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SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE Steve Bellone, now in his third and final term of office because of term limits, has dodged rumors that his next move will be a gubernatorial run. But as City & State’s Rebecca C. Lewis writes in this week’s cover story, “the ingredients” to be New York state’s top executive are already there.

The 51-year-old Democrat in charge of the state’s most populous county outside New York City has a strong track record and political alliances across the state. He is a centrist, winning support in a right-leaning, suburban county, while still making strides with Democrats as the state shifts more toward the left.

Lewis points out that as a straight white man, Bellone might not be so appealing to members of his own party looking to elect New York’s first woman governor or its second governor of color after former Gov. David Paterson. But Bellone may have found ways to get around that hurdle.

One approach used by New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Scott Stringer is to promote and support women and candidates of color. That strategy won Bellone support from state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who praised his “advocacy for women’s rights and for electing more diverse candidates” in a statement to City & State.

Our cover story details how Bellone is primed for a run, but how long he remains coy on the prospect is anybody’s guess. “I would never rule out anything at this point,” he told City & State.

CONTENTS FAIRER ELECTIONS … 8 At-large town boards keep out communities of color

STEVE BELLONE … 10 Could the moderate Suffolk county executive win statewide?

CORONAVIRUS HEROES …

16 Long Islanders who put their communities first

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The most influential leaders on Long Island RALPH R. ORTEGA; EMILY ASSIRAN

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WINNERS & LOSERS … 58 Who was up and who was down last week

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NYC SCHOOLS CLOSE THROUGH THANKSGIVING

back in the classroom at the beginning of the year, the first major city in the nation to do so. Schools will remain closed until at least Thanksgiving. The announcement came after de Blasio delayed his daily press conference by many hours with no notice, and a combative briefing from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who seemed unaware that de Blasio was about to close schools. The decision was met with immediate backlash from parents who want classrooms to remain open, arguing that there is no evidence that the

After days of uncertainty as parents and teachers alike waited to learn whether schools would remain open on a dayto-day basis, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city hit a 3% threshold of new COVID-19 cases, which means schools will go entirely remote immediately. This is a major setback for the city and de Blasio, who scored a victory when he got kids Friday, Novemb

coronavirus is spreading in schools. The Daily News reported that de Blasio and his own health experts disagreed about whether the 3% positive threshold was the right metric to use. Now parents and teachers must scramble to return to an entirely remote system. However, schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said he doesn’t expect schools to remain closed for an extended period of time and suggested that the metrics for closing schools in the future may change. Meanwhile,

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When former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani pushes conspiracy theories alleging that President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is the result of fraud, something much grosser happens. The Daily News dubbed the Trump lawyer “Oozy Giuliani” after a press conference in which Giuliani sweated so much, what appeared to be black hair coloring streamed down his face.

– Gov. Andrew Cuomo, responding to a reporter who asked whether New York City schools would open Thursday

“Parents are confused.

Reporters are confused. Workers are confused. Kids are confused! Cuomo? Not confused. Also, doesn’t recognize or care that you’re confused. ” – state Sen. Jessica Ramos, after Cuomo’s outburst when asked whether schools were closing, via Twitter

Cuomo warned of a post-Thanksgiving surge in COVID-19 cases and warned that the entirety of New York City may soon be placed in an “orange zone” under his microcluster strategy, which would require all schools to close along with high-risk nonessential businesses like gyms.

COVID-19 numbers also continue to increase statewide, as the number of hospitalizations went above 2,000 people for the first time since May.

RED MIRAGE CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE IN NEW YORK

Counties around the state are making progress counting absentee ballots, and as they do, Republicans’ early election night leads in a number of contentious races evaporated as more and more Democrats declared victory. And with each new declaration, the state Senate Democrats get closer to a coveted supermajority. Combined with the Assembly supermajority, the legislative Democrats would have the ability to override vetoes from Cuomo. On Long Island, state Sens. James Gaughran and Kevin Thomas declared victory as absentee ballot counts gave them insurmountable leads, earning them second terms after they wrested control away from Republicans in 2018.

In New York City, state Sen. Andrew Gounardes

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announced that he, too, had been elected to return to Albany in a closely watched battle in one the few traditionally Republican strongholds in the city.

While holding on to several battleground districts, including the reelection of state Sens. Pete Harckham and Jen Metzger in the Hudson Valley, Democrats have also flipped several open seats, as in the race to replace former Republican state Sen. Robert Antonacci in Central New York. In congressional races, Rep. Thomas Suozzi also won reelection after a slight election night deficit against a first-time Republican candidate. The race between Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi and Republican former Rep. Claudia Tenney remains one of the few undecided races in the nation, as Tenney’s lead continues to shrink.

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officials presented a dire budget that includes significant layoffs and cuts to services in the wake of coronavirusrelated financial stress.

The proposal would slash service by between 40% and 50% across subways, buses and commuter rail, and over 9,000 employees would get laid off, with New York City bus and subway workers bearing the brunt. MTA officials said that the cuts wouldn’t go forward until May 2021, but without federal aid, the agency would still be in the red even with those cuts. They’ve been asking for $12 billion, and transit leaders remain hopeful that President-elect Joe Biden will be able to get a relief package passed once he takes office. Meanwhile, both U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are urging Republicans to agree to a bill before the end of the year, warning of the impending transit disaster.

The MTA warned that it may have to drastically reduce service if it doesn’t get federal aid.

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Would Adams be the first blue-collar mayor?

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who officially launched his run for mayor of New York City on Nov. 18, drew a contrast between himself and previous mayors. “I am going to be the first blue-collar mayor,” Adams, a former NYPD officer, said before his campaign kickoff. “My nails are not manicured. They’re chipped. People shake my hand, they feel the callouses.”

But is it true that Adams would be the first blue-collar mayor?

Adams grew up in a working-class household with five siblings, the son of a house cleaner and a butcher. He joined the NYPD in 1984, working there for the next 22 years. He went to night school during that time, and didn’t complete his bachelor’s degree until 1998.

When he was promoted to captain, he became management. And he traded that for a suit and tie in 2006, when he was elected to the state Senate. He got a master’s in public administration from Marist College, and he now makes a $179,200 salary as borough president and thousands more as a landlord.

But for Adams, being “a blue-collar guy” isn’t just defined by his career – it’s about life experience. He feared getting evicted as a kid. He was arrested for trespassing at age 15 and brutally beaten by a cop.

He went to public schools, then public colleges. He lived and patrolled in high-crime neighborhoods. His life story isn’t that of the typical politician who grad-

THURS. 11/26 A Thanksgiving like we haven’t seen before, with travel and indoor gatherings of more than 10 people discouraged.

There won’t be the annual parade in Manhattan, but there will still be a televised show.

uated from an expensive college and went directly into politics.

While some recent mayors also grew up without social or economic advantage, none have had blue-collar career paths. Bill de Blasio was a political operative from a young age. Michael Bloomberg worked on Wall Street. Rudy Giuliani was a lawyer by 24. David Dinkins faced the extreme racism of the 20th century and enlisted in the Marines, but quickly earned degrees and became a lawyer.

On the other hand, William O’Dwyer, mayor from 1946 to 1950, was an immigrant from Ireland who carried bricks at a construction site and tended the fire in a steamship. John Hylan, mayor from 1918 to 1925, took jobs fixing railroad tracks. So would Adams really be the first blue-collar mayor? Not technically, but he’d arguably be the first in 70 years. Looking at the 19 mayors since the five boroughs consolidated in 1898, Adams is atypical as somebody who worked as a police officer for decades, who didn’t get a bachelor’s degree until later in life and never studied law. Adams can hardly be blamed for playing it up on the campaign trail – even as he admits to having some stereotypically white-collar tastes.

“Here is a guy that is comfortable drinking merlot in one community or drinking a beer in another,” Adams said of himself.

“And I don’t have to fake it.”

– Jeff Coltin with reporting by Kimberly Gonzalez

MON. 11/30 Public schools in New York City could reopen as soon as the Monday following the holiday weekend – assuming that infection levels in the five boroughs decrease in the preceding week.

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There has been a lot of pushback to closing schools before activities like indoor dining.

More restrictions could come, but that depends on the COVID-19 numbers.

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NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS are closing again. But wait, you point out, aren’t gyms somehow still open? Sure, Gov. Andrew Cuomo released restrictions on bars, restaurants that serve alcohol, gyms, and private gatherings of more than 10 people, but we couldn’t help but notice that there are a few glaringly obvious ways to get around them – not least of all for the virus.

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SOME HOLES IN THE NEW COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.

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We’re now learning that coronavirus only strikes between 10:01 at night and 4:59 in the morning, but did you also know that it’s physically impossible to spread it if you’re only hanging out indoors with nine other people? The virus hates being among the first 10 people to show up to an event, it’s so passé.

Will cutting bar service off at 10 p.m. stop bad alcoholfueled decisions? Let’s see. It’s dark outside by 5, we’re into the ninth month of a deadly pandemic ... Exactly how early is too early to be shitfaced?

THE JOE BORELLI REBELLION

If Staten Island Council Member Joe Borelli can announce a multigenerational indoor Thanksgiving with 10-plus people, with his address on public record, and the only consequence is Twitter-shaming? That doesn’t bode well for compliance.

NO PUMPING IRON PAST 10

Is COVID-19 a dangerous virus that spreads rampantly in indoor spaces with poor ventilation? Or is it actually that obnoxious dude who shows up past 10 p.m. at your local gym and asks, “Can you even lift, bro?” Thank goodness for the new curfew, so we can all stop feeling self-conscious.

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A Q&A with Assembly Member

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State lawmakers passed a bill months ago that would bar police and law enforcement from accessing contact tracing data.

Why is the governor delaying in signing it?

We’ve been having conversations with them back and forth. I don’t think they’ve come to any conclusions yet. What we’ve been exploring with them is primarily the question of how private entities that contract with a contact tracing agency store data. The city of New York raised some concerns. The discussion is whether the governor would want us to make some changes in a bill that we would pass in January. It would be in

the form of a chapter amendment to the law.

I think we can work out language that will satisfy concerns, but doesn’t mean the governor will feel that way.

Any chance of the state Legislature reconvening before January 2021?

At this point, we’re not hearing much about reconvening in November or December. There had been discussion of that weeks ago. I have not heard anything either way in quite some time.

Cuomo has been warning that immigration authorities or law enforcement could access private data gathered through the

upcoming vaccine distribution process.

Do we need new legislation on that too?

Definitely. I have begun conversations with civil liberty and privacy advocates to develop a bill on that. It’s obviously not something we would enact in the next few weeks, but it would be something we would aim to do in the coming year – hopefully, quickly.

Where do you see the state right now as a second wave of COVID-19 cases gathers force?

I think the state and the city are pretty well on target about close-down orders and trying to make sure that our health care

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There are fundamental problems in our system that were certainly highlighted in the first wave that have not really been dealt with. providers are as well provided for as they can be. There are fundamental problems in our system that I think were certainly highlighted in the first wave that have not really been dealt with such as the financial stability of hospitals and other health care providers, the supply of hospital beds and whether our nursing homes are ready to properly isolate COVID (positive) residents.

Visitors might have played a big role in spreading the coronavirus in nursing homes early on. Should they be allowed if things get worse?

We need to recognize that family members

visiting is not just a matter of emotional need. It’s critically important to the well being of nursing home residents – including the fact that family visitors help in providing care to nursing home residents, and are very important for spotting inadequate or improper care and speaking up about it.

It’s well known that nursing home residents who are regularly visited by a family member are treated a lot better by the nursing home staff.

While the state health department has made some changes in their visiting rules, they don’t go anywhere near far enough to enable selected family members to visit nursing home residents

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consideration to renewed “hero pay,” bonuses that recognize the danger these workers face.

These workers also deserve additional paid time off in the event that they or someone close to them tests positive for the virus. We need to provide not just safer workplaces, but

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MAJORITY RU At-large town boards keep power away from New York’s growing communities of color. That’s changing in Islip.

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N 2014, MORE than 40,000 tons of contaminated construction debris was found in Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood, a majority-Latino part of the Town of Islip in Long Island’s Suffolk County. At that time, New York Communities for Change had been campaigning to have the park’s pool reopened after budget cuts shut it down in 2012, said Lucas Sanchez, Long Island director for the organization advocating for low-income communities. “Suddenly, this campaign was not about reopening the pool, it was about how did this happen?” he said. “How is it that so much toxic material was dumped in a park with no one at the town level allegedly hearing about it or doing anything about it?”

Sanchez and other local activists would come to realize the problem may have stemmed from a lack of political representation. Though Latinos make up nearly 30% of Islip’s population, no Latino has ever been elected to the Islip Town Board. So in 2018, four Brentwood residents, Make the Road New York, an immigrant advocacy group, and New York Communities for Change filed a lawsuit alleging that the town’s method of conducting elections systematically excluded their voices, in violation of the federal Voting Rights

Act. Islip’s at-large voting system has all four of its board members voted on by everyone in town, but Latino residents concentrated in Brentwood and Central Islip couldn’t get enough votes to have their preferred candidates chosen. All current board members are white, and only one person of color has ever been elected to Islip town government.

The lawsuit was settled in October this year, and will require the town to use geographic districts in local elections, including one from a district that is dominated by largely Latino communities in-

cluding Brentwood, North Bay Shore and Central Islip.

Having at-large seats that may reduce representation of racial and ethnic minorities was not a situation unique to Islip. In fact, most towns and school boards in New York rely on this system.

The prevalence of at-large legislative bodies is a holdover from when these towns used to be more rural and racially and ethnically homogenous, said Gerald Benjamin, director emeritus of the Benjamin Center at SUNY New Paltz. As the countryside becomes suburban, and then the suburbs become less white – but

are often segregated, with communities of color clustered in certain villages or parts of towns – this can become a cause of underrepresentation.

Towns have the option of replacing at-large councils with a ward system, via referendum, in which council members are elected in districts. But only about 15 out of 932 towns in New York use a ward system, according to the New York Department of State. Aside from Islip, only three of those are on Long Island: Hempstead, North Hempstead and Brookhaven.

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state, only two do not use an exclusively at-large voting system: Buffalo’s Board of Education and East Ramapo’s school board. East Ramapo is only changing next year, as a result of a lawsuit complaining that its school board was composed predominantly of white, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who diverted money away from schools that mostly taught Black and Latino students.

Many of the changes to atlarge election structures in New York have been spurred by lawsuits alleging voter discrimination. The Town of Hempstead,

in Nassau County, had to adopt a district-based system in the late 1990s because of such a lawsuit.

A plaintiff in the case, Dorothy Goosby, went on to become the first African American woman elected to the board in 1999. She still serves on the board today.

In the 2000s, New Rochelle and Port Chester in Westchester also had to change to a district-based voting system, after successful litigation.

In the early 2000s, the Long Island towns of North Hempstead and Brookhaven changed their systems voluntarily, via ballot referendum. Similar ef-

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forts to bring such a change have failed elsewhere on Long Island, including in Oyster Bay, Babylon, Islip, Huntington and Southampton. Proposals to shift away from at-large voting in Southampton have been historically backed by Democrats, the minority party, but failed to gain support from voters. Republicans made a similar push in 2016 in Babylon, where Democrats have retained much political control. In fact, Islip had previously voted down the proposal.

It has often been difficult for local governments to back a new districting system, since it often means current elected officials may lose their seats. In some cases, so will the majority’s favored political party. When Brookhaven’s vote to replace the at-large voting system took place in 2002, Republicans had held control on the Brookhaven Town Board for two decades. Town board members tried to block the referendum, and when that failed, they campaigned against it.

But some civil rights attorneys say what happened in Islip is likely not an isolated case.

“I think there’s a high likelihood that the kind of problems we saw in Islip and in Hempstead and New Rochelle and in The view of Port Chester, a craft fair in West Islip are replicated all in 2019. A across the state,” lawsuit said said Randolph the at-large McLaughlin, a election system in law professor at Islip was a Pace Universibarrier for ty who was an communiattorney for the ties of color. plaintiffs in each of these cases.

At least three conditions must be in place to prove an atlarge council system is in violation of the Voting Rights Act. There must be a highly concentrated racial minority population, which votes for largely the same candidates, residing in the town. If they consistently fail to elect their preferred candidates over time, while the candidates picked by majority-white voters succeed, there is a basis for litigation. “Then you go from there,” said Frederick Brewington, a civil rights attorney who led challenges in Islip and

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Hempstead. “What’s going on in the fabric of that community? What’s taking place with regard to things that may impact their ability to live the quality of life that’s similar to their white counterparts in other parts of the community?” That means evaluating disparities in housing, education and health care, among other issues.

But the effort involved in proving this pattern of discrimination and pursuing litigation can be an obstacle. “Sometimes the communities aren’t aware of their rights,” McLaughlin said.

“They don’t know about the Voting Rights Act. ... If they do, they don’t have the support financially to mount one of these challenges.”

Perry Grossman, a senior staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union who led litigation in the East Ramapo School District case, said it was difficult to quantify how common the problem is. “How prevalent is it statewide is hard to say, because you have to go collect data from every single school district individually, in every single village individually,” he said. Grossman did identify a few school boards where there was little or no representation for minorities, despite having a significant minority population in local schools, such as the William Floyd School District and the Middle Country Central School District in Suffolk County.

Tracey Edwards, the NAACP’s Long Island regional director, said the Islip case was an important step for a racially segregated region. “I look at this as a piece of the overall pie for voting rights and representation for communities of color,” she said.

And as the population of Hispanic, Asian and Black residents on Long Island grows, the need for political representation will become even more important.

“We have a more diverse Long Island, but that hasn’t translated into more political power for people of color on the island,” Sanchez said. “So this case is about chipping away at that exclusionary white supremacy that has structural power.”

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Steve Bellone is in charge of the state’s most populous county outside New York City.

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, an aisle-crossing police union ally, seems like a natural for statewide office.

But would he stand a chance in an increasingly polarized New York?

By Rebecca C. Lewis

Photographs by Emily Assiran

UFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE Steve Bellone can trace his entry into politics to a childhood love of history. Behind his desk at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge sits a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence. An inscription on the frame reads “June 7, 1979” – the day that a 9-yearold Bellone purchased the replica while on a school trip to Philadelphia.

“A lot of my classmates were completely uninterested in what was going on,” Bellone recalled of visiting Constitution Hall, the Liberty Bell and Betsy Ross’ house. “And I was just blown away by it all.” Although he initially considered becoming a teacher or a journalist, he decided near the end of college he would rather make history than write about it or teach it.

Bellone has come a long way since that fourth-grade field trip. He was elected a Babylon Town Council member in 1997, Babylon Town supervisor in 2001 and, in 2012, took office as executive in New York’s easternmost county, on the tip of Long Island.

For Bellone, keeping an eye on making history means keeping the other eye trained on the future. He has tried to build a legacy of long-term accomplishments that may not be immediately apparent, including rooting out corruption and reforming the workings of municipal government while making it more efficient and fair.

“Most people are never going to see that, most people are never going to appreciate that, but I don’t care,” Bellone said during a November interview.

While there are still three years left before term limits force him to find a new job, that’s a blink of an eye in the political realm. And at just 51 years old, he still has a potentially long career in politics ahead of him. But as the man in charge of the state’s most populous county outside New York City, with a constituency larger than those of the governors of states such as Vermont and Rhode Island, where else can he go?

For someone recently described as “one of the state’s most powerful county executives” by the New York Post, statewide office may seem like a natural fit. But while suburban centrism has served Bellone well in a right-leaning area, it could constrain him when trying to win over the party’s increasingly left-wing base in New York City and other urban areas.

If Bellone succeeded in making the jump to higher office, he would be one of the few county executives ever to do so. As a student of history, Bellone knows that in order to defy it, he needs all the right ingredients, along with the perfect recipe.

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ORN IN QUEENS on Sept. 11, 1969, Bellone was raised in the Suffolk County village of North Babylon, and he currently lives in West Babylon with his wife, Tracey, and three young children. He and Tracey met when they both worked for then-Babylon Town Supervisor Rich Schaffer. Schaffer – who has since become Suffolk County Democratic Party chair – grew up across the street from Bellone and helped to advance his career, but the two have feuded in recent years. Schaffer declined to comment for this article.

In the mid-20th century, Suffolk’s farms were mostly developed into subdivisions, as mostly white families like Bellone’s moved from the outer boroughs and inner-ring suburbs of neighboring Nassau County, seeking space and suburban comforts.

Today, most of the year-round population lives in the suburban western half, while the North Fork and South Fork feature what’s left of the farmland and small towns with the second homes of affluent New Yorkers. In all, Suffolk is the fifth-richest county in the state, and its politics lean toward fiscal conservatism, but are more liberal on issues such as education, LGBTQ rights and the environment.

Despite being raised in a Republican household, Bellone’s Democratic identity came from his Irish-Catholic immigrant grandfather, a “diehard Democrat” who had pictures of John F. Kennedy in every room of his house. Bellone joined the Army in 1992 after college. In 1995, he began working for Schaffer, and he attended Fordham Law at night. “He really is, like, the whole package,” Kevin Law, president and CEO of the Long Island Association, told City & State. “He’s smart, he’s good-looking and he’s easy to get along with.”

Those attributes have helped win repeated victories in Suffolk, a purple county of just under 1.5 million people that voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 and apparently – pending the count of mail-in ballots – in 2020. Bellone won reelection to his third and final term in 2019, against Republican County Comptroller John Kennedy, with a comfortable 55.5% of the vote.

“I think his personality tells me why he’s been so successful in Suffolk County,” said Westchester County Executive George Latimer. County executives, much like bigcity mayors, are sometimes known for having an autocratic streak, but not Bellone. In their meetings, “he was someone who was very free and easy with his willingness to talk about things,” Latimer said.

People who know or have worked with Bellone generally described him as willing to work with people across the aisle. “I’ve never heard him yell, as compared to some of the lunatics that have been in that office,” Desmond Ryan, a veteran lobbyist from Long Island, told City & State with a laugh.

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In an increasingly partisan time in American politics, Bellone remains a classic swing-district moderate. Like his ally Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Bellone has hired some Republican staffers. “One of the first questions I asked him was, ‘Why would you want to hire a Republican chief of staff?’” said Lisa Black of when Bellone courted her to work for him. Black is now chief deputy county executive and previously worked for Cuomo and the state Senate Republican majority under former Majority Leader Joe Bruno. “And he’s like, ‘I don’t care. If you can put on your resume that you can get shit done, I am attracted to you – no matter what party.’ And that was very exciting.”

This year, Bellone worked closely with Rep. Lee Zeldin, a conservative Republican who represents much of Suffolk, to get more personal protective equipment from the federal government and to collaborate with the Trump administration to make Suffolk eligible for a Federal Reserve lending program to help with revenue shortfalls. And he has made bipartisan calls for local coronavirus relief aid with other county executives throughout the state. “He’s in a position where he didn’t have to do that,” Republican Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon, who has joined with Bellone in making those calls, told City & State. “His party essentially controls Albany, so he doesn’t have to do these things. He does these things because it’s the right thing to do.”

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NLIKE BOROUGH PRESIDENTS, there’s more to being a county executive than attending ceremonies and using a bully pulpit. Ryan, the Long Island lobbyist, described Bellone as a “hands-on, day-to-day manager,” as compared to “some very absentee county executives” of the past.

When he gets involved in a project, those who know him say Bellone truly gets into the weeds. About 15 years ago, when Law was running the Long Island Power Authority and Bellone was Babylon supervisor, they were discussing a plan to bury some transmission lines. According to Law, “(Bellone) didn’t sound like a town supervisor, he sounded more like a city planner because he had a great grasp of all the issues to make this project a reality.”

Bellone has made tackling such seemingly mundane issues a focus of his time in office. “Sewers are not sexy. And they are very expensive, and they are a nuisance in the neighborhoods where they are installed,” Lawrence Levy, executive dean at the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, said. “But he understands that you cannot get your arms around the extreme nitrogen pollution problem in our waterways, cannot foster serious economic development … without the wastewater treatment capacity on the way.”

For Bellone, it’s about planting the seeds for a better future in Suffolk. “His work will leave a legacy of cleaner water, drinking water and coastal water, in the county,” Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, told City & State. That’s part of an already-long track record of work on the environment, dating back to his time as Babylon Town supervisor – the chief executive of the town – when he began a nation-leading green homes initiative that incentivized homeowners to make energy efficiency upgrades.

If pragmatic management is his calling card, Bellone’s biggest challenge has been budgetary. When he took office in the wake of the Great Recession, Bellone inherited a growing budget gap. Within Bellone’s first few months in office, a panel of fiscal experts he brought together estimated that the county faced a $530 million, multiyear shortfall. Bellone made a series of tough fiscal decisions, laying off county employees – including his own wife, who was then the county’s deputy parks commissioner. He also consolidated government operations and sold a county-owned nursing home.

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self to try to rid the corruption,” Lisa Tyson, director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition told City & State “That has really been a big part of his legacy for the county.”

And when COVID-19 arrived – Suffolk recorded its first case on March 9 – Bellone immediately began planning how the county would handle the crisis, which wound up hitting Long Island incredibly hard. He’s drawn strong marks from the leader of the County Legislature, a fellow Democrat, which represents a shift from what has historically been an antagonistic relationship between

“I’VE NEVER HEARD HIM YELL, AS COMPARED TO SOME OF THE LUNATICS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT OFFICE.”

– Desmond Ryan, a veteran Long Island lobbyist

Bellone’s allies praise him as a county executive who isn’t afraid to be a hands-on manager and get in the weeds on projects like transmission lines and sewers.

Bellone boasts that the county has stopped borrowing from the state to pay off pension funds for the past two years, and it has largely stopped relying on one-shot revenue raisers that contributed to poor fiscal outlooks in the past. “All the hard work we did to restructure county government, to make it more efficient, worked, and we dug ourselves out of this massive hole,” Bellone said, pointing to the close of 2019, when the county closed the year with a surplus in general fund – all without piercing the state’s 2% tax cap.

Critics, however, say Bellone hasn’t solved the fiscal imbalance, for which he blames the budget he inherited years ago, despite being in his third term. Critics are also quick to point out that the county’s bond rating decreased multiple times while Bellone was in office. And for the past three years, Suffolk has been ranked by the state comptroller as the most fiscally stressed county in the state.

“COVID and a downturn in the economy has exacerbated what was a very tenuous financial position,” Kennedy said. “Now we’re

in free fall.” Bellone contends the comptroller’s ranking and bond ratings are lagging indicators that will improve with multiple years of surplus.

Suffolk politicos also credit Bellone with helping to root out deep-seated corruption in county government for his role in taking down former District Attorney Thomas Spota, who was found guilty of obstructing a civil rights investigation. When allegations about the district attorney first came to light, Bellone was the first to call for his resignation over a year before the formal indictment in 2017.

In 2015, after getting rid of the police chief who had beaten a suspect and attempted to cover it up, and whom he initially stood by when the allegations came to light in 2013, Bellone appointed one of his own aides – Tim Sini, a former federal prosecutor – as police commissioner. Sini later became district attorney, a prospect that Bellone admitted crossed his mind when he first appointed him. “Steve Bellone has taken it upon him-

the executive and the legislative body. “I think he is successful, and certainly during this last year of managing during a time of crisis and a pandemic,” Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer Robert Calarco said, adding that Bellone constantly shared information and guidance with elected officials throughout the county that helped ensure smooth responses. “I think it is one of the reasons we really avoided any political division during a time of crisis.”

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UMORS OF A potential run for governor are not new for Bellone, even as he continues to give diplomatic nonanswers when the prospect is raised. “I would never rule out anything at this point, but right now, I can tell you my complete focus is on what we’re doing here,” Bellone said when asked about statewide aspirations.

That hasn’t stopped him from getting involved in state politics. In 2018, Bellone dipped into his substantial war chest to provide financial support to the state Democratic Party and worked with state Senate Democrats in their successful effort to flip the chamber. That gained him an ally in state Sen. Michael Gianaris, the Democrats’ second-ranking leader in the state Senate and a leading New York City progressive. “Other people in politics have their own agendas, even if they’re helping,” Gianaris said. “Steve Bellone is always asking us how he can be most helpful.”

Yet another straight white man might be unappealing to Democrats eager to elect the

Bellone is a Democrat who can win in purple and red districts. But is that an asset or a liability in a statewide race?

state’s first woman governor or its second governor of color after former Gov. David Paterson. As New York City Comptroller and mayoral aspirant Scott Stringer has shown, one way to mitigate that is to promote and support women and candidates of color, and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins praised Bellone’s “advocacy for women’s rights and for electing more diverse candidates to the state Senate” in a statement to City & State. A spokesperson said Bellone will make endorsements in the 2021 New York City elections, but couldn’t say who he’ll back.

Bellone is also close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with whom Gianaris and other progressive lawmakers have clashed. Cuomo appointed Bellone to the Medicaid Redesign Team II at the beginning of the year, and the county executive has made it a point to be publicly supportive of the governor.

The ingredients for a future governor seem to be there: a strong track record and allies across the political spectrum all over the state. “Steve is a very appealing candidate,” Democratic political consultant Doug Forand said. “He has won in a purple to

red-leaning county, repeatedly held down his position there, is a proven fundraiser, and so I think he would be able to pick up broader support from the suburbs and upstate.”

But history is not on his side. “They call it the county executive curse,” said Esposito. No Suffolk County executive has ever gone on to higher office, and it’s rare for any county executive in any part of the state to do so. “The county executive’s office being a jumping off point for someplace else, it’s right up there with the mayor of the city of New York,” Ryan joked.

That he is a white moderate man from the suburbs who has opposed raising taxes and has ties to police unions could make it hard for him to win a Democratic primary against a progressive candidate of color from New York City, such as state Attorney General Letitia James or New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. “The reality is that as much as the suburbs have grown as Democratic power bases, they are overwhelmed by urban Democrats,” Levy said, acknowledging that Bellone is still a strong vote-getter who could have broad appeal.

Some observers speculate that, with his

proven appeal to voters on Long Island, Bellone could run for Congress, but he has poured cold water on the idea. “Obviously, I could have run this year,” Bellone said. “And while I’ve learned never to say never in life, I’m more of an executive than a legislator.”

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EMOCRATS ARE CURRENTLY debating their party’s ideological direction, and Forand said that Bellone’s actions in the next year may determine his ability to appeal to the left. Like other jurisdictions across the state, Suffolk is dealing with the budgetary impacts of COVID-19 and reckoning with police brutality and systemic racism.

Bellone has already received criticism from the left on how he has handled police reform, an issue he ran on in 2011, and his response to Black Lives Matter protests, which may haunt him in future runs. Among Bellone’s staunchest and most generous supporters in all his races for county executive have been Suffolk’s police unions. In Bellone’s first year in office, he negotiated a police contract criticized by some legislators as being too expensive, though he said it will result in long-term

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“NEW YORK STATE IS VERY PROGRESSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICE. STEVE HAS NOT MATCHED THIS MOMENT.”

– Lisa Tyson, director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition

savings. Even after some friction in 2018 over proposed spending cuts, the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association spent more than $800,000 in super PAC funds to help Bellone stay in office in 2019. The same super PAC opposed state Senate Democrats from Long Island this year, as police unions across the state banded together to support Republicans.

In the wake of protests against police brutality earlier this year, Bellone appeared on Fox News and came out against the “defund the police” movement, saying that it “doesn’t make sense.”

Jackie Burbridge, co-founder of LI United to Transform Policing & Community Safety, said she found the rhetoric he used discouraging. “The way that he tamped down on conversations around defunding the police, as opposed to moving past the word ‘defunding,’ and actually looking into what that means,” Burbridge told City & State.

“We haven’t seen that level of willingness to engage in those conversations as he has been willing to engage in conversations on Fox News about pro-police work or what have you.” She gave credit to Bellone for his work implementing bias training and diversifying the police, but she said more transformative approaches are needed to change police culture and improve public safety.

Over the summer, Bellone was pressured by criminal justice reform advocates, who said he did not proactively address the issue. More recently, he created a state-mandated panel to examine policing, pursuant to a June executive order from the governor after activists accused him of dragging his feet. “I’m not sure that that task force would have happened if it hadn’t been for Gov. Cuomo’s executive order,” Burbridge said. “It didn’t come out of his office very quickly, so it didn’t seem like something that they were very much in a rush to do.”

Bellone defended his task force, which includes police representatives and reform advocates and is currently holding listening sessions to get public input. “We have the most comprehensive, in-depth, com-

munity-based process anywhere in the state of New York,” Bellone said of the task force he created. He has also touted reform-minded police leadership he has put in place long before the summer’s protests, like Risco Mention-Lewis, the county’s first Black deputy police commissioner, who he said is an expert on community-based intervention.

But Tyson, director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, said that’s not actually changing the experience of policing for residents. “We haven’t seen differences,” Tyson said. She said police data continues to reflect racially inequitable policing. “The numbers that are coming up are showing that the same problems that persisted for decades are still happening on Long Island.”

Mostly white and incredibly segregated, Suffolk, like the rest of Long Island, has a long history of racism. Just last year, Newsday revealed that local real estate agents still frequently help maintain segregation by steering prospective home buyers to certain towns based on race. As Suffolk’s Latino population grew, Bellone’s predecessor Steve Levy took hardline anti-immigrant positions. In 2009, a Southern Poverty Law Center study found “Latino immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y., are routinely the target of violent attacks, harassment and abuse driven by a virulent anti-immigrant climate that has been fostered by community leaders and law enforcement practices.”

While the prevalence of hate crimes on Long Island has decreased, the underlying tensions remain. Suffolk went for Trump by eight points in 2016, after favoring then-President Barack Obama by four points in 2012, which observers ascribe to Trump’s anti-immigration “law and order” message.

A recent analysis from Newsday found that Suffolk police pulled over and searched Black and Hispanic drivers at much higher rates than white drivers. Suffolk was required to collect the data under a 2014 consent decree, after the county settled a federal lawsuit over inequitable policing of the Hispanic community. Because of that settlement, the county improved its hate crime investigations, introduced language access and implemented new community policing initiatives, which Bellone included among his successes. But one person who has worked with Bellone on the issue and asked for anonymity to

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speak frankly said that he should have acted in recent years to address the disparity in enforcement. “The intent was to have no bias in policing,” the person said. “But the reality is you have to do more than to collect the data in order to ensure that there was in fact no bias.” Bellone’s administration released its own analysis of one year of data a day after the Newsday report. “These disparities are unacceptable to me,” Bellone said at the time.

“They’re unacceptable to the police department.” Deputy County Executive Jason Elan added that data collection did not truly begin until 2017 and said the progress on analyzing that data was delayed by the pandemic, noting that the county has voluntarily made the raw data public.

Tyson said that Bellone’s actions do not align with what he may be saying on the issue, and she said that has destroyed his ability to win statewide. “New York state is very progressive when it comes to the police, when it comes to how we talk about relationships in the community,” Tyson said.

“Steve has not matched this moment.”

Bellone broadly defended his track record on police reform, saying that he has been tackling the problem of inequitable policing since he took office, and referenced his 2015 victory in successfully opposing the construction of a new state-mandated jail amid decreasing crime rates. “We have been focused on making the police department more representative of the community that it serves,” Bellone said. “We have been implementing systemic reform by the way working with the police department, to get better and improve how we operate and how we work in diverse communities, and that process is ongoing.”

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HATEVER THE CHALLENGES Bellone might face in pursuing statewide office, Long Island observers expect him to remain in politics after this term ends. “I don’t anticipate him looking to retire on the front porch anytime soon,” Esposito said.

Some suggested he could quietly enter the private sector, where he could make good money to support his three young kids before another potential run for office. Both Law and Ryan agreed that he could have a place as a local appointment in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden, such as a regional administrator in the Small Business Administration or Department of Housing and Urban Development. But Bellone has never been one to shy away from a challenge and or listen to naysayers.

It might not be in his best interest to run as a moderate in a statewide Democratic primary, but the pathway is conceivable. If he truly wants a way to continue his work beyond Babylon and Suffolk County, then there’s no reason to think that he would start heeding the advice of naysayers now.

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IVELISSE HERNANDEZ

IVELISSE HERNANDEZ, the principal of Lido Elementary School, vividly recalls the overwhelming uncertainty at the start of the pandemic. In March, she oversaw the distribution of educational packets and hands-on resources to students in preparation for what she thought would be a shutdown of no more than a month. After realizing the

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situation would persist much longer than originally anticipated, Hernandez created a virtual classroom schedule, working with parents and staff members to distribute resources to students who were unable to pick up materials before the school closed.

As she and her school adapted to the new normal of virtual education, Hernandez began creating as many virtual school activities and events as she could. Before the end of the past school year, Lido Elementary School had virtual morning announcements, virtual birthday celebrations – and even a virtual Lido Spirit Week, complete with a dance party. “The truth of it is, we want our students in school. We really know that the best education is in-person education and having them here,�

Hernandez says. “So we’re going to do everything we possibly can when they are virtual to give them that same exposure and experience.�

Faced with the likelihood of schools across Long Island

closing again as the second coronavirus surge takes hold, Hernandez said that Lido Elementary School is devoting the month of November to forging deeper relationships between teachers and students, and further acquainting students with their online resources. “Our slogan here is we are Lido strong and we are Lido proud, and we’re going to get through this together,� Hernandez says.

SIELA BYNOE

WHEN THE VILLAGE of West-

bury first began experiencing an uptick in coronavirus cases, Siela Bynoe, a Nassau County Legislator representing Westbury, spearheaded an initiative called Thankful Tuesdays to express gratitude for the community’s essential workers.

Bynoe organized a caravan of local organizations to drive through different neighborhoods, playing music, honking horns, and showing their appreciation while passing by the homes of essential workers. “Kids would be in the back, blowing horns and banging pots, and we would just celebrate our neighbors for all that they were doing during

COVID,� says Bynoe. “A lot of our signs just gave a sense of gratitude – they had varying different messages, but the one that I think stayed consistent through the whole caravan was just encouraging them to stay strong.�

In addition to Thankful Tuesdays, Bynoe, who also works as the executive director for the Town of Huntington Public Housing Authority, authored a bill, later passed unanimously, to waive listing fees through the end of the year for homeowners who paid their property taxes late.

Bynoe helped establish local testing sites by creating a partnership between the county and the federally qualified health centers. She also contracted with Island Harvest CEO Randi Shubin Dresner to provide food to over 25,000 families in the county. “I think the No. 1 takeaway was engaging local stakeholders very early into the process,� says Bynoe, who also worked with the Long Island Nets basketball team to bus seniors to polling sites to vote

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in the general election.

In response to the disproportionate number of people of color who became seriously ill as a result of contracting COVID-19, Bynoe says her most recent initiative has been working with the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency to create a tax incentive program that would allow for commercial entities to reduce their carbon footprint and mitigate contaminants released into majority-minority communities.

NATASHA FOSKEY

AS THE PANDEMIC took hold in Long Island earlier this year, Parker Jewish Institute, where Natasha Foskey works as a certified nursing assistant, started to see an increase in COVID-19-positive patients and adapted accordingly. Among the preventative steps taken by the nursing home was having Foskey switch from performing her usual responsibilities to working exclusively with

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From left, Lido Elementary School Principal Ivelisse Hernandez, Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe, certified nursing assistant Natasha Foskey, and Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral.

20 coronavirus patients per day, monitoring their breathing and making sure they were as comfortable as possible. “I was happy that they actually picked me to do that,� says Foskey, who also went from working 8-hour shifts to 12-hour overnight shifts in the process.

Since experiencing an uptick in cases, Foskey says, Parker began implementing a number of precautions, including testing residents and staff members twice per week, carrying out temperature checks, separating coronavirus patients from noncoronavirus patients, preventing family members from entering the facility and ensuring that she had the appropriate personal protective equipment. “You’d have this extra five pounds, four pounds weight on top of what you’re wearing every single day in and out of different patients’ rooms,� says Foskey. “So, that was a strain, that was something different compared to having a regular uniform.�

Because Foskey worked so closely with sick residents, she had to take extra precau-

tions to prevent the spread of the virus in her home as well.

She would enter her home through the back door, removing her clothing and putting it into plastic bags before slipping on her robe and running straight to the shower. “Thank God it was warm,� she laughs.

The number of COVID-19-positive patients at the institute has decreased dramatically since August, and Foskey has returned to her pre-pandemic responsibilities, which involve assisting long-term care residents in completing their daily tasks and medical check-ins.

In addition to working at Parker for the past nine years, Foskey has also been attending nursing school to become a registered nurse – a goal she plans to achieve in June when she graduates.

PEDRAM BRAL

WITH ONE FOOT in local politics and the other in the medical field, Dr. Pedram

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Bral was urging the community of Great Neck to wear masks weeks before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo began doing so. “They thought it was actually going to increase the likelihood of contamination,� recalls Bral, who is also a fulltime gynecologist at Brooklyn’s Maimonides Medical Center, one of the hardest-hit hospitals in New York.

After two people tested positive for COVID-19 in the Village of Great Neck in March, Bral immediately issued a state of emergency. His first executive order was to close all gyms, restaurants, and places of assembly and worship; his second executive order was to mandate mask wearing.

As a physician, Bral understood the need to act quickly to stop the spread of COVID-19, but he says he was met with resistance from the state government. In response, he wrote multiple letters to Cuomo stressing the importance of wearing face coverings, and created an initiative to distribute masks at grocery stores.

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“It took about three weeks or so before the state came with the same recommendation,� Bral says. “I do believe that a lot of people did get infected because of a lack of wearing a face covering.�

Bral hired people in the community to help create and carry out initiatives, which included forging partnerships with the surrounding villages to better take advantage of each other’s services. “Unfortunately, one of the things that happened in New York state, there was a wide paintbrush that everything was painted with, and I think we missed the opportunity of addressing different needs in different areas,� Bral recalls.

With New York nearing a second coronavirus wave, Bral has urged people living in Great Neck to avoid large gatherings, especially weddings. “We knew that there was going to be some kind of uptick because when you start relaxing the restrictions, ... obviously people start relaxing their guards,� he explains.

PATRICK RYDER

NASSAU COUNT Y POLICE

Commissioner Patrick Ryder has handled a lot during his decadeslong career in law

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enforcement – but nothing compared to what he faced when the coronavirus pandemic ripped through Long Island this spring. “It was a challenging time like I’ve never seen before in my life – and I’ve been through a lot of crazy stuff in 37 years� in law enforcement, Ryder recalls.

In March, Ryder was tapped

by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to lead through the pandemic as an incident commander for the Office of Emergency Management.

Less than two weeks later, the Nassau community hit its peak pandemic numbers, with nearly 600 coronavirus patients hospitalized and around 250 daily coronavirus-related ambulance calls, he recalls.

As incident commander, Ryder was tasked with allocating and acquiring personal protective equipment, body bags and refrigeration trucks, all while continuing to carry out his responsibilities as police commissioner of the nation’s 13th-largest police department. During the pandemic’s peak, he attended two briefings every day to discuss new coronavirus cases and deaths, the status of the county’s 11 hospitals, and the number of patients on ventilators.

As restrictions were implemented across the county, police officers became responsible for ensuring restaurants

and businesses complied with the rules, while also continuing to enforce necessary safety precautions and policies. When responding to emergency calls, Ryder says, officers tried to keep contact with community members to a minimum. Police medics, who wore more personal protective gear, were the only ones to have direct contact with people showing coronavirus symptoms.

So far, only 223 officers and civilians out of the 3,600 people who make up the police department’s staff have tested positive for COVID19, Ryder says. The department conducts its own internal contact tracing, working under the assumption that officers contracted coronavirus while working. “I needed my cops to know that when you come to work, I got your back.�says Ryder. “If you get sick, we will cover you and your family. You can go home; it’s on our sick time.�

RANDI SHUBIN DRESNER

WHEN SUPERMARKETS

across the country were drained of their supplies by anxious consumers during the early weeks of the corona-

virus pandemic, food banks such as Island Harvest also took a hit to their stockpiles. “Instantly most of our, or all of our food donations dried up. Supermarkets were overrun with customers coming through, and the supply chain completely dried up,� says Randi Shubin Dresner.

She knew the 28-year-old hunger-relief organization, which relied heavily on donations from supermarkets, wholesalers, and distributors, would have to pivot in a different direction in order to continue serving the Long Island community. “Our organization has changed dramatically. I think that we are probably never going back to the way we were beforehand,� Dresner says. “We are carving out a new organizational structure, new organizational protocols, and programs as well.�

Within a few weeks, Island Harvest changed its model from one that relied on donations for 85% of its supply to increasing its purchase of supplies by 500%, she says. To keep up with the increase in need across the community, the organization also increased staffing by 51% and has taken on 1,700 new volunteers since the beginning of the pandemic.

With a new approach to how the organization operates, Dresner and Island Harvest

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From left, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder; Island Harvest July 13, 2020 Food Bank CEO Randi Shubin Dresner; DEC Regional Director Carrie Gallagher; and Long Island Cares mobile program coordinator Marilu Basile.

established many new programs, including partnering with schools to supplement student meal programs, creating a summer meals program – which provided over 165,000 meals to children facing food insecurity – and opening a food box building program that has already assembled over 80,000 food boxes. In the Town of Hempstead specifically, Island Harvest was awarded a grant to carry out home deliveries to people impacted by the pandemic. “As a leader, you need to be involved, you need to roll up your sleeves,� says Dresner, who never stopped going into the office and working in the community. “I was in the field working alongside my team, understanding what the needs were and looking to see how we could pivot and respond so that our response was pinpointed and strategic.�

CARRIE GALLAGHER

CARRIE GALLAGHER WAS

one of many people who expanded their job responsibilities in order to guide New Yorkers through the coronavirus pandemic. She was

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tapped by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to lead the implementation of the state-run COVID-19 test sites at Jones Beach and in Suffolk County, on Long Island. “When I was signed on to be regional director of DEC, I never thought I would be an incident commander for a global pandemic test site,� she says.

Gallagher remembers that one of the biggest challenges she encountered at the beginning of the pandemic was acquiring enough personal protective equipment and COVID19 test kit components. “The first month, that was a huge challenge, because of course globally there was a shortage of the PPE and the different components of the test kits,� she says.

But after two months, PPE became more readily available and the New York Department of Health established its own test kit and test kit protocol that facilitated the testing process. “Under Gov. Cuomo’s leadership, he really tapped into all of the state agency resources to kind of have all agencies pull together to implement this mission of ensuring that anyone who needs or wants a test for COVID could go to one of these state sites and get it for free,� she says. Although the testing sites now see around

250 people per day, Gallagher says that during the peak of the pandemic there were days when they were testing over 1,000 people. So far, the two sites she oversees have provided over 67,600 tests for people on Long Island.

Looking toward the future, Gallagher says she has started implementing a winter safety plan for the testing sites, which includes lining up snow plow contracts and working to introduce heating to the outdoor testing tents.

MARILU BASILE

IN JANUARY, WHEN the first mentions of the coronavirus were just beginning to appear in the news, Marilu Basile was asked to work as a mobile program coordinator with a new Long Island Cares program called Supporting Our Seniors. By March, when the pandemic began hitting the Long Island community in full force, the program had already enrolled 1,500 seniors – and it hasn’t stopped growing since.

Currently serving over 2,000 people within the community, the program, which started with distributing food in community centers at different senior housing complexes, has now shifted to a model that requires Basile and

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about 30 volunteers to deliver food directly to each senior’s door. They knock on over 150 doors in a day and distribute food three times per week. “As we’re delivering doorto-door, we’re not allowed to go inside anyone’s apartments.

We have to wear our masks and our gloves,� says Basile. “But when we get to their doors and we ring their bells, many seniors come to the door and they want us to stand there for a little while and say hello because they’re not socializing like they normally do.�

Along with distributing food, Basile says that she and her volunteers were also able to hand out masks after Long Island Cares was given 10,000 masks, of which 2,000 were dedicated to Supporting Our Seniors.

In addition to coordinating Supporting Our Seniors, Basile says she recently began reaching out to senior centers in North Hempstead, where Long Island Cares introduced a drivethrough pantry in October. “The need is still there, and it’s going to continue growing. As there are more seniors and baby boomers getting older and medications are expensive, there’s a lot of choices that the seniors have to make,� says Basile. “Long Island Cares does not want them to worry about the basics.�

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The leaders of Nassau and Suffolk

Where Long Island goes, so goes New York. Two years ago, Democrats picked up several Long Island seats in the state Senate, which proved pivotal in giving the party full control of the state Legislature and ushered in a wave of progressive policymaking. This year, Republicans bounced back on Long Island, holding onto their House seats while proving more competitive in state legislative contests as well. City & State’s Long Island Power 100 reflects those shifting political winds, highlighting not only the most powerful political figures in Nassau and Suffolk counties – elected officials, government appointees, business and labor leaders, academics and advocates – but also how they stack up against each other in 2020.

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The iconic water tower watches over Jones Beach in Nassau County.

is Long Island’s biggest employer, estimates it treated nearly 100,000 COVID-19 patients.

The system employs 68,000 people in 23 hospitals and more than 700 outpatient locations, and brings in $12 billion in annual revenue.

STEVE BELLONE

Suffolk County Executive Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone oversees one of the most populous suburban counties in the state. Bellone’s long history of public service began in the Army and continued with a rise through the ranks in the Town of Babylon.

Throughout his political career, he has focused Laura Curran is on sustainable the first woman development, to serve as environmental Nassau County executive. causes and qualityof-life issues. A self-styled reformer and an ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, he hasn’t the pandemic, she has led ruled out a possible campaign county efforts like drivefor governor. through rapid testing sites and the deployment of contact tracers.

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Nassau County Executive In her first term, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has already made a mark on the county. As the first woman to hold the position, she’s made headlines for expanding economic development in Nassau through projects like the Nassau Hub, the Belmont Arena, and plans to upgrade and improve Hicksville. During

3 MICHAEL DOWLING

President and CEO Northwell Health Northwell’s Michael Dowling is one of the most important health care executives crafting the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, frequently joining Gov. Andrew Cuomo in planning discussions and in public appearances. Northwell, which

Jacobs, the state Democratic Party chair, has seen Long Island steadily shift to the left.

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4 JAY JACOBS

Chair State Democratic Party Winning state elections in New York means winning the suburbs, so it’s no surprise that Jay Jacobs was brought back last year for another stint heading up the state Democratic Party. Jacobs, who is also the longtime Nassau County Democratic Committee chair, has seen Long Island steadily shift to the left.

5 KEVIN LAW

President and CEO Long Island Association As president of Long Island’s leading business group, Kevin Law has been a staunch advocate for business owners through the pandemic-driven economic shutdown that has threatened major corporations and Main Street storefronts alike for much of 2020. A trusted adviser of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Law since last year has held the Suffolk County seat on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, where he recently advocated against looming rate hikes.

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PATRICK FOYE

Chair and CEO Metropolitan Transportation Authority Few essential institutions have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic quite as harshly as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which experienced a 90% drop in commutes during the height of the quarantine.

Patrick Foye, the MTA leader and a former Nassau County official, has called on the federal government to cease and desist its “Hunger Games” type funding policies and support the massive transportation network that serves more than 15 million riders.

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State Senator Not long ago, Todd Kaminsky was a federal prosecutor taking down state lawmakers.

Today, he’s one of the most

influential members of the state Legislature. Now the most senior Democrat in Long Island’s state Senate delegation, he has balanced economic development and environmental conservation, advocating for bold partnerships and environmentally friendly practices and policies. He sponsored the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Few essential institutions have borne the brunt of the pandemic like the MTA. and in May was named to the governors “Regional Control Room” to reopen Long Island businesses.

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TRACEY EDWARDS

Long Island Regional Director NAACP The NAACP’s Tracey Edwards defends the rights of Black New Yorkers in Suffolk and Nassau counties. She is advocating for criminal justice reform as part of the Long Island Advocates for Police Accountability. Edwards, who previously served as a top regional executive at Verizon and on the Huntington Town Board, serves on the state Public Service Commission

Tracey Edwards leads the NAACP in Suffolk and Nassau counties.

Founder Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington Hempstead attorney Frederick Brewington is no stranger to well-publicized civil rights cases on Long Island. Most recently, the civil rights litigator won a federal case against the Town of Islip resulting in the rejection of the current at-large Town Board election system to replace it with representatives from more racially equitable districts. Brewington has also partnered with the NAACP’s Tracey Edwards to represent Long Island Advocates for Police Accountability, a coalition pushing for criminal justice reform.

10 KATHLEEN RICE

Member of Congress Having built name recognition in Nassau County as Long Island’s first female district attorney, Rep. Kathleen Rice is about to start her fourth term representing New York’s 4th Congressional District.

As part of the New Democrat Coalition, she’s aimed to reform the Democratic Party by bringing progressives and traditionalists together. Rice has advocated for a national

plan to fight the coronavirus and remains outspoken on the need for economic stimulus.

11 THOMAS SUOZZI

Member of Congress Rep. Thomas Suozzi had a minor scare when Republican challenger George Santos pulled ahead on Election Day, but the former Nassau County executive and current representative of New York’s 3rd Congressional District came out ahead once absentee ballots were counted, and he declared victory in mid-November. The vice-chair of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus, Suozzi has been calling for further stimulus measures and has distributed thousands of masks in his district.

12 LEE ZELDIN

Member of Congress Representing New York’s 1st Congressional District, on the east end of Long Island, Rep. Lee Zeldin represents what was once a swing district, having won the seat in 2014 against incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop. Since then he has become a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, often touting the president’s Israel policy. Zeldin is an Army veteran who now serves on the Financial Services and Foreign Affairs committees.

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First-term state Sen. Anna Kaplan sailed to reelection this year.

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Unlike other first-term Democrats who flipped seats on Long Island in 2018, state Sen. Anna Kaplan avoided some of the political attacks over criminal justice reforms enacted in newly all-blue Albany last year – and ultimately had an easier path to reelection this year. The daughter of Jewish parents who fled Iran during the Islamic Revolution, Kaplan served on the Town of North Hempstead Council before seeking a state Senate seat.

JAMES GAUGHRAN State Senator

State Sen. James Gaughran came into office thanks to the 2018 blue wave that flipped several swing seats on Long Island and handed over control of the state Senate.

The Democratic lawmaker found himself behind in the count on Election Day this year, but overcame his Republican challenger once absentee ballots were counted. An attorney, Gaughran previously served on the Huntington Town Board and the Suffolk County Legislature.

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State Senator When Kevin Thomas was elected in 2018, he became the first Indian American state senator. He knocked out Republican Kemp Hannon, a veteran lawmaker, and helped Democrats take control of the Senate for the first time in years. This year, the Levittown

resident narrowly fended off a Republican challenge and attacks over his support for criminal justice reforms, with absentee ballots putting him over the top.

Authority board in the past, touting the benefits of the East Side Access project and other rail developments as a boon for Long Island’s economy.

SCOTT RECHLER

Chair and CEO RXR Realty A leading commercial real estate developer on Long Island and in New York City and chair of the Regional Plan Association, Scott Rechler is an influential voice the business community both listens to and respects.

He served as Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s appointee on the Metropolitan Transportation

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STUART RABINOWITZ

At the height of the coronavirus outbreak, publisher Debby Krenek dropped the paywall for Newsday’s pandemic-related coverage to give readers access to trustworthy information. Krenek’s newspaper, which recently marked its 80th anniversary, also published a bombshell series exposing racial discrimination in Long Island’s housing market, spurring multiple state investigations.

The former editor of both the Daily News and Newsday, Krenek has also helped cultivate a top-notch roster of reporters.

President Hofstra University

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As newspapers across the globe decline, Newsday continues to expand its media footprint by investing in digital assets and stateof-the-art technology that maintain its relevance and its reputation as Long Island’s paper of record. That’s largely thanks to majority owner Patrick Dolan, who is also the president of News 12 Networks at Altice USA, where he started out as a reporter in 1986. He bought his majority stake in Newsday Media Group from Altice in 2016.

As president of Hofstra University, Stuart Rabinowitz has been instrumental in the institution’s expansion and its rising status on the nation’s higher ed stage. He’s been with the university for nearly 50 years and led the institution to host debates for U.S. presidential candidates in 2008, 2012 and 2016. He also served as co-vice chair of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, awarding $727 million for 885 Long Island projects.

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When Kevin Thomas was elected in 2018, he became the first Indian American state senator.

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The Long Island Association (LIA) serves as the voice for Long Island’s vibrant and thriving business community.

The LIA congratulates the 2020 Long Island Power 100 including LIA Board Members: John Bruckner, Robert Catell, Kimberly Cline, Robert Coughlan, John Durso, Daniel Eichhorn, Phillip Eng, Jennifer Garvey, Doon Gibbs, Wayne Grosse, Alan Guerci, Debby Krenek, Kevin Law, Seymour Liebman, Maurie McInnis, Stuart Rabinowitz, Christine Riordan and Bruce Stillman.

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PHILLIP ENG

President Long Island Rail Road Since taking the helm of the Long Island Rail Road in 2018, Phil Eng has overseen seismic changes at the nation’s largest commuter rail system, including the construction of the third track in Nassau County and newly unveiled upgrades at Lynbrook. While the coronavirus pandemic devastated public transit’s revenues, the native Long Islander has made the health of LIRR riders a priority by piloting new antiviral cleaning technology and air filters.

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President Long Island Federation of Labor As president of the Long Island Federation of Labor since 2005 and as the longtime leader of Local 338, John Durso is the voice of Long Island’s labor movement.

His role became even more critical as coronavirus stripped so many workers of their positions or – in some cases, deemed them essential.

He also joined Gov. Andew Cuomo’s regional control room to navigate Long Island in its reopening.

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Suffolk County District Attorney District Attorney Timothy Sini is cleaning up Suffolk County – inside and outside government. Previously as the county’s police commissioner and now as its top prosecutor, he has made reforms following

Eng has made the health of LIRR riders a priority with new cleaning tech. a corruption scandal that ensnared a former police chief and Sini’s predecessor as district attorney. He’s also taking on union boss James Cahill for allegedly accepting bribes and Suffolk County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer, who’s been charged in an alleged drugs-for-sex scheme.

has been trending blue.

And he’s adept at making deals with Republicans and Conservatives, bolstering his own power locally.

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Member of Congress

Nassau County District Attorney

Rep. Gregory Meeks is widely known as a Queens politician: He lives in St. Albans, has represented Southeast Queens in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than two decades, and since last year has served as the chair of the borough’s Democratic Committee. But the congress member’s district also covers parts of Nassau County, including Elmont and North Valley Stream, and he has sought to better protect Long Islanders from flooding.

As Nassau County district attorney, Madeline Singas deserves significant credit for the county’s designation

by U.S. News and World Report as the safest county in the country. She has been a steady advocate for crime victims, especially when it comes to children and victims of sexual abuse or domestic violence. During election season, she deployed teams to ensure Nassau County residents could exercise their right to vote.

ANDREW GARBARINO

Congress Member-elect Assembly Member Andrew Garbarino is set to succeed a King – Rep. Peter King, that is. When the longtime House member decided not to seek reelection this year, Garbarino won the backing of local Republican leaders, including King, then beat fellow Assembly Member Mike LePetri in the Republican primary and vanquished Democrat Jackie Gordon in November. An attorney, he focused on insurance issues while in Albany.

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Rep. Gregory Meeks is the Queens Democratic boss, but doesn’t forsake his Long Island constituents.

RICH SCHAFFER

Chair Suffolk County Democratic Committee Rich Schaffer is a political powerhouse on Long Island, with several avenues to exert his influence. He holds elected office as the supervisor of the Town of Babylon, a Long Island municipality with a population of more than 200,000. He’s the leader of the Democratic committee on Suffolk County, which

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Chair Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus

Assembly Member Michaelle Solages became the first Haitian American to serve in the state Legislature.

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President and CEO Catholic Health Services Dr. Alan Guerci oversees a workforce at Catholic Health Services of more than 18,000 frontline heroes. While recognizing that 2020 was a “challenging time for health care,” Guerci positioned his teams at St. Francis in Roslyn and Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center in Bayshore to earn top state rankings from US News and World Report. Out of 208 hospitals surveyed, St. Francis was ranked No. 8, and Good Sam was ranked at No. 21.

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Board Chair and CEO Henry Schein As a distributor of medical supplies, and Long Island’s only Fortune 500 company, all eyes were on Henry

Schein Inc. in March when the coronavirus pandemic arrived. The company helps lead the Pandemic Supply Chain Network, a publicprivate partnership launched in 2015, and was among the first companies to develop and distribute a rapid antibody test. Chair and CEO Stanley Bergman also responded by volunteering to take a 100% paycut.

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Laboratory Director Brookhaven National Laboratory As laboratory director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, Doon Gibbs commands a world-class research institute. BNL is known for attracting some of the world’s top scientists to Long Island, and for its forthcoming $2 billion supercollider, which is aimed at solving some of the greatest scientific mysteries while also generating jobs. BNL is owned by the U.S. Department of

Assembly Member Michaelle Solages was first elected to her seat in 2012, when she became the first Haitian American to serve in the state Legislature. The lifelong Elmont resident, who previously was a librarian at Hofstra University, has maintained ties to Long Island’s many immigrants.

In July, she was elected chair of The Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus, an influential group with members from both houses.

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President National Grid New York National Grid New York President John Bruckner is tasked with supplying Long Island, Staten Island, Queens and upstate customers with uninterrupted gas services.

That mission remains challenging in light of National Grid’s rejected application for the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, which would have expanded long-term gas capacity.

As Bruckner continues to navigate capacity and financial issues, he’s also

offering support to customers struggling due to the pandemic.

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Executive Chair Broadridge Broadridge is one of the premier global fintech operators, and according to Newsday, it’s also Long Island’s “second largest public company based on revenue.”

As the company’s founder and chair, Richard Daly helped Broadridge join the S&P 500 in 2018 and continued to provide leadership throughout its ongoing expansion.

The company recorded record profits in the third quarter of 2020 despite the economic collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Founder Renaissance Technologies An investor who founded the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies in 1982, Jim Simons is a preeminent mathematician, codebreaker and student of pattern recognition, as well as a major philanthropist. One of the few who have seen financial gains in the year of the coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown of the nation’s economy, he is the second largest donor to the Biden campaign, contributing $7 million to supporting PACs.

Henry Schein Inc. was among the first to make a rapid antibody test.

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LICA Board of Directors: JAMES J. PRATT, III Chairman PAUL FARINO Secretary/Treasurer

MICHAEL DURSO District 9

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Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel Canon U.S.A. Seymour Liebman, who serves in a range of leadership positions at Canon U.S.A. Inc., has worked for the company for more than 45 years and was instrumental in bringing Canon to a new Melville headquarters in 2013.

Liebman serves on several influential Long Island boards of directors including the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, the Long Island Association and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Life Science Advisory Board.

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Assembly Member As a trained scientist, Steve Englebright pivoted to public office after advocating for the preservation of the Long Island Pine Barrens, a natural space atop the region’s aquifer. In the Assembly, he has crafted major legislation on solar and wind net-metering. In 2015 he was named chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee, and last year he sponsored the Climate Leadership And Community Protection Act, New York’s ambitious climate change law.

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President and CEO Urban League of Long Island In 2020, people of color have found themselves disproportionately harmed by the coronavirus while

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carrying on a renewed fight for equality. Theresa Sanders, who leads the Urban League of Long Island, has provided leadership throughout, as a driving force for a new state law making police disciplinary records public, and highlighting the socioeconomics compounding the impact of the pandemic within communities of color.

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President and Chief Operating Officer PSEG Long Island As president of PSEG Long Island, Daniel Eichhorn oversees the Long Island Power Authority’s electric grid and is responsible for keeping the lights on for more than a million Long Islanders. In 2020, Eichhorn faced challenges from Tropical Storm Isaias, which left 420,000 people without power, but he also earned some brownie points for proactively deploying a pandemic response plan in

Seymour Liebman is in the Regional Economic Development Council and the Long Island Association.

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Sanders was a driving force to make police disciplinary records public.

March to keep employees and customers safe.

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Chair Nassau County Republican Committee While some commentators predicted another blue wave this fall, the Republican Party held its own in places like Nassau County. Joseph Cairo, who succeeded Joseph Mondello as party chair in 2018, saw Assembly Member Andrew Garbarino keep the seat of retiring Rep. Peter King in Republican hands this cycle, but in two other races he targeted, state Sen.

Kevin Thomas and Assembly Member Judy Griffin – both Democrats – beat their challengers.

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Chair Suffolk County Republican Party One striking election takeaway was President Donald Trump’s significant support among Latinos – but Republicans like Jesse Garcia knew that firsthand. Garcia, who became the first Hispanic person to lead the Suffolk County GOP in 2019, has overseen a Republican resurgence, with victories by Rep. Lee Zeldin and House candidate Andrew Garbarino. Garcia is an established Brookhaven politico, formerly serving as Brookhaven Town leader.

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President Stony Brook University Stony Brook University’s sixth president, who took office in July, comes to the position from the University of Texas at Austin, where she served as chief academic officer. Maurie McInnis is a renowned cultural historian and author. She will be expected to play a key role in economic development on Long Island as well as carry out Stony Brook’s role co-managing Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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work cut out for him. The outspoken leader called on local officials to streamline the antiquated approvals process to quickly get builders to work.

As Long Island confronts its lack of residential housing and embraces mixed use developments, Pally will be at the forefront of how they get built.

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President and CEO; Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs Bethpage Federal Credit Union Wayne Grossé heads New York’s largest credit union.

Under his leadership, and aided by Linda Armyn, Bethpage Federal Credit Union has expanded both its brand – as the named sponsor of marquee events like the Jones Beach Air Show, Bethpage Ballpark and its bike share program Bethpage Ride – and its reputation as a community bank by helping consumer and business account holders navigate and apply for funds through the pandemic.

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CEO Long Island Builders Institute With the coronavirus pandemic threatening to derail infrastructure projects in 2020, Long Island Builders Institute CEO Mitch Pally has had his

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Mitchell Pally leads the Long Island Builders Institute.

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Judge Suffolk County Family Court In January, Victoria GumbsMoore became Suffolk County’s first Black family court judge as well as the first Black woman elected to a countywide post. GumbsMoore co-founded the Amistad Black Bar Association in 1996 in order to increase networking and leadership opportunities for attorneys of color on Long Island.

She previously worked as a court attorney referee in the county’s family court.

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Uniondale Office Managing Partner Harris Beach When it comes to economic development in the region, few attorneys have the expertise, influence or reach that Thomas Garry has. A leading power broker in zoning, development and land use matters, Garry’s clientele includes Catholic

Under Stillman’s leadership, the lab has grown into a jewel of the North Shore.

Health Services and the Town of Babylon. In this election year, Garry also served as New York state counsel for the Biden presidential campaign, a recognition of his deep knowledge of New York election law.

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touted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Long Island Association, putting Long Island on the map as a destination for scientists and researchers.

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BRUCE STILLMAN

CEO Long Island Power Authority

As Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s top scientist, Bruce Stillman oversees more than 1,100 employees – including hundreds of scientists – in their study of cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. Under Stillman’s leadership, the laboratory has grown into a jewel of the North Shore, catalyzing the “research corridor,” often

As CEO of the Long Island Power Authority, Thomas Falcone is responsible for the electrical grid that serves more than a million Long Islanders.

As pandemic-related unemployment continues to plague Long Island and utility bills go unpaid, Falcone has planned for larger writeoffs while emphasizing that LIPA can absorb the losses.

This fall, Falcone led LIPA in celebrating its new $25 million energy and nature center at Jones Beach.

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There isn’t much that happens on Long Island without the behind-thescenes input from Resi Cooper.

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Brothers Robert and James Coughlan launched their real estate company in 1986 and have grown Tritec to become one of the region’s top mixed-use developers, with projects that encompass commercial, residential and sometimes industrial use.

Their community-focused approach has made them a favorite for projects like the Ronkonkoma Hub, as they modernize the region’s downtowns and suburbs. They are often recognized for their contribution to Patchogue’s revitalization.

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Executive Chair Douglas Elliman Horward Lorber is a major player in New York, but his nationwide reach comes in handy too. As the coronavirus wreaked havoc on the New York City real estate industry, Douglas Elliman made up for its losses by capitalizing in California, Colorado, parts of Long Island and Florida. Under Lorber’s leadership, the firm reported a record $11.8 million in net income during the third quarter, according to The Real Deal.

human traffickers while relying on technology to improve policing. He has praised the state’s bail reform law, saying it helped counter the coronavirus. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, he formed a community advisory board this summer to allow for more feedback.

budget and avoid layoffs of the government workers he represents. However, initial election results showed the vote was too close to immediately call.

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RESI COOPER

DANIEL LEVLER

There isn’t much that happens on Long Island without the behind-the-scenes input from Resi Cooper. A former aide to then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, Cooper’s voice is sought after in key development and infrastructure projects for political maneuvering and government insight.

As a member of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, she is helping to develop a roadmap to rebuild Long Island’s economy.

President Association of Municipal Employees

Founders Tritec Real Estate Co.

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Director Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs In his role as director of Cornell University’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, Steve Israel is known for gathering top politicians and leaders to engage in nonpartisan conversations of global importance. The author and former congress member’s Long Island roots and bipartisan attitude color his columns for The Hill and guest appearances on cable TV. Israel also remains plugged into Democratic networks, recently advising the Biden campaign on suburban voters.

50 ERROL TOULON JR. Sheriff Suffolk County

In 2018, Errol Toulon became the first Black sheriff of Suffolk County. Since then, the county’s highest-ranking law enforcement official has taken on gangs, drug dealers and

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Daniel Levler heads the Association of Municipal Employees, Suffolk County’s largest employee union with more than 6,000 members.

Levler, who ran unopposed in 2018, sided with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone this year in supporting a ballot measure to use sewer funds to balance the

In 2018, Errol Toulon Jr. became the first Black sheriff of Suffolk County.

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JON LEDECKY

United Way of Long Island, led by Theresa Regnante, established a coronavirus emergency assistance fund.

Co-Owner New York Islanders Although the 2019-2020 hockey season was shortened, Jon Ledecky, the co-owner of the New York Islanders, has seen major progress in the construction of the new UBS Arena at Belmont Park, where the Islanders expect to play for the 2021-2022 NHL season.

The home opener next year will signal a new beginning for the home team following a contentious exodus to Brooklyn after being ousted from Nassau Coliseum.

DAVID KILMNICK

President and CEO LGBT Network Under David Kilmnick’s leadership in 2020, the LGBT Network responded to the pandemic by opening a virtual center offering more than 20 events weekly, serving community members through virtual drop-in hours and organizing a town hall series connecting the community with elected leaders during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis. He is also developing a workplace initiative with the region’s largest employers to make the workplace safer for all LGBT employees.

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Chair and Director Nassau County Interim Finance Authority Adam Barsky’s day job is as a top executive with the New York Power Authority. But he also has power as chair of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, which was

created in 2000 to oversee and manage the county’s budgeting. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran wants NIFA to refinance county debt to balance the budget, but Barsky warned last month that the move won’t help in the long run.

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Executive Director Long Island Contractors’ Association As executive director of the Long Island Contractors’ Association, Marc Herbst is a proponent of the construction industry of Nassau and Suffolk counties.

As COVID-19 ravaged Long Island, Herbst advocated for more investment in public infrastructure as a recovery

President and CEO United Way of Long Island As the coronavirus pandemic hit the region, United Way of Long Island, led by Theresa Regnante, established an emergency assistance fund for families who had been directly affected by the virus and the ensuing economic fallout. United Together: A Response Fund for COVID-19 aimed to reach Long Islanders who became unemployed, furloughed, or forced to take pay decreases to help pay for utilities, food and child care.

tool, and he joined a coalition aiming to maintain funding for environmental projects. LICA also recently assisted with a transportation research study on the Island’s accessibility.

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Assembly Member As Latinos struggle to break through in Long Island elections, Assembly Member Phil Ramos is one of relatively few Long Island Hispanic people to hold an elected office – and he’s held his seat since 2003. A retired Suffolk County police officer and the founder of the Suffolk County Police Hispanic Society, he was an outspoken proponent of legislation passed this year that makes police disciplinary records available to the public.

Kilmnick is working with employers to make the workplace safer for all LGBT employees.

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Founder and Managing Partner Abrams Fensterman As the founder and managing partner of the Lake Success law firm of Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP., Howard Fensterman concentrates his practice on health care and malpractice suits. He is an ally and donor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and makes regular donations to such varying causes as Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, the Israel Children’s Cancer Foundation, and organizations supporting elder care and drug addiction recovery.

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KEVIN O’CONNOR

CEO Dime Community Bank Kevin O’Connor took on a new role as CEO of Dime Community Bank earlier this year when it announced a merger with BNB Bank. He will oversee an expanded institution with almost double the assets ($11 billion) and a total of 66 branches from Montauk to New York City.

O’Connor has a history of advocating for small businesses and processed about 4,000 Paycheck Protection Program loans at the height of the shutdown.

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President Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association A big political battle in Albany – and on Long Island – over

Neela Mukherjee Lockel is a regional expert on emergency preparedness, particularly during hurricane season.

the past two years has been bail reform, and Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association President Noel DiGerolamo has publicly opposed changes that eliminated bail in most cases. His union actively supported a number of Republican candidates this cycle, helping Rep. Lee Zeldin, Rep.-elect Andrew Garbarino and several state legislative candidates win key races.

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O’Shea is gearing up for economic unrest as more families miss mortgage payments.

Nassau and Suffolk counties.

She’s also become a regional resource on emergency preparedness, particularly during hurricane season.

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After taking a five-month interim assignment to lead the American Red Cross merger of the Maine and New Hampshire chapters, Neela Lockel returned to Long Island – and had to confront the COVID-19 outbreak. She pivoted the organization’s disaster response to operate virtually and organized regional partners to establish COVID-19 sheltering plans for

As the leader of Community Development Corporation of Long Island, Gwen O’Shea is gearing up for a wave of economic unrest as unemployment continues to rise on Long Island and more and more families miss mortgage payments. O’Shea is a leading local housing advocate and continues to make the case for inclusionary zoning to address the region’s history of illegal, segregated and unjust housing policies.

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After John Collins’ retirement last year after a career of dedicated service to health care, Dr. Joseph Greco – former chief medical officer – was elevated to lead NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island. Despite a leadership change just before the coronavirus hit the region, the hospital was named a recipient of Healthgrades’ 2021 excellence awards with

Although Long Island University was founded in Brooklyn in the 1920s, it also has a major presence in Nassau County with its Brookville campus, LIU Post.

Kimberly Cline, who has served as president since 2013, has improved the institution’s finances and boosted its endowment while earning herself a contract extension through 2023 from the trustees. Like many schools, the Brookville campus had to temporarily switch to remote classes last month due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

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who remains in her role as SUNY’s senior vice chancellor of strategic initiatives and chief diversity officer. As a top SUNY administrator, she helped review campus reopening procedures.

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Robert Zimmerman is one of Long Island’s go-to consultants in public relations, communications and crisis management. He and Ron Edelson founded Zimmerman/ Edelson in 1988, and recently did some rebranding of their own with a name change to ZE Creative Communications.

Zimmerman has also been outspoken in his political views, criticizing Rep. Thomas Suozzi last year but opting against a Democratic primary challenge to focus instead on ousting President Donald Trump.

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After taking the reins at Adelphi University in 2015, Christine Riordan has spearheaded rising enrollment, a more diverse student body and the launch of 17 new academic programs.

Formerly the provost of the University of Kentucky, Riordan is the first woman to lead Adelphi. In early October, she reported a 0.4% positivity for COVID-19, with about 15 cases on campus. She also chairs the Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities in New York.

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Executive Director Long Island Housing Services

It’s been a long time since a new leader came on at SUNY Old Westbury, which was led for two decades by Rev. Calvin Butts III. When Butts stepped aside this year, he was replaced on an interim basis in September by Teresa Miller,

Newsday’s “Long Island Divided” series exposed entrenched housing discrimination, drawing attention to the work done by groups such as Ian Wilder’s Long Island Housing Services.

The Bohemia-based nonprofit, which has received new funding from HUD and the

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Wilder got settlements from landlords accused of discriminating against potential tenants.

state Attorney General’s Office this year, has secured settlements with landlords accused of discriminating against potential tenants and recently filed a lawsuit accusing the real estate brokerage Redfin of racial discrimination.

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Presidents Suffolk County Bar Association; Nassau County Bar Association This summer, Suffolk County District Court Judge Derrick Robinson was elected president of the Suffolk County Bar Association, the first Black person in the post. The founding president of the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association as well, Robinson aims to make his current organization even more inclusive. At the same

time, the Nassau County Bar Association installed Dorian Glover, an attorney in private practice, as president, only the second Black person to lead the organization.

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Executive Director Long Island Pine Barrens Society One of the most venerable environmental organizations on Long Island is the Long Island Pine Barrens Society – and just as venerable is its leader, Richard Amper, who has run it for more than three decades. The organization made its mark securing conservation protections for the Central Pine Barrens, and still advocates for clean water. This year, Amper has opposed Suffolk County’s efforts to divert drinking water protection funds to balance the budget.

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72 LAUREEN HARRIS

President Association for a Better Long Island As president of the Association for a Better Long Island and an accomplished tax attorney at Cronin, Harris & Associates, Laureen Harris is sought after for her expertise by some of the region’s top developers. She was recently appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the board of trustees of the Long Island Power Authority, where she will put her expertise to use challenging property taxes on power plants.

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Vice President 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East One of the most powerful labor unions in the state is 1199SEIU, which represents hundreds of thousands of

workers at nursing homes, homecare agencies, hospitals and community clinics.

William Kee, who has been a vice president with the union for more than two decades, plays a key role on Long Island, representing 6,000 members and serving on the executive board of the Long Island Federation of Labor.

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President and CEO Discover Long Island In her five years running Discover Long Island, Kristen Jarnagin has been tasked with overseeing – and expanding – Long Island’s $6.1 billion tourism economy. The coronavirus pandemic led to 80,000 layoffs and over $500 billion in losses in the regional travel industry, leaving Jarnagin to pick up the pieces.

She recently stood with state legislators to support a new “Tourism Recovery Improvement District” to spur a comeback.

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Founder and Managing Partner Cameron Engineering As the chair of the Long Island Regional Planning Council and a professional engineer, John Cameron Jr. is a go-to expert on land use. As Long Island grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, downtowns zoned for mixed-use properties seem to be at an advantage, something the council noted when it released an in-depth study of the Village of Farmingdale. Cameron is leading the charge in creating a roadmap for the region’s sustainable future.

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Elaine Gross is a longtime advocate endeavoring to expose and eliminate systemic racist policies that continue to plague Long Island. After Newsday exposed racist practices in Long Island’s real estate industry, and the Black Lives Matter movement gained new local followers this summer, Gross has the ears of key policymakers who are finally ready to listen to what she has been telling them since the inception of ERASE Racism in 2001.

Long Island Director New York Communities for Change One of the primary geographic targets for New York Communities for Change is Long Island, which the organization argues was “founded on the principle of exclusion that reverberates today.” Lucas Sanchez, who heads up NYCC’s efforts on Long Island, has recently spoken out about the threat of

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month to distribute 1,000 kits with medical supplies and personal protective equipment to Spanish-speaking business owners. The Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1988, is known for networking events such as the Latina Hat Luncheon and Annual Gala Awards – though it is hosting only virtual events until next year.

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LIZA MILGRIM

As clean water issues continue to arise on Long Island, Kevin McDonald has found himself in the spotlight more and more, defending the basic tenets of environmental science. He stood with Suffolk County legislators this fall to announce that all new construction projects must include nitrogen-reducing septic systems, and has been a long-time champion of sewer systems throughout the county.

In her role as a personal injury attorney with law firm Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Coffinas & Cannavo, Lisa Milgrim represents mostly Spanish-speaking clients who have suffered an injury or need help navigating the legal system. Milgrim, who is new to her role as head of the Long Island Hispanic Bar Association, recently helped launch a legal information program to assist people during the coronavirus pandemic.

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President and CEO Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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A longtime leader in Long Island’s Latino business community, Luis Vazquez partnered with the Town of Hempstead earlier this

Lionel Chitty promotes diversity through government contracting in Nassau.

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Chair Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at Stony Brook University As board chair of Stony Brook’s Advanced Energy Research and Technology

Vazquez distributed medical supplies and PPE to Spanish-speaking business owners.

Center, Robert Catell oversees critical research into emerging energy technologies that could fuel efforts to slash carbon emissions. Catell, who previously served as chair and CEO of of KeySpan Corporation and KeySpan Energy Delivery, and a chair of National Grid, also chairs the New York State Smart Grid Consortium and serves on the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium.

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Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Suffolk County In December, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone issued a report with a troubling finding: Of the 77 employees at the Department of Civil Service, only one was a person of color. Part of the solution was to create a chief diversity and inclusion

officer position, with Retha Fernandez to fill the post.

Fernandez previously was project director of the Urban League of Long Island’s groundbreaking State of Black Long Island Equity Council.

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Executive Director Nassau County Office of Minority Affairs Last year, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran appointed Lionel Chitty to run her Office of Minority Affairs, bringing some stability to an office previously filled temporarily. Chitty, who’s also a business consultant, now promotes diversity through government contracting and has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by helping out with food drives, setting up testing sites in minority communities and distributing information to the public about the virus.

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Managing Director Mercury Patrick Halpin has had a long history in local politics – as a member of the Suffolk County Legislature, as a representative in the state Assembly, and finally as Suffolk County executive. But while he’s now a managing director at Mercury, a top consulting firm, he is still directly involved in Suffolk County, including serving as chair of the Suffolk County Water Authority, which supplies drinking water.

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Mayor South Floral Park South Floral Park Mayor Geoffrey Prime is a co-chair of Nassau County’s new Police And Community Trust, which aims to improve relations between activists and law enforcement after this summer’s Black Lives Matter demonstrations gained momentum. Prime is also a criminal defense attorney and a founding partner of the Garden City law firm Prime & O’Brien. He formerly served on the Nassau Community College board of trustees.

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RONALD WRIGHT

President Stirling Public Policy David Kapell brings experience solving fiscal challenges to his work as a consultant, having served as the mayor – and community development director, trustee and planning board chair – of the Village of Greenport.

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A key client of his Stirling Public Policy is the Rauch Foundation, which focuses on children and families and environmental issues. A real estate developer, he also has been a proponent of the Long Island Rail Road’s expansion.

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Executive Director Nassau County Office of Hispanic Affairs Nassau County Executive Laura Curran marked National Hispanic Heritage Month last year by appointing Amy

Phil Andrews heads the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce.

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Flores to a revamped Office of Hispanic Affairs. Flores runs one of several Nassau County offices that are aimed at better serving minority populations.

Flores is also a co-founder of Empress Group, a women’s empowerment organization, and sits on the board of the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

89 TODD SHAPIRO

President Todd Shapiro Associates Public Relations A quarter century ago Todd Shapiro launched his own communications and crisis management firm, Todd Shapiro Associates Public Relations, which over the years has become a significant player on Long Island.

Shapiro’s firms has developed a specialty in representing law enforcement unions, including the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association and the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association, as well as political clients, academic institutions and businesses large and small.

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President Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Phil Andrews heads the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, the largest organization of its kind in New York, working with Black business owners to ensure they have the tools and resources they need to survive and thrive. LIAACC is also asking the Long Island community to “Buy Black” whenever possible. With the economic slowdown shuttering nearly three times as many Black-owned businesses as white-owned businesses in New York, Andrews’ work is critical.

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FARRAH MOZAWALLA

One policy issue that often transcends partisan politics on Long Island is the environment, with elected officials in both parties getting behind conservation, clean water and other initiatives.

A leading Long Island environmental organization is Citizens Campaign for the Environment, which has been run for years by Adrienne Esposito. Since mounting a failed bid for the state Senate in 2014, Esposito has focused on offshore wind, toxic chemicals and clean energy.

Farrah Mozawalla’s work on the Nassau County Asian American advisory board led to the creation of an Office of Asian American Affairs, and once the office was established, the Valley Stream resident was speedily installed as its leader. Mozawalla continues to be a powerful advocate for the county’s Asian Americans, working to make sure they can access pandemic resources and relief and encouraging the county to contract with businesses owned by Asian Americans.

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Executive Director Nassau County Office of Asian American Affairs

Adrienne Esposito runs the Citizens Campaign for the Environment.

One policy issue that often transcends partisan politics on Long Island is the environment.

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ROBERT CREIGHTON

SHELLEY LAROSE-ARKEN

At Farrell Fritz, Robert Creighton heads up a Uniondale law firm that handles a range of matters, from bankruptcy to commercial litigation to taxes. A health care specialist who represented WinthropUniversity Hospital’s move to the NYU Langone health system, his expertise is invaluable as the industry contends with the coronavirus pandemic. The firm also opened an Albany office with a new regulatory and government relations practice in 2018.

The coronavirus pandemic has battered the airline industry, taking a toll on airports like the Long Island MacArthur Airport. But while the Islipowned airport saw flights drop by 75% this spring, Shelley LaRose-Arken has taken steps to keep people flying – securing stimulus funds, installing a system to clean the air, and facilitating COVID-19 tests for arriving passengers.

This fall, both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines announced plans to resume more flights.

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President and CEO Bolla Oil Corp.

Harry Singh has built a gasoline-fueled empire with his company, Bolla Oil Corp., which has dozens of gas stations on Long Island.

The Indian immigrant and millionaire has continued to expand despite the economic slowdown wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, recently opening a new Bolla Market station in Seaford – along with a Tim Hortons coffee shop. Singh and his wife, Kamiljit, also give back to the community through their Bolla Charity Foundation.

Chair Suffolk County Human Rights Commission In a letter to Newsday in May, Lynda Perdomo-Ayala urged Long Islanders to take a stand against racism after the Suffolk County Human Rights Commission saw an increase in harassment and attacks aimed at Asian and Asian Pacific American community members. Appointed as chair a year ago, Perdomo-Ayala is a licensed master social worker and serves as administrator in the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University Medical Center.

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CEO Long Island Board of Realtors Tessa Hultz was hired on last year to run the Long Island Board of Realtors, a 28,000-member trade association. Hultz, who previously served in several roles at other official Realtor Boards across the country, now runs one of the largest such groups, replacing longtime leader Joseph Mottola. She applauded a 2019 Newsday investigation into housing discrimination on Long Island and pledged to revamp LIBOR’s anti-bias trainings.

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Mayor Village of Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral took action early during the coronavirus pandemic – declaring a state of emergency in Great Neck and seeking permission from the governor to enact a mask mandate for the village of over 10,000 residents. He is again urging caution as coronavirus infections increase in Nassau County.

Bral is also a gynecological surgeon at Maimonides Medical Center and founder of its Minimally

Invasive Robotic Surgery division.

99 LIUBA GRECHEN SHIRLEY Founder and CEO Vote Mama PAC

Liuba Grechen Shirley mounted a credible challenge against Rep. Peter King in 2018, and might have had a shot at succeeding him had she run again for the seat that King is vacating.

But after getting the Federal Election Commission to allow campaign funds to be spent on child care, she shifted gears by launching Vote Mama PAC, which exclusively backed mothers – and a number of local and national candidates have broken through.

100 SERGIO ARGUETA

Founder and Board President S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth Inc. Sergio Argueta, a longtime advocate for racial justice and youth empowerment, recently told Newsday that young people are going to lead the way forward and inspire change during a time defined by the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide protests.

Argueta, who also works as dean of academic services and discipline at Uniondale High School, founded S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth Inc. in an effort to end gang violence.

Liuba Grechen Shirley launched Vote Mama PAC, which exclusively backs mothers running for office.

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Notice of Formation of ARJAY PROPERTIES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/8/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 26 Court Street Suite 1200, Brooklyn, NY, 11242. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BE AS WATER, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/13/20. Office location: Ulster SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 51 Grey Mouse Rd. Saugerties, NY, 12477. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CHERA HARLEM MEMBER, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/8/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 26 Court St. Ste 1200, Brooklyn, NY, 11242. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MTH BAKERY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/5/20. Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to Attention: C/O H&H Bagels Group, Inc. 1551 2nd Avenue New York, NY, 10028. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EPW SPORTS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 210 East 68th Street Apt. 5g New York, NY 10065. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RTF PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/1/20. Office location Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1205 Soda Canyon Road Napa, CA, 94558. Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Peppercat Provisions LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/12/2020. Office location: NEW YORK County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 570 W 204 St, Unit 2E, New York, NY 10034.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Gustave Piche, LLC filed with SSNY on August 3, 2020. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 115 E 9th St. New York, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Wynn Smiley, LLC filed with SSNY on August 6, 2020. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 67 W 73rd St Apt 3A, New York, NY 10023.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of Tailor-Made Trivia, LLC filed with SSNY on October, 14, 2020. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 477 Midwood St., Apt. 1, Brooklyn, NY 11225. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of NIKOLOZ MAKHATADZE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/3/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Avenue # Harrison, New York, 10528.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of FLIGHT OF FANCY REALTY GROUP LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/8/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 12 Park St Brooklyn, Ny, 11206. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ZABU ENTERTAINMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/27/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8752 19TH ST., Brooklyn, NY, 11214.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE PINK TABLE NYC LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/14/20.

Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to PO BOX 140496 Staten Island, NY, 10314.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LIQUID BASS PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/20/19. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 88-15 70TH Drive Floor 1 Forest Hills, New York, 11375. Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of MIGLIONICO HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/9/20. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 78 Holmes Road Newburgh, NY, 12550.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SPREADS BAKERY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/5/20.

Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attention: C/O H&H Bagels Group, Inc, 1551 2nd Avenue New York, Ny, 10028.Any lawful purpose.

November 23, 2020

Notice of Formation of GOOD SOLES IMPORTER INC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/25/2020.

Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of CORP upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 350 3RD AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11232.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of DECISIVE POINT GROUP, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 9/24/20. Office location: Putnam. LLC formed in DE on 8/28/20.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 25 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring, NY, 10516. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of Breadcrumb Labs, LLC filed with SSNY on September 28, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 90 State Street Suite 700 Office 40, Albany NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of MRHR Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY on September 21, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 601 West 41 Street Suite 8E New York, NY 10036 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Elle Jones Casting Company, LLC filed with SSNY on August 3, 2020.

Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 27 W 60th St #20503, New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Auction Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 2900 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on November 6, 2020 and end on November 17, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #216-Henry Jackson; 2 ladders, 1 hand truck, 13 plastic containers, 1 toolbox, 5 boxes, 1 black bag, 1 luggage, pack of water and 2 milk crates #3900-John McFaddin; 7 toolboxes, microwave, bike, speaker, air conditioner, amps, bags, 5 + boxes, metal locker #3904-Jorge Hernandez; 2 rugs, folding chair, soccer ball, gulf clubs, 1-instrument case, 2-small speakers, 1 duster, 7+ bags, 1-floating pool toy, 3 boxes, 1 leather bag. #4604-1-Borjou Gudarzi; 1- file cabinet, 30 boxes, 1 round bucket, small tv #6120-Daddo Bogich; 1 box filled with wheels, 1 ladder, 2x4 metal uprights, 4x8 wood boards 4ft. assorted wood boards The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”.

Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of Tailor-Made Trivia, LLC filed with SSNY on October, 14, 2020. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 477 Midwood St., Apt. 1, Brooklyn, NY 11225. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Aker Management, LLC filed with SSNY on September 29th, 2020.

Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 354 East 91st Street, Suite 1802 New York NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of Muna Creative Collective, LLC filed with SSNY on September, 28 2020.

Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1240 Lexington Ave apt 51, NY NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Redmond & Finn, LLC filed with SSNY on September 2, 2020. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 33 Cambridge Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of CORCORAN BK LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/7/20. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in DE on 9/25/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400., Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DLawson and Company LLC filed with SSNY on October 8, 2020.

Office: Bronx County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 150 East 151st Street, Apt # 2L, Bronx, NY 10451.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of CPG VINTAGE ACCESS FUND IV, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/13/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10/9/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 805 Third Avenue, New York, New York, 10022.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NIKOLOZ MAKHATADZE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/3/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Avenue # Harrison, New York, 10528.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOOD SOLES IMPORTER INC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/25/2020.

Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of CORP upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 350 3RD AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11232.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1667 POPHAM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/04/18. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 127 Forest Rd, Monroe, NY, 10950. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1332066 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 3508 BROADWAY NY, NY 10031 NY COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. 3508 BROADWAY RESTAURANT GROUP LLC

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Notice of Formation of MTG Creative Group LLC filed with SSNY on October 19,2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 113 E Centre St, Unit 4001 Nutley, NJ 07110. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of MTG Creative Group LLC filed with SSNY on October 19,2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 113 E Centre St, Unit 4001 Nutley, NJ 07110. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of CALIBRANT MAKO, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/13/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/24/20. Princ. office of LLC: 125 W. 55th St., NY, NY 10019. 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, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1332187 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL 4, GATE 5 JAMAICA, NY 11430. QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. AIR INDIA LIMITED

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Notice of Formation of BROOKLYN COLLECTIBLES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/21/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9 Plaza St West, Brooklyn, NY, 11217. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of K & R UTILITIES, LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/07/19. Office location: ALLEGANY SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 110 Genesee St., Ste 380a Auburn, NY, 13021. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of S.BUZZ GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/16/20. Office location Greene SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 550 Vanderbilt Ave., Apt. 811 Brooklyn, NY, 11238.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EXPERIMENT STATION 10516, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on10/20/20. Office location: Putnam SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 7 Mason’s Island Road, #1 Mystic, CT, 06355. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of MADISON HILLS SERVICES LLC LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/14/20. Office location: Hamilton. LLC formed in CA on 5/22/19.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 12340 Seal Beach Blvd, Ste B#414 Seal Beach, CA, 90740.

Arts. of Org. filed with CA SOS. 12340 Seal Beach Blvd, Ste B#414 Seal Beach, CA, 90740.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SOLEDAD CANYON REAL ESTATE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/26/20.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 42 E. 20th St, Apt. 7d, New York, NY, 10003.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FATEHA INTERNATIONAL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/13/19. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1472 43rd St, Ste B2 Brooklyn, New York, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FIR FIDELIS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/22/20. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 137 Big Island Road, Warwick, New York, 10990. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JOE GARRONE FITNESS LLCArts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/6/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1273C Bay Ridge Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11219.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of ROYAL WOODCRAFT LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 9/28/20. Office location: KINGS. LLC formed in DE on 9/22/20. 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 DE SOS. Townsend Bldg.

Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of MSAP 16 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/23/20.

Office location: Albany SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 444 Washington St Rensselaer, NY, 12144.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of OKM ENTERPRISE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/29/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7406 13TH Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PENTAGON MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 953 68th St, Brooklyn, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice Of Formation of S & R ACHIEVEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/13/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3815 15TH Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TRYON ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/9/20.

Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 4200 State Hwy 30 Suite C, Amsterdam, NY, 12010.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of UTICA MED BUILDING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/19/20. Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 6308 Fly Road East Syracuse, NY, 13058. Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of KRISTIN TOFFEY, PHD PSYCHOLOGIST, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/19/20. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 200 W 20th Street, Apt #1002 New York, NY, 10011.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AVANT COMMUNICATIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/26/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1854 84th St., 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11214.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HOMEX NY LLC filed with H&K Consulting Tax Accounting Services on 10/09/2020. Office: NY County. H&K Consulting Tax Accounting Services designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

H&K Consulting Tax Accounting Services shall mail copy of process to LLC: 3000 BRIGHTON 12TH ST AP A5 BROOKLYN NY 11235. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 7M7 LLC filed with SSNY on October 13, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 310 West 20th Street Apt A6 NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Yojo Management, LLC filed with SSNY on July 30, 2020. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 374 East 160th, 1st Floor, Bronx, NY 10461. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of DharmaHound, LLC filed with SSNY on August 20, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 374 W 127th ST, 2E, NY, NY 10027.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of CITIZENS MANHATTAN WEST LIQUOR STORE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/19/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of ACTIVE HOUSE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/15/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 353 Ave T, Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ALIGNING WITH LOVE ENTERPRISES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/19/20. Office location ONONDAGA SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 524 Cleveland Boulevard Fayetteville, NY, 13066.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1836 BH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/2/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2178 EAST 7 Street Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of ALL STAR DISHWASHING, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/8/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 852 Fulton St Brooklyn, New York, 11238. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BLUE HORIZON AML LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/16/20.

Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 507 West 111th Street, Apt. 64, New York, Ny, 10025. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ELATED VISION MOTORS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd. Ste 210 Garden City, NY, 11530.

Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of PARK WEST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/28/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/21/05. Princ. office of LLC: 900 Larkspur Landing Circle, Ste. 165, Larkspur, CA 94939. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of DecisionQuest, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/21/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in California (CA) on 08/09/19. Princ. office of LLC: 21515 Hawthorne Blvd. #720, Torrance, CA 90503. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Cert. of Form. filed with CA Secy. of State, 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA 95814.

Purpose: Any lawful activityAny lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of CVE US EI2 C. MILL, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/20/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/14/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 2246 LEE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/30/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2246 86TH Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of TANDEM CLINICAL RESEARCH GI LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/15/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in LA on 5/21/19. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 3535 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. Arts. of Org. filed with LA SOS. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Gramercy Tower LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/20/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C T Corporation System, 28 Liberty St., NY, NY 10005. Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1329397 FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY SUNDAY TO SUNDAY CAFE, INC. TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL IN A RESTAURANT UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 253-257 BROOME STREET a/k/a 88 ORCHARD ST, CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK, 10002 FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION. Sunday to Sunday Cafe Inc.

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Notice of Formation ALR Career Consulting LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/23/2020.

Office: Richmond County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, New York 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Name: Dunn Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on October 22, 2020. N.Y. office location: Kings County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Dunn Holdings LLC, c/o Dunn Development Corp., 589 Sackett Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11217.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

DOMENICA BIZZOCO ATTORNEY AT LAW PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/02/2020.

Office loc: NY County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 437 Madison Avenue 24th Floor, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Law. Notice of Qual. of BRX MCCLELLAN RETAIL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932-0677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of BRX BRIGGS APARTMENTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 079320677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of BRX INDEPENDENCE APARTMENTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932-0677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of BRX MORRIS APARTMENTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932-0677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of BRX VALENTINE APARTMENTS LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 079320677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1332173 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 445 GOLD ST, SPACE MP C-018 BROOKLYN, NY 11201. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. MIZNON UWS LLC. Notice of Formation of MSJ Maintenance LLC filed with SSNY on May 6, 2020. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2021 Lexington Avenue, Apt 3B, New York, NY 10035. Purpose: General Maintenance and carpentry.

Notice of Qualification of BROOK AVE OWNER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/15/20. Princ. office of LLC: 419 Park Ave. South, Ste. 401, NY, NY 10016. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

D&D Moving LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 1/03/2020 Office: Bronx County SSNY has been designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 1241 Edison Ave, Bronx, NY 10461 Purpose: any lawful purpose

Notice of formation of Sheroman LLC, a domestic LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 22, 2020 with N.Y.S. Office location: Bronx County SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1640 Taylor Ave, Bronx, NY 10460 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of INWD PARK TERRACE WEST APARTMENTS LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932-0677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1331574 for liquor, beer, and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer and wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 292 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249 for on premises consumption.

Hole in the Wall Williamsburg LLC Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1314293 for Beer, Wine, Cider, and Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer, Wine, Cider, and Liquor at retail in a Bistro under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 300 W 116th St, Aka 2149 Frederick Douglass Bl, NEW YORK, NY 10026 for on premises consumption.

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Notice of Qual. of BRX MCCLELLAN APARTMENTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 079320677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of BRX PERRY APARTMENTS LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932-0677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of BRXUN APARTMENTS LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932-0677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of INWD PARK TERRACE EAST APARTMENTS LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/17/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/03/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 500 Campus Drive, Ste 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932-0677. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GLASS HOUSE FILMS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/02/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, 19 East 88th St., #6A, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of BROOKHAVEN APARTMENTS OWNER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/30/20. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/17/20. Princ. office of LLC: 419 Park Ave. South, Ste. 401, NY, NY 10016. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Multifamily real estate owner.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Kristina Bermudez Creative Developments LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/16/20.

Office location: NY County, SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 597 Osborn St, Brooklyn NY 11212. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of UPPER WEST SIDE CARE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/27/16.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to ONE GUSTAVE L. LEVY PLACE NEW YORK, NY, 10029. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of SKY I LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/28/2020.

Location: Richmond County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 483 Nerherland Ave., Staten Island, NY 10303. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1332323 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 218 AVE A NEW YORK, NY 10009. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. PUB 218 CORP. Notice of Formation of Creative Wealth Solutions LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/7/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Creative Wealth Solutions LLC, 101-B Fenimore Rd, Mamaroneck NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of SYSTEMS ONCOLOGY LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/13/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 9/21/16. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 28 Liberty St New York, NY, 10005. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1326455 for cider, beer, and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell cider, beer and wine at retail in a Tavern/Café under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 307 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 for on premises consumption.

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Notice of Formation of 1021 MCDONALD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/31/16.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16th Avenue, #9 Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of A&A NAZ REAL ESTATE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/9/20.Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 8229 Oswego RD, Liverpool, NY, 13090.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AB FORWARD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/3/20. Office location: NEW YORK SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 80 State St, Albany, NY, 12207-2543.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AMA NEW YORK REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/28/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7902 15TH Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EIGHT PROJECT MANAGEMENT DESIGN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/3/20.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 2653 Frederick Douglass Blvd, Unit 3B, New York, NY, 10030.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ESNY-IN-BRUCKNER, LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/2/20.

Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 80 State St. Albany, NY, 12207. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FRANK RENAISSANCE, LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/22/20.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 54 7th Ave South New York, NY, 10014.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GM3 ART & DESIGN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/13/20.

Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 209 Evergreen St Staten Island, NY, 10308.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CHERA CONSULTING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/4/15.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1016 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, 11230. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JADESTONE SOLUTION LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/15/19.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 954 Lexington Ave Ste 2017 Ny, New York, 10021.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CUSTOM HC SOLUTIONS NY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/18/20. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 228 East 45th St 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10017.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JENMATT REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/15/20.

Office location: Nassau SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 434 Old Courthouse Rd New Hyde Park, NY, 11040.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of JGCM REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/16/20. Office location: ESSEX SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 10 White Oak Ct Severna Park, MD, 21146. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LEVENSON CREATIVE GROUP LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/29/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 145 Washington Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11205.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NOSTRA GALLERY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/30/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 222 Clifton Place, Brooklyn, NY 11216. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of REV'IT! ESTORE U.S.A., LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/2/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 275 Conover St, Ste 5p Brooklyn, NY, 11231. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ROSH RUBIN PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/10/20.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attention: C/O Phillips Nizer LLP 485 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10017.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SCHWARTZBARD ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/23/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2305 East 4th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of ST JOHNS REALTY GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/28/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 502 W. Longview Drive, New Albany, NY, 38652.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CHERA CONSULTING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/27/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1450 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY, 11216. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THREE SPOONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/27/17. Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to Attention: Lonn Selbst,200 West St, New York, New York, 10282.Any lawful purpose. 104 W 96 St New York, NY, 10025 Notice of Formation of SNOBETTE, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/6/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 368 Stratford Rd, Brooklyn, NY, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 380 TROUTMAN STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/29/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 378 Troutman St Brooklyn, NY, 11237. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 433 CLOVE ROAD LLCArts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/06/20.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 429 Clove Road, Staten Island, NY, 10310. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF AUCTION Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 2900 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on November 30, 2020 and end on December 8, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #816-Angel Crutchfield; 1 cooler, 2 backpacks, plastic bags, 1 duffle bag, sneakers, picture frames. #1221-SAI Contracting Corp; ladder, scaffolding, wires, metals, wood, shovel, shelving, cabinet, broom, dolly, metal boxes #4443-Michael Walter; 2 bookshelves, metal bed frame, small couch, plastic bags, 4 dressers, 6 boxes, 1 table, plastic tote The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”.

Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

Notice of Formation of AmiraAmor, LLC filed with SSNY on August 17, 2020. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 95-117 Ravine Avenue, CL5D, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 34 PRINCE STREET, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/28/20. Office location: NEW YORK SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 34 Prince St Apt. 2b New York, NY, 10012.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of SUEA NON-KIIN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/27/20 .Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1450 Fulton St Brooklyn, NY, 11216. Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of Pace Set Medics LLC filed with SSNY on August 10, 2020. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC:223 Pelton Ave Staten Island, NY 10310 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Pink House 5050 LLC filed with SSNY on August 20, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 303 West 137th Street, Apt. 5A, New York, NY 10030. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of MECC Holdings LLC filed with SSNY on October 13, 2020. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 303 West 137th St., Apt. 5A, New York, NY 10030.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1330814 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 119 MACDOUGAL ST NEW YORK, NY 10012. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. FABRIZIO PRIM CAVALLACCI.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NAME: LavaLifeDesignz,LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/04/2020.

Office location: mond County.

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SSNY is designated as an agent of LLC upon whom the process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail the process to: 3 North Street, 2nd floor, Staten Island, NY 10302.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of FOODIE SALES & MARKETING LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/20.

Office location: Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 56 Gold St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Damascus Bakery, Inc. at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of SRPAR LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/20.

Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1330384, FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 105A DYCKMAN ST NEW YORK, NY 10040.

NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. PINCHOS GRILL INC.

Notice of Qualification of SolasCure USA, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/20.

Office location: Kings County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/10/20. Princ. office of LLC: 363 Bond St., Apt. 615, Brooklyn, NY 11231. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Biotech research and development.

Notice of Formation of Broken Land Media LLC filed with SSNY on June 17, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 133 W. 132nd St., Apt. 4F, New York, NY 10027. Purpose: any lawful act or activity PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 20.7’ & 21.3’) on the building at 70 E 12th St, New York, NY (20201549). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Notice of Formation of JS NYMAN CONSULTING LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/2019.

Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her is: 2804 GATEWAY OAK DR, STE 100, SACRAMENTO, CA 95833.

The principal address of the LLC is: 250 W89TH ST, STE 5C, New York, NY 10024. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of OMI SI LAND LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/09/20. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 55 Fifth Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Robert Kantor, c/o Time Equities, Inc. at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qual. of LGD 8 LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 10/22/2020.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 10/21/2020. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 415 Greenwich St., Apt. 7F, NY, NY 10036. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange St. Wilmington DE 19801. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

SHIELDLYTICS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 11/13/2020.

Off. Loc.: RichmondCo. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 1967 Wehrle Dr Ste 1 #086, Buffalo, NY 142218452. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.

AYG GROUP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/20/2020.

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, C/O Konex LLC, 40 Central Park South, 4-I, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of On The Scene Media Group LLC filed with SSNY on July 24th 2020.

Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 82 337 Marion St Apt 2 Brooklyn NY 11233. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Ru & Ru LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/02/20. Office location: NY County.

Princ. office of LLC: 1239 St. Nicholas Ave., NY, NY 10032. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Ruben Luna at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qual. of BFS DEVELOPER LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/16/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/12/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400 Harrison, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PINEIDER MADISON LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/20. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, Attn: Mr. Giuliano Iannaccone, Esq., 1350 Broadway, 11th Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The entity Kime Distributing Incorporated d/b/a Cam Electronics Distributing (“Cam”) with a principal office at PO Box 1597 Apex, NC 27502 has dissolved effective October 31, 2019. Creditors of Cam are notified that all claims against Cam will be forever barred unless presented to LOVE LAW FIRM, PLLC, attorney for Cam at 1936 Hempstead Turnpike, Suite 116, East Meadow, NY 11554, within seven months after the date of publication of this notice.

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FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS _______________________________________ In the Matter of an Article 8 Family Offense Proceeding File# 187849 Docket # O-25288-18 Chandrawattie Seelochan (Petitioner) Safeek Salim (Respondent) SUMMONS - GENERAL (VIRTUAL APPEARANCE) _______________________________________ _____________ NOTICE: DO NOT APPEAR IN-PERSON AT THE COURTHOUSE. DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, ESSENTIAL COURT MATTERS ARE BEING HELD VIRTUALLY. To:

Safeek Salim 114-28 124th Street South Ozone Park, NY 11420

A petition under Article 8 of the Family Court Act has been filed with this Court.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear VIRTUALLY before this Court on: Date/Time: January 5, 2021 Purpose: Return of Process Dial in: Microsoft Teams Call in information (347)378-4143 Conference ID: 532 565 625# Presiding: Visiting Judge/JHO/Hearing Examiner, Clerk’s Office

Notice of Formation of Five Iron Golf DC LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/17/20. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 138 5th Ave Flr 4 NY NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful act Notice of Formation of HTC 28, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/02/20.

Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Universal Registered Agents, Inc., 274 Shufelt Rd., Nassau, NY 12123, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities.

to answer the attached petition and to be dealt with in accordance with the Family Court Act. Virtual appearances may be held via video or phone.

To update your contact information, e-mail or call the court and provide your name, phone, e-mail address, docket number(s), and date/time of court appearance.

Court E-mail: QueensFamilyCourt@nycourts.gov or Court Phone #: (718) 298-0197

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For information on how to participate in virtual court proceedings, visit: https://nycourts.gov/appear.

If you fail to appear as directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest.

Dated: October 28, 2020 Steve Byrnes, 1st Deputy Chief Clerk NOTICE: FAMILY COURT ACT §154(C) PROVIDES THAT PETITIONS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 4, 5, 6, 8 AND 10 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, IN WHICH AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS SOUGHT OR IN WHICH A VIOLATION OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS ALLEGED, MAY BE SERVED OUTSIDE THE STATE OF NEW YORK UPON A RESPONDENT WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OR DOMICILIARY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IF NO OTHER GROUNDS FOR OBTAINING PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE RESPONDENT EXIST ASIDE FROM THE APPLICATION OF THIS PROVISION, THE EXERCISE OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE RESPONDENT IS LIMITED TO THE ISSUE OF THE REQUEST FOR, OR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF, THE ORDER OF PROTECTION. WHERE THE RESPONDENT HAS BEEN SERVED WITH THIS SUMMONS AND PETITION AND DOES NOT APPEAR, THE FAMILY COURT MAY PROCEED TO A HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ISSUANCE OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER OF PROTECTION.

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Gowanus, that hip Brooklyn neighborhood home to a rock-climbing gym, an axthrowing bar and an archery range, just got a new activity: canal dredging. That’s right, for just $1.5 billion, you can use heavy equipment to scrape the bottom of the canal for industrial goo known as “black mayonnaise.” If you don’t have connections at the Environmental Protection Agency but still want that perfect mix of joy and disgust, here’s Winners & Losers.

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ANDREW CUOMO Cuomo yelled at journalists for asking basic questions about school closures, made fatphobic comments while insisting that the coronavirus spread in New York was all “self-imposed,” and then got caught by surprise when he found out at the same time as everyone else that de Blasio would be closing New York City’s schools. With a performance like that, we barely have room to mention the MTA doomsday budget.

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Vol. 9 Issue 45 November 23, 2020 THE LONG ISLAND POWER

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BILL DE BLASIO

The so-called red mirage has been dissipating in New York as absentee ballots get counted. But GOP Rep.-elect Andrew Garbarino’s lead proved to be no illusion.

JAY JACOBS

Good things happen to those who wait, and that appears to be the case for the state Democratic Party leader, whose Nassau County backyard is looking deep blue. Maybe we were a little premature in throwing Jacobs on the Losers list – but then again, he might wanna lay off blaming AOC and the “defund the police” crowd for costing Democrats seats in the suburbs.

But the mayor showed up five hours and eight minutes late for his daily press briefing Wednesday to tell baffled reporters and stressed-out parents that schools would be closed the next day.

Surprise, moms and dads! And by the way, de Blasio said he doesn’t have a reopening plan yet. He’s been busy!

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ROCKEFELLER THE OWL

The adorable owl found in the new Rockefeller Center Christmas tree had been relocated 170 miles against his will.

The owl has since been rescued and is recovering, but he’s probably just as scarred by the accidental abduction as we humans are by 2020.

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