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When Puerto Rico becomes the sixth borough

Carlina Rivera’s working vacay In the sun and sand at Somos, she's hoping to revive her bid for speaker.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

A GOOD RULE OF THUMB is to write about a lawsuit after it’s filed, rather than reporting about how someone is threatening legal action. That way you know for sure that the lawsuit actually happens. But hey, this is the age of COVID-19, and requiring anyone to get vaccinated is a surefire way of getting sued. That’s why I’m putting my money on Pat Lynch’s threat of taking legal action to stop Mayor Bill de Blasio’s latest vaccine mandate – this time for all municipal employees. De Blasio’s got the fact that mandates are working on his side. Nevertheless, Lynch, president of the New York City Police Benevolent Association, fired back that since de Blasio’s “haphazard vaccine rollout” began, the union has worked to make the vaccine available its members who wanted it, while “protecting their right to make that personal medical decision in consultation with their own doctor.” “Now that the city has moved to unilaterally impose a mandate, we will proceed with legal action to protect our members’ rights,” Lynch said on the union’s website. Is Lynch bluffing? No way. But you have to wonder how successful a lawsuit will be in stopping de Blasio. Several legal challenges to earlier mandates failed. Yet there may be hope for those looking for it. A judge did side with Stephen Crampton of the Thomas More Society and 17 hospital and nursing home workers the group represents after they sought a religious exemption to the rule. So we should expect religion and personal choice will continue to fuel these legal fights. Meanwhile, there’s still a battle to be won against the virus.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

ELECTION PREVIEW … 8 The races to watch on Nov. 2 SOMOS CONFERENCE … 12 Puerto Rico’s spirit of mutual aid

CARLINA RIVERA … 16

RALPH R. ORTEGA; KRISTINA TESCHNER

Somos will be critical in the race for speaker

POLITICAL CONSULTANTS 75 … 21 Felicia Singh is hoping to flip a Queens City Council seat.

The firms crafting winning campaign strategies

WINNERS & LOSERS … 54

Who was up and who was down last week

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“You will be bored in Florida. You will never be bored in New York.” – New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams, during the first debate Socialist India Walton faces off against incumbent Mayor Byron Brown for the Buffalo mayoralty, and the race is all anyone can talk about.

ALL EYES ON BUFFALO MAYORAL

The already highprofile race for mayor of Buffalo got new shots of controversy when state Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs made an extremely thoughtless analogy. Tuesday, October 19,

Asked why he had not endorsed India Walton, the democratic socialist who won the primary in June against incumbent Mayor Byron Brown, Jacobs compared the situation to if David Duke, the infamous Ku Klux Klan leader, had won a Democratic primary. Although he was sure to

say that the situations were not the same, Jacobs said he obviously would not endorse Duke just because he had won a low-turnout Democratic primary. This, of course, caused criticism among other party leaders in the state, with U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and Gov. Kathy Hochul calling the

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Born and bred New Yorker Colin Powell died from complications from COVID-19 last week, leading to an outpouring of tributes from leaders in and around the South Bronx neighborhood where the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was raised. The first Black secretary of state, Powell was known for both his trailblazing and his eponymous international relations doctrine. Despite his leadership on a global stage, Powell said once that “the Bronx never left me.”

remarks “disgusting.” Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez went a step further and called on Jacobs to resign. Jacobs did release a tepid apology, which Hochul seemed to find sufficient, not heeding calls to immediately replace him. And Walton herself responded by saying she understands that people make mistakes. But in another shakeup, just days after Jacobs’ comments, Schumer announced his endorsement of Walton over Brown, who is still waging a write-in campaign. The Senate majority leader was one of several prominent state Democrats who have steered clear of the race, but his support will likely be a significant boost for Walton as Election Day draws closer. Hochul, meanwhile, confirmed that she would not endorse anyone in the race.

“Eric Adams is with the elites and the suites, the TikTok girls …” – New York City Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, also during the first debate

New York City’s two major party mayoral candidates Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa went head-to-head in their first debate shortly before voters head to the polls. Nearly all political observers already treated Adams’ victory as a foregone conclusion in the overwhelmingly Democratic city, and the debate really drove home that point. Sliwa faced scrutiny for his past fabrications of crime as the leader of

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the Guardian Angels, while Adams continued to give nonanswers on questions about his residency, as well as who he would back for governor next year. But overall, Adams remained calm and largely kept to policy points during the televised debate, much to his benefit.

MORE VAX MANDATES IN NEW YORK CITY

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he will remove the COVID-19 testing option for all municipal workers beginning Oct. 29, meaning there will no longer be

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an alternative for getting vaccinated. If city workers, including police officers and firefighters, don’t get the shot, they’ll be placed on unpaid administrative leave. The move was criticized by municipal unions, and several said they would challenge the new rule in court. The success of such a lawsuit is questionable given that a similar mandate for city teachers has withstood legal scrutiny. The new mandate also raises concerns about worsening staffing issues that already exist if thousands of municipal employees choose not to get the vaccine.

Illegal evictions on the rise in New York For the past 18 months, renters in New York and across the country have been protected by a variety of emergency measures meant to keep people in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Officially, these protections have slowed evictions in the state to a trickle: In New York City, for example, marshals have executed just 72 evictions since the start of the pandemic – only a few more than they carried out every day in 2017. But off the books, a very different story has been unfolding as landlords, sometimes frustrated by the eviction moratorium, take matters into their own hands. Tenant organizers across the state say there’s a growing trend of landlords changing locks, shutting off utilities and taking other drastic measures to get tenants out – and court data shows that few of these landlords face legal consequences. Illegal evictions have largely escaped public scrutiny, in part because the laws designed to prevent them are rarely enforced. Just 25 landlords faced charges for illegally evicting a tenant in 2020, according to New York state court data released this summer. Most of the cases were dismissed, and none led to a criminal conviction; three

cases resulted in fines, and three more are still pending. City & State contacted prosecutors in 10 of the state’s most populous counties, including the five boroughs of New York City. Of those who responded, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s office reported the highest number of prosecutions: a total of 17 since 2019, including three cases in 2020 and seven cases this year. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s office said it had prosecuted no such cases. The district attorney in Nassau County listed three cases since last year; in Monroe County, which includes Rochester, three cases since August of this year; and in Erie County, which includes Buffalo, one case this year. Data on illegal lockouts is hard to come by, since most go unreported, but tenant advocates say they dwarf the number of prosecutions. Sateesh Nori, attorney in charge at the Queens neighborhood office of the Legal Aid Society said Legal Aid receives about a dozen complaints of lockouts a week in the borough of Queens alone. In some cases, the tenants facing such evictions are living in informal apartments in the first place, including basement apartments, he said. – Colin Kinniburgh

De Blasio is requiring all New York City employees – including police officers – to be vaccinated by Oct. 29.

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WEEK AHEAD

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Assembly members are getting meta on the Open Meeting Law at a 10:30 a.m. hearing in the Legislative Office Building in Albany.

Eric Adams goes toe-totoe with Curtis Sliwa in the final debate of the New York City mayoral campaign.

INSIDE DOPE

Sliwa showed in the first debate he could hold his own in a political street fight, but the race is still (shockingly!) Adams’ to lose.

THURSDAY 10/28 State legislators are nerding out on the New York Privacy Act at a 10 a.m. virtual event hosted by City & State.

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MAYORAL

TALE OF THE TAPE You can’t argue with the stats. THE GENERAL ELECTION is almost upon us. How do the two major party mayoral candidates stack up against each other in advance of their Nov. 2 smackdown?

By Caitlin Dorman

Eric Adams 61 years old

Democrat, former Republican 14 years as an elected official (first as a state senator and then Brooklyn borough president), 22 years at the NYPD (there was an unsuccessful run for Congress in the middle of that tenure) Drown rats Between one and three (his apartment building in Bed-Stuy, the apartment he co-owns with his girlfriend in New Jersey, and then sometimes Brooklyn Borough Hall) Zero (but was shot at in his car, and the bullet shattered his back window) Collared shirt, no tie

Claire’s on Fulton Street

VS. Age

Curtis Sliwa 67 years old

Party affiliation

Republican, former Independent

Years in New York politics

42 years since he founded the Guardian Angels, 29 years as a radio jockey (until his hiatus to run for mayor)

Position on animals Number of purported homes Number of times shot Signature style Favorite piercing shop

Save cats Two (his residence at the infamous Upper West Side studio apartment that’s also home to his wife and 16 cats, and he co-owns a condo on the Upper East Side) Five (all at once, when he was getting into a taxi in 1992 in the East Village) Red beret

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A Q&A with chair of the Assembly Puerto Rican/ Hispanic Task Force

That’s where Puerto Rico is at right now. They have gone through it all, and they’re still going through it and still thriving.

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What is something you’re emphasizing at the first in-person Somos since the pandemic began? The service trips. We’re doing one that focuses on how Afro Latino lives matter. It is going to take place where African slaves were made to live. African culture has been very influential in the way we eat, our music, and so we want to make sure that everyone that comes to Puerto Rico understands this. What is an example of self-reliance in the Puerto Rican community in response to the long history of government neglect?

One thing about Puerto Ricans is that the people are resilient. You have young people learning how to cultivate hydroponics. They’re learning because they know they’re going to have to go back to their roots if they’re going to be self-sustainable. The goal is to help those in need. That’s where Puerto Rico is at right now. They have gone through it all, and they’re still going through it and still thriving. Hurricane Maria brought people together to be quite honest. How so? You know when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico it was really, really heartbreaking. We’ve all seen the

images on TV. We saw how devastated people were and how severely neglected they were. So the (New York) community just decided to help, which created such a whirlwind that we were able to collect 68 pallets of water – tons and tons of food and cases. We had to do a packing party because it was so much. We had over 300 people. People were extremely generous with their time because they wanted to do something for Puerto Rico. It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans, it was every nationality wanting to come together. So this was the start of “Wow, we can turn this into other ways of helping the community.” Then the earthquakes

came at the end of 2019, and I once again went to Puerto Rico, this time with a couple Assembly members. My district provided cots and blankets and things that people really need. Fast forward to the pandemic. So who benefited on the island from all this help? We were able to give the pallets of water and food through an organization of retired teachers. I did not do it through Somos. I didn’t do it through anything but people power. I’m a born Puerto Rican woman, so it’s really hard to watch your people suffer like that without getting involved. The way Puerto

Rico has been treated has just been so heartbreaking and so surreal for me because it’s just not necessary. What were some of the groups you worked with after Maria that later helped the community response to COVID-19? I have built a good coalition of faith-based organizations, the community boards, the police precinct councils, the community education councils of my district. I have brought everybody to the table to discuss how we’re going to deal with things during the pandemic. – Zach Williams

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October 25, 2021

Races to watch in New York’s 2021 general election

These are the few competitive seats up for grabs.

Y NOVEMBER IN New York City, the outcomes of many local elections seem somewhat predetermined. While top positions including mayor, public advocate and comptroller have candidates from multiple political parties on the ballot, the overwhelmingly Democratic city pretty much already decided those outcomes, as well as many City Council races, during the June Democratic primary. That means mayoral candidate Eric Adams, incumbent public advocate candidate Jumaane Williams and comptroller candidate Brad Lander – all Democrats – are very likely heading to victory in the upcoming general election. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any competitive elections to watch this year. Several City Council swing districts are up in the air, as is the borough president race on Staten Island. And some of the most competitive races are happening far outside the five boroughs, including the India Walton and Byron Brown rematch for Buffalo mayor. Plus, voters across the state will vote on five ballot proposals to amend the state constitution. Ahead of the Nov. 2 election, City & State rounded up some of the more competitive races to watch this year. BUFFALO MAYOR India Walton (Democratic) vs. Byron Brown (write-in) Can an incumbent mayor win a writein campaign? That’s the central question in Buffalo this year, after incumbent Mayor Byron Brown lost the Democratic primary in June to socialist India Walton. Brown, now running a formidable write-in campaign, is playing catch-up after taking the primary election for granted. Walton may have a natural ballot advantage in being the Democratic Party’s official candidate, but some major state party leaders aren’t exactly lining up to stump for her. Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t endorse in the race, while state Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs made a mess in making a point not to endorse her. As a write-in candidate, Brown maintains the backing of some Buffalo political and business leaders. Walton may be the only candidate listed on the ballot, but Byron still poses a serious threat.

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India Walton is the Democratic nominee in a highly scrutinized race for Buffalo mayor.

NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 19 Tony Avella (Democratic) vs. Vickie Paladino (Republican, Independent) vs. John-Alexander Sakelos (Conservative, Save Our City) With moderate Democrat Paul Vallone on his way out, District 19 in northeast Queens has a chance of flipping to the Republicans. It’s one of a few districts that Republicans are hoping to claim from the Democrats this year, but GOP candidate Vickie Paladino goes into the race as an underdog. Former state Sen. Tony Avella carries not only name recognition but a history of winning elections in the area, including serving on the council from 2002 through

Former state Sen. Tony Avella is battling to keep City Council District 19 blue.

2009. Still, the Republican voting population can’t be underestimated in this section of Queens, and Paladino maintains a fundraising edge. Conservative Party candidate John-Alexander Sakelos could end up pulling some of Paladino’s votes, however, to the benefit of Avella.

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 32 Felicia Singh (Democratic) vs. Joann Ariola (Republican/Save Our City, Conservative) vs. Kenichi Wilson (Community First) One of Queens’ only remaining Republican seats is up for grabs, and Felicia Singh, a teacher and progressive Democrat, is hoping to flip it. Southeast Queens’ District 32 is currently represented by Republican Eric Ulrich, and flipping the district will be no easy feat. Singh faces opposition from Republican Joann Ariola, chair of the Queens Republican Party, and Kenichi Wilson, a Queens Community Board 9 member running on the Community First line. The race will be a test for Democrats on whether they can elect not just a member of their own party, but mobilize enough voters to elect a further left member in a swing district. “If Felicia Singh is able to win, it’ll put to rest the claims that moder-

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ates won’t vote for a progressive,” said Evan Stavisky, partner at The Parkside Group, a political consulting firm. “If she’s unsuccessful, it’ll raise the question of could a different Democrat have been successful?” NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 43 Justin Brannan (Democratic, Working Families) vs. Brian Fox (Republican, Conservative) Democrat Justin Brannan is probably a safe bet, but he’s not taking this race for granted, after winning by just 3% in the 2017 general election. The southern Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights have seen seats flip blue, but Republicans maintain a strong foothold in the area by holding seats in the House and Assembly. Brian Fox, who founded a technology staffing firm and now spreads conspiracy theories on social media, is a first-time candidate and is running on hot-button issues claiming that

Progressive Felicia Singh is hoping to flip New York City Council District 32.

New York City Council Member Justin Brannan hopes to be speaker, but first he needs to keep his southern Brooklyn seat.

Brannan “defunded the police” when he voted for the city budget last year that cut New York City Police Department funding by $1 billion. Brannan is one of the contenders to be the next speaker of the City Council, and a close contest that doesn’t get called on election night could cut into the time he needs to be campaigning for that race. NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 48 Steven Saperstein (Democratic) vs. Inna Vernikov (Republican, Conservative/Centrist) There’s a lot of party hopping going on in southern Brooklyn’s District 48. Democratic candidate Steven Saperstein previously ran for office as a Republican, while Republican contender Inna Vernikov used to be a registered Democrat. It’s not a surprise that Saperstein and Vernikov are aligned on some issues, as Saperstein himself has acknowledged. Vernikov, a lawyer, has organized her campaign around key issues like opposing vaccine mandates and opposing a state cap on charter schools. She is also running as an avowed Donald Trump supporter. The district consists of neighborhoods that turned out for Trump in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, but it has consistently elected Democrats in local races, and Democrats still outnumber Republicans. (Conservative Democrat Chaim Deutsch vacated the seat

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State Sen. Todd Kaminsky has name recognition on his side in the Nassau County district attorney race.

Leticia Remauro is spending big as the Conservative Party candidate in the Staten Island borough president race.

after he pleaded guilty to tax fraud earlier this year.) Saperstein, a special education teacher, enters the race with a strong fundraising advantage and the backing of organizations like the New York City Police Benevolent Association – a benefit in districts like the 48th, where public safety is a prevalent issue. NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 50 Sal Albanese (Democratic, Staten Island 1st) vs. David Carr (Republican) vs. George Wonica (Conservative) When Republican John Fusco left this Mid-Island City Council seat in 1998, his former chief of staff, Jimmy Oddo, won the seat. When Oddo was term-limited out in 2013, his longtime chief of staff Steven Matteo won it. Eight years later, Matteo is term-limited, and his longtime chief of staff David Carr is hoping to keep it in the family. The district has traditionally voted Republican, but insiders say Sal Albanese has a real shot, thanks in part to union endorsements such as the New York City Police Benevolent Association, which is influential in the district. Albanese also has a relatively high profile for a council candidate, since he previously served in the

council representing a Brooklyn district and has run for mayor three times – most recently falling to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in the 2017 primary. Carr has raised and spent the most in the race, but Conservative George Wonica’s presence could siphon away some right-leaning voters, particularly after Carr’s bruising Republican primary against Marko Kepi. STATEN ISLAND BOROUGH PRESIDENT Mark Murphy (Democratic, Staten Island 1st) vs. Vito Fossella (Republican) vs. Leticia Remauro (Conservative) Staten Island hosts New York City’s only really competitive borough president race this year, with former Republican Rep. Vito Fossella facing off against Democrat Mark Murphy, a real estate developer and former congressional candidate, and Conservative Party candidate Leticia

Remauro, a former chair of the county Republican Committee. Murphy and Remauro are both spending heavily in the race, with Murphy doling out roughly $488,000 and Remauro spending roughly $648,000 since Oct. 1. Fossella, by comparison, has spent just $96,000. It’s an uphill battle for Murphy; the borough presidency hasn’t been held by a Democrat since 1989. Still, Remauro’s candidacy on the Conservative Party line could end up pulling votes from Fossella and give Murphy an opening. NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Todd Kaminsky (Democratic) vs. Anne Donnelly (Republican, Conservative) Democratic state Sen. Todd Kaminsky is running against Republican prosecutor Anne Donnelly for Nassau County district attorney. While Kaminsky enters the race as the more prominent politician, having

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Republican Janet Burman is running for Syracuse mayor.

some, including the chair of the Independent Redistricting Commission, it’s facing some pushback in part because changes are being proposed in the middle of the current redistricting process.

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Independent incumbent Ben Walsh is the favorite in the Syracuse mayoral race.

a political record to attack isn’t always a good thing. Donnelly has made bail reform a key issue in the suburban county, criticizing Kaminsky’s vote for criminal justice reforms as part of the 2019 state budget. The race is thought to be very close – state Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs told City & State that Kaminsky was only slightly ahead in a recent internal poll. Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, still has a fundraising advantage. If attacking bail reform becomes a winning strategy for Donnelly’s campaign, Republicans across the state are likely to deploy it in 2022. SYRACUSE MAYOR Ben Walsh (Independence) vs. Khalid Bey (Democratic) vs. Janet Burman (Republican, Conservative) In a reliably blue city like Syracuse, one would think the Democratic candidate goes into an election with an obvious advantage. But in this year’s mayoral race,

Democratic Syracuse Common Councilor Khalid Bey is actually the insurgent hoping to take down incumbent Mayor Ben Walsh, who won as an independent in 2017 and is running on the Independence Party line this year. Walsh has a heavy advantage in fundraising over Bey and Republican candidate Janet Burman, and name recognition can always be counted on to serve an incumbent, even if he’s a third-party candidate. NEW YORK STATE BALLOT PROPOSALS Proposal 1 – Redistricting This proposal would make several changes to the state’s redistricting process, including freezing the number of state senators at 63, including undocumented immigrants in the population count that redistricting is based on and counting incarcerated New Yorkers at their last place of residence, rather than the place where they’re detained. While the proposal is backed by

Proposal 2 – Right to clean air, clean water This measure would amend the state constitution to add that every person has a right to clean air, clean water and a healthful environment. It’s a laudable goal endorsed by local environmental groups that few disagree with on its face, but opponents have raised concerns that the general language would lead to excessive litigation. Proposal 3 – Same-day voter registration Same-day voter registration is a goal good-government groups have long fought for, and this proposal would enable the state Legislature to pass a law allowing same-day registration. Proposal 4 – No-excuse absentee voting While the COVID-19 pandemic effectively made no-excuse absentee voting a temporary reality, an amendment to the state constitution is required for the state to allow it permanently. Proposal 5 – New York City Civil Court Voters have a chance to decide whether New York City Civil Court can hear claims for up to $50,000, an increase from the current limit of $25,000. The distinction may be in the weeds for some voters, but the idea is essentially to expand the Civil Court’s jurisdiction and take some pressure off the state Supreme Court’s caseload.

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The spirit of mutual aid endures among Puerto Ricans In New York and on the island, community support and self-reliance help fill the gaps left by those in power.

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Lessons learned after disasters in Puerto Rico helped inform mutual aid efforts in New York.

UERTO RICO HAS endured a lot over the years. This includes state-sponsored violence, natural disasters and social engineering by the government over the past century. Poverty remains widespread, and its status as a U.S. territory continues to cause a range of problems. Federal law makes consumer goods more expensive on the island while Wall Street lending has resulted in an enormous amount of municipal debt. A group of unelected members of a fiscal control board have cut public services in recent years while Hurricane Maria demonstrated that government neglect was as out of control as ever. “Most of us are raised with that mentality that we (cannot) wait for the government to act,” Democratic District Leader Samy Nemir-Olivares, who is originally from Puerto Rico but now lives in Brooklyn, said in an interview. “The recovery (from Maria) was like a wake-up call that we cannot wait for the government, and we need to take justice and solidarity up into our hands.” This spirit of communal self-reliance has helped Puerto Rico confront adversity on the island and beyond in the absence of government protection. This includes recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria that activists, elected officials and New Yorkers later used to deal with COVID-19. While much of this aid was provided by elected officials and established nonprofits, a significant amount has come through an idea with deep roots in Puerto Rican culture. “Mutual aid is when everyday people get together to meet each other’s needs,” writes Joel Izlar, a doc-

toral candidate at the University of Georgia who has written about mutual aid during the pandemic. “Mutual aid is an idea and practice that is based on the principles of direct action, cooperation, mutual understanding, and solidarity. Mutual aid is not charity, but the building and continuing of new social relations where people give what they can and get what they need, outside of unjust systems of power.” Relevant examples abounded during the pandemic. Community fridges popped up across New York City to facilitate food donations. A “rolling library” brought books to far-flung neighborhoods. Nemir-Olivares said he got involved with a Brooklyn group called Bushwick Ayuda Mutua – one of dozens of mutual aid groups across the city and state – after seeing a flyer one day and realizing that his Spanish-language skills and organizing experience could be useful for his community at a time of great need. “Most food pantries and nonprofits closed in Bushwick and Brooklyn during the very first month of COVID, so there was literally nothing for people to eat,” Nemir-Olivares said. “We couldn’t stay at home because we knew there was a lot of people who couldn’t go out.” More than 200 people in total eventually came together, Nemir-Olivares said, to deliver boxes of “chicken, eggs, rice, beans – you name it” to hundreds of struggling families. The benefits of mutual aid come in a variety of forms, including the solidarity it enables across different communities. New York City Council candidate Marjorie Velázquez, whose parents moved to the city from the island, said she channeled her own family’s experience with mutual aid into

local efforts to provide tens of thousands of halal meals to neighbors celebrating Ramadan last year. “(The city) was just giving peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,” she said in an interview. “I’m not Muslim, right? But that doesn’t mean that I can’t be there for that community.” Assistance from elected officials and community groups helped keep the operation going for months, but mutual aid groups continued to fill other needs as they popped up, including connecting people with translation services. The concept of mutual aid has roots stretching back to at least the 18th century when organizations like the Free African Society served Black Americans as they navigated freedom in a country where white-dominated institutions often denied them basic services. Schoolchildren two centuries later have the Black Panthers to thank for normalizing the idea of free school lunches through the use of mutual aid. Indigenious groups in New York City have also leveraged mutual aid in their own activism that emphasizes anti-capitalism, anti-colonialism and solidarity. Some Puerto Ricans look to the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Caribbean for inspiration on what mutual aid means for them. “When you read up on the Taíno culture, it is about taking care of each other,” Velázquez said. “That’s the blood and the spirit that we have within our communities. We know firsthand that our responsibilities are for one another.” Solidarity between people in Puerto Rico and its diaspora in places like New York – one of the top mainland destinations from the island – has been especially important in recent years. Hurricane Maria left

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many of the territory’s approximately 3 million people without power and basic necessities for months, but it inspired mutual aid groups, traditional charities and elected officials to do what they could. Subsequent earthquakes and COVID-19 also showed how the government has failed Puerto Ricans. The upcoming Somos conference near San Juan in early November is one forum where New York politicians and others can discuss how to come together for the island. “We want to make sure that everyone that comes to Puerto Rico understands that we’re in the midst of a pandemic, but we also have issues that need to be resolved,” said Assembly Member Maritza Davila of Brooklyn, the chair of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, which puts on the conference. “We’re all dealing with it, the way we can, however we can.”

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SOMOS: WHERE NY POLS HUDDLE The conference is aimed at aiding Puerto Rico. It has also gained a reputation for wheeling, dealing and drinking. NEXT MONTH, the biggest names in New York’s political world are scheduled to congregate once again at the annual Somos conference just outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Focused on the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s conference, “Somos La Samy NemirOlivares, center left, is a Bushwick district leader from Puerto Rico.

Recuperación,” or “We Are The Recovery,” is completely sold out. It’s been four years since Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on the island, and Puerto Ricans are still reminded of the storm with thousands of homes covered in blue tarps waiting to be repaired and outages from the island’s fragile power grid still affecting schools, health care and work. The November conference is nominally aimed to help the people of Puerto Rico and mobilize participants with workshops, but it’s not a secret that New York deals and careers also get made after hours and behind the scenes on the tropical weekend getaway. This year, all eyes will be on the New York City Council speaker race, for example, ahead of when the top candidates emerge in December. The $375 general admission tickets to attend this year’s event give access to workshops on topics including how New York state can protect the future of Puerto Rico when it comes to the debt crisis, LGBTQ community and gender violence in Puerto Rico, and analyzing the effects of Hurricane Maria. The event will conclude with a beach club farewell event featuring an all white dress code and music “inspired by Marc Anthony.” It should also conclude with a legislative agenda focused

on meeting the needs of the Latino community, but documentation of those action items and progress toward them has been scarce in the past. Additionally, the conference, which is sponsored this year by the likes of Uber, DoorDash, the Real Estate Board of New York and health care giant Montefiore, has provided the perfect opportunity for lobbyists to directly meet with politicians and make their cases on certain policies. The conference is organized with the state Senate and Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Forces and dates back to 1988. The organization went through different stages of their name, starting with Somos Uno, then Somos el Futuro, but recently settled on Somos. Somos also collects money to empower Hispanic youth with a wide range of resources, such as scholarships, college internships partnered with CUNY and apprenticeship programs to foster opportunities for the next generation of Hispanics to develop and grow. In a 2018 interview with City & State, thenAssembly Member Marcos Crespo mentioned several accomplishments have been made from the conferences. This included boosting diversity in state government and SUNY leadership. – Kim Corona

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The Somos conference is an opportunity for the progressive Latina to prove she’s the perfect fit for the job. By Jeff Coltin

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O MANY, Carlina Rivera seems like the perfect fit to be the next speaker of the New York City Council. She’s a Latina, of Puerto Rican heritage, at a time when there are no other Latino citywide or statewide leaders. She’s a woman in a city where the mayor, comptroller and public advocate are all men, and will all be men in 2022. She’s from Manhattan, the home of the past four City Council speakers, often chosen as a compromise to keep the peace among the historically stronger Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn Democratic parties. Rivera did not endorse anybody in the Democratic primary for mayor, as a member of a legislature that’s eager to be seen as a co-equal branch of government. And she’s a progressive in a city that fancies itself as left-leaning but whose Democrats nominated Eric Adams, a mayoral candidate friendly with big businesses whose idiosyncratic politics could hardly be called progressive. Despite all that, Rivera hasn’t put the votes together yet to secure the position, which has some observers – critics and allies alike – feeling like Rivera has lost her front-runner status. “Four months ago, everyone thought she’d be speaker,” said one labor operative who asked for anonymity to discuss private conversations. But that’s changed: “There’s been

no forward momentum at all.” Of course, it’s still early in the speaker race. The Somos Conference in Puerto Rico, where a lot of politicking is expected to happen, is a little over a week away. And the past two speakers, Melissa Mark-Viverito and Corey Johnson, didn’t secure the votes they needed until midDecember, ahead of the early January vote. But Rivera seems to be coming face to face with the fact that her progressive political identity – and her lack of alignment with Adams – could actually be a liability in this year’s speaker race. Adams is all but guaranteed to be the city’s next mayor, and many people are eager to see action on issues that didn’t get addressed in the past eight years of Mayor Bill de Blasio, whether that’s property tax reform, noncitizen voting or a streamlined government with a lower headcount. Unlike in 2017, when independence and oversight were the name of the game and Johnson won in a field that tried to distance itself from de Blasio, cooperation could be key. Rumors fly about whether Adams prefers Justin Brannan, Francisco Moya or somebody else – but nobody thinks it’s Rivera. Still, Rivera is de-emphasizing the divide between her and Adams. “I don’t think there’s tension there. Every time I’ve encountered Eric Adams he’s been pleasant and very direct about his agenda,” Rivera told City & State.

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“New York City is still in a crisis. We need the next mayor to be successful. No one benefits if the mayor’s not successful. Of course the City Council needs to be independent, proactive and provide oversight, and as speaker we are going to do just that. But the people of New York City aren’t interested in a constant fight. And neither am I.” It didn’t have to be this way – Adams was harshly criticized in the primary by opponents like Maya Wiley, who won over much of the city’s progressive establishment and left-leaning voters. That same progressive establishment could end up throwing its weight behind Rivera, but the major players have so far resisted doing so, at this relatively early stage in the race. “We’ve made no decisions at this point,” said Elana Leopold, New York City political director for the Working Families Party. “We hope and are confident that there are things that we’ll be able to work with Eric Adams on, but also are certain that there will be moments where we need to push back and hope that whoever the speaker is that we can count on them to be on our side and to act as that counterweight.”

Incoming progressive members, too, are hesitant to line up behind Rivera just yet, even if she seems to be the contender best aligned with their views. “I haven’t endorsed or am backing anyone right now,” said Tiffany Cabán, a democratic socialist who’s expected to win election in Council District 22 in Queens. “I’m continuing to get to know my new colleagues, trying to find my people, find the folks that are politically and values-aligned and get a sense of, collectively, what we want to prioritize going into the next session.” Cabán has already been putting in some work on that. In August, she organized an open letter calling on de Blasio and the city’s district attorneys to immediately reduce the number of people being held on Rikers Island. Including Cabán, 19 presumptive incoming members signed on, which is a decent approximation of what the council’s left flank could look like next year. And Rivera could be their candidate. She was the one speaker contender who voted against the contentious city budget in 2020, when progressives wanted to see far more significant budget cuts to the New York City Police Department. “There was no

equity in cuts, in my opinion,” Rivera said this month. “My issue at the time was that we really should have focused on equity in those cuts. It was a tough decision.” And one that many council sources say harmed her relationship with Johnson. “I think people know who I am and where I’m coming from and that I stand up for what I believe in. And that was a decision that I made for my constituents and my district. And I think Corey understands that.” But even if you add a few other members to the 19 progressives who signed Cabán’s letter, such as Christopher Marte, Charles Barron or Diana Ayala, a returning member who is running for speaker herself, the list falls short of a 26-member majority in the 51-member council. That would suggest that Rivera, or any candidate, couldn’t solely rely on progressive members to become speaker. They need to win over more moderate members as well. “People aren’t interested in the labels,” Rivera said. “They don’t want to hear where you are on the (political) spectrum. … I’m hoping we can all be on the same page in saying how are we going to take care of the people who are living in poverty and make sure that the garbage gets picked up on time?”

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But Rivera does have some numbers on her side. The council is expected to have 29 or 30 women next year – a huge increase from this session, which means that women will make up a majority of the council for the first time in its history. So pretty much anyone you talk to says they’re hoping to see a woman lead the council. The United Federation of Teachers, one of the city’s more influential unions, passed a resolution this month supporting a female speaker, without naming any names. Women endorsed by 21 in ’21 have also made it known that they’d like to see a woman lead the council. The City Council has been led by women twice before: Christine Quinn and Mark-Viverito. But Rivera isn’t the only woman vying for the position. Adrienne Adams, Diana Ayala and Gale Brewer are all running too. Rivera has been laying the groundwork for a speaker run almost since she entered the council, while Ayala jumped in the race recently, leading some to speculate that her campaign was only a reaction to Rivera’s – a Latina in the race whose politics would be more palatable to power brokers like Rep. Adriano Espaillat and state Sen. Jamaal Bailey, the Bronx Democratic Party chair. MarkViverito, an Ayala ally, rejected that.

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“No, not at all. And let’s be very clear, as much as the press wants to make it seem like it’s something, that’s not what it is at all,” she said. If Ayala is Mark-

“I don’t think there’s tension there. Every time I’ve encountered Eric Adams he’s been pleasant and very direct about his agenda.” – New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera

Viverito’s top choice, it seems like Rivera would be her second. “We have good candidates, two good candidates,” she said. “It should be a Latina speaker.” Rivera, unsurprisingly, denies that her speaker campaign is flagging. “People

will always have opinions,” she said. “I think if they’re still talking about me, it says something else.” But there’s no doubt that the Somos conference is a huge opportunity for Rivera. Dozens of incoming council members and stakeholders will be flying to San Juan, Puerto Rico, immediately following the Nov. 2 general election, and the stillevolving speaker race is expected to come into much clearer view there. Rivera is “a proud Puerto Rican woman” with family on the island, and she has an ally in Rep. Nydia Velázquez, one of the few power brokers in the speaker race who has actually talked openly about who she is supporting. If Rivera is going to convince her colleagues, and the influential players around them, that she actually is the perfect fit to be the next speaker, Somos will be the place to do it. “Somos is always a place where we discuss very serious issues and where people also get to know each other and they have pretty serious political conversations. And there’s no question that someone like Nydia Velázquez is a powerhouse,” Rivera said. “Sure, it’s going to be nice to feel that tropical breeze in my hair … but I’m excited about the conversations to be had but it’s not going to be easy.”

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The campaign pros propelling candidates into elected office in New York.

UNNING FOR elected office is like launching a startup. Besides hiring staff and recruiting volunteers, campaigns enlist consultants to craft a political strategy, draft policy positions, create ads, handle communications, raise money, conduct polls, compile voter lists and ensure compliance with rules and regulations – all with the goal of getting out the vote. In New York, there’s a vibrant ecosystem of consulting firms who assist with these tasks. And there has been plenty of demand for their services this past year, from the presidential, congressional and state legislative elections last fall to the many New York City races this year, including for mayor, comptroller, Manhattan district attorney, Queens and Bronx borough president and New York City Council. The trend of insurgents challenging incumbents is bringing even more candidates into the arena. The downfall of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has half a dozen or more politicians mulling a run for governor, not least of all his successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul. That’s why City & State is publishing a Political Consultants Power 75, up from 50. The 2021 list highlights consultants young and old, giving weight both to the track records of experienced veterans

and the promise of talented newcomers. The list is largely made up of full-time consultants, although a few informal advisers and others who do political work on the side made the cut. The list features New York-based firms that are largely national in scope, national firms that did significant work in New York and, of course, New York firms who mostly work in their home state. While compiling such a list is more art than science, City & State assessed performance over the past 12 months, including major wins and losses by clients, consultants’ importance to various campaigns, and the prominence and power of their winning candidates. Congressional and state legislative contests that were essentially won in the primaries last year were factors on last year’s list and are largely omitted here. However, some 2022 races already underway, most notably the gubernatorial race, were factored in. City & State reached out to each firm on this list to designate its top employees, share its biggest accomplishment over the past year and to highlight its clients, and we’ve filled in any gaps based on our own research and conducted a review of public filings. We’re pleased to present the 2021 Political Consultants Power 75.

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NATHAN SMITH, MATT REY, DOUG FORAND & MARC LAPIDUS PARTNERS Red Horse Strategies

From top: Nathan Smith, Matt Rey and Doug Forand are partners at Red Horse Strategies.

When it comes to driving Democratic candidates to victory, Red Horse Strategies truly has as much horsepower as any consulting firm. Founded over a decade ago, the firm has worked with big-name clients such as Reps. Grace Meng and Nydia Velazquez, Westchester County Executive George Latimer and state Sen. Todd Kaminsky as well as 32BJ SEIU – and, this cycle, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams. The firm is expanding beyond New York, including in Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Washington, D.C. Key clients: Eric Adams for New York City mayor, Corey Johnson for New York City comptroller, Antonio Reynoso for Brooklyn borough president, Mark Levine for Manhattan borough president, Tali Farhadian Weinstein for Manhattan district attorney; Rafael Salamanca Jr., Carlina Rivera, Francisco Moya, Eric Dinowitz, Crystal Hudson, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Linda Lee, Jenny Low, Austin Shafran, Josué Pierre and Tricia Shimamura for New York City Council Biggest accomplishment: “Working with Team Adams to help deliver a historic win in the Democratic primary for mayor, helping to shape that narrative and build a truly working class coalition, will always be one of the thrills of our careers. We are deeply proud of our work with new Borough Presidents Antonio Reynoso and Mark Levine, and with our diverse group of council clients. As our national

2 SPENCER LEE, MADELEINE LOHR & JOE REUBENS MANAGING DIRECTOR; SENIOR ASSOCIATE FOR DATA ANALYTICS; PARTNER The Parkside Group The Parkside Group has long been a top Democratic consulting firm in the state, known for its work on behalf of the state Senate Democrats who won a majority in 2018 and then seized a veto-proof supermajority last November. The firm, whose election work is masterminded by Harry Giannoulis, also works with many other candidates at the local, state and federal levels. Key clients: Rep. Tom Suozzi; state Senate candidates Peter Harckham, Samra Brouk, Michelle Hinchey and Jen Metzger; Brian Benjamin for New York City comptroller; New York City Council candidates James Gennaro, Sandra Ung and Shirley Paul; New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee Biggest accomplishment: “As the principal outside strategists for the New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, we helped the conference win a supermajority of seats in the 2020 election cycle. While Democrats suffered critical losses in state legislative races around the country and lost multiple congressional seats in New York, our polling, targeting, mail, TV and digital advertising won crucial Senate races throughout New York state.”

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footprint continues to expand, we are always incredibly honored to work with our partners in organized labor, with progressive candidates and organizations across the country and the Be a Hero campaign led by Ady Barkan.”

CONGRATULATIONS to Moonshot Strategies for making the City and State NY Political Consultants Power 75 list

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3 EVAN THIES, ALEXIS GRENELL & BECKY STERN CO-FOUNDER; CO-FOUNDER; COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Pythia Public Pythia recently marked its fifth anniversary, and it had some major developments to celebrate. Evan Thies is the lead communications adviser on Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign, while the firm also worked on New York City Council Member Brad Lander’s successful city comptroller bid and Common Cause’s push for rankedchoice voting. The growing firm’s communications director is Becky Stern, who’s working on state Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s campaign for Nassau County district attorney. Key clients: Eric Adams for New York City mayor, Brad Lander for New York City comptroller, Jimmy Van Bramer for Queens borough president, Todd Kaminsky for state Senate and Nassau

County district attorney, Common Cause, Safe Horizon Biggest accomplishment: “Winning the New York City Democratic mayoral primary (and comptroller primary).”

4 LUIS MIRANDA, ROBERTO RAMIREZ & KATHARINE PICHARDO-ERSKINE FOUNDING PARTNER; FOUNDING PARTNER; PRESIDENT Hamilton Campaign Network MirRam Group was a superstar in New York politics long before co-founder Luis Miranda’s son, Lin-Manuel Miranda, broke through on Broadway with “Hamilton.” But the Latino-led firm now conducts its campaign work through its separate Hamilton Campaign Network, which is led by MirRam Vice President Katharine Pichardo-Erskine. The firm, which often works in communities of color, is consulting for longtime client state Attorney General Letitia James as she mulls a gubernatorial bid.

Key clients: State Attorney General Letitia James, Corey Johnson for New York City comptroller, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Mark Levine for Manhattan borough president, Robert Cornegy Jr. for Brooklyn borough president; Carmen De La Rosa, Shaun Abreu, Lynn Schulman and Ebony Young for New York City Council; Latino Victory Fund Biggest accomplishment: “Helping to elect a Democratic president in November 2020 and how that catapulted a number of important wins in the New York City-wide election cycle, particularly electing more people of color and women to the New York City Council.”

5 JEFREY POLLOCK, JEFFREY PLAUT & NICK GOUREVITCH FOUNDING PARTNER AND PRESIDENT; FOUNDING PARTNER; PARTNER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR

Key clients: Reps. Sean Patrick Maloney and Joe Morelle, House candidate Nancy Goroff, Scott Stringer for mayor, Brad Lander for New York City comptroller, Robert Cornegy Jr. for Brooklyn borough president Biggest accomplishment: “In 2020, GSG helped Democrats reclaim control of the White House and the U.S. Senate while protecting their majority in the U.S. House. Through that, we were proud to serve as polling partners for Priorities USA in their campaign to elect Joe Biden, the Senate Majority PAC on four winning red-toblue Senate races in Arizona, Colorado and Georgia and conducted polls across over 60 congressional districts nationwide.”

6 VALERIE BERLIN & ALEX NAVARRO-MCKAY PRINCIPAL AND COFOUNDER; MANAGING DIRECTOR

Global Strategy Group

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If progressive politics has gone mainstream in New York, then

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From left: Jefrey Pollock, Jeffrey Plaut and Nick Gourevitch of Global Strategy Group.

century ago, Global Strategy Group has gone on to elect a who’s who list of Democratic politicians in New York and beyond. Co-founders Jefrey Pollock and Jeffrey Plaut are responsible for the company’s remarkable growth, along with key executives like Nick Gourevitch, who handles much of the firm’s political polling operations. The company has helped elect more than 60 members of Congress, 14 governors and 18 U.S. senators, including U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee – which the firm also represents.

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it’s due in part to the efforts of the leading Democratic consulting firm BerlinRosen. Known for its campaign work on behalf of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the firm has also been a key player on a long list of city and state campaigns – and increasingly on behalf of candidates outside of New York, such as Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project. Co-founder Valerie Berlin heads up the firm’s elections work alongside Alex Navarro-McKay.

Biggest accomplishment: “Brad Lander’s campaign for New York City comptroller. Lander started off 19 points behind the front-runner and ended the Democratic primary nine points ahead – with zero spending advantage. As media consultants for Lander’s come-from-behind campaign, we produced a series of ads for TV and digital platforms that won praise from press and pundits, and we were fortunate to work with ... Global Strategy Group, who managed the campaign’s polling and ad testing and let us know that our ads for Brad were the best testing ads they had seen this cycle so far.”

7 BEN ALLEN, MAX KRAMER, TUCKER GREEN & MICHAEL KENNEY DIRECTOR; PARTNER; FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT; PARTNER Tucker Green & Company A go-to fundraiser for Democratic candidates in

From left: Benjamin Allen, Max Kramer, Tucker Green and Michael Kenney

New York, Tucker Green recently took on a new client: Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is looking to secure a full term in office after replacing Andrew Cuomo this year. Green’s growing firm, which has a new 5,000-square-foot office in midtown Manhattan at East 44th Street and Madison Avenue, also has a political advertising and outreach subsidiary called Conscious Voter Contact, which now brings in more revenue than fundraising. The firm has worked for state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, state Sens. Liz Krueger and Tim Kennedy, Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini and former Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. Key clients: Gov. Kathy Hochul, Rep. Kathleen Rice, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Maya Wiley for New York City mayor, Jumaane Williams for New York City public advocate, David Weprin for New York City comptroller, Tali Farhadian Weinstein for Manhattan district attorney; New York City Council

candidates Julie Menin and Richard Lee; state Sens. Todd Kaminsky and Kevin Thomas Biggest accomplishment: “Building out our digital advertising shop and running digital ad campaigns on campaigns across the city and state.”

8 TIFFANY RASPBERRY PRESIDENT Tiffany Raspberry Consulting LLC Tiffany Raspberry has long been an ally and adviser to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who she helped during his successful primary campaign for New York City mayor this cycle. Her lobbying and public affairs firm, Tiffany Raspberry Consulting LLC, was formerly known as YorkGroup Associates LLC, which she launched after stints in the New York City

Council and The Parkside Group. Key client: Eric Adams for New York City mayor

9 RICHARD FIFE PRINCIPAL RJF Communications Veteran communications and political strategist Richard Fife has a long history of working with politicians in Harlem, from former state Comptroller Carl McCall and former Gov. David Paterson to state Sen. Robert Jackson and Assembly Member Al Taylor. His latest client, Manhattan district attorney candidate Alvin Bragg, is set to make history as the first Black person to lead the office after emerging from a competitive Democratic primary this summer. Fife also worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in New York.

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Key clients: Alvin Bragg for Manhattan district attorney, Johanna Garcia for New York City Council

primary for Manhattan district attorney. Guma has also worked with Reps. Jerry Nadler, Ritchie Torres and Carolyn Maloney; state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi; New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera; and both the Working Families Party and the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, among other clients.

Biggest accomplishment: “Being the architect and chief strategist for Alvin Bragg's historic Democratic primary victory for Manhattan district attorney, despite being outspent 6-to-1.”

Key clients: Scott Stringer for New York City mayor, Alvin Bragg for Manhattan district attorney, Brad Hoylman for Manhattan borough president; Kevin Riley, Marjorie Velazquez, Pierina Sanchez and Justin Krebs for New York City Council

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Key clients: Gov. Kathy Hochul, Shaun Donovan for New York City mayor

11 MONICA KLEIN FOUNDING PARTNER Seneca Strategies Since founding Seneca Strategies in 2018, Monica Klein has helped usher in a new era in which progressives can run for higher office without establishment backing – and win. Klein played a key role in Tiffany

Amelia Adams is president of Adams Advisors.

Cabán’s Queens district attorney campaign, nearly propelling her to an upset win over Melinda Katz, which in turn positioned the democratic socialist to win a seat in the New York City Council this cycle. Klein’s womanowned firm has also worked with former gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon; state Sens. Jessica Ramos, Zellnor Myrie and Julia Salazar; and Rep. Mondaire Jones, who became one of the first openly gay Black members in Congress this year. Key clients: Invest In Our New York, New York Working Families Party, Strong Economy for All Coalition, New York Caring Majority, Arena Biggest accomplishment: “Seneca Strategies ran communications strategy for the Invest In Our New York campaign to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and corporations, hiking taxes on millionaires for the first time in over a decade. The campaign won $4.2 billion in new annual revenue to fund education, housing

and health care over strong objections from then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.”

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12 MARK GUMA PRESIDENT Mark Guma Communications Mark Guma continued his track record of picking promising progressive candidates to work with and helping to guide them to victory. This cycle, he was a consultant for veteran prosecutor Alvin Bragg, who emerged from a crowded field to win the Democratic

At the start of 2021, Meredith Kelly, AJ Lenar and Trey Nix teamed up to launch Declaration Media, a Democratic TV and digital advertising firm based in South Carolina and Washington, D.C. Its connection to New York is through Kelly, who served as communications director on U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s 2020 presidential campaign – and through one of its newest clients, Gov. Kathy Hochul. Kelly also handled communications at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee when Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, and she has worked for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The team is also working with gubernatorial candidates Tom Perez of Maryland and Joe Cunningham of South Carolina.

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The 21 in ’21 initiative to elect 21 women to the New York City Council was a smashing success, with almost 30 women advancing in the Democratic primary this summer. Amelia Adams, who serves as chair of that initiative, continued with the pro-woman theme by joining the campaign of Gov. Kathy Hochul, the state’s first female governor, as she mounts a bid to win a full term in office next year. Adams has also worked in the past with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Council.

Biggest accomplishment: “Helping to elect Manhattan’s first African-American district attorney – Alvin Bragg.”

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Key clients: Gov. Kathy Hochul, Kara Hahn for Congress Biggest accomplishment: “Trey Nix oversaw Governor Roy Cooper’s reelection in 2020 in North Carolina, at the same time that Donald Trump and other Republicans won the state. We also made TV advertisements as part of the larger efforts to elect President Joe Biden, Senators Mark Kelly, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, and Congressman Ritchie Torres.”

14 PRESIDENT; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CLIENT RELATIONS; COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR; DESIGN DIRECTOR The Advance Group Before Scott Levenson launched The Advance Group three decades ago, he worked on the campaigns of the Rev. Jesse Jackson for president, David Dinkins for New York City mayor and Mark Green for New York City public advocate. Now, along with his son Sebastian Levenson and key staffers Thomas Musich and Ana Rodrigues, he helped the Bronx’s Vanessa Gibson and Queens’ Donovan Richards win pivotal primaries for borough president. Key clients: Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Vanessa Gibson for Bronx borough president; Farah Louis, Selvena Brooks-Powers, Kamillah Hanks and Ari Kagan for New York City Council Biggest accomplishment: “The reelection of Donovan Richards as Queens borough president and election of

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Vanessa Gibson as Bronx borough president.”

15 TYQUANA HENDERSONRIVERS, LESLIE PATTERSON & LASHEA WOODSON PRESIDENT; SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE; DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Connective Strategies Tyquana Henderson-Rivers is one of a group of influential Black women who have lifted each other up as they’ve ascended in the world of New York politics. Her growing firm has been on a hot streak in Queens in recent years: consulting on Melinda Katz’s high-profile campaign for district attorney and Donovan Richards’ successful bid for borough president, as well as helping Rep. Greg Meeks fend off a challenge from the left and Assembly Member Jeffrion Aubry beat Hiram Monserrate’s

comeback bid. HendersonRivers, who worked for then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his 2018 reelection campaign, is now assisting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reelection bid and Cordell Cleare’s candidacy for Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin’s empty seat in the state Senate. Key clients: Gov. Kathy Hochul, Ray McGuire for New York City mayor, Cordell Cleare for state Senate, Rep. Gregory Meeks Biggest accomplishment: “Organizing a robust field and campaign outreach operation during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

16 REBECCA KATZ & CAMILLE RIVERA FOUNDING PARTNER; PARTNER New Deal Strategies In two short years, New

Deal Strategies has grown from a two-person startup to a 17-member team with a number of key electoral victories under its belt. De Blasio administration veteran Rebecca Katz and longtime labor operative Camille Rivera – both working moms – lead the consulting firm, which turned heads by helping progressive insurgent Jamaal Bowman upset the incumbent Eliot Engel in a 2020 House Democratic primary. Key clients: Scott Stringer for New York City mayor, Jimmy Van Bramer for Queens borough president; New York City Council candidates Sandy Nurse, Tiffany Cabán and Pierina Sanchez; Rana Abdelhamid for Congress, Sunrise Movement, Justice Democrats Biggest accomplishment: “After Sandy Nurse was kicked off the ballot in the 2020 special election for Council District 37, our team worked as Sandy’s general consultants to help her come back this year and take down a party-backed incumbent, winning the primary with 65.4% of the vote – one of the highest percentages of any candidate in the city. In addition to Nurse’s win in Brooklyn, we also developed winning campaign strategies

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for Tiffany Cabán’s race in Queens and Pierina Sanchez’s in the Bronx.”

Millennial Strategies’ name evokes a more energetic and modern approach to campaigning – and the team lives up to it. Partners Jeffrey Guillot and Alex Voetsch founded the firm in 2013 and have worked with a range of candidates, advocacy groups and initiatives over the years. The firm has expanded its advertising capacity as well as its lobbying work, including in the cannabis space.

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Key clients: New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams (and his exploratory committee for governor); Shahana Hanif and Elizabeth Adams for New York City Council; United Federation of Teachers, Planned Parenthood, New York Immigration Coalition, League of Conservation Voters, Eleanor’s Legacy Action Fund, The Coalition to Restore New York

Led by U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer’s former staffer Josh Isay, SKDK is a preeminent consulting firm in New York. Isay took over as chief executive in early 2020, when several company veterans, including Mike Morey and Kerri Lyon, were also promoted to partner. The company, part of The Stagwell Group, has offices in Manhattan, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Albany, where Morgan Hook is the managing director. SKDK’s Anita Dunn served as a top adviser and strategist on Joe Biden’s successful campaign for president last year before returning to her role as a Washington-based partner at the consulting firm she cofounded. Key clients: Joe Biden for president, New York City Council candidate Oswald Feliz

18 JAKE DILEMANI MANAGING DIRECTOR Mercury Mercury is a major consulting firm that handles a wide range of government affairs and communications matters, and Jake Dilemani takes the lead on assisting candidates for elected office. Some of the firm’s campaign work is conducted through Mercury’s

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Renaissance Campaign Strategies arm, and it also has worked on broader advocacy campaigns over the past year, such as “Show Up, Turn Out,” a multimillion-dollar voter education and mobilization effort, and Voters of NYC, an independent expenditure committee targeting New York City Council races. Dilemani has also worked with state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Member Ron Kim, as well as the national House Majority PAC and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Key clients: Nassau County Democratic Committee, New York County Democratic Committee, Westchester County Democratic Legislative Caucus, David Weprin for New York City comptroller, Voters of NYC; Show Up, Turn Out Biggest accomplishment: “The Show Up, Turn Out effort, which targeted more than 120,000 lowpropensity, nonprimary voters with several million dollars of field, mail, phone

and digital communication and successfully turned out more than 50,000 of these historically nonprimary voters is a project of which we’re enormously proud. This effort certainly pushed the city’s turnout to its highest level in years. It was a one-of-a-kind project, immensely successful, brought new primary voters to the table, and we will be looking to 2022 and beyond.”

19 JEFFREY GUILLOT & ALEX VOETSCH PARTNERS Millennial Strategies Not every candidate on their client list is a millennial, but

Biggest accomplishment: “Leading many of our clients’ efforts to help elect a record number of women to the City Council in 2021, and leading Jumaane Williams’ reelection campaign.”

20 WILLIAM DEEGAN & BRENDAN KLEIN PARTNERS North Shore Strategies North Shore Strategies continues to build on its success, positioning an impressive number of city and state candidates for victory over the past year, while also advising several candidates in Yonkers. The consulting firm was founded in 2014 by

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William Deegan and Brendan Klein. Key clients: Andrew Yang for New York City mayor; Queens Borough President Donovan Richards; Mark Murphy for Staten Island borough president; Jo Anne Simon for Brooklyn borough president; Farah Louis, Tony Avella, Shekar Krishnan, Julie Won, Chi Ossé and Maria Danzilo for New York City Council; Laura Ahearn for state Senate

building a multiracial workingclass coalition that propelled him to a come-from-behind victory.”

From top: Jason Ortiz, Jenny Sedlis and Jen Fermino of Moonshot Strategies.

22 JASON ORTIZ, JENNY SEDLIS & JEN FERMINO CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO; CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO; MANAGING DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS

Biggest accomplishment: “Our client diversity. Our mission has always been to empower underrepresented communities and help elect public servants from across the ethnic, religious, gender and ideological spectrum. Our client roster reflects this mission. Additionally, we are proud to have hired over 500 political campaign staff this past cycle, including campaign managers, finance directors, field directors, design consultants and canvassers. We aim to guide the next generation of political operatives to help elect the leaders of tomorrow.”

Moonshot Strategies Moonshot Strategies is a new consulting firm led by three young but experienced politicos: co-founder Jason Ortiz, who made a name for himself as the political director of the Hotel Trades Council; co-founder Jenny Sedlis, who led the pro-charter school group StudentsFirstNY; and Jen Fermino, a former bureau chief for the Daily News and communications director for the New York City Council. Key clients: Strong Leadership NYC, New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, StudentsFirstNY, Innocence Project, Vera Institute of Justice, Mets owner Steve Cohen

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Biggest accomplishment: “Our first moonshot was that we started and ran Strong Leadership NYC, the super PAC that raised nearly $7 million to help elect Eric Adams as New York City’s next mayor.”

PRESIDENT; VICE PRESIDENT; SENIOR ANALYST Tulchin Research Tulchin Research lands on this list for the first time thanks largely to the critical work it did as the lead pollster for Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams. But the San Francisco and Chicagobased company has worked with other notable New York politicians, including Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and Westchester County Executive George Latimer, and institutions such as the Working Families Party and New York State United

Teachers. The firm, which is known for its work on U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, also assisted Mark Levine’s successful bid for Manhattan borough president this cycle, and has been expanding its work nationally with nonprofits, environment groups, labor unions and corporations. Key clients: Eric Adams for New York City mayor, Mark

Levine for Manhattan borough president Biggest accomplishment: “We are proud of our role in helping Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to navigate a highly complex and competitive primary and New York City’s first rankedchoice voting election. We worked with Adams to hone a message that responded to New Yorkers’ demands for both safety and justice,

23 VITO PITTA PARTNER Pitta LLP With only rare exceptions, this political consultants list omits election attorneys, who provide legal advice but

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strategist for several notable clients, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Bill de Blasio during his New York City public advocate campaign and then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She has also been a top communications staffer in the offices of then-Newark Mayor Cory Booker and thenBrooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson. This cycle, she worked on Ray McGuire’s bid for New York City mayor. Key clients: Gov. Kathy Hochul, Ray McGuire for New York City mayor, Lindsey Boylan for Manhattan borough president Editor’s note: Lupé ToddMedina is a member of City & State’s advisory board. Lupé ToddMedina Is president of Effective Media Strategies.

typically leave the political strategizing to others. But the advice – both legal and political – that Vito Pitta provided to Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign has made him a bigger player in New York City politics. Pitta, whose firm Pitta LLP began working with Adams as early as 2018, also works at the affiliated Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno lobbying firm.

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Key clients: Eric Adams for New York City mayor, Brian Benjamin for New York City comptroller, Mark Levine for Manhattan borough president, New York City Council Member Diana Ayala

Adams’ winning coalition that resulted in a primary victory for New York City mayor was the Orthodox Jewish community, with Menashe Shapiro driving the campaign’s outreach to that community. The founder of Shapiro Consulting Group – who previously worked for Tusk Strategies and on former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign – will remain an important ally to Adams, whether or not he follows the candidate to a job at City Hall next year. Key client: Eric Adams for New York City mayor

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27 TERRANCE GREEN MANAGING PARTNER 4C Partners In 2018, three Democrats flipped House seats in New York. In 2020, just one of them, Rep. Antonio Delgado, won reelection. Delgado, who’s likely to face tough Republican rival Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro next year, counts Terrance Green of Washington, D.C.-based 4C Partners as one of his top consultants who has kept him in office – and will be critical in the effort to keep him there. Key clients: Rep. Antonio Delgado, Joe Biden for president

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Trip Yang over the years has worked with such heavyweights as former President Barack Obama and on U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. Now the principal of his own firm, Trip Yang Strategies, Yang is a consultant for New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and other city candidates.

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Key clients: Andrew Yang for New York City mayor, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Lindsey Boylan for Manhattan borough president; Gale Brewer, Cordell Cleare, Shekar Krishnan, Edwin Raymond and Gigi Li for New York City Council Editor’s note: Trip Yang is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

The Win Company Bill Hyers is best known in New York City for propelling Bill de Blasio into City Hall as his campaign manager. But he has kept the hits coming since he became a partner at The Win Company in 2014, supporting state Attorney General Letitia James, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Reps. Alexandria OcasioCortez, Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones – and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Another partner at the company is Rick Fromberg, a media strategist who previously worked in the de Blasio administration and on the campaign of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. Key client: Joe Biden for president, Shaun Donovan for

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New York City mayor, Khari Edwards for Brooklyn borough president

David Mansur while longtime principal Adam Nashban moved to Oregon. The LGBTQ-owned firm helped deliver a major upset victory this year for New York City comptroller candidate Brad Lander – who even got some remote help from Nashban in Portland. The firm also works with Rep. Jerry Nadler.

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From left: Walter Swett and Darren Rigger of Dynamic SRG

McLaughlin & Associates A year ago, the Republican consulting firm McLaughlin & Associates had the biggest name in politics – Donald Trump – as a client. Although Trump has vacated the White House, the New York and Virginia-based survey outfit is still a player nationally and in more conservative areas of the state. The company – led by brothers John and Jim McLaughlin – helped Rep. Lee Zeldin win reelection last year and now works with several Trump-supporting political action committees. Key clients: Donald Trump for President, Rep. Lee Zeldin, Make America Great Again PAC, Save America, National Republican Congressional Committee, Nassau County Republican Committee, Safe Together New York Inc.

30 PETER BROWN & RICH PELLETIER PARTNERS AND CHIEF STRATEGISTS The Strategy Division The Strategy Division were key consultants on Kathryn Garcia’s New York City mayoral campaign and Elizabeth Crowley’s bid for Queens borough president, and both candidates came from behind to challenge rivals with significant establishment support in near-upsets this cycle. Partners Peter Brown,

who was on last year’s list at BrownMiller Group, and Rich Pelletier are looking to build on the strong results in their first year with The Strategy Division. Key clients: Kathryn Garcia for New York City mayor, Elizabeth Crowley for Queens borough president, Robin Lois for Dutchess County comptroller, Our Future United, Steven Saperstein for New York City Council Biggest accomplishment: “The Garcia campaign was our proudest moment. It was an incredible team managed by an incredible woman; as the chief strategists on the race, we put together and implemented an extremely sophisticated campaign from top to bottom: data, targeting, analytics, message, optics, branding and design.”

31 WALTER SWETT & DARREN RIGGER FOUNDING PARTNERS Dynamic SRG The Manhattan-based Dynamic SRG is a fundraising and political consulting firm founded and led by Walter Swett and Darren Rigger, along with fellow partner Lisa Amor. The team has worked for the likes of Reps. Gregory

Meeks and Joseph Morelle as well as a long list of city and state legislators. Key clients: Mark Levine for Manhattan borough president; Queens Borough President Donovan Richards; New York City Council Member Adrienne Adams; Kevin Thomas and Anna Kaplan for state Senate; Queens County Democratic Party; Bronx Democratic Party; Congressional Black Caucus PAC Biggest accomplishment: “Navigating the pandemic by orchestrating opportunities for supporters and political leaders to connect that were virtual, in-person and hybrid.”

32 DAVID MANSUR & ALLEGRA SCHEINBLUM PARTNERS Culver Place Strategies In 2018, the Democratic fundraising firm Nashban Mansur changed its name to Culver Place Strategies, with Allegra Scheinblum getting promoted to partner alongside

Key clients: State Attorney General Letitia James, Brad Lander for New York City comptroller, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, Dan Quart for Manhattan district attorney, Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah, Nathalia Fernandez for Bronx borough president, Jimmy Van Bramer for Queens borough president, Robert Cornegy Jr. for Brooklyn borough president; Franciso Moya and Carmen De La Rosa for New York City Council; John Brooks for state Senate

33 PATRICK B. JENKINS PRESIDENT Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates Patrick B. Jenkins has made his mark as a leading Albany lobbyist in recent years, but the Queens political operative still has a hand in election campaigns. Among his recent clients are Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, state Sen. Kevin Parker and Assembly Members Jeffrion Aubry and Latoya Joyner. Key clients: Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Speaker Heastie PAC

Culver Place Strategies helped deliver Brad Lander's upset victory.

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34 JUANITA SCARLETT POLITICAL CONSULTANT Juanita Scarlett has been a partner at the top lobbying firm Bolton-St. Johns since 2019, but she’s been political strategist long before then – and still advises candidates informally. She’s known to be close to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the New York City Democratic mayoral nominee who’s all but guaranteed to be in City Hall next year. Editor’s note: Juanita Scarlett is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

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Ditto Consulting Ditto Consulting is a go-to firm for Democrats running for elected office in Westchester County. Kim DiTomasso’s firm counts Westchester County Executive George Latimer, state Sen. Shelley Mayer, Assembly Member Amy Paulin and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano among its clients. DiTomasso has also taken on some New York City clients, including Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Key clients: Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Antonio Reynoso for Brooklyn borough president, Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah, state Sen. Pete Harckham Biggest accomplishment: “Working with state Sen. Pete Harckham to defeat one of the strongest Republican threats in New York state, former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino. Helping

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Westchester County Executive George Latimer to build a strong campaign to avoid a primary challenger.”

36 JOHN BALDUZZI & JESSICA EVANGELISTA PRESIDENT; PARTNER The Balduzzi Group The Balduzzi Group’s Rochester-area office has handled political advertising and direct mail campaigns for local clients including Rep. Joe Morelle, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh. The husbandand-wife leadership team of John Balduzzi and Jessica Evangelista also have a Washington, D.C., office and dozens of clients across the country, including congressional and other major candidates in Illinois, Texas, California and other states. Key clients: Rep. Joe Morelle, Joe Morelle Jr. for Irondequoit supervisor, Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, Joe Burns for Binghamton mayor, New York State Democratic Committee, Congressional Black Caucus PAC, ACLU Biggest accomplishment: “Providing media services in the Georgia U.S. Senate race for the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, helping to secure victories for Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.”

37 L. JOY WILLIAMS FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT LJW Community Strategies L. Joy Williams has led her own consulting firm, LJW

Top: Juanita Scarlett Bottom: L. Joy Williams

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City mayor, Kevin Parker for New York City comptroller, Jo Anne Simon for Brooklyn borough president, Vito Fossella for Staten Island borough president, Tony Avella, Mercedes Narcisse and Joann Ariola for New York City Council

44 ANNIE WEIR & THOMAS FITZGERALD FOUNDER; SENIOR ASSOCIATE Weir & Co Annie Weir’s fundraising firm was part of Kathryn Garcia’s New York City mayoral campaign that almost broke through, and her team helped Democrats keep or pick up several state Senate seats on the way to winning a supermajority last year. She has also worked with Long Island candidates, including Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. Key clients: Kathryn Garcia for New York City mayor, Brad Hoylman for Manhattan borough president; Anna Kaplan, Michelle Hinchey, Andrew Gounardes and Laura Ahearn for state Senate

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Biggest accomplishment: “Our firm was thrilled to work with Kathryn Garcia on her mayoral campaign. While she may not have won the primary, New Yorkers are better for having had her voice and experience in the race. And as a Quinn campaign veteran as well, perhaps next time we will break that glass ceiling at Gracie Mansion!”

45 MICHAEL GIACCIO PARTNER Bedford Grove Michael Giaccio’s fundraising

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firm, Bedford Grove, has worked with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is mulling a run for governor now that his time at City Hall is winding down. The longtime campaign operative has also been working with de Blasio’s Fairness PAC. Key clients: Eric Adams for New York City mayor, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera for New York City comptroller, Fairness PAC

46 BARRY CARO & DAVID EPSTEIN PRESIDENT; ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Bartholomew Communications & Strategies Barry Caro’s Bartholomew Communications & Strategies, which has offices in New York City and White Plains, primarily works with candidates in the five boroughs and in county, city and village races in Westchester. Caro has worked with New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams in the past, and this year his most high-profile client was mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia.

Primary ballot; It was gratifying to play a key role in one of New York City's real underdog stories this year. In Tuckahoe, my candidates swept the village elections and flipped a 3-2 Republican board to a 4-1 Democratic board. The winning mayor, Omayra Andino, became the first woman and first person of color to be mayor of the village. In Ardsley, a school board candidate named Vikas Agrawal knocked off an incumbent to become one of the first Indian-Americans elected in Westchester.”

47 RONNIE & MICHAEL OLIVA FOUNDER AND CEO; PRESIDENT Sykes Global Communications The married duo of Ronnie and Michael Oliva run Sykes Global Communications, a firm that recently opened a division

Key clients: Kathryn Garcia for New York City mayor; Cordell Cleare and Gale Brewer for New York City Council; Colin Smith for Westchester County legislator, White Plains Democratic City Committee, Peekskill Democratic City Committee, Cortlandt Democratic Committee Biggest accomplishment: “I was most proud of three races this year, one high profile and two low profile. On short notice, I put together a team that collected enough signatures to ensure Kathryn Garcia made the Democratic

Ronnie and Michael Oliva lead Sykes Global Communications.

devoted to judicial candidates and worked with New York City Council Member Adrienne Adams – a leading candidate to be the next council speaker. Key clients: New York City Council Member Adrienne Adams, Liz Crotty for Manhattan district attorney, Rosemarie Montalbano for Kings County Surrogate’s Court Judge, Heela Capell for Kings County Civil Court, Manuel Casanova for Congress Biggest accomplishment: “Helping win a borough-wide upset Democratic Primary victory for Judge Rosemarie Montalbano, who won for Surrogate’s Court Judge against the Brooklyn County Party/Machine. She was the 4th Surrogate Judge candidate we successfully helped to elect. Helping to re-elect Councilwoman Adrienne Adams to the New York City Council against Ruben Wills (who formerly held the seat) with over 50% of the vote, and therefore eliminating a ranked-choice runoff from the electoral process.”

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48 CHAPIN FAY FOUNDER AND CEO Lighthouse Public Affairs New York hasn’t had a Republican in statewide office since George Pataki was governor, but if that changes, Chapin Fay will likely have something to do with it. The Mercury veteran, who now runs his own consulting firm, Lighthouse Public Affairs, had a part in that 2002 Pataki bid and also helped Harry Wilson come close to winning a state comptroller contest in 2010. Fay’s now working on a super PAC for Rep. Lee Zeldin, the early Republican front-runner in the 2022 gubernatorial contest. Key clients: Lee Zeldin’s super PAC; Liz Joy, Kevin Surdi, John Cummings and Desi Cuellar for Congress; Michael Henry for attorney general, Aleks Mici for New York City Council, Fernando Mateo for New York City mayor Biggest accomplishment: “Leading the team that raised $11 million from hundreds of thousands of donors from all 50 states for the John Cummings campaign.”

Vince Casale and Lynn Krogh run The Casale Group.

49 VINCE CASALE & LYNN KROGH OWNERS The Casale Group The Casale Group, led by the husband-and-wife team of Vince Casale and Lynn Krogh, have proven effective at elevating Republican candidates into local, county and state legislative positions in recent years, and they’re now aiming higher with a gubernatorial hopeful and a House contender. They’ve also worked with Nick Langworthy, the state GOP chair. Key clients: Andrew Giuliani for governor; Marc Molinaro’s congressional super PAC; Rockland County Executive Ed Day; Peter Oberacker and Mike Martucci for state Senate; Assembly Member Chris Tague; Poughkeepsie

It once looked like Andrew Yang would be NYC mayor, thanks to Tusk and Coffey.

Mayor Rob Rolison; Liz Joy for Congress Biggest accomplishment: “TCG continues to be the most sought-after firm for serious Republicans running for statewide and federal offices in New York. In a rough environment, TCG consistently delivers. In 2020, they elected two new Republican state senators, including Senate District 42, which was only one of two seats flipped from blue to red.”

50 ANNE LEWIS FOUNDER AND CEO MissionWired The Washington, D.C.,-based consultant Anne Lewis knows how to deliver for high-powered clients, from President Joe Biden to U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia to nonprofits like Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Teach For America. In New York, she has worked with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and is now working with state Attorney General

Letitia James, who would be a top-tier gubernatorial candidate if she runs next year. Key clients: State Attorney General Letitia James, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

51 BRADLEY TUSK & CHRIS COFFEY FOUNDER; HEAD OF NEW YORK PRACTICE Tusk Strategies It once looked like former presidential candidate Andrew Yang might be the next mayor of New York City, and Tusk Strategies was going to be perhaps the biggest reason why. Company founder Bradley Tusk, who had engineered Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 reelection victory, teamed up with Yang, and his staff held key positions, including Chris Coffey as cocampaign manager. However, the Yang campaign eventually fizzled and finished fourth place in the Democratic primary. Key client: Andrew Yang for New York City mayor

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Washington, D.C.-based Rachel Hirschberg. Berger and Hirschberg, who also run the international consulting firm RISE Global Strategies, have worked with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Reps. Greg Meeks and Nydia Velázquez and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Key clients: Kathryn Garcia for mayor; Brian Benjamin for city comptroller; Jimmy Van Bramer for Queens borough president; Sean Ryan and Samra Brouk for state Senate; Selvena Brooks-Powers for New York City Council; Common Cause

Stephanie Berger is president of Berger Hirschberg Strategies.

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ALEX DEGRASSE CEO AND FOUNDER North Country Strategies LLC Rep. Elise Stefanik easily won reelection last fall in a seat previously held by a Democrat, was rumored to be considering a run for governor, and then ascended to the No. 3 position on the House of Representatives’ Republican leadership team this spring. Her continued rise is thanks in part to Alex DeGrasse, a former campaign volunteer from Stefanik’s first campaign who now drives her political strategy as executive director of Elise for Congress. In 2020, DeGrasse also started North Country Strategies, his own political consulting firm. Key clients: Elise for Congress, E-PAC, Elise Victory Fund, National Republican Congressional Committee

Biggest accomplishment: “In a highly nationalized competitive race in 2020 that the entire political world was watching post-impeachment standout, Alex led one of the most successful digital online fundraising efforts ever in outraising Democrats’ national grassroots fundraising and delivering a massive doubledigit win at the ballot box when Elise won the most votes ever in the history of the North Country. And then positioning Elise to win the leadership race as House GOP chairwoman, the most powerful New York Republican in Congress since Jack Kemp.”

53 STEPHANIE BERGER PRESIDENT Berger Hirschberg Strategies Stephanie Berger is the New York-based president of Berger Hirschberg Strategies, which she runs along with

Biggest accomplishment: “Working with Kathryn Garcia to come in a close second to Eric Adams.”

54 MICHAEL NIEVES POLITICAL CONSULTANT Michael Nieves’ day job is as president and chief executive officer of the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, a nonprofit Spanish-language television network. But the former government official, who has worked with New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr., former Rep. Charles Rangel and former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, still assists candidates. He recently helped elect seven district leaders and four state committee members in Queens, as well as several key judicial candidates. Key clients: Civil Court Judges Soma Syed in Queens and Wanda Negron and Verena Powell in the Bronx Biggest accomplishment: “Beat a Queens Democratic Party-endorsed judicial candidate to make Soma Syed the Democratic

nominee Civil Court judge. When elected in the fall, Syed will be the first Bangladeshi and Muslim woman to be elected as judge in New York state.” Editor’s note: Michael Nieves is a member of City & State’s advisory board.

55 BRADLEY HONAN & ELISABETH ZECHE CEO AND PRESIDENT; COFOUNDER AND PARTNER Honan Strategy Group Pollsters Bradley Honan and Elisabeth Zeche have been popping up everywhere lately, whether it’s penning op-eds for the Daily News and CNN, teaming up with the lobbying firm Capalino on election polling or advising clients in New York races. Honan brings experience working in the corporate sphere as well as with politicians including Michael Bloomberg, Bill and Hillary Clinton and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Zeche once worked for U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan and has close to two decades of experience in market research. Key clients: Nathalia Fernandez for Bronx borough president; Liz Crotty for Manhattan district attorney; Stacy Lynch, Troy McGhie, Ahmadou Diallo, Billy Council, Marni Halasa, Sara Lind and Tiffany TuckerPryor for New York City Council; New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council / Hotel Workers for Stronger Communities; American Council of Engineering Companies New York City PAC Biggest accomplishment: “Honan Strategy Group is successfully driving innovation in their political campaign

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work by pairing traditional polling and data analytics with unique offerings around voter level targeting, modeling, and an emotion based ad testing platform to provide our clients with the most actionable data and analysis to help inform messaging and communications strategy.”

digital and text capabilities. In New York, he has had Melissa Mark-Viverito and Assembly Member Daniel Rosenthal as clients in recent cycles. Key clients: Elizabeth Crowley for Queens borough president; James Gennaro, Alfonso Quiroz and Gardy Brazela for New York City Council; New York City Health + Hospitals

56 JOSÉ BAYONA FOUNDER AND CEO Grassroots Strategies

Key client: Eric Adams for New York City mayor Biggest accomplishment: “Winning the four outer boroughs for Eric Adams during the primary election with a clear message: At this moment of recovery and renewal, voters need our government to deliver for us. We brought them a platform with tangible solutions for working-class people in our communities. What they want is subway and street safety, improving schools and keeping our streets clean.”

José Bayona is founder and CEO of Grassroots Strategies.

the New York political world as well as anyone, thanks to his decades of experience. One of his key clients is Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who has been facing younger primary challengers in recent years.

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58 RASHEIDA SMITH POLITICAL CONSULTANT Dunton Consulting

George Arzt Communications Inc. The veteran communications consultant George Arzt knows

Key clients: Ray McGuire for New York City mayor,

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Key clients: Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Ray McGuire for New York City mayor, Brooklyn Democratic Party

Rasheida Smith is a political veteran who has worked on the campaigns of former Reps. Charlie Rangel and Carolyn McCarthy, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and New York City Council Member I. Daneek Miller. She launched her government affairs and community relations firm, Dunton Consulting, in 2012.

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Elizabeth Caputo for Manhattan borough president, Richard Lee for New York City Council

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59 JUSTIN CHAE CEO Meridian Strategies Justin Chae founded Meridian Strategies nearly three years ago, when he was an undergraduate in college – and he’s still enrolled even as the consulting firm has taken off. Chae has worked with cannabis companies and, on the election side, built up mail,

Anthony Pileggi is the founder and president of the political consulting firm IMGE Advisors and vice president with its parent company, IMGE, which is located in Alexandria, Virginia. The former chief of staff to Rep. Elise Stefanik helped Claudia Tenney win back her upstate congressional seat from Anthony Brindisi this year, one of the most closely watched – and closest – races in New York last fall. Key clients: Reps. Claudia Tenney and Andrew Garbarino

CHRIS FELIX; SUNNY OU/MERIDIAN STRATEGIES; KONRAD ODHIAMBO; ERIC KOCH

José Bayona is following his roles as a senior adviser to Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign and as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s former director of community and ethnic media by launching his own firm, Grassroots Strategies, which aims to employ a truly grassroots approach to effect change.

Biggest accomplishment: “Over nine months Meridian has: signed up over 102,000 people for the vaccine, mobilized over 1,200 canvassers across the five boroughs, distributed 10 million masks, and reached over 1.8 million New Yorkers. Perfecting COVID-era field (work), we secured ballot access for several candidates while simultaneously executing a massive deep canvass vaccination program for HHC's Test and Trace Corps. During this time, Meridian’s leadership continued to run ops at full capacity while quarantined with COVID-19.”

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Joe Bonilla is managing partner and senior media director at Relentless Awareness.

Key client: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

63 JOE BONILLA & MIKE ALLEN MANAGING PARTNER AND SENIOR MEDIA DIRECTOR; DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

prefers to keep his clients secret, but public filings show he has worked for Rep. Ritchie Torres and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, among others. Key clients: Scott Stringer for New York City mayor, Corey Johnson for New York City comptroller and Mark Levine for Manhattan borough president

Relentless Awareness

61 AMANDA CERNIK PRESIDENT Capelianis Consulting LLC A little over two years ago, Amanda Cernik founded Capelianis Consulting LLC, a Washington, D.C.based political, fundraising, development and event strategy firm. Over the past year, she has aided several Republican congressional candidates in New York, including moderate Rep. John Katko as well as Rep. Chris Jacobs in Western New York and Rep. Andrew Garbarino on Long Island. Key clients: Reps. John Katko,

Tom Reed, Chris Jacobs and Andrew Garbarino

62 ANNA GREENBERG MANAGING PARTNER GQR Earlier on in his political career, Bill de Blasio had a track record of outperforming early polls. In his presidential bid, however, his lackluster polling hardly budged. Now that he’s seriously considering a run for governor, he’ll look to Anna Greenberg, his longtime pollster, to help assess whether he has a realistic path to victory.

A leader in opposition research, Davis prefers to keep his clients secret.

The consulting, communications and events company Relentless Awareness has been expanding its political work in recent years, primarily in and around the Capital Region. The firm, which has a new studio space right in downtown Albany, has worked for such clients as U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Paul Tonko, state Sen. Neil Breslin, Assembly Member Patricia Fahy, Albany County District Attorney David Soares, Albany County Executive Dan McCoy and Albany County Family Court Judge Sherri Brooks. Key clients: Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Rich Mooney for Rensselaer mayor Biggest accomplishment: “David Soares' win was a highlight of 2020, where he fended off a challenger heavily supported by the WFP (Working Families Party) in the Democratic primary and especially during the height of COVID-19.”

64 JONATHAN DAVIS FOUNDER Northside Research + Consulting Jonathan Davis toils away behind the scenes as one of the leading opposition researchers for Democratic candidates in New York. He

65 ERIC KOCH FOUNDER Downfield Eric Koch recently left Precision Strategies, where he handled communications for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, to kick off his new firm: Downfield. Koch, who previously worked for then-New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and at Hiltzik Strategies, has also consulted for Rep. Ritchie Torres and U.S. Senate candidate Al Gross of Alaska. Key clients: Maya Wiley for New York City mayor, Met Council Biggest accomplishment: “Lead comms strategist for Maya Wiley – overall all comms, debate prep, rapid response, etc., helped take her from the middle of the pack to surging at the end.”

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66 MARK SKIDMORE CO-FOUNDER AND CEO Assemble Mark Skidmore’s Assemble is a digital-driven political consulting firm that he founded after working with the likes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. This cycle, the veteran of Bully Pulpit Interactive was a consultant on Ray McGuire’s New York City mayoral campaign. Key client: Ray McGuire for New York City mayor

67 ANDRÉ M. RICHARDSON PRINCIPAL Paragon Strategies André M. Richardson’s biggest client over the years has been Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the No. 4 Democrat in the House of Representatives. He has also assisted the reform-minded Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and state Sen. Zellnor Myrie. Richardson, who’s the New York political director for Jeffries’ campaign, also runs Paragon Strategies, which specializes in politics, real estate and business. Key client: Andrew Yang for New York City mayor

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Biggest accomplishment: “Representing a group of Black Brooklyn-based farmers to help them successfully obtain a license to enter the New York state cannabis market and advocating on their behalf to ensure their successful and equitable entry into the industry.”

68 STEVE KRAMER PRESIDENT Get Out the Vote Steve Kramer founded Get Out the Vote, a firm with a name that says it all, in 1999. Kramer has worked with plenty of New York candidates over the years, including candidates for mayor, borough president and New York City Council this cycle. He also drew attention for his short stint advising Kanye West on a potential bid for president. Key clients: Sara Tirschwell for New York City mayor, Robert Cornegy Jr. for Brooklyn borough president, Ben Kallos for Manhattan borough president; Farah Louis, Fernando Aquino, Harold Miller, David Gold and Heshy Tischler for New York City Council

Edu Hermelyn is one of Eric Adams' consultants.

Strategic Media Services, run for a quarter century by David Neal, as one of his top consultants. Neal has also worked with former President Donald Trump on ad buying. Key client: Rep. Chris Jacobs

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Hermelyn Group LLC

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Edu Hermelyn was one of a number political consultants hired by Eric Adams’ successful mayoral campaign. Hermelyn is a Brooklyn district leader and the husband of Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, who endorsed Adams.

Rep. Chris Jacobs has deep roots in the majority Republican district he represents in Western New York, where his family runs a lucrative hospitality business. But since his election to Congress in 2020, he has relied heavily on the Washington, D.C-based

Key client: Eric Adams for New York City mayor

71 TROY BLACKWELL FOUNDER Ready for Change PAC Troy Blackwell’s campaign experience ranges from the national to the hyperlocal. He mounted a bid for a New York City Council seat in the Bronx this cycle and worked on the Biden-Harris presidential ticket last year. His new Ready for Change PAC, which aims to boost voter turnout and youth engagement, has endorsed Kimberly Beaty for Erie County sheriff. Key clients: Presidential candidates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Tom Steyer Biggest accomplishment: “Having a front-row seat to democracy by working

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movement spaces to co-design radical spaces with those typically underpriroritzed by the political elite.”

73 J.J. BALABAN & BRANDON L. DAVIS PARTNERS Technicolor Political

LUISANNA TEJADA; DOMINIGUE PETTWAY; PINK CORNROWS LLC; STEPHEN PAUL

Ifeoma Ike consulted for Dianne Morales and Maya Wiley.

tirelessly to get Kamala Harris elected as vice president of the United States, making her the first woman and first person of color to ever hold that seat. I’ve worked with Vice President Harris since early 2019 and traveled to 10 states with her.”

emerged as the progressive flag-bearer in the race, even though she ultimately fell short. Ike, whose Pink Cornrows firm elevates Black female leaders, is also the advisory board chair of the New York City Black Women’s Political Club.

Key clients: Maya Wiley and Dianne Morales for New York City mayor

IFEOMA IKE FOUNDER AND CEO Pink Cornrows A former candidate for New York City public advocate, Ifeoma Ike worked on Dianne Morales’ campaign for New York City mayor this cycle and eventually joined the team behind Maya Wiley, who

Biggest accomplishment: “Entering the mayoral season in January 2021 with a belief that progressive Black women running deserve strong, visible and viable campaigns, Ifeoma Ike served as a senior advisor to two leading Black women mayoral campaigns – and informally to Black women City Council candidates – and leveraged her relationships with organizers, activists and community leaders in

Greene helped two Democrats win state Senate seats last year.

Since Andrew Cuomo stepped down as governor, a number of prominent politicians across New York are looking to step up. One of them is Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, who recently brought on veteran Democratic strategists J.J. Balaban and Brandon L. Davis of Technicolor Political, according to The New York Times. The national firm also worked on Rep. Mondaire Jones’ trailblazing bid for Congress last year. Key client: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone

74 HAILEE GREENE CHIEF EVERYTHING OFFICER Greenestrat Before launching her own consulting firm in 2019, Hailee Greene gained campaign experience at Berger Hirschberg Strategies and Ditto Consulting. She also worked on then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2018 reelection bid for governor and on Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s presidential campaign. Last year, she helped a pair of Democrats win key state Senate races in the Hudson Valley. Key clients: Michelle Hinchey and Elijah Reichlin-Melnick for state Senate

75 KENNETH PLUMMER CEO Kensworth Consulting LLC One of Kenneth Plummer’s key clients is Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn PattersonHoward, who was elected in 2019, and he has also assisted other Westchester County candidates aligned with the mayor. Plummer’s firm is also co-developing a new Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle. Key clients: Westchester County Legislator Tyrae Woodson-Samuels; former New Rochelle Council Member Jared Rice; Administrative Justice Kathie Davidson; incoming 2021 Mount Vernon City Council members Biggest accomplishment: “Played a central advising, fundraising and infrastructure role in assisting Shawyn Patterson-Howard, the first Black woman to be elected mayor in the City of Mount Vernon, New York, and only the second in the state of New York, in 2019, and led the creation of the Mount Vernon Forward movement, which swept the recent 2021 primary elections in the city.

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Notice of Formation of FUTAI 922 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 926 57th St Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of GOLDEN STAR 828 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 5711 8th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of IGLEHART DESIGN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1 5 0 0 B ro adway, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of JMC GROUP HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/26/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 203 Jackson St, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of KINGS SPEEDY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/23/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1903 Kings Hwy Brooklyn, NY 11229. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Next Leveled, LLC filed with SSNY on January 11, 2021. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Deborah Woods, 131 Lorraine Avenue, M ount Ve rno n , N Y 10553. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of E nvision Global Productions LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/29/2021. Office located in King’s county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to Melissa Meredith, 1870 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of ESNYHOME D - S TATE N , LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/26/21. Office l o c ati on: R i c hmond . LLC formed in DE on 8/6/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 80 State St. Albany, NY 12207. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of REX 15E LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/14/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to M. Nader Ahari, 200 Park Ave. South, Ste. 1608, NY, NY 10 0 03 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Qual. of 1SSP INVESTOR LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY o n 9/ 1 0/2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York . LLC formed in DE on 7/30/21. 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 law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of The Wax Sanctuary LLC filed with SSNY on 9/21/2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2327 Boller Ave Bronx, NY 10475. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of AURAE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/31/21.O f fice loc ation: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 95 Horatio St #410, New York , NY 10014. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation o f C .O D U R O L L C . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 54 Noll st, apt 709, Brooklyn, NY 11206 . Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of Downstate Clean Energy, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/11/21. Office location: KINGS. LLC formed in DE on 5/27/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY mail process to: Attn: David Arfin, Nyu Urban Future Lab, 370 Jay St 7th Fl Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EFRAIM GOLDSTEIN PROFESSIONAL E N G I N E E R I N G PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/8/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 15 Ocean Ave Brooklyn, NY 11225. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of FELLOW BARBER HUDSON YA R D S LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/16/21. Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 101 North 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249.Any lawful purpose.

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KHB MEDICAL SERVICES, PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/19/2021. Office loc: Ny County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 377 East 33rd Street, Apt. 18B, NY, NY 10016-9474. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine. Notice of formation of Third Road Partners CC LLC. Articles of Org filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/14/2021. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is: Erik C. Tiltmann, 234 E 83 StNew York, NY 10028. The principal business address of the LLC is: New York . Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of SI YORK HOLDINGS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 12/11/19.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 9 5 7 WILLOWBROOK RD, STATEN IS L AND, N Y 1 0314 . Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 1840 Givan Ave Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/17/2021. Office: Bronx 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, 1840 Givan Ave, Bronx NY 10469. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of JDavid Marketing Group, LLC filed with SSNY on 9/13/2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: United State Corporation Agents. INC 7014 13th Ave, suite 202 Brooklyn NY 11228 USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of DTF ENGINEERING , PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/22/21. Office location: Madison SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY mail process to 1315 Black Point Rd, CanastotA, NY 13032. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of ICONIC HALLMARKS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 7/30/20. Office location Richmond SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 809 Father Capodanno Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EOM Business Capital LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 4615 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SMDR ENTERPRISES LLC. filed with SSNY on 08/20/2021. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 400 FORT HILL RD. APT. 510, PEEKSKILL, NY, 10566, USA

Notice of Formation of JLFT 1, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/1 0/2 1 .O f f ice location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 809 father capodanno blvd, STATEN ISL AND, N Y 10305 . Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 27 E 11TH ST LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/22/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Moses & Singer LLP, Attn: Daniel S. Rubin, 405 Lexington Ave. , N Y, N Y 10174 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of HU & LIN REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/21/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8901 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11236. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of B9 ALABAMA AVE OWNER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/0 6/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/04/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o C orp oration Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of LEE Z ENTERPRISE LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2936 AVE W, APT 6B, BROOKLYN, NY 11229. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of NY CANA AN FARM LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 9/20/21.Office location: HERKIMER SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2173 State Rt 28, Mohawk, NY 13407. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Formation of LAMONSTRI LLC, filed with SSNY on 8/18/2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 430 East 6 St. # 4H NY NY 10009. Purpose: Clothing Sales

Notice of Formation of Spa 56, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY o n 9/2 3/2 1 . O f f i c e location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 77 W. 55th St New York, NY 10019. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FOREVER HEART CREATIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/23/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 24 Crosby Ave 2nd FL, Brooklyn, NY 11207. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

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TIDEWATER MARINE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the S SN Y on 09/09/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 245 Eighth Avenue, Ste 169, NY, NY 10014. Reg Agent: Doug Manowitz, 245 Eighth Avenue, Ste 169, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE JACQUES AND N ATAS H A G E L M A N F O U N D A T I O N for the year ended November 30, 2020 is available at its principal office located at 260 MADISON AVENUE, 18 TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10016 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is JANET C. N E S C H I S . Notice of Formation of VILLEPA INTELLIGENCE LLC . Ar ts . of Org . filed with SSNY on 08/26/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process agains t it may b e s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 738 E 5th St Apt 1C, New York, NY 10009.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Union Springs Heated Storage, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/24/2 1 .O f f ice location: CAYUGA SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 148 Madison Ave 11th Floor New York , NY 10016. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 6543 BROADWAY MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/29/21. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail proces s to 15 Raleigh Dr New City, NY 10956. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of A l z i n d a n i Pr o p e r t y LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/13/21. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 2505 Olinville Ave #3G, Bronx, NY 1 0 4 6 7. A ny l aw f u l p u r p o s e . Notice of Qual of AMERICAN I N N O V A T I O N I N V E S T M E N T S MANAGEMENT, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 08/30/2021. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 02/14/2020. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 790 Madison Avenue, Ste 503, NY, NY 11021. Address required to be maintained in DE: CSC, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington DE 19808. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of CPX PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/9/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 463 62ND STREE T, BROOKLYN, NY,11220. Any lawful p u r p o s e .

Notice of Qualification of 690 MADISON INVESTOR LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 0 9/23/21 . Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 7/2 2 /2 1 . SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY shall mail process to c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co. (CSC), 80 State St., A lb any, N Y 1 2 2 0 72543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Lit tle Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808 . Cer t. of Form. filed with State of DE, Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G . Townsend Bldg. , 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Qualification of AFN ABSPROP001, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 0 9/20/21 . Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 3/2 6/ 1 9 . SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . SSNY shall mail process to c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cer t. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Own, rent, l e a s e an d m an a g e commercial real estate. Notice of Formation of CHARM AVIATION LLC filed with SSNY on SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 . Office: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Registered Agent: Registered Agents Inc, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Office 40, Albany, NY Address to mail Notice of Publication: Rose Law Group, Attn: Angelica Van Balen, 7144 E. Stetson Dr., Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Lunastorm1 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/14/21. Office location: Columbia SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 79 Dogwood Drive, Hudson, NY 12534. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of THE DELIGRAM, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/24//21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to THE DELIGR AM , LLC, 366 Stockton St., STE 1B, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of MORNINGSIDE 4A, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to Phillips Nizer LLP, 485 Lexington Ave NY 10017. Any lawful p u r p o s e . Notice of Formation of DMK TREND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/16/21.Office loc ation: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d . S S N Y mail process to 17 STATE ST STE 4000, NY 10004. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of WAVE TRAINING AND C O N S U LT I N G L L C . Auth. filed with SSNY o n 9/3 0/2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York . LLC formed in CA on 9/21/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 90 State St. Albany, NY 12207. Arts. of Org. filed with CA SOS . 150 0 11th Street Sacramento, California 95814. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of VA R TA N I A N PROPERTIES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY o n 11/1 6/2 0 11 .O f f i c e location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail proces s to 608 Fifth Ave Ste 807, New York , NY 10020.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of ARIMAGICALEVENTS LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 452 Ridgewood Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208. Any lawful p u r p o s e . Notice of Formation of 231 WZ LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/9/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 231 SCHENECTADY AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11213. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of RM Chelsea LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/22/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 108 West 73rd Street, New York, NY 10023. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qualification of Pacific Program Management Group LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/14/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Washington (WA) on 12/04/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Fikso Kretschmer Smith Dixon Ormseth PS, 901 Fifth Ave., Ste. 4000, Seattle, WA 98164. Principal Office Address: 600 University St., Ste. 1920, Seattle, WA 98101. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 801 Capitol Way South, Olympia, WA 98501. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of FiftyThree FiftyThree LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/16/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/01/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: David A. Stein, Esq., Withers Bergman LLP, 430 Park Ave., 10 th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Address to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of 362 LACO, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/17/16.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2906 SHELL RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11224. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of MAKEUP BY ERICA ROSE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/27/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 384 N Railroad Ave, Staten Island, NY 10304. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of EMPIRE L AND MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/30/21.Office location: Montgomery SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 280 Buel Rd, Canajoharie, NY 13317. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NinaH, LLC filed with SSNY on 09/27/2021. Office: New York County. SSNY agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Crepes Columbus 990 Columbus Avenue, Ground floor New York, NEW YORK 10025. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of 451 TENTH AVENUE RESTAURANT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/0 4/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/04/21. 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 c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend B l dg . , F e de ral and Duke of York St., Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Qualification of AGILITY PRIVATE REAL ASSETS IV LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/0 6/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of KPD Property, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/16/21.Office location: Madison SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 128 Circle Dr. E, Canastota, NY 13032. Any lawful p u r p o s e . Notice of Formation of RHRM JL BBQ NYC, LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 6/9/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 15 W O O D VA L E L O O P, STATEN ISL AND, NY 10309. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RIVINGTON 3A, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Phillips Nizer LLP, 485 Lexington Ave, New York, PA 10017. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation o f S TA R L E T A M I R CAPITAL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/16/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1472 43rd St., Apt. D3, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Yellow Brick Strategic Advisors LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/13/2 1 .O f f ice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 140 Riverside Dr New York, NY 10024. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 208 COUNT Y ROUTE 12, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/2/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Tuttle Yick LLP 352 Seventh Ave 14th Fl New York, NY 10001.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 139 Port Richmond LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/08/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 139 Port Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY 10302. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ELIZ ABETH MICHEL GARDEN DESIGN, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/11/16. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 326a president St. BROOKLYN, NY 11231. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 220 WEST 148TH STREET UNIT 4P LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/26/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: CCS Global Solutions, Inc., 530 Seventh Ave., Ste. 508, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of 7512 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/16/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1472 43rd St., Apt. D3, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Form. of Toldos Yosef LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/4/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1568 E 18th St, Brooklyn, NY 11230. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GERKEN VENTURES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/15/21. Office location: Ontario SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 30 65 Oakmount Rd Bloomfield, NY 14469. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of GRANDMA BLANCHE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1634 E 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11230. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Brooklyn Koi Candle Co LLC. filed with SSNY on 09/02/2021. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 380 Macon Street, Apt 4R, Brooklyn, NY, 11233-4297

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Notice of Qualification of TWFG INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/20/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 03/09/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1201 Lake Woodlands Dr., Ste. 4020, The Woodlands, TX 77380, also the address to be maintained in TX. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Mailing Address: Corporations Section P.O. Box 13697, Austin, TX 78711-3697, Delivery Address: 1019 Brazos St., Austin, TX 78711. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of 589 METROPOLITAN AVENUE LLC . Ar ts . of O rg . f ile d with SSNY on 4/01/21.Office loc ation: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom p ro c e s s a g ain s t i t may be served. SSNY mail process to ATTN: PAUL CAINE, 7 PENN PLAZA SUITE 1400,NY 10001.Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION of Eat N Run Vending LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/27/2021. Location: Kings. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 7014 13th Avenue, suite 202,Brooklyn,Ny,11236. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of BK 60 REALT Y LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/30/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1073 60th St Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of HUANJU LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/16. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 100 Irving Ave, Freeport, NY 11520. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ABINGTON CALEB CREEK NC, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/04/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 950 Third Ave 27th Floor New York, NY 10022. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Markwood Enterprises (NY) Mgmt LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/1/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 336, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of HAMMOND LUXURY LIVING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/3/21. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1170 Rt. 17M Ste # 3, Chester, NY 10918. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of WEALTH FUNDS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/30/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 164 79TH ST Apt. 37 G, BROOKLYN, NY 11209. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of J. SMITH & SONS E NTE R PR ISE S LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/6/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3103 Foster Ave., Apt 5C, Brooklyn, NY 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of AAAP PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/14/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 178 East 80th St Suite #2a, New York, NY 10075. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of 27E79 RESIDENTIAL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY o n 8/0 4/2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: Attn: Jeffrey M . S chwar t z , E s q . , 444 Madison Ave 6th Fl New York, NY 10022. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of VIRNA’S KIDDIE CAVE, LLC filed with SSNY on September 15, 2021. Office: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 830 West 177 Street Apt 2F New York, NY 10033. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Mogila Law Group, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/26/21. Office location: New York County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to 153 Central Ave, Ste 30 03 , West field, NJ 07091. Purpose: practice of the profession of law. Premier Credit & Margin Consulting LLC Art. of Org. Filed Sec of State of New York 10/13/2021. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to the LLC, 1000 Clove Road, Apt LO, Staten Island, NY 10301. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of 215 CALYER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/05/21. Office location: Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 75-20 Penelope Ave, Middle Village, NY 11379. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Franciszka Cielepak at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Formation of TOP TIER HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/27/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 90 William St Apt 2g, New York, NY 10038. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 458 20TH APARTMENTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/1/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Greenberg Traurig LLP, 500 Campus Dr Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of K ARJUSTER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/29/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 130 William Street #34A, New York, NY 10038. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of MACKBOYSRNL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/6/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 14 Fountayne Ln Manalapan, NJ 07726. Any law ful purpose.

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communication antenna and associated equipment on the roof at a top height of 75-feet at the approx. vicinity of 449 Audubon Ave, New York, New York County, NY 10040. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Jessica Cilento, j . c il e nto @ tril e af. c o m; 4 0 7- 6 6 0 -7 8 4 0 ; 1 0 5 1 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, Florida 32751. Notice of Formation of BETZ LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/12/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 900 Third Ave 13th Fl New York, NY 10022. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of DAILY GOODS ZERO IRVING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/2/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 124 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 257 MANHATTAN AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/19/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 150 East 58th St 20th Floor, New York, NY 10155. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 501 BROADWAY CP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/28/21. Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to c/o: Phillips Nizer LLP, 485 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10017. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 845UN 78B, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/11/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 845 United Nations Plaza, Unit 78b, New York, NY 10017.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MZC PARTNERS II LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/10/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 148 Madison Ave 11th Floor New York, NY, 10016. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HANNAN PROPERTIES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/16/21. Office location: Wayne. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail proces s to 3685 Lake Road, Williamson, NY 14589. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of J. SMITH & SONS E NTE R PR ISE S LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/6/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3103 Foster Ave., Apt 5C, Brooklyn, NY 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of LTCP HE 43 COTTAGE INVESTORS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 444 Madison Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of LTCP HE 43 MANAGER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to Attn: Eli D. Greenberg, Esq., 444 Madison Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of PARTAYRAE LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/10/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 515 West 18th St Apt 707, New York, NY 10011.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 255 MANHATTAN AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/19/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 150 East 58th St 20th Floor, New York, NY 10155. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of NARROW RIVER PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/21/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 166 Beard St Brooklyn, NY 11231. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Peterra Kitchen, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 30 Bayard St #3E, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 709 MONROE STREET BROOKLYN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/12/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 485 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10017. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RIOS DEVELOPMENT LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/12/21. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 142 S Main St Gloversville, NY 12078.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NYC42B, LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/23/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 225 Cherry St Unit 42b, New York, NY 10002. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TJJ62 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/1/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1853 62nd St Brooklyn, NY 11204. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of OR 851 CARROLL, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/18/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O: Phillips Nizer LLP, 485 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10017. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SIMPLE INSPECTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/8/21. Office location: Cortland SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 8 West Academy St Mc Graw, NY 13101. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of S U N F I S H C A P I TA L PARTNERS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/5/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 9/30/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 228 park ave s pmb 50992, NEW YORK, NY, 10003. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 499 ATLANTIC AVENUE BROOK LYN RE ALT Y LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 107 3rd Place, Brooklyn, NY 11231. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of 22 CENTURY, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 9/14/21. Office location: KINGS. LLC formed in MA on 6/14/14. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 90 State St. Albany, NY 12207. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division McCormack Building One Ashburton Place, Room 1719 Boston, MA 02108. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DWGB GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/15/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 110 77th ST, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Patricia A . Cocozza LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/12/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8 Rosa Ct, Centereach, NY 11720. Any lawful purpose.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1339314) for beer, wine, liquor, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor, and cider at retail in a Restaurant under the A l c o h o l i c B e ve r a g e Control Law at 237 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215 for on premises consumption. Brooklyn D O P LLC Notice of Formation of 1PPW9D, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/15/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1 Prospect Park West, Apt 9D, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FACE2FACE FX, LLC filed with SSNY on March 26, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 30 E 42ND ST, BROOKLYN, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of ALLIANCE G LOBAL PARTNERS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/30/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg.as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 40 Wall St48th Floor, New York, NY 10005, Any lawful purpose.

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Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 77.5’) on the building at 445 East 77 th St, New York, NY (20211000). Interested par ties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties. Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 150.4’) on the building at 135 E 74 th St, new York, NY (20211001). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties. Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at the following locations in New York, New York County, NY. Antennas are proposed to be collocated at a top height of 266 feet on a 260-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 1995 Broadway, 10023, and at a top height of 93 feet on a 102-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 251 W. 95 th Street, 10025. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Bennett Thomas, b.thomas2@trileaf.com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 407- 660 -7840. Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 86 ’ ) on the building at 82-08 Northern Blvd, Jackson Heights, NY (20210974). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

Form of notice for on-premises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1339355) for beer, wine, liquor, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor, and cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 84 Stanton Street New York, NY 10002 for on premises consumption. LION HOSPITALITY LLC

Form of notice for on-premises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1337307) for beer, wine, liquor, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor, and cider at retail in a Bar/Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 151 Rivington Street New York, NY 10002 for on premises consumption. LULLABY DOWNTOWN LLC

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1339023) for beer, wine, liquor, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, liquor, and cider at retail in a Hotel under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 120-122 Water Street New York, NY 10005 for on premises consumption. INDIGO WATER STREET LLC

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1338819) for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 516 HUDSON ST NEW YORK, NY 10014, NY 10002 for on premises consumption. DB 516 HUDSON NY LLC

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 82 feet on an 82-foot tall buidling at the approx. vicinity of 555 McLean Avenue, Yonkers, Westchester County, NY 10705. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Lauren Schramm l.schramm@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Pkwy, Building 400 Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673. Public Notice T-Mobile Northeast LLC proposes an antenna and equipment upgrade atop an existing 113.6’ building at 55 Berry St. (40.72058° N & 73.95661° W) in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. CHERUNDOLO is publishing this notice in accordance with FCC regulations (47CFR § 1.1307) for Section 106 of the NHPA and the NEPA. Parties with questions or comments regarding the proposed facility should contact CHERUNDOLO at 976 Tabor Rd, Ste 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 or via email at tcns@ cherundoloconsulting. c o m . Notice of Formation of Healthcare.com Insurance Ser vices, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/30/2021. Office location: Westchester Count y. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to C orporate Creations Net work , Inc 60 0 Mamaroneck Avenue #400 Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: helps educate consumers about their healthcare choices

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Index Number 01500-21 Date Summons Filed 4-29-2021 Plaintiff Designates Westchester County as the Place of Trial The basis of venue is Plaintiff lives in the county Michelle Nnatu Plaintiff -againstDefendant Abihola Adams-Nnatu SUMMONS Plaintiff/Defendant resides at 1578 Blvd Peekskill NY 10566 ----------------------------------------------X ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named defendant YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiff within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive to the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgement will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated 4-29-2021 Plaintiff Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Address: Michelle Nnatu 1578 Blvd Peekskill NY 10566

Notice of formation of E68 PARK LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/5/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: P.O Box 140724, S.I, NY 10314. Purpose: any lawful act.

REDBACK LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/13/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Hubco Registered Agent Services, Inc., 238 W. Jericho Turnpike, H untin g to n S t ati o n , NY 11746. Reg Agent: Hubco Registered Agent Services, Inc., 238 W. Jericho Turnpike, H untin g to n S t ati o n , N Y 1174 6 . Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of YARRA GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 10/14/21. O f fice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2 5 B ond S t . , A pt . 4W, NY, NY 10 012 . Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of REDWOOD MUSIC ROYALTY PARTNERS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/21. O f fice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of Arias Online LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9616 Farragut Rd Brooklyn, NY 11236. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Nexus Nutrition, LLC filed with SSNY on 8/26. Office: Chemung County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 39 Philo Road West, Elmira, NY, 14903. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Auction Modern Moving Inc. will sell at Public Auction at 3735 Merritt Avenue, Bronx, NY 10466 At 6:00 P. M . on September 14 th , 2021 for due and unpaid charges by virtue of lien in accordance with the provisions of the law and with due notice given all parties claiming an interest therein, the time specified In each notice for payment of said charges having expired household furniture &; effects, pianos, trunks, cases, T V ’s, radios , h i f i ’s , r e f r i g e r a t o r s , sewing machines, washers, air conditioners, h o u s e h o l d f ur ni t ure O f all de s crip tions and the contents thereof, stored under the following names: KENNER,

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Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 75 feet on an 83-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 1350 54th Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11219 and to collocate wireless communications antennas and associated equipment at a top height of 49 feet on a 50-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 450 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 11215. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t te d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Benjamin Allen, b.allen@trileaf.com, phone: 678-6538673, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 400, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067.

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Controversy? What controversy? The New York City hotel special permit, which critics say will act as a giveaway to Rich Maroko’s influential Hotel Trades Council, was reportedly in danger of dying in the City Planning Commission. Then Mayor Bill de Blasio, the best friend of the hotel workers union, swooped in and whipped up some votes.

APPELLATE JUDGES

Judges Sheri Roman, Ellen Gesmer, David Friedman and Joseph J. Maltese were let go last year, but returned this month when the courts had the money to hire them back. The governor has put them back in the Appellate Division, doing what they do best.

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JAY JACOBS The state Democratic Party chair stepped in it by using a question about why he won’t endorse Buffalo Democratic mayoral nominee India Walton to compare a Black socialist woman to ex-KKK leader David Duke. If that sounds offensive out of context, it is just as bad in context. At least he immediately apologized … oh wait, his statement in response to the outcry said that “discourse today is like walking in a minefield.” THE REST OF THE WORST ANDREW CUOMO

A new poll showed the deposed king of state politics could theoretically be a competitive candidate in the 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary, except for the fact that he is now more unpopular than Donald Trump. That is not exactly a great place to launch a political comeback.

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A viral video showed NYPD officers shoving a subway rider through an emergency exit – all because he had the audacity to ask the officers to put on masks required by the MTA. Even de Blasio saw the video (a first for him!) and condemned it.

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When Puerto Rico becomes the sixth borough

Carlina Rivera’s working vacay In the sun and sand at Somos, she's hoping to revive her bid for speaker.

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With Halloween just around the corner, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani gave the internet an early scare when he used a filter on a video of himself to appear like Abraham Lincoln. Giuliani thought this was the best way to rally Virginia voters against Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial run. His rendition of Honest Abe, however, sounded more like he was gasping for air. Cameo might consider dropping Rudy G from its personalized video service after seeing this desperate call for attention.

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