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NEW YORKERS:

STAY HOME TO STOP THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS New Yorkers working together and staying home can slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York City. When you go out for essential needs, work or to get fresh air, keep distance between yourself and others and take the following precautions.

PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS • Keep at least 6 feet between yourself and others.

• Wash your hands with soap and water often.

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or sleeve when sneezing or coughing.

• Do not touch your face with unwashed hands.

• Monitor your health more closely than usual for cold or flu symptoms.

IF YOU ARE SICK • Stay home.

• If you have a cough, shortness of breath, fever, sore throat and do not feel better after 3-4 days, consult with your doctor.

• If you need help getting medical care, call 311.

• NYC will provide care regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE • Stay home if you have lung disease, heart disease, diabetes, cancer or a weakened immune system.

• Stay home and call, video chat or text with family or friends who have one of these conditions.

Text COVID to 692-692 for real-time updates or visit nyc.gov/coronavirus.

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REDUCE OVERCROWDING • Stay home.

• Telecommute if possible.

If you do go out: • Stagger work hours away from peak travel times.

• Walk or bike.

• Do not gather in crowds.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

AS THE NUMBER of COVID-19 cases in New York has seemingly hit a plateau, policymakers have pivoted to the next major challenge: How can we get things back to normal? Part of the answer is that state and local governments must build capacity to test residents for coronavirus infections at a vast enough scale to allow businesses and schools to reopen. They’ll also need to better prepare for future outbreaks, including investing in public health workers who can identify and track cases before they spiral out of control.

Equally important is the dire need to revive the sputtering economy and get people back to work, which will depend on making these investments to create a more robust public health system. And in New York City, moving forward will also depend on a functioning public transit system.

In this week’s issue, City & State’s Annie McDonough takes a closer look at the challenges facing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which had been on a rebound before the pandemic hit. McDonough also provides an update on congestion pricing, which had been poised to provide an influx of badly needed funds to improve the system. And despite talk of a federal infrastructure bill as part of the stimulus legislation being crafted in Washington, City & State’s Rebecca C. Lewis finds that there’s little sign that Congress will come to the rescue any time soon.

CONTENTS WASHINGTON … 8

Republicans want to force states to reopen early.

SHELTER ORDERS … 12

How NY’s response compares to other states’

MTA … 14 The subways were back on track. Then hell broke loose.

INFRASTRUCTURE … 20

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What federal funding could mean for New York

WINNERS & LOSERS … 26

Who was up and who was down last week

An MTA employee distributes N95 masks and cleaning supplies to frontline colleagues.

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reflects what is likely an undercount of COVID-19 deaths, and it would still make the coronavirus more deadly than the flu.

TESTING AND TRACING PROGRAM

CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODY RESULTS

After testing 3,000 random people across the state for coronavirus antibodies, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on April 23 about 14% of people tested positive for antibodies. New York City was even higher at 21% with antibodies. If that proportion proves to be a reliable indicator of the coronavirus’s spread across the state – which is still a big if considering the

data’s preliminary nature – that could mean that 2.7 million New Yorkers have had COVID-19 at one point. This is in sharp contrast to the more than 260,000 people who had tested positive for the virus as of April 23. It would also mean that COVID-19 is far less deadly than initially thought. Cuomo said that if the 13.9% statewide infection rate proves accurate, it would mean the death rate would be closer to 0.5%.

However, this statistic also

The 3,000-person coronavirus antibody survey is just the start of the state’s plans to ramp up antibody testing. After meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on April 21, Cuomo said they had reached an agreement to double the state’s testing capacity from 20,000 tests per day to 40,000. This would include both diagnostic tests, which determine whether someone is currently infected, and antibody tests, which can determine whether someone has had the coronavirus at some point. Cuomo said more testing, paired with a contact tracing system, will be crucial to begin relaxing social distancing rules and reopening businesses. Cuomo

QUEENS BOYS Gov. Andrew Cuomo didn’t get much out of his “frenemies with benefits” relationship with Donald Trump – as the Daily News described it – except for a promise from the president to help with COVID-19 testing. Their arrangement may not be a friendship for the ages, but Cuomo explained the wartime fellowship best on “The Daily Show” this week: “The relationship between myself and the president is, the president doesn’t like me.”

“You can’t yell ‘fire’ in a crowded theater, because you’ll incite fear.

Well, you can’t yell ‘liberate’ in the middle of a global pandemic.”

– Gov. Andrew Cuomo discussing President Donald Trump’s tweets to “liberate” states where people are protesting social distancing measures, during an interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock

“To say that it is ‘free money’ to provide funds for cops, firefighters and health care workers makes McConnell the Marie Antoinette of the Senate.”

– Rep. Pete King, criticizing U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that struggling states like New York should go bankrupt amid the COVID-19 pandemic, via the New York Post

announced a tri-state contact tracing program led by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg also pledged $10 million to help fund the program.

The purpose would be to establish a system where investigators identify and locate anyone who has come in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus in order to test those people and impose precautionary isolation measures to minimize the spread of the virus. The same day that Cuomo announced the tri-state tracing program, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his own initiative, which would connect people who test positive with care so they could self-isolate and receive assistance.

A REGIONAL REOPENING

Cuomo has changed his tune on easing social distancing restrictions and now plans to reopen different regions of the state at different times, after previously preferring a statewide reopening. It’s unclear what this might mean for the Northeast regional approach that Cuomo had announced and the multistate council that will work to figure out how to reopen the larger region. Originally, Cuomo had said piecemeal action would result in travel to nearby areas with less

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restrictive rules. But now, he’s considering reopening parts of upstate New York, where data suggests the outbreak has been less severe than downstate.

Already, Cuomo announced that many upstate county hospitals could begin elective surgeries again because there are enough beds to spare. Still, the governor has said a regional approach to reopening could still lead to problems, like travel between regions, so any decisions would have to be made very carefully.

that all the summer standards have been thrown to the wayside, fear not! De Blasio announced that the city will work with Macy’s to ensure the Fourth of July fireworks show will still go on. It’s unclear now how the city will manage to maintain crowd control for the event, with the mayor saying that there could be moderate crowds and people could watch from their roofs.

PARADES CANCELED, BUT NOT FIREWORKS

In a legislative first for New York City, the council held its first remote meeting over the video conferencing app Zoom. Overall, the meeting went pretty smoothly as lawmakers voted and debated from the comfort of their own homes. During the meeting, a package of ambitious bills was introduced that included a bill to create an Essential Workers Bill of Rights and another that would close 75 miles of city streets to cars to create more open space for pedestrians.

After canceling all permitted events for May in New York City, de Blasio said that June events are now canceled as well. That includes major parades like the National Puerto Rican Day Parade and the New York City Pride March. De Blasio said that the city has been in contact with parade organizers to figure out when those events could be rescheduled. But for New Yorkers concerned

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WEEK AHEAD

NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL GOES REMOTE

TUESDAY 4/28 City & State hosts a 2 p.m. webinar on small business and COVID-19, featuring Rep. Nydia Velázquez, NYC Small Business Services Commissioner Gregg Bishop and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.

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Boldly Zooming where no council has Zoomed before They logged in from every corner of the city, from the South Shore of Staten Island to the northern reaches of the Bronx. In fact, Wednesday’s firstever remote meeting of the New York City Council had perfect attendance, with all 50 current council members present – something that rarely happens at meetings held at City Hall, under normal circumstances.

But then again, what else did the city’s lawmakers have to do at the time?

The City Council as a whole hadn’t met for nearly two months, since Feb. 27.

But in a time when so much in the city is going poorly, the nearly threehour-long meeting moved relatively smoothly. Indeed, the live-streamed meeting led to some New Yorkers wondering on Twitter why the state Legislature couldn’t do the same.

The council unanimously passed dozens of the typical land use applications and low-profile real estate tax abatements that always make up a portion of its business. The only dose of digital debate was a disagreement over whether the council should expand the size of the Downtown Flushing Transit Hub Business Improvement District in Queens.

In some ways, the meeting could be seen as a test run for what’s to come.

The council officially introduced an ambitious package of bills meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus. It includes a bill that would close some 75 miles of city streets, and another that would halt all residential and commercial evictions for 12 months. Another bill would effectively close some city homeless shelters during the pandemic and instead let homeless New Yorkers stay in unused hotel rooms. They’re likely to spur more debate among

TUESDAY 4/28 When will New York open back up? Former aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Bill Mulrow and Stephen Cohen speak at a 2 p.m.

Association for a Better New York webinar on their plan to restart the state’s economy.

council members than expanding the Flushing BID. The day’s proceedings shed some light on council members’ personal lives and eccentricities. City Councilman Chaim Deutsch tuned into the beginning of the meeting from his car.

He made it home and hugged his dog, then caught the latter half of the meeting lounging in the sun in what appeared to be his backyard. City Councilman Ben Kallos was joined in the meeting by his large housecat, Pandora. He occasionally stroked her on video, like a James Bond villain gone municipal.

City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who represents the neighborhoods around the George Washington Bridge, appeared before a digital background of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

City Councilman Costa Constantinides seemed to be sprouting a quarantine beard, while City Councilman Stephen Levin has let his already-long hair grow to new lengths.

In normal times, the legislators spend some time at City Hall meetings gossiping, joking and catching up with friends. Now, separated by a stay-at-home order and with Zoom’s chat function disabled, they had to make personal connections publicly. “I miss being in the same room with all of you,” said City Councilwoman Adrienne Adams. When Levin’s young child showed up on his video, it was praised as “adorable” and “wonderfully distracting.” And many condolences were shared with City Councilman Rafael Salamanca, whose father recently died from COVID-19.

“I want to sign off, and tell New York City, ‘I love you,’” Johnson said before closing the meeting. “Godspeed. Be safe, New York City. We’re here for you.”

- Jeff Coltin

FRIDAY 5/1 The New York City Council Committees on Public Safety and on Women and Gender Equality hold an oversight hearing on the impact of the coronavirus on domestic violence, at 1 p.m. on video conference.

INSIDE DOPE

The City Council has gone digital. This is one of many remote meetings planned for the coming weeks, as the council and its committees review bills and hold budget hearings.

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BEFORE CUOMO

April 27, 2020

BY JANA CHOLAKOVSKA

IS HE HEADED FOR WASHINGTON? HE WOULDN’T BE THE FIRST.

IN THE PAST few weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been widely hailed by the national media as a strong and pragmatic leader during the coronavirus outbreak. Some have even pegged him as a potential addition to Joe Biden’s administration, should the former vice president win in November. During his morning press conference on April 11, he tried to

GOV. DANIEL TOMPKINS (RESIGNED) REPLACED BY LT. GOV. JOHN TAYLER

In February 1817, Lt. Gov. John Tayler assumed the governorship when Gov. Daniel Tompkins resigned after being elected vice president alongside President James Monroe. Tayler was New York’s sixth governor, but only served for four months and was replaced by DeWitt Clinton in a special election. He continued to serve as Clinton’s lieutenant governor through the end of 1822.

GOV. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES (RESIGNED) REPLACED BY LT. GOV. HORACE WHITE

In 1908, Horace White became lieutenant governor. When Gov. Charles Evans Hughes resigned in October 1910 to become an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, White took over until the end of the year.

At the end of his term, White retired from public service to work at his Syracuse legal practice.

GOV. NELSON ROCKEFELLER (RESIGNED) REPLACED BY LT. GOV. MALCOLM WILSON

Nelson Rockefeller and Malcolm Wilson were a powerful political duo even before they ran on a joint ticket as governor and lieutenant governor in 1958. The Rockefeller-Wilson ticket was reelected three times, and Wilson served as lieutenant governor for nearly 15 years.

But, after Rockefeller resigned as governor in 1973, Wilson assumed the governorship. He ran for reelection in 1974, but lost to Hugh Carey.

put the rumors to rest: “I’m not running for president. I’m not running for vice president. I’m not running anywhere. I’m not going to Washington. I’m staying right here.”

But what would happen to New York if Cuomo did assume a position in Biden’s Cabinet? To put it simply, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul would be sworn in as the new governor and finish Cuomo’s term until the next scheduled gubernatorial election in 2022. This procedure isn’t unprecedented or unusual – but it wasn’t always this way. Here are all the times when lieutenant governors have stepped in to carry out a gubernatorial term in New York.

GOV. MARTIN VAN BUREN (RESIGNED) REPLACED BY ENOS T. THROOP

In 1828, Enos T. Throop joined fellow Democratic-Republican gubernatorial candidate Martin Van Buren’s ticket as lieutenant governor.

But Van Buren resigned only two months into his term to become U.S. secretary of state. Throop took over as governor until he was elected to his own term in 1830. He never sought another term.

GOV. HERBERT LEHMAN (RESIGNED) REPLACED BY LT. GOV. CHARLES POLETTI

Charles Poletti, who served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 1939 to 1942, became the first Italian American governor in U.S. history after then-Gov. Herbert Lehman went to work for the U.S. Department of State. Poletti was only governor for one month, after which he served in World War II, first as special assistant to the secretary of war and then as a civil affairs officer in the Army.

GOV. ELIOT SPITZER (RESIGNED) REPLACED BY LT. GOV. DAVID PATERSON

David Paterson had held the title of lieutenant governor for only a little more than a year when Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal in March 2008. Paterson became New York’s first black governor and served out the rest of Spitzer’s term, after which Andrew Cuomo was elected governor.

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A Q&A with New York State Sen.

The way we have treated the people who are firmly the backbone of so many businesses is truly ungrateful.

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JESSICA RAMOS How has the pandemic affected how society values much of the work that is now deemed “essential” – and the people that do it?

There are workers who would have never thought to be essential workers before, but have been essential workers during the pandemic, for example, our food delivery workers. The way we have treated the people who are firmly the backbone of so many businesses is truly ungrateful. And I want to utilize this time to correct those wrongs and ensure that they have the opportunity to thrive just like anybody else.

What does this mean from a legislative point of view?

Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa and I announced a worker bailout fund, which would be created through legislation. The purpose would be to impose a tax on the capital gains of billionaires’ assets, and we estimate that would generate around $5.5 billion in its first year and would allow us to provide $3,300 per worker who does not qualify for unemployment insurance or Pandemic

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And, yes, that does include undocumented workers and should not discriminate against what the person does for a living.

Unemployment Assistance (a program included in a recent federal stimulus bill) or any other wage assistance program.

What about worker protections at the time of pandemic? Some construction, for example, is still allowed. What do you think?

Isn’t it a wonder the power of real estate in this town?

There’s virtually no other reason why these workers shouldn’t be able to stay home, not have to worry about their income.

We saw that at the Amazon warehouse in my district where the workers had to find out from other departments that somebody had gotten sick and possibly contaminated an area. We want to make sure employers notify workers in writing in their native language when somebody has fallen ill.

All of that depends on the state Legislature meeting again this year. Are you confident that will happen?

I really hope so. Look, there’s an urgency, since we passed that resolution before the budget allowing us to vote remotely. I’m ready to spring into action right now.

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dozen members of the union’s negotiating committee travel from all over New York City to Manhattan for face-to-face negotiations at the beginning of May – in defiance of Governor Cuomo’s “stay at home” order.

As we have done elsewhere, we have proposed postponing negotiations and extending

By Stuart Appelbaum, President, the current contract until both sides will have Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, RWDSU, UFCW some sense of what the future will look like and Twitter: @sappelbaum what we will be negotiating for. We suggested extending the current contract for a year, and acy’s announcement that it wanted to including the Pride Parade which would have been Macy’s said “no.” We then suggested extending go ahead with its July 4th fireworks held just a few days before. the contract for at least six months, and Macy’s display in the midst of this pandemic If Macy’s really cares about New Yorkers, again said “no.” should be disturbing to all New Yorkers for they should be spending that money on So why is Macy’s insisting on negotiating several reasons. healthcare coverage for their hardworking New now? It simply appears that they are trying to take Macy’s should not be spending millions on York employees. That would be the real way to advantage of this current crisis for their own ends. fireworks after laying off its entire workforce. show your patriotism.

It defies common sense to insist these Most of their employees cannot even afford But that’s not even the worst of it. What is negotiations go on in the coming weeks. Workers health care coverage at this time. Many Macy’s even more outrageous is that Macy’s is insisting cannot adequately prepare for contract on holding contract negotiations in the midst of employees have worked for the company for negotiations with so many unknowns. Nor is there decades, and now they are on the street with Governor Cuomo’s “stay at home” order. Yes, the any serious need to do it now. nothing from their employer. contract between Macy’s and its workers’ union We are all adapting to our new reality as New Furthermore, they are putting New Yorkers at is expiring soon. The stores are closed, nobody York responds to this crisis. Macy’s needs to adapt risk unnecessarily – in order to use our city as a is working, and neither party has any clue what to this reality now. Just as it shouldn’t be promising backdrop for their nationally televised commercial the future will hold. How do you negotiate in a fireworks show that encourages New Yorkers to for themselves. Most New Yorkers don’t have good faith when the company is unable to tell gather in crowds to enjoy it, Macy’s shouldn’t balconies overlooking the East River. The last thing you when each store will reopen or how it will pretend that it’s business as usual we want to do is to encourage people to come reopen, or for what hours and with what staffing when it comes to these needs? And nobody has any clue what customer negotiations. This “pause” is for together in large groups in order to see fireworks.

Social distancing at the fireworks display is a joke. traffic will look like when New York’s economy everybody Macy’s, even you.

That is why Mayor de Blasio rightfully cancelled does begin to re-open. other large events for the entire month of June, Macy’s even suggested having the three

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C O M M E N TA R Y

THE REPUBLICAN PLOT TO KILL NEW YORKERS Trump and McConnell lay the groundwork to force New York to open up before it’s safe.

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FTER RETURNING FROM his meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on April 21, Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a press conference with an oddly divergent message. The governor proudly announced that he had secured a commitment from Trump to provide federal assistance in setting up the international component of a supply chain needed to double New York’s testing for COVID-19 to 40,000 tests per day, up from 20,000. Cuomo added that he had pressed his case for increased federal aid to states, which he noted was left out of the just-passed fourth round of COVID-19 relief.

That bill, which passed the Senate on April 21 and the House on April 23, allocates $310 billion for loans to small businesses, $75 billion for hospitals, $60 billion for emergency disaster loans and grants and $25 billion for testing. Cuomo called the absence of aid to state and local governments that need to pay first responders such as EMTs and cops “a mistake.”

“We talked about that, the president said he understood the issue and that he would work very hard to get funding for the states in the next piece of legislation that passes,”

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Cuomo said. This is odd phrasing, as Trump doesn’t need to “work very hard to get funding for the states in the next piece of legislation” when he could have, at Democrats’ suggestion, just included it in this one.

But during the question-and-answer portion of the same press conference, the governor dropped his naive facade and let out his frustration at Washington’s failure to come to the aid of the hardest-hit states such as New York.

“Promise, promise, promise, promise, promise … zero. Nada. Zilch. Nothing,” said Cuomo, describing what the feds have been saying versus what they’ve been doing. “They again say, ‘Don’t worry, the next bill is going to have state funding.’” Cuomo laid the blame squarely on the U.S. Senate, since the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives would gladly give states the money needed to cover budget shortfalls caused by the new coronavirus and its economic impact. “I can’t do a budget on ‘Don’t worry, next time,’ especially after that promise has been made and repeatedly broken,” Cuomo concluded. Now, to offset its projected lost tax revenue, the state will have to look for spending reductions of up to 20%.

The governor even went so far as to take an apparent shot at U.S. Senate Minority Lead-

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er Chuck Schumer and his junior colleague from New York, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, saying, “New York’s senators should represent New York.”

But Schumer had, in fact, proposed that the bill include aid to states. So it’s worth explaining what actually happened on April 21, and what it really means: In an act of extortion by the United States government, the White House and Senate Republicans blocked aid to states and cities to gain leverage to force states to reopen sooner than they otherwise might.

If the GOP succeeds, the result will be a lot of dead New Yorkers. If Cuomo holds firm to his own timeline, rather than Trump’s, the result might just be massive cuts to state programs such as school funding and even health and public safety programs that are essential to fighting the coronavirus.

When Republicans proposed the latest COVID-19 bill, they only suggested supplemental support for small businesses, as that program has proven to be underfunded. Trump and his right-wing allies have recently been demanding with increasing aggressiveness that states lift restrictions on nonessential businesses. So Democrats

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countered the Senate GOP’s small business-aid proposal with a plan that would also deliver to states and cities some of what they would need to combat the virus and make it potentially safe to gradually reopen businesses: the funds to deploy massive testing for the coronavirus and tracing the social contacts of anyone who tests positive.

After prolonged negotiations and efforts to muscle Democrats into accepting nothing by accusing them of holding up economic relief, the GOP grudgingly gave in on funds for testing and hospitals – but not state aid.

Since the GOP gladly disbursed $500 billion to big business and $170 billion to real estate investors in the last bill, their concern obviously isn’t fiscal responsibility. So why is state aid such a sticking point for Republicans? Because they want leverage to force states to reopen businesses sooner than they otherwise would. As Axios reported last week, echoing an earlier report in Politico: “The thinking among some Trump administration officials is that many states should be reopening their governments soon and that additional funding could deter them from doing so.”

Trump is simultaneously leaving responsibility for combatting COVID-19 to states while denying them the funding they need to do so. But it’s worse than just that – he isn’t just being cheap or incompetent. He’s deliberately starving states so that they have more reason to bend to his will.

The White House’s premise that states would remain closed just for the heck of it is absurd. Cuomo has no desire to keep children out of school, businesses closed and workers idled just for its own sake. If he waits to reopen longer than Trump wants, that’s because public health experts are warning the governor it’s unsafe to remove social distancing measures and let the coronavirus run rampant. Republicans want to force Cuomo’s hand anyway.

This latest tactic is the natural progression of Trump’s desire to bully states into reopening. First, as any spoiled man-child would do, Trump claimed falsely on April 14 that he had “total authority” to force states to lift stay-at-home orders. Three days later, presumably having been educated on the rights reserved to states in the U.S. Constitution, he backed off. But Trump still wants to force states to reopen sooner rather than later.

And his timeline isn’t determined by what’s medically advisable. It’s about two things: money and power. As The Washington Post reported on April 14, “Impatient with the economic devastation wrought by social distancing and other mitigation measures – and fearful of the potential damage to his reelection chances – Trump has been adamant in private discussions with advisers about reopening the country next month.”

Trump’s allies are reportedly telling him that

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reopening sooner will boost his shot at winning reelection in November.

Trump’s cynical political strategy isn’t just to manipulate states into reopening quickly, however, but to nominally leave them in charge so he can shift blame onto governors if the death toll rises. “(Trump) has asked White House aides for economic response plans that would allow him to take credit for successes while offering enough flexibility to assign fault for any failures to others,” The Wall Street Journal reported on April 17.

As New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait explains, this strategy involves several other tactics, the most high-profile being the deployment of angry gun-toting protesters to hold “open it up” rallies in state capitals. These small bands of activists are backed by well-funded, Trump-aligned advocacy organizations.

Trump has lent his support to their cause, tweeting, in reference to some of the state-level protests, “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!”

Although it is not as blatantly fascistic, it is perhaps no less of a disturbing power grab

that went to New York or one of its public agencies.

In their joint statement on the new bill, Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touted their achievements but lamented the lack of state and local aid – while saying they are “pleased that the President has committed to addressing this critical priority in CARES 2.” CARES 2 would be the next major coronavirus response, the previous $2 trillion bill having been called the ‘Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act,’’ or CARES Act. (This latest bill is just an interim measure to cover emergency needs.) Trump has already announced his support for another major stimulus package that includes state aid, but U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he wants to limit future spending on COVID19. On April 22, McConnell told Hewitt that he opposes sending aid to New York and other states ravaged by the pandemic, adding that he’d be more interested in changing federal law so that states can declare bankruptcy. “There’s not going to be any desire on the Republican side to bail out state pensions by

CoV-2, to support their residents as they try to keep social distancing and strengthening the public health infrastructure around the country,” said Gregg Gonsalves, a professor of public health at Yale.

New York’s congressional delegation seems uninterested in responding to Cuomo’s criticism. House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who is in the House majority leadership, and Gillibrand did not respond to City & State’s request for comment.

The one New York representative who publicly opposes the new bill is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Aid to states and cities is just one of her many unmet demands, which also include rent cancellations, hazard pay for essential workers, vote-by-mail and temporarily expanded health coverage.

Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cuomo have highlighted the potentially devastating cuts they will have to make without federal help. As de Blasio noted in a CNN op-ed with Carmel, Indiana, Mayor James Brainard, “New York City, the epicenter of this crisis, has seen only $1.4 bil-

THE WHITE HOUSE’S PREMISE THAT STATES WOULD REMAIN CLOSED JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT IS ABSURD. that, on April 21, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr told conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt that the Department of Justice might bring legal action against states that don’t open on Trump’s preferred timeline.

So that’s Trump’s strategy for forcing states to serve his electoral interests rather than their constituents’ health and safety.

(The New York state Republican Party did not respond to requests for comment.)

Reasonable people can differ about whether congressional Democrats should have agreed to a bill that leaves out aid to states and cities, or other proposals such as vote-by-mail for this November and a bailout for the ailing postal service. Even some politically moderate observers such as Politico magazine’s Michael Grunwald think they “caved” unnecessarily.

Schumer, however, sees the latest bill as a win. He got money for small businesses, which Democrats support, and tacked onto it money for hospitals and testing, which New York needs. Schumer also would contest Cuomo’s depiction of state aid as always being put off until next time. In the last bill, including direct state aid, grants for education and child care and $3.8 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Schumer secured $10.2 billion

borrowing money from future generations,” McConnell said.

Some experts would roll their eyes even at the $25 billion for testing that was just appropriated, however, warning that it’s nowhere near enough to safely lift stay-at-home orders. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, estimates that the United States should be testing 500,000 to 600,000 Americans per day for the coronavirus, which is about four times as many as it currently does. Extrapolated to New York, that would mean merely doubling testing capacity might not be enough. As of the morning of April 22, New York accounted for 251,720 of the United States’ 805,772 confirmed cases.

To test that many people means deploying massive armies of testers, fully besuited in personal protective gear, equipped with adequate supplies of every component, including currently hard-to-come-by nasal swabs and reagents, and even larger armies of contact tracers who would track down and test the recent social contacts of every person with a confirmed case. “We need far more support to states and cities – to both address their budget shortfalls for normal operations, address the scale-up of testing, contact tracing and isolation for SARS-

lion in direct aid – even as we project the crisis will cost the city more than $7 billion in lost revenue.”

New York magazine’s Chait worries that without supplemental federal funds, state and local officials may have to give in to Trump. “Faced with the desperation of a disintegrating revenue base and spiraling needs for social spending, governors may be forced to risk the health of their citizens and try to gamble that they can restart the economy,” warns Chait.

The Cuomo administration denies that’s even a possibility. Asked about Trump’s plot to pressure states, senior Cuomo adviser Rich Azzopardi offered City & State the same statement he issued in response to the “open it up” protesters in Albany: “Both our PAUSE and reopening initiatives are based on facts, science and metrics that a vast majority of New Yorkers have followed and because of that, the curve was bent and lives were saved in this pandemic. Horn honking and political pressure will not be a factor.”

New Yorkers had better hope that’s true, and that either the federal government realizes the necessity of funding enough testing to make the streets safe – or that the state can somehow do it without help from Washington.

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How New York’s COVID19 response stacks up

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OV. ANDREW CUOMO has received ample praise for his handling of the COVID-19 crisis in New York, while other governors’ actions have garnered much less national attention. But New York waited longer than many other states to take crucial steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus: closing schools, restricting public gatherings and ultimately ordering residents to shelter in place.

To contextualize Cuomo’s response to the crisis, it can be useful to compare his decision-making timeline to those of other governors. First, how long did each governor wait to issue a shelter-in-place order after the first case was confirmed in their state? And how many cases were confirmed in each state by the time that order took effect? Taken together, the answers to those questions shed light on Cuomo’s comparative urgency.

New York confirmed its first positive coronavirus case on March 1. By March 20, when Cuomo issued a statewide shelter-in-pace order, New York already had 8,310 confirmed cases, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s coronavirus website. By the time New York’s shelter-in-place order took effect on March 22, there were 15,800 cases confirmed in the state. That is the highest total of any state that issued a shelter-in-place order.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered residents to shelter in place the day before New York. The case count in California when that order went into effect was 952, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

And in West Virginia, Republican Gov. Jim Justice waited just six days after the first confirmed case in his state to issue a shelter-in-place order. When it went into effect the next day, there were 22 cases confirmed in his state. Governors in Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico and Ohio all issued orders within two weeks of the first confirmed case in their states. In all of those states, there were fewer than 2,000 confirmed cases by the time the orders went into effect. For most, there were fewer than 500 confirmed cases, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Of course, there are numerous variables to consider. Many states benefited from watching how New York dealt with the crisis, and New York was one of the first states in the country to issue a shelter-in-place order. The rate of the coronavirus’s spread has differed in each state, with New York’s density contributing to the rapid spread of the virus. And Cuomo wasn’t the slowest acting governor. As of printing, several governors (including those in Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming) haven’t issued formal shelter-in-place orders, and shelter-in-place directives have had varying names and restrictions in each state.

But the data reinforces the question: What might have happened if Cuomo had acted one week earlier? Two days earlier?

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The MTA was finally on track toward modernization.

Then the coronavirus hit.

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HE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY has long been New York City’s favorite punching bag – a source of near constant public scrutiny that most New Yorkers rely on to get from place to place, but often fails to deliver adequate or reliable service.

But late last year and early this year, things were looking up for the MTA. The agency’s new $51.5 billion capital plan was approved, and New York City subways reached new heights for ontime performance and months of consecutive improvement.

Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. The virus’s crippling impact on the New York metropolitan area has been well documented, and the impact on the MTA and transit workers in particular has been equally staggering. In mid-April, the MTA said ridership on the subways, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad was

down more than 90% compared to last year. The number of bridge and tunnel crossings has also decreased by more than 60%, and the authority is spending $300 million on coronavirus-related expenses like disinfecting stations, cars and buses. A recent economic analysis

by McKinsey & Company put the total economic impact of the pandemic on the MTA between $7.1 billion and $8.5 billion in its operating budget this year, including losses in fare and toll revenues between $4.7 billion and $5.9 billion.

Of course, it’s not the case that MTA was in for smooth sailing for the next decade had it not been for the coronavirus.

The authority was already working with a growing deficit in its operating budget – the funds that keep the trains running and workers paid, as opposed to the capital budget focused on long-term infrastructure projects and system upgrades.

And earlier this year, the departure of highly praised New York City Transit

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President Andy Byford left many doubtful that improvements in subway performance would continue in his absence.

But there was at least a plan for continued improvements. Ongoing projects from the previous capital plan included signal upgrades, and the aggressive $51.5 billion capital plan for 2020-2024 was set to kick that modernization project into high gear. The 2020-2024 capital plan was slated to continue improvements in subway performance and bring major overhauls to the rest of the system, with more than $7 billion for signal

tain of funding for those critical capital projects than ever, while at the same time being more in need of those upgrades than ever. Not only is a functioning transit system critical to getting New Yorkers back to work when the state reopens, but the authority’s ability to run even more frequent trains on reliable schedules will be important to maintain social distancing as the coronavirus pandemic plays out.

In January, the MTA celebrated its highest weekday on-time performance rate for the subways – the percentage of trains

“THE MTA’S BUDGET WAS IN MANY RESPECTS A HOUSE OF CARDS. … THE VIRUS HAS ACTED LIKE A STIFF WIND.”

– DANNY PEARLSTEIN, RIDERS ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS AND POLICY DIRECTOR

modernization, more than $5 billion in station accessibility upgrades and $2.5 billion for new buses. Plus, it included new sources of revenue for capital projects, including congestion pricing, the internet sales tax and mansion tax. But the coronavirus-induced financial hits to the operating budget are putting those plans in serious jeopardy, experts say. “The MTA’s budget was in many respects a house of cards in December, when it was passed,” said Danny Pearlstein, communications and policy director at the transit advocacy group Riders Alliance. “The virus has acted like a stiff wind, blowing that all over.”

Those experts also say that the MTA is in the precarious position of being less cer-

arriving within five minutes of their expected time – since 2013. “Ridership was rebounding in 2019. Performance was improving,” according to Rachael Fauss, senior research analyst at the good government group Reinvent Albany. “But those gains will be completely eroded if they’re not able to do at least some state of good repair work to keep the system fixed and upgraded and modern, because it’s such an old system.”

Crucial capital projects include signal modernization upgrades advanced by Byford’s Fast Forward plan, which was slated to upgrade much of the subway’s signaling system to the modern industry standard, called communications-based train control.

Some lines have already been upgraded to the new signaling system, such as the L and the No. 7 lines, and contracts have already been awarded to upgrade the signaling systems on additional lines. The latest capital plan – the one jeopardized by the coronavirus’s impact – would have brought that technology to seven other lines. “Transitioning to CBTC is crucial for them, and it’s going to not only enable them to not have meltdowns and trains tripping the signals and getting stuck in the tunnels, but it’s also going to enable them to run more trains and help to increase capacity,” Fauss said. Running more trains means that each car can be less crowded – an imperative, assuming that New Yorkers still have to maintain social distancing practices as they gradually start to go back to work.

Because of the billions the MTA expects to lose in fare and toll revenue this year – not to mention the diminished revenue it expects to see from state and local taxes, and lower contributions from New York City and state – the first priority for the authority is plugging its operating budget hole. Already, the MTA received $3.8 billion in federal aid through the latest stimulus package. The state budget passed earlier this month also allows the authority to borrow from its capital budget to pay its operating expenses. “We are in a situation where we need to save the subway in order to fix it,” Pearlstein said, adding the MTA first has to address the operating budget crisis. “And then, as part of responding to the pandemic, we need to make many of the same modernization upgrades that riders deserved before this.”

What MTA officials, and now lawmakers, are pushing for is nearly $4 billion in new federal aid to plug that operating budget deficit through the end of 2020. At a

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CONGESTION PRICING: A PROBLEM AND A SOLUTION THE TOLLING PLAN IS BOTH MORE NECESSARY AND MORE UNLIKELY THAN EVER.

By Annie McDonough

NEW YORK CITY made history a year ago when it became the first city in the United States to approve a congestion pricing program. Passed in the state budget last year, the program – which will be overseen by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority – could charge a toll of $11 to $14 at peak times for vehicles driving in Manhattan south of 60th Street. Congestion pricing has two goals: discourage driving in the most congested area of New York City, and make billions of dollars off the people who decide to drive in that area anyway.

Once the system is in place, it is expected to raise $1 billion annually, which would be used to help pay for subway repairs and upgrades.

Today, as the MTA braces for staggering budget shortfalls of billions of dollars due to the coronavirus pandemic, congestion pricing strikes that ironic balance between being more necessary than ever and more difficult to pull off than ever.

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, congestion pricing was in a state of limbo. Technically, it could start as early as January 2021, but those plans

hit a snag earlier this year because the federal government hasn’t approved the project yet. In February, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that approval should have been “pro forma” and suggested that it was being held hostage by President Donald Trump.

And even before federal approval became an issue, the MTA was already being slow to appoint a board of experts who would be tasked with coming up with the exact tolling scheme and prices. Those are all details that have to be ironed out before the state can actually put the tolling program into action.

The long and short of it?

Before the coronavirus pandemic, it would’ve been an impressive feat for the MTA to pull off congestion pricing by the beginning of next year. Now, with the virus pulling attention, workers and potentially money away from congestion pricing, a January 2021 start date seems next to impossible.

MTA officials confirmed as much at their virtual board meeting on April 22. “Given a combination of the pandemic and the delays in Washington, a January 2021 start is unlikely,

but we are doing everything we can on our side, on the MTA side, to advance it as much as possible,” MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye said.

But the MTA wants to make it clear that congestion pricing will happen. “Central business district tolling is not dead,” Foye said at an earlier virtual press conference on April 16.

Foye added that the agency is waiting on an indication from the U.S. Department of Transportation on whether the state will have to conduct a fullscale environmental review of congestion pricing – which can take years – before the project can get federal approval.

Transportation experts, too, said that it’s imperative for congestion pricing to be put in place in order to produce much-needed revenue for the MTA’s operating and capital budgets. That remains true, even if fewer cars are driving into Manhattan because of the coronavirus and it doesn’t produce as much revenue as expected, some said. “It’s going to be a recurring revenue source,” Rachael Fauss, a senior research analyst at the good-government group Reinvent Albany, said. “So getting

it up and running as soon as possible, even if it’s going to bring in fewer dollars in the first year or two – in some ways, in the long picture, that’s almost water under the bridge.”

Of course, even if the state can get the necessary federal approval and safely build the necessary infrastructure on streets to actually conduct tolling, unanswered questions remain. When first approving congestion pricing, a major political sticking point was whether certain geographic areas or industries would be exempt from the tolls. That fight is likely to be revived, with groups making cases to be exempt related to the coronavirus. “You could conceivably see the whole restaurant industry saying, ‘Our deliveries can’t shoulder this fee because we can’t shoulder the fee.’ Or Broadway saying, ‘We have to encourage people to drive in and see a play,’” Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, said. But with so many other remaining questions about congestion pricing, deciding whether to hand out exemptions to a tolling program that hasn’t officially been approved might be borrowing trouble.

WILL THE MTA GET THE MONEY IT NEEDS?

A Q&A WITH REP. JERRY NADLER

The additional $4 billion was actually the low-end estimate of what the MTA will lose this year. It could be as much as $8 billion more. Are they still lowballing the estimate?

I don’t know if they’re lowballing numbers.

I think it’s, at this point, based on the current ridership. Current ridership is about 700,000 a day, which is way down but still very important as a lifeblood of the city and the region, obviously. 700,000 people a day go to work on the MTA and back, despite the social distancing. And the region couldn’t survive without that. So we’ve got to enable the MTA to continue.

Do you think the MTA has a strong case for getting its requested funding?

Absolutely! It has an airtight case. Without this funding, it can’t continue to work. And without it working, the region collapses.

Do you think the coronavirus pandemic will change the way New Yorkers move and commute in the long term?

It has to. I’m not sure how, but when you have this kind of shock to the system?

When this is over – and it’s not going to be over in one day, it’s going to end gradually – people are not going to do exactly what they did before. The economy is going to change somewhat. Some number of people are going to get used to working from home and will continue, I presume. Things will change.

Sarah Feinberg has only been interim president of New York City Transit for two months – at one the most perilous moments in its history.

“WITHOUT MORE ASSISTANCE, ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT’S BEEN MADE AND THE PLANS TO MODERNIZE THE SYSTEM – THEY’RE ALL IN JEOPARDY.”

– RACHAEL FAUSS, REINVENT ALBANY SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST

virtual press conference on April 16, MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye asked for $3.9 billion in new federal aid.

Getting that aid from Congress is crucial to the MTA’s recovery, experts said.

And the less that the MTA has to borrow from its capital budget, the better chance those signal modernization and other improvement projects have of actually happening. “Without more assistance, all of the progress that’s been made and the plans to modernize the system – they’re all in jeopardy,” Fauss said. “It really all comes back to ensuring that Congress can deliver for the riders.”

But even if the MTA does get nearly $4 billion more in federal funding, the authority will likely have to start

thinking about which projects in the next capital plan to prioritize. “I do think the capital plan is in significant peril right now,” Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, said. “And they’re going to have to start going through this and say, ‘What are the most important projects?’”

The MTA has yet to comment on what projects would be prioritized above others, but senior officials have indicated that “state of good repair work” like track and signal repairs will be at the top of the list. “I think in every scenario, signal modernization will be a first-order priority,” Foye said at the press conference in mid-April. During that same call, Janno Lieber, who leads capital projects for the MTA, said that

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The MTA already received $3.8 billion from a federal stimulus bill, now they’re asking for another $3.9 billion. Are you actually going to be able to secure that much?

When they asked for $4 billion in the first bill, I said at that point that they were asking for too little. They should be asking for double that. They got $3.9 (billion). And now it turns out they need another $4 (billion)! It comes to the same thing. Hopefully, we’ll be able to get the $4 billion in the next bill. I mean, we have to get the next $4 billion, because they need it to operate.

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the signaling work that was already underway is still ongoing. The MTA has only instituted a 60-day pause on starting new capital projects. In addition, Lieber said that some work on capital projects is able to be done remotely.

“The preparatory work for the signal modernizations that are yet to come in the next program has continued while the workforce has been telecommuting,” he said. “The design work, which is obviously in-office work and on-computer work, has been continuing.”

That leaves the question of what projects should take a back seat, assuming fare revenue remains low and new sources of revenue for the next capital plan don’t bring in as much as projected. Gelinas suggested that signal modernization and track repairs should take precedence over projects like opening up Penn Station to Metro-North trains, or replacing buses. “If you can stretch out your existing buses for a few more years, they’re going to have to think about doing things like that,” Gelinas said.

Other projects in the 2020-2024 capital plan have been a long time coming and have been hard-fought victories for advocacy groups. The plan puts $5.2 billion toward subway station accessibility upgrades. Currently, roughly a quarter of the city’s subway stations are wheelchair accessible. “We are a generation past the Americans with Dis-

abilities Act, and our subway system is still overwhelmingly inaccessible to people who have trouble using stairs,” Pearlstein said, emphasizing that the coronavirus shouldn’t further delay accessibility upgrades. “We still need to maintain that commitment to an accessible transit system.”

Both experts and MTA officials say the agency’s recovery hinges on getting the $3.9 billion requested from the federal government. If that doesn’t happen, or if significant amounts of money are borrowed from the capital budget, even the most important agency upgrades, such as signal upgrades and track repairs that keep the subway from falling into disarray, could be in jeopardy. “You don’t want derailments, you don’t want to sort of slide back into what we saw happening in 2016, 2017,” Gelinas said, referencing overwhelming disruptions and derailments that led to Gov. Andrew Cuomo declaring a state of emergency for the subway system in 2017.

Pearlstein used another example in recent history to demonstrate just how bad things could get if the economic crisis caused by this pandemic results in delayed subway upgrades and federal funding doesn’t come through. Following the 2008 financial crisis, the MTA transitioned to an austerity budget, slashing bus and subway service that resulted in ridership declines and cuts to maintenance and repairs. “We are just building out of that now, a dozen years later,” Pearlstein said. “And now we’re in a worse crisis. So we absolutely, 100% need our delegation in D.C. pulling for us like never before.”

It’s not yet clear that the MTA will get what it’s asking for from Congress.

Despite a number of members of Congress from New York holding influential positions, previous stimulus packages have been disappointing. “I think there’s certainly a risk,” Gelinas said of the possibility that the MTA won’t get more funding, or won’t get the full $3.9 billion. “But the Republicans in Congress and the president are going to have to get used to the fact that this is not a time to be a fiscal conservative.”

New York’s congressional delegation, in a letter addressed to House and Senate leaders – including U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer – called for additional federal relief for transit agencies, including the full $3.9 billion to keep the MTA running through the end of the year. “I’m hoping we’ll get $4 billion in the next bill,” Rep. Jerry Nadler told City & State. “I mean, we have to get the next $4 billion, because they need it to operate.”

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FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL

A Q&A WITH INTERIM NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT PRESIDENT SARAH FEINBERG

I imagine this has been a pretty unique start to a new job?

Yeah. I mean look, I think it’s been hardest on our workforce and their families and their loved ones, and the ones who have been ill, and who have been on quarantine, and those who have been showing up to work every day and fighting through it. I think it’s been hard on everyone, just as it’s been extremely hard on New York. But New York City transit workers are very much first responders in instances like this.

The MTA has asked for $3.9 billion more in federal aid. How important is getting those funds when it comes to ensuring that state of good repair work continues?

I think it’s important for really anything to move forward. It’s important for state of good repair projects, it’s important just to keep this system operating. We did not go to Congress and ask for billions so that we could build fancy projects that will be needed far into the future. This is the reason that things get put into emergency relief bills – because they are emergencies, and so that you can continue to keep the lights on and keep running trains.

Is there a concern that other capital projects – station accessibility upgrades and buying new buses, for example – will fall by the wayside?

I’ve been cautioning others not to spend a whole lot of time, in this moment in time, worrying about those projects that are farther down the road. It’s very hard to worry about large, big, future priorities when you’re in the middle of a fight for your life.

When you’re hanging on by your fingernails, you need to focus on pulling yourself up to the ledge, right? Not, you know, what you’re going to do next week. What I have said is we need to survive. But speaking personally, I have no intention of allowing anyone to argue to me in the coming years that we can’t do accessibility projects because of that crisis we had in 2020. That’s not something I’m going to have any patience for.

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BUILDING A WAY OUT Spending money on big projects could jump-start the economy when New York reopens.

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HE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC is wreaking havoc on New York’s economy, and even though the outbreak may be slowing, there’s no telling when the state might return to some semblance of normalcy. The state will stay effectively shut down through at least May 15, with a high likelihood that varying degrees of social distancing rules will remain in effect after that. And with hundreds of thousands of unemployment claims in the state and the vast majority of the economy at a standstill, New York could be facing a major recession.

Right now, the federal government is focused on short-term relief bills meant to prevent a larger economic collapse. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed support for a major infrastructure bill to help jump-start the economy.

Although the timing on that bill is unclear, it could advance the Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River and keep subway improvements on track.

Late in March, President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders floated the possibility of passing a major infrastructure bill as the fourth part of the federal coronavirus relief package. Trump suggested investing more than $2 trillion to help get the economy going again, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was pushing her own job-creation plan. The federal government for years has been trying to pass a major bipartisan infrastructure bill, and the looming economic crisis could provide the incentive for lawmakers to act.

An immediate investment in infrastructure doesn’t appear likely as the recent $484 billion relief bill largely provides more funding

for a small-business loan program, hospitals and coronavirus testing. But both the president and Democratic leaders agree it would help create much-needed jobs as the country attempts to return to normal. In New York, a new focus on infrastructure could be just what the Gateway Program Development Corp. needs to begin work on the new Hudson River rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey. Owned by Amtrak, the current tunnels provide crucial access to the Northeast Corridor, but at over 100 years old, the tunnels are in dire need of repair. A new pair of tunnels would not only allow the old ones to temporarily close for repairs, it would also eventually alleviate the current traffic bottleneck.

Stephen Sigmund, a spokesman for the Gateway Program Development Corp., said that the Hudson River tunnel is the “biggest” transportation infrastructure project in the region right now. It is just awaiting final federal approval and the last of the federal money it needs to move forward. “As you come out of this crisis, you need badly to stimulate the economy,” Sigmund said.

“And Gateway is a very, very significant infrastructure project that could help do that.”

According to Sigmund, initial estimates found that the project would create 72,000 direct construction jobs and $19 billion in economic activity. Those numbers are from two years ago, and Sigmund said that if anything, they have increased since then.

The tunnel project is still awaiting for its environmental impact statement to be approved, which the development corporation originally submitted two years ago. Despite a commitment from President Barack Obama in 2015 to fund half of the project, President Donald Trump has opposed pro-

viding federal dollars and his administration continues to delay the project. Earlier this year, the project appeared to be moving forward as the administration cleared part of the Gateway program for funding – the Portal North Bridge in New Jersey – but still not for the crucial tunnel part of the project. And in March, the administration said it would not release an environmental impact statement anytime soon. But Sigmund said that the world is vastly different now than it was at the beginning of March when that decision was made. “I think there’ll be a very significant reassessment of all sorts of things, but particularly things that can move the economy forward,” Sigmund said. A spokesperson for U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, a longtime advocate for the Gateway Program and the Hudson River rail tunnel, did not return a request for comment about his priorities

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for a potential infrastructure bill.

Major infrastructure legislation could also help keep the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s capital projects on track at a time when the agency is facing massive budget shortfalls. The MTA has already received nearly $4 billion under one of the coronavirus relief bills, but the agency is now asking for another $3.9 billion as its revenue forecasts continue to worsen and it needs more aid to cover its operating costs. Without additional federal funding, the agency may have to borrow money or take money out of its capital budget just to stay afloat. Already, the MTA has suggested that key long-term improvement projects may face delays as a result of the crisis.

Abbey Collins, a spokeswoman for the MTA, said that right now, the agency is hyper-focused on getting the necessary operating dollars, which will help to keep

the capital budget intact. That money is for critical improvements, such as modernizing the signaling system and getting stations into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Collins said that the agency desperately needs more federal aid, and it hasn’t determined yet what projects would take priority over others if it faces long-term funding shortfalls.

Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, said that down the line, the MTA will likely need supplemental federal support if it doesn’t want to fall behind on capital projects and improvements. She suggested that the next phase of the Second Avenue subway line would be the first project on the chopping block if the MTA doesn’t receive additional federal aid. Gelinas added that even before the coronavirus, the MTA’s financial situation was fairly tenuous, and its

$51.5 billion capital plan is not the most transparent or sound proposal. For example, it relies on $15 billion from congestion pricing, which still has not received federal approval and whose implementation will likely be delayed due to the pandemic.

And even if it were quickly approved, Gelinas predicted the revenue it would generate would be lower since fewer people are driving right now.

While additional investment may not necessarily create new jobs, it would ensure that projected jobs are not lost and that New York City can keep moving efficiently when it begins to reopen. “It’s more making sure the recession is less deep than it needs to be,” Gelinas said. “But I also think if we don’t do subway modernization, subways can’t run closely enough together and you’re hurting the private sector economy.”

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LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/03/20. Princ. office of LLC: c/o The Hudson Companies Inc., 826 Broadway, NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

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

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/07/18. Princ. office of LLC: 75 Broadway, Ste. 230, San Francisco, CA 94111. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/17/18. Princ. office of LLC: 75 Broadway, Ste. 230, San Francisco, CA 94111. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Notice of Qualification of ZAPPOS.COM LLC Appl. for Auth. filed w i t h Secy. of State of N Y (SSNY) on 03/19/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/10/09. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of PSYK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/11/20.

Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 600 West 138th St., Apt. 63, NY, NY 10031. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of RM781 LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/12/20.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/21/20.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 810 7th Ave., NY, NY 10019. Address to be maintained in DE: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801.

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

Notice of Formation of Cow Hill Realty Holdings LLC name amended to: Cowhill Realty Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/10/20.

Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, c/o Sachs Companies, 155 East 55th St., Ste. 5F, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Venn Media Holdings LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/16/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/12/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Lemery Greisler LLC, 60 Railroad Place, Suite 502, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. DE addr. of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Suite C, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: General.

Notice of Qualification of HOURS NEW YORK LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/25/19. Princ. office of LLC: 530 7th Ave., M1, NY, NY 10018.

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

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Clothing.

Roll & Hill Furniture, LLC. App. for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 1/29/2020. LLC formed in DE on 1/29/2020. Office location: Kings County.

SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 87 34th Street, Unit 11, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Cert. of Form. on file: DE SOS, Delaware Div. of Corporations, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful business.

Notice of Qualification of LIRIO MANAGER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/27/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/07/19. Princ. office of LLC: c/o The Hudson Companies Inc., 826 Broadway, NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Venn Media Holdings LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/16/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/12/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Lemery Greisler LLC, 60 Railroad Place, Suite 502, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. DE addr. of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Suite C, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: General.

BKauf, LLC. Filed with the SSNY on 2/14/202.

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 LLC, United States Corporation Agents, INC. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

App. for Auth. (LLC) Solid & Striped LLC. App. for Auth. filed w/ the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/1/20. LLC formed in DE on 6/7/12. 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 The LLC, 529 W. 20th St., #7E, NY, NY 10011, registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: All lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of Galen Botanicals, LLC filed with SSNY on January 17, 2020. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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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: 1248 NICHOLAS AVENUE CORP MS. TABEE KIM 86 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10001 144 ATLANTIC AVE LLC 15 MACKAY PLACE, APT 4K BROOKLYN, NY 11209 318 MAIN STREET LLC 30 SALEM RIDGE DRIVE HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 ADNAN, ZAID 122 FOUNTAIN STREET SYRACUSE, NY 13203 ALL AROUND HOME SERVICES INC. 76 VALERIE ROAD SOUTHAMPTON, NY 11968 ANASTASIA BEAUTY CASTLE LLC 241-13 N. CONDUIT AVENUE ROSEDALE, NY 11422 ATHEA INC. 201 TIBBETTS ROAD YONKERS, NY 10705 AVALANCHE INFORMATION DBA TECHNOLOGY INC 147-42 ARLINGTON TERREANCE JAMAICA, NY 11435 BNV CONSTRUCTION INC. 80 JANE STREET HARTSDALE, NY 10530 COLIN CLARKE MD P.C. PO BOX 350-185 BROOKLYN, NY 11235

DULHAN BEAUTY SALON & SPA INC. 185-22A HORACE HARDING EXPWY FRESH MEADOWS, NY 11365 EASTERN PKWAY REALTY LLC MANGANAS, LOUIS & STAVROPOLOUS, VICKY 1919 EASTERN PARKWAY BROOKLYN, NY 11233 ESTEVEZ, ALFONSO G670 DIXON AVENUE COPIAGUE, NY 11726 ICC MORTGAGE SERVICES ISAOA ATIMA 1600 STEWART AVE STE 404 WESTBURY, NY 11590 JC MOBILE INC 136-20 ROOSEVELT AVE #239-240 FLUSHING, NY 11354 JOHNSON, CASSEL & ICILDA 123-08 153RD ST. QUEENS, NY 11434 JOSEPH, JAMES 104-03 184TH ST ST ALBANS, NY 11412 LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATES INC. 2383 MOTOR PARKWAY RONKONKOMA, NY 11779 LAW OF FLORENCE D. ZABOKRITSKY 45 MAIN ST, SUITE 539 BROOKLYN, NY 11201

NOTICE OF FORMATION of a limited liability company (LLC). The name of the limited liability company is 1321 EAST 7TH STREET LLC. The date of filing of the articles of organization with the Department of State was January 21, 2020. The County in New York in which the office of the company is located is Kings. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the company upon whom process may be served, and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the company served upon him or her to 1321 East 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11230. The business purpose of the company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of limited liability company (LLC). Name: MO WELLNESS FOUNDATION, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/01/2020. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: MAURICE HURD 3410 DE REIMER AVE APT 7J BRONX, NY 10475. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

ZNK, LLC Art. of Org filed with the SSNY on 4/17/20.

Office: New York 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, 47 E 30th St., Apt. 5, New York, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL TAWIL PC PO BOX 1644 100 MAIN ST OSSINING, NY 10562 LINE BOUTIQUE INC. 163-07 DEPOT ROAD # S4 FLUSHING, NY 11358 LITTLE WEST RESTAURANT LLC 932 1ST AVE NEW YORK, NY 10022 LO.VE HAIRSTYLIST INC 25 SOUTH MIDDLE NECK RD GREAT NECK, NY 11021 MANNING, PAULINE DAVID 607 EAST 88TH STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11236 MIKE & SAJO CONTRACTING CORP. 715 FAIRVIEW AVENUE, 2R RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 ONESOURCE 429 WEST 53RD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10019 PRECISION IMAGING OF NEW YORK 222 EAST 65TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10065 SCOTT L. BRAZILLER, P.C. 1 OLD COUNTRY RD SUITE 360 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514 SEIFMAN, SAM AND CITIMORTGAGE INC 2571 CENTRAL AVENUE BALDWIN, NY 11510 TIME TUNNEL ANTIQUES 136 B MAIN STREET SAYVILLE, NY 11782 VAROLI, FRANK & CAFFONI, ANNA 102-04 37TH AVENUE CORONA, NY 11368 VERITEXT NEW YORK REPORTING C0 330 OLD COUNTRY RD. SUITE 300 MINEOLA,, NY 11501

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

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

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

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WILSON,ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,EDELMAN 150 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK, NY 100175639 XO CONSTRUCTION GROUP CORP 123 HILTON AVENUE GARDEN CITY, NY 11530

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.

Notice of formation of MikeGeez Fitness Boutique, LLC. Filed with SSNY Richmond County on 1/20/2020. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 4131 Hylan Blvd, SI, NY 10308.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

BKauf, LLC. Filed with the SSNY on 2/14/202.

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 LLC, United States Corporation Agents, INC. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY DB INSURANCE CO., LTD. (U.S. BRANCH) 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: 297 WYCKOFF AVENUE REAL PROPER 7114 166TH STREET FRESH MEADOW, NY 11365 ALI AHMED 87-52 144TH ST JAMAICA, NY 11435 DGC ASTORIA BLVD LIQUOR CORP 3818 ASTORIA BLVD ASTORIA, NY 11102 METAPAN MONCTEZUMA RESTAURANT 350 C SOUTH BROADWAY YONKERS, NY 10705 GREEN KIM NAILS, INC 8 GREEN STREET HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 MILK AND PULL CAFE INC 181 IRVING AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11237 MILK AND PULL CAFE INC 181 IRVING AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11237 YONG SEO CHON 64-50 229TH ST BAYSIDE, NY 11364 MADDOX ITZALI CORP DBA 224-10 64TH AVENUE BAYSIDE, NY 11364 LICEY LLC P.O. BOX 737543 ELMONT, NY 11373 LIANYING LIU 3 ANNETTE WAY JERICHO, NY 11753 NK LIQUORS, INC. 1129 OLD COUNTRY ROAD PLAINVIEW, NY 11803 MONIKA LUBOCH 1149 39TH STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11218

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, 2020 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, 2020 THEREOF, SUCH UNCLAIMED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND SHALL THEREUPON CEASE TO BE LIABLE THEREFORE.

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AT&T proposes to collocate antennas (tip heights 49.5’) on the building at 101 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, NY (20200441).

Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 67.5’) on the building at 92 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY (20200450).

Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

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AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 78.3’) on the building at 70 Paladino Ave, New York, NY (20200428). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 64’) on the building at 35-06 169th St, Flushing, NY (20200429).

Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY RELIASTAR LIFE 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: 297 WYCKOFF AVENUE REAL PROPER 7114 166TH STREET FRESH MEADOW, NY 11365 ALI AHMED 87-52 144TH ST JAMAICA, NY 11435 DGC ASTORIA BLVD LIQUOR CORP 3818 ASTORIA BLVD ASTORIA, NY 11102 METAPAN MONCTEZUMA RESTAURANT 350 C SOUTH BROADWAY YONKERS, NY 10705 GREEN KIM NAILS, INC 8 GREEN STREET HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 MILK AND PULL CAFE INC 181 IRVING AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11237 MILK AND PULL CAFE INC 181 IRVING AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11237 YONG SEO CHON 64-50 229TH ST BAYSIDE, NY 11364 MADDOX ITZALI CORP DBA 224-10 64TH AVENUE BAYSIDE, NY 11364 LICEY LLC P.O. BOX 737543 ELMONT, NY 11373 LIANYING LIU 3 ANNETTE WAY JERICHO, NY 11753 NK LIQUORS, INC. 1129 OLD COUNTRY ROAD PLAINVIEW, NY 11803 MONIKA LUBOCH 1149 39TH STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11218

A REPORT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HAS BEEN MADE TO THOMAS P. DENAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 702 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 5780 POWERS FERRY ROAD, NW, ATLANTA, GA 30327, WHERE SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY IS PAYABLE. SUCH ABANDONED PROPERTY WILL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 31, 2020, TO PERSONS ESTABLISHING TO OUR SATISFACTION THEIR RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE SAME. ON OR BEFORE THE SUCCEEDING SEPTEMBER 10, 2020, SUCH UNCLAIMED FUNDS STILL REMAINING UNCLAIMED WILL BE PAID TO THOMAS P. DENAPOLI, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. UPON SUCH PAYMENT THIS COMPANY SHALL NO LONGER BE LIABLE FOR THE PROPERTY. RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO OF NEW YORK

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AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 54’) on the building at 46-06 Bowne St, Flushing, NY (20200438).

Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (RRHs in equipment room) on the building at 11th Avenue and W. 20th Street, New York, NY (20200473). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

April 27, 2020

NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO OF NEW YORK ATLANTA, GA 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: CHENANGO COUNTY ARTHUR STEWART 287 VALLEY VIEW RD BAINBRIDGE, NY 13733 KINGS COUNTY VERONICA CHRISTOPHER PO BOX 260590 BROOKLYN, NY 11226-0590 ANN CUPID 207 E 91ST ST APT 3A BROOKLYN, NY 11212 HELENA EXANTUS 17 VANDALIA AVE APT 4N BROOKLYN, NY 11239-1018 JOHN MARTINO 2146 BRIGHAM ST BROOKLYN, NY 11229 MARISOL OLMEDA 862 KNICKERBOCKER AVE APT 3L BROOKLYN, NY 11207-1385 YOLANDA PERALVO 465 SENATOR ST BROOKLYN, NY 11220 BARBARA PHILLIPS 510 EAST 38TH ST BROOKLYN, NY 11203 GARRY PIERRE 743 EMPIRE BLVD APT C12A BROOKLYN, NY 11213-5375 CLARICE WILSON 217A PUTNAM AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11216 RITA MARTINO ESTATE 2146 BRIGHAM ST BROOKLYN, NY 11229 LIVINGSTON COUNTY KRISTA ULROP 7361 GROVELAND STATION RD GROVELAND, NY 14462 NASSAU COUNTY ANNA BARBIERI 302 FAIRFIELD AVE CARLE PLACE, NY 11514 KENNETH F LEITCH PO BOX 519 CENTRAL ISLIP, NY 11722 THOMAS REILLY 1843 GERALD AVE EAST MEADOW, NY 11554 DAMIR PLISIC 152 RADCLIFF DRIVE EAST NORWICH, NY 11732 EDDIE AFFIA 31 ALBANY ST ELMONT, NY 11003-5010 DENISE ROUSIANOS 55 ELM AVE FARMINGDALE, NY 11735 HOWARD SCHMUTZ 48 SALISBURY AVE GARDEN CITY, NY 11530 ESTELLA PEARCE 24 HARRISON AVE HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550-5402 STEPHANE RABEL 151 UNION AVE APT 3I LYNBROOK, NY 11563-3304 BRIGITTE MEYERSYOUNG 22 FLORENCE AVE MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758

DENNIS S WINN 241 ONTARIO AVE MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758 CHARLES BATTAGLIA 192 AVOCA AVE MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY 11762 MONICA L / CLIFFORD D FRANKEL 3281 OCEANSIDE RD OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 NAHOMA ROSENBAUM 50 LENOX RD #B5 ROCKVILLE CNTRE, NY 11570 PAUL FRIED 62 LAUREL LN ROSLYN HTS, NY 11577-1609 JOHN W ZITO 3 MARKET DR SYOSSET, NY 11791-6917 EVELYN J NAPOLI 1090 STEWART AVE BETHPAGE, NY 11714-3539 NEW YORK COUNTY ROSINA CAPOBIANCO 5 SEAMAN AVE NEW YORK, NY 10034 KATHLEEN GREEN 410 E 105TH ST APT 11G NEW YORK, NY 10029 SHEROLY L HAWES 40 MADISON ST - #3F NEW YORK, NY 10038 SILA HERNANDEZ 106 W 105TH ST BSMT NEW YORK, NY 10025 CYNTHIA MAZER 1601 3RD AVE APT 19K NEW YORK, NY 10128 ANNETTE MOSES 1901 MADISON AVE #109 NEW YORK, NY 10035 RANDOLPH L PRAY 2569 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR BLVD APT22 NEW YORK, NY 10039 ROCKAWAY NEWS SUPPLYCO ROCKAWAY NEWS SUPPLYCO 115 CENTRAL PARK W NEW YORK, NY 10023-4153 LUZ SANTOS 221 E 106TH ST APT 16C NEW YORK, NY 10029 YOLANDA THOMAS 217 W 127TH ST #16C NEW YORK, NY 10027-2907 JOSHUA ZWIEBEL 101 W 79TH APT 11B NEW YORK, NY 10024 ONEIDA COUNTY MARSHA BROWN ESTATE 717 WEST LIBERTY ST ROME, NY 13440 ONONDAGA COUNTY THE MARGARET A FALSOFAMILY TRUST 300 CLINTON STREET FAYETTEVILLE, NY 13066 KAY K FREEMAN 237 BOSTON ST SYRACUSE, NY 13206

RICHMOND COUNTY ANA VEGA 413 COLON AVE STATEN ISLAND, NY 10308 SALLY ROGERS ESTATE 324 WINDHAM LOOP STATEN ISLAND, NY 10314 ROCKLAND COUNTY ROCKLAND COUNTY ARC MARY PEREHNEC 25 HEMLOCK DRIVE CONGERS, NY 10920 SARAH LECHUCH HARRIS 45 W CLARKSTOWN RD NEW CITY, NY 10956 DAVID ELAM 5 FERN AVE NYACK, NY 10960 PHYLLIS S MCGOWAN 101 GEDNEY ST APT 6P NYACK, NY 10960-2219 IRENE BURNS 145 S NAURAUSHAUN AVE PEARL RIVER, NY 10965 MARYELLEN LYDECKER 710 SIERRA VISTA LN VALLEY COTTAGE, NY 10989 PATRICIA VOORHIS 710 SIERRA VISTA LN VALLEY COTTAGE, NY 10989 SUFFOLK COUNTY JEROME SPINNER 47 KIRKLAND DR GREENLAWN, NY 11740-2135 DENNIS H SCHUM 162 W 19TH ST HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746-2119 LEVI TEJADA 1 JENNA CT KINGS PARK, NY 11754 ESTATE OF CATHERINE F CARLSON 65 CASSATA CT KINGS PARK, NY 117543636 MARIA E DURAN 234 MONTAUK HW 2C LINDENHURST, NY 117576044 MARY P. WELGE ESTATE 15 MILDRED CT NESCONSET, NY 11767 KARIN BENTHIN 655 BELLE TERRE RD APT 63 PRT JEFFERSON, NY 11777 RICHARD S SAUERS 525 RIVERLEIGH AVE UNIT 213 RIVERHEAD, NY 11901 MATILDA HALL 2378 LOUIS KOSSUTH AVE RONKONKOMA, NY 11779 E A MOXON 199 LAKE RD RONKONKOMA, NY 11779 KATHRYN MATOS 5 ADAMS COMMONS 451 STONY BROOK, NY 11790 KATHRYN MATOS 5 ADAMS COMMONS 451 YAPHANK, NY 11980 SULLIVAN COUNTY OLIVIA DUBOSESTOLL 208 E POND RD WOODRIDGE, NY 127895642

WESTCHESTER COUNTY CECELIA V CARBY 82 FRENCH RDG NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801-3706 EDELYNE MICHEL 99 VAN WART AVE TARRYTOWN, NY 10591 MARIE A REY 337 COLUMBUS AVE VALHALLA, NY 10595 YVONNE E BRYCE 351 COUNTRY CTR RD WHITE PLAINS, NY 10630 JULIE K SCHANZER 127 HILLAIR CIR WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605 GAIL BRUNSON 80 BEAUMONT CIRCLE #3 YONKERS, NY 10710 LUTHER J GANNIE 78 WESTERN AVE APT 1B YONKERS, NY 10705-3262

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Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 77 feet on an 88-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 1802 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11223, and at a top height of 40 feet on a 34-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 41-04 56th Street, Queens, Queens County, NY 11377. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Morgan Rasmussen, m.rasmussen@trileaf.com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

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Mechanical Ventilator Alternatives...Including One Found in a Hair Salon A rapid-response team of faculty, students,

COVID-19 pandemic are undoubtedly our essential workers — from healthcare providers to police and firefighters to those keeping our grocery stores stocked — and we are proud to loudly cheer our first responders every night at 7 pm.

But as an engineering school, it’s critical that we operate as though our actions can make a material, immediate difference in the health of our communities. Many have compared the response to the reaction to Apollo 13 — unprecedented all-hands-on-deck collaboration, with rapid-response teams designing solutions with only existing knowledge and on-hand materials. As an academic research institution, contributing to essential knowledge and educating our students are core to our mission.

In these times, we must reach across department boundaries, schools, and state lines to activate our research and mobilize our teams to help our local communities come through the other side as safely as possible. We must act less like a research institution, and more like a think tankpowered start-up.

As a school born in and of New York with a longstanding relationship with the city and state, I’m proud to see how our community has risen to the call. From medical device innovation to 3D printing expertise to tech platform development, the NYU Tandon community has joined forces with others across NYU including Langone and the School of Public Health, across state lines with Rutgers and officials in New Jersey, and with those in need across the nation and abroad by sharing their innovations via open source platforms for anyone to download and implement.

show solidarity with other engineering schools around the world who are also acting on this responsibility to our communities; to profoundly thank our NYU Tandon community who has responded at every level, from students to alumni to faculty to staff; and to show New York that in times in need, we are and will always be here.

which is now available as the “Ask Our Scientist” skill via Amazon Alexa.

Other programs built for COVID-19 response

Kapila, professor of mechanical and aerospace

include a Symptom Tracker, the country’s

engineering, has developed an alternative oxygen

first job site to help the unemployed find jobs

delivery system based on a unique modification

in essential businesses, and a crisis-response

of CPAP and BiPAP machines. Called NYU Tandon AirMOD, the modifications not only turn the devices into oxygen-enrichment tools, they trap the virus in a patient’s breath with viral using FDA-approved, off-the-shelf components already in stock in hospitals. Assembly instructions are freely available online so they can be deployed in NYC, around the country, and the world.

The team is also testing prototypes for a second system called NYU Tandon AirVENT, a personal

coaching program featuring leaders who have used data, innovation and collective intelligence to respond to prior challenges like Ebola, the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Kenyan Election violence and more. Tools built by Beth’s team are being leveraged by multiple states, including New Jersey and Alabama.

A Clean Tech Start-up Pivots from Vodka to Sanitizer for the NYPD and Others

negative pressure hood adapted from hair salon

Air Co, a startup company in the NYU Tandon

dryers that can be used in waiting rooms, for

Urban Future Lab portfolio for cleantech

physicians intubating patients, in ICUs, during

innovation, is redeploying its technology for the

transfer from containment areas to diagnostic

greater good. Air Co originally developed its

imaging rooms, or as double-backup for

technology to extract carbon dioxide from the air

the AirMOD.

and combine it with water to create vodka, and has now redirected its entire production capacity

Open Source Instructions for Making Face Shields

toward producing hand sanitizer. So far, 6,000 bottles have been distributed to organizations like the NYPD, Mount Sinai Hospital, United

The New York University COVID-19 Task Force —

Cerebral Palsy Association and delivery

which includes NYU Tandon, the NYU School of

services like Instacart delivering food

Global Public Health, and health care providers

throughout New York.

at NYU Langone Health stepped up to fill an immediate need for PPE with a new, low-cost, easy-to-produce face shield.

The face shield design, spearheaded by NYU

Data Modeling to Capture Human Behavior’s Influence and Viral Spread

Tandon in collaboration with the Open Face PPE

Researchers are in the field capturing highly

Project, is laser-focused on simplicity, speed

detailed 3D data on human movements and

and cost benefits, with the aim of getting them

behaviors — particularly around medical facilities,

to doctors and nurses on the front lines of the

public transportation systems, and essential

pandemic as quickly as possible: the shields have

services — to document the complex landscape

only three components, Plexiglas, which can

of “surface vectors” and opportunities for

be fashioned by laser or die cutters, and other

COVID-19 transmission.

common methods, a foam liner, and an easy-toattach elastic head strap. Because of simplicity, they can be made at a fraction of the cost and time of other shields. They are clinically tested by Sinai BioDesign and being deployed across the city’s network of hospitals in collaboration with local manufacturers and NYC DOH&MH.

I hope this article serves multiple purposes: to offer some positive stories amid grim news; to

scientists to answer the public’s health questions,

alums, and third-party experts led by Vikram

filters. Devices are assembled in two minutes The heroes in New York’s response to the

Scientists, leveraging a network of 800 volunteer

Democratizing Information Online NYU Tandon professor and Director of the NYU Governance Lab (GovLab), Beth Simone

Working under a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant for proposals with severe urgency, the first-of-itskind study from the team at NYU Tandon and the NYU School of Global Health will lay the groundwork to build machine learning models to speed the analysis of how a virus spreads in urban areas worldwide and pioneer a new way of thinking and documenting transmission locations.

This type of documentation and modeling could easily be applied to airports, grocery stores, and playgrounds — anywhere large groups of people come, touch things, and leave.

Noveck, and her team have connected more than 2.6 million people to online answers to their COVID-19 questions in both English and Spanish.

Here’s a small example of the ways NYU Tandon

The site incorporates the “Ask a Scientist”

is joining the fight on behalf of New York:

platform built with the Federation of American

For more information on how NYU Tandon is responding to COVID-19, visit engineering.nyu.edu/ny-covid-19