 80290. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1333605 for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, and cider at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 905 Lorimer St, Suite 1, Brooklyn, NY 11222 for on premises consumption.

Xilonen 1 LLC

Notice of Formation of AV-RH SOHO APARTMENTS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Manzari Arts LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/2020.

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: 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. The principal business address of the LLC is: 511 W 169th Street #63 New York, NY 10032. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1334032 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 105 MULBERRY ST NEW YORK, NY 10013. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. CAFFE DE LA VENEZIA CORP. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1333947 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 47 WITHERS ST BROOKLYN, NY 11211.

KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION.

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Notice of Formation of PRAKMATYA CAPITAL LLCArts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3109 Avenue K Brooklyn, NY, 11210. Any lawful purpose.

PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 75 feet on a 79-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 275277 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 11212, collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 81 feet on a 84-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 250 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 11223, and collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 59 feet on a 62-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 97 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 11237. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Abigail MooreLee, a.moorelee@trileaf. com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, Georgia 30067, 678-6538673.

BABA COOL LLC. LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of OR 107 EAST SECOND, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/26/21.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to C/O: Phillips Nizer Llp 485 Lexington Ave New York, NY, 10017.Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Alex Prima, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/22/2020. Office Location: NEW YORK County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The principal business address of the LLC is: 146 East 35th Street, 4C, New York NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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March 8, 2021

SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT – ROOM 507 31 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK, NY 10007 (646)386-5100 NOTICE TO CITED PARTIES You have been served with a citation for a matter that is scheduled to be heard at a New York County Surrogate’s Court calendar. Please be advised that pursuant to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Orders and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks’ Administrative Orders now in effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this court is serving the public and court users primarily through virtual or electronic appearances; in-person appearances are limited at this time.

The citation that you have received contains a return date. Please do not appear in the courthouse on that date. The following choices are available to you: − If you do not object to the relief requested, you do not need to contact the court or do anything else. − If you do object to the relief sought on the citation, you or your lawyer must send a document to the court signed by you or your lawyer indicating that: 1. You object to the relief or you are requesting discovery; OR 2. You are requesting the opportunity to appear remotely (by using Microsoft Teams) or by telephone conference, or in person; OR 3. You are requesting an adjournment to consult with or retain counsel.

SURROGATE’S COURT : NEW YORK COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CAROLYN ANGEL HANS RICHARD HANSEN A petition having been filed by STEVEN D. PRAGER, ESQ., as attorney-in-fact for JANICE LEE FEASTER, MARTIN B. HANSEN, MARY LYNN HAZEL, ROBERT W. HANSEN, KAREN D. MAHAN, MARILYN E. MACKAY, and ROSALYN A. MCELROY who is domiciled or in the case of a corporation, its principal office, at KRIEGER & PRAGER LLP. 39 BROADWAY - SUITE 920, NEW YORK, NY 10006 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, New York County at 31 Chambers Street, Room 503, New York, New York, on April 2, 2021 at ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of DEANNA SORENSON, lately domiciled in the County of New York, State of New York.

Directing the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York to release the sum of $233,921.21, plus interest as follows:

If your written communication to the court indicates that you would like to proceed as described in choice number 1 above, your case may be referred to a court attorney-referee for a conference. The case will be adjourned to a future date, if you request the opportunity to appear in person or by electronic means or to consult or retain counsel (choices number 2 and 3).

To: Steven D. Prager, Esq., as attorney-in-fact for JANICE LEE FEASTER, 8.333(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

To: Steven D. Prager, Esq., as attorney-in-fact for MARTIN B. HANSEN, 8.333(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

To: Steven D. Prager, Esq., as attorney-in-fact for MARY LYNN HAZEL, 8.333(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

To: Steven D. Prager, Esq., as attorney-in-fact for ROBERT W. HANSEN, 8.333(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

To: Steven D. Prager, Esq., as attorney-in-fact for KAREN D. MAHAN, 8.333(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

To: HANS RICHARD HANSEN, 8.333(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

To: Steven D. Prager, Esq., as attorney-in-fact for MARILYN E. MACKAY, 16.666(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

To: Steven D. Prager, Esq., as attorney-in-fact for ROSALYN A. MCELROY, 16.666(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

To: CAROLYN ANGEL, 16.666(%) Percent of the funds on deposit.

If you do not contact the court by the date on the citation, the record will reflect that you do not object to the relief requested.

after deducting his lawful charges and commissions with interest from the last day credited, if any.

Your written response must be received by the court three (3) business days before the return date and must include either an email address or telephone number, or both, where you or your lawyer can be reached during business hours. Your communication to the court may be sent by email to: Misc_General@nycourts.gov or by mail addressed to the Miscellaneous Department of this court at the address listed above. The attorney for the petitioner must be copied in your communication.

If an attorney plans to appear on your behalf, he or she must file a Notice of Appearance. This Notice may be filed by mail addressed to the Miscellaneous Department of this court at the address listed above or through the efiling system (NYSCEF), at www.nycourts.gov/efile.

If you have questions about responding to the citation, you may contact the Miscellaneous Department at Misc_General@nycourts.gov. Please note that court staff are prohibited from giving legal advice, but they are available to answer any question about procedure.

The Miscellaneous Department of the New York County Surrogate’s Court

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1331880 for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer wine, and cider at retail in a OP 252 the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 131 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 for on premises consumption.

Good Thanks Cafe LLC

Notice of Formation of CLARENDON ONE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/23/21.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400 Harrison, NY, 10528.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ADVANCED INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/6/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2718 Ocean Ave Ste E1 Brooklyn, NY, 11229. Any lawful purpose.

Dated, Attested and Sealed, HON. RITA MELLA, Surrogate February 11, 2021 _____________________________, (Seal) DIANA SANABRIA, Chief Clerk Name of Attorney: STEVEN D. PRAGER Telephone No.: (212) 363 2900 Address of Attorney: 39 BROADWAY SUITE 920 NEW YORK, NY 10006 [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 you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.]

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to collocate antennas (tip heights 110.3’, 117.3’ & 134.3’) on the building at 47 3rd Ave, New York, NY (20210071). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

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Notice of Formation of Chrisman Research LLC filed with SSNY on January 1, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 620 W42nd Street S20D NY, NY 10036. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Valhalla Garden & Design, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Sec. of State of NY on 2/12/21. Office Location: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and mail process to: c/o the LLC, 4218 Amboy Rd. SI, NY 10308. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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March 8, 2021

Notice of Qualification of AVEC CAPITAL, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/09/21. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/11/08. 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 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Noy Consulting LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/1/20.

Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 310 Riverside Dr. Ste 1106, NY, NY 10025.

R/A: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave,#202, BK, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAINTENANCE TASK FORCE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/28/2020. 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: UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7015 13TH Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 The principal business address of the LLC is: 535 W. 150TH STREET, Apt. 24, New York, NY 10031. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

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Notice of Qualification of LS ADMINISTRATION, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/21/21. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/11/21. Princ. office of LLC: 201 E. 86th St., #26A, NY, NY 10028.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of PAAMON W 53 NYC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/03/21.

Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Museum Tower, 15 W. 53rd St., Unit 15H, NY, NY 10019. 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 Qual. of EIGHT60 LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 12/9/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 12/4/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: C/O ROMANOFF EQUITIES INC. 833 Washington Street 2nd Floor New York, NY, 10014. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Chrisman Imports LLC filed with SSNY on January 1, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 620 W42nd Street S20D NY, NY 10036. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 346 CHAUNCEY STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/13/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1516 W. 9th St Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of INSTAAIDE LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/15/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 968 60th Street Unit 320 Brooklyn, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALTE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/8/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 145 President St #Phn Brooklyn, NY, 11231. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LEVAIN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/3/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O LEVAIN LLC Attn: Anthony Sun 124 West 23rd Street, #16A New York, NY, 10011.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-RH SOHO APARTMENTS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of BOUYE STATEN ISLAND LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/29/21.

Office location: Richmond. LLC formed in GA on 9/1/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 11 Eighth Ave 13th Floor New York, NY, 10011. Arts. of Org. filed with GA SOS. 2 MLK Jr. Dr. Suite 313 Floyd West Tower, Atlanta GA 30334. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of IMMACULATE VANITY, LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/8/21. Office location: ESSEX SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to PO Box 311 Keene, NY, 12942.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MCKNIGHT RARES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 420 Kent Avenue Apt 401 Brooklyn, NY, 11249. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MCKNIGHT RE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 420 Kent Avenue Apt 401 Brooklyn, NY, 11249. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of OR 90 STATE, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/10/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O: Phillips Nizer LLP 485 Lexington Avenue New York, NY, 10017.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of OR 274 HENRY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/10/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O: Phillips Nizer LLP 485 Lexington Ave New York, NY, 10017. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of PEACEDALE PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/5/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to ATTN: Mr. John Clinton Eisner 395 Riverside Dr New York, NY, 10025.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VANESSA N FOLLANO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 239 Kingsland Ave 2l Brooklyn, NY, 11222. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PEAR TREE PARTNERS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 417 CLERMONT AVE, APT 2 BROOKLYN, NY, 11238. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of YELENA LANGE DDS, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 460 Neptune Avenue, No 21P Brooklyn, NY, 11224. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PFORZHEIMER STRATEGIES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/8/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 890 West End Ave Ste 10B New York, NY, 10025.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of QUEENBEA 1051 LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/28/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/26/21.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O CROWE LLP - Attn: David A. Lifson 641 Fifth Avenue, #30e New York, NY, 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of R&J ROASTERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/12/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 605 Forest Ave Staten Island, NY, 10310. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 19SCS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/9/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 60 E. 42nd Street, Ste 1521 New York, NY, 10165.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 59 STUYVESANT AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/13/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1516 W. 9th Stbrooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of BONTA IMPORTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/26/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in NV on 7/5/05.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 90 State St. Albany, NY 12207. Arts. of Org. filed with NV SOS. 2250 Las Vegas Blvd N. Ste 400 North Las Vegas, NV 89030. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of COLETTE ROSE INTERIORS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/29/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2190 East 4th St Brooklyn, NY, 11223.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GLASS CASTLE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/17/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 133 Central Ave Amagansett, NY, 11930.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GRAND STREET STRATEGIES, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/18/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 351 South Third Street, Apt 2b Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LAUREN CHAN, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 377 Quincy Street, #1 Brooklyn, NY, 11216. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BAJANKAYAK LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 667 JEROME STREET BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11207. Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending, for beer, liquor and wine, has been applied for by Rock 1 SE Table, L.L.C. d/b/a Caffe Lodi to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111 for on premises consumption.

Rock 1 SE Table, L.L.C

Notice of Form. of MEYWOOD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/21. Office location: Chenango.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 137 L'hommedieu Lane South Otselic, NY, 13155. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of OSM HEALTH LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/16/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1559 Bay Ridge Parkway Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PSF ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/22/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 415 Red Hook Lane Apt 8d Brooklyn, NY, 11201. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of STARK REACTOR, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/16/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 173 Water St Brooklyn, NY, 11201. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LTG CONNECT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O LTG CONNECT LLC 257 Ave W Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MELO ENTERPRISES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/27/96.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 418 Rt 25a Miller Place, NY, 11764.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of YM 11 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O YM 11 LLC Attention: Mark Armenante 3450 Washington St San Francisco, CA, 94118.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 252 SEVENTH AVENUE 7-G, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/8/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas Llp Bruce S. Klein, Esq. 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ARLEN CROCKER-MCCLELLAN ACUPUNCTURE PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/22/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 60 Pulaski St Brooklyn, NY, 11206. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of A New Reconstruction LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/30/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to c/o S. Nicole Gallant, 346 W 56th St, Ste 2A, New York, NY 10019.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of FROGOUR PROPCO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/26/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 90 State St Ste 700, Box 10 Albany, NY, 12207. Any lawful purpose.

March 8, 2021

Form of notice for on-premises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number “Pending” for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, and cider at retail in a OP252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 17 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011 for on premises consumption.

BAY BLUE HOSPITALITY LLC Form of notice for on-premises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number “Pending” for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, and cider at retail in a OP252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 102 North End Avenue, Restaurant A West, New York, NY 10282 for on premises consumption.

ANEA LLC Notice of Formation of YM 10 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O YM 10 LLC Attn: Mark Armenante 3450 Washington St San Francisco, CA, 94118.Any lawful purpose.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JulishaKnits LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/1/2021. 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: 1 Morningside Drive, Apt. 1501, New York, NY 10025-2438, the principal business address. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Form of notice for on-premises license.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number “Pending” for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, and cider at retail in a OP252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 425 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10024 for on premises consumption.

BILLS SPAGHETTI TAVERN LLC

Notice of Formation of 31 MANOR DRIVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/28/20.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Tuttle Yick LLP 220 East 42nd St 29th Fl New York, NY, 10017.

Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF AUCTION

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on W W W. S TO R AG E TREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on March 29, 2021 and end on April 9, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: #4H13 – Bionova Inc: several boxes, 3- luggage, 2-metal racks, 1- ladder, 2 – foldable chairs, 1-hand truck, several plastic bags, several plastic barrels #8P03 – Tyrone Powell: several trunks, several suitcases, boxes, coat hanger.

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

Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

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Who was up and who was down last week

LOSERS

CREATIVE Art Director Andrew Horton, Senior Graphic Designer Alex Law, Graphic Designer Aaron Aniton DIGITAL Digital Director Michael Filippi, Digital Marketing Strategist Caitlin Dorman, Digital Strategist Isabel Beebe

ANDREW CUOMO Is it too early to crown a loser of the year? A third accuser was in the paper of record last week, more lawmakers are calling for his resignation, his sweeping emergency powers are being curbed, and a cult of Cuomo-truthers are propagating conspiracy theories online that this is all Trump’s doing.

A single press conference with a half-assed mea culpa isn’t going to cut it.

THE BEST OF THE REST

THE REST OF THE WORST

ELKAN ABRAMOWITZ

ELISE STEFANIK

This attorney is going to be raking in the cash: he’s been newly hired to represent the state’s executive chamber in a probe into nursing home deaths. Though Cuomo says Abramowitz isn’t involved with recent sexual harassment claims, it wouldn’t be new territory – he made his name representing Woody Allen.

HENRY TIMMS & ALEX POOTS

Plays, concerts and other performances will be coming back to New York starting in early April. It’s a big help to art institutions, such as Lincoln Center and the Shed – respectively led by Henry Timms and Alex Poots. After all, a global pandemic won’t stop New York’s artists from declaring the show must go on.

During the relief package negotiations, Rep. Elise Stefanik denounced spending

by Democrats, including $1.5 million for a “Schumer bridge.” But the money for that bridge in her district had been requested by the Trump administration, and was reportedly removed because she didn’t fight for it.

OLIVE FREUD & ELIZABETH GOLDSTEIN

An appeals court reversed the ruling on 200 Amsterdam and will let the Upper West Side condo stay tall, despite its crazy-but-legal gerrymandered zoning lot. Tough luck for 90-something activist Freud and Municipal Art Society President Goldstein, who sued the city.

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BILL DE BLASIO You’d be hard pressed to find anyone enjoying Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent slate of scandals more than Hizzoner. No longer forced to play the role of New York’s villain, the mayor seems to have a little pep in his step! He’s showing up pressers (relatively) on time, his admonishments of Cuomo are being published in every outlet and he’s expected to get the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine any day now.

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WINNERS

If you tuned in to New York politics last week – or to any news outlet in the country, for that matter – you know that there’s no bigger loser this week than Gov. Andrew Cuomo. But here are a few other names to remember: Lindsey Boylan, Charlotte Bennett and Anna Ruch. Over the past two weeks, the allegations of sexual harassment made against Cuomo by these three women have set off a reckoning for the most powerful man in New York.

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