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EDITOR’S NOTE

RIC BURNS’ 1991 DOCUMENTARY, “Coney Island,” noted it remained a “waste of sand dunes, scrub grass and coneys” for two decades after its discovery by Henry Hudson in 1609 until a sidewheeler steam vessel from Manhattan began providing service to the island’s western side. Let’s hope it doesn’t take as long for the New York City Economic Development Corp. to come up with a new plan to bring ferry service to the 5-mile-long island community.

The EDC is dismantling a ferry dock on the Coney Island Creek built last year for planned service to Manhattan. Sand shift challenged navigation and created safety concerns. Solutions included dredging that was five times more expensive than the cost of an average ferry landing and pivoting to one of two other dock locations could cost as much as 40 times more. The EDC decided against those solutions and has not yet found any alternatives. A spokesperson last week had no updates.

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

The demise of the dock landed John Catsimatidis on City & State’s Winners & Losers list. The billionaire developer, who has several buildings in the area, lobbied hard for the ferry and reached out to City & State to say local residents were the real ones who lost. The local population, estimated by the NYU Furman Center in 2019 at more than 115,000 residents, included 16% who identified as Asian, 11% as Black and 15% as Hispanic. The local poverty level at the time was 26%, compared to 18% for Brooklyn and 16% citywide.

After COVID-19, ferry service could support Coney Island’s workforce recovery from the pandemic and help bring some of the 5 million visitors who come to enjoy the Luna Park and Dino’s Wonder Wheel amusement parks each year. A botched ferry dock plan shouldn’t hold back progress. Coney Island deserves the ferry it was promised.

RALPH

R. ORTEGA; CELESTE SLOMAN

BROOKLYN IN THE HOUSE

With Brooklyn’s very own Rep. Hakeem Jeffries officially set to become the next House minority lead er – also becoming the first Black lawmaker elected to lead a Congressional chamber in U.S history, the

borough is officially having a moment. For the first time in history, Brooklynites hold all three citywide elected positions, and with Jeffries’ election, they now lead Democrats in both the House and Senate.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer lives

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a mere mile away from the Bed-Stuy representa tive. Jeffries, a moderate, faced very little pushback leading up to his election, easily clinching the position without a single challenger. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Adams both offered their congratulations, the latter

– New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman in a statement

lauding Jeffries as a “good friend” and expressing his excitement that “two Brooklyn kids” will soon be helming both Congress and New York City..

ADAMS’ NEW INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT POLICY

Sam Bankman-Fried is, as he put it, “having a bad month.” The disgraced crypto baron and prolific campaign donor – including in New York elections – sold investors on an altruistic community that has since collapsed, as New York magazine noted. But he did keep his interview appointment at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit last week, while Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of the event and went to Greece.

– New York City Mayor Eric Adams, on paying for his own trip to Qatar, via New York magazine

More seriously mentally ill New Yorkers are likely to soon be taken to hospitals for psychiatric evaluations without their permission – a shift that’s been met with a myriad of emotions as advocates, impacted individuals and elected officials have digested what this might mean. New York City Mayor Eric Adams an nounced the new citywide policy Nov. 29 in a rare public address, laying out a series of proposed reforms and initiatives while urging compassion for people ex periencing homelessness. His directive clarifies that emergency responders can transport people who are presumably suffering from severe, untreated illness to hospitals involuntarily if they are unable to meet their “basic human needs” to the point that they pose a danger to themself. The decision has garnered mixed responses. Some civil liberties and mental health experts view the shift as a welcome step away from incarcerating mentally ill people, while others worry about police involvement. The New York City Police Department was also reportedly caught off guard by the announce ment, and have since be

“When I do my dime, I can do my time, and I won’t hear anyone whine .”

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries with be the new House minority leader next year, which means that New Yorkers will lead both Democratic conferences in Congress.

“The mayor is playing fast and loose with the legal rights of New Yorkers.”

gun scrambling to implement the plan, according to the New York Post.

A RIGHT TO COUNSEL

With immigration courts facing a historic backlog of over 184,000 cases and more than 27,000 asylum-seekers having recently arrived in New York City, some elected officials are eyeing legislation to guarantee statewide legal representation in deportation proceedings. A coalition of impacted migrant families, immigration advocates and politicians recently rolled out a campaign in hopes of securing legal proceedings for all low-income migrants facing deportation. They believe the proposed legisla tion, the Access to Represen tation Act, would go a long way in helping the more than 55,000 people who don’t have legal representation as of October. Some migrants won’t need to wait until the

next legislative session for a little relief though – Hochul plans to administer an addi tional $3 million over the next three years through the state Office for New Americans to give immigrants free legal services.

THE MTA’S ONGOING WOES

Taking public transportation and driving through New York City tunnels could soon become even pricier. Facing a yawning budget deficit due to dwindling ridership, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to raise fares and tolls by 5.5% starting in June – a larger increase than the 4% increase the system has implemented nearly every two years since 2009. That would bring subway fare to $2.90 next year. Leaders of the transportation system recently laid out the figures as part of the MTA’s 2023 budget proposal, which will be voted on next month.

Peter Abbate is still fundraising after losing

Outgoing Assembly Mem ber Peter Abbate Jr. doesn’t think he’d run again for office, even if the Republican who beat him, Lester Chang, were barred from taking office be cause he might not have lived in Brooklyn for long enough. The Assembly is preparing to vote against seating Chang, which could lead to a special election.

But that isn’t stopping Abbate from holding a fundraiser at the New York State Public Employ ee Conference convention in Puerto Rico – even though he already has nearly $1 million in his campaign account. Ab bate, who chairs the Committee on Governmental Employees, explained to City & State that he holds a fundraiser at the conference every year, and this was scheduled before he lost his reelection bid. So he doesn’t expect much of a party this year. “I’ll sit around with two or three people and probably return the checks or give them to other candidates,” he said.

He expects to have more than $700,000 left in his campaign account after the latest filing. “You can do nice things in the community that I won’t have state grants for,” he said. “Nonprofits, buy a table at their dinner.”

Abbate has his eyes on some future campaigns though. He’s expected to support City Coun

THE WEEK AHEAD

WEDNESDAY 12/7

The state Senate Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction and the Committee on Judiciary holds a joint public hearing at 10 a.m. on two bills aimed at changing rules for parole eligibility.

INSIDE DOPE

Parole has been highly politicized by Republicans, so it’s no surprise this hearing was only scheduled after the election.

THURSDAY 12/8

City & State hosts the Government Modernization Summit, starting at 9 a.m. at The Museum of Jewish Heritage in lower Manhattan.

cil candidate Wai Yee Chan in the newly drawn City Council District 43, which has a ma jority Asian population, and oppose Susan Zhuang, who is backed by Assembly Member William Colton, who Abbate accused of making a deal with Republicans. “He sold south Brooklyn out,” Abbate said.

Abbate was one of the several southern Brooklyn incumbent Democrats who lost to Repub licans in the midterm elections. But the 36-year incumbent has a decidedly zen attitude about leaving office. “I’m fine,” Abbate told City & State.

So why didn’t Abbate spend more on his own race with so much money in the bank? “I spent over $300,000,” he said. “There comes a point (where) you can’t spend it all. I did five mailings, we did phone calls, we had canvassers out there.” Abbate said that even with that, he saw the writing on the wall. “I thought it was going to be OK until the last month or so. Being out in the street you just saw the anger in the people.” But he feels good about the race he ran, and has some thing else to be proud of: “My chief of staff became a sena tor!” Abbate said, about state Sen.-elect Iwen Chu. “That’s my greatest contribution to the Chinese community.”

– Jeff Coltin

THURSDAY 12/8

New York City Deputy Mayor Maria TorresSpringer is interviewed at a Crain’s New York Business power breakfast at 9 a.m. at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is facing a fiscal cliff and declining ridership. Several solutions to close the budget gap are on the table, including raising fares.

STATE OF THE STADIUMS

A NEW SOCCER VENUE PROPOSED IN QUEENS

HAS SEVERAL MORE CONTROVERSIAL PREDECESSORS.

By Erik Lazo

THE NEW BUFFALO BILLS STADIUM

Projected year built: 2026

Projected cost to build: $1.4 billion

Projected cost to taxpayers: $850 million

When Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she would give the billionaire owners of the Buffalo Bills a public handout of $850 million to help them build a new stadium, she was met with criticism.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently announced a landmark deal to completely redevelop Willets Point, Queens, into a brand new neighborhood that will not only offer a new soccer stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club, but also 2,500 units of 100% affordable housing, a 250-room hotel and a new 650-seat K-8 public school.

As the mayor continues his soccer agenda with a visit to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, we take a look at some of New York's other sports venues and their financing.

YANKEE STADIUM

Year built: 2009

Cost to build: $2.3 billion

Cost to taxpayers: $1.2 billion

At its inception, it was estimated that Yankee Stadium would cost $1.3 billion to build. This figure ballooned to almost double, when the team requested ameni ties such as parking garages to compliment the stadium.

CITI FIELD

Year built: 2009

Cost to build: $830 million

Cost to taxpayers: $614.3 million

The New York Mets were also recipients of tax-free municipal bonds that the team used to fund the construction of Citi Field. Like the Yankees, public money used to fund the Mets’ stadium came in the form of subsidies and tax breaks.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Year built: 1968

Cost to build: About $100 million in 1964

Cost to taxpayers: $875 million & counting

Since the 1982 deal negotiated by thenMayor Ed Koch, the Garden has been exempted from paying any property taxes. Koch later claimed he thought the tax deal was only supposed to last 10 years.

UBS ARENA

Year Built: 2021

Cost to build: $1.5 billion

Cost to taxpayers: $68 million+

A Village Voice investigation found that the land the state leased for the project was not properly assessed. The Buffalo-based Investigative Post reported that the state subsidized other components of the project, to the tune of $68 million.

BARCLAYS CENTER

Year built: 2012

Cost to build: $1 billion

Cost to taxpayer: $860 million

The plan to build the Barclays Center was part of the messy 2004 Atlantic Yards development project that has yet to be completed. A University of Pennsylvania case study estimates the public cost to be around $860 million for the arena alone.

NEW YORK CITY FC

SOCCER STADIUM

Year built: 2027

Projected cost to build: $780 million

Cost to taxpayers: TBD

The team won’t pay any real estate taxes, but it will have to pay about $4 million annually as part of the 49-year agreement to lease the city land on which the stadium will be built.

A Q&A with Assembly Member

ANNA KELLES

The cryptocurrency moratorium bill was finally signed. At what point did you know Gov. Kathy Hochul was leaning toward signing it?

I couldn’t imagine her ever not signing it because the bill was so pragmatic. It was very focused. It was narrow. It created a pathway to both protect our environment and protect our environmental laws, while simultaneously creating a mechanism to not completely prevent the maturing of the industry and interaction with the industry. In my interactions with (Hochul), I knew at least her executive staff,

and she respected and understood that (the bill) was well thought through and that it was nuanced. What she said up until the couple days before she actually signed was, “I am looking at it very carefully.” So I knew that the attention that was being given to that bill very closely coincided with how adamant the environmental community and smallbusiness community was publicly about her signing that bill. That was a very strong influence. So to answer your question, probably a couple of days before she signed it, it started becoming clearer because of the questions that they were asking.

What do you mean by the questions they were asking?

You know, who exactly is this going to impact? What are the comprehensive environmental groups that support it? Really asking for that documentation of where the support is, who the advocates were, so that they could get a solid picture of the landscape of where the support was for the bill.

And this was the governor’s office asking these questions? Yeah. The reason that they wanted to understand it, and I appreciate it, is because

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Amazon, Recognize Your Workers’ Humanity!

I couldn’t imagine her ever not signing it because the bill was so pragmatic.

there had been a huge outcry (in favor of the bill) from the small-business community over the last couple of months. The comprehensive outreach from the small-business community, I think, in the last six months, was a new push. There had been a lot of small businesses that started to really formally coalesce over the last six months once the bill passed the Senate and the Assembly. And I think that they took that seriously. Because the argument from the industry was that this was bad for business. But if the governor was hearing from a lot of small businesses that they supported this piece

of legislation because they were experiencing negative impacts of the large-scale corporate cryptocurrency mining, then it really creates a counternarrative to what the industry was saying. And I appreciated that they were taking that very seriously.

What do you foresee happening after two years, when this moratorium expires? My hope is in two years we will have the (general environmental impact statement) that will give us the data so that any decisions we make moving forward will be data driven, not rhetoric.

– Annie McDonough

By Stuart Appelbaum, President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, RWDSU, UFCW Twitter: @sappelbaum

Amazon’s continued mistreatment of workers sparked huge protests across the globe on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, with workers and activists at 140 actions in over 40 countries bringing attention to the company’s appalling, dehumanizing, and abusive behavior.

The Make Amazon Pay campaign — an international union-led coalition of labor, progressive, and activist organizations — is holding Amazon to account for treating workers as disposable commodities, for its environmental policies and for failing to pay its taxes. The campaign is leading actions — like those on Black Friday — to demand Amazon raise worker pay, create safer workplaces, extend sick leave, provide job security, end union busting, respect workers’ rights, and operate sustainably. The

campaign is also demanding that Amazon pay back to society by paying its taxes in full and ending its abuse of tax loopholes. Protests, demonstrations, and walkouts worldwide focused on how Amazon exploits workers and hurts communities. Workers at 18 distribution centers in France and Germany went on strike. In St. Peters, Missouri, Amazon workers walked off the job at the STL8 distribution center. At the Amazon distribution center in Bessemer, Alabama, where employees have been trying to unionize with the RWDSU since 2020, workers joined community groups and other unions including striking Alabama mine workers in a show of solidarity. And in New York City, dozens of activists protested outside of Jeff Bezos’ $23 million luxury apartment, demanding the Amazon chief’s

attention. Amazon workers endure unsafe work speeds, unreasonable work quotas, dangerous work, and insufficient breaks, all of which contribute to the skyrocketing rate of injuries in the industry. Workers’ productivity is monitored so closely that they are afraid to take bathroom breaks.

In New York, the warehouse industry has alarmingly high injury rates. Amazon workers are injured at a rate of six per 100, which is five times the average in New York. While all warehouse work is dangerous, Amazon warehouse workers are 54 percent more likely than others in the industry to get sick or hurt on the job.

It’s a matter of decency, morality, and often literally, life and death. We want Amazon to listen, and we want Amazon to change. Workers from New York to Alabama and from Leipzig to New Delhi want better pay, safer workplaces, and a voice at work. Most of all, they want dignity and respect, and to be treated like humans from a company that can afford to change the way it operates.

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S E L

I R V S I

In a new book about former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Bill Sanderson describes how the speaker defeated a coup attempt.

IN 2000, then-Assembly Member Michael Brag man wasn’t happy with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s leadership. Silver wasn’t making time to talk with members and decision-making was dominated by the top leaders in each chamber of the Leg islature and the governor. Daily News editor Bill Sand erson, in his new book “Do For Me – A True Crime Story Of Politics And Corruption In New York” published by Manhattan Square Press, showed how Silver rebuffed the coup attempt and ruined Bragman’s career. Here is an excerpt from Chapter 2, “Power.”

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IN HIS FAILURE to get along personally with many Assembly Democrats, (Assembly Speaker Sheldon) Silver ignored one of Al Smith’s max- ims: “The legislator who wishes to get many of his measures successfully through both houses [the Assembly and Senate] must be … an organizer and promoter of good will at the State Capitol. … He must make himself liked and respected by other mem bers of the Legislature.”

One Assembly member with issues about Silver’s rule was Michael Bragman, a moderate-to-conserva tive Democrat from a district near Syracuse, in upstate central New York. Bragman was the Assembly majori- ty leader early in Silver’s time as speaker. Bragman and Silver were once allies – they both backed Saul Weprin’s election as speaker in 1991. But a few years after Silver became speaker, Bragman began maneuvering to un seat him. A New York Times story in November 1997 – three and a half years into Silver’s speakership – noted that Bragman made no secret of his wish to take over. “Mike is obviously campaigning for the job. Shelly has told him flatly that he is not going anywhere, and to cut it out,” an anonymous source told the newspaper. At the time, the story said, Silver was in no danger. Silver’s standing with his members deteriorated in the two and a half years after the article appeared.

Assemblywoman (Sandy) Galef was unhappy enough with the system that she became interested in how leg islatures in other states worked. Galef organized a trip to Boston to learn about the Massachusetts Legislature, which suffered a scandal in 1996 when the speaker of its House – equivalent to New York’s Assembly – resigned after pleading guilty to charges involving tax evasion and accepting gifts from lobbyists. “They seemed to be doing a lot of very interesting things,” Galef recalled – such as giving legislators more say in committees and televising legislative sessions.

Silver labeled Galef’s Boston trip a “junket.”

“A few of my colleagues went, but because he said it was a junket, people were not interested in going,” Galef said. She was disappointed her reform ideas were quashed. “Shelly Silver – he turned his back on me.”

Assembly members’ frustrations boiled over one night early in 2000 when Bragman attended a New York Knicks game with about a dozen of his colleagues.

The event turned into a gripe session about Silver and his leadership. Among those at the game was Thomas Manton, a former congressman who was then the lead er of the Queens Democratic Party. Manton was not

an Assembly member, but, as a political boss, he had heard the stories. He and Bragman talked. Bragman thought Manton would back him if he moved against Silver.

In the following weeks, Bragman gradual ly and quietly built his support. By May 18, he was ready to move. “Many Assembly col leagues have come to me with great concern over the leadership in our house,” he wrote other Assembly members in a letter that day. “I have shared their views and concerns and have finally decided to respond to their call for new leadership.”

His language was stronger in a news re lease issued the same day as the letter. It said Democratic Assembly members “want a more meaningful role in the legislative pro cess. They want to be more informed and participate fully in decision making. Most of all, they want an end to secret deal-making by three men in a room.”

“At best, Assemblyman Silver’s style as speaker has been secretive and aloof,” the news release said. “Many times, he has placed his own personal interests ahead of the interests of the Majority Conference and the Democratic Party.”

“He has surrounded himself with paid lobbyists and other non-legislators who are seeking to influence members on how to vote on this matter,” Bragman said. “Working through these agents, he has sought to por tray our effort as an upstate versus down state conflict. This is wrong. We have a solid majority of Democratic members represent ing all parts of the state who share an over whelming desire to effect this change now.”

Edward Sullivan was to Bragman’s left on most issues. Nonetheless, he aligned himself with Bragman’s coup effort. When Bragman went public, Sullivan called Silver to explain himself.

“This is not personal,” Sullivan told him.

“Ed, it is very personal,” Silver replied. Sul livan said Silver was offended he would back someone trying to oust him from his job.

rock-solid [Democratic] votes.” But he went public early enough to give Silver plenty of time to counter-organize. Silver called in his chits with political leaders like Tom Manton, the Queens political boss, who abandoned Bragman’s candidacy. Bragman also failed to get support he wanted from Carl McCall, then the state’s leading Black politi cian – even though Bragman was an early backer of McCall’s 2002 gubernatorial candidacy.

When it came time on May 22, 2000, to debate whether Silver should remain speaker, Assemblyman Martin Luster, a Democrat from the upstate Finger Lakes area – his district included Ithaca, home to Cornell University – argued that one of Silver’s excesses was holding too much control over some corners of state spending.

“We need an accounting of funds that are controlled by the Speaker, funds that are appropriated in the budget and for which we have no mechanism of tracing,” Luster said in a floor speech that day. There was no public disclosure of the specific expenditures Luster worried about. All anyone knew was the total amount of the spending printed in the state budget.

During the debate, Galef said she was angry about an article on the New York Legislature in the March 2000 issue of Gov erning magazine. Its headline was, “Yesterday’s Legislature: In the old days, legislatures were secretive and autocratic. In Albany, the old days continue.” The article said the three men in a room ruled Albany too tightly, and that other legislatures had more open processes for discussing issues and considering legislation. New York’s Legislature was “not member-driven in the way that most of the other 49” were, the article said.

“I’m embarrassed by this,” Galef said on the Assembly floor. “How do I stand up and talk about this secretive and autocratic system?”

When his turn came, Bragman made an argument about the way Silver doled out favors. “Everyone here has felt the frustration and the dissatisfaction with the current situation,” he said. “Member after member is forced to go to this speak er to ask for everything from paper clips to chairmanships, from parking spaces to staff needs. And you feel like your re quests are being kept in a favor bank. … Either you do what the speaker wants, or you never get what you’re entitled to.”

(Assembly Member Richard) Brodsky, though a Silver supporter, also recognized the speaker’s shortcomings. He saw an iro ny in the leadership fight: Bragman was just as aloof as Silver, and “not personally warm and likable.” Bragman also wasn’t popular with his colleagues. “It was a sign of Shelly’s unpopularity that a guy as unpopular as Bragman got as close as he did.” And like Silver, Bragman “was viewed as very close to the lobbying community.” Yet, like Silver, Bragman was “smart, and an effective op erative.” In the end, Brodsky believed, not much would have changed if Bragman be came speaker.

Democratic conferences – meetings at which Assembly Democrats discussed policy priorities and Assembly busi ness – were no longer a place to seriously hash out issues, Bragman said. They were “meaningless and don’t provide the opportunity for debate. And we all know that those who dare disagree with the speaker in conference are admonished for their actions and encouraged to never do it again.”

But by the time Bragman spoke, most of his support had fallen away, and Silver had brought enough members back into the fold to keep his job. Silver’s allies spoke up in the floor debate. Brodsky, always a Silver supporter, alleged that Brag-

In the days before the Assembly debate and vote on his coup attempt, Bragman claimed to have “50

man and his backers sought to “turn anger and ambition into institutional change.”

Ronald Canestrari, whose district was in the Albany area, pointed out that Sil ver ably represented the Assembly before the Republican governor and Republican Senate majority leader. His comments re flected the view among many Democrats that Silver had done a good job looking out for them while they were in a weakened, minority position. “Sheldon Silver has advanced proposals that we, as a conference, have espoused, have fought over,” he said. “And maybe that does not please all of us all of the time, but there has to be a leader taking direction from his or her members. We do have that.”

Catherine Nolan, a Silver ally from Queens, said Bragman’s takeover try was “an unfair attack” on Silver, who she be lieved helped Democrats accomplish a great deal. She quoted Al Smith from The Citizen and His Government: “He said, ‘The officeholders come and go and some of them, only some, are able to leave an imprint on the statute books.’”

“But the Democratic Party has left that imprint,” Nolan said. “This Democratic majority has left that imprint in education and in labor and in transit.” Her argument was that Silver had won a lot for his party –and she didn’t want to risk those accom plishments by toppling him from power.

In the end, Bragman had 19 Democratic votes, including his own. Silver had 78 Democrats on his side, more than enough to retain power. The final tally, which includ ed the votes of Democratic and Republican legislators, was 85 to 63 in Silver’s favor.

Most legislators who opposed Silver went unpunished. Sullivan stayed on as chairman of the Assembly Higher Educa tion Committee. At the last minute, Sul livan realized Bragman would lose, so he supported Silver in the final vote. “Most of the people who were on the Bragman side, the vast majority of them, kept whatever positions they had that were at the hands of the Speaker,” he said.

with friends. It was the first meeting I had with Shelly, even though we were both elected at the same time.”

The coup attempt was such a close call Silver feared it might happen again, said a former staffer. Silver and his staff took notice whenever groups of as few as four or five Assembly members went out to dinner or socialized together, this person said. After all, Bragman’s coup got rolling when just a dozen Assembly members attended that Knicks game. Sil ver didn’t want to take any chances. Retribution fell hard on Bragman. Silver made sure he was shunned. He lost his po sition as majority leader, and the extra pay that went with it. He also lost all the power and staff he’d amassed in 20 years in the Legislature, and was moved to a smaller office. He remained popular in his district. Bragman’s Syracuse-area con stituents reelected him by a wide margin to another two-year term in November 2000. But the loss of his influence in the capitol was hard to bear.

Amy Paulin was elected to the Assembly from Westchester County for the first time in November 2000, after Bragman’s coup attempt fizzled. When she took office that January, she was assigned a seat in one of the back rows of the Assembly chamber. Bragman, banished to the back of the chamber as part of his punishment, sat next to her. “Don’t talk to me,” Bragman would tell her. “Because that’s not good for you.” Bragman quit the Assembly in December 2001, in the mid dle of his term.

In the end, Bragman’s coup attempt came to naught. Though Silver was forced to improve his relationships with his fellow Democrats, the system didn’t change. It was as dysfunctional as ever. It still lacked enough public input and openness, and it still lacked accountability. Silver called the shots. He tended to tell his members, “This is what we are going to do,” Sandy Galef recalled years later. Silver kept the $79,500 salary and $41,500 bonus he earned as speaker. He kept control over who became legislative committee chairs and got leadership jobs, which also paid bonus es. And he kept control over tens of millions of dollars in state taxpayer money he could dole out to Assembly members’ pet causes and programs.

Sullivan and other legislators argued that the coup attempt made Silver a better and stronger leader. Over the following months, Silver built up his relationships with legislators who felt ignored by him.

From 1997 to 2001 – a period that included the time Sil ver fought to remain speaker – just one major bill passed by the Assembly had a committee hearing. “I never felt like the committees really worked,” said Galef. As before, members of the Assembly and Senate left major policy decisions to their leaders, who cut deals with each other and the governor in private meetings. Despite Silver’s vows of reform, the threemen-in-a-room system lived on. ■

Sullivan asked for a sit-down with Silver, thinking it would be no more than 15 minutes. “We talked for an hour and a half,” he recalled. The two men spoke about what they had wanted in their lives when they were younger. Silver admitted he had hoped for a pro basketball career. “His dream as a kid was to be point guard for the New York Knicks,” Sullivan said.

“Shelly is Orthodox Jewish. I was – am – a not really active Catholic. We talked about how that affects our work. It was a good meeting, a meeting you would have

Higher NYC’s

Ingrid LewisMartin’s City Hall office features a poster of a quote from the book of Isaiah.

Higher NYC’s Power

WALK INTO INGRID LEWIS-MARTIN’S office in City Hall, and your eye will be drawn to a framed poster behind her crowded desk. It’s her, the chief adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, posing in pink and smiling widely – and behind her, a full-grown female lion. Some tri-state area graphic designer placed the pair in front of City Hall and surrounded them with cherry blossoms. At the bottom: “The Lioness of City Hall.”

“There’s a group of Latino bishops,” Lewis-Martin explained, in a November interview with City & State. “And they gave me the nick name, ‘The Lioness of City Hall,’ because they feel like I really pro tect the mayor. And I safeguard him.”

Lewis-Martin has earned other titles over her 17 years working with Adams. She’s “the gatekeeper.” “The fixer.” “The glue.” For “Scan dal” fans, she’s the “Olivia Pope of City Hall.” If that wasn’t enough, she was ordained a few years ago, earning the title of chaplain.

By Jeff Coltin Photographs by Nyasia Sylvester

She’s the person closest to Adams in City Hall, according to interviews with more than a dozen people who have worked with her and the mayor. And there’s no question that she’s the most loyal. She’s a friend of four decades – her husband was in the police academy with Adams – whom he picked to mastermind his unlikely as cent from police captain to state senator to Brooklyn borough president to mayor. President next? “We’re trying to be mayor of New York City,” she said. But of course –“if that pathway opens up, he would be foolish not to follow it. If it makes sense.”

Now, to have any understanding of how this administration in City Hall works, you have to know Ingrid. And why Adams trusts her so much.

ALOT OF ink has been spilled on the mayor. Very little on Lew is-Martin. That is, at least in part, by design. She’s a Black woman from Brooklyn, and she shares her boss’s distrust of the predominantly white media, staffed by many reporters and ed itors who were not raised in New York City. She complained the press focused too much on where Adams parties and with whom. Other stories she said were unfair and didn’t consider the work he does. She guards Adams’ privacy and her own.

That’s just part of being mayor. But you can’t blame Lewis-Martin for being on high alert.

Her primary role, for the better part of two decades, has been to consider how things play politically for Adams – and sometimes, to neutralize the threats. She is his chief adviser, in title and reality. Now in City Hall, her role is unique. Informa tion is key, and she talks to people and re ports back. “Eric’s eyes and ears,” as one union source described her. “I feel like my job is to give him the red flags,” she said. “He’s an adult. He’s really smart. He has to make the decisions. It’s his life.”

She’s not a deputy mayor – she has said she didn’t want to be one – with specific agencies to oversee. Instead, she’s flexi ble and project-based. “Where the mayor needs me, I’m in it,” she said. “I’m a back ground person. And I like that. And I like being the underpinning.”

Lewis-Martin is a huge karaoke fan, but she doesn’t have a go-to song. She likes

jumping in and joining when others are on the mic. That has become her role in City Hall too. “When things are going left, they’ll pull me in to help set it straight,” she said. The deal to get residential buildings to put their trash on the curb later, to fight the rats? Lewis-Martin worked with the Sani tation Department to seal the deal with the unions. She was in the negotiations that brought the Bruckner sites rezoning in the Bronx and the Innovation QNS project in Queens across the finish line. And she was the one across the table from the New York City Council, dealing with the fallout of budget cuts to some schools. The specifics of that negotiation were murky to say the least – but she’s still salty. “I’m proud of our educational budget, although you have people in the City Council saying we’ve taken money away from kids,” she said. “We put more money in the educational budget than ever before.” The city’s share of funding went up, but reductions in state and federal money as well as lower head counts meant some schools saw their oper ating budgets reduced.

There’s a lot more she has done – some of which she refuses to talk about “because (of) all the negotiations.” But what she’s most proud of is the restructuring of the mayor’s office itself. “People were getting paid all kinds of crazy rates, it was just a re ally bad mess,” she said. “And I was able to pinpoint and we put together a whole new system that will be used in the city.” On the organizational chart, Lewis-Martin stands alone, not overseeing any department and reporting directly to the mayor. So the job is malleable. Folks around City Hall gossip that she doesn’t have any specific respon sibilities. But the role of political fixer is an important one. Mayoral administrations, especially new ones, are inherently chaotic. Lewis-Martin tries to keep things moving, with the mayor’s interests in mind. She is, above anything, a political strategist.

Lewis-Martin is also, most important ly, somebody that can tell the mayor “no,” when other people might acquiesce. She can put Adams in his place when he’s not seeing the full picture, even to the point of yelling at him. But it’s from a place of mu tual respect. “She’s not a ‘yes’ person,” said a former employee. She’s incredibly loyal, but never a pushover. “If every elected of ficial had an Ingrid in their life, they’d be lucky,” said state Sen. Diane Savino, who’s

“I’m not Michelle Obama. When they go low? We drill for oil. I’ll meet you down in the subbasement. I’m just honest.”

Lewis-Martin has worked with Eric Adams as a campaign manager, chief of staff and senior adviser.

expected to join the Adams administration when her current term ends at the end of the year. “Any one of us who’ve been suc cessful had someone like that who’s willing to walk in front of a train for you, and then tell you about yourself.”

The power dynamics of Adams’ City Hall, like any other workplace, have been the subject of much gossip. Who’s up, who’s down, who’s in the boss’s favor? Why is the chief of staff, Frank Carone, leaving after only a year? And why does the extended Banks family hold so much power? Lewis-Martin hasn’t been immune to this. While she was the unquestioned leader in Borough Hall, City Hall is bigger, with more people grabbing the mayor’s ear, hoping to be the last one to speak with him before he makes a decision. There’s an in finitely more demanding policy portfolio as mayor than as borough president.

But don’t doubt that anyone is closer to the mayor, or knows him better than Lew is-Martin. She is Adams’ self-proclaimed “sister ordained by God.” Asked directly about Lewis-Martin in November, Adams kept it simple: “I love her. That’s the end of my conversation.”

Describing Adams herself, Lewis-Mar tin avoided the term boss, preferring “my principal.” And she’s comfortable in the dynamic. “I don’t want to be a junior may or. I’m the chief adviser to the mayor,” she said. “So all I can do is give him advice. If he takes it, he takes it. If he doesn’t, he doesn’t. That’s on him. But I’ve done my job by bringing things to his attention.”

ADAMS AND Lewis-Martin have known each other since about 1984. Her husband, Glenn D. Martin, and Adams were cops together, and they were all friends. Lewis-Martin was a teacher, dean and dance instructor at I.S. 320, the Jackie Robin son School, in Crown Heights, then ran a summer camp and a program for high school students at Medgar Evers College. All the while, she was involved in local politics, working with the late Rep. Major Owens and former Assembly Member Roger Green, and campaigning for thenCity Council candidate Letitia James and then-Assembly candidate Hakeem Jeffries, among others. Around 2005, Adams chose his political friend to manage his state Sen

ate campaign. He won in a landslide, and Adams offered her the job as his chief of staff. It was a tough decision, she said – she saw herself as a community activist first. Could she give up her own political views to work for somebody else? He told her she wouldn’t have to – they wouldn’t have to agree, but they’d always have to be on the same page. She joined the office. But to this day, she sees her employment as condition al. “I told him, my community activism is important to me, and I cannot work for someone that I don’t believe in,” she said. “And the minute that he is not putting the community’s interest in place, and the minute he’s not a true Democrat, that will be the end of the line for me.”

That was 16 years ago. But Lewis-Mar tin still maintains one hell of an indepen dent streak. She proudly calls herself a “very conservative Democrat.” Not beat ing around the bush, saying like the mod erate Democrat Adams, who claimed he was the real progressive in the 2021 may oral race. “I don’t even like that word, pro gressive,” Lewis-Martin said. She turned Adams against ranked choice voting ahead of last year’s election, and looking back to 2008, claimed to be the one that killed then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s conges tion pricing proposal in the state Senate. (No, she will not elaborate, she’s saving it for her memoir.) This year, an anti-devel opment activist in Brooklyn recorded Lew is-Martin saying “the community” doesn’t know anything, and that’s why neighbor hood groups should be removed from zon ing decisions.

But it’s not just policy. Lewis-Martin has more personality than many other elected officials would tolerate on their staff, let alone at their right hand. Some of that is style – she’ll own a room in the way that Adams might not. She has an incredible sense of style, with flourishes everywhere. High lace collars and feathery puffs she adds to shoes herself. At City Hall, gold bangles climb up her forearm. She can be more gregarious than Adams himself, always making time to ask people she’s meeting with about themselves and their families. An anonymous source who has worked with both of them said: “He’s more like, ‘I’m going to let my Eric Adams juju ooze out of the room and slowly take you over,’ while Ingrid is like ‘I am here, moth erfucker.’”

That personality is also how she deals with challenges in politics. She’s quick to swear and will call anybody a motherfuck er if she thinks they wronged her. “I’m not Michelle Obama. When they go low? We drill for oil. I’ll meet you down in the sub basement,” she said. “I’m just honest.”

In that way, Lewis-Martin eschews re spectability politics. She’s a New Yorker, in an old-school way, and she isn’t trying to blend in quietly into the predominant ly white spaces of New York high soci ety. She knows that some people in those worlds – or people in any other world who Lewis-Martin rubbed the wrong way –have undoubtedly counseled the mayor to distance himself from her. She could be a political liability. But that’s not Adams’ way. Second chances are his style and loy alty prized above all else.

Lewis-Martin is brutally honest, and she demands respect. She sets clear rules. Lying to her is a red line. “When people say she’s nasty, or she’s a bitch,” Lewis-Martin said, “you should ask them: What did you do to her?” Give her respect, and she has a way of winning people over. “Sometimes the people who are the toughest are actual

ly doing it for the right reasons,” said Scott Stringer, the former New York City comp troller who jockeyed with Adams – and by extension, Lewis-Martin – in the 2021 mayoral race. “I’ve never had a bad word or experience with Ingrid Lewis-Martin. And I’m probably somebody who very eas ily could have.”

IF LEWIS-MARTIN has a way with people, she’d say it was divinely or dained. She has always been re ligious – a Pentecostal, raised in church. But when she was working closely with members of the clergy in her role at Borough Hall, she saw the level of respect among them. “So I decided I wanted to now be at the table on that level with them,” she said. Lewis-Martin took courses and became a chaplain. And now? “I’m respected by clergy as a member. I’m the lowest level, but I’m given full respect. And I feel really good about it,” she said.

She doesn’t have a congregation, but she has been called to pray over sick people in need of support. She can do weddings and funerals too. But the title is secondary. Lewis-Martin is a believer. And some of the decisions she makes, the guidance she said she gave Adams during the campaign, came from God.

In Lewis-Martin’s office, on a wall op posite the lioness, is another poster, taken from a Bible verse. “No weapon formed against me shall prosper,” Isaiah 54:17. The same verse hung in her parents’ home growing up. “And in this line of work, it’s so needed,” she said. “People will pretend they’re your friends, they have your best interest at heart. But they don’t.”

But Lewis-Martin is confident in her po sition at Adams’ right hand.

“Nobody can take my spot. Because I earned my spot,” she said. “I’m comfort able in my skin.” ■

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“There’s a group of Latino bishops. They gave me the nickname, ‘The Lioness of City Hall,’ because they feel like I really protect the mayor.”

Teach NYS and Orthodox Union congratulates all the honorees on this well-deserved accomplishment.

New

York’s most influential religious leaders.

THE 2022 FAITH POWER 100

WHEN THE REV. Calvin O. Butts III died this fall, he left behind a legacy that extends far beyond the de cades he spent preaching at Abyssinian Baptist Church. He helped launch the Abyssinian Development Corp., which invested more than a billion dollars to improve housing in the Harlem community surrounding his church. He revitalized SUNY Old Westbury, a diverse, public institution on Long Island, while serving as its president for two decades. And he cultivated and leveraged relationships with powerful politi cians at City Hall, in Albany and in Washington, D.C., delivering on behalf of his fellow Harlemites and Black New Yorkers.

Butts, who drew inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr., is now a model for today’s faith leaders whose works extend be yond the walls of their church, synagogue, mosque or temple. Like Butts and King, Black ministers are often called to be civil rights leaders. Similarly, rabbis are indispensable advocates for a

people with a long history of facing persecution – including the current rise in antisemitism. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist at tacks, imams defended Muslims and forged interfaith partner ships in pursuit of peace and understanding. Leaders of these and many other religions in New York shape debates over critical pol icy questions, from culture war issues like abortion and same-sex marriage to public safety concerns like gun violence and criminal justice reform and budget-related matters like education and af fordable housing.

City & State’s inaugural Faith Power 100 features scores of re ligious leaders representing the remarkable diversity of faiths and systems of belief in New York. The list, researched by City & State staff and written by journalists Aaron Short, Aimée Simpierre, Asar John and Erica Scalise, highlights the most influential faith leaders in New York as well as key figures at institutions with strong religious ties or a clear faith-based mission.

1REV. AL SHARPTON

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

National Action Network

The Rev. Al Sharpton has been known to court controversies over the years, but after decades spent battling on behalf of Black Americans the National Action Network founder has become perhaps the most prominent civil rights leader in the country. An MSNBC and radio host who’s the subject of a new documentary called “Loudmouth,” he has used his platform to stand up for the families of slain Black men like Trayvon Martin and George Floyd – and help fuel the Black Lives Matter movement. A former candidate for president, U.S. Senate and New York City mayor, Sharpton became an ally of Barack Obama and a foe of Donald Trump – and was among the first people President Joe Biden told about a possible run for a second term.

abortion while providing resources for pregnant women. Dolan also penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed chastising Democrats and Republicans over abortion and gun policies that contradict what he calls the church’s “culture of life.” Dolan did manage to keep the peace while hosting both Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Lee Zeldin at the annual Al Smith Dinner in Midtown during the gubernatorial campaign. While Dolan has suffered some major policy setbacks in Albany in recent years, he still has a flock numbering the millions –more than any other single religion in New York.

2CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN ARCHBISHOP

Archdiocese of New York

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and other New York Catholic leaders stated they would work toward reducing

Sharpton

3REV. A.R. BERNARD

FOUNDER AND SENIOR PASTOR

Christian Cultural Center

As founding pastor of the 32,000-member Christian Cultural Center, A.R. Bernard positioned his Brooklyn church and its community service at the “intersection of faith and culture,” leading it to become New York City’s largest house of worship. The former banker served on then-President Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board (he later resigned) and then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Faith-Based Sector Advisory Council.

Late last year New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams held an interfaith event at Bernard’s church, and this year he hosted U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Easter Sunday.

MICHAEL FROST; ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK

has spent decades fighting for civil rights across the United States.

Rev. Al Sharpton

Cardinal Timothy Dolan

RABBI AARON TEITELBAUM

GRAND RABBI

Satmar Community

Grand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum gave his coveted endorsement to Gov. Kathy Hochul, who privately met with the Satmar Hasidic leader in October. Hochul pledged to support religious education after a report found Hasidic yeshivas denied students a basic education. Teitelbaum’s sect was one of the few ultraOrthodox groups to back the Democratic governor, who ultimately prevailed over Republican Lee Zeldin by six points. Two days after the election, Teitelbaum told Yeshiva students that Trumpism had “infiltrated the Jewish camp” and chastised his followers for supporting the former president.

RABBI ZALMAN TEITELBAUM GRAND RABBI

Satmar Community

Endorsing Gov. Kathy Hochul in the crowded Democratic primary was an easy call for Zalman Teitelbaum. But the Satmar Hasidic leader stayed out of the general election as other ultra-Orthodox leaders got the vote out for her competitor, Republican Lee Zeldin. Teitelbaum’s followers in South Williamsburg largely voted for Zeldin, who campaigned extensively in Orthodox neighborhoods. He may have to mend ties with the Hochul administration, although the governor said regulating yeshivas was not her responsibility – and his sect already enjoys a close relationship with New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

On left, Rev. LaKeesha Walrond and Rev. Michael A. Walrond Jr.

5RABBI SHARON KLEINBAUM

SENIOR RABBI Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

Reconstructionist Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, who leads the largest LGBTQ congregation in the country, added an

Rev. A.R. Bernard

international focus to her advocacy when President Joe Biden appointed her to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in 2019. Kleinbaum briefly stepped down to help her congregants during the pandemic but has since rejoined the commission. This year, she visited Ukraine with her spouse, AFT’s Randi Weingarten, to meet teachers and students displaced by the war, and pushed Egypt and Iran to release religious prisoners.

6REV. MICHAEL A. WALROND JR. & REV. LAKEESHA WALROND

SENIOR PASTOR; PRESIDENT

First Corinthian Baptist Church; New York Theological Seminary

The Rev. Michael A. Walrond Jr. rooted his early community work in antiviolence campaigns and by serving on the board of the National Action Network. But lately, Walrond, a former congressional candidate, has been drawing national attention for saying it’s “insanity” to believe that Jesus is the only way to Heaven and for making it his mission to undo traumas institutionalized religion has inflicted on LGBTQ individuals. So far it’s working: Walrond says his 10,000-member Harlem church is growing because of his focus on young people. His wife, the Rev. LaKeesha Walrond, makes up the other half of this religious power couple. She’s not only a

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preaching pastor at First Corinthian – she’s also the president of the New York Theological Seminary in Manhattan.

countries with anti-gay laws; Cabrera has since apologized for his remarks.

community, helped sway the New York City Democratic mayoral primary last year by encouraging his Satmar followers to rank Eric Adams among their ballot choices. Niederman and other Hasidic leaders visited Adams in March and hosted him before Rosh Hashanah to discuss antisemitic crimes. Niederman is fending

off increased scrutiny after a report found Hasidic yeshivas weren’t providing basic secular educational instruction. He did not endorse either gubernatorial candidate, although many Orthodox voters favored backing Republican candidate Lee Zeldin.

9REV. QUE ENGLISH

DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR FAITH-BASED AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

From the Bronx to Washington, D.C., the Rev. Que English has dedicated herself to serving local communities through faith-based initiatives. English now serves as the director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

FERNANDO CABRERA

LEAD PASTOR

New Life Outreach International

Former Bronx Council Member Fernando Cabrera briefly considered primarying Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before deciding to run for Bronx borough president instead. Cabrera lost to Vanessa Gibson in June, but his close ties with Mayor Eric Adams helped him secure a senior adviser role within City Hall’s newly created Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships. The move prompted an outcry from LGBTQ groups, who objected to Cabrera’s views opposing gay marriage and embrace of

RABBI DAVID NIEDERMAN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn

David Niederman, the head of the state’s largest Hasidic

Fernando Cabrera

Rev. Que English

Cabrera secured a senior adviser role in the Adams administration this year.

DAVID KATZ; MISAEL CAMPOS; CHRISTOPHER SMITH, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

In this position, she works with the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. English also serves as president of the Bronx Clergy Criminal Justice Roundtable, which uses a holistic approach to elevate individuals reintegrating into society after incarceration.

laws. In response, Ari Berman took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in September that Yeshiva must recognize the club. Berman said the court gave the school a “roadmap” for a future victory. In the meantime, Yeshiva canceled all extracurricular clubs before launching its own LGBTQ group, which has yet to hold meetings or attract members.

10RABBI ARI BERMAN

PRESIDENT

Yeshiva University

For two years, Yeshiva University refused to recognize an undergraduate LGBTQ club, prompting students to sue the Modern Orthodox school for violating state human rights

11REV. FLOYD H. FLAKE & REV. ELAINE M. FLAKE

PASTOR EMERITUS; SENIOR PASTOR

Greater Allen A.M.E Cathedral of New York

During the Rev. Floyd H. Flake’s 40-year pastorate of the Greater Allen Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, Queens, the church’s commercial and residential developments and social enterprises have made it one of the largest non-governmental employers in Queens. His impact only grew while serving in Congress for 11 years, where he sat on the Banking and Finance and the Small Business committees. Last year, his wife, the Rev. Elaine M. Flake, succeeded him as senior pastor of the 23,000-member church.

12 JIM CYMBALA

PASTOR

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Evangelical megachurches are more prevalent in the suburbs, but downtown Brooklyn boasts one of the largest in the region. For the past four decades, the former college basketball player and author Jim Cymbala has grown the Brooklyn Tabernacle from a congregation of 20 to a small empire with overseas ministries and a choir that has won six Grammy Awards. Cymbala’s latest book, which gives advice to struggling pastors, and the Tabernacle’s newest gospel album, “A Night of Worship,” were both released this year.

13RABBI ZVI BLOOM

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Torah Umesorah

The Brooklyn-based religious educator leads a network of 760 independent Hebrew day schools that teach young Orthodox Jews across the country. But Rabbi Zvi Bloom and Torah Umesorah’s torahbased instruction is under increased scrutiny from the state Department of Education after the New York Times reported that yeshivas were not providing an adequate secular education to their students.

Torah Umesorah’s leaders vowed to defend their right to teach Jewish texts all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and led a campaign that sent the state 300,000 letters opposing legislation regulating yeshiva curricula.

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BISHOP DARIUS PRIDGEN

SENIOR PASTOR

True Bethel Baptist Church

Niagara University’s annual President's Dinner honored

Bishop Darius Pridgen

Rabbi Zvi Bloom CJ STUDIOS; YVES RICHARD BLANC

At Cymbala's megachurch, the choir has won six Grammy Awards.

TWO IN A MILLION

HINDY POUPKO

on being recognized among City & State NY’s inaugural FAITH POWER 100.

We’re blessed to have two of the most influential leaders of New York’s interfaith and religious community on our team.

We’re proud of the work they do building bridges, every day.

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On

His exemplary leadership, vision and commitment to SAR’s community is inspiring and steadfast

Congratulations to our CEO ERIC S. GOLDSTEIN and Deputy Chief Planning Officer

Rabbi Bini Krauss

being named

most influential faith leader in New York in the Inaugural City & State's Faith Power 100

Debra May (AC '87), Executive Director

Rabbi Tully Harcsztark, Principal, SAR High School; Dean, Machon Siach

Rabbi Jonathan Kroll, Principal, SAR High School Jack C. Bendheim, President

Congratulations!

Principal, SAR Academy SAR Academy Class of '84

Jennifer Jones Austin CEO and Executive Director, FPWA

several influential individuals in the Buffalo-Niagara area, including Bishop Darius Pridgen. Pridgen is the senior pastor of True Bethel Baptist Church and is the City of Buffalo’s Common Council president. At Bethel, Pridgen has fostered services for the Buffalo residents seeking essential resources and access to food and clothing. Following the deadly Tops supermarket shooting in May, Pridgen responded with a plan for his congregation to place an emphasis on mental health moving forward.

their priest-in-charge. Rev. Jackson helped steady the Wall Street institution during the coronavirus pandemic by administering virtual services, ensuring that construction of its new 26-story Trinity Commons headquarters remained on track, and distributing $80 million in grants. By January 2022, Jackson was officially installed as the church’s 19th – and first Black – rector in its 325-year history.

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REV. PHILLIP A. JACKSON

RECTOR

Trinity Church Wall Street

When the Rev. William Luper abruptly stepped down as Trinity Church’s rector in January 2020, the Episcopal Church’s board tapped its vicar, Philip Jackson, to be

BISHOP PAT BUMGARDNER

SENIOR PASTOR

Metropolitan Community Church of New York

After being trained at the Catholic Theological Union, Bishop Pat Bumgardner struggled to find a church that would ordain a woman –until MCCNY ordained her in 1986. Bumgardner’s Manhattan church has

since become a spiritual headquarters for the LGBTQ community in New York City while tackling homelessness and hunger, especially among queer youth. Bumgarner also drives international social justice work through her church’s global justice initiatives. This year, she called out New York City Mayor Eric Adams for making antigay appointments to his administration.

organization, Litwack heads up its nonpartisan public policy arm – which helped secure $5.5 billion in COVID-19 relief for nonpublic schools and $180 million for security at yeshivas and synagogues last year. Litwack also founded and leads OU’s Teach Coalition, which advocates for government funding for yeshivas and day schools.

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17MAURY LITWACK

MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Orthodox Union

Maury Litwack is an influential behind-the-scenes political player in the Orthodox Jewish community with connections at the state Capitol and at City Hall. At the Orthodox Union, an international educational, outreach and social services

DEBBIE ALMONTASER

FOUNDER AND CEO

Bridging Cultures Group Inc.

After battling with city schools and the New York City Police Department in the Bloomberg era, and later serving in former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Faith-Based Sector Advisory Council, Debbie Almontaser has received a warm welcome from the Adams administration on public safety, education and

Debbie Almontaser

Maury Litwack

JOEY O'LOUGHLIN; MICHAEL N. MEYER

Agudath Israel is Proud to Support New Yorkers in Need

• Organizing youth groups and mentoring programs (10,000+ children)

• Operating 7 nonprofit summer camps (2,500 campers)

• Providing affordable housing (serving 500+ clients annually)

• Offering job training (2500+ graduates and 6500+ job placements)

• Helping the elderly (3 senior centers, free meals to 1,000+ seniors)

• Assisting with global disaster relief ($33M for Ukraine)

• Advocating on behalf of the Orthodox Jewish community:

• Protecting religious rights

• Representing 170,000 students in nearly 500 Jewish schools

• Navigating bureaucracy for families with special needs children

• Counseling families making end-of-life decisions

• Hosting Siyum HaShas celebration (500K+ participants including at MetLife)

small business development issues. The educator, Muslim community advocate and interfaith leader has raised awareness about a surge of robberies at bodegas this year and the murders of Muslim men out of state. Almontaser isn’t done fighting with police brass either, arguing that the city’s Muslim community remains traumatized by NYPD surveillance after 9/11.

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RABBI

JOSEPH POTASNIK

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

The New York Board of Rabbis

As head of the largest interdenominational rabbinic body in the world, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik frequently rubs shoulders with the city’s political leaders to promote religious freedom, including working with Gov. Kathy Hochul on a Holocaust education bill and standing with her when she denounced antisemitic attacks. In March, he joined interfaith leaders to pray for the safety of Ukrainians and decry Russian leaders for starting the war. This fall, he attended a Sukkot celebration with dignitaries and even blessed the Fox News Channel’s Christmas Tree.

Istanbul-born prelate has used his pulpit as an emissary for foreign dignitaries, welcoming Jordan’s King Abdullah II to New York, meeting with a UNESCO leader over the reconversion of a church to a mosque in October and hosting Greece’s Secretary General of the Interior in November. He also made headlines when he baptized the child of a gay family in Athens in July.

ERIC S. GOLDSTEIN CEO

UJA-Federation of New York

The roots of UJA-Federation of New York go back more

than a century, when efforts were launched to fund Jewish hospitals, orphanages and social services organizations. Today, under the leadership of Eric S. Goldstein, the organization, which calls itself “the world's largest local philanthropy,” remains steadfast in serving Jewish New Yorkers. Goldstein, a former partner at Paul Weiss, has raised a quarter billion dollars over the past year while distributing millions of dollars for COVID-19 response and vaccination and to Ukraine while also battling rising antisemitism.

MONSIGNOR KEVIN SULLIVAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York

Catholic Charities took in roughly 1,500 immigrants over the summer after Texas officials listed the nonprofit as their home address. Monsignor Kevin Sullivan worked with New York City and the Biden administration to provide

ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS OF

AMERICA

GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA

This year, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is celebrating the centennial of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, which counts 1.5 million among its faithful. The

Eric S. Goldstein

Monsignor Kevin Sullivan

resources and shelter to the asylum seekers, and called on Congress to deal with the country’s immigration crisis so that communities don’t have to manage flare-ups on their own. This Thanksgiving, Sullivan helped Catholic Charities spent $6,000 on rice, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes and distributed 1,100 turkeys to people in need amid rising costs.

Deegan, who touted strong student test scores at Catholic schools during the coronavirus pandemic, has questioned state regulations requiring religious schools to offer instruction that is “substantially equivalent” with public schools.

institutions – FPWA was formerly named the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies – celebrated a significant win this past election season with the passage of three racial justice ballot proposals. Jones Austin chaired the Racial Justice Commission that was empaneled by then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to develop and draft the ballot questions, including one creating an office of racial equity in New York City.

fed 135,000 people for the Thanksgiving holiday.

23MICHAEL J. DEEGAN SUPERINTENDENT

OF SCHOOLS

Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New York

As superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of New York, Michael J. Deegan oversees Catholic schools that educate over 67,000 students across the state. When Cardinal Timothy Dolan appointed the then-deputy superintendent to the lead role in 2019, Deegan expressed his commitment to the mission of a high-quality Catholic education in the face of declining enrollment.

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JENNIFER JONES AUSTIN

CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

FPWA

Jennifer Jones Austin’s antipoverty advocacy network of over 170 member non-religious agencies and faith-based

DAVID GREENFIELD

CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Met Council

The former City Council member has leaned on his political acumen to benefit hundreds of thousands of people living in poverty. David Greenfield was one of the few Orthodox Jewish leaders enthusiastically backing Kathy Hochul for reelection, ensuring his Met Council isn’t stiffed during budget season. And Greenfield’s annual Somos shabbos shindig has become one of the must-attend events of the conference. This year, the Met Council’s kosher food bank

REV. ALFRED COCKFIELD II

EXECUTIVE PASTOR

God’s Battalion of Prayer Church

The Rev. Alfred Cockfield II has been intentional about courting top politicos in the city and state. Recent moves include his hosting Andrew Cuomo for his first in-person remarks after resigning as governor amid sexual misconduct accusations and creating a political action committee that raised $1 million for Eric Adams’ successful New York City mayoral campaign. Cockfield, who has spent much of his career starting and supporting charter schools for the underserved, also serves on the board of the Long Island Power Authority.

REV. HERBERT DAUGHTRY

NATIONAL PRESIDING MINISTER EMERITUS

The House of the Lord

Church

The Rev. Herbert Daughtry mentored Eric Adams for decades, including encouraging him to join the police force and lending his credibility to Adams’ mayoral campaign. He similarly inspired the likes of New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Council Member Charles

Michael J. Deegan

Daughtry has been a mentor to Mayor Eric Adams going back to before he was a cop.

Barron. Daughtry, who serves as national presiding minister emeritus of The House of the Lord Churches in Brooklyn, has united ministers to work for peace in Iraq and participated in a delegation to South Africa, where he met Nelson and Winnie Mandela.

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IMAM RAFEEK MOHAMED

PRESIDENT

Islamic Schools Association of New York

The head of the Islamic Schools Association and principal of Al-Ishan Academy in South Ozone Park has been working to advance Muslim educational and cultural life in New York City for decades. Rafeek Mohamed was part of a campaign for the city to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the public school calendar, as well as one to add NYPD school guards in private schools. He recently hosted a visit with New York City Mayor Eric Adams in his first year in office.

RABBIS HASKEL LOOKSTEIN & CHAIM STEINMETZ

RABBI EMERITUS; SENIOR RABBI

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun

After retiring in 2015, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein gained latecareer fame for his overseeing Ivanka Trump’s conversion and backing out of an appearance to speak at the Republican National Convention in 2016. The Modern Orthodox rabbi has since condemned the Trump administration’s response to antisemitic violence in Charlottesville. His successor, Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, led a rabbinical mission to Ukraine in March and regularly contributes essays on faith and politics for the Jewish Journal.

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REV. SERENE JONES

PRESIDENT

Union Theological Seminary

The Rev. Serene Jones’s 2019 memoir got people talking when she questioned the resurrection of Jesus and called the virgin birth a “bizarre claim.” Since then, the former New York City Clergy Advisory Council member has been a regular cable news contributor on issues of religion and politics. She urged faith leaders to defend women’s reproductive rights before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and said on MSNBC that abortion was not a biblical topic. Jones also called Florida Gov. Ron Desantis a white supremacist

Taylor is challenging City Council Member

for advancing Christian nationalist ideas.

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REV. AL TAYLOR

PASTOR

Infinity Mennonite Church of Harlem

Before Al Taylor was known around Upper Manhattan as a state Assembly member, he was renowned for his walking ministry as a pastor at Infinity Mennonite Church in Harlem. In 2008, Taylor helped create the walking ministry known as “Man Up In Harlem” to gather the community in the wake of gun violence. The pastor told Mennonite Church USA Communications that violence in the local community was reduced through the prayer walks, not by telling people to put guns away, “but by the power of prayer.” Taylor recently announced a Democratic primary challenge against socialist New York City Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan.

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RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIER

SENIOR RABBI

Park East Synagogue

Since 1962, Rabbi Arthur Schneier has cultivated his

Upper East Side synagogue into one of the country’s top centers for Modern Orthodox Jewish life, even hosting Pope Benedict XVI. But a bitter succession battle came into public view when the nonagenarian abruptly fired Assistant Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt last October in an internecine conflict that split the congregation. Goldschmidt has since started a new congregation nearby, while Park East announced in March it was seeking a new rabbi to work with Schneier and eventually succeed him.

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TIMOTHY KELLER

CHAIR AND CO-FOUNDER

Redeemer City to City

Today’s urban ministry looks different and has different needs than it has in the past. Timothy Keller, former pastor and founder of Manhattan’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church, knows that firsthand: Since 2017, the popular pastor and author has served as chair and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, training others to plant churches in New York and cities around the globe and giving faith leaders the resources to

Kristin Richardson Jordan.

Rev. Herbert Daughtry

of America, which oversees 60 churches between the northeast and Texas. The Armenia-born minister was officially confirmed primate of the diocese in June at a ceremony at the St. Vartan Cathedral in Manhattan, though a severe car accident he suffered the following month in upstate New York has delayed some of his plans for the church. Fortunately, Parsamyan initially recovered from the crash at Albany Medical Center and, since September, has continued to rehabilitate in New York City.

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build networks among them – a need felt all the more acutely as the world’s population continues shifting toward cities.

ANISHA SINGH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Sikh Coalition

REV. FR. MESROP PARSAMYAN

PRIMATE Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America

In early May, Armenian religious leaders chose the Rev. Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan over two other rivals to head the Eastern Diocese

Anisha Singh and the Sikh Coalition go way back. The civil rights leader once volunteered as a teenager with the organization that she was chosen to head after a nationwide search in May. Singh immediately got to work lobbying Congress to authorize domestic terrorism offices within the FBI and strengthen enforcement of hate crime laws in the aftermath of an attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin a decade ago. She also shared

her support of abortion rights in May and condemned an Islamic State attack on an Sikh site in Kabul in June.

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who has led UMC’s New York branch for six years, was chosen as president of the Council of Bishops in April, he acknowledged a breakup was near. Bickerton has called out breakaway conservative factions, criticized the overturning of Roe v. Wade and vowed that Methodists would fight racism and the effects of colonialism.

BISHOP,

METROPOLITAN NEW YORK SYNOD

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

The Evangelical Lutheran Church has a shortage of at least 600 priests nationally due to a wave of retirements since the start of the pandemic. That has led Bishop Paul Egensteiner, who was elected to lead the radically inclusive LGBTQfriendly branch of the church in 2019, to make some tough decisions. Last year, the Lutheran governing body pulled funding from Greenpoint’s Park Church Co-op and closed it in June despite pushback from the community. The Synod is also challenging the sale of a pair of five-story Upper East Side apartment buildings that Immanuel Lutheran Church owns.

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BISHOP THOMAS J. BICKERTON

BISHOP, NEW YORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE

United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church has long been a big-tent denomination for Protestants, but has undergone a painful schism since traditionalists narrowly passed a ban on ordaining LGBTQ clergy or officiating same-sex marriages in 2019. When Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton,

REV. DEREK LECAKES

PRESIDENT, ATLANTIC DISTRICT

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

After making the move from leading Immanuel Lutheran Church in Niskayuna in 2015 to run the Lutheran Church’s Atlantic Division, the Rev. Dr. Derek Lecakes has sought to stabilize the synod amid declining membership afflicting many denominations. Lecakes oversaw the closure of Christ Lutheran Church in 2019 and the sale of Concordia College New York’s Bronxville campus to Iona College in 2021. In August, the bishop was easily reelected to his third term as president on the first ballot and in September led a discussion on LGBTQ issues among the synod’s council of presidents.

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RT. REV. ANDREW M.L. DIETSCHE

BISHOP

The Episcopal Diocese of New York

The longtime Episcopal bishop was instrumental in getting his diocese to secure $1.1 million from its

GARY

Rev. Serene Jones

of Brooklyn’s historic Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day, engages congregations across the city to help asylum-seeking migrants in New York.

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endowment for a “Year of Reparation” in 2019 for its direct role in perpetuating slavery in America. That work will continue well past Rt. Rev. Andrew Dietsche’s tenure. The bishop, whose ecumenical work was singled out for praise by Pope Francis, announced in November 2021 he would retire following the installation of a successor in 2023. An election for a coadjutor at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine will occur in December.

to tackle criminal justice issues, police brutality and voting rights. Richardson recently vocalized his support for reproductive rights, especially for Black women, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

impact on the world. Breyer’s decades-long experience ministering in jails gave her the authority to demand New York City Mayor Eric Adams follow through on a plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex by 2027. Breyer also helped the Adams administration create an office of faith-based partnerships and participated in a roundtable discussion about faith-based organizations with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in March.

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REV. W. FRANKLYN RICHARDSON

SENIOR PASTOR

Grace Baptist Church

By the time the Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson was 19, he was the full-time pastor of two churches in Richmond. His lifelong commitment to faith and service is evidenced by his roles as chair of the Conference of National Black Churches and chair of the National Action Network, where he works alongside the Rev. Al Sharpton

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REV. CHLOE BREYER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Interfaith Center of New York

The Rev. Chloe Breyer, the Episcopal priest and daughter of a former Supreme Court justice, wrote a much-heralded memoir that explored her journey to make a positive

GILFORD MONROSE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

New York City Mayor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships

Gilford Monrose’s proven ability to bring voices of faith into conversations addressing urban challenges led then-Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to make him director of the office’s faith-based and clergy initiatives. This year, Mayor Adams tapped Monrose to lead his Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships. In this role, Monrose, the pastor

MONSIGNOR GREGORY MUSTACIUOLO

CEO Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

With $470 million in grants to nonprofits serving underserved communities, the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation has been a pillar in serving the health needs of New Yorkers. At the helm of the organization is its first CEO, Monsignor Gregory Mustaciuolo, who brings experience leading operations at the Archdiocese of New York, where he served the pastoral and financial needs of over 2.6 million Catholics and 600 employees across various parishes and charities.

BISHOP WAYLYN HOBBS JR.

SENIOR PASTOR

Coney Island Cathedral

Bishop Waylyn Hobbs Jr. has been leading the congregation at Coney Island Cathedral for 28 years, binding together elected

Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson

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officials and grassroots leaders to bring retail development and overall revival to the area. The pastor last year was elected mayor of the village of Hempstead, which Hobbs suggested recently could be upgraded to a city – and thus secure more state funds. Hobbs’ footprint also extends internationally. As presiding bishop of the Restoration Fellowship, he’s working to uplift pastors and foster unity between church leaders and affiliate congregations.

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RABBI YERUCHIM SILBER

DIRECTOR OF NEW YORK GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Agudath Israel of America

With New York’s Haredi communities facing multiple crises, Rabbi Yeruchim Silber has been a busy man. Silber pushed the state to provide $43 million for nonprofits to improve their facilities’ security in light of rising antisemitic attacks. His organization led a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Hasidic communities while pushing back on city vaccination mandates for private school teachers. He also forcefully opposed state regulations into Hasidic schools after a bombshell investigation found many yeshivas failed to provide a basic secular education despite taking public subsidies.

social justice pedigree traces back to Martin Luther King Jr. through his pastor – and King’s former chief of staff – the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker. DeGraff serves Harlem’s Canaan Baptist Church while advocating for equity for the African American community on various boards. DeGraff, who leads COVID-19 and vaccine outreach to churches through his role on the National Black Clergy Health Leadership Council, is a longtime supporter of efforts to increase business contracts for minority- and women-owned businesses.

congregations across the state, has pushed Gov. Kathy Hochul to transfer incarcerated people out of Rikers and rallied with home care workers to boost their wages in the state budget. Cook rose to national prominence by using his platform to drive a wedge between gun ownership and Christianity after a gunman killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo supermarket in May. Cook argued for stricter gun control legislation, including an assault weapons ban and a national red flag law.

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JAMES A. LYNCH

PRESIDENT

Buddhist Council of New York

45RYAN KOCH

DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints made history in November backing federal same-sex marriage legislation, as long as it didn’t infringe on the groups’ right to worship. The move gave cover for Mormon lawmakers to pass the bill and provided some good publicity for the Mormon Church. Now, its New York PR guru Ryan Koch is overseeing a Giving Machine outside its Lincoln Center temple to provide gifts for children during the holidays. Koch also coordinated the Wilbur awards program recognizing religion coverage in the news.

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REV. JACQUES A. DEGRAFF

ASSOCIATE PASTOR

Canaan Baptist Church of Christ

The Rev. Jacques A. DeGraff’s

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REV. PETER COOK

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

New York State Council of Churches

The Rev. Peter Cook, who represents 7,000

The Brooklyn College professor has been a clarion voice for peace and unity since he began leading the Buddhist Council nearly five years ago. James Lynch condemned the Trump administration’s family separation policy at the U.S.Mexico border and pushed for Diwali to be made a public school holiday, as well as the recognition of Buddha Day. In August, Lynch joined interfaith leaders to call on nations to end the proliferation of nuclear weapons and disarm existing stocks of warheads.

Gilford Monrose and Mayor Eric Adams

RABBI MARC SCHNEIER

PRESIDENT

Foundation for Ethnic Understanding

The celebrity-friendly Hamptons rabbi, son of a Park East scion and New York Post fixture, has increasingly turned his attention to foreign affairs in the Biden era. Reporters were surprised to see Rabbi Marc Schneier mediating a confab between the Israeli and Turkish presidents in March. He also led an interfaith congress in Kazakhstan, advised the King of Bahrain, and helped Qatar accommodate Jewish visitors during the World Cup (by providing kosher bagels). But Schneier hasn’t abandoned the Hamptons. He frequently hosted New York City Mayor Eric Adams at his Westhampton shul over the summer.

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RABBI RACHEL TIMONER

SENIOR RABBI

Congregation Beth Elohim

Rabbi Rachel Timoner became increasingly worried that New York City Mayor Eric Adams was only hearing from conservative Orthodox Jewish leaders. So the progressive Park Slope rabbi invited 55 women clergy for a meeting with the mayor. Timoner is no stranger to organizing campaigns. She and 18 other rabbis flew to Poland to distribute medical supplies to Ukrainian refugees in March.

And she has spoken out against Benjamin Netanyahu and the direction far-right leaders have taken Israel. This fall, Timoner appears in the heart-wrenching documentary “Last Flight Home,” about her father’s assisted suicide, that her sister directed.

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UMA MYSOREKAR

PRESIDENT

The Hindu Temple Society of North America

Uma Mysorekar had a gynecology and obstetrics practice in Queens for three decades, but a powerful calling to meet the spiritual needs of her community beckoned. After getting involved with the Hindu Temple Society in the 1980s, Mysorekar began serving as its president in 1994 and expanded its facilities and youth and senior programming. Queens leaders joined Mysorekar to celebrate the unveiling of a street renaming honoring the temple in April and her longtime advocacy for making Diwali a school holiday came to fruition six months later.

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RABBI BARUCH ROTHMAN

DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Yeshiva Darchei Torah

The Orthodox school administrator used his business acumen to transform Darchei

Torah into the flagship Yeshiva in Queens. The campus also became a crucial campaign stop as Rabbi Baruch Rothman courted then-Senate Leader John Flanagan, state legislative candidates, and then-Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams when he ran for mayor last year. Rothman was one of the few Orthodox leaders to endorse Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection over Republican Lee Zeldin, which should pay dividends down the line as the state Board of Regents increases scrutiny on yeshivas to over secular academic standards.

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REV. BRIAN J. SHANLEY

PRESIDENT

St. John’s University

Though the Rev. Brian J. Shanley was elected to lead St. John’s University in the thick of the coronavirus

pandemic, his 15 years as Providence College’s longestserving president prepared him well. Beloved by many in the Providence community, Shanley is credited with strengthening the college’s religious mission and athletics program, as well as raising its national profile. Now at St. John’s, he’s focused on boosting enrollment and diversifying the university’s faculty. Shanley has taught philosophy at various institutions and his work is published in several academic journals.

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ALAN KADISH

PRESIDENT

Touro University

As president of the largest Jewish-sponsored educational institution in the country, Dr. Alan Kadish is a cardiologist, teacher

Mysorekar celebrated Diwali becoming a holiday for New York City school students.

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Rabbi Baruch Rothman

and researcher, bringing decades of experience in administrative education and scientific research. Kadish held tenure for nearly 20 years at Northwestern University before becoming Touro’s senior provost and chief operating officer in 2009. One year later, he assumed the role of president, in which he currently leads the institution’s expansion across states, recently adding podiatric medicine to its existing medical and health science schools and programs. 56

REV. ERICK SALGADO

PASTOR

Iglesia Jovenes Cristianos

Brooklyn pastor, Spanishlanguage radio founder and former mayoral candidate the Rev. Erick Salgado developed a close relationship with New York City Mayor Eric Adams while Adams was borough president, so it was no surprise when Adams tapped Salgado for a top role in the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Salgado’s past views on marriage equality roiled LGBTQ and immigration leaders – and even rank-andfile city employees – who all questioned the hiring. Salgado said his views have “evolved” over time.

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REV. RUBEN DIAZ SR. PASTOR Christian Community Neighborhood Church

The Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., a former state senator and Bronx council member, officially retired from politics in 2020 after his failed congressional bid – but he didn’t leave the political scene for long. He opposed Democratic bail reform laws in an op-ed and hosted Andrew Cuomo at a Hispanic clergy meeting in March when the former governor teased a comeback. This fall, Diaz campaigned in the South Bronx multiple times with gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, urging his neighbors to support the Republican hopeful in November.

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RABBI YA’AKOV TRUMP

RABBI

Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst

For the past decade, Ya’akov Trump has helped the Five Towns Orthodox Jewish community thrive on the western edge of Long Island. Trump (no relation to the former president) helped open the

community’s only kosher rehab facility in 2018 and coordinated Narcan training at the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC as the opioid epidemic spread. Since then, Trump has contributed to an All Daf Torah app created by Orthodox Union, celebrated the dedication of a new Sefer Torah, and hosted former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.

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BISHOP MITCHELL G. TAYLOR

SENIOR PASTOR

Center of Hope International

Much of Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor’s work is influenced by his life growing up in and around NYCHA’s Queensbridge Houses. Taylor founded the Center of Hope International, a church located nearby the housing complex. Serving as senior pastor, Taylor provides a safe haven for children

seeking after school activities and nourishment for local families through its Bread of Life pantry. In 2004, Bishop Taylor also co-founded Urban Upbound, connecting Queens public housing residents with financial opportunities that promote economic growth.

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BISHOP FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ

PRESIDENT

Latin African American Chaplains Association

Following the World Trade Center Attacks, Bishop Fernando Rodriguez received “a calling from God” to create the Latin/African American Chaplains Association. Under Rodriguez’s leadership, the association strives to provide peace through faith in times of crisis, providing several chaplains to help first

Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor

responders cope with the trauma of the September 11 attacks. Rodriguez’s more recent activities through LACA include endorsements to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s gubernatorial campaign and fundraising for Ukraininians in need. He also runs the nondenominational Fellowship of Christian Churches, a 42-church association.

led the funeral and provided comfort to his fellowship, is poised to continue the legacy of the Harlem pillar and near-mayoral candidate whose nonprofit development corporation invested $1 billion into neighborhood schools, affordable housing and social services. Hoggard is also a recent graduate of the Fordham Graduate School of Education and celebrated its Baccalaureate Mass with the president of Fordham University in June.

Imam Khalid Latif committed to NYU’s Islamic Center 15 years ago, leading it to become the first established Muslim student center at a higher education institution in the U.S. Empowering the voices of young Muslims, Latif is the board chair and co-founder of Pillars of Peace, which advocates for rights of survivors of gender-based violence. He also co-founded Honest Chops, a charity venture and the first all-natural halal butcher in the city.

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urban development, worked to build affordable housing, founded an all-boys charter school and advocated for public school reforms. He writes regularly for the Daily News about addressing challenges in his community and has been working closely with the Brooklyn district attorney’s office and local law enforcement to get guns off the street and help reduce crime.

61REV. S. RASCHAAD HOGGARD ASSOCIATE MINISTER

Abyssinian Baptist Church

Abyssinian Baptist Church congregants were struggling with their grief at the first Sunday service after their longtime pastor Calvin O. Butts III died in October. The Rev. Raschaad Hoggard, who

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IMAM KHALID LATIF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Islamic Center at NYU

Appointed the first Muslim chaplain at both New York University and Princeton,

PRESIDENT

Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Abraham J. Jules is the regional leader for the 60,000-member Northeastern Conference of the Seventhday Adventists, a Christian denomination known for marking the Sabbath on Saturday, not Sunday. In November, Northeastern Conference leaders met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Jules has also joined with other faith leaders to call for the closure of the Rikers Island jail complex and to condemn gun violence, such as the mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store that left 10 dead earlier this year.

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REV. DAVID K. BRAWLEY

PASTOR

St. Paul Community Baptist Church

The Rev. David K. Brawley’s pastoral work encompasses the community of East New York where he has marshaled philanthropic dollars for

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REV. LISA JENKINS BROWN

SENIOR PASTOR

St. Matthew’s Baptist Church of Harlem

The Rev. Lisa Jenkins Brown is dedicated to creating spaces where diversity and inclusion are cherished. She is the first woman – and was the first single mother – to pastor her nearly century-old church, a position in which she has overseen free COVID-19 testing and flu shots, criminal justice reform workshops and free meals for hundreds of New Yorkers. As the CEO of LDJ Global Connection, she is also a sought-after presenter and public speaker in corporate, academic and faith-based settings. Her recent marriage to Vincent Brown, who works in mental health, was featured in The New York Times.

Hoggard is poised to continue the legacy of the late Calvin Butts at a Harlem church.

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Imam Khalid Latif

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RABBI BINI KRAUSS

PRINCIPAL

SAR Academy

Navigating coronavirus surges over the past three years of the pandemic has been challenging for most educators, but the Riverdale yeshiva leader made tough decisions for the safety of his community. Bini Krauss’ school was likely the first Jewish school in the country to close in March 2020 and pivot to remote learning after some students caught COVID-19. During the last school year, SAR Academy stayed open for in-person instruction thanks to mask requirements and social distancing. But the school took a wait-and-see approach as omicron cases spiked last December.

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REV. CLINTON MILLER PASTOR Brown Memorial Baptist Church

The Rev. Clinton Miller once wanted to be a lawyer, but instead has led the historic Clinton Hill church for two decades. His mostly Black 1,200-member congregation has welcomed multiple

candidates for office during its well-attended Sunday services – such as his longtime friend, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries – although Miller and other clergy have been careful about making endorsements. This year, Miller backed fellow minister Conrad Tillard’s unsuccessful bid for state Senate. He also mourned the passing of his mentor the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III.

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GIDEON TAYLOR

CEO AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Michael Miller built up a reputation as New York’s “Jewish peacemaker” as divisions over Israel and domestic politics have fractured the community before announcing his retirement in June 2021. His successor, Gideon Taylor, has prioritized building relationships with the region’s young leaders and sponsoring trips to Israel for elected officials. The JCRC has also combatted antisemitism by providing safety training to Jewish institutions and monitoring social media for threats, which stymied a planned attack on a New York synagogue in November.

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REVS. TERRY TROIA & KAREN JACKSON

PRESIDENT AND CEO; DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Project Hospitality

The Revs. Terry Troia and Karen Jackson work as

president and CEO and director of community initiatives at Project Hospitality, a nonprofit addressing poverty and homelessness issues in Staten Island. They also both serve in executive leadership positions with the Staten Island Long Term Recovery Organization, which was formed in the wake of Superstorm Sandy to help with disaster recovery. Utilizing their vast network of partner organizations, these community leaders have consistently delivered critical services in the wake of COVID-19 and Hurricane Ida.

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TANIA TETLOW

PRESIDENT

Fordham University

This past summer, Tania Tetlow became the first layperson and woman in the 181-year existence of Fordham University, a prominent Jesuit institution, to hold the presidential seat – and it’s not her first rodeo. Tetlow hails from Loyola University New

Taylor and the JCRC recently sponsored a trip for City Council members to Israel.

Tania Tetlow

Orleans, where she also broke the same series of “firsts” and accomplished a slew of feats, including overseeing the completion of Loyola’s most ambitious fundraising campaign. Before entering higher education, Tetlow was a federal prosecutor whose research as a law scholar helped the U.S. Department of Justice develop new antidiscrimination policies.

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REV. CARL WASHINGTON

PASTOR

New Mount Zion Baptist Church of Harlem

The Rev. Carl Washington has worked with clergy across Harlem to impact public policy in the areas of health, community affairs and civil rights. His church is home to Assembly Member Inez Dickens and has been an anchor in the community for over 100 years. He has pastored there for over 20 years and leads the Empire Missionary Baptist Association, a support network for Baptist churches in New York state that was founded by African American clergymen in 1895.

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ACHARYA VIJAH RAMJATTAN

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

United Madrassi Association

Acharya Vijah Ramjattan, the head of this Queensbased Hindu organization, orchestrated New York City’s first Madrassi parade in Richmond Hill in 2017. Ramjattan has since mobilized the Indo-Caribbean community to speak out against anti-Muslim violence

and lobby City Hall for a Diwali school holiday, which Mayor Eric Adams announced would be added to New York City’s public school calendar in 2023. Ramjattan was also on hand to celebrate the Adams administration’s creation of a new Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships.

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LINDA LEMURA

PRESIDENT

Le Moyne College

Linda LeMura made history when she became the first

Rajan S. Mathews

to hold the position. Thorne had previously served the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn since 2016, spent eight years at Middle Collegiate Church and cofounded the award-winning Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge in 2021. She has served on several boards and task forces, and advocated for the full inclusion of the LGBTQ community in the Reformed Church in America.

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female layperson to be named president of a higher education Jesuit institution in the U.S. With her contract extended through 2026, LeMura plans to continue leading the college through a period of record-breaking enrollment. LeMura oversaw the completion of the largest fundraising campaign in the college’s history, is committed to entwining the greater Syracuse community with the college and has advocated for increasing Pell Grants to address equity issues in higher education.

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SENIOR MINISTER

The Riverside Church

Following an 18-month deliberation by a specially crafted search committee, the Rev. Adriene Thorne was appointed the eighth senior minister of the Riverside Church and first African American woman

STEVE K. STOUTE

PRESIDENT Canisius College

Hailing from the largest Catholic university in the U.S., Steve Stoute’s various roles at DePaul University prepared him for a cross-country detour to become the first person of color and youngest named president of Canisius College. Also an attorney, Stoute has worked in corporate and securities law and brings higher education experience from Princeton University and the University of Southern California. Under Stoute, Canisius became the first Western New York college to formally remove standardized tests in evaluating college applications following an optional pandemicimplemented policy.

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DAMYN KELLY

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Lutheran Social Services of New York

In 2017 Damyn Kelly began leading Lutheran Social Services of New York, an organization formed in 1886 when 11 Lutheran

Stoute had experience at Princeton and other schools before joining Canisius.

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congregations teamed up to take care of orphans in New York City. Today, with a budget of over $60 million, the group provides support services to thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers daily. For his impactful work, Kelly was one of hundreds appointed to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ transition team. His organization will soon begin providing immigrants’ rights workshops to help individuals, regardless of immigration status, navigate the resources available to them.

is a key figure within the Christian and Missionary Alliance, serving on the Christian denomination’s board of directors and as an associate dean at its Alliance Theological Seminary. He also serves on Brooklyn’s Community Board 17 and is the treasurer of the 67th Precinct Clergy Council. Galbreath was on hand for the rollout of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ new Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnership in February, and the mayor paid a visit to Galbreath’s Brooklyn church in April 2021.

have sadly been increasingly common in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and Beyda has encouraged his students to tackle hatred in creative ways including Purim spiels. He has since sought to add safeguards and criminal background checks for faculty after a former teacher was arrested for soliciting photos from students.

infrastructure demands, St. Francis College is expanding out of Brooklyn Heights, adding a new campus to Downtown Brooklyn. Serving as the college’s president since 2017, Miguel Martinez-Saenz recently penned an op-ed in the Brooklyn Paper about the role of colleges in the borough’s revitalization and recovery. The president of the Franciscan institution brings experience from his time as provost at Otterbein University, where he led internationalization efforts, including a three-year global arts initiative.

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77RAJAN S. MATHEWS

PRESIDENT

Alliance Theological Seminary

Rajan S. Mathews, a former telecommunications executive in India, took over as president of the Alliance Theological Seminary in the spring of 2021. The seminary, which is located in lower Manhattan, is affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, a Christian denomination known for its emphasis on sending missionaries around the globe. Mathews is also the president of Alliance University, which this year changed its name from Nyack College. Assembly Member Al Taylor is a graduate of Alliance University.

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REV. CHARLES O. GALBREATH

SENIOR PASTOR

Clarendon Road Church

The Rev. Charles O. Galbreath’s position as senior pastor at Clarendon Road Church is just one of many roles. Galbreath

79RABBI JOSEPH BEYDA HEAD OF SCHOOL

Yeshiva of Flatbush

When a woman doused the front of Yeshiva of Flatbush in gasoline and set a fire in October 2021, Rabbi Joseph Beyda said the incident was a “teachable moment” for students about what kind of city they want in the future. Incidents of antisemitism

Rev. Charles O. Galbreath

REV. MALCOLM BYRD PASTOR

Mother AME Zion Church

MIGUEL

80MARTINEZ-SAENZ PRESIDENT

St. Francis College

With a growing student body and increased technology and

As the oldest Black church in New York state, Mother AME Zion Church stands as a pillar in the Harlem community and as a Freedom Church, having existed as a Black church prior to the abolition of slavery. At the helm of its mission and plan for revival is the Rev. Malcolm J. Byrd, a

liberation theologian calling for a new renaissance for Harlem’s Black community. Byrd is active in the push for more affordable housing, historical preservation and overall political and economic support of the church’s surrounding community.

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RICHARD WITT

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Rural & Migrant Ministry

undocumented immigrants from deportation. McNeill gave a sermon on social justice work at a Peace With Justice conference in June and stood with the Shinnecock Indian Nation on Indigenous Peoples Day.

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HINDY POUPKO

DEPUTY CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER

UJA-Federation of New York

UJA-Federation of New York, a powerhouse Jewish philanthropy, counts President Amy Bressman, board Chair David L. Moore and CEO Eric S. Goldstein among the public faces leading the organization. But a key behind-the-scenes player at the organization is Hindy Poupko, who has strengthened connections with other ethnic and faith leaders while taking on antisemitism. Poupko was previously a managing director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, where she built support for Israel. She also has testified before the New York City Council against the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.

For over three decades, Richard Witt has helmed The Rural & Migrant Ministry, standing firm behind state legislation, such as the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act of 2019. The ordained Episcopal priest recently threw his support behind New York’s first farm-worker union, Local 338, as its negotiations stalled with the Long Island winery, Pindar Vineyards. Witt acknowledged influence among farmworkers, telling WSHU Public Radio that there’s possible pressure on Pindar by the industry to not to settle a contract due to a fear of empowerment that could influence other farmworkers.

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REV. E. WEST MCNEILL

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State

Since 2014, the ordained United Church of Christ minister has worked to unite faith and labor leaders in a statewide movement for racial and economic justice. The Rev. E. West McNeill has been on the forefront of a $15 minimum wage campaign, extending a pandemic-era moratorium on evictions, improving living conditions in corrections facilities and shielding

85REV. JOHNNIE MELVIN GREEN

JR.

SENIOR PASTOR

Mount Neboh Baptist Church of Harlem

New York City politicians covet the impact the Rev. Johnnie Melvin Green Jr. has in the village of Harlem. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Mount Neboh to shore up her base when her campaign was struggling and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was vaccinated against COVID-19 there, flanked by press and local Black leaders. Green shepherded his congregation through a tough COVID-19 outbreak among its members and continues to advocate for minority voices through his work with the Rev. Al Sharpton and as CEO of a faith-based community advocacy group.

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REV. MYRA BROWN

PASTOR

Spiritus Christi Church

An unfair punishment in a second grade classroom and outspoken parents put the Rev. Myra Brown on the path to pastoral work – and her current position guiding the flock at Spiritus Christi Church in Rochester. Brown made local headlines when she stood faceto-face against a force of police officers that besieged protesters

amid tensions surrounding the controversial police killing of Daniel Prude in 2020. Brown’s church then served as a safe haven for demonstrators during the ensuing protests over the death and a coverup. She also founded the church’s racial justice ministry.

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REV. ROBERT WATERMAN

PASTOR

Antioch Baptist Church

Last year, Antioch Baptist Church in Brooklyn celebrated its centennial with the theme of 100 Years of Rising, Restoring, Reaching, Rejoicing. The Rev. Robert Waterman’s service to Antioch champions this theme with over two decades of service as a pastor, as the church has flourished through renewed youth programs and the restoration of its aging infrastructure. Under Waterman’s leadership, the church stayed afloat during COVID-19 while many others suffered. Waterman, who also founded the African American Clergy & Elected Officials

Green has worked with the Rev. Al Sharpton as part of a faith-based advocacy group.

Rev. E. West McNeill

of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based Community Development Services helped the state administer thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses and was considered in 2021 to lead the state Cannabis Control Board. But since Camara left public service in June, that office has received criticism for being ineffective under both the Cuomo and Hochul administrations. This past summer, Camara helped Crown Heights’ First Baptist Church celebrate its 69th anniversary and mourned the passing of Brooklyn political heavyweight Al Vann.

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Association, mounted an unsuccessful New York City Council bid last year.

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REV. KARIM CAMARA

PASTOR

Abundant Life Church

The former Assembly member from Brooklyn and head

RABBI JILL JACOBS

CEO

T’ruah

Rabbi Jill Jacobs is part of a growing community of progressive leaders scrutinizing mainstream Jewish organizations for refusing to condemn the rise of far-right Zionism. Her organization T’ruah, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, has grown to boast

2,300 members and a $2 million budget. In September, Jacobs launched a think tank to fund research and publish essays countering conservative journals and institutes funded by right-wing billionaires. In the meantime, she has mobilized thousands of voters and pressed the Biden administration to help asylum-seekers by ending Title 42.

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REV. STEPHEN POGUE

PASTOR

Greater Centennial AME Zion Church

The Rev. Stephen Pogue has worn many hats throughout his time at AME Zion Church. During his tenure at Greater Centennial AME Zion Church in Harlem, Pogue started the hip-hop church whose services have been featured on major news networks. He currently serves as the pastor of Greater Centennial, bringing experience from Harlem and Oakland, California, to lead the congregation. He also serves as president of the United Black Clergy of Westchester, a coalition dedicated to community involvement and social justice.

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VENERABLE YOUWANG SHIH DIRECTOR

International Buddhist Progress Society

The Flushing Buddhist leader has co-sponsored interfaith events celebrating the rich diversity of cultures in Queens. Along the way, Venerable Youwang Shih developed close relationships with New York City Mayor Eric Adams,

who chose him to serve on his clergy transition committee in December 2021. Shih helped City Hall establish its first Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships, which he praised for fostering coexistence. He also gave an invocation at Adams’ 100 Days address in April, noting that his government can “sow the seeds for the illness or health” of the city.

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REV. KAJI SPELLMAN DOUŠA

SENIOR PASTOR

Park Avenue Christian Church

In the 212-year history of Park Avenue Christian Church, the congregation never saw a female pastor until the Rev. Kaji Spellman Douša came along. The Yale graduate also serves on the editorial board for the United Church of Christ’s Still Speaking Writers’ Group. Much of her faithbased work is highlighted with New Sanctuary Coalition, an organization that provides a safety net for immigrants at risk of deportation and detention. Douša directed prayers and offered counseling for migrants, and was in fact a target of a U.S. border surveillance program.

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REV. LAWRENCE AKER III

SENIOR PASTOR

Cornerstone Baptist Church

The Rev. Lawrence Aker III has served Cornerstone Baptist Church since 1998 and became the 102-year-old church’s eighth pastor in 2003. In 2019, former President Bill Clinton visited the Brooklyn church, which was nominated to the state and national

Rev. Robert Waterman

registers of historic places, to see energy-efficient upgrades installed with help from his nonprofit. Aker served on the Justice 2020 committee convened by Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez to reform the borough’s justice system and reduce incarceration rates.

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IMAM TAHIR KUKAJ

IMAM AND HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES

Miraj Islamic School

This year, when political and faith leaders across the city celebrated the convergence of Passover, Ramadan and Easter, Imam Tahir Kukaj’s Albanian Islamic Cultural Center hosted the event. Kukaj regularly represents the Islamic faith at interfaith convenings both in his home borough of Staten Island and across New York City. He also serves as a chaplain for the New York City Police Department and was selected by Mayor Eric Adams to sit on the clergy committee of his transition team.

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REV. DEMETRIUS S. CAROLINA SR.

SENIOR PASTOR

First Central Baptist Church

The Rev. Demetrius S. Carolina Sr. serves Staten Islanders as senior pastor of First Central Baptist Church and as executive director of Central Family Life Center, a social services nonprofit. Last year, he was appointed by thenNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board. He also helped to lead the formation of the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Island and to introduce the Cure Violence model to the borough.

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SAMUEL WONG

PASTOR

Chinese Promise Baptist Church

It took 30 years and several sacrifices for Pastor Samuel Wong and his wife Katty to own and operate their dream church, which they say was a gift for God, and not for them. Wong founded the Chinese Promise Baptist Church in 1983, renting space from an existing church and eventually purchasing his own for a whopping $2 million in 2013. Now wielding ownership of his own religious space, Wong extends his courtesy by opening the several other

floors to other churches to conduct services.

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BISHOP VICTOR BROWN SENIOR PASTOR

Mt. Sinai United Christian Church

Bishop Victor Brown’s preaching prowess lifted him to the position of international bishop and liaison to the United Nations with the Worldwide Fellowship of Independent Christian Churches, an organization that helps global churches that don’t belong to a single denomination. On a local level, his impact as a New York City pastor is still significant within his community thanks to his leadership in addressing local concerns such as crime and health access.

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IMAM MOHAMMED SHERZAD

MASJID HAZRAT ABUBAKR SIDDIQUE

Imam Mohammed Sherzad came to America with his family at 22 looking to cultivate a permanent space for the Afghan community. Over 30 years later, he remains the longtime imam of the Masjid Hazrat AbuBakr Siddique mosque in Flushing, Queens. Imam Sherzad was also a subject in a recent Time magazine article highlighting the Dar Al Taqwa Islamic Center – a refuge spot for Afghan teens where he and others work to support

refugees as they start new lives in the United States.

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RABBI LAUREN GRABELLE HERRMANN

SAJ – JUDAISM THAT STANDS FOR ALL

Leading the Upper West Side synagogue that held the first bat mitzvah in the country has been a privilege for Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Hermann, who created an event commemorating how the centennial anniversary helped advance Jewish women. But she is looking toward the future and has sought to alter the language and spirit of the boundary-breaking ritual to become more gender-neutral. She has also called on New York City leaders to end solitary confinement in jails and made the New York Post for canceling a Republican club’s October event featuring consultant Dick Morris. 100

FATHER JUAN LUXAMA CHAIR AND CO-FOUNDER

Life of Hope

Father Juan Luxama and his brother Porez co-founded Life of Hope – an East Flatbushbased nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth and immigrant families similar to their own. The organization provides community members access to myriad after school service programs, adult literacy and English as a second language classes, and spiritual support forums and events. The Haitian-born Father Luxama was also appointed to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ 62-member clergy committee as part of the mayor’s 2021 transition team.

REV. SAMUEL DENNIS

The Wongs saved for years to start a church and have succeeded in their dream.

Rev. Demetrius S. Carolina Sr.

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series ARSI 2006-M3, Plaintiff AGAINST Dave Dixon; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 23, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the steps of the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on December 8, 2022 at 11:35AM, premises known as 1077 Belmont Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 4235 Lot 46. Approximate amount of judgment $504,234.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 506702/2015. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Second Judicial District.

Bruno Codispoti, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: May 26, 2022

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Notice of Formation of 4741 AKR, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 122 EAST 42ND STREET, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10168. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FLATBUSH HARDWARE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/01/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to PO BOX 230-323, BROOKLYN, NY, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LI & LI REAL ESTATE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/15/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1336 & 1340 BAY RIDGE AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MEEKO MILESTONE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/08/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 125 STANHOPE ST., #2, BROOKLYN, NY, 11221. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Mariela Gomez Design and Management, LLC filed with SSNY on August 8, 2022. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 3650 Bronx Blvd, 6D, Bronx NY, 10467. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 34 NORTH NELLIE LLC filed with SSNY on 09/23/2022. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: HUDSON VALLEY 3 INVESTORS LLC 303 S BROADWAY SUITE 480, TARRYTOWN, NY, 10591, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Public Notice

Sam-Albert: Metellus and Aren-Eunice: Boddie announce the birth of their firstborn daughter Ava Christy-Eunice: Boddie at 12:53pmon Thursday, the 6th day of August, 2020. Ava Christy-Eunice was born at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women in Memphis, Tennessee. Ava Christy-Eunice is the first of her name and first of hergeneration. Ava Christy-Eunice was 19 inches long and 6 pounds, 2.6 ounce. Ava ChristyEunice’s maternal grandparents are Christy Laverne Boddie and Shawn N. Taylor, both of Memphis, Tennessee. Ava Christy-Eunice’s paternal grandparents are Marie Josette Notice and Jean Lexinord Metellus, both of Haiti, West Indies.

Notice of qualification (foreign) of Tona Development Group, LLC ( LLC). Application for Authority filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/25/2022, office location, Kings County, LLC is designated as agent upon whom process may be served, SSNY shall mail service of process to The LLC 486 Market St., Newark, NJ 07105. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

645 PUTNAM LLC, Arts of Org. filed SSNY 10/14/22.  Office: NY Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to James Grasso, 41 East 11 th St., NY, NY 10003. General Purpose.

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF KINGS

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-FM2, Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Plaintiff,

Against Wilma Martinez, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 02/27/2020, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the Courthouse steps, Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 12/15/2022 at 11:10am, premises known as 867 New Jersey Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208 and described as follows;

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Block 4348 Lot 55. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $922,416.37 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 513669/2018

Shmuel Taub, Esq., Referee.

SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES, Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Dated: 9-272022 File Number: 34296 PCO

Notice of Formation of Molcan Management LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/9/21. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 34 Wickes Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701 Purpose: General

Notice of Formation of Marius Properties Limited Liability Company, an LLC filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 31, 2022. Office location of Marius Properties Limited Liability Company is New York County (Manhattan). SSNY is the designated agent of Marius Properties Limited Liability Company upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Marius Properties Limited Liability Company at 442 5th Avenue, #1090, New York City, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of SPARK ROCKET MARKETING, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/23/22. Office location: WESTCHESTER County. LLC formed in Florida (FL) on 04/26/2016. Princ. office of LLC: 60 BROAD ST W., UNIT 3M, MOUNT VERNON, NY, UNITED STATES, 10552. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 60 BROAD ST W., UNIT 3M, MOUNT VERNON, NY, UNITED STATES, 10552. FL addr. of LLC: 1317 Edgewater Dr #2829 Orlando, FL 32804. Cert. of Form. filed with Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, SEC OF STATE, JAHICKMAN, 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303. Purpose: Marketing Agency

Notice of Formation of Solar Merger Sub, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 11/4/22. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 10900 Red Circle Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of THE ROYAL FAMILY RESIDENCE LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/22. Office location: Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 1575-50 St., Ste. 201, Brooklyn, NY 11219. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of GUILLERMO VALDES MONTEMAYOR MEDICAL PLLC filed with SSNY on 9/30/2022. Office: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PLLC: 180 WEST END AVENUE, SUITE 1A, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10023 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of RIVER ROAD SOLAR A LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/04/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 222 Broadway, Floor 19, New York, NY 10038. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FISHER AVE SOLAR B LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/04/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10/26/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 222 Broadway, Floor 19, New York, NY 10038. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of CABRERA CAPITAL, LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/08/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/30/2021. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EXCEL NONPROFIT, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/09/2022. Office location ONONDAGA SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6850 KNOLLWOOD ROAD, FAYETTEVILLE, NY, 13066. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JORDANNE SCULLER, LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/07/2022. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 301 EAST 66TH STREET, APT. 14G, NEW YORK, NY, 10065. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of REGIME. WORLD LLC , filed with SSNY on 10/07/2022. Office: NY County SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC:

LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC. 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 3 BUFFALO, NY, 14221, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of POLARIS ART CENTER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/09/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 287 BAY 14TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of EZ

WEB SERVICE, LLC

Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/11/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in FL on 06/01/2020. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS. 500 S BRONOUGH STREET, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of N FLAGLER DRIVE DEVELOPER, LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/10/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 04/29/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1353774, for beer and wine and liquor, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a tavern under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10020 for onpremises consumption.

Rock ZO 33-34, LLC 50 Rockefeller Plaza, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10020

Notice of Formation of CANASTOTA ITALIAN ANCESTRY ORGANIZATION, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/09/2022. Office location Madison SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3 GRAGO BLVD., CANASTOTA, NY, 13032. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of 30E31ST24, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/22. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to:30 E. 31st St., Apt 24, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful act.

Jus Whipped by Savina LLC located at 48 Hutchinson Blvd. Mount Vernon NY 10552 has completed filing for LLC on 9/21/22 in Westchester County for the purpose of making and selling blended body butter. The registered agent is Savina Wiltshire

Notice of Qualification of CATALIO PARTNERSHIP HOLDINGS GP, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/08/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/27/22. NYS fictitious name: CPH GP, LLC. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of the State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of HAYLIE DENG LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/09/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 219 TYSENS LN, STATEN ISLAND, NY, , 10306. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AUTUSR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 10/4/22. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 122 E. 42nd St., 18th Fl., NY, NY 10168. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of ABINGTON WESTPORT 2.0 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 950 THIRD AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). The name is FoxyZeb LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of the State of New York (“Secretary”) on 11/15/2022. Office of the LLC: Columbia County. Secretary has been designated as agent for service of process upon the LLC. Secretary shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o S Porter Restoration & Conservation LLC, 90 Wiltsie Bridge Road, Ancramdale, NY 12503. The purpose of the business of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). The name is FoxOnTheWold LLC.

Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of the State of New York (“Secretary”) on 11/15/2022. Office of the LLC: Columbia County.

Secretary has been designated as agent for service of process upon the LLC. Secretary shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 90 Wiltsie Bridge Road, Ancramdale, NY 12503. The purpose of the business of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Qualification of DEWITT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/01/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/09/99. 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 c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State Office, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19801. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of LIAT KORNOWSKI LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/28/22. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Incorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza – 99 Washington Ave, Ste. 805-A, Albany, NY 12210-2822, also the Registered Agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1352962 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 76 78 CARMINE ST NEW YORK, NY 10014 for on premises consumption.

ABSTRACT

HOSPITALITY LLC 76 78 CARMINE ST NEW YORK, NY 10014

ACCOUNTING PROCEEDING FILE NO. 2019-2684/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO: Unknown Distributees Attorney General of the State of New York Rebecca Ochsenhaut Noah Ochsenhaut Elizabeth Garcia Steven Garcia Felipe Garcia Alexander V. LaSalle First Avenue Funeral Services, Inc. and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Alexandra Garcia, the decedent herein, if living and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained by the petitioner herein; being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees, or otherwise in the estate of Alexandra Garcia, deceased, who at the time of her death was a resident of 353 W 47th Street, New York, NY 10036; A petition having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, who maintains an office at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York, on December 22, 2022 in room 503, at 9:30 A.M., why the following relief stated in the account of proceedings, a copy of the summary statement thereof being attached hereto, of the Public Administrator of the County of New York as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, should not be granted: (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that a hearing be held to determine the identity of decedent’s distributees at which time proof pursuant to SCPA §2225 may be presented, or in the alternative, that the balance of the funds in this estate be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of the decedent’s unknown distributees; (iii) that the Surrogate approve the reasonable amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attorney for the petitioner for legal services rendered to the petitioner herein; (iv) that Alexander V. LaSalle and First Avenue Funeral Services, Inc., show cause as to whether either of them have a claim for reimbursement of payment of decedent’s funeral expenses, and that upon presentation of proof of payment, the reasonable cost of the funeral expenses be allowed and paid, or, in the alternative, upon failure to present such a claim, any claim for reimbursement of funeral expenses be rejected; (v) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (vi) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA §307 where required or directed; and (vii) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. Hon. RITA MELLA Surrogate Dated, Attested and Sealed. November 9th, 2022 (Seal) Diana Sanabria Chief Clerk Schram Graber & Opell P.C. Counsel to the Public Administrator, New York County 11 Park Place, Suite 1008 New York, New York 10007 (212) 896-3310 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have the right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

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Notice of Formation of 1006 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/31/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1006 65TH STREET, 1ST FLOOR, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of C2 CAPITAL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/19/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 590 MADISON AVE., 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 191 AFF LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/31/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 191 FATHER CAPODANNO BLVD, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10305. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of CAREER STEP, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/09/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Georgia (GA) on 05/28/21. Princ. office of LLC: 925 Oak St., Scranton, PA 18515. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 214 State Capitol, Atlanta, GA 30334. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354071 for wine, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine at retail in a Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 383 W 31ST St Space #024 New York, NY 10001 and New York

QUICK PICKLE PENN LLC

383 W 31ST ST SPACE #024 NEW YORK, NY 10001

ACOMPANY CREATIVE LAB, LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/2022. Office: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 2 Peter Cooper Rd., 4H, New York, NY, 10010. Purpose: any lawful act.

32 West 125 KK LLC filed w/ SSNY on 10/19/22.

Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Smith & Shapiro, 116 E 27th St., 3rd Fl, NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: any lawful.

Notice of Formation of GORVY LEVY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/15/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 909 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY, 10021. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KING ROBERT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/29/2022. Office location Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1855 GLEASON AVE., BRONX, NY, 10472. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SKY BLU HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/05/2014. Office location Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 15 CENTER DRIVE, ROSLYN, NY, 11576. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SUMMIT HOME SOLUTIONS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/16/2022. Office location ONONDAGA SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7662 ELKHORN ROAD, MANLIUS, NY, 13104. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EMILY LENZ FINE ART LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/25/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 882 UNION STREET, 3C, BROOKLYN, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EMILY LENZ FINE ART LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/25/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 882 UNION STREET, 3C, BROOKLYN, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 231 NEPTUNE AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/08/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1530 BLUE BARN RD, ALLENTOWN, PA, 18104. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of CPT 33A LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/14/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in PR on 11/14/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 217 WEST 57TH STREET, UNIT 33A, NEW YORK, NY, 10019. Arts. of Org. filed with PR SOS. Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico, FV8M+352, C. San José, San Juan, 00901, Puerto Rico. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EMILY LENZ FINE ART LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/25/2022.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 882 UNION STREET, 3C, BROOKLYN, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SFWNYC LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/21/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of TOSTB 321 Lenox Avenue Member LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/28/2022. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1981 Marcus Ave, Ste E117, Lake Success NY 11042. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354132 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 1145 Manhattan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11222 and Kings County for on premises consumption.

CAFE ESTEREO LLC 1145 MANHATTAN AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11222

GREENPOINT PHYSICAL THERAPY AND CHIROPRACTIC PLLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/17/2019. Office: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Christian Carollo, 12 Ash Pl, Huntington, NY 11743. Purpose: Physical Therapy and Chiropractic.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354247 for wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 1 Boerum Place Brooklyn, NY 11201and Kings County for on premises consumption.

MQBK2 LLC

1 BOERUM PLACE BROOKLYN, NY 11201

Notice of Formation of 232 W 15 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/22/2022.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 80 STATE STREET, ALBANY, NY, 122072543.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of LPHB ONE LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/15/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/10/22. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 33 Carmine St., NY, NY 10014. DE addr. of LLC: 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State, DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of THE LIONS TALENT MANAGEMENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/07/22. Princ. office of LLC: 6 St. Johns Ln., NY, NY 10013. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of LUME DEODORANT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/16/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/23/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354375 for liquor, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 430 3RD AVE New York, NY 10016 and New York County for on premises consumption.

BB 430 THIRD LLC 430 3RD AVE New York, NY 10016

Notice of Formation of UMPIRE ROCK LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/12/2022.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 451 6TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TEN31 VENTURES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/24/2022.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2047 VICTORY BLVD, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10314. Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354327 for Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 2624 2626 Broadway New York, NY 10025and New York County for on premises consumption.

Metro Cinema 1 LLC 2624 2626 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10025

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354360 for wine, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine at retail in a Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 383 W 31ST ST (Moynihan Train) New York, NY 10001 and New York County for on premises consumption.

GIFT NEW YORK NO. 3 LLC 383 W 31ST ST (MOYNIHAN TRAIN) NEW YORK, NY 10001

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354209 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor   at retail in a Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 158 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215 and Kings County for on premises consumption.

PORK PEOPLE LLC 158 7TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11215

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354188 for wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine at retail in a Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 131 Ave A, Retail 4, New York, NY 10009 and New York County for on premises consumption.

CALETA HOLDINGS LLC

131 AVE A, RETAIL 4, NEW YORK, NY 10009

Notice of Formation of 4006 14 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/02/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4006 14TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 42 BROAD STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/2022.Office location: Montgomery SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to ONE COMMERCE PLAZA, 99 WASHINGTON AVE., SUITE 805-A, ALBANY, NY, 12210. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 143 CALYER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 105 MAXESS RD, SUITE 124, MELVILLE, NY 11747. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CRESLAND REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/21/2022. Office location Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to PO BOX 669, JOHNSTOWN, NY, 12095. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SWIFT RIVER BOOKS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/18/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 285 5TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CARBON SPHERE NY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/26/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 10 MONTIETH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11206. Any lawful purpose.

Public Notice

NextWave Broadband LLC proposes updates atop an existing 584’ building at 375 Pearl St in Manhattan, NY (40.7111° N & -74.0012° W). Similarly, T-Mobile Northeast LLC proposes updates atop a 213’ building at 1414 6th Ave in Manhattan, NY (40.7649° N and -73.9766° W) and a 44’ building at 56 Seguine Ave in Staten Island, NY (40.5249° N and -74.2007° W). NEXTWAVE and T-MOBILE are publishing this notice in accordance with FCC regulations (47CFR § 1.1307) for Section 106 of the NHPA and for the NEPA.

Parties with questions or comments regarding the proposed facility should contact CHERUNDOLO at 976 Tabor Road, Ste 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 or via email at tcns@ cherundoloconsulting. com.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354569 for liquor, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 1374 3rd Ave New York, NY 10075 and New York County for on premises consumption.

SUSHI NOZ LLC 1374 3RD AVE NEW YORK, NY 10075

Notice of Formation of MKTD HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/28/2022. Office location Cayuga SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 110 GENESEE ST., 200, AUBURN, NY, 13021. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of HOUSE OF FLOW LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/22/2022. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in AZ on 11/18/2020. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 250 CLARKSON AVENUE, #810, BROOKLYN, NY, 11226. Arts. of Org. filed with AZ SOS. 1700 W Washington St Fl 7, Phoenix AZ 85007. Any lawful purpose.

Public Notice

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is proposing a telecommunications installation in Bronx, Bronx County, New York. Verizon Wireless proposes to replace an existing public lighting/traffic control structure and install telecommunications antennas and associated equipment at a top height of 32 feet at the following location: the approx. vicinity of Valentine Avenue @ NWC of East 203 Street, 10458. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Trenton Clark, t.clark@trileaf. com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678‐653‐8673.

Notice of Formation of LIAM SKY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/22/2022. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 31 MONROE STREET, APARTMENT 11A, NEW YORK, NY, 10002. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF 290 Manhattan LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on 11/14/22. Office loc.:NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process against LLC at 329 W 112th St, NY, NY 10026. Princ. business addr. of LLC:329 W 112th St, NY, NY 10026. Purpose: any lawful purpose

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1354143, for beer and wine and liquor, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 10 West 50th Street, Suite 3, New York, NY 10020 for onpremises consumption.

Rock 30 CC Bakery, L.L.C. & 45 Rock Center LLC 10 West 50th Street, Suite 3, New York, NY 10020

Notice of Formation of FORTUNE BUILDING & W LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/28/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 474 GATES AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11216. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of professional service limited liability company (LLC). Name: Kaishian & Kline LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/01/2022. Office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at its principal business location: 55 Washington Street Suite 728, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Purpose: Law practice.

Notice of Formation of MRR 38 PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/14/2022. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 38 15TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY, 11215. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NASMI GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/28/2022. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1930 RICHMOND RD, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10306. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LE LEGACY PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/23/2022. Office location Rensselaer SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 103 HOLBRITTER ROAD, VALLEY FALLS, NY, 12185. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of JL HORNELL 1697, LLC Auth. filed with SSNY on 11/18/2022. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/14/2022. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 MAMARONECK AVENUE #400, HARRISON, NY, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of OLIVER AND FRIENDS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/22. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 345 14th St., Brooklyn, NY 11215. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Section 106 Public

Notice

InRange Solutions on behalf of T-Mobile Northeast, LLC proposes to collocate antennas on the rooftop of a 84.5 foot tall building located at 3750 Bronx Boulevard, Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10467. Interested parties with comments regarding potential effects on Historic Properties may contact InRange Solutions on behalf of T-Mobile Northeast, LLC c/o Julia Klima at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 877968-4787, Sec106@ DynamicEnvironmental. com within 30 days from the date of this publication. Re: 22211055

Notice of Formation of Porous Walls LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/27/22. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Attn: Eden Wurmfeld, 329 Sackett St, Brooklyn, NY 11231. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354799 for wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine at retail in a tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 293 MOTT ST NEW YORK, NY 10012 and New York County for on premises consumption.

EV JR LLC

293 MOTT ST NEW YORK, NY 10012

KPS Licensed Behavior Analyst PLLC filed w/ SSNY 10/1/22. Off. in Nassau Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of PLLC whom process may be served & shall mail process to the PLLC, 49 Flagstone Lane Westbury, NY 11590. Purpose: Licensed Behavior Analyst Work.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1354741 for liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 530 SEVENTH AVE RETAIL A, NEW YORK, NY 10018 and New York County for on premises consumption.

IT 530 SEVENTH AVE LLC

530 SEVENTH AVE RETAIL A, NEW YORK, NY 10018

Public Notice

A nonprofit organization in Woodbridge NY is seeking sealed bids for sales and installation of security related enhancements. The project includes: installation of security fencing. Selection criteria will be based on knowledge of surveillance and security, adherence to work schedule, prior experience, references, and lowest cost. Specifications and bid requirements can be obtained by contacting us at proposals3170@gmail. com. All interested firms will be required to sign for the proposal documents and provide primary contact, telephone, fax and email address. Bids will be accepted until December 15, 2022 at 5:00 pm and work is to commence by: January 15, 2023, and be completed by March 31, 2023.

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1343723 for wine, beer and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine, beer and liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 77 Sands Street, Rooftop Brooklyn, NY 11201 and Kings for on premises consumption.

77 Sands RG LLC 77 Sands Street, Rooftop Brooklyn, NY 11201

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If the New York City schools budget has been a roller coaster this year, it’s been on one of those dark indoor coasters, where you don’t know where it’s going next. An appeals court is letting the June budget cuts stay in place – even though Mayor Eric Adams’ administration totally broke the law by not following the right procedures. Does it even matter? The school year is halfway over. Some schools gained, some lost – and the billions are still flowing.

WINNERS

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HAKEEM JEFFRIES

Big congratulations are in order for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. After a historic victory, Jeffries is now the first Black leader in either cham ber of Congress. With hard work comes great reward. The member of Congress has been quietly preparing for this role on the sidelines for years. Now, Jeffries’ dream has finally become a reality and history has been made.

THE BEST OF THE REST ANNA KELLES & KEVIN PARKER

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law their two-year moratorium on new proofof-work cryptocurrency mining. The industry has argued that the moratorium will limit the growth of the industry, but the sector might have some other, more pressing concerns on its hands now.

GEORGE S. KAUFMAN, LARRY SILVERSTEIN & JAY MARTIN

Several blocks near Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens are about to get a serious makeover. The City Council voted to approve Innovation QNS, a development project that will completely overhaul the area around the movie studio.

LOSERS

OUR PICK

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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s wave of 39 ve toes hit state Sen. Shelley Mayer and Assembly Member Angelo Sant abarbara hard. As sponsors of a bill aiming to improve oversight on state agencies’ handling of group homes, Mayer and Santabarbara disagreed with Hochul’s veto. The governor said it was due to state budget lim itations, but Mayer plans to reintro duce the bill in the Legislature.

THE REST OF THE WORST EDWIN SKEPPLE

Committing fraud isn’t a good look for anyone, but it’s an especially poor move for a captain at the New York City Department of Correction. That didn’t stop Edwin Skepple from allegedly giving fraudulent information to obtain funds through a pandemic-era program intended to aid struggling small businesses.

ANTHONY GRICE

Newburgh Council Member Anthony Grice, who introduced “good cause” legislation last year, saw his law overturned by a judge. The loss probably stings for Grice as well as Hudson Valley housing advocates who fought to make the law a reality.

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