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EDITOR’S NOTE

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, Gov. Andrew Cuomo summoned 20 top state officials to the Red Room to determine how to ramp up the state’s response to the coronavirus. New York had just announced its first confirmed case, and the governor warned that there were only 1,000 testing kits on hand in a state of nearly 20 million people. The situation was grim – and there were already fears that Washington might not come to the rescue.

“What if the feds say: ‘Sorry, I can’t help you?’” Cuomo asked his deputies. “Just assume nobody does anything for you except you.”

As the number of cases has skyrocketed, President Donald Trump has not completely ignored New York: He has delivered ventilators for critically ill patients, pledged a Navy hospital ship and deployed the Army Corps of Engineers to build makeshift hospitals. But Cuomo is raising the alarm each day that New York needs much more. What New York also needs, Cuomo has made clear, is leadership – especially if it’s not coming from the White House.

“This is all about government performance,” Cuomo told City & State after that Red Room meeting. “That’s why it’s liberating in some ways because it’s devoid of politics.”

In this week’s magazine, we look at how the governor’s response has boosted his popularity – and how it could help him politically in the years ahead.

CONTENTS SAFETY NET … 8

The coronavirus could be proving the socialists right.

SUPPLY CHAIN … 10

Will the toilet paper will actually run out?

ANDREW CUOMO … 12 The governor’s sudden rock star status REAL ESTATE … 17

The most powerful people in NY’s most powerful industry

WINNERS & LOSERS … 38 CELESTE SLOMAN; OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

Who was up and who was down last week

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the expected 110,000 beds originally thought necessary. The state currently has 53,000 beds. Cuomo also said that the state would need 30,000 ventilators and criticized the federal government for not sending enough to help address the need.

After those comments, Vice President Mike Pence announced that New York would receive 4,000 new ventilators. Cuomo said that brings the number in the state stockpile to 14,000 – New York already had 4,000 and has independently purchased 7,000 in response to the pandemic.

CORONAVIRUS CASES CONTINUE TO CLIMB

The number of COVID-19 cases in New York is still rapidly increasing with tens of thousands of cases.

The state, and specifically New York City and surrounding downstate areas, remains the

epicenter of the country’s outbreak. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered all hospitals in the state to increase their capacity by at least 50%, and if possible, to increase that to 100%. Cuomo said that experts project the state will need 140,000 hospital beds when the surge of cases hits its peak, up from

“You want a pat on the back for sending 400 ventilators?

What are we going to do with 400 ventilators when we need 30,000 ventilators?”

– Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on the number of life-saving ventilators promised to the state by the federal government, before the White House agreed to send 4,000, via The New York Times

CUOMO SAYS FEDERAL AID IS NOT ENOUGH

The Senate passed a landmark $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that includes billions for individuals in the form of personal checks and billions more to help small businesses.

U.S. Senate Minority

TERMINAL Any New Yorker traveling through Grand Central Terminal at rush hour has probably dreamed about breezing through an empty station. But as The New Yorker demonstrates, the emptying of the city the coronavirus shutdown is more like a scene from a nightmare. In this update of a bustling, iconic Hal Morey photo, Grand Central is rendered empty – no commuters, no old friends meeting at the clock, just one lone cleaner mopping the floor.

“When you really total up the impact of this crisis, it will far surpass the Great Recession and it will look closer to the Great Depression in terms of the shock to the economy.”

–New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, on the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, via the New York Post

Leader Charles Schumer said that New York is slated to get $40 billion in relief money under the bill, touting it as a major win for the state.

However, Cuomo said that it doesn’t go nearly far enough because it includes only $5.8 billion directly for state and local governments in New York.

He called that “a drop in the bucket” in the face of up to $15 billion in lost revenue that the state is projecting as a result of the crisis. Cuomo added that the money can only be used for coronavirusrelated expenses, which he said is helpful, but does little to help the state balance its budget, due April 1. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, facing his own budgetary shortfalls thanks to the pandemic, also called the newly passed federal legislation “immoral.”

HOSPITALS ARE ALREADY HURTING

Although Cuomo said the peak in the number of state COVID-19 cases is still weeks away, hospitals in New York City are already struggling. Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, a public hospital with roughly 550 beds, has so far been hit the hardest. According to Patch, it is already operating at 125% capacity, and recently had an “apocalyptic” 13 deaths in a 24-hour

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period as doctors and nurses attempt to keep up with both critical patients and long lines of worried New Yorkers awaiting testing. Cuomo said that the state is looking into how it can shift some of the hospital burden upstate, which has not been overwhelmed yet and has more hospital capacity.

He added that he wants to open 1,000-bed overflow sites in all five boroughs as well as in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Rockland counties to help treat noncoronavirus patients, while also looking at dormitories and hospitals as additional overflow locations.

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JOHN FLANAGAN IS RETIRING

In a bit of non-coronavirus news, state Senate Minority Leader John Flanagan made the surprising announcement that he is retiring this year. The decision comes after he had previously announced he would run for reelection late last year. Flanagan is the topranking Republican in the state, but lost much of his sway in Albany when his party lost control of the state Senate in 2018.

Flanagan has served in the state Legislature for 34 years and joins a slew of his colleagues who won’t be returning to Albany.

The statistics on the coronavirus’s intensifying spread in New York are clear. But stats on our attitudes about the pandemic are more elusive. Enter Elucd, a polling firm taking New Yorkers’ emotional temperatures. Here are our takeaways.

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Will the state budget stiff gig workers?

Before the coronavirus pandemic turned the world upside down, it seemed that New York was on track to follow California in granting gig economy workers – like delivery cyclists and on-demand task do-ers – labor protections that they don’t currently have as independent contractors.

Several bills had been introduced in the Legislature that would either reclassify gig workers as employees or create a new employment classification that would grant them more labor protections like overtime pay and unemployment insurance. In January, Gov. Andrew Cuomo included in his budget proposal a task force that would bring together workers and representatives from organized labor and business to come up with recommendations on how gig workers should be classified.

But now, with the coronavirus occupying most, if not all, of lawmakers’ time, it looks like the effort to secure gig workers more labor protections will be put on the back burner.

“The world has changed a million ways since January. Things that we thought we were going to be able to negotiate and get passed into law

by April 1, don’t appear to be likely anymore,” state Senate Internet and Technology Chairwoman Diane Savino told City & State. “And part of that is going to be how we define the sharing economy.”

In one sense, it’s not all that surprising that a task force charged with deciding the complicated question of how gig workers should be classified is poised to fall by the wayside as the state focuses on the unprecedented health and financial challenges posed by the coronavirus. But considering the fact that gig workers like food delivery cyclists are working on the front lines of the pandemic, meeting increased demand for home delivery, some groups

are saying this moment is making very clear the urgent need to provide those workers with protections. “The need to provide app-based workers with the same rights as all other hardworking New Yorkers has never been more clear than during this pandemic,” said Mario Cilento, president of the New York State AFL-CIO. While Savino suggested that the issue is taking a back seat, she said she wasn’t blind to the idea that some gig workers are acting like first responders in the crisis. “The irony is, as everybody else is forced home and businesses are shutting down, it’s those very workers who are out there that are making sure that deliveries are made and people can get food and restaurants are able to operate to a certain extent,” Savino said. “So you see how integral they really are to the economy.”

Even though it looks like the debate over how gig workers should be treated will be pushed off in New York for the time being, many of those workers could benefit from federal action.

Cuomo asked the federal government to release Disaster Unemployment Assistance funds to the state, which allow workers not traditionally covered by state unemployment benefits to still receive assistance tied to the coronavirus crisis. Congress took an important step in that direction, as the deal struck in the Senate would extend unemployment benefits to gig workers.

Savino agreed that help from the federal government would be an important way to address the immediate needs of many gig workers. “The federal action, thank God, at least provides some assistance and relief for those people until we figure out the bigger issue of what it means to be a gig worker in our economy,” she said.

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GRAVITY SETS IN

ISOLATION GAME

VIRUS HITS HOME

When Elucd started polling, only 22% of respondents assessed the risk of serious harm to themselves or loved ones as very high. Two weeks later, over half are responding that way.

Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s March 20 shutdown order, respondents who said they’re socially distancing most of the time jumped 12 points, to 51%.

Thirty-four percent of respondents now say they have a friend or family member who is self-quarantining due to coronavirus-related symptoms. Two weeks ago, it was only 18%.

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BY REBECCA C. LEWIS

HE MAY NOT be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo still fancies himself a man of action. So while you’re stuck at home trying to keep your kids occupied, give them their own Action Andy, so they can help him prepare for whatever crisis hits New York. Find a printable version you can cut out yourself at CityandStateNY.com.

ALBANY ANDY

Every hero has a day job.

STORM RESILIENCY ANDY

Wind, rain and snow are no match for Andy’s stylish New York state windbreaker.

L TRAIN ANDY

When the people of Brooklyn looked up and shouted “Save us from this shutdown!” Andy looked down and whispered, “OK.”

CORONAVIRUS ANDY

Andy swoops in to remind you to wash your hands with prison hand sanitizer – and stay the heck inside.

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A Q&A with NYC Census 2020 Director

At this time of coronavirus, health care funds are linked to how many people fill out the census.

JULIE MENIN How have New York City’s census operations changed in light of the coronavirus?

Before coronavirus, we had held over 500 events all throughout the year, big town halls and large-scale events on the census and the importance of the census. Now, of course, in light of COVID-19, we have revamped our plan.

First of all, we are focused very much on the phone banking and text messaging part of our strategy, which we were always going to do.

But now we are making some significant changes.

We’ve pulled down and are changing some of the ads that would have

launched in the subways, instead converting those ads to digital and to TV. Secondly, we are really focused on making sure that New Yorkers understand, from the messaging standpoint, that at this time of coronavirus, the census is incredibly important because health care funds are linked to how many people fill out the census. Whether it’s children’s health insurance, whether it’s funding for hospitals, or the fact that the New York City health department looks at census data in emergencies to determine how to respond, in all of these different

instances, we want to make sure that that message is clearly communicated.

One of the challenges in planning is to make sure that New Yorkers have internet access, and libraries act as those points of access for some people.

But now that a lot of libraries have closed, how do you ensure that people are able to complete the census?

That is a real measurable issue. We had initially had over 300 pop-ups

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that were available for people to go into that lacked internet access. Now, due to the coronavirus, we’ve really got to focus on phone banking those individuals because that’s going to be more important than ever – to ensure that we phone bank them and that they understand that there is a toll-free number that you can call to answer the census. It’s available, that toll-free number, in 13 different languages.

In addition, we strongly believe that more paper forms need to be mailed out. We directly expressed that strong concern to the regional bureau. And they

have indicated that it’s likely that they will do so.

Some elected officials and groups have been calling for the census to get delayed. Is that something that you would support?

Absolutely, absolutely.

I mean, we are dealing (with) an unprecedented situation. And while we do have the tools digitally and through the telephone, we’re dealing with the unknown and the census is more important than ever now. We support taking whatever measures are needed to ensure a proper count. And if that means a delay and an extension of time, then we need to absolutely do that.

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The socialists C OM M E N TA RY

Universal health insurance, paid sick leave and other social programs could have curbed the crisis.

by R O S S B A R K A N

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N PANDEMICS, WE ARE ALL SOCIALISTS. “You can look at it as socialized medicine, but in the face of an outbreak, a pandemic, what’s your options?” asked Rep. Ted Yoho, a right-wing Republican from Florida, who has spent his political career trying to destroy the Affordable Care Act. Yoho was asked about the possibility of free testing as the coronavirus rapidly spreads across the United States, threatening to overwhelm the health care system. The congressman seemed to, at last, be conceding a point the very people he hated so much have been making for his entire life: It’s better to have a stronger social safety net than a weak one.

Even President Donald Trump, who has led the conservative assault against the administrative state since taking office, implied as much, agreeing with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to an aid package that included two weeks of paid sick leave and up to three months of family medical leave, though there are still serious gaps that need to be filled. The bill included the free virus testing that Yoho suggested earlier in March.

In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered insurance companies to waive copays for tele-health visits. The Real Estate Board of New York, the lobbying arm of the city’s landlords and real estate developers, pledged (under public pressure) to put a three month moratorium on evictions. Con Edison has promised not to turn off anyone’s electricity if a bill isn’t paid.

These sorts of policies wouldn’t exist to protect us from future pandemics but would protect the overall health and sanity of the most vulnerable. As the 24 New York state senators who signed a letter calling for the eviction moratorium argued, it will safeguard the health of those who would otherwise be forced to the streets.

The Yohos of the world will argue this kind of socialism is only necessary temporarily – eventually, we’ll all go back to “normal” and can return to the status quo of for-profit health care and housing. Whenever the pandemic passes, we won’t need paid sick leave. The United States can continue to have one of the weakest social safety nets of any industrialized nation in the world.

What the coronavirus has done is thrown into the sharpest relief possible how we’ve continued to fail the most needy and vulnerable in our society. Hospitals don’t have nearly enough beds

because the profit motive encourages eliminating any slack in the system. Individuals have to choose among paying rent, buying groceries, or showing up at the doctor. Staying home so your co-workers don’t get sick can cost you money or even your job.

The absurdity of the conservative stance – socialism for now, not for later – ignores how millions of Americans endure crises

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each year that are every bit as debilitating for them personally as the coronavirus is now for the nation. People fall and break their hips. They get in car crashes. They get infections. They get the flu.

They get cancer.

They struggle to pay rent and are forced into the street with nowhere to go. Through exposure to germs, mentally unwell individuals, and the stress of a precarious existence, they potentially

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the working class and poor to live in the five boroughs over the long haul, as prices rose faster than inflation once the economy rebounded.

Liberals rejoiced when Rep. Katie Porter, a Democrat from California, convinced Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to agree to ensure no one gets billed thousands of dollars for coronavirus tests. But that whole question would be moot under “Medicare for All.” Health care should be free, rent stabilization should be a privilege available to anyone, and utilities should either be pubAnxious shoppers licly owned or forced to provide internet and wait outside electricity to everyone at a reasonable price.

Trader Joe’s We are an incredibly wealthy nation, one to stock up that spends hundreds of billions on its milon food. itary budget alone. We can create an actual social safety net if we try.

The failure of what we have now is both deeply distressing and inevitable. It was only a matter of time before America’s frail social safety net was challenged by a crisis.

The debate over school closures in New York City is evidence of this: the best argument for keeping public schools open revolved around providing social services separate from education: Without schools, needy kids can’t get meals, can’t have after-school activities, and can’t be supervised by adults.

But in a more sane and just society, the city, state, or federal governments would have universal family leave programs in place so parents could stay home to watch children without reprisal from their employers. Food would be readily available for anyone who needs it. Schools would simply teach and the safety net would take care of the rest.

We are entering a dark period for our country. The hope now is that future leaders learn from our mistakes and build a stronger society that is better prepared to manage the next pandemic, climate crisis, or unforeseen mass casualty event. Out of World War II, the United Kingdom erected a universal health care system that stands to this day.

Crisis can present opportunity. Trump will probably not learn from this, but his successors can, and so can New Yorkers.

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Ross Barkan is a writer, journalist and former state Senate candidate.

shorten their lifespans in homeless shelters. When the coronavirus passes, we will still have a nation of sick and vulnerable people who encounter a health care system that prioritizes profit over life.

And they will still be contending with a brutal housing market in the New York City region. Rents may temporarily flatten or fall, but 9/11 and the 2008 economic crash didn’t make it any easier for

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Missing links De Blasio is worried about New York City’s supply chain. Should you be?

by L I N D S A Y B E Y E R S T E I N

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AYOR BILL DE BLASIO raised eyebrows when he told MSNBC on March 18 that “we don’t know what the future of our supply chain will look like.” The mayor didn’t elaborate on what he meant by that, but he went on to talk about his fears that many New Yorkers who can’t work during the new coronavirus outbreak won’t have money for food or other necessities if major federal help is not forthcoming. City & State reached out to the mayor’s office to ask for more details about the mayor’s concerns, but we have not received a statement as of press time.

De Blasio has mentioned potential future supply chain disruptions in other interviews as well, so it’s clearly a major concern in his mind. What might the mayor be worried about?

A supply chain is all the people and processes that transform raw materials into products and transport those products to the consumer. A supply chain can be as short and simple as growing a carrot in your backyard, or it can span multiple continents.

All else being equal, the longer and more complicated a supply chain is, the more vulnerable it is to disruptions. For example, if you wanted to buy a product that normally is manufactured in Wuhan, Hubei Province in China, it might have recently experienced a supply chain disruption due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The dire shortage of masks in New York City hospitals is due to multifaceted supply-chain problems. Most of our masks are made in China, which has been keeping the masks to meet its needs at home. With the new coronavirus outbreak seemingly contained in China now, the country is once again ramping up production and export, but the U.S. is competing with many other pandemic-stricken countries to buy the masks.

The anxiety that fueled the recent panic-buying of products such as hand sanitizer, canned foods and toilet paper is, at bottom, anxiety about the integrity of the supply chain. As the coronavirus outbreak accelerates, will we still be able to get food, medicine, and personal protective equipment?

If you’ve gone shopping for toilet paper, hand sanitizer, or disinfecting wipes in New York City lately, you have encountered bare shelves. However, the fact that you can’t get hand sanitizer is not a sign that the supply chain is faltering. The immediate culprits, says Hofstra geography professor and supply chain expert Jean-Paul Rodrigue, are the people stockpiling those products. The globalized capitalist system is still perfectly capable of supplying a normal amount of toilet paper to every U.S. consumer.

The problem arises when some shoppers hoard far more than they need, depleting supplies for everyone else until the next shipment comes in.

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Manufacturers are ramping up production of high-demand items, but they’re hitting a bottleneck at the warehouse level. “Getting the product out to the customers is extremely difficult because you can only fit so many people in the warehouse,” said Steven Vairma, international vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the director of the union’s warehouse division.

Truckers and warehouse workers in the grocery sector “are being burdened with a tremendous workload” due to panic-buying, Vairma said.

Every expert interviewed for this article agreed that, as of this moment, the United States has plenty of food and a healthy supply chain to bring it to consumers.

The immediate problem, Rodrigue explained, is that the panic-buyers are throwing off the carefully calibrated models of consumer demand that make the whole system run smoothly. Normally a grocer knows how many steaks she’s likely to sell on a Thursday, or how many extra bottles of water she’s going to need if the temperature rises by 5 degrees.

Panic buyers throw off these calculations.

The New York City area is especially vulnerable to distribution shocks because its real estate is unusually expensive and its stores are smaller. A suburban supermarket might have inventory in the back room to replenish shelves, but in New York, stores may not even have a back room – products often go straight from the truck to the shelf. If someone buys 10 packs of toilet paper from a bodega, everyone else has to wait for the next delivery.

Social distancing is already causing major disruptions in the economy. Truck drivers who supplied school cafeterias, bars, and restaurants are facing layoffs, but Rodrigue is confident that there is enough flexibility in the system to rehire those drivers to deliver more groceries. Vairma said his union is working on a program to shift drivers from supplying food to schools and other shuttered institutions to supplying beleaguered grocery stores.

The overwhelming majority of goods destined for New York City arrive by truck, including most of the city’s food and 99% of its pharmaceuticals, according to Purushottam Meena, associate professor of supply chain and data analytics at the New York Institute of Technology.

One reason New York City is so dependent on trucks is that there’s no freight rail crossing the Hudson anywhere near the city. Rep. Jerry Nadler has been lobbying unsuccessfully for decades to build a freight rail connection between New Jersey and Brooklyn. Long Island and Westchester are also separated from the rest of the country by the Hudson River, so they share the city’s dependence on trucking.

Experts agreed that the health of the trucking workforce is critical to the functioning of the supply chain. The system only works as long as there are enough qualified truck drivers to move products. “We are designated as essential suppliers and our people are doing what they need to do to get it done,” Vairma said.

The supply chain is in good shape right now, but the situation could change dramatically if large numbers of truck drivers start missing work due to the coronavirus, caregiving responsibilities or quarantine. The health of truck drivers is a critical vulnerability in New York’s supply chain. Rodrigue pointed out that the solitary working conditions of truck drivers reduce their risk of infection, and companies are taking steps to further insulate them from human contact, but in a pandemic, they could still get infected.

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We don’t know what percentage of the population will ultimately contract the coronavirus, in part because the infection rate will depend on how scrupulously Americans practice social distancing. Planners in Germany and the United Kingdom are working on the assumption that at least 60% to 70% of their population will get infected over the course of the pandemic. Less than 20% of the residents of Hubei province, where the outbreak began, became infected, but that was because the Chinese government imposed strict social distancing very early. It’s probably already too late for the United States to achieve such a low infection rate.

The big question is whether the supply chain is resilient enough to adapt to significant coronavirus-related absenteeism in the trucking and warehouse workforce.

The anxiety that fueled the recent panic-buying of toilet paper is, at bottom, anxiety about the integrity of the supply chain.

“In the coming weeks and months, the food supply chains may observe severe disruptions in New York City,” Meena wrote to City & State in an email. “Since demands are surging significantly because of the coronavirus outbreak, I expect even with a 1-2% sudden shortage in truck drivers (with no backup plans), supply chains will start observing disruptions.”

Rodrigue was more optimistic, pointing out that the system is very flexible. Demand is falling sharply in other sectors, thus freeing up truckers and warehouse workers who won’t be needed to ship as many clothes, cars, or consumer electronics during the upcoming recession.

Much will depend on how well employers and various levels of government support the warehouse and trucking workers. Vairma of the Teamsters noted that many of his members are left out of the federal government’s new coronavirus-related sick leave program, because they work for companies with more than 500 employees.

To contain the virus, people must be able to stay home when they’re sick, without facing financial ruin. “That’s where the government obligation is going to have to step up, ensuring that these folks continue to draw their paychecks and continue to receive their health and welfare benefits and continue to have their pension payments made on their behalf,” Vairma said.

Management and labor are already taking steps to protect their drivers from the coronavirus on the job. Changes are afoot, according to Bernadette Kelly, recording secretary of Teamsters Local Union 210, a 10,000-member New York local that includes truck drivers and warehouse workers in pharmaceutical production and distribution. Cleanliness and safe handling have always been important, but standards are getting even stricter to protect drivers and consumers. Drivers are getting their temperatures taken when they clock in, and start times are staggered so that drivers don’t gather in crowds. Drivers are wearing masks and gloves and wiping down their cabs, seats and steering wheels.

Vairma said that he’s already seeing a slight uptick in people calling in sick, but he added that his truckers and warehouse workers are extremely committed to their mission. “They’re doing a tremendous job working in an environment that is very stressful right now.”

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Mister Popular Apparently, all Cuomo needed was a global disaster.

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BOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO, Gov. Andrew Cuomo received his lowest approval rating since taking office. Now, he’s one of the most popular politicians in the

country.

Cuomo entered the national spotlight as New York became the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. And in true Cuomo fashion, the governor has tackled the virus head-on, asserting himself as both a fierce leader and calming presence in the face of the unknown. “I’m not doing anything different than I have ever done,” Cuomo said last week, according to The New York Times. “It’s just a bigger audience. And it’s a more intense time.”

But being himself is now more appealing to many New Yorkers and more noticeable to those outside the state. The governor’s daily press conferences that provide updates on the state’s COVID-19 crisis have suddenly become must-watch TV aired on multiple national cable television networks. As of March 22, Cuomo accounted for 1% of total airtime coverage, while President Donald Trump accounted for 3.3%, according to RealClear Politics.

His leadership has been amply praised

by The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN; his suburban-dad attire has been complimented by GQ; and he

has even received some vaguely concerning romantic interest from writers at Jezebel and Vogue. Celebrities, such as comedian Chelsea Handler, retired tennis star Billie Jean King and Long Island native pop star Billy Joel, have been lauding the governor’s leadership.

Cuomo has even managed to win over some of his old political opponents. “It’s uncharted waters, and he’s providing the leadership necessary in what is a very trying time for us all,” Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, a Republican who ran against Cuomo for governor in 2018, told The Wall Street Journal.

Over the past few weeks, the governor’s Twitter following went from 863,000 to more than 1 million, and his Instagram following also saw a sharp rise, going up from 56,000 to 92,000. The hashtags #PresidentCuomo and #CuomoForPresident have been trending on Twitter.

Many out-of-staters are among the governor’s biggest fans, who have turned to Cuomo rather than President Donald Trump to provide them with valuable information and hand-holding amid this disaster.

“I don’t know how the rest of the country is feeling but, Andrew Cuomo @NYGovCuomo is officially the only President I will be listening to going forward,” Julie Anne, a California resident, tweeted.

“This man is a public servant of the highest quality. Facts and comfort Thank You Governor.”

“Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, is a true leader and American,” Terri McCormick, a radio host from Nebraska, said. “His demeanor and speech are bringing a much needed calm to this country.”

“He represents the kind of leadership we should have in the presidency and don’t,” California Rep. Jackie Speier, told the Times. “His stock has gone way up.”

However charmed people may be

by Cuomo at the moment due to his take-charge attitude and ability to quell panic, this is nothing new. The governor is simply built to handle disasters. “This is not Andrew rising to the moment, this is the moment rising to Andrew,” Steven Cohen, who worked with Cuomo during his first term as governor, told the Journal.

But it’s clear that Cuomo is filling a void in leadership left by Trump, whose primary concern appears to be bolstering the economy in the near-term, regardless of what public health experts have advised. “I think the rest of the country is witnessing and appreciating this because of the lack of leadership coming from the White House,” Rep. Grace Meng, from Queens, told the Times.

Another stark difference between the governor and Trump is that the governor, typically known for his tendency to be somewhat of a bully, has shown a softer side of himself. A side most New Yorkers never even get to see.

“He’s not Mr. Rogers,” Steven Greenberg, a pollster for Siena College, told U.S. News about Cuomo’s disposition. “He’s not (New York City mayor) Fiorello LaGuardia, reading the comics over the radio.

That’s not who he is. But in the midst of all of this, he has shown that side of himself to New Yorkers for the first time.”

Cuomo has also been able to appeal to people on a more personal level, by bringing his daughters Michaela and Cara Kennedy Cuomo to press briefings and conveying his own fears as a father while COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc.

He has also spoken openly about Michaela being under a precautionary quarantine, which she has since completed, after being exposed to someone who may have had COVID-19. “That’s everything to me,” Cuomo said on March 13. “That’s why I get up in the morning. How can I protect my daughter.”

He’s also shown a great deal of empathy for vulnerable groups, such as the elderly.

On March 20, the governor named a new law, aimed at protecting the most vulnerable against contracting COVID-19, after his mother Matilda. “My mother is not expendable,” Cuomo tweeted last week.

“Your mother is not expendable. We will not put a dollar figure on human life.”

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N A RECENT AFTERNOON inside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Gov. Andrew Cuomo inspected a bulwark in his self-declared war on the coronavirus. Two major generals and a colonel flanked Cuomo as he approached a lectern in his field khakis and a polo shirt. More than 150 pallets’ worth of critical medical supplies had been assembled. A squad of soldiers from the National Guard stood by. Millions tuned in to watch the live briefing.

Persuading President Donald Trump to dispatch the Army Corps of Engineers to build four new temporary hospitals in the massive Manhattan convention center had not been easy, but it was now underway.

“You do what you have to do,” Cuomo said.

“That’s the New York way. That’s the American way.” Meanwhile, #PresidentCuomo was trending on Twitter.

Cuomo returned to Javits the following day with another message for Trump: The situation is dire, and people will die without more supplies from the federal government. “You want a pat on the back for sending 400 ventilators?” Cuomo asked.

“What are we going to do with 400 ventilators when we need 30,000 ventilators?” Trump, he said, faced two choices: Force private industry to make them, or

tap the federal government’s emergency stockpiles. “The president says it’s a war,” Cuomo said. “Well, then act like it’s a war.”

There are no bombs or bullets flying, but with the death toll from the coronavirus rising, the three-term governor is certainly following his own advice. A state helicopter transports him around the state by day. He issues executive orders by night. And every midday he plays comforter in chief to the masses, his daily briefings a modern-day update on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous fireside chats.

“This is a war,” Cuomo said in midMarch. “It’s a long-term war.” He has hammered home the dire need for more supplies, drawing an analogy between the missiles produced during World War II and the ventilators badly needed for additional intensive care units. “We have to make those missiles, we have to make those ventilators, get them made, and that’s what the president’s talking about,” Cuomo said. “But the question is, how will we manage it now? How will we operationalize and mobilize, and that’s why the federal government is going to be key.”

Last week, Cuomo invoked World War II again, this time seeking to reassure his fellow Americans. “They talk about the greatest generation, the generation that survived World War II,” he said. “Dealing

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with hardship actually makes you stronger. Life on the individual level, on the collective level, on the social level. Life is not about avoiding challenges. ... And then life becomes about overcoming those challenges. That’s what life is about. And that’s what this country is about.”

The governor, who has exhorted retired nurses to “enlist,” has also likened health care workers to troops on the front lines.

“Can you imagine the nurses who leave their homes in the morning, who kiss their children goodbye, go to a hospital, put on gowns, deal with people who have the coronavirus?” Cuomo asked. “They’re thinking all day long, oh, my God, I hope I don’t get this. Oh, my God, I hope I don’t get this and bring it home to my children.

You want to talk about extraordinary individuals – extraordinary.”

Famous as a micromanager with a domineering command over state politics, Cuomo in recent weeks has wrangled emergency power from the state Legislature, prodded Trump into authorizing the state to expand its testing for the virus and secured some federal help in boosting the capacity of a health care system straining to meet rising demand. And while COVID-19 cases are expected to hit a peak in coming days, Cuomo is simultaneously waging battles on other fronts – finalizing a state budget with a multibillion-dollar shortfall that is growing by the day, and seeking to cushion the blow to New Yorkers hammered by a severe economic crisis.

In some ways, this is all a well-trodden path for Cuomo, who has performed the political choreography of managing crises – floods, blizzards, hurricanes, terrorist attacks, Ebola – throughout his time in state and federal government. Only this time, the stakes are far higher and the spotlight is much brighter. And so far, taking on the trappings of a military leader seems to be working. While two of his chief political rivals, Trump and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, spent weeks trying to downplay the threat of the deadly virus, Cuomo has won widespread praise for his forceful response.

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REVAILING IN A life and death struggle is hard enough, but doing it in a way that translates into political success is not easy. If there’s anything to all those #PresidentCuomo and #CuomoForPresident tweets, it could make him a formidable early frontrunner for the White House in another four or eight years (or, as some suggest, even sooner). WAMC radio host Alan Chartock asked Cuomo last week if his longtime denials of interest were “Shermanesque.” Would he not run if nominated, nor serve if elected?

“I’m not going to run for president,” Cuomo replied. “I don’t want to be vice president.

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I want to be the best governor I can be and I want to make a meaningful difference in this state. That’s my ambition.”

A number of military generals or war heroes – including George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt (who was elected New York governor after charging up San Juan Hill) and Dwight D. Eisenhower – went on to become president. For every Eisenhower and Grant, however, there are many more Douglas MacArthurs, George McClellans, John Frémonts and Wesley Clarks whose political ambitions fell short.

Closer to home, the careers of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie highlight how a major crisis can make a politician a national figure overnight. Like Cuomo, neither one was actually a military leader. Both men enjoyed immense popularity, but squandered it with a lack of effective follow-up, according to Bruce Gyory, an adjunct professor of political science at the University at Albany. “You can’t coast on being America’s mayor from 9/11 or America’s governor from Sandy and then not follow up on other things,” Gyory said.

The Bridgegate scandal doomed Christie, while Giuliani’s 2008 presidential bid fizzled and his questionable maneuvers on behalf of Trump left his public reputation in shambles.

While Cuomo has long had an affinity for FDR, another analogy can be drawn to Roosevelt’s predecessor, Herbert Hoover. A trained engineer, Hoover first found fame as the head of a successful food program that saved nine million Europeans from starvation during World War I. “He scolded, threatened, and out-bul-

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“I wish I could make him President of the United States. There could not be a better one.” Twelve years later, in the midst of the Great Depression, people were throwing tomatoes at Hoover, and Roosevelt won the presidency in a landslide. A lot can change in politics, especially when the stock market Cuomo crashes and millions of delivers a lives are in danger. briefing at the Javits Center As for FDR, there

and across the country. Injecting some rhetorical urgency can make the difference between things getting done, or not.

“Words matter,” Cuomo said while describing the battle on the homefront in mid-March. “We’re fighting the virus and we’re fighting fear and panic,” he said on the Today Show. But wars are hard to win. Just ask Lyndon B. Johnson, who lost his wars against poverty and communists alike.

are some parallels between the crisis that he faced in the early days of the Great Depression when he was still governor of New York and what Cuomo confronts today.

The economy sputtered. Unemployment shot up. The incumbent president struggled to inspire confidence across the political spectrum. Cuomo is not waging a war in the literal sense. Aside from the limited involvement of the National Guard and the U.S. military, he is mostly leaning on the state government to get things done – just like FDR nearly a century ago.

Cuomo is also not the first politician to stretch the meaning of the word “war.” The appeal of a martial response is obvious. The pandemic is an emergency threatening the lives of millions of people in New York

Unlike many past leaders, Cuomo has stated an achievable aim in his war against the virus. Slowing the rate of infections has been a key tactic, a point Cuomo makes repeatedly. Throughout his first month as a wartime governor, that message has increasingly won Cuomo more national exposure at what appears to be a crucial moment in American history.

The economy is tanking. Many Americans have hunkered down in their homes in fear of a deadly virus. Trump’s reelection is in doubt. The presumptive Democratic nominee – former Vice President Joe Biden – has largely dropped out of the public eye, while Cuomo is popping up on national television multiple times a day.

All the while, even his critics agree that the notoriously relentless governor has not changed much. As he told his brother, Chris Cuomo, on CNN on a recent night, “I’m doing what I do, and I’ve been doing it the same way.”

temporary hospital.

“We have to make those missiles, we have to make those ventilators.” lied every human obstacle,” one contemporary wrote of his efforts. Presidential chatter followed. “Hoover is certainly a wonder,” Roosevelt himself wrote in 1920.

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NEW YORK CITY DEPUTY MAYOR FOR HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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LAST MAY, Vicki Been returned to City Hall as deputy

mayor for housing, which makes her a key liaison to the real estate industry and the driver of one of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s top priorities: creating or preserving 300,000 units of affordable housing.

Been brings plenty of relevant experience to the influential post, having served for three years as the commissioner of the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development. In that previous role, she was a principal architect of the mayor’s Housing New York plan, which relies on neighborhood rezonings, tax exemptions, a new mandatory inclusionary zoning program and other tools to meet the mayor’s ambitious affordable housing targets.

In 2017, she left City Hall to return to New York University, serving as faculty director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, while also serving as co-chair of de Blasio’s advisory commission on property tax reform.

Since rejoining the administration last year, her portfolio has included increasing the city’s inventory of affordable housing, spearheading the mayor’s rezoning plans and overseeing NYCHA.

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DONALD TRUMP GOT HIS START at his dad’s real estate company. Andrew Cuomo was in his 20s when he launched a housing nonprofit. Eliot Spitzer’s family owned a development company, and after a stint in politics, he followed in his father’s footsteps. Other aspiring politicians – Carl Paladino, Paul Massey – made names for themselves in the field before seeking public office. And plenty more have jumped back and forth between government and real estate work.

Of course, the interaction between developers and policymakers manifests itself in a myriad of ways, from land use regulations to construction safety standards, from affordable housing programs to neighborhood rezonings, from property tax codes to tax subsidies and incentives.

City & State’s Real Estate Power 100 identifies the key executives, elected officials, appointees, advocates and others at this intersection of real estate development and public policy. Unlike other rankings, ours is not based primarily on total square feet or annual profits or the biggest deals. Instead, we identified the industry leaders who build buildings and political relationships, the lawmakers and administration officials who weigh the needs of residents against developers’ needs to make housing projects profitable, and the trade associations, lobbyists, publicists, academics and activists who all shape New York’s vibrant real estate world in so many ways.

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FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN RELATED COMPANIES NOT ANY developer can build an entire neighborhood from scratch,

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WHEN DEMOCRATS took control of the state Senate in 2018, tenant advocates saw an opportunity. The real estate industry certainly had tangled with Michael McKee, a longtime activist, but they never saw Cea Weaver coming, even though she had been working to elect pro-tenant legislators in the run-up to the last election cycle. The result was last year’s historic rent regulation legislation, which makes it harder for landlords to raise rents on regulated units while making the stronger tenant protections permanent.

McKee has been a tenant advocate for 50 years, and last year must have ranked among the most gratifying. In 2018, McKee also helped Democrats take control of the state Senate after years in the minority, paving the way for the sweeping rent control legislation. Look for Weaver to continue fighting to expand tenant protections and secure more government funding for housing issues this year. And don’t expect McKee to take his foot off the pedal; Expanding protections for market-rent tenants remains a priority.

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much less a master-planned “city within a city” emblematic of the new gilded age. Stephen Ross’ $25 billion Hudson Yards megadevelopment presented daunting technical and bureaucratic challenges. Along the way, the billionaire mogul clashed with the powerful Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, but Related ultimately reached an agreement that could set benchmarks for the industry.

Yet Ross’ interests aren’t limited to construction. He owns an NFL football team, the Miami Dolphins. Last summer, reports of his $100,000-a-head fundraiser in the Hamptons for President Donald Trump spurred a backlash and calls to boycott Equinox and SoulCycle, two other businesses he owns. The multibillionaire also made headlines recently for seeking a low-cost federal loan for the undeveloped portion of Hudson Yards.

Despite his Trump ties, Ross has backed moderate Democrats, making contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo early on and, more recently, to Melinda Katz’s successful campaign for Queens district attorney and Queens borough president candidate Donovan Richards.

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4 SCOTT RECHLER

CHAIRMAN AND CEO RXR REALTY SCOTT RECHLER may run a firm managing over 25

million square feet of commercial real estate space in the New York City area, but he’s also one of the state’s most politically engaged developers.

Rechler has served as Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s appointee to the boards of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, including as vice chairman. It was only because RXR Realty is part of a multibillion-dollar office and hotel project next to Grand Central Terminal that he left the MTA board.

Yet Rechler continues to be active in the public sphere.

He helped launch a legal battle calling on New York City to reform its widely criticized property tax system. He joined a pledge to halt evictions due to the coronavirus, then went a step further by providing $1 million in aid to the residents of New Rochelle, an early coronavirus hot spot in New York. Rechler is also opening his checkbook to back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden – and hasn’t ruled out running for office himself some day.

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CHAIRMAN AND CEO VORNADO REALTY TRUST STEVE ROTH is one of the largest property owners in New York City. Included in his impressive portfolio are two skyscrapers that he jointly owns with the Trump Organization and Kushner Companies. The tycoon has advised the White House on infrastructure and economic policy. Roth’s latest bet – to the tune of $2 billion – is that the area around Penn Station can be redeveloped into a high-end commercial district.

Yet Roth has taken seemingly contradictory stances on the proposed Gateway tunnel, a key infrastructure project which would add much-needed commuter rail capacity under the Hudson River – and upgrade the Penn Station area in a way that would likely benefit his redevelopment plans. Roth is both a major donor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has championed the project, and a contributor and informal adviser to President Donald Trump, who has effectively halted it. Roth reportedly encouraged the White House to undermine the project – although he later insisted that he wanted to see it get done.

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of Marc Holliday, who has served as SL Green’s CEO since 2004 and chairman of the board since 2019, SL green has solidified its position as New York City’s largest owner of office properties, with a massive portfolio of 44 million square feet of assets in the tri-state region. Last fall, SL Green’s One Vanderbilt, an office tower expected to anchor a major redevelopment around Grand Central Terminal, topped out at 1,401 feet.

CEO AND FOUNDING PARTNER L+M DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS RON MOELIS heads one of the largest affordable housing companies in New York City at a time when policymakers are focused on adding housing everyday New Yorkers can afford. The for-profit developer has been aligned with the de Blasio administration in pushing for mixeduse developments as a way to add more affordable units. Moelis serves on the advisory board for New York University’s Furman Center and helped found the New York State Association for Affordable Housing.

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CHAIRMAN STATE SENATE HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ONE OF the architects of last year’s landmark rent control legislation, state Sen. Brian Kavanagh is currently a sponsor of the “good cause” bill in the state Senate, which would make it harder for landlords to evict tenants in good standing. The ally of tenant advocates also supports a housing voucher program, modeled after the federal Section 8 program, designed to aid the homeless as well as those at risk of becoming homeless.

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PRESIDENT REAL ESTATE BOARD OF NEW YORK TWO WEEKS after the historic 2019 rent control

bill passed, John Banks stepped down as head of REBNY, New York’s preeminent (and erstwhile invincible) real estate trade organization. His successor, James Whelan, will have to navigate an adverse political climate, a task more difficult now that many Democrats are eschewing donations from the industry.

Whelan has said that fighting commercial rent control is his top priority this year.

Cozen O’Connor congratulates our colleague Ken Fisher for being recognized among City & State’s Real Estate Power 100.

Extell in 1989, Gary Barnett has focused his energy on the development of some of New York City’s tallest buildings, including Central Park Tower and One57, both of which stand over 1,000 feet tall.

Barnett, who has ridden the city’s condo boom in recent years, has also been at the center of several hot topics, including blocked views and the use of mechanical voids to build towers ever taller.

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LARRY SILVERSTEIN’S reputation

in the real estate market stems largely from his dedication to rebuilding the World Trade Center in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, after he signed a 99-year lease on the site for $3.25 billion in July 2001. Silverstein, who’s currently developing 2 World Trade Center, has an impressive portfolio of other projects and properties, including 120 Broadway, 120 Wall St., 529 Fifth Ave. and 1177 Sixth Ave.

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CHAIRMAN THE DURST ORGANIZATION DOUGLAS DURST has never been afraid of a

fight. He recently halted his Hallets Point development because of a feud with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Durst previously faced off against mayors and governors over plans for Times Square and the World Trade Center site, and ultimately played a large role in their redevelopment. Durst recently butted heads with fellow billionaire Barry Diller, nearly derailing plans for a public park on the Hudson River.

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COMMISSIONER NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS SINCE JUNE, Melanie

La Rocca has overseen the bureaucracy that regulates nearly 1.1 million buildings and more than 45,000 construction sites in New York City. Following a spate of construction-related deaths, La Rocca has been ramping up enforcement of new training requirements with the aim of improving on-site safety.

She has also been cracking down on crumbling building facades and reducing the burden of fines on small businesses.

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task of explaining the need for more density often falls to Marisa Lago, whose agency oversees land use decisions in New York City. The administration is well short of its goal of 15 rezonings, but Lago recently expressed confidence that the Gowanus plan would be approved.

She pushed through Staten Island’s Bay Street rezoning last year, raising the mayor’s tally to six.

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undergone a greater transformation in recent years than the Brooklyn waterfront, and Jed Walentas has certainly done his part. Two Trees began with big investments in Dumbo, and the developer then converted the abandoned Domino sugar refinery site in Williamsburg into an 11-acre mixeduse housing and commercial complex, including a popular public park. Walentas is a proponent of the proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar line supported by the mayor.

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THE SCION of a legendary real estate family, Richard LeFrak is one of the largest landlords in New York City, with a portfolio that includes the massive Queens residential complex that bears his last name. A close personal friend of President Donald Trump, LeFrak has advised the White House on infrastructure policy and even presidential pardons. LeFrak is leading the redevelopment of Newport, the 600-acre former rail yard on the Jersey City waterfront.

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WITH A presence in dozens of countries and over $540 billion in assets, Brookfield’s reach in the real estate business is vast.

Brian Kingston is the CEO of Brookfield Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners. Ric Clark, who has been with the company since 1984, is handing off his day-to-day duties, but will stay on as chairman and senior adviser to Brookfield Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners. Clark also chairs the Alliance for Downtown New York.

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MANHATTAN BOROUGH President Gale Brewer has been a key leader in the borough’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, issuing recommendations before new developments are approved or rejected by the New York City Council. She was involved in shaping and supporting the East Midtown rezoning, but opposed the 2018 rezoning of Inwood. And just last month, she won another legal victory in her effort to block four skyscrapers that were planned in the Two Bridges neighborhood.

CHAIRMAN, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER BLACKSTONE one of the world’s largest investment firms and the largest property owner, Stephen Schwarzman manages a whopping $571 billion in assets.

In 2015, Blackstone acquired Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village for $5.4 billion, and last year the firm changed its corporate structure from a partnership to a corporation to open up investment. Earlier this year, Schwarzman signed the Giving Pledge, committing to give away the majority of his wealth to philanthropy.

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comes from a real estate dynasty, heading a firm that was founded by his grandfather in 1925. Now, outside of managing the family’s portfolio, Rudin serves on the board of the Association for a Better New York, and is chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York. Through his involvement in the city, Rudin has prioritized affordable housing, tax reform and diversifying the city’s economy.

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international markets across the world, Rob Speyer heads his family’s commercial real estate empire, which covers 20 million square feet in New York City alone and includes buildings like Rockefeller Center and Yankee Stadium. Outside of his family’s firm, Speyer serves as chairman of the advisory board to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, and he previously served as chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York.

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most powerful women, Mary Ann Tighe has worked in the real estate sector for the past 35 years and has been responsible for more than 107.5 million square feet of commercial transactions. One of the Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis executive’s many achievements during her career was being named the first female chairwoman of the Real Estate Board of New York in 2010.

was appointed chairman of the Assembly Housing Committee in 2017, a position he held during the passage of the landmark “Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act” of 2019.

Cymbrowitz came out in opposition to the property tax overhaul recommendations released by the mayor’s commission. The Brooklyn Democrat is also leading a task force investigating mismanagement in the New York City Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program.

PRESIDENT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK GARY LABARBERA

has been outspoken in supporting his organization’s member unions, which represent 100,000 workers in New York City.

LaBarbera is a staunch ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, applauding his many construction projects and his proposed expansion of prevailing wages.

While the prevailing wage push fell short last year, and may get lost in the shuffle again this year, construction work has continued apace despite the coronavirus pandemic.

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WHEN SHE took the reins at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development in May 2019, Louise Carroll became a key leader in the mayor’s Housing New York 2.0 plan, which calls for creating and/or preserving 300,000 affordable housing units by 2026. Carroll is in the process of updating the J-51 program, which provides tax breaks to landlords who renovate their properties in exchange for keeping the apartments in rent stabilization.

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COMMISSIONER AND CEO NEW YORK STATE HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SINCE 2017, RuthAnne Visnauskas has run the state agency that preserves and develops affordable housing and enforces New York’s rent regulation laws. Visnauskas has been busy dealing with the fallout from the state Legislature passing historic rent reforms, including lawsuits from landlords.

With an economic downturn appearing likely, her focus could soon shift to keeping people in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

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CHAIRMAN AND CEO EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST ANTHONY MALKIN

recently completed a $165 million makeover of the Empire State Building, which should help the iconic skyscraper continue to attract visitors amid an ever growing skyline. Malkin previously oversaw a 10year energy efficiency retrofit of the 89-yearold structure. Last year, he was the lone property owner appointed to the board that will oversee the implementation of last year’s Climate Mobilization Act, aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of city buildings.

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Committee, Rafael Salamanca Jr. is a key player in the rezoning process. The Bronx Democrat was involved in the approval of the Garment District, Jerome Avenue and Inwood rezonings, and he recently scuttled the mayor’s rezoning proposal for Southern Boulevard, which would have directly impacted his own district. Salamanca is reportedly in the mix to be the next council speaker.

WHEN HE joined the family business in 2000, Winston Fisher had a finance background as a former analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Now, in addition to his work at Fisher Brothers, he has delved into the public sphere, as co-chair of the New York City Regional Economic Development Council, and on the Citizens Budget Commission board of trustees. And in the realm of politics, Fisher donated $62,500 to Andrew Cuomo’s 2022 reelection campaign last year.

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business has an ownership interest in more than 50 properties, mostly located in New York City, and he runs things with the help of family: his son Eric Gural and his nephew Brian Steinwurtzel are co-chief executive officers at GFP Real Estate. Gural is also an owner of several horse racetracks and casinos, and played a key role in the expansion of casino gambling in New York.

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City & State’s 2020 Real Estate Power 100 List, but we are more proud of the work they are doing every day to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in New York City.

From voluntary pledges to hold evictions to donating space for emergency medical operations, the real estate industry is using its “power” to keep New Yorkers safe and our economy healthy. Because that is what we do.

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AS THE leader of the New York Building Congress since January 2017, Carlo Scissura has focused on economic and infrastructure investment and job creation for the trade group’s membership of over 550 industry organizations. Recently, Scissura has been vocal about the city and state governments’ need to fix the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway before it becomes too dangerous. He was recently elected to the ceremonial role of chairmanship of the Kings County Democratic Committee.

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PRESIDENT AND DESIGN PRINCIPAL KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES JAMES VON KLEMPERER has made an

impression around the globe with skyscrapers like the Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in South Korea. And here in New York, his firm’s design continues to shape the urban fabric, whether it is at Hudson Yards, which has transformed Manhattan’s West Side, or One Vanderbilt, which when complete will be the tallest building in Midtown and a symbol of East Midtown’s resurgence.

as CEO of Newmark Knight and Frank since 1979, Barry Gosin has led its acquisition of over 50 companies. The commercial real estate advisory firm went public in 2017, and in 2018 it purchased RKF Retail Holdings.

Outside of Newmark Knight Frank, Gosin formerly served on the Citizens Budget Commission board of trustees, in addition to being a major campaign donor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

PRESIDENT NEW YORK HOTEL AND MOTEL TRADES COUNCIL ONE OF New York’s

shrewdest political operators, Peter Ward in recent years has fought for restrictions on Airbnb rentals as well as a moratorium on converting hotels into condominiums.

A close ally of Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Ward is behind a push that would require hotel developers to obtain a permit from the City Council before building, a measure that the Real Estate Board of New York opposes.

CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT, NEW YORK TRI-STATE REGION JONES LANG LASALLE

MANAGING PARTNER SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL IN HIS four decades

PETER RIGUARDI

oversees the New York region for JLL, a Fortune 500 company that is the second largest commercial property manager in the city. Riguardi’s resume is replete with high-profile deals, including Bank of America’s move to One Bryant Park, the Port Authority and Spotify’s leases at 4 World Trade Center and, most recently, Deutsche Bank’s 1.1 million square foot lease at One Columbus Circle.

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CHAIRMAN AND CEO NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY GREGORY RUSS came to the troubled housing

authority with a track record of championing private-sector solutions in the public housing sphere. A few months after Russ’ arrival, the mayor announced that the city would turn 62,000 NYCHA apartments over to private management under the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program, which he hopes will help cover the $40 billion in repair work that the system currently needs.

PRESIDENT AND CEO BUILDING TRADES EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION AS THE longtime leader of the Building Trades Employers Association, Louis Coletti heads the country’s largest contractor organization, representing 27 contractor associations and 1,500 construction managers, general contractors and subcontractors in New York City. Coletti’s organization published a report last year arguing that union construction workers are much safer than nonunion workers. He has also advocated for boosting the contracting capacity of minorityand women-owned business enterprises.

CHAIRWOMAN AND COMMISSIONER NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION HAVING BEEN

appointed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in October of 2018 as chairwoman and commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, Sarah Carroll leads the country’s largest municipal preservation agency and manages a staff of 80 people.

Prior to her appointment, Carroll served as executive director at the agency, and she oversaw the designation of more than 4,000 buildings and sites across New York City as city landmarks.

at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, one of the world’s largest architecture firms, T.J. Gottesdiener has worked on many high-profile – and high-rising – projects, including overseeing the design and construction of One World Trade Center and 7 World Trade Center. His portfolio also includes the Time Warner Center and the Lever House renovation, in addition to the transformation of the James A. Farley Building into a modern transit hub.

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT WHARTON PROPERTIES

WHARTON PROPERTIES and its founder

Jeff Sutton are known for having some of the priciest rents in the country for the company’s storefront properties located across Manhattan.

Sutton has a reputation for working with various luxury and high-end retail brands, developing flagship properties for Prada, Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana. Since the company’s founding, Sutton has amassed a portfolio of over 120 properties throughout New York City.

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EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, NEW YORK REGION; CEO BOSTON PROPERTIES 50 million square feet of property, including trophies like the General Motors Building and the Times Square Tower. John Powers oversees the New York region for the company, a portfolio of more than 10 million square feet. Owen Thomas was elected the global chairman of the 44,000-member Urban Land Institute last year.

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erties Group, the real estate arm of a Canadian pension fund, has made a major push in the U.S. over the past decade.

In 2010, the company bet big on Hudson Yards, and today is a 50-50 partner with Related Companies in the group overseeing the development. In 2018, the company bought a portion of St. John’s Terminal in Manhattan, where it’s creating office space that Google will anchor.

who founded the New York office of HR&A Advisors in 1984, has spearheaded the company’s expansion in the area and leads the firm’s real estate practice. Carl Weisbrod is well known in political circles for leading New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s transition team and serving as chairman of the New York City Planning Commission until early 2017. Weisbrod also served in various roles involved in revitalizing Times Square and Lower Manhattan.

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ue to move ahead with ambitious projects despite the departure of their partner MaryAnne Gilmartin, including the $2.5 billion TSX Broadway development in Times Square. The project – a daring bet on the future of experiential retail – will feature a 46-story hotel, a nine-story retail complex and an outdoor stage.

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ARCHITECTURE CRITIC THE NEW YORK TIMES

FOR THE past decade, Michael Kimmelman

has used the architecture beat at the Times to examine the built environment through a lens that is not restricted to design. Going back to his first review, which focused on a mixed-income housing project in the Bronx, Kimmelman has tackled issues such as community development, equity, infrastructure, sustainability and post-Sandy redevelopment, helping shape the dialogue around design and public policy in the city.

PRESIDENT, NEW YORK/TRI-STATE REGION; CHAIRMAN OF GLOBAL BROKERAGE CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD IN JANUARY, Toby Dodd became president of the tri-state region for Cushman & Wakefield. The firm is the largest commercial property manager in New York and, in recent years, has been ranked New York’s top investment sales firm. While Toby Dodd is new to the role, Bruce Mosler is a veteran of the company, having more than doubled its sales when he served as its president and CEO.

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The Moinian Group in 1982, Joseph Moinian has assembled a prestigious portfolio of high-end properties and hotels. The company owns more than four million square feet of luxury property in the Hudson Yards area, with a new $2 billion office tower in the pipeline.

At the time of its completion in 2015, Moinian’s 71-story luxury “Sky” development on Manhattan’s West Side was the largest single-tower residential building in the country.

CHAIRMAN; PRESIDENT STERLING EQUITIES

BEST KNOWN for its

ownership of the New York Mets, Sterling Equities has recently put the team, which could fetch north of $2 billion, on the market. Next door to Citi Field, the firm is leading, along with Related Companies, the redevelopment of Willets Point. Sterling Equities is also working on the $1.2 billion Belmont Park project, which includes an arena for the New York Islanders.

PUBLISHER; EDITORIN-CHIEF THE REAL DEAL angy published the debut edition of The Real Deal from his Brooklyn apartment, and the magazine soon became a mustread for all real estate news. Today, The Real Deal is a multifaceted media company with coverage of South Florida, Chicago and Los Angeles, in addition to New York.

Editor-in-chief Stuart Elliott has been with the company since its first year.

INGRID GOULD ELLEN

FACULTY DIRECTOR NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FURMAN CENTER ESTABLISHED IN 1995,

New York University’s Furman Center is a valuable resource for real estate and urban policy research. As faculty director, Ingrid Gould Ellen teaches courses at NYU and conducts research on housing and urban policy, providing insight into the impact of New York City’s rising housing costs, the lack of affordable housing and the occurrence of gentrification throughout the city as a result.

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WHEN Doug Harmon

and Adam Spies joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2016, it was a major move in the investment sales world. The team, which had handled the 2015 sale of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village for $5.3 billion, had to regain their footing after the shift while falling behind their competitors at CBRE. But they’ve returned to top form, leading city investment sales with $10.9 billion in deals last year.

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CHAIRMAN AND HEAD OF NYC CAPITAL MARKETS; CHAIRMAN, NYC CAPITAL MARKETS CBRE DARCY STACOM made

her mark at CBRE in 2006 while representing Metropolitan Life in the $5.4 billion sale of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village to Tishman Speyer. William Shanahan left Cushman & Wakefield in 2002 to join CBRE, where the two have completed a number of major deals, including Google’s 2018 acquisition of Chelsea Market for $2.4 billion.

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one of the largest U.S. real estate brokerages, Compass was launched by co-founders Robert Refkin and Ori Allon in 2012 to disrupt the real estate industry with a tech-driven strategy. Their aim was to provide better information to brokers and buyers, an approach they’ve taken into other major cities. Allon was once director of engineering at Twitter, and Refkin previously worked at Mckinsey and Goldman Sachs.

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PRESIDENT JAMESTOWN PROPERTIES ALTHOUGH THE

company is headquartered in Atlanta and Cologne, Germany, Jamestown Properties has iconic projects in New York City as well, with its largest move being the $2.4 billion sale of Chelsea Market to Google. Jamestown Properties, which is led by Michael Phillips, owns a stake in nine different buildings or developments in New York City, including One Times Square and Industry City, located on Brooklyn’s waterfront.

CHAIRMAN, CEO AND PRESIDENT PARAMOUNT GROUP INC. ALBERT BEHLER

leads a $3 billion company with a portfolio of more than 10 million square feet, and whose 2014 initial public offering was the largest ever for a real estate investment trust. The Paramount Group owns Class A office properties in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, but its New York portfolio, which includes skyscrapers on Wall Street and Fifth Avenue, generates the bulk of the company’s net operating income.

IT MAY not be among

the best-known developers in New York, but Hines is certainly among the most highly regarded.

Under Tommy Craig’s leadership, the firm has earned a reputation for its commitment to design.

Thirty-five years ago, the Houston-based firm’s first major project in the city was the Lipstick Building on Third Avenue. More recently, Craig led the development of 7 Bryant Park.

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THE MANHATTANBASED, privately

SINCE JOINING Hudson in 1995, David Kramer has played a role in many of the company’s significant achievements over the years, including the redevelopment of the Brooklyn Heights Public Library into a luxury condo project, One Clinton. Today, Hudson is one of the city’s largest affordable housing developers, although it has its share of market-rate developments as well.

Kramer is known as an ally of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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CHAIRMAN AND CEO THE LIGHTSTONE GROUP

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ALTHOUGH HEADQUARTERED in New York

trades, Doug Steiner is a real estate developer at Steiner Equities Group and Steiner NYC, while also owning and operating Steiner Studios, the largest film and television production studio in the U.S. outside Los Angeles.

Combining his two fields of work, Steiner is currently in the process of expanding his Brooklyn-based production studio, which is expected to be completed in the mid-2020s.

SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR HINES

City, the Lightstone Group has a national presence, with activity in 21 states and a $2 billion portfolio. As founder and CEO, David Lichtenstein has been a prominent donor to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a point that was raised when Lichtenstein was able to obtain city approval to tear down five historic buildings and erect the Moxy Hotel in their place near Manhattan’s Union Square.

CO-FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL RFR controlled real estate company RFR was co-founded by Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs in 1991. The company owns or manages such properties as the Seagram Building and, as of last year, the Chrysler Building. Rosen has been active politically, forging a relationship with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Last year, as de Blasio was gearing up for a presidential run, Rosen hosted a fundraiser for him that cost $5,000 a plate.

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decades, no one has built more hotels in New York than Sam Chang, who in the 1990s pioneered a new class of hotel in the city geared toward budget-minded travelers. Despite reports that he would soon retire, Chang, who has opened more than 70 hotels in the five boroughs, recently submitted plans for a new 974room project near Times Square, which would be the largest hotel to open in the city since 1985.

chairman at one of the nation’s oldest and largest real estate brokerage firms, Howard Lorber has a significant presence in New York and beyond. But, in 2019, the company’s sales were relatively flat, which Lorber blamed on weakness in the New York City market. Leading into the 2016 general election, Lorber served as an adviser to Donald Trump. Once elected, Trump appointed Lorber to head the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS NEW YORK SINCE TAKING the helm of the American Institute of Architects New York in 2015, Benjamin Prosky has shed light on the intersection of architecture and public policy, using his platform to look at ways that building design can reduce waste and the role that design plays in creating more equitable cities. Prosky has been named to the MTA’s Major Construction Review Unit as well as an advisory panel on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway rehabilitation.

PRESIDENT AND CEO GREENLAND USA GREENLAND USA

was founded in 2013 and is a subsidiary of Greenland Holding Group, a Chinese real estate developer. Overseeing the company’s U.S. operations, Hu Gang is responsible for managing Greenland USA’s majority stake in the ambitious Pacific Park megaproject, a 22-acre development formerly known as Atlantic Yards. The Downtown Brooklyn project, which includes the Barclays Center, may not be completed until 2035 and is one of the largest ongoing developments in New York City.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNITY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS THE head of a

trade group representing 4,000 property owners and managers, Jay Martin is one of rent control’s most outspoken opponents – though his bipartisan approach gives him more credibility than some industry advocates.

He is now fighting the pro-tenant “good cause” eviction bill in the state Legislature. Martin recently proposed a five-year freeze on property taxes for owners of some rent-stabilized buildings and a tax credit to help landlords reduce carbon emissions.

CHAIRMAN, CEO AND PRESIDENT SIMON PROPERTY GROUP WHILE SIMON Prop-

erty Group is an Indianapolis-based real estate firm, it is one of the largest real estate investment trusts in New York, based on square footage owned. Led by David Simon, the firm owns five shopping malls in New York. Outside of the U.S., Simon Property Group’s biggest market is Japan, followed by Korea and Canada.

The Harvard Business Review has recognized Simon as one of the world’s best performing CEOs.

FOUNDER MAG PARTNERS MARYANNE GILMARTIN

announced at the end of last year that she would split off from L+L MAG, which she helped found nearly two years ago.

Her new company, MAG Partners, is in its preliminary stages, but includes 12 former L+L MAG employees. Gilmartin also served as CEO of Forest City Ratner, playing a key role in the development of the Barclays Center and the Pacific Park megadevelopment in Brooklyn.

PRESIDENT AND CEO BROOKLYN NAVY YARD DEVELOPMENT CORP. HOME TO over 400 businesses employing more than 10,000 people and generating over $2 billion in economic activity per year, the Brooklyn Navy Yard is an industrial park that is managed by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp., and its president and CEO, David Ehrenberg. The waterfront property is still expanding, with the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s employment office reporting at the end of 2019 that it had hired almost 600 people during the year.

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PRESIDENT; CHAIRMAN RENT STABILIZATION ASSOCIATION AS THE leaders of a

landlord group with 25,000 members, Joseph Strasburg and Aaron Sirulnick have their hands full. In July, the Rent Stabilization Association and others filed a long-shot lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of sweeping rent regulation laws. This year, the association will have to fight emboldened tenant rights activists looking to eliminate capital improvement rent hikes.

CEO INDUSTRY CITY

THE 35-ACRE former industrial space that has been reborn as the $450 million Industry City has created thousands of jobs since 2013.

Andrew Kimball, the CEO of Industry City, oversees the project’s development. The latest challenge for Kimball is contending with New York City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, who has held up Industry City’s plans for a land use review and an eventual rezoning and expansion along Brooklyn’s waterfront.

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HEAD OF NEW YORK POLICY AIRBNB AS AIRBNB eyes a

public offering this year, New York City’s regulatory environment remains a thorn in its side. With $5 billion in annual global revenue, the short-term rental platform has deep pockets, but Josh Meltzer, the company’s chief lobbyist in New York, has been unable to overcome opposition to lifting the New York City’s 30-day minimum rental policy from the Hotel Trades Council, the Hotel Association of New York City, REBNY and affordable housing activists.

PARTNER HOLLAND & KNIGHT STUART SAFT, a

partner and real estate practice group leader, joined the international law firm Holland & Knight in 2012. He has represented a laundry list of developers of resorts, condominiums and housing complexes over the years. Saft also chairs the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums, which advocates for co-op and condo owners in the city.

He has represented high-profile clients like Harry Macklowe, Soho Properties, the Moinian Group and Extell Development Co.

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FOUNDED IN 1997, Kasirer has consistently ranked as one of the top lobbying firms in New York City, representing clients across many industries, including real estate. Among Suri Kasirer’s most recent projects are managing all New York City government relations in regard to Delta’s terminal renovations at JFK and Laguardia, in addition to leading Cornell University through the land use approval process for the development of its Cornell Tech campus.

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FOUNDED IN the 1990s by Joseph Chetrit and his three brothers, the privately held Chetrit Group is best known for its acquisition and failed redevelopment of the Chelsea Hotel, beginning with its purchase in 2011 and sale in 2013, in addition to the company’s pre-recession real estate buying spree.

Outside of New York City, the real estate group also owned a stake in Chicago’s Willis Tower.

perennially ranks among the top-earning lobbyists in New York City. Known for expertise in real estate and land use matters, Capalino and his firm were involved in the development of the High Line, Hudson Yards and Chelsea Market, as well as the Inwood rezoning. The de Blasio ally’s clients include some of the biggest names in the business: Blackstone, Silverstein Properties, Related Companies and Rudin Management.

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executive director in January after serving as acting executive director since August of 2019, Robert Wessels is bringing his 30 years of experience in the construction industry to advocate for the unionized heavy civil construction industry. Members of the organization have contributed to major infrastructure projects, like the expansion of the Second Avenue subway line and the replacement of the Tappan Zee bridge.

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CO-CHAIRMAN, NEW YORK OFFICE GREENBERG TRAURIG A FORMER New York City councilman and chief of staff to then-Council President Carol Bellamy, few insiders know New York’s political and regulatory terrain better than Edward Wallace. A top land use expert, Wallace has represented academic institutions like Columbia and New York University, as well as major real estate companies. Amazon recently turned to the high-powered lobbyist to try to salvage its plan to build a headquarters in Queens.

AS ONE of the leading public relations companies representing organizations within the real estate industry in New York City, Marino represents such major clients as the Real Estate Board of New York, New York University and TF Cornerstone. The father-son duo of Frank and John Marino lead the organization, which also has deep expertise in land use matters. The firm was founded in 1993 and has a presence in New York, Los Angeles and Boston.

SENIOR PARTNER DAVIDOFF HUTCHER & CITRON AS SENIOR partner at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, Howard Weiss chairs the firm’s New York City land use practice, advising clients on zoning and land use matters. Weiss had previously gained industry experience in city government, having served as senior project coordinator for the Office of the Chairman of the City Planning Commission, as well as special assistant to the deputy mayor for policy and planning in former New York City Mayor Ed Koch’s administration.

PRINCIPAL BFC PARTNERS IN HIS role at BFC Partners, Donald Capoccia leads the company’s affordable housing initiatives in emerging neighborhoods throughout New York City. Aside from his role at the company, Capoccia was a founding member of the New York State Affordable Housing Association in 1998. With this background, it was under Capoccia’s guidance that BFC Partners became the first developer in New York City to mix lowand middle-income restricted apartments with market-rate rentals.

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founded Douglaston Development in 1979 and has since overseen the construction and rehabilitation of thousands of residential units and millions of square feet of real estate space, including affordable and luxury housing, senior housing, retail and office space. He is a founding member of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing as well as a member of the Real Estate Board of New York’s executive committee.

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A FORMER member of the New York City Council and former chairman of the New York City Bar Association’s Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee, Kenneth Fisher is a go-to real estate attorney, lobbyist and influential voice in the media on issues concerning the industry. He has worked on rezonings across the city and is an expert on the rent stabilization system, which underwent an overhaul last year.

KNOWN FOR her expertise in land use matters, Michele de Milly’s firm represents large property owners in the health care and education sectors as well as other major corporations. She has been involved in the rezoning of Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood by working with the community and area civic organizations. Consistently ranked among the top lobbyists in New York City, de Milly was a major bundler for Corey Johnson during the City Council speaker’s 2017 campaign.

OFFICER COHEN BROTHERS REALTY CORP. THE SCION of a

prominent real estate family, Charles Cohen owns and manages more than 12 million square feet of property across the country, including a portfolio of skyscrapers in Manhattan. A film producer on the side, Cohen purchased a movie theater chain from Mark Cuban in 2018. Steven Cherniak is the chairman of the Midtown East Partnership, which played an active role in that area’s recent rezoning.

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SIMON DUSHINSKY

and Isaac Rabinowitz founded the real estate development firm Rabsky Group in the early 1990s, focusing on the development of condominiums for the Hasidic Jewish community in New York City, and specifically in Brooklyn. Dushinsky and Rabinowitz, who combined their names to come up with Rabsky, are notably quiet and private.

One ongoing project involves building a 73,000-square-foot mixed-use building in Williamsburg.

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STARTING AS an agent at The Corcoran Group at the age of 23, Pam Liebman quickly climbed the ranks, founding the Corcoran Group Marketing division along the way in 1995, before becoming Corcoran’s president and CEO in 2000. The residential real estate brokerage firm has been expanding nationwide, recently opening a new affiliate in Chicago. Apart from business, Liebman was outspoken in her dislike of former Queens district attorney candidate Tiffany Cabán.

CO-FOUNDERS AND MANAGING PARTNERS BRP COMPANIES A FAST-GROWING

developer that has already built more than two million square feet of real estate, BRP focuses largely on affordable housing in and around New York City, including ongoing projects in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. The company should receive a boost to its business once the federal Opportunity Zones program, which provides tax incentives to invest in underserved communities, is up and running.

CHAIRMAN THOR EQUITIES GROUP

JOSEPH SITT serves

as chairman of Thor Equities Group, CEO of Thor Retail Advisors, chairman of Thor Urbana and chairman and managing principal of Thor Urban Property Funds. While the company’s scope is global, with 160 properties worldwide, in New York City Sitt is known for his waterfront projects in Coney Island. He’s also chairman and founder of Global Gateway Alliance, a nonprofit established to push for investments in the city’s aging airports.

PRESIDENT KUSHNER COMPANIES FAMED FOR its affiliation with President Donald Trump’s sonin-law Jared Kushner, Kushner Companies, led by Laurent Morali since 2016, reported significant growth in 2019, expanding its portfolio by 6,500 apartments and estimating its total growth to be at $3 billion. Although its stake in New York City is relatively small, Kushner Companies has recently turned its focus to the South Florida market, investing $1 billion into its expansion into the area.

CHAIRMAN AND CEO HALSTEAD Halstead in 1984, Diane Ramirez has been a prominent figure in the New York real estate market for over 30 years and has expanded her company into Connecticut and New Jersey.

During that time, she has served on several committees within the Real Estate Board of New York, and as an appointee to the state Board of Real Estate. Last year, she received the Real Estate Board of New York’s Lifetime Leadership Award.

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president of Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group at just 32 years old, Kelly Kennedy Mack has led the company to where it is today as New York’s market share leader, having closed $45 billion in new sales. At the moment, some of the marketing group’s most significant development clients include 35 Hudson Yards and 25 Park Row in Manhattan, and The Greenpoint in Brooklyn.

York City since 1906, Muss Development, now headed by father and son Joshua and Jason Muss, owns 38 real estate properties across Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens and is one of New York City’s oldest commercial real estate dynasties. Joshua Muss stepped into the role of chairman in January 2019, and at the same time Jason was named president of the company.

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CHAIRMAN; PRESIDENT AND CEO GOTHAM ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1912, the Gotham Organization has remained in the family for over a century. David Picket, the current president and CEO, is the fourth generation to run the business while his father, Joel, serves as chairman.

Though the company started in construction, it later entered the development business. Last year, it submitted plans to build a pair of towers in Long Island City, Queens, and this year filed to build a 30-story tower on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

PRESIDENT AND CEO HOTEL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY

ROSS MOSKOWITZ serves as a strategic adviser to Stroock & Stroock & Lavan’s real estate development clients, working with private companies as they interact with government agencies regarding real estate development. Since joining the real estate practice group in 1998, Moskowitz has frequently been recognized as one of the country’s leading real estate lawyers. He has previously served as chairman of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Land Use Planning and Zoning.

Dandapani’s tenure leading New York City’s powerful hotel association has been spent combating Airbnb, whether lobbying politicians or funding studies showing the abuses of the platform. With the New York City comptroller recently forecasting that hotels will run at 20% capacity through the end of the fiscal year, Dandapani’s focus has already turned to tax relief and other government aid for a sector that will be hit hard by the coronavirus.

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KYLE BRAGG

CO-CHAIRWOMAN SOLIL MANAGEMENT CONTROLLING MORE than 345

buildings, most of them in Manhattan, Solil Management is one of the largest landlords in New York City. The $6 billion company was founded by Jane Goldman’s father Sol Goldman, who at the time of his death in 1987 had built the largest privately held real estate company in the city.

It remains privately owned today. Outside of her business, Goldman and her family are known to be quiet and private.

93 ROSS MOSKOWITZ PARTNER STROOCK

CEO; PRESIDENT HERITAGE EQUITY PARTNERS

FOUNDED DURING

the 2008 financial crisis, Heritage Equity Partners has played a significant role in the development of residential and commercial buildings in Brooklyn, including the trendy Williamsburg Hotel. Toby Moskovitz and Michael Lichtenstein are currently facing a few crises, however, battling the foreclosure of one of their development properties in Bushwick, while the Williamsburg Hotel is in receivership.

PRESIDENT TOLL BROTHERS CITY LIVING HAVING LAUNCHED

Toll Brothers City Living, the urban development division of Toll Brothers, in 2003, David von Spreckelsen now handles the luxury residential living developer’s portfolio of buildings throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. The company has multiple ongoing projects in New York City. Von Spreckelsen has also been a longtime supporter of Mayor Bill de Blasio, having been an early fundraiser since de Blasio was a city councilman.

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PARTNER FRIED FRANK

THE FORMER general counsel to the New York City Department of City Planning, David Karnovsky has been a partner since 2014 at the international law firm Fried Frank, where he specializes in land use, zoning and real estate development. Karnovsky has worked on several high-profile zoning and land use projects in the Hudson Yards area, lower Manhattan and Brooklyn for clients like JPMorgan Chase & Co., Tishman Speyer and Related Companies.

PRESIDENT 32BJ SEIU

FOLLOWING THE unexpected death of Héctor

Figueroa, Kyle Bragg had big shoes to fill. He also has deep roots in the union and labor movement. With a membership of around 175,000, 32BJ is one of the largest property service unions in the country. Even if Bragg doesn’t ultimately achieve his predecessor’s stature in the labor movement, the city’s building owners could be dealing with him for years to come.

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legalnotices@cityandstateny.com Notice of Formation of HAVEN PROPERTY 570BROOME LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/20/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 350 W. 42nd St., Apt. 25L, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 1345 EASE AOA PROMOTE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/30/20. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 299 Park Ave., 42nd Fl., NY, NY 10171. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Attn: General Counsel at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Lewis Media Company, LLC filed with SSNY on January 2, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 40 W. 135th Street, 3M, New York, NY 10037. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Saltu Projects, LLC filed with SSNY on December 26, 2019. Office: Kings.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Alison St. Pierre 545 Prospect Place 3H Brooklyn, NY 06280. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Sinsemilla Kitchen, LLC filed with SSNY on February 10, 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: 7014 13th Avenue, suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Sinsemilla Remedy, LLC filed with SSNY on February 12, 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: 7014 13th Avenue, suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Aesthetic Investing Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on Feb 10, 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: 551 W 21st St. #3B, New York, N.Y. 10011. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of IEX DATA ANALYTICS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/20/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/06/17. Princ. office of LLC: 3 World Trade Center, 58th Fl., NY, NY 10007. 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 19808-1674. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Operation of a business which provides data analytics products.

DOMONIQUE WORSHIP COACHING AND CONSULTING LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/19/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 272 Manhattan Ave., Apt. 4F, NY, NY 10026. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of SoHa Dental, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/06/2020. Office location: NY County. Paracorp Incorporated designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. Paracorp Incorporated shall mail process to: Brad Washington, 1845 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd., New York, County of New York, NY 10026. Purpose: to practice the profession of dentistry and orthodontics.

NRPI ACQUISITIONS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/07/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 122 East 42nd St., Ste 2405, NY, NY 10168. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION Supreme Court of New York, KINGS County. U.S. BANK N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT, Plaintiff, -against- HARVEY WILLIAMS; LILLIAN WILLIAMS; KINGS SUPREME COURT; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A.; CITY OF NEW YORK TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, Index No. 513521/2016. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated, November 15, 2019 and entered with the Kings County Clerk on December 18, 2019, Joseph H. Aron, Esq., the Appointed Referee, will sell the premises known as 258 Legion Street, Brooklyn, New York 11212 at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, Room 224, on March 19, 2020 at 2:30 P.M. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New York known as Block: 3567; Lot: 143 will be sold subject to the provisions of filed Judgment, Index No. 513521/2016. The approximate amount of judgment is $556,685.34 plus interest and costs. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

CITATION - File No. 2019-5 - SURROGATE’S COURT, NEW YORK COUNTY – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent – TO: To the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of RAYDA VEGA aka RAYDA VEGA-HEATH aka RAYDA L VEGA aka RAYDA LOUISE REMINSBURGER, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. – Public Administrator of the County of New York, David J. Heath, Robert B. Heath – A petition having been duly filed by Geraldine Mazur who is/are domiciled at 346 Coney Island Avenue, Apt. 504, Brooklyn, NY 11218. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, at Rm 503, 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York, on April 7, 2020, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Rayda Vega, aka Rayda Vega-Heath, Rayda L. Vega, Rayda Louise Reminsburger lately domiciled at 315 East 57th Street, Apt. 20B, New York, New York 10019, United States, admitting to probate a Will dated November 15, 2018 (and Codicil(s), if any, dated), a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Rayda Vega, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Geraldine Mazur – Further relief sought (if any): Dated, Attested and Sealed, February 19, 2020 – HON. Rita Mella Surrogate – Chief Clerk Diana Sanabria – Erica Bell, Esq. Name of Attorney – The Law Office of Erica Bell, PLLC Firm – (212) 233-3146 Telephone – 100 Church Street, Suite 800, New York, New York 10007 Address – ebell@ericabelllaw.com Email (optional) – NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

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Notice of Formation of Well Nourished NYC LLC filed with SSNY on December 30, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 535 East 81st Street, 4C, NY, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of Rising Oaks LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/6/20.

Office location: NY County. LLC organized in NV on 9/3/13. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Rising Oaks LLC, 302 W. 12th St., Apt. 16G, NY, NY 10014, principal business address.

NV address of LLC: 4745 Caughlin Ranch Pkwy., Ste. 100, Reno, NV 89511.

Cert. of Org. filed with NV Sec. of State, 101 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of THE BOARDWALK NH LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/27/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/25/20. Princ. office of LLC: 152 W. 57th St., 60th Fl., NY, NY 10019. 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: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

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

Notice of Formation of GRAMERCY PROSTHODONTICS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/07/19. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 131 MacDougal St., NY, NY 10012. Purpose: Dentistry.

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Notice of Formation of Lloyd Literary Services LLC files with SSNY on March 10, 2020. Office: Kings County SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 457 Clinton Ave. Apt. 3B, New York, NY 11238. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Cornerstone Paradigm Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on March 17, 2017. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 244 5th Avenue, Suite #R254, New York, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

POEMIA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/14/2020. Office: New York County. Bohea Choi designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Bohea Choi at 7 West 21st St., apt 7H, New York, NY, 10010. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Rising Oaks LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/6/20.

Office location: NY County. LLC organized in NV on 9/3/13. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Rising Oaks LLC, 302 W. 12th St., Apt. 16G, NY, NY 10014, principal business address.

NV address of LLC: 4745 Caughlin Ranch Pkwy., Ste. 100, Reno, NV 89511.

Cert. of Org. filed with NV Sec. of State, 101 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of GETAWAY NY 3, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/24/20. Office location: Kings County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/20/20.

Princ. office of LLC: 147 Prince St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

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

ELIE G. AOUN, PSYCHIATRY, PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/26/2020.

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, 90 Broad St., Ste 314, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine.

Notice of Qualification of IEX EVENT STREAM LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/20/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/06/17. Princ. office of LLC: 3 World Trade Center, 58th Fl., NY, NY 10007. 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 19808-1674. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Operation of a business which provides data analytics products.

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PROBATE CITATION FILE NO. 2020-176 SURROGATE’S COURT, NEW YORK COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Laurence J. Iacueo a/k/a Laurence Iacueo, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence.

Priscilla Weick, Leonard H. Jordan, Raymond J. Pardon, Anthony D. Nicastri, Francesca Denman, Thomas Giallorenzi, Albert F. Giallorenzi, Clarice Curry, Andrea Spica, Catherine Spica, John B. Marino III, Karen I. DiJulio, Public Administrator of New York County A petition having been duly filed by Raffaele F. Maietta who is domiciled at 65 Glenwood Drive, Hauppauge, NY 11788 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, at 31 Chambers Street, Room 509, New York, New York, on March 31, 2020 at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Laurence J. Iacueo, a/k/a Laurence Iacueo, lately domiciled at 372 Central Park West, Apt. 17J, New York, New York 10025, United States admitting to probate a Will dated January 30, 2018 (a Codicil(s), if any, dated _________) a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Laurence J. Iacueo, a/k/a Laurence Iacueo, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: [x]

Letters Testamentary issue to: Raffaele F. Maietta [ ] Letters of Trusteeship issue to: ______________________________ [ ] Letters of Administration c.t.a. issue to: ______________________________ (State any further relief requested) Dated, Attested and Sealed February 7, 2020 HON. Rita Mella, Surrogate Diana Sanabria, Chief Clerk Gina Raio Bitsimis/ Davidow, Davidow, Siegel & Stern, LLP, Attorneys for Petitioner 1050 Old Nichols Road, Suite 100, Islandia, New York 11749 (631) 234-3030 grbitsimis@davidowlaw.com [NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.]

PROFF OF SERVICE MUST BE FILED TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE RETURN DATE Court Rule 207.7(c) Brahim and The Di Ciollo Triplets LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 1/29/2020. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. U.S. Corp. Agents Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 designated as service of process agent. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 5hndred Autohaus, LLC filed with SSNY on March 3, 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: 615 Manor rd, Staten Island, NY. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of Lilo Consulting LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/30/2020.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated for services of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 2804 Gateway Oaks Dr #100 Sacramento, CA 95833. Purpose: any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of COMPANY CULINARY MARKET LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 335 Madison Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10017. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1321552 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 629 5TH AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11215. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. EVERYDAY DRINKS LLC. Notice of Qualification of Luma Financial Technologies, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/24/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 4/23/18.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the DE address of the LLC: The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: of 580 Grand Street LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 7, 2019. NY Office Location: Kings County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to RLVTK Service Corp at 172 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of LEX PROSTHODONTICS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/07/19. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 131 MacDougal St., NY, NY 10012. Purpose: Dentistry.

Notice of Formation of JB Capstone Enterprises, LLC, filed with SSNY on 2/4/14. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 12 East 37th St, 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1327056 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 755 DEAN ST. BKLYN, NY 11238 KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. GREEN CANOE HOSPITALITY LLC

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ACCOUNTING PROCEEDING FILE NO. 2017-4086/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO: Unknown Distributees Attorney General of the State of New York William Yarsiah Con Edison NYC Fire Department NYC Fire Department EMS c/o New York City Health and Hospitals Verizon To the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Nathaniel K. Gulah, if living and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry, be ascertained by the petitioner herein; being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees, or otherwise in the estate of Nathaniel K. Gulah, deceased, who at the time of his death was a resident of 56 West 119th Street, New York, New York 10026.

A petition having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, who maintains an office at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York, on April 14, 2020 at 9:30 A.M. in Room 503, why the following relief stated in the account of proceedings, a copy of the summary statement thereof being attached hereto, of the Public Administrator of the County of New York as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, should not be granted; (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that a hearing be held to determine the identity of the distributees at which time proof pursuant to SCPA §2225 may be presented, or in the alternative, that the balance of the funds be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of the decedent’s unknown distributees; (iii) that the Surrogate approve the reasonable amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attorney for the petitioner for legal services rendered to the petitioner herein; (iv) that the claims of Con Edison in the amount of $ 364.05, NYC Fire Department in the amount of $ 15.00, NYC Fire Department EMS in the amount of $ 704.00 and Verizon in the amount of $ 133.93, as set forth in Schedule D of the account, be rejected; (v) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (vi) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA §307 where required or directed; and (vii) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

Dated, Attested and Sealed. March 10, 2020 (Seal) Hon. Rita Mella, Surrogate.

Diana Sanabria, Chief Clerk.

Schram Graber & Opell P.C. Counsel to the Public Administrator, New York County 11 Park Place, Suite 1008 New York, New York 10007 (212) 896-3310 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have the right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

Notice of Formation of Beane and Sons, LLC filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on August 29, 2019. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 21 W. 110th Street, #25, NY, NY 10026. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 200 West Optics, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/06/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of AI Eye LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/14/20. Office location: Westchester County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Avner Ingerman, 7 Corell Rd, Scarsdale, New York 10583 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA FAMILY LAW DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF: CASE NO.: 19-DR-017983 A MINOR FEMALE CHILD ____________________________/

DIVISION: D

NOTICE OF ACTION AND HEARING TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION TO: Christopher Sostre or any known legal or biological father of the female child born on November 27, 2019, to Tressa Lynne Sostre neé Thompson Current Residence Address: Unknown Last Known Residence Address: Rodeway Inn, 136-05 Cranston Street, Jamaica, NY 11434 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption has been filed by Adoption Advocates, Inc., 2007 North Village Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33612-3948 (727) 391-8096 regarding a minor female child born to Tressa Lynne Sostre neé Thompson on November 27, 2019, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. The legal/biological father, Christopher Sostre, is White/Hispanic, 46 years old, approximately 5’6” tall, approximately 185 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. All other physical characteristics and his residence address are unknown and cannot be reasonably ascertained. Additionally, the identity and all physical characteristics and the residence address of any known or unknown legal or biological father are unknown and cannot be reasonably ascertained.

There will be a hearing on the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights Pending Adoption on May 8, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. eastern time, before Judge Darren D. Farfante, at the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 East Twiggs Street, Courtroom 401, Tampa, Florida 33602. The Court has set aside fifteen minutes for the hearing. The grounds for termination of parental rights are those set forth in §63.089 of the Florida Statutes.

You may object by appearing at the hearing and filing a written objection with the Court. If you desire counsel and believe you may be entitled to representation by a court-appointed attorney, you must contact the Office of the Clerk of Court and request that an “Affidavit of Indigent Status” be mailed to you for completion and return to the Office of the Clerk of Court.

If you elect to file written defenses to said Petition, you are required to serve a copy on Petitioner’s attorney, Jeanne T. Tate, P.A., 418 West Platt Street, Suite B, Tampa, Florida 33606-2244, (813) 258-3355, and file the original response or pleading in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, Florida, 800 East Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 276-8100, on or before April 14, 2020, a date which is not less than 28 nor more than 60 days after the date of first publication of this Notice.

UNDER §63.089, FLORIDA STATUTES, FAILURE TO FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE COURT SHALL END ANY PARENTAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE MINOR CHILD. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Hillsborough County Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs St., Room 604, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 272-7040, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.

Dated at Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida on March 9, 2020.

PAT FRANK Clerk of the Circuit Court /s/ Sherika Virgil By: ________________________________ Deputy Clerk

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of JEDIZ Wyckoff LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/25/2020. Off. Loc.: NY County. SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy to is: 28 Liberty, New York, NY 10005. Reg. Agent: National Registered Agents, Inc., 28 Liberty, New York, NY 10005. Purpose: Any lawful act Notice of Formation of THE BRONX BREWERY EAST VILLAGE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/28/20. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Damian Brown, c/o The Bronx Brewery, LLC, 856 E. 136th St., Bronx, NY 10454. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 416 8th Rest Op LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/24/20. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 560 5th Ave., NY, NY 10036, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of LGK General Partner VI, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/26/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 2/20/20. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o LSV Advisors, LLC, 540 Madison Ave., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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Notice of Qualification of Watchung Capital LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/5/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 412 W. 15th St., 16th Fl., NY, NY 10011. LP formed in DE on 1/10/20.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc. (CGI), 122 E. 42nd St., 18th Fl., NY, NY 10168. DE addr. of LP: c/o CGI, 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of Cayuga LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/9/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 445 Park Ave., Ste. 700, NY, NY 10022. 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: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of AR Practice Management Firm, LLC filed with SSNY on March 5, 2020. Office: NY Dutchess County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 59 Hudson Heights Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Prologue Properties, LLC filed with SSNY on October 21, 2019. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 155 East 108 Street, Suite 3B, New York, New York, 10029, Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Move it, Baby! LLC Filed 2/13/20 Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 120 Riverside Blvd, Apt 16J, New York, NY 10069 Purpose: all lawful

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Notice of Formation of Law office of Wayne Alton Cumberbatch, PLLC filed with SSNY on August 19, 2019.

Office: Kings County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 52 Van Buren Street, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, New York 11221. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Somerset 2020 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/21/20. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Baker Law Firm PLLC, 1175 York Ave., #15D, NY, NY 10065, Attn: Brett R. Baker, Esq. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of CLUBSTAR NYC DESIGN, LLC filed with SSNY on November 07, 2019. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 80 Varick St, 7F, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful act or activity..

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1326070 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 99 BANK ST NY, NY 10014. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. ON THE CORNER NY LLC Notice of Formation of CLUBSTAR NYC DESIGN, LLC filed with SSNY on November 07, 2019. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 80 Varick St, 7F, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

STORAGE NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Modern Moving Inc. will sell at Public Auction at 3735 Merritt Avenue, Bronx, NY 10466 At 6:00 P.M. on April 14th, 2020 for due and unpaid charges by virtue of lien in accordance with the provisions of the law and with due notice given all parties claiming an interest therein, the time specified In each notice for payment of said charges having expired household furniture & effects, pianos, trunks, cases, TV’s, radios, hifi’s, refrigerators, sewing machines, washers, air conditioners, household furniture Of all descriptions and the contents thereof, stored under the following names:

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 75 feet on a 79-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 667 East 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Laura Elston, l.elston@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678653-8673.

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-JAIME, OLGA -JAIME, OLGA -LOPEZ, VICTOR -LINDVOR, FREDDIE -MYERS, DARNELL -MARTINEZ, JOSEFINA -POWELL, CLARENCE -TURNER, NAQUAN

Notice of Qualification of PGF1 SPE JV1, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/11/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/17/18. Princ. office of LLC: 75 Broadway, Ste. 230, San Francisco, CA 94111. 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: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

DANIELLE SROOR MANAGEMENT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/12/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: D. Sroor, 110 Wall Street, Apt 1704, NY, NY 10005. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of PQOZ FUND MANAGER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/11/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/07/18. Princ. office of LLC: 75 Broadway, Ste. 230, San Francisco, CA 94111. 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: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Epyllion Industries LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/19/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/18/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Matthew Ball, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 2822, NY, NY 10019. Address to be maintained in DE: 9 E. Loockerman St., Ste. 311, Dover, DE 19901.

Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Family Love Loyalty LLC filed with SSNY on March 11th, 2020. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 101 Jamie Lane, Staten Island, NY 10312. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Brahim and The Di Ciollo Triplets LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/17/2020. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. U.S. Corp. Agents Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 designated as service of process agent. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity..

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March 30, 2020

FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK CITY OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------X Docket No.: B-708/20 In the Matter of the Commitment of Guardianship and Custody of GIANNA ANN MARIE SCHNEIDER SUMMONS also known as GIANNA SCHNEIDER A Child Under the Age of Eighteen Years -------------------------------------------------------------------X In the Name of the People of the State of New York TO:

JILLIAN SCHNEIDER Unknown

A Petition having been filed in this Court, alleging that the above-named child, in the care of THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, should be committed to the guardianship and custody of THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL; a copy of the petition being annexed hereto: You are hereby summoned to appear before the court, Part 10, Hon. Pearl at 60 Lafayette Street, New York, New York on April 30, 2020 at 9AM in the forenoon of said day to SHOW CAUSE why the Court should not enter and Order committing the guardianship and custody of said child to the petitioning agency as provided by law.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if guardianship and custody and said child are committed to the petitioning agency, THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, said child may be adopted with consent of said 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 of the 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 and guardianship or adoption may be at issue.

Dated:

New York, New York March 20, 2020

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

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