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EDITOR’S NOTE
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I SAT IN THE LOBBY OF THE ROYAL SONESTA SAN JUAN HOTEL where the Somos conference was taking place in Puerto Rico last week, discussing Election Day results, including India Walton’s loss to incumbent Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown. “That sent the progressives a strong message, and y’all have to report that,” said a recent former Democratic politician who joined the conversation and insisted to me that I not use their name for this note. As editor-in-chief, I have to be able to have these discussions at one of the most important political events of the year, so please indulge me and allow this person’s anonymity. The ex-pol and other members of the Democratic establishment I spoke with at Somos consider progressives like Walton sometimes a bit too big for their britches and presumptuous about their political power since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseated then-Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional District in 2018. It’s not a universal opinion. Some old-school Dems did support Walton. Her loss, along with Eric Adams’ mayoral victory in New York City, proved the establishment is far from losing steam and willing to push back within the confines of the party. Now that both sides have shown their muscle, it may make sense to start playing nice with each other. Just in case they haven’t noticed, the GOP can still pull off some surprising wins, even in New York state.
CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was
ERIC ADAMS … 8 Mayor-elect at last
GOP STAMPEDE … 10 Are the Dems doomed in 2022?
DIANA AYALA … 12 The former long shot has a chance at speaker
SECRETARY TO THE GOV … 16
RALPH R. ORTEGA; LEV RADIN/SHUTTERSTOCK
Behind the scenes with Karen Persichilli Keogh
She’s the first female governor in state history. Of course Kathy Hochul takes the top spot on our list.
POWER OF DIVERSITY: WOMEN 100 … 21 The female leaders running the Empire State WINNERS & LOSERS … 58
Who was up and who was down last week
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“You know what a lot of people don’t realize, New York City is 24/7.” – New York City Mayorelect Eric Adams, talking about the City That Never Sleeps, on NY1
Republican Bruce Blakeman, center, had an unexpectedly strong showing in the race for Nassau County executive. He is poised to unseat Democrat Laura Curran.
DEMOCRATS TAKE A DRUBBING ON ELECTION NIGHT...
A “red wave” washed over the country on Election Day, and New York did not escape dry. Republicans won races across Long Island, picking up the district attorney offices
in both Nassau and Suffolk counties and likely the Nassau County executive position as well. In Western New York, Republicans also picked up the Erie County sheriff seat, something that has not happened in many years despite a voter enrollment advantage
for Republicans in the county. Even in tried-andtrue blue New York City, Republicans made some gains, picking up at least two new City Council seats and holding onto the three they already had. And on Staten Island, a Trump-loving disgraced former Congress
LET’S EAT As protesting New York City taxi medallion owners hit their second week of a hunger strike for debt relief, it seemed something eventually had to give. On Day 15, it was the city that ended up giving, announcing a deal to pursue the kind of cityguaranteed debt relief plan that drivers had wanted. With the city finally conceding, drivers celebrated the chance to dig in to their first meal in a fortnight.
“When you take on the corrupt and powerful, you can’t expect them to play fair.” – Buffalo Democratic mayoral nominee India Walton, after her apparent loss to Mayor Byron Brown, via Politico
member won the race for borough president. Voters also resoundingly rejected three ballot proposals championed by Democrats after the Conservative Party spent $3 million on a campaign to oppose them. One would have tweaked the redistricting process, while the other two would have allowed same-day voter registration and no-excuse absentee ballots. Many of the losses, including the ballot proposals, came as a surprise to many political observers, as well as the sheer size of many Republicans’ margins of victory.
… BUT NOT ALL DEMOCRATS WERE DEFEATED
On the flip side of the coin, New York City Democrats had reason to celebrate with the election of Eric Adams to be the next mayor, as well as progressive leader Brad Lander as the next comptroller. Countless City Council candidates also officially became council members-elect with their general election victories following crowded primaries, with a record 31 women (admittedly some who are Republicans) set to take office next year. At the borough levels, Democrats also secured expected victories everywhere but Staten Island, with Alvin Bragg voted in as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney and Vanessa Gibson as the Bronx’s first female
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borough president. Over in Buffalo, the mayoral race was more controversial even if a Democrat technically won in the end. After waging a write-in campaign, incumbent Mayor Byron Brown bested insurgent India Walton, who ran on the Democratic Party line after winning the June primary. Although the writein votes still need to be officially tallied for Brown, he easily won, declaring victory on election night. Walton conceded the next day.
DEAL REACHED ON MUNICIPAL WORKER VAX MANDATE
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de Blasio reached a deal with union leaders on the mandate that all municipal workers receive a vaccine in order to give workers more time to seek religious or medical exemptions. As part of the deal, those who have applied for an exemption will still be allowed to work and get paid while awaiting approval of their application. However, if it gets denied, they’ll be put on leave even if they appeal the decision. Although the vast majority of city workers have gotten the shot, enough have been placed on leave that some city services have been affected. Most notably perhaps has been the buildup of garbage on the street thanks to shortages in sanitation workers over the vaccine mandate.
De Blasio reached an agreement with union heads over his vaccine mandate, allowing workers more time to seek exemptions.
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WEEK AHEAD
WEDNESDAY 11/10 City & State hosts the virtual Power of Diversity: Women 100 event at 5 p.m., featuring Reps. Yvette Clarke and Carolyn Maloney, among others.
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Rezoning drama in Manhattan Around the SoHo and NoHo neighborhoods in Manhattan, urgent posters are taped onto some building windows. They read in all caps “SAVE CHINATOWN SOHO NOHO.” They go on: “Protest the gentrification of Chinatown.” The posters are a rallying cry against the city’s proposed SoHo/NoHo Neighborhood Plan rezoning. But for a plan billed by the city as a rezoning of the well-off neighborhoods known for cobblestone streets and flagship stores of famous fashion brands, the poster brings up one question: What’s Chinatown got to do with this? With New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in the final months of his tenure, few policy goals remain on his plate. Two of those are the Gowanus and the SoHo and NoHo rezonings to increase the density of residents living in those wealthier areas. Community Board 2 adopted a resolution against the SoHo/ NoHo rezoning by a 37 to 1 vote, and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, whose recommendation is part of the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, said the rezoning still needs work, but sidestepped giving a definitive thumbs-up or thumbs-down. However, the City Planning Commission approved the rezoning unanimously last
WEDNESDAY 11/10 State lawmakers are chatting up the future of sales of zeroemission vehicles at a 10 a.m. hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Albany.
month, so it’ll now head to the City Council, the final step in the city’s zoning process. Those who are saying that Chinatown will be negatively impacted argue that the rezoning will lead to more displacement of residents while also claiming that the proposed rezoning area does, indeed, include a portion of the historic neighborhood, pointing to areas along Canal Street and east of Lafayette Street. But the city’s planning department has held steadfast that Chinatown is not part of the rezoning area. Some housing advocates go so far as to say that opponents are trying to muddy the waters by throwing a lower-income neighborhood into the conversation. Casey Berkovitz, a board member at pro-housing advocacy group Open New York, told City & State that the SoHo and NoHo rezoning is necessary, with neighborhoods like those not contributing enough to the city’s tight housing stock. “Anything we can be doing to create affordable housing, to create new housing in extremely well-served, wealthy, high-amenity areas, and to racially and socioeconomically integrate what are extremely white wealthy neighborhoods … is a step in the right direction,” Berkovitz said. – Gabriel Poblete
MONDAY 11/15 Local election boards will begin counting absentee ballots, which will determine the final winners in some outstanding races.
INSIDE DOPE
Long Island Republicans won big on Election Day, but absentee ballots might help Nassau County Executive Laura Curran narrowly win a second term.
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POLITICIANS ARE JUST LIKE US:
A review of the cutest costumes.
HALLOWEEN EDITION ONE COULD ARGUE that politicians are always wearing a mask of sorts, but we appreciate Halloween as an opportunity for our local elected officials to inhabit a persona more entertaining than “I support
the New York Health Act, but I secretly don’t.” From dressing up as their favorite musical icons to getting creative with construction paper, here are a few of the best outfits.
By Caitlin Dorman
New York City Council Member and future Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson embodies the spirit of Angela Davis.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie as Prince and state Sen. Jamaal Bailey as Drake tease a musical showdown.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney dresses as a magician. For her next trick: paid family leave.
New York City Council Member Peter Koo and his staff celebrate his last Halloween in office as the characters from Pixar’s “Up.”
New York City Council Member Brad Lander imagines his near future as a New York City’s “Controller.”
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This city needs to get back on track, and if anything, what COVID did was further uncover the disparities that were already there.
A Q&A with New York City Council Member-elect
HERCULES E. REID; ASSEMBLY SPEAKER CARL HEASTIE’S OFFICE; REP. CAROLYN MALONEY’S OFFICE; NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PETER KOO’S OFFICE; NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BRAD LANDER’S OFFICE; LINDA LEE CAMPAIGN
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You’re expected to take office in January to represent New York City Council District 23 in eastern Queens. What was your path to running for office? I’m still at my nonprofit organization. I am the president and CEO of KCS, Korean Community Services. I was working at a statewide health foundation before that, went to grad school (and got a) master’s in social work. So I always had an interest in public service (and the) nonprofit world. But I never even imagined politics or any elected official role. It was doing the work on the ground. To be honest, it was folks like Congresswoman Grace Meng and other
electeds that were like hey, you should run for something. I was like (laughs) y’all are crazy. There’s no way. But as I thought about it more and more, I was like, maybe this is something I’d consider down the line. But it was really the pandemic that was the final deciding factor for me. This city needs to get back on track, and if anything, what COVID did was further uncover the disparities that were already there. I was like, I’ve got to at least try. A lot of the issues that I see on the backend being a service provider in New York City, there’s so many things we could be doing better and more efficiently. That was the driving factor.
Are you going to be one of the first Korean American City Council members? There’s never ever been a Korean council member before. And in my district, I’m the first woman and person of color, because there’s always been a white man who has won the seat. So I think that’s why I feel more pressure. I feel proud, but also, a duty to represent well. You ran against Jaslin Kaur in the primary, one of the candidates who was endorsed by the New York City Democratic Socialists of America. Did you run against her politics in what is essentially a suburban district?
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Thankfully, for me personally, what I believe and what I want to see happen in the district is very much in line with where the district is. Public safety was a big issue. And I think I’m on the same page with folks in our district, which is not for defunding (the police). Because when you say that, it’s a trigger word. The City Council speaker race is coming up. Do you have any preferred candidates? What I can speak to is the people that came out to help me personally were Justin (Brannan), Keith (Powers) and Carlina (Rivera), which are the three names that have been brought up since
early on. Although I have to say, Justin is the only one that formally endorsed, whereas Keith and Carlina were very supportive and helpful, but Justin is the one that came out and endorsed and actually did a lot of the door-knocking and everything. What council committees are you looking at for 2022? I would love, if I could, to chair the Aging Committee. It’s sad to me that (the) Department for the Aging has the lowest budget out of all social services. And not just by a little bit, it’s a lot. So Aging is the one I would definitely want to chair. I would love to join Mental Health, Education as well as Parks. – Jeff Coltin
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I did it:” Eric Adams becomes NYC mayor at last The city’s second Black mayor will inherit a host of problems de Blasio leaves behind. By Jeff Coltin
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RIC ADAMS HAS effectively been running a long victory lap since winning the Democratic primary in June – and last Tuesday, he began the final leg of his race to City Hall, officially holding the title of mayor-elect and taking office as New York City’s second Black mayor on Jan. 1, 2022. Raised in poverty in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and South Jamaica, Queens, Adams was arrested and beaten by New York City police officers at just 15 years old. He later joined the police force, rising through the ranks to captain while also serving as an outspoken critic of racism in the NYPD. The Democrat planned his run for mayor for decades, winning a state Senate seat in Central Brooklyn, a place he has called home for more than 30 years, then becoming Brooklyn borough president in 2014 after winning an essentially uncontested race. In June, Adams emerged victorious out of a hotly contested Democratic primary for the seat being vacated by term-limited Mayor Bill de Blasio, pitching his vision as a blue-collar mayor who will work with big businesses in a way that de Blasio never did. “After years of praying and hoping and struggling and working I did it: City Hall,” the 61-year-old Adams said in his victory speech on election night. But this isn’t a foot race, and Adams won’t be winning a gold medal. Instead, he’ll be inheriting a city still very much struggling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adams will have to staff his administration in the coming months, including for closely watched positions like schools chancellor and police commissioner, and may have to deal with the approximately 21,000 city workers who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus, despite de Blasio’s mandate. The current mayor has also left the next one with a $5 billion budget gap to close. While Adams can expect another massive influx of cash from the federal government in the form of the nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better package, he’ll also have to negotiate new labor contracts, the biggest of which are set to expire in the mayor’s first year. It’s a reality Adams acknowledged on election night. “We face a three-headed crisis,” he said. “We are fighting COVID, crime and economic devastation all at once.” But Adams will be taking office with widespread support and a huge amount of goodwill as he gets set to succeed de Blasio. With 97.68% of in-person votes counted on election night, he earned 67% of the vote to Republican Curtis Sliwa’s 27%. Over a million New Yorkers cast ballots in the race. In a city where Democrats have a 7-to-1 voter enrollment advantage over Republi-
Eric Adams was basking in the glow of an election night victory for mayor that had long been his dream.
cans, Sliwa was never considered to have much of a chance and quickly conceded to Adams when the results came in. “I am pledging my support to the new mayor, Eric Adams, because we are all going to have to coalesce together in harmony and solidarity if we are going to save this city that we love,” he said at his election night party in midtown Manhattan. At Adams’ event, another potential opponent pledged harmony: Gov. Kathy Hochul. “I’m here to declare there is a new day dawning. A whole new era of cooperation, where the only thing the state of New York and city of New York are fighting about is fighting to make your lives better,” she said, in a clear reference to her predecessor, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who frequently made life difficult for de Blasio. “We will fight for you, not fight each other anymore!”
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“The team told me to come in through the back, behind the stage. They said this is the way we want you to move. And I said to them, I’m the mayor.” – New York City Mayorelect Eric Adams
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Adams, too, promised change in the new year. “This campaign was for those who have been betrayed by their government. There’s a covenant between government and the people of our city. You pay your taxes, we deliver your tax dollars with goods and services,” he said. “We have failed to provide those goods and services. Jan. 1, that stops.” Mayor is a notoriously high-pressure job, and Adams has said he’s expecting to get booed and heckled. Adams provided critics with some ammo last week, when reporters from Curbed caught him parking his city car illegally and then driving on the sidewalk outside his home. While vote totals won’t be final until later this month, it looks like Adams won’t come close to approaching de Blasio’s performance in 2013, when he won nearly 800,000 votes, good for 73% of the total.
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That didn’t seem to be on Adams’ mind last Tuesday night as he and hundreds of supporters celebrated at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge – a major hotel at 333 Adams St. Beyond the address, it’s just a block away from Brooklyn Borough Hall, where he has worked for eight years and famously slept in his office during the early months of the pandemic. Adams entered the hotel ballroom just before 10 p.m., passing through the main doors and walking through the crowd of cheering admirers on his way to the stage. “The team told me to come in through the back, behind the stage. They said this is the way we want you to move,” Adams explained. “And I said to them, I’m the mayor.” The crowd cheered.
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Feeling blue
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DAY AFTER a disappointing election for Democrats across the state, with Republican gains even in the progressive stronghold of New York City, politicians, staffers, lobbyists and other political players flocked to sunny Puerto Rico for the annual Somos legislative conference. The lively atmosphere as people lounged on the beach, sipped mojitos and attended parties at night belied the tough losses Democrats faced amid a nationwide “red wave.” But even as attendees celebrated the victories of New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams and others, pols and experts warned that the party should enter 2022 with extreme caution after Republicans demonstrated that they’re not down and out despite the state’s recent hard shifts to the left. The state GOP’s biggest victories came on Long Island, where they won both the Nassau and Suffolk County district attorney races, kept a strong lead in the Nassau County executive race and picked up almost every countywide position on the island. Although most expected a fight in the Nassau district attorney race, pitting state Sen. Todd Kaminsky against prosecutor Anne Donnelly, the likely loss of Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and defeat of Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini came as a surprise to just about anyone watching the races. Both were expected to cruise to victory. The red wave even hit New York City to a degree, with Republicans holding on to their existing City Council seats and flipping two others. In Brooklyn, challenger Brian Fox left Council Member Justin Brannan fighting for his life after election night results left the incumbent slightly behind. Brannan remains confident he’ll pull out a victory once the city Board of Elections counts absentee ballots, but it’s significant that the race came down to the wire. And on Staten Island, Trump-supporting former Rep. Vito Fossella, who left Congress in 2009 amid a scandal about a secret second family and a DUI, handily won the borough president race. All this should come as a warning shot for Democrats as they look ahead to 2022, according to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. He’s the last major Long Island Democrat left standing after last Tuesday’s results having already won his own final term in 2019. “This was a message to the Democratic Party, no question about it,” Bellone told City & State at the Somos conference. Looking ahead to the next election, which he is considering entering as a gubernatorial candidate, Bellone didn’t mince words. “I think anyone who looks at these results and isn’t concerned about 2022 is either not paying attention or putting their head in the sand,” he said. This will likely be especially true on Bellone’s home turf of Long Island, where Democratic gains
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After a rough election where they lost ground in multiple areas of the state, Democrats are attempting to regroup at Somos.
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Steve Bellone is one of the few elected Democrats left on Long Island.
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in the state Legislature are still relatively fresh. Al- we won’t this time,” state Sen. Zellnor Myrie told though nearly all the state Senate victors in 2018 won City & State, adding that the rejection of voting rights reelection in 2020, the returns this year certainly proposals on the ballot “force(s) introspection for the don’t paint an optimistic picture for the lawmakers. Democrats.” Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie similarKaminsky lost his bid for Nassau district attorney ly alluded to past off-year losses and subsequent poor in a landslide, and he’ll need to vie for some of the showings the following year, most recently in 2009 same votes next year. State Sen. Anna Kaplan’s pre- following Barack Obama being elected as president, decessor Elaine Phillips, whom she ousted, has suc- as reason that Democrats shouldn’t necessarily brace cessfully reentered the political world after winning for catastrophic losses next year that go beyond the the race for Nassau County comptroller. State Sen. normal cycle of political ups and downs. But other observers acknowledge that John Brooks, considered one of the most this year was different. “2009 on stevulnerable Democrats on the island, roids,” read an election night text from could be in trouble should a challenger Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the arise unlike last year, as could state Sen. National Center for Suburban Studies at Kevin Thomas, whom right-wing interHofstra University. He noted that pretty ests spent heavily against in 2020 before much the only casualty that year was Tom a narrow margin of victory. “The RepubSuozzi, who at the time lost his position lican Party is showing us that they can as Nassau County executive to Republiwin elections through lies and decepcan Ed Mangano. Democrats also lost the tion.” Kaplan said in a statement to City brief control they had of the state Senate & State about whether she has concerns in 2010, although a variety of local factors about her own reelection. “Democrats played a larger role in those losses than don’t play those games, so it’s on us to the dysfunction at the federal level that focus on doing the most good for the peodrove this year’s results. Levy added that ple we represent, and doing everything it next year, the hot-button issues of bail retakes to get our supporters to the polls.” form and crime that helped propel RepubA spokesperson for the Kaminsky camlican candidates to victory may “lose their paign declined to comment at this time, potency” as Democrats also turn out in and state and Nassau County Democratgreater numbers, but it doesn’t take away ic Party Chair Jay Jacobs did not immefrom this year’s significant, and somediately respond to a request for comment times surprising, losses. Gianaris too acfor this story. knowledged that “the political pendulum “2022 definitely has dangerous signs, swings have been more severe.” and what happened a couple of days ago Democrats are split, however, on the only reinforced that,” state Senate Depubest way to come back from the 2021 ty Majority Leader Michael Gianaris told election. Bellone, as well as fellow poCity & State, noting that bad off-year elec- The Long Island state tential gubernatorial nominee Suozzi, tions like this are generally followed up by Senate contingent of Kaplan, Todd believe this is a sign that the Democratanother tough election the following year. Anna Kaminsky and Kevin ic Party has swung too far to the left and “So I expect it will be very rough wa- Thomas is at risk in 2022 must become more moderate in order to ters next year.” Gianaris, who also leads win back swing voters and more center the state Senate’s campaign arm, said the committee has always had a running list of potential- members of the party. “Unless we fight back against ly vulnerable candidates to support and said to look this far-left message, unless we deliver for people and at the support given in 2020 for an idea of who it will do things that affect their lives in a real way, everybody spend on this year. Three years ago, the Democratic should be worried about it (their reelections and politSenate Campaign Committee heavily spent on Long ical futures),” Suozzi said at a virtual press conference Island freshmen battling for their second term, with last Thursday. Other Democrats disagree, asserting just former state Sen. Monica Martinez a casualty that now more than ever, the party must push forward with its progressive successes in the state and continue that year. Still, Democrats expressed cautious optimism them. “I think we run on a record, and I think it’s an about next year, especially noting the cyclical nature extremely strong one,” state Sen. Brad Hoylman told of politics that predicts the party of the White House City & State, asserting that by next year even more evwill fare worse after the presidential election the fol- idence will show recent controversial criminal justice lowing year. “It was a tough night, but we’ve bounced reforms have been successful. “The key is going to be back in the past, and I have no reason to believe that communicating.”
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What started out as a long shot bid may be turning into a real chance to be the next speaker. By Jeff Coltin
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New York City Council members talk about Council Member Diana Ayala’s campaign to be the next speaker, they point to her life story. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in public housing in New York City, Ayala was a pregnant teenager when her son’s father was shot and killed. She spent time in the homeless shelter system and survived an abusive relationship. “Her story speaks volumes,” said Marjorie Velázquez, an incoming council member from the East Bronx who is not formally supporting any candidate in the speaker race. “This is a woman who’s gone through so many tough things in life, and she could have chosen any path, but she chose a life of service.” That story influenced the way she approached her job as council member, where she has represented East Harlem and parts of the South Bronx since 2018. “I’ve had personal experiences with gun violence, domestic violence, food insecurity, homelessness. And so I really do look at the world and this job through a social services-driven lens,” she told City & State. But the population that has had those experiences is underrepresented in government, which inspired her speaker campaign. “I don’t
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see people that see us and understand us in that way. And that’s why I thought it would be a great idea to jump in.” But Ayala leapt much later than most other contenders for the seat – with the news leaking in a mid-August Daily News story that painted her as a long shot who some members viewed as weak. She didn’t make a habit of volunteering on other candidates’ races and hasn’t been networking nearly as aggressively as some of her colleagues – and in a race that’s partially a popularity contest, that could hurt her. “I think she has a very difficult path. She doesn’t have a tremendous well of support,” said an incoming member. “She doesn’t know many of the new members.” Nevertheless, Ayala is increasingly seen as a real contender in a race that – on the eve of the Somos conference in Puerto Rico – still seems to be wide open, with no single front-runner. Ayala is a woman in a council that is set to be majorityfemale for the first time, and she is Latina in a year when many stakeholders have been raising the alarm about the lack of Latino political leadership at the state and city levels. Ayala also has something that is still rare at this point in the speaker
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New York City Council Member Diana Ayala held a rally against gun violence in East Harlem in June.
race: a fellow incoming council member who is willing to unequivocally state their support on the record. “She’s my mentor. She’s the reason I’m in the game. She encouraged me to run,” said Council Member-elect Althea Stevens, who will represent parts of the South Bronx. Ayala is Stevens’ preferred pick for speaker and “everybody knows it,” she said. “Loyalty means more than anything else. If she wasn’t my pick, that would be weird.” But the speaker race isn’t a typical election, and a preference in November doesn’t guarantee a vote in January. Coalitions are forming. The unions behind Labor Strong 2021 are trying to get allies to vote as a bloc, and Bronx Democratic Party Chair Jamaal Bailey is trying to hold his nine members – including Ayala –
together as well. Another incoming City Council member noted that Ayala has “a little traction” in the race, “but she’ll need other people to push her. It’ll have to be labor, or maybe the Bronx and Queens to make her a viable speaker contender.” One helpful advocate in that case could be Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who represents part of Ayala’s district and told City & State on Friday that she is his preferred pick – but like most other players in this race, he’s not ride or die with any one candidate, since that could weaken his negotiating power. Another Ayala supporter is former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. Ayala worked in her office for years, most recently as her deputy chief of staff, and won her seat when Mark-Viverito was term-limited at
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“I consider myself a progressive, but sometimes I can be a little more moderate. I try to be pragmatic.” – New York City Council Member Diana Ayala
the end of 2017. But in a year when many members want to see a member-driven process, appearing to be too close to allies can be dangerous – especially ones like Espaillat and Mark-Viverito, who have as many political rivals as they do friends. So Ayala is appreciative of her supporters, but keeping a respectful distance. “There’s an assumption that Adriano convinced me to run, and that’s not true,” Ayala said. It’s also not true that her candidacy was a reaction to Council Member Carlina Rivera’s, a fellow Manhattan Latina, whose stock may be fading. “It didn’t have anything to do with there being or not being an opening,” Ayala said. “I think that Carlina is great.” And Ayala isn’t a mini MMV, just because she worked for her. “She and I are very like-minded, but
I’m me,” Ayala said. “I’m different.” Ayala is different from all the other legislators in one way: She’s the only member who just got reelected and agreed to have a new borough-based jail in their district. Some praised her for taking a concrete step to close Rikers Island, but it wasn’t without controversy. Many Bronxites, including Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr., who represents the neighboring district, criticized the placement of the proposed jail and felt that Ayala should have fought it. Other progressives – including some incoming council members – didn’t think the city should be building new jails at all, but rather focusing on incarcerating fewer people. Ayala could face opposition to her candidacy on
multiple grounds related to the jail. But that’s natural for Ayala, whose politics aren’t as easily characterized as some other members. She originally endorsed progressive Scott Stringer in the mayoral race, then switched her endorsement to the more moderate Eric Adams after Stringer was accused of sexual harassment. “I think I can swing a little bit. I consider myself a progressive, but sometimes I can be a little more moderate. I try to be pragmatic,” she said. Ayala isn’t considered likely to get Adams’ support for speaker, if he chooses to back anyone, but at least one incoming member appreciated her not-too-close, not-too-far relationship with him. “Does she have the chops to make hard decisions and stand up to the mayor when necessary? Yeah I could see that,” the incoming member said. There’s no question that Ayala has a lot of ground to make up in the speaker race, since she started late. The council member seemed to be feeling the pressure last week, when it was hard to find time to talk to City & State amid a hectic schedule ahead of Election Day. “I should have been a nurse,” Ayala joked. “But I’m afraid of blood.”
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Kathy Hochul’s Secretary to the Governor Karen Persichilli Keogh is on a mission to make the Second Floor functional.
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ECRETARY TO THE Governor Karen Persichilli Keogh has helped a lot of Democrats transform their political brands. She directed the transition of Kirsten Gillbrand from a relatively moderate member of Congress to a champion of leftist causes. She later helped then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg build support among women as he pushed for an extraordinary third term in office. And there were the five years Persichilli Keogh – widely known in political circles as KPK – spent as statewide director to then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton following a contentious 2000 U.S. Senate election where the former first lady faced accusations of carpetbagging. That job has become newly consequential for millions of New Yorkers when Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Persichilli Keogh as her top lieutenant shortly before taking office in August. The relationship between Persichilli Keogh and Hochul, both longtime fixtures in New York Democratic politics, truly began in May 2003. Hochul, then a member of the Hamburg Town Board, attended a roundtable discussion and press conference in nearby Cheektowaga about helping steelworkers keep their health care following the closure of a plant by Bethlehem Steel. Hochul sought out Clinton after the event to get her support for removing toll booths on the New York State Thruway in her hometown – a big issue for local commuters. “Kathy grabbed me and was like: ‘I need to talk to her,’” Laura Krolczyk, the Western New York director for Clinton at the time, said in an interview. “‘I need to talk to her about the Hamburg tolls.’” Clinton called Hochul later that day to say that she was designating a top aide – Persichilli Keogh – to help Hochul. “We became fast friends – just really hit it off,” Persichilli Keogh said of Hochul in an interview. “Her energy is just boundless, and she’s always working.” A relationship cemented over toll booths, which were removed years later, became a matter of statewide importance when then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation on Aug. 10 following a litany of scandals that included sexual misconduct,
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self-enrichment and a cover-up of data showing COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents. “I got a call from her team shortly after it was known that she would ascend to be governor to ask if I’d be interested in meeting with them about a senior role in the administration,” Persichilli Keogh said. “She wants the best and the brightest, and she has tasked us to build a team that will work to not only execute on her vision – but change the culture in Albany.” She told Hochul she would accept the position of secretary to the governor at
“She keeps her counsel close, and she’s not one for gossip and anything beyond doing her job.” – political consultant Hank Sheinkopf
a meeting held at the governor’s midtown Manhattan office on Aug. 17. The appointment of Persichilli Keogh, a Long Island native who has a master’s degree from Columbia University, as Hochul’s top aide is emblematic of the wider choices Hochul has made while assembling a senior team of mostly female senior aides who come to state government after long careers in local and federal government. They all have big roles to play in helping Hochul keep her promises to make the state government more ethical and effective, but no one has a bigger role in getting things done than the top aide in her administration. “The secretary has to be almost an extra arm of the governor,” William Mulrow, who held the position under Cuomo, said in an interview. “The state operations director is running the day-to-day aspects of the government. The counsel is running all that legal stuff that has to get done. … The secretary has a sense of politics, has a
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sense of government, has a sense of business.” The job involves being a governor’s top surrogate with legislators, political leaders and gubernatorial staff alike. A top task for the new governor was distancing herself from Cuomo, an alpha male who she loyally served for years, by setting a new tone in state politics. This work began even before she officially took office when she began meeting with a range of city officials long antagonized by Cuomo. The most high-profile of these meetings was with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the most famous target of bullying by the former governor who knew how to leverage state power over the city. Former Erie County Democratic Party Chair Leonard Lenihan saw the unmistakable mark of KPK in the Red Room in the state Capitol – where Cuomo held many of his once-celebrated COVID-19 briefings – on Aug. 24 when Hochul donned a suffragette white dress for her a ceremonial swearing-in as the first female governor in state history. “Karen had her fingerprints all over that event,” Lenihan said in an interview. People who have worked with Persichilli Keogh before say she has cultivated a reputation for niceness over the years, especially during her time working for Clinton. “When they were maybe doing something we weren’t going to like or saying something that would be viewed as being critical of the governor or the administration – without fail – (Persichilli Keogh) gave us a heads up,” Mike Elmendorf, a former aide to then-Republican Gov. George Pataki, said of Persichilli Keogh while she was working for Clinton. Such consideration many people say is a hallmark of Persichilli Keogh’s leadership style. Former Clinton staffer Sarah Clark, now an Assembly member representing the Rochester area, recalls how after she gave birth to her first child in 2008, Persichilli Keogh made sure to have the future secretary of state, then running for the Democratic presidential nomination, call Clark from Texas to offer congratulations. Krolczyk also recalled how KPK took on many of the duties of managing Clinton’s Buffalo office so that Krolczyk could help her ill father. Persichilli Keogh, whose most recent position was as head of global philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase & Co., also reflects a focus on competence by the new administration. “The role is executing on our bold vision,”
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Persichilli Keogh said of her position in an administration that has vowed to enact sweeping changes to how state government works. “That includes appointments at senior levels.” Incoming Director of State Operations Kathryn Garcia was a “go-to fixer” for de Blasio during her various stints as sanitation commissioner, city hunger czar during the pandemic and temporary head of the New York City Housing Authority following a lead paint scandal. Soon-to-be state Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett was celebrated years ago for preventing a mass outbreak of Ebola in New York City without any major disruptions to the area. Counsel to the Governor Elizabeth Fine, whose appointment was announced on the same day as KPK’s, has a long career in city, state and federal government that includes a stint as deputy attorney general under then-President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. Adrienne Harris, who Hochul has nominated as superintendent of the Department of Financial Services – which oversees the multitrillion-dollar insurance and financial industries – was a top economic adviser to former President Barack Obama. One of Persichilli Keogh’s top lieutenants, Deputy Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs Amit Bagga, was deputy director of the census outreach effort credited with preventing New York from losing an additional congressional seat in next year’s redistricting process. Appointments, however, are about a lot more than just getting things done. Hochul is running for a full term in office next year, and connecting to the right people is just as important now as it was when she was an elected official in Western New York where she could safely appeal to the political center without worrying too much about backlash from the political left. The dozens of appointments and nominations made by the new governor include just a handful of white men like Cuomo – but a whole lot of women and people of color who highlight how the governor and her team are seeking to build bridges to key constituencies. The selection of Brian Benjamin of Harlem as lieutenant governor was widely seen as part of her wider efforts to appeal to the Black downstate voters she will need in the 2022 primary against state Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, two native Brooklynites, either one of whom could become the first Black person elected as governor. Gubernatorial appointments have also brought apparent political bene-
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fits to the new administration. The focus that Bassett has demonstrated throughout her career in public health on the intersection of public health and racism makes progressive legislators happy. Appointing Jessica Garcia and Tremaine Wright, a former legislator with deep ties to the Brooklyn Democratic establishment, to the Cannabis Control Board built ties with influential advocacy groups like the Drug Policy Alliance and powerful unions such as the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which could represent workers in future marijuana dispensaries. Governors have historically leveraged appointments to strengthen their political coalitions, according to Bruce Gyory, an adjunct political science professor at the University at Albany. For example, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas Dewey focused on getting people into their administration who could reflect fast-growing groups like the Jewish community and white Catholics. In much more recent times, Pataki appealed to Black and Latino voters in his third term by appointing people of color. Cuomo, a Queens native,
“The state operations director is running the day-to-day aspects of the government. The counsel is running all that legal stuff that has to get done ... The secretary has a sense of politics, has a sense of government, has a sense of business.” – William Mulrow, former secretary to the governor under ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
balanced his gubernatorial tickets with upstaters like Hochul and former Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy, while also cultivating support among women by naming Melissa DeRosa as the first female secretary to the governor in state history. Now that Hochul is in power, she appears to be checking off a few boxes through her various appointments. “She’s really threaded the needle finding highly credentialed appointees, but also finding regional balance and diversity,” Gyory said. “That really shouldn’t be a surprise that she’s particularly done that as the first female governor.” A big question for the administration from the get-go, however, was how this would translate into getting things done as governor. Hochul came into office at a tumultuous time. Hurricanes Henri and Ida struck the state in her first week. The delta variant of the coronavirus was driving a surge in COVID-19 cases. An unexpected decision by the U.S. Supreme Court made tenants across the state fear that mass eviction notices might soon be on their way. Cuomo might have dealt with such problems by playing the role of the can-do, “master of disaster,” which gained such national notice earlier in the pandemic. Team Hochul is taking a different approach to showing who is in charge while it continues efforts to remake state government to be more competent and ethical. “You have a talented team of folks who are working collaboratively against all of these ambitious goals and we’re turning the page and beginning this new inclusive era of leadership,” Persichilli Keogh said in an interview. One photo recently tweeted by Hochul shows her sitting while Garcia looms over her while presumably briefing Hochul on the state response to potential flooding in late October – a notable contrast to how Cuomo would play the tough guy in times of emergency. The new administration has had some success already where Cuomo notably failed in his final months in office. Just a small number of undocumented workers and tenants accessed COVID-19 relief funds while he was governor even though the money was approved more than six months ago. Hochul’s people have distributed the money so fast that she was already calling for more federal support after just a few weeks. A legal weed market was stymied for months because Cuomo declined to make key appointments to the Office of Cannabis
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Management and its associated board. While Cuomo took action to delay releasing details of a multimillion-dollar book deal, Hochul and Persichilli Keogh have signed recusal agreements to address concerns about how their husbands – both of whom work for firms with business before the state – might have undue influence in the administration. The recusal policies they signed (part of a broader effort of government transparency) and released in October are now being held up by good government groups as the quintessence of – good government. “Common Cause/NY is in the uncommon, and welcome, position of being able to
applaud the Governor of New York for prioritizing ethics and accountability,” Susan Lerner, the group’s executive director, said in a statement. The transition has not always been smooth for the new administration. Not all progressives like Harris’ background in business. Hochul had to defend her appointment of a person with long ties to Cuomo as acting chair of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the much-criticized state ethics body that has appeared to be beholden to the former governor since it was established in his first term in office. White women have dominated her top appointments, and groups like the New York Immigration Co-
alition say her administration should name more Latinos to important posts. She has also had to answer questions about Benjamin’s and Bagga’s past support for defunding the police and what it means for her own administration as she seeks a full term. And then there is the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases across the state and ongoing uncertainty about how the upcoming state budget and legislative session might test her administration. Yet, political watchers have noted that her ability to avoid antagonizing powerful public unions while pushing a vaccine mandate on their members is one of many examples of the political pitfalls she has managed to successfully avoid by adopting a more collaborative approach than her predecessor. High-profile examples of this include meeting de Blasio for cookies or working with legislative leaders to hash out a compromise on extending the state eviction moratorium through an extraordinary legislative session weeks ago. Gyory said another area of success for the governor is the absence of distractions from her key initiatives in recent weeks. “The lack of controversy is actually a quiet nod of the head that this is working for them,” Gyory said. If Hochul was looking to limit drama in her own administration, political insiders say she found the right person to act as her top aide. “She keeps her counsel close and she’s not one for gossip and anything beyond doing her job,” said political consultant Hank Sheinkopf, who worked with Persichilli Keogh in Bloomberg’s campaign “It’s hard to imagine someone being smarter about picking someone.” KPK honed her skills as an all-around problem solver during the five and half years she worked for Clinton as her statewide director. That position meant helping out local officials like Hochul handle problems like removing toll booths on the thruways so Hamburg residents could have a cheaper commute. The team they have assembled nearly two decades later is now focused on matters much grander in scale. KPK is hardly about taking credit for herself. “We have looked at this through a number of different lenses,” she said of staffing up the administration. “Folks who are brand new to government, folks who have government experience. I’ll just say that most of the senior team knew each other, but we had never worked together – and it has been a real joy to build this team from the ground up in the vision of Gov. Hochul.”
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ORGET THE OLD “three men in a room” that used to rule in Albany. With Gov. Kathy Hochul’s history-making ascension, it’s now two women and one man in a room. And that’s just one of the many ways that female political leaders have continued to smash through the glass ceiling in New York over the past year. In New York City, as many as 31 women are poised to enter the New York City Council, bringing about the legislative body’s first female majority. And while Eric Adams came out on top in the New York City Democratic mayoral
primary, candidates Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley came in close behind in the race to become the city’s top executive. The Power of Diversity: Women 100 – researched and written by City & State’s Kay Dervishi – recognizes the prominent women wielding power across New York state. Politicians, government officials, consultants, lobbyists and union leaders number among the power players featured on this year’s list. Our analysis looks into how much influence each individual holds – and how they use it to shape New York’s political landscape.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, and state Attorney General Letitia James, right
KATHY HOCHUL GOVERNOR Since her ascension into office this August, Gov. Kathy Hochul has been shaking up Albany. She has set herself apart from her predecessor in several ways: ousting state officials who had been loyal to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, currying favor with Democrats across the political spectrum and accelerating the rollout of various state programs and policies, such as jumpstarting the state’s recreational marijuana program and supporting a decision to block two proposed natural gas repowerings. Her accomplishments so far – accompanied by a few key endorsements – give her
2 LETITIA JAMES STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL All eyes are on state Attorney General Letitia James as she launches her gubernatorial bid. Even among an increasingly crowded field of contenders, James will be a formidable candidate with experience statewide and in the national spotlight. She oversaw the investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo – which precipitated his resignation – and has also led major probes into former President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association.
3 ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins has developed a reputation for keeping her growing conference together, even while tackling contentious legislation. It remains to be seen what obstacles
she’ll face by next budget season, which will also have the added wrinkle of a new administration to negotiate with. The Westchester Democrat has had a productive relationship with Gov. Kathy Hochul so far, working together on extending New York’s eviction moratorium and tweaking the state’s rental relief program.
4 ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ MEMBER OF CONGRESS Since her 2018 upset victory, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a formidable voice for the left in New York and nationally. Her star profile means everything from her endorsements to her tweets have been able to boost
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progressive campaigns and policy priorities. And her influence may only get more weighty as the progressive wing of the party has grown larger on Capitol Hill. OcasioCortez recently criticized moderate Democrats for not working harder to come to an agreement on a budget bill in Congress.
KAREN PERSICHILLI KEOGH SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR Gov. Kathy Hochul tapped Karen Persichilli Keogh to serve as her second-incommand even before she was sworn in this summer. The political veteran – occasionally known by her initials “KPK” – mostly recently served as the head of global philanthropy for JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she has also held government relations roles. Persichilli Keogh has previously worked with prominent elected officials such as Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has worked to reform the military.
pushing for an extension to the Paycheck Protection Program as chair of the House Small Business Committee and spearheading a new bill to allow Puerto Rican voters to select delegates to determine the island’s future.
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6 NYDIA VELÁZQUEZ MEMBER OF CONGRESS Rep. Nydia Velázquez has become an influential power broker, backing numerous successful candidates seeking elected office in New York City this year. On Capitol Hill, she has spent the past year
Rep. Grace Meng has been in Congress since 2013, when she made history as New York’s first Asian American member of the House of Representatives. The Queens lawmaker sits on the House Committee on Appropriations, serving as vice chair of its Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. Meng, who has also focused on promoting child safety and reducing airplane noise, has spoken out against rising anti-Asian hate activity during
the coronavirus pandemic and sponsored this year’s COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act.
8 CRYSTAL PEOPLES-STOKES ASSEMBLY MAJORITY LEADER Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes spent years fighting for marijuana legalization as an antidote to disproportionate drug enforcement targeting Black and Latino New Yorkers. She finally succeeded this year in not only getting recreational marijuana legalized but also getting cannabis revenue set aside to support the communities most affected by marijuana criminalization. The influential Buffalo lawmaker is now keeping an eye on the development of regulations affecting the cannabis industry.
10 KATHRYN GARCIA DIRECTOR OF STATE OPERATIONS Kathryn Garcia nearly made history as the first female mayor of New York City, narrowly falling short against Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in the Democratic primary. But her resume as New York City’s go-to crisis manager and former sanitation commissioner impressed Gov. Kathy Hochul and helped her land the position of director of state operations in September. She has already used her crisismanagement chops to coach the governor through disaster and storm response when the
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Since joining the U.S. Senate in 2009, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been at the forefront of major national policy campaigns. Notably, she was a mastermind behind the effort to repeal the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy that prevented gay people from openly serving in the U.S. military. She has also battled sexual assault in the military, building support for a bill to move cases out of the chain of command. After running for president in the last cycle, the upstate Democrat has said she will not run for governor.
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11 BETTY ROSA COMMISSIONER State Education Department Betty Rosa has been a driving force in the state’s efforts to shore up its education system during the coronavirus pandemic. As the first Latina woman to serve as the state commissioner of education, Rosa is dealing with pandemic-related learning deficiencies and a lack of school funding, among other challenges. In her previous role as chancellor of the state Board of Regents, Rosa crafted new learning standards and advocated against tying state student test results to the evaluations that teachers receive.
surrounding COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes. Having also served as New York City’s health commissioner, Bassett will play a key role in determining New York’s response to the ever-shifting pandemic.
13 JANET DIFIORE CHIEF JUDGE State Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore helms New York’s top court, overseeing major cases and guiding the broader state court system through the COVID-19 pandemic. The jurist, who previously served as Westchester County’s district attorney, was appointed to lead the state Court of Appeals in 2015 by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. On her watch, New York’s court system has scrutinized and taken steps to crack down on institutional racism.
14 12 MARY T. BASSETT INCOMING COMMISSIONER State Department of Health Incoming Commissioner Mary T. Bassett’s appointment to the state Department of Health was widely praised by medical professionals and New York elected officials. That positive reaction signals a major shift from public perception of her predecessor, Howard Zucker, who had been criticized for lack of transparency
RODNEYSE BICHOTTE HERMELYN BROOKLYN DEMOCRATIC CHAIR As head of the borough’s Democratic Party, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn plays a major role influencing the political landscape in Brooklyn and beyond. She has a powerful ally in Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who is poised to become mayor next year and who earned
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party.
her backing during the Democratic primary. Bichotte Hermelyn, who is Haitian American, has coordinated relief efforts for Haiti and urged federal officials to stop deporting Haitian migrants this year.
15 DARCEL CLARK & MELINDA KATZ BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY; QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY District attorneys Darcel Clark and Melinda Katz oversee prosecutions for two major boroughs in New York City.
Bassett's appointment was widely praised by medical and elected officials.
Having served as Bronx district attorney for five years, Clark has denounced gun violence that has affected the borough throughout the pandemic. Over the course of the past year, she joined other elected officials to call for more federal funding for antiviolence community programs and dismissed more than 6,000 cases related to selling and possessing marijuana. She is also overseeing an investigation into a former homeless shelter leader who was accused of sexual assault and financial misconduct. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, who previously served as borough president, has spent two years leading prosecutions in the borough. Katz has launched the office’s first Conviction Integrity Unit, which successfully pushed to overturn the wrongful convictions of three Queens men this year, though some local elected officials say more cases should be reviewed for potential misconduct.
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protections, including a measure combating wage theft in the construction industry. She, along with Assembly Member (and soon-to-be New York City Council member) Carmen De La Rosa, also played a major role passing the Excluded Workers Fund to support undocumented workers in New York. Another major piece of legislation that was signed into law this year is the NY Hero Act, which requires employers to implement COVID-19 safety measures. Assembly Member Karines Reyes, who also served as a front-line nurse earlier on in the pandemic, sponsored the measure.
KATHRYN WYLDE PRESIDENT AND CEO Partnership for New York City New York’s top business leaders turn to Kathryn Wylde to advocate for their needs with government officials. Wylde, the head of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City, has monitored the struggle to return employees to the office and other challenges businesses have faced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Wylde pushed back against proposals to hike taxes earlier this year, arguing it could motivate business executives to relocate elsewhere in the country.
17 LIZ KRUEGER & HELENE WEINSTEIN CHAIRS State Senate Finance Committee; Assembly Ways and Means Committee State Sen. Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Helene Weinstein wield plenty of influence over the state’s purse strings as chairs of the State Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee, respectively. The state lawmakers played important roles shaping this year’s $212 billion budget that featured a
20 ALESSANDRA BIAGGI, JESSICA RAMOS & YUH-LINE NIOU big spending boost for schools and aid for undocumented workers. Krueger has also dedicated herself to pushing forward legislation to reform the New York City Board of Elections, while Weinstein successfully saw her proposal to keep debt collectors from taking COVID-19 stimulus funds signed into law earlier this year.
an attorney for the New York City Council, having worked closely with then-Speaker Christine Quinn, and has held leadership positions in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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COUNSEL TO THE GOVERNOR Elizabeth Fine is in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s inner circle in her new role as counsel to the governor. Fine brings with her extensive experience working in local, state and federal government: Before moving to the executive chamber, she served as the chief legal officer for the Empire State Development. Fine also was
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Joyner sponsored a bill combating wage theft in the construction industry.
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23 LAURA CURRAN NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is on the brink of losing her reelection campaign, as Republican candidate Bruce Blakeman secured an initial lead and declared victory. But Curran, who is in her first term, refused to concede, saying that she would wait on thousands of uncounted absentee ballots to be tallied. Curran’s struggles were attributed to a controversial property tax reassessment, though Democrats performed poorly all across Long Island in November.
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21 CAROLYN MALONEY MEMBER OF CONGRESS Rep. Carolyn Maloney helms the influential House Committee on Oversight and Reform, overseeing major hearings like those on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and efforts to restrict abortion access. The longtime representative has even been mulling over using her role to hold a hearing on worsening conditions at Rikers Island this year. Maloney has also gotten a head start on fighting for her reelection to stave off a challenge from a progressive candidate backed by the Justice Democrats.
22 YVETTE CLARKE MEMBER OF CONGRESS Rep. Yvette Clarke has successfully fended off several primary challenges since entering office in 2007 and remains well-positioned to do so next year as well. As chair of the House Homeland Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee, the Brooklyn Democrat has made funding for improved cybersecurity infrastructure a priority. She led a bipartisan effort to get the federal government to spend $500 million to help local and state governments fend off cyberattacks.
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25 SURI KASIRER FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT Kasirer The title of “top lobbyist” has long been attached to Suri Kasirer, whose eponymous firm has been a top earner in New York City’s lobbying industry for four years in a row. She’s working to keep that reputation up with a new governor in charge and a different mayoral administration taking over in New York City next year, taking efforts to build closer ties with both Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams.
New York City Council As many as five women are in the running to become the New York City Council’s next leader starting in 2022, when a historic number of women will join the legislative body. Council Member Carlina Rivera of Manhattan, who has long made her ambitions clear, is seeking support among progressives. Representing portions of Southeast Queens, Council Member Adrienne Adams is vying to become the first Black female speaker title and is aiming to get backing from Rep. Gregory Meeks, who leads the Queens Democratic Party. Former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito endorsed a former aide, Council Member Diana Ayala, who is hoping to get other elected officials from
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Upper Manhattan and the Bronx on board. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer is perhaps the most viable incoming council member who has a shot, given that she’s returning to a seat she held for a decade. And Council Member Farah Louis of Brooklyn recently said she’s considering a bid as well.
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27 MELANIE HARTZOG DEPUTY MAYOR FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES As deputy mayor for health and human services, Melanie Hartzog has led New York City’s COVID-19 response and efforts to connect vulnerable New Yorkers to social services throughout the pandemic. That includes heading the city’s Vaccine Command Center, which ensures the equitable and efficient distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Bringing with her experience helming the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget and as a nonprofit executive, Hartzog will leave the administration in January
Hall – after the remnants of Hurricane Ida resulted in major flooding across the city.
Meisha Porter is New York City schools chancellor.
30 INGRID LEWIS-MARTIN DEPUTY BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT Ingrid Lewis-Martin is widely recognized to be perhaps Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ closest confidante and adviser. A longtime ally of New York City’s next mayor, she’s expected to have significant influence in the incoming Adams administration. She has worked alongside Adams in the Brooklyn Borough President’s office since 2014, having served as senior adviser and deputy borough president, and worked on his mayoral campaign this past year.
to serve as president and CEO of The New York Foundling.
28 MEISHA PORTER NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter is shepherding New York City’s school system through a critical time. The longtime educator – who became the first Black woman to serve as chancellor in March – spearheaded the city’s wide-scale reopening plan this fall, while also navigating the challenges of getting teachers and staff vaccinated. She has also played a pivotal role in shaping Mayor Bill de Blasio’s stance on the city’s gifted
and talented program, though the future of the program will be determined in the next mayoral administration.
29 EMMA WOLFE CHIEF OF STAFF TO NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio frequently relies on his chief of staff, Emma Wolfe, to help manage some of the city’s most notable challenges. After the COVID-19 pandemic struck the city last year, he named her deputy mayor for administration and placed her second in the line of mayoral succession. She acquired yet another title this fall – extreme weather coordinator at City
31 SHEENA WRIGHT PRESIDENT AND CEO United Way of New York City The influential nonprofit executive Sheena Wright has led United Way of New York City for nearly a decade. Wright leads the nonprofit in its advocacy efforts and has been behind the organization’s Superstorm Sandy relief efforts and the ReadNYC initiative to support child literacy. New York City’s next mayor, Brooklyn Borough
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York City and Albany – it also has an impressive number of women in leadership roles. Senior partner Emily Giske, who helped pass New York’s Marriage Equality Act in 2011, recently opened the firm’s new Washington, D.C., office. Bringing with her extensive experience working for three former New York governors, Juanita Scarlett delivers lobbying and communications expertise to her clients across the health care, energy, economic development and education sectors. Other female partners at the firm include Samara Daly and Teresa Gonzalez as well as former Rep. Joe Crowley adviser Anne Marie Anzalone and Assembly veteran Violet Moss. Editor's note: Juanita Scarlett is a member of City & State's advisory board.
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32 KATIE MOORE CAMPAIGN MANAGER Eric Adams for Mayor Katie Moore played a vital role in Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams becoming New York City’s next mayor, helping him beat numerous other candidates in the June Democratic primary before coasting to victory in November. Before joining on as Adams’ campaign manager last year, she served as the political director for the influential Hotel Trades Council. The behind-thescenes labor operative could play a role at City Hall once Adams takes office.
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Cristyne Nicholas helped revive New York City’s tourism industry with a far-reaching advertising campaign and major events. Twenty years later, she’s helping New York City’s tourism sector recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicholas has honed her communications skills as a cofounder of Nicholas & Lence Communications, which she launched with George Lence in 2007.
34 HEATHER BRICCETTI PRESIDENT AND CEO The Business Council of New York State Heather Briccetti numbers among the business leaders in the state who are optimistic that Gov. Kathy Hochul will keep New York businessfriendly. Since joining The Business Council of New York State in 2007, Briccetti has fought to make sure the state enacts policies that allow the private sector to thrive. This past year, she opposed tax hikes on the state level and a proposal to expand New York’s anti-trust law.
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The moderate Long Island Democrat has managed to land seats on both the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and on Homeland Security. The lawmaker faced criticism this fall for opposing a Democratic proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
36 ELISE STEFANIK, NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS & CLAUDIA TENNEY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS When Rep. Elise Stefanik first came into office in 2015, she was hailed as a young, moderate Republican changing the party’s image – a stark contrast to her recent, rapid transformation into an avid defender of former President Donald Trump who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Stefanik has risen through the ranks of party leadership this year, ascending to the House Republicans’ thirdranking leadership post in May. Stefanik’s Republican colleagues Nicole Malliotakis and Claudia Tenney are firstterm House members – and
both face a tough path to reelection with redistricting on the horizon after flipping Democratic seats last year. In Central New York, it took months and a prolonged count to figure out who won the tight race to represent New York's 22nd Congressional District, but Tenney ultimately reclaimed the seat she had lost to Democrat Anthony Brindisi. Malliotakis, who succeeded in her bid to represent Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, joined many House Republicans in objecting to the 2020 presidential election results before and after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
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United Way of New York City (UWNYC) is accepting applications for funding through the federal Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP) to support the services of local emergency food and shelter providers. Awards are available through a competitive application process to private voluntary organizations and to local government agencies serving the public free of charge and having: an accounting system and checking account; a Federal Employer’s tax payer Identification Number (FEIN); an emergency food or shelter program operating at least six months at the time of application. Private nonprofit organizations must also have a voluntary board of directors, practice nondiscrimination and must not proselytize. Organizations with a budget of $25,000 or more must provide a statement of certified, independent audit. Applications are now available at www.feednyc.org and are due December 7, 2021. Please contact Loresa Wright (lwright@uwnyc.org) or Miguelina Diaz (mdiaz@uwnyc.org) with any questions.
Home sharing is playing an essential role in welcoming tourists back to New York City, where Airbnb has been a key driver of tourism and economic impact for many years. But without sensible regulations, NYC lags behind other big cities’ ability to fully benefit from home sharing. In the interest of the city and its residents’ ability to financially recover from the pandemic, it’s time to change that. We stand ready to partner on this effort to ensure New York’s recovery is successful and equitable.
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38 VANESSA GIBSON BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT-ELECT New York City Council Member Vanessa Gibson beat out four other candidates vying to become the next Bronx borough president in this year’s Democratic primary. With her general election victory, she’ll become the first woman and first Black person to ever hold the title beginning next year. Once she enters the role, Gibson plans to combat gun violence, health care disparities and other inequities in the borough. Her tenure leading City Council’s Committee on Public Safety, where she oversaw New York City Police Department operations and district attorneys, should come in handy.
39 CHIRLANE MCCRAY NEW YORK CITY FIRST LADY Chirlane McCray is wrapping up her final year as New York City’s First Lady. Throughout the past eight years, she has
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, BerlinRosen’s client base has grown in the past year and the firm played a major role supporting Democratic candidates in New York and beyond throughout the 2020 election cycle.
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been a visible figure in the de Blasio administration, where she headed the city’s much-criticized mental health initiative, ThriveNYC. McCray has advised on changes to that initiative, which was recently rebranded as the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health. McCray also chairs the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City and co-chairs a racial equality task force created during the pandemic.
40 SOCHIE NNAEMEKA STATE DIRECTOR Working Families Party The Working Families Party faced an existential threat last year as a new rule made it harder for minor parties to hold onto their ballot lines. The party succeeded
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in holding the line – and, a year later, helped defeat incumbent mayors in Buffalo and Rochester in the June Democratic primary election. Under Sochie Nnaemeka’s leadership, the Working Families Party bolstered the general election campaign of India Walton in Buffalo, but the effort wasn’t enough to beat a successful write-in effort by Mayor Byron Brown.
The 21 in ’21 campaign aimed to get 21 women elected to the New York City Council. The group blew past that goal, with the legislative body expecting to see a historic increase in the number of women joining as members next year. As chair of the 21 in '21 executive board, Amelia Adams played a pivotal role in facilitating the campaign’s success in races across the city. Now, the highpowered political consultant is serving as a senior adviser on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reelection campaign.
41 VALERIE BERLIN PRINCIPAL AND COFOUNDER BerlinRosen Valerie Berlin helms one of New York’s top public relations firms, using communications campaigns to push for change and progress on issues such as criminal justice and immigration reform.
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43 CAMILLE JOSEPH-GOLDMAN GROUP VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Charter Communications Charter Communications turns to Camille Joseph-Goldman to handle its government affairs and partnerships in New York
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women elected at the local, state and national level across the United States. The Brooklyn-based PAC’s work is directed by Glynda Carr, who serves as the organization’s president and CEO, as well as co-chairs Kimberly PeelerAllen and L. Joy Williams. Their collective leadership has fueled the PAC’s success since its creation in 2014, with major wins including getting a historic number of Black women to serve in Congress. Peeler-Allen is also a senior adviser on state Attorney General Letitia James’ recently announced campaign for governor.
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progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and establishment figures including U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand endorsed her. Yet, the community activist ultimately fell short in the November election as Brown mounted a successful write-in campaign and declared victory.
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state, as well as large swaths of the Northeast. As Charter’s group vice president for government affairs, she brings with her extensive experience in government: She previously served as New York City’s deputy comptroller for public affairs and worked as U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s director of intergovernmental affairs and special adviser.
matters to media and policy issues for the Democratic majority, collaborating closely with state Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins to fuel legislative accomplishments. Smith has plenty of experience working in Albany, including having served as the director of counsel and finance for the conference.
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Tyquana Henderson-Rivers launched her public affairs firm, Connective Strategies, 13 years ago. Over that time, the political strategist has advised numerous elected officials and candidates in New York City, particularly in Queens. Rep. Gregory Meeks, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz number among the political leaders who have turned to HendersonRivers – and key staffers including Lashea Woodson and Leslie Patterson – for support, and Gov. Kathy Hochul recently brought her on as a senior adviser on her 2022 gubernatorial campaign.
One major advance this year in New York was the repeal of the “walking while trans ban,” an anti-prostitution measure that critics say has more recently been used to harass transgender women of color. While many had a hand in the change, three longtime advocates – TS Candii of Black Trans Nation, Cecilia Gentili of The New Pride Agenda and Kiara St. James of New York Transgender Advocacy Group – played key roles.
47 LUPÉ TODD-MEDINA PRESIDENT Effective Media Strategies As Gov. Kathy Hochul gears up for the 2022 gubernatorial race, she has turned to Lupé Todd-Medina to serve as a senior adviser on her campaign. With a career’s worth of political communications skills honed as president of Effective Media Strategies, plenty of New York’s top elected officials
49 RANDI WEINGARTEN PRESIDENT American Federation of Teachers As president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten has been one of the most outspoken voices in
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have turned to Todd-Medina for help, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Bill de Blasio during his campaign for public advocate. She played a major role on Ray McGuire’s ultimately unsuccessful campaign to become New York City mayor. Editor’s note: Lupé Todd-Medina is a member of City & State’s advisory board.
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DONNA REY, Executive Director of the 1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds; SANDI VITO, Executive Director of the 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds; VIVIAN FOX, Executive Director of the 1199SEIU Child Care Funds, on being named to City & State’s Power of Diversity: Women 100 List Their leadership and oversight help ensure 1199SEIU members’ access to quality health coverage, pension, training and child-care benefits.
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the country backing teachers through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. She made headlines by endorsing COVID-19 vaccine mandates for teachers – a move that other national teachers unions have not yet made. On Capitol Hill, Weingarten has thrown her support behind President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending package and pushed for improvements to the federal public service loan forgiveness program.
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50 MEMBER New York Times Editorial Board Mara Gay delivers sharp insight on the major political issues facing the state for The New York Times. Her op-ed pieces this past year have delivered analyses on police reform, the New York City mayoral election and the COVID-19 pandemic, among other topics. Her insight is informed by her experience covering New York City for The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News and other publications. She also regularly makes appearances as an analyst on MSNBC.
51 RACHEL NOERDLINGER PARTNER Mercury Rachel Noerdlinger became Mercury’s first Black female partner earlier this year, though rumor has it she’s likely to exit amid backlash against mandated noncompete requirements being enforced by Omnicom Group, Mercury’s parent company. Her rise is a testament to her public
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relations and communications chops. The Rev. Al Sharpton numbers among her most high-profile clients, and Noerdlinger has dedicated significant time drawing attention to racial injustice.
52 ELIZABETH CROTHERS, LEAH HEBERT, RITA PASARELL & ERICA VLADIMER CO-FOUNDERS Sexual Harassment Working Group A collection of former state legislative employees who experienced, saw or reported sexual harassment launched the Sexual Harassment Working Group in 2018 to protect workers and end harassment in Albany. Elizabeth Crothers, Leah Hebert, Rita Pasarell and Erica Vladimer are among its co-founders who maintain an active role directing change in Albany. The sexual harassment allegations made
against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo illustrate how much more needs to be done in Albany – and has pushed state lawmakers to listen to the group’s priorities.
53 LEECIA EVE VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC POLICY Verizon As vice president of public policy at Verizon, Leecia Eve has played a key role ensuring the company’s rollout of 5G in the New York metropolitan area continues apace. Since joining the telecommunications giant, Eve has juggled numerous responsibilities involving public policy, external affairs and philanthropic initiatives throughout the tri-state area. She previously served as deputy secretary for economic development for New York and advised Hillary Clinton during her tenure in the U.S. Senate.
55 CHRISTINE QUINN PRESIDENT AND CEO Win Ending family homelessness is a top priority for Christine Quinn. The former New York City Council speaker heads a nonprofit that serves as the city’s largest provider of family shelters and supportive housing. Her experience heading Win informs her advocacy work as she endeavors to change policies affecting homeless New
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Yorkers. Quinn played a key role in the push to get elected officials to pass legislation increasing the value of the city’s housing vouchers.
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current position in 2017, Brown is now responsible for actively managing and integrating the component parts of One Brooklyn Health, which comprises Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
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This year marked the first major test of New York City’s new ranked-choice voting system. Susan Lerner, Betsy Gotbaum and Rose PierreLouis are among the city’s civic leaders who have been the most dedicated to making sure it went smoothly. Lerner and Gotbaum each lead major good government groups locally – Common Cause New York and Citizens Union respectively – while Pierre-Louis serves as chief operating officer of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University.
for policies fighting climate change and investing in resiliency. As president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, Julie Tighe has been at the forefront of efforts to get the city to prepare for future climate emergencies. She’s also keeping a close eye on environmental and climate measures the Hochul administration is considering. Tighe also leads NYLCV’s Education Fund.
sectors is no small task, but the Association for a Better New York’s Melva Miller is up for it. As ABNY’s first chief executive officer, Miller manages various aspects of the civic-oriented coalition, including stakeholder engagement and strategic partnerships. Previously, she spearheaded the organization’s census initiative, which helped drive turnout in New York for the decennial population count.
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Widespread flooding in New York City this summer has highlighted the need
Leading an association with more than 250 member organizations across various
“Capital Tonight” Veteran journalist Susan Arbetter stays on top of all of the major developments in Albany. Since 2019, Arbetter has been the host of the Spectrum News program “Capital Tonight,” which is required viewing for anyone in state politics and government. In the past year, she has delivered concise insights into everything from sexual harassment allegations against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the early days of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s historic administration and the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
57 LARAY BROWN CEO One Brooklyn Health Access to health care in Brooklyn has long been a vexing policy challenge, and LaRay Brown is playing a big role in how it is addressed. A health care industry veteran with decades of experience before she assumed her
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Lorraine Grillo spent nearly a decade leading the New York City School Construction Authority, building and opening public schools in the boroughs. Grillo now helps rebuild New York City in a more abstract sense as the city’s senior adviser for recovery. Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed her to the position in February, putting Grillo at the forefront of the city’s post-
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pandemic plans, where she coordinates with government agencies, nonprofits and the private sector to help steer New York City in a positive post-pandemic direction.
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the teams’ finances and operations. Pegula is currently taking a leading role in efforts to boost mobile sports betting in the state and is a supporter of more women taking on leadership roles in the National Football League.
62 ALICKA AMPRY-SAMUEL NOMINEE FOR REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development New York City Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel may have lost her reelection bid in this year’s primary, but she’s on track to take on another influential position. President Joe Biden has tapped AmprySamuel to serve as the New York-New Jersey regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. If Ampry-Samuel takes the job, she would bring to the role experience chairing the City Council’s public housing committee and representing a district with the highest concentration of public housing complexes in the country.
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MANAGING PARTNER Kivvit Maggie Moran has an extensive background working on major political campaigns in New York and New Jersey. She has worked for two U.S. senators and managed statewide presidential and gubernatorial campaigns – including Andrew Cuomo’s successful 2018 reelection as governor – in addition to working on ballot initiatives, regulatory issues and other efforts. As managing partner at Kivvit, Moran handles the
Alicka AmprySamuel has been tapped to serve in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
firm’s day-to-day operations and finances on the national level.
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Harlem. On her watch, Hunter College has implemented a strict vaccination policy for students attending class in person this fall.
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Since being named president of Hunter College in 2001, Jennifer Raab has distinguished herself as a talented leader. The former attorney has raised over $400 million in philanthropy for the leading CUNY school, and she spearheaded the development of the Silberman School of Social Work’s home in East
Pegula Sports and Entertainment Together with her husband, Terry Pegula, Kim Pegula controls both the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres, and both professional teams have had strong starts to their seasons. She takes a handson approach to handling
Desai secured major debt relief for struggling New York City taxi workers.
66 MARY ANN TIGHE CEO, NEW YORK TRI-STATE REGION CBRE Mary Ann Tighe numbers among New York’s top real estate leaders. Her dealmaking over the course of nearly four decades has secured more than 14.4 million square feet of new construction in the New York metropolitan region. Tighe, who once served as the chair of the Real Estate Board of New York, has kept close watch on New York City’s economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic as she prepares CBRE for what comes next.
67 BHAIRAVI DESAI FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR New York Taxi Workers Alliance New York City taxi drivers launched a hunger strike
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efforts to revitalize the area’s arts and cultural activities this past year, while also taking a look at ensuring more public spaces in Downtown Brooklyn become pedestrian-friendly. Previously, Myer served as the president of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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last month to pressure the de Blasio administration to provide them greater debt relief. Bhairavi Desai, the founder and executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which counts 21,000 drivers as members, led the preparations for the protest – the latest of her organization’s efforts to draw attention to the needs of taxi medallion owners in the five boroughs.
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CooperHill Political candidates and companies on Long Island rely on Resi Cooper for insightful advice. The longtime political consultant has spent years working with Hillary Clinton in various capacities, having
Regina Myer is doing her best to make sure Downtown Brooklyn’s businesses and community bounce back from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Myer, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership president, led
Beth Finkel leads AARP’s advocacy on long-term care, prescription drug costs and other policies in New York. The organization praised one piece of legislation Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed into law that expanded access to retirement plans for private sector workers – a top priority for AARP this past year. Finkel has amassed plenty of other advocacy successes and played a major role pushing for paid family leave and legislation helping family caregivers.
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72 TREMAINE WRIGHT CHAIR Cannabis Control Board One of the state’s most notable legislative accomplishments this year was legalizing recreational marijuana. As chair of the Cannabis Control Board, Tremaine Wright will play a key role shaping regulations around New York’s growing cannabis industry. Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the former Assembly member to the post in September and, since then, Wright has been staffing up and already effected changes to the state’s medical marijuana program.
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Buffalo Niagara Partnership
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER-ELECT
Helping Buffalo’s businesses excel is top of mind for Dottie Gallagher. Gallagher joined other leaders in Western New York to push for the U.S.-Canadian border to be reopened to help boost tourism and the local economy. Now that the international border is open again, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership president and CEO is helping businesses navigate other challenges, such as labor shortages and handling COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Tiffany Cabán became a star in New York City leftwing politics when she ran to become Queens district attorney, a race she lost by an incredibly slim margin. She has continued to flex her political muscle, as she’s set to join the New York City Council next year. Influenced by her work as a public defender prior to launching her political career, Cabán has taken a strong interest in criminal justice reforms: pushing for decarceration, criticizing the poor conditions on Rikers
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Island and reportedly seeking to chair the council’s public safety committee.
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representation come next year. Ossorio also joined other political leaders in New York to denounce Texas’s de facto ban on most abortions earlier this year.
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EVA MOSKOWITZ FOUNDER AND CEO
JULIENNE SCHAER; COREY TORPIE; SUBMITTED; MATTHEW SEPTIMUS; DAVID J. MARTIN PHOTOGRAPHY
Success Academy Charter Schools Eva Moskowitz remains one of the most influential and outspoken proponents of charter schools in New York. As head of New York City’s largest charter school system, she has long lobbied city and state officials to create an environment that is favorable for charters. And throughout the coronavirus pandemic, she has overseen Success Academy’s approach to COVID-19 safety. The ascension of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams as the city’s next mayor is expected to bring a friendlier environment for charter schools next year.
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Goli Sheikholeslami is president and CEO of New York Public Radio.
Sheikholeslami brought with her experience heading Chicago Public Media, where she facilitated major growth in listenership and revenue. She now is contending with internal challenges at WNYC, as staffers have filed complaints that newsroom leaders retaliated against unionized staffers.
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GOLI SHEIKHOLESLAMI
FOUNDER AND CEO
PRESIDENT AND CEO
YNY
New York Public Radio
The New York City Hospitality Alliance, JetBlue and Brooklyn Defender Services number among the many influential clients who rely on the public affairs firm Yoswein New York to lobby on their behalf. Joni Yoswein, the founder of YNY, brings with her extensive experience in
For the past two years, Goli Sheikholeslami has overseen operations at New York Public Radio, which owns WNYC, Gothamist, WQXRFM, New Jersey Public Radio and the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space.
politics and government. She used to serve as a member of the Assembly, representing portions of Brooklyn, and has served as the assistant commissioner for the New York City Department for the Aging.
Jessica Lappin is at the helm of the country’s largest business improvement district, the Alliance for Downtown New York. In her role as president of the BID, also known as the Downtown Alliance, the former New York City Council member oversees various operations, including operating a free bus service, supporting the local homeless population and providing sanitation services in lower Manhattan. Under her leadership, the BID has also provided grants to businesses to aid pandemic recovery and obtained $100 million in resiliency funding for the lower Manhattan area.
77 SONIA OSSORIO PRESIDENT National Organization for Women of New York Throughout the past election cycle, Sonia Ossorio actively backed female candidates running for elected office in New York City. Her work and backing from the National Organization for Women of New York helped propel an unprecedented influx of women into the New York City Council, which will see a major increase in female
79 PHOEBE BOYER PRESIDENT AND CEO Children’s Aid Phoebe Boyer helms Children’s Aid, the 168-yearold child welfare nonprofit
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tasked with helping New York City’s most vulnerable kids. Children’s Aid provides everything from community schools to foster care programs to medical support for youth and families across the five boroughs. Boyer has extensive experience in the nonprofit sector, having previously served as the executive director of the Robertson Foundation and the Tiger Foundation.
80 JULIE SAMUELS FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tech:NYC Five years after she founded Tech:NYC, Julie Samuels is stepping down from her role as executive director. But she’ll stay on until a replacement is found – in addition to continuing to be a board member at the influential organization, which lobbies on behalf of New York’s booming technology industry. Major players from Google to Amazon, in addition to numerous startups, have relied on Samuels and her group for support. Now even New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams is getting her advice on issues related to technology.
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81 PAT KANE & NANCY HAGANS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; PRESIDENT New York State Nurses Association While nurses remain on the front lines fighting the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Nurses Association is advocating effectively for their needs. Nancy Hagans was elected the union’s president this past summer and has said that examining the implementation of New York’s new safe staffing law will remain a top priority for her. Pat Kane has served as the executive director of the New York State Nurses Association since late 2019 and played a key role in ensuring the law’s passage this past spring.
82 SOPHIE NIR & DONNA ZACCARO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; BOARD CHAIR Eleanor's Legacy Eleanor's Legacy has been focused on getting Democratic women who support reproductive rights and abortion access elected to office across New York. Sophie Nir took on the role of leading the organization as its executive director this past August. While still fairly new to the position, she has overseen Eleanor's Legacy’s
Saeed is one of the country's most highpowered M&A lawyers.
Joy Calloway is interim CEO of Planned Parenthood.
largest slate of candidate endorsements ever in its 20year history. Donna Zaccaro also offers insightful oversight of the group’s operations as chair of its board of directors.
83 FAIZA J. SAEED PRESIDING PARTNER Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Faiza J. Saeed is one of the country’s most high-powered lawyers in the lucrative mergers and acquisitions space. A presiding partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Saeed advises major public companies on their deals. She has served as an adviser for Disney’s $85 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox and supported Time Warner on numerous matters, including its $109 billion acquisition by AT&T. Her work resulted in
The American Lawyer naming her 2020 Corporate Lawyer of the Year.
84 JOY CALLOWAY INTERIM CEO Planned Parenthood of Greater New York At a time when abortion access faces historic threats across the country, Joy Calloway is fighting to cement protections for reproductive health care in New York. With 27 years of experience working in health care and nonprofits, Calloway has served as interim CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater New York since last year. She also oversees the Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Action Fund, its advocacy arm focused on education and elections.
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Washington, D.C., and advises clients on lobbying, legislative tracking, digital strategy and coalition building.
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LISA LINDEN MEDIA STRATEGIST
COLE WILSON; EMMA BURCUSEL; RONALD L. GLASSMAN; SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY; ARI MINTZ
The LAKPR Group With over three decades of experience leading communications for business executives and political leaders, Lisa Linden is a go-to public relations professional for many influential companies and nonprofits in New York. She previously served as the president and CEO of LAK Public Relations – a firm she co-founded in 1993 – before becoming media strategist at The LAKPR Group. Linden is a member of the boards of directors of NYC & Company and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.
86 TARYN DUFFY CHAIR New York Gaming Association Taryn Duffy serves as a key executive at Yonkers’ Empire City Casino, guiding the company’s approach to public affairs and lobbying and overseeing its public relations strategy. Her priorities in that role include convincing New York state to grant the casino a full-fledged gambling license. Her experience working in the casino industry and in state government informs Duffy’s work as chair of the New York
LORIE SLUTSKY
Nina Kubota is president and CEO of the New York City School Construction Authority.
PRESIDENT The New York Community Trust
Gaming Association, which has represented nine racing and gambling venues across the state over the past decade.
the agency for more than 20 years, she is the first Japanese American woman to lead the School Construction Authority.
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NINA KUBOTA
HEATHER BEAUDOIN
PRESIDENT AND CEO
FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL OFFICER
New York City School Construction Authority When Lorraine Grillo moved on to become New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s senior adviser for recovery, Nina Kubota assumed Grillo’s previous position as head of the School Construction Authority. Kubota now manages the city’s efforts to build and renovate public schools throughout the five boroughs. Having been with
Beaudoin and Company The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and New York State Trial Lawyers Association are some of the powerful New York clients that Heather Beaudoin has taken on at her eponymous public affairs firm. She serves as the founder and principal officer of Beaudoin and Company, which operates in New York as well as
Denerstein has worked in the Executive Chamber and state AG's office.
After three decades at the helm of The New York Community Trust, Lorie A. Slutsky is planning to retire next year. During her time leading the foundation, it has awarded $5 billion to nonprofits across New York City. Slutsky also spearheaded its COVID-19 response, collaborating with other foundations and philanthropists early on in the pandemic to launch an initiative to fund local human services and arts nonprofits. The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund ultimately raised more than $110 million.
90 MYLAN DENERSTEIN PARTNER Gibson Dunn Mylan Denerstein has an impressive resume in the public sector, having worked in the state’s executive chamber as the top legal adviser to the governor, in the state attorney general’s office and in the U.S. Attorney’s
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other organizations to create a major home-based care provider.
93 SAIMA ANJAM VICE PRESIDENT The Parkside Group Tricia A. Asaro is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig.
Office for the Southern District of New York. The powerhouse attorney now serves as a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she handles complex litigation, internal investigations and legislative and policy initiatives. She also brings her expertise to the law firm’s Public Policy Practice Group.
91 DIANA OSTROFF MANAGING DIRECTOR Ostroff Associates Diana Ostroff has served as managing director of one of the most prominent lobbying firms in Albany for the past decade. Major companies such as Anheuser-Busch and Regeneron have relied on Ostroff Associates to guide them through the intricacies of state government. Diana Ostroff boasts the Big Four
accounting firms – Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG – among her more notable clients. She first honed her skills as a lobbyist at The Business Council of New York State.
92 TRICIA A. ASARO SHAREHOLDER Greenberg Traurig Tricia A. Asaro helms the health care and U.S. Food and Drug Administration practice at Greenberg Traurig’s Albany office. She brings with her extensive experience representing health plans in business negotiations as well as matters related to regulatory compliance and corporate governance. While at Greenberg Traurig, she has represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners as it worked with
The Parkside Group is known both for its political consulting and its lobbying operation, which has represented such heavyweight clients as AT&T, the Brooklyn Nets and Microsoft Corp. A key player on the firm’s government affairs side is Saima Anjam, who came on in 2019. During her career she has also held key roles with the New York Immigration Coalition, the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Environmental Advocates NY and the New York Public Interest Research Group.
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Benefit and Pension Funds, which provide health care and retirement benefits to workers and retirees. Vito handles the Training and Employment Funds, focused on providing training and job placement programs, while Fox oversees the union’s efforts to connect members to affordable child care and educational programs through the 1199SEIU Child Care Funds.
95 MARSHA A. POLLARD PROVOST Berkeley College With nearly two decades of leadership experience in higher education, Marsha A. Pollard has served as provost at Berkeley College since 2018. She oversees academic affairs at the institution, which educates more than 4,000 students across its campuses in New York and New Jersey, in addition to its online classes. Pollard has previously worked at Stony Brook University, where she focused on faculty recruitment and student retention initiatives and served as an academic affairs liaison to the SUNY system office and state Education Department.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
National Grid
1199SEIU Funds
Since January, Natalie Edwards has been tasked with spearheading National Grid’s diversity and inclusion efforts across its businesses in the United States and United Kingdom. Before joining the gas and utility company, which has a major presence in the Northeast, she held
Donna Rey, Sandi Vito and Vivian Fox help manage funds on behalf of the 400,000 working and retired health care workers that make up 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Rey oversees operations for the 1199SEIU
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GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP; PARKSIDE GROUP; THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK; REGINA FLEMING PHOTOGRAPHY
Andrea Shapiro Davis, left, and Dominique Jones, right
a similar role at The Estée Lauder Companies as global executive director of inclusion and diversity. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Howard University graduate also spent several years at Deloitte.
that aimed to increase the number of women choosing to pursue a major or minor in computer science and also managed CUNY Arts, a program to help students gain exposure to arts and culture locally.
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DOMINIQUE JONES
INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CUNY
Dominique Jones just took the reins at the youth development nonprofit Global Kids in October. With nearly a quarter century of experience in the nonprofit and public sectors, Jones now oversees a range of programs that reach more than 13,000 youth and educators across the five boroughs. Before heading to Global Kids, she spent more than six years running the
Andrea Shapiro Davis oversees CUNY’s efforts to raise funds from private donors to support its educational mission. In addition to her fundraising work, Davis has promoted programs to increase equitable access to career opportunities. She led a partnership with Cornell Tech
Global Kids
Boys & Girls Club of Harlem, where she expanded its programs in New York City public schools and led its COVID-19 response.
99 TRICIA BROWN NEW YORK STATE POLITICAL DIRECTOR North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters represents more than 28,000 carpenters, pile drivers and other workers across the Northeast. Tricia Brown fights for their needs in New York, taking the union’s legislative priorities to state lawmakers in Albany. Her efforts have helped drive the passage of legislation such as the expansion of the state’s prevailing wage and the
New York State Construction Industry Fair Play Act, which penalizes employers who misclassify their employees.
100 KELLY FAY PUBLIC POLICY MANAGER Airbnb Kelly Fay has been with Airbnb for six years, having initially joined on as a community organizer. Now, as public policy manager, Fay focuses on driving forward its public policy priorities and communicating with Airbnb users, elected officials and community leaders. The Binghamton native is taking on Airbnb’s latest goals: bolstering travel in postpandemic New York and creating a structure to collect taxes on bookings across the state.
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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 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 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.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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 .
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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 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. Notice of Formation of ISA54 LLC filed with SSNY on July 13, 2021. O f f ic e: We s tc he s te r County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2295 Route 82 Lagrangeville, NY 12540. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
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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 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. 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.
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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.
ACCOUNTING PROCEEDING FILE NO. 2019-1855/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO: Unknown Distributees Donald Edmonds Linda Darroch Short Kenneth Edmonds Bruce Darroch Robert Edmonds Donald Darroch Attorney General of the State of New York To Donald Darroch Donald Edmonds, Kenneth Edmonds, and Robert Edmonds, whose whereabouts are unknown, if living, and if they died subsequent to the decedent herein, to their executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained by the petitioner herein. To the spouse, if any, and any and all other unknown distributees and creditors of JOAN WHYTE, a/k/a JOAN D. WHYTE, deceased, whose whereabouts are unknown and if any of the aforesaid persons be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if the persons died subsequent to the decedent herein, to their executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of JOAN WHYTE, a/k/a JOAN D. WHYTE, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after due diligence be ascertained. A petition and an account having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, who maintains an office at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007, United States. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York, on DECMEBER 16, 2021 at 9:30 A.M., why the following relief stated in the account of proceedings, a copy of the summary statement thereof being attached hereto, of the Public Administrator of the County of New York as administrator of the goods, chattels, and credits of said deceased, should not be granted: (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that the Surrogate approve the reasonable and necessary amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attorney for the petitioner for legal expenses rendered to the petitioner herein; (iii) that a hearing be held to determine the identity of the distributees, at which time proof pursuant to SCPA § 2225 may be presented, or in the alternative, that the balance of the funds be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of the decedent’s unknown distributees; (iv) that the persons above mentioned, and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (v) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA § 307 where required or directed; and (vi) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. • To all Parties: No in-person appearances shall be made at the return date. If you wish to object to this matter, you may do so in writing in accordance with the annexed New York County Surrogate’s Court notice to Cited Parties. Dated, Attested and Sealed, October 22, 2021 HON. RITA MELLA SURROGATE Diana Sanabria Chief Clerk Schram Graber & Opell P.C. Counsel to the Public Administrator, New York County, 11 Park Place, Suite 1008, New York, New York, 10007 (212) 896-3310 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have the right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney. SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK 31 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK, NY 10007 (646) 386-5002
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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.
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.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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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
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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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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 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.
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YLC Consultant LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 10/27/20. Off. Loc.: New York County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 40 Bowery 1st Fl, New York, NY 1 0 0 13 . Purp o s e: to engage in any lawful act. QED QED LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/25/2021. 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, 931 Madison Ave, Suite 3R, NY, NY 10021. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of YAT STUDIO, LLC filed with SSNY on 10/04/2021. Office: KINGS County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 91 KINGSL AND AVE. #2, BROOKLYN, NY, 11222, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of Studio DNA LLC filed with SSNY on 8/25/2021. 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: 456 Washington St., Apt. 3H, New York, New York 10013. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of formation of limited liabilit y company (LLC). Name: FA B R I C P O S T L L C . Articles of Organization filed with Secretay of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/11/2021. NY office Location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her is The Limited Liabity Comany, 833 44th St, Apt 1f Brooklyn, NY, 11220. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose
SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLICATION NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK - WESTCHESTER COUNTY INDEX NO. 51015/2016 VELASQUEZ v. SUNSTONE RED OAK LLC d/b/a RENAISSANCE WESTCHESTER HOTEL TO: All individuals who performed work as servers, attendants, bussers, bartenders, food runners, captains, or in related service positions at Defendants’ catered and banquet events from January 2010 to the present (“the Relevant Period”), including those at the facility commonly known as the Renaissance Westchester Hotel. This Notice relates to a class action litigation that is currently pending before Hon. Lawrence H. Ecker, J.S.C. and advancing towards trial. Publication has been authorized by a New York State court. It contains important information as to your rights including electing to not to be included in the class. Marianella Velasquez (“Plaintiff”) filed a lawsuit in 2016 alleging claims for unpaid gratuities against SUNSTONE RED OAK, LLC d/b/a RENAISSANCE WESTCHESTER HOTEL, SUNSTONE RED OAK LESSEE, INC., SUNSTONE HOTEL TRS LESSEE, INC., HIGHGATE HOTELS, L.P., JOHN V. ARABIA; PAUL R. WOMBLE; RICKEY WHITWORTH; BRYAN A. GIGLIA; ROBERT SPRINGER; and any other related entities, (“Defendants” or “Renaissance Westchester”). Defendants deny any wrongdoing and maintain that all workers were compensated in accordance with the law. The Court has not decided who is right and who is wrong or who would prevail at trial. You are receiving this Notice to advise you of your rights and the current status of the lawsuit, including that the this case is currently being scheduled for trial before Judge Ecker with a date to be set in the immediate future – likely during 2021. You have the right to appear if you wish. To find out more about your rights and the status of the lawsuit visit https://www. lmblaw.com/renais sancewestchester If you performed work at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in West Harrison as a server, attendant, busser, bartender, runner, or in any other related service position for catered and banquet events at any time from January 2010 to the present you are a member of the Class, and do not need to do anything to join this lawsuit. The law firm of Leeds Brown Law, P.C., One Old Country Road, Suite 347, Carle Place, New York 11514 has been designated as legal counsel to represent you and the other Class Members. These lawyers are called Class Counsel. If you have any questions about this lawsuit, or would like further information about this notice, you can contact Class Counsel Michael Tompkins, Esq. of Leeds Brown Law, P.C. at (516) 873-9550 or mtompkins@leedsbrownlaw.com. This lawsuit is about alleged charges that were paid by catering customers for Defendants’ catered events dating back to 2010. Plaintiffs assert that those charges are gratuities under Labor Law § 196-d and are owed to the service employees that worked those events.
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NOTIFICACIÓN DE PUBLICACIÓN COMPLEMENTARIA DE JUICIO DE ACCIÓN DE CLASE CORTE SUPREMA DEL ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK - CONDADO DE WESTCHESTER ÍNDICE N.º 51015/2016 VELASQUEZ v. SUNSTONE RED OAK LLC que opera comercialmente como RENAISSANCE WESTCHESTER HOTEL PARA: Todas las personas que desempeñan trabajo como camareros, asistentes, ayudantes de camareros, cantineros, mensajeros, capitanes o puestos de servicio relacionados en los eventos de comidas y banquetes de los Demandados desde enero del 2010 al presente (el “Período Relevante”), incluso aquellos en la instalación comúnmente conocida como Renaissance Westchester Hotel. Esta Notificación se relaciona con un litigio de acción de clase que tramita actualmente ante el Hon. Lawrence H. Ecker, J.S.C. y que avanza a un juicio. La publicación ha sido autorizada por una corte del estado de Nueva York. Contiene información importante sobre sus derechos, incluso su elección a no ser incluido en la clase. Marianella Velasquez (“Demandante”) presentó un juicio en 2016 argumentando reclamos por propinas impagas contra SUNSTONE RED OAK, LLC que opera comercialmente como RENAISSANCE WESTCHESTER HOTEL, SUNSTONE RED OAK LESSEE, INC., SUNSTONE HOTEL TRS LESSEE, INC., HIGHGATE HOTELS, L.P., JOHN V. ARABIA; PAUL R. WOMBLE; RICKEY WHITWORTH; BRYAN A. GIGLIA; ROBERT SPRINGER; y otras entidades relacionadas, (“Demandados” o “Renaissance Westchester”). Los Demandados niegan todo hecho ilícito y sostienen que todos los trabajadores fueron compensados conforme a la ley. La Corte aún no ha decidido quién tiene razón y quién no, o quién ganará el juicio. Recibe esta Notificación para informarle sus derechos y la condición del juicio, lo que incluye que el juicio para este caso actualmente está programado para realizarse ante el Juez Ecker con una fecha a fijar próximamente, posiblemente durante 2021. Usted tiene derecho a comparecer si lo desea. Para más información sobre sus derechos y el estado del juicio, visite https://www. lmblaw.com/renaissancewestchester Si desempeñó algún trabajo en Renaissance Westchester Hotel en West Harrison como camarero, asistente, ayudante de camarero, cantinero, mensajero o cualquier otro puesto de servicio en eventos de comidas y banquetes en cualquier momento entre enero del 2010 y el presente es un miembro de la Clase, y no necesita hacer nada para participar en este juicio. El estudio jurídico Leeds Brown Law, P.C., One Old Country Road, Suite 347, Carle Place, Nueva York 11514, ha sido nombrado como abogado legal para que lo represente a usted y a otros Miembros de la Clase. Estos abogados se denominan Abogados de la Clase. Si tiene preguntas sobre este juicio, o si desea más información sobre esta notificación, puede contactar al Abogado de la Clase Michael Tompkins, Esq. de Leeds Brown Law, P.C. al (516) 873-9550 o en mtompkins@leedsbrownlaw.com. El juicio trata sobre supuestos cargos que los clientes de las comidas pagaron en los eventos de comidas de los Demandados desde el 2010. Los Demandantes afirman que esos cargos son propinas conforme al artículo 196-d de la Ley Laboral y que se deben a los empleados de servicios que trabajaron en esos eventos.
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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY Colorado Federal Savings Bank The following persons appear from our records to be entitled to unclaimed property consisting of cash amounts of fif ty dollars or more: NORMAN CHARLES SEASTEDT 1972 S EVERETT ST VALLEY STREAM NY 11580-2344 A report of unclaimed amounts of money or other property has been made to the State Comptroller and that a listing of names of persons appearing to be entitled is on file and open to public inspection at Colorado Federal Savings Bank. Such held amounts of money or other property will be paid or delivered to proven entitled parties by Colorado Federal Savings Bank through October 31. On or before November 10, any remaining unclaimed monies or other properties will be paid or delivered to the State Comptroller. Colorado Federal Savings Bank
Notice of Formation of GATEWAY TO THE WEST NY VETERINARY CARE PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 10/15/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of P L LC u p o n w h o m p ro c e s s a g ain s t i t may be served. SSNY shall mail process to C orp oration S er vice C o. , 8 0 S tate S t . , A lb any, N Y 1 2 2 0 72543. Purpose: Veterinar y medicine. Notice of Formation of 200 Chambers 29E, LLC filed with SSNY on June 3, 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: Robert Chavez, 250 W. Court Street, Suite 200E, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of ALLIANCE GLOBAL PA R T N E R S , 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. S SN Y mail process to 40 Wall St- 48th Floor, New York, NY 10005, Any lawful purpose
Notice of Formation of CA N D I C E WO O P S Y C H O L O G Y PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1 0/ 2 6 / 2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d . S SN Y mail process t o C/O C o r p o r a t e Creations Network Inc. 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of FLOWER ART NY, 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 Nobue Sandoz, 50 W. 76th St. , NY, NY 10 023 . Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of A PLACE FOR HEALING COACHING/PODCAST/ PHOTOGRAPHY LLC filed with SSNY on 8/20/21. Office: Kings. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 415 Pennsylvania Ave, Apt #3, Brooklyn, NY, 11207. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
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NOTICE TO CITED PARTIES You have been served with a citation for a matter that is scheduled to be heard at a New York County Surrogate’s Court calendar. Please be advised that at this time, this court is serving the public and court users primarily through virtual or electronic appearances; in-person appearances are limited at this time. The citation that you have received contains a return date. Please do not appear in the courthouse on that date. The following choices are available to you: - If you do not object to the relief requested, you do not need to contact the court or do anything else. - If you do object to the relief sought on the citation, you or your lawyer must send a document to the court signed by you or your lawyer indicating that: 1 . Yo u o b j e c t to t h e r e l i e f o r yo u are requesting discovery; OR 2 . You are requesting the opportunity to appear in person or by using Microsoft Teams or by telephone conference; OR 3 . You are requesting an adjournment to consult with or retain counsel. Your written response must be received by the court three (3) business days before the return date and must include either an email address or telephone number, or both where you or your lawyer can be reached during business hours. Your communication to the court may be sent by email to: Accounting_General@nycourts. gov or by mail addressed to the Accounting Department of this court at the address listed above. The attorney for the petitioner must be copied in your communication. If your written communication to the court indicates that you would like to proceed as described in choice number 1 above, your case may be referred to a court attorney-referee for a conference. The case will be adjourned to a future date, if you request the opportunity to appear in person or by electronic means or to consult or retain counsel (choices number 2 and 3). If you do not contact the court by the date on the citation, the record will reflect that you do not object to the relief requested. If an attorney plans to appear on your behalf, he or she must file a Notice of Appearance. This Notice may be filed by mail addressed to the Accounting Department of this court at the address listed above or through the e-filing system (NYSCEF), at www.nycourts.gov/efile . If you have questions about responding to the citation, you may contact the Accounting Department at Accounting_General@nycourts.gov . Please note that court staff are prohibited from giving legal advice but they are available to answer any question about procedure. The Accounting Department of the New Yo r k County Surrogate’s Court Notice of Formation of FCB PAR TNE R S II LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/25/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to attn: Laurence Cohen, 9 West 57th St 29th Fl New York NY 10019.Any lawful purpose.
M C K E N N A MANAGEMENT & CONSULTANCY, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 10/5/2021. Of f. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 1 Coale Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity
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Notice of Formation of PivotHealth Holdings, 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: Insurance product development, management, and marketing company. Notice of Formation of JASON PANG, DDS, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/30/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 501 5th avenue, #703, New York, NY 10017. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 125 9 WASHINGTON STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/30/21. Office location FRANKLIN SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9312 Raes Creek Place, Palmetto, FL 34221. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of CZ33D, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1 0/ 2 0/ 2 1 . O f f i c e location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 60 E. 56th St New York, NY 10022.Any lawful purpose. SA2406 FRANKFORD REALTY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/01/2021. Of fice 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, 42 West 39th Street FL 6, NY, NY 10018. Reg Agent: John Behette, 42 West 39th Street FL 6, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
THE ANNUAL RETURN OF KOLIBRI F O U N DAT I O N INC. for the year ended December 31 , 2020 is available at its principal office located at 27 WEST 72 ND STREET APT. NO. 1102, NEW YORK, NY 10023 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 18 0 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is EILEEN FA R B M A N . Notice of Auction Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by c omp e ti tive b id ding starting on November 29, 2021 and end on December 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the f o ll ow in g a c c o u n t s : #4G12 – Lino Bohn: several boxes, 10-black plastic bags #4H05 – Lino Bohn: several file boxes, several boxes #4H08 – Lino Bohn: several boxes #4L54 – Lino Bohn: several boxes, several suitcases, 2-wooden chairs, 1-wooden table, 1-guitar case #4L58 – Lino Bohn: several boxes, 1-computer monitor, 2-computer keyboards, 1-P.C. #7P59 – Huang Qing: several clothes, several clothing racks, several plastic bins, 2-tables, 1female mannequin torso, several chairs, 1-suitcase, 2-cabinets, 2-lamps #B105 – Imran Lonie: several boxes The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed f ro m th e p re mi s e s within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time. LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM
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Notice of Formation of 250C WINTHROP LLC filed with SSNY on 06/09/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1094 NOSTRAND AVENUE B R O O K LY N , NY 112 25 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation o f D E E PE R W E L L PHYSICAL THERAPY, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/26/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 433 7th Ave., #4 Brooklyn, NY 11215. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of ER SMILE BRIGHT, LLC. Ar ts . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 218 Randolph St 2nd Fl Brooklyn, NY 11237. Any lawful 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 communications antennas at a top height of 44 feet on a 4 0 -f o o t b uil din g rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 445 Jersey Street, Staten Island, Richmond C ount y, NY 10301 and at a top height of 24 feet on a 21-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 444 Manor Road, Staten Island, Richmond C o unt y, N Y 1 0 3 14 . Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submit ted within 30 days from the date of this pub lic ati on to: Tril e a f C o rp, Laura Elston, l.elston@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 4 0 0, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.
Notice of Formation of 1132 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1132 64th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 18 2 4 ANTHON Y AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/10/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 5 West 37th St 12th Fl, New York, NY 10018. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of ACCEL AUTO SALES LLC. Ar ts . Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/14/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6324 20 Avenue Store A, Brooklyn, NY 11204. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of KISMET REALT Y NY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/5/21. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 197 Beach St Bronx, NY 10464. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of BLUE MOUNTAIN CANNABIS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1 0/ 2 6 / 2 1 . O f f i c e location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 31 Locust Pl Staten Island, NY 10308. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 250A WINTHROP LLC filed with SSNY on 06/09/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1094 NOSTRAND AVENUE B R O O K LY N , NY 112 25 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of 250B WINTHROP LLC filed with SSNY on 06/09/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1094 NOSTRAND AVENUE B R O O K LY N , NY 112 25 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of PHB BLE ECK E R LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/20/19. Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 444 Madison Ave 6th Floor, Attn: Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Esq, New Yo r k , NY 10022. Any law ful purpose.
Notice of Formation of AE Aesthetics , LLC filed with SSNY on 11/2/21. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent, Kathleen Lenahan, of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: [1880 Hylan Blvd, Unit 2R-6, Staten Island, NY 10305]. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Form. of SUNNY & JERRY REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1 0/ 2 5 / 2 0 2 1 . Office lo c ation: Chenango . SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2 Iris Ln, Levittown, NY 11756. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of The Alliance NYC LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/24/21. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 355 S End Ave, 2M, NY NY 10280. R/A: 205 12th Ave, 1A, BK NY 11215. Purpose: Any lawful act. THE KARTEN ORGANIZATION, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/05/16. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 330 East 75th Street, Apt 2F, New York , N Y 10 021 . Purpose: Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of WAVERLY DG LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/14/21. Office location: Tioga. LLC formed in DE on 9/27/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 631 n. Us Hwy 1, Ste 100, North Palm Beach, FL 33408. Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS.RA Gray Building 500 South Bronaugh St Tallahassee, FL 32399. Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of JSBS CONSTRUCTION LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/24/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 900 3rd Ave Floor 13, New York, NY 10022. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of WAITING ON A FRIEND, 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 250 Park Ave 7th fl New York, NY 10177. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 72ND PROPERT Y LLC. Ar ts . O f 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 1433 72nd St Brooklyn, NY 11228. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of BALI TSUN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 140 Smith St Brooklyn, NY 11201. Any lawful purpose.
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Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 150 feet on a 153-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 288 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York C o unt y, N Y 1 0 0 1 6 . 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: Tr il e a f C o r p , Morgan R asmus sen , m . rasmus sen@ trileaf. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pk w y, Building 400, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30 0 67; 6786 5 3 - 8 6 7 3 ex t . 6 5 7. SB GERARD AVENUE, LLC. Ar ts . of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/26/20. Of fice: N ew Yo r k C o u n t y. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Silverback Development, 40 West 57th Street, New York, N Y 10 019. Purpose: Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of L’E R MITAGE N Y LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/12/21. Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s er ve d . S S N Y mail process to 240 West 38th St 2FL, New York, NY 10018. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 1048 MORRIS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/14/18.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 670 Myrtle Ave 388, Brooklyn, NY 11205 . Any law ful purpose.
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Notice of Formation of 204 JACKSON STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/23/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 204 Jackson St Brooklyn, NY 11211. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 245 BOERUM ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/26/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 222 Spencer St Brooklyn, NY 11205. Any law ful purpose. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license number 1339314 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 A l c o h o l i c B e ve r a g e Control Law at 237 5th A v e Brooklyn, NY 11215 for on premises consumption. Brooklyn D O P 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 in two (2) locations in Brooklyn, Kings County, N Y. A n t e n n a s a r e proposed to be collocated at a top height of 125 feet on a 179-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 250 Livingston Street, 11201. Antennas are proposed to be collocated at a top height of 57 feet on a 60-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 506 52nd Street, 11220. 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, Yvelande, y.raymond@trileaf.com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 407- 660 -7840.
Notice of Formation of Mastrandrea Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on October 29, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 29 Bombay Street, Staten Island, NY 10309. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of 73 GOLD STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/28/2010. 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 ail process to 166 Beard Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231. Any lawful purpose. Section 206 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE DANIEL K . THORNE FOUNDATION INC. for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020 is available at its principal office located at P.O. BOX 308, STAR LAKE FARM, GEORGES MILLS, NH 03751 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is DANIEL K . THORNE.
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 several locations in K in g s C o unt y, N Y. Verizon Wireless proposes to collocate antennas at a top height of 57 feet on a 51-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 574 77 th Street, Brooklyn 11209; at a top height of 63 feet on a 62-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 537 Herzl Street, Brooklyn, 11212; at a top height of 62 feet on a 59foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 326 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, 11231; and at a top height of 66 feet on a 60foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity o f 1 3 8 A L ex in g to n Avenue, Brooklyn, 11216. 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, L aura Elston, l.elston@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678- 653-8673.
Notice of Formation of UNIMAC YEAR 15 LLC, Arts of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/26/2021. 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, 1605 MLK Jr Blvd Ste 1D, Bronx, NY 10453. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity
Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1336518) for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a Restaurant T W 34 4 under the A l c o h o l i c B e ve r a g e Control Law at 92 2ND AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10003 for on premises consumption.
THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE THEODORE BARTH FOUNDATION INC. for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020 is available at its principal office located at 45 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, SUITE 2006, NEW YORK , NY 10111 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is ELLEN BERELSON.
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Who was up and who was down last week
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LOSERS THE BEST OF THE REST NICK LANGWORTHY
BHAIRAVI DESAI
Fifteen days into a hunger strike, taxi medallion owners landed a monumental win when New York City announced it would pursue the city-backed debt relief plan that drivers wanted. Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, helped lead the effort to secure drivers additional debt relief.
JAY JACOBS Wait, wait, wait – people expected the Democratic Party to actually support ballot proposals that would have made voting easier and helped Democrats? Well state Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs didn’t get the memo and said that they didn’t push for the proposals because nobody asked. Then again, Democrats in Jacobs’ native Nassau County did ask for help, but they still lost big, including County Executive Laura Curran. THE REST OF THE WORST INDIA WALTON
The tug of war for Buffalo mayor between socialist India Walton and incumbent Byron Brown came to a close when Walton conceded after falling short on election night. Brown’s write-in campaign after a lackluster primary turned out to be a success, beating Walton by about 18 percentage points.
DEMS WHO LOST
New York City’s elections didn’t escape this year’s red wave, and Tony Avella, Felicia Singh, Steven Saperstein and Sal Albanese all lost to Republicans in their council races – and in three of the races by large margins.
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Have you ever seen a Republican so excited about a Democrat winning? The state GOP chair, Nick Langworthy, was pumped about Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown defeating socialist India Walton in his home county. But he had a lot more to be happy about, given the veritable red wave statewide.
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ERIC ADAMS CAMPAIGN; NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
ERIC ADAMS Eric Adams, enjoying a morning plant-based “Mayor’s Breakfast Wrap,” celebrated a win with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Curtis Sliwa. He is now New York City’s 110th mayor, the second Black mayor, and is tackling the “second-toughest job in America.” Although he has a long road ahead of him, Adams enjoyed his victory surrounded by celebrities and high-profile CEOs at the Zero Bond club on election night.
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Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa made hiss-tory when he brought a tiny voting companion with him: his cat Gizmo. Sadly, Gizmo was barred from entering the polling place with Sliwa, as cats were not allowed in the building, and was forced to remain outside with all other fur-sonas non grata. But worse than the Guardian Angel’s feline companion being ostracized from voting was Sliwa’s loss to Eric Adams. Looks like he ended up being a more fur-midable opponent than Sliwa had anticipated.
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