probably won’t win. So why is he risking it all to run for governor?
THE NEW YORK CITY NEWSSTAND has been dying a slow death. At their peak in 1950, there were more than 1,300 of them. Now there are 330, including 36 that had their licenses extended by executive order during COVID-19. Their renewals are now being processed, a spokesperson for the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection told City & State.
There can be a new life for the newsstand. Mayor Eric Adams announced last week that vacant former newstands would be converted into the nation’s first hubs for delivery workers. Using a $1 million federal grant, the hubs would provide workers shelter, tools to fix their bikes and battery chargers. The stands for this project are operated by the Parks Department. It’s not known yet how many will be converted. Four currently are not oper ating or licensed, a parks spokesperson said. Three are in Manhattan at City Hall, West 72nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, and West Third Street and Sixth Avenue. The fourth is in Callahan-Kelly park in Brooklyn.
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Meanwhile, newsstands that continue in their original capacity sell only a handful of newspapers and survive mostly on candy, lottery, soda sales and loyalty. “Everybody here is my best customer. I’m trying to give the best service I can,” said Mohammad Ismail Hussain, who runs the stand at 70th Street and York Avenue that has a loyal following and proves the business and similar newsstands are not going away easily. “Not this one,” lab tech Camile Bolden, 55, told City & State as she cashed in a winning lottery ticket at the stand. “This one’s a gold mine.”
New York City is prioritizing an internet subsidy plan for NYCHA residents that will cost $90 million over three years.
The week that was
A change that could cause community health centers to close next year.
Payment delays confound New York City nonprofits.
Eric Adams threw out the city’s existing plan to expand broadband.
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Who was up and who was down last week
Even as New York City officials continue to receive criticism for their plan to house asylum-seekers in tents, Mayor Eric Adams announced that the loca
tion of those tent shelters will move from Orchard Beach in the Bronx to Randall’s Island between northern Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. The move came amid concerns over flooding at Orchard Beach. Although Adams initially said he
would not move the tent city after the parking lot in question did flood with several inches of rainwater, he quickly changed course. But the new site on Randall’s Island still has the risk of flooding even as the Adams administration
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Velázquez, announcing she’d now be supporting the Bruckner rezoning in her East Bronx district
cited its lower risk com pared to Orchard Beach. Not long after that, the mayor announced a state of emergency over the migrant crisis as the city continued to struggle to house the nearly 20,000 asylum-seekers who had recently come to New York.
Just a few weeks ago, the commission tasked with coming up with and ap proving new City Council district lines before they get sent to the mayor and lawmakers voted to reject the proposed map. The commission finally approved a new set of district lines, the third version of the proposal since July. The vote means that the City Council now has the opportunity to either approve or reject the proposed lines themselves before Adams receives the map for the final say. De spite the surprise rejection several weeks ago, the new map the commission has passed along only contains minor tweaks compared to the previous version.
Despite our reputation for gruffness, New Yorkers will give a stranger the clothes off their back. Or, in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ case, the fry out of their Happy Meal. While pounding the pavement on Oct. 2, Adams received the totally aboveboard gift from an infant constituent, proving that despite his obsession with clean eating, the mayor is just as vulnerable to McDonald’s fries as the rest of us.
Two years following the death of Daniel Prude at the hands of Rochester po lice, his family has reached a $12 million settlement with the city. Although the city of Rochester does
“ For a long time people didn’t expect this project to happen. … But we proved everybody wrong.”
– Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, on the completion of the Long Island Rail Road third track project, via Newsdaychose Randall’s Island, which also has a flood risk, as the new site to house migrants.
not accept any liability for Prude’s death, the settle ment closes the books on the police killing that rocked the upstate city when evi dence of a police cover-up emerged. In 2020, police responded to calls about Prude, who was suffering from a mental health crisis at the time. They pinned him to the ground and covered his head with a hood. A medical examiner ruled his death a homicide with the cause of death complications from asphyxiation. Police initially suggested a drug overdose led to Prude’s death, and it took five months for details surrounding the deadly po lice encounter to emerge.
President Joe Biden made a trip to the Hudson Valley
to announce a $20 billion investment from IBM into its manufacturing plants in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas. Once a major manufacturing hub, years of disinvestment have left Hudson Valley communities economically struggling. IBM’s new commitment promises to bring many of those lost jobs back to the region. Earlier in the week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a $100 billion Micron Technology microchip factory just outside of Syracuse, another significant new source of manufacturing jobs, this time in Central New York, to spur economic development in parts of the state that have suffered from loss of such jobs in recent decades.
A federal judge overruled portions of New York’s law restricting who can carry a gun in public and where guns can be carried – marking a victory for gun rights advo cates and a blow to Democrat ic state lawmakers who passed the legislation this summer.
U.S. District Court Judge Glenn Suddaby issued the order in response to a lawsuit filed by six New York members of Gun Owners of America. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration said the state plans to appeal. “While this decision leaves aspects of the law in place, it is deeply disappointing that the Judge wants to limit my ability to keep New Yorkers safe and to prevent more senseless gun violence. We are working with the Attorney General’s office to review the decision care fully and discuss next steps in an appeal,” Hochul said in a statement issued shortly after the ruling was made public.
The law, which took effect on Sept. 1, was passed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 23 determination that the state’s previous requirement that an applicant show “prop er cause” to obtain a concealed carry permit introduced an un constitutional degree of subjec tivity into the licensing process.
to the plaintiffs by barring li censing agencies from requiring permit applicants to submit a dossier of their social media his tory, along with four character references and contact informa tion for people who live with the applicant. Suddaby also limited the list of sensitive locations where guns were prohibited under the state law, including Times Square, libraries, public parks, private businesses and mass transit. Suddaby specifi cally said that provision could remain in place for govern ment buildings, schools, places of worship and at protests.
“Although historical an alogues certainly exist pro hibiting carrying firearms in specific places, no historical analogues have been provided prohibiting carrying firearms virtually everywhere, as the (Concealed Carry Improve ment Act) does,” Suddaby wrote in the 53-page ruling.
President Joe Biden announced a $20 billion IBM investment during his trip to the Hudson Valley, which promises to bring jobs back to the region.
The New York City Council plans to vote on a bill that would require the city to create a master plan for the city’s greenways, at 10 a.m. at City Hall.
The new ruling granted a temporary restraining order
The bill would require multiple city agencies coordinate on a plan for paths like the Hudson River Greenway in Manhattan.
Suddaby’s order followed a ruling he issued in September that cast doubt on the con stitutionality of numerous aspects of the law. The social media provision could po tentially violate the First and Fifth Amendments, he wrote, and the legislation still gave licensing officers “open-end ed discretion” to determine who could obtain a permit.
– Sara DornCity & State hosts the Government Procurement Conference, featuring panelists from the state Senate and the New York City Council, starting at 9 a.m. at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
The state Senate Corporations, Authorities & Commissions Committee and the Transportation Committee hold a hearing at 10 a.m. at 250 Broadway on the JFK Airport redevelopment.
By Annie McDonough
Ingrid Lewis-Martin has been one of Adams’ closest confidantes since his days in the state Senate, proving that loyalty really does pay off.
Jimmy Oddo earns more as chief of staff to the deputy mayor of oper ations than he did as Staten Island borough president and is one of the few Republicans in Adams' administration.
Longtime political consul tant Tiffany Raspberry may be up for a promotion after chief of staff Frank Carone departs, but as is, she’s still one of Adams’ highest-paid advisers.
When it comes to sussing out power and influence in City Hall, salary isn’t everything. (Bernard Adams’ $1 annual paycheck should be proof of that.) But money does, as they say, talk. And the office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams is chock-full of deputy mayors, senior advisers and high-level staffers all earning more than $200,000 a year.
Here’s a look at City Hall’s top earners – including one official raking in more than Adams’ own $258,000 salary.
LORRAINE GRILLO $275,000
MARIA TORRES-SPRINGER $251,982
ANNE WILLIAMS-ISOM $251,982
MEERA JOSHI $251,982
PHILIP BANKS $251,982
SHEENA WRIGHT $251,982
INGRID LEWIS-MARTIN $251,982 BRENDAN MCGUIRE $251,982
FRANK CARONE $251,982
MELANIE LA ROCCA $247,577
JESSICA KATZ $247,577
MATTHEW FRASER $247,577
FERNANDO CABRERA $227,786
JEFFREY RODUS $225,000
ANDREA DAVIS $220,000
NATHAN BLISS $211,150
JUSTIN MEYERS $211,150
JIMMY ODDO $211,150
MAXWELL YOUNG $211,150
DAWN MILLER $211,150
RYAN LYNCH $201,071
MADELINE LABADIE $201,000
MENASHE SHAPIRO $201,000
MOLLY SCHAEFFER $201,000
GLADYS MIRANDA $201,000
TIFFANY RASPBERRY $201,000
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The mayor’s second in command is also getting the largest paycheck in City Hall, but First Deputy Mayor Lorraine Grillo may be on her way out of office.
Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks is not only making bank, but he’s also scoring frequent sit-downs with top NYPD brass – even if they sometimes exclude the police commissioner.
A heavy-hitter from Adams’ mayoral campaign, Menashe Shapiro used his top admin istration post to nix a set of New York City Council district lines.
The New York City Campaign Finance Board takes a lot of flack – you’re dealing with hundreds of hundreds of politicians and their staffers and consultants. Why do you want this job? There’s no question that this is a really hard role to be in. But I see it as a public service. I had one of my mentors explain – who worked on one of the early mayoral campaigns – he said, ‘This is an impossible role, at the New York City Campaign Finance Board, because you have to be both a goodgovernment program and a regulatory agency.
So that’s impossible.” And that is true, it is very difficult to simultaneously encourage (first-time) candidates into a program while also hand-holding them through maybe their first audit ever to ensure protection of the public fisc. We also add to it that we want to encourage people to vote for the first time ever and get the message out to 8 million New Yorkers. But if we don’t think big, then we’re not able to make the kinds of changes that our democracy deserves. And democracy is how we solve the kind of problems that are facing our country today. New York City deserves – and I believe
already had – the best campaign finance board. But I can’t resist wanting to serve and ensure that the program stays incredibly strong, and I hope it gets even stronger.
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams recently said she liked the idea of moving city primaries to even-numbered years in order to align them with state and federal elections. Do you agree?
I’d have to study more some of the structural changes. I know that there are a lot of different structural changes that could bring out more
voters, one reason or another. I’d have to look at that a little bit more closely. I think that from our standpoint of working on the structural democracy issues, there’s already a lot that we can do without making those really sort of more difficult changes.
The city has strict donation limits – way lower than the state, lower than the federal limits. But super PACs can spend endlessly, and they do. Is there a way for New York City to dull the impact of super PACs? Or is this up to the U.S. Supreme Court?
The best way to dull the impact of super PACs is by amplifying the voice of small donors, so to do more of what New York City is doing already. Unquestionably, Citizens United was a disastrous decision, and Buckley wasn’t helpful before that, and we have constitutional limitations on taking away some of those huge, huge spenders. (But) when you’re amplifying the voices of everyday New Yorkers, that is the best counterbalance to that. Because we’re already seeing a New York government that is more responsive to everyday New Yorkers.
– Jeff ColtinThere’s no question that this is a really hard role to be in. But I see it as a public service
Community health centers could soon lose a $100 million funding stream to provide supportive housing and other critical services.
HEN NEW YORK’S COVID-19 moratorium on evictions ended on Jan. 15, the staff at community health care clinic Evergreen Health had to make a decision. In addition to serving patients who are LGBTQ, HIV-positive or use drugs at clinics in Buffalo and Jamestown, it runs supportive housing for individuals living with HIV and other chronic illnesses. Evergreen was owed about $20,000 by its tenants. Staff knew that they had to account for this deficit in their budget, but they also knew that stable housing helps chronically ill people stay well. Rather than pursue evictions, the organization used money from a vast but little-known federal ini tiative, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, to pay off the debts.
That’s not all they’ve done with 340B funds. In May, Evergreen used the money to open a drop-in center for drug users where they can do their laundry, shower, eat a meal and get clean needles. It also established an in-house dental practice that serves HIV-positive people, which provides a safe place for patients who are fear ful of disclosing their status. In total, the clinic brings in about $12 million a year through 340B, using it to support services that aren’t reimbursed by Medicaid, Medicare and private insurers.
That money could disappear soon.
In April 2023, a long-delayed policy crafted by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo will finally take ef fect and significantly shrink New York’s partic ipation in 340B – a complex pricing scheme that indirectly channels money from pharmaceutical companies. The change will carve out pharmacy coverage from Medicaid managed care plans, in
stead requiring all Medicaid patients to purchase their medication through the state. Community health organizations across the state – which serve about 1 in 9 New Yorkers, the vast major ity of whom are low income and two-thirds are people of color – will lose $100 million annually by one estimate. Thirty-two clinics may have to close altogether.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration has promised to make up for budget shortfalls cre ated by the carve-out, community health care clinics told New York Focus and City & State, by providing supplemental per-visit payments to clinics seeing Medicaid patients. The governor’s office declined to comment for this article and instead directed questions to the state Depart ment of Health.
In an email, health department spokesperson Jeffrey Hammond said he anticipated that the carve-out would “result in a more efficient phar macy reimbursement process, better consumer experience and ensure the most appropriate pay ment for services.” He added that the depart ment “is working with the impacted groups and is committed to ensuring a smooth transition.”
But community health organizations are deep ly concerned that the carve-out will disrupt their services and remain doubtful that the proposed supplemental payments will solve any budget shortfalls they face in 2023 or subsequent years. They’ve been holding rallies in Albany and across the state, calling on Hochul to delay the carve-out once more and find a new solution.
“If the carve-out were to be enacted, it would be a crisis,” said Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, chair of the Social Services Commit tee.
“It’s essential that we don’t just abandon all these service providers.”
Last year, activists rallied to oppose thenGov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to scale back 340B.
Community health care providers stand to lose $100 million unless Hochul delays the cut.
The aims of the 340B program were straightforward in intent, if not in execu tion. Under legislation passed by Congress in 1992, companies that wanted to have their drugs reimbursed by Medicaid were man dated to provide something in exchange: to sell medications to safety-net providers at deep discounts.
These providers, who mostly served poor, uninsured and underinsured patients, ben efited twice over. First, health care facilities could buy medications at a much cheaper rate and offer their patients treatments they couldn’t otherwise afford. Second, although they purchased the drugs at a discount, they were reimbursed by Medicaid, Medicare and private insurers at the regular rate and could use the difference to fund needed services.
Over time, community health organi zations that serve vulnerable New York ers have come to depend on 340B revenue. Jordan Goldberg, the policy director at the Primary Care Development Corp., which invests money in primary care safety-net providers across the state, said the clinics she
works with rely on 340B for an average of 11% of their budget, and for some clinics it’s as much as 40%. That money pays for holis tic primary services they can’t fund through other means, she said.
For example, when the New York Citybased LGBTQ community health orga nization Callen-Lorde received a batch of monkeypox vaccines in early August, it had to hire nurses to give the shots. Neither in surance companies nor the state would re imburse that expense – so the organization used 340B funds instead.
“High-quality, integrated primary care –the kind of care proven to lengthen lives and reduce inequities at the population lev el while also reducing overall health care costs – doesn’t fit the traditional insurer model where billing is focused on proce dures, not people,” Goldberg said.
What makes 340B funding so critical is its predictability and flexibility, said Ever green’s chief operating officer, Mike Lee. It was a sentiment that was echoed in inter views with other clinic leaders. The money is a reliable funding stream – a rarity for
community health organizations – which isn’t tied to grant cycles or state budgets. With few restrictions, the revenue can flow wherever it’s most needed, including re sponding to emergencies like COVID-19 and monkeypox as well as covering services that improve patient outcomes but aren’t el igible for reimbursement.
The carve-out was originally written into the budget passed in 2021, along with an agreement to delay its implementation for two years. “If this carve-out happens, Ev ergreen will look very different than it does today,” Lee said. All the services currently funded through 340B, including the dropin center, dental care and nutrition support, would have to be scaled back.
He added that every community health care center across the state that serves low-income people is being forced to have these conversations now.
But community health organizations like Callen-Lorde and Evergreen are far from the only beneficiaries of 340B. Over the ERIK
past 20 years, with the passage of new leg islation and changes to the program, more and more medical providers have found avenues into the 340B market, including private hospitals and pharmacy chains. As a result, the overall size of the program has expanded dramatically, from $4 billion per year in drug purchases in 2007-2009 to $38 billion in 2020.
In New York, 340B spending and claims have increased more than 200% since fiscal year 2017. This rapid growth has been ex pensive, the health department maintained, largely because medications purchased through 340B are not eligible for rebates otherwise offered by pharmaceutical com panies and the federal government. The department previously estimated the total savings would be $166 million in the first year of the carve-out, shared among the federal and state governments.
However, these findings are contested. In
2020, The Menges Group, a Virginia-based consulting firm that studies Medicare and Medicaid programs, was hired by the New York Health Plan Association to perform its own calculations, which it said took into ac count tax and drug mix complexities that the health department overlooked. According to its estimates, the carve-out won’t save New York money; on the contrary, it will cost the state an estimated $154 million in its first year and $1.5 billion over the next five years.
Staffers in the office of Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried, who has pushed to shield community health care clinics from the impact of the carve-out, said they were skeptical of the Menges report’s methodology and findings. They also point ed out that because the carve-out was includ ed in last year’s budget, and expected budget savings tied to its implementation, prevent ing it now would be very difficult.
As 340B has grown, so have concerns that the program is actually undermining health equity, including by driving hospi tal-physician consolidation, creating incen tives to prescribe high-cost drugs and trans ferring money into the hands of health care providers that serve wealthier patients.
In 2021, 78% of the nation’s 340B pur chases were by private, nonprofit hospi tals that generally serve a small proportion of low-income patients. Conversely, only about 5% of national 340B purchases were made by community health organizations like Callen-Lorde and Evergreen. But be cause these clinics have a much greater pro portion of their patient population on Med icaid – in many instances around 70% – the carve-out will have a far greater impact on their bottom line.
Mary Zelazny, the CEO of Finger Lakes Community Health, which runs eight health centers serving agricultural workers and other poor and uninsured patients, said com munity health organizations like hers are “a pimple on an elephant’s butt” compared to the bigger hospital systems that make up the bulk of 340B purchases.
She added it was frustrating to be included under the same program – and carve-out –as those big hospitals. “We need a 340B pro gram that is specific to community health care clinics,” she said.
In last year’s budget negotiations, elect ed officials had discussed setting aside $102 million for 340B providers, with the intent that the money be distributed to make up for budget shortfalls. A similar carve-out went into force in California in January, but the $105 million set aside for nonhospital clinics
has yet to be distributed, said Liz Oseguera, who serves as the associate director of policy for the California Primary Care Association. (Applications for funds opened in August.)
As a result, member clinics in the association have reported needing to cut service hours, reduce services such as care coordination and health education, and lay off staff.
In recent months, officials at the gover nor’s office as well as the health department have proposed a different solution: providing community health care clinics with supple mental payments for Medicaid visits.
Rose Duhan, president and CEO of the Community Health Care Association of New York State, a membership-based or ganization of more than 70 clinics with over 800 sites, said it was unclear how each clinic’s supplemental payment rate would be determined or whether the mon ey would actually make up for 340B losses. Supplemental payments for Medicaid pa tient visits would also need to be approved by the federal government, she said, adding financial uncertainty for clinics.
Lee said he had little faith in Hochul’s lat est proposal. “The state continues to push plans that just are not real and genuine solu tions,” he said. “So far, they have felt more like gimmicks to get us to agree to the carveout with no real plan or possibility to be actu ally implemented.”
Duhan argued that instead of offering these supplemental payments, the gover nor’s office should propose writing another two-year delay into next year’s budget and use the time to figure out a tenable solution. Her member clinics have been exploring alternative approaches to funding primary health care that have been implemented in other states. Under what is called the capi tated model, community health care clinics are given monthly, per-patient payments to care for those enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare, which they can then use to ad dress the physical, behavioral and social needs of the patient.
For Zelazny, the question isn’t whether 340B is the ideal program, but how New York’s community health centers will sur vive without it. “I don’t think 340B is the best way for us to get services to our patients, but it’s what we have,” she said.
“If the state came back and said, let’s pay the health center programs what it costs to provide this care, that would be fine,” she added. “But they’re not doing that.” ■
Aviva Stahl is a Brooklyn-based investigative journalist.
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“If the carve-out were to be enacted, it would be a crisis. It’s essential that we don’t just abandon all these service providers.”
– Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal
By John MacIntosh
EVERY NONPROFIT LEADER knows that procurement matters since when and how nonprofits get their funding can be more important than how much they get. Fair pro curement is also inseparable from racial and economic justice, as few nonprofits have the financial resources to shield their clients and staff from the risks – layoffs, furloughs, missed pay rolls, hollowed-out programs – created by late, un predictable or otherwise dysfunctional procurement.
There is widespread agreement that procure ment was dysfunctional during then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, which is no surprise given that he showed no sign of having the political will required to change it. He also showed little evidence of caring very much about the city’s nonprofit partners. I have been optimistic that Eric Adams’ administration would be different, though after nine months the results appear to be mixed.
The good news is that procurement has received attention from experienced leaders who have already taken some tangible actions. The officials leading the charge on procurement reform – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, Deputy Mayor Shee na Wright and Chief City Procurement Officer Lisa Flores – each have direct experience on this issue.
Early education nonprofits are starting to close because of back payments due.
Lander was executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee. Wright led the United Way of New York City, which Check book NYC shows had 37 city contracts totaling $234 mil lion during her tenure; 97% of which were registered late with an average delay of more than 10 months. (Checkbook also suggests that the organization is still owed as much as $30 mil lion for work completed before June 30.) Flores was the dep uty comptroller for contracts and procurement, where she oversaw the review of all con tracts, and led some of former New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s work high lighting registration delays.
These leaders have also taken concrete steps that should improve procurement in the future. They publicly highlighted the issue through
the Joint Task Force to Get Nonprofits Paid On Time; they made additional informa tion on procurement available through the launch of Passport Public; they cleared more than $4.2 billion in unregistered contracts through the Clear the Backlog initiative, which involved staff being lent from higher-capacity city agencies to those that were struggling; and they have engaged two outside consulting firms to explore the more fundamental changes re quired to better procurement –for example, changes to the Procurement Policy Board. All of this should be celebrated.
At this point a cynic might ask: “Yeah that’s great, but what does the data say? What are the facts? How is the city really doing?”
Unfortunately, there are limitations to the publicly
available data. While Pass port Public is a fantastic new tool, it only covers some con tracts. (The Mayor’s Office of Contract Services said it was “working with city con tracting agencies to phase in current contracts” but there was no announced timeta ble and no definitive list of what’s not included.) Check book – the other public source of data – is exhaustive but only for contracts that have been registered, making it less helpful for understanding what is going on right now.
With these caveats, the data shows there are contracts that remain unregistered from fiscal year 2022, and in some areas, payment delays against regis tered contracts from fiscal year 2022 and prior are so large that they pose an existential threat to the nonprofits in
volved. There are also worry ing signs that the registration backlog – largely cleared for fiscal year 2022 – is building up again for fiscal year 2023.
For fiscal year 2022, 24% of contracts remain unregistered. The city has been success ful in clearing the backlog of new nondiscretionary con tracts (only 5% unregistered); but amendments (16% un registered) are lagging and discretionary contracts (47% unregistered) remain a huge problem. A disproportionate number of the unregistered nondiscretionary contracts are from the Department of Education and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
For fiscal year 2023, the backlog is building. Only 47% of new nondiscretionary con tracts are registered or pend ing; only 16% of amendments
are registered or pending; and no discretionary contracts have been registered. Here again the Mayor’s Office of Crimi nal Justice and the Department of Education continue to show the lowest registration rates.
While discretionary con tracts are a miniscule frac tion of the city’s budget, they are vital for many of the small community-based organiza tions. And while nonprofits may be doing better – taken as a whole – those with con tracts from the Department of Education and the May or’s Office of Criminal Jus tice appear to be suffering, which is consistent with what we have been hearing from individual organizations.
In an earlier press release, Adams said, “We are putting new streamlined processes into place so we don’t get bogged down in backlogs again – now or in the future.” Well, the fu ture is now and there is no sign of these new processes. Before things get out of hand, the city should consider a Reclearing the Logjam effort focused on the agencies that are struggling. Nonprofits are spending money right now serving New Yorkers under unregistered contracts, and the more time passes, the more pressure they will face.
Despite the attention it has received, registration is only the first step of the process that leads to payment. Un fortunately, it is harder to estimate exactly how the city is doing with payment com pared with registration. Reg istration is an all-or-nothing event that occurs on a given day; payments take place over time and the delay is a matter of degree. While Checkbook shows every check cut by the city, and its associated con tract, it does not show when the corresponding invoice or voucher was presented.
Nevertheless, we can use Checkbook to estimate the gap between what nonprof its have spent and how much they have been paid – a de cent proxy for delays. On this basis, Checkbook suggests nonprofits have yet to be paid for 27% of the work they have done under registered con tracts. Large corporations can easily handle delays of this magnitude given their high profits and access to financing, but most non profits cannot. In particu lar areas, for example early childhood education where the delay appears to be 4 1/2 months, delays have reached the point where they threat en the ability of the part ners to pay their staff – let alone continue the work.
It would be a shame if the city were to have largely cleared the registration log jam only to have the prob lems reappear as payment and invoicing delays. While
waiting for the consultants to develop long-term solu tions, the city should launch a short-term effort to clear the invoice and payment logjam.
The procurement “prob lem” will never be “solved” in a large, bureaucratic, shortstaffed system prone to back sliding where improvements will often be incremental. It’s a thankless, Sisyphean task requiring continuous focus and political will. However, this administration has the right people for the job, and we should be encouraging and cajoling them to keep work ing rather than resting on their laurels. Things are likely to get worse for the city’s fi nances in the next few years, and it’s even more important that nonprofits get paid on time when money is tight.
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John MacIntosh is a partner at SeaChange Capital Partners, which helps nonprofits navigate complex challenges.
“We are putting new streamlined processes into place so we don’t get bogged down in backlogs again – now or in the future.”
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams
“tech geek,” crypto currency enthusiast and former COBOL programmer, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is an un abashed techie. Adams has been a vocal cheerleader for moving more city services online, diver sifying the local tech ecosystem and making the city’s own tech nology offices more efficient.
But when it comes to expand ing broadband internet access –something that will allow New Yorkers to participate in the technological evolution Adams champions – some lawmakers and civic technologists warn that despite the well-inten tioned goal of getting the least connected New Yorkers wired up, the administration is so far prioritizing quick wins over the long-term goal of universal, af fordable and reliable broadband.
Last month, Adams and Matt Fraser – the chief technolo gy officer appointed to lead the city’s consolidated tech offices under the Office of Technolo gy and Innovation – announced Big Apple Connect, a new pro gram that commits to offering free in-home internet and basic cable subscriptions to 300,000 public housing residents in over 200 developments by the end of 2023. The program, start ing out in more than 100 New York City Housing Authority developments, is essentially a subsidy program. The adminis tration is bulk purchasing inter net and cable packages from two large internet service provid ers – Charter Communications and Altice – at a cost of under $30 per month under three-
year agreements. Negotiations are ongoing with the city’s third cable franchisee, Verizon. The program is estimated to cost the city $30 million per year, though that will depend on how many residents sign up.
While few disagree that NYCHA residents are most ur gently in need of high-speed, af fordable broadband, the launch of Big Apple Connect high lighted the fact that New York City already had a comprehen sive plan for expanding broad band internet – a plan that the Adams administration has in definitely shelved.
The Internet Master Plan, re leased in January 2020 under the de Blasio administration, outlined the existing barriers to greater broadband adoption in New York City. Although the vast majority of the city has ac cess to broadband internet, af fordability is a major barrier to adoption. Many people living outside of high-income areas only have an option of one or two providers, and fiber optic infrastructure, which can pro vide higher speeds, is far from ubiquitous. The report found that 29% of households in the city lack a broadband subscrip tion at home.
The Internet Master Plan’s prescription for high-quality and affordable universal broad band included the creation of a competitive marketplace with a diverse range of providers, the utilization of city-owned assets like rooftops and lampposts for providers to install broadband equipment, and an investment in new publicly owned fiber optic infrastructure. The plan included an initial $157 million
investment to build new publicly owned infrastructure in under served areas that could be used by private companies, reducing the city’s reliance on privately owned internet infrastructure.
Just before leaving office last fall, former Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that a dozen compa nies were selected to participate, including some minority-owned or minority-led companies. A pilot program related to the plan had previously tasked a hand ful of providers with offering low- or no-cost internet plans at 18 NYCHA developments. Those pilots are still going on, but the $157 million has yet to be touched.
With Big Apple Connect – a program that so far relies on only two legacy cable service provid ers and their existing internet infrastructure – several peo ple who worked on the Internet Master Plan said the city was missing an opportunity to diver sify the market and build public ly owned infrastructure.
The Adams administra tion has said that moving ahead with Big Apple Connect while the Internet Master Plan is still on pause is about “stopping the bleeding.”
ings and are already cable fran chisees, the city office only sent a request for proposals to par ticipate in Big Apple Connect to those three providers. Now it’s just a matter of getting resi dents signed up.
City officials acknowledged that creating a more competi tive market is critical to afford able and reliable internet access.
“We will continue to discuss ways to partner with M/WBEs in the future on other telecom munications projects,” Office of Technology and Innovation spokesperson Ray Legendre said in an emailed statement.
Mayor Eric Adams has a short-term plan for inter net access, but not one that applies to the whole city.
tration about either the Internet Master Plan or about partici pating in Big Apple Connect. “We’re very curious what the future looks like,” Banks said. “My experience in the last cou ple of years of putting togeth er the Internet Master Plan, getting an RFP out and having 12 companies identified as com petitive ways of making sure everyone gets connected – (Big Apple Connect) was just a little bit of a surprise.”
Some proponents of the In ternet Master Plan view it as an obvious way for the Adams administration to achieve its stated goal of creating a more competitive and diverse mar ketplace. “If they were trying to build a more inclusive tech ecosystem in New York City, they were handed it on a silver platter,” said one person who worked on the Internet Master Plan and was granted anonym ity to speak freely.
in a statement. “While I cele brate a program that expedient ly provides internet access for our NYCHA developments, it’s unacceptable that OTI does not have a comprehensive plan that works to connect more New Yorkers to the internet.”
At that September hearing, Sikoff said the office was con tinuing to “reevaluate” the In ternet Master Plan, which was the same answer that Fraser gave when asked about the plan in May. Sikoff suggested that in addition to its cost, officials were concerned that the Inter net Master Plan would duplicate new build-outs of fiber that have happened since the plan was re leased in 2020. It’s unclear what part of the Internet Master Plan was still being evaluated, though Sikoff left open the pos sibility that unspecified aspects of the plan could be “leveraged” in the future.
“While the Master Plan con templated a multiyear long and very expensive $157 million investment, Big Apple Con nect will help citizens imme diately,” Brett Sikoff, executive director of franchise adminis tration at the Office of Tech nology and Innovation, said at a City Council hearing last month. Because Charter, Al tice and Verizon already have existing internet infrastructure that can serve NYCHA build
But at the September hear ing, employees from the office were unable to provide a time line for when additional provid ers, including MWBEs, might be brought in to participate in Big Apple Connect, or how they would be able to compete for customers with Charter and Al tice if those companies have al ready signed up large swaths of NYCHA residents.
Silicon Harlem was selected as one of the 12 providers in the Internet Master Plan last year. CEO Clayton Banks told City & State that he hasn’t been con tacted by the Adams adminis
Given that the Internet Master Plan isn’t moving for ward, some lawmakers said the Adams administration doesn’t appear to have a master plan of its own in the works to re place it. Following last month’s hearing, New York City Coun cil Member Jennifer Gutiér rez, who chairs the Technology Committee, called for a “robust roadmap” and not “pop-up pro grams” to expand broadband access and adoption across the city. “I am deeply concerned that OTI was not able to pro vide any details on longer-term plans to connect New Yorkers to the internet beyond the Big Apple Connect program, which was announced the morning of the hearing,” Gutiérrez said
Asked about whether the Adams administration had a master plan of its own for ex panding broadband access, Legendre said the administra tion was “action-oriented when it comes to meeting the digi tal needs of our lower-income communities, immigrant com munities, and communities of color.” He pointed to Big Apple Connect, new 5G connectivi ty at LinkNYC kiosks and the administration providing ac cess to devices and digital skills training to “New Yorkers who have been left behind in the digital age.” He also pointed to Connected Communities, a de Blasio-era program that pro vided devices and digital lit eracy training in historically underserved areas.
“I am deeply concerned that OTI was not able to provide any details on longer-term plans to connect New Yorkers to the internet.”
By Rebecca C. Lewis
WHEN FORMER Gov. George Pataki pulled off an upset vic tory against then-Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1994, Rep. Lee Zeldin had only just started high school. Pataki served three terms, with his last electoral victory coming in 2002.
Over the past two decades, Zeldin has done a lot. He joined the military, became a lawyer and, in 2010, won a seat in the state Senate by flipping his Long Island district from blue to red. Just four years later, he did the same to win his congressional seat.
After four terms in Congress, Zeldin is now taking a shot at running for governor. He almost faced off against former Gov. An drew Cuomo, Mario’s son, in an attempt to block his path to a fourth term, just as Pat aki had done for the elder Cuomo. Instead, Zeldin is challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul, who found herself thrust into the role fol lowing Cuomo’s resignation in 2021.
A lot has changed in 20 years. New York has become bluer, Democrats gained a su permajority in both chambers of the state
Legislature and politics, both locally and nationally, has grown increasingly partisan. Zeldin, a conservative and staunch sup porter of former President Donald Trump, is very different from other Republican gu bernatorial candidates, including moderates like Pataki and Marc Molinaro. And many political observers, including Republicans, don’t see how Zeldin can obtain the win ning coalition of independents and moder ate Democrats that brought Pataki that first success in 1994.
But Zeldin is no stranger to taking risks in order to advance his political career. So far, it has worked out for him.
ZELDIN, 42, FIRST entered politics in 2008, when he ran an unsuccessful cam paign against then-Rep. Tim Bishop, a Democrat, in the 1st Congressional District. Two years later, he defeated Democrat ic state Sen. Brian Foley to win in District 3. His victory was one of several GOP flips that brought the chamber back under Re publican control after a short-lived and cha otic stint of Democratic rule.
“It was not only one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard, it was one of the most compassionate, empathetic and meaningful speeches I’ve heard in three and a half decades of politics.”
– state Sen. Phil Boyle, on Zeldin talking about the Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer Support Project
During his time in the state Senate, Zel din positioned himself as a conservative. Perhaps most notably, he found himself in the minority of Long Island Republicans when he voted against the 2013 SAFE Act, which enacted new gun control measures in the state. Although he did not actually vote on the bill due to his absence, his statement at the time that he would have voted against it made him the only Long Island lawmak er of either party to oppose the gun control measure. In fact, he was the only state sen ator from New York City or its immediate suburbs on Long Island and in Westches ter to stand against it. “The actions govern ment takes to protect its citizens through gun laws must strike the right balance of targeting illegal guns and the criminals who use them without eroding the basic protec tions of the 2nd Amendment for law-abid ing gun owners,” Zeldin’s statement read. “Respectfully, I don’t believe that the gun package tonight strikes the proper balance and therefore I do not support it.”
Although his staunch support of gun
rights in 2013 put him out of step with his fellow downstate Republicans at the time, it didn’t alienate him from fellow Long Island Republicans. “I have the greatest respect for Lee,” state Sen. Phil Boyle, a moderate and fellow Suffolk County politician, told City & State. The pair disagreed on several issues, the SAFE Act was just one of those, but Boyle said he considered Zeldin highly principled, despite their policy differenc es. He in particular spoke about Zeldin’s leadership in implementing the Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer Support Project, refer encing the speech he gave when the legisla tion passed. “It was not only one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard, it was one of the most compassionate, empathetic and mean ingful speeches I’ve heard in three and a half decades of politics,” Boyle said. “When he feels strong about something … no one will put more dedication and passion into fighting for what’s right.”
Despite his conservative positions, Zeldin also displayed bipartisan chops by support ing environmental conservation proposals. Although generally associated with Demo crats, it’s one of a handful of issues that cross party lines on Long Island, an area of the state particularly well known for the swingy nature of its politics and the ballot-splitting tendencies of its voters. “I think Lee Zeldin, having grown up and representing citizens on Long Island, is much more attuned to environmental issues than perhaps some one from far upstate New York,” Boyle said, noting that it’s not generally an area from which Republicans emerge as leaders. In Congress, Zeldin has worked in a bipartisan manner on several clean water initiatives affecting Long Island as a member of Con gress, although he opposed the Paris Agree ment on climate change that was supported by Democrats.
IN 2014, ZELDIN moved from the state Senate to the House after winning a rematch against Bishop. He wasn’t an early Trump endorser (like former Rep. Chris Collins) or a particularly enthusiastic one when he did back Trump in May 2016 after the nomina tion was clinched, telling Newsday: “Even though I don’t agree with Donald Trump on everything, and I think there may be cer tain things or statements of his that I may disagree with, he is a better candidate by far than Hillary Clinton.”
However, he became one of the former president’s staunchest allies and biggest de
fenders during Trump’s first impeachment. He later voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results as Trump ad vanced false narratives about widespread voter fraud and a stolen election. Now, as Zeldin seeks to become the first GOP gover nor of New York since 2006, that past sup port has become a liability.
Winning as a Republican statewide in New York has long been an uphill battle and has only gotten harder over the years. Pa taki positioned himself as a moderate who supported same-sex marriage and gun con trol measures, and considered himself to be in favor of abortion rights even back in 1994 when he first won a gubernatorial election. They’re positions that historically Zeldin has not shared – he voted against same-sex marriage as a state senator in 2011, applaud ed the U.S. Supreme Court decision over turning the right to an abortion and vocally supports gun rights. With the overwhelm ing disapproval of Trump in New York and abortion rights fueling left-wing resurgenc es across the nation, Zeldin has hardly posi tioned himself as the traditional New York Republican even as he has attempted to dis tance himself both from Trump and abor tion rights since winning the GOP primary.
Despite the obvious differences in their campaigns and ideologies, Pataki nonethe less endorsed Zeldin and believes he has a clear path to victory. Zeldin has made public safety the cornerstone of his campaign, and the former governor said that’s a winning strategy. “We need a governor who starts from Day One with a dramatic change to the criminal justice system,” Pataki told City & State. “It’s failing New Yorkers … and Lee Zeldin I think has the right ideas, the right focus.” He mentioned Zeldin’s support of repealing the 2019 bail reform laws that eliminated cash bail for the majority of non violent offenses as well as his promise to re move Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg from office. Pataki, who did not sup port Trump and had even called for him to step down as the Republican nominee for president in 2016, predicted that Zeldin’s strong ties to the former president nor his anti-abortion stances would play a major role in the election. “The Democrats are going to clobber him on abortion, but the abortion laws in New York aren’t going to change,” Pataki said. “But what can change and what must change are the criminal jus tice laws.”
Hochul has certainly made attacking
Zeldin on abortion a major part of her cam paign. After he put out a statement lauding the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as “a victory for life, for family, for the constitu tion and for federalism,” Hochul ran mul tiple television ads both highlighting her own work protecting abortion rights and Zeldin’s opposition to them. She also made a point to criticize his support of Trump and decision to vote against certifying the 2020 presidential election results.
According to public polling, the majority of which has Hochul leading by double dig its, Pataki may be right about abortion not playing a major role in November. Accord ing to a Siena College poll from last month, only 15% of New York voters surveyed con sidered it to be among their top two issues for the upcoming election. But crime did not poll among the top two issues either. Rath er, threats to democracy was top of mind for 22% of those polled, second only to inflation and the economy. While the phrasing was vague enough to invite multiple interpreta tions, the data suggested that New Yorkers may not be so quick to forget Zeldin’s alle giance to Trump, whose followers attempted to violently overturn the election by storm ing the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
ALTHOUGH THE ODDS seem stacked against Zeldin to form the coalition of voters necessary to win in New York, he has made inroads in a particularly powerful New York City voting bloc that has traditional ly supported Democrats – Orthodox Jews. Hasidic communities in Brooklyn have wel comed Zeldin, who is one of only two Re
publican Jewish lawmakers in Congress, with open arms on the campaign trail, even as many leaders in the community have re frained from endorsing him. “I think for a lot of people in the Jewish community … the vote for Zeldin will be overwhelming,” for mer Assembly Member Dov Hikind, who used to represent parts of Brooklyn with large Orthodox Jewish populations and re mains an advocate for the community, told City & State. Although a Democrat, Hikind recently endorsed Zeldin. “It’s not a ques tion of who people in those communities are going to vote for, it’s just getting the maxi mum number of people out,” Hikind said.
Although Orthodox leaders in New York City typically back Democrats, the commu nity tends to be more ideologically conserva tive overall. Rallies and protests in support of Trump were not an uncommon sight in Borough Park, Brooklyn, in 2020 before
the presidential election. Winning statewide without support in the city is impossible, but if Zeldin indeed has the level of support among Orthodox Jews that Hikind suggest ed, their numbers within the five boroughs in theory could give him the victory in a tight race. While the prospect would seem un likely with the 15 to 17 percentage-point lead that polls from Emerson College and Siena College give Hochul, closing the 6 percent age-point gap from Zeldin’s internal poll poses a far less difficult task.
In spite of public polling, some Republican political observers also see real opportunity for Zeldin to pick up votes in communities of color that have made up the Democratic voting base. “I think whether you talk with someone in the Black community, Hispan ic, Asian or, to be honest with you, white Democrats, I think they all share the same concerns,” John Burnett, the executive vice chair of the state Republican Party, told City & State. “And I think they’re evaluating whether or not they should vote to continue business as usual.”
Burnett, who is Black and lives in Har lem, highlighted Zeldin’s support of lift ing the cap on charter schools in addition to the worries about crime that might appeal to Black or Asian New Yorkers. Democrats generally have attempted to limit the num bers of charter schools in New York City, which they argued undermine already strug gling traditional public schools in the city’s poorest neighborhoods. But charters also disproportionately serve Black and Latino students and have offered better education al outcomes than their local public schools in
“You can’t name one positive change maker who ever played it safe.”
– John Burnett, state Republican Party executive vice chairCrime has been Zeldin’s top talking point on the campaign trail.
By Shantel Destra
Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin has been making a lot of big campaign promises on congestion pricing, abortion rights and removing the Manhattan district attorney from office while running against Gov. Kathy Hochul. But Zeldin isn’t the only Republican running for statewide office vowing to “save our state” in some form.
The lieutenant governor, state attorney general, state comptroller and U.S. Senate races all have Republican candidates challenging Democratic incumbents –each with their own unique backstory and political plans.
Here’s a rundown of the other GOP candidates running for statewide office this year.
Zeldin selected former NYPD Deputy Inspector Alison Esposito to be his running mate. Esposito served in the department for 20 years and has focused much of her campaign on crime. As lieutenant governor, Esposito has vowed to help repeal bail reform and support Zeldin’s plan to remove Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Day One. She is also the first openly gay Republican candidate to run for lieutenant governor.
Michael Henry is a New York Citybased attorney who’s running as the Republican candidate against Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James. Henry has focused his campaign on fighting crime, corruption, the rising cost of living and delivering justice for those impacted by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s undercounting of deaths in nursing homes at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paul Rodriguez, a financial expert from Queens with 25 years of experience working on Wall Street, is running against state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2004 against Rep. Nydia Velázquez and lost in the 2021 general election for New York City comptroller. His platform is focused on holding the government accountable, exposing corruption, increasing budget oversight, professionalizing pension management and more.
Political news commentator Joe Pinion is vying to unseat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Pinion, who grew up in Yonkers, has vowed to push back against career corporate politicians, restore New York and take back the American dream. The Republican candidate wants to build an “uncommon coalition” of working-class voters. If elected, Pinion would become New York’s first Black U.S. senator.
some instances. “I think there’s enough ethnic voters and mod erate Democrats who are paying close attention to this race, who understand the old New York, understand the current New York, and the type of New York they want for the future,” Bur nett said.
ZELDIN HAS ADVANCED quickly through the political ranks over his decade in elect ed office, and always as the in surgent challenging Democratic incumbents. It’s how he first won in the state Senate, it’s how he entered Congress, and it’s how he hopes to win this race for governor. His ambition has driven him to seek one of the most powerful positions in the nation, giving up what could have been a decadeslong con gressional career. Zeldin simi larly chose to give up the safety of a seat in the state Legislature in order to make his way onto the national stage. “He has taken political risks to advance his beliefs and his principles that many other politicians wouldn’t do,” Boyle said. “It’s not too easy, but Lee is doing it because he’s principled.”
Jumping into the race for governor is the greatest risk Zeldin has taken yet, not just because of the high stakes, but because of the incredibly long odds. Conventional wisdom about New York, regardless of the national political landscape, would suggest that Zeldin’s decadelong string of public ser vice will end for the moment with a failed gubernatorial bid. But for Republicans cheering on Zeldin, that risk-taking is just a part of his appeal. “You can’t name one positive change maker who ever played it safe,” Burnett said. “Many times, to procure not only change for yourself, but change for others to empower them, takes cour age to do things that are not comfortable, but are right.”
WHEN REP. LEE Zeldin re leased his Top 10 gripes about Gov. Kathy Hochul in August, unsurprisingly, most of them were related to crime. It’s been the major policy plank in his platform.
He has said he would replace the Manhattan district attorney on “Day ONE,” when in reality it’s going to be slightly more compli cated than that. And on other issues, such as abortion rights and congestion pricing, it’s unclear exactly what he could accomplish on his own as governor – given the barriers in the state Legislature, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the federal gov ernment and others.
Zeldin has said he wants to appoint a prolife health commissioner and put a stop to the congestion pricing plan for New York City. None of these issues were listed on Zeldin’s campaign website, and Zeldin’s campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment. If Zeldin is actually elected governor, what can he actually do on these three key issues?
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court rul ing in Dobbs v. Jackson that ended nearly 50 years of federal protections for abortions, it was one of the most important issues in New
York’s August special elections for Congress and will be again in the midterms, including in the governor’s race. “I think that’s a major area of concern for the Zeldin campaign. … He really cannot run away from the nation al dialogue around abortion rights,” Javier Lacayo, political media strategist and senior vice president with SKDK, told City & State.
Zeldin has made his anti-abortion stance clear throughout his political career. He co-sponsored a bill that was introduced last year to implement a federal ban on abor tions after 20 weeks. During an April virtu al town hall with the New York State Right to Life Committee, the representative dis cussed having a state health commissioner who is opposed to abortion rights. “I do be lieve that it would be a great benefit to the state of New York to have a health commis sioner who is pro-life instead of what we’re used to,” Zeldin said.
That may be the extent of what he could accomplish. Legislatively, Zeldin wouldn’t be able to do much to weaken the package of abortion laws that Hochul signed into law following the Dobbs decision that protects reproductive health care providers and es tablishes the state as a safe haven for those seeking abortions. Nor would he have much success in making changes to the landmark Reproductive Health Act, which enshrined the right to abortion into state law.
Zeldin has said publicly he has no inten tion of limiting or restricting abortion access through executive order and has assured vot ers that he supports the checks and balances of the state Legislature. But governors hold a lot of power over the state budget. Political observers have pointed to the possibility that Zeldin could restrict access to abortions by cutting state funding to reproductive health care providers and withholding funding for Plan B. Still, he would need to work with the Democratic-controlled Legislature to pass those changes. “The budget is one of the Legislature’s biggest tools and biggest sourc es of power in the state,” Lacayo said. “(Zel din) would be up against major headwinds”.
Zeldin would need to decide what issues to fight with the Legislature on, and abortion would likely be a losing issue for him.
James Battista, a political science profes sor at the University at Buffalo, said if Zel din wins, the state Legislature might decide to strip the governor of powers. “It’s virtually certain that the Legislature and current gov ernor would move to solidify abortion rights and to remove the governor’s powers over things that he might otherwise be able to do by executive order,” Batista said. The left would be taking a page out of the GOP play book, as this strategy has been more common when a Democrat wins the governor’s race in a state with a Republican-controlled legisla
ture, such as Kentucky and Wisconsin.
State Sen. Anna Kaplan, a member of the Women’s Issues Committee, said, “Zeldin wants to take away women’s rights and abil ity to make their own health decisions and have access to their own reproductive health care.” She underscored the state Legislature’s power in voting on the state budget and said they would not simply allow a governor to attack abortion rights through the budget. “We would have strong authority, and we would make known that this is not the agen da that we want and that we can’t have it in the budget,” Kaplan said.
Kaplan also confirmed she and her col leagues in Albany were “working on other laws to see how (they) can protect women in the state of New York,” but did not confirm additional details. “We can’t leave any stone unturned,” she said.
After years of stalled progress in implement ing congestion pricing in New York City, the plan and the strong debate around it has in tensified in recent months.
Under congestion pricing, drivers will be tolled anywhere from $9 to $23 to enter the Manhattan core south of 60th Street. The tolls, by law, must bring in at least $1 bil lion in annual revenue for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to finance signal
upgrades and repairs in the capital plan.
While Hochul has been on board with congestion pricing, there is still at least a year before the tolls take effect. Zeldin called con gestion pricing a “scam” and criticized the transportation plan while campaigning in Rockland County earlier this month and on social media.
“Congestion pricing is one of the worst ideas out of Albany in a long time and that’s saying a lot. Kathy Hochul couldn’t be more wrong to be peddling this massive new fee on cash-strapped NYers. As governor, I’ll do everything in my power to kill it!” Zeldin wrote on Twitter.
Sam Schwartz, a transportation analyst, said politicians are against congestion pric ing to “score political points” with driv ers who don’t want to pay additional tolls. “It’s disingenuous for any politician to hold on to this anti-congestion pricing man tle,” Schwartz said of those taking a stance against the plan when there are currently tolls to travel to Staten Island and to enter the city from New Jersey.
When asked about Zeldin’s criticisms of congestion pricing, MTA officials referred to a recent board meeting where the agency’s chair and CEO, Janno Lieber, responded to questions from reporters about congestion pricing critics. “Do these people actually believe what’s going on in New York? Have they been to New York? You know, we have a problem in our country, we have climate de niers, we have election deniers. It seems like we now have traffic deniers,” Lieber said.
Schwartz said Zeldin, if elected, would have the power to “thwart” congestion pricing. He pointed to the 1970s when then-Mayor John Lindsay wanted to imple ment a version of congestion pricing that was approved by the federal government. Years later, Mayor Abe Beame was elected and re moved the tolls.
As governor, Zeldin would have the au thority to appoint the MTA chair and mem bers of the board who would play a pivotal role in implementing the congestion pricing. “(Zeldin) will likely choose someone in line with him on congestion pricing, someone who would throw every obstacle in the way and won’t proceed with the contracts to im plement it,” Schwartz said.
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A microcosm of the politics that will shape the party makeup of the next Congress, the four congressional races on Long Island are crucial to Democrats’ ability to maintain control of the House of Representatives.
The districts are currently split 2-2 by both parties, but three of the seats now lack an incumbent. While the swing districts still lean toward the party that currently holds each seat, the political gaps have narrowed since 2016.
In each race, candidates are banking on voters’ distaste for the opposite party’s politics.
Democratic contestants are leaning heavily on pro-abortion and anti-Trump narratives, while Republicans have highlighted inflation and rising crime. Americans have a multitude of consequential issues to consider this November.
A swing district that has elected both Republicans and Democrats over the years, Republican Nick LaLota, the chief of staff to the Suffolk County Legislature, is aligning with Trumpism and highlighting his Navy background in his race against Democratic Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming. She has emphasized protecting reproductive rights – and highlighted LaLota’s opposition to abortion. LaLota, meanwhile, has softened his stance on abortion in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s
reversal. Following the decision, he added the statement “I do not oppose abortion in cases of rape, incest, or to save the mother’s life” to his campaign website. The district has been held by Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin since 2015. Largely unchanged in the redistricting process, it covers the North Shore of Suffolk County along with the Hamptons. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates it leaning 3 points Republican. In 2020, Biden would’ve won this redrawn district 50.1% to 49.9%.
Democrat Jackie Gordon is seeking to unseat Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino in a rematch to represent the South Shore of Suffolk County and a sliver of Nassau County, making it one of the wealthiest districts in the state. The two ran in 2020 to replace longtime Republican Rep. Pete King. Like Zeldin’s district, this one also leans 3 points Republican according to Cook. Gordon is an Army veteran, former Babylon Town Council member and was a public school teacher for more than
three decades. In a recent interview with PoliticsNY, she said codifying Roe v. Wade was the top issue in this district. Gun control has been another prominent talking point for Gordon, who has tied the issue to her experience working in public schools and the importance of preventing school shootings. Garbarino, who defeated Gordon by 7 points in 2020, has leaned on rising inflation and gas prices, along with border protection to appeal to voters.
Republican George Santos and Democrat Robert Zimmerman are battling to replace Rep. Tom Suozzi in this mainly Nassau County district. The 3rd District leans 2 points Democratic, according to Cook. Santos has spent his career working for investment firms, while Zimmerman is the founder of a public relations firm. The race has, at times, become explosive. Santos’ rhetoric on abortion has been the source of several spats between the two candidates. In August, at an event hosted by the Whitestone Republican
Club, he compared reproductive rights to slavery and said abortion was “barbaric,” according to the Daily News. Zimmerman, who has capitalized on Santos’ dips into extremism, told the tabloid that the statements were “ignorant and dangerous.” Santos has also spoken about his attendance at the Jan. 6 insurrection, telling CBS News “that was the most amazing crowd.” Zimmerman, meanwhile, is a longtime Democratic activist and donor who serves on the Democratic National Committee.
(continued from page 25) District Attorney Alvin Bragg and bail reform.
Like many Republicans, Zeldin blamed Bragg for the increase in crime and called on the governor to remove the district attorney from office. While Ho chul has not done so, Zeldin has vowed to remove Bragg immediately after being elected.
“My first act on my first day in office is telling the Manhattan District Attor ney Alvin Bragg that he’s going to be fired,” Zeldin said while on “Fox News Sunday.”
Richard Briffault, a professor at Co lumbia Law School, said the governor may have the “ultimate authority” to re move or suspend a district attorney, but there would have to be cause for remov al. “It’s not clear what ‘cause’ they would have and the DA would certainly be in a good position to fight it,” Briffault said of Zeldin’s promise to remove Bragg. “It would be a major project to show that the governor’s action was justified.”
According to the state constitution, the governor may remove a public officer within their elected term but first must “give to such officer a copy of the charges against him or her and an opportunity of being heard in his or her defense.”
Under Section 34 of the state Public Officers Law, the governor has the au thority to remove public officers follow ing an investigation into the charges. After the investigation, a hearing is re quired to be conducted by a justice of the Supreme Court, county judge or com missioner. The governor can’t remove a public officer without a hearing.
“No evidence taken in such investi gation shall form the basis of any report to the governor or the basis of any deter mination by the governor, unless such evidence is presented at the hearing pro vided for in this section,” according to the state law.
This district leans 5 points to the Democrats, according to Cook. Democrat Laura Gillen handidly won the primary and is facing Republican Anthony D’Esposito to fill Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice’s seat. D’Esposito, a Hempstead Town Council member, has highlighted Gillen’s loss to Republican Donald Clavin Jr. in the 2019 Hempstead supervisor race in a bid to frame her as a weakened candidate who does not resonate with voters in the district. In 2017, she became the first Democrat elected as Hempstead
supervisor in more than 100 years, according to the Long Island Herald. Both candidates have accused each other of falling into the far ends of the political spectrum, with D’Esposito claiming Gillen will be a “rubber stamp” for Biden and Gillen saying the entire Republican Party has been lost to Trumpism. D’Esposito, a retired NYPD detective, has hinged heavily on his law enforcement background and blames bail reform for rising crime. Gillen, meanwhile, is banking on a pro-abortion narrative to draw voters.
If elected, Zeldin would have the authority to review charges against Bragg – but not immediately fire him on the first day.
When asked about Zeldin’s vow to re move Bragg, the district attorney’s of fice pointed to an interview Bragg did on NY1 in June where he addressed crit icisms from Republican gubernatorial candidates on his policies for prosecut ing nonviolent crimes.
“Well I’d ask them to look at the re cord. I’m a 20-plus year career pros ecutor and we’re delivering results. … Homicides (are) down. Shootings (are) down – lots more work to do. We’re going to focus on the work and not on the politics,” Bragg said.
Notice of Formation of 1022 BROADWAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/20/2012.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 543 BEDFORD AVENUE, SUITE 103, BROOKLYN, NY, 11249. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of EDGE NY MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/20/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 546 62ND STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of JS YOUNG CONSULTING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/15/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 20 E. 9th St., Apt. 14K, NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jill Young at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Qual. of 87-89 PEARL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/05/2022.
Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 08/05/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 93 PEARL STREET, , SECOND FLOOR , NEW YORK, NY, 10004. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 57 GARAGE MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/08/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 90 STATE STREET , SUITE 700, BOX 10, ALBANY, NY, 12207. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 825 THIRD AMENITY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/08/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to ONE BRYANT PARK, NEW YORK, NY, 10036. Any lawful purpose.
Blazing Star Investigation, LLC , Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/9/2022. Cty: Richmond. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to James P. Sarlo 297 Castleton Ave. Staten Island, N.Y. 10301. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of SLADFIT LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/14/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 444 MADISON AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 6157 SENTINEL ROAD, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/10/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5 WEST 37TH STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10018. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of ANDREW LOUIS GUITAR LLC , filed with SSNY on 07/12/2022. 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: 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202 BROOKLYN, NY, 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of BELLA TRUCCO TEAM LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/29/2022. Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 53 JAMES CLARK DRIVE, MIDDLETOWN, NY, 10940. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of ABA SACK WERN MANAGER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/24/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 7 Penn Plaza, Ste. 600, NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of ABA SACK WERN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/24/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 7 Penn Plaza, Ste. 600, NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of formation of COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL GRAND LES LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/22. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 384 Grand St., Store #3, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) - name: Hibza Capital, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York(SSNY) on September 28, 2021. Office Location: Wayne County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 654 Autumn Breeze Ln, Ontario, NY 14519. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Qual. of NHC HUDSON GP LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/23/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/17/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 42 Distilled Consulting Group LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/25/22. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 875 W. 181st Street #3L, New York, NY 10033. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of Lady Anderson Enterprises, LLC filed with SSNY on [06/17/2022]. 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: [720 Lenox Avenue 26F, NY, NY 10039]. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of formation of 122 Deer Meadows Road, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY on 8/22/2022. Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Mark Bethmann C/O BellCornerstone 100 E Seneca St Ste 100 Manlius, NY 13104
Notice of Formation of TK1 56 ST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/21/2022.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 42 W 56TH ST 1FL, NEW YORK, NY, 10019.Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of MANHOLCON, LLC filed with SSNY on AUGUST 18, 2022. 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: 228 East 84th Street, Apt 2B, New York, NY 10028. Purpose: Project Management Consultancy
Notice of Formation of 188 CONSELYEA ST., LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/29/2022.Office
location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 188 CONSELYEA STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of GINKA PROPERTIES LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/19/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in CO on 06/07/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 257 PARK AVENUE, ASPEN, CO, 81611. Arts. of Org. filed with CO SOS. 1700 Broadway, Suite 550, Denver CO 80290.Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of MARK BAY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/14/2012.
Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 274 49 STREET, SUITE 211, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of SOLOMON LEXINGTON LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/09/2022. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4 RALPH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11221. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of RESILIENT BY ALANA LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/29/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 60 LONGVIEW ROAD, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10304. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of ALISON MCGORAN, DECORATIVE FINISHES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/30/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 128 E 94TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11212. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of MAGNOLIA SOLUTIONING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6410 15TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of NY HLC LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/06/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 813 55TH ST FL 3, BROOKYN, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of WINTERGREEN CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/29/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Bok Global LLC filed w/ SSNY on 8/11/22. Office: Kings Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 668 6th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215. Purpose: any lawful.
Notice of Qual. of BH3 MANAGEMENT LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/01/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10/27/2009. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of MANSBY CAPITAL, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/19/2021. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10020. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of BEANE HOLDING, LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/09/2022. Office location: Wyoming SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 4172 ROUTE 98, JAVA, NY, 14113.Any lawful purpose.
884 NOXON ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/01/22. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 8625 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Registered agent address c/o Rosemary Hayden, 8625 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of TELESTAR 311 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/25/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1 PELICANS DRIVE, NEWPORT COAST, CA, 92657. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 304 LEONARD STREET LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/17/2022. Office location: NEW YORK SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY 915 BROADWAY, SUITE 1101, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, 10010. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of GEORGE BEASON LAW PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/21/2021. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1084 BUSHWICK AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11221. Any lawful purpose.
Arts. of Org. of HV MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC (“LLC”) filed with NY Dept. of State on 08/26/2022. Office location: Rensselaer County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 765 WESTERN ROAD, CASTLETONON-HUDSON, NY, 12033, LLC, HV MANAGEMENT GROUP,LLC, principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes. Filer: Ed Martin, Law Office of Edward J. Martin, PLLC, 125 High Rock Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
Notice of Qual. of VESPER SPARROW CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of W&F 168 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/23/2022. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8212 14TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of AMERICAN ROBIN CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of TEABERRY CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of CHICKADEE CLEAN ENERGY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/26/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 08/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY mail process to: 370 JAY STREET, 7TH FL, ALBANY, NY, 12201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of NEW HOLLAND HUDSON FUND L.P.. Auth. filed with SSNY on 08/25/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/17/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of SOLOMON BROADWAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/09/2022. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4 RALPH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11221. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 226 PROPERTY OF NY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/30/2022. Office location: KINGS SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail 226 UTICA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, 11213. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of S&T FREEPORT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/07/2022.
Notice is hereby given that license number 1342889 for LIQUOR has been applied for by the undersigned to sell LIQUOR, BEER, WINE, CIDER at retail in a BAR/RESTAURANT under the alcoholic beverage control law at 54 EAST 13TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10003 for on-premises consumption.
SAM MILLER HOSPITALITY LLC54 EAST 13TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10003
Homes by Habersang LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/28/22. Office: Schenectady County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, [2106 Nott St, Niskayuna, NY 12309]. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of SAWANEH HOMES, LLC filed with SSNY on 7/30/2022. 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: 2057 Valentine Ave, Bronx, NY 10457. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Qual. of PENNY HOTEL MANAGER NORTH 8TH STREET LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/02/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 02/22/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of STACKED SOLUTIONS
LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM
Office location: KINGS SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail 1425 37TH STREET, SUITE 604, BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, 11218. Any lawful purpose.
LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2433 KNAPP ST, SUITE 205, BROOKLYN, NY, 11235. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of ASCEN WORKFORCE, LLC. . Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/01/2022.
Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/14/2021. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 5500 MAIN STREET, STE 345, BUFFALO, NY, 14221. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of CRAFT HOT CHOCOLATE DRINKS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/18/2022.
Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 64 EAST 1ST STREET , NEW YORK, NY, 10003.Any lawful purpose.
Notice of formation of Fireleaf, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/08/22.
Office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: The LLC, 1332 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, New York 11233. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of XANDAR US LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/16/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 575 DECATUR ST, #2, BROOKLYN, NY, 11233. Any lawful purpose.
PRINTING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/09/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1131 GLENMORE AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11208. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of formation of Dank Collective, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/09/22. Office location: Jefferson County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: The LLC, 302 N. James Street, Carthage, New York 13601. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
PLLC filed w/ SSNY on 9/6/22. Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 340 E 80th St., #2E, NY, NY 10075. Purpose: Medicine.
Notice of Qual. of EN HAUS COMMUNICATIONS
LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 09/08/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of LISA 7 AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/02/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4604 7TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 1081PER LLC filed with SSNY on 8/2/2022. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 118KNICKERBOCKER AVE, Brooklyn, NY, 11237. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
The name of the Limited Liability Company (the “Company”) is JRFink LLC; the date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State was July 7th, 2022; the County in New York in which the office of the Company is located is Richmond County, New York; the street address of the Company is PO Box 7007 New York, New York 10150; the Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process may be served and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him to Jeff Fink (or counsel for the Company (JRFink LLC)) PO Box 7007 New York, New York 10150; the duration of the Company is perpetual; the business purpose of the Company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.
Notice of Formation of MARASA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/06/2022.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 475 STAFFORD AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10312. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of CORTLAND 19CW LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/2022. Office location: Nassau SSNY desg.as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 301 MISSION STREET, APT 27F, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94105. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 58 AVE. O LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/06/2022.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 475 STAFFORD AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10312. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of THE ROBERT INDIANA LEGACY INITIATIVE LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 08/16/2022. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 08/10/2022. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 45 East 80th St., Apt #7A, NY, NY 10075. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
522 W 142 LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 09/17/22. Off Loc: New York County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 105 Giordano Dr, West Orange, NJ 07052. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.
Notice of Formation of Ryno Films LLC filed with SSNY on September 6th 2022. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 138A Suydam Street, 1st Floor. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of AR2 IMPORTS LLC filed with SSNY on 02/04/2022. 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: 4600 9TH AVENUE, APT 504 BROOKLYN, NY, 11220, USA Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of IAN’S EVENT VENUE LLC, filed with SSNY on 07/12/2022. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 833 MIDWOOD ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11203, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of REN MEDICAL CARE, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/19/2022. Office location: Nassau SSNY desg.as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 168 CENTRE STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10013. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Form. of SANNIK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022. Office location: Rensselaer SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 33 SCOTCH PINE DR, MEDFORD, NY, 11763. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of formation of SUNCROFT HUNTER INVEST, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/2/2021. Off. Loc.: New York County. SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served.
The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy to is: The LLC, 33 Irving Place, 3rd Fl., New York, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of Qualification of Boris & Horton Brooklyn, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/02/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/04/22. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 74 Fifth Ave., Apt 8B, NY, NY 10011. Address to be maintained in DE: 108 Lakeland Ave., Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Qual. of THE ROBERT INDIANA LEGACY INITIATIVE LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 08/16/2022.
Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 08/10/2022. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 45 East 80th St., Apt #7A, NY, NY 10075. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801.
Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
Notice of Formation of Maneki Neko Ventures, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/02/22.
Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Andy Wong, 45 W 67 th ST., 12G, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Formation of R3 PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022.
Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 328 FRANLEE LANE, VICTOR, NY, 14564. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of SNEAKERHEAD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/31/2022.
Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2364 WOODHULL AVD, BRONX, NY, 10469. Any lawful purpose.
Notice is hereby given that a license, serial #3170841, for an On-premises liquor license, has been applied for by Sushi Queen WNY Inc dba Sushi Queen to sell beer, wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 4248 Delaware Ave Tonawanda, NY 14150 or on premises consumption
Notice of Qual. of ATLANTIC BEACH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/19/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/08/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 1750 K STREET, NW, SUITE 7E, WASHINGTON, DC, 20006. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of LI & LIU PROPERTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/10/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 833 BAY RIDGE AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11220. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of Vik Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/6/22.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to c/o Corporate Creations Network Inc., 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, NY, 10528.Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of PIES UPSTAIRS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/14/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of HUDSON BILLIARDS, LLC filed with SSNY on 9-12-2022. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC: 801 Bay St. Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Plaintiff, Against
SIGISMONDO RENDA, ESQ, AS GUARDIAN AD
LITEM MILITARY ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF DAVID JARUSHEWSKY, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widow, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, et al.,
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 11/28/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the Courthouse steps, Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 10/27/2022 at 11:25 AM, premises known as 996 Decatur Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207 and described as follows:
ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New York. Block 3432 Lot 22. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $1,054,190.83 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 502602/2014.
Jack Segal, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573. Dated: 9-132022 File Number: 58-0351 Kelsey Bonds
Notice of Formation of 310 WILD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/06/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 219 SPRING ST, LAWRENCE, NY, 11559. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of LEAFY WONDERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/28/2022. Office location ONONDAGA SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2 WESTCHESTER PARK DR., SUITE 110, WHITE PLAINS, NY, 10604. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of GEM 22 LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2719 MILL AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.
Queen Me Now LLC, LLC filed with SSNY on 07/18/22. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to LLC: 1289 Chisholm Street, Bronx, NY 10459. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
SUPREME COURT
COUNTY OF KINGS
MTGLQ Investors, L.P., Plaintiff AGAINST Michael McGrath, Rachel Sherman, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered July 29, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Outside on courthouse steps on Adams Street, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 on October 27, 2022 at 10:50AM, premises known as 2116 Dorchester Road, Unit 2J, Brooklyn, NY 11226 a/k/a 2116/2118 Dorchester Road, Unit 2J, Brooklyn, NY 11226. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of New York, County of Kings, State of New York, Block 5185 Lot 1022. Approximate amount of judgment $434,558.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #5761/2015. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the KINGS County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Gregory T. Cerchione, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 21-001464 71596
Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1342807 for liquor/wine/ beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor/wine/ beer at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1404 3RD AVE, New York, NY 10075 for on premises consumption.
PEGREP 1404 LLC 1404 3RD AVE, New York, NY 10075
COUNTY OF KINGS Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff
AGAINST George P. Richards, Sharon Bryan, et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 3, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Outside on courthouse steps on Adams Street, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 on October 27, 2022 at 11:00AM, premises known as 442 Newport St, Brooklyn, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 3851, LOT: 15.
Approximate amount of judgment $366,713.91 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #507404/2015. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the KINGS County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2. nycourts.gov/Admin/oca. shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. For sale information, please visit Auction. com at www.Auction. com or call (800) 2802832. Steven Naiman, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-076231-F00 71665
Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1351177 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 239 W 4TH STREET NEW YORK ,NY 10014 for on premises consumption.
239 WEST 4TH STREET RESTAURANT LLC LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM
Notice of Formation of 646 BAY STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/12/2022.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 646 BAY ST, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10304. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of HUCKO & BARONE CONSULTING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/19/2022. Office location: Ontario SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 7606 ZEPHYR HTS, VICTOR, NY, 14564. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of MIU PROPERTY LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/15/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6505 15TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of GOTHAM & Z CONSTRUCTION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/21/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1869 E 31ST ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11234. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Form. of 7237 WOODCHUCK HILL ROAD PROPERTIES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/20/2022. Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 126 NORTH SALINA STREET, SUITE 400, SYRACUSE, NY, 13202. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of EIGHT BY EIGHT, LLC.
Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022.
Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 264 LEXINGTON AVENUE, #2A, NEW YORK, NY, 10016. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of GOODWILL IT LLC.
Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/24/2022.
Office location ESSEX SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2075 86TH STREET STE 201, BROOKLYN, NY, 11214. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of WOODHULL 91 LLC.
Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/22/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 495A HENRY STREET, SUITE 223, BROOKLYN, NY, 11231Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of DRAGON IT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2075 86TH STREET STE 201, BROOKLYN, NY, 11214. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of LLC. TK Tribecca LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/2022. Office location: Schenectady County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at c/o Anessa Waheed, 431 Liberty Street, Schenectady, NY 12305. Purpose: any business permitted under law.
Notice of Formation of CARROLL 132 LLC.
Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 495A HENRY STREET, SUITE 223, BROOKLYN, NY, 11231Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of BB 176 SKILLMAN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/2022. Office location: NEW YORK SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY 915 BROADWAY, SUITE 1101, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, 10010. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of GOGOASIAN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/26/2022.
Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 223 BEDFORD AVE, STE A PMB #776, BROOKLYN, NY, 11211. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of FLOWER CITY EXOTICS, LLC filed with SSNY on September 19, 2022. Office: Allegany County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 580 Tildon Hill Rd. Arkport, NY 14807. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of 1414 THIRD AVENUE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/16/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 1315 W. 54th St., 1st Fl., NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Wilf Law Firm, LLP at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of REES ENTERPRISES
LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/21/2022. Office location Cayuga SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 216 N. SEWARD AVE., AUBURN, NY, 13021. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qual. of SYMPHONY RUM LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/21/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 03/03/2021. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 533 FOREST AVENUE , PARAMUS, NJ, 07652. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of THE SHIRLEY ANINIAS SCHOOL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/16/2022. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 291 BROADWAY, 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10007. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of ALPHA OMEGA MANAGEMENT NY LLC.
Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/22/2022.
Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1930 RICHMOND ROAD, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10306. Any lawful purpose.
Notice is hereby given that license number 1351240 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a TAVERN under the alcoholic beverage control law at 145 Grove Street New York NY 10014 in NEW YORK County for onpremises consumption.
ANGELS SHARE NYC Inc 145 Grove Street New York NY 10014
Notice of Qualification of CP NY 28TH LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/15/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in North Carolina (NC) on 09/08/22. Princ. office of LLC: 123 W. 28th St., NY, NY 10001. 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. NC addr. of LLC: 11410 Common Oaks Dr., Raleigh, NC 27614. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 2 S. Salisbury St., Old Revenue Bldg. Complex, Raleigh, NC 276012903. Purpose: General hotel operations.
Notice of Qualification of ABA RISK MANAGEMENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/19/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Kentucky (KY) on 11/23/20. Princ. office of LLC: 908 Lily Creek Rd., Louisville, KY 40243. 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. KY addr. of LLC: 3309 Collins Ln., Louisville, KY 40245. Cert. of Form. filed with KY Secy. of State, 700 Capital Ave., #152, Frankfort, KY 40601. Purpose: Insurance agency.
Notice of formation of PIZZARO WANG SOLUTIONS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 06/21/2022. Office located in BRONX COUNTY. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 500 TRINITY AVENUE. APT#3D BRONX, NY 10455Purpose: any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qualification of RGN-MINEOLA I, LLC
Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/21/22.
Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/16/22.
Princ. office of LLC: 15305 Dallas Pkwy., Fl. 12, Addison, TX 750014637. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Qualification of RIVERWOOD CAPITAL PARTNERS IV L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/21/22. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Cayman Islands (C.I.) on 11/05/21. Princ. office of LP: 70 Willow Rd., Ste. 100, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. C.I. addr. of LP: Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, C.I. KY11104. Cert. of LP filed with Cindy JeffersonBulgin, Registrar General of the General Registry, PO Box 123, Ground Fl., Government Admin. Bldg., 133 Elgin Ave., Grand Cayman, C.I. KY1-9000. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Form. of 8516 BERKLEY STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/09/2022. Office location: Ontario SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to P.O. BOX 180, VICTOR, NY 14564. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of THE WORST GENERATION LLC filed with SSNY on 9/22/2022.
Office: KINGS County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1449 E 88th St, BROOKLYN, NY, 11236 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1341606, for beer and wine and liquor, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 133 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006 for onpremises consumption.
133 Greenwich LLC 133 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006
Notice of Formation of MELICMEDIA, LLC filed with SSNY on 08/07/2022. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 63 ADRIAN AVENUE, #2D, BRONX, NEW 10463. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Qual. of SYNEOS HEALTH PATIENT SERVICES, LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 09/28/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/21/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Form. of BRIGHTON ISLAND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/29/2022. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 8304 10TH AVENUE, RIGHT DOOR, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Form. of ALB TUTORING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/29/2022. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 28 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10005. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Form. of LORALEX LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/29/2022. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 8304 10TH AVENUE, RIGHT DOOR, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. Any lawful purpose.
Notice is hereby given that license number 1351825 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a RESTAURANT under the alcoholic beverage control law at 86 BEDFORD STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10014 for onpremises consumption.
PEN AND FROG SOCIAL CLUB LLC - 86 BEDFORD STREET, NEW YORK, NY 1001
Notice of Formation of JP Baseball, LLC filed with SSNY on 8/1/2022. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC:2470 Linette Ct, Yorktown Heights NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of HERRINGTON MILL PRESERVATION GP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/05/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Qual. of S3 RE NORTHERN BLVD II FUNDING LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/03/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 08/01/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 535 MADISON AVE, 19TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.
49 CARMINE STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/16/2013. 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, 49 Carmine Street, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
Notice of Formation of 2081 BPR LLC, filed with SSNY on 04/02/2014. 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: The LLC, 62 West 45th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of HERRINGTON MILL PRESERVATION CLASS B, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/05/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of Pottery NYC LLC, filed with SSNY on September 27, 2022. 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: 786 9th Avenue, NY NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of EMU EQUITY PROPERTIES, LLC filed with SSNY on 06/30/2022. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: KOALA PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC 1309 COFFEEN A VE., SUITE l 200, SHERIDAN, WY, 82801, USA Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Staten Island Dental Boutique, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/21/2022. Office: Richmond County. Registered Agent Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Olena Ronan at 81 Narrows Rd N, Apt D, Staten Island, New York 10305. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qualification of MGC Sports LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/21/22. Office loc: New York County. LLC formed in SC on 9/23/2016. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & mailed to 1320 Main Street, 10th Fl, Columbia, SC 29201. Principal business address: 1320 Main Street, 10th Fl, Columbia, SC 29201. Cert of LLC filed with Secy. of State of SC loc: 1205 Pendleton St, Ste 525, Columbia, SC 29201. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of Kristal Pilavas Nutrition Counseling, PLLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on September 26, 2022. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 276 5th Ave., Ste. 7042180, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of Formation of HERRINGTON MILL DEVELOPER, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/05/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
T-MOBILE Northeast LLC proposes facility upgrades in NY state, at an existing, approximately: 182’ tower at 210 N Rt 303 in West Nyack, Rockland Co. (41.1020°N & 73.9529°W); 186’ building at 700 Victory Blvd in Staten Island, Richmond Co. (40.6260°N & 74.0917°W); 86’ building at 19 S Broadway in Tarrytown, Westchester Co. (41.0758°N and -73.8588°W); 85’ building at 180 Pearsall Dr in Mount Vernon, Westchester Co. (40.9164°N & 73.8143°W); 72’ building at 569 Webster Ave in New Rochelle, Westchester Co. (40.9223°N & 73.7964°W); 52’ building at 100 Clearbrook Rd in Greenburgh, Westchester Co. (41.0753°N & 73.8134°W); 109’ building at 20 Bond St in Manhattan, NY City (40.7268°N & 73.9938°W).
T-MOBILE is publishing this notice in accordance with FCC regulations (47CFR § 1.1307) for Section 106 of the NHPA and for the NEPA.
Parties with questions or comments should contact CHERUNDOLO at 976 Tabor Rd, Suite 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 by email at tcns@ cherundoloconsulting. com.
TRUSTCO BANK
GLENVILLE, NY, 12302.
The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above-named company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more:
ROBERTS, MARY
7164 E GENESEE ST
FAYETTEVILLE, NY, 13066, ONONDAGA
ROBERTS, MARY C
7164 E GENESEE ST
FAYETTEVILLE, NY, 13066, ONONDAGA
A report of Unclaimed Property will be made to the Comptroller of the State of New York, pursuant to Article III of the Abandoned Property Law. A list of the names contained in such notice is on file and open to public inspection at the principal office of the bank, located at 5 SARNOWSKI DR, GLENVILLE, NY, 12302 where such abandoned property is payable. Such abandoned property will be paid on or before October 31 to persons establishing to its satisfaction their right to receive the same. In the succeeding November, and on or before the tenth day thereof, such unclaimed property will be paid to the Comptroller of the State of New York, and shall thereupon cease to be liable therefore.
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Vol. 11 Issue 39 October 10, 2022
Cover illustration: Philip Burke
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