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Eric Adams is polling in second place behind Andrew Yang in the race for New York City mayor.

NEW YORK CITY’S mayoral race is becoming more interesting to watch, and not just because Andrew Yang is leading in the polls. Yang is among eight viable candidates and has risen to the top, partly because he’s got celebrity on his side. Eric Adams even said the media is “creating a Donald Trump” out of Yang. But don’t be quick to blame the press for how Yang is eclipsing the other candidates. Those in the running alongside Yang – Adams, Scott Stringer, Maya Wiley, Ray McGuire, Shaun Donovan, Kathryn Garcia and Dianne Morales – have secured the lion’s share of all the major endorsements, including from unions. Actors, rappers and sports figures also have thrown their support behind the candidates. But with such a crowded field and not one candidate dominating the endorsements, voters are likely to go all over the place in the primary, rather than putting one candidate over the top to supplant Yang. There’s always the possibility that the polling is off, as history showed with Trump’s upset victory in the 2016 presidential race. He wasn’t expected to beat Hillary Clinton, but “The Apprentice” star appealed to a segment of the electorate that needed a champion, even one as unqualified, unfiltered and with as much baggage as Trump. Voters who look to these various endorsements for guidance still need to find commonalities to unify behind a candidate. It’s the only way anyone can expect to challenge Yang for the Democratic nomination. Otherwise, it’s his primary to lose at this point.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

FOR THE RECORD … 8 Eric Adams has been in public service forever. CARBON TAX … 12

Time is running out for the state to enact a price on emissions.

DANSKAMMER … 16

RALPH R. ORTEGA; SEAN PRESSLEY

Rebuilding this gas-fired plant could conflict with NY’s climate goals.

NONPROFIT 40 UNDER 40 … 22 The rising stars helping vulnerable New Yorkers

WINNERS & LOSERS … 58

Who was up and who was down last week

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considering the way the NYPD reacted to last summer’s protests.

New Yorkers peacefully took to the streets after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd.

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Almost a year after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, a police officer has been convicted for his murder. A jury convicted former officer Derek Chauvin on all counts – second degree murder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter. Sentencing

will take place in several weeks, but he faces up to 40 years in prison. Protests had been planned in New York City in anticipation of the verdict, and the NYPD had been preparing for unrest. But in wake of the jury decision, the demonstrations took on a more celebratory atmosphere while still calling for more police

reform, and no arrests were made. Many lawmakers, officials and candidates weighed in on the verdict, mostly expressing relief while saying that more must still be done to enact more systemic change. However, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea received criticism for his tweet saying “justice is served”

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TOWARD JUSTICE Much of New York let out a collective sigh of relief last week, as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the murder of George Floyd. Floyd’s murder last summer triggered widespread Black Lives Matter protests and additional police reforms in New York. Some people again took to the streets after the verdict to reinforce the message delivered by the jury: “George Floyd mattered.”

– New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, via Gothamist

“We have like this incredible secret weapon, it’s not even secret. It’s like, we should win everything because we have you all.” – New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, speaking about gay Democrats to the Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC, via Politico New York

The Assembly Judiciary Committee met again about the chamber’s impeachment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo, although the public portion of the meeting was fairly short. Investigators have received over 200 tips so far, and have spoken to 70 people as part of the inquiry. But several of the women who have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment said they would not cooperate with the investigation. The Sexual Harassment Working Group, which pushed for reforms in Albany, has asked the Judiciary Committee to exclude the allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct from their investigation, instead leaving that to the state attorney general’s office. The impeachment inquiry also covers other scandals that have been plaguing Cuomo recently, including an alleged cover-up of COVID-19 nursing home deaths and use of government resources on the production of a book he published last year. The attorney general is only conducting a probe of the sexual harassment allegations. Asked about whether he would resign if the attorney general

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“What we have not yet done is made sure that there are no more Derek Chauvins, that there are no more killings that go unanswered by the criminal justice system.”

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determined he broke state sexual harassment law, Cuomo refused to say, once again repeating the he would wait for the outcome of the probe.

YANG STILL LEADS

New polling still has Andrew Yang leading the pack of New York city mayoral candidates. A poll from NY1/Ipsos found that Yang is the first choice of 22% of respondents, well ahead of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who sits at 13%. But the biggest pool of voters is still undecided, with 26% saying they don’t know who they’ll be voting for yet. And with about two months before the primary, a lot can still change. In some good news for Shaun Donovan, who polled in the bottom half of the eight leading candidates, the Campaign Finance Board paid public matching funds he qualified for after a delay due to scrutiny of a super PAC that is supporting him.

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD

News broke that New York City Council Member Chaim Deutsch pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud for failing to pay $82,000 in taxes. But he has no intention of stepping down from his position. Under city law, a lawmaker who pleads guilty to a felony or a crime related to their position is automatically expelled. Because Deutsch pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, he won’t be forced out, so he plans to stay. Still, colleagues are calling on him to resign before his term ends at the end of the year. And a spokesperson for Council Speaker Corey Johnson suggested that the body will take disciplinary action against Deutsch, including removing him from committees he sits on and chairs. But it’s unlikely that the council will expel Deutsch, something it has only done once recently.

New York City Council Member Chaim Deutsch isn’t planning on stepping down despite his recent guilty plea for tax fraud.

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WEDNESDAY 4/28 City & State and NYN Media host the Nonprofit 40 Under 40 virtual reception at 5 p.m. with a power panel featuring the YMCA’s Sharon Greenberger and others.

How will New York convert hotels into housing? With the tourism industry still struggling and many people working remotely, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers raised the prospect of converting distressed hotels and office buildings into housing as part of the state budget. Many of those buildings are sitting empty, and there could be an opportunity to turn them into housing as a way to help address New York City’s ongoing housing and homelessness crisis. But no specific proposal made it into the final spending plan. Lawmakers set aside $100 million for building conversions in anticipation of a proposal, but that’s not nearly enough to accomplish what many housing advocates hope for. And time is ticking to get started before the economy rebounds and buildings are too expensive again to take action. Cuomo and lawmakers had dueling proposals to spur hotel and office building conversions. Cuomo focused on making it easier for developers, while lawmakers wanted to get those buildings into the hands of nonprofits. The governor proposed an easing of zoning laws that developers could take advantage of, so long as a percentage of the new housing was affordable.

WEDNESDAY 4/28 The New York City Council is investigating issues surrounding property seizures and arrest evidence at a 10 a.m. virtual hearing.

Housing advocates and lawmakers proposed creating a new program through which the state would buy distressed hotels and office buildings, then work with nonprofit developers to convert them into 100% affordable housing with a large percentage of units set aside for people experiencing homelessness. Lawmakers proposed spending $250 million. Unable to reach a consensus during budget negotiations, lawmakers appropriated $100 million with the expectation of developing and passing a program later. Until then, that money can’t actually be used. While it’s certainly not pocket change, $100 million is not nearly enough to scale out a commercial property conversion program. One 2018 hotel acquisition in Brooklyn by the nonprofit Breaking Ground, which has been converting hotels into permanent affordable and supportive housing for decades, cost $170 million and will result in about 500 apartments. While buying and converting existing buildings is generally cheaper and easier than building entirely new housing from scratch, $100 million can only go so far. – Rebecca C. Lewis

WEDNESDAY 4/28 Leading New York City mayoral candidates appear at a 6 p.m. virtual forum titled, “The Role of Workers in a Resilient & Inclusive Recovery,” and organized by CUNY and other groups.

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With the ballot set and the election less than two months away, the New York City primaries are expected to start dominating the airwaves with lots of TV ads.

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STARS ALIGN HERE AT CITY & STATE, we do our best to keep you informed on who’s endorsing who for New York City mayor. We have a lengthy endorsement tracker that encompasses notable elected officials, unions, political party organizations and public figures. But in case that’s too much information for you, and you wanted to cut straight to the fluff, here’s a rundown of some of the celebrities who have waded into the race.

MAYA WILEY

Wiley has so many celebrity endorsements that it’s hard to even plot the implications. Does the Gabrielle Union endorsement tacitly imply support from her husband Dwyane Wade? Does the Alyssa Milano endorsement mean there’s beef with Rose McGowan? Should New Yorkers vote for her just to see what outfit Billy Porter wears to her inauguration? Hollywood is complicated!

ERIC ADAMS

Former New York Mets pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden has endorsed Adams, but the Brooklyn borough president is honestly a celebrity in his own right. Not sure which Academy Award he’s eligible for with that resurfaced video on how to search your house for contraband, but maybe all of them?

RAY MCGUIRE

McGuire has a slate of celeb endorsements, but his most recent addition is a campaign video with Jay-Z, Nas and Diddy. We don’t know how the preparation for this actually went down, but it’s fun to imagine that he saw that “Yang for Mayor” rap and it just jogged his memory: “Right, I’ve been meaning to call up Hova and nail down his endorsement! Better add in Nas and Diddy for good measure or they’ll get jealous.”

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WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, CELEBRITIES CONTINUE TO GIVE THEIR TWO CENTS ON WHO SHOULD BE NEW YORK CITY MAYOR. SCOTT STRINGER

Scarlett Johansson is a longtime Stringer supporter, maybe she can pull some strings with her hubby to get Scott on “Saturday Night Live”?

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Daniel Dae Kim, John Leguizamo, Amy Schumer, Lucy Liu are card-carrying members of the #YangGang

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A Q&A with District Council 37 Executive Director

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What does District Council 37 have to say about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent problems? We have not publicly called for his removal or come to his aid. I think that the Legislature has a role to play. The governor also has insisted that we have to wait for this investigation to take place by the Attorney General’s office. The Legislature seems to have accepted that for now. So I think that’s where we are. But we haven’t weighed in, one way or another on this. Why is that? On a personal Ievel, I can tell you why I care. I see

the things that he’s being accused of, if proven to be true, as reprehensible. And I think, if they are proven to be true, he needs to face the consequences. We obviously would never condone the kind of environment where the things that have been described took place. As a union leader, I believe in the fundamental principles of due process. Until there’s such a conclusion, we’re not rendering judgment. Why did your union endorse Eric Adams for New York City mayor? We wanted a candidate whose values are most aligned with what our

members believe and stand for. I think he was the candidate that personified that. We have a real, upcoming battle in this election for the soul of New York, for the direction New York City will take after the de Blasio administration and after what we’ve experienced in the pandemic. Are we going to see a mayor who will be beholden to private industries and to the billionaires and millionaires of this city for the sake of a crisis? Or are we going to see a mayor who’s going to understand the plight of the essential workers who kept the city working, many of whom sacrificed their lives and gave their

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We have a real, upcoming battle in this election for the soul of New York, for the direction New York City will take. lives to keep the city going, and who understands the real struggles of working people here. That’s where we are. We think that while there were many good qualified candidates, Eric personified the qualities that we sought. Has COVID-19 resulted in a rise in the number of workers seeking to organize? I think that it was already on the rise, the need to organize. The popularity among workers who are not organized into a union, I think it’s at an all-time high. We saw the general public perception of unions in a positive way, where more than 62% of Americans

were in approval of unions. We’ve seen, at least in the public sector, massive amounts of workers are organizing across the United States. Right here in New York, surprisingly after the decision of the Janus case by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of a lot of pro-business, anti-union, right-wing organizations, we saw an increase of 29,000 more workers joining the union than the year before. And that is a testament to that case was what the workers saw it for what it was: a veiled attempt to take the last defending force, in the form of a union to protect the workers. – Ralph R. Ortega

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“Eric Adams resonates with New York, and New Yorkers, we have an edge.”

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– New York City mayoral candidate and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

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Adams knows he has a reputation for making surprising comments, like a few weeks ago when he said Andrew Yang had “never held a job in his entire life.” But if you ask him, he’ll tell you that he’s not controversial, he’s “bold” – and that’s what New Yorkers like about him. “Eric Adams resonates with New York. New Yorkers, we have an edge,” Adams told City & State. Adams has worked on behalf of New York City for most of his career, first as a police officer for more than two decades, then as a state senator and currently as Brooklyn borough president. Now the Brooklyn native is hoping to become a different kind of mayor. “I am going to be the first blue-collar mayor,” he told City & State in November. Identifying as a “pragmatic progressive,” Adams is running to the right of many candidates in the race who are trying to appeal to the city’s growing progressive faction. Adams was a registered Republican during the late 1990s before switching to become a Democrat ahead of his run for state Senate in 2006 and overwhelming victory in the general election. From 2007 through 2013, he represented District 20, which included Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Park Slope, Prospect Heights and Sunset Park. Regardless of how his actions and ideas differ from progressives in the mayoral race, Adams has been in second place in most of the polls to date. “I do think there is an effort congealing to not only push back on (Andrew) Yang but to push back on Eric Adams as well,” Jonathan Westin, director of New York Communities for Change, which has been supporting New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer for mayor, told The New York Times. “Both of them are not really aligned with the progressive movement.”

DONOR DILEMMA Adams was first elected Brooklyn borough president in 2013 and he has used the post to tackle a wide range of issues, from health to housing. Adams has pushed for the expansion of Citi Bikes in low-income areas of Brooklyn, awarded $15 million to Brooklyn schools, hosted financial literacy workshops for residents and taken steps to make Borough Hall greener as well as advocated for greater storm resiliency efforts. He has been criticized for his close ties to the city’s real

Gotham Gazette in 2020. “It’s a testament to the tenant movement that real estate money has become basically a litmus test that you can’t run in New York as a progressive if you take it, no one’s going to take you seriously.” Adams has also taken some heat for accepting free trips (worth thousands of dollars) to nations that have a history of human rights violations, such as Azerbaijan, Turkey and China. Adams said in taking those trips he was agreeing to requests from his constituents to visit their home countries. Another part of his record

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He has been in public service forever, and he calls himself a “pragmatic progressive” as a result. By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago

estate industry, from which he has received a considerable amount of campaign funds. Between 2015 and 2019, it is estimated that Adams has received $322,750 in donations that were given to either his One Brooklyn Fund or to his campaign from lobbyists or developers, according to a report from The City. Accepting real estate money has become frowned upon in the past couple years by progressives. Left-leaning political candidates are now expected to reject such donations. “At this point real estate money is toxic,” Cea Weaver, campaign coordinator for Housing Justice for All, told

that upsets progressives is his support for new developments in Brooklyn that have contributed to gentrification and the displacement of residents. Between 2016 and 2017, developer Two Trees Management needed the city’s approval to install artificial turf at the former Domino Sugar site, right next to its new condo development that was just about to open. At the time a foundation connected to the Walentas family, which owns Two Trees, gave at least $25,000 to the One Brooklyn Fund and David Lombino, the managing director of Two Trees, sat on the fund’s board. The park opened in the

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summer of 2018, and included the artificial turf portion. In March 2020, Adams said he supported the plan to rezone Industry City, which would’ve added more than 1 million square feet of new development to the sprawling site. However, that summer, New York City Council Member Carlos Menchaca came out against the plan and it all went downhill from there. Adams changed his position after the neighborhood made its opposition to the plan known. The site’s owners scrapped the idea in September. Aside from land use, Adams has received countless complaints for violating the city’s permit parking laws, including printing out parking placards for his staff so they don’t get tickets for parking in illegal spaces. Much of the criticism has stemmed from the fact that he has said he’s the borough’s “breakthe-car-culture elected official,” and thus has been seen as a hypocrite on this issue by safe streets advocates. ADAMS’ NYPD INFLUENCES Much of Adams’ political career has been heavily influenced by his 22-year career in law enforcement. As a teenager in Brooklyn, Adams ended up on the receiving end of a beating from a couple of NYPD officers. The experience left a lasting impression on him and became his impetus to join the force, where he hoped to change the system from the inside. Adams joined the NYPD in 1984 and ascended to the rank of captain. While serving on the force, Adams became an outspoken advocate for police reforms, shocked by the department’s treatment of people of color both on and off the force. In 1989, he became chair of the Grand Council of Guardians, an organization for black officers. In 1995, he co-founded 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, a group of a similar ilk. Both

Like many other Black politicians in the city, Adams fears that defunding the police could lead to a rise in crime, especially in neighborhoods prone to violent crime.

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groups were very vocal about the NYPD’s shortcomings when it came to protecting Black officers and civilians. The borough president faced a lot of scrutiny from his fellow officers, as he spoke out against the injustices he was seeing while on the force – and has recently said he has suspicions that one of his fellow officers may have shot at him during the height of his involvement with these groups. “When I look back, I’m amazed I was able to get out of the department alive,” Adams told The City. Adams has also said he was the subject of internal investigations on four different occasions but never received a civilian complaint. In 2006, Adams retired from the department. His tenure with the police department, along with his personal experiences, has provided Adams with some unique insights into how the department is run that other mayoral candidates do not have. While Adams has always been outspoken when it comes to police brutality, he has taken issue with the rise of the “Defund the Police” movement that gained a lot of attention and momentum following the death of George Floyd. Like many other Black politicians in the city, Adams fears that defunding the police could lead

Eric Adams has been planning to run for mayor for years, as evidenced by his high-profile approach to the Brooklyn borough presidency.

to a rise in crime, especially in neighborhoods prone to violent crime. Adams told The New York Times in February that he does not “support taking resources away from

crime fighting – especially in communities of color where shootings and other predatory crimes are on the rise.” “Public safety and justice, they go together,” Adams said at a virtual mayoral forum in November. “And we don’t have to have one without the other. And I believe there are some quick things we can do to reallocate funding in the policing to become more

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proactive and not reactive.” Mark Ungar, a political science professor at Brooklyn College, told City & State that Adams’ background as an African American officer makes him an interesting mayoral candidate “at this particular time of national dialogue (regarding police reform) in which these real proposals are actually getting traction.” Ungar added: “He’s men-

tioned he wanted to transform the anti-crime unit into an anti-gun unit. That to me sort of exemplifies a good concrete, feasible and productive change. … As we all know, unfortunately, gun trafficking and the use of firearms and possession especially, is a real problem, so that to me is striking a balance that I think would serve him well as mayor.”

However, many of Adams’ own views on guns and gun ownership are still strikingly conservative. In 2020, Adams said if elected mayor, he would carry a gun on him, rather than make use of the NYPD security detail typically provided for the mayor. Adams said that humorous comment was taken too seriously at the time. And after the 2018 Tree of Life

synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh that killed 11 people, Adams suggested that off-duty and retired police officers attend their houses of worship with firearms, which seemed reminiscent of the National Rifle Association’s approach to gun violence. New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson responded at the time by saying that’s not “how we heal and move forward.”

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Environmentalist state lawmakers want to tax carbon, but time is running out in this year’s session. By Zach Williams

New York plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85% by 2050. That will take a lot of cash.

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HILE THE FEDERAL government and many states have been sluggish in taking definitive action against climate change, New York has offered a range of examples of what a state can do by itself. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a landmark 2019 law, mandated that the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels. The Climate Action Council of experts established by the legislation is expected to work out all the details in a plan due by the end of 2022. And offshore wind and solar energy projects got a boost in the recently passed state budget. None of these efforts, however, definitively answer a multibillion-dollar question: How is the state going to pay for all of that? With just two months to go until legislators adjourn for the summer, a political alliance of left-leaning environmentalists and community organizers called New York Renews is pushing the idea of a carbon tax to raise billions of dollars each year via legislation called the Climate and Community Investment Act. Unless this gets done, other efforts might be in vain, supporters say. “The CLCPA will be the emperor with no clothes unless we pass the CCIA,” said state Sen. Kevin Parker, a Democrat representing Brooklyn who chairs the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications and is sponsoring the bill. “Revenue pricing will be key.” The idea hinges on a proposed $55 surcharge on every short ton of carbon dioxide emissions, or about every 100 gallons of gasoline burned across the state. That would add up to $15 billion per year. Forty percent of future revenues from

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the Climate and Community Investment Act would go toward environmental justice efforts, such as grants for community groups to help them better withstand climate change. Twenty percent would go toward promoting clean power plants, and 20% more for improving air quality monitoring. The rest would be spent as a new public authority decides to support what Parker and activists call a “just transition” away from fossil fuels while reducing emissions. Supporters say the Climate and Community Investment Act offers the state a big opportunity to address climate change and historical wrongs. “Whether it’s in the United States or the Global South, the communities that have contributed the least to climate change are disproportionately vulnerable to its worse impacts,” said Eddie Bautista, a member of the New York Renews steering committee. State leaders have considered the wisdom of a carbon tax for years. What is new is how the updated Climate and Community Investment Act aims to spend the money, investing billions of dollars into the communities damaged most by pollution, including with job training and child care programs that supporters say are necessary to allow everyone to share in the benefits of the ascendant green economy. The challenge is convincing enough lawmakers that the proposed tax will not needlessly damage the economy in the process. Headlines are already warning of a 55cent hike in the price of a gallon of gasoline. “The proponents of the CCIA describe this legislation as a way to ‘make corporate polluters pay,’ which is a catchy slogan, but that’s hardly what this bill does,” Ken Pokalsky, vice president of the Business Council of New York State, told lawmakers in his testimony at an April 13 hearing on the bill. “The bill implicitly recognizes that its provisions, and other state carbon reduction measures, will have adverse economic impacts, leading to facility closures and lost jobs, and resultant community impacts including the loss of local tax revenues.”

DEADLY PANDEMIC, civil unrest and the alarming costs of a warming planet have added new urgency to addressing climate change, but activists and lawmakers have to jump through several legislative hoops to get the three-year-old Climate and Community Investment Act passed this year. The current bill has limited support from senators outside New York City, and Parker will need to get at least a dozen more colleagues to sign on to the legislation as co-sponsors to give it a chance of passing the 63-seat state Senate. Assembly Member Kevin Cahill, a Democratic legislator from the Hudson Valley, just got the bill reintroduced in his chamber in mid-April. With the 2021 legislative session set to wrap

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up in mid-June, it leaves little time to address outstanding questions about the legislation. Yet, lawmakers held an April 13 state Senate hearing on the issue, a signal that state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who has the ultimate say on such matters, and her chamber are taking the bill seriously. “We want to give due consideration and input for everything we’re doing,” she told City & State when asked about the legislation at an April 20 virtual press conference. “In the era of COVID-19 and climate change, Black, brown and Indigenous communities have been the most adversely impacted by the public health and economic crisis,” Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of the Brooklyn-based organization Uprose, told lawmakers at the hearing. About two dozen people testified in support of the bill, including representatives of New York Renews, Environmental Advocates NY, United University Professions and a litany of community advocacy groups from cities across the state. “It is these same communities who suffer first and worst from recurrent extreme weather disasters,” Yeampierre said. Passing the bill means at least 150,000 more jobs could be created over the next decade to benefit such people, according to the Communications Workers of America District 1. But the more than 100-page bill is complicated, and some of the most prominent outstanding questions about it are less about the provisions to help historically disadvantaged communities and more about how the proposed carbon tax would hit the bottom line for everyday New Yorkers in a struggling economy. State Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Todd Kaminsky of Long Island sponsored the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act two years ago, but has yet to sign on to the Climate and Community Investment Act. “I’m telling everybody that lives on my block: ‘That boiler you have in your house? That’s not going to be there,’” Kaminsky said at the hearing he co-chaired with Parker. “There’s going to be something else to power your home and the car you’re driving. … A fair question is, well, how are we going to pay for all that?” Kaminsky declined a request for comment. Starting out at $55 per short ton of carbon dioxide is a few dollars higher than other proposed carbon taxes, like one backed by the nonprofit New York Independent System Operator that oversees state’s wholesale electricity markets. Energy companies would have little choice but to pay up or risk losing out on powering the third largest economy in the country after California and Texas, according to supporters of the Climate and Community Investment Act. This includes the leadership at one prominent group backing the bill called Align, whose board members include the leaders of pow-

erful labor groups like the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and District Council 37 as well as advocacy groups like Make the Road New York, Community Voices Heard and New York Communities for Change. “It’s not only about charging polluters, but also how do we actually invest these funds in the solutions that we have envisioned,” said Maritza Silva-Farrell, executive director of Align. A lot of specifics of implementing the carbon tax would be determined by the Climate and Communities Investment Authority, whose board members would be appointed by the governor, the Assembly speaker and the state Senate majority leadThe Ravenswood Generating Station in Queens is one of the country’s largest electrical generating sites.

er. The president of the Climate and Communities Investment Authority, along with the commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, would determine future increases in the carbon tax as well as the specifics of who it would apply to. The legislative language explicitly says that companies that buy and sell petroleum, natural gas, coal, biomass and solid waste would have to pay, though the authority could exempt certain polluters whose emissions are minimal. A provision of the bill also aims to establish a rebate system for households and small businesses that face higher energy costs. In size, the Climate and Communities Investment Authority would rival other quasi-public

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agencies like the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates much like a private business even though its board is appointed by elected leaders like Cuomo. While the Climate and Community Investment Act has support from a growing list of environmental groups, some prominent organizations have yet to get behind the legislation after backing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act two years ago. State budget funding for environmental programs as well as a $3 billion bond act that will go before voters next year were top priorities in the first half of the this year’s legislative session, according to Jessica Ottney Mahar, New York policy

ment about the bill’s prospects in the 150seat Assembly, but the legislation would have to get through that chamber too. And even if enough Democrats got behind the bill to pass it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment by publication time, would have to sign the bill for it to become law. That is not guaranteed, considering his hesitancy to support tax increases in general despite his emphasis on combating climate change in recent years. Still, bill supporters have a few reasons to feel optimistic in recent weeks. With the recent hearing behind them, supporters’ efforts in the next few weeks

“The proponents describe this legislation as a way to ‘make corporate polluters pay,’ which is a catchy slogan, but that’s hardly what this bill does.” – Ken Pokalsky, The Business Council of New York State vice president

and strategy director at The Nature Conservancy, which she said supports a carbon tax at the federal level. “We are interested in the policy at the state level,” she said in a statement, adding that she hadn’t fully reviewed the newest version. Creating a massive new agency to oversee the state’s response to climate change is an idea that other prominent environmentalists say they could support.

ARKER SAID HE believes there will be enough votes to pass the bill in the state Senate in the upcoming weeks, but even assuming he is correct, that will only get it so far. Cahill declined to respond to a request for com-

will focus on signing up more lawmakers in support of the bill. Parker said that once they have enough names to show it really could pass, the time will come to push Stewart-Cousins to establish a working group of Democratic senators to work out final details of a bill, such as negotiating possible changes to the $55 per short ton tax. “I can only say stay tuned,” Stewart-Cousins said at the April 20 press conference about the prospects for passing the legislation this year. Other powerful Democrats meanwhile appear to be getting behind the Climate and Community Investment Act. “Climate, jobs, racial and social justice: You combine the three together it’s a power-

ful unstoppable force,” U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said at an April 9 virtual town hall hosted by New York Renews and state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris. Supporters of the bill are also betting that provisions like prevailing wage for green projects, preferential contracts for minority- and women-owned business enterprises and a ban on using carbon tax proceeds to benefit jails and prisons will mobilize additional support across the left side of the political spectrum. Supporters of the legislation can also find some comfort in a state budget that increases income taxes on the wealthy, which is the latest sign that Democrats are rejecting the idea that higher taxes equal unacceptable damage to businesses. The recent legalization of recreational marijuana is another auspicious sign for supporters of the Climate and Community Investment Act. The passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act highlights how Democratic legislators are still looking to get big things done two years after they took over the state Senate for the first time in a decade, and just a few months after winning legislative supermajorities that would allow them to override a gubernatorial veto. Even more important for environmentalists is how lawmakers made legal weed a reality. It took years of effort, but the final legislation included provisions that earmark money for communities ravaged by the war on drugs much like the Climate and Community Investment Act aims to invest money in places damaged by pollution. The effort to pass the bill came out of the 2014 People’s Climate March in New York City, which was recognized at the time as the biggest mass demonstration about climate change in history. Bautista, the longtime executive director for the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, and two other men – Sierra Club volunteer Marc Weiss and Matt Ryan, then executive director of Align – decided that they wanted to keep the organizing energy going by taking it on the road. By the end of 2015, they had visited Binghamton, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Albany and the North Country. The New York Renews coalition came out of those meetings and has sought to channel the combined political forces of grassroots activists, environmentalists, organized labor and Democratic legislators ever since. While they have yet to reach the finish line when it comes to passing the Climate and Community Investment Act, Bautista said that they have been hitting critical sign posts as the more people across the world began to come to terms with the dire consequences of climate change. “We went from being Chicken Little alarmists to prescient.”

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Power Struggle The Danskammer plant in Newburgh could be revamped as a cleaner natural gas facility, but that’s not the green energy future New York climate activists envision.

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N THE LATE 19th century, Newburgh in the Hudson Valley represented the bleeding edge of industrial technology. Streams powering wool, gunpowder, flour and saw mills emptied into the Hudson River, where steamships carried industrial cargo. Thomas Edison in 1884 selected Newburgh to host one of the world’s first central power stations, making it the second electrified municipality in the United States after lower Manhattan. A century later, Newburgh’s economic leadership had stalled, as manufacturers relocated and the river lost shipping traffic to trucking. The city of 28,000 now has the highest poverty rate downstate, and Newburgh’s mostly Latino and Black population struggles with high crime, water safety crises and rates of asthma more than twice the statewide average. Newburgh has intermittently been visited by revitalization efforts. Then-first lady Hillary Clinton toured the city’s Dutch Reformed Church in 1998 as part of a campaign to preserve historic architecture. The church’s ceiling later collapsed. A banner reading “Save America’s Treasures” still hangs in front. Now, new energy production has been proposed in Newburgh, but it is drawing opposition from environmentalists. A natural gas-fired power plant applied for state approval to shutter its current aging facility and rebuild higher up on the bank of the Hudson as a brand-new plant. The Danskammer power plant rebuild is the first proposal for a large-scale frackedgas facility to be considered under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature climate legislation, which aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 85% from 1990 levels by 2050. The application is the first test of how the Public Service Commission’s Siting Board deals with proposed fossil fuel infrastructure under that landmark law, passed in 2019. “If it is rejected on climate grounds, it will mean basically this will be the last application for a gas plant in New York state, because if this one can’t meet the requirements now, every year that goes by, it gets harder,” said Richard Webster, legal director for Riverkeeper, a nonprofit group that works on water issues in the Hudson River. Two other downstate fossil fuel plants – NRG in Astoria, Queens, and Eastern Generation in Gowanus, Brooklyn – are also currently seeking state approval. Climate advocates say the state should be decommissioning fossil fuel plants rath-

“If I was to have a family here in five or 10 years, I want my children to have clean air, clean water, a clean environment. How can I do that when there’s a plant pumping chemicals into our air?” – Aura Lopez Zarate, a community organizer in Newburgh

er than approving new ones. Danskammer proponents argue that natural gas is cleaner than coal, and a new plant will be an improvement over the older, less-efficient plants, like neighboring Roseton Generating Station, also in Newburgh. In March, hundreds of activists spoke at public hearings held by the Siting Board. Only a small minority supported granting Danskammer’s permit.

RIGINALLY COAL-FIRED, Danskammer was repowered to run on gas after being damaged in Superstorm Sandy. The facility now operates as a “peaker plant,” revving up only a few days per year when electricity demand surges, typically on the hottest summer days. The proposed new plant would continue to burn natural gas delivered through a pipeline. (New York banned fracking in 2015, but still imports gas, including fracked gas, from states like Pennsylvania.) As a relatively more efficient baseload plant, the new facility would be called upon by the grid to operate more frequently – humming away as much as 60-70% of the time, according to Michelle Hook, Danskammer’s vice president of public relations. Though it emits less carbon dioxide and conventional pollutants than coal or oil, burned gas still creates climate pollution. Methane released in the extraction, transport and combustion of natural gas is also an especially potent greenhouse gas. One 2017 study of three gas-fired power plants found that the facilities were releasing more than 20 times more methane than their self-reported estimates. The Danskammer proposal comes as Indian Point, a nuclear power plant in the nearby town of Buchanan in Westchester County, was set to close by April 30, leaving the state more heavily reliant on burning fossil fuels. “When you take a zero-emissions generator as large as Indian Point offline, and you don’t have zero-emissions power gen-

eration to replace it, emissions are going to go up,” Hook said. “You can either get that power from a cleaner source, like a new, upgraded Danskammer, with all of the new emissions controls that are required on new plants – just like when new cars roll off the assembly line, they have much more emissions controls than a 1970 Buick – or, you can use the old facilities.” Environmental advocates point to a study by New York Independent System Operator, a nonprofit corporation that operates the state grid, that found there were no immediate reliability concerns for the state’s electricity demand if the new Danskammer facility wasn’t built. But proponents of natural gas say the continued use of fossil fuels will be a necessary part of the transition to green en-

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ergy. Eventually, studies have found, the state will need to build on-demand capacity that can run during lulls of wind and solar, as those energy sources become a greater share of New York’s energy mix. Danskammer’s filings to the Siting Board say that the plant would increase emissions of carbon dioxide in New York state. However, it says, carbon dioxide emissions would decline in the Northeast region overall because the new Danskammer plant would be called upon to run more frequently, displacing older, dirtier sources of power. Danskammer opponents say that analysis fails to take into account renewable projects currently underway. Also, climate activists say, building new fossil fuel infrastructure could have long-lasting “lock-in” effects.

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“While we have climate goals enshrined into law, if and when the state misses those goals, nothing functionally happens. And so every new piece of fossil fuel infrastructure you build runs the risk of locking you into a scenario where you miss those goals,” said Alex Beauchamp, Northeast region director at Food & Water Watch.

CROSS THE HUDSON RIVER from Newburgh, in the hamlet of Chelsea, Lou Cicigline, a retired state corrections sergeant, is also concerned about the planned construction. Cicigline moved to Chelsea from New York City 20 years ago, hoping to spend more time in nature.

Lopez Zarate has been disappointed in state lawmakers’ ambivalence about the plant despite lots of local action against the expansion plan.

“Throughout the years of living here, when that plant did run once in a while, you seen all that smoke coming out, (when) the wind direction is coming this way,” he said. For most of the time Cicigline has lived in the Hudson Valley, Danskammer burned coal. “That stuff’s coming right into my house,” he recalled thinking. Cicigline has recently had problems with breathing, he said, and he has been seeing his doctor to try to determine the cause. He wonders whether air quality played a role. Cicigline also worries about the climate-heating effects of fracking, and about

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nitrogen oxides, which are produced at low levels by the burning of natural gas – though significantly less than by burning coal – and can worsen smog and contribute to respiratory problems. In filings, Danskammer has suggested that it could convert the plant to run on green hydrogen or renewable natural gas after 2040 – provided New York determines those experimental fuels count as zero emissions. Environmentalists note that these fuels are currently unproven, prohibitively expensive and raise their own climate concerns. Most commercially available hydrogen is produced using fossil fuels, while a tiny percentage of the hydrogen supply consists of green hydrogen, which is produced through electrolysis. Renewable natural gas is drawn from landfills or manure in industrial agriculture, rather than drilled. Some green groups are enthusiastic about renewable natural gas, but others, such as Food & Water Watch, say increasing demand for it would incentivize the expansion of environmentally harmful factory farming. If the transition to renewable natural gas or another source couldn’t be made to fit

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“Other than the 2040 date, there are no other hard dates for gas plants to have to stop operating. And I think that’s where they see their opening.” – Hayley Carlock, director of environmental advocacy and legal affairs for Scenic Hudson

within the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, Hook said, the plant would simply shut down. According to the legislation, all electricity generation must be carbon-free by 2040. But the law has few interim milestones, aside from a goal of 70% renewable by 2030. And no individual plant faces a hard stop in 2030. “Probably, Danskammer is looking at the fact that other than the 2040 date, there are no other hard dates for gas plants

to have to stop operating. And I think that’s where they see their opening,” said Hayley Carlock, director of environmental advocacy and legal affairs for Scenic Hudson, a regional environmental organization. The state’s Climate Action Council, a 22-member panel tasked with charting the course for carrying out the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, has gotten off to a slow start, according to members. “Having some clear written, enforceable guidance or requirements would just make things easier,” Carlock said.

URA LOPEZ ZARATE, a community organizer with a focus on reproductive justice, enjoys kayaking in the Hudson and walking her dog by the shore. “If I was to have a family here in five or 10 years, I want my children to have clean air, clean water, a clean environment – like we all do. How can I do that when there’s a plant pumping chemicals into our air?” the 24-yearold said. Activists like Lopez Zarate have been disappointed by state elected officials’ refusal to weigh in on Danskammer. While

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at least 20 municipalities around the Hudson Valley, including Newburgh and Beacon, have passed resolutions opposing the expansion, state legislators have held back. Newburgh’s state Sen. James Skoufis, a Democrat, has been largely silent on the issue, with the exception of a town hall in 2019, in which he warned that getting rid of Danskammer could spell “financial calamity” for Marlboro Central School District. Part of the town of Newburgh, where the plant sits, falls within the Marlboro school district. As a result, the Danskammer plant and the neighboring Roseton plant are a major part of the tax base for the neighboring town of Marlborough.

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munity Protection Act and proposed legislation, which never passed, that aimed to halt the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure. An advisory panel to the Climate Action Council plans to recommend that New York declare a moratorium on new natural gas facilities, potentially thwarting Danskammer’s proposed repowering. Meanwhile, legislation sponsored by state Sen. Jabari Brisport, a Democrat from Brooklyn, would halt permitting for peaker plants until they submit plans to switch to battery storage and renewables within five years. That bill recently passed the state Senate, but has not yet been brought Once a prosperous industrial community, the town of Newburgh, right, now has a high poverty rate, despite serial revitalization efforts. A banner from former first lady Hillary Clinton’s 1998 tour still hangs in front of Newburgh’s dilapidated Dutch Reformed Church, left, proclaiming “Save America’s Treasures.”

That school district mostly serves Marlborough, which is 93% white and has more than twice the median household income of Newburgh. “To know we have this tax base for the next 20 years will help Marlborough families,” Town Supervisor Alphonso Lanzetta said at the hearing last month. Environmental experts say local taxes are often a roadblock to decommissioning fossil fuel infrastructure. One way to avoid local holdouts might be to regionalize the tax base for public education. “We’re going to have to make sure that as these fossil fuel plants start to close, we have to address the local tax issue, because otherwise, potentially, school taxes are going to take a real hit,” said Jen Metzger, the former Democratic state senator from Ulster and Orange counties who helped design the Climate Leadership and Com-

to a vote in the Assembly. Brisport said applications like Danskammer’s likely wouldn’t be subject to that legislation. “This is the first plant that I’m hearing is trying to convert from peaker to base load. That sounds like a loophole that we overlooked when constructing the bill,” he said in an interview. “It makes me wonder if we should go back and try and strengthen the bill now, to avoid situations like this.” Skoufis voted against Brisport’s bill to stop peaker plant permitting. When he spoke to Skoufis about the bill, Brisport said, the senator from Orange County cited concerns that the bill could “cause a domino effect with the loss of property tax.” “I disagreed, mostly because it wasn’t a bill to make them close down – it was primarily to help them transition,” Brisport said. “You’re getting property tax on the

property whether it’s a gas-fired plant, or it’s a plant running renewable energy and battery storage.” Skoufis could not be made available for an interview for this article. A spokesperson didn’t respond to Brisport’s description of their exchange. Even as pressure builds to ban fossil fuel buildouts, the governor has resisted calls to quash new gas construction. “If you say as an absolute, well you can’t build any more natural gas plants, then the question arises: What happens if you don’t have enough renewables online?” Cuomo said at a press conference on April 19. “I’m hopeful that we do. But what if you don’t?”

ANSKAMMER SUPPORTERS at the hearings were drawn heavily from the building trades, which anticipate temporary construction work on the new facility. Todd Diorio, business manager of Laborers’ Local 17, has publicly cautioned against the “bad faith” and “scare tactics” of Danskammer’s critics. Danskammer says the plant would not bring new permanent jobs, but would keep employment on par with the roughly 45 workers employed at the current facility. Workers like Mark Sanchez-Potter, a substitute teacher who has led organizing efforts against the plant, agree that Newburgh needs job opportunities, but say the decision between environmental priorities and hard-hat jobs is a false choice. Rather than fossil fuel infrastructure, Sanchez-Potter would rather see the area invest in “low-carbon work” – jobs in sectors like nursing, teaching and domestic care. Others, such as Metzger, suggest rebuilding Danskammer as a battery storage facility. In 2019, plans for a hybrid natural gas and battery facility in nearby Ulster County were dropped following residents’ and activists’ objections in favor of a utility-scale battery plant. In the meantime, there are signs of new commercial development in Newburgh. In 2019, Hudson Taco opened in a former train station that had fallen into disrepair. Now, the restaurant is partnering with a local brewery that opened in 2012. Not all development is welcome, however. Lopez Zarate worries the area may fall prey to gentrification, and richer arrivals could displace current inhabitants. Still, the restaurant could help with Newburgh’s revitalization, the owner told Hudson Valley Magazine. “This is going to be an eclectic Mexican eatery as opposed to a taqueria.”

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The rising stars lifting up New York’s most vulnerable.

T I S O F T E N S A I D that a society’s greatness is measured by how it treats its most vulnerable members. Judging solely by the work of its nonprofit organizations, New York measures up. All across the state, nonprofits are caring for vulnerable groups – children, the elderly, those in poverty, immigrants, victims of assault and many others. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has afflicted the state for over a year, has only increased the demand for these services, highlighting the crucial role of

the nonprofit sector in society. City & State, in partnership with its sister publication, New York Nonprofit Media, and writers Jana Cholakovska, Erica Scalise, Madeline Lyskawa and Kimberly Gonzalez, highlights the next generation of leaders on these front lines in our Nonprofit 40 Under 40. These rising stars are running soup kitchens for the hungry, providing shelter for the homeless and assisting the formerly incarcerated as they adapt to a new life. In the pages ahead, we tell their inspiring stories.

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Cassandra Agredo leads Xavier Mission.

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Xavier Mission Cassandra Agredo has grown the soup kitchen at St. Francis Xavier church into the multiservice agency that is Xavier Mission. As the organization’s executive director, Agredo and her team provide an array of services and opportunities to New Yorkers in need. They prefer to be called a “for-impact” instead of a “nonprofit” organization, focusing on things they can change instead of those they can’t. Direct service work has always been a part of Agredo’s life. When she was growing

up in Rhode Island, her father worked at the Department of Human Services, and her parents would bring Agredo along while they volunteered at the soup kitchen. She continued on this path and obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degree in social work from Fordham University. Since then, her passion to enact positive change has shone both through her work at Xavier Mission and Hunger Free America, a national organization set to end domestic hunger, where she’s a board member. “I’ve been very fortunate in my life,” she says. “I didn’t grow up wealthy, but I wasn’t poor. I went to a really good school, and I had two parents who loved and supported me.

Andrews provides homedelivered meals to elderly New Yorkers.

I just don’t think it’s fair that not everybody has that. And I feel like I have the ability to fix that, at least a little bit.”

KATELYN ANDREWS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY LiveOn NY Katelyn Andrews witnessed the power of organizing and advocacy early in life through her father’s work as a union leader at IBEW Local 351. She takes those same values and passion into her work at LiveOn NY, where she directs its city and state policy agenda for more than 100 community nonprofit organizations that support older and aging New Yorkers. “As a kid, it was always exciting to hear about people coming together around the same goal, like good wages and quality jobs,” she says. “I came to view a potential career in advocacy as a

meaningful way to make a change.” Early interests in public policy and advocacy led Andrews to the University of Delaware where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in human development and public policy analysis and a master’s degree in public administration. She has since channeled her expertise into the human services sector. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrews and a team of other dedicated women working at LiveOn NY have fought to protect, inform and support older adults. They’ve provided home-delivered meals and launched a directory so people could stay connected to arts and exercise classes, lectures and discussion groups. It has been challenging, however, to “navigate a tumultuous time on shoestring budgets.” Andrews is hopeful that this year’s new crop of elected officials will push to properly fund this struggling sector. “Too often, we are left with

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crumbs that come at the end of budget negotiations, rather than being fully prioritized in the beginning and seeing the investments that we really need,” she says.

GEORGE ASANTE ATTORNEY-IN-CHARGE, MT. VERNON Legal Services of the Hudson Valley During the past seven years, George Asante has risen from the position of staff attorney to that of attorney-in-charge at the Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, a nonprofit organization offering comprehensive free civil legal services to all of the valley’s seven counties, advising clients on issues from housing

to domestic violence. “The work is so rewarding,” he says. “I appreciate being able to help individuals, families, (and) people in crisis. I like to see a client leave in a much better position than when they came to us.” sThe native Ghanaian credits moving around as a child – to Barbados, the Bahamas, the Bronx and finally Yonkers – as the reason he chose to go into law. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in U.S. history at the University at Albany and a law degree from the University of Dayton, Asante returned to serve his community in 2014. He continues to do so throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, collaborating with other nonprofit organizations coordinating on outreach events and providing relief for

Asante’s time in Barbados, the Bahamas and the Bronx informed his law career.

Arafun Azad helps manage Graham Windham’s more than 1,500 volunteers.

families in need. “The court system shut down, but we were still there, representing clients, following up, doing whatever we could,” he says. “We helped people who were behind on their rent or their utilities, assisting those who needed food. The past year has been trying, but it gave me and other nonprofit organizations the opportunity to help people in need and do much more than we previously did. I’m excited about the momentum that we’ve all built.”

ARAFUN AZAD HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST Graham Windham When Arafun Azad was growing up in Brooklyn, her parents, who immigrated to New York from Bangladesh, expected she would become an architect – and so did she. But when she graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in psychology, she

realized that her knowledge and personality were much better suited to a career in human resources. “I’ve always been someone who has been passionate about the ‘flows and grows’ of an organization,” she says. “While I still like everything about architecture and design, I realized it wasn’t something I wanted to do forever.” After graduating in 2016, Azad joined Graham Windham, a nonprofit organization striving to support and better the lives of children, youth and families during life’s challenges and obstacles. At Graham Windham, Azad is one of the few human resources generalists in charge of hiring more than 1,500 volunteers that support the organization’s operations. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, her role became even more challenging and more important. She was tasked with identifying and recruiting more than 90 people for the preventive program expansion that advocates against family separation and offers support throughout that process.

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George Asante has ascended the ranks at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.

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Greg Bangser oversees programming and budgeting at NMIC.

“That’s such a big deal to me,” she says. “This is literally changing someone’s life. I’m helping someone keep their family together. The thought of helping people during that time kept me going. I’ve never wanted to work somewhere where I wasn’t making a difference to something or someone.”

GREG BANGSER DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation Greg Bangser started as an intern at the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation – a nonprofit organization addressing issues from domestic violence and housing to providing workforce initiatives and legal services – during summer breaks from Bowdoin College. In the 16 years since, he has worked his way up to become NMIC’s deputy executive director and chief operating officer, overseeing the agency’s programing, budget and everything in between. As Bangser put it, he’s at the “central point of making sure

everything works effectively together.” New York City-born but Connecticut-bred, Bangser noticed a significant gap between different communities and the resources that were available to them when he returned to the city to join NMIC. In 2011, he briefly left the agency to work at the New York City Human Resources Administration. Although he appreciates the large scale of government programs, Bangser prefers working in the nonprofit sector. “There’s that direct connection to the community,” he says. “I want to be as close to the lives that we’re impacting as possible.” The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many of the issues tackled at NMIC, one of which is the digital divide. And while Bangser admits that there’s still much to be done, he’s optimistic about “the amount of untapped potential” of digital resources and tools. His biggest asset, especially throughout the pandemic, has been the ability to see structure within chaos. “It’s so easy to lose the trees because you’re only paying attention to the forest,” he says. “Being able to structure

the chaos so that you don’t miss the details is important.”

STEPHANIE BAZELL DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND ADVOCACY College and Community Fellowship Stephanie Bazell attended New York University School of Law in pursuit of a career in public service, something she had felt drawn to even as a child. It comes as no surprise that she is now the director of policy and advocacy at the College and Community Fellowship – a nonprofit organization helping women and families most harmed by mass criminalization gain equitable access to opportunity. Growing up in a progressive household in New York City, Bazell was always encouraged to question systems of power. But it was only after interning at Orleans Public Defenders in 2011 that she saw firsthand exactly how those systems

were “designed to oppress Black and brown people,” she says, and created a “complete apathy towards incarcerated” individuals. Before joining CCF, Bazell amassed a wealth of policy experience working for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s and state Sen. Brad Hoylman’s offices, tackling issues like tenant rights and public safety. In 2019, Bazell joined CCF wishing to channel her knowledge through a direct services role and produce policy that came from direct engagement with affected communities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she launched the #EquityIsJustice campaign through which she successfully advocated to make sure incarcerated people have access to Pell Grants. “I cannot overemphasize how critical it is that I am in constant dialogue with those who are justice-impacted and that it informs everything I do,” she says. “The top-down approach of policymaking in D.C. and state houses ignores real needs and excludes those with expertise.”

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MATTHEW BECKER SENIOR DIRECTOR BDO USA Matthew Becker has dedicated more than 15 years to providing quality accounting services and leadership to local, national and international nonprofit organizations in the domains of health care, human services and religious organizations. He’s continued to do this as the senior director at BDO USA, a global accounting network offering assurance, tax and financial advisory services. Although born in Manhattan, Becker grew up on Long Island where his mother was a special education teacher. Spending his summers helping out at a camp for children with special needs that his mother ran influenced Becker to pursue a career that served the nonprofit landscape. After graduating from Binghamton University with a degree in accounting, Becker got his start at Condon O’Meara McGinty and Donnelly, which

provided him the initial opportunity to work with a variety of health and human services organizations. “My goal was to not only provide them with vital information and thought leadership, but servicing them in a way that I felt had a small impact on their mission,” he says. As the financial recession spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic devastated communities across the world, Becker has continued to offer support to his clients experiencing financial instability and hardship. “The biggest thing this past year (has been) working with a lot of my clients, even more than before, helping them navigate the unique challenges the pandemic has presented,” he says. “We’ve helped them understand funding opportunities, different cost-reduction

Courtney Beach is the nonprofit’s first chief innovation officer.

strategies and other various measures to continue thriving in a challenging environment.”

COURTNEY BEACH CHIEF INNOVATION, COMPLIANCE AND PRIVACY OFFICER The Mental Health Association of Westchester Courtney Beach got her first experience in health care early in life when she worked at her mother’s small practice that served the rural community on the outskirts of Saratoga Springs. A “Jill of all trades,” she organized files, scheduled appointments and helped with administrative tasks. “My mom really wanted to help people, and that’s kind of where I got my passion for health care – watching these individuals who really were

Becker’s work with children with special needs spurred his love for nonprofits.

struggling to give $5 for the copays,” she says. I wanted to lobby for affordable health care.” Because Le Moyne College didn’t offer a program in health administration, Beach ended up studying finance and management. But this didn’t deter her from her goal and instead diversified her skillset. She started at CapitalCare Medical Group where she worked her way up from a services specialist to a quality analyst. She pivoted from the world of operations and compliance to consulting, garnering a reputation as an expert at improving workflows and modernizing health records. In 2019, Beach joined The Mental Health Association of Westchester as its first chief innovation officer, tasked to launch a more sophisticated electronic health record system. Once the coronavirus pandemic hit New York, she led the almost complete transition into telehealth. But, Beach wants to emphasize that she couldn’t have done it alone. “I couldn’t have been here today without my team,” she says. “I might tell them how to do the work, but they actually do it. I just want to make sure

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I give credit where credit is due.”

LAURIE BERARDUCCI DIRECTOR OF DATA SYSTEMS Covenant House New York When Laurie Berarducci graduated from Boston College with a degree in psychology, she was unsure of what exactly she wanted to do. After a bit of searching, she decided to return to school and get a master’s degree in school counseling. This decision led her down the path of nonprofit work and eventually to Covenant House – a nonprofit organization serving New York City’s youth experiencing homelessness – where she is now the director of data systems. Before joining CHNY, the

Connecticut native worked as a school site coordinator where she gained experience in direct services work, implementing evidence-based practices and connecting students with services in their communities. “It was very eye-opening,” she says. “I learned a lot about our public school system and the difficulties a lot of families go through. There was a lot of crisis management. It was pretty difficult.” Berarducci has continued to implement these skills in her work at CHNY, which offers an array of programming that addresses the physical and mental health, and personal and professional development of youth across the city. While the coronavirus pandemic has made technology support much harder, there’s also been a rapid streamlining of CHNY’s workflow now that

Berg brings Obama campaign experience to his voting rights work.

Jarret Berg co-founded VoteEarlyNY, a voting rights organization.

most of its work is online. Berarducci, who builds and maintains the organization’s case management system, internal communication, data monitoring, and program evaluation, is optimistic about what this could mean for CHNY’s future. And for her own work as well. “I really like making tools that help people,” she says.

JARRET BERG CO-FOUNDER AND VOTING RIGHTS COUNSEL VoteEarlyNY One of Jarret Berg’s earliest memories is of being taken to a poll site by his grandfather at the age of four to watch how an election unfolds. The details are hazy, but the experience was etched in his memory, becoming even more meaningful later on as Berg became an attorney, a leading voting-rights advocate and co-founder of VoteEarlyNY – a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, protecting and advancing voting rights in

New York state. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boston University and a law degree from New England School of Law, the Long Island native went overseas to study international law at Cambridge University. In 2012, Berg returned to volunteer for Barack Obama’s reelection campaign in Florida where he observed firsthand the damaging effects of outdated voting laws. “The gap between everyone who’s eligible and might want to vote and the people that are ultimately able to cast ballots is dramatic,” he says. Since then, Berg has worked as a legislative counsel to former Assembly Member, now state Sen. Brian Kavanagh, an election law consultant and the executive director of New York Democratic Lawyers Council. Berg continuously fights to secure absentee voting and same-day voter registration, restore people’s rights upon release from incarceration, reform disenfranchisement policies and make voting accessible for all New Yorkers. In 2019, he co-founded

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Laurie Berarducci maintains Convenant House’s case management system.

Congratulates Dwayne Brown for being named City & State NY’s Nonprofit 40 Under 40 for 2021

HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO

JUDITH CASTILLO Your passion, dedication, innovative approach, and leadership are an inspiration. On behalf on the Board, your colleagues and friends and the thousands of seniors Encore gives back to, we are all so proud of you.

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Dwayne Brown oversees youth programs at St. Nicks Alliance.

VoteEarlyNY as a way to address what he describes as New York’s enduring “19th century voting framework.” “New York, we’re way behind places like North Carolina, which has some of the most restrictive anti-voter efforts in place,” he says. “(Voter rights) aren’t just a problem in battleground states.”

ESTEPHANIE BETANCES DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES Lutheran Social Services of New York Estephanie Betances always knew she wanted to work for a company that aligned with her values – and she says nonprofit work makes that easy. Betances, who holds dual degrees in psychology, got her start working as a human resources and small business intern at Invest Newark, the organization she credits with enhancing her interest in the field. After spending a year at New York University researching home-visitation programs for children,

Betances took a job at Lutheran Social Services of New York working as a special projects assistant. From there, she moved into the organization’s human resources department where she has worked for over eight years. Betances juggles documentations for leaves of absence, advises new employees, creates job postings – and lately she has taken the lead on coronavirus pandemic precautions, updating quarantine procedures and providing vaccine guidance. She recently put together a vaccine information panel with health care providers to help quell people’s nerves surrounding the vaccine’s side effects. Betances says she’s privileged to be able to work from home and feels protective of the staff who don’t have the same luxury. “My goal has really been to make sure the workplace feels as safe as possible and provide some level of stability in an unstable time – these are the things that make me feel good when there’s a lot of bad,” she says. “I think it’s

my duty to help those who are helping others, even more so now because of the pandemic.”

DWAYNE BROWN DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CHILDREN & YOUTH St. Nicks Alliance/School Settlement Association Growing up in a single-parent household, family is at the core of Dwayne Brown’s work in the nonprofit sector. “I’m really trying to be a model for those who were raised similarly,” he says. “My mom was a single parent and I was a kid that went to after-school services – doing youth development work was a natural transition for me.” With dual master’s degrees in education and public administration with a focus on nonprofit management, Brown brings more than 15 years of

experience working with youth. He served as program director of Phipps Community Development Corp., an affordable housing nonprofit for youth and families of lowincome neighborhoods, and worked as interim studentlife manager and project coordinator of Black Male Initiative at Bronx Community College in his home borough. Prior to his tenure at St. Nicks Alliance, he was program manager of adolescents and young adult programs at New York City Mission Society. Now at St. Nicks, Brown oversees community center and children’s programs for the organization’s 30,000 kids and families. He’s extremely proud of the nonprofit’s ability to seamlessly transition from in-person and after-school services to doing grab-and-go food distribution during the coronavirus pandemic. He takes pride in working to expand the company’s

Growing up in a singleparent home inspired Brown’s work with children.

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Estephanie Betances has tried to make her workplace safe during the pandemic.

The Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP) is now accepting applications for funding made available under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 and the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance (SAHA), to support the services of local emergency food and shelter providers. ARPA funding supports organizations providing humanitarian relief to families and individuals encountered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Only agencies that can document expenditures made to migrants encountered by DHS at the southern border may be considered to receive funds for eligible services provided. Eligible organizations that provide shelter, food, transportation, basic heath and first aid, COVID-19 testing and associated medical care needed during quarantine and isolation, and other supportive services may apply. SAHA funding support the efforts in assisting migrants from the southern border who have been released from DHS custody. To participate, eligible organizations must have been awarded funds in either of the two previous application periods and provided services to migrants at the southwest border from January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2021. To obtain more information and/or to apply, please go to the EFSP website (www.efsp.unitedway.org). The application deadline is Friday, April 30, 2021. Please contact Loresa Wright (lwright@uwnyc.org) or Miguelina Diaz (mdiaz@uwnyc.org) with any questions.

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Cyndi CarnaghiCollins helps trauma survivors at The Jewish Board.

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Judith Castillo is COO at Encore Community Services.

footprint beyond Williamsburg and Greenpoint. “I work in a really gentrified community,” he says, “so a big part of my role that I’m thrilled to be working on is expanding the company into Brownsville, Bed-Stuy and East New York.”

CYNDI CARNAGHI-COLLINS

SENIOR DIRECTOR, PREVENTIVE SERVICES The Jewish Board Abnormal work hours aren’t unusual for Cyndi CarnaghiCollins. “We are on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” she says of her work at The Jewish Board. “My phone is never off. I’m constantly checking my emails and making sure I didn’t miss any calls or checkins.” Carnaghi-Collins is used to this kind of rigor, though. A degree in clinical social work with a certification in advanced trauma studies allowed her to home in on the impact of institutional and sexual violence, preparing her for her starting role at

The Jewish Board as trauma systems therapy supervisor nearly eight years ago. The Jewish Board was a familiar place for CarnaghiCollins. Prior to signing on full time, she had been doing antiracist work with the nonprofit since 2010. As senior director of preventive services, this fight continues and remains at the core of her work. “We’re always grappling with what it means to be human-service professionals who serve Black and brown people in this environment and especially throughout the pandemic,” she says. “Our objective is to really push the boundaries of what equitable service means using an antiracist construct.” Carnaghi-Collins also leads anti-racism workshops with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, referring to it as the most formative organization in cultivating a

career that centers on race equity. “The treatment and humanity the people I’ve worked with have shown over the years toward our clients, especially in a difficult time like this,” she says, “is what keeps me going every day.”

JUDITH CASTILLO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Encore Community Services While Judith Castillo didn’t necessarily plan for a career in nonprofit work, she has been a self-described “caseworker in training” from a young age. “I was the oldest of three and the first one who spoke English in my home in the South Bronx, so I got used to helping my family and my mom’s friends. I always joke with people that I was trained early on to do this kind of

Carnaghi-Collins is on call 24/7 at her job on The Jewish Board.

work,” she says, laughing. And she was. In her more than 15 years working in social services, Castillo has served as the director of contracts and finance at Phipps Neighborhoods for the majority of it. While there, she managed the organization’s fiscal operations, including a portfolio valued at over $25 million. She joined the Encore team as chief operating officer nearly two years ago after working as controller at the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey. “I went there to get more skills on running a smaller nonprofit,” she says of the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health. “After I did a fiscal assessment for Encore, another project came up and they had the COO position opening up. I thought – I’m happy where I’m at, but I ended up applying for it.” Now at Encore, Castillo is working to provide care for 88 formerly homeless senior residents and serves about 1,200 clients daily. “With COVID, our population has

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Rebecca Chung runs online education during the pandemic for Columbia.

been most affected,” she says. “There’s now a brighter spotlight on a community that’s often forgotten, and I’m really grateful for that.”

REBECCA CHUNG PROGRAM MANAGER, ONLINE CAMPUS

MARK A. COLLINS; GENESIS TAVAREZ ; ANDREW PARK; NATASHA CLARKE

Columbia University School of Social Work As the daughter of Korean immigrants and the oldest of six children, Rebecca Chung’s upbringing fostered a hunger for social justice. “I have a longstanding family history rooted in the fight for freedom,” she says. “There were many moments where we really didn’t have much and had our fair share of challenges. It really opened my eyes to existing social issues and disparities.”

Natasha Clarke is an assistant director at Bowery Residents’ Committee.

These challenges carved an impressive path for Chung. From her time at the New York City Department of Education, various grassroots organizations, the United Nations and nonprofits in India and South Korea, her work exists at what she calls “the intersection of service, social justice and entrepreneurship activism.” As the program manager for the online campus of Columbia University’s School of Social Work, Chung, who’s an alumna of the only Ivy League online social-work master’s program, works fulltime alongside a group of four and manages a team of 57 part-time staff members. Though the past year has been difficult, Chung says the coronavirus pandemic pushed her and the team beyond its limits to expand Columbia’s digital toolkit.

Chung is running a pivotal online college campus.

The online program, which opened a webinar series to help other educators make the swift adjustment to e-learning, has seen success with 265 institutions participating. She says the collective is working toward one common goal – to run an online campus that prioritizes visibility, justice and access. “This is a pivotal time in history,” she says. “I really see online education and digital technology as a means to bridge the gap in pursuit of equity.”

NATASHA CLARKE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Bowery Residents’ Committee At five years old, Natasha Clarke came to the U.S. undocumented and remained undocumented for the majority of her teenage life. “I think people see people with my story and think that we take from the system when really it’s the exact opposite – we give back to the system and I’m really proud to be a

part of that,” she says. After working as a case manager at CAMBA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to family support and homelessness prevention, Clarke wanted to do more. “I felt like I needed to see what the clients I was serving were going through prior to coming to us, which prompted me to look into Bowery Residents’ Committee,” she says. Clarke worked her way up through three positions at BRC, which provides both transitional and permanent housing and services to New York City’s homeless. Now as assistant director of the organization, her days are packed – from client and staff check-ins, meetings, outreach and conversations with government agencies, to her favorite part of the job – interacting with BRC’s clients, even if it’s just through simple, everyday conversations that can help people feel seen. She says working through the coronavirus pandemic has largely been about quelling people’s nerves and educating residents on the virus. “I have always been a person of small

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Adam Doyno leads fundraising at CUNY’s Graduate School of Public Health.

measurable goals,” she says. “I never look for big wins. Every day is a good day if we can help someone with something small – that’s what motivates me to keep going.”

ADAM DOYNO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CUNY SPH FUND, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy When Adam Doyno started the CUNY School of Public Health Foundation in January 2018, he set out to establish a fund unlike other traditional university foundations. “I didn’t want it to be alumni driven or to focus on one dimensional things like scholarships,” he says. Instead, the foundation is working outside the confines of a classroom to prioritize the public health needs of the Harlem community. From his days working at FPWA to his time at United Way of New York City, Doyno brings more than 14 years of experience in social services,

fundraising and health care to his dual directorial roles. Between overseeing the board’s operations, managing bookkeeping, reviewing contracts and NDAs, and drafting concept papers, Doyno runs a tight ship, but making time to interact with students is still high on his priority list. Cultivating an SPH board reflective of the Harlem community was also important to him. “It’s highly diverse and different from any CUNY board,” he says of the group of 10 plus himself and the dean. “I wouldn’t trade a board of 30 for this group any day of the week.” Of $4 million raised over five years, Doyno has raised $2 million in the past year alone, working to generate a growing awareness of the importance of improving public health. He’s especially excited

Matthew Estersohn is a partner at Marks Paneth.

about the SPH Foundation’s latest venture: a new program unique to the Harlem area that will measure vaccine sentiment and map it on a live dashboard organized by ZIP code.

MATTHEW ESTERSOHN PARTNER Marks Paneth As an economics major with a passion for applied reasoning, the road to accounting was clear early on for Matthew Estersohn. “I’m analytic in nature and I enjoy thinking about good ways to make decisions,” he says. With nearly 15 years of experience under his belt in accounting, auditing and consulting, Estersohn describes his work as “not the most glamorous, but

The past year speaks to how much we need nonprofits, Estersohn says.

extremely rewarding” and says his own decision to get involved in volunteering beyond the nonprofit sector is one he’s most proud of. He credits a City & State event for acquainting him with nonprofit organizations that led to his involvement in volunteer work. He currently serves as treasurer of two charities, iCouldBe and Special Citizens Futures Unlimited. At Marks Paneth, Estersohn works exclusively with nonprofits, including cultural and human services organizations, schools and private institutions to strategize and oversee audits. Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, he says response efforts now take up half or more of his workday where he’s spent much of this year focused on relief programs, securing PPE and keeping operations sustainable. He says the resulting economic crisis has been one of the easier things to deal with amid looming health and safety concerns. “Working with nonprofits makes (staying motivated) easy – the past year speaks

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JENNYFER GARCIA DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL SERVICES

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Cardinal McCloskey Community Services

Tony Fasciano runs comms at Volunteer New York!

to how much we need the nonprofit sector,” he says. “What makes it all worth it is working with clients who are really solving these problems and tackling them on a day-today basis.”

TONY FASCIANO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Volunteer New York! From film production, to publishing, to graphic design, Tony Fasciano’s journey to the nonprofit world is no ordinary one. After he co-founded Hand Fashioned Media LLC, a creative studio and consultancy agency specializing in writing, design and digital publishing, Fasciano got his MFA and

broke into filmography, where he produced and wrote a short film that premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. After a series of creative ventures, Fasciano returned to his hometown in Westchester and was hired at Volunteer New York! following the company’s rebrand. In the nearly seven years he has been there, Fasciano largely expanded the organization’s social media footprint and has spearheaded, created and designed various campaigns including VNY’s most successful Giving Tuesday campaign and its 9/11 community action day. “I’ve had the most tremendous opportunity to shape and build a brand whose initiative is to do good and use the power of volunteerism to come together

to build safe communities and to just be a beacon of volunteerism and light in our community,” he says. While Fasciano is responsible for all of VNY’s communications, he also does graphic design, production and strategy for the company. He’s humbled by the tremendous increase in volunteer interest he has witnessed in the past year. “It’s easy to forget that this is why organizations like this exist,” he says. “When people are looking to serve and need an efficient way to support ... we’re here to provide that.”

Jennyfer Garcia is on a mission to cultivate a more equitable, diverse and inclusive picture of mentalhealth intervention and crisis management. As a licensed mental health counselor, Garcia’s passion for psychology paved a path for this work early on. After working as an assistant teacher at a babysitting and tutoring agency, Garcia took a job at Cardinal McCloskey working with undocumented, unaccompanied youth and advanced through five different positions in the six years she has been at the social services agency. Her original job at Cardinal McCloskey was centered around helping more than 300 separated families reunify. “This position is what really hooked me onto Cardinal McCloskey and overall child welfare,” she says. “I really loved that program, not only for the work we did but because it led me to explore the field of foster care.” As director of clinical services, Garcia currently oversees a group of clinicians paired with foster children, answering to requests for mental health services, crisis intervention, safety

Garcia helped 300 separated families unify early in her career.

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Angelina Garneva leads policy work at NYC Employment and Training Coalition.

planning and risk assessment for suicidal and homicidal children. She says during the coronavirus pandemic the agency, which has had no gaps in service since the start of the virus, has seen a lot of crisis, suicidal ideation and death that could have been due to COVID-19. “We’ve assessed over 120 kids in a matter of a year. We’re doing therapy via telehealth and sometimes it’s really difficult,” she says. “The work is the same though – it’s always been about finding a solution for a child or a family.”

ANGELINA GARNEVA VICE PRESIDENT, POLICY AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES New York City Employment and Training Coalition Angelina Garneva, the vice president of policy and special initiatives with the New York City Employment and Training Coalition, calls the organization a small

but mighty force. Garneva, who joined the coalition straight out of college, has pushed to expand its membership, which includes nonprofits, community-based organizations and community colleges. During the coronavirus pandemic, Garneva says the coalition has pushed the New York City Council to invest in bridge programs for people with lower literacy skills to be able to quickly develop those skills and participate in technical and high school training programs. Partnering with Goodwill and Per Scholas, the coalition has created a pilot program allowing public welfare recipients to participate in a technical training program. “The people in our neighborhoods and the talent that they have to offer, if we nurture that, that is essential to creating prosperity and growth,” Garneva says. In the future, Garneva says, as the city focuses on sustainable and regenerative infrastructure, those

Garneva called for bridge programs to support people with lower literacy skills.

Ruth Gerson runs mental health services at The New York Foundling.

advances need to benefit New Yorkers instead of perpetuating gentrification. “Our focus is to make sure that with the workforce system and New Yorkers themselves actually have access to those jobs and are built into that process,” Garneva says. Outside of her work with the coalition, Garneva has engaged in environmental activism with the Sane Energy Project and the Stop the Williams Pipeline Coalition.

RUTH GERSON SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES The New York Foundling After working in the children’s psychiatric emergency room at New York University Langone Health for many years, Ruth Gerson says she transitioned to The New York Foundling because she wanted to prevent the kinds of crises that were landing kids in the emergency room. When she joined The New York Foundling, Gerson started out supervising the psychiatric services for children in foster care and has since helped oversee the organization’s clinic in East Harlem that provides

resources for children not in foster care as well. “It’s not just, ‘Come into my office for 45 minutes a week and I will support your child.’ It’s let me support the whole system that’s surrounding you and all of the places that you go,” says Gerson, who describes the organization’s approach as holistic. During the coronavirus pandemic, Gerson says The New York Foundling has expanded its grief services and provided more services available directly within the community. “We went from being an organization that had done almost no telehealth, to providing almost all of our services via telehealth in an incredibly short amount of time,” Gerson says. Outside of her work with The New York Foundling, Gerson has co-edited two books, “Beyond PTSD: Helping and Healing Teens Exposed to Trauma,” and “Helping Kids in Crisis: Managing Psychiatric Emergencies in Children and Adolescents.” Gerson also teaches at NYU School of Medicine, where she is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

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Frances Gonzalez runs marketing operations at Vibrant Emotional Health.

FRANCES GONZALEZ SENIOR DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

TZVETELINA GARNEVA; RUTH GERSON; KELSEY RAUBER; AZALEA GONZALEZ

Vibrant Emotional Health After exploring careers within government and real estate, once working in the nonprofit sector under the Clinton Foundation, Frances Gonzalez says she felt drawn to working in the mental health space due to her own mental health experiences. Now senior director of marketing and communications at Vibrant Emotional Health, Gonzalez leads the organization’s strategy and branding for all programs. One of the largest pieces of the organization’s portfolio is its National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. During the coronavirus pandemic, Gonzalez’s role in spreading awareness of the organization’s resources and in creating resources to educate people about mental health amplified in its significance. “Mental health services and resources are more important than ever right now,” Gonzalez

says. “We don’t know what the long-term effects of the pandemic are going to be and we need to be prepared to address whatever those concerns are.” With Vibrant Emotional Health, Gonzalez has served on ViacomCBS’ Expert Advisory Council and engaged with Facebook’s Suicide and Self-Injury Advisory Committee to promote the sharing of stories about hope and recovery that can model how individuals cope and make it through crises. “There’s no one-size-fits-all experience for mental health,” Gonzalez says, “and our communications, the stories we share, our materials that we build should be reflective, celebratory of those different experiences.” Resources Gonzalez has created at the organization include a storytelling checklist, which offers a guide for sharing stories of suicide

Ruben Gonzalez is director of finance at New York Edge.

prevention, and a social media toolkit outlining how to create suicide-prevention policies for online community moderators.

RUBEN GONZALEZ DIRECTOR OF FINANCE New York Edge Given his background in nonprofit programming, as the director of finance for New York Edge, Ruben Gonzalez says he has made it his mission to bridge the gap between the sector’s finance and programming departments. “There’s always this disconnection ... one doesn’t understand what the other does and I think that’s extremely crucial to actually grasp what are each other’s responsibilities to better be efficient,” Gonzalez says. Before switching to the financial side of the

Gonzalez worked with Facebook’s Suicide and SelfInjury Advisory Committee.

nonprofit sector, Gonzalez spent 10 years in nonprofit programming. During his career, he has served as a case-plan manager with the New York Urban League and as a Learning to Work program director with Harlem Renaissance High School. He also provided parenting workshops and school-aged workshops at the New York City Mission Society. When Gonzalez joined New York Edge, he started as a program manager overseeing seven to eight after-school programs before transferring to the finance department as a budget compliance supervisor, overseeing $33 million in government contract funding. Recalling his own childhood in the Bronx, Gonzalez says he owes his success to programs like those provided by New York Edge, pointing to the influence of the organization’s Champions Club, which provides a wide range of enrichment opportunities. “It’s always been a passion of mine to work in the communities that I was raised in,” Gonzalez says. In the future, Gonzalez says his goal is to build reserves

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Erum Hanif supports the South Brooklyn Muslim community at APNA.

and endowments for the organization to be less reliant on contract funding.

ERUM HANIF CEO APNA Brooklyn Community Center Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, APNA’s influence in the South Brooklyn community has grown exponentially. Recognizing the impact felt by the community APNA served, Erum Hanif, the organization’s CEO, worked with the city government to create a designated halal grab-and-go meal site between March and June of 2020. In July, APNA established its food pantry, which serves 250 to 300 families every week and provides 1,500 to 2,000 cooked meals four days a week. Through these new programs, Hanif says, APNA has become a hub for not just the Muslim community but for everyone in the neighborhood.

Before joining APNA, Hanif spent most of her career working in Pakistan, which included serving as chief human resources officer for a background screening company. Since joining APNA almost four years ago, Hanif has overseen the operations of the organization’s two adult day care centers and its community center, which provides a wide range of services including free tax preparation and filing, voterregistration workshops, and entitlement and case management services. With the coronavirus pandemic, those services have only expanded. “I’m a Muslim-hijabi woman, but I am a taxpayer, I am here, I am a resident, so my needs and my voice matters as all other voices matter,” Hanif says. “And still we are seeing that communities of color, Muslims and immigrants are still being neglected.” Outside of APNA, Hanif is a member of Community Board 13, co-president of P.S. 253’s Parent Teacher Association

Gia Harris is a program director at Greenpoint YMCA.

and a member of the school leadership team.

GIA HARRIS PROGRAM DIRECTOR Greenpoint YMCA Now with the YMCA for more than 20 years, Gia Harris says she first became interested in working with the organization when she was just 17 years old and waited until her 18th birthday to join as an afterschool counselor in Jamaica, Queens. Harris completed her bachelor’s degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and returned to the organization as a mental health and wellness group counselor at the West Side location. While at the West Side YMCA, Harris became a

site coordinator for the middle school program and eventually a school-aged child care director. “The Y is really about serving the whole person and meeting just about every need that someone in the community could possibly have,” Harris says. Prior to joining the Greenpoint YMCA as a program director, Harris took a break from her full-time role to be a mom. While home with her daughter, Harris became a birth doula, postpartum doula, fertility doula and a childbirth educator, which has encouraged her to explore how the YMCA can expand its services for pregnant and postpartum mothers. “I know that there are a lot of families who need services, and they may not be able to afford what they truly cost,

Hanif oversaw APNA’s halal grab-and-go meal site development.

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Lizzie Honan runs NYC operations for RevJen Group.

what these agencies and people are charging, so being able to provide services to families is what I’m committed to,” Harris says. During the coronavirus pandemic, the YMCA has continued to offer virtual services, but has been able to reopen its doors and provide access to its learning labs and after-school programs.

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LIZZIE HONAN REGIONAL DIRECTOR, NEW YORK CITY RevJen Group Although she only joined RevJen Group in February 2020, Lizzie Honan, now the organization’s New York City regional director, is not new to the practice of revenue building and growth. At the beginning of her career, Honan joined Madison Square Park Conservancy and watched the organization grow over nine years from having under $1 million in funding to $4 million by the time she became chief of staff. Later, she joined Edible Schoolyard NYC as first vice president of growth strategy and development, where she

oversaw $1.5 million of growth in revenue. RevJen’s focus is to support nonprofit leaders and remove barriers like revenue capacity, and Honan oversees the organization’s revenue capacity-building workshops in New York City. Through its programs, RevJen offers training to multiple members of an organization’s team to embed revenue culture into staff meetings so that programmatic goals and budget goals can be formed together. “We’ve heard from several executive directors, for example, who’ve said that their peer groups are the one place where they can just show up and be themselves,” Honan says. Before the coronavirus pandemic, Honan says a lot of organizations that RevJen worked with had a fundraising routine. But with change being felt by almost all aspects of society, Honan

Jennifer Jimenez is a residential habilitation counselor at AHRC NYC.

says that almost everyone has had to rethink where their funding is going to come from. “The pandemic has absolutely underscored what we were already saying was needed in the sector,” Honan says.

JENNIFER JIMENEZ RESIDENTIAL HABILITATION COUNSELOR AHRC New York City When one of Jennifer Jimenez’s clients transferred to independent living and her new apartment building excluded animals, Jimenez knew she had to find a way to reunite the client with her three pet birds. “She said, ‘I know to others it’s just a bird, but to me those are my children, those are my babies.’ So once she told me that, I was like, no this has to happen,” Jimenez says.

Honan spent nine years growing Madison Square Park Conservancy’s funding.

After researching different options, Jimenez had the birds designated as emotional support animals so her client could live independently while also keeping her pets. As a residential habilitation counselor with AHRC New York City, Jimenez assists with a program that helps people with developmental disabilities live independently. Working with her clients, Jimenez encourages independent living skills and identifies achievable goals with clients and their care managers. “I like helping people. I like getting people where they need to be, where they want to be in life,” says Jimenez, who has been with AHRC New York City for about seven years. During the coronavirus pandemic, Jimenez has continued to work with her clients, adapting their routines and trying to keep everyone calm and distracted with DIY projects and other activities. “You have to really educate some of the clients when it comes to the pandemic. A lot of people, it’s very hard for them to understand and kind of grasp the danger and

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Chelsea Kraimer helps Rikers Island inmates at Getting Out and Staying Out.

Chai Jindasurat is vice president of policy at Nonprofit New York.

reality of what we were going through,” Jimenez says.

CHAI JINDASURAT VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY Nonprofit New York As the vice president of policy for an organization that advocates for the nonprofit sector, Chai Jindasurat has worked closely with New York state’s congressional delegation and the National Council of Nonprofits lately to ensure that organizations like Nonprofit New York were not excluded from the government’s policy response. “Nonprofit New York really took on much more of a sector-wide coordinated role in making sure that nonprofits were included in COVID relief,” Jindasurat says. Nonprofits ultimately gained relief with the federal Families First Coronavirus Response

Act, the first federal CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act due to advocacy by people like Jindasurat. At the beginning of his career, Jindasurat advocated for the LGBTQ community through working with the Kansas City Anti-Violence Project and the New York City Anti-Violence Project. Later, he received his master’s degree from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, interned with the New York City Economic Development Corp. and was a fellow with the Citizens Budget Commission. After graduating, Jindasurat joined the New York City Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget under Mayor Bill de Blasio as an analyst before going to Nonprofit New York in March of 2019. He’s also a student in CUNY Law’s part-time evening program. “What I would really like

Jindasurat’s advocacy paved the way for nonprofit relief from the federal CARES Act.

to see and work towards,” Jindurat says, “is a time where New York City, and New York state and the federal government really value the nonprofit sector as an integral, an important, a powerful fabric of our society.”

CHELSEA KRAIMER DIRECTOR OF REENTRY SERVICES AND SENIOR PARTICIPANT SUCCESS MANAGER Getting Out and Staying Out Although she always had an interest in forensics and racial justice, Chelsea Kraimer’s first experience with the criminal justice system was through interning with a federal halfway house in Hartford, Connecticut. “In that moment it was really clear to me that I wanted to find a career that was going to address what I think is one of the largest, and always has been, challenges of this time, which is mass incarceration,” Kraimer says. While completing her master’s degree in social work at New York University, Kraimer interned with Getting

Out and Staying Out, where she has continued to work ever since. As an intern with the organization, Kraimer says she regularly visited Rikers Island, New York City’s main jail complex, to work with 16- and 17-year-old maleidentifying individuals who were either recently sentenced or on their way to being discharged. “I’m someone who’s committed to decarceration, although I’d like to work with as many people as we’re able to, I also want to see the jails continue to release people,” Kraimer says. But as an intern, she says she noticed a gap in the organization’s services. Because Getting Out and Staying Out’s programs closed at 5 p.m., it was difficult for high school students to attend. After graduating, Kraimer joined the organization to build out an adolescent program in order to fill this gap. During the COVID-19 pandemic, and now working as the organization’s director of reentry services and senior participant success manager, Kraimer says the organization has continued to work with

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Lina Lee runs a tenants’ rights organization called Communities Resist.

program participants through a new hybrid model that operates virtually and provides physical resources.

LINA LEE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Communities Resist As a child of immigrant parents living in Elmhurst, Queens, Lina Lee witnessed firsthand the housing struggles faced by immigrant families and people of color. “It’s specifically communities of color who are traditionally underserved, constantly under-resourced, in New York City,” Lee says. “And really there were no legal services specifically geared to help the most vulnerable, but also the communities that are secluded and forgotten.” With a law degree in hand from Boston University, Lee sought to amplify the voices of low-income tenants with accessible legal avenues through Communities Resist, a legal-services organization. Lee and her diverse team educate tenants on housing

laws and how to organize to fight for change in a courtroom. They also work within the community to provide resources and bring together different community boards and elected coalitions in order to support the tenant’s rights. COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted communities of color in many ways, and in housing, Black and Latino people face a higher eviction rate. Despite an eviction moratorium in place, Lee says that landlords have resorted to illegal methods, pushing out tenants with harassment tactics, especially toward undocumented immigrants. Lee and her team have been preparing for when the courts fully reopen in order to ensure the safety of the tenants they represent and have provided one-on-one legal assistance for illegal lockouts and harassment. “I have really come to see the difference and change that a legal service that is predominantly led by people of color – how that really affects the services and the way that we provide legal services,” Lee says.

Elinor Litwack is a partner at Gelman, Rosenberg, and Freedman CPAs.

ELINOR LITWACK PARTNER Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman CPAs Elinor Litwack has always had a passion for accounting and wanted to promote social good with her skills. “Smallbusiness accounting didn’t do it for me,” Litwack says. She has been working for the nonprofit sector since 2007, when she joined the accounting firm Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman CPAs. Litwack calls the work a “perfect mesh of both my worlds coming together, so I get to help nonprofits achieve their mission.” At her firm, she is also a leading force in helping accounting go digital. The shift in technology-based accounting

has provided the firm with efficiency in automating tasks and “pushing salary dollars further,” Litwack says. Aside from her professional work of aiding nonprofits, Litwack also volunteers for I Support the Girls, a nonprofit organization that helps provide homeless women and girls with menstrual products and bras. When Dana Marlowe, the founder of the organization, told Litwack about this project in its inception, Litwack volunteered right away to help with the accounting needed to get the organization up and running. According to Litwack, the organization has donated over $13.5 million worth of bras and feminine-hygiene products to women in need. “I feel blessed that I get to work with many nonprofits in multiple sectors, but I’m just inspired in a way that they’re

Lee was inspired by her youth growing up in Queens to support housing equity.

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Christopher Luggiero does comms at The Doe Fund.

able to accomplish so much and sometimes with very few dollars,” Litwack says. “But that really, it just makes you feel like the world is actually a very good place again when you’re surrounded by that type of love and activism and positivity.”

CHRISTOPHER LUGGIERO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS The Doe Fund The Doe Fund provides social services to those suffering from addiction, homeless people and formerly incarcerated individuals through workforce development and socioeconomic aid. Since starting as associate director of communications at The Doe Fund, Luggiero has transformed the way the organization communicates to both the individuals they serve and the communities where those individuals reside. Luggiero focuses on telling the personal stories of individuals that are aided with The Doe Fund’s programs while drawing attention to the systemic issues and inequalities these individuals have faced. His conversations come from “a place of humility and listening,” Luggiero says. “What can they teach me

that I don’t know, what can they teach the world?” he asks when conducting these stories. “What can we learn from what they’ve overcome, what they’ve struggled with, what their lives have been?” Luggiero says the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected those that have been homeless and formerly incarcerated because many were employed in faceto-face entry-level jobs. The Doe Fund team has completely overhauled its workforce development strategy to account for the loss in those opportunities, mostly through different types of job training like carpentry, or switching from culinary-arts training to fooddelivery experience. They’ve also been able to aid those facing homelessness during COVID-19 in finding housing or staying at hotels, such as the Bentley Hotel on the Upper East Side. According to Luggiero, the community there has embraced the individuals staying at the hotel. Part of that is because Luggiero

Tiffany McFadden is a project director at SCAN-Harbor.

has shared the personal experiences of those who are facing trying times. “We have to change the narrative, change the perception of who these people are who have experienced homelessness and who have experienced incarceration,” Luggiero says. “It’s nothing like you see in movies or in television shows or the mainstream perception and culture. It’s totally off.”

TIFFANY MCFADDEN PROJECT DIRECTOR OF THE TEST AND TRACE CBO ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE SCAN-Harbor A former foster care youth, Tiffany McFadden understood the societal issues plaguing many from an early age. The families where she was placed often lacked the means to appropriately care for her, and her mother had struggled with substance abuse. “I saw that and experienced that, whether I was in court or being shifted away from one foster care placement to the next, that

McFadden is a leader at Harlem’s largest youth services provider.

this whole thing around young people slipping through the cracks was not just some cliche, that it was very real,” McFadden says. Early on as an adolescent, McFadden had to develop a voice for herself because she knew no one else would speak up for her. McFadden is now a part of SCAN-Harbor, the largest youth service provider in Harlem, East Harlem and the South Bronx that supports at-risk youth. She has been the driving force in promoting mask awareness, COVID-19 testing and now helping people schedule their vaccination appointments in her community. According to McFadden, there was a lot of resistance in stepping into communities that were apprehensive about coronavirus pandemic policies. McFadden and her team did not resist. They went into those communities to effectively communicate and understand different perspectives. Her leading effort drove other organizations to “put boots on the ground as well.” The community team was so effective that the Department of Health ended up using them as a strategy in fending off the coronavirus pandemic. McFadden says she has a yearning to “belong” and finds that in her community work.

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Nicole McVinua heads policy work at Urban Pathways.

“I want to continue to do that,” McFadden says. “I understand that it’s a part of my purpose. It’s a part of my happiness. It’s a part of my healing.”

NICOLE MCVINUA DIRECTOR OF POLICY

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Urban Pathways Nicole McVinua received her education in sociology and social work, a field she says showed her how society is structured in such a way that it benefits some individuals while harming others. “I feel like once you see it, you cannot unsee it,” McVinua says. As the director of policy at Urban Pathways, McVinua advocates for policies in affordable housing while bringing important stakeholders into the conversation. McVinua is proud of having been a

leading force in the New York City Council’s passage of 1211-a, a landmark piece of legislation that requires New York City to set aside 15% of affordable housing units for homeless families and individuals through Urban Pathways’ “House Our Future NY” campaign. This is just one example of how McVinua builds relationships with elected officials to advocate for change. “We like to invite the elected officials to come and visit our program sites, meet with the residents who live there, hear their perspective about the programs and, you know, see what we do firsthand,” McVinua says. She says what motivates her is seeing her client succeed in being able to obtain permanent housing. “You see a client sometimes come in from a shelter and a year or two later their lives are

McVinua was crucial in passing a major affordable housing bill in NYC.

Liz Northcutt leads youth mentoring at City Living NY.

just completely turned around. They carry themselves in a different way,” McVinua says. “It’s just really phenomenal what something that, it sounds so basic to have, housing, is just, it matters for every single thing.”

LIZ NORTHCUTT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER City Living NY Liz Northcutt has led a career as a caseworker who aids children in the family court and foster care systems. After a few years, Northcutt noticed a pattern. Young adults who aged out of the foster care system weren’t getting the help they needed in becoming financially stable, leading to poverty and homelessness. Northcutt saw a need and developed a solution by forming City Living NY, a support mentoring service that provides young adults with the tools necessary to find housing and succeed in their own lives. According to Northcutt, young adults have thrived in the program.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Northcutt and her team had to support many adults who had recently been laid off from their retail or restaurant jobs. They immediately created a COVID-19 fundraiser where 100% of the funds went to supporting their clients by paying for rent, food, diapers, laptops and more. They shifted their model from one of prompting independence to financially supporting many during the difficult economic period. Despite an eviction moratorium in place, Northcutt is proud to have been able to lead an effort in providing payment to many young adults’ housing needs so they would not have to owe any money when the moratorium ends. Northcutt started City Living NY with two young children and worked pro bono for two years. “My priority was always helping young people and so, over time, now in the last five years, we’ve grown,” Northcutt says. “I have a salary, we have seven, including myself, social workers, and with funds having grown, we’ve been able to do that.”

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Pedro Suarez forges strategic partnerships at LIFT.

PEDRO SUAREZ PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS LIFT Pedro Suarez has lived in the Bronx his entire life. After completing a bachelor’s degree in political science, Suarez realized he enjoyed serving his community through organizing and advocacy. Now at LIFT, he helps families break the cycle of multigenerational poverty by reaching financial and educational goals. In his role, he works closely with community colleges to provide families with resources needed to continue or begin their educational journeys. He’s also part of the Student Sponsor Partners program, through which he mentors a student from his own alma mater, Cardinal Hayes High School. “I think mentoring is really powerful,” Suarez says. “It’s something that everyone should have access

to. And I think folks who have barriers, whether that’s language barriers or barriers to specific skills that they need for a certain job, mentorship can be a huge opportunity to get access to different opportunities, different skills and different resources.” At LIFT, Suarez has also played a crucial role in distributing COVID-19 relief funding and assistance to people living in New York City by reaching out to funders who had worked with LIFT in the past. He has also bridged the digital divide for many families. “I’m really excited for what’s to come in terms of the opportunities that we can work with our families to create, but it’s far from over,” Suarez says. “We really look forward to working with all the important institutions in New

Liliana Velez is chief of staff at the Urban Resource Institute.

York City that are interested in doing this work to serve families that are struggling right now.”

LILIANA VELEZ CHIEF OF STAFF Urban Resource Institute As someone who grew up in the public school system of the Bronx with immigrant parents, Liliana Velez has experienced firsthand the lack of access to resources due to institutional structures. Her parents “made sure that as a child I really understood that education was key to succeeding professionally,” Velez says. She did, and continues to strive to provide resources to others through leadership and education.

Suarez does critical work in breaking multigenerational poverty within families.

Velez works to open doors for other people through leadership and education as chief of staff at Urban Resource Institute, a domestic violence services provider in New York City, where she leads projects. Most recently, she spearheaded a merger that resulted in the institute enlarging its shelter capacity, making it the largest provider of shelter for domestic violence survivors in the country, according to Velez. Before her time with the Institute, Velez held a variety of community-oriented leadership roles with Safe Horizon, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and afterschool programs. Velez aspires to inspire others to work toward achieving their own goals and uplifting their communities, one person at a time. To Velez, her achievements are because of the teachings of her parents. “It’s really a testament to their drive, their perseverance, and their belief that what they did, as

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Ashleigh Washington supports domestic violence work at Safe Horizon.

individuals who emigrated to give me greater opportunities, what they did was really something that was worth it and was attainable,” Velez says.

ASHLEIGH WASHINGTON SENIOR DIRECTOR OF LEARNING AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT

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Safe Horizon During her undergraduate studies at Prairie View A&M University, Ashleigh Washington realized she wanted to spend her life aiding those in need. “What was most important to me was really addressing issues of life as it relates to women who looked like me,” Washington says. In her 15-year career, Washington went on to support the rehabilitation of women from substance use, helped pregnant and parenting teenagers and aided HIV-affected people find housing solutions. At Safe Horizon, Washington trains advocates to work effectively with survivors of violence. An adjunct professor at the City University of New York

and former writing consultant for Columbia University social work students, Washington also teaches appropriate methods to discuss issues humans face. “I want them to bring humanity to that, and be conscious of their own implicit bias and their judgment,” Washington says. When teaching, she focuses on the mindset her students have when approaching people, rather than memorization. According to Washington, her antiracist pedagogy encourages her students to constantly reflect within “the system of racism and white supremacy that surrounds us,” and she teaches students to learn from other’s experiences. The fundamentals that she teaches in the classroom are what have defined her life. Washington says what keeps her going is her 10-yearold self. She hopes to create a safer environment for young women. “It’s my ancestors and the people that came before me that made it possible for me to learn, grow, and withstand every barrier that the society placed in front of me,” Washington says.

Alice Wong is chief of staff at the ChineseAmerican Planning Council.

ALICE WONG CHIEF OF STAFF Chinese-American Planning Council A daughter of immigrant parents and a native of the Lower East Side, Alice Wong grew up translating for her parents who did not speak a lot of English. This was her introduction to helping people with significant barriers. Fast forward a few decades later and Wong is now at the helm of the Chinese-American Planning Council where she’s led the charge in creating Community at Broome, a community center, affordable housing unit and essentialservices provider all wrapped in one. The facility will also be the headquarters of the ChineseAmerican Planning Council, helping them enlarge their reach to the Lower East Side community. “I’m really proud of the fact that we’re going to be building a lot of affordable

housing and a community space that is going to be helping the residents of the Lower East Side substantially for a very long time,” Wong says. Wong has also led many campaigns against Asian hate crimes during the coronavirus pandemic. She helped train individuals who were discriminated against by teaching them their legal rights for those instances. That proactive approach was coupled with public service announcements highlighting a variety of advertisements that tried to change the narrative that people of Asian descent were the cause of the pandemic. “Our concern was that once the city began to reopen, this would become a bigger issue, and unfortunately it has,” Wong says. “So, now it becomes just this ongoing fight to continue to draw attention to this issue for awareness but also to ensure that our communities are getting the resources needed to combat it.”

Wong worked on campaigns against hate crimes.

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

Notice of Formation of Unconlove, LLC filed with SSNY on September 04, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2196 Third Ave New York, NY 10035. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JAMI CAPITAL LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/21. Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS , INC . 7014 13TH AVE, SUITE 202 BROOKLY, NY 11228. The principal business address of the LLC is: 35 E 85th St #10A New York, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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

Notice of Qualification of THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/18/21.O f fice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/13/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O UNIVERSAL REGISTERED AGENTS, INC., 26 Carville Ln., East Greenbush, NY 12061. Address to be maintained in DE: BUSINESS FILINGS INCOR POR ATED, 107 WEST 13TH ST., WILMINGTON, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the SECY. OF STATE, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notice of Qualification of MISHEGAS LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/18/21 . O f fice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/10/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: BEN FRIEDMAN, 940 N. STANLEY AVE., APT. #7, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046. Address to be maintained in DE: 3500 S Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qual. of QUEST 48 WALL STREET LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 02/26/2021. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 02/03/2021. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Roy Glassberg CPA, 6971 N Federal Highway #201, Boca Raton, FL 33487. Address required to be maintained in DE: 310 Alder Road, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Performance Imaging Management LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY ) on 3/9/2021. Office: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o The DeIorio Law Group PLLC, 800 Westchester Ave, Ste S-608, Rye Brook , NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of TULO MARKET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/21/20. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 122 E. 42nd St., 18th Fl., NY, NY 10168. Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Formation of PRINCETON AMHERST RELATED GP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of PRINCETON AMHERST RELATED CLASS C, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/21.Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Qualification of MSG NYK HOLDINGS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on03/03/21. O f f ice location: N Y Count y. LLC formed in Delaware(DE) on 03/17/20 . S S N Y designated as agent of LLC uponwhom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mailprocess to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St.,Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 LittleFalls Dr. , Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DESecy. of State, Div. of Corps., John D. Townsend Bldg., 401Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawfulactivity. GERARDANTHONY SALON LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/18/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Gerard Anthony Salon, 580 Amsterdam Avenue, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM

SHAPIRO & LEE PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/19/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 579 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Law. Notice of Formation of Jindonut LLC filed with SSNY on March 18, 2021. O f f i c e: We s tc h e s te r County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 24203 Town Green Drive, Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qualification of OBSCURA DIGITAL, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/23/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John D. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of CBM WILLIAMSBURG, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/12/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/09/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of MARINE PARK 2067 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2067 East 37TH Street Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of OUR WHALE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/24/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3273 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SAM BLAKE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/16/16. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 183 Wilson Street Suite 185 Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of THE KEYLIN EXPERIENCE, LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/4/20. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2130 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Bl Suite 120 New York, NY, 10027. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of THE SCOTT-EDWARDS HOUSE OF VOCAL TRAINING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/21. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 752 Delafirld Ave Staten Island, NY, 10310. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of W L S W V DILIGENCE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/15/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9013 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11209. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 68 FOREST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/19/19. Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to P.O. Box 57 Monroe, NY, 10949. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BIG BLUE MUSIC GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/25/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1301 Avenue Of The Americas New York, NY, 10019. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 595 UNION AVE., LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/22/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 238 North 11th St Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CASA MIA ORANGE COUNTY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/21. Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 32 Bristol Drive Middletown, NY, 10941. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of A & B LANDSCAPING AND HARDSCAPING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 61 Elmwood Ave Gloversville, NY, 12078. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of ALTITUDE HR LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/4/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 10 Park Avenue, Suite 6J New York, NY, 10016. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of DOCTORS ON CALL MEDICAL SERVICES, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 272 Marion St Brooklyn, NY, 11233. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ANUM 786 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1011 E 58th ST, 1FL Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KK TOTORO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2067 East 37th St. Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Tingirin, LLC filed with SSNY on March 21st, 2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be serve. SSNY mail shall mail copy of process to LLC: 665 Allerton Avenue, APT: FE, Bronx, NY 10467. Purpose: any lawful act activity.

GROUNDED THERAPY LCSW, PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the S SN Y on 03/10/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 133 West 87th Street, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Licensed Clinical Social Work.

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7 FILLMORE PLACE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the S SN Y on 03/30/2021. Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Rahul Chabria, 7 Fillmore Place, Brooklyn, N Y 11 2 11 . Purp o s e: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Qual. of SURREY OPCO LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 12/8/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 733 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of SURREY PROPCO LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/30/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 733 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of S3 RE 323 E 79TH FUNDING LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/17/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 555 Madison Ave, 19 th Fl, NY, NY 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 2083 DALY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/23/18.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16th Ave Ste 9 Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of The Sunrise Center, LLC filed with SSNY on March 29, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 235 16th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Rini Fonseca-Sabune Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on February 12, 2021. Of fice: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 280 Riverside Drive, 14A, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qual. of RE ALVITALIZE LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/22/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 7/19/19. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave, # 400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qualification of UPFRONT RENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/25/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 379 W. Broadway, FL 2, New York, NY 10012. DE addr. of LLC: c/o C orp oration S er vic e Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Formation of PARKSIDE AMHERST RELATED GP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of Glitchworks LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretar y of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/27/2019. NY Office Location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Attilio Rigotti, 111 Malcolm X Blvd, Apt. GDN Brooklyn, NY 11221. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of CBM NoHo, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/05/21. Office location: NY Count y LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/29/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Qualification of CBM UES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/21. Office location: NY Count y LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/01/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of AMB IMPACT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/24/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 325 COLUMBIA TURNPIKE STE . 301 FLORHAM PA R K , NJ, 07932. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of DivinePrism, LLC filed with SSNY on January 19, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 177-10 Linden Blvd,Jamaica NY 11434. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of Otto CSG 1 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/9/20. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Dimension Energy LLC, Rafael Dobrzynski, 328 0 Peachtree Rd NE, 7th Fl., Atlanta, GA 30305, principal business address. Purpose: any law f ul ac ti v i t y

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Notice of Formation of 4100 Lake Road LLC. filed with SSNY o n March 31, 2021. Office: Wayne County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7175 Tuckahoe Rd, Williamson, NY 14589. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Sandhya Jain- Patel, LLC filed with SSNY on 31 March 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 149 Skillman Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of DOBBS FERRY VETERINARY CENTER PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State (NYSS) on 3/26/21. Office in Westchester County. NYSS designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to: DOBBS FERRY VETERINARY CENTER PLLC, 62 Hampton House Rd, Newton, NJ 07860. Any lawful business purpose. Notice of Formation of WAYSIDE WEST, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/31/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Corporate Creations Network Inc. 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400 Harrison, NY, 10528.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of BACK TO NYC 71, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/3/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas Llp Attn: Jeffrey S. Reich, Esq. 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10022. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 36D PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400 Harrison, NY, 10528.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 248WEST22ND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 90 State Street, Suite 700 Box 10 Albany, NY, 12207. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of EC 58TH STREET LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/2/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10//21/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O United Agent Group Inc. 15 North Mill St Nyack, NY, 10960. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of JX Service, LLC filed with SSNY on April 1, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 8622 25th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11214. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qual. of HRA AMSTERDAM, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/1/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in FL on 3/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corporate Creations Network Inc. 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400 Harrison, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS. The Centre of Tallahassee, 2415 N. Monroe Sreet Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303. Any lawful purpose.

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Form of notice for on-premises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number [pending] for liquor, beer, cider and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, cider and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 595 Union Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11211 for on premises consumption. RHYMIN & THIEVIN, LLC Notice of Qual. of HRA TIMES SQUARE, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/1/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in FL on 3/19/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corporate Creations Network Inc. 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400 Harrison, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS. The Centre of Tallahassee, 2415 N. Monroe Sreet Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of OGL HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/6/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Contessa Health Management 49 Music Square West, Ste. 401 Nashville, TN, 37203.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Omniscient Demolition LLC filed with SSNY on February 22, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 211 Lott Ave, Apt 4A, Brooklyn, NY 11212. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Zainab Albedawi Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on March 1, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 52 Avon Place, Staten Island, NY, 10301. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of AGAPE CROCHET LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/2/21. Office location: KINGS. LLC formed in DE on 2/4/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 1178 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY, 112344112. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of P&R WORKS, LLC filed with Secretary of State of New York on February 4, 2021. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1199 East 53rd Street, Unit 7B, Brooklyn, NY 11234 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of AND SONS NYC BUTTERY, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/25/21 Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 193 Midwood St Brooklyn, NY, 11225. Any law ful purpose.

Market Street MA Z Investor LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/22/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 9 Prospect Park West, #10C, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Purpose: any lawful act. PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 84.9’) on the building at 613-619 Throop Ave, Brooklyn, NY (20210416). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties. Aramak LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 1/13/21. Office location: New York County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 101 West End ave #7R, New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity,

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Notice of Qual. of ANDREW PAUL REALTY LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/29/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in MA on /18/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail proces s to: PO Box 1872 New York, NY, 10101. Arts. of Org. filed with MA SOC McCormack Bldg O ne A shbur ton Pl , 17th Fl Boston, MA 02108. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of BINDLESTICK MEDIA, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/10/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1591 Saint Marks Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11233. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 31 LANCASTER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to P O Box 230323 Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of BIRD POND HAUS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21. Office location: Warren SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2 Galasso Place Maspeth, NY, 11378. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of CHI ZONG LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7004 Fort Hamilton Pk w y Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose

Notice of Formation of DANIELLE ROSS NP IN PSYCHIATRY, PLLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/29/21.Office location: Chautauqua SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 567 Fairmount Avenue Warwick Plaza Rear Door Jamestown, NY, 14701. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DESIGNED AS RARE APPAREL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/7/21. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 41 Washington St Middletown, NY, 10940. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of EAT CHIQUE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1347 East 7th St Brooklyn, NY, 11230. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of GRCANALY TIC LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/26/2021. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 60 South 8th St #D717 Brooklyn, NY, 11249. Any law ful purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER

Index No. 65087/2020 Date Summons Filed: 23rd day of November, 2020 Date Supplemental Summons Filed: 3rd day of March, 2021

JUDITH MILOWE

Plaintiff, - against-

JOHN JOSEPH WIEMERS

Defendant. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE

This action is brought in the County of Westchester because said County is the County where the Plaintiff resides. ______________________________________ ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS and to the requests for relief made by the Plaintiff by serving a written Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney, at the address stated below. If this Summons with Notice was served upon you within the State of New York by personal delivery, you must respond WITHIN 20 DAYS after service, exclusive of the day of service. If this Summons with Notice was not personally delivered to you within the State of New York you must respond WITHIN 30 DAYS after service is complete in accordance with the requirements of the Civil Practice Law and Rules. THE NATURE OF THIS ACTION IS TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT OF DIVORCE, DISSOLVING THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT. THIS ACTION FOR DIVORCE IS BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING GROUND OR GROUNDS: The relationship between Plaintiff and Defendant has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months, pursuant to Domestic Relations Law Section 170(7). THE RELIEF SOUGHT BY THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS ACTION IS A JUDGMENT DIVORCING THE PARTIES AND DISSOLVING THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP WHICH HAS HERETOFORE EXISTED. PLAINTIFF ALSO REQUESTS THAT SUCH JUDGMENT GRANT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF ADDITIONAL AND ANCILLARY RELIEF: (A) Awarding Plaintiff equitable distribution of marital property, including a distributive award to Plaintiff if required or appropriate to effect such equitable distribution; (b) Declaring Plaintiff’s separate property; (c) Granting such party the right to resume the use of any maiden name or other pre-marriage surname; and (d) Awarding Plaintiff such other and further relief as to the court may seem just and proper, together with the costs and disbursements of this action. Pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 255, effective October 9, 2009, notice is hereby given that once the judgment of divorce is signed, a party hereto may or may not be eligible to be covered under the other party’s health insurance plan, depending on the terms of the plan. IN THE EVENT THAT YOU FAIL TO APPEAR OR ANSWER, JUDGMENT WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU, by default, for the relief demanded in this Summons with Notice. The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action AND any other relief the court deems fit and proper. Dated: March 2, 2021

Yours, etc., /s/_______________ _______________ NICHOLAS P. BARONE, ESQ. LAW OFFICES OF NICHOLAS BARONE Attorney for Plaintiff 44 Church Street, White Plains, NY 10601 (914)683-8200

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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA SELECTIVE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY SELECTIVE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY SELECTIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHEAST SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ENGLAND SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK SELECTIVE WAY INSURANCE COMPANY

The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above named company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more:

MR & MRS JONATHAN STERNCHOS 170 WEST END AVE APT 20J NEW YORK NY10023 425 WEST MAIN ASSOCIATES L.P. & NFA & THE C/O NATIONAL FIRE ADJUSTMENT COMPANY ONE NFA PARK AMHERST NY 14228 ADRIAN BEEBE 5522 STATE RTE 40 ARGYLE NY 12809 ALVIN CONCEPCION 119 AUDUBON ST APT 6B NEW YORK, NY 10032 ANDREW VOLNICK 32 SEDGEWICK RD. APT. 32 POUGHKEEPSIE , NY 12603 ANGELA HIRSH 96A OSBORNE RD COLONY NY 12205 BOQUET RIVER ASSOC INC PO BOX 374 ELIZABETHTOWN NY 12932 COMPLETE CARE 1320 SHERIDAN AVENUE APT 2A BRONX NY 10456 DANIEL LORQUET 66 SPRING VALLEY COMMONS SPRING VALLEY NY 10977 DAVE DELAMATER 100 GORDON LANE NO 147 GANSEVOORT NY 12831 DENNIS OSTRANDER PT 4383 SR23 POB 1244 CAIRO NY12413 DEVORAH HERBSTMAN MORRIS BARENBAUM, ESQ. 1100 CONEY ISLAND AVE SUITE 411 BROOKLYN NY 11230 DONNA ASHLOCK 301 CRESTWOOD DR BUFFALO NY14216 EVER ERNESTO ALVARENGA 28 DEKALB AVE WHITE PLAINS NY10605

G AND S OF NORTH SYRACUSE INC DBA SUNSHINE SUNSHINE MINI MART 5824 E TAFT ROAD NORTH SYRACUSENY13212 GREGORY J PAPANDREA DBA SOUTHERN TIER PATTERNS PO BOX 1261 ELMIRA NY 14902 HANY NISSIEM 790 LINDEN AVE ROCHESTER, NY 14625 HARTEL’S AUTO BODY 2020 GREENWOOD ST YORKTOWN HEIGHTS NY10598

STATEN ISLAND NY10311 ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE 110 WELLS FARM RD GOSHEN NY 10924 OVERTON, RUSSEL, AND DOERR AND DONOVAN PO BOX 437 CLIFTON PARK NY12065 PRO FIT ORTHOPEDIC & SPORTS 21-42 UTOPIA PARKWAY WHITESTONE NY 11357 RITE AID PHARMACY 963 FAIRMONT AVENUE WE JAMESTOWN NY14701 SANFORD CHIROPRACTIC PC 2220 65TH STREET #1130 BROOKLYN NY 11204 SARAR SHADAB CORP 431 TORRY AVE FL 1 BRONX NY 10473 SCHENECTADY COUNTY CLERK 620 STATE STREET SCHENECTADY NY 12305 SCHILLER PARK COMMUNITY CENTER 2056 GENESEE STREET BUFFALO NY 14211

HOLLY MABB 116 MAPLE STREET HUDSON FALLS NY12839

STATE OF NEW YORK 328 STATE STREET FINANCE OFFICE ROOM 331 SCHENECTADY NY 12305

HUSSEIN OMAR PHYSICIAN PC PO BOX 558 39 OLD MONTICELLO RD. FERNDALE NY 12734

SUPPORT CLAIM SERVICES INC 555 BROAD HOLLOW ROAD MELVILLE NY 11746

KALVIN KABINOFF 44 N MAIN ST PO BOX 156 HARRIMAN NY 10926

THE COPY STORE 49 COURT ST. BUFFALO NY 14202

KATHERINE MCNALLY 56 HURTIN ST PORT JEFFERSON STATI NY 11776 KRUSE ASSOCIATES PC PO BOX 1184 BOLTON LANDINGNY 12814 LUIS SANCHEZ 5939 ROUTE 4455 KERHONKSON NY12446 MARY PETTY 2694 CENTER RD SCIPIO CENTER NY13147 MCMAHON MARTINE AND GALLAGHER LLP 55 WASHINGTON STREET STE 720 BROOKLYN NY 11201 MIGUEL TEIXEIRA 917 CHURCH RD GLENVILLE NY12302 NANUET COLLISION CENTER INC 130 ROUTE 59 MOMSEY NY10952 NYU HOSPITALS CENTER 2 TELEPORT DRIVE STE 302

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THROGS NECK PHYSICAL THERAPY 3058 E TREMONT AVE BRONX NY 10461 TIMOTHY WALSH 50 UPPER SHAD ROAD POUND RIDGE NY 10576 TINAS RESTAURANT CORPORATION 4081 ROUTE 52 HOLMES NY 12531 TUTOR PERINI CORP 15 MAIDEN LANE, SUITE 1505 NEW YORK NY 10038 WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PO BOX 350 PLAINVIEW NY 11803

A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HAS BEEN MADE TO THOMAS P. DINAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 701 AND/ OR SECTION 1316 OF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW. A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS APPEARING FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SAID INSURANCE COMPANY TO BE ENTITLED THERETO IS ON FILE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION LOCATED AT 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE, NJ 07890 WHERE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY IS PAYABLE. SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 31ST 2018 NEXT TO PERSONS ESTABLISHING TO OUR SATISFACTION THEIR RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE SAME. ON OR BEFORE THE SUCCEEDING SEPTEMBER 10TH, SUCH UNCLAIMED FUNDS STILL REMAINING UNCLAIMED WILL BE PAID TO THOMAS P. DINAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. UPON SUCH PAYMENT THIS COMPANY SHALL NO LONGER BE LIABLE FOR THE PROPERTY. SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA SELECTIVE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY SELECTIVE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY SELECTIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHEAST SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ENGLAND SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK SELECTIVE WAY INSURANCE COMPANY

Notice of Formation of Suds And Sweeps, LLC filed with SSNY on December 23,2020. Office: NY Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 82 Irving Place, 1B, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. PUBLIC NOTICE T-Mobile Northeast, LLC (T-Mobile) proposes the modification of existing T-Mobile facilities on the following buildings in Westchester County, NY: a 59’ (69’ overall) building at 269 Broadway in Dobbs Ferry (Job #50533) and a 57.3” (57.3 overall) building at 1 Readers Digest Rd in Chappaqua (Job #50535). In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide P r o g r a m m a t i c Agreement, T-Mobile is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. If you would like to provide sp e c i f ic information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within 1/2 mile of the site, please submit the comments (with Job #50533) to: Ramaker, Contractor for T-Mobile, 855 Communit y Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ r a m a ke r. c o m w i t h i n 30 days of this notice. Notice of Qual. of KENNEDY RD LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/5/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/26/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Julie Lawson 983 Park Ave, 2c New York, NY, 10028. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LH206, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/6/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 515 West 18th Street #206 New York, NY, 10011.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual of WOODFIELD R E N E W A B L E PARTNERS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/18/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/12/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 228 Park Ave S PMB 50992 New York, NY, 10003. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. MO DANCE FITNESS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/02/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Morgan Ose, 510 West 52nd St., Apt 6L, NY, NY 10019. Reg Agent: Morgan Ose, 510 West 52nd St., Apt 6L, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of TURNWOOD VENTURES LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 325 Columbia Turnpike, Ste 301 Florham Park , NJ, 07932. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Y & L EMPIRE LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/26/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 605 Water St Apt 17c New York, NY, 10002. Any law ful purpose.

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April 26, 2021

STATE OF WISCONSIN NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY AMERICAN EUROPEAN INSURANCE COMPANY RUTGERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AE UNDERWRITERS AGENCY, INC. The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above-named company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more: 310 CANDY NEWSTAND CORP 85-30 144 STREET BRIARWOOD NY 11435 703 3RD AVE LLC 703 3RD AVENUE BROOKLYN NY 11232 ALBERT J BALDEO AND UNITED PUBLIC ADJ & APPRAISERS 106-11 LIBERTY AVENUE OZONE PARK NY 11417 ALEX SPORTSWEAR INC 39-19 103RD ST CORONA NY 11368 ALL FOR YOU PHARMACY INC DBA AGUILAR WELLNESS PLUS 39-60 54TH ST APT 7J WOODSIDE NY 11377 ALWEST OLD FULTON LLC 177 CONCORD STREET SUITE 100 BROOKLYN NY 11201 ARKHILL CONTRACTING CORP 14 RIDGEWOOD AVENUE YONKERS NY 10704 ATHENA OIL INC. 30-82 36TH STREET ASTORIA NY 11103 B & M HOME REMODELING INC 545 EDGECOMBE AVENUE APT # 2G NEW YORK NY 10032 BROTHERS B INC 904 ROGERS AVENUE BROOKLYN NY 11226 DUANG INC C/O MR. KING CHEN 11901 18TH AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR COLLEGE POINT NY 11356 DUNPHY, KATHY M AND JAMES 2152 DOGWOOD LANE WESTBURY NY 11590 ENRIGHT COURT REPORTING, INC. 100 SOUTH MAIN ST. STE 202 SAYVILLE NY 11782 ETLINE, JENNIFER AND SCOTT 5 BLUE SPRUCE LANE COMMACK NY 11725 EXPRESS EXAMS, INC. PO BOX 705 MERRICK NY 11566 FERRERI, LUCIANO S. 16 CENTER DRIVE SOUTH NEW HYDE PARK NY 11040

GUANG YU XIA & JI QING YUE 4255 SAULL ST FLUSHING NY 11355-4917 HAQUE, NAZUMUL 32 VAN SICLEN AVE FLORAL PARK NY 11001 HEALTH CARE PHARMACY LLC 1437 FLATBUSH AVE BROOKLYN NY 11210 HYAT DRUGS INC 1214 LIBERTY AVENUE BROOKLYN NY 11208 JOHN CONWAY AND NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC 22 CHURCH ST KINGS PARK NY 11754 KAILING WU 455 CENTRAL PARK AVE #310 SCARSDALE NY 10583 KALOU REALTY CORP 98-14 37TH AVENUE FLUSHING NY 11368 KAMALA REALTY CORP 2844 BRIGGS AVE BRONX NY 10458 KRISTIN FLAHERTY GREGG DEPASQUALE 74 WILLOW AVENUE HUNTINGTON NY 11743 LEKNOY REALTY, INC. MR. JACOB MOSKOWITZ 4309 13TH AVE BROOKLYN NY 11219 LOSS MANAGMENT GROUP INC 414 WEST SUNRISE HWY UNIT 330 PATCHOGUE NY 11772 METIS RENOVATIONS INC 349 5TH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10016 MICHAEL SANACORE DBA UNIQUE EXTERIORS 108 UNIT B BROOK AVE DEER PARK NY 11729 MIRANDA SAMBURSKY SLONE 240 MINEOLA BLVD MINEOLA NY 11501 MONTEBELLO’S PIZZERIA CORP. 107 LOCKWOOD AVENUE YONKERS NY 10701 MY ICES INC DBA RALPH’S ITALIAN ICE 1370 MIDDLE COUNTRY RD CENTEREACH NY 11720 NORTH STAR PHARMACY INC DBA TAINO TOWERS PHARMACY 2253 THIRD AVENUE, 1ST FL NEW YORK NY 10035

QUICK MOBILE INC 4342 194TH ST FLUSHING NY 11358 RELIANT CONDITIONING CORP. 83 DEWEY AVENUE BRONXVILLE NY 10708 SHIDAI CONSTRUCTION INC 19022 39TH AVENUE FLUSHING NY 11358 VATS, DEVANDRA P. AND MADHU B. 45 GIBBS RD CENTRAL ISLIP NY 11722 WOO JIN CHUN DBA NEW GARDEN CLEANERS 879 FRANKLIN AVENUE BROOKLYN NY 11225 XO PAINTING & MAINTENANCE INC 11 WINCHESTER AVE YONKERS NY 10710

A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY WILL BE MADE TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER. A LISTING OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING TO BE ENTITLED IS ON FILE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION AT AMERICAN EUROPEAN INSURANCE COMPANY/RUTGERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY / AE UNDERWRITERS AGENCY, INC. SUCH HELD AMOUNTS OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY WILL BE PAID OR DELIVERED TO PROVEN ENTITLED PARTIES BY AMERICAN EUROPEAN INSURANCE COMPANY/RUTGERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY / AE UNDERWRITERS AGENCY, INC. THROUGH AUGUST 31. ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 10, ANY REMAINING UNCLAIMED MONIES OR OTHER PROPERTIES WILL BE PAID OR DELIVERED TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER. AMERICAN EUROPEAN INSURANCE COMPANY RUTGERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AE UNDERWRITERS AGENCY, INC.

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CIRCUIT COURT

BRUCE W. CARDONE, et al, Plaintiffs,

WAUKESHA COUNTY Case No. 2020CV000700

-vBRIAN J. CARDONE, SR., et al, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, -vDORRIS BALSAM, 25 Central Park West New York, NY 10023 Third-Party Defendant. THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, to each person named above as a Third-Party Defendant: You are hereby notified that the Third-Party Plaintiffs named above have filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within forty (40) days after April 26, 2021 you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Clerk of Court WAUKESHA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT 515 W. Moreland Blvd. Waukesha, WI 53188 and to the Plaintiffs’ attorney, The Law Office of Marcus B. Hirsch LLC, 141 N. Jackson St., Ste 119, Milwaukee, WI 53202. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for an award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. Dated this 21st day of April, 2021 Marcus B. Hirsch Attorney for Plaintiffs The Law Office of Marcus B Hirsch LLC 141 N Jackson St Ste 119 Milwaukee WI 53202 SBN: 1100901 (414) 810-3985 marcus@lawmbh.com

Notice of Formation of PME 26 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/8/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 239 West 26th Street New York, NY, 10001.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of JW ZHANG LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/2/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 50 Bayard Street, Apt 6f New York, NY, 10013. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Mercury Movement LLC Arts,of Org. Filed with SSNY on 03/18/21. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LL upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail copy of process to Alisa David, 1125 Blake Ave, Brooklyn NY 11208. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of TILLIA TIME LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/20.Office location: Wyoming SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 38 Lake St Hamburg, NY, 14075. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RANTE MEDIA LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/2021. Of fice location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 #086 Buffalo NY 14221. The principal business address of the LLC is: 201 Allen St, Unit #10126 New york , New York 10002. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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April 26, 2021

NOTICE OF AUCTION NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY TUFTS HEALTH PLAN

NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY DB INSURANCE CO., LTD. (U.S. BRANCH)

The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above names company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more:

The following persons appear from our records, whose last known address is in the state of New York, to be entitled to unclaimed property consisting of cash amounts of fifty dollars or more:

NEW YORK COUNTY: 61 BROADWAY PHYS THERAPY REHAB 61 BROADWAY STE 910 NEW YORK, NY, 10006 SERBAN COCIOBA MD 201E 21ST ST STE 1H NEW YORK, NY 10010 CITY PSYCHIATRY 39 W 14TH ST STE 506 NEW YORK, NY 10011 ARCADIA OB/GYN PC 148 MADISON AVE NEW YORK, NY 10016 JOYCE C. DAVIS MD 69 5TH AVE NEW YORK, NY 10003 ANDREW H EICHENFIELD MD 3959 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10032 KELLEY HERSHMAN LMHC 96 WEST HOUSTON ST STE 1F MANHATTAN, NY 10012 MT. SANAI-UNION SQUARE DERMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT 10 UNION SQ NEW YORK, NY 10003 ROBERT F. WARD MD DEPT. OF OTORHINOLARYNG 525 EAST 68TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10021 JOHN D MACGILLIVRAY MD PC 535 EAST 70TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10021 BERNARD M. KRUGER MD 170 E 78TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10075 DAVID LEFKOWITZ MD 535 EAST 70TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10021 ALICE C. LEVINE MD 1 GUSTAVE L LEVY PL BOX 3000 50 CONGRESS ST. STE 730 NEW YORK, NY 10029 MELISSA A. DOFT MD PLLC 655 PARK AVE STE 140 NEW YORK, NY 10065 MICHAEL J. MONDORO LMSW 6201 16TH AVE STE 3 BROOKLYN, NY 11204 KANAN MODHWADIA MD 1 GUSTAVE LEVY PL NEW YORK, NY 10029 INTERSCIENCE DIAGNOSTIC LAB 6910-12 FORT HAMILTON PARK BROOKLYN, NY 11228 BRIDGET MURPHY RD 355 W 52ND ST NEW YORK, NY 10019 THOMAS NOVELLA DPM FACFO

343 WEST 58TH ST APT 1 NEW YORK, NY 10019 NY SPORTSMED 37 UNION SQUARE W 3RD FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10003 VICKI J. LEVINE MD 635 MADISON AVE 3RD FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022 TBHC EMERGENCY MEDICINE PC PO BOX 30134 NEW YORK, NY 10087 NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPITAL GPO 5318 DBA KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CTR NEW YORK, NY 10087 MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTR 1275 YORK AVE NEW YORK, NY 10065 MSHQ EMERGENCY CARE ASSOCIATES 40-33 69TH ST STE 1A WOODSIDE, NY 11377 A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY HAS BEEN MADE TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THAT A LISTING OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING TO BE ENTITLED IS ON FILE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION AT TUFTS HEALTH PLAN. YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT BDO USA LLP BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH TUFTS HEALTH PLAN IN THE SUBJECT LINE TO UNCLAIMEDPROPERTY@ BDO.COM OR A LETTER TO BDO USA LLP ATTN: TUFTS HEALTH PLAN 330 N WABASH STE. 3200, CHICAGO, IL 60611. SUCH HELD AMOUNTS OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY WILL BE PAID OR DELIVERED TO PROVEN ENTITLED PARTIES BY TUFTS HEALTH PLAN THROUGH JULY 31. ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 10, ANY REMAINING UNCLAIMED MONIES OR OTHER PROPERTIES WILL BE PAID OR DELIVERED TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER.

142 26 37TH AVENUE THE 3016 UNION BOULEVARD EAST ISLIP, NY 11730 CHRISTAKOS, NICOLAS 936 FULTON STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11238 ELLIS, FREDDIE 388 8TH ST BROOKLYN, NY 11215 FOUR SEASON CAP AND SHIRT INC 8962 165TH ST JAMAICA, NY 11432 KAWRAN BAZAR INC 8754 168TH PLACE JAMAICA, NY 11432 LI, HAI YONG 104 -48 37TH DR CORONA, NY 11368 LUCKY BAMBOO USA CORP 41-42 MAIN STREET FLUSHING, NY 11355 MUNAROV, ARKADY 18121 TUDOR ROAD JAMAICA ESTATES, NY 11432 PARK SLOPE GROCERY INC 479 7TH AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11215

A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY WILL BE MADE TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VII AND/OR SECTION 1316 OF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW. A LIST OF THE NAMES CONTAINED IN SUCH NOTICE IS ON FILE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE NY OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY, LOCATED AT 1010 NORTHERN BOULEVARD, SUITE 238, GREAT NECK, NY 11021, WHERE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY IS PAYABLE. SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 31, 2021 NEXT TO PERSONS ESTABLISHING TO ITS SATISFACTION THEIR RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE SAME. IF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY IS NOT CLAIMED, AND ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 THEREOF, SUCH UNCLAIMED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND SHALL THEREUPON CEASE TO BE LIABLE THEREFORE. DB INSURANCE CO., LTD. (U.S. BRANCH)

SCHICK, ZEV 2209 AVENUE I BROOKLYN, NY 11210 STAR BRIGHT LLC 616-620 MELROSE AVE BRONX, NY 10455 UD OP 46TH ST LLC 34-36 W 32ND STREET, FL 11 NEW YORK, NY 10001 ZHANG, GUI ZHI 99-60 63RD ROAD APT. #14U REGO PARK, NY 11374

Notice of Formation of CN VENTURES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/13/21. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o K&L Gates LLP, Attn: Robert Salame, 599 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 1270 3RD RESTAURANT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. office of LLC: 390 Broome St., 1st Fl., NY, NY 10013. 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 law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 2900 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on May 7, 2021 and end on May 18, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #224 – Marilyn Andino Montalvo; Pile of wood, a large bag, plastic totes filled with clothes, 2 suitcases, 5 plastic bags, 4 laundry bags, a wooden shelving unit filled with religious items. #1905 – Iovannie Echavarria; 5 boxes, laundry bags, 1 large black bag, 3 plastic drawers, 1 plastic tote, and 1 sweater, #3432 – Peter Carrera Gumersindo; Approx. 20 med, boxes, 3 square tables, approx. 15 assorted picture frames, 1 carpet, 1 wood table #6230 – Timothy D. Pinet; Misc. items The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time. Notice of Formation of Bronxville Psychology PLLC. Ar ticles of Organization were filed with the New York Department of State (SSNY) on 4/8/2021. Office location: Westchester Count y. SSNY is designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against the PLLC may be served and is directed to forward service of process to: 7 Pondfield Road, Suite 208, Bronxville, NY 10708.

Notice of Qualification of CBM NoMad, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 0 4/13/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY Count y LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/30/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, N Y 12 207-25 4 3 . DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of WF Industrial XIII LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/6/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 80 8th Ave., Ste. 1602, NY, NY 10011. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 122 E. 42nd St., 18th Fl., NY, NY 10168. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of M i n d f u l N E S T, L L C . Arts of Org filed with Sec. of State of NY on 4/19/21. Office Location: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and mail process to: c/o the LLC, 4218 Amboy Rd. SI, NY 10308. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NYCHA PACT LLC. Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 3/25/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o NY City Housing Authority, Gen. Counsel, Law Dept., 90 Church St. Fl 11 NY, NY 10007. Purpose: All lawful purposes.

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Notice of Formation of 361 MARION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/24/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Next Brooklyn Management LLC 6 Doyer St., #130006 New York, NY, 10013. Any law ful purpose.

NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY VENERABLE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY The following persons appear from our records, whose last known address is in the state of New York, to be entitled to unclaimed property consisting of cash amounts of fifty dollars or more: KINGS DILLEY GERALD 140 LINCOLN PL BROOKLYN, NY 11217

RICHMOND ESTATE OF JOHN SCIORTINO 60 GROVE ISLAND STATEN ISLAND, NY 10302

ESTATE OF S JEANE DIXON 257 GOLD ST APT 8B BROOKLYN, NY 11201

MAHLER IRENE 460 ROBINSON STATEN ISLAND, NY 10312

DIXON JEANE 1655 FLATBUSH AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11210

SARATOGA DURST IRENE 907 COBURG VILLAGE WAY REXFORD, NY 12148

NEW YORK SAPIRO RHODA 445 E 80TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10075 INTERNATIONAL YANXIN QIGONG ASSOC PO BOX 1332 NEW YORK, NY 10008 TARA L KHALEEL REV TRUST 301 E 48TH ST APT 14K NEW YORK, NY 10017 MSSB C/F THOMAS CUTHBERSON 1 NEW YORK PLAZA 12TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10004 GENESIS CAPITAL GROUP 80 MAIDEN LN NEW YORK, NY 10038 GOLDFARB AMY 150 EAST 77TH STREET APT 2G NEW YORK, NY 10075 WEAVER KATHERINE 18 E 84TH ST APT 6A NEW YORK, NY 10028

SUFFOLK BAKHT QUAISER PO BOX 807 WAINSCOTT, NY 11975 ESTATE OF WINIFRED CARROCETTO 80 PARK AVE BLUE POINT, NY 11715 ISLAND FED CU SAFE 401K PLAN/ TRUST 120 VANDERBILT MOTOR PKWY HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788 DIELMANN, CARL CARL 309-11 CHRISTOPHER ST RONKONKOMA, NY 11779 WESTCHESTER INNES LAURA 6 ALDAR CT CORTLANDT MANOR, NY 10567 STONE SCOTT 615 PALMER RD APT 405 YONKERS, NY 10701

GILFORD SECURITIES INC 750 3RD AVE FL 9 NEW YORK, NY 10017 ORANGE CASS RAMOND 236 S PLANK RD NEWBURGH, NY 12550 QUEENS COHEN ADLER ISABELLE 15226 JEWEL AVE FLUSHING, NY 11367

A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HAS BEEN MADE TO THOMAS P. DINAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 701 AND/OR SECTION 1316 OF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW. A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS APPEARING FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SAID INSURANCE COMPANY TO BE ENTITLED THERETO IS ON FILE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION LOCATED AT 699 WALNUT ST #1350, DES MOINES IA 50309-3942 WHERE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY IS PAYABLE. SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF AUGUST NEXT TO PERSONS ESTABLISHING TO OUR SATISFACTION THEIR RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE SAME. ON OR BEFORE THE SUCCEEDING TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, SUCH UNCLAIMED FUNDS REMAINING UNCLAIMED WILL BE PAID TO THOMAS P. DINAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. UPON SUCH PAYMENT THIS COMPANY SHALL NO LONGER BE LIABLE FOR THE PROPERTY. VENERABLE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

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Notice of Formation of MARION & CRESTON A PA R T M E N T S L LC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/9/21. Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 370 Annandale Drive, Oyster Bay Cove, NY, 11791. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of JOLLY CORNER GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 400 3rd Ave Ste 1 Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of TWINS JS PROPERTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/9/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1545 W 11th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose. THE PRODUCTIVIT Y SHOP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/19/21. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 70 Wyckoff Av e n u e , Apar tment 1G, Brooklyn, NY 11237. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele NYC LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/26/21 . O f fice location: NY Count y LLC formed in Delaware (DE on 02/23/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Chet H. Olsen, 9696 Culver Blvd., Ste. 301, Culver City, CA 90232. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful activity Notice of Qualification of MACK REAL ESTATE GROUP, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/25/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/21/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State - State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4,Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of DEVOCION DUMBO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/15/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400 Harrison, NY,10528. Any lawful purpose.

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CHAIM DEUTSCH Aren’t Democrats supposed to love paying taxes? The City Council member from southern Brooklyn pleaded guilty to screwing the feds out of $82,076 in taxes on his real estate management business. He faces up to a year in prison, and eight more months on the council with members and staffers who’d prefer he’d disappear. And this was supposed to be the soon-to-beunionized aides’ big day!

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We have winners and we have losers, sure, but we need to talk about the real winners this week: anyone who gets a COVID-19 jab in the shadow of the Museum of Natural History’s famous and beloved blue whale. Forget the Javits Center, which doesn’t have a single whale – not even a small one. If you’re going to get the vaccine, might as well do it in the company of the ocean’s superior blowhole mammal. Dolphins – the ocean’s bullies – are nearby too, but the whale’s still the star of this show.

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