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EDITOR’S NOTE

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JUSTIN SONDEL’S cover story on Crystal Peoples-Stokes describes the first woman and first African American to serve as Assembly majority leader as having a “deep faith” and answering to a higher power in pursuing the work that’s helped the Buffalo community during her many years of public service. That persistence is now paying off. Sondel’s cover story on Peoples-Stokes comes as lawmakers reportedly have struck a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on marijuana legalization, a cause which the Assembly majority leader has long championed. She has also backed nursing home reforms, including calling for adequate staffing, as the state has focused on Cuomo’s troubled handling of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities. Peoples-Stokes, who first joined the Assembly in 2003, tells Sondel that she stayed focused while pushing for these measures and other goals, and that her rise to power wasn’t the result of political ambition. It was built on a list of things she wanted done. Sondel’s piece reveals a reluctant leader, known for her ability to listen and hear others. That’s what drives her to help people, state Sen. Tim Kennedy, a fellow Democrat from South Buffalo, told Sondel. Former Erie County Democratic Committee Chair Steve Pigeon called Peoples-Stokes “an understanding listener,” but also added that she knows how to get tough when it’s time for action. As Sondel discovered in his reporting, those are the ingredients Peoples-Stokes has used for her own definition of leadership.

Our For the Record series explores the professional pasts of NYC mayoral candidates, like Dianne Morales.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

STATE BUDGET … 8

The 8 top issues in play during the final negotiations

DIANNE MORALES … 10 What was the NYC mayoral candidate’s record as a nonprofit exec? CRYSTAL PEOPLESSTOKES … 12

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Her fight for equitable marijuana legalization

ABOVE & BEYOND … 20

Celebrating 40 women leading NY to a better future

WINNERS & LOSERS … 58

Who was up and who was down last week

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo reportedly gave his family priority access to coronavirus tests early in the pandemic.

ANOTHER CUOMO SCANDAL The hits keep coming for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as each week seems to bring a new scandal. According to multiple reports, Cuomo and the state Department of Health provided priority coronavirus tests at the beginning of the pandemic to those with ties to the governor, including his

family members and a pharmaceutical company president manufacturing COVID-19 tests for the state. At the time, the supply of testing kits was extremely low, as was the state’s capacity to perform the tests, and Cuomo was urging New Yorkers not to get tested unless they were exposed to someone who had the virus or they were feeling ill. After the news about the alleged

preferential treatment broke, Assembly Member Charles Lavine, chair of the Judiciary Committee, said the impeachment investigation would include these new reports. Earlier in the week, the committee held a meeting to introduce the lawyers from the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell who would be helping to conduct the investigation. At that meeting, Lavine warned that the investigation would likely take months, rather than weeks.

“My COVID diagnosis and any quarantine of staff will not affect budget negotiations.” – Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, via Twitter

POT DEAL REACHED

Although the bill language remained unpublished as of Friday, state lawmakers and the governor reportedly reached a deal to legalize recreational marijuana, with plans to pass a bill before the budget. According to reports,

NURSING HOME IMMUNITY CLOSE TO REPEAL

TAX BATTLE They say you can be certain of nothing in this world except death and taxes, and as state lawmakers hammer out the budget, it’s looking more likely that wealthy New Yorkers and corporations can expect tax hikes. But contrary to the old maxim, these tax increases are far from certain as lawmakers continue to face pushback from business associations, Republicans and, most importantly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

the deal reflects many of the aspects included in the proposal previously introduced by Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes and state Sen. Liz Krueger, known as the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act. The deal would set aside 40% of tax revenues for a social equity community grant fund, with 40% of that money going to education and 20% going toward drug treatment and education. The deal would also permit people to grow up to six plants at their private residence, purchase up to three ounces of marijuana and would impose a 9% sales tax at the state level and a 4% sales tax at the local level for municipalities that choose to impose it. Additionally, towns, cities and villages would be able to opt out of sales, a change from the governor’s proposal this year that gave that option to entire counties.

“I see no comparison.” – state Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins, on comments by some members of the Assembly comparing Cuomo to civil rights icon Emmett Till, via Twitter

The state Senate passed legislation to repeal a law that was part of last year’s budget that provided immunity to nursing homes and hospitals related to the care of patients with COVID-19. Although some of those protections were partially repealed last year, this legislation would fully eliminate the legal protections that were

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previously established. The measure unanimously passed the state Senate after already passing the Assembly. The bill now awaits a signature from Cuomo, who has not signaled what he will do.

POLICE REFORMS PASSED IN NYC

The New York City Council passed a package of police reform bills, including one that would roll back qualified immunity for police officers. The legal doctrine has long been used by police officers to protect themselves against lawsuits that they violated someone’s constitutional rights. Although ostensibly meant to help officers perform their duties without fear of being sued

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for actions they feel that they may have had to take, qualified immunity has made it incredibly hard to hold police officers accountable for alleged instances of brutality. While the legislation does not completely eliminate qualified immunity, it establishes that it cannot be used as a defense against charges of excessive force. Mayor Bill de Blasio said he plans to sign the bill. It was part of a larger package that codified de Blasio’s police reform plan required by the state. The reforms drew scrutiny from both police unions, who said they handicap cops, and criminal justice activists, who said it didn’t go far enough.

New York City Police Department officers now have fewer protections under qualified immunity.

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WEEK AHEAD

Hunger strike highlights workers excluded from COVID-19 relief By the morning of March 19, when Tony Romero arrived at the Church of the Ascension on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan for a rally, he hadn’t eaten for three days. “I’m on hunger strike because for the last 15 years, I’ve been paying taxes, and this is a huge injustice that I don’t have any type of social safety net right now during the pandemic,” Romero, who spoke in Spanish, said through a translator. “My landlord has been pressuring me for rent, I have kids I have to support, and I’ve been dependent on food pantries to survive.” Romero, along with others who call themselves excluded workers and their allies, joined the hunger strike to demand that the state provide $3.5 billion in aid to compensate workers who were left out. According to a report from the Fiscal Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, there are 187,000 undocumented people in New York who would benefit from a COVID-19 unemployment relief fund. Both the state Senate and the Assembly proposed a $2.1 billion fund in their one-house budget resolutions. But activists and some lawmakers say $2.1 billion is not nearly enough and are still pushing for $3.5 billion, arguing that any-

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Mayoral hopefuls and other political notables join City & State at 5 p.m. to honor 40 extraordinary women at our 2021 Above & Beyond virtual event.

State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have to strike a budget deal by this date for the fiscal year that runs through the end of March 2022.

INSIDE DOPE

If state lawmakers want to steamroll the governor on issues like taxes, legislative rules require them to introduce new budget bills three days before the April 1 deadline.

thing less would be insufficient after a year without any benefits for these workers. While debates over the amount of relief continue, such a fund was not a part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget proposal. When the governor laid out his budget priorities on March 24, he didn’t mention the fund. And despite the scandals surrounding the governor, he still has enormous control over the budget. Although undocumented workers make up the largest portion of these excluded workers, people recently released from incarceration also have not been receiving unemployment benefits from either the state or the federal government. “While we’ve heard a lot about immigrants being excluded from stimulus payments – and that is true and horrible – the sort of more basic thing is the workers who have recently been released from incarceration, and therefore don’t have recent work history,” said Deborah Axt, co-executive director of Make the Road New York. All told, some 274,000 people would benefit from a fund providing aid to those who have not been eligible to receive it, according to the Fiscal Policy Institute report. – Rebecca C. Lewis

MONDAY 4/5 The New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection and the Subcommittee on the Capital Budget host an 11 a.m. hearing on Local Law 97, which requires lower emissions from buildings.

MAGA STARS VS 6

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NO REPUBLICAN has won statewide office since then-Gov. George Pataki won a third term in 2002, but that isn’t dissuading the latest crop of gubernatorial hopefuls from eyeing a 2022 run. With a big question mark looming over whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo will seek a fourth term, here are some of the potential Republican contenders.

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ELISE STEFANIK From the then-youngest woman ever elected to Congress in 2014 to a bona fide MAGA star, her name recognition, national connections and fundraising ability make her a top contender.

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LEE ZELDIN Another legislator with close ties to the Trump family, hailing from Long Island along with experience as a military veteran could be a winning formula. If he wants to have any hope in the general election, he should probably stop suggesting the 2020 election was stolen.

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WHO WANTS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR AS A REPUBLICAN IN 2022? BY CITY & STATE

DUTCHESS COUNTY EXECUTIVE

MARC MOLINARO It will be hard to stand out in a primary field against right-wing celebrities like Stefanik and Zeldin, but this affable Hudson Valley moderate is still considering a rematch of 2018’s gubernatorial election.

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ROB ASTORINO

Astorino is reportedly considering a run for governor again (he lost to Cuomo in 2014), but to take the office he’d have to actually win a general election – something he hasn’t done since 2013.

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Fox News’ senior meteorologist has resisted calls to run, despite the visibility she has gained for raising public awareness about COVID-19 nursing home deaths. But her network association could be a tough pill to swallow for those who don’t tune in to “Hannity” every night.

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If we think that the majority or the governor are not doing what’s right, we’re going to use every lever that we have.

A Q&A with Assembly Minority Leader

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So how does the Assembly GOP survive in a Democratdominated chamber? We’re going to use every type of bully pulpit. We have to make our voices heard. We don’t make things personal. We try to stick on the issues, and if we think that the majority or the governor are not doing what’s right, we’re going to use every lever that we have.

to make sure that the public understands what the governor and the majority are doing. Hostile amendments are another level that we can use to try to get our point across. We’re not just doing (that) to be obstinate or jam up the system, but … we thought stuff like the emergency powers was important enough to try to play that card – and we’ll continue to do that, maybe.

Elaborate on these levers. We’re not going to shy away from doing press conferences and speaking out in our districts. We’re going to use all our tools of communication

A lot has been made about due process in investigating the governor. Is the impeachment trial the due process? Yes. I’m not against investigation. Let’s

investigate. What I don’t think we ought to do is sit and do nothing while the attorney general is investigating. So in my mind, I think we ought to start the impeachment process and use that as due process. Where do you draw the line with harassment? Do you think legislators who do the types of things the governor is accused of should be allowed to continue serving? Personally, I would say yes, but there’s such a gray area, how am I going to judge each case? It has to be on a case-by-case basis.

What are Republicans keeping an eye out for in the state budget due April 1? We are opposed to tax increases across the board. With the federal stimulus money coming in, we don’t face budgetary issues now that require us to raise billions and billions of taxes from New Yorkers. We’re always concerned about the transparency of the process. As the minority, we represent 6 million people. There’s three (people) in the room deciding things; it should be five. Your father recently died. Among many

other things, the former ambassador and state senator was the seventhgeneration steward of the family farm in Central New York. What did that place mean to him? He accomplished what he wanted in life, and he was able to die peacefully. So we’re grateful for that. I’m going to miss him, there’s no doubt. We do live on the Salmon River and he loved taking walks along the river. So every time I walk along the river, I think of him and he instilled that love to me and my kids and my siblings. – Zach Williams

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THE TOP 8 STATE BUDGET ISSUES Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are aiming to make a deal by April 1.

HILE NEW YORK is in better fiscal shape than was feared months ago, there are still a lot of difficult political issues to figure out before the April 1 state budget deadline. Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly have made it clear that they want to raise billions of dollars through new taxes on the wealthy. Many Democratic lawmakers are also calling for a COVID-19 relief fund for undocumented immigrants and other people who did not qualify for previous aid packages. Funding for public schools is an annual point of contention between the governor and legislators. The coronavirus pandemic and ongoing scandals surrounding the governor have added new twists to the budget negotiations this year, but the fundamental dynamic remains the same. Lawmakers want more spending, the governor wants less. Sometime in the last week of March, the three people who call the shots in state politics – Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins – have to find a

way to compromise on a long list of issues affecting millions of New Yorkers. Stewart-Cousins told reporters March 23 that Democrats in her chamber are aiming to keep it all business with the Second Floor, despite the ongoing scandals and their public statements urging the governor to resign. “The focus of our conference is on doing the job that we’re here to do,” she said at a virtual press conference. “And right now, it is making sure that we get a good budget for New Yorkers, and we want an ethical, on-time and good budget. I believe that’s what we’ll get.” In other words, the governor’s potential impeachment is one thing, negotiating a spending plan for the upcoming years is another matter entirely, and that was before Heastie recently announced he had COVID-19. But outstanding allegations of sexual misconduct, a reported cover-up of COVID-19 nursing home deaths and safety concerns about the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge have undermined Cuomo’s political standing since he unveiled his spending plan in January. State lawmakers are looking to take full advantage this year of their new legislative supermajorities and the governor’s relative lack of political capital. That might be why the governor appears to be giving ground on issues like the seem-

ingly impending legalization of recreational marijuana, though the state constitution still gives him some formidable powers to use in budget negotiations. Here is where the budget negotiations stand on some of the biggest issues facing the state.

TAXES

The one-house budget resolutions approved by the state Senate and Assembly in mid-March included proposals to raise income taxes on the wealthy. Those proposals would raise about $7 billion to fund new spending on education, social services and other fiscal priorities for the Democratic majorities. State Budget Director Robert Mujica, however, recently said that there is no need to raise taxes that much because of the $12 billion in federal aid recently approved by Congress. While the Cuomo administration clearly has less of an appetite for big tax increases than state lawmakers, Stewart-Cousins and Heastie are sticking by their proposals to raise income taxes much more than the temporary three-year increase that Cuomo proposed in January. Democratic lawmakers and activists meanwhile are maintaining pressure on the legislative leaders to approve even higher taxes.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been politically weakened by multiple scandals, which could affect negotiations with the state Legislature on these important issues.

leaders to raise the ante could prove difficult considering the amount of money at stake, especially since Cuomo has yet to say whether he would support such aid.

GAMBLING

Tight fiscal times led Cuomo to ignore his past concerns about potential state constitutional issues with legalizing mobile sports betting. Members of the Assembly have also backed the idea despite past opposition from the chamber. So this could finally be the year that state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. and other supporters get their way on the issue, though it remains a very open question whether future revenues will meet projections. There’s also up to three new casinos that could get built in New York City if Cuomo and Heastie come around to the state Senate Democrats’ other idea for expanding gambling.

EDUCATION

Democratic lawmakers and activists have said for years that New York state is still shortchanging local school districts by $4 billion per a 15-year saga that began with the 2006 Campaign for Fiscal Equity ruling. Cuomo has dismissed that idea for years by saying he is not bound on this issue by the commitments of past governors. His damaged political standing and Democrats’ legislative supermajorities could mean victory is close for state lawmakers. Even if they do not get Cuomo to go along with injecting that money into the state budget, an increase in education funding is a given. Cuomo backed that idea months ago, though it remains to be seen whether he will succeed in current efforts to use federal aid to replace rather than supplement state aid.

‘EXCLUDED WORKERS’

Activists and progressive lawmakers are making a big push to secure $3.5 billion in aid for undocumented workers, recently incarcerated people and other “excluded workers” who were ineligible for unemployment benefits, stimulus checks and other COVID-19 relief. The one-house budgets, however, included a little over half that amount. Convincing legislative

HEALTH CARE

Medicaid spending accounts for about a quarter of total state spending, which makes it one of the primary drivers of the structural deficit that predates the pandemic. The budget proposed by Cuomo in January included $600 million in cuts to hospitals to help plug the multibillion-dollar budget hole caused by the pandemic. He has always said, however, that billions in new federal aid would scramble those dire fiscal plans. Opposition from state lawmakers, organized labor, activists and the hospital industry suggests that these proposed reductions in Medicaid reimbursement rates and direct assistance to hospitals will go through significant changes if they are to make it into any final budget. A temporary boost in federal matching funds in the new COVID-19 relief bill, meanwhile, will likely drive state spending even higher on home- and community-based health care services.

HOUSING

With the end of the statewide eviction moratorium looming May 1, millions of people are at risk of losing their places to live. Assembly Democrats are proposing a rental relief fund that would direct $3.125 billion in combined state and federal

funds to tenants, homeowners and people struggling with homelessness. State Senate Democrats wanted $750 million for the New York City Housing Authority and $200 million for public housing agencies across the state, as well as a cash subsidy plan for low-income people. They are also looking to include a provision in the budget to allow the transformation of commercial real estate into affordable housing, an idea that Cuomo said he supports in principle. Cuomo too has plans to fund housing relief programs this year, but the big issue appears to be funding. The extent to which housing help expands could hinge on how the governor and lawmakers balance spending and revenues overall.

HIGHER EDUCATION

New York City lawmakers are pushing a “New Deal for CUNY” that aims to eliminate student tuition and fees, hire more faculty as well as expand mental and academic counseling. Like other issues, new federal aid could mean that the governor abandons unpopular proposals affecting higher education, like the “predictable tuition increases” for public college students at a time when state lawmakers and activists are pushing for increases in student aid. It also remains unclear whether the governor will stick by his proposal to eliminate a 50-year-old state program that provides operating aid to more than 100 private, nonprofit colleges across the state.

ENVIRONMENT

Lawmakers have resurrected the idea of getting voters to approve a $3 billion environmental bond that could be on the fall ballot alongside a proposal to enshrine the right to clean air and water in the state constitution. Cuomo originally proposed the bond act last year before scuttling it out of concern for how the pandemic complicated the state’s finances. While his thinking might be different now, a fight is brewing with lawmakers over provisions of his proposed state budget, such as a proposal that could make it easier for building owners to evade emission limits.

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path into the nonprofit sector started while she spent a summer after her freshman year of college working at a residential camp, now known as Ramapo for Children, primarily serving inner-city kids. “I recognized … that a lot of the kids that we were working with came from my ZIP code,” Morales, who now sits on the board of the nonprofit, told City & State. “And I sort of had a moment where I thought, well, why them and not me.” Before she secured her lane as an underdog, left-leaning candidate in New York City’s mayoral race, she was a longtime nonprofit executive known for her passion for taking innovative approaches to helping underserved communities. After the residential camp, she went on to work as a caseworker for a foster organization and special education teacher before going to graduate school. From there, she became a founding member of Jumpstart, a national early education nonprofit. She then spent five years as executive director of The Door, a youth-serving organization where she had received services as a high schooler. But she most recently led Phipps Neighborhoods, a social services organization helping low-income families in the South Bronx with job training and educational programs. Morales made her mark at Phipps Neighborhoods through new initiatives to help residents of the South Bronx, such as a health care career training program done in partnership with Montefiore Health System and Hostos Community College. Of the 350 program graduates, around 74% were placed in careers in health care, according to a 2019 annual report from Phipps Neighborhoods. Morales also worked with Children’s Aid, a child welfare nonprofit, to co-create South Bronx Rising Together in 2014. The initiative brought together government, nonprofits, businesses and others to collaborate on the best strategies for

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helping youth across all ages in Bronx Community District 3 located in the South Bronx. “In (the) start, none of these programs had very logical funding streams,” said Nancy Riedl, who used to serve as director of development and communications at Phipps Neighborhoods. Human services nonprofits rely heavily on city contracts which then influence the programs they take on, where Morales’ new initiatives often started thanks to private funding. “Dianne really felt like she wanted to take the opportunity to do something that was dif-

strategic plan ended up coming to fruition,” he said. “It’s very rare when a not-for-profit develops a strategic plan that ever works out or is accomplished.” It was from that plan that the organization created the charter school called Broome Street Academy, which aims to educate students who are homeless, in the foster care system or from low-performing schools. In addition, Morales also helped The Door expand its support of LGBTQ teenagers. “We started doing outreach at the Christopher Street Pier to engage some of the homeless youth,” Mo-

DIANNE MORALES Past nonprofit colleagues say the progressive underdog hasn’t changed her vision while campaigning for mayor. By Kay Dervishi ferent and create potentially a different pathway,” Riedl said. Morales said the limitations of city funding remained one of the biggest obstacles for her as a leader. “Public funding is not supportive or encouraging or nurturing of creative thinking or change,” she said. Michael Zisser also remembered her as a leader who thought strategically. Zisser used to lead both The Door and University Settlement, which had a legal partnership that allowed the two organizations to share administrative resources until this year, and worked closely with Morales on a strategic plan when she was executive director of The Door. “I think every item on that

rales said. “And a lot of those homeless youth were LGBTQ youth who (were) pushed out or ran away from their home.” Beyond her work leading Phipps Neighborhoods, Morales was often an outspoken voice in the nonprofit sector at large. She was a board member of the Human Services Council, a membership organization advocating on behalf of social services nonprofits, and a member of the Nonprofit Resiliency Committee, a group convened by city government to hear the concerns of local nonprofits. In those spaces, she spoke often of the importance for the city to fully fund organizations helping New Yorkers

in need and of “inequitable systems,” said Michelle Jackson, the executive director of the Human Services Council. “Speaking up to government partners when you’re funded by them is not an easy task,” Jackson said. “And she certainly embraced that role.” Margaret Crotty, executive director of Partnership with Children, knew Morales well from their time together at the Human Services Council as well as serving on various advisory bodies related to New York City’s community schools initiatives. Morales often spoke up about the importance of anti-racism in community schools, Crotty said. “Phipps and Partnership with Children, we put resources behind frameworks for shared decision-making, community voice, always making sure those metrics were first and foremost in the community school model.” The nonprofit leaders City & State interviewed did not make any endorsements of Morales’ campaign, as charities are barred from making political endorsements for any candidate. But several said having a mayor who understood the challenges faced by nonprofits and the communities they serve would be a boon for the city. “The city’s recovery is going to be built on the backs of nonprofits,” said Phoebe Boyer, head of Children’s Aid. “Surviving COVID has been done on the backs of nonprofits.” And some noted that while Morales’ expertise is in the nonprofit sector, she has communicated frequently with city agencies and businesses. Marjorie Parker, president and CEO of JobsFirstNYC, where Morales used to serve as a board member, said Phipps Neighborhoods was heavily involved in workforce development programs that connected the organization to local employers. “She understands both the supply side, what challenges people have, but she has a good understanding of what happens also with, especially, small employers.” There are still major challenges associated with going

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from running a nonprofit with a $10 million budget as of 2018 to running the country’s largest city. And Morales has been open about her own blindspots running as an outsider to government. “One of the things I said for years as people asked me about running for office was, I’m not diplomatic,” she said. “And so I think a different way of putting that today is that I’m not good at spin.” She added that she would plan to surround herself with people with more institutional knowledge of New York City government if elected to ensure she was prepared. For Crotty, Morales has also been quite consistent in her approach as both a nonprofit leader as well as a political candidate: “Nothing that she’s saying or doing is out of character with what I think most of us who’ve worked with her in the nonprofit world have seen her say and do.”

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“One of the things I said for years as people asked me about running for office was, I’m not diplomatic. I think a different way of putting that today is that I’m not good at spin.” – New York City mayoral candidate Dianne Morales

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SSEMBLY MAJORITY LEADER Crystal Peoples-Stokes has made the trip from Buffalo to Albany far too many times to count. As a young organizer going on an occasional trip to pressure electeds and throughout her nearly two decades in the Assembly, one thought has consistently crept into her mind as she watches the thick, old-growth forest and farmland flash by: What might it have been like to be lying low during the day and tramping through muck and over fallen trees at night, searching north for freedom? What was going through Harriet Tubman’s mind as she trekked those same woods, guiding people through the state, along the Underground Railroad, to cross into Canada at the Niagara River? “You’ve got the trees and the snow and the woods and it’s raining, and you think that people made it through that,” said Peoples-Stokes, the granddaughter of southern sharecroppers and farmers. It’s thoughts of that will to survive, the desire to thrive despite unimaginably cruel and gravely serious circumstances, that have driven her to keep going each time some obstacle seemed insurmountable. The longtime Assembly member now holds the second-most powerful position in her chamber; she is the first woman, and first African American, to serve as Assembly majority leader. But, the way she tells it, it was not ambition, nor cunning, nor any type of political maneuvering that landed her with her longtime friend, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat from the Bronx, at the apex of Albany’s political food chain. Instead, it was a deep faith in pursuing the work in front of her, a commitment to the Buffalo neighborhoods that raised her and a trust in a higher power, one that has steadied her hand all along the way. Now, sitting atop the mound next to Heastie, she still has her sights set on some lofty goals. Peoples-Stokes has pursued marijuana legalization for years, and having apparently struck a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, lawmakers are reportedly set to put it on the governor’s desk. She has long pushed for reforms in nursing homes, particularly around adequate staffing measures that have come into sharp focus with the scandals around Cuomo’s handling of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities. When she first came to the Assembly in 2003, Peoples-Stokes felt a little bit overwhelmed. Still, she knew why she was there and what she wanted to do. Little has changed in that regard. “I had a list of things I really wanted to make happen, and I didn’t focus on anything but those things,” she said.

EOPLES-STOKES WILL tell you again and again she never intended on being a leader. In fact, she says despite being one of the most powerful legislators in one of the nation’s largest states, public speaking still rattles her. In a family for which every Sunday service was mandatory, she first found herself in front of crowds at church. “The same anxiety I had doing my Easter speech in the first grade, I still have when I speak before people now,” Peoples-Stokes said. “It just doesn’t change.”

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With her marijuana legalization bill on the brink of passing, Assembly Majority Leader Crystal PeoplesStokes is ready to cement her trailblazing legacy.

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Crystal Peoples-Stokes has represented Buffalo’s East Side for almost two decades in the Assembly.

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But that anxiety doesn’t show on the outside. People are drawn to her, perhaps for no greater reason than she is a master at lending a sympathetic ear. State Sen. Tim Kennedy, a Democrat from South Buffalo, who describes Peoples-Stokes as a dear friend, said he has always been struck by her desire to hear people out and try to build off the common ground between people. “She listens to people,” he said. “She’s not only informed to help make the decisions that she makes. But she’s driven to help those people who need it the most.” What she may not have recognized in herself from a young age, others certainly did. Maurice Garner is one of the founding members of Grassroots, the political organization that launched her career and those of many of Buffalo’s most recognizable Black leaders, including Mayor Byron Brown and Common Council President Darius Pridgen. Garner first met Peoples-Stokes when she was running a school board campaign in 1989, and he thought Peoples-Stokes knew the issues better and was better at explaining them than the candidate she worked for. From there Garner recruited her to help in his mission to convert community organizing into political power. Together, Garner, Peoples-Stokes, Brown and others worked with leaders from block clubs – neighborhood organizations that run beautification efforts and meet with police and elected officials to discuss issues – and other community members to build up power by winning state Democratic committee seats away from acolytes of Arthur Eve, the longtime Assembly member who, then serving as deputy speaker of the Assembly, represented Peoples-Stokes’ Buffalo district for more than 30 years. The group of youngsters respected Eve, but felt shut out of his circle. They worked with block club leaders to build goodwill in the community, then ran regular citizens, such as factory workers and school teachers, against the political types connected to Eve, who had controlled majority-African American state Democratic committee seats in Buffalo for years. Eventually they won enough committee seats in the state party to elect their candidates to higher office within the party system and gain a seat at the proverbial table. It was not long after Peoples-Stokes ran that ultimately unsuccessful school board campaign that she found herself in office, though it took some convincing. Peoples-Stokes had spent a year as a teacher after graduating from Buffalo State College before deciding that she did not want to work in education. “The system, in my estimation, was not about kids, and in many ways, is still not,” she said. From there she spent some time working for Erie County at a youth detention center, before landing a job at Citizen Action of New

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“I have seen Crystal step out and advocate for issues that impact our community, whether it was the popular thing or not, time and time and time again. I can’t say I see that same level of courage from other members of the Grassroots faction.” – India Walton, Buffalo mayoral candidate

York, a grassroots progressive community organizing outfit, where she would work her way up to regional director. It was the so-called “year of the woman,” 1992, and Garner and other Grassroots leaders had gained enough political clout to choose a successor after Roger Blackwell, an Eve ally, stepped down from his Erie County Legislature seat to become the county’s Democratic elections commissioner. They wanted a reluctant Peoples-Stokes to take the spot. “I was happy being an organizer,” Peoples-Stokes said. After a long meeting filled with overtures from her Grassroots compatriots, she agreed to be appointed to the seat. From there it didn’t take long for her to rise through the ranks. Again, she said, it took some convincing to get her to jump at her next opportunity. But fellow county Legislator Mike Fitzpatrick, with the backing of then Erie County Democratic Committee Chair Steve Pigeon, convinced her in 1998 to make a play for majority leader of the county legislature. She can remember the conversation well. She was in Philadelphia for a conference. She had been watching her beloved Buffalo Bills at the hotel bar when she got the call: she won. “She can be an understanding listener,” Pigeon said. “But, she can be tough when it’s time to make a move.” Pigeon saw in her someone who could build coalitions and appeal widely, which was one of the reasons he encouraged her to run for Congress in 1998 against the popular Republican Jack Quinn. He knew it was a long shot – the incumbent Quinn won by a 2-to-1 margin – but Pigeon saw it as an opportunity to get her in front of a larger audience. In Peo-

ples-Stokes, he saw a star who could overcome some of the hesitancy and bigotry that puts African American candidates at a disadvantage outside of majority-Black districts. “We didn’t think we could beat Quinn, but we knew we could really showcase her as a candidate that could obtain higher office,” Pigeon said. Then Peoples-Stokes made her next big move. In 2000, she challenged Eve for his Assembly seat, a decision she knew was risky, but would ultimately set the table for Grassroots to truly arrive. She lost by a thin margin, gaining 47% of the vote, but many credit her participation with helping Brown win his state Senate race that year by boosting turnout in Black neighborhoods and bringing more visibility to Grassroots candidates. Two years later, with Eve announcing he would not run for reelection, Peoples-Stokes ran again, and she has been representing the people of the 141st Assembly District ever since. She credits her commitment to canvassing with first coming close to an upset victory over Eve in 2000, and her eventual victory in

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Crystal Peoples-Stokes has worked for years to pass marijuana legalization with a component geared toward equity. With a deal recently announced, the passage of her bill this year could become the crowning achievement of her storied career.

2002. She would visit each election district and make sure she got more voters to commit to her than Eve had won in the previous election. “I think the reason why people took to me so well when I first challenged him is because he didn’t come to their door,” she said of Eve. “I did.” During her time in the state Legislature, she has been known as a consensus-builder, a trait that many credit with leading her to her newest title. After the ouster of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in 2015, Heastie found himself leading the chamber. Having known Peoples-Stokes for decades – Heastie made friends in the Grassroots organization and took frequent trips to the Buffalo in the late 1990s and 2000s – he thought she might be the right person to take over when then-Majority Leader Joseph Morelle was elected to Congress in a 2018 special election. But it was a trip to Buffalo shortly after becoming speaker that left him convinced that she was the right person for the job. “What struck me was that everywhere we went, people knew Crystal and you could see that special bond she has with the people she rep-

resents,” Heastie said in a written response to questions from City & State. So far that ability to bring people together, to get them to focus on their common goal, has been proven effective, he said. Even as she was being considered for the majority leader post, Peoples-Stokes said she did not push for it. She had too many colleagues who wanted the position, and she had no intention of getting in their way. As had happened throughout her career, she ended up in the chair anyway. “I think it was the friendship and the trust,” she said of her relationship with Heastie.

HILE FEW PEOPLE interviewed for this article have a bad word to say about Peoples-Stokes, she has not gone through a career in politics without conflict or controversy. In 2012, she took flak in her district after she did not support Betty Jean Grant, an Erie County legislator running for state Senate, Grant said. Peoples-Stokes did not officially endorse Kennedy, an Irish American who still holds the seat, nor did she

support Grant, an African American from Peoples-Stokes’ Assembly district who was at one time a member of Grassroots. Kennedy went on to win the Democratic primary by fewer than 200 votes. And now, Grassroots, the organization that launched her career and the careers of so many of her political allies, is under investigation. Garner’s home and business were raided by the FBI in 2017. No charges have been filed, but it has also been rumored that there are ties between the investigation into Grassroots and other investigations into political corruption, including one that resulted in a guilty plea from Pigeon in 2018 – he has not yet been sentenced – and ongoing probes into Brown’s executive offices, with FBI agents taking boxes of documents from Buffalo City Hall last year. Peoples-Stokes has not been tied, publicly or in the regular Western New York rumor mills, to these investigations. For her part, Peoples-Stokes wonders why the city’s main political club for Black people has drawn so much scrutiny, pointing out that no Grassroots members have been

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charged in the four years since Garner’s properties were raided. She has felt the sting of racism for her entire life – she grew up in Buffalo’s Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood, back when many Polish American families were still there – and she has found that Black success is often met with skepticism and scrutiny from white institutions. “They haven’t found anything that anybody can be convicted of and go to jail for,” Peoples-Stokes said. “What is your goal? Is it just to disparage the organization? Or is it really seeking real investigations to find something wrong? I think it was just intended to be disparaging.” The majority leader seems to sidestep all the pitfalls that have come down for her allies and maintains the respect of even those who have felt slighted by her in the past. Grant remains unhappy about the lack of support she received from Peoples-Stokes and Grassroots in her race against Kennedy and still believes with their support she would have won. Still, she said, while she and Peoples-Stokes don’t have a personal relationship, they manage to work together for the betterment of their community, something Grant believes has been a sincere goal of Peoples-Stokes’ from her time at Citizen Action through to today. “People saw her as a person who mainly stayed out of the bickering, the fight in Buffalo,” Grant said. “She focused on Albany and what she could bring back to Buffalo.” Even India Walton, a registered nurse and community organizer running in the upcoming Democratic primary for mayor against Brown, Peoples-Stokes’ longtime ally, gushes when she talks about the Assembly member. Grant and Walton both noted that Peoples-Stokes is willing to split with her organizations if she disagrees with its official stance on policy. “I have seen Crystal step out and advocate for issues that impact our community, whether it was the popular thing or not, time and time and time again,” Walton said. “I can’t say I see that same level of courage from other members of the Grassroots faction.” Jim Anderson has been working on myriad issues in Buffalo for decades. A man with no one camp in Buffalo’s highly fractured political ecosystem, Anderson, who sits on Citizen Action of New York’s board as an atlarge member, noted that Peoples-Stokes, all the way back when she was working for Citizen Action, would come out against positions taken by her employer. In particular, she was in favor of charter schools so long as they, in her eyes, were working to better serve kids in Buffalo’s most high-need neighborhoods. “Crystal will stand her ground, she will say what she believes,” Anderson said. “If you disagree with her she doesn’t get mad at you. She has her position. It’s up to the

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electorate to decide if that’s a position they agree with.” Clarence Lott Jr., president of Grassroots during the 2000s, was the only person interviewed for this article to suggest that it may be time for new representation in the 141st District. He has been frustrated by the intractable issues – poverty, the failure of schools, a lack of quality jobs – that have continued to plague neighborhoods in Peoples-Stokes’ district and other parts of Buffalo’s East Side. As deindustrialization crippled Buffalo’s economy, as it did most cities across the Rust Belt, the children of Polish and German im-

Peoples-Stokes, have become too complacent and too concerned about staying in power, much the way they viewed Eve when they worked to take over from him. A serious contender could beat her, he believes. “For somebody who represents Buffalo’s East Side, how do you defend what the East Side looks like, and you’ve been the top representative, now as majority leader?” Lott said. “How do you defend that record?” Still, others see many of those symptoms of systemic racism as beyond the power of any one state legislator to cure, and they note Peoples-Stokes’ willingness to remain down in the trenches. Walton pointed to a 4/20

“People saw her as a person who mainly stayed out of the bickering, the fight in Buffalo. She focused on Albany and what she could bring back to Buffalo.” – Betty Jean Grant, a former Erie County legislator

migrants left the neighborhoods east of Main Street, including those Peoples-Stokes has represented throughout her career. Many of the city’s poorest census tracts, in what is still one of the poorest, most segregated and most unequal cities in the nation, remain on the East Side, where 85% of the city’s Black people live. In fact, Lott’s frustration has caused him to break with his old Grassroots ally Brown. He is supporting Walton in the upcoming primary. Lott, who now splits his time between Buffalo and Virginia Beach, Virginia, said he is proud of the work he and others at Grassroots did in the early days. But he has seen too little progress in the years since. He believes that the Grassroots founders, including

Drug Policy Alliance event she helped organize in 2019. On a cold, rainy Buffalo spring day, Peoples-Stokes showed up and stood in the muck to call for the legalization of marijuana. “She’s not too good for us,” Walton said. “And she shows up when you need her.”

HEN PEOPLES-STOKES first saw the video of George Floyd gasping for air, she was shocked. The audacity of the whole thing just floored her. It wasn’t that she couldn’t believe that a police officer would pin a Black man down in the street and kill him. She and the nation had seen that before. It was something in the way that Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis cop about

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While constituents from more affluent, often more white, districts might be complaining to a politician about a slight rise in property taxes, Peoples-Stokes and other Black leaders are helping people with unsafe parks, uncollected garbage or absentee landlords. “It takes a lot to be a minority legislator, to represent the Black community,” Garner said. For years, Peoples-Stokes has been fighting to get her marijuana legalization bill passed, though not as a revenue generator for the state, as it is sometimes framed in political discussions. She sees it as a way to try to even the playing field, both financially and legally, for Black and Latino people who have unfairly been targeted by law enforcement. In 2017, In 2019, when it looked Crystal Peolike the bill might pass, Peoples-Stokes ples-Stokes and others who secured had worked on the legisla$250,000 in state funding tion let it die on the vine rathto help restore er than push through with the Buffalo watered-down provisions reCentral Termigarding giving access to the innal, a former railroad stadustry to those most negatively tion located affected by the war on drugs in her district. and expunging records of those The historic with marijuana-related drug art deco station was in charges. “I need to see a peruse from 1929 centage of the revenue invested to 1979. in the lives of the people who went to jail,” Peoples-Stokes said. “If that’s not there then, for me, there’s no reason to do the legislation.” In the end, she managed to work with her colleagues, including state Senate bill sponsor Liz Krueger, to keep the revenues from marijuana taxation out of the state’s general funds. Instead, the money will reportedly go to a Cannabis Revenue Fund with money for training law enforcement in catching drivers who are high, drug treatment, public education and a fund for soflight, Peoples-Stokes has long been fully cial equity grants. Other key provisions for aware of the racial tensions that constant- Peoples-Stokes included allowing licensed ly simmer just beneath the surface in this sellers to deliver marijuana, creating a catecountry, boiling over in violence over and gory of venues with legal on-site consumption and possession of up to three ounces and over again. She can remember the word “Africa” six plants for home growing. The passage of being painted on the north side of Paderewski the legislation seems assured. Peoples-Stokes recently signed a letter Drive, the side next to her side of the neighborhood, where there was a mix of Black with several of her female colleagues in the and Polish families, and the word “America” Legislature calling for legislators to wait being painted on the south side of the street, until state Attorney General Letitia James next to the side of the neighborhood where has finished an investigation into Cuomo’s alleged sexual harassment of women bealmost no Black families lived at the time. Garner, of Grassroots, said one thing many fore calling for his resignation or impeachpolitical observers don’t realize about serving ing him. The governor reportedly called the Black community is just how many issues around to members of the Legislature askleaders from those neighborhoods are trying ing for their support before the statement to address and how those things compound. was issued, but Peoples-Stokes denied any to stand trial for Floyd’s murder, was pressing on his neck and hearing him desperately seek for air, hearing him call out for his mother, with a chilling nonchalance, seemingly unconcerned by the many bystanders watching this play out midday, several with the video cameras on their phones clearly rolling. “What the fuck?” Peoples-Stokes said, recalling her reaction with incredulity in her voice, tears welling in her eyes, but never spilling over. “How do you do that in broad daylight and look around like ‘I’m supposed to be here on his neck’?” As someone who grew up in a changing neighborhood during the height of white

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sort of politics is at play. She and her colleagues pointed to the denial of due process for African Americans throughout the history of the country among other motivations for putting out the statement, according to a report from Spectrum News’ Susan Arbetter. “As you can see, I am an African American woman,” she told Spectrum. “This is no offense against anyone else, but I am of a people who have in this country for generations been found guilty of things before we were properly tried.” When she saw the demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism this summer, she grew more confident that change was coming. She also pointed to the police reform legislation passed last year – bills that gained the support of some Republicans, something she says never would have happened before, as a sign that Floyd’s death had changed things. “The reaction to George Floyd, America’s reaction, the world’s reaction, was very pleasing to my spirit,” Peoples-Stokes said.

ITH MARIJUANA about to be legalized, will Peoples-Stokes, age 69, retire? Some think it would be her crowning achievement, and that she would like to go out on a high note. But the longtime legislator is now in a position to promote other causes she holds dear. She declined to say whether she will run for reelection next year. If she were to retire, Peoples-Stokes said she would like to get back to growing her own food in her yard, a way to reconnect with her grandparents and the trips she would take to their farmland in rural South Carolina and Georgia. She might pursue consulting or lobbying work. She might like to work in higher education. She says she hasn’t given it much thought. “I want to start growing my own vegetables, and I have plenty of space to do it,” she said. One cause she wants to continue working on, in the Legislature or elsewhere, was born of recent tragedy. Peoples-Stokes’ daughter died from complications related to kidney disease at the age of 47. The Assembly member has worked to set up kidney screenings in her district and will continue to work to raise awareness about the ailment, she said. “You never expect to bury your children,” she said. “You expect them to bury you.” She said she may take more time to travel with her husband, George Stokes, after she retires, but she never plans to leave her hometown. She has built up a community and has no plans to start over. And she has her mother and her grandson to look after. “I’m never going to leave Buffalo,” Peoples-Stokes said. “I love Buffalo.”

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Forty women working toward a fairer future.

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LAST FALL, Kamala Harris became the first woman to be elected vice president. In the same election, state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins – the first woman and first woman of color to lead a majority conference in the state Legislature – won enough races to secure a veto-proof supermajority. More recently, Stewart-Cousins has called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign in the face of multiple allegations of sexual harassment and a failure to disclose the number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths. State Attorney General Letitia James launched an independent investigation

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into the governor. Although Cuomo has refused to resign, his immediate successor would be Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, while James herself would be well positioned to replace Cuomo more permanently. While these high-profile women are leading the way, there are plenty of women in government, politics, business and the nonprofit sector who are blazing trails of their own. City & State’s annual Above & Beyond awards recognize an outstanding group of women, including civil rights leaders, political candidates and groundbreaking innovators.

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DEBORAH ARCHER PRESIDENT American Civil Liberties Union Growing up in Connecticut as the child of Jamaican immigrants, Deborah Archer became acutely aware of the evils of racism from a young age. She recalls the day her family’s property was vandalized as a turning point in her understanding of what it means to be Black in America. “I wanted to fight against the racism that drove my very hardworking parents from our home and that I would continue to experience throughout my life,” she says. “I thought being a lawyer would do that, but no one had a blueprint or path I could follow.” After working as a legal fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union over two decades ago, Archer’s path became a blueprint of success. This year she became the ACLU’s national board president, making history as the first Black person in the organization’s 101-year history to be elected to the position. Archer, who is a professor at New York University and co-faculty director of the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law, has also served as assistant counsel at the NAACP. She also runs the law school’s Civil Rights Clinic that investigates alleged police misconduct. Despite Archer’s impressive resume, it’s her humility that defines her. “When people in the Black community experience success in our lives, we often say that we’re our ancestors’ wildest dreams,” she says of her accomplishments. “Every time a Black woman achieves and rises to leadership opportunities, it honors the Black women who have come before her.”

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StriveHigher Inc. Olga Baez moved to the Bronx from the Dominican Republic when she was eight years old. When it was time to leave for college, she chose Marymount in Tarrytown, because she wanted to “experience something outside” her borough. Two years into her undergraduate studies, though, the college was acquired by Fordham University and moved to its current campus right across from her former high school. The Bronx, it seemed, needed her back home. Since graduating in 2005, Baez has worked at Fordham as an administrative assistant. In the meantime, she obtained two master’s degrees: one in school counseling and another in nonprofit management. Throughout the past 15 years, she has seen a need for a comprehensive approach to education – especially when it comes to Black and Latino students whose graduation rates have trailed behind those of white and Asian students. So she launched StriveHigher, a nonprofit organization offering career, financial literacy, wellness and educational guidance. “A lot of people told me to just focus on one or two things, in order to make it easier, more successful,” she says. “But I felt that when it comes to a child’s development we need more than one resource.” For Baez, education is multifaceted and requires a hands-on approach. “Instead of just talking about college, we actually go on a college tour,” she says. “Instead of just talking about coding, we go to the Microsoft store and do a workshop there. It’s twofold: They get to leave the Bronx and get a hands-on opportunity.”

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STEPHANIE BÁEZ VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Global Strategy Group For Stephanie Báez, watching the TV show “The West Wing” and its fictional White House press secretary, C.J. Cregg, made her want a career in the political sphere – and ever since she stumbled upon some press responsibilities while working for then-Rep. Anthony Weiner on Capitol Hill, she’s been hooked. Báez, who has since done public affairs and communications work for a number of New York organizations and elected representatives, last year joined Global Strategy Group, a leading political consulting and polling firm. She volunteers regularly for Meals on Wheels and Union Settlement. “I’ve always tried my best to find roles where I can incorporate the professional aspects of the job, but also make sure I can still break away from my desk and get out to the streets and actually talk to people, because that’s how you really learn what’s on people’s minds and how to address them from a communication standpoint,” Báez says. Báez’s favorite project has been the NYC Ferry launch that she worked on during her nearly four-year tenure as a top public affairs staffer with the New York City Economic Development Corporation. While developing the project, she constantly updated New Yorkers on the progress. “That will have a lasting memory in New York City and when I get to see the boats on the harbor, whether I’m on the FDR or crossing a bridge,” Báez says, “I always smile to myself because I know I was part of that.”

PAULA BAILEY EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

After graduating from Cornell University, Paula Bailey began working as a caseworker with the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, where she saw the impact of poverty on families. To combat this, she co-founded Grant Associates with two other women in 1997, and since then the organization has been working with community stakeholders on building economic opportunities and security for low-income people through employment. According to Bailey, the workforce development company has assisted over 1 million people in finding employment and now operates in multiple states. One of the first programs found jobs for 3,000 individuals who had been through the criminal justice system. “At a time when employers didn’t want to hire people with those backgrounds, we were able to work to place people in private sector jobs,” Bailey says. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bailey and her team moved all their services online while aiding more individuals who lost jobs due to the economic shutdown. Her inspiration to aid others and tackle socioeconomic inequality is fueled by being able to create a greater impact through individuals. “Early in my career, I used to work with people on public assistance and I used to see folks who would come into the office with their face downcast,” Bailey says. “I saw such a big difference after they were able to acquire employment. They would be coming, or I would be going out to meet them at their jobs or support them, to see the change a job made for someone, or a career, that doesn’t get old at all.”

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LISA BEATHA DIRECTOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS City University of New York Lisa Beatha began serving in the U.S. Army during college to help out with her tuition, while also working part-time jobs in higher education. She interned for WSIA 88.9 FM, the student-run radio station at the College of Staten Island, a City University of New York institution. “It was a very kind of symbiotic relationship with rules, with goals, with meetings,” Beatha says. “I couldn’t believe that there was such a thing that existed.” She has been inspired by that welcoming community and structure ever since. Beatha went on to become an English adjunct lecturer for CUNY and assistant registrar for transfer evaluations at the College of Staten Island, where she evaluated military veteran transfer credits. In her present role, Beatha aids and advocates for the more than 3,000 veterans who attend CUNY. She prides herself on the achievements of those veterans and past interns, three of whom have been hired in positions at CUNY campuses to support veteran services. Beatha works with veterans who deal with a variety of challenges ranging from being a mother in the military to having PTSD or sexual trauma.“Knowing that it’s only 1% or less of the population nationally that ever serves, knowing the depth of the sacrifice and being a part of that community where I have not faced as many challenges ... it’s hard not to take this job very seriously or to be motivated to constantly learn how to pivot and do your best to support,” Beatha says.

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M. Tracey Brooks’ upbringing centered around volunteering, so when she graduated from Le Moyne College, she went back to her roots. She spent a year in a volunteer service corps working with pregnant and parent teenagers. Soon after, she worked as a paralegal and came to see law as a way to advocate for change through policy, which motivated her to attend Albany Law School. She ran for state Assembly, worked for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, and ran for Congress. After her campaigns did not work out, she turned to another position she coveted in the capital – running Planned Parenthood’s New York advocacy work. “That position had opened up and the women who had it before me were some of my greatest mentors,” Brooks says. “And that’s when I almost came full circle.” For seven years she was president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York, where she fought to provide health care to women across the state. Brooks says one of her proudest achievements was mentoring two women in family planning to succeed in their careers and personal lives, which resulted in “truly fulfilling, long-lasting impacts.” Brooks serves on a variety of community boards, through which she supports several schools and advocates for women and foster children. “Whenever someone says that a person with a shallower voice didn’t have an opportunity, I felt it incumbent to find that opportunity and make sure that it could happen,” Brooks says. “I do believe in leveling the playing field.”

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COURTNEY BRYAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Center for Court Innovation Rikers Island, New York City’s massive jail complex, is set to be shut down, a step that Courtney Bryan helped set in motion. In 2016, when calls for the jail’s closure were being made by thenNew York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Bryan was a part of former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, which set out to study if and how the city could close Rikers Island. As the commission’s staff director, she and her team created a road map in 2017 for its closure. “That work really helped to support the call that advocates have been making for many, many years and communities have been making for years that Rikers Island was irreparable, it needed to be closed and that we could imagine a city and a justice system that incarcerated far fewer people,” Bryan says. Bryan has been battling for criminal justice reform since graduating from Temple University School of Law. Her formative years were spent working as a project attorney at the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, based in Philadelphia, where she worked to aid women who were charged with crimes connected to their abuse. In 2020, she was named to lead the Center for Court Innovation, an organization that tests innovative approaches to reducing incarceration. “It’s really through individual stories and people who inspire me, just ordinary New Yorkers and folks around the country who are impacted by the work that we (do) … and are looking to our organization as one of many who are trying to build a better society,” Bryan says.

TIFFANY CABÁN NATIONAL POLITICAL ORGANIZER

Tiffany Cabán has worn many hats in the fight for a more equitable New York. Through her work as a public defender, a candidate for Queens district attorney and an organizer with the Working Families Party, Cabán’s message hasn’t changed. “Politics is about people – not bad people or good people – it’s just people,” she says. “The reality is that there are widespread, inequitable systems and rampant disinvestment, so it’s really about building communities that are healthy, safe and free of state-sanctioned violence.” As an organizer with the Working Families Party, Cabán is developing a more robust training program to provide state parties with the opportunity to run campaigns, pass progressive legislation and dismantle the prison industrial complex. She’s also back on the campaign trail, running to represent New York City Council District 22, following a high-profile Queens district attorney contest she narrowly lost in 2019. “I’m calling for a paradigm shift that equalizes public health and public safety,” she says. Cabán says she’s seeking office again because she understands that the work continues, recalling her DA platform, which included positions such as decriminalizing sex work – something she’s especially proud of. She says queer people of color are her biggest inspiration to keep fighting. “It’s about bringing your whole self to politics,” she says. “Because of who you are, how you interact with systems that were not designed to serve you – that marginalize or oppress you – you are most able to identify the problems within those systems.”

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CONNIE CAHILL MANAGING PARTNER Barclay Damon Connie Cahill has worked in public finance for her entire nearly four-decade career. Her love for the field comes from what financing goes to build, such as affordable housing and public educational institutions – which are the kinds of projects Cahill has helped finance throughout New York. A favorite project of hers has been improving the infrastructure of a small special act district that had a school building in poor condition. Although the project faced a number of financial challenges, the passion of the district’s Board of Education president drove Cahill to continue to fight for changes. “It was really an honor and a privilege to get to work with her and see what she was doing because she cared so much about the children at the school,” Cahill says. “And that’s the kind of projects I’ve gotten to do all my career. There’s always somebody that’s the driving force on the client side.” Cahill became the law firm Barclay Damon’s first female managing partner in 2021. When she first started out in public finance, she would often be the only woman in a meeting. Since coming on at Barclay Damon 15 years ago, she has helped bring other women into the field. “The change in 35 years has been absolutely remarkable,” Cahill says. “It is a rare call or a rare closing that I’m the only woman. It’s much more common that half or more of the people sitting around the table in a public finance action are women.”

TRIENTINA CAMPBELL DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY/EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR

Since 2005, Trientina Campbell’s job has been to ensure that Richmond University Medical Center, one of Staten Island’s two major hospitals, is well prepared to weather any kind of emergency. She views Staten Island as a “forgotten city” that needs to support and uplift itself, pointing to a major crisis that the borough had to confront in 2012. “As time progressed and Hurricane Sandy came around, we realized how much, how vulnerable the entire community is,” Campbell recalls. Her medical center was able to provide aid to the entire community by collaborating with different stakeholders in the wake of Sandy ravaging the area. Last year, as COVID-19 started spreading across New York, the local coalitions that were developed on Staten Island in 2012 had become rock solid. Campbell kept her community informed on a daily basis and encouraged conversations between stakeholders about what could be done for struggling residents. Because of these proactive efforts to facilitate collaboration, Campbell says the local coronavirus response went smoothly. Before Campbell moved to Staten Island, she didn’t even know it existed. She describes the island as isolated from New York City while having its own welcoming character. She appreciates the sense of community built on peer-to-peer support, and now feels devoted to the borough. “I’ve worked in Manhattan and I’ve worked in Brooklyn, but I was not used to people who you don’t know … actually being courteous, just being nice, holding the door for you and letting you walk through it,” Campbell says.

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DANA CAROTENUTO For Dana Carotenuto Rico, serving in the Cuomo administration is the “perfect interaction” of two things she loves – collaborating with elected officials and helping them advance the administration’s agenda. It’s about filling “that communication gap, and on the policy side being able to really champion and fight for key policy agendas that the governor lays out in his budget,” she says. Carotenuto Rico, who started out as a staffer for then-state Sen. Jeff Klein, says she values her early days working in state government for giving her the opportunity to travel across the state and directly help her own community, especially in the fight to help people keep their homes amid the foreclosure crisis. Now, as the state’s deputy secretary for legislative affairs and policy, a typical day includes handling myriad requests and calls – from calls with her colleagues to communicating with regional counterparts to interactions with elected officials and advocacy groups. She says having these conversations moves the ball forward. “It starts at about 6:30 a.m., going through clips, seeing if there are any issues that have come up from advocacy groups or elected officials,” she says. “We’re trying to find a balance between being reactive and proactive.” During the COVID-19 pandemic, Carotenuto Rico says she began to understand the selflessness of government. “It’s not for the accolades or pat on the backs,” she says. “We’re trying to solve problems for everyone and asking how we can help the highest number of people possible.”

SUSAN CHIN

Susan Chin has been lobbying City Hall since 1995 on behalf of District Council 37, New York City’s largest public employee union, and on behalf of the city workers, ranging from accountants to zookeepers to crossing guards, that the union represents. In her current role, Chin focuses on the legislative and budgetary priorities of DC 37 on the city level. One of the biggest issues she worked on was the Play Fair for Parks campaign, which resulted in 100 maintenance workers and 50 gardeners represented by DC 37 being permanently hired by the New York City Parks Department. Another project was providing universal free lunch across New York City public schools. The program gives free lunch to all students regardless of their ability to pay. The push was prompted by low-income students reporting that they had been bullied for getting free lunch. Chin and her team met with the New York City Council to press for free lunches for all students, citing parental testimonials detailing their children’s experiences of going hungry rather than taking free lunch because of the stigmatization. One of the biggest battles Chin is waging now is for higher pay for emergency medical technician workers, whose value has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The majority of our people are just city workers,” Chin says. “They’ve been on the front lines, they’ve been doing what they’re supposed to do, putting themselves at risk, and their family at risk by going out there.”

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WILLING CHIN-MA DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Grand St. Settlement Willing Chin-Ma has been advocating for people since her high school days, when she volunteered to translate for elderly patients interacting with doctors and nurses. She carried that service into her undergraduate and graduate studies at Hunter College and New York University, respectively. Then in 1998, she began working at Grand St. Settlement, where she advocates for children and elders by expanding early childhood care and education programs and helping low-income seniors acquire affordable housing. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the nonprofit organization faced significant challenges. In March 2020, the city closed public schools, forcing Grand St. Settlement to operate its early childhood programs online. “What we did was that we engaged and trained parents to be like many teachers at home,” Chin-Ma says. She and her team provided resources for the parents such as school supplies, diapers and formula. For seniors, they created a food giving system through which they have distributed up to 500 food bags per week since last March, with the program continuing to today. “Just thinking back it brings tears to my eyes,” Chin-Ma says. Chin-Ma’s parents are immigrants from Hong Kong. She came to New York as a toddler and wants to give others the opportunity she had in America as an immigrant, despite, as she says, the American dream being in a crisis right now. “My internal love for other human beings and making sure that the ones that don’t have a voice, have a voice, that inspires me,” Chin-Ma says.

CATHERINE FISHER COLLINS BOARD MEMBER

When Catherine Collins started to pursue nursing in the 1960s, her high school adviser told her, “You can’t go to nursing school, you have to be a secretary,” Collins recalls. Yet today, Collins is a nurse – and a renowned educator and author. An associate professor at State University of New York Empire State College, Collins also works on developing educational policy as a board member on the New York State Board of Regents. Looking back at her career, Collins says she is proud of her time working with Jack and Jill of America in Washington, D.C. She once noticed a woman with her baby and young child on a step when she was walking to get lunch. “I was upset about it because here we are in our nation’s capital with people in Georgetown sitting out there on the street,” Collins says. “All you had to do is look out your window and you could see these homeless people and children that were out there.“ Collins responded by organizing a project called Love and Hope for Homeless Children to deliver supplies such as food, diapers, money and clothing to children living in shelters in the area. Collins has written a number of books detailing the health and societal challenges faced by African American women and also hosts the Women’s Health Radio show based in Buffalo. She has faced her own challenges as an African American woman, but has led the way for many as a mentor and helping hand. “Women, they’re almost secondary citizens,” Collins says. “We really need to pull folks along as we go up the ladder.”

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ONIDA COWARD MAYERS VICE PRESIDENT MirRam Group Storytelling is a throughline for Onida Coward Mayers. Now vice president of the MirRam Group – an independent consulting firm offering an in-depth understanding of New York’s political, corporate, labor and nonprofit landscapes – she got her start at Time Warner after graduating from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a degree in communications and broadcast television. Not long after that, she started Brooklyn Community Access Television, a nonprofit community network, where she learned how to effectively articulate local issues. “It’s all about understanding the issues of other people and how to better tell a story,” Coward Mayers says. “There are many ways to tell a story. The question is, how are you going to tell someone’s story?” Coward Mayers, who was born in Panama with Jamaican ancestry and raised in Brooklyn, was recruited to lead the voter outreach efforts under Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration as the director for the Voter Assistance Commission at the New York City Campaign Finance Board. As a media executive and top-notch communicator, Coward Mayers was ideally suited to the challenge of increasing voter participation rates. After she launched NYC Votes with the CFB, she says voter turnout increased significantly, her team registered almost 10,000 students, and the city placed second in the country for highest number of people registered in a single day. “Really what it was, again, at its core, is helping people tell their stories and get the results that they need,” she says.

LISA DAGLIAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Over the past 35 years, Lisa Daglian has lent her communication skills to the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, the American Cancer Society, and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council. And since 2018, she has continued to work at the intersection of media and public policy as the executive director at the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “For me, it’s all about the intersection of media and community policy and the effects they bring to bear on each other and people’s lives,” Daglian says of her career. “It’s amazing what we can do when people come together and work to effect change.” As the MTA struggles to stay afloat despite plummeting ridership due to the coronavirus pandemic, Daglian has continued to speak out on behalf of commuters who rely on public transit to get around. In recent weeks, she has criticized the Long Island Rail Road for its service cutbacks, which were subsequently reversed, and applauded efforts to speed up New York City’s subways. Daglian credits her close professional network with being both an anchor and a propelling force in her career. “There are some very strong women I’ve met over the last 30 years,” she says. “And we know we can turn to each other for professional assistance and help in addition to all the personal stuff. Knowing that there’s that group of people for whom there are no stupid questions is just so helpful.”

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ELIZABETH DAITZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES New York City Police Department Elizabeth Daitz had never pictured herself sitting in the highest level of government when she was selected to serve as a White House fellow in 2019. As the daughter of working-class parents, the first-generation college educated Daitz says doing good work isn’t about money or recognition – it’s about showing up and paying it forward. “I’m from a small town on the South Shore of Long Island and I started working from a young age to pay my way through college,” she says. “No matter where you come from and what you look like, your success is defined by your character.” Daitz originally worked as a litigator for the New York City Law Department, representing different stakeholders within the criminal justice system – which is when she became increasingly interested in public safety. “It was really after Superstorm Sandy, when I spent a lot of time with first responders, that I jumped at the chance to join the NYPD,” she says. Serving as the first director of civil matters for the police department, Daitz was asked to direct the Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative following her tenure as a White House fellow. As executive director of strategic initiatives, she’s working to design and implement processes to review already existing plans for police reform, soliciting recommendations from thousands of different people to lead the conversation on police accountability, transparency and justice. “I want to be an honest broker,” she says, “to bring different voices together in order to find common ground.”

KATY GAUL-STIGGE PRESIDENT AND CEO

Fighting injustice has long been a priority for Katy Gaul-Stigge. While leading Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, she carries out that mission while overseeing its iconic thrift stores and job training programs. “We can’t leave anyone behind if we want to live in a dynamic city and a community where everyone’s working and contributing,” Gaul-Stigge says. “Their economic vitality shouldn’t be left on the sidelines because of barriers. We’ve really focused on being a bulldozer for barriers and moving whatever’s in the way for folks.” The California native credits her progressive Christian upbringing and education with her early interest in direct service work. After graduating with a degree in religious studies at Mount Holyoke College, she started working at homeless shelters in Austin, Texas, with Habitat for Humanity. A few years later, she moved to New York City to attend Columbia’s School of Social Work. Throughout the next 12 years, she worked her way up from a policy analyst position at the Department of Homeless Services to executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development. Along the way, she’s come to see nonprofit and government work as intricately related, the former determining what works best for local communities and the latter bringing it up to scale. For Gaul-Stigge, the current moment has provided optimal conditions for that kind of an approach. “We don’t want to just return to 2019; we need to do better,” Gaul-Stigge says. “I look forward to participating in that process.”

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MARLA GAYLE MANAGING DIRECTOR Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Sometime in the 1910s, Marla Gayle’s grandfather – a ship designer from Odessa – immigrated to the United States and opened up an architectural practice. The two never met, but almost 100 years later, Gayle inherited his old drafting table after graduating from the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. Since then, she’s become an expert at big infrastructure projects, completing one after another across the Americas, China, India, New Zealand and the Middle East. The Long Island native started her career at William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates, and some of her first projects were the redevelopment of the Times Square and Herald Square subway stations. She likes to say that she then “moved above ground” and began airport redevelopment, which has taken her around the world. Most recently, Gayle worked on the $1.6 billion construction of the Moynihan Train Hall, which was unveiled in January after 23 years in the making. “My whole career has really been about public architecture,” she says. “I’ve never done any kind of private development work. For me, it’s really about improving the infrastructure of cities.” The Moynihan Train Hall, an “adaptive reuse” project that repurposed the landmarked James A. Farley Post Office, is not unlike other ones Gayle has managed. “It gave it a second life,” she says. “This is the most sustainable kind of architecture. It saves a tremendous amount of materials, energy costs and transportation. It’s taking something that’s been there for 100 years and reimagining it into something else.”

MARSHA GORDON PRESIDENT AND CEO

When she was young, Marsha Gordon was unsure where her career would take her. A piece of advice from her parents always came in handy: There was nothing she couldn’t do. After graduating with a degree in English at Brooklyn College, she bounced around the nonprofit sector before being hired as membership director at the Greater Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce. Since then, Gordon has completed a master’s degree in business administration from Marist College and a doctorate degree in business, management and marketing from Pace University, and has amassed more than 25 years of community, business and leadership experience. Throughout her career, attentiveness has been her most useful asset. “I work hard on being a very good communicator,” she says. “And that not only involves talking but listening, and really understanding what people want.” The Rockaways native has spent the last two decades as the president of Westchester County’s largest business membership organization – the Business Council of Westchester. As its leader, she works tirelessly to ensure the prosperity of the county’s small businesses, to uplift members of the community and to be a resource for both groups. “We believe that if the community is prosperous, members will be profitable,” she says. “And we accomplished that other piece by being very laser focused on who our members are, what their needs are, how we can help them, how we can connect with them, how we can advocate for them and how we can troubleshoot for them.”

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VASANTHA KONDAMUDI EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER The Brooklyn Hospital Center Throughout her career, Dr. Vasantha Kondamudi has been an effective and clear-headed crisis manager. As the executive vice president and chief medical officer at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, she courageously led her team throughout the numerous challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic while prioritizing the safety and well-being of her staff and patients. Along with the senior administrative team, she worked to expand the hospital’s bed capacity, ensure adequate supplies of protective equipment, and staff the testing tent outside the emergency department. “Throughout career challenges, I try to do my best,” she says. “They just bring that energy out of me. I’m never scared of (them).” Kondamudi never considered a career path other than medicine. After attending the prestigious Christian Medical College in Vellore, India – where she’s originally from – she spent some time training in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. Once she arrived in New York City, Kondamudi pivoted toward family medicine and geriatrics, completed multiple fellowships, and received a master’s degree in medical management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. While at TBHC, she has held several roles, graduating as chief resident in 1997 and now serving as executive vice president and chief medical officer. This past year was “humbling,” Kondamudi says. “I think challenges and myself walk hand in hand,” she adds. “You just have to go through it. You have to face it, you can’t escape. And believe it or not, when you are facing it, it’s actually not that bad.”

PAMELA LEE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

Pamela Lee’s decision to attend the University of Iowa was twofold: The school had offered her an athletic scholarship for its women’s basketball team and it had one of the best nursing programs in the country. While she no longer plays, Lee went on to become senior vice president of operations at the Erie County Medical Center, overseeing the center’s nursing home and a number of support departments. “I’ve always wanted to be in a field where I could help people,” she says. Since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing, Lee realized she needed experience on the accreditation side. She obtained an MBA and a Master of Science in nursing administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago, which catapulted her into the world of compliance. Lee has since then served in several executive positions focusing on operations, patient safety and quality in Missouri, Washington, D.C., and now Erie County. Throughout her career and especially during the coronavirus pandemic, Lee has learned that collaboration and partnerships are key. “This past year definitely serves as a testament to how important health care is,” Lee says. “From a COVID standpoint, this has been more than just a drill ... it’s really been a way to test the limits of the organization because we’ve been able to do this for such a sustained period of time.” Reflecting on collaboration, she adds, “To do it in a way where we’re satisfied, shows how our team can come together for a good cause.”

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KRISTIN MALEK DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DIVERSITY CDW Raised by a single mother in Southern Illinois, Kristin Malek was instilled with a very strong work ethic at a young age. She carries those values into her job as the director of business diversity at CDW, an international technology services company. “I learned the value of a dollar, the value of having a job,” she says. “It’s really the foundation of the work I do today. The more impactful sourcing and procurement we include, the more jobs we create, the more diverse workforce we’ll have.” Malek graduated from Western Illinois University with a degree in business and human resources management, thinking that she would travel the world as a businesswoman. But after giving birth to her daughter Katelynn, who has Down syndrome, Malek’s priorities changed. She says that ever since, Katelynn has been writing her story. She went on to serve as the chief operating officer at GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Centers, a senior executive consultant at Changing the Face of Beauty, and a board member at Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council. Since joining CDW almost four years ago, Malek has been an advocate for minority, women-owned, veteran-owned, disability-owned and other disadvantaged small businesses. “We’re not going to spend our way to justice,” says Malek, who was elevated to her current role at CDW in December. “It’s not transactional. It has to be a growth initiative. … (If) we’re spending millions of dollars, we have to make sure that there is a diverse supply chain embedded in the system.”

MELVA M. MILLER CEO

“It consists of a lot of Zoom calls,” Melva Miller says, laughing, of her average day running the Association for a Better New York, a leading civic nonprofit. Between holding meetings, making presentations and running programs, Miller is working overtime to ensure a more equitable recovery of workforce and job development is on the way for everyday New Yorkers. “We’re looking through a lens of diversity and equity – some of these key buzzwords are coming up a lot – ones that I’ve been working on for my entire career,” she says. “We want to be inclusive about the remedies that help the city bounce back.” With a background in social work, Miller is focused on community organizing, planning and development. She emphasizes the need to have residents participate in the revitalization of their own communities and aims to address structural obstacles in these communities. She’s also working toward completing her doctorate in social welfare at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Miller previously served as deputy borough president of Queens and led ABNY’s Census 2020 initiative, where she sought to boost participation and fuel community development. For her, the work is personal. “It’s about seeing the fruit of my labor and seeing it in the eyes of others,” she says. “Seeing someone that looks like me and on a career trajectory that I’m on, being a social worker in a nontraditional space, gives me gratification and hope that people will follow a similar path.”

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ANGELA PINSKY Angela Pinsky has spent most of her career at the intersection of the public and private sectors. This past year she has served as Google’s regional government affairs manager for New York and New Jersey, connecting the tech giant with local communities and spearheading projects that provided COVID-19 aid, job training, and small- and medium-sized business grants. During this time of crisis, Pinsky believes that the company has a duty to be a “good neighbor,” prepared to address equity and economic opportunity. “I was going into the public sector after 9/11,” she says. “I was here during the blackout during Hurricane Sandy … (and) the financial crisis. Each one of those is similarly confusing and heartbreaking. But the question is, how do we make these moments of transition opportunities to address public policy?” Pinsky took after her mother, a small-business owner and pharmacist, and worked in pharmaceutical clinical trials after graduating from Johns Hopkins University with a public health degree. She pivoted to urban planning after earning a master’s degree in the field from New York University. Since then, Pinsky has worked as deputy chief of staff to the deputy mayor for economic development and rebuilding under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and as executive director of the Association for a Better New York. “Experience and age come in handy,” she says. “There is a tendency to think, particularly in the public sector, that you have to come up with a whole solution. But really, it’s about how government and policy intervene in order to maximize the benefit.”

DALVANIE K. POWELL With increased national attention on criminal justice reform, Dalvanie Powell says she hopes the conversation will prompt the expansion of New York City’s Department of Probation. “I want the probation officers in New York City to be recognized for the work that they do, and when they talk about criminal justice reform, that we are part of that conversation,” says Powell, who is the first Black woman to serve as president of the United Probation Officers Association, which oversees over 800 members. Having worked as a probation officer since graduating from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 1987, Powell quickly began rising within the union, starting as an advocate, and progressing through roles including executive representative of Manhattan, secretary, vice president, and eventually president. “I just love the whole concept of remaining in an environment where I can make a difference in somebody’s life,” says Powell, who describes probation officers as the “unsung heroes of the criminal justice system.” While working as a probation supervisor at the Bronx County Family Court, Powell spearheaded a creative arts program, after she says she noticed a lot of talent among the children. And on the other end of the age spectrum, two years ago, Powell started a retirees association to show appreciation for retired probation officers. Working on behalf of her members, Powell says her current objective is to increase officers’ salaries and improve members’ pensions to a level that is more comparable with other law enforcement officials.

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BIANCA RAJPERSAUD Raised in Staten Island, Bianca Rajpersaud attributes much of who she is today to her home borough. “I wouldn’t be who I am if it wasn’t for that Staten Island tough mentality,” says Rajpersaud, an associate director of government relations at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron. Although she left Staten Island to attend the State University of New York at Albany, Rajpersaud returned to her home borough after graduating to serve as the director of constituent services for Staten Island Assembly Member Michael Cusick. A year later, Rajpersaud became director of communications, focusing on media relations and legislative matters. Prior to joining Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, Rajpersaud worked for the Association for a Better New York as a communications and events manager. But she says she missed “being a part of the action,” and a few months later moved to her current government relations role. As a lobbyist, Rajpersaud focuses on New York City Council budgetary issues, as well as New York state and federal regulatory issues. Some clients she has worked with include Facebook and the Yemeni American Merchants Association. “I realized that there were so many organizations that really didn’t have a clear understanding of government, and that was something that came naturally to me,” says Rajpersaud regarding her switch to the private sector. In the future, Rajpersaud says, she wants to be involved with ensuring that there are adequate mental health services on Staten Island. Outside of lobbying, Rajpersaud serves as the district leader for the 63rd Assembly District on Staten Island, and is the current president of the North Shore Democratic Club.

MAUREEN J. REIDY

DON POLLARD; DAVIDOFF HUTCHER & CITRON LLP; THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA

Despite challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Paley Center for Media expanded its programming with the launch of its inaugural Hispanic Heritage Month exhibit last year, along with its quarterly series focusing on rising anti-Semitism starting in January. The center will open its inaugural Pride Month exhibit later this year. “We are uniquely positioned to convene important conversations to shine a light on these powerful societal issues,” says Maureen J. Reidy, who has led the center since 2014. Reidy began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an accountant for its entertainment and media practice. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Reidy joined the Bloomberg administration, running NYC Big Events and eventually serving as chief marketing officer. Returning to the private sector, Reidy served as the chief operating officer of IMG’s fashion group, and then as CEO of The Argus Group, a full-service strategic marketing agency, before joining the Paley Center as its chief marketing officer. Over the past eight years, Reidy has spearheaded the creation of The Paley Honors, an event focusing on the social impact of television, which goes to fund the center’s special collections. And since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the center launched Paley at Home on its YouTube channel and signed a partnership with Verizon to expand access to its content. At the end of February, The Paley Center announced the launch of its paid internship program, which Reidy says has been a key focus of hers in order to support the next generation of visionary television professionals.

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JENNIFER RICHARDSON SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates With increased focus on criminal justice reform and outrage against police brutality, Jennifer Richardson points to this past summer as having heightened her work within the field. “All the marches and the protests, I think it brought a spotlight to many of the issues that myself, and my clients, and other advocates have been pointing out,” says Richardson, senior vice president of Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates. In her current role, Richardson has advocated for the creation of a prosecutorial conduct commission and pushed successfully for state legislation making police disciplinary records public. Prior to joining the lobbying firm led by Albany insider Patrick Jenkins, Richardson worked with the New York City Department of Education, where she served as director of state legislative affairs and worked on the city’s universal pre-K initiative. Later, Richardson joined Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration as deputy director for the Office of State Legislative Affairs. “It makes you a better lobbyist when you can understand city politics and City Council, mayor’s races,” Richardson says. “All those things can weigh heavily on what’s going on in Albany, and Albany can weigh heavily on what’s going on in those races.” In addition to her current role, Richardson serves as president of the Capital District Black and Hispanic Bar Association – a position that she has held for the past five years. Outside of work, Richardson says she hopes that when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, she can go back to doing what she really loves, which is running for charities.

TAMMY RIVERA COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE New York City District Council of Carpenters Although Tammy Rivera once dreamed of being a singer in a rock band, she decided to become involved with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters in 1994 after attending a free program organized by Nontraditional Employment for Women. She soon joined the union through an apprenticeship, taking advantage of every class that was offered. “I felt like going to work was my playground,” says Rivera, who eventually became a certified shop steward – a role she held for six years. “It was a great experience.” Working in a male-dominated industry, Rivera became the first woman hired as a council representative for the New York City District Council of Carpenters in 2009, a role in which she has focused on mentoring other women. Last year, Rivera became the first woman to run for the council’s executive position. “If you know who you are and you know your worth, and you carry yourself properly, you will be respected,” says Rivera, who has also served as the chair of her local Sisters in the Brotherhood committee, and is now one of three women on the NYCDCC council. As a council representative, Rivera says she carries an inflatable rat in her pickup truck, an aid in the fight for workers’ interests and labor legislation. Currently, Rivera is a board member of Nontraditional Employment for Women, where she has worked as an instructor for the organization’s carpentry workshop, and serves as a chair for New York City Career and Technical Education’s Construction and Sustainability Commission.

March 29, 2021

City & State New York

LAURA ROSSI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Westchester Community Foundation Before joining the Westchester Community Foundation, Laura Rossi was a lawyer with a passion for volunteerism. “As a lawyer I saw that there’s only so much you can do to make real change, particularly with social justice,” says Rossi, who in her current role has recently overseen the growth of the foundation’s social justice portfolio. Over time, she learned more about what was happening at the local level and realized that that was what she wanted to engage with. Rossi began her career in philanthropy as a program officer with the Westchester Community Foundation. Now the organization’s executive director, Rossi says she works alongside the government, occasionally pushing and leading initiatives. In Westchester County, the foundation is the largest funder on environmental endeavors. “Philanthropy is there, often really ahead of the conversation and can help guide and lead the conversation … and that excited me,” says Rossi. During the coronavirus pandemic, Rossi says, the foundation has been able to raise money and deploy funds to the community, while still remaining on track with its regular grant-making work for nonprofit organizations. In the future, Rossi plans to look more closely at the organization’s health care portfolio, specifically focusing on behavioral health. Outside of the foundation, Rossi serves as co-chair of the board of directors of Sustainable Westchester, and as a board member of both New York Funders Alliance and Support Center. In 2019, she was appointed as a member of the Westchester Housing Opportunity Commission.

MOLLY SCHERRMAN LANA ORTIZ PHOTOGRAPHY; LAUREN BOUDREAU/NYCDCC; MARGARET FOX PHOTOGRAPHY; KIVVIT

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Kivvit Before moving from Iowa to New York in 2016, Molly Scherrman worked on a number of political campaigns as a fundraiser, organizer and manager, including for former Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who now serves as secretary of agriculture. And Scherrman’s move to New York was prompted by her work with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, where she served as the Iowa deputy director for the Iowa caucuses before getting promoted to be the national director of state surrogates. “I’ve always found a passion in sort of either aligning with causes or candidates, when it’s been on campaigns that are really fighting for the right thing,” Scherrman says. Taking her background in campaigning with her, Scherrman joined Kivvit, a public affairs and communications firm, and became the general manager of the organization’s New York office, before taking on the challenge of chief operating officer. With Kivvit, Scherrman has partnered with the New York State of Health to enroll uninsured New Yorkers in health care coverage through its open enrollment campaign, by strategically using data to target potential enrollees. Scherrman has also worked on renewable energy initiatives and alongside labor unions to engage members. “Looking at data and knowing who you need to target to get to that ultimate goal, and how you need to adapt to reach different goals for different causes is really kind of the skill set I learned early on and was able to apply to everything,” Scherrman says.

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INDIA L. SNEED ASSOCIATE Greenberg Traurig With COVID-19 raging through the country’s prisons, India L. Sneed took on a pro bono case in May of 2020 and successfully worked to secure compassionate release in January for a man serving time in Kentucky. “It is one of the biggest accomplishments of my legal career,” says Sneed, who has been practicing law for more than seven years. While taking coursework in Black studies in college, Sneed says she realized that she wanted to create positive change for communities of color, making sure there is greater equity, particularly with respect to education and the criminal system. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig as an associate, Sneed began her career in the public sector, working with the New York City Council as a lawmaker’s chief of staff, with the Kings County District Attorney’s office in the Civil Rights Bureau, and in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration as deputy executive director of the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety. In her current role, Sneed focuses on government relations, and has represented clients on election law matters, which during the 2020 general election included countering one of the federal lawsuits that then-President Donald Trump brought to court in Pennsylvania. Outside of her day job, Sneed says she focuses on giving back through mentoring young people interested in going to law school, along with current law school students. “I feel like I bring a different voice into my practice of law, in that I am a Black woman with a pretty interesting background in terms of life experiences and professional experience,” Sneed says.

LESLIE J. SNYDER MANAGING PARTNER Snyder & Snyder Joining forces with her husband, Leslie Snyder founded Snyder & Snyder LLP more than 30 years ago in Westchester County, drawing from her previous experience to develop a practice in real estate and telecommunications law. With the firm, Snyder has worked to obtain leasing and permitting rights for the build-out of a national wireless carrier’s network infrastructure serving the New York metropolitan area, in addition to securing franchise agreements for the deployment of fiber optics and telecommunications facilities, among other projects. “The wonderful part about it is that you get to see something created and the telecommunications infrastructure is used for such an essential purpose,” Snyder says. “At the end of the day, something’s being created that is vital for our everyday life.” When the coronavirus pandemic hit New York last March, Snyder says the firm was remote-ready because of its history of allowing for flexible working arrangements. “One of my most important achievements had been to foster the ability for work balance and to encourage women to be able to continue working, and that they can be effective leaders and effective attorneys, as well as being dynamite mothers,” says Snyder, adding that Snyder & Snyder LLP was one of the first firms in Westchester County to have a maternity policy. Snyder is also a member of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, in addition to serving as a director of the Westchester Municipal Planning Federation and as a member of the New York State Wireless Association.

March 29, 2021

City & State New York

AMY SUGIMORI DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND POLICY 32BJ SEIU Amy Sugimori is now the director of research and policy with 32BJ SEIU, one of New York’s most powerful labor unions, but her first experience with supporting worker organizing was during her time as a staff attorney with the National Employment Law Project. “That experience really transformed my understanding of how you could be a lawyer in the movement,” says Sugimori, who focused on the intersections between immigration law and employment rights. Later, Sugimori took her experience supporting immigrant workers into her role leading a nonprofit community organization called La Fuente. Through the organization, Sugimori worked to engage union members and community members together in their neighborhoods around issues of community concern. “How do you take that power, the consciousness, the solidarity, the political power that workers build by banding together, and apply that to other issues that people care about,” Sugimori says. While driving 32BJ’s policy and research initiatives, Sugimori has advocated for the passage of the Healthy Terminals Act, which provides better access to health insurance for low-wage airport workers. She has also served as a board member with NELP since 2014 and is on the board of the Workers’ Center Of Central New York. During the coronavirus pandemic, Sugimori has paid more attention to how her union engages members on federal advocacy. “I hope this is the moment,” she says, “when we turn around and say we need to make sure that we have policies that are appropriately valuing the work that people do.”

LINDA TEMPEL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES

JAQUAN “BIZZY AMOR” WILLIAMS; AMY SUGIMORI; ANDREW MOELLER

HeartShare Human Services of New York “It’s been 43 years and such a privilege,” says Linda Tempel of her work in disability services and advocacy. “I feel like I’ve kind of been part of the civil rights movement for people with disabilities.” And she has. While working toward a master’s degree in social work at Columbia University, Tempel spent a year at the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene during a turning point in the fight for disabled New Yorkers’ rights. Following the closure of Willowbrook State School, which was exposed for its abuse of disabled individuals, she assisted in moving over 500 people into group homes. This work eventually landed her at HeartShare, where she currently oversees each of the organization’s services for nearly 35,000 individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. “This year’s been painful and we had to learn a lot along the way,” Tempel says of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the HeartShare community. More than 80% of the residents in the organization’s homes have had their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and are now getting their second ones, she affirms. Tempel considers herself lucky to have watched New York become “an entirely different and more accessible city” over the years. “There are now thousands of group homes equipped with direct support professionals,” she says. “These individuals aren’t paid a lot of money, but they’re the ones who are there with our people daily. They came during COVID, potentially risking their own health. They are our everyday heroes.”

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SARA E. VISINGARD PARTNER Harris Beach When Sara E. Visingard set off for law school, she never pictured herself working in labor law. Yet a labor class led to a job at a labor and employment firm and an eventual connection with a partner from Harris Beach. “The rest really is history,” she says, chuckling. At Harris Beach, Visingard counsels public and private sector employers on diverse aspects of labor and employment law, and works with educational institutions concerning student and operational issues. As president of the New York State Association of School Attorneys, Visingard recalls the difficulties school districts faced in the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I was president-elect at the time, trying to just figure out how to navigate the executive orders and constant changes coming our way,” she says. “When things shut down, there were executive orders coming out by the minute. I’ve never been busier in my whole 16 years of practice.” Visingard says the work she’s done this past year has required an all-hands-on-deck approach and an immense amount of creative thinking and collaboration in order to educate students within tight parameters. “In the past year, I’ve drafted more MOAs (memorandums of agreements) and worked collaboratively with unions to figure out how to still educate kids,” who have consistently been a priority. “When I’m dealing with school matters, students drive me at the end of the day, especially when we’re dealing with tougher issues,” she says. “I’m doing all that I can to make sure they’re kept safe.”

EMILY WHALEN ATTORNEY AT LAW Brown & Weinraub Being a good attorney means staying informed on all sides of an issue – and when it comes to New York state politics, there’s never a shortage of issues. Emily Whalen knows this quite well. “I spend a lot of time reading the news,” she says. “It’s a big part of what we do to stay up to date on each of the individual issues impacting our clients.” Whalen joined Brown & Weinraub after working in the nonprofit sector, in a private legal practice and as associate counsel in the New York state Senate majority counsel’s office. She says it’s in the Senate where she quickly learned the importance of educating everyday New Yorkers. “Having the opportunity to help clients understand what’s going on and how it’s changed is rewarding,” she says. “There’s always something happening and that’s what makes it exciting – it’s really about helping people function in a world where things are constantly shifting around us.” During the COVID-19 pandemic, Whalen’s work inside the state Capitol has been replaced by the world of electronic lobbying, which she thinks is partially here to stay. “You can get just as much done if not more,” she says. “It’s actually easier to communicate with not having to run back and forth between buildings.” She’s also pleased to have witnessed the face of lobbying changing over the years. “I love to see all of the new, younger women working in offices,” she says. “It’s not just the old boys’ club anymore.”

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AJA WORTHY-DAVIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS New York City Office of Chief Medical E xaminer “I’ve had to learn through the crack under the door, but it’s made me more determined to succeed on my own terms,” Aja Worthy-Davis says. “And I always loved politics – it’s how I was brought up.” The daughter of New York City Police Department officials, Worthy-Davis grew up absorbed in the world of social justice. As a teenager, she cut her teeth working on local political campaigns in Central Brooklyn. Her political vision became clearest when she joined then-New York City Council Member Letitia James. “The deeper I went into local politics, the less I was interested in the federal,” she says. “I felt that the city and state level were where you could have the most influence on people’s lives.” Worthy-Davis gained invaluable experience from her time serving as director of communications for the Administration for Children’s Services and deputy press secretary for health and social services under Mayor Bill de Blasio. Now at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, she does everything from updating criminal justice reporters to coordinating with film and television crews. She has also navigated the difficulties of communicating details about the coronavirus to everyday New Yorkers. “When people were asking why there were freezer trucks outside of hospitals, I had to create the messages and figure out how to explain it in a way that calmed people’s fears but recognized the seriousness of it,” she says. “I feel an incredible amount of pride looking at what the agency’s done in this difficult time.”

ELISABETH WYNN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HEALTH ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

HARRIS BEACH PLLC; TIMOTHY RAAB; AMANDA CROMMETT; GNYHA

Greater New York Hospital Association A path toward health care lobbying was paved early on for Elisabeth Wynn. As the daughter of health policy experts, Wynn’s interest in patient and provider advocacy came naturally. “It just made sense for me,” she says. “When I first graduated from college, I figured out I was really interested in the policy end of health care delivery.” Twenty-one years into working for the Greater New York Hospital Association, it’s clear that something clicked. “I feel very blessed and lucky to have landed at an organization for 21 years,” she says. “It’s honestly not unusual for (GNYHA), which says a lot about the organization. I’ve been lucky enough to be surrounded by several female executives who’ve supported me over the years.” Wynn now oversees the organization’s financial operations issues, from revenue cycles to financial assistance policies and payer audits. Currently, Wynn’s day-to-day job is largely centered around COVID-19 relief – she advocated for federal and state aid and is working to support hospitals in their financial recovery process, dealing with budget and Medicaid financing, and confronting various federal, legislative and regulatory issues facing hospitals. “A lot of my efforts are similarly focused on the efforts and corollary issues I’ve advocated for over the years,” she says. Bringing this experience to the table, Wynn says that the organization’s member hospitals are her main priority. “They’re really on the frontlines for patient care,” she says, “and we’re in that support role to put them in the best possible position.”

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March 29, 2021

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Noy Consulting LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/1/20. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Chrisman R esearch 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.

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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 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 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 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 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 S t San Francisco, CA, 94118. 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 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&#39;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 Valhalla Garden & Design, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Sec. of State of NY on 2/12/21. Office L o c ati on: R i c hmond 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 law ful 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 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 Ecotage Clothing, LLC filed with SSNY on March 09, 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: 90 State Street STE 700 Office 40 Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of EIGHT60 LLC.Auth. filed with SSNY on 12/9/20. Of fice 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 law ful 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. V E NTITR E NTA LLC . Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/14/21. Office: Kings County. LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the agent at 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 #086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: Any law ful 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 DivinePrism, LLC filed with SSNY on January 19, 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: 177-10 Linden Blvd,Jamaica NY 11434. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAINTENANCE TAS K FOR CE LLC . Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/28/2020. Office loc ation: 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.

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 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 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 PSF ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on2/22/21. 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.

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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 MCK NIG HT R AR E S , 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 COLE T TE 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 GR AND STR E E T 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 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 CROCKERM C C L E L L A N 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. O f f ice location: N Y 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 F R OGOU R PR OPCO 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. Notice of Qual. of BLUEPRINT INCOME, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/8/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 5/15/14. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corporate Creations Net work Inc. 600 Mamaroneck Ave Ste 400 Harrison, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 145-36 FARMERS BLVD OZ LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/10/20. Office location: Queens SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 111-20 Farmers Blvd Saint Albans, NY, 11412. Any lawful purpose.

March 29, 2021

Notice of Formation of AVRH 500 GLADSTONE LLC. Arts. Of Org. f i l e d with SSNY on 12/10/19. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Ave, 6th Fl New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 357 BLEECKER STREET, LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/13/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 121 E 22nd St Apt N204 New York, NY, 10010. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-RH 712 LINWOOD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/10/19. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Ave, 6th Fl New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 725 3RD AVENUE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/2/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 725 3rd Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-RH 3035 HARRISON LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/10/19. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Ave, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

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.

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.

Notice of Formation of 2044 86 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/2/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 112 Bay 13th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of AVERY LN LP. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/22/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 2/2/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Inlow Blvd Llc 983 Park Ave, 2c New York, NY, 10028. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of COLLON LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/3/19. Office location: Putnam. LLC formed in DE on 6/3/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 11 Timberline Ct Putnam Valley, NY, 10579. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FLINT SPARKS MEDIA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 22/12/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 541 11th St Basement Bell Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HARRIS & LONG, C R E AT I V E ARTS THERAPY, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/25/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP Attn: Eli D. Greenberg, Esq. 44 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-RH 3803 MAIN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/7/19.Office location: Lewis SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to ATTN: Samuel Kooris 160 Broadway, #501 New York, NY, 10038. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV-RH KC PORTFOLIO 1 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/10//19. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz Esq. 444 Madison Ave, 6th Fl New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of S & PEA, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/25/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 487 12th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of 85 TENTH RESTAURANTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/2/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/16/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O J2K Creative Llc 70 Pine St Ste E New York, NY, 10005. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1333946 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 259 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 for on premises consumption. WHISK & WHISKEY LLC NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 8, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 6/10/19. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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March 29, 2021

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1334337 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 3 West 8th Street, New York, NY 10011 for on premises consumption. Y UCATAN LLC

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1332739 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 37 W 20th Street, New York, NY 10011 for on premises consumption.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, S E R I A L # 13 3 4 2 7 7 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, &amp; BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, &amp; BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 4280 KATONAH AVE BRONX, NY 10470. BRONX COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE. CONSUMPTION. SEADOG INC. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1333237 for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a TW 344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 38-40 Carmine Street, New York, NY 10014 for on premises consumption. Cato Wine LLC

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1333751 for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, andcider at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 150 Green St, Brooklyn, NY 11222 for on premises consumption. Greenstreetkitchen LLC

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1332362 for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, and cider at retail in a CR 256 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 883 Ave of the Americas, 3 rd Floor, New York, NY 10001 for on premises consumption. Five Iron Golf NY LLC

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1333781 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 87 Macdougal Street, New York, NY 10012 for on premises consumption.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1333146 for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a TW 344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1140 3 Rd Ave, Retail Store H New York, NY 10065 for on premises consumption.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1332825, FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 844 JAMAICA AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11208. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. NYCS

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1333277 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 246 5 Th Ave, New York, NY 10001 for on premises consumption.

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1330172 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 39 Clifton Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238 for on premises consumption. Hop Stock and Barrel III LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1332841 FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 678 SENECA AVE RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385. QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. NIJ INC.

Notice of Formation of Brews of Paradise LLC filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/9/20. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom the process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC: 94 Meserole St, apt 2B, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 6, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 6/10/19. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of The PhysioLab NYC, LLC filed with SSNY on January 20, 2021. O f f ic e: N Y C ount y. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 33 Carmine Street, Apartment 2, New York, NY 10014. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 7, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 6/10/19. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 9, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 6/10/19. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 10, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 6/10/19. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Palmer Huntt Productions LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on January 11, 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: 1066 Hancock St, Apt 3, Brooklyn Ny 11221. The principal business address of the LLC is: 1066 Hancock St, Apt 3, Brooklyn Ny 11221. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of RANGERS HOLDINGS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/21. O f f ice location: N Y Count y. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/19/15. NYS fictitious name: MSG RANGERS HOLDINGS, LLC. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John D. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The Switch Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed on 03/10/2021. 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: New York County. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of 303 St. Marks, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 01/05/2021 Office location: County of Kings Purpose: Any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC 303 St. Marks Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238. LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM MADE2, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 03/10/2021. Office loc: Westchester Count y. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Andrew B. Christopherson, Esq., 111 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1800, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Awomi Naturals, LLC filed with SSNY on January 7, 2019. Office: Richmond County. Titilola Adelokiki designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: PO Box 30453 Staten Island NY 10303. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 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 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 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.

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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 Formation of NEW YORK RAINBOW CAPITAL 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 1236 Tabor Court 2fl Brooklyn, NY, 11219 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.

Notice of Formation of OR 7 DUNHAM, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/1/20. 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 KRS STUDIO, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/4/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 330 Wythe Ave, Apt 7f Brooklyn, NY, 11249. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MACAP MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/23/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 15 Bridge Park Drive #10e Brooklyn, NY, 11201.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HAY WAR D STUDIO, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 25 Hayward Ave. Lexington, MA, 02421. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of OR 196 ELIZABETH, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/21. 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.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of OR 240 MULBERRY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 485 Lexington Ave New York, NY, 10017.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of BEAR SERVICE CENTER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/9/21.Office location: Madison SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 108 S. Park St. Canastota, NY, 13032. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of LOVERDE FAMILY LLC. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/07/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 480 82nd St. Brooklyn, NY, 11209. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NOVICE WORKS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/28/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 325 Kent Ave, Unit 1454 Brooklyn, NY, 11249. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of PHJ HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/9/21. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail proces s to 4 South William St Johnstown, NY, 12095. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of QUICK TRADE WORLD 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 1360 82ND St Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of TH COLLECTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/26/21. Office location Queens SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 34-50 29TH ST., 6N Long Island City, NY , 11106. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of THE GLOBAL INTERNET R E ALT Y G R OU P & ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSN Y on 3/11/2021. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 90 Wyoming Ave Long Beach, NY, 11561. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SHUM FAMILY REALTY NY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1477 Myrtle Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11237. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TANG CAPITAL 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 255 Bay 20th St Brooklyn, NY, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1414 YORK AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on10/28/2020. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY mail process to : 505 EAST 75TH STREET, New York, New York , 10021 Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Unconlove, LLC filed with SSNY on September 04, 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: 2196 Third Ave New York, NY 10035. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JAMI CAPITAL LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/21. 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 . 7014 13TH AVE, SUITE 202 BROOKLY, NY 11228. The principal business address of the LLC is: 35 E 85th St #10A New York, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of UPRIGHT HOLDINGS 547 LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/05/11. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 860 Manhattan Ave Apt 4R Brooklyn, NY, 11222. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 12W71 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/06/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse &amp; Hirschtritt, LLP Joel S. Hirschtritt, Esq. 900 3rd Avenue Floor 13 New York, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 232 N12TH RESTAURANT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/11/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 232 N12th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 743 PUTNAM LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/25/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 6 Doyers Street, Apt. #130006 New York, NY, 10013.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Form. of ME Y WOOD II LLC . Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/25/21. Office location: CHENANGO SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 137 L&#39;hommedieu Lane South Otselic, NY, 13155. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of Aviso Financial, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/26/2021. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/03/2013. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC: 626 Jacksonville Road Suite 102 Warminster, PA 18974. NY addr. of LLC: 7 Skyline Drive Suite 350 Hawthorne, NY 10532. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of W. A . GRIFFIN BLADEWORKS LLC filed with SSNY on February 19, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 35 Crown Street, Apt 4J, Brooklyn, NY 11225 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of MM Versatile Services, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/30/21. Of fice location: New York County. UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS , INC is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. 72 Wadsworth Terrace, #1D, New York, NY 10040. Purpose: Multi-service.

Pam Hair LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/09/2021. Of f. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 30 Manchester dr. Staten Island, NY 10312. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of Compliers Consulting Services LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 02/18/21 . O f fice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/29/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 530 E 76th St., Apt. 30H, NY, NY 10021. Address to be maintained in DE: 3500 S DUPONT HWY, DOVER, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/18/21.O f fice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/13/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O UNIVERSAL REGISTERED AGENTS, INC., 26 Carville Ln., East Greenbush, NY 12061. Address to be maintained in DE: BUSINESS FILINGS INCOR POR ATED, 107 WEST 13TH ST., WILMINGTON, DE 19801. 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.

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Notice of formation of Hanolt Studio LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY ) on March 16, 2021.Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY shall mail copy of process service to 114 Prospect Park W, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Notice of Formation of NJCC-NYS C O M M U N I T Y RESTORATION FUND II LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/26/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. office of LLC: 108 Church St., 3rd Fl., New Brunswick, NJ 08901. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Community Loan Fund of New Jersey, Inc. at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of OHBM HOUSING AND COMMUNIT Y DE VELOPMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/04/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, Attn: Charles E. Simpson, Esq., 156 W. 56th St., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of C B S L R E A LT Y HOLDINGS LLC. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/12/21. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 110 Kramer&#39;s Pond Road Putnam Valley, NY, 10579. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of SATCAP LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2021. O f f ice location: N Y County. LLC formed in DE on 01/28/2021. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 42 Lispenard, Apt 4, NY, NY 10013. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St. Wilmington DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

LEGENDS GENASSET CO, LLC. Authority filed SSNY 1/15/21. Office: NY Co. LLC formed DE 12/14/20. Exists in DE: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served &amp; mail to: 61 Broadway, Ste. 2400, NY, NY 10006. Cert of Formation Filed: Jeffrey W. Bullock, DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. General Purpose. Notice of Formation o f J u s t S al a d 5 5 Broadway, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/21. O f fice location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Delaney Corporate Services, Ltd., 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 805A, Albany, NY 12210. Purpose: any law ful activities. Notice of Qual. of INLOW BLVD LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/22/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: Attn: Julie Lawson 983 Park Avenue, 2c New York, NY, 10028. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ELIOT ENGEL AND ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/9/21. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Eliot Engel 3725 Henry Hudson Parkway 11d Bronx, NY, 1046. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of HORN REALT Y LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/26/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Shimmie Horn Triumph Hotels 1633 Broadway, 46th Floor New York, NY, 10019. Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION o f N YC C OV I D -1 9 Emergency Services, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 4/02/20. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM LEGENDS HOSPITALITY HOLDING COMPANY, LLC. Authorit y filed SSNY 1/26/21. Office: NY Co. LLC formed DE 8/1/08. Exists in DE: c/o C orp oration S er vic e Company, 251 Lit tle Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served & mail to: 61 Broadway, Ste. 2400, NY, NY 10006. Cert of Formation Filed: Jeffrey W. Bullock, DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. General Purpose.

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PIQUE-NIC, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 0 3/0 9/2 0 2 1 . Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Andrew B. Christopherson, Esq., 111 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1800, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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 111-112-114 Andes Road, Governors Island, NY 10004 for on premises consumption. QC TERME NY LLC IBARRA LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/16/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Diana Ibarra, Managing Member, 228 West 136th Street, NY, NY 10029. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Ze Ray Proper ties, LLC filed w/ SSNY on 9/13/11. Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 127 W 72nd St., NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful. NOTICE OF DIVORCE Pinghua Zheng v. Xiuying Lian, Superior Court of Lowndes Count y, Georgia, Civil Action N umb e r 2 0 2 0 - C V D 1696. XIUYING LIAN: you are hereby notified that the above-styled action seeking a total divorce was filed against you in said Court on November 24, 2020. For good cause shown, an Order for Service of Summons by Publication was entered by the court on February 22, 2021, you are hereby commanded and required to file with the Clerk of said Court and serve upon Katherine A. Gonos, Plaintiffs’ attorney, whose address is 305 East Jane Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, an answer to the Complaint within fortyfive (45) days of the date of the final publication.

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NOTICE OF AUCTION Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 29-00 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on W W W. S TO R AG E T R E AS U R ES .C O M S ale by competitive bidding starting on April 2, 2021 and end on April 13, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts:Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #536 – John Cox; 1- AC, plastic totes, suitcases, small rugs, cart, water cooler, carpet, 2 speakers, 2 pillows, stereo, #1416 – Adriana Mateo; Assorted boxes, end tables, suitcase, tool bag, wicker basket, chair, and lamp #1702 – Quinsessa Harrison; Bags, boxes, totes, 2 crates with vinyl records #1916 – Louisa Ward; painting, 5 plastic totes, 4 boxes, medium rug #2441 – Profound Contracting Inc c/o Nana A. Dwomoh; 3 Tall ladders, boxes, 3 a/c’s, 1 shovel, conduit covers, #3438 – Earthel Southerland; 4-plastic milk crates, 2025 boxes, med ladder, small ladder and shovel #3508 – Earthel Southerland; med- refrigerator, 3 med. cabinets, 4 shelves #3609 – Carzell Benton III; 2 black bags, 1- helmet, suitcases, duffle bag, metal bars #4130 – Petar Timotic; canvas paintings, 1 Queen mattress, electric saw, 1 trunk, 4 boxes, 3 plastic bags #4708 – Rhonard Bryce-Thurton; Tv, 15 + boxes, 2 plastic containers, 4 bags, a CD rack #6003 – Nyagra Reign Inc. c/o Tamura Bakr; 2 box fans, aprox.12 box crates, 2 plastic totes, approx. 20 boxes, and 2 large garbage bags #6230 – Timothy D. Pinet; Misc. items #3501-5 – Dylan Threadgill; 3- boxes, 6 plastic totes, duffel bag, linens #4319-1 – Quinsessa Harrison; Bags, plastic totes, and a plastic organizer with drawers. The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time. Notice of Qualification of MSG NYK HOLDINGS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on03/03/21. O f f ice location: N Y Count y. LLC formed in Delaware(DE) on 03/17/20 . S S N Y designated as agent of LLC uponwhom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mailprocess to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St.,Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 LittleFalls Dr. , Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DESecy. of State, Div. of Corps., John D. Townsend Bldg., 401Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawfulactivity.

Notice of Qualification of OBSCURA DIGITAL, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/23/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John D. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

March 29, 2021

FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK CITY OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF BRONX -----------------------------------------------------------------------------x Docket No.: B-4038/20 In the Matter of Commitment of Guardianship and Custody of

JASMYNN ELIZABETH SKYELAR DAKOTAH RIPPE also known as JASMYNN RIPPE

SUMMONS

A Child under the Age of Eighteen Years ----------------------------------------------------------------------------x In the Name of the People of the State of New York TO: Curtis Rippe ADDRESS: UNKNOWN A Petition having been duly filed in this Court pursuant to Article 6 of the Family Court Act of the State of New York, asking that the above-named child, who in the care of THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL be committed to the guardianship and custody of THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL; a copy of said Petition being annexed hereto; You are hereby summonsed to appear VIRTUALLY in this Court, before the Hon. Michael Milsap, on MAY 19, 2021 at 2:00P.M. to Show Cause why the Court should not enter an Order committing the guardianship and custody of said child to the petitioning agency as required by law. TO APPEAR VIRTUALLY, PLEASE DIAL 929-346-7209 and enter the Conference Code 344649102# or utilize the following link: https://notify.nycourts.gov/meet/ag3xbp on the above-scheduled date and time. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if the guardianship and custody of said child are committed to the petitioning agency, THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, said child may be adopted with consent of the petitioning agency without your consent or further notice to you. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that you have the right to be represented by a lawyer, and, if the Court finds that you are unable to pay for a lawyer, you have the right to have a lawyer assigned by the Court. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon failure of the person summoned to appear, all of his or her parental rights to the child may be terminated, and PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that his or her failure to appear shall constitute a denial of his or her interest in the child which denial may result, without further notice, in the transfer or commitment of the child’s care, custody or guardianship or in the child’s adoption in this or any subsequent proceeding in which such care, custody or guardianship or adoption be at issue. Dated: Bronx, New York March 25, 2021

By Order of the Court /s/ Clerk of the Family Cou rt

Notice of Qual. of SURREY PROPCO LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/30/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 733 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Qual. of S3 RE 323 E 79TH FUNDING LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 555 Madison Ave, 19 th Fl, NY, NY 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose.

SHAPIRO & LEE PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/19/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 579 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Law.

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Notice of Qualification of MISHEGAS LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/18/21 . O f fice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/10/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: BEN FRIEDMAN, 940 N. STANLEY AVE., APT. #7, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046. Address to be maintained in DE: 3500 S Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Qual. of QUEST 48 WALL STREET LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 02/26/2021. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 02/03/2021. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Roy Glassberg CPA, 6971 N Federal Highway #201, Boca Raton, FL 33487. Address required to be maintained in DE: 310 Alder Road, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Performance Imaging Management LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY ) on 3/9/2021. Office: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o The DeIorio Law Group PLLC, 800 Westchester Ave, Ste S-608, Rye Brook , NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Qual. of SURREY OPCO LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 12/8/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 733 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of TULO MARKET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/21/20. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 122 E. 42nd St., 18th Fl., NY, NY 10168. Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, S ER I A L # 13 3 3 7 8 0 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CON T R OL L AW AT 1480 2 ND AVE NY, NY 10075. NY COUNT Y, F O R O N PR E M I S E CONSUMPTION. 77 TAPAS INC GERARDANTHONY SALON LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/18/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Gerard Anthony Salon, 580 Amsterdam Avenue, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of Tingirin, LLC filed with SSNY on March 21st, 2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be serve. SSNY mail shall mail copy of process to LLC: 665 Allerton Avenue, APT: FE, Bronx, NY 10467. Purpose: any lawful act activity. Notice of Formation of Jindonut LLC filed with SSNY on March 18, 2021. O f f i c e: We s tc h e s te r County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 24203 Town Green Drive, Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a TS 348 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 115 B R OA DWAY, BROOKLYN,NY 11249 for on premises consumption. POLLYN COLLECTIVE LLC Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, liquor, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, liquor, wine, and cider at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 253 WEST 47 TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10036 for on premises consumption. BROOKLYN CHOP HOUSE TIMES SQUARE LLC

Notice of Formation of PRINCETON AMHERST RELATED GP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. 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 law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of PRINCETON AMHERST RELATED CLASS C, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/21.Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. 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 law ful ac tivit y.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, liquor, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, liquor, wine, and cider at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 883 Avenue Of The Americas, 3rd & Menzzanine, NEW YORK, NY 10001 for on premises consumption.

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FIVE IRON GOLD NYC LLC. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1333447 for liquor, beer, and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, and wine at retail in a bar/ tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1488 Second Ave, New York, NY 10075 for on premises consumption. BE BACK SOON LLC

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