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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Interim editor-in-chief

CITY & STATE’S cover story this week presents the Winners & Losers of 2020 as compiled by the editorial staff. Among the winners chosen was the Black Lives Matter movement.

BLM pushed for social justice long before the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky this year. Those tragedies and others involving Black people slain by cops fueled the movement’s call for change and set in motion police reforms in New York City and New York state.

While the movement still has a lot of work to do on the issue of systemic racism in policing, BLM got lawmakers to take action and offered hope that change is possible. That’s why the editorial staff decided that the movement, as a whole, deserved the recognition.

As for the losers this year, some of our editorial staff picks, from New York City Hall all the way up to the White House, deserve the “L” sign on their foreheads – as Jim Carrey demonstrated while impersonating another big winner, President-elect Joe Biden, on “Saturday Night Live.”

This week’s issue also features our annual Responsible 100, which honors New York’s business, nonprofit and academic communities working at the forefront of the Corporate Social Responsibility movement. City & State will celebrate the honorees on Dec. 16 at the 2020 Responsible 100 Virtual Luncheon.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

WINNERS & LOSERS OF THE YEAR … 7 Who made the most (and least) of a terrible 2020 THE RESPONSIBLE 100 … 18

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New Yorker leaders making a difference in their communities

WINNERS & LOSERS … 70 Who was up and who was down last week

Sharing the top spot on the year’s Losers list? Rudy Giuliani, who in a matter of months managed to undo his legacy.

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and the uncertainty concerns many parents.

Already, the reopening of schools threatens to widen the racial disparities already made worse during the pandemic, as 12,000 more white students returned to classrooms than Black students, and remote learning remains a struggle for many. De Blasio announced a plan to address achievement gaps caused by the pandemic beginning next year.

INDOOR DINING ON THE WAY OUT A RETURN TO SCHOOL IN NYC

Several weeks after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio closed schools – a decision made when the city hit a 3% positivity rate threshold – some schools have reopened for the second time this year. This time, schools that can accommodate it can have students return for full-time in-person instruction, rather than a hybrid model with parttime remote learning.

Students who chose to remain fully remote can

remain so. Students in 3-K, pre-K, kindergarten and elementary school were the first to head back, with special education students attending District 75 schools returning next.

The city has promised more aggressive testing in schools to ensure they remain safe. As of yet, the city has not released a plan about middle and high schools, which remain entirely remote after they shut down last month. Of course, there is no guarantee that schools won’t close again under potential state restrictions,

On Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that beginning on Monday, indoor dining will be forced to shut down in New York City, as COVID-19 cases continue to spike throughout the state.

Throughout the rest of the state, indoor dining capacity will decrease from 50% to 25%. Earlier in the week the governor said that if hospitalization rates didn’t stabilize soon, he would need to hit the brakes on indoor dining. He cited new federal guidance about the high-risk nature of indoor dining, especially in

EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Any New Yorker knows what it’s like to have their favorite neighborhood bar or deli disappear overnight, their owners likely priced out by rising rents. But the pandemic has ushered in a flood of such closings, as small business owners face financial devastation and an uncertain path to recovery. New York magazine paid tribute here to 500 businesses that have been forced to close their doors for good since the start of the pandemic.

“People were outside the bar shouting about freedom, taunting the cops, chanting that they should arrest the governor, but it’s Staten Island so I assume that it was just like a typical last call.”

– comedian and Staten Island native Pete Davidson on “Saturday Night Live,” describing protests around the closure of a bar that flouted public health rules, via the Staten Island Advance

“It’s going to be too difficult to explain to our communities, similar to the Electoral College, how the person with the most votes did not win the election.”

–New York City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo on her objections to ranked-choice voting, scheduled to begin in the new year, via NY1

winter. Cuomo announced that moving forward, hospitalization rates will determine the fate of indoor dining, as well as other broad shutdowns.

Previously, parts of the state would shut down as part of Cuomo’s microcluster strategy, based mostly on infection rate. Now, regional shutdowns are on the table if a region hits 90% capacity in hospitals.

RACE FOR THE 22ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DRAGS ON

As electors prepare to cast their votes to officially elect President electJoe Biden, the race for the 22nd Congressional District upstate remains undecided. In the latest development, a judge ordered a partial recount of over 2,000 disputed absentee and affidavit ballots. The ruling represented a victory for Rep. Anthony Brindisi, who hopes to pick up more votes to overcome the 12-vote margin between himself and Republican Claudia Tenney, who wanted the results certified as is. The recount will include recently discovered ballots that had never been counted, like the 55 found in Chenango County. The fate of a stained ballot, which drew debate over whether the mark was chocolate or blood, was also decided: Herkimer County election officials will count the vote.

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RANKED-CHOICE VOTING UNDER ATTACK

Just weeks before the first scheduled ranked-choice voting election in New York City is meant to take place, some city lawmakers questioned the city’s preparedness to implement the new system and expressed outrage about the plan. At a City Council hearing, several lawmakers said the city should try to postpone ranked-choice voting, asserting that city officials have failed in their responsibility to educate voters, especially in Black and Latino communities, with a special election weeks away and the pandemic causing other complications. Soon after that, some of the lawmakers who made the criticism filed a lawsuit that could postpone implementation for an undetermined amount of time. In addition to seeking a stay for the upcoming February special elections, the complaint is also seeking a permanent injunction until a judge

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Democratic Rep. Max Rose, who recently lost his reelection campaign to Republican Nicole Malliotakis, appears to be entering the growing pool of candidates running for New York City mayor in 2021. Rose filed with the Campaign Finance Board, declaring that he has formed a mayoral campaign committee. However, Rose isn’t the only politician presumed to be in the running for mayor; there have also been whispers about former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Recent reports have suggested that Yang will officially announce his candidacy next month.

Indoor dining is ending in New York City, leaving outdoor dining the only option as temperatures drop for the winter.

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Cabbies caravan for their survival

determines the city has met its charter requirements for implementation. Rankedchoice voting was adopted by voters for city municipal special and primary elections to begin on Jan. 1.

THE LIST OF NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATES GROWS

TUES. 12/15 The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines are slated to arrive in New York, with first dibs going to nursing home residents and staff and health care workers.

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Early Thursday morning, cab drivers gathered in Lower Manhattan to embark on a multistate caravan to Washington, D.C., where drivers rallied outside the U.S. Capitol for an extension of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program – a federal unemployment benefits program for self-employed workers and independent contractors. That program, which provides assistance to more than 1.5 million people in the tri-state area, is set to expire at the end of this month. As of last month, revenue for the taxi industry in New York City was down 81% year-over-year. Struggling to pay rent, insurance and loan payments – and, in some cases, even for meals – drivers are being forced to compete for hard-to-find fares just to make a fraction of what they brought in before the pandemic.

They may be giving up a day of work, but for Dorothy Leconte, making the trip to D.C. to rally for federal unemployment assistance is worth it. “I get frustrated with this country,” Leconte, a yellow cab driver for over three decades, said. “The trillionaires, the billionaires, the millionaires – they look at little people (like they’re) nothing. They say, ‘You are from a Third World country, you don’t deserve no more than $60 a day to survive.’” Sixty dollars a day in fares has become the norm for some drivers. Before the pandemic – and before increased competition from ride-

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The limited number of doses that will arrive this month means that essential workers like police, EMS workers and firefighters will have to wait until others get inoculated first.

hail apps like Uber – Leconte said drivers could easily make $60 an hour.

Leconte said she made around $220 a week after taxes under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. And while an extra federal unemployment assistance benefit providing another $600 a week helped her stay home from work through most of the spring and summer, that benefit expired at the end of July. Since then, she’s had to go back to driving.

Leconte has been back at work since August and has yet to make anywhere near enough money to pay her bills. “I have to come to work and risk all of the problems,” she said of the risk of contracting COVID-19 while driving. Leconte’s ex-husband, who was also a cab driver, died from COVID-19 in late March, she said. Leconte has also taken work driving for Amazon Flex and delivering groceries – but that work is low-paying, demanding and time-consuming, she said.

That’s why Leconte and other drivers – along with groups that represent them such as the New York Taxi Workers Alliance – are calling for a “people’s stimulus” from the federal government that would include extending Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, reinstating the extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits, and approving another round of stimulus checks, along with other measures.

– Annie McDonough

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THURS. 12/17

City & State honors New York’s 100 most outstanding corporate citizens at the 2020 Responsible 100 Virtual Luncheon at 1 p.m., with a keynote by the Rev. Al Sharpton.

The Assembly Committee on Education holds a virtual hearing on mayoral control of New York City public schools, which will undoubtedly be a more contentious topic this year.

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A Q&A with Bronx borough president candidate

RAFAEL SALAMANCA JR.

You chair one of the most powerful committees in the City Council, you’re eligible to run for reelection, and you were considered to be a candidate for speaker. Why leave the council?

I love my borough. I love the Bronx. I’m a product of my borough. I went to public school here. Had my first job in the Bronx. I was born and raised and never left. And I’m raising my family. I have a 6-year-old.

But today, we’re currently in this health pandemic which has ravaged my borough. And I’ve seen it firsthand. I lost my dad to this pandemic. I’ve lost friends to this pandemic.

I’m seeing small businesses in my communities close because of this pandemic.

Neighbors are literally at the brink of homelessness because of what this pandemic has done to the economy. And with the upcoming term limits (making Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. leave office) there’s going to be a leadership change in the borough, and citywide. I have a proven track record of addressing the core issues that I feel like the Bronx is currently facing, such as affordable housing, health care, reviving the economy and job creation.

I see what’s happening in the borough, and I feel like I have this experience and this knowledge, and this love that I have for my community, my borough, I felt the need to throw my hat in the ring and run for borough president.

There’s a high demand for housing in the Bronx.

But you opposed the Southern Boulevard rezoning and even supported downzoning

certain areas. As borough president, would you support building more housing in the borough? And if so, where?

I stood up to the Southern Boulevard rezoning because when I looked at it, about 90% of the empty lots that they were proposing to upzone were privately owned.

And I felt, in my heart, there’s no way that I’m going to give away this power to developers. Because that’s the power council members have when we vote on these projects.

There’s no way I’m just going to give this up, and just take the developer and the city’s word that they’re going to do the right thing by the community.

I believe in responsible development. The way to do it is to really not rush into things, analyze it, get community input, and ensure that the local elected leaders are part of the conversations and build responsibly.

Lately we’ve seen elected officials arguing for an end to member deference on land use projects. Do you think the local council member should have the final say?

I believe in member deference because who knows their community better than the local member? The people in the community elected that official so that they can represent them and be their voice in City Hall. But when there’s

I lost my dad to this pandemic. I’ve lost friends to this pandemic. I’m seeing small businesses in my communities close because of this pandemic. a project that affects an entire borough then I think it’s fair for other members to voice their opinions and vote how they choose. And the example I give you is the Bronx jail. I voted “yes” for the closure of Rikers.

But I strongly believed in my heart that the Bronx jail did not belong on the tow pound (lot). I strongly believe that it belonged behind the courthouse. And I voted that way. So I think it can be taken on a case-by-case basis.

As of July, you had about $323,000 in your campaign account, much more than any of your opponents. I imagine a lot of donors with real estate ties want to get in front of you since you’re the Land Use Committee chair. Are you declining any sort of contributions for this race?

In almost five years on the council, I’ve approved over 7,000 units of 100% affordable housing and mandated a 15% homeless setaside. I turned down the Southern Boulevard rezoning because I felt that 90% of the empty lots were privately owned. And I believe that if I were to approve it, it would displace my constituents. I’m also the co-sponsor of a racial impact study for rezonings. So just to be clear, donations that I get, whether they’re from real estate or not, will never influence my decisions when it pertains to me voting or speaking out for my community or my borough.

The borough president has traditionally been close to the Bronx Democratic Party. Are you seeking county support?

I think everybody is, right? I’ve been meeting with district leaders, community leaders, of course my colleagues in government in the city and the state and learning about their needs and their wants and, as a borough president, how can I truly represent their communities, and how I can be of help and bring resources to their communities.

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WINNERS & LOSERS 2020

“May you live in interesting times.” And boy, did 2020 prove why it’s such an awful thing to wish on somebody.

On paper, 2020 was 12 months, just like any other year. But let’s be real, it felt more like a decade, at least. January was a lifetime ago, back before social distancing, Zoom parties and entire countries shutting down. Those times are but a distant memory, with photos of maskless crowds like relics of a time long past. The biggest story at the beginning of the year – the

impeachment of President Donald Trump – was just the first chapter in the epic saga that has been 2020.

The year was pretty terrible for just about everybody but Jeff Bezos.

But as always, some people still managed to land some victories in this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Though don’t worry, some other people probably had an even worse 2020 than you did.

And that’s what landed them here, on City & State’s Winners and Losers of the (very unusual) Year.

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At the beginning of 2020, the governor seemed to be succumbing to the much-feared curse of the third term. His approval ratings were underwater. Pesky progressives were challenging him more than ever in the halls of the state Capitol. A massive state budget deficit loomed. Then COVID-19 struck. Less politically astute leaders might’ve leaned on the experts to help them deal with a deadly pandemic and present the facts to the people. Not Cuomo. Even his critics liked that a micromanager like him wanted to step up. He made it look relatively easy to get state legislators to overwhelmingly approve legislation granting him the power to rule by decree for the duration of the emergency. It was the worst and the best of times. Hundreds were dying every day. There was widespread fear that the coronavirus would overwhelm the hospital system. Tough decisions had to be made. Many of those made by the governor would be

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called into question later, but not too many naysayers were piping up when “bending the curve� was the daily goal. Gubernatorial briefings became must-watch TV. #President Cuomo was trending. A petulant president was helping Cuomo’s approval rating rocket to the stratosphere. Conservatives were saying he was doing a bang-up job, and talk began of a dark horse candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. New normal indeed.

Not everything worked out for the governor in the end. Republicans went back to demonizing him.

Cuomosexuals on the political left moved on to other kinks. Not everyone liked how the governor incorporated his artistic aspirations into his professional work. The state budget deficit is bigger than ever and the coronavirus is staging a comeback.

But now he has an Emmy, a bestselling book and a buddy headed to the White House. Pretty good ending for a New York Tough kind of year.

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JAMAAL BOWMAN & NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS Out with the old, in with the new. These two incoming members of Congress are the only ones in New York to have successfully unseated an incumbent representative. Jamaal Bowman’s victory was particularly noteworthy, as he not only beat the powerful 30year incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel during in the June primary, he won with a solid 15 percentage-point lead. The middle school principal from Yonkers – who is getting into politics for the first time – proved that a progressive upset isn’t out of reach for candidates other than AOC, even in the suburbs of New York. And Engel did himself no favors throughout the race, getting slammed in the media for staying away from his district early on in the pandemic and getting caught on a hot mic at a press conference saying, “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.” On the flip side, Republican Nicole Malliotakis’ success seemed more likely, given that she was running against a freshman Democrat in Trump-loving Staten Island. But her victory still represents a big boost for her political profile. Going from an unsuccessful run for mayor and a powerless tenure in the Democratic-led state Assembly to becoming the sole Republican in the New York City’s congressional delegation is nothing to sneeze at. And she’s already positioned herself as an antidote to progressive politics, saying she could form an “anti-socialist squad” in Congress.

ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS Underestimate the state Senate majority leader at your own peril. Not only does she have the biggest state Senate conference in practically forever, she has a long history of making her critics look pretty foolish. This includes flipping five longtime Republican districts upstate during the 2020 elections despite millions of dollars spent by the GOP to make Democrats pay for all the progressive reforms they’ve passed since she took command of the chamber two years ago. Believe it or not, the election results suggest voters actually like the new limits on cash bail, police reform, tenant-friendly rent laws, abortion rights, and efforts to prevent climate change from becoming yet another man-made disaster in the state. You might even say that the first Black woman in state history to lead a legislative conference knows a lot more about getting things done than the old boys’ club that used to run the show. Things aren’t always easy with a sometimes unwieldy Democratic conference, but Stewart-Cousins’ members just can’t stop professing how much they love having someone in charge who unites them behind a common cause. We’ll have to wait and see where that leads in the upcoming year, once testy issues like the budget, marijuana legalization and criminal justice reforms could once again tax party unity, but Stewart-Cousins has shown more than once that the era of Democratic dysfunction is long gone in Albany.

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Top: State Sen.elect Jabari Brisport; Bottom: incoming Assembly Members Marcela Mitaynes, Phara Souffrant Forrest and Zohran Mamdani

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BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS

Socialism is alive and thriving in New York, infuriating the Republican minority and centrist Democrats alike. The New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America proved this year that it wasn’t just a one-hit wonder, securing another seat in Congress and four more seats in the state Legislature, unseating several longtime incumbents in the process. Two years after AOC’s historic victory, Rep.-elect Jamaal Bowman, state Sen.-elect Jabari Brisport, and Assembly Members-elect Marcela Mitaynes, Phara Souffrant Forrest and Zohran Mamdani won with the support of a new generation of left-leaning voters – and that’s not even counting Emily Gallagher and Jessica González-Rojas, a couple of DSA members who won without the organization’s endorsement – further deepening the far-left blue streak in New York politics. And for the first time, powerful establishment politicians are taking their young, inexperienced challengers seriously. In years past, candidates may have scurried away from the “socialist” label, but suddenly, it seems like all these young candidates can do is win.

Black Lives Matter was a prominent social justice movement long before this year, but in 2020, protests against systemic racism and police brutality took on a new force. Following the killings of Black people by police this spring – including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky – protesters took to the streets across the country, demanding justice: the arrests of the officers involved and wide-scale reform of local police departments. In New York, overwhelmingly peaceful protesters turned out not only in all five boroughs, but large and small cities and towns across the state. Though the movement’s calls for change weren’t answered in their entirety, the state passed a series of police reform measures, including a repeal of 50-a, a provision that kept police personnel records secret, while New York City passed its own measures, including a law banning police chokeholds, and diverted some funds from the NYPD. But organizers say New York still has a long way to go. Activists are calling for more substantial cutbacks to police budgets and for additional reforms, such as limiting police involvement in responding to individuals experiencing mental health crises. While protests have died down since this summer, the Black Lives Matter movement will continue to shape New York policy into the future. “We’re quiet, but we’re not asleep,” Anthonine Pierre, a spokesperson for Communities United for Police Reform, told City & State this fall.

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DONALD TRUMP & RUDY GIULIANI

THE BIGGEST LOSERS

Over and over again this year, native New Yorker President Donald Trump has made massive missteps, and his personal attorney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has completely fumbled his response to them – whether it was Giuliani shouting about alleged voter fraud in the presidential election as hair dye or some other mystery liquid seeped past his temples, or before that, when Giuliani held a press conference at a landscaping company clearly mistaken for the Four Seasons luxury hotel chain, where he began ranting about various conspiracy theories and undermining the president’s legal strategy. The list goes on. Yet despite all of his blunders, Giuliani has remained a major part of Trump’s legal team.

Trump, on the other hand, has made even worse decisions this year (and yes, that includes keeping Giuliani on staff). The president failed to create a cohesive response

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to the COVID-19 pandemic and helped fuel mistrust in the U.S.’s health system, jeopardizing public safety. The president encouraged protests against state coronavirus restrictions, despite warnings from public health experts not to do so.

He also attempted to convince the public that he was the true victor of the presidential election and filed several lawsuits alleging that ballots were fraudulently cast – widely criticized for being devoid of any real evidence and hinging on the word of some outrageous star witnesses. Now, as the Trump presidency comes to a close, Giuliani has reportedly been begging for a preemptive pardon – though he has disputed this claim. And Trump himself is facing an extraordinary number of investigations once he leaves his post at the White House.

Lucky for him, he’s got a guy willing to represent him, so long as he’s willing to pony up $20,000 a day.

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ANDY KING

BILL DE BLASIO

He was given a second chance – and blew it. The former New York City Council member made this same list last year, when he became the first city lawmaker in memory to be suspended from the City Council. He’d reportedly harassed staffers, made offensive comments and retaliated against anybody who cooperated in an investigation. Oh, and he also used public funds for a family wedding in the Virgin Islands. But that’s all in the past! This year, King made history once again when he was the first city lawmaker in memory to be EXPELLED from the City Council. Turns out King basically ignored his punishment from the year before, sidelining the office monitor and never paying his fine. He reportedly retaliated against staffers – again – and when he gave an aide a generous bonus, he demanded a $2,000 kickback. King showed no remorse and denied or rationalized everything until the very end, but his fellow council members had seen enough, and kicked him to the curb for good.

When the book is written on how New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio managed the crises of 2020 (and unlike a certain governor, he’ll have the sense not to write it himself), it very well may start on Saturday night, May 30, when de Blasio defended the New York City Police Department officers who drove their SUVs straight into Black Lives Matter protesters in Brooklyn. Yes, the mayor soon walked it back, but that shocking night was emblematic of how a man who once might have joined the protesters in the streets ended up on what felt like the wrong end of a national argument about police brutality – and a staff who refused to stand behind him. This year, one of the hardest in the city’s history, de Blasio found himself mayor of the one place in the country, maybe the world, most afflicted by the coronavirus. No leader could have avoided the pandemic, but there’s general agreement that an earlier serious response (“If you love your neighborhood bar, go there now”) and more decisive action (Will schools close or won’t they?) could have lessened the death toll and saved New Yorkers from nervous breakdowns. The mayor who thought he could be president-elect now can’t even get his wife elected borough president, and he’s spent the year billions of dollars in the hole, desperately asking for help from Washington leaders who would rather forget all about him. Many New Yorkers feel the same way.

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ROBERT ORTT & PAMELA HELMING

LA’RON SINGLETARY

The political pendulum was unexpectedly swinging back towards the Republicans in early 2020. Some among them even thought that they had a chance to regain a significant chunk of the ground they’d lost in the state Senate to the Democrats in 2018. While the coronavirus pandemic sucked months’ worth of political oxygen away from the 2020 campaign, the biggest civil unrest in decades gave Minority Leader Robert Ortt and state Senate GOP Campaign Committee Chair Pamela Helming an opening to make Democrats pay for all those progressive reforms they enacted over the past two years. Sure, the libs had money to work with, but the Republicans had the cops on their side and, as the campaign reached the final stretch, millions in campaign cash through a super PAC funded by conservative donor Ronald Lauder. The super PAC made the same case President Donald Trump was making nationwide about mythical antifa super-criminals run amok.

Election night results made it look like the strategy worked, but a deluge of left-leaning absentee ballots meant Democrats ended up picking up seats and scoring their supermajority that cuts the GOP out of the legislative redistricting process. If there is a next time for Ortt and Helming, they might want to wait until all the votes are counted before declaring victory – though we all know who was the brains behind that idea.

As protests against police brutality continued across the nation at the end of the summer, sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, some news came out of Rochester on Sept. 2. A Black man, naked at the time of his arrest and experiencing a mental health crisis, had been suffocated to death by police. And what’s more, Daniel Prude died two months before Floyd, yet his death only hit the papers when his family publicly released body camera footage that showed police covering Prude’s face with a hood and kneeling on his back. That it took months for details to emerge sparked outrage and accusations of a cover-up. Police treated the death like a drug overdose, despite the medical examiner’s conclusion otherwise, and kept quiet about it for months. At the center of the outrage was then-Police Chief La’Ron Singletary and Mayor Lovely Warren. One weathered the backlash, the other didn’t. After a week straight of protests, Singletary abruptly announced that he would retire, along with the entire command staff. But the situation worsened when the city released a trove of documents that bolstered the claims of a cover-up. Among apparent evidence, a top deputy in the police department suggested in a June email to Singletary that going public with Prude’s death might cause “potentially violent blowback” as protests against police brutality rocked the nation. Singletary’s response? “I totally agree.” In light of the new information, Warren fired Singletary before his scheduled retirement. He reportedly learned of the decision on social media.

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FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT IN 2020 FOR THE PAST several years, City & State has closed out the year with a list of leaders in the private sector who are actively seeking to help New Yorkers and make our state a better place. It was a nice, uplifting feature that reminded us all that there’s more to life than making money as we brainstorm our own New Year’s resolutions.

But 2020 was different. As we shut ourselves in our homes and lost family, friends and neighbors to a deadly pandemic, and as the federal government abdicated responsibility, it fell on state and local governments and private institutions to do the responsible thing and pick up the slack to help New Yorkers in their time of need.

City & State is pleased to announce the 2020 edition of The Responsible 100, our annual list honoring individuals whose work is making life better in communities in New York City and across the state. The leaders recognized below work in government, business, health care, education and nonprofit organizations, among other fields.

We asked each of them to tell us about their work, provide insight on social responsibility and share the best advice they have ever received. Read on to learn more about this year’s Responsible 100.

The responses have been edited for length and style.

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BIE AWEH

Senior People Growth Manager for Women and URT Development DoorDash

K. KIM ATTERBURY JUAN A. ARTEAGA

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Partner Crowell & Moring LLP

Tell us about your work.

One of the things that I enjoy most about my work is helping my clients craft their legal strategies while also helping them to minimize any business and reputational risks presented by a matter.

Best advice you ever received?

When I graduated from law school, my mother told me that I had been blessed with the privilege of becoming an attorney but emphasized that with this privilege comes the obligation to use the voice and platform I have been given to help and serve the neediest members of society.

She stressed that lawyers had always played a pivotal role in helping to address the inequities and injustices in the world and that it was incumbent on me to continue that proud tradition.

Senior Vice President of Media Relations and Communications Recording Industry Association of America

Tell us about your work.

I develop integrated strategies that help promote and advance high-impact public policy agendas. I get to work across industry, advocacy organizations, and with policymakers to tell compelling stories about the way music and the recording industry benefit people’s daily lives.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s using your position or platform to benefit society.

I achieve this by applying a strategic lens to my work that ensures that I’m not only impacting the business and entity I’m working with, but also guaranteeing a broader outcome, driven by my lived experiences, that benefits people and the community.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Lift as you climb.

Tell us about your work.

I manage DoorDash’s career accelerator programs for women of all backgrounds and people of color.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility is about centering the needs and lives of people on the margins (BIPOC, Trans folks, people with disabilities, etc). It’s an acknowledgment that the advancement of the most vulnerable populations needs to be a part of our business strategy. I achieve this by helping the company connect to the people and stories of those within the local economies we wish to empower.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

You are only as successful as the people you bring up and along with you.

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DANIELLE AZOULAY Vice President of Sustainability and CSR L’Oréal USA

Tell us about your work.

My job is to ensure we are pushing the boundaries on sustainability to transform our company into a sustainability leader in the US. What does social responsibility mean to you?

I don’t want people to feel like they have to be one person at home that cares deeply about the environment and their community, and at work, they have to be something different.

We have a corporate culture that cares deeply about these issues and is reflected in our work day to day.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

If you do a job just for the money, you’re never going to feel like you have enough. If you do it for a greater purpose, you will have something else that drives your fulfillment.

“You are only as successful as the people you bring up and along with you.”

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CEO Silicon Harlem

Tell us about your work.

I have set a vision that everyone needs a connection.

This vision allows my work to be people-centric, technologyforward and reaching economic parity throughout NYC. I use interconnectedness and infrastructure as a platform, and therefore I’m able to attract attention to the uptown community as an investment. My favorite outcome is to create opportunities for all.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s about being peoplecentric. For me, that requires kindness, fairness and empathy.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Time is more important than money and power. Learn to ask great questions and learn how to answer the questions.

DAVID BARCLAY II

Regional Sales Manager Hāpara Tell us about your work.

My external role is to work with schools looking for ways to best educate their students using mobile devices within the Google education ecosystem. Internally, I take what I’m hearing out in the field back to our Product Team to help ensure our tools are meeting the needs of today’s educators and learners.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

For me, and in my role at Hapara, it is supporting equity in education, and how technology can help bridge the gap.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Keep reading challenging material, and then write what you think to learn what you know.

“We must be responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable individuals in our communities.”

JEFFREY BARKER

New York State President Bank of America Tell us about your work.

I serve as Bank of America’s leader in New York. My team works to connect businesses, families and individuals to the banking and investment teams that will help improve their financial lives. We also deploy Bank of America’s resources locally to address social and economic concerns and build strong communities.

ELVIRA BARONE

CEO Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural and Affairs (NAICA) Tell us about your work.

I oversee the fiscal, administrative and program operations for the Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Inc.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

An important part of this work is forming strong partnerships with nonprofits and advocacy groups, such as community, consumer and environmental organizations, to bring together our collective networks and expertise to achieve positive impacts on our community.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means being aware of the problems faced by people struggling to overcome barriers that prevent them from being able to fully integrate into the fabric of society. It also means to me that we must be responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable individuals in our communities and stand ready to roll up our sleeves and jump in to effectuate change.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Be visible, transparent, responsive, and engage clients and teammates throughout the organization.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

The advice I remember most is to be a team player. This advice came from colleagues throughout my career.

SUBMITTED; KATHLEEN BARCLAY; BANK OF AMERICA; TONY CHAMP

CLAYTON BANKS

December 7, 2020

We have your back, New York.

This year was full of unprecedented challenges for New Yorkers. Through it all, the real estate industry showed up as we always do – as the key civic partner for our State and our City by: • Supporting Front-Line Workers by connecting them with housing and PPE. • Donating to Prevent Food Insecurity to The Bowery Mission and Citymeals on Wheels.

• Instituting a Voluntary Eviction Moratorium to ensure New Yorkers could shelter in place safely.

• Launching Project Parachute to help keep our most vulnerable in their homes.

The Real Estate Board of New York is proud of our industry’s generous tradition of philanthropy and volunteerism. We will continue to work together to meet our challenges and help ensure a brighter future for New York.

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Project Parachute assists those who are not otherwise eligible for government assistance. To date, more than 80% of those served are from undocumented households.

Our industry has raised more than $11 million to support this effort. A pledge from you can provide fellow New Yorkers with safe shelter, rent relief and communitybased rental assistance counseling and supportive services.

Support Project Parachute today through a sponsorship or donation.

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City & State New York

SINGLETON BEATO Chief Diversity and Engagement Officer McCann Worldgroup

HECTOR BATISTA

SUBMITTED; SINGLETON BEATO; WHITNEY BENNER; RICK BRUNER

Executive Vice Chancellor and COO The City University of New York What does social responsibility mean to you?

When I was appointed CUNY’s COO in July 2019, I was eager to help advance its mission to provide students with a valuable and affordable education. As a person of color who came from a modest background, social responsibility means that I am committed to providing our students with a pathway to the middle class and beyond that will in turn have a positive impact on the future of our city and state.

Best advice you ever received?

The best advice I have received came from a professional mentor who said, “Surround yourself with people who have opinions that are different from your own, as they will offer you different perspectives that can only enrich your decision making.”

Tell us about your work.

My job entails designing and leading strategic initiatives that increase organizational capacity, innovation and growth. I enjoy what I do because I know that people are more fulfilled, and companies are most successful when their company culture is fully inclusive.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility means leveraging a company’s resources to drive positive and meaningful change in society.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

To move toward, or take on challenges that scare me.

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WHITNEY BENNER Chief People Officer Dataminr

Tell us about your work.

I drive key initiatives and best practices, and provide strategic direction and expertise for the global human resources function.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s important that we prioritize doing our part in encouraging and inspiring those around us to responsibly participate in taking civic action to shape our country and the world we want to live in. Our Social Impact program is one of the ways we bring this to life.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

The most impactful, comforting piece of advice I’ve received was that introversion is not a barrier to being a successful leader. That was a real game-changer for me!

“Surround yourself with people who have opinions that are different from your own.”

PEG BREEN

President The New York Landmarks Conservancy Tell us about your work.

Running one of the oldest and largest preservation organizations in the country and helping people in the city’s diverse communities save homes and institutions is very soul-satisfying. We’re preserving the city we love.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Our loans and grants have always assisted people in New York’s underserved communities. We have often been the only source of outside help for a homeowner, local nonprofit or religious institution trying to restore their building. We also advocate to officially landmark buildings and neighborhoods that matter to diverse communities and try to protect these from inappropriate development.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Trust your gut.

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MARK CANNIZZARO Partner and Leader of Diversity Compliance Practice Group Harris Beach PLLC

KAREN CAHN

Tell us about your work.

My job entails advising and counseling clients to address legal issues they may confront during their respective activities.

Tell us about your work.

As founder and CEO of IFundWomen, which is the go-to funding marketplace for women-owned businesses and the people who want to support them, my team and I eat, sleep and breathe driving funding to women entrepreneurs.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means recognizing and acknowledging the need for society to reach social equity in terms of addressing inequalities with respect to economics, racial disparity and political power. I achieve it by working with clients who serve those in need, providing them with top-flight, skilled legal advice to accomplish their respective missions.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

It was from a senior African American attorney who advised me to work within the system in order to change it.

Founder and CEO IFundWomen

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means giving everyone the access they deserve and need to thrive. At IFundWomen, we are all about access: access to capital, access to coaches and mentors that look like you, access to the connections that push you forward. We’ve supported our entrepreneurs as they’ve raised over $50 million in capital and created thousands of jobs.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Fail fast and fail cheap.

President The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators

GISELE CASTRO

Tell us about your work.

I represent over 16,000 in-service and retired New York City school leaders and early childhood directors, protecting their well-earned rights, advocating on their behalf, and supporting their efforts to provide our city’s students with a well-rounded education.

Tell us about your work.

As executive director, I am responsible for exalt and the strategic plan of the organization. What gives me great joy is advancing our youth, my staff, and the communities that we serve.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

We have a duty to make certain our behaviors benefit not just ourselves and our loved ones but all of society.

Education changes lives and often saves lives; we take that responsibility seriously.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

The students who are the most difficult to connect with are often also the students who need the most support.

Educators quickly learn that you must never give up on a child!

Executive Director exalt

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility means to me to improve the lives of so many youth involved in the justice system by advancing exalt’s vision through growing the organization to a new level.

I have taken exalt to more than double the size of the approved budget when I took the position in 2016. Social responsibility, in its simplest form, is “education versus incarceration.” Taking young people out of the school-toprison pipeline by improving their lives, removing the burden of incarceration, and demonstrating to the world, that this can indeed be done.

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NYSID Salutes

Maureen E. O’Brien President & CEO

Socially Responsible Citizen, Contributor to a Better New York For All

Congratulations to all of the City & State Responsible 100.

“A job can change everything: the way you view yourself, your capabilities, and your fit and impact on the world around you. I firmly believe that those who want to work should be given the opportunity to do so to achieve a significantly better quality of life.”

Maureen E. O’Brien

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New York State Industries for the Disabled, Inc. (NYSID)

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APTIM would like to thank Mark Fallon, our Chairman & CEO, for his leadership in making us among the organizations in the Responsible 100.

BUILD. MAINTAIN. RESTORE. SUSTAIN. We deliver extraordinary results by merging inspired innovation with an empowered workforce.

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ALFRED CERULLO

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President and CEO Grand Central Partnership Tell us about your work.

My job entails leading a neighborhood-based, hyperlocal, fully funded nonprofit focused on beautifying and maintaining the public realm and providing public safety initiatives while promoting our businesses to foster a thriving and vibrant central business district.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Focusing on an individual’s obligation to work and cooperate with others for the benefit of society at large, particularly often underserved communities and constituencies around our city.

Best advice you ever received?

The best advice I ever received came from my mom when I was very young: “Keep your nose clean!” For my family, this meant stay out of trouble, mind your own business and work as hard as you can.

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PETA-GAY CLARKE Diversity Manager Google

Tell us about your work.

My job entails helping Google examine their pathway opportunities, their products, and offering interventions or solutions to make Google more diverse, inclusive and equitable.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s acknowledging that we live in a world where there are groups of people that have been experiencing disadvantages for years and in some cases generations, and that as members of society we have a civic duty to use whatever privilege we have to authentically and empathetically show up and help these communities.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

You can’t be everything to everybody. Do what you can, with the resources you have, wherever you are.

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JOEL M. COHEN

Partner Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Tell us about your work.

I co-chair the white collar and investigations practice at Gibson Dunn, a leading global law firm. I regularly defend companies and individuals in connection with criminal, regulatory and civil matters, and try cases in federal and state courts.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s about practical and moral imperatives. Democracy depends on contributions from citizens to thrive. It also is morally necessary to contribute. My religious tradition teaches that anything that helps repair the world is a blessing.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Listen, think of the answer, answer, then stop talking.

This is advice I give to clients preparing to testify, but it applies equally to everyone at all times.

CATHLEEN COLLINS Principal, Social Impact Capalino

Tell us about your work.

I get to work with a mix of companies and nonprofits to help meet their goals, from developing programs for companies – including grantmaking, employee engagement and partnership development – to helping nonprofit organizations secure new funding, navigate government agencies, or plan for future sustainability.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It simply means always striving for the most positive impact you can have with the resources available to you – whether you are an individual, a small startup or a large corporation.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Trust your instincts and practice authenticity. There is no one way to lead or manage change.

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Partner, Bolton-St. Johns Co-Founder, DalyGonzalez Tell us about your work.

My job entails lobbying that includes government and community engagement to support our clients ranging from nonprofits, tech companies and mixed-use affordable housing developers.

I love my work because at the core, it’s about building public-private partnerships to create sustainable and long lasting outcomes with our clients and government.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility means giving back to our communities. In my work, I achieve this by being a strategic partner with our clients to help nurture relationships both in government and in the private sector. Personally, I serve on the boards of directors of several nonprofits and give back philanthropically and by volunteering on a variety of committees.

STEPHEN DAHMER Chief Medical Officer Vireo Health

Tell us about your work.

One of the most important roles of a physician is to be a patient advocate. This same advocacy and service attitude has influenced my role with a company that has now served over 75,000 patients with safe, all-natural, cannabis-based products via a compassionate and informed patient experience.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

To take into consideration the impact of every decision you make on the world that we all inhabit.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

My grandmother, before she passed, shared her favorite prayer, which I say daily: “Today is my day of opportunity. What fine assets I have – my home, my family, my job, my health. I have so many blessings. I will do my best all day and God will help me. I am glad to be alive.”

SETH DIAMOND

CEO Westchester Jewish Community Services Tell us about your work.

Westchester Jewish Community Services is one of the largest human service agencies in Westchester, providing care to people of all ages and diverse backgrounds who are confronting significant challenges. I enjoy working with programs that are deeply invested in helping people overcome their personal obstacles and live the best life they can.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It is a commitment to the people you are serving to help them confront their most difficult challenges, and to work together with your colleagues to build a better community.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

“All roads lead to where you stand.” Take where you are, make the best of it and move forward.

KENNY DICHTER Founder and CEO Wheels Up

Tell us about your work.

The Wheels Up team, along with our network of members, customers, investors and ambassadors, are committed to lending our support to philanthropic organizations that truly matter to us. I am very proud of our Wheels Up Cares program where we custom paint aircraft to serve as flying symbols of the causes we care deeply about.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It is heartbreaking to see how the global pandemic is devastating families. I was inspired by watching how people were helping their neighbors. Wheels Up created Meals Up with our partners and Ambassadors Russell and Ciara Wilson. We partnered with Feeding America to help address the growing need.

LEWIS DALY; VIREO HEALTH; WJCS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE; WHEELS UP

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December 7, 2020

When 100 individuals step up together, to achieve something greater than themselves, the entire community prospers.

Congratulations to Wheels Up Founder & CEO Kenny Dichter and all The Responsible 100 honorees of 2020.

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The magic of DoorDash is in the perfect recipe of Dashers, merchants, and customers working to feed, supply, and support our local communities during this crucial time.

Together—while apart—we can achieve ambitious goals and drive one another to greater heights.

DoorDash is delivering a meaningful impact every day.

December 7, 2020

City & State New York

STEPHEN DONOFRIO

Founder and Principal Greenpoint Innovations and Greenpoint Earth Tell us about your work.

I have worked in environmental science and climate change solutions my entire career.

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE; GREENPOINT INNOVATIONS; DAVIANA DORIA; NYC SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES

JOHN W. DIETRICH

President and CEO Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility means being committed to our people, the communities in which we operate, and the world. It also means being a catalyst for economic and social progress. Corporate citizenship is firmly rooted in our core values.

Best advice you ever received?

I have had the good fortune of working for and succeeding very talented, inspirational leaders throughout my career.

When I was rewarded with my first promotion early in my professional journey, my trusted mentor and boss offered me a piece of advice that has always served as a constant guide. It was as simple as this: “Be yourself.”

Authenticity is at the heart of every great leader.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Protecting the planet from the harm humans have caused is a moral obligation we owe our children. I’ve been lucky to work with giants in the field and organizations leading on global climate solutions like UNICEF, UN SDG Action Campaign, and Climate Week NYC to raise awareness of this truly existential threat.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

It came from my grandma.

She taught me the importance of having quiet strength, determination and acceptance of all people.

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GILDA DORIA

Corporate Social Responsibility Lead IBM Tell us about your work.

I manage IBM Corporate Social Responsibility’s portfolio for eight states on the east coast. This is for both internal stakeholders (IBM employees and executives) and external stakeholders (nonprofits).

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s understanding that talent is universal – but that opportunity is not. It is my life’s mission to use the resources available through technology to bring resources to the people that need them most.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

“Focus on the process of being great, not being great.”

Greatness is not a destination, it is a constant desire of striving for more, growing, and evolving.

“Be authentic! Be yourself and bring all of you to whatever you do.”

JONNEL DORIS

Commissioner NYC Department of Small Business Services Tell us about your work.

I am charged with leading a city agency that helps unlock economic potential and create economic security by connecting New Yorkers to good jobs, creating stronger businesses and building thriving neighborhoods across the five boroughs.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

For my agency, it means weaving these principles into how we distribute our resources equitably to all 240,000 small businesses in our city and guide business creation and growth. We must advocate on behalf of New York City’s hard-working business community and to continually be there for them.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Be authentic! Be yourself and bring all of you to whatever you do.

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Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP

NANCY DOWNING

DEMETRIC DUCKETT

Tell us about your work.

My role entails leading and supporting a team of dedicated professionals in fulfilling the Covenant House mission to serve youth experiencing homelessness with absolute respect and unconditional love. We help to build bridges from homelessness to hope; we help to build a community of support for our youth; and we celebrate each wonderfully unique youth for who they are and where they are in their lives.

Tell us about your work.

I oversee two $40 million structured debt funds: the Catalyst Fund, which is fully deployed, and the Blended Catalyst Fund. As managing director for Capital for the New Majority, I lead the vision for Living Cities’ third investment vehicle.

Executive Director Covenant House New York

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means ensuring that the most vulnerable among us have what they need not only so they can survive but so they can thrive.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Live and love wholeheartedly and humbly.

Managing Director Living Cities

What does social responsibility mean to you?

From the social sector’s perspective, social responsibility must go beyond good intentions and charitable efforts. From our point of view, closing the wealth gap is not about charity but about survival.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

A dear friend told me: Remember how it felt experiencing the ocean when you were 3 versus 30? You realize that the ocean didn’t change; you did.

Tell us about your work.

I focus on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, financing, joint ventures and development, with respect to a variety of assets, including shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and resorts, multiuse developments, industrial properties and multifamily developments.

MARTIN DUNN

Founder and President Dunn Development Corp.

Tell us about your work.

We’re a mission-driven developer that builds awardwinning affordable and supportive housing for lowand moderate-income New Yorkers, including the formerly homeless and those with disabilities.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means understanding that you are endowed with certain privileges and that you must work to positively affect outcomes for those with whom you work as well as members of your community.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Making the world a more just and equitable place; seeing and embracing the humanity in others; and giving of yourself. As long as we wait for others to solve the problems facing our communities and our world, there will be no solutions.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Whether you are a paralegal, junior associate or shareholder, operate as if you are the last line of defense between the deal succeeding or failing.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

My father always encouraged us to take the initiative if we saw something that needed to be done – to go ahead do it and never assume someone else would.

“From our point of view, closing the wealth gap is not about charity but about survival.”

CHANTAL HEIJNEN; LIVING CITIES; GREENBERG TRAURIG; DUNN DEVELOPMENT CORP.

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Mark Cannizzaro President | HENRY RUBIO executive vice President | ROSEMARIE SINCLAIR First vice President

United Way of New York City (UWNYC) is accepting applications for funding through the federal Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP) to support the services of local emergency food and shelter providers.

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Awards are available through a competitive application process to private voluntary organizations and to local government agencies serving the public free of charge and having: an accounting system and checking account; a Federal Employer’s tax payer Identification Number (FEIN); an emergency food or shelter program operating at least six months at the time of application. Private nonprofit organizations must also have a voluntary board of directors, practice nondiscrimination and must not proselytize.

Organizations with a budget of $25,000 or more must provide a statement of certified, independent audit.

Applications are now available at www.feednyc.org and are due January 8, 2021. Please contact Loresa Wright (lwright@uwnyc.org) or Miguelina Diaz (mdiaz@uwnyc.org) with any questions.

December 7, 2020

MARISA ESTRELLA

Founder and President Worldwide Veterans and Family Service

MARISA ESTRELLA; SUBMITTED; MICHAEL D’AMBROSIA; FISHER BROTHERS

Tell us about your work.

Because I’m a disabled veteran, honorably discharged in 2006, I know first-hand the challenges our military men and women face returning to civilian life. My goal is to reduce homelessness among our veterans, help them to have a dignified life and reduce the suicides among veterans.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

That an individual has an obligation to work and cooperate with other individuals and organizations for the benefit of society at large – and I achieve it in my work when we work together to provide support and help to our veterans with their needs.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

“Marisa, keep doing the good work that you have been doing.”

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MARK FALLON Chair and CEO APTIM

Tell us about your work.

My job is to ensure that my more than 5,000 teammates have the resources, support and tools that they require to serve our clients and communities safely, reliably and profitably.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

To me, social responsibility means honoring social contracts as well as commercial contracts. These social contracts exist between our company and our talented people, between the people who I lead and myself, and between APTIM and the communities we serve. We are proud of the work that we do to make communities more resilient, to restore the natural environment and to enhance the built environment.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

“If it doesn’t make a difference, then it is not worth doing.”

“Social responsibility can be leveraged to improve people, planet and profit.”

RICK FEDRIZZI

Executive Chair International WELL Building Institute Tell us about your work.

I am always questioning myself on whether I’m the coach or the cheerleader.

I have often found that combination and tension has worked well for me.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s a moral imperative that also happens to be the biggest business opportunity of the 21st century. Contrary to conventional beliefs, social responsibility can be leveraged to improve people, planet and profit.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

On a business level, it was to never let your marketing get out in front of your technology.

On a personal level, my dad told me a long time ago that “there’s no problem that can’t be solved by taking a long walk in the woods.”

KEN FISHER

Partner Fisher Brothers Chair Fisher House Foundation Tell us about your work.

I oversee the leasing, operations, and marketing of our real estate portfolio.

Additionally, I serve as the cochair of the Intrepid Museum and chair and CEO of the Fisher House Foundation.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means giving back to your community, setting an example for others to follow, recognizing unmet needs, and working to fulfill those needs.

It is up to all of us to do what we can. “Thank you for your service” is nice, but it’s not enough.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

That if you want to make a difference in this world, giving money is not enough – you need to find time to give as well.

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LAURA FRUITMAN

Co-Founder and General Manager The Right To Shower Entrepreneur-in-Residence Unilever Tell us about your work.

I founded a social enterprise brand of high-quality soaps and body washes that donates profits to bringing showers to people living on the streets.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

I believe we can use the power of business to make a sustainable and substantive impact in the world we live in.

I work to use my business and brand to drive social change, to ensure that everyone has the right to health, hygiene and dignity.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

You’ll hear “no” more than “yes.” It’s up to you to decide how hard you want to work, and keep pushing to make it a “yes.”

MILES GARDINER Director, Americas City Football Group

Tell us about your work.

My role is to grow the game of soccer in the U.S., and expand the reach of the UK team Manchester City and City Football Group (owners of New York City FC) to a U.S. audience.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Being able to take a step back and look at your personal and collective actions and recognize how they impact the different stakeholders affected by those decisions.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

“You want to have been able to look back on your life and feel pride in the relationships you have cherished, the laughter you have shared and not the objects you have accumulated.” – Muriel Schwartz

Transit and Rail Market Leader WSP USA Inc.

Tell us about your work.

In March of 2020 my career became intensely focused on helping shape the public transportation industry’s response to COVID-19. It was the first time in my career that my professional backgrounds in public health, epidemiology and public transportation came together.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s about bringing an altruistic mindset to the day’s events.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

It was from Jerry Jannetti, one of my mentors. He said, “Help make everyone around you successful, and you will make yourself indispensable in the process.” That drives how I serve my family, my colleagues, my clients and my community.

JUNIUS J. GONZALES

Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs New York Institute of Technology Tell us about your work.

I oversee all aspects of academic affairs, faculty affairs, student engagement and development and research and scholarship for New York Tech.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s the idea that individuals must work not only for their individual benefits, but contribute positive change efforts for a greater group, like communities and society.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Be grateful for the sharing of experiences with others, and be mindful that those represent only a snapshot.

And never forget your own lived experiences. Understand, if possible, how they can, sometimes through joy and pain, help you make a more positive impact on those around you.

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CORINNE HAMMONS

President and CEO Little Flower Children and Family Services Tell us about your work.

I am responsible for implementing the strategic vision of our organization, helping children and adults to reach their full potential.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility has always meant to me that we are all interconnected and interdependent. Our actions and choices affect all of us, so each of us should be considerate and thoughtful in our actions and words.

Best advice you ever received?

It’s from my mom and dad: Work hard, be conscientious, make careful decisions and get up in the morning and put one foot in front of the other!

JOHN S. HARRIS

Senior Director of Policy Lyft

Tell us about your work.

I spend most of my time advocating for client interests, interacting with decision makers, NGOs and staff.

Tell us about your work.

I work with colleagues throughout our business to deliver services and benefits to drivers, riders and the communities where we operate.

Partner Brown & Weinraub PLLC

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Working to make the world we live in a better, healthier place that provides opportunities for all is how I view social responsibility. It also requires us to give back where possible.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

“You earn your luck.” My college soccer coach was fond of saying this phrase.

Whether on the athletic field, in business or personal life, I’ve found that when you work hard at something, you typically generate more opportunities for success.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means care and protection for your community and supporting short- and longterm sustainability. It includes Lyft’s commitment to have 100% electric vehicles on our platform by 2030, making us less reliant on fossil fuels and improving air quality.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

My parents always told me I could do anything I set my mind to. That support and encouragement, especially at such a young age, gave me the confidence and courage to do hard things in my life.

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Founder and CEO Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation Tell us about your work.

My job is to continue providing access to gymnastics to underserved communities and empower urban youth by improving their physical and emotional health through the sport.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means supporting the community and making an effort to bring positive change.

Outside of the gym, I try to teach the gymnasts the importance of giving back so that they can be better students and citizens.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

My experiences have taught me that when you get knocked down, get back up and keep going. Life can be challenging, but it’s important to have a strong mentality and know the value you bring to the table.

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Founder and CEO Unqork

Tell us about your work.

I founded Unqork to give enterprises a way to build better software, faster and at a lower cost without having to write any code.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s important to me to build an organization that not only prioritizes diversity and inclusion across all teams, but strives to create technologies that can genuinely make our society better. Locally, Unqork is an active participant in HERE2HERE by giving New York high schoolers real job experience as apprentice employees.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Hire people that are not like you. You will appreciate ethos most when challenges come your way and you get to see many different perspectives.

MICHAEL HOLTZ Founder and CEO SmartFlyer

Tell us about your work.

My role is to advocate for our discerning clients to ensure they have the most seamless trip possible.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

I feel it’s my social responsibility as a business owner to create a supportive environment for our team, with mental health and sustainability as causes I support through donations to nonprofits and carbon-offset programs.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

At a young age, I remember being told, “You have two ears and one mouth – listen more and speak less!” When you truly listen to what millennials and Gen Z have to say, you’ll be amazed at how their perspective can open your eyes.

WALTER JIN KEITH R. JACQUES

Partner-in-Charge Albany Office of Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP Tell us about your work.

I serve as the team leader for my firm’s public sector labor practice, representing one of New York’s largest law enforcement unions as its chief lobbyist and counsel.

Advocating for better working conditions for the men and women of New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, who perform some of the most difficult and dangerous jobs in the state, is what drives me.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

I think the best advice I have ever received is twofold: Stand up for what you believe is right; and realize that God has placed you exactly where He wants you since He doesn’t make mistakes.

Chair and CEO Pager Tell us about your work.

I enjoy realizing our mission and vision to provide people with a “doctor in the family” experience.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

I specifically came out of retirement to assist in the historic digital transformation that the industry is experiencing. COVID has accelerated that change, and it is a reminder of the importance of being involved in the transformation of how we deliver and manage health care.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

I had the opportunity to go to law school; I loved studying philosophy and constitutional law. My boss – a lawyer turned banker – advised me to pass on law school, and that led to my run in health care.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO

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Outstanding Corporate Citizen

YOUR COLLEAGUES AT PONCE BANK THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE WAY

Congratulations to the Responsible 100 for their invaluable contributions to New York in 2020

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CRAIG M. JOHNSON Founder and CEO Long Point Advisors

KIRSTEN JOHN FOY President and CEO The Arc of Justice

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Tell us about your work.

My job entails fighting for oppressed and marginalized individuals and communities by innovating public and private sector policies and practices to incorporate justice, equity and equality.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility means full recognition of our obligations under the social contract of civil society ... the meting out of justice, equal protection under law, and equal access to all areas of civil life.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

That we love one another as Christ loves us.

Tell us about your work.

My firm provides forwardthinking government relations strategy and counseling to companies, organizations and individuals that helps them navigate the complex and dynamic government systems in New York state.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

I believe we all have an obligation to ensure that our actions improve our society. That was one of the reasons why I originally entered public service and why I continue to serve as an advocate for my clients.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

My late mother (and mentor) always advised me, “Make sure you don’t kick those persons you pass as you climb the ladder of success. You may need them if you slip down the very same ladder.”

“We all must use our gifts to ensure that we destroy the impact of systemic racism.”

DAMYN KELLY

President and CEO Lutheran Social Services of NY

JESSICA JOHNSON-COPE

President Johnson Security Bureau, Inc. Tell us about your work.

My job entails working with key New York City institutions to develop strategies for safety and security while creating jobs to empower those often overlooked.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility is the legacy we live and subsequently leave. My work allows me to connect people with opportunities that allow them to improve their social stature.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Be a lady and a scholar.

Tell us about your work.

I serve as the leader and chief strategist of Lutheran Social Services of NY. What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means that we all must use our gifts, influence and knowledge to ensure that we destroy the impact of systemic and structural racism. We must look at the work that we do through a racial and social justice lens, and understand that disparities in education, opportunity, employment, housing and health care, among others, prevent a whole segment of society from reaching their fullest potential.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Everyone, no matter their age, social status, educational level, etc., has some knowledge that can benefit you.

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NICK KENNER

Founder and CEO Just Salad Tell us about your work.

I work closely with an amazing leadership team to deliver on our mission: To make everyday health and sustainability possible. I have three children and want to leave a habitable world for them.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s doing the right thing for the common good and holding people accountable for their actions. Our company has integrated sustainability into every facet of our business in order to maximize our efforts to save the planet. We hope to inspire other companies to take sustainability more seriously.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Focus on what you can control.

Tell us about your work.

Over the last 15 years, I’ve had the opportunity to lead the revitalization of two massive but underutilized industrial complexes, first at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and now at Industry City.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility in my work is focused on opportunity and collaboration: for small businesses and entrepreneurs to grow and collaborate with like-minded makers and innovators; for local residents, through collaboration with local workforce development entities, to access jobs near to where they live that pay well and provide career pathways in sectors relevant to today and the future; for students, in collaboration with local high schools and colleges, to interface with businesses through internships and experiential learning opportunities.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Vacant, abandoned buildings from another era are an opportunity, not a burden.

MATTHEW KIRKPATRICK Vice President of Business Development for Nonprofits Paymerang

Tell us about your work.

I help out nonprofits with our unique accounts payable solution, lightening their load and making their lives easier so they can focus on their mission. Nonprofits do so much good, it’s nice to be able to give back to them and help.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Being a productive part of your community as well as being a citizen of the world. I like to educate organizations about our solution and see if I can help them with full transparency.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

You can’t always control the result or your performance – but you can always control your effort and attitude.

JESSICA LAPPIN

President Alliance for Downtown New York Tell us about your work.

I’m so proud to lead an organization of dedicated professionals who provide innovative service, advocacy, research and information – all in order to advance Lower Manhattan as a model of a 21st century Central Business District. What’s not to love?!

What does social responsibility mean to you?

To be animated by a sense of service and always be mindful of the impacts our work has beyond each individual program or decision.

Understanding how the work fits into larger issues and to conduct ourselves in a way that comports with ethical considerations. Being able to execute with excellence demands an awareness of the moral and social dimensions of the work we do.

“You can’t always control the result – but you can always control your effort and attitude.”

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PAUL P. MAK CRAIG LONGLEY

Executive Director Catholic Guardian Services

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Executive Director Teach Coalition

Tell us about your work.

I fight on behalf of New York’s 400,000 nonpublic school students – a number that is larger than the public school population in a dozen states.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means taking an honest look around – at yourself, at your family, and at your community. It means refusing to accept other people’s pain and troubles as unavoidable or just “the way things are.” It means using all your G-d-given abilities, strengths, and resources to do your part and make it better.

Best advice you ever received?

Someone once told me that you have to know your why.

Why are you doing what you’re doing?

Tell us about your work.

I lead Catholic Guardian Services, a venerable multiservice human service organization with over 130 years of serving some of the most underserved and oppressed populations and communities in New York City. My goal is to help build stronger families and healthier communities.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility means listening to the people and communities we serve, understanding the systemic obstacles they face, empowering them to identify the solutions that will help them to break through those barriers and achieve their goals, and helping to create the avenues for successful outcomes.

President and CEO Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Tell us about your work.

Overseeing 400 staff members in implementing a wide array of human services such as day care, youth and adult education, senior citizen services, social services, entitlement applications, crime prevention and victim’s compensation, community development services and so on. Serving as a liaison between the Asian communities and the government and private sectors.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Life is a gift; it offers the opportunity to learn, to experience, to contribute and to make a difference for the betterment of our society, and that all worthy achievements are always accomplished with hard work, persistence, sacrifice, flexibility and dedication.

“Life is a gift; it offers the opportunity to learn, to experience, and to make a difference.”

DAVID MANSUR

Partner Culver Place Strategies Tell us about your work.

Culver Place Strategies is proud to bring fundraising successes to progressive candidates and issue-based campaigns and organizations.

We have dedicated significant pro bono resources to LGBTQ PACs, including TransPAC’s work to pass GENDA in Albany and bring nondiscrimination protections to trans New Yorkers.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Using one’s influence to improve the lives of marginalized people and forward issues that uplift and empower. As an LGBTQowned business, social responsibility is uniquely embedded into our firm’s values, tactics and the clients we work with.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

That if you want to make a difference, you need to get off the bench and take the field with pride.

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HARRIET MCDONALD Executive Vice President The Doe Fund Chair and Commissioner New York City Commission on Human Rights

Tell us about your work.

I run the agency responsible for enforcing the antidiscrimination and antiharassment protections across New York City. I am privileged to work with a staff passionate about human rights and to work with a diversity of communities and neighborhoods that make New York City such a vibrant, welcoming city for all.

Tell us about your work.

I co-founded The Doe Fund’s Ready, Willing & Able program, which for 30 years has provided paid work, continuing education, career development training, social services and housing to homeless and formerly incarcerated men.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

At both the individual level and organizational level, we are accountable to each other and responsible for making our communities -- however we define them -- places where everyone can live with dignity and respect.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means providing solutions to the systemic crises our nation faces: poverty, recidivism, and racial and economic injustice.

It also means providing a continuum of care. That’s why we’ve pivoted key programs in response to COVID-19, from our street cleaning crews performing enhanced disinfecting services, to emergency stipends for graduates facing eviction or unemployment, to vocational training for a workforce that has gone remote.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Be yourself. Be comfortable being yourself.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Show others empathy and love.

EDDIE McWILLIAMS BRANDEE McHALE

Head of Community Investing and Development at Citi President of the Citi Foundation What’s the best advice you ever received?

My career really accelerated when I realized that what mattered was not managing up, but managing sideways: connecting with peers, being a dependable colleague, and recognizing that outstanding long-term results are powered by great teams, not individual contributors. One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given was that “slowing down is fundamental to great decision-making.” In our fast-paced environment where instant decisions are often expected, this may seem counter-intuitive. But sleeping on a decision can often help you see things you didn’t consider at first, and help uncover your unconscious bias.

Organizing Director New York City District Council of Carpenters

Tell us about your work.

I am privileged to help union carpenters, union contractors and developers succeed in a very challenging industry.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

The New York City construction industry requires respect for every person involved in the process.

It’s simply not a genuine commitment to the NYC Construction Industry not to provide employer-sponsored training in safety and skill, health care, retirement security and good wages.

The New York City District Council of Carpenters does that collectively, in partnership with the very best contractors in New York City.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Listen, listen, listen – and ask questions.

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Congratulations to Partner Todd Bullard

one of New York’s Most Outstanding Corporate Citizens Thank you for striving for a better community

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The Board of Directors and Staff of HeartShare Human Services of New York salute and congratulate our colleague

Edgardo Velez

2020 “The Responsible 100” Award” Recipient

Congratulations to Juan Arteaga.

Your colleagues congratulate you as a recipient of City & State’s “The Responsible 100” award.

We could not be prouder of Edgardo and his outstanding contributions on behalf of those with intellectual & developmental disabilities, along with his efforts to set new standards of excellence, dedication and leadership in improving our community and making transformative change.

We also extend congratulations to the other 99 Awardees of this elite group on receiving this once-in-a-lifetime recognition that is so richly deserved.

May all of your bright futures be filled with continuing and increasing success.

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Chair, Board of Directors

William R. Guarinello

President and CEO

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JAIME M. VENDITTI Managing Partner and President J Strategies

JULIE MINER

J STRATEGIES; PONCE BANK; MICHAEL PELCZAR FOR THE NICOTRA GROUP

Managing Partner and CEO J Strategies Tell us about your work.

I manage client relationships, strategic planning, a staff across three offices, and our charitable and volunteer efforts within J Strategies.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means having “make the world better for real people” on my To Do List every day. It’s why I mentor youth and young professionals.

Best advice you ever received?

I had a teacher, Al Pola, who always pushed me to tackle something harder than what I had mastered and to make volunteering a part of my plan.

Those two things combined have shaped who I am.

Tell us about your work.

My position entails general oversight of J Strategies along with Julie Miner (my business partner), strategic input on the direction of the firm, and oversight of our largest client, who often focuses on alliance development and community relations work.

CARLOS P. NAUDON

President and CEO PDL Community Bancorp and Ponce Bank Tell us about your work.

My job is to listen to our stakeholders – bankers, community, shareholders and customers – and lead our organization to create value for each of them.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Community engagement and active support of diversity is at the heart of social responsibility. It’s critical to not just build awareness within the communities we work in and within our J Strategies family, but to support diversity as well.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

There are many parallels to draw upon between the times of today and the times of the 1960s – I believe it would not be in keeping with the missions of Ponce Bank and PDL Community Bancorp to ignore and turn a blind eye to the events of today.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

“A fulfilling life is one serving others. But the highest form of respect is to not do for others what they can do for themselves.”

What’s the best advice you ever received?

When in doubt, abstain. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. If your gut tells you to be careful, you should be.

LOIS & RICHARD NICOTRA Owners The Nicotra Group

Tell us about your work.

We are Staten Island’s largest private real estate developers.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s a daily opportunity to make a difference in our community.

We are focused on celebrating history, looking at where we are now, and identifying where our community is headed – and we look for ways to build communities of tenants, guests and our employees.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

A man named Vito was doing work in one of our buildings – he was perched atop a ladder and working hard. We asked him if he had help – if he had a partner. He looked down at us and said, quite simply, “partners are for dancing.”

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CHARLOTTE OSTMAN

ANNE KAUFFMAN NOLON

President and CEO New York State Industries for the Disabled

Tell us about your work.

For over 40 years, I have served Sun River Health as CEO.

Tell us about your work.

We represent 135 disability service providers contracting with state and local governments to employ individuals with disabilities.

Tell us about your work.

I am responsible for the overall leadership and management of the organization, corporate development, business operations and strategy.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Socially responsible people don’t separate their work and personal lives. The same ethical framework that an individual exhibits personally they also exhibit professionally. We all have an obligation to work together to benefit society at large.

Exceptional leaders have succeeded in managing profitable companies while being socially responsible.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means living and working in a way that recognizes, respects and cares for all members of our society.

There are so many people with unmet needs; social responsibility compels us to do better in meeting them.

CEO Sun River Health

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It is ensuring inclusion and health equity for everyone in our communities, so that they receive the care they need and the respect they deserve.

At Sun River Health, we break down barriers to health care access for many different underserved and vulnerable populations.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

“Show kindness, consideration, and respect for all people. In decision-making, go slowly when faced with options. It will allow for diverse points of view to enter the picture.” – my grandfather

What’s the best advice you ever received?

The day I started my first real job at 22 out of college, my father said to me, “Act like a lady, think like a man.”

Chief Executive Officer The Mental Health Association of Westchester

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Early in my career, a supervisor told me “feel the fear – and do it anyway.” I later learned it’s a quote from Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. I don’t deny my feelings, but I don’t allow them to keep me from facing challenges and setting out to accomplish my goals.

YURIDIA PEÑA Founder Alta Consulting

Tell us about your work.

My work as a communicator has been centered around social justice for immigrants and communities of color. I have worked with advocates, unions, city agencies, elected officials, the private sector and nonprofit organizations to highlight proposed legislation, amplify citywide and statewide initiatives, and develop multilingual marketing campaigns to reach the most vulnerable New Yorkers.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility is about giving a platform to those who have often felt voiceless or marginalized.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

A mantra among womxn of color across industries and sectors is – if the opportunity does not exist, create it yourself.

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We’re excited to celebrate you.

Congratulations to all of New York’s Responsible 100 including our very own, Dr. Yvonne Riley-Tepie. Thank you for going above and beyond to make our community a better place.

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YVONNE RILEY-TEPIE

Vice President and Senior Regional Giving Manager of the Office of Charitable and Community Giving TD Charitable Foundation

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Chief Human Resources Officer Consumer Reports What does social responsibility mean to you?

In my work, social responsibility takes the form of observing the workforce ecosystem and continually exploring different actions to help employees do their best work for consumers. This is a lifelong journey – efforts will sometimes yield imperfect results, or take a long time to bear fruit. But the key is to always drive – in oneself and in others – the accountability to make a difference, with selflessness and optimism.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Maya Angelou: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” This has been priceless advice on how to approach so much of my work and life.

Global Senior Director of Purpose and Brand Experience SAP

Tell us about your work.

I deliver differentiated content and experiences that inspire and engage SAP’s employees, customers and partners.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Activating purpose at scale requires a shared purpose network that takes responsible business leadership seriously.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Everything is interconnected – hence, leading with purpose and staying true to my values will be the catalyst to making lasting impact.

Tell us about your work.

I oversee the philanthropic giving in New York, Northern New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Additionally, I am responsible for partnering with organizations whose mission aligns with TD’s Corporate Citizenship Strategy.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

I was raised to understand that “to whom much is given much is required.” (Luke 12:48). In my line of work and on a personal basis, I recognize that my actions impact not only me, but those around me as well.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

To always remain humble.

Humility allows individuals to be a supportive voice and an advocate for themselves and others.

“Always remain humble.

Humility allows individuals to be a supportive voice.”

ANDRES RIVERA Executive Director Somos, Inc.

Tell us about your work.

The primary purpose of my job is to raise funds to provide scholarships, internships and apprenticeships to Hispanic students in New York state, in hopes of encouraging them to become leaders in government. I enjoy the job because I love to empower and watch the students receive opportunities, which were never provided to me.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means fulfilling my obligation to the community at large while working with other people to fulfill the common goal of empowering the Hispanic youth.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

What God blesses, no man can curse.

What God delivers, no man can bind.

And what God saves, no man can condemn.

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ERIC ROSENBAUM

SHAWN S.W. ROSEBURGH TYQUANA HENDERSONRIVERS President Connective Strategies

Tell us about your work.

Bringing people together from all corners of business, clergy, community and the political landscapes.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility means giving back to the communities that have invested in you, whether it is giving time, being civically involved, helping local community groups get resources or hiring local talent. Community service is imperative to who I am.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

From my mentor, former (New York City) Council Member Tom White: “To change the system, you must learn the system from the inside so you can tear it down.”

Area Manager United States Department of Commerce

Tell us about your work.

As the area manager of the U.S. Department of Commerce-Bureau of Census, I oversee operations of a portion of New York. I enjoy the social responsibility of the position and understand the influence of the task at hand. I also understand the impact of the census, which affords the opportunity for federal funds to be distributed to the communities of great need (and impacts) federal representation, community development, and health care for future generations.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Social responsibility is paramount, especially during these days and times. It drives systematic change in our community.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Be sure to always set shortterm, mid-term, and long-term goals throughout your career.

Tell us about your work.

A big part of my job is managing external organizational challenges so our staff can focus on empowering our clients to renew their lives through health, homes and jobs.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Rooting out unconscious bias is always top of mind. We want to support people in their careers, pay people fairly and advocate for our funders to do the same while challenging ourselves to improve how we work so that our clients can succeed in spite of their difficult circumstances.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

To not be afraid to bring my full self to work, including not only my strengths but the challenges I still work to overcome.

SUE VERES ROYAL

Executive Director ACE Mentor Program of Greater NY Tell us about your work.

We are an after-school program that introduces high school students to careers in the design and construction industry. While anyone can participate in our program, we concentrate on working with underserved areas. It is a thrill and an honor to get to work with over a thousand students as they begin to realize their full potential and begin plotting out their goals, along with literally hundreds of volunteers who want to make a positive impact in the lives of NYC students.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

Make sure that whatever actions you take, you will still be able to look at yourself in the mirror and respect the person you see.

“To change the system, you must learn the system from the inside so you can tear it down.”

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Executive Director for Global Academic Programs New York Institute of Technology

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President and Founder National Standard Abstract Tell us about your work.

Every day is an opportunity for me to cultivate relationships into partnerships that will build and strengthen communities. I engage faith leaders in exploring how we can work collaboratively with real estate professionals to repurpose underutilized spaces for the common good – to be the bridge that connects people to resources that will effectively change how and where we live.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Do not allow others to define who you are or can become.

Know your history and celebrate your cultural identity.

Take control of your life and legacy, and then help uplift others in your community to do the same.

Tell us about your work.

I oversee global academic programs at a university with a global footprint.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s a balance between progress and the welfare of the environment and society.

I achieve social responsibility in my work by actively seeking out partners, new hires, and students that are interested in the greater good over their own benefit.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

The greatest impediment to creativity is our impatience.

This advice from Robert Greene’s “Mastery” regularly encourages me to try things in multiple ways through a variety of lenses. While your first idea might rule supreme, you’ll never know until you’ve exhausted all other options.

Managing Director, Investigations, Disputes and Risk AlixPartners

Tell us about your work.

I handle global investigations and provide litigation support on complex cases. I have worked on highprofile corporate accounting, financial reporting and anticorruption matters for clients across the world.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means thinking about the greater good – in the world, in my larger community, and also within my smaller community. At AlixPartners, I established the Working Parents Employee Resource Group and an internship program with the National Down Syndrome Society.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

I have a plaque that says: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” This is a mantra I try to live by daily.

“Do not allow others to define who you are or can become. Know your history and celebrate your cultural identity.

Take control of your life and legacy.”

SUSAN GROSS SHOLINSKY Member of the Firm Epstein Becker Green

Tell us about your work.

I am able to help clients comply with employment laws by preparing and reviewing policies and procedures, providing anti-harassment and (diversity, equity and inclusion) training, and conducting workplace investigations, among other services. In 2020, this has included navigating employers through COVID-19 – maintaining safe workplaces, keeping employees healthy, and properly accommodating employees’ needs.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

The best advice I’ve received is that even if something seems to be working, we should not become complacent. Things that have worked in the past are generally comfortable, perhaps easier, and likely worked because of the social constructs that existed when they were put in place (or perhaps they helped to create those constructs). Rather, we should try to look for better ways. Sometimes this means rethinking whether the “status quo” remains relevant.

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JOAN STEINBERG CHAO CHENG-SHORLAND Co-Founder and CEO ShelterZoom and DocuWalk

Tell us about your work.

Being CEO for a startup requires me to be someone who is a thinker and a doer. I have to be able to have skills in almost every department – strategy, business development, sales, marketing, product development, operations and fundraising.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

With remote and virtual operations becoming the new normal, digital responsibility is an increasingly important fabric of social responsibility.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

It’s a quote I heard many years ago: “The first half of my life, I thought I should be successful. The second half of my life, I discovered why I should be significant.”

Being successful is a personal end. Being significant is transcending and carries weight in social responsibility.

ELIZABETH W. SMITH President and CEO Central Park Conservancy

Tell us about your work.

My role comprises setting the strategic direction for the Central Park Conservancy and overseeing our major initiatives in fundraising, park operations, capital projects, public programming and communications.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means committing to doing everything I can to ensure that Central Park remains a profoundly democratic space and green respite for New York City and all its people.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

To remain curious always. This manifests itself in respecting the views of other people, in learning new things all the time, and in being open to pursuing new ways of addressing unexpected problems.

President Morgan Stanley Foundation Tell us about your work.

I currently oversee Morgan Stanley’s global philanthropic programs, including strategic planning and execution, employee engagement, and corporate and foundation grantmaking totaling more than $100 million annually.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means being an integral part of our communities. Not only “do no harm” but invest in doing good for society, bringing your strengths to bear to help others. For me, that means unlocking the limitless talent and energy of the employees of Morgan Stanley.

They make sure our efforts are authentic, local and constant.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Don’t let the stress of the unknown overwhelm you or dissuade you from trying to make change.

MICHELLE M. STODDART

Vice President of Community Development Resorts World Casino New York City Tell us about your work.

I source and build relationships with nonprofit and civic organizations in Queens and throughout the city, to support their efforts in economic development, cultural collaboration, health and wellness, and environmental responsibility.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means committing to the betterment of your community and country. In my job, I am responsible for building bridges with organizations that allow me to give back in areas that are important to me such as health and wellness, and cultural diversity.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

To say “Yes” first. It allows you to put forth your intention and shows you are up to taking risks.

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GAUTAM TOOLEY JESSICA E. STRAM Director of Advocacy, Northeast Region Target

Tell us about your work.

I serve on Target’s Legal Affairs Diversity Action Committee. Every workplace is made stronger by recruiting and retaining diverse team members, and I am grateful that my company makes this a priority. Inclusivity must become instinctive behavior for leaders at all levels.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Pay three genuine compliments a day. So often, we silently admire others when giving verbal affirmation costs us nothing. And when acknowledging a job well done to a peer or recognizing a total stranger for something you notice – whatever it may be – say it out loud. You may be lifting that person up just when they need it most.

President New York League of Conservation Voters Tell us about your work.

We educate, engage and empower New Yorkers to be effective environmental advocates. We are the only nonpartisan, statewide environmental organization in New York that fights for clean water, healthy air, renewable energy, open space and a livable climate through political action.

Best advice you ever received?

I have been lucky enough to have many mentors throughout my career. I have received tremendous advice from each of them about effective advocacy. One overarching theme I have heard from them all: to be successful, you must be able to explain the positive societal impact of the issue you are fighting for to New York state residents. I keep that in mind for every issue that I work on.

Tell us about your work.

I am an engagement executive with more than 26 years of experience with significant system integration and consulting experience, including 21 years at UCI, where I lead our public sector practice. I have spent the majority of my career serving federal, state and local government clients, with an emphasis on New York City public clients, most recently the city’s Office of Emergency Management.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means giving yourself both personally and as a corporation to make a positive impact on others, and helping our local communities in the most difficult times.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Be a team player: collaborate, honor relationships with your colleagues, your clients and yourself.

ANDERSON TORRES CFO R.A.I.N. Total Care, Inc.

Tell us about your work.

I oversee a 56-year-old organization that provides services to the most vulnerable in our society through a continuum of services not limited to home care, case management, housing, advocacy and education.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

R.A.I.N. allows me to achieve my social responsibility to a community that is oftentimes disregarded by a society that is not older-friendly or supportive to the disabled of any age.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

My mother’s advice: Slow and steady wins the race. It is important to persevere and maintain your strong faith in God.

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Senior Vice President and Public Sector Lead UCI

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EDGARDO VELEZ MARIA NOEL VAEZA BAQUE LORELEI ATALIE VARGAS Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean UN Women

Tell us about your work.

I promote gender equality, women’s rights and women’s empowerment in the Americas and the Caribbean through multistakeholder partnerships, innovative financing and scalable programs to end discrimination and violence against women, reaching the women most in need.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

As a UN staff member, it means always putting the needs and human rights of the people we serve first – in my case, especially women and girls – and driving everything I do and we do as an organization towards the full realization of their rights and their empowerment.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Change is the only permanent thing!

Executive Director Trinity Commons

Tell us about your work.

I currently serve as the inaugural executive director of Trinity Commons, an expansive community center of Trinity Church Wall Street.

My job is to both develop and implement universal and targeted programs for all New Yorkers.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s about centering the voice of the community and doing everything you can to provide the support that people are asking for. There is no better expert on a topic than the person who is having the experience, and honoring their earned experience by listening helps to inform what we can do to support them.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

To lead with my values, focus on the issue, and maintain my integrity.

Program Coordinator HeartShare Human Services of NY Tell us about your work.

I cultivate growth for the men and women with intellectual and developmental disabilities that the agency serves.

Empowering the individuals to make person-centered decisions through autonomy will help them be successful in their own lives.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

I achieve social responsibility through advocacy at the local and governmental levels, ensuring that I engage others within the field but also outside the field to do the same.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

It has come from modeling the behavior of leaders throughout my profession.

Being able to mentor others and spread the knowledge that I have gained will ensure social responsibility and help them be more knowledgeable.

JED WALENTAS CEO Two Trees

Tell us about your work.

At our core, we primarily build housing – along with parks and schools and neighborhood retail – and we try really hard to make the communities we work in better off than before we started to invest there.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means taking into account all of the public costs and benefits of an action and having it weigh appropriately on your decision making.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Mike Bloomberg used to say, “If you ask someone for something in a meeting and they say ‘yes,’ stop talking.

Stop selling. Say thank you, shake hands and leave.” That always resonated with me.

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President The Real Estate Board of New York Tell us about your work.

I oversee all REBNY activities, which include supporting the association’s 17,000 members with technical resources and educational opportunities, and connecting industry leaders with other business and community leaders to foster constructive civic partnerships and impactful results.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It means doing things for the greater good. At REBNY, we do that by building trust among our community stakeholders, acting ethically and responsibly in our advocacy efforts, and promoting forward-thinking policies and leaders that support the continuous improvement of New York City.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

First, there is a big difference between hearing and listening.

Second, surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

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President The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce Tell us about your work.

I serve as president of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, celebrating its 126th year of continued service to the business and professional communities in upper Manhattan in particular, New York City in general, and the tri-state region.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

It’s tied hand in hand with economic liberation as well as educational and cultural development.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Having been honored to have had Malcolm X as my godfather, Percy Sutton as my mentor, Langston Hughes as my tutor when I was a child, but most importantly, to have had the wisdom imparted to me by my grandmother, Grace Sergent, it is hard to, in a short amount of time and space, share their best words of wisdom.

GEORGE D. YANCOPOULOS President and Chief Scientific Officer Regeneron

Tell us about your work.

I take an unusually hands-on approach for a biotech leader, serving as lead inventor and drug developer.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

I am deeply committed to supporting the next generation of great young scientists. I lead Regeneron’s numerous STEM education and mentorship programs.

Best advice you ever received?

At the age of 15, my father told me to try to grow up and be like Dr. Roy Vagelos (Regeneron’s Chairman of the Board and the former Chairman and CEO of Merck).

Now, remarkably, I’ve had a chance to work with Roy for over 20 years – and I’m still trying to live up to Roy as a role model.

EBONY YOUNG

President of the Nonprofit Division The Lonely Entrepreneur Tell us about your work.

The Lonely Entrepreneur has created a tech-based, easy-access platform that allows aspiring and tenured entrepreneurs to scale. The Black Entrepreneur Initiative platforms the knowledge, tools, access, and support black entrepreneurs need to increase business capacity.

What does social responsibility mean to you?

It’s a pathway to providing the resources, access, and opportunities people need and deserve in order to grow, learn, and thrive. Economics is king and in many ways is the way to achievement in our society.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Live the truth, respect God, run your race!

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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.

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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 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 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 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.

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.

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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 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 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 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.

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.

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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.

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 COMPA-N Y NAME: LavaLifeDesignz,LLCArticles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/04/2020. Office location: Richmond County.

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

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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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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-25288-18Chandrawattie 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 Officeto 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 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.

Notice of Formation of E & L PEN VENDING, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/3/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7424 12TH Ave, Brooklyn NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of E & L PEN VENDING, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/3/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7424 12TH Ave, Brooklyn NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 62 ALBION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/10/20. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 85 Oceanic Ave Staten Island, NY, 10312.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 5601 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/17/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 187 Wolf Road Ste 101 Albany, NY, 12205.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 224 HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/24/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 100A Broadway Ste 116 Brooklyn, NY, 11249. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 7419 NYC REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/23/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7419 13th Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 448A 17TH STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/10/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 486 1/2 7th Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AMEER PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/26/19.

Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 85 Oceanic Ave, Staten Island NY, 10312.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 708 MILLER AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/22/14. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16th Ave Ste 9, Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 720 MILLER AVE REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/15/15.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16TH AVE STE 9, BROOKLYN NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of CLEAR POINT GROUP LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/4/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 5/20/08. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: ATTN: BRIAN L. BANK 926 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY, 11556. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AMERICA ZONEFUN BIG PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/12/20.

Office location: Tompkins SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 111 Pinewood Pl, Ithaca, NY, 14850. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BELMAR UNDER GROUND LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/13/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 215 Adams Street 8J Brooklyn, NY, 11201. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EAST COAST PLASTIC SURGERY PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/19/20. Office location: NEW YORK SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 71 East 77th Street, Ste 1a New York, NY, 10075. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of qualification of Entity :Name: CRK MYSTIQUE LLC Application for Authority for LLC filed with New York State Department of State on 03/28/2013 office location Richmond County.

Entity name CRK MYSTIQUE LLC application for Articles of Organization -LLC formed in Missouri(MO) on April 21, 2004 with State of Missouri Matt Blunt Secretary of State - PO Box 778 Jefferson City, MO 65102/600 W. Main St Room 322.(Missouri Address of LLC 4242 North 21st Street St. Louis , MO 63107 Purpose LLC Any Lawful Activity Defender Investigations & Security, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY 09/26/2019. County: Richmond SSNY designated as agent process may be served upon & mailed to Registered Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of JB Capstone Enterprises, LLC, filed with SSNY on 2/4/14. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 12 East 37th St, 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of BLACK GARUDA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/20/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400 Harrison, NY, 10528. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of V & D Essentials For Him, LLC Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 9/21/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall process to Valerie Dingle, 71 Radford Street, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of MERIDIAN IM HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/24/20. 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.

NOTICE OF AUCTION Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW.STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on December 28, 2020 and end on January 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: #4J27 – Stephanie Thompson: 10-boxes of miscellaneous items. #9A10 – Norma Chassagne: Several boxes and plastic bags.

The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”.

Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

Notice of formation of Sell It Realty, LLC. Articles of org . filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/22/2015. Office located In Richmond County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mall copy of any process served against the LLC to : PO BOX 61657 Staten Island, NY 10305. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.

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Notice of Formation of JULIA REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/20. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 108 Wood Lawn Dr Gloversville, NY, 12078. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SABAHH REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/17/20. Office location: Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 108 Wood Lawn Dr Gloversville, NY, 12078. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WS VENTURES INC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 1372 Shakespeare Ave Apt 2a BronX, NY, 10452.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of L X GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/17/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1714 72nd Street Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SECRETFORMULA, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/19/20.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 742 Madison St, #1 Brooklyn, NY, 11221. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 39 WOODROSE LANE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/16/20.

Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 85 Oceanic Ave Staten Island, NY, 10312.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SUPERIOR AQUA SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/9/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2432 E 28 ST, 1-FL Brooklyn, NY, 11235. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of CYPRESS ST 416 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/20. 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 MANCINI SAMS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/12/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 60 South 8th Street Apt. 611, Brooklyn NY, 11249. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MCMAKS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/19/20. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 44 Rolling Dr Goshen, NY, 10924. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MJS MEDICAL SUPPLY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/6/20.

Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 8298 Codys Corners Cicero, NY, 13039.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NOVA BEAUTY BY MARCUS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/20/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 66 Rockwell Pl Apt #30b Brooklyn, NY, 11212. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of TUSTIN MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 10/22/20. Office location: BROOME. LLC formed in DE on 7/26/11.

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

SSNY mail process to: 2555 INDUSTRY LANE NORRISTOWN, PA, 19403. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WHISK & WHISKEY 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 1327 Pacific Street Apt 1r, Brooklyn NY, 11216. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LG GARDEN II, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/20. Office location: ONONDAGA SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 7265 Buckley Rd North Syracuse, NY, 13212. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ISLAND LANDMARK LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/17/20.

Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 128 Norwalk Ave Staten Island, NY, 10314.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Form. of CEDRIC AVE 6905 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/20. 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, 13088. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Landslide Syndicate, LLC filed with SSNY on November 12, 2020.

Office: Fulton County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 103 Old State Road, Caroga Lake, New York 12032. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

December 14, 2020

At Part 37 of the Supreme Court for the State of New Present: Hon. A. Engoron, JSC York held in and for the County of New York at the SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Courthouse thereof, loCOUNTY OF NEW YORK cated at 60 Centre Street, New York, on the 24th day In the Matter of the Application of of November, 2020.

The Jewish Week Inc. for APPROVAL OF A PLAN OF DISSOLUTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS pursuant to Section 102 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law Petitioner.

Index No. 159641/2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Upon the Verified Petition of The Jewish Week Inc. sworn to on November 13, 2020 and upon all other papers and proceedings had heretofore therein; and good cause appearing; it is hereby: ORDERED, that The Jewish Week Inc. (the “Corporation”) and all persons interested in the Corporation to show cause before this Court Part in Room 418, at the Courthouse located at 60 Centre Street, New York, New York, on the 24th day of December, 2020 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order should not be made and entered herein: (a) To approve the plan of dissolution and distribution of assets of the Corporation pursuant to NY Bus. Corp. L. §§ 1102, 1106.

ORDERED that a copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be published as prescribed, at least once in each of the three weeks before the time appointed for the hearing, in City & State NY, a newspaper of general circulation in New York County.

ORDERED that a copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be served upon the New York state tax commission and the Corporation and upon each person named in Exhibit A, except upon a person whose address is stated to be unknown, and cannot with due diligence be ascertained by the Corporation and upon any other entity entitled to notice. The service shall be made personally, at least ten (10) days before the time appointed for the hearing, or by mailing a copy of the order, postage prepaid, at least twenty (20) days before the time so appointed, addressed to the person to be served at his last known address.

ORDERED that a copy of the Order to Show Cause and the petition shall be filed, within ten (10) days after the order is entered, with the clerk of New York County at the date of the order. A copy of each schedule furnished to the court under this section shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, be filed with such clerk.

Enter: /s/ HON. ARTHUR F. ENGORON, J.S.C. Index No. 159641/2020 Please email Principal Law Clerk Allison Greenfield at AGREENF@NYCOURTS. GOV to receive MS “Teams” link.

Notice of Formation of Michelle Terry, LCSW Psychotherapy PLLC filed with SSNY on November 04, 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: Rocket Corporate Services, Inc. 2804 Gateway Oaks Drive #100 Sacramento, CA. 95833.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

PROMARK DIGITAL SERVICES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/14/2020. 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, 512 East 79th St., #3B, NY, NY 10075. Reg Agent: Nyscorporation. com, 1971 Western Ave, #1121, Albany, NY 12203.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. .

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1332247 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 623 9TH AVE NEW YORK, NY 10036. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. LOTUS WEST CORP.

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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 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.

Family Project LLC 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 THREE SPOONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/27/17. Office location: New York 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 Registration of DaHui Lawyers LLP. Ctf. of Reg. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/09/20. Office location: NY County. Principal office: 1330 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 23A, NY, NY 10019.

SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1330 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 23A, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law. Notice of Formation of B r ow nTe c h n o l o g i e s , LLC filed with SSNY on November 18, 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: 561 10th ave New York,NY 10036.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of information of Selling like HoTcAkEs, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/13/2020.

Ofice located in Richmond County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: 190 Heffernan Street, Staten Island, NY 10312. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.

Notice of Qual. of WHATCRAFT LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/23/20.

Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 7/20/20. 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. (officialpur3), LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on (09/08/2020).

Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, (Alssain Sow, 175 Alexander Ave Apt 1B Bronx NY 10454). Purpose: For any lawful purpose MichaelAngelo Shower Enclosure and Custom Mirrors LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 11/5/2020. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to the LLC, 426 Wooddale Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

KARISMATIC VEGAN, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/08/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Kerry Green, 101 W. 147th Street Apt. 3D, NY, NY 10039.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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) ) COUNTY OF LEXINGTON ) Yvette Ravina, as Administrator C.T.A. of ) The Estate of Frances Perrenod, ) ) Judgment Creditor, ) ) v. ) ) Jean Perrenod Mamakos and Irene Perrenod ) Savadian, ) ) Judgment Debtors. ) ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2020-CP-32-00878 NOTICE OF FILED JUDGMENTTO THE JUDGMENT DEBTORS ABOVE NAMED:ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Yvette Ravina, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate, recover from and have judgment against Jean Perrenod Mamakos, residing at 11 Biscayne Drive, Hunting, NY 11743 and Irene Perrenod Savadian, residing at 347 West 55th Street, Apt. 2H, New York, NY 10019, jointly and severally in the sum of One Million Seven Hundred Thirty Nine Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Eight Dollars and Sixty Three Cents ($1,739,378.63), plus interest thereon from April 18, 2017, the date of the referee’s report at the rate of nine percent (9%) per annum, in the amount of One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Eight Dollars and Fifty Seven cents ($135,528.57) as of February 28, 2018 for a principal and interest surcharge as of February 28, 2018 of One Million Eight Hundred Seventy Four Thousand Nine Hundred Seven Dollars and Twenty Cents ($1,874.907.20) and continuing at the rate of Four Hundred Sixty Two Dollars and Thirty One Cents ($462.31) daily which will continue until paid, and that Yvette Ravina, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate, have execution thereof, and it is further ordered, adjudged and decreed, that Yvette Ravina, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate recover from and have judgment against Jean Perrenod Mamakos and Irene Perrenod Savadian jointly and severally in the sum of One Hundred Eighty Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Three Dollars and Thirty Seven Cents ($182,853.37) plus interest thereon from April 18, 2017 the date of the referee’s report at the rate of nine percent (9%) per annum, in the amount of Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and Fifty Three Cents ($14,247.53) as of February 28, 2018 for a principal and interest surcharge as of February 28, 2018 of One Hundred Ninety Seven Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Ninety Cents ($197,100.90) and continuing at the rate of Forty Eight Dollars and Sixty Cents ($48.60) daily which will continue until paid, and that Yvette Ravina, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate have execution thereof.As judgment debtor, you have thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of this notice to seek relief from the enforcement of the judgment. If the judgment is not satisfied and no relief is sought within that thirty (30) days, the judgment will be enforced in the State of South Carolina.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Judgment in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of Surrogates Court for Queens County, New York on June 4, 2018, in the amounts of $1,874,907.20 against Jean Mamakos and Irene Savadian and $197,100.90 against Jean Mamakos and Irene Savadian, Case No. 2017-07419.

Thereafter, said judgment was filed on February 25, 2020 with the Clerk of Court in Lexington County, SC, 205 East Main Street, Lexington, SC 29072.

FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. 4000 Faber Place Drive | Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 577-5460

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Notice is hereby given that a On-Premises Liquor License for beer, wine and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to permit the sale of beer, wine and liquor at retail rates for on-premises consumption at the P.F. Chang’s China Bistro located at 2655 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. P.F. Chang’s Formation of MHF REMSEN LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/6/2020.

Office loc.: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Ashish Parikh, 100 Menlo Park Mall, Ste. 500, Edison, NJ 08837.

The LLC is to be managed by one or more members. The purpose of this company is limited to owning, operating, and developing Taco Bell, KFC or Pizza Hut branded food service operations and other branded concepts expressly approved in writing by location by YUM! Brands, Inc., or one of its subsidiaries.

Notice of Formation of MERIDIAN IM HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/24/20. 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.

Notice of formation of V & D Essentials For Him, LLC Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 9/21/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall process to Valerie Dingle, 71 Radford Street, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF AUCTION Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW.STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on December 28, 2020 and end on January 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: #4J27 – Stephanie Thompson: 10-boxes of miscellaneous items. #9A10 – Norma Chassagne: Several boxes and plastic bags.

The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”.

Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

Notice of Formation of MORNINGSIDE ASSIGNEE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/4/20.Office location: Westchester SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to Attention: Beryl Snyder C/O HBJ Investments 555 Madison Ave Ste 1302 New York, NY, 10022.Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Kors Law Group PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/23/2020.

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 PLLC served upon him/ her is: 751 E. 6th St., Ste. 7C, New York, NY 10009.

The principal business address of the PLLC is: 751 E. 6th St., Ste. 7C, New York, NY 10009.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of WS FUTURES, 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 140 Broadway New York, NY, 10005. Any lawful purpose.

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility on the building at 307-311 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY (20202231). 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 14A LLC. Arts. of Org. filed w/ Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/19/20.

Office in NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o David Kovsky, Duane Morris LLP, 1540 Broadway, NY, NY 10036, registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: Any lawful act/ activity.

Formation of Espresso Bar NYC, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/3/2020.

Office loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Kreshnik Mornia, 150 Allen St., New York, NY 10002. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of GAPP LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/01/2020. Office location: New York County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office adress to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is 196 East 75th Street, Apt 20C, New York, NY 10021.

The principal business address of the LLC is 196 East 75th Street, Apt 20C, New York, NY 10021.

Notice of Formation of Westchester Culinary Society, LLC filed w i t h SSNY on October 13, 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: 76 Young Avenue, Pelham, NY, 10803. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of JPeter Rental Property LLC filed with SSNY on November 9,2020. Office: Westchester County, NY. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of V productions, LLC filed with SSNY on November 18, 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: 11 Elena Drive Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Align Divine LLC. LLC filed with SSNY on 12/3/2020. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

“Notice is hereby given that a license number 1329704 for a beer, wine, liquor license has been applied for by Bija 203 Inc., to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control law at 416 West 203rd Street, New York, NY 10034 for on premises consumption.”

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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 December 22, 2020 and end on January 5, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #224-Marilyn Andino Montalvo; Pile of wood, a large bag, plastic totes filled with clothes, 2 suitcases, 5 plastic bags, 4 laundry bags, a wooden shelving unit filled with religious items #417-Arnold Bayot; Refrigerator, appears to be shelving units/bookcases #1702-Quinsessa Harrison; Bags, boxes, totes, 2 crates with vinyl records #1946-Michael Smith; Tv, box #2111-LUTWYCHE USA INC.; Plastic Bags, boxes, moving blankets #2123-LUTWYCHE USA INC.; Boxes, office chair, 4 mannequins, folding table, clothing rack #2474-AVENA; variety of chairs and tables #4501-Anthony Reardon; 1 fan, lots of wrapping paper, 2 beach folding chairs, 1-luggage, 10+ assorted boxes, large Gatorade round container, 1 clear bag 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 Architect Owl PLLC filed with SSNY on November 3, 2020. Office: Westchester County.

SSNY designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PLLC: 179 Rockne Road, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of GGL USA LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/02/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Shayne Law Group, P.C. as Agent for the LLC, 64 Fulton St., Ste. 1000, NY, NY 10038.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of GOTHAM GREEN PARTNERS SPV VI OFFSHORE LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/03/20. Office location: NY County.

LP formed in Cayman Islands (C.I.) on 10/28/20.

Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. C.I. addr. of LP: c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Rd., George Town, Grand Cayman, C.I . KY1-9008. Cert. of LP filed with Joy A. Rankine, Assistant Registrar of Exempted Limited Partnerships, The Government Administration Bldg., 133 Elgin Ave., George Town, Grand Cayman.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of GETT NY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/04/20. 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 Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, Attn: Matthew Daus, 156 W. 56th St., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

POFTA MARE LLC dissolved. Restructure exp. post COVID-19/resolution of legal proceedings b/o owner re: ANDREI SORIN MURESAN by Bucharest ATTY ION CRISTIAN POPESCU.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1332934 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 1626 2ND AVE NEW YORK, NY 10028.

NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. 1626 RESTAURANT LLC Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is: 326 EAST 89TH ST, LLC . Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) office on: December 11, 2020.

The County in which the Office is to be located: New York. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: 188 Winterton Road, Bloomingburg, NY 12721.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is: 328 EAST 89TH ST, LLC . Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) office on: December 11, 2020.

The County in which the Office is to be located: New York. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: 188 Winterton Road, Bloomingburg, NY 12721.

Purpose: any lawful activity

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Member deference is alive and well in Queens. New York City Council Member Peter Koo came out in support of the controversial Flushing waterfront rezoning for a mixed-use development, despite some very vocal pushback from other council members – and this time, the project got approved.

LIZ KRUEGER & FÉLIX ORTIZ

For years, these lawmakers have pushed for New York’s pension fund to drop its fossil fuel stocks. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli had balked at having the Legislature supersede his authority – but he recently announced his plan to divest from many fossil fuel companies.

The escalation of a defiant Staten Island bar owner’s battle against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 mandates reached its climax as Presti allegedly hit a sheriff’s deputy with his car and broke his legs during an arrest. Presti has since been released. Gee, as long as you’re a rightwing rabble rouser, it’s like you can get away with anything.

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It’s a brown mark for New York Waterway. It isn’t clear if Pohan’s ferry company really dumped sewage straight into the Hudson River for years, but that’s what two shit-stirrers – er, whistleblowers – claimed in a lawsuit.

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All the units include features for, and Glenwood provides reasonable accommodations to, persons with disabilities, as required by FHA.

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