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Forever Business without barriers: How TD Bank helps LGBTQ2+ business owners be their true selves. When you’re a business owner, it’s often necessary to have frank and open conversations with your financial professional. By freely discussing your opportunities, challenges and frustrations, your banker can gain a better understanding of the inner workings of your business and recommend the right financial solutions.

of organizations—from the federal government to state governments to Fortune 500 companies—have made commitments to awarding a percentage of their contracts to diverse-owned businesses. Examples of Diverse Business Certifications include LGBT Business Enterprise, Minority Owned, Woman Owned, HUB Zone Business and more.

However, some business owners don’t feel comfortable offering full disclosure to their bankers—including many LGBTQ2+ individuals. They’re simply not open to being “out” to their financial professionals, which can lead to a lack of transparency, poor planning and misguided advice. In addition, credit discrimination is still a sad reality. Until March 2021, when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretative rule clarifying sex discrimination under Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B, it was legal in 35 states for bankers to decline a loan based on the sexual orientation of the applicant.

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A groundbreaking program for the LGBTQ2+ community Wanting every business owner to be properly represented, TD Bank created a program specifically to reach out to the LGBTQ2+ business community. To date, TD remains the only financial institution in the U.S. with a program of this kind. “TD is removing barriers and allowing individuals to be their authentic selves as they discuss their businesses and their financial picture with us,” said Steve Garibell, Vice President and LGBTQ2+ Business Development Officer. “We see ourselves as much more than bankers. We’re a source of trusted advice for businesses that urgently need a voice and an advocate.”

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TD has also developed close relationships with organizations like the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). “As I’ve worked to pass more than twenty LGBTQ2+ inclusive laws and policies in more than a dozen states across America, I encourage business owners to take advantage of not just LGBTBE certification from the NGLCC, but also the unique suite of services offered specifically for our communities from TD Bank,” said Jonathan Lovitz, LGBTQ2+ Business Advocate and TD Bank Pride Thought Leader. “Knowing your business is being supported by those with an understanding of what our communities need is such a valuable differentiator.”

It’s all part of TD’s empathetic approach to banking. TD Bank has a longtime reputation for going above and beyond for customers, from longer hours to attentive service to new ways of making banking easier. They call it being “Unexpectedly Human.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

I RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO a friend visiting New York from Florida who was thrilled to stumble on the National Museum of the American Indian in lower Manhattan. Why? Because she was part Cherokee and had never known of the museum’s existence. Realizing that I know so little about New York’s Indigenous people, I decided to visit the museum last week. Tucked away inside New York’s historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House on Bowling Green, it’s easy to overlook the banner outside that advertises the institution, which is run by the Smithsonian. Ariana Pennick, a 30-year-old EMT from Albany, told me she stumbled on it by chance as she was walking by. “It’s not the Museum of Natural History,” she told me inside as we gazed upon a treasure trove of artifacts and art by Native Americans. “The paintings are really beautiful,” Pennick said. Not to disrespect anyone from other states, but the last time I checked, being from New York does get a certain notice. So why overlook the people who’ve called the state home longer than anyone else? The Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora and Shinnecock Nations, along with the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and the Tonawanda Seneca Nation all live within New York’s borders. A good start in getting to know New York’s Indigenous people is education. And a visit to the museum is easy. Admission is free.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

POT INDUSTRY … 8 While the state dawdles, Indigenous leaders are building new businesses. INTERNET ACCESS … 10

Native American tribes are building their own networks.

HIGHWAYS … 12

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The state DOT has antagonized Indigenous tribes. And no one knows why.

LIFE SCIENCES POWER 50 … 19 Biotech leaders will play a key role in New York’s recovery.

LACK OF DIVERSITY … 30

The life sciences are leaving people of color behind.

WINNERS & LOSERS … 46 Who was up and who was down last week

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“I’m no longer running against candidates. I’m running against a movement. All across the country, the DSA socialists are mobilizing to stop Eric Adams.” – New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams, via the New York Post

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced state employees need to get vaccinated by Sept. 6 or face weekly COVID-19 tests.

NEW VACCINE MANDATES

At both the New York City and state levels, municipal workers will have to get vaccinated, or else get weekly COVID-19 tests. Mayor Bill de Blasio made his announcement first with a start date of Sept. 13 –

those unvaccinated by then will be subject to the testing requirement. Unvaccinated workers will also be required to wear a mask. Those who don’t won’t be allowed to work and won’t get paid. The new mandate comes about a week after de Blasio imposed

a similar requirement for all public hospital and health workers to get the shot by Aug. 2 or face testing. Soon after de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that all state employees need to be vaccinated by Labor Day or submit to weekly testing. For any

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced some good news for any unvaccinated New Yorkers last week: Anyone who now gets a COVID-19 vaccine at a city site will receive $100 for doing their part to slow the spread of the delta variant. Even more good news: de Blasio’s face won’t actually be on the bill, as the Daily News depicted on its Thursday cover.

“I wanted to remind him that in the age of social media and communications, that we needed to be careful as to what we say and that it is important that we treated everyone with respect.” – Rep. Nydia Velázquez, on Adams’ comments, via The New York Times

public-facing state health workers, there won’t be a testing option. They must get the shot or else they won’t be allowed to work. Neither de Blasio nor Cuomo has issued new mandates yet regarding indoor masking in public spaces in light of new federal recommendations in response to the spread of the delta coronavirus variant. However, de Blasio is expected to make an announcement on Monday.

A MAYORLESS BUFFALO?

A Buffalo Common Council member is suggesting that the city abolish the role of mayor and replace it with a city manager position chosen by the Common Council with input from the community. The Council will release a report on the prospect in a few months. Council Member Rasheed Wyatt, who proposed the idea, has been a frequent critic of Mayor Byron Brown, but said it was not an indictment of Brown. Instead, Wyatt said that the current system has not helped poor neighborhoods in the city, which he said have been divested from over the past several decades. However, a decision to eliminate the role of mayor would have a greater impact on India Walton, the democratic socialist who beat Brown in the Democratic primary and is expected to win the general election in November. It would also have to go to residents

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for a vote, something that can’t happen this year, so Brown may be long gone by the time this idea could take effect.

INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS COMING TO NEW YORK

The U.S. Senate finally reached a bipartisan deal to pass a $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal after weeks of negotiations. And New York is set to get a big chunk of cash. The MTA will get at least $10.7 billion from the package, which will be used for a number of major ongoing projects including the Gateway Project and the Second Avenue subway extension. The state’s airports are also in line to get $937 million in total.

NEW MTA LEADERSHIP

After the state Senate failed to pass legislation

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splitting the roles of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority chair and CEO, Cuomo appointed the agency’s construction chief Janno Lieber as the acting head. Cuomo wanted to appoint Lieber to the role of CEO without state confirmation under his proposed new leadership structure, but time ran out before former MTA head Pat Foye left on July 30. Interim New York City Transit President Sarah Feinberg also stepped down from her role, citing a desire to spend more time with her young daughter. Cuomo had wanted Feinberg to serve as chair of the MTA – subject to state Senate approval – as part of his plan for the agency’s management structure. Although Feinberg is leaving, she said she would return if the Legislature ends up approving the bill and she gets nominated as chair.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed Janno Lieber to head the MTA as chair and CEO, a role the governor hoped to split into two.

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MONDAY 8/2 Health workers employed by New York City had until this day to either get a COVID-19 vaccine or provide weekly proof of a negative test.

What happened to all the pandemic dining rules? Today, nearly a year and a half since New York City shut down dining for the first time, delivery sales have skyrocketed and the streets are lined with elaborate outdoor dining structures. Although restaurants were able to return to 100% indoor capacity in late May, more than 1,000 restaurants in New York City have permanently closed their doors since March 2020, and it will likely take years to assess the full extent of the damage to the industry. With all of the change that occurred in the restaurant industry since then, City & State looked into the status of the dining measures that were introduced during the pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, third-party delivery services like Grubhub and UberEats charged fees to restaurants as high as 33%, which translated into a net loss for some restaurants. To address this, the City Council passed a temporary cap that prevented third-party delivery services from charging restaurants more than 15% per delivery order and 5% for marketing and nondelivery fees. The cap is set to expire on Aug. 17, but the City Council is considering legislation that would extend it. Outdoor dining allowed under the emergency Open

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That requirement will extend to all city employees on Sept. 13 – the first day of public school.

Restaurants Program will continue for at least another year due to an extension signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “By extending the much-needed lifeline that allowed restaurants to use outdoor public spaces for seating during the pandemic, New York is ensuring that these small businesses will be able to continue to use these spaces as they work to rebuild and support the revitalization of the Empire State,” Cuomo said in a statement. New York City Hospitality Alliance Executive Director Andrew Rigie said outdoor dining helped save countless restaurants throughout the city and was responsible for hiring back about 100,000 workers. To-go cocktails, another popular pandemic-era dining measure, are no more and haven’t been for a little over a month now after Cuomo lifted the state of emergency on June 23. The measure, which allowed bars, restaurants and drink manufacturers to sell and deliver to-go alcohol, was so popular in the restaurant industry and with many members of the public that several New York lawmakers proposed bills during this year’s legislative session to extend to-go cocktails for one to two years. – Sahalie Donaldson

THURSDAY 8/5

The state Senate Elections Committee holds a noon hearing at the Monroe County Legislature about the 2021 primaries in Rochester and Western New York.

The state Independent Redistricting Commission hosts its latest virtual public hearing, soliciting feedback on the North County and the Mohawk Valley, at 2 p.m.

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WOULD-BE MAYORAL BOOK CLUB KEEP AN EYE ON THE MEDIUM-SELLER LIST FOR THESE FORTHCOMING TITLES. BY CAITLIN DORMAN ANDREW YANG is coming out with a new book in October, titled “Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy”. You might be wondering – why should I listen to the guy who came in fourth in the NYC Democratic mayoral

primary? We, on the other hand, are wondering how we can secure book deals for the candidates that came in second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth. In light of that, here are some working titles for the other once-upon-a-time top contenders.

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Things that make people say, ‘I want to go to the office today, and there’s a reason I’m in this neighborhood.’

A Q&A with Downtown Alliance President

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What work does the Downtown Alliance have moving forward? As much progress as we made at the World Trade Center site, we’re not done. Tower Two and Tower Five still have to be built. We’re very much looking forward to working with the community on both of those critical projects and seeing the performing arts center open its doors. We have to really over the next couple of years continue to nurture our small businesses. If they’ve made it through this pandemic, gosh, we really want them to make it through the long haul. That’s going

to be critical. And that will be helped by having office workers back in the buildings. So maybe this is a place where people want to come to work, whether it’s through performances or art, clean streets, public projects, things that make people say, “I want to go to the office today, and there’s a reason I’m in this neighborhood and contributing to our vibrancy.” What are the top policy concerns the Downtown Alliance wants the next mayoral administration to tackle in a postpandemic New York?

I think it became pretty clear this last mayoral campaign that public safety is clearly on everybody’s minds. We’ve seen an uptick and there are lots of reasons why we might be seeing an uptick in crime. That is clearly a very important priority, priority No. 1 for the next mayor. Related to that of course are the issues of homelessness, of quality of life, of garbage pickup. You want your city to be safe and you want it to be clean. I think there’s both a perception and a reality in certain places that we’ve fallen behind on those counts. So, I think those are the policy

priorities that were made pretty clear throughout the campaign. The other thing I would say is, I’m really excited for a cheerleader, for somebody who loves the job and loves the city and loves every neighborhood in this city, because that kind of leadership and that kind of optimism is really important. What other improvements to lower Manhattan are you looking forward to next? So the city’s finally, after 10 years, starting work on Water Street. We know that good things

take time. We’re looking forward to that. We have long advocated for redesigning the area around the New York Stock Exchange. We have a plan that’s up on our website that began with a steering committee a number of years ago that we think would enhance the pedestrian experience around one of the most visited corners of the city. So, we would love to work with the mayor on that and clearly resiliency and figuring out how we’re going to finish hardening our shore in lower Manhattan, which is of critical importance to us downtown. – Ralph R. Ortega

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July 26, 2021

Pot Initiative The state can’t get off its couch to develop pot regulations. So Native American tribes are taking the lead. By Rebecca C. Lewis

FTER THE STATE legalized recreational marijuana in March, the lawmakers and advocates who pushed for the law have been criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo for dragging his feet on setting up marijuana sales and cultivation regulations. While most of the state still needs to wait a year or more before sales can begin, some Native American tribes are already moving ahead with legal pot in their territories. Marijuana law, as it relates to sovereign Native American tribes, can be tricky because there aren’t set regulations. “Short answer, it’s complicated,” said Heather Trela, a fellow and the director of operations at the Rockefeller Institute of Government. But the most simple way to understand it is that sovereign tribes are free to legalize – or ban – marijuana within their territories, including its cultivation and sale, independent of the state. Still, it becomes much easier for tribes looking to enter the pot market to take action after surrounding states legalize the drug to avoid jurisdictional issues over drug-related crimes with the federal government. At the forefront of those efforts in New York is the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, whose territory is at the northern edge of the state along the Canadian border. On June 28, it became the first tribe in the state to legal-

ize recreational marijuana. But the tribe had been working on regulations since December 2019 following a tribal referendum on the matter. When the state approved its marijuana legislation, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe was ready to act. And it’s on pace to begin sales well before the state. In a unique setup, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has established an entire regulatory structure within its jurisdiction and will award licenses to tribal members and tribal businesses. This is different from the route many other tribes have taken, which often set up tribally owned and operated marijuana businesses. In an email, Brendan White, the tribe’s director of communications, wrote, “The adoption of the Tribe’s Adult Use Cannabis Ordinance is historic, as it represents the first adult use cannabis law adopted by a tribe in New York state and is the first in the country that licenses tribal members and tribal member-owned businesses.” The recently passed ordinance created the Tribal Cannabis Exchange to issue licenses and collect fees, and it includes a compliance office overseen by the Tribal Cannabis Board. It has already begun receiving license applications, and while the tribe has not provided a specific timetable, marijuana sales are expected to begin in the territory before the end of the year. And the new businesses could have big mon-

etary implications for the tribe. “It provides an opportunity to diversify our local economy, provide needed employment and remit licensing fees to financially support the ongoing provision of essential community programs and services,” White said. Not far behind is the Shinnecock Indian Nation on Long Island, which has broken ground on a medical marijuana cultivation facility and is building a dispensary and wellness center, with expectations that sales could start before the end of the year. Like with recreational marijuana, they are planning to own and operate a medical marijuana business outside of the state’s regulations within their territory. But now that the state has legalized recreational pot, tribal leaders have said they’re looking to establish regulations for that as well, if members agree to a framework. The managing director of the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s marijuana business, Little Beach Harvest, declined to comment for this story, citing internal work happening right now. While sales can only take place on tribal land, it can still have an impact on neighboring communities. Local governments in the region abandoned the idea of opting out of recreational sales since pot would be in the region anyway if the Shinnecock Nation moved forward with its own legalization. And given the slow pace at which the state is moving to set up its regulato-

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ry structure, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and/or the Shinnecock Nation could be selling recreational pot for months or even longer without competition from state-regulated retail shops. Tribes, by setting their own tax rates, could also sell marijuana for cheaper than state-regulated shops that may operate nearby. It’s one of the incentives for states to enter into compacts with tribes, which generally result in similar tax structures and would allow tribes to operate outside of their territory, according to Trela. Those compacts, while not necessary, also help with jurisdictional issues at both the state and federal level. Many Indigenous casinos in New York operate under such compacts with the state, and tribes in other states have often reached a compact with state leaders when entering the pot business. The largest dispensary in Nevada is the result of a compact between the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe and the state government, and it has been a major boon for the tribe. Entering compacts is not always without controversy though. In California, tribes and the state government have been at odds over marijuana regulation. In order for tribes to enter the state market outside of their territories, California officials demanded that they give up their tribal sovereignty and submit to state regulations on their own land, something the tribes re-

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“It provides an opportunity to diversify our local economy, provide needed employment and remit licensing fees to (provide) essential community programs and services.” – Brendan White, director of communications for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

fused to do. The issue arose because Proposition 64, which legalized recreational pot in the state, said nothing about how the state would interact with tribes. The law in New York legalizing recreational marijuana didn’t say much about marijuana on Indegenous lands. It did, however, give the Cannabis Control Board, which will oversee the industry and its regulations, the authority to “enter into tribal-state compacts with the New York state Indian nations and tribes … autho-

rizing such Indian nations or tribes to acquire, possess, manufacture, sell, deliver, transport, distribute or dispense adultuse cannabis and/or medical cannabis.” But with the Cannabis Control Board still not set up, it will likely take some time before such compacts are established. When asked whether the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is interested in entering a compact with the state, White said such a decision “would need to be presented to tribal membership for approval.” But not all tribes are getting in the action. The Onondaga Nation near Syracuse is reportedly not planning to authorize pot businesses in its territory. And Western New York’s Seneca Nation of Indians has not publicly announced any plans, despite two years ago saying it was eagerly awaiting the state to legalize pot, “like a snake ready to strike.” In the meantime, both the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and the Shinnecock Nation are moving ahead to get what could become an important industry up and running, even while the state is still figuring out its own business. They’ll likely attract shoppers from around their regions eager to purchase marijuana that’s now legal to possess. The success of their businesses may set an example for not just other tribes that are perhaps hesitant to enter the market, but for the state as well.

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MONG THE MANY indelible images of life during the coronavirus pandemic, one was kids and teachers camped in school parking lots to attend remote classes, relying on the internet connection provided by schools and other places like libraries, school buses and even Taco Bell. Members of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation in Western New York were among those traveling to the parking lot of Akron Central Schools, which serves both the reservation and other surrounding communities, in the early days of remote learning last year. “It wasn’t 100%, far from it. But it worked,” Antoinette Abrams, who works as a Native American liaison at the school, said of the internet connection accessed from the school parking lot. Remote learning eventually got easier once the district provided Wi-Fi hot spots for students to use at home. While an improvement, the connection provided by those hot spots “wasn’t 100%” either, Abrams said. The need for cumbersome workarounds and imperfect connections provided by Wi-Fi hot spots comes from the lack of broadband connection in many rural areas in New York, including parts of the Indigenous territories. Reports by the Federal Communications Commission state that deployment of advanced telecommunications on tribal lands is behind deployment in nontribal areas. As of 2018, 27.7% of residents on tribal lands lacked access to fixed broadband at speeds of 25/3 Mbps – the FCC’s minimum benchmark speed – compared to 22.3% of residents in other rural areas and 1.5% of residents in urban areas. A report by the internet research group BroadbandNow suggests that among those who do have access to wired broadband on Indigenous lands, few have access to a plan below $60 per month. The barriers to accessing a high-speed fixed internet connection in Indigenous communities are similar to those faced by other rural areas across the country: a lack of internet providers willing to build the infrastructure to provide that connection. The investment to lay fiber in remote, less populated areas is often not seen as worth it by internet providers. “(T)he remote, isolated nature of these areas combined with challenging terrain and lower incomes increase the cost of network deployment and entry, thereby reducing the profitability of providing service,” the FCC’s 2020 Broadband Deployment Report states of tribal areas. As it did for many other rural and remote

parts of New York, the pandemic highlighted the lack of internet connections in some Indigenous communities. While both the state and federal government have undertaken coverage mandates and grant programs aimed at making broadband both more accessible and more affordable – including encouraging large internet service providers to build in remote areas – some tribes have taken matters into their own hands. The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, whose land is adjacent to the U.S.-Canadian border in Franklin County, is one of several dozen tribes across the nation that own and run a broadband network. Mohawk Networks was launched with the help of a $15 million investment – some of that coming from federal grant money – to lay 68 miles of fiber in the area in 2015, and the company now functions as a tribally owned LLC, serving customers both inside and outside the territory. “We were one of those completely unserved communities,” said Allyson Mitchell, gen-

eral manager of Mohawk Networks. When the broadband project first started, Mitchell was working with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council. “Our leadership felt that it was imperative for us to be pushing a way to be able to connect our community, and to be able to have high-speed internet access for our community members – for education, for health care, for public safety,” Mitchell said. The network now serves about 1,600 homes as well as businesses within the community. According to the network’s website, the cost of an internet-only plan on the tribe’s land starts at around $60 per month. Mitchell added that the company works with low-income households to qualify for any subsidies. Prior to the tribe’s broadband investment, the community had been relying on dial-up and cellphones. “If it were not for our broadband infrastructure and our connected community as it is right now, I don’t know how that would have shaped our response to the pandemic,” Mitchell said.

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Ignored by private companies, Indigenous tribes are connecting their citizens to the internet.

Internet companies have been reluctant to lay fiber in remote areas and on tribal land.

wrote in an email. Denn also noted that large providers Charter Communications and Altice USA, whose respective mergers were contingent on providing low-income broadband plans, are also required to provide those plans to people living on tribal lands, to the extent that they already serve those areas. A statewide broadband mapping project will include tribal lands in its study of the availability and quality of coverage. H. Trostle, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, has studied tribal broadband across the country. In a report with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Tros-

“Owning and operating this infrastructure also supports Native Nations’ sovereignty by keeping power and data within the communities rather than relying on an external provider.”

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– H. Trostle, a researcher and member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Of course, communities across rural parts of New York – and even urban areas – were forced to weather the pandemic without high-speed broadband access, including the aforementioned Tonawanda Seneca Nation. Affordability can be another barrier, even when the infrastructure is there. This year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a requirement that internet providers offer $15 per month plans for qualifying low-income residents. That mandate was held up over a court challenge by a lobbying group representing internet providers, however, and it appears the plan is on hold following a court order, though the state has said it reserves the right to appeal the decision. If the requirement were to move forward, it would extend to low-income people living on tribal lands. “If a company serves a tribal area and the consumer qualifies for the service, it applies equally whether the consumer lives on tribal land or not,” James Denn, a spokesperson for the state Public Service Commission,

tle noted that access to the internet can be a means of furthering sovereignty for Indigenous people. “Improving internet infrastructure has the opportunity to provide a new boost to local economic development initiatives,” Trostle wrote. “Owning and operating this infrastructure also supports Native Nations’ sovereignty by keeping power and data within the communities rather than relying on an external provider.” While Trostle said they were impressed with Mohawk Networks and referred to it as a model that other Indigenous nations could follow, there isn’t necessarily a one-size-fitsall approach to tribal broadband. “There’s a huge diversity in Indian country. There are more than 500 federally recognized tribes, and there are also state-recognized tribes, and each of them have been trying to tackle the digital divide in their own way,” said Trostle, who now works as a research professional at the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University. That

By Annie McDonough includes Indigenous communities that partner with larger existing internet service providers to build out networks. The Seneca Nation of Indians is also working on a broadband project on its Cattaraugus Territory, an area that has not been served by private internet companies, despite nearby hookups. A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and co-investment from the Seneca Nation is expected to facilitate the installation of fiber, but representatives from the Nation did not return a request for comment about how the service will work or how far the project has progressed. Although grant funding like the kind the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe used to help build their network is available through the federal government, it can take a lot of expertise and capital upfront to even pursue those grant opportunities. Not all tribes can invest several million dollars in this work. “Most grants are reimbursable, which means that you actually have to have all of the money upfront,” Mitchell said. “You have to be able to float the project until you meet the grant disbursement terms. That is typically something that’s only favorable for larger companies to be able to do.” And for Indigenous communities working in partnership with nontribal internet providers, there’s sometimes a learning curve for those providers. “Because Indian country has so many different types of tribal lands, it can make it difficult to figure out the best way to do easements and right of way, which slows down projects. Because this is federal land, it’s also subject to more environmental protections,” Trostle said. But there’s some hope that as the pandemic subsides, a greater amount of federal funding is becoming more readily available to fund broadband expansion projects in Indigenous communities, whether those become fully tribally owned or partnerships with other entities. Both Trostle and Mitchell pointed to new funding sources, including the federal Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, devoting nearly $1 billion to expanding broadband on tribal lands. Mitchell said that grant application requirements for this program are not as strict as previous ones. “It’s something that I’m very glad to see now,” she said. “It’s a shame that it took the pandemic for us to be able to get to this point. But if tribes have the ability to be able to pull together a grant application, the deadline for application is Sept. 1. It’s a very tight window of time, but that’s something that is out there and available.”

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HIGHWAY

WARS By Nick Martin

Two projects honoring or benefiting New York’s Indigenous people were bungled or opposed by the state Department of Transportation.

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T WAS LATE NOVEMBER 2020. The leafless trees blocked the salt-filled wind as best they could, but there was no denying it: Winter had finally come to the sliver of land now known as Long Island, and forever home to the Shinnecock Indian Nation, a Native American tribe. The cold snaked its way around your bones. At night, a combination of a heavy-duty sleeping bag, two thick jackets, hand warmers stuffed in my gloves and my boots did all they could to keep my body temperature just high enough and my blood flowing. To willingly sleep outside in these conditions for a single night, as I did, was a practice in endurance. But to do so for a full month, as a group of Shinnecock citizens did, was a measure of just how far people are willing to go when faced with a bully – be it a state agency, a neighboring town, or a heavy-handed governor. So often, over the course of New York’s history, the physical reminders of progress and societal advancement – dams, railroads, highways – end up representing something a little different to the Indigenous people who stewarded this continent without them for millenia: the manner in which colonizers continue to run roughshod, sometimes literally, over the land rights of North America’s original inhabitants. Two of the most visible tribe-related projects of the past decade have been either fought or delayed by the state Department of Transportation, often undercutting what the involved tribal nations say are good faith efforts to consult and negotiate with the agency. This isn’t an issue limited to infrastructure or the department: It reflects the state government’s insistence on standing alone atop the local political hierarchy. Also, to some, it demonstrates Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s apparent unwillingness to treat the tribal nations of this state as the sovereign entities that they are. It’s impossible, and unfair, to pin 400 years of bad faith deal-making and land dispossession on any single individual. But it’s fair to say that the Cuomo administration has not even tried to get along with New York’s first peoples.

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Two billboards meant to support the Shinnecock Indian Nation have faced pushback from local agencies.

IVING AS A tribal citizen in the Northeast, by default, means accepting a certain degree of faux visibility. The land is littered with clear reminders of Native existence – most prominently in the names of parks, rivers, mountains, counties, cities and entire states – yet most people living in these areas never think about the nations who preceded the formation of the United States. For years, New York’s Department of Transportation has wanted to add a new exit ramp along I-87 near Albany International Airport. That dream took a step toward becoming a reality in 2014 when, in compliance with Section 106, the department and the Federal Highway Administration consulted with the St. Regis Mohawk and Delaware nations, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, a federally recognized sovereign nation now situated in northern Wisconsin after being displaced from north-central New York. The state agreed to survey the grounds for artifacts and considered installing a mural along the walls of Exit 3 depicting peoples from their communities – a physical, human reminder of who held the land before it was a highway. (According to Nathan Allison, the Stockbridge-Munsee’s tribal historic preservation officer, the state’s surveying efforts turned up tribal artifacts dating back as far as 10,000 years.) Allison told City & State that originally the Stockbridge-Munsee did not want to pursue development of the land at all, preferring instead to leave the grounds undisturbed. But, when that proved not to be a viable option for the state, the tribal nation agreed to compromise. In 2016, after the surveys were completed, the state sent a letter to all three tribal nations committing to “include the aesthetic treatment that will reference the Native-American heritage and culture” on the wing walls on either side of the overpass. “Projects like this, no matter how small or big they are, help bring awareness to the land that you’re on,” said Heather Bruegl, the Stockbridge-Munsee director of cultural affairs. “Indigenous

nations were and are still here. I’m a firm believer in the fact that you can’t even fully understand the history of the United States if you don’t first understand the history of its first people.” Everything seemed in order. The only thing left to do was build the ramp, install the mural and celebrate a newfound partnership. So, it seemed curious when the new Exit 3 ramp, a $50 million project, was deemed completed in November 2019 without the murals in place. The opening ceremony was marked by the attendance of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who cut the ribbon and drove Franklin Roosevelt’s 1932 Packard across the new development. By that time, the murals had been commissioned – the selected image of Stockbridge-Munsee citizens was pulled from the tribe’s community newspaper – but they were nowhere to be found on the walls or in the governor’s photo op. Instead, according to Allison and Bruegl, the department assured the Federal Highway Administration and the tribes that a separate ceremony would be held in March 2020 to unveil the murals. Then March came and went; so did April, May and June. Still no murals.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo celebrated a new exit ramp near Albany, but the project didn’t yet include promised murals honoring Indigenous people.

Living as a tribal citizen in the Northeast, by default, means accepting a certain degree of faux visibility.

Instead, in July, the department asked the tribal nations to consider moving the murals from the walls to a small park away from existing motorist and foot traffic. Allison and Bruegl were stunned. “No two agencies are created equal, and some do much better than others,” Allison said of the department’s refusal to adhere to its written agreement. “But that was just a real disservice to people involved in the collaboration and consultation that had gone on since 2014.” The tribe, forced into a corner, went public. A feature reported by the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle in December 2020 laid out the whole affair, putting pressure on the department to uphold its end of the deal. In January, after the tribes continued appealing to the federal government, the state Department of Transportation announced that the murals were going to be finally installed, which they subsequently were – nearly a year and a half after the Exit 3 ramp first opened. There was little fanfare because the installation was amid the COVID-19 pandemic fully gripping the nation. The governor did not drive by in FDR’s Packard, nor did he cut a ribbon and make a speech about the contributions that Indigenous peoples have made to the state and its lands. When Allison and Bruegl asked the department why this was dragged out for so long, “Our contacts with New York state DOT said, ‘I’m sorry, this is beyond our control; it’s political and above us and we don’t have an answer for you,’” Allison told City & State. In response to questions from City & State about the fractured

consultation process, Department of Transportation spokesperson Glenn Blain offered the following statement: “The New York State Department of Transportation values and respects our relationships with New York’s Native Nations and Tribe. We have honored our commitment by installing engraved murals on the Northway Exit 3 flyover northbound and southbound ramps which celebrate the Capital Region’s rich Native American culture and history.”

NLIKE THE STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE, the Shinnecock Indian Nation on Long Island’s South Fork – which is now called the Hamptons – were not forced westward, holding their ground at the eastern end of Long Island. Also, unlike the Stockbridge-Munsee, the Shinnecock were not surprised when the department came for them. The beef between Shinnecock and the state of New York extends much further than a single project. Dig through the archives of The New York Times and the stories start to blur together. In all of them, a Shinnecock citizen, or the nation’s tribal council, tries to establish some semblance of economic independence, only for the state to take the most aggressive action possible. In the 1980s, it was the Southampton police and the state Department of Taxation and Finance bringing the hammer down on Jonathan Smith’s cigarette stand. In 2000, it was state police violently disrupting a peaceful protest by Shinnecock citizens objecting to gaudy mansions being built atop the graves of their ancestors. This past spring, it was a District Court judge in Central Islip ruling against three Shinnecock citizens seeking to exercise their aboriginal fishing rights. The latest iteration of this centuries-old story involves a pair of 61-foot billboards – also referred to as monuments by the Shinnecock to signify “marking our land,” in the name of a tribal leader – developed and constructed by the Shinnecock along the

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sides of Sunrise Highway, the state road that runs through the South Fork. The billboards were designed with one goal in mind: to provide a steady revenue stream to a tribal community with an inordinately high poverty rate. Advertisers, recognizing the rare opportunity to get their messages and products screened to carloads of the tribe’s well-to-do Hampton neighbors, quickly lined up. But the town of Southampton was not as keen on what its officials deemed a blight on their sleepy gateway community. The town first issued a stop-work order to the tribal nation in April 2019; when construction continued, the town raised the issue with the state, roping in the Department of Transportation. By June, the department filed a lawsuit against the Shinnecock’s seven “New York council members and the contractors hired could to complete construction, citing the lack of departmental permits. The courts thus arguably be far have sided with the tribe’s land claim; one of the rather than viewing this as an ending point, the department has instead contin- states with ued to play the antagonistic role. the worst Tela Troge wears several hats for the overall Shinnecock community, COVID-19 coordinator and board member of the trib- historical al nation’s Cannabis Regulatory Division record of its among them. But it’s as the Shinnecock’s tribal attorney that she has encountered treatment of the Department of Transportation. Troge Indigenous was among those I met at Sovereignty people.” Camp this past fall – a monthlong protest established by Shinnecock citizens and allies along the two Sunrise Highway monuments. The camp stood both against the – Tela Troge, legal campaign mounted by the department Shinnecock tribal and in solidarity with the tribal nation’s attorney ongoing effort to build a steady, sustainable economic base. Troge described the department, in her experience, as acting “highly aggressive.” The latest example, in addition to the ongoing lawsuit over the billboards, arrived in early February. The department sent a letter to the Shinnecock tribal councilors informing them of the agency’s plan to begin fining the tribal nation $2,000 every day the billboards are kept operational. As of publication, the department hasn’t attempted to collect on the fines. According to Troge, the letter was written and delivered without having first been cleared by the department’s own attorneys. “For the DOT, without the advice of their legal counsel, to send us a letter saying they’re going to fine us $2,000 a day in the midst of a global pandemic and a community that’s suffering from poverty, horrible housing conditions and struggling to provide even the most of minimum resources of getting food to people – that’s really cruel,” Troge said. While the Shinnecock billboards and its proposed casino are contested by the state in court, Troge said that investors, particularly those at banks, are wary of directing their funds toward any current and future projects until they are fully adjudicated. Even though she and other Shinnecock citizens take umbrage with the department’s actions, she’s not concerned in the slightest about what the ultimate outcome will be in the courts. “You can quote me on this: New York state has zero chance of winning this case, and yet they just had the judge set a trial sched-

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Shinnecock activists camped out in the cold to defend the billboards.

ule that goes to 2023,” Troge said. “When you look at what the United States is trying to do to improve the economy by 2024, (the state is) just like, ‘OK, well, we’re going to keep the Shinnecock Nation under litigation until then.’” Speaking for the department, Blain offered the following statement: “The department cannot comment on the ongoing legal issues with the Shinnecock Nation as it is a matter of continuing litigation.”

UOMO HAS REFUSED to meet directly with Seneca Nation tribal leaders, while antagonizing them over casino fees and road repair work on I-90, which cuts through (illegally, the tribe is currently arguing in court) the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Reservation. While many observers have their theories, nobody truly knows why the department has been so heavy handed. Although it is technically the Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez’s sector currently feuding with the tribes, the agency’s and the wider state government’s troubled relationship with Indigenous New Yorkers long predates her appointment in 2019. Allison and Troge intimated, based on the conversations that they’ve had with department officials, that they suspected the department’s hardline positions are ultimately coming from the governor, but that is conjecture rather than fact. In response to multiple detailed inquiries for this article, the governor’s office sent the following statement from spokesperson Jordan Bennett: “The State generally has good relationships with nearby tribal nations. While occasional disputes and frustrations from both sides happen and are expected, they are always taken seriously and resolved in a way that works for all parties. The Governor has worked with tribal nations for decades including his days as HUD Secretary – where he was the first to go to an Indian nation and among other things unveiled an initiative that enabled tribal governments to benefit from more than $1 billion in annual assistance under several major HUD programs – to now. He believes in a continued partnership and respects their status.” Some tribal leaders in New York see it very differently. “New York could arguably be said to be one of the states with the worst overall historical record of its treatment of Indigenous people,” Troge said, reflecting on the centuries of dispossession and bad faith deal-making that have led us to this moment. But when it comes to the past decade of tribes having to battle state agencies to exercise tribal sovereignty and protect their citizens, the problem isn’t history or precedent, she said. “It’s the governor’s view of Indigenous people.”

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Nick Martin is the Indigenous Affairs Desk editor at High Country News and a contributing editor at The New Republic. Martin is a member of the Sappony Tribe.

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Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Montefiore Medicine

Montefiore-Einstein congratulates Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD

For being honored in City & State New York’s 2021 Life Sciences Power 50 in recognition of his influence and leadership in the field.

THE 2021 LIFE SCIENCES POWER FIFTY August 2, 2021

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The scientists, entrepreneurs and investors driving New York’s biotech boom.

S NEW YORK STRUGGLED through the worst of the

coronavirus pandemic, one of the few sectors of the local economy that not only survived but thrived was the life sciences. But it wasn’t an overnight success story. Years ago, forward-thinking leaders saw other major cities emerging as biotech hot spots and identified the potential – a highly educated workforce, world-class health care institutions, real estate developers and Wall Street types eager to invest – to cultivate a major life sciences hub in New York. Existing academic and research centers created collaborative partnerships. New biotech incubators were launched to support promising startups.

Investors and economic development agencies provided millions of dollars for researchers and entrepreneurs to translate scientific discoveries into real-world applications – and high-paying jobs. City & State’s first Life Sciences Power 50 – researched and written by City & State’s Jon Lentz and Kay Dervishi – recognizes many of the key individuals behind the sector’s remarkable growth in New York, including scientists, venture capitalists, government officials, health care executives, real estate developers, philanthropists and others who have positioned New York as a biotech center on track to rival those in Boston and San Francisco.

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ALBERT BOURLA & ANGELA HWANG

LEONARD SCHLEIFER & GEORGE YANCOPOULOS

CHAIR AND CEO; GROUP PRESIDENT, PFIZER BIOPHARMACEUTICALS GROUP

FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CEO; SCIENTIFIC FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

Pfizer

Regeneron

New York-based Pfizer partnered with the German company BioNTech to develop the first COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in the U.S., a stunning scientific feat that relied on innovative mRNA technology to develop a highly effective vaccine in under a year. Albert Bourla, who started out as a veterinarian in Greece before rising through the ranks at Pfizer, is now looking to expand vaccine delivery in countries such as India and Australia while pushing for a booster in the U.S. One of Bourla’s top deputies is Angela Hwang, who oversees the company’s commercial endeavors and is rumored to be the next in line to lead the pharmaceutical giant.

Drs. Leonard Schleifer and George Yancopoulos have built Regeneron into a biotech giant in the past three decades. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the $62 billion, Westchesterbased company developed a COVID-19 antibody drug – famously used by President Donald Trump – which will be more widely available since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a more convenient form in June. Regeneron is betting big on

its success fending off virus variants and protecting people who remain unvaccinated.

3 CRAIG THOMPSON PRESIDENT AND CEO Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Manhattan’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is one of the oldest and most well-known institutions in the

Pfizer and BioNTech pulled off a stunning feat with a new COVID-19 vaccine.

world dedicated to treating and developing treatments for cancer. It has been led for the past decade by Dr. Craig Thompson, a physician whose laboratory focuses on cell biology and immunology. In February, researchers issued a study on the cause of “brain fog” in COVID-19 patients. Memorial Sloan Kettering partners with The Rockefeller University and Weill Cornell Medicine through the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, a collaboration aimed at expediting scientific discoveries.

4 CANDACE JOHNSON PRESIDENT AND CEO Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo bills itself as the first institution worldwide to solely focus on cancer research. About 120 years later, it ranks as one of the country’s

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Albert Bourla, left, and Angela Hwang, right, of Pfizer

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highest-performing cancer hospitals. Candace Johnson has led Roswell Park since 2015, after more than a decade serving as deputy director and chair in the center’s Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Under her leadership, the center has expanded partnerships with hospitals and other health systems across the state.

the New York City Economic Development Corp.’s LifeSci NYC Initiative and Empire State Development, the incubator is a partnership with BioLabs, a national biotech network. When BioLabs@ NYULangone was announced, Robert Schneider, NYU Langone Health’s associate dean for therapeutics alliances and a professor of molecular pathogenesis, touted his institution’s track record in translating biomedical innovations and drug discoveries into high-tech job growth.

5 RICHARD LIFTON PRESIDENT The Rockefeller University The Rockefeller Institute was founded in the early 1900s by John D. Rockefeller Sr. following the death of his grandson from scarlet fever. Early on, its scientists studied diseases including meningitis, yellow fever and polio. Today, researchers at what’s now The Rockefeller University are conducting groundbreaking work on how long COVID-19 immunity lasts and HIV antibody treatments. The institution, led by Dr. Richard Lifton since 2016, recently was awarded a LifeSci NYC grant to develop the Tri-Institutional Translational Center for Therapeutics incubator with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Giovanni Caforio is chair and CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb.

New Jersey pharmaceutical company has also been helping to give a boost to life sciences research across the Hudson River. In 2017, the Johnson & Johnson Innovation network teamed up with the New York Genome Center on JLABS @ NYC, a 30,000-square-foot facility to house biotech startups with $17 million in funding from the state.

immunotherapy treatments targeting cancer, Bristol Myers Squibb recently secured rights to a COVID-19 antibody treatment developed by the Rockefeller University. The company, which acquired Celgene in 2019 for $74 billion, has a corporate headquarters on Manhattan’s East Side, although much of its research and development is centered in New Jersey.

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Dr. Giovanni Caforio, an Italy native who joined Bristol Myers Squibb over two decades ago, has led the pharmaceutical giant since 2015. Known for its

NYU Langone Health In 2017, NYU Langone Health rolled out BioLabs@ NYULangone, with space for up to 35 biotech startups. Funded by NYU Langone,

JOEL MARCUS & JOHN CUNNINGHAM FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIR; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND NEW YORK CITY REGIONAL MARKET DIRECTOR Alexandria When the Alexandria Center for Life Science broke ground in 2007, it was a key milestone in the yearslong effort to recruit and retain biotech companies in New York. The real estate development firm that developed and is still building New York City’s first commercial life science campus is Alexandria, led by Joel Marcus. Last year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city’s new Pandemic Response Institute will be housed at Alexandria’s center. The California company’s New York office is led by John Cunningham.

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12 BRUCE STILLMAN PRESIDENT AND CEO Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Tom Maniatis is the scientific director and CEO at New York Genome Center.

10 NORMA NOWAK & VENU GOVINDARAJU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW YORK STATE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN BIOINFORMATICS AND LIFE SCIENCES; VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT University at Buffalo The University at Buffalo’s Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, led by Norma Nowak and Venu Govindaraju, brings together academic researchers with industry partners. An expert in genomics, a biochemistry professor and the founder and chief scientific officer of Empire Genomics, Nowak also drove state funding to the university and helped create the Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics. Govindaraju is a distinguished professor of computer science and engineering at

the SUNY school and the founding director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors.

11 TOM MANIATIS SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR AND CEO New York Genome Center The New York Genome Center mobilized quickly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tom Maniatis launched the COVID-19 Genomics Research Network alongside other researchers as New York became the early hotspot for COVID-19. More recently, the academic research institution has played a key role in sequencing coronavirus samples and monitoring variants. Maniatis, who’s also a Columbia University professor, has served as the genome center’s scientific director and CEO since 2017. He oversees the center’s development of genomic methods and

Experts at Cold Spring researched drugs to reduce the severity of COVID-19.

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is home to pioneering research in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and other areas, while also housing an academic publishing house and a graduate school. At the laboratory’s helm is Bruce Stillman, who was appointed president in 2003 and has been honored for his research exploring how chromosomes are duplicated in cells. Over the past year, experts at Cold Spring researched whether the heartburn drug famotidine can reduce the severity of COVID-19 and partnered with Northwell Health to track the spread of the virus in New York.

13 PHILIP OZUAH & GORDON TOMASELLI PRESIDENT AND CEO; DEAN Montefiore Medicine; Albert Einstein College of Medicine Dr. Philip Ozuah’s interest in medicine began while growing up in West Africa. That passion drove him to lead Montefiore Medicine, which encompasses

both the Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Ozuah oversees Montefiore’s efforts to improve patient care and develop research. At the Albert Einstein College of Medicine – which is under the Montefiore umbrella – Dr. Gordon Tomaselli has helped cement the Bronx-based university’s reputation as a top research-intensive medical school. Tomaselli, an expert on ion channels, has also served as Montefiore’s executive vice president and chief academic officer since 2018.

14 MARIA MITCHELL SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF LIFE SCIENCES Empire State Development Empire State Development, New York’s economic development arm, has for years boosted investment in the life sciences industry across the state, and since 2017, ESD’s point person on that effort has been Maria Mitchell. Mitchell previously founded and led AMDeC, an effort to spur collaboration among academic medical research centers. She also had stints as chair of what was then known as the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. and as a top health policy adviser in the Giuliani administration. According to ESD, New York now ranks second nationally in bioscience jobs.

15 RACHEL LOEB PRESIDENT AND CEO New York City Economic Development Corp. After being promoted to replace James Patchett at

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research to better understand cancer and neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases.

“If we as citizens can address the virus of social inequity with the same selfless determination and courage we have brought to bear on the coronavirus, I dare to hope that we can finally prove the true strength of our shared humanity.” Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD

President and CEO, Montefiore Medicine

Montefiore-Einstein Congratulates Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD For being honored in City & State New York’s 2021 Life Sciences Power 50 as one of the most influential people in the life sciences, including its impact on disease and translation to therapies for patients.

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the helm of the New York City Economic Development Corp. temporarily in March, Rachel Loeb was appointed to the leadership post on a permanent basis in May. While EDC’s economic development efforts are wide-ranging, one key task for Loeb is overseeing the $500 million LifeSci NYC initiative. In January, the institution announced $38 million in research infrastructure grants awarded to Columbia University, MontefioreEinstein, the New York Stem Cell Foundation and Rockefeller University.

MARIA GOTSCH PRESIDENT AND CEO Partnership Fund for New York City When Maria Gotsch took over the Partnership Fund for New York City over two decades ago, she made a smart bet on biotech. With her professional background in finance, Gotsch oversaw research into how New York could become a national life science hub, and followed through with millions of dollars in funding to support biotech startups in the city. In April, the organization issued a report touting the economic gains and the “strategic investment by the public and private sector over the past several years.”

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own research institute and via grant-making. The organization, led by Susan Solomon, has given significant attention to seeing how stem cells can be used by researchers trying to better understand COVID-19. Solomon co-founded the New York Stem Cell Foundation 16 years ago, driven by a desire to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes after her son was diagnosed with the condition.

CO-CHAIRS Mayor’s Life Sciences Advisory Council

the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing COVID-19 tests and monitoring coronavirus variants. As the Albany-based Wadsworth Center became the state’s primary testing site in the early days of the pandemic, Michael Ryan sought to ensure that the state’s public health laboratory has adopted strategies to deliver those test results accurately and reliably. For more than a decade, he has supported the world-class laboratory’s quality and regulatory oversight programs.

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MICHAEL RYAN

New York Stem Cell Foundation

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS

The New York Stem Cell Foundation’s mission is to conduct stem cell research that fuels insight on how to cure major diseases, both through its

Wadsworth Center

The nonprofit Empire Discovery Institute and the health care investment firm Deerfield Management Company launched a major research partnership this year to advance the development of new therapeutics. The research will be backed with $65 million from Deerfield and

SUSAN SOLOMON

The Wadsworth Center has played a vital role in the state’s approach to combating

CEO Empire Discovery Institute

When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the creation of the LifeSci NYC initiative five years ago, he also launched a new Life Sciences Advisory Council to advise the city’s approach to supporting the life sciences industry’s growth. One notable figure offering expertise to the city is Dr. Harold Varmus, a Nobel laureate who previously served as director of the National Institutes of Health. He co-leads the group alongside Vicki Sato, a former Harvard University professor and chair of Vir Biotechnology’s board of directors.

21 ERIK LIUM PRESIDENT Mount Sinai Innovation Partners Mount Sinai Innovation Partners helps translate research projects from academics into actual health care products and services. This is achieved through partnerships and collaboration with

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will help to propel discoveries that emerge from the multiple research institutions the organization works with such as the University at Buffalo. Martin Graham has guided the Empire Discovery Institute’s work over the past two years, bringing with him more than three decades of experience as a drug developer and entrepreneur.

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pharmaceutical companies. Erik Lium oversees this work in addition to his role as executive vice president and chief commercial innovation officer for the Mount Sinai Health System. Mount Sinai Innovation Partners launched a new program in June that aims to advance health care and biotechnology startups.

has garnered less attention for his Flatiron Institute. Housed at the eponymous foundation Simons founded, the New York City-based institute’s mission is to develop and apply computational tools to advance scientific research. It currently houses five centers focused on computational biology, computational neuroscience, computational astrophysics, computational quantum physics and computational mathematics.

25 ORIN HERSKOWITZ, GORDANA VUNJAK-NOVAKOVIC & BRENT STOCKWELL SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECH TRANSFER; PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL SCIENCES, LABORATORY FOR STEM CELLS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING; PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND CHEMISTRY Columbia University Columbia University is a fertile life sciences research hub, with leading scientists producing breakthrough discoveries on a regular basis. Yet not every academic aspires to translate their findings into commercial applications. Among those who do are Gordana VunjakNovakovic and Brent Stockwell. Vunjak-Novakovic, a Serbian American scientist who specializes in using stem cells for facial bone grafts and regeneration, recently was awarded a Columbia Life Science Accelerator pilot grant for an early diagnostic test for myocarditis. Stockwell, who studies cell death processes to develop strategies to

Sam Sia, left, and Christine Kovich, right, of Harlem Biospace

combat cancer, was named in January to lead Columbia’s new Therapeutic Validation Center, with up to $9 million in funding from New York City to help turn promising research into commercial startups. Orin Herskowitz, meanwhile, is the senior vice president of intellectual property and tech transfer and heads up Columbia Technology Ventures, which helps take faculty members’ inventions to market. He has also worked directly with Harlem Biospace, a biotech incubator spearheaded by the New York City Economic Development Corp.

23 SAM SIA & CHRISTINE KOVICH CO-FOUNDERS Harlem Biospace Harlem is having another renaissance – but this time it’s all about the flourishing life sciences sector. In 2013, Columbia University biomedical engineering professor and

MANAGING PARTNER; VICE PRESIDENT OF TRANSLATIONAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT biotech entrepreneur Sam Sia launched Harlem Biospace, with an initial investment of $626,000 from the New York City Economic Development Corp. Capitalizing on its proximity to Columbia University and the City College of New York, the incubator, which is led by Sia and cofounder Christine Kovich, now has more than a dozen tenants.

24 JAMES SIMONS CO-FOUNDER Simons Foundation Flatiron Institute James Simons has worn many hats throughout his life. Mathematician. Hedge fund manager. Philanthropist. Political donor. The billionaire

Deerfield Over the past quarter century, Deerfield has built up the life sciences sector in its own backyard, raising millions of dollars for biotech investment and partnering with the New York City Economic Development Corp. in 2019 to develop a life sciences campus. “Creating an environment in which innovative thinking, groundbreaking advances in scientific discovery will occur every day is tremendously exciting,” Deerfield Managing Partner James Flynn, who has been with Deerfield since 2000, said when plans for the campus were announced. Michael Foley leads the Deerfield Discovery and Development division, which recently partnered with the nonprofit Empire Discovery Institute to invest $65 million aimed at speeding up the development of new therapeutics.

Simons has worn many hats: mathematician, hedge fund manager and philanthropist.

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Kallyope is a homegrown company illustrating how coordinated efforts to boost life sciences in New York can succeed. The biotech company was launched in 2016 with $44 million in financing from local investors like Lux Capital and Tony Evnin. It’s housed in Alexandria’s Manhattan center, and was co-founded by Tom Maniatis, a Columbia University biochemistry professor who now also leads the New York Genome Center. Merck veteran Nancy Thornberry is the founding CEO of Kallyope, which develops therapies based on the link between the gut and the brain.

This past year has been a significant one for the life sciences company Schrödinger. Under Ramy Farid’s leadership, the New York City-based company had its initial public offering last summer. Schrödinger ended 2020 with $108.1 million in revenue, an increase of 26% compared to the previous year. It goes to show how far the company – which has created computational platforms used for drug discovery and in materials science – has come since its founding in 1990.

27 SHARON MATES FOUNDER, CHAIR AND CEO Intra-Cellular Therapies Intra-Cellular Therapies develops treatments for disorders related to the central nervous system, including schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and Parkinson’s disease. The biopharmaceutical company hit a milestone this year when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed to review its proposal to use lumateperone to treat depression associated with bipolar I or II disorder. At the helm is Sharon Mates, who co-founded the New York City-based company in 2002 and has previously held leadership positions at Functional Genetics and North American Vaccine Inc.

29 TONY EVNIN PARTNER Venrock Since joining venture capital firm Venrock in 1974, Tony Evnin has made major investments in New York’s biotechnology industry. More than 30 of his investments have reached an initial public offering throughout his time at Venrock, which has offices in New York City, Boston and Palo Alto. He serves on the boards of AVEO Pharmaceuticals and Infinity Pharmaceuticals and is a member of the Mayor ’s Life Sciences Advisory Council, which aims to guide New York City’s approach to expanding the life sciences sector locally.

Jennifer Hawks Bland is CEO of NewYorkBIO.

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CEO NewYorkBIO NewYorkBIO represents nearly 300 of the state’s bioscience companies, universities, research institutions, foundations and other players active in the space, including high-profile members such as Regeneron and Pfizer. Jennifer Hawks Bland oversees the trade association’s state-level lobbying for the bioscience industry and other support for its members. Before joining NewYorkBIO, Bland served as executive director of the State Government Affairs & Policy group at the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company Merck.

CO-FOUNDERS Flatiron Health After Nat Turner saw firsthand the challenges his cousin faced with getting cancer treatment, he was inspired to launch a new venture that would fight cancer with technology. In 2012, he and Zach Weinberg founded Flatiron Health, which gathers real-world clinical data to gather insights on effective treatments for oncologists. Turner and Weinberg stepped down from their respective positions as CEO and chief operating officer earlier this year, though Turner continues to be involved as chair of the company’s board of directors. The digital health startup’s CEO is now Carolyn Starrett.

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WHY THE LIFE SCIENCES LEAVE PEOPLE OF COLOR BEHIND And how COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement could mark a turning point.

By Jon Lentz

S COVID-19 has rampaged across the country, it has laid bare the stark racial divides in American medical care. Black and Latino people are more likely to be infected with the coronavirus, are hospitalized with it at nearly three times the rate of white people, and have died of it twice as often, federal figures show. People of color have been more hesitant to get vaccinated, whether it’s due to a lack of access or distrust of a system with a history of misleading and mistreating Black patients. The medical establishment has been exposed for neglecting to invest in public health – and for failing to pay enough attention to poverty, pollution and other societal problems that disproportionately harm racial minorities. These divisions extend to the underlying biomedical sciences and the life sciences as a whole, which are dominated by white men. Fewer than 2% of senior investigators funded by the National Institutes of Health are Black, and just 4% of them are Hispanic. At biotech companies, Black people made up 7% of the workforce and 3% of management jobs, well below their 13% share of the U.S. population, a 2017 study by Nature Biotechnology found. The same study found that Hispanics – about 18% of the population – made up 6% of the workforce and 4% of management positions. Other studies have documented gender and racial disparities in the so-called STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – fields and scant signs of progress over the years. “It’s not really just simple underrepresentation, but it’s actually a kind of historical exclusion and systematic

Uraina Clark, together with Yasmin Hurd, documented racial bias in the field of biomedicine with the article: “Addressing racism and disparities in the biomedical sciences.”

marginalization because of the impact of systemic racism,” said Raeka Aiyar, vice president of scientific outreach at the New York Stem Cell Foundation. “This pipeline is also a leaky pipeline. We’re losing not only ethnic minorities but also women at a disproportionate rate the higher you can climb up the ladder.” Even in such a racially diverse place as New York, where taxpayer dollars and investors have cultivated a thriving ecosystem of biotech startups, many top

executives in the sector are white men. For example, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of a 15-member Life Science Advisory Board in 2018, only two people of color were included, one a pharmaceutical CEO based in Boston, while 11 members were men. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio named one person of color – a female Harvard Business School professor – to his 15-member Mayor’s Life Sciences Advisory Council in 2017. Yet scientists and researchers of color

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say the attention that the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have drawn to racial inequality in the U.S. may prove to be a turning point – and that long-sought changes could pave the way for better health care for people of color. “We were doing this work way before George Floyd’s murder. And many people of color were doing this work in the life sciences fields, in the midnight hour, on top of the work that they were already doing before,” said Emma K. T. Benn, a biostatistics professor and founding director of the Center for Scientific Diversity at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “And so my hope is that we now have a bigger platform where we’re doing this work and people listen, people care, people want to support it. Institutions want to support it. And society believes that this work is important. The NIH believes that this work is important. We are still going to be pushing. We’re going to be pushing for more.” Benn and like-minded colleagues face plenty of structural challenges. Some experts point to a lack of exposure to science education in elementary school in low-income neighborhoods as a barrier for many children of color. Choosing to pursue careers in science and technology often depends on early and frequent exposure in the classroom, said Yvonne Thevenot, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit STEM Kids NYC and a research assistant at Columbia University’s Teachers College. “All over New York City neighborhoods, both in lower economic and upper echelons, there are pockets of schools and there are pockets within communities where there are STEM programs,” Thevenot said. “It doesn’t really put a dent in it, because there are just so many more people who aren’t being exposed.” For students of color who do make it into graduate school or land a job in the life sciences, other obstacles arise. Women and people of color are less likely to complete postdoctoral research in the biomedical sciences than their male and white classmates. Black researchers remain significantly less likely to secure NIH research funding. That funding gap has been attributed to a greater focus on community health and health disparities by Black scientists, which has not been a high priority for federal investment. One 2020 study concluded that demographically underrepresented students tend to produce more innovative scientific research – but their work isn’t cited as often by peers and often doesn’t advance their careers. People of color in the biomedical sciences say they contend with bias from

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Emma K. T. Benn is the founding director of the Center for Scientific Diversity at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

their colleagues in the workplace as well. Last year, two Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai professors surveyed their peers on instances of racial bias. “Blacks have lower IQs than whites,” one scientist reported being told. “You’re not really Black because you are good,” another was told. “We used to sell your people,” another colleague noted, unprompted. Boosting diversity in the life sciences is about more than diversity, these scientists say. It’s about improving the research and achieving better outcomes. Some diseases that disproportionately impact racial minorities garner less attention. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to devote more study into societal and environmental effects on health. There’s also evidence that more diverse research teams produce better results. “If we have a scientific population that represents a singularity of thought and experience, we will never be able to address the multiplicity of scientific problems that we face,” said Uraina Clark, one of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers who documented examples of racial bias in her field. There are signs these arguments are gaining traction. In March, NIH Director Francis Collins issued an apology to those “individuals in the biomedical research enterprise who have endured

disadvantages due to structural racism.” In June, the NIH announced a plan to close the racial gap in research grants and put renewed focus on health disparities. The Biden administration is targeting racial inequality too, with major funding proposals for everything from Black maternal health to universal preschool to the country’s historically Black colleges and universities. According to Benn, the relatively few individuals of color in the life sciences have been tasked with carrying out changes. “We’re being tasked to fix the problems, and the problems are bigger than us,” she said. “I’m optimistic that we will make progress. But I do think it requires more: more resources, more people, bigger platforms. It requires more – and it has to be sustained.”

“We’re being tasked to fix the problems, and the problems are bigger than us.” – Emma K. T. Benn

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34 EVA CRAMER & W. MARCUS LAMBERT VICE PRESIDENT FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS; ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Eva Cramer, left, and W. Marcus Lambert, right, of SUNY Downstate

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$25 million toward IndieBio New York over the course of five and a half years, while SOSV also aims to put in an additional $60 million.

MANAGING PARTNER; PARTNER

SOSV; IndieBio New York

CARLO RIZZUTO

Entrepreneurs in the life sciences have a valuable resource in IndieBio New York, a program launched in May 2020 by the venture capital firm SOSV to connect startups with funding, research space and other support. Stephen Chambers, a founding scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and co-founder of Abpro Therapeutics, and Sean O’Sullivan, managing general partner of SOSV, have played roles in getting the New Yorkfocused initiative launched. The state plans to pitch

PARTNER Versant Ventures Carlo Rizzuto has played a key role in cementing Versant Ventures’ presence in the Northeast. Since joining the health care venture capital firm nine years ago, the New

Eva Cramer is the president of BioBAT, one of New York City’s early biotech research incubators that is housed at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. BioBAT, which was launched in 2004, has steadily expanded over the years. Cramer serves as vice president for biotechnology and scientific affairs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and studies cell biology. One of Cramer’s colleagues is W. Marcus Lambert, who came over from Weill Cornell Medicine to serve as associate vice president for research strategy and operations. Lambert has discussed the lack of racial diversity in the life sciences sector. “The STEM workforce is connected to the educational pathways,” he told Nature this year. “If people are switching majors and dropping out of STEM programs, we’re not doing our jobs.”

Clark and Hurd outlined the perils of the lack of diversity in biomedical research.

35 MATTHEW DELISA DIRECTOR Cornell Institute of Biotechnology Matthew DeLisa has led the Cornell Institute of Biotechnology since 2019, overseeing its research and entrepreneurial work in the life sciences field. He has teamed up with other experts at Cornell to develop a universal seasonal flu vaccine that could be longer lasting and more effective than the ones that are currently available. The effort is now progressing toward human trials. DeLisa also co-founded the biomanufacturing company SwiftScale Biologics in 2019 alongside Michael Jewett, a professor at Northwestern University, which uses cellfree protein synthesis to drive forward drug programs.

36 URAINA CLARK & YASMIN HURD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR; CHAIR OF TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE ADDICTION INSTITUTE Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Last summer, Drs. Yasmin Hurd and Uraina Clark published a commentary, “Addressing racism and disparities in the biomedical sciences,” in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. The two Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai professors argued that a critical factor behind racial inequality in health care is a lack of diversity in biomedical research. Hurd, an accomplished researcher who leads Mt.

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York City-based investor has had a hand in building up numerous companies, such as Repare Therapeutics, Graphite Bio and VenatoRx. Previously, Rizzuto worked at the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, where he led global product development teams developing new drugs.

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Sinai’s Addiction Institute, is known for her research on opioids and marijuana. Clark is also director of research development at the Icahn School’s Center for Scientific Diversity.

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CO-FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNER

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Russell Carson co-founded the private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in 1979. Over 40 years later, the New York company has raised more than $27 billion of capital, a significant portion of which has been dedicated to the health care sector. Carson has led its health care investment practice for many years and serves as lead director of the Pennsylvaniabased Select Medical, which owns numerous hospitals and clinics.

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CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER Lux Capital Investor Josh Wolfe once told Fortune magazine that when he looks for startups to back, he looks for efforts that were “once written about in science fiction.” The Lux Capital cofounder and Brooklyn native has taken a particularly strong interest in technologies related to the science of the human body’s biological clock and CRISPR gene editing. Wolfe, whose company has invested in dozens of biotech startups, serves as a director at multiple companies such as Shapeways, Strateos and Kallyope.

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David Carmel is responsible for outreach at eGenesis.

his work, Carmel is a member of the New York State Life Science Advisory Board, which supports the state’s efforts to cultivate a thriving life sciences industry.

treatments for neurological disabilities. Its directors are Dr. Bradford Berk, who leads the Neurorestoration Institute, and Dr. Rajiv Ratan, who runs Burke Neurological Institute.

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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

CO-DIRECTORS

eGenesis

As part of New York’s $620 million Life Science Initiative, the Cuomo administration awarded a $5 million grant to the nonprofit NeuroCuresNY in 2019 with the goal of developing treatments for individuals disabled by strokes. NeuroCuresNY was launched as a collaboration between Weill Cornell’s Burke Neurological Institute, the University of Rochester’s Neurorestoration Institute and the Wadsworth Center to study and develop

David Carmel is responsible for the gene editing and genome engineering company eGenesis’ external outreach to advocacy organizations, lawmakers, investors and others. Last year, Carmel joined the firm, which aims to develop organs that can be used for human transplants. Previously, he served as vice president in medical affairs and strategic alliances at Atara Biotherapeutics. In addition to

NeuroCuresNY

FOUNDING PARTNER

OrbiMed

J. ANDRES MELENDEZ

OrbiMed focuses its investments on companies in the health care and biotechnology industries. Carl Gordon serves as cohead of global private equity at OrbiMed. His notable investments at the New York City hedge fund have landed him on Forbes magazine’s list of top venture capitalists several years in a row. He currently serves on the board of directors for companies such as Terns Pharmaceuticals, Adicet Bio and Keros Therapeutics.

INTERIM DEAN, COLLEGE OF NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUNY Polytechnic Institute Nanoscience is scientific research conducted at the incredibly miniscule level of nanometers – there are 25.4 million nanometers in one inch – and encompasses everything from engineering and physics to chemistry and biology. At SUNY Poly’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany,

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43 JOHN ISAACS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT CBRE CBRE is known for its dominant role in the commercial real estate market in New York, nationally and internationally. What is less known about the company is the lucrative niche it has carved out in developing facilities and other infrastructure for the life sciences sector. John Isaacs, a Manhattan-based executive vice president, has played a key part of several major transactions over the years, including NYU Langone Medical Center’s BioLabs New York incubator that was announced in 2017.

44 TONY COLES CHAIR AND CEO Cerevel When Gov. Andrew Cuomo named Dr. Tony Coles to his

New York State Life Science Advisory Board in 2018, he was running Yumanity Therapeutics, a Bostonarea biopharmaceutical company focusing on neurodegenerative diseases. While still executive chair of the firm he co-founded, Coles has taken on a new role leading Cerevel Therapeutics, another Boston neuroscience company, launched as a partnership between Pfizer and Bain Capital. Coles serves on the boards of Regeneron, Johns Hopkins University and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

45 CHARLES BENDIT & PAUL PARISER CO-FOUNDERS AND COCEOS Taconic Partners In October, The New York Times published an in-depth feature on how the life sciences sector is a bright spot in Manhattan’s “battered” office market. The publication cited Taconic Partners’ planned conversion of an old West Side auto showroom into yet another life sciences hub as the latest example of biotech investment buoying the real estate industry. Taconic Partners was founded in 1997 by Charles Bendit and Paul Pariser, who still lead the company today as co-CEOs. In the spring, they completed a $600 million recapitalization for the new hub.

46 HARRIET WASHINGTON Author and Medical Ethicist Harriet Washington’s breakthrough 2006 book, “Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black

Charles Bendit, left, and Paul Pariser, right, of Taconic Partners

Americans from Colonial Times to the Present,” documents the history of mistreatment of Black people by the medical establishment. The awardwinning author, who previously was a health journalist at the Rochester

Democrat and Chronicle, later went on to hold posts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the New York Academy of Medicine. She helped get the statue of James Marion Sims, who abused enslaved women for medical research, removed

Washington went on from the Democrat and Chronicle to later work at Harvard.

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tissue culture, stem cells and cell and molecular biology are among the areas of life science research. The college’s interim dean is J. Andres Melendez, who studies reactive oxygen and nitrogen species.

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Lewis-Hall, an accomplished pharmaceutical executive who went on to serve as Pfizer’s chief patient officer and executive vice president, retired in March 2020.

49 WILLA APPEL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR New York Structural Biology Center Willa Appel heads the New York Structural Biology Center, an organization made up of nine academic research institutions in the state. This includes the Wadsworth Center under the state Department of Health and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The nonprofit consortium’s focus is on helping researchers at those institutions understand how biological molecules are built through various services, such as X-ray crystallography and protein production.

Claire Pomeroy leads the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.

from Central Park. Her latest book is “Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent.”

47 CLAIRE POMEROY PRESIDENT Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation Dr. Claire Pomeroy has spent eight years leading the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, which has

EDGAR MOYA GOVERNMENT AND POLICY EXECUTIVE $75.9 million in assets and a mission to support medical research through awards, education and advocacy. Besides her philanthropic work, Pomeroy is an expert in HIV/AIDS and public health and has held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota and the University of California, Davis. She serves on the advisory board for LifeSci NYC, New York City’s $1 billion initiative aiming to cement the city as a hub for the life sciences.

48 FREDA LEWIS-HALL MEMBER Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Life Sciences Advisory Board When Cuomo unveiled his Life Sciences Task Force in 2018, he named Dr. Freda LewisHall, the then-chief medical officer at Pfizer, as one of the board members tasked with overseeing New York’s $620 million Life Science Initiative.

Merck Edgar Moya is on the government and policy team at Merck, the multinational pharmaceutical giant based in New Jersey. Moya, who has been with Merck for nearly four years, is registered to lobby on health care, pharmaceutical and Medicaid matters in Albany on its behalf. He is the brother of New York City Council Member Francisco Moya, has served on Community Board 4 in Queens and has donated to candidates for city and state office.

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Notice of Qual. of VENMA X, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/14/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in FL on 6/23/2014. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 7312 13th Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS, The Centre of Tallahassee 2415 North Monroe Street Ste 810 Tallahassee, FL 32303. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Form. of 34 FINGERBOARD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/14/21. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail proces s to 34 Fingerboard Rd Staten Island, NY, 10305. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 160 D C P LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/3/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 31 Terence Drive Manalapan, NJ, 07226. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Middlefort, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/18/2021. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to R/A: CT Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Formation of ABINGTON PROPERTIES. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/10/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 950 Third Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY, 10022. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 2059 MADISON AVE MANAGER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/15/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 419 Park Ave. South, Ste. 401, NY, NY 10016. 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: Real estate. Notice of Formation of 1971 GRAND AVE MANAGER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/15/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 419 Park Ave. South, Ste. 401, NY, NY 10016. 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: Real estate. Notice of Formation of 2060 PITKIN AVE MANAGER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/15/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 419 Park Ave. South, Ste. 401, NY, NY 10016. 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: Real estate. NEW FUNCIT Y FISH MARKET, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 03/21/2017. Office of Kings. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process 5602 Church Ave. Brooklyn, N Y 112 0 3 Purp o s e: any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of FORGTME NOT LLC . Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/3/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O FORGTMENOT LLC Attention: I-Hsing Sun. 124 West 23rd Street, #16A New York, NY, 10011. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Minks By Munroe, LLC filed with SSNY on June 10, 2021. Office: Kings SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 440 Lenox Rd., 5R, Brooklyn, NY 11203. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of formation of Flex Club, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 05/06/2021. Office located in Kings. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 460 Wyona St Apt 1, Brooklyn, N Y 11207. Purpose: any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of D & K RESTORATION IRON WORKS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/24/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 970 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 11205. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of RMTB ART HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/9/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave #4 0 0, Harrison N Y, 10528.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of BOOKING HOLDINGS FINANCIAL SERVICES USA LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/4/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in VA on 2/9/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with VA SOS: 1111 East Broad Street,4th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of PLAZA CARS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/11/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2740 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of S&J ARTHUR KILL HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/15/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O The Limited Liability Company 2704 Arthur Kill Road Staten Island, NY, 10309. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SKJEMA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/11/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 302 Marine Ave Apt B1 Brooklyn, NY, 11209. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of SURROUNDED BY OPPORTUNITIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/10/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 485 Ocean Ave, Apt 5d Brooklyn, NY, 11226. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VEGA 14, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/10/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 134 Amity St Brooklyn, NY, 11201. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Z. MIAH & SON REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/8/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 23 Sunnyside Ct Brooklyn, NY, 11207. Any law ful purpose.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ARLINGTON COUNTY QuarterSpot, Inc. Plaintiff, v.

* * * * * Case No.: CL20000759-00

* 3rd Ave. Quick Stop Inc., et al. * * Defendant(s). * ******************************************************** SECOND AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to pursue a breach of contract claim following a default on a loan evidenced by a Promissory Note, Business Loan Agreement, and Guaranty. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants 3 rd Ave. Quick Stop Inc. and Hassan Ebraheim appear in the Circuit Court for Arlington County, Virginia to protect their interest in this matter on or before September 3, 2021, and It is further ORDERED that this Order of Publication be published once a week for four successive weeks in City &; State NY, a newspaper of general circulation in New York County, NY. City &amp; State NY shall send the Certificate of Publication and the bill to Parker, Simon &; Kokolis, LLC, 10400 Eaton Place, Suite 300, Fairfax, Virginia 22030. Entered this 15 th day of June 2021. By: Hon. William T. Newman, Jr., Presiding Judge I ASK FOR THIS: /s/ Amy C. Czekala Amy C. Czekala, Esq. #74801 Parker, Simon &amp; Kokolis, LLC 10400 Eaton Place, Suite 300 Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 737-9797 Attorney for Plaintiff

Notice of Qual. of COVID FILM CERTIFICATION LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/23/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in NJ on 10/28/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 18 Justin Ln, Haledon, NJ 07508. Arts. of Org. filed with NJ SOS: Division of Revenue, Dept of Treasury, 33 West Street Fifth Floor, Trenton NJ 08646. Any law ful purpose. Notice of formation of SAMGEM, LLC. Arts of Org filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/2/2021. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 9 East 88th St., NY, NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful act.

Posner Strategies LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/26/2021. Office: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 300 Central Park W, Apt 5K, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of STERN, LAVINTHAL , FRANKENBERG & LAM, LLC, A NEW YORK LIMITE D LIAB ILIT Y COMPANY. Ar ts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/21/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave, #400, Harrison, NY, 10528. Any law ful purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA FAMILY DIVISION IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OF: DEANNE KETWAROO, CASE NO.: 20-DR-2318 Petitioner/Wife, and SEECHAND KEITH KETWAROO, Respondent/Husband. ______________________________________/ NOTICE OF ACTION OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND OTHER RELIEF TO:

Seechand Keith Ketwaroo 111 Jewel Street, 2R Brooklyn, NY 11222

Physical Description: Age: 42; Race: South American; Hair Color: Black; Height: 5’11”; Date of Birth: February 27, 1979 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for dissolution of marriage by way of Amended Petition for Dissolution of Marriage and Other Relief has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on the Petitioner, DEANNE KETWAROO, via Toni S. Boettcher, Esquire, c/o Family First Legal Group, 2950 Immokalee Road, Suite 2, Naples, Florida 34110 on or before August 9, 2021 and file the original with the Clerk of this Court at 3315 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 102, Naples, Florida 34112, before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. Dated: _________CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: ____________________________ Deputy Clerk

Notice of Formation of JL EYES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/29/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 195 FRANKLIN STREET STE 2F BROOKLYN, NY 11222 Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GHOST ELEMENTS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/22/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 163 Carlton Ave Brooklyn NY, 11205. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Forge Hill Holdings LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/26/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 288 Scholes St. Brooklyn, NY 11206. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of R E NAIS SANCE 1701 UTICA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/23/12. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1946 Coney Island Avenue. Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NOSTRAND KINGS HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2740 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of formation of limited liability company ( L L C) . Name: CT COACHING LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/28/2021. NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC 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 Ct Coaching Llc, 535 Union Ave, 2g Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Purpose of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose. NOTICE of FORMATION of a DOMESTIC PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILIT Y C O M PA N Y Hanifa Cavanna NP Psychiatry, PLLC Articles of Organization with the NY Dept of State: June 2, 2021 Office located in New York. The NY Secretary of S tate has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the PLLC at: 576 5 th Avenue, New York, NY 10036 Purpose: Nurse Practitioner Practice.

August 2, 2021

Notice of Formation of Gabrielli Hollers Ave Realty LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/03/2021. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 605 Third Ave NY, NY 10158. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of DRU PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/17/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1619 Madison Place, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11229. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of CRASHJUNKIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/1/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 259 Powers Street, Apartment 1L Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Clever Ladies Enterprise LLC Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/10/21. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 3934 Dyre Ave, Bronx, NY, 10466. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Brooklyn Point 45J LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/2021. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 9 Carrington Way, Morristown, NJ, 07960. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 1701 UTICA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/23/12 . O f fice location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 1946 Coney Island Avenue. Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of ALEXEI ORLOV &PARTNERS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/15/21. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 10/17/16. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 1S 1 st St, #42K Brooklyn, NY, 11249. Arts. of Org. filed with CT SOS. 165 Capitol Ave Ste 1000 Hartford, CT 06115. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of Blue Year B rands , LLC . Auth. filed with SSNY on 6/18/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/27/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 26 Cornelia St #13 NY, NY 10014. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 2271 Property LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/2/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 823 60 th St 1 st Fl Brooklyn, NY 11220 Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 1050-52 East 3 rd St LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/6//17. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1090 East 4 th St Brooklyn, NY 11230. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 327 LEONARD ST., LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/19/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 53-126 63rd Street, Maspeth, NY 11378. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 141 BAY 32 ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/30/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 141 BAY 32 St, Brooklyn, NY, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Two Waterline 35B LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/19/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 80 Riverside Boulevard, Apt 19A N Y, NY 10023.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Two Waterline 35A LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/19/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 15 CENTRAL PARK WEST, APT. 37D, NY, NY, 10023. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Think Big Realty LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/1/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 10 Sackman St #17 Brooklyn, NY 11233. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SPE E DY PLUMBING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/29/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1453 71st Street, Cellar Brooklyn, NY 11228 . Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Renaissance 1701 Utica Realty LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/23/12. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1946 Coney Island Ave Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any lawful purpose.

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August 2, 2021

Notice of Formation of PL A Z A VEHICLES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/25/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2740 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of PLAZA MOTORS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/25/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 274 0 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn, N Y 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of PLAZA AUTOS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/25/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 274 0 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, N Y 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of JON ELLWOOD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/28/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 28 Box Street, Suite N625 Brooklyn, NY, 11222. Any law ful purpose. THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE MICHELLE &NORMAN LATTMAN C H A R I T A B L E FOUNDATION for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020 is available at its principal office located at 900 5th Avenue, Suite 18A, New York, NY 10021 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is MICHELLE LAT TMAN.

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Notice of Qual. of DELTA CAPITA, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 5/27/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 101 Ave of the Americas NY, NY 10013. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of CENTRAL NY HOUSING LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21. Office location: CAYUGA SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 110 Genesee St., Ste. 390a Auburn, NY, 13021. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of A/C Editions, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/21/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 108 East 78 th St NY, NY 10075. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 1314 Fulton St LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1314 Fulton St Brooklyn, New York, 11216. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Zafar Properties LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/12/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 544 Mcdonald Ave Brooklyn, NY 11218. Any law ful purpose. Notice of formation of 68-70 SPRING STREET HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/2/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 218 Lafayette S t . , N Y, N Y 10 012 . Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of LIMESTONE STAFFING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/2/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Crowe LLP 485 Lexington ave New York, NY 10036. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of X YZ Records LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/27/19. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 33 Crosby St #4F NY, NY 10013. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of The Terrence Mcnally Memorial Fund, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/17/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 29 East 9th Street, Suite 2, New York, NY 10023. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SPM Event LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/28/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8709 25 th Ave Fl2 Brooklyn, NY 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Prominent Technologies, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/1/2020. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 145 West 28 th Street 8 th Fl NY, NY 10001. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Matthew Lejune Studio LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/1/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 249 Melrose St Ste 2L Brooklyn, NY, 11206. Any law ful purpose.

CRYSTALSRX LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/12/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Joanne Bar ton, 4 02 East 74th Street, Apt 3E, NY, NY 10021. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Qual. Of JL WEBSTER 1313, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 7/9/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 7/7/15. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corporate Creations Network Inc 600 Mamaroneck Ave ste 400, Harrison NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of PERCEVAL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/02/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Qualification of PHPF Sub-REIT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/02/21. O f f ice location: N Y Count y. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/30/21. Princ. office of LLC: 75 Broadway, Ste. 230, San Francisco, CA 94111. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Public Notice State of South Carolina COUNTY OF: CHARLESTON IN THE MATTER OF:CYNTHIA MAXINE BOYD GARLINGTON IN THE PROBATE COURTCASE NUMBER 2021-ES-10-00309 SALLY ANN BOYD, Petitioner, vs. DONALD GARLINGTON, Respondent. SUMMONS TO THE RESPONDENT(S) LISTED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Petitioner(s) listed above at the following address{es):Seth A. Levy (Name of Petitioner/Attorney for Petitioner) 21 Gamecock Avenue, Suite A {Street Address or Mailing Address) Charleston, South Carolina 29407 {City, State, and Zip Code)Your Answer must be served on the Petitioner at the above address within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Petition upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS PETITIONER: SALLY ANN BOYD; DECEDENT: CYNTHIA MAXINE BOYD GARLINGTON; DATE OF BIRTH: April 22, 1950; DATE OF DEATH: July 23, 2010; NAMES OF POSSBILE KNOWN HEIRS: DONALD GARLINGTON, ALBERAT STROBLE, and JULIUS FIELDS. REASON FOR PETITION: To determine the heirs of Cynthia Maxine Boyd Garlington. Notification of invitation for virtual attendance of the hearing shall be provided by Charleston County Probate Court to Petitioner’s counsel one week prior to commencement of the scheduled hearing. Any and all parties may request attendance of the hearing by phone or email communication to Alison Atwood, Clerk of Probate Court, 843-958-4099, or aatwood@charlestoncounty. org. The Law Office of Seth A. Levy, 21 Gamecock Avenue, Suite A, Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 4004510 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER. Notice of Formation of Puff N Paint, LLC filed with SSNY on April 27th 2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1707 topping av #6A Bronx NY 10457. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of H & T Electrical Contractors, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/6/21. Office location Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 163 CO Hwy 101 Gloversville, NY, 12078. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Eight Madison Group LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/6/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 369 Madison Street Brooklyn, NY 11221. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GMSW LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8413-13 th Ave Lower Lvl, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Compton Durham, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 50 Plaza St E. #4C Brooklyn, NY 11238. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Artem Elmo Transportation LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/16/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1501 Avenue U 2 nd Fl Brooklyn, NY 11229. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of NPL MORTAR LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/4/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 243 W. 30th St., NY, NY 10001. Address to be maintained in DE: Bus. Filings Inc.,108 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of the Commonwealth of DE, Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Qualification of NPL MANAGEMENT LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/14/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 243 W. 30th St., NY, NY 10001. Address to be maintained in DE: Bus. Filings Inc.,108 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of the Commonwealth of DE, Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of PE R E Z NE L SON ADVISORS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/07/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of FORLENZA CONSULTING LLC filed with SSNY on June 23, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 55 COLLFIELD AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10302, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Public Notice T- M o b i l e N o r t h e a s t LLC, a Delaware limited liability company proposes an antenna and equipment relocation atop an existing 40.4-foot building at 425 Madison Ave in Manhattan, NY. In accordance with the National Historic Preser vation Act of 1966, as amended and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Review Under the National Preservation Act; Final Rule, T-MOBILE is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. Accordingly, if you would like to provide sp e ci f ic informati on 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 ½ mile of the above address, please submit the property’s address and your comments to: C harl e s C h e run d o l o Consulting, Inc. at 976 Tabor Road, Suite 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 or via email at tcns@ cherundoloconsulting. c o m .

Notice of Formation of S orr yland Hobbies , LLC filed with SSNY on may 15, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 155 chestnut st, brooklyn ny 11208

Form of notice for on-premises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (PENDING) for beer, wine, liquor and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor and cider at retail in a CT 246 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 257 COLUMBIA STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11231 for on premises consumption. DISH FOOD & EVENTS LLC

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1334417) for beer, wine, liquor and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor and cider at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 11 DIVISION STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10002 for on premises consumption. HAKKA CUISINE LLC Form of notice for on-premises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (PENDING) for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a RW 341 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 254 S 2ND STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 for on premises consumption. F&M INDUSTRIE CORP Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, liquor and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor and cider at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 383 WEST 33RD STREET, UNIT 18 8 -18 9 NE W YORK, NY 10001 for on premises consumption. MOYNIHAN OVERLOOK BAR LLC

Notice of Formation of MONGER MARKETING LLC filed with SSNY on May 20, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 33 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of 2108 Estate LLC, filed with SSNY on 7/20/2021. Office: KINGS County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2108 Bath Avenue Brooklyn NY 11214. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Section 106 Public Notice T-Mobile Northeast, LLC proposes to collocate antennas on a 146 foot tall Rooftop located at 545 West 114th Street, New York, New York County, NY 10027. Interested parties with comments regarding potential e f fe c t s on His toric Properties may contact T-Mobile c/o Julia Klima at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 8779 6 8 - 4 7 8 7, S e c1 0 6 @ DynamicEnvironmental. com within 30 days from the date of this publication. Re: 22105031 Notice of Formation of ROUND BARN MANOR IL CL AS S B , LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/15/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, N Y 12 207. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation o f Z E E B OAT, L L C Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/15/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 120 Wall St., NY, NY 10005. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom p ro c e s s a g ain s t i t may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of Drive To The End Express, LLC filed with S SN Y on 5/3/202 1 . Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1465 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10302. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Public Notice SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF RICHMOND Index No. 85093/2021 In the Matter of the Petition of THE RECTOR, CHUR CH WAR DENS AND VESTRYMEN OF ST. SIMON’S CHURCH STATEN ISLAND (A/K/A ST. SIMON’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH), a NEW YORK S T AT E N O T- F O R PR O F I T R E L I G I O U S C O R P O R AT I O N CONGR EG AT ION , to dissolve as per Religious Corporations Law §18 and Not-for-Profit Corporation Law § 1003. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned, on the 1 day of June, 2021, applied to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, IAS Part, thereof, held in and for the County of Richmond, at the Courthouse at 26 Central Ave, Staten Island, NY, at 9:30 am, for an order decreeing the dissolution of THE RECTOR , CHUR CH WAR DENS AND VESTRYMEN OF ST. SIMON’S CHURCH STATEN ISLAND (A/K/A ST. SIMON’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH) and for that purpose ordering and directing the transfer of any remaining assets of the St. Simon’s Church Staten Island, to The Board of Managers of the Diocesan Missionary and Church Extension Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New York, in accordance with NY Religious Corporation L aw § 18 , located at 10 47 Amsterdam Avenue, New York NY, Goldstein Hall, PLLC Attorneys for Petitioner, 80 Broad Street, Suite 303, New York NY 10004

Notice of Formation of ACDMP, LLC filed with SSNY on July 10, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 44 Pemberton Ave, Staten Island, NY 10308. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

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Notice of Qualification of SUN NINJA LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/13/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/26/19. 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: c/o Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas and install associated equipment at a top height of 78 feet on the rooftop of a 79foot building with a top height of 85 feet at the approx. vicinity of 20 01 Avenue P, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11229. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p ro p e r ti e s m ay b e submit ted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Lyndsey Miller, l.miller@trileaf. com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 4 0 7- 6 6 0 -7 8 4 0 . Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, liquor and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor and cider at retail in a CR 256 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 383 W33RD S T R E E T, U N I T 2 0 , MOY NIHAN TRAIN HAL L , NE W YOR K , NY 10001 for on premises consumption. MOYNIHAN FOOD HALL BAR LLC

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Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas several locations in New York, New York Count y, NY. Verizon Wireless to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 88 feet on an 89-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 842 9th Avenue, 10019; at a top height of 82 feet on a 77-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 24 East 97th Street, 10029; at a top height of 67 feet on a 71-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 242 West 109th Street, 10025; at a top height of 84 feet on a 78-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 2401 1st Avenue, 10029. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Morgan Rasmussen, m . rasmus s e n@ trile af. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at multiple loc ations in S taten Island, Richmond County, NY. Verizon Wireless proposes to collocate antennas at a top height of 48 feet on a 42-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 161 Brighton Avenue, 10301; at a top height of 21 feet on a 15-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 526 Midland Avenue, 10306; at a top height of 39 feet on a 42-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 457 & 459 Victory Boulevard, 10301; at a top height of 25 feet on a 16-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 151 Lafayette Avenue, 10301; and at a top height of 66 feet on a 74-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 20-30 Merle Place, 10305. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t t e d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Laura Elston, l.elston@trileaf. com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678- 653-8673

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 29-00 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW.STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on August 6, 2021 and end on August 17, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc.

Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at multiple locations in Brooklyn, K in g s C o un t y, N Y. Verizon Wireless proposes to collocate communications antennas at a top height of 71 feet on a 76-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 415 Albemarle Road, 11218; a top height of 61 feet on a 55-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 2905 West 15th Street, 11224; at a top height of 64 feet on a 64-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 305 84th Street, 11209; at a top height of 73 feet on a 84-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 575 Herkimer Street, 11213; at a top height of 68 feet on a 67foot building at the approx. vicinity of 411 Myrtle Avenue, 11205. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t t e d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Laura Elston, l.elston@trileaf. com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30 0 67, 67- 65 3 - 8 673 .

T- M o b i l e N o r t h e a s t LLC, a Delaware limited liability company proposes an antenna and equipment relocation atop an existing 250-foot building at 425 Madison Ave in Manhattan, NY.

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 41 feet on a 35-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 272 York Avenue, Staten Island, Richmond C o un t y, N Y 1 0 3 0 1 . Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t t e d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Bennett Thomas, b.thomas2@ trileaf.com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 407-660-7840.

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Notice of Formation of 60 Romer Road LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/01/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, 11 Chetwynd Te r r . , Livingston, NJ 07039. Purpose: any lawful activities. PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 78’) on the building at 75 Bank St, New York, NY (20210434). Interested parties may c o nt ac t S c o t t Horn (856 - 809 -1202) (1012 Industrial Dr. , West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

#224 – Marilyn Andino Montalvo; Pile of wood, a large bag, plastic totes filled with clothes, 2 suitcases, 5 plastic bags, 4 laundry bags, a wooden shelving unit filled with religious items #816 – Angel Crutchfield; 1 cooler, 2 backpacks, plastic bags, 1 duffle bag, sneakers, picture f r a m e s , s u i t c a s e #1416 – Adriana Mateo; Assorted boxes, end tables, suitcase, tool bag, wicker basket, chair, a n d l a m p . #1 817– Kevin Mullarkey; 2 plastic containers, 1 shopping cart, 20 med boxes # 2 474 – AV E NA /G iselle Deiaco; variety of chairs and tables #4 1 2 1 – W i l l i a m U l m e r ; F l a t s c r e e n T V, duf fel bags, box , plastic totes #4319-1 – Quinsessa Harrison; Bags, plastic totes, and a plastic organizer with drawers The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 7 2 hours . Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reser ve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time. Section 106 Public Notice T-Mobile Northeast, LLC proposes to collocate antennas on a 66 foot tall Rooftop located at 1495 1st Ave, New York , New York County, NY 10075. Interested parties with comments regarding potential e f fe c t s on His toric Properties may contact T-Mobile c/o Julia Klima at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 8779 6 8 - 4 7 8 7, S e c1 0 6 @ DynamicEnvironmental. com within 30 days from the date of this publication. Re: 22106021

NeueHouse New York HQ LLC. Authority filed SSNY 6/29/21. Office: NY Co. LLC formed DE 6/8/15. Exists in DE: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served & mail to: c/o N ati onal R e gis te re d Agents, Inc., 28 Liberty St., NY, NY 10005, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Cert of Formation Filed: Secy. of State, Corporation Dept., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover DE 19901. General Purpose.

Notice of Formation of TurnUp LLC filed with SSNY on July 7th, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 64 Laconia Ave., Staten Island, NY,10305. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of SnkrSaviorLLC , LLC filed with SSNY on May,12,2021. Office: We s t c h e s t e r. S S N Y designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 263 palisade ave, 1B, Yonkers, NY 10703. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Registration of KLEIN HORNIG LLP. Ctf. of Reg. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/1/21. Office location: NY County. Principal location: 170 West End Ave., Apt. 23S, NY, NY 10023. LLP formed in Massachusetts (MA) on 6/28/02. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 101 Arch St., Ste. 1101, Boston, MA 02110, also the address to be maintained in MA. Ctf. Of Formation filed with the Secy. of the Commonwealth, State House, Boston, MA 02133. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law.

In accordance with the National Historic Preser vation Act of 1966, as amended and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Review Under the National Preservation Act; Final Rule, T-MOBILE is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. Accordingly, if you would like to provide sp e c i f ic information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within ½ mile of the above address, please submit the property’s address and your comments to: C harl e s C h e run d o l o Consulting, Inc. at 976 Tabor Road, Suite 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 or via email at tcns@ cherundoloconsulting. c o m . Notice of Formation of 172 NOSTRAND AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 172 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11205. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 247 WAVERLY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/15/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 247 Waverly Pl NY, NY 10014.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 249 AMM ACQUISITIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/2/21. Office location Richmond SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1325 Hudson Rd Teaneck, NJ 07666. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 970 EASTERN PARK WAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 970 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11213. Any law ful purpose

Notice of Formation of 1551 BROADWAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1551 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11221. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 346 MONTGOMERY ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 346 Montgomery St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11225. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 985 NOSTRAND AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 985 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11225. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 7304 Property LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 135 32 nd St Brooklyn, NY 11232. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 352 MARCUS GARVEY BLVD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 352 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11221. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 987 NOSTRAND AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 987 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11225. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 483 WAVERLY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 483 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11238. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1482 FULTON ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1482 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 957 FULTON ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 957 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11238. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1495 FULTON ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1495 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 963 FULTON ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 963 FULTON ST, BROOKLYN, NY, United States, 11238. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1549 BROADWAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1549 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11221. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation o f A b i n g t o n L a ke Frederick LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 950 Third Ave 27 th Ave NY, NY 10022. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of DIGITAL THEATRE (US) LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 7/21/21. Office location: Rensselaer. LLC formed in DE on 9/20/19. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 70 West Madison st., ste 5750, Chicago, IL, United States, 60602. Arts. of Org. filed with IL SOS. 501 S. Second St., Rm. 350 Springfield, IL 62756. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of TRIPLE STAR 1707 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/3/16. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1707 W13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of. Brooklyn Castle, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 101 Lafayette Avenue, Apt #10a, Brooklyn, NY. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Electric Skyship LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 90 State St Ste 700 Office 40 Albany, NY 12207. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 23 INGRAHAM ST. LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/15/2004. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4010 14 th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of H PRINCETON ASSOCIATE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/14/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 34 Puritan Ct Princeton, NJ 08540. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 23 VERONA PL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1314 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 69 K INGSTON AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 69 Kingston Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11213. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 146 HERKIMER ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 146 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BLOOMLEE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/1/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 80 STATE ST., ALBANY, NY, United States, 12207. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of J & A SI GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/19/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5206 8 th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of JEFFERSON 437 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 495A Henry St Ste 223 Brooklyn, NY 11231. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Lipnitsk y Holdings LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 44 Barlow Dr North Brooklyn, NY 11234. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NG & CHAN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 657 57 th St 1PL Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Martin Yoshiko LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/21/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 483 Washington Ave #5 B , Brook lyn , N Y, United States, 11238. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Mask 21, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/12/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 940 Park Ave New York, New York, 10028.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NAC STRATEGIC CONSULTING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/16/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to attn: mindy h. stern, esq., 444 madison avenue, 6th floor, New York, NY, United States, 10022. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NI RE ALT Y GROUP LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8317 12 th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11228. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NORTHERN SEVEN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/16/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 17 State St., 34th Fl, New York, NY 10004. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of NOSTRAND AND E MPIR E HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1314 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Pharos AA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/22/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 24 Remsen St Brooklyn, NY 11201. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of PILHOF LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/25/93. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3858 Nostrand Ave #202 Brooklyn NY 11235. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Roundview Talent LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/25/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 405 E. 72 nd St, New York, New York, 10021. Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of 518 REAL ESTATE ADVISORS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/30/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 325 Columbia Tpke, Ste 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932. Any law ful purpose. PUBLIC NOTICE AT &T p r o p o s e s t o install a cellular facility (new tip heights 200’ &amp; 206’) on the building at 430 Park Ave, New York, NY (20210530). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties. Notice of Formation of Choconini Confections LLC filed with SSNY on June 30, 2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7 E.14th St., Suite 20B, New York, NY, 10003 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Public Notice Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding star ting on August 23, 2021 and end on September 3, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: #3P01-Michael Cagle: several boxes, 1-small barbeque grill, 3-light fixtures, several luggage, several plastic bags. The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 14, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 07/16/2021. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any law ful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION of B uilding Future Legacies for Young Scholars, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/23/2021. Of fice Location: Bronx County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Dr. Christine A Pinnock, 1502 E. 222 nd St., Bronx, New York 10469. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 13, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 07/16/2021. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Reflect to Grow C o u n s e l i n g L C S W, PLLC filed with SSNY on May 4th, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: The LLC 11 BROADWAY SUITE 615 NEW YORK, N Y 10 0 0 4 Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Elite Endomorphs, LLC filed with Richmond County, NY on May 21st, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 100 Wadsworth Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10305. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

RHCP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/17/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 121 West 20th St., 4G, NY, NY 10011. Reg Agent: Ron Chau, 121 West 20th St., 4G, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates d o in g b u s in e s s a s Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is proposing rooftop communications installations in several locations in Brooklyn, K ings C ount y, New York. Verizon Wireless proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 76 feet on an 80-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 885 Troy Avenue, 11203; at a top height of 60 feet on a 59-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 159 Tehama Street, 11218; and at a top height of 74 feet on an 81-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 1293 E 5th Street, 11230. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Morgan Rasmussen, m . rasmus s e n@ trile af. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at multiple locations in New York, N ew N o rk C o unt y, NY. Verizon Wireless proposes to collocate antennas at a top height of 84 feet on a 78-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 2041 1st Avenue, 10029; at a top height of 70 feet on a 68foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 537 Lenox Avenue, 10037; at a top height of 89 feet on a 87-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 615 West 47th Street, 10036; at a top height of 61 feet on a 68-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 76 Pearl Street, 10004, at a top height of 128 feet on a 148-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 420 W 23rd Street, 10011, at a top height of 70 feet on a 69-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 2059 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, 10027; and at a top height of 69 feet on a 73foot building at the approx. vicinity of 3135- 3137 Broadway, 10027. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t t e d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Laura Elston, l.elston@trileaf. com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

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Notice of Formation of 302 GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/13/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Mario Osso, 155 W. 85th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 155 -157 GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/13/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Mario Osso, 155 W. 85th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 319 OM GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/14/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Mario Osso, 155 W. 85th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of 316 GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/13/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Mario Osso, 155 W. 85th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Section 106 Public Notice Crown Castle is proposing to replace antennas and associated equipment on a building with an overall height of 177’ at the following site: 1594 Unionport Rd, Bronx, NY, 10462, coordinates: N40° 50’ 25.76”/ W73° 51’ 44.89”. Crown Castle invites comments from any interested party on the impact of the proposed action on any districts, sites, buildings, structures or objects significant in American histor y, archaeology, engineering or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and/or specific reason the proposed action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Sp ecif ic information regarding the project is available by calling Monica Gambino, Crown Castle, at 724-416-2516 during normal business hours. Comments must be received at 2 0 0 0 C orp orate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317 by September 2, 2021. Re: 22107040. Notice of Qual. of KPP MM III, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 07/27/2021. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 11/03/2014. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 369 West 126th Street, Mgmt Suite, NY, NY 10027. Address required to be maintained in DE: 310 Alder Rd, PO Box 841, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 44 feet on a 40-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 43 Curtis Place, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY 10301. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Morgan Rasmussen, m . rasmus s e n@ trile af. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

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