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JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

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IN JUNE 2010, City & State’s predecessor publication, City Hall News, assembled a list of “13 power players helping shape the future of LGBT political involvement in New York.” The political heavyweights on the list, including thenNew York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Tom Duane, the first openly gay person elected to the state Senate, weighed in on the state of gay politics in New York. Emily Giske, a Bolton-St. Johns partner on the list, predicted that New York was on the verge of legalizing same-sex marriage, which had fallen short in a disastrous 2009 vote. The most important thing “is to elect a pro-marriage Democratic majority in the New York State Senate and Andrew Cuomo for governor,” Giske said. “After the loss in the Senate last December, the community has realized we need to focus on elections like never before.” Giske’s prediction came true, in part. Gay rights advocates helped elect Cuomo and installed key allies in the state Senate, although they failed to keep a Senate Democratic majority. Cuomo went on to champion same-sex marriage in 2011, muscling it across the finish line with help from unexpected quarters – a remarkable tale told by the players themselves in this week’s magazine. Appropriately enough, given the growing clout of the LGBTQ community, we also have another, longer list to unveil: the Pride Power 100.

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GOVERNOR SIDELINED … 6

How Cuomo lost his mojo

GAY MARRIAGE …8 Behind the scenes of the landmark 2011 legislation

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PRIDE POWER 100 … 19 The most influential members of the LGBTQ community

WINNERS & LOSERS … 54

Who was up and who was down last week

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Latest PROGRESSIVE POLICYMAKING In big progressive wins, legislation was enacted giving labor rights to farmworkers and enabled undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses. Both chambers also passed bills that expanded the definition of sexual harassment, banned the “gay panic” defense in murder cases, and legalized e-bikes. But lawmakers could not come to an agreement to legalize recreational marijuana.

CABÁN’S BIG BACKERS LEADING ON CLIMATE

As the June 25 Democratic primary for Queens district attorney approaches, Tiffany Cabán gained a number of high-profile endorsements. The New York Times weighed in on the race in favor of Cabán, who is running as a progressive reformer. Her progressive bona fides were also proven with endorsements from U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

In the flurry of end-of-session legislating, both the state Senate and Assembly passed a historic climate change bill that aims to make the state carbon neutral. The goal is to reduce emissions 85% by 2050 while offsetting the remaining 15% through carbon credits and other methods. Climate activists applauded the bill, but some decried its weakened commitment to disadvantaged communities and the removal of worker protections present in the original bill.

STATE SENATE; CHERI ALGUIRE/SHUTTERSTOCK; MEGAN MAGRAY FOR CABÁN FOR QUEENS; MAYOR’S OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER; ASSEMBLY

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Back & Forth What specific challenges do you want to tackle right out of the gate? Frankly when we look at challenges, we see opportunities. When we see that nearly 30% of all New Yorkers don’t have broadband in their home, that’s an opportunity to establish universal broadband. When we see that 50% of Americans use online tools when they’re looking for information from their government, well that’s an opportunity to build more usercentered digital services. We’re looking at what can be made better and figuring out what needs to be done within our government.

A Q&A with New York City Chief Technology Officer

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This isn’t your first time in a government job, as you were a senior adviser in the Obama White House. What are you taking from that experience to help you in this new role? I’m hoping it will be helpful that I have public sector experience, having worked in the

Obama administration both on health care reform, and on tech and innovation broadly. I certainly want to be very aware that New York City government is different. It’s a different level of government, and I’m excited about the opportunity to work at the local level because a lot of folks know that there is a decent bit of dysfunction at the federal level, especially right now. And cities are the laboratories of democracy; it’s where we can really improve the services that get delivered to people on a daily basis. So who’s the better boss – Obama or de Blasio? (Laughs.) I have to say I’m very fortunate in life to have had a number of incredible bosses, each of whom I have learned a lot from and I feel very fortunate that each of them has entrusted me with the opportunity to make an impact on behalf of the people.

“We’ll probably be a while.” – Assemblyman J. GARY PRETLOW, on the state legislative session, which was scheduled to end Wednesday, via Politico New York

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Suddenly, the governor just doesn’t dominate Albany like he used to.

ov. Andrew Cuomo has dictated the legislative give-and-take in Albany for more than eight years, but his sway over lawmakers seemed to wane in the final weeks of this legislative session. Democratic lawmakers struck a landmark deal on rent regulations without him. A top priority for Cuomo in recent weeks was a bill legalizing gestational surrogacy, but he could not overcome the resistance of key legislators. His call to raise the cap on charter schools went nowhere. He hastily signed into law a bill legalizing driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants after suggesting he would veto the bill without a legal opinion from state Solicitor General Barbara Underwood. While the governor is now touting the passage of a landmark bill addressing climate change, he declared earlier in the spring that the issue had been adequately addressed in the state budget. Cuomo also fell short on a high-profile effort to legalize recreational marijuana, an issue that he had promoted all year that never even came to a vote in the state Legislature. In past years, Cuomo could often decide what would and would not pass the Legislature because of his growing power over the budget process and divisions between the GOP-controlled Senate and the Assembly. While he was able to exact his will on legislators regarding many key issues in this year’s budget, he appeared diminished in the final weeks of the legislative session as lawmakers boldly took action without him. While he remains the single most powerful figure in state politics, developments in recent weeks show that the power dynamics have changed and Democratic lawmakers can force the governor’s hand when the Senate and Assembly work in tandem. “This is exactly why he didn’t want a Democratic legislature,” a high-level Democratic source in the Legislature told City & State. “There are people that can work together.” The budget process has also become less important strategically than it once was because lawmakers can pass legislation after a budget deal more easily than they could back when Republicans controlled the Senate. For a state government defined in the past by backroom deals, corruption and general dysfunction, the ability of lawmakers to extend and strengthen rent regulations in daylight hours and ahead of the deadline is a change that Cuomo has yet to show he has gotten used to, Capitol insiders say.

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His negotiating approach as governor has included browbeating lawmakers who stand in his way and declaring issues dead in order to force lawmakers to keep them alive by agreeing to concessions. These techniques helped get big issues done in past years, such as the legalization of same-sex marriage and delivering mostly on-time budgets. This was helped by the governor’s leverage in a state budget process heavily stacked in his favor, but the “blue wave” in the 2018 elections that brought Democrats to power in the state Senate opened up a whole new way of getting things done in Albany. The rent laws are a case in point. With the current rent regulations set to expire on June 15, pressure had been mounting in recent weeks on the state Senate to act, especially since Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie had announced his chamber’s positions on a package of rent reforms short-

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ly after the state budget was approved in early April. State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, however, took a patient approach to reaching a consensus within her own conference, which in late May announced its support for nine rent reform bills backed by a statewide coalition of activists. Cuomo had thought the Senate was bluffing and even suggested that lawmakers should face primary challenges if they failed to pass the legislation, though he also announced that he would sign into law whatever the Legislature passed. Once lawmakers unveiled a two-way deal that included eight of the nine measures, the governor was left explaining to reporters how he was not “irritated” by lawmakers’ negotiations. “She handled this brilliantly,” Michael McKee, treasurer of Tenants PAC

and a veteran tenant activist, said of Stewart-Cousins’ approach to rent regulation negotiations. “This is a guy who has a reputation for being very smart, but did some really stupid stuff like taunting the Senate.” Cuomo had first named tenant protections as a priority as part of his 100-day justice agenda that he rolled out as he got ready to begin his third term in office. By the time lawmakers approved the rent omnibus bill in mid-June, the changes had become more far-reaching than Cuomo and the real estate industry – a big campaign supporter of his – had initially thought possible. The two-way legislative negotiations allowed Cuomo to avoid being the scapegoat for the failure to pass a “good cause eviction” bill, but they also demonstrated to his progressive critics what they could get done without his help. “The things that we’ve been able to achieve this year, across the board, have been in spite of the governor, not because of them,” state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Bronx Democrat, told City & State. “We would all be better off if the governor would just acknowledge that he is (only) the biggest guy in the room because he wants to be the only guy in the room.” Of course, Cuomo remains easily the most powerful politician in Albany. The entire six-month session has been remarkably productive, with lawmakers passing legislation on voting rights, abortion, congestion pricing, criminal justice reforms, climate change, sexual harassment and farmworkers’ rights. And despite some setbacks and evidence of lawmakers asserting their independence, Cuomo has yet to fall victim to the “third-term curse” that has undermined other elected executives. “The governor was able to forge a compromise working with the Legislature on what will be seen as the most significant piece of legislation that New York has passed in the last 50 years,” said Bruce Gyory, a Democratic consultant at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. “I don’t see how anyone with a fair lens could say that he’s a diminished figure.” The failure by lawmakers to pass a proposed constitutional amendment limiting the governor’s power over the budget shows that even without appearing to say or do anything, lawmakers remain reluctant to challenge Cuomo directly. “The governor may not have as much power as he previously had,” said Assemblyman Brian Barnwell, a Queens Democrat who sponsored the proposed amendment. “But he definitely still has a lot of power.”

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The threats. The fights.

The sacrifices. The behind-the-scenes story New York legalized same-sex marriage.

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Crowds cheered outside the Stonewall Inn in 2011 as New York legalized same-sex marriage.

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N JUNE 24, 2011, the New York state Senate passed same-sex marriage and it was signed later that day by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The road leading to the passage of the New York Marriage Equality Act is a long one spanning decades of work, struggle and sacrifice on the part of activists and members of the LGBTQ community. In New York, the legislative history began in 2001, when state Sen. Tom Duane, the first openly gay person elected to the state Senate, introduced a same-sex marriage bill for the first time. He would introduce it each year until 2011, when a bill – albeit not technically his – passed both chambers and was signed into law. Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, himself a gay legislator, spearheaded the first successful vote on same-sex marriage in either house in Albany, working with Assemblywoman Deborah Glick to pass a bill from then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer in 2007. O’Donnell spoke to every member of his conference and delivered color-coded charts every week to then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver tracking where each member stood on the bill. In the end, 85 Democrats voted in favor. Another vote came in 2009 with legislation from the executive chamber. On the surface, the odds seemed good – Democrats controlled both houses and then-Gov. David Paterson was supportive. The Assembly passed the bill, but it did not come to a vote in the upper chamber before the session adjourned in June. Its fate was uncertain, thanks in part to the infamous Senate coup that month that threw the chamber into disarray. Paterson then convened a special legislative session in December in an attempt to pass the bill before leaving office. The state Senate rejected the measure in a 38-24 vote. Every Republican voted “no,” and Duane said that some Democratic colleagues went back on their word. In the aftermath, activists and advocates channeled their frustration into the 2010 elections. A political action committee called Fight Back New York was formed to funnel money into key races. Grassroots campaigns targeted those in the state Senate who voted against same-sex marriage: helping Tim Kennedy oust longtime incumbent William Stachowski in a Buffalo Democratic primary; backing Democrat Tony Avella’s successful campaign against Queens Republican Frank Padavan; and replacing Democrat Hiram Monserrate with Jose Peralta in a special election. Although Democrats lost the majority in the state Senate that year, voters elected Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who forcefully campaigned on the issue of same-sex marriage. Years of work had set the stage for what became the successful 2011 campaign to pass same-sex marriage. The following interviews have been edited for clarity and brevity.

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early 2011 KATHERINE GRAINGER, THEN-ASSISTANT COUNSEL TO GOV. ANDREW CUOMO: When Gov. Andrew Cuomo was elected, and he did his first State of the State, he said directly that marriage is going to happen that year. And it was an important proclamation that even though we’d had a failed attempt, we had a new governor who was 100% committed to getting this done. MARC SOLOMON, FREEDOM TO MARRY’S THEN-NATIONAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR: I was on calls every two weeks for starters with the Human Rights Campaign, with Brian Ellner and Ross Levi to talk about advocacy strategy for New York. It was really the three of us. We would get on the phone to talk about Freedom to Marry, HRC and the (Empire State) Pride Agenda and how we were getting ready for a vote in New York. But I’ll also say that none of that was terribly intense until the governor rolled up his sleeves and really took it on, and that was a couple months later in March when the governor made this a serious priority.

BRIAN ELLNER, THEN-SENIOR STRATEGIST FOR NEW YORK MARRIAGE AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: Initially, the focus was on trying to create a communications campaign that was vastly different from any prior effort, particularly, obviously, the 2009 effort in New York. And also distinct from what we saw happen in California with the infamous Prop. 8, or Prop. Hate, a state where we were expected to win. So that was really the initial focus of the effort, how to talk about this differently and how to bring more people into the fight. So it wasn’t the so called usual suspects and activists and LGBT supporters, but a much broader effort that sort of reached out to all aspects of our society and sort of everyone who makes New York. That sort of was the beginnings of the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality (video) campaign.

Same-sex marriage advocates rallied at the Capitol as lawmakers negotiated the bill in 2011.

march THE MEETING

Cuomo holds a Red Room meeting on March 9 with gay rights advocates, lawmakers and other stakeholders to assert his commitment and to gauge support. STEVE COHEN, THEN-SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR: That meeting takes place, and the governor basically canvasses everybody, and he says, “Look, I don’t know if we can get this passed, and I’m not doing this unless everybody at this table agrees we should do this, and if you agree we should do this, then I’m going to personally” – you know, he was saying he would personally manage this from the

Second Floor. What had happened in 2009 largely was run out of the Legislature. And so we went around the table, he literally went around the table and asked everybody, “Do you think we should try?” And everybody said – Chris Quinn was there, Evan Wolfson was there, Danny O’Donnell was there – every person in that room said, “Yes, let’s go for it.” At that point, Chris Quinn said, “Governor, you say it’s going to be managed out of the Second Floor, but what does that really mean?” At that point, he said, “Well, I’m going to have Steve run this, and he’s going to be in charge.” Frankly, that was the first time I heard that I was running this. I was sitting next to (counsel to the governor) Mylan Denerstein. She looked at me, leaned over and said, “You’ve got to be kidding me,”

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DAVID CONTRERAS TURLEY, THENASSOCIATE REGIONAL FIELD DIRECTOR AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: Starting in January, we built this operation. Myself, I hired a deputy, I hired regional organizers in the Hudson Valley, and then New York City, and then the Capital Region, and then Western New York. And we built this huge campaign over time, over six months. We ended up harnessing about 125,000 constituent contacts for what I know is one of the largest grassroots campaigns in terms of numbers, especially in the LGBT civil rights movement.

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sort of mocking my ability to actually manage this. TOM DUANE, THEN-STATE SENATOR: The mood was very optimistic at the meeting. The governor made his staff – high-ranking members of his staff – available for us to have access to provide information, to get information, to share information. It was great to sort of have that executive functioning to help lead the effort to get the bill passed. ROSS LEVI, THEN-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EMPIRE STATE PRIDE AGENDA: When the governor called all the advocates together in the Red Room, that was a really important moment because he said, specifically, that he would play an im-

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point that was really my point to make was, “Look, what happened in 2009, can’t happen here,” which was, it ended up being a lot of well-meaning people speaking their own view of it. I said, “Look, you all are experts in this issue, you’ve been working on it for years, and I’m a newcomer, and I appreciate that. But there can only be one person in charge, and the person who is in charge is the governor, and I speak for the governor, and since I speak for the governor we’re not doing anything unless I say we’re doing it.” Everybody in the room, there was a little bit of a debate about that, but everybody in the room ultimately signed on that that was going to be the way it was going to go. BILL SMITH, THEN-DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GILL ACTION

MARC SOLOMON: Weekly meetings at the governor’s office on Third Avenue led by Steve Cohen, his top aide, Alphonso David, who was then the top LGBT person, was also very deeply involved and we would be asked for reports. “What are you doing? What are you doing in the field? What are you doing in the media? What’s the paid media plan look like? Who are your legislative targets?” We would go over every aspect of our campaign plan. DAVID CONTRERAS TURLEY: I think it was the first time – first successful time – we had all these groups coming in – the money groups, the groups of volunteers – and forming this New Yorkers (United for Marriage). I mean, that was really something that was unique, a model that we have for the first time. Yes, we’ve been working together, but they have never been as coordinated as they had been in the New York campaign.

“The governor’s staff calls me, curses

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at me, screams at me, threatens me, tells me I’ll never work again.” – ASSEMBLYMAN DANIEL O’DONNELL portant leadership role in getting marriage equality done – that he would do what he needed to do and be a strong closer. And at the same time, recognizing that without a strong outside game, that only really the advocates could do that, that the deals he would have to make and the things he would have to do could not be accomplished without that outside work. DANIEL O’DONNELL, ASSEMBLYMAN: Cuomo called a meeting – the strangest meeting I’ve ever been to in Albany. There are all these people who were from Washington – “We’ve never been to Albany, but we think …” and I’m like, really? So, this meeting occurred and it was all about how we can get the Senate on board. And the governor, they spend the entire time talking about the Senate, and then he turns to me and says, “What’s going on in the House, Danny?” I was like, “You mean there’s a bicameral system here, governor?”

april-may WORKING TOGETHER

STEVE COHEN: The first thing we did is we called a meeting – it was actually in New York City – of all the groups that were supportive and all of the governor’s staff that was involved, and Jennifer Cunningham and I ran that meeting. The first

FUND: On the activist side, one of the things we realized is we had to have an actual coalition that was stronger than anything we put together before. So we had the (Empire State) Pride Agenda, Freedom to Marry and the Human Rights Campaign all form New Yorkers United for Marriage. And my job with Gill was we were the largest funder of that, and then we went and raised other money for all the work that had to happen because we ran a pretty huge campaign that was both grassroots and lots of media. We hired Jennifer Cunningham from SKDKnickerbocker, who’s a fantastic New York political operative. We staffed up on the lobbying side. ROSS LEVI: We literally had a strategy meeting every day to see where we were, particularly on our outside game, but also to share information and strategize in terms of inside strategies as well. For examples of that outside work, we were very excited in terms of engaging those communities which had influence in Albany. So the three biggest examples of those are unions. The (Empire State) Pride Agenda had a Pride in our Union program. We worked with the religious community with a Pride in my Pulpit program. And then the third community was the business world, the corporate world, which we see even more today in terms of taking a lead in anti-discrimination efforts. And we had a Pride in my Workplace program.

The same-sex marriage bill that came out of Cuomo’s office was not introduced in the Assembly until June 14.

MARC SOLOMON: Cuomo announces he’s going to drive a marriage bill in March and then we’re doing all this stuff but nothing in Albany was really happening. And the governor had a plan, but it was nerve-wracking because no bill had been introduced and we were like three weeks out from the end of the session. It’s like, what’s happening? What’s happening? Nothing’s happening. Nothing’s happening. So there was a lot of anxiety. King Cuomo was like, “We have a plan.” And we supported that, but it was like, when do we actually get started on the lawmaking? DANIEL O’DONNELL: April, there’s no bill. May, there’s no bill. It’s the end of May. We finish at the end of June. The speaker, Shelly, really wanted to move a bill, and I put in a bill – same exact working as the previous bill – and the governor goes apeshit. The governor’s staff calls me, curses at me, screams at me, threatens me, tells me I’ll never work again, like something I’ve never witnessed before, because they only wanted it to be a program bill. And I wasn’t against having a program bill, but in order to have a program, well, you have to send it to me. And they didn’t. MARC SOLOMON: There were some real ups and downs in that period. First, we needed to review the legislation and approve it. (Cuomo) wanted the key groups to meet. First, he wanted to get a thumbsup about whether or not to – no, actually the first thing that happened when we got

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there was right as I got to Albany, he was having a press event with the Democrats and three of the recalcitrant Democrats came out in support of the marriage bill, and so by then the only person who was opposed was Rubén Díaz Sr., who we knew was going to be opposed forever. So that was day one. And then I believe Cuomo showed us – first he wanted to get a thumbs-up on whether we agreed to move the bill together. So that happened. We talked about it. We agreed that it was time to go. ROSS LEVI: I remember specifically after the Red Room, the press was doing a gaggle or a scrum and questioning us and questioning us. And I remember the question was, “Are you demanding a vote?” The press was sort of obsessed at this point with the idea of the advocates demanding a vote. They wanted us to be saying, “How come there’s not a vote scheduled?” And I remember specifically saying, “We want a winning vote.”

early june GETTING THE DEMOCRATS

Four Democrats who voted against the bill in 2009 remained in the state Senate – Rubén Díaz Sr., Shirley Huntley, Joseph Addabbo Jr. and Carl Kruger. Supporters needed to get every Democrat, with the exception of the socially conservative Díaz, in order for the bill to have a chance of passing. Three announced their support on June 13. BRIAN ELLNER: (Addabbo) literally told me like, “If you get me more mail, I’m a ‘yes’ vote.” So of course, I immediately called Marty Rouse from HRC and I was like, “We need to flood his district. I mean, my view is we need to bury him in mail.” We had these heroic volunteers in supermarkets and outside shopping centers and in town centers with clipboards. I think he said it went from like (a ratio of) 2-to-1 against to 3-to-1 in favor. TOM DUANE: Shirley would have voted “yes” in 2009, but the bill was failing and she did not want to be a flip-flopper. If I had needed her vote, if it was one vote that would have taken us over the finish line in 2009, she would have voted “yes.” She changed her mind, she just didn’t want to tell people she changed her mind because she’d been so strong in the public about being opposed to it. But I knew for quite a while that she was a “yes” vote. And I actually told the advocates to please stop bugging her, that they shouldn’t worry about her. I think if you asked her, she would say that I probably changed it because she knew me. And her husband told my partner that also.

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STEVE COHEN: One morning I actually came into the office and (Cuomo) said, “I know how we’re going to get this resolved.” I said, “What are we going to do?” He said, “You’re going to go on ‘The Fred Dicker Show.’” “OK, what am I going to say on Dicker?” He said, “You’re going to go on Dicker and you are going to say that the Democrats are all lined up and that the problem is the Republicans. And that Dean (Skelos) had said it early in the session that he would let it go to the floor if all the Democrats were lined up, but now he’s backpedaling.” I said to the governor, “I’m not sure I know we have all the Democrats lined up.” He said, “Well, that’s my problem, not your problem, go on the show.” Right after that, this was mid-morning, the governor called John Sampson and those senators who were on the fence, and he said to them, “You now don’t have a choice. You are about to be blamed because this notion of you’re going to do it privately with me, but not do it publicly is going to become the excuse that Dean uses not to get this passed.” He said, “He will let it go to the floor, but only if he knows all the Democrats are there, so I’ll see you at noon.” They said, “Why are you going to see me at noon?” He said, “Because we’re going to hold a press conference, or press reveal, and we’re going to tell the reporters you’re all on board.” None of them wanted to do it, but every one of them showed up, reluctantly, and suddenly all the Democrats were lined up. The whole thing shifted.

“I said to the governor, ‘I’m not sure I know we have all the Democrats lined up.’ He said, ‘Well, that’s my problem, not your problem, go on the show.’” – STEVE COHEN, THEN-SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR ROSS LEVI: One of the talking points that was often used against us was, “How can you be asking me as Senate Republican to be in favor of this? You don’t even have the Democrats.” So that allowed that talking point to be taken off the table. Four Republican state senators ultimately voted “yes” – James Alesi, Roy McDonald, Stephen Saland and Mark Grisanti.

putting marriage equality on the floor. And a lot of people, I remember, were telling us, “Oh god, he’s lying, that’s b.s.,” but we took him at his word. And we had people. We had hired a couple of lobbyists, actually, specifically just to work with Republican senators who we sent to their events. The four Republicans who ended up voting for marriage, we did not participate in their elections against them. And we made sure that people knew it.

BILL SMITH: Dean Skelos, the majority leader at the time, said in a speech that if the votes were there, he would consider

DAVID CONTRERAS TURLEY: When (Lady Gaga) performed in Buffalo, I remember she encouraged all of her constituents, all

GETTING THE REPUBLICANS

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo used both the carrot and stick to get samesex marriage passed in 2011.

her little monsters – “Your Sen. Mark Grisanti is debating whether or not to pass marriage. I really encourage everyone to call their Sen. Mark Grisanti.” And then his offices got blown up by thousands of young constituents that went to this Lady Gaga concert. MARC SOLOMON: I remember finding Steve Saland’s rabbi who said, “Look, I will talk to him. I will not tell you what he tells me, but I promise you I will talk to him about this.” So it was at that level of who could actually move this person, who would they listen to. And couples and families were the core of it. STEPHEN SALAND, THEN-STATE SENATOR: Really, it was the end result of meeting with and speaking with lots and lots of people on both sides of the issue. Reading many, many things that were sent to me, as well as doing some research on my own and being done for me by my staff. It sounds a lot easier in the telling than it was in the arriving. And I was constantly being bombarded. We had days where we had to put the office phone

on answering, or we couldn’t get anything done. And I’d return home and there was a very staunch advocate with my wife, who would constantly be lobbying me. So it really never stopped. JAMES ALESI, THEN-STATE SENATOR: I would not divulge how I was going to vote. Although, I did say, “I know how I’m going to vote. I’m just not going to say it right now.” And I said that to the governor, and I said that to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. The reason I didn’t do that was because I wanted other people that felt like we need to pass it to say that they were going to go for it. And nobody would do it.

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ALESI ANNOUNCES HIS SUPPORT

JAMES ALESI: I called (Cuomo) and said, “I want to come down and talk. I think I’m ready to make an announcement.” I came down. I talked to the governor, and I just

said, “I am going to vote for it. I want you to be the first one to know.” Well, he said, “There’s some people in the other room that might want to hear that from you.” I didn’t know he had just finished meeting with them. I went into the room, and I saw so many of the people that over the last six or eight weeks during session had called on me and some of my colleagues. I know Sen. Duane was there, people from the (Empire State) Pride Agenda. I think that he told them that somebody wanted to come in. There was this raucous clapping and applause and everything else. I wasn’t prepared for that. I was very moved. When things settled down, I said, “I just want to do something. I’m telling you, I am voting. But before I do that, I want to apologize to all of you and especially to Sen. Duane” – because he was a colleague. Then we went out. News media from all over the world was waiting outside. BRIAN ELLNER: I spent a good amount of time with Sen. Alesi. So before he walked into the room, I felt pretty good about him and his commitment and where he would

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The four Republicans who helped Cuomo pass the Marriage Equality Act soon lost their seats.

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MCDONALD ANNOUNCES HIS SUPPORT

ROY MCDONALD, THEN-STATE SENATOR: I didn’t want to lie to people, you know what I’m saying? I didn’t want to do it at the last moment. To tell you the truth, I can’t remember when (I decided to vote “yes”). I do know that some of the people who had the most influence on me were the people who are the local people in the greater Capital District that would show up with their friends and show up with their family members. And these are just good folk, and they’re basically saying, “It’s not right. Let us have our own dignity and our own ability and have our own life.” I’ve got no problem with that. BILL SMITH: He is such a good soul. He came at the issue as a grandparent with a

grandchild with special needs and talked about how they were treated differently. But when we saw him in the room there, that was a big deal because he was very solid. He knew what he was going to do. And he walked out of there and then went to the press area in the Capitol and told his hometown newspaper that day. So that was when you started to feel like, wow, this thing really can happen.

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH SALAND AND GRISANTI

STEVE COHEN: What the governor did was he had a meeting with Grisanti and he met with Saland, and we thought we had both of them. He would sit with them privately and he would say, “Look, I’m not going to put you in a position where you have a 32nd vote. So if anybody backs out at all, I will give you your vote back, you have my word.” And they would shake hands. Saland leaves, Grisanti leaves. They come back from the weekend and Grisanti, having gone home to the Buffalo area, comes back, meets with the governor privately, and says, “I can’t vote ‘yes.’” Without Grisanti we would have

been 32, but not 33, and the governor made a point of saying there are going to be 33. The governor looks at him – I remember it was raining out, it was like a stormy night – and the governor says to Grisanti, “I believe in my word and I believe in honor. And you and I shook hands and you said you’d be there for me as long as I had 33 votes, and yet you’re walking away. That’s fine, but I’ll never forget it.” Grisanti walked out rattled. Rattled. We then saw Grisanti underneath my office window sort of pacing and chain-smoking, not knowing what to do. JAMES ALESI: As I remember, (Grisanti) announced all three ways. He’d say, “I’m going to do it.” “No, I’m not going to do it.” “Yes, I am going to do it.” So there were four people in the mix there that were Republicans that all had kind of a different reason for doing it. I know that Mark, I can’t put words in Mark’s mouth and I respect the fact that he has to be judicious about this, but that’s pretty much how I remember it. But he did change his mind, but he vocally said “no,” and then “yes,” and then “no” over the course of a couple of days before he said “yes” again.

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ultimately end up. But certainly when the governor brought him into that room, it was a huge. It was a seismic moment.

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STEPHEN SALAND: The governor and I actually had a conversation at one point where he said that he wasn’t sure that there was a 33rd vote, and I told him that I would be the 32nd vote. That was pretty much it. If he could find the 33rd, that would be appreciated. But I was the 32nd vote.

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DANIEL O’DONNELL: A religious exemption bill is pretty benign, because it says that New York can’t supersede the U.S. Constitution, which is kind of stupid because we can never supersede the U.S. Constitution, but some of the Republican senators who were going to be “yes” votes wanted that as cover to explain why they went from a “no” to a “yes.” So I was in a bind because in the event that somehow, along the way, that got interpreted in a way that was not what we intended, I could be sabotaging the whole thing. So generally, when I have something that affects our community, I go to other LGBT members, openly LGBT members in my house, and I ask them to join. “Do you want to go on this bill with me?” I didn’t do that that time because it was up to me. So I said, “This is up to you, Danny.”

and be hearing bad things. So we did a campaign where we got some famous fathers of LGBT people to speak up and Anne Hathaway’s dad, for example, spoke up and said this is something we needed to get done. I think it was either the current or past commissioner of the NFL stood up for his gay son and talked about it. He happened to be from Buffalo, so that was good too.

STEVE COHEN: There were a couple hiccups along the way, one of which was at first we’re told (Carl) Kruger can’t be there to THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION vote. I remember it was John Sampson and STEPHEN SALAND: I went to Sen. Skel(consultant) Mel Lowe, came to my office os weeks before the vote to tell him that if to say, “Hey, we’ve got a problem,” saying the bill was restructured somewhat, I would “Kruger can’t be there. He’s got a court approbably want to support the bill. And at pearance in his criminal case in the Southern that point he asked if I would meet with District of New York. He needs to be before Gov. Cuomo and in effect negotiate with the judge.” I don’t think these guys knew I Gov. Cuomo. Initially, I did that, I believe for one meeting, by myself, accompanied KATHERINE GRAINGER: I had to move was formerly a federal prosecutor under that by counsel. I then decided this impacted the bill from the executive chamber down office. I called down to the chief of the crimthe entire conference and I thought I should to Danny O’Donnell’s office to get him inal division – a guy named Rich Zabel who have at least someone, another member, to review it. And at that point, there were used to be my trial partner and is to this day there with me. It was decided that Sen. tons of protesters, et cetera. And so I ac- my neighbor – and I asked Rich, “What is (Kemp) Hannon and Sen. (Andrew) Lanza tually put the bill language in my tights, this with Kruger needing to be in court?” He would join me. And the three of us had a under my dress, to walk it across the Cap- said, “Give me a minute, I’ll call you back.” number of sessions. Since there was really itol. So knowing all of these protesters were He called me back in five minutes, and he only a smattering of support in the confer- screaming and they had no idea that I actu- said, “Kruger doesn’t need to be in court. There’s no court appearance, and by the way ence, much of the opposition turned on reli- ally had the bill language in my tights. his appearance is waived until the day of trial when they pick a jury.” We called back Sampson and Melvin Lowe and a couple of other members of the leadership and the governor basically ripped into them that the games have to stop, the games now have to stop, and either the next day – KATHERINE GRAINGER, THEN-ASSISTANT COUNSEL TO THE GOVERNOR or that night it finally went to the floor.

“A of th e prot ter w re c r mi g nd hhey h d o ide th h I tu y h d th b l a u g n my ti ht .” gious belief, and it was incumbent upon me to make sure that even though this would not be accepted by the religious community on the whole – there are elements within the community that would accept it – that there were exceptions that prevented any subsequent problems down the road. ALPHONSO DAVID, THEN-DEPUTY SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT COUNSEL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS TO CUOMO: That is one of the most significant sticking pieces, I think, in the negotiations. And I feel very strongly and I think everyone on the team felt strongly that we could not allow a modification of the public accommodations law in New York because that would be effectively enshrining discrimination into our law. So we rejected that. Instead, we agreed to put into the statute a reference to the First Amendment, essentially saying that nothing in the statute will contravene the First Amendment. And that came at the end, when we were negotiating the bill, in the final few days.

GETTING IT TO THE SENATE FLOOR

BRIAN ELLNER: It became really important to not lose the momentum and to continue telling good stories. I remember scrambling to try to get people to come up to Albany. And I think Cynthia Nixon came up toward the end, Sean Avery came up and others who have been part of the campaign. We got cars to come out because we just needed stories to keep the momentum. And there was a real feeling of a sort of lack of control at that point, because we had sort of done the hard work of activating all these districts and getting the mail and getting the emails – running a really disciplined communication campaign. And it just became sort of a waiting game. No one really knew when the vote would ultimately happen. ROSS LEVI: I remember specifically around Father’s Day, that was toward the end, and marriage wasn’t done. And we had some concerns that legislators were going to go back to their churches on Father’s Day

JAMES ALESI: I can close my eyes and see myself sitting in that room as if it were yesterday. I know there was a lot of agitation that the majority of the (Republican conference) members were feeling because, A, they didn’t want to have to do this and, B, they were being told now that there were enough votes to pass it, so let’s get it out of the way so it wouldn’t be an issue during the upcoming campaign. It was many hours. We were many hours in conference. Pretty much everybody in the conference had a chance to speak, or at least reply or comment on what somebody else might have said. While it was going on, I think that the mechanics of how the vote would take place were being negotiated too. STEVE COHEN: We were fairly confident we had the votes, but there was an understanding that it would be a voice vote and that the Democrats would not make speeches attacking the Republicans, and Skelos’ counsel’s point was – her name was Diane Burman – what Diane said was, and

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what Dean said was, “Look, we’ll let it go, but we’re not going to use this as an opportunity for these people to sort of malign us. We’re doing right by this and we expect that they will do right for us as well.” There was an understanding with Sampson that, other than Tom Duane, who would introduce the bill, Sen. Díaz, who everybody knew was going to rant about whatever he was going to rant about, and Stephen Saland, who wanted to explain his vote, no one was going to speak on the bill. BILL SMITH: The big tell for us was we saw the night before (the vote), we had seen Sen. Stephen Saland’s wife at the Capitol and thought, “This is not normal.” You have state senators’ spouses showing up for votes? We said, “This means that this is likely to happen.” We sent word to the governor’s office that she was there. The governor spent time with her and told her what a great guy her husband was. STEPHEN SALAND: My wife and I are extremely close, there’s nothing we don’t share. She came up because I had told her at that point that I was voting “yes.” I really didn’t tell anyone. I think my wife was the first person. I think I might have told a member of my staff as well. And that was just a few days before the vote. I never went public with it. My wife wouldn’t be there watching me vote “no.”

june 24 THE VOTE

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos announced the day of the vote. The bill would come to the floor. ROSS LEVI: I think Liz Benjamin tweeted at that time, I think attributed to me, that only in Albany can you pass an amendment to a bill that doesn’t exist. Because the Senate passed the religious exemption before it passed the marriage bill. So it passed an exemption to a law that didn’t exist. DANIEL O’DONNELL: There was a mess up on the floor because there was an agreement made between both sides that the Republicans who had changed their minds would be allowed to speak on the bill, and not every Democrat. And Sen. Duane got up and started to make a speech and members of the Democratic conference stormed off the floor because they felt that they should have been allowed to speak. But in the end, it passed. And that was June 24. I know that date because it was effective on July 24, which is my husband’s birthday.

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BILL SMITH: Tom Duane did a speech, and the Republican senators did a speech. And a lot of the Democratic members who had been pro-marriage for a long time were kind of hacked off that they weren’t going to be able to speak. And one of them, Kevin Parker, started to leave. There was this whole very kind of frenzied commotion to keep everybody on the floor. STEVE COHEN: Suddenly things start getting off track and Díaz is speaking beyond his allotted time, and (then-Lt. Gov. Robert) Duffy says, “Senator with all due respect, we’re going to be here very late, I have to cut you off, because we have” – I can’t remember what the number was, it was something like – “23 people speaking on the bill.” And it was like my heart falls into my stomach. I go find John Sampson. I said, “John, you know we had a deal.” And

next thing we knew – we couldn’t believe it worked – the votes started, and it passed. TOM DUANE: Everybody should (have been) able to speak as long as they wanted to on the bill. It was a bill that a lot of people felt very passionately about. And I actually think it was a case where some of the passionate speeches in favor of the bill might even have persuaded Republicans to vote “yes,” even though they had previously thought they were going to vote “no.” Because that’s the point of having a debate. So I was very disappointed that there was no debate. ROY MCDONALD: The day I voted was the day of my daughter’s – you know when they have the family dinner before the wedding? I missed the dinner, and I told that to Cuomo (laughs), “I missed the dinner and I’m pay-

“Wow, this is really happening, and there are thousands of people who are on the streets whose lives are going to change.”

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John said, “I can’t control my members. What do you want from me? They have a right to speak.” I actually went to a caucus room off the floor and called the governor and I said, “We may have a problem.” And he said matter of factly to me, “Well, I’m down here,” meaning the Second Floor in his office, “and you’re up there. Go fix it.” I realized the conversation is now over. Mylan (Denerstein) and I trek and we find John Sampson and we pull him off the floor. I explain to John that this would be the biggest mistake of his political life, little did I know that a year later he would be indicted. I said, “This bill is either going to pass and you’re going to control your members, or I am going to spend the rest of my professional life figuring out ways to make sure that your political career is over and nobody’s going to be able to control me because I’m leaving the Second Floor within the next couple of months, and John, you don’t want me out in the world as your enemy.” It was probably a little more colorful, and I remember Mylan at that point put her hand on John’s shoulder, looked at him, and said, “John, you do know he’s the biggest asshole in the world.” And with that Mylan and I walked away. And the

ing for it!” I said, “My daughter gets married tomorrow.” And I said, “You realize I’ve got three daughters and I pretty much almost missed all three of those dinners” – I made the wedding, thank God – “because I had to work.” So that’s the fun part. The sad part is I had to have my house surrounded by the sheriff’s department. They were patrolling, sitting in my driveway, because I had people calling up and sending nasty stuff. BRIAN ELLNER: I got a call on my phone from Fred Sainz, who at the time was the chief communications officer at the Human Rights Campaign. He wasn’t in Albany, he was watching on CNN, and he said, “We did it.” He said, “There are thousands of people who are assembling at Stonewall.” It was sort of like a spontaneous eruption of people poised to celebrate. I was just kind of standing in a hallway and it was like, wow, this is really happening, and there are thousands of people who are on the streets whose lives are going to change. It was really an amazing moment to get that call. I also very desperately wanted to be back in Manhattan at that moment. I kind of wanted to ask the governor for use of the helicopter.

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UNE 2019 MARKS the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a turning point in the fight for LGBTQ rights. On a Friday night in June 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn and threw out gay customers – not an uncommon practice at the time – but on this occasion, they faced resistance. The violent confrontation that ensued spurred other protests, led to the formation of gay rights groups and, a year later, was commemorated with the first Pride March in New York City. Five decades later, the LGBTQ community has accomplished a great deal. Same-sex marriage is the law of the land. The NYC Pride March, the featured event at the 2019 WorldPride celebration, has gone mainstream. Coming out is now a choice that many – though not all – can make without fear. But those changes didn’t happen overnight. LGBTQ leaders struggled for decades to alter public opinion and enact gay rights laws. Some policy goals, such as protecting transgender rights, are only now being addressed in New York, while other states are eliminating protections. On the front lines of these battles are countless individuals who have stood up for their rights. This Pride Power 100 list recognizes the most influential figures in the LGBTQ community here in New York, where the fight began. We reached out to insiders and experts to compile this list, ranking each person based on their accomplishments, their sway in political and policy matters, their economic clout, their philanthropic efforts and the constituencies they represent. As New York celebrates Pride Month, we’re pleased to present the Pride Power 100.

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OPENLY GAY New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who represents District 3 in Manhattan, is a prolific legislator credited with revitalizing the city’s legislative body. But his rise was no straight shot. An LGBTQrights activist who came out to his high school football team and spoke at the Millennium March On Washington for Equality, Johnson dropped out of college and moved to the city at 19. In 2004, while working as a furniture salesman, he was diagnosed with HIV, which precipitated a fiveyear cycle of addiction to alcohol and cocaine. This year, Johnson will celebrate 10 years of sobriety. The council speaker has much more to celebrate: 17 bills strengthening protections for renters, legislation allowing transgender New Yorkers to identify as nonbinary on birth certificates, funding to curb HIV/AIDS and clamping down on companies like Uber and Airbnb. He has emerged as formidable foil to Mayor Bill de Blasio, leading the charge against the mayor’s 2020 budget proposal, which ignored input from the City Council, and reversing $155 million in proposed cuts to social programs. A fixture at community events, Johnson was also a key opponent of Amazon’s proposed headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, calling meetings in which he blasted representatives of the e-commerce giant. He has also proposed an ambitious plan to fix the city’s aging mass transit system by wresting control of it back from the state as well as comprehensive legislation to reform the criminal justice system. His legislative accomplishments have made Johnson a leading contender for mayor in 2021, though he acknowledges his political success comes at a personal cost. “It’s not an easy life,” Johnson told City & State. “But I do want a family. ... I struggle with that versus loving working on the issues that matter to me and making a difference in people’s lives.”

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ALPHONSO DAVID

COUNSEL TO GOV. ANDREW CUOMO AS CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL to the governor, Alphonso David has a hand in crafting all policy proposals that emerge from the governor’s office, and drives the state’s strategy in litigation. Appointed in 2015, David is the first black and openly gay man to hold the position and has been touted as the “third most powerful man in New York” by the Village Voice and other media outlets. While he remains focused on his job, David is rumored to be considering a run for state attorney general, a move he told City & State that he can’t rule out. While his job entails working on a broad range of issues – he has overseen the governor’s working group on marijuana legalization and helps negotiate the state’s $175 billion budget – David has remained a fierce advocate for gay rights. He was instrumental in the passage of same-sex marriage in New York in 2011. In January, he helped pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, or GENDA, which outlaws discrimination against transgender New Yorkers in employment, housing and public accommodations. Noting that New York has strong anti-discrimination protections for gay people, David says LGBTQ advocates must now focus on enforcement.

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openly gay member, Thomas Duane, in 2012, garnering Duane’s endorsement to represent his Manhattan district. Hoylman has continued Duane’s advocacy for LGBTQ rights, and after Republicans lost power last fall, Hoylman spearheaded two marquee gay rights laws: the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, which adds gender identity as a protected class to anti-discrimination laws, and a bill banning conversion therapy for minors. He sponsored a ban, which passed, on the “gay panic defense” – a legal defense in which an assailant can claim their actions were motivated by “extreme emotional disturbance” over the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Hoylman also led the failed charge for gestational surrogacy – which New York banned in 1992. “I had to travel over 3,000 miles to San Diego to have my kids,” Hoylman told Gay City News. “We can instead pass the best surrogacy laws in the country to protect surrogates and donors and parents.”

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We’re looking forward to the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, which took place in New York, and is seen as the beginning of the modern LGBTQ2+ rights movement in the US. Many believe the Stonewall riots, was the most important event leading to the gay liberation movement. Over the past 50 years, we have moved the needle for human rights, both as a company and as a society, but there’s still work to do to ensure the journey to inclusion continues. The LGBTQ2+ community itself is made up of diverse people with different experiences and stories, and each of us as leaders, employers, neighbors, friends and family needs to engage with this community to continue to effect change.

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TD Bank is a long-standing supporter of our LGBTQ2+ community. As a Platinum sponsor of WorldPride 2019 taking place in New York City, we are thrilled to participate in one of the largest LGBTQ2+ initiatives in the world. TD was the proud sponsor of WorldPride in Toronto in 2014, which was also the first time that WorldPride was held in North America. WorldPride is the largest global Pride celebration, and we are excited to play a major role in this transformative event. Our strong support of this event is consistent with our commitment in helping to build an inclusive society for our LGBTQ2+ community, our colleagues and allies across North America, including striving to be an employer of choice and providing access to financial services to the community. Each year during Pride Month TD engages in important conversations about inclusivity; participates in community initiatives and symposiums; celebrates with our customers through bold marketing and local activities; and marches together with our fellow colleagues, families and friends. In total, TD has supported more than 83 Pride festivals and more than 160 LGBTQ2+ community initiatives across North America.

In fact, TD Bank recently released a workplace and financial equality survey of more than 1,200 full and part-time Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit, Plus (LGBTQ2+) workers in the U.S. to examine the progress achieved to date and the challenges that face the community. The survey clearly shows there are opportunities to better support the financial needs and workplace environment. Just half of millennial LGBTQ2+ workers rate their current financial situation positively, for instance, with 60% of millennial respondents admitting to having less than three months of emergency savings and 71% of those with a bachelor’s degree struggling with student loan debt. There also is significant debate about labels and terminology within the LGBTQ2+ community. The acronym itself has continued to expand as people have started to understand their own identities better, and 42% of millennial LGBTQ2+ workers either use gender-neutral pronouns for themselves or have a partner or close friend that uses gender-neutral pronouns, meaning that as the use of gender-neutral pronouns becomes more common in workplaces, employers need to be more aware of and promote these changes. We also learned that: • Half of millennial LGBTQ2+ workers self-evaluate their financial situation positively; while 36% view their finances neutrally and 13% negatively. The millennial positive percentage was 9% lower than for Generation X and Baby Boomer workers (59%). High student loan debt has forced these millennial

workers to put off certain life goals, most importantly building emergency savings (63%), saving for retirement (51%) and buying a house (46%). • Millennial workers are most likely to be out to their direct peers at their workplace (78%). • 64% of millennial LGBTQ2+ workers do not live in the locations in which they grew up. The reasons LGBTQ2+ millennial workers leave their hometowns are varied, but mostly for employment and educational reasons. • 66% of millennial LGBTQ2+ workers felt that an employer’s reputation as an LGBTQ2+ inclusive organization was important when choosing an employer. Only 18% of LGBTQ2+ millennial workers indicated that they have access to and LGBTQ2+ Employee Resource Group (ERG or BRG) at their employer. Of those, 57% are members. LGBTQ2+ millennial workers are somewhat more likely to be members of these groups than older generations when available. Through this survey, we learned that millennial workers demand that employers have employment non-discrimination policies that assure a level playing field in the workplace. We found that LGBTQ2+ positivity is an important consideration for millennials when choosing an employer with almost two-thirds of workers looking at an employer’s reputation as an LGBTQ2+ inclusive organization before pursuing employment opportunities. Organizations that can foster a workplace culture where the LGBTQ2+ community feels supported and safe will be will be better able to attract and retain the best talent, a top priority for any company. Although these findings focus on our millennial population, TD Bank strives to ensure a welcoming environment for all members of our LGBTQ2+ community, whether they are customers, colleagues or our greater metro NY community. As we celebrate WorldPride, each of us should think about how to make inclusivity a daily priority to create a better New York.

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REP. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY became the first openly gay member of Congress from New York in 2013, representing the newly drawn 18th District. He is a fierce opponent of President Donald Trump and has publicly said he believes the president deserves to be impeached. In May, he presided over passage in the House of the Equality Act, which would extend federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people. “In 28 states, my family could be evicted from our home just because I’m gay,” said Maloney, who married his same-sex partner in 2014. “It’s crazy – you step across a state line and suddenly you can be legally discriminated against.” In 2018, Maloney simultaneously ran for reelection in the House and in the primary for state attorney general, which he lost to Letitia James. He went on to win a fourth congressional term. Maloney was formerly a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and served in the administration of then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

PAUL FEINMAN

THE STATE SENATE confirmed Paul Feinman to the state Court of Appeals in 2017, making him the first openly gay judge on the state’s highest court. A progressive judge who spent 20 years on the bench in New York, Feinman made headlines in 2011 with a ruling against a firefighter suing to stop the construction of a mosque at ground zero. His appointment was lauded by LGBTQ advocates as redress for the Court of Appeals’ 2006 decision in Hernandez v. Robles, which found no constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry. “My entire career has been about promoting equal access and equal justice for all, and I hope I add to the diversity of perspectives that the court considers,” Feinman said during his confirmation hearing. Feinman grew up on Long Island, the son of a business owner and a bookkeeper. He graduated from Columbia University in 1981 and earned a law degree from the University of Minnesota.

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCILMAN DANIEL DROMM became a trailblazer for LGBTQ rights

while he was a teacher at P.S. 199 in Queens. In 1992, the New York City Board of Education released “Children of the Rainbow,” a multicultural curriculum that included guidelines promoting the acceptance of gay people. The local school board where Dromm taught voted to reject the curriculum, claiming it “undercut the moral codes of many families in the district.” Dromm then came out of the closet on the cover of Newsday in support of “Children of the Rainbow.” The next year, he founded the Queens Pride Parade in honor of Julio Rivera, a gay man killed in a hate crime in Flushing in 1990. Elected to the New York City Council in 2009, Dromm chaired the Education Committee, co-sponsoring a 2018 initiative to combat anti-LGBTQ bullying and educate students about LGBTQ history. Now head of the influential Finance Committee, Dromm also chairs the legislative body’s LGBT Caucus.

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CHIEF OF STAFF NEW YORK CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE EMMA WOLFE is New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s gatekeeper – she was promoted to chief of staff for his second term – and thus, one of the most powerful gay people in New York politics. But the “power lesbian,” as the mayor once described her, doesn’t display the hardedged, alpha dog demeanor one might expect. “She’s real,” the City Council speaker’s then-chief of staff Ramon Martinez said last year. Wolfe’s self-effacing, approachable demeanor is key to her influence – everyone seems to like her. But her approachability belies her keen abilities as a political operative. During de Blasio’s campaign for mayor, she was the “secret weapon” when it came to policy. The mayor himself has called her “the great strategist.” Wolfe has been with de Blasio since his public advocate days, and was previously an organizer for the Working Families Party, ACORN, America Coming Together, and 1199SEIU. She lives with her partner, Stephanie Yazgi, in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

REFLECTING ON STONEWALL AT 50 The LGBTQ+ community is unique as a minority because it stems from our families. LGBTQ+ children are born to straight families. LGBTQ+ parents produce straight children. We are their family and they are ours. In short: we are one. When I think of the LGBTQ+ community, what comes to mind is “my family.” The one I was actually born into was pretty conservative and Catholic. And I was always the openminded oddball in that narrow world. But then nearly 20 years ago, my true family found me. More specifically my best friend Hector Rojas found me, and I’ve felt the warm embrace of the LGBTQ+ community ever since. I could have never guessed how much my understanding of love and support would be radically transformed. In a short time, I was, standing in line for the AIDS fundraising efforts of Broadway Bares, Equity Fights AIDS. Then onto my first encounter with the perfect functioning of non-gendered bathrooms at Therapy, leather parties at Raw Hide, and endless Madonna and GaGa concerts. My eyes and heart were opening to a family that

would accept and carry me just like I accepted and carried them. I was no longer alone. I had an extended family of humans who didn’t have to be identical to me to love me. “We have to come together as a people, as a country and as a community,” said Leo Preziosi --- Founder and ED of LiveOutLoud. I couldn’t agree more. I’d never felt a more open love and acceptance of my frailty, limitations, and “otherness.” My new family and I, we shared our vulnerabilities openly along with our heartbreaks and financial challenges. And for the first time in my life, I felt safe. I felt how I wanted others to feel. How I wanted others to be welcomed. And I believe that is at the core of the LGBTQ+ community: compassion for our fellow humans. That’s what I was taught by Hector and my rainbow-colored family, how to love my neighbors and how to be loved. “A friend of mine had a party in Central Park last week,” said Loren Ruch, Group SVP of Production & Development for HGTV and a LiveOutLoud Board Member. “And when you looked around there were gay men, gay

women, straight couples, straight singles— people with children and I was like ‘this is the way the world is supposed to be.’” The Stonewall Riots erupted only 50 years ago. And this year, as Stonewall turns 50, it’s astounding to realize how that name and its founding community has become synonymous with the Equal Rights and activism of and for all. No other movement has made such strides towards universal inclusion and equity. So as we reflect on what the LGBTQ+ community has accomplished and how profoundly it’s changed us as a city, state, society and country -- for the better, I’d like to thank the family who embraced me and asked nothing in return. A true expression of love and humanity. Because we’re family. Happy World Pride 2019!

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JIMMY VAN BRAMER

NEW YORK CITY COUNCILMAN THE SON of union members, Jimmy Van Bramer is among the politicians most responsible for driving Amazon out of New York City. A vocal opponent of the plan for a second headquarters in his Long Island City, Queens, district, he led rallies against the deal and grilled company executives at hearings. “This is a union town,” he wrote in the Gotham Gazette. “If Amazon is anti-union, it is not welcome in New York City.” Shortly thereafter, the retail giant announced it was backing out. In his third term representing the 26th District, Van Bramer recently announced he would run for Queens borough president, telling amNewYork he would strive to be an “activist borough president” and “use the bully pulpit to talk about inequality.” On the City Council, Van Bramer serves on the budget negotiating team and chairs the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations. He lives in Sunnyside Gardens with his husband, Dan Hendrick.

DARREN WALKER

AS PRESIDENT of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker oversees $600 million in grants annually to “reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.” Starting out as a lawyer and investment banker, he pivoted to nonprofit work. He was the CEO of the Abyssinian Development Corp. in Harlem and vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation before landing at the Ford Foundation, becoming president in 2013. He has also served on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s transition team, on the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments and Markers, and on the boards of Carnegie Hall and Friends of the High Line. Raised by a single mom in Louisiana, he was a member of the first class of Head Start in 1985. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, which granted him its Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2009.

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CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK TRANSGENDER ADVOCACY GROUP WITH 20 YEARS of community organizing under her

belt, Kiara St. James is one of New York’s most visible grassroots activists and a fixture at rallies promoting transgender rights. Her group, the New York Transgender Advocacy Group, was key to the passage of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, or GENDA, which enshrined nondiscrimination protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers into state law. With LGBTQ rights stalled in the U.S. Senate, White House and increasingly the courts, St. James has urged states like New York to “take the lead on issues of LGBTQ equity” and “serve as a model for the rest of the country,” she wrote in an op-ed for NewNowNext. St. James was born into an evangelical Christian family in Beaumont, Texas, and says she came to activism “by accident” after encountering demonstrators fighting for funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCILMAN

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCILMAN

FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PREVENTION ACCESS CAMPAIGN

RITCHIE TORRES

VALERIE BERLIN

THE FIRST openly

gay representative from the Bronx – and the youngest elected in New York City – Ritchie Torres grew up in the Throggs Neck Houses public housing project, across from what is now a Trump-operated golf course. As a member of the Public Housing Committee, he’s part of the fight against the Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts. Several years ago, he led efforts to open an LGBTQ senior center in his district.

CHRISTINE QUINN

FORMER NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER SINCE LOSING her New York City

mayoral bid in 2013, Christine Quinn has turned her attention to advocating for the city’s homeless. Her nonprofit, Win, recently filed plans to build a 115,000-square-foot mixed-use building – including a homeless shelter for 200 families – on Staten Island’s North Shore. She has called for a review of the city’s homeless intake system, calling it “a demoralizing, brutal experience,” according to the Daily News.

VALERIE BERLIN contin-

ues to be one of the most sought-after political consultants in New York, having helped secure Bill de Blasio’s victory in the 2013 New York City mayoral race and playing a pivotal role in bringing universal pre-K to the city. She worked for the state Senate Democratic conference and the now-defunct community group ACORN before co-founding the public relations and strategic communications firm BerlinRosen, whose clients include major corporations, nonprofits and labor unions.

CARLOS MENCHACA

is New York City’s first Mexican American elected official and one of five openly LGBTQ members of the New York City Council. As chairman of the Immigration Committee, Menchaca has fiercely defended the city’s immigrant population. In the past year, he sponsored legislation to stop federal immigration authorities from patrolling New York courts and blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to expand the city’s collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

BRUCE RICHMAN

ONE OF New York’s

leading activists fighting stigma against people with HIV/AIDS, Bruce Richman launched the “Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)” campaign to dispel the myth that HIV-positive people with viral loads at undetectable levels can pass on the disease. “It’s about helping people understand the science and how to communicate that science,” he told POZ magazine. He also founded Inspired Philanthropy Group, partnering with people and brands like Donna Karan, Ellen DeGeneres and Cartier.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER

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DISTRICT JUDGE U.S. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

DEBORAH GLICK

WIN; JENA CUMBO

has represented District 66 in the Assembly since 1990, when she became the first openly gay member of the state Legislature. A progressive on women’s rights, higher education and the environment, she has scored numerous wins for LGBTQ New Yorkers, including legislation ensuring domestic partners’ hospital visitation rights and the 2002 Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act – which bars discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing and public accommodations.

DONNA LIEBERMAN

AS THE head of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Donna Lieberman has led the push for criminal justice reform, taking on the school-to-prison pipeline, the broken windows theory of policing, and stop and frisk. She has fought for the rights of incarcerated New Yorkers and advocated for racial equality in the city’s affordable housing system. Together with Roberta Kaplan, she helped defend same-sex marriage by representing Edie Windsor in her successful 2013 challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act.

GLENNDA TESTONE

joined The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center as its first female executive in 2009, and since then she has overseen the $9.2 million renovation of the organization’s West Village space and strengthened many of its community programs. A former vice president of the Women’s Media Center, Testone sits on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Ending the AIDS Epidemic Task Force and has served on the New York City Commission on LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless Youth.

CHARLES BLOW

CHARLES BLOW,

who revealed he was bisexual in his 2014 memoir, “Fire Put Up in My Bones,” is one of the city’s most trenchant voices on racial justice. He has written extensively about the killings of unarmed black men like Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, who was choked to death by police on Staten Island. He is a regular commentator on CNN and MSNBC.

ALISON NATHAN

IN 2011, Alison Nathan became the second openly gay woman to serve on the federal bench, after Judge Deborah Batts, and in what is arguably the country’s most influential jurisdiction. A former adviser to President Barack Obama, Nathan recently made headlines when she ordered Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a dispute over Musk’s behavior on Twitter. She began her career as a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

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ONCE DUBBED “the loneliest Republican” by The Atlantic for his moderate political views in a party increasingly veering right, influential journalist Josh Barro left the GOP after the election of Donald Trump, citing the “fact-free environment so many of its voters live in.” After bouncing between Business Insider and The New York Times, Barro is now a business columnist at New York magazine. He hosts “Left, Right & Center,” a weekly radio program on KCRW.

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JOEL SPOLSKY

programmer in New York knows Stack Overflow, the website where developers post questions and get answers to programming quandaries both common and not so common. Founder and former CEO Joel Spolsky recently stepped down from his role managing the platform’s day-today operations to join its board of directors. He is also co-creator of the work management application Trello and a veteran of Microsoft’s Excel team. Spolsky maintains his own blog, Joel on Software.

KRISTINA JOHNSON

WILLIAM FLOYD

oversees a higher education system that serves 1.3 million students every year – but that’s only the latest chapter in her prolific career. An engineer by training, she previously served as under secretary in the U.S. Energy Department, founded a hydroelectric company and developed technology used in 3D movies. Johnson has recently been working to promote Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s initiative to increase diversity on SUNY campuses.

WITH GOOGLE’S expan-

sion in Chelsea – in May the company acquired the 325,000-square-foot Milk Building, which connects to its Chelsea Market building via a skybridge – William Floyd’s job managing public affairs, policy and regulatory efforts just keeps getting bigger. Prior to joining Google, Floyd worked for nine years in New York City government, which included serving on the city’s 1989 Charter Revision Commission and a stint at the Economic Development Corp.

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PRESIDENT AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

THE HEAD of an organization that

represents 1.7 million educators, education support staff and health care professionals nationwide, Randi Weingarten has made LGBTQ issues a key part of her advocacy. In 2008, she became the first openly gay person to lead a national labor union. Weingarten was previously president of the United Federation of Teachers, which represents 200,000 New York City educators, and chairwoman of the city Municipal Labor Committee.

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ORIOL GUTIERREZ

first openly gay man to serve in the Assembly in 2002. The former public defender and civil rights litigator went on to champion some of the Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most high-profile pro-LGBTQ legislation, including the Marriage Equality Act and the Dignity for All Students Act, an anti-bullying law. This year, he lost a bid for New York City public advocate, a position vacated by Letitia James when she was elected state attorney general.

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was serving in the Marine Corps when he learned he was HIV positive during a routine checkup in 1992. Today, the New York City native runs the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest publication dedicated to people affected by HIV/AIDS, reaching 450,000 online visitors each month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;2019 marks the 25th anniversary of POZ magazine,â&#x20AC;? Gutierrez told CityÂ & State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As editor-in-chief, I have the privilege of ensuring we continue to chronicle the fight against HIV.â&#x20AC;?

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ASSEMBLYMAN HARRY BRONSON is the first openly gay member of the state Legislature from upstate New York and a leading LGBTQ rights advocate, displaying a pink triangle on his car to commemorate gay people who died in the Holocaust. Bronson has also been a friend to labor unions, helping pass a minimum wage increase and a paid family leave program. He led the unsuccessful push to increase the pay rate for public works projects.

groundbreaking reporting on sexual assault helped bring down Harvey Weinstein and launch the #MeToo movement, garnering him a Pulitzer Prize in 2018. The same year, his exposĂŠ on former state Attorney General Eric Schneidermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexual and psychological abuse of women helped end Schneidermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career. Farrow is currently at work on a book about his reporting on Weinstein, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catch and Kill,â&#x20AC;? and has signed a deal with HBO to develop investigative documentaries.

BRADFORD SHELLHAMMER

name for himself as an e-commerce and design guru after co-founding Fab.com, an online marketplace of curated products that was at one time valued at $1 billion before imploding in 2015. (Shellhammer left in 2013.) He went on to found and sell Bezar, another e-commerce site, before joining eBay to run its merchandising and curation team. Last year, he was promoted to general manager of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York office.

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DEBORAH BATTS

ERIK BOTTCHER

CHIEF OF STAFF NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER COREY JOHNSON’S OFFICE

DISTRICT JUDGE U.S. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK NOMINATED BY

President Bill Clinton in 1994, Batts became the first openly LGBTQ judge on the federal bench. In 1984, she joined the Fordham University School of Law as its first African American faculty member. She has presided over several high-profile cases, including a lawsuit against former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, who was accused of failing to inform New Yorkers of the health risks of returning to their homes after the 9/11 attacks.

KATHERINE GRAINGER & MARC SOLOMON

PARTNER; PRINCIPAL AND NATIONAL DIRECTOR CIVITAS PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP KATHERINE GRAINGER

and Marc Solomon were key players in the samesex marriage movement in New York and nationwide before joining Civitas, a progressive political consulting firm with clients like the National Audubon Society and The Trust for Public Land. While working as assistant counsel to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Grainger helped draft New York’s Marriage Equality Act. Solomon served as national campaign director for Freedom to Marry, an advocacy group leading the same-sex marriage movement nationwide.

ERIK BOTTCHER was

ROBERTA KAPLAN

FOUNDING PARTNER KAPLAN HECKER & FINK LLP

ROBERTA KAPLAN will forever

be remembered as the civil rights attorney who helped strike down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 – an experience she recounts in her 2015 memoir – helping establish same-sex marriage nationwide. She has since founded her own law firm as well as the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, which helps workers who have faced sexual harassment fight for justice. She is board chairwoman at Gay Men’s Health Crisis.

with New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson before it was cool, serving as his right-hand man since 2015. While Johnson looks citywide, Bottcher has kept a foothold in Johnson’s district on Manhattan’s West Side, building toward a likely run for the seat himself in 2021. Bottcher has been active in the city’s gay political scene for years as an LGBTQ liaison for power brokers like Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

DIRECTOR NATIONAL LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEW YORK

LGBT LIAISON NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER COREY JOHNSON’S OFFICE

THOMAS “TJ” CHERNICK

THOMAS “TJ” CHERNICK serves as the voice

of New York’s LGBTQ business community. He joined the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce New York in 2014 as its director of membership and engagement before stepping into the director role. “Coming from a professional background in advocacy, I believe our community wields incredible power,” Chernick wrote upon joining the organization. “You push the economy forward, and by increasing diversity within this scope, you are truly advocates for lasting change.”

JOHN BLASCO

JOHN BLASCO started

his career as an organizer with Fierce, a grassroots advocacy organization representing LGBTQ youth of color, before joining the New York City government in 2014 to serve as an LGBT liaison for then-City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez. In his current role, he meets regularly with LGBTQ groups to address issues facing their communities. Blasco was involved with the Trans Equity Program Initiative, which allocated $1.8 million to transgender advocacy groups in the city.

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DISTRICT JUDGE U.S. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

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PRESIDENT AND CEO THE NEW YORK WOMEN’S FOUNDATION

SALLY SUSMAN

worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce, American Express and Estee Lauder before joining Pfizer, where she oversees branding, government affairs, global policy and media relations. A leading fundraiser for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, Susman reportedly hosted a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand earlier this year. She has been instrumental in establishing a partnership between Pfizer and the International Rescue Committee; earlier this year she was elected co-chair of the nongovernmental organization.

J. PAUL OETKEN

IN 2011, J. Paul Oetken

became the first openly gay man on the federal bench. While Deborah Batts’ sexual orientation was not mentioned during her confirmation hearings in 1994, nearly two decades later Oetken brought along his partner to the hearings. “When Paul becomes Judge Oetken, he will be living proof to all those young lawyers that it really does get better,” U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said before Oetken’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate.

BRIAN ELLNER

A FORMER lead strat-

egist for the Human Rights Campaign, Brian Ellner played a key role in bringing same-sex marriage to New York state in 2011. Previously at communications powerhouse Edelman, Ellner was recently tapped for a leadership role at BCW, where he will help expand the company’s corporate practice. Earlier in his career, he was a senior aide in the Bloomberg administration, working with the New York City Department of Education.

ANA OLIVEIRA

IN JUST over a decade, Ana Olivei-

ra grew the annual grant-making programs of The New York Women’s Foundation from $1.7 million to $8 million and strengthened the organization’s commitment to criminal justice reform. Last year, the foundation created The Justice Fund to help combat mass incarceration, focusing its efforts on women, girls and transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers. Oliveira, who hails from São Paulo, previously served as executive director of Gay Men’s Health Crisis.

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PRINCIPAL GETO & DE MILLY

PHILLIP PICARDI

BILLIONAIRE HEIR

started off as an intern at Condé Nast before rising through the ranks at Teen Vogue, where he was online beauty editor before being promoted to editorial director and later chief content officer. Under his direction, the publication began covering social justice issues, including gender equality, leading traffic to jump from 2 million monthly visitors to 12 million. He launched them, an LGBTQ-focused publication, before leaving in 2018 to run Out magazine.

HAVING SERVED

EMILY GISKE joined

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Bolton-St. Johns in 1999 and has been a partner at the top government relations and public affairs firm since 2008. She helped pass New York’s 2011 same-sex marriage bill and advised Christine Quinn’s 2013 mayoral campaign. A vice chair of the state Democratic Party, Giske is also a player in national Democratic politics. A rising star at the firm is Julian Kline, who has worked with clients in LGBTQrelated fields.

Jon Stryker, who leads Stryker Corp., a medical supply company founded by his grandfather, has invested more than $500 million in the Arcus Foundation, which dedicates itself to advancing the rights of LGBTQ people worldwide (and to conserving the world’s great apes). A registered architect in the state of Michigan, Stryker sits on the boards of Kalamazoo College, his undergraduate alma mater, and Friends of the High Line in New York City.

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ETHAN GETO

across New York City and state government – including as assistant commissioner of buildings and director of communications and policy adviser for Robert Abrams, the former state attorney general and Bronx borough president – Ethan Geto maintains an incomparable Rolodex of New York’s power players. The public affairs and marketing firm he co-founded regularly advises Fortune 500 companies, major nonprofits and industry associations. Geto is on the board of the New York City AIDS Memorial.

JON DEL GIORNO

PARTNER PITTA BISHOP & DEL GIORNO LLC ONE OF New York City’s top lobbyists, Jon

Del Giorno boasts strong ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio and to the City Council, having spearheaded Christine Quinn’s and Melissa Mark-Viverito’s successful bids for council speaker. A founding partner of Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno, he tells City & State that the firm’s work with the Greenburger Center – raising $2.4 million for a mental health facility – was among its key achievements in the past year.

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STUART APPELBAUM

A FIERCE ADVOCATE

for New York’s workers, Stuart Appelbaum has been elected to lead the progressive union six times, starting in 1998. Among his numerous other titles: vice president of the national AFL-CIO and chairman of the Democratic National Committee’s Resolutions Committee. Appelbaum was among the community leaders who opposed Amazon’s proposed HQ2 in Long Island City, lambasting the retail giant in the Queens Daily Eagle as “one of the most anti-worker, anti-union companies.”

MEREDITH TALUSAN

CHARLES O’BYRNE

A PROLIFIC VOICE

on transgender issues, Meredith Talusan was BuzzFeed’s first transgender reporter and won accolades for a project documenting the epidemic of violence against transgender women of color. In 2017 she spearhead Condé Nast’s foray into LGBTQ publishing as executive editor of the publication them. Talusan is now working on a memoir and is frequently sought out to comment on what The New York Times has called “the coming of age of transgender literature.”

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CARMELYN MALALIS

CHAIRWOMAN AND COMMISSIONER NEW YORK CITY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DURING HER tenure as head of the agency

that enforces some of the nation’s most comprehensive civil rights laws, Carmelyn Malalis has ramped up enforcement and public education efforts to protect marginalized groups, including the LGBTQ community and (thanks to the recent passage Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act) the transgender community. She made headlines earlier this year when the agency released guidelines criminalizing discrimination on the basis of hair, which primarily affects African Americans.

politics, Charles O’Byrne was a Jesuit priest who officiated John F. Kennedy Jr.’s wedding and – three years later – presided over his funeral. He went on to become then-Gov. David Paterson’s “trusted second in command,” says The New York Times. Now in charge of government affairs for Related Cos., O’Byrne also serves on the board of the Hetrick-Martin Institute and the steering committee of the Association for a Better New York.

DONALD CAPOCCIA

ONE OF the first developers to mix low-income and middle-income housing with market-rate rentals, BFC Partners Managing Principal Donald Capoccia is known for building affordable housing, including projects that serve the LGBTQ community. Among his newest projects: the city’s first LGBTQ-friendly senior residence in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. A founding member of the New York State Affordable Housing Association, Capoccia was appointed to the Battery Park City Authority by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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GLOBAL CO-HEAD, SECURITIES DIVISION GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC.

DAVID RICH handles

about a year and a half as CFO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., last year R. Martin Chavez returned to the company’s securities division. Chavez challenged the firm’s “button-down culture” and pushed for greater transparency. As a member of the firm’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network, he also helped liberalize Goldman Sachs’ stance on LGBTQ equality. Chavez previously co-founded Quorum Software Systems and served as its chief technology officer.

DAVID RICH

R. MARTIN CHAVEZ

AFTER SERVING for

advocacy and communications for the Greater New York Hospital Association, which represents more than 160 hospitals in New York and surrounding states. Before joining the trade association in 1993, he was a legislative assistant for Gov. Mario Cuomo and an aide to U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In the past two decades, Rich has reportedly donated over $1 million to over 150 political candidates – mostly Democrats based in New York.

CHRIS COFFEY

MANAGING DIRECTOR TUSK STRATEGIES AS HEAD of Tusk Strategies’

New York practice, Chris Coffey was instrumental in managing Corey Johnson’s successful bid for speaker of the New York City Council, serving as senior strategist to the campaign. He has worked with clients, including Whole Foods, Uber and New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Affordable Streets. Before joining Tusk, Coffey worked for then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, including at the Office of Media and Entertainment and the Community Assistance Unit.

MATTHEW MCMORROW & ASHE MCGOVERN

SENIOR ADVISER; DIRECTOR, NYC UNITY PROJECT NEW YORK CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE MATTHEW MCMORROW

handles the de Blasio administration’s LGBTQ outreach. He helped launch Equality New York, which seeks to elect pro-LGBTQ candidates, McMorrow focuses on transgender issues, HIV prevention, school safety and economic empowerment for LGBTQ New Yorkers. Ashe McGovern, who self-identifies as a “nonbinary trans, queer human,” spent years honing legal skills to fight for LGBTQ rights. McGovern was part of the city’s effort to add a third gender category to birth certificates.

ROD TOWNSEND

PRESIDENT STONEWALL DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY AS PRESIDENT of New

York City’s first and only citywide LGBTQ Democratic organization, Rod Townsend has led efforts to elect pro-LGBTQ candidates to statewide office, including backing challengers to the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference – a now-defunct breakaway group that aligned with Republicans, hampering the passage of pro-LGBTQ legislation. In his home borough of Queens, Townsend serves as co-chairman of Community Board 1’s Community & Economic Development Committee.

Our pride begins right at home, at our HMI home. We couldn’t be more proud of Thomas Krever, our CEO, friend and game-changer & Charles O’Byrne, a member and Past Chairperson of HMI’s Board, who adds invaluable insight and keeps us grounded, for their commitment to HMI and LGBTQ NYC youth! SUBMITTED; ASSEMBLY

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CHARLES MYERS

A SOUGHT-AFTER

MATTHEW TITONE

SURROGATE RICHMOND COUNTY SURROGATE’S COURT

IN 2007, former Assemblyman Matthew Titone became the first openly gay public official elected on Staten Island, New York City’s most politically conservative borough. Last year, he made history again as the first openly gay Surrogate’s Court judge elected in the state. “Who would have thought an openly gay, liberal, Democrat like me would win an islandwide race?” he said the night of the election, according to the Staten Island Advance.

political adviser with more than 20 years of experience in electoral politics, Charles Myers was an adviser on both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns as well as Hillary Clinton’s most recent campaign. He serves on the boards of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and the Central Park Conservancy. In 2016, he was on the New York City host committee for the Democratic National Convention.

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CHANEL LOPEZ

AN INFLUENTIAL

SHARON KLEINBAUM

member of New York’s transgender community with more than 14 years of experience as a trangender advocate, Chanel Lopez is pushing for greater transparency when it comes to employment discrimination and harrassment in New York City businesses. Lopez previously worked for the New York Anti-Violence Project, which serves survivors of violence in LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities, and the Bronx Community Pride Center.

took the helm of the Congregation Beth Simchat Torah in 1992, at the height of the AIDS crisis. Since then, the senior rabbi has become a beloved figure in New York’s LGBTQ community and has turned her congregation into a vehicle for social justice, including racial equality and rights for immigrants. She recently joined more than 100 clergy in calling on New York lawmakers to pass the Child-Parent Security Act legalizing gestational surrogacy.

STAN SLOAN

Sloan advocates for LGBTQ families nationwide, which are expected to grow following the legalization of same-sex marriage. A recent survey by the organization found that 63% of LGBTQ millennials are considering expanding their families by having more children or becoming parents for the first time. Sloan recently called attention to a nationwide “foster care and adoption crisis,” urging support for a bill preventing discrimination in the child welfare system.

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NEW YORK PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR AIRBNB

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PRESIDENT AND CEO HOUSING WORKS

THE CALLEN-LORDE

of Housing Works, which provides housing and other vital services to homeless and low-income people with HIV and AIDS, Charles King serves some of New York City’s most vulnerable citizens. The ordained minister has been fighting to retain funding for HIV/AIDS services in the face of a proposed budget cut from the Cuomo administration and leading efforts to make a drug that prevents the transmission of HIV accessible to low-income individuals.

PAT BUMGARDNER

has been at the Hell’s Kitchen nondenominational Christian Church for more than 30 years in one capacity or another, building a reputation for her efforts to combat hunger and homelessness in New York City. To honor the memory of LGBTQ civil rights pioneer Sylvia Rivera, Bumgardner founded The Sylvia Rivera Memorial Food Pantry and Sylvia’s Place, a homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth. She also serves as director of the Global Justice Institute.

RICHARD SOCARIDES

CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER GERSON LEHRMAN GROUP INC. A LAWYER by

training, Richard Socarides became one of the most visible gay people in America in the early 1990s, when he served as an adviser on gay and lesbian rights to President Bill Clinton. Socarides is a regular contributor to The New Yorker – where he published a column about coming out to his father, a psychoanalyst and prominent proponent of conversion therapy. He is a trustee of the State University of New York.

JOSH MELTZER

THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL has made

Josh’s Meltzer’s job difficult. Meltzer has been fighting a fierce battle in Albany, where Airbnb is trying to override a New York City law that requires rental owners to be present during a guest’s stay for rental periods under 30 days. The City Council passed a law requiring the company to reveal hosts’ names and addresses, although it has been held up in court. Meltzer previously oversaw communications at the Empire State Pride Agenda.

WENDY STARK

Community Health Center has set the standard for providing culturally sensitive, affordable health care to LGBTQ New Yorkers, including mental health services and transgender health services. Under Wendy Stark’s leadership, Callen-Lorde, which emerged from organizations founded during the AIDS crisis, expanded into the Bronx and Brooklyn. Last year, Stark – who is on her second stint as head of the center – was among leaders of several community-based nonprofits pushing for health care reform.

CHARLES KING

AS PRESIDENT

MARTI GOULD CUMMINGS

FOUNDER HELL’S KITCHEN DEMOCRATS

PROFESSIONAL DRAG QUEEN Marti Gould Cummings was so incensed by President Donald Trump’s surprise victory that Cummings decided to start a political club, according to The New York Times. Since then, the Hell’s Kitchen Democrats defeated a political dynasty that’s more than a century old – the McManus Midtown Democratic Club – in the 2017 race for Assembly district leader. Cummings now stars on “Shade: Queens of NYC,” a reality show on Fusion TV.

CEO GAY MEN’S HEALTH CRISIS

CEO HARLEM UNITED

POLITICAL DONOR

CEO SAGE

WHEN KELSEY LOUIE was named CEO of

AS HEAD of Harlem

KELSEY LOUIE

Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 2014, the world’s oldest HIV services organization was in the midst of its own crisis, plagued by mismanagement and struggling financially. Louie has taken a data-driven approach to getting Gay Men’s Health Crisis back on its feet, both as a service provider and policy advocate as New York City and state politicians seek to move closer to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2020.

JACQUELYN KILMER

United, which serves more than 16,000 HIV-positive New Yorkers, Jacquelyn Kilmer plays a lead role in combating AIDS among New York’s African American community, which is disproportionately affected by the disease. Under her watch, Harlem United opened a state-of-the-art health care facility on 133rd Street. An experienced attorney, Kilmer left the Denver firm where she was a partner to join the organization in 2010, ascending to the CEO role in 2015.

MITCHELL DRAIZIN

MITCHELL DRAIZIN’S

day job is running Longview Capital Advisors, a real estate financial services firm. He helps build political careers too by supporting progressive candidates – including LGBTQ officials like state Sen. Brad Hoylman, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick and New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres. Draizin co-founded the Bronx LGBTQ Center and the CUNY LGBTQI Student Leadership Program and has served on the Hunter College LGBT Social Science & Public Policy Center advisory board.

MICHAEL ADAMS

heads the nation’s largest organization advocating on behalf of the growing population of LGBTQ seniors, which includes people with HIV who are now able to enjoy their golden years thanks to effective treatments. Adams is among community leaders that politicians turn to when crafting policy that affects LGBTQ seniors. Together with Donald Capoccia and BFC Partners, SAGE is developing New York City’s first LGBTQ-friendly residential building for seniors – in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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CHIEF OF STAFF AND SENIOR STRATEGIC ADVISER BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY CANDIDATE

DOUG WIRTH

AS GOV. ANDREW CUOMO continues

CARL SICILIANO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALI FORNEY CENTER CARL SICILIANO has grown the Ali Forney Center – an organization he founded in 2002 – into the country’s leading service provider for homeless LGBTQ youth, reaching nearly 1,400 young people every year. In addition to providing housing, the nonprofit operates a 24-hour drop-in center, and medical and mental health clinics, as well as providing treatment for substance abuse. In 2012, Siciliano was named a White House Champion of Change by President Barack Obama.

THOMAS KREVER

efforts to stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Doug Wirth tells Gay City News that preventive health care should be expanded to reach vulnerable populations. Wirth served on Cuomo’s Task Force to End the AIDS Epidemic in New York state by 2020 and was senior health policy advisor to former New York City Mayors Rudy Giuliani and David Dinkins. In the 1980s, he ran several homeless shelters in the Midwest.

KIMBERLY FORTE

CEO HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE

OWNER KIM FORTE CONSULTING

A LEADING advo-

AFTER MORE than 18

cate and adviser on policy issues related to LGBTQ youth, Thomas Krever recently celebrated the passage of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, which establishes transgender rights and bans conversion therapy. “We are confident that this move opens the opportunity to thrive for more young transgender and gender-nonconforming and nonbinary New Yorkers,” he told Gay City News. Krever is head of the nation’s largest LGBTQ youth services nonprofit, overseeing outreach and programs for at-risk youth.

years at The Legal Aid Society – most recently as supervising attorney of its LGBT law and policy initiative – last year Kimberly Forte launched her own consulting firm. Known for her work advocating on behalf of low-income LGBTQ New Yorkers and fighting for the rights of LGBTQ youth, Forte tells City & State she is particularly proud of The Legal Aid Society’s victory securing Medicaid coverage for transition-related health care needs.

KEN MEHLMAN

KEN MEHLMAN,

who came out in 2010, went from managing George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign – which used same-sex marriage as a wedge issue against John Kerry – to becoming an advocate for same-sex marriage. In his role at global investment firm KKR, Mehlman has overseen a number of significant projects, including a partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund. He is a former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a noted donor to LGBTQ political causes.

JARED ARADER

PRESIDENT LAMBDA INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS OF BROOKLYN JARED ARADER is

the latest leader of Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn, one of the largest and most influential LGBTQ political organizations in New York. Shortly after taking over in January, Arader, who also works for the New York City Department of Education, oversaw the group’s endorsement of Melissa Mark-Viverito in the city’s public advocate race – continuing a long track record of backing candidates in key races in Brooklyn and beyond.

PAUL DEL DUCA

IF BRONX Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is elected mayor of New York City in 2021, he’ll have top aide Paul Del Duca to thank. Del Duca, who has worked alongside Diaz since his Assembly days, has helped his boss build a credible record to run on citywide. A longtime member of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, Del Duca also played a pivotal role in getting his boss to support same-sex marriage.

DAVID KILMNICK

PRESIDENT AND CEO THE LGBT NETWORK A CONSORTIUM of Long Island-based nonprofits led by David Kilmnick for more than 25 years, The LGBT Network recently expanded into New York City, opening a center in Long Island City, Queens. With more than two decades of experience advocating for LGBTQ communities, Kilmnick is a go-to adviser for Long Island politicos. He is behind the New York Mets’ recent Pride night at Citi Field and the nation’s first suburban prom for LGBTQ youth.

TIFFANY CABÁN

WHETHER OR NOT

the 31-year-old public defender wins the Democratic nomination for Queens district attorney, the progressive candidate has succeeded in drawing attention to the push to reform prosecutorial practices. Tiffany Cabán, who has endorsements from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and The New York Times, has pointed to the role of her queer Latina identity on her career and the legal challenges faced by the LGBTQ community.

JULI GREY-OWENS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LONG ISLAND TRANSGENDER ADVOCACY COALITION

JULI GREY-OWENS,

who has been a visible presence in New York’s transgender activist community for more than 15 years, knows discrimination firsthand. In 2015, she was fired from her job as a manager at a manufacturing company after her employer discovered she was transgender. Thanks in part to Grey-Owens’ fierce advocacy, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act passed in New York.

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BCW is proud to celebrate City & State NY’s Pride Power 100, a list of the 100 most powerful people in New York’s LGBTQ community. We congratulate Brian Ellner, Corporate Practice Lead, North America at BCW, for his position on this notable list. BCW salutes Brian’s accomplishments working in front of and behind the scenes on behalf of LGBTQ causes. Congratulations, Brian, from your BCW Family.

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CO-FOUNDER AND ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR LGBT FAITH LEADERS OF AFRICAN DESCENT

ACTIVIST

SENIOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST SAGE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE OF CITYWIDE EVENT COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT

WILHELMINA PERRY

AFTER HER partner of

30 years died of cancer in 2002, Wilhelmina Perry rediscovered her religious faith – but she also found that many African American churches do not welcome LGBTQ individuals. She co-founded LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent, which seeks to combat homophobia in African American communities of faith. She also co-founded the Interfaith Task Force for LGBT Homeless Youth, which works with churches to establish shelters for young LGBTQ people.

PETER STALEY

MELISSA SKLARZ

KNOWN FOR his work

supporting various LGBTQ causes, the longtime activist, member of advocacy group ACT UP and founder of the Treatment Action Group helped develop Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2015 plan for ending the AIDS epidemic. “Activism is about overcoming pessimism, and I witnessed the queer community fight back during its darkest hour,” Staley told Out magazine, reflecting on the activism of recent decades. He is working on a memoir – due out this year.

LOUIS BRADBURY

BOARD PRESIDENT THE CALAMUS FOUNDATION AS PRESIDENT of The Calamus Foundation, Louis Bradbury oversees initiatives that support the LGBTQ community – including more than $25 million in grants during the past decade. He has served as board co-chairman of the Empire State Pride Agenda as well as board president of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. He began his career as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and later became president and CEO of Revere Copper & Brass Inc.

LAST YEAR, Melissa

Sklarz mounted an Assembly campaign that would have made her the first transgender member in the legislative body. Already the first transgender person to hold elected office in New York, as a judicial delegate, she garnered more than a third of the vote in her 2018 primary challenge to Assemblyman Brian Barnwell in Queens but fell short. This year, she started a new job at SAGE, an organization serving older LGBTQ adults.

ELLYN CANFIELD

ELLYN CANFIELD has a long history with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, from an internship in his City Council office up through her promotion earlier this year to director of the Office of Citywide Event Coordination and Management. A NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service alumna, Canfield works behind the scenes coordinating the many events, activities, and TV and film shoots that take place across the five boroughs every day.

Driving Our Future congratulates all of tonight's honorees, including:

Alphonso David

for his decades of civil rights leadership on behalf of all New Yorkers.

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ACTIVIST

POLITICAL CONSULTANT

FOUNDING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER GAY CITY NEWS

CO-CHAIRS HERITAGE OF PRIDE

ONE OF the foremost

WHEN PRIDE WEEK

DAVID MIXNER

A LONGTIME activist

in the LGBTQ rights movement, David Mixner has led the fight for LGBTQ equality in education, the military and marriage. “The purpose of a movement is not to prove how right you are,” he recently told The Advocate, “but to make it comfortable for others to join you.” In addition to co-founding the LGBTQ Victory Fund, Mixner is a prolific writer.

DAVID MANSUR

doesn’t make headlines himself, but the veteran political consultant has been a key behind-the-scenes player as a fundraiser for some of New York’s best-known politicians at the city, state and federal levels, including state Attorney General Letitia James. His goto consulting firm was formerly called Nashban Mansur, but when his business partner moved to Oregon last year, he brought on Allegra Scheinblum and renamed the fully LGBTQ-owned firm Culver Place Strategies.

PAUL SCHINDLER

journalists covering local LGBTQ issues in New York, Paul Schindler has served as the editor-in-chief of Gay City News and its predecessor publication, Lesbian and Gay New York, for well over two decades. The former investment banker has spearheaded coverage on key policy issues like transgender rights and gestational surrogacy while holding accountable elected officials who make anti-gay statements.

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rolls around each June, New York City is the place to be. And this year’s festivities are bigger than ever, since it’s the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion and the birth of the modern gay rights movement. The nonprofit Heritage of Pride organizes the June 30 Pride March and related events, and Maryanne Roberto Fine and David Studinski are ensuring everything goes smoothly.

MARIO PALUMBO JR.

PARTNER MILLENNIUM PARTNERS THE SON of a former West Virginia senator and state attorney general, Mario Palumbo Jr. is among the real estate industry donors who contributed to Gov. Andrew Cumo’s recent reelection campaign. Several years ago, the managing partner of real estate giant Millenium Partners helped round up donations for Christine Quinn’s New York City mayoral campaign. He is a former board president of The LGBT Community Center and the current board chairman of Friends of the High Line.

is proud to celebrate Richard Socarides Richard, Congratulations on being named to City & State’s Pride Power 100! We are inspired by your commitment to championing diversity and inclusion at GLG, as well as your lifelong advocacy for the LGBTQ community. Thank you for all you do.

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LARRY KRAMER

THE 83-YEAR-OLD

founder of AIDS advocacy group ACT UP and Gay Men’s Health Crisis could rest on his laurels as one of the bestknown gay rights activists, as well as an author and playwright, but he continues to push back against the Trump administration, Big Pharma and public health organizations. “AIDS is worse than ever,” Larry Kramer told medical publication Stat. “The worst is yet to come. Again,” he warned in a New York Times op-ed.

JOHN GALLAGHER

ALLEN ROSKOFF

JOHN GALLAGHER

made a name for himself as a spokesman for then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, deepened his industry expertise at Tishman Construction Co., and then joined the public strategy firm Mercury, where he was named a partner in 2017. The communications consultant also brings valuable experience on campaigns, in legislative offices and in advocacy – including as a former board member of Empire State Pride Agenda.

ALLEN ROSKOFF’S

DOMINIC HOLDEN

REPORTER BUZZFEED NEWS A REPORTER for BuzzFeed News covering

politics, Dominic Holden has been shining a spotlight not only on anti-LGBTQ groups but also on the failures of pro-LGBTQ organizations. Before moving to New York City, Holden was news editor at The Stranger, an LGBTQ weekly in Seattle. He previously worked as an organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union, campaigning for marijuana reform.

advocacy began in the 1970s when he was agitating for change, lobbying for legislation and working for candidates who supported gay rights, including Mario Cuomo and David Dinkins. He is a longtime member of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, named after New York City’s first openly gay candidate for political office. The activist remains an outspoken voice and his endorsement is sought by progressives.

JOSEPH MCMILLAN JR.

JOSEPH MCMILLAN JR., who has spent the

past decade overseeing DDG Partners’ expansion to its current $2.5 billion portfolio, credits the U.S. Army with teaching him discipline and work ethic, he told The Real Deal. He’d like to see more infrastructure improvements in New York City, including establishing congestion pricing, he said in a Q&A with real estate publication Yimby. He serves on the Real Estate Board of New York’s board of governors.

YOUTH VAPING IS A PROBLEM. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE DOING ABOUT IT. Combustible cigarettes are the number one cause of preventable death. Our mission is to improve the lives of adult smokers by eliminating cigarettes. But youth use of vapor products endangers that mission, so we’re addressing the problem head-on with actions like:

Flavored vapor products help adult smokers may appeal to youth.

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to more than 90,000 retailers and we restricted sales to our website, which features enhanced measures like two-factor

ACTION We’re conducting 2,000+ secret shopper visits monthly and have levied penalties at more than 700 stores for violations of FDA policies.

of vapor products.

PROBLEM If someone underage gets a to trace how they got it or prevent them from using it.

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ACTION We are developing technology solutions for end-to-end traceability and a Bluetoothenabled device, which can break new ground on access restrictions at the user level.

In addition to these actions, JUUL Labs is advocating to raise the legal age of purchase for tobacco and vaping products, including our own, to 21+ nationwide.

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PARTNER KRAMER LEVIN

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FELLOW GOV. ANDREW CUOMO’S OFFICE

CEO JCCA

ANN NORTHROP & ANDY HUMM

JEFFREY TRACHTMAN

A FORMER CBS pro-

ducer who joined the activist group ACT UP in the 1980s, Ann Northrop described herself in a Washington Blade op-ed as “a strange hybrid of journalist and activist, which are not mutually exclusive.” Andy Humm, a former spokesman for the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights, similiarly embraces the role of activist-journalist. Both Northrop and Humm have battled to get LGBTQ people accepted into the New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade.

STEVEN GARIBELL

VICE PRESIDENT FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LGBTQ2+ TD BANK LAST YEAR, TD Bank created an

innovative initiative offering specialized banking services to the large pool of clients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer – and Steven Garibell was installed to run it. The Wells Fargo Bank alum and Montclair State University graduate told Crain’s New York Business last year, “We want to be a part of the community 365 days a year, not just during Pride Month.”

A PROMINENT bankruptcy and securities fraud attorney known for his more than three decades of pro bono work on behalf of the LGBTQ community, Jeffrey Trachtman has been involved in notable cases, including the fight for same-sex marriage and efforts to secure equal rights for transgender students. Trachtman, who manages his firm’s ongoing pro bono relationship with Gay Men’s Health Crisis and The LGBT Community Center, received the Empire State Pride Agenda’s 2009 Equality@Work Award.

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PRIYA NAIR

LAST OCTOBER,

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Priya Nair would be the first New York State LGBTQ fellow in the administration’s Empire State Fellows Program. The role involves ensuring the state is a “model employer for New Yorkers of all gender identities and sexual orientations,” according to the governor. The 2015 Vassar College graduate previously worked for the American Civil Liberties Union and as the LGBTQ liaison for the New York City Council speaker.

RONALD RICHTER

has fought for children’s rights in and out of government – as a Legal Aid Society lawyer, as a state Family Court judge overseeing child welfare cases, as the commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, and as the leader of JCCA, one of New York’s largest child and family services organizations. As the father of an adopted child, Richter is outspoken in supporting LGBTQ foster and adoptive parental rights.

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MindScience LLC Exist Date: 1/10/2019 Owner: Cathy Trentalancia 150 Charles Street #2AN New York, NY 10014 ctrenta@gmail.com 917-710-1232 Office at 150 Charles Street; New York, NY 10014 Registered Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 BRIGHTLUMINA LLC Exist Date: 1/25/2019 Owner: Dr. Salvatore Trentalancia 150 Charles Street New York, NY 10014 strenta@aol.com 917-455-9064 Office at 150 Charles Street; New York, NY 10014 Registered Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 EXALTATION OF LARKS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 04/04/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 227 E.57th St., Suite 9F, New York, NY 10022. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of HGW ADVISORS, LLC Appl. for Auth. f i l e d with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/07/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/16/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808-1674. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. The True Ones LLC filed with SSNY 3/12/2019. Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Sophia Sabella, 272 Grand Street, Apt. 14 Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of MYND MVMT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/09/19. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Attn: Samantha R. Benigno, 56 W. 11th St., Apt. 2FE, NY, NY 10011. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of FeinmanVH Capital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/13/19. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Mary Van Hoomissen, 23 N. Eckar St., Irvington, NY 10533, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of SAVANNA IV 521 FIFTH AVENUE GP, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/10/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/23/19. Princ. office of LLC: 430 Park Ave., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of the State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of HUDSON SQUARE REALTY, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/05/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/28/18. Princ. office of LLC: 77 W. 66th St., NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808-1674. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Real estate ownership.

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GOLDEN FUTURE PROPERTY, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with SSNY 05/10/2019. Office loc. Richmond County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 85 Greenport Street, Staten Island, NY, 10304. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of GOTHAM GREEN PARTNERS SPV IV, L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/19. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/04/19. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State - State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Rannegent LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/17/19. Office: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 60 Forest Range Road, Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Emmes & Company LLC, Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/05/18. Office: NY Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 44 West 55th St., Ste. 500, NY, NY 10019. Name and address of registered agent upon whom process may be served: National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011. General Purpose. Notice of formation of 221 DEVOE 2B HOLDINGS LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/7/19. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 62 Orchard St., Demarest, NJ 07627. Purpose: any lawful act.

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Notice of Qualification of PRIVATE EQUITY IV (E&F) GP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/06/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/01/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Summit Rock Advisors, LP, 9 W. 57th St., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of JFRP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/25/19. Office loc: BX County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Pedro J Perez, 3123 Sedgwick Ave, BX, NY 10463. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SU HO REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/07/2018. Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her is: 570 GRAND ST APT H901, NEW YORK, NY 10002. The principal business address of the LLC is: 570 GRAND ST APT H901, NEW YORK, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful act or activity 1055 SOUNDVIEW ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/22/19. 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, 200 East 61st Street, Apartment 29ABC, New York, NY 10065. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NVA UPTOWN MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/21/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Tacodumbo Rose Mansion LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/09/19. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 399 Lafayette St., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activities. DOLLY PLUM MEDIA, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 04/23/2019. Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Dolly Li, 1760 81 St, B’klyn, NY 11214. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. K. HENDEL CONSULTING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 5/28/2019. Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Ken Hendel, 420 12th Street, Apt. M4R, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. BLUE PERIOD LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 1/7/2014. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Louis W. Kurpis, CPA, 2068 Newbold Ave, Bronx, NY 10462. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at three locations. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 93 feet on a building with an overall height of 139 feet at the approx. vicinity of 205-210 South Street, New York, New York County, NY 10002. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 133 feet on a building with an overall height of 134 feet at the approx. vicinity of 899 10th Avenue, New York, New York County, NY 10023. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 37 feet on a building with an overall height of 37 feet at the approx. vicinity of 82-85 Parsons Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, NY 11412. Public comments regarding potential effects from these sites on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Madison, m.warfield@ trileaf.com, 8600 LaSalle Rd, Suite 301, Towson, MD, 21286, 410-853-7128.

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at three locations. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 78 feet on a building with an overall height of 78 feet at the approx. vicinity of 1530 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11213. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 74 feet on a building with an overall height of 79 feet at the approx. vicinity of 79-25 150th Street, Flushing, Queens County, NY 11367. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 65 feet on a building with an overall height of 65 feet at the approx. vicinity of 47-10 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Woodside, Queens County, NY 11377. Public comments regarding potential effects from these sites on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Madison, m.warfield@trileaf.com, 8600 LaSalle Rd, Suite 301, Towson, MD, 21286, 410-853-7128.

THICK AS THIEVES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 7/30/2009. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Kapil Sehgal, 143 Ludlow St, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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NOBLE ASPECT, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/15/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail process to: 99 Washington Ave., Ste 805-A Albany, NY 12210. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of JUMIA USA LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/22/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/13/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LUMARTES LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/08/2019. Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her is: 620 Broadway, 1R. The principal business address of the LLC is: 620 Broadway, 1R. Purpose: any lawful act or activity CLP NEW YORK LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 05/10/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail process against LLC to: CSC, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful act. Touch Of Glass Detail Studio LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/15/19. Off. Loc.: Westchester Co. SSNY desig. as agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 341 Railroad Ave., Bedford Hills, NY 10507. The Reg. Agt. is US Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202., Brooklyn, NY 11228. General Purposes. Notice of Qualification of SOLTEIV Solar, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/21/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/17/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 311 West 43rd St., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10036. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization of Staten Island ASC, LLC were filed with the Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on May 30, 2019. Office Location: Richmond County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: 3860 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10314. Purpose: Any lawful business purpose. MMJ Apparel LLC, Arts of Org. filed SSNY 04/12/19. Office: NY Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to MMJ Apparel LLC, 1407 Broadway, 10th Fl., NY, NY 10018-5793. General Purpose. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST VIII, Plaintiff AGAINST VERNON C. WELLS, JR., et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 03, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on July 11, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 95 MOFFAT STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 3439, LOT 48. Approximate amount of judgment $581,906.34 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 518020/2017. LEO SALZMAN, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Wil! liamsville, NY 14221 63606

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Notice of Qualification of VESSEL GLOBAL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/31/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/23/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State’s Office - Wilmington, 820 N. French St., 4th Fl., Wilmington, DE 19801. Purpose: Any lawful activity. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1318849 FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 144 W 19TH ST. NY, NY 10011. NY COUNTY, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. GLUR LLC LEVEL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 05/31/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Franklin Garrido. 514W 211ST APT 2I NEW YORK,NY 10034 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. HASANOV CAPITAL, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 4/22/2019. Off. Loc.: Kings Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process: c/o Farrukh Hasanov, 2804 E19th Street # 4B, Brooklyn, NY 11235. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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Application for Authority of Upland 2 LLC filed with SSNY on 5/20/19. The jurisdiction of organization of the foreign LLC is Delaware. The date of organization is 5/2/2019. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: 210 East 68th St., APT 15G, NY, NY 10065. The address of the office required to be maintained in the jurisdiction of its formation is: 8 The Green, STE R, Dover, DE 19901. The authorized officer in its jurisdiction of formation where a copy of its articles are filed is: Secretary of State of Delaware, 401 Federal St., STE 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qualification of VESSEL GLOBAL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/31/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/23/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State’s Office - Wilmington, 820 N. French St., 4th Fl., Wilmington, DE 19801. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1318698 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 2171 2ND AVE NY, NY 10029. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. AC GMG LLC.

June 24, 2019

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC., BEAR STEARNS ARM TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-10, Plaintiff AGAINST BILLY A. ADES, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 02, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on July 18, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 2026 AVENUE T, BROOKLYN, NY 11229. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 7325, LOT 8. Approximate amount of judgment $842,462.45 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 503948/2017. GREGORY M. LASPINA, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorne! y for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 63573 Michael J. O’Dea Revocable Trust dated 4/29/02. Michael J. O’Dea, Deceased. Late of New York County, NY. This Trust is in existence and all persons having claims or demands against said Trust or decedent are requested to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to The Pennsylvania Trust Company and Maria M. Thompson, Trustees, Five Radnor Corp. Center, Ste. 450, 100 Matsonford Rd., Radnor, PA 19087; Or to their Atty.: Edmund L. Harvey, Jr., Teeters Harvey Marrone & Kaier LLP, 1835 Market St., Phila., PA 19103.

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Notice of Qualification of Town Line Holdings LLC, fictitious name: Town Line Holdings II LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/21/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/14/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Universal Registered Agents, Inc., 274 Shufelt Rd., Nassau, NY 12123. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o Universal Registered Agents, Inc., 12 Timber Creek Ln., Newark, DE 19711. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Qualification of 10 Jay Master Tenant LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/31/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/30/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Glacier Global Partners LLC, The News Bldg., 220 East 42nd St., Ste. 3002, NY, NY 10017, Attn: Eric Scheffler. Address to be maintained in DE: 919 North Market St., Ste. 950, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CONSTELLATION NONPROFITS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/13/2019. Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 435 W 23RD ST, STE 1BB, NEW YORK, NY 10011. The principal business address of the LLC is: 22 MAIN ST APT 1, DOBBS FERRY, NY 10522. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

Notice of Qualification of SIGNA CHRYSLER HOLDING LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/03/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/26/19. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Brix + Partners LLC, 560 Lexington Ave., 16th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Gerald Brix at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of ORIENT 7850 MAIN LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/31/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/29/19. Princ. office of LLC: 712 5th Ave., Fl. 30, NY, NY 100194108. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of the State of DE, 401 Federal Plaza, Ste. 1, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 85 Corrigan LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 4-16-19. Office Location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to c/o Brian E. Rafferty, Dentons US LLP, 1221 6th Ave., NY, NY 10020. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Qualification of PARKER IBRAHIM & BERG LLP Notice of Reg. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/22/19. Office location: NY County. LLP formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 12/26/17. Princ. office of LLP: 5 Penn Plaza, Ste. 2371, NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, 5 Penn Plaza, Ste. 271, NY, NY 10001. NJ addr. of LLP: 270 Davidson Ave., 5th Fl., Somerset, NJ 08873. Stmt. of Qual. filed with State of NJ, Dept. of State, 225 W. State St., 2nd Fl., Trenton, NJ 08646. Purpose: Legal services. HOGWASCHE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 05/17/19. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Travis Bacon, 285 Central Park West #9N, New York, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes the collocation of wireless communications antennas at two locations. Antennas are to be collocated at a top height of 62 feet on a building with an overall height of 62 feet at the approx. location of 718 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11238. Antennas are to be collocated at a top height of 81 feet on a building with an overall height of 108 feet at the approx. location of 1070 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11221. 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, Elsie, e.boone@trileaf.com, 8600 LaSalle Road, Suite 301, Towson, MD 21286, 410-853-7128.

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June 24, 2019

Notice of Qualification of Precision SC Holdings, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/7/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 8/10/18. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 28 Liberty St., NY, NY 10005. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. RADIMAGENET, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/10/2019. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 519 East 72nd Street, Ste 103, NY, NY 10021. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Qualification of Jack Family Wines LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/10/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 5/10/19. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 60 Riverside Blvd., Ste. 1407, NY, NY 10069. DE address of LLC: 3411 Silverside Rd., Tatnall Bldg. #104, Wilmington, DE 19810. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Notice of Formation of NRT ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/05/19. 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 Nancy Twine, 145 4th Ave., Unit 15K, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF SALE

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SUPREME COURT FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF BROOKLYN CROSBY CAPITAL USA, LLC; Plaintiff v. WAHEED EGBO, et al; Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff: Hasbani & Light, P.C., 450 7th Ave, Suite 1408, NY, NY 10123; (646) 4906677 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on 05/29/19, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder in the Supreme Court of the State Of New York, County of Kings - 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201. On July 25, 2019 at 2:30 pm. Premises known as 107 Harman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221, Block: 3275 Lot: 62 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment: $963,987.79 plus interest and costs. Index Number: 502722/2014 Aaron Maslow, Esq., Referee

Supreme Court – County Of Kings US Bank National Association , Plaintiff, vs. Denise Charles, et al, Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on July 25,2019 at 2:30 P.M.; the premises described as follows: All that parcel of land, being in the County of Kings, City and State of New York; known as 1138 Lafayette Avenue; Block 3273, Lot 21. Approximate amount of lien $715,632.95, plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the Judgment, Index No. 508083-17. Aaron Tyk, Esq. Referee Shapiro Dicaro & Barak Attorney for Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, NY 14624 585-770-2108 64083

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Flozena Weems AKA Flozema Weems, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 01, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on July 25, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 757 GEORGIA AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 4321, LOT 45. Approximate amount of judgment $472,676.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 500829/2017. Charlane Odetta Brown, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 63855

Midtown Moving & Storage Inc. will sell at Public Auction at 810 East 170th Street, Bronx, NY 10459 At 6:00 P.M. on July 9th, 2019 for due and unpaid charges by virtue of lien in accordance with the provisions of the law and with due notice given all parties claiming an interest therein, the time specified In each notice for payment of said charges having expired household furniture & effects, pianos, trunks, cases, TV’s, radios, hifi’s, refrigerators, sewing machines, washers, air conditioners, household furniture Of all descriptions and the contents thereof, stored under the following names:

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Notice of Qual. of EXTRA DELUXE LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 06/14/2019. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 06/13/2019. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Walsh and Tsempelis, 277 Broadway, Ste 510, NY, NY 10007. Address required to be maintained in DE: 310 Adler Road, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

L & B Realty Associates LLC is seeking benefits for the properties located at, 5407 2nd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Block 821 Lot 1201 under the (ICIP) Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program administered by the New York City Department of Finance. Any persons having information concerning the eligibility of this applicant to participate in the program, or any act of arson or harassment committed by the applicant, may submit such information to ICIP 59 Maiden Lane. 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10038 or Exemptionspolicy@finance.nyc.gov NOTICE OF QUAL. of 477 Madison LLC. Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/7/19. Off. Loc: NY Co. LLC org. in DE 6/3/19. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 28 Liberty St., New York, NY 10005, the Reg. Agt upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. Addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Royal Ventures, LLC is seeking benefits for the properties located at, 3012 and 30-18 Astoria Boulevard, Queens, NY Block 598 Lots 35 and 37 under the (ICIP) Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program administered by the New York City Department of Finance. Any persons having information concerning the eligibility of this applicant to participate in the program, or any act of arson or harassment committed by the applicant, may submit such information to ICIP 59 Maiden Lane. 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10038 or Exemptionspolicy@finance.nyc.gov

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Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes the collocation of wireless communications antennas at two locations. Antennas are proposed to be collocated at a top height of 158 feet on a building with an overall height of 177 feet at the approx. location of 24 West 30th Street, New York, New York County, NY 10003. Antennas are proposed to be collocated at a top height of 145 feet on a building with an overall height of 148 feet at the approx. vicinity of 202 Canal Street, New York, New York County, NY 10013. 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, Elsie, e.boone@trileaf.com, 8600 LaSalle Road, Suite 301, Towson, MD 21286, 410-853-7128.

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes the existing location modification of wireless communications antennas at three locations. Antennas are to be located at a top height of 61 feet on a building with an overall height of 61 feet at the approx. vicinity of 72-26 Broadway, Jackson Heights, Queens County, NY 11372. Antennas are to be located at a top height of 81 feet on a building with an overall height of 84 feet at the approx. vicinity of 600 East 178th Street, Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10457. Antennas are to be located at a top height of 79 feet on a building with an overall height of 79 feet at the approx. vicinity of 1460 Grand Concourse, Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10457. 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, Elsie, e. boone@trileaf.com, 8600 LaSalle Road, Suite 301, Towson, MD 21286, 410853-7128.

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Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 2900 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on July 8, 2019 and end on July 18, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts:

AT&T Mobility Services, LLC (AT&T) proposes to install antennas and equipment on a building/ rooftop at 10 Hemingway Ave in New Rochelle, Westchester County, NY (Job # 43982).

Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #470-Han-Wen Fang; 8-10 small and medium size boxes, #3440-Joseph Zedrosser; 35+ assorted boxes, 1 trunk, 2 wooden chairs, #3715-Jamaal Parham; About 10 small boxes, 5 - 6 plastic totes, a backpack, #43191- Quinsessa Harrison; Bags, plastic totes and a plastic organizer with drawers. The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1318850 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 577 LORIMER ST BROOKLYN, NY 11211. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE HOSPITALITY LLC Notice of Formation of Hope Gardens I PA Developer LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/11/19. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 230 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, PA 18704, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, AT&T is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. If you would like to provide specific information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within 1/2 mile of the site, please submit the comments (with project number) to: RAMAKER, Contractor for AT&T, 855 Community Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ramaker.com within 30 days of this notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1318849 FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 144 W 19TH ST. NY, NY 10011. NY COUNTY, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. GLUR LLC Notice of Qualification of HOTELS STATLER EMPLOYER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/17/19. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/11/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1318949 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 341 PANTIGO ROAD EAST HAMPTON, NY 11937. SUFFOLK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. PAOLA’S CAFÉ EAST LLC PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2019 2 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for independent PEANUT FACTORY LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 104 8TH AVE IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER PARTY REQUIRED, LLC, filed with SSNY 2/25/2019. Office located in Westchester Co. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: PARTY REQUIRED, LLC. 941 Mclean Ave, #507, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any

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Notice of Qualification of AFREIGHT VESTAL, LLC. Authority f i l e d with NY Dept. of State on 6/12/19. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 885 Third Ave., Ste. 1940, NY, NY 10022. LLC formed in DE on 6/10/19. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 28 Liberty St., NY, NY 10005, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Hudson Elite Construction, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 03/29/2017. Office location: Richmond County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at three locations. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 78 feet on a building with an overall height of 78 feet at the approx. vicinity of 1530 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11213. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 74 feet on a building with an overall height of 79 feet at the approx. vicinity of 79-25 150th Street, Flushing, Queens County, NY 11367. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 65 feet on a building with an overall height of 65 feet at the approx. vicinity of 47-10 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Woodside, Queens County, NY 11377. Public comments regarding potential effects from these sites on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Madison, m.warfield@trileaf.com, 8600 LaSalle Rd, Suite 301, Towson, MD, 21286, 410-853-7128.

Notice of Formation of FeinmanVH Capital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/13/19. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Mary Van Hoomissen, 23 N. Eckar St., Irvington, NY 10533, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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