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EDITOR’S NOTE

RALPH R. ORTEGA Editor-in-chief

SPORTS FANS ARE SOMETIMES BRUTAL with politicians who make an appearance at the start of a game. Just ask Gov. Kathy Hochul. She wasn’t spared from enduring a long round of booing when she showed up for the puck drop at last week’s Rangers game at Madison Square Garden. Hochul put on a brave face as she walked out alone onto the ice for a photo opportunity just before she helped start the hockey game.

Fielding criticism is part of the job, and Hochul clearly demonstrated she’s got a thick skin by not even flinching in front of a tough downstate crowd. It wasn’t even clear why she was being booed. Was it her performance as governor? Was it because she was holding up the game? Were fans angry the Buffalo native was wearing a Rangers jersey? Who knows. It was definitely mean-spirited and disrespectful, even for what a politician is expected to take. The hecklers either overlooked or didn’t care about the very reason she was even there: Women’s Empowerment Night.

It certainly was a new low for New York state to have its first female governor treated in such a way. I wouldn’t want to be a downstate elected official standing in front of Buffalo fans any time soon.

CONTENTS FIRST READ … 4 The week that was

FRANK CARONE … 8

Adams’ chief of staff hasn’t been canceled (yet)

EXPENSIVE FUEL … 10

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Will suspending gas taxes help New Yorkers?

2022 ABOVE & BEYOND … 13

Recognizing 50 remarkable women

WINNERS & LOSERS … 66

Who was up and who was down last week

Pausing the state’s gas taxes won’t ease the pain at the pump much.

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March 21, 2022

“It’s better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”

– New York City Health and Mental Hygiene Department Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi, on his last day in office, via Twitter New York City Mayor Eric Adams is bringing back a controversial police unit to tackle gun violence in areas of the city that have seen a rise in gun-related crimes.

NYPD’S ANTICRIME UNIT IS OFFICIALLY BACK

Making good on his campaign promise, New York City Mayor Eric Adams officially rolled out the revamped anti-crime unit of the NYPD, which his predecessor Bill de Blasio had disbanded due to its controversial history. The

previous iteration consisted of plainclothes officers who were involved in a disproportionate number of deadly shootings. The new unit of uniformed officers will focus more specifically on guns as concerns over increasing crime rates and high-profile incidents grow.

The deployment comes after a short delay, with

the first wave getting sent to areas that have seen an increase in gun violence in recent years, with the rest of the roughly 500-member unit to be deployed as they complete their training.

STATE LAWMAKERS RESPOND TO THE GOVERNOR’S

TWO YEARS LATER Last week marked two years since New York shut down to control the spread of the coronavirus.

New York was hit earlier and harder than almost any other part of the country, with nearly 55,000 deaths since March 2020. Hospitalizations and deaths plummeted with the arrival of effective vaccines. As we embark on our third pandemic year, health experts warned that loosening restrictions should not mean getting complacent, as new variants could still pose a risk.

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– Global Strategy Group President Jefrey Pollock, in an email response to a draft memo from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s team fighting back against a scathing editorial in The New York Times, via Vice

Budget season is alive and well in Albany as state lawmakers passed their one-house nonbinding budget resolutions in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s initial fiscal plan.

Both the state Senate and the Assembly proposed budgets that differed in a number of key aspects compared to what came out of the Executive Chamber. They both include more spending despite the already high price tag of Hochul’s plan thanks to a surplus from federal pandemic aid.

Lawmakers also removed many of the governor’s nonfiscal policy items, perhaps most notably a bill to legalize to-go cocktails, although they also dropped other big-ticket items like term limits for statewide elected officials with a promise to revisit the issues as separate items after the budget. Both chambers also proposed funding for universal child care as well as an extension of state-funded health care to undocumented New Yorkers, both of which Hochul did not include.

HOCHUL DECIDES TO TAKE ON BAIL REFORM

After repeatedly insisting that she would defer to the state Legislature on the matter, Hochul has changed course and has decided she would like to revisit the bail reform law from 2019 in order to make more crime bail

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eligible and give judges greater discretion. That includes allowing judges to set higher bail based on criminal history and making attacks against public transit workers bail eligible. Both state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have said they have no appetite to make further changes to the law after some rollbacks in 2020 and made clear they didn’t intend to address the issue during session.

However, Republicans have continued to blame a rise in crime on bail reform, pointing to individual cases and anecdotal evidence as proof that the reform has failed, despite insufficient data to gauge success one way or the other. Moderate Democrats have also begun criticizing Hochul and others, seeking modifications to the bail law. So Hochul has finally taken a position on the controversial issue, aligning herself with Adams, who has called on her to make changes.

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CUOMO UNDERREPORTED NURSING HOME DEATHS: REDUX

As disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo attempts to make a comeback, a new audit from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has brought fresh attention to one of the nonsexual harassment scandals that plagued him when he left office.

The audit concluded that his administration and the state Department of Health under its command intentionally misled the public about the number of COVID-19 deaths that occured in nursing homes.

This revelation is not new, but DiNapoli’s report marks the third one from state officials that found Cuomo lied about the true toll of COVID-19 on nursing homes, refreshing the public’s memory of malfeasance from the former governor at a time when he has decided to reenter the public sphere.

Protesters rallied a year ago on behalf of family members who died in nursing homes from COVID-19.

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WEEK AHEAD

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Will Eric Adams be a factor in the June primaries?

Eric Adams dipped his toe into electoral politics as mayor of New York City with three Assembly endorsements, and progressives have noticed a trend: He backed Nikki Lucas and Brian Cunningham of Brooklyn and Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs of East Harlem, who are each facing opponents endorsed by the Working Families Party.

“This speaks to the difference between movement politics and machine politics,” WFP spokesperson Ravi Mangla told City & State. “We want candidates who will be responsive to their communities.

Adams wants candidates who will be responsive to him.”

And WFP-backed Wil López is fundraising off the fact that Adams endorsed his opponent, saying it means that Gibbs and Adams “want to return our city to the days of ‘stop and frisk.’” Adams is popular right now in most parts of the city – and won Gibbs’ district in the 2021 primary – but there’s a strong anti-Adams faction out there, and they might donate.

Adams will be an in-demand endorser this year, but insiders said, so far, he’s not going out on a limb, and only supporting folks he knows and likes. Cunningham, who has the support of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, which is close to Adams, wouldn’t get into specifics about how the endorsement

WEDNESDAY 3/23 The New York City Council holds a virtual 2 p.m. preliminary budget hearing on sanitation and solid waste management, which has become a key issue in budget negotiations.

came about. But Gibbs’ team said the Assembly member and the mayor talk often, and that Adams offered up the endorsement himself. And despite opponents’ assertions, it’s not like Adams’ picks are all centrists. Cunningham has some progressive support and was the WFP’s candidate the last time he ran for office (while Adams endorsed his 2017 opponent, incumbent Council Member Mathieu Eugene).

Cunningham said Adams’ support of him over Jelanie DeShong, who was endorsed by the WFP, “was more of a validation of work that people have done in communities before the election cycle.”

Lucas’ commanding special election win over WFP candidate Keron Alleyne must have felt good for Adams after his political team’s failure to crown their preferred candidate for City Council speaker. But there’s a lot of primary season left, and observers were eager to see how involved Adams gets in these races and others.

Sources close to Adams don’t expect him to get too deeply involved in this year’s primaries. As he was getting into his car after an unrelated event Wednesday, City & State asked Adams if more endorsements were coming. “Focus,” he said with a laugh, “focus.”

– Jeff Coltin

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WELCOME TO

SUE JERSEY New York should claim its bagel crown and Frank Sinatra in the courts.

By Jeff Coltin

New York sued New Jersey on March 14 for trying to pull out of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. The bistate commission is meant to crack down on dockside organized crime, but leaders in Trenton claimed it has outlived its usefulness. But if New York is going to go after our neighbor in court, we’ve got some other ideas for lawsuits.

Taking most of Ellis Island Claiming to have better bagels All the best bagels shops in New Jersey are just trying to replicate what New York bagel shops already do better.

When Jersey people say they’re from New York “Where are you from?”

“New York.” “Oh really, what neighborhood?” “Uh, well, technically I live in Teaneck.”

The states have tussled before, and the U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1998 that 83% of Ellis Island is part of New Jersey. Let’s have the court revisit – and take it back.

Not taking Staten Island Staten Islanders keep on voting to secede from the city. Would they be happier with New Jersey? We love our southernmost county, but it’s a long ride to the rest of New York, while New Jersey’s close enough for a deer to swim there.

Traffic problems in Fort Lee OK, “Bridgegate” already made it through the courts, but people trying to flee New Jersey for the city makes for the worst traffic in the nation. And once Jersey drivers make it into New York City? Oy vey.

Claiming Frank Sinatra Start spreading the news – he was born in Hoboken, but he’s a New Yorker.

Delaying the Gateway Program It’s not just car traffic. Then-Gov. Chris Christie pulled the plug on a new Hudson River rail tunnel in 2010, and it’s been a headache to make progress on the expensive project ever since.

For taking the Jets and Giants The Meadowlands stole our local football teams decades ago, leaving New York with just one team. (Go Bills!) Now some random fan is suing for $6 billion to get the teams to move back to New York, and the whole state should join him.

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The state numbers are lagging the nation. So we have a ways to go.

A Q&A with state Comptroller

THOMAS DINAPOLI

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As the state’s chief fiscal officer, you ensure the state and local governments use taxpayer money effectively. Your office also monitors New York City’s fiscal health.

Could you please provide an update on where the recovery stands?

Overall, I’d say we’re in a much better place both for New York City and New York state today than we thought we would be in, if you go back even just a few months ago. There’s no doubt that the federal money has been incredibly impactful. It’s obviously

not the only reason for our stronger financial condition and the strength of our recovery, but it is a big part of it. Certainly from a government revenue perspective, both for local governments and for the state government, the money that we’ve gotten from Washington has really turned what was expected to be a year of budget cuts and retrenchment to a year of, at least at this point, budget surpluses.

As Albany works on getting the budget done for the coming year, it’s very different than it was a year ago. That is certainly directly attributed to the

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impact of the federal aid that we’ve gotten. You know, we have to keep in mind the broad context.

New York as a state and New York City were hit first and hardest by COVID. So it’s no surprise it has taken us longer to recover than other parts of the country. The last numbers I saw from a job recovery perspective showed the state (has gained) back about 74% of the jobs that we lost. If you look at the 2 million jobs we lost at the depths of the impact of COVID on the economy, the national numbers are more like 90% or above. So we’re lagging the national

numbers. And New York City, I believe, is around just around 70%. So the city’s job recovery is lagging the state. The state numbers are lagging the nation. So we have a ways to go. But there’s no question that the federal money targeted for certain industries and sectors has made a huge difference.

After the challenges of the past couple years, what have you seen emerge as the strongest economic drivers for New York state?

I would say particularly for New York City, the

restaurant, retail, broadly defined hospitality and recreation sector, is key. I think one of the challenges to New York City’s recovery is that those sectors have had a hard time coming back, because so much of it is tied to tourism. While certainly you’re seeing more people going into New York City, domestic travelers and day trippers from the region, but a lot of the city’s tourism was tied to foreign travel. Clearly that’s not coming back because of the COVID concerns. That’s creating a struggle for those sectors. about that campaign.

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Frank Carone hasn’t been canceled (yet) City Council members have been willing allies, tweeting meetings with Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff.

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OU CAN’T blame Frank Carone, chief of staff to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, for thinking a lot about “cancel culture.”

His boss, Adams, “doesn’t pay attention to it,” Carone told Ruby Cramer, in her extended profile of the new mayor in Politico.

“He canceled it. We have totally canceled cancel culture.”

You can’t blame him, because Carone is the kind of guy who could have been “canceled,” or made into a public pariah, at least in the world of city politics.

After all, Adams brought in as his chief of staff a political fixer who represented one of the pettiest, least progressive political organizations in the city, the Brooklyn Democratic Party. More than that, Carone has represented countless private clients with business before the city, while spreading his money through campaign donations to political players like former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Formerly an attorney with the firm Abrams Fensterman, Carone has lately been put in the hot seat for some of his private investments. One of his companies, CHC Surgical Center, has been sued at least four times for allegedly not paying its bills, the Daily News reported in January. Bloomberg reported in February that Carone had been subpoenaed in a federal civil racketeering lawsuit involving firms that he had invested in. Court records reported by the Daily News showed that Carone talked up his no-fault insurance business with Zhan Petrosyants and Robert Petrosyants after the brothers had faced charges for an illegal check cashing scheme involving no-fault insurance claims. Carone later represented the brothers’ restaurant when they faced sanctions from the state Liquor Authority, The City reported.

To be fair – despite the impression of him in some corners of Twitter as the godfather himself being given a desk in City Hall – Carone has not personally been

accused of breaking the law in any of the above cases, and he has said that he divested from all of his outside businesses and put his assets in a blind trust before joining the Adams administration. Adams has been his client for nearly a decade, as well as a friend, and Carone is hardly the first person in politics who had private clients before going into public service.

But Carone was so radioactive for a little while that even Adams, defender of the politically unsavory, seemed to distance himself from Carone a bit.

“What happened to his business agreements prior to being my chief of staff is really something that I am not accountable for,” Adams told the press on Feb. 25. “What he does as my chief of staff, he will live up to the highest standard that I expect from all of my staff and employees.”

Maybe wary of the mayor’s identity as someone who doesn’t bow to cancel culture, Adams’ team walked it back, saying that his statement distancing himself from Carone was not distancing himself from Carone. “(Adams) pointed out that there is nothing wrong with being friends with people who have made mistakes in their life, especially if those people have paid their debt to society,” spokesperson Maxwell Young tweeted regarding Carone and the Petrosyants. “And just to repeat, the ‘link’ is that they are friends.”

But it’s not just Adams who hasn’t canceled Carone.

The chief of staff has found many willing allies among City Council members, eager to show their ties to one of the new administration’s power players. No fewer than seven council members have tweeted photos of their meetings with Carone over the past two weeks, most gushing with praise.

Carone met with City Council Member Kalman Yeger, who tweeted: “Unscheduled, no fuss.” Carone is “keeping (his) doors open for Council members”, Council Member Ari Kagan said, and Council Mem-

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“I imagine they tweet nice things because Carone is thoughtful, listens, and is committed to getting things done.”

– Maxwell Young, Adams’ spokesperson, on recent tweets by City Council members meeting with Carone

All eyes are on how Eric Adams and Adrienne Adams work together to pass their first budget.

ber Kamillah Hanks encouraged her fellow members to “make an appointment; your district will thank you!” – though an appointment shouldn’t be needed, since she also praised his “open door policy.”

Ditto Council Member Lincoln Restler, who once tussled about Brooklyn politics with Carone when Restler was the leader of the New Kings Democrats, and is now praising Carone’s “open door.” Council Members Francisco Moya, James Gennaro and Julie Menin also met, and tweeted. Featured in many of these messages have been photos of Carone’s desk, which have become a topic of chatter about City Hall watchers. It’s overflowing with organization charts, and papers stacked on papers ad infinitum, like a caricature of hard work. “It looked like a prop,” joked one politico.

Has Carone been asking for messages of support? Or are members simply eager to show that they’re meeting with a member of the new mayor’s inner circle?

“This was a ‘we are doing our job’ tweet,” said Moya’s chief of staff, Meghan Tadio Benham, who also joined their meeting.

City Hall denied any coordination.

“Carone has widespread support and no need to make a show of it,” Young wrote to City & State in an email. “He meets with elected officials because they have good ideas and are our partners in government and (while I don’t want to put words in their mouth) I imagine they tweet nice things because Carone is thoughtful, listens, and is committed to getting things done.”

One thing’s clear: Carone has canceled cancel culture. For now.

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Gas gimmick

The state wants to suspend gas taxes, but it still needs money to pave roads.

By Zach Williams

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High gas prices across the state have legislators looking for creative ways to provide some relief at the pump.

Sen. Kevin Parker of Brooklyn and Republican state Sen. Fred Akshar of the Southern Tier – would cover revenue losses by tapping into the state’s general fund supported by income taxes. “It’s really not the right instrument to provide relief to people,” Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, told City & State. “It costs the state money and it’s got to come from some-

where.” In other words, income taxes would make up for transit costs that are currently levied on motorists.

Federal stimulus funding approved during the pandemic meant New York had a multibillion-dollar budget surplus. “New York State government has been robbing the taxpayers for years,” Akshar, who is sponsoring a bill that would cover suspended gas taxes

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AS PRICES have reached record levels in the Empire State due to rising inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Nearly half a dozen bills have been introduced before the state Legislature in recent weeks to offer some financial relief to motorists by suspending the state’s gas taxes. The only problem is that the taxes fund mass transit, roadway repairs and service current debt held by the state for past projects.

There is no single gas tax in New York – but four separate state taxes add up to 33.35 cents per gallon this year. That amounts to one of the largest tax bills in the nation, especially since local taxes also typically add about 15 cents per gallon.

“We have a crisis on our hands,” said Democratic Assembly Member Angelo Santabarbara of the Capital Region, who sponsored legislation to suspend the state’s gas taxes (local taxes would be unaffected) for one year. “It may look like a small amount, so you may say: ‘OK, it’s only going to save this much’ ... but that small amount adds up.”

The governor resisted calls to suspend the state’s gas taxes by arguing that the potential costs outweighed any benefits to New Yorkers affected by inflation. Experts said suspending the gas taxes would provide little financial relief to motorists while still leaving taxpayers as a whole responsible for potentially more than $1 billion in related spending. “It’s gimmicky,” Peter Warren, director of research at the Empire Center for Public Policy told City & State about suspending the gas taxes. “It’s a very dangerous precedent.

Once you do something like this, it can be pretty hard to go back.”

The state gas taxes include 8 cents from the motor fuel tax, 17.3 cents from the petroleum business tax, 8 cents from a state sales tax on gas and a half penny from a fee on gas testing.

The state Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund received more than $1 billion in revenue last year from such taxes to support construction projects, bond payments and downstate transit agencies like the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to the state comptroller’s office. That money would have to be replaced if taxes were suspended.

Three bills before the state Legislature – sponsored by Santabarbara, Democratic state

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through the general fund, said in a statement. “The state finally has a surplus and they should be passing that savings on to the taxpayers, not coming up with new ways to spend their hard earned tax dollars through an endlessly expanding budget.” His bill would also allow county governments to suspend their sales taxes on gas.

Democrats, including President Joe Biden,

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have faced criticisms for supporting efforts to increase fossil fuel production as the world faces a climate crisis. “The state will need to rely on gas as a bridge fuel,” reads the legislative memo of a bill aiming to suspend gas taxes, which was introduced by Parker, who also previously sponsored a controversial bill aiming to tax carbon emissions. While Republicans lamented how policy moves like

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the 2014 statewide ban on fracking, experts said climate-friendly policies have had a minimal role in rising energy prices compared to disruptions caused by the pandemic.

A January report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli highlighted how New York diverted money away from maintaining roads and bridges in recent decades. “These taxes are supposed to fix the roads and the bridges,” Robert Sinclair Jr., a spokesperson for AAA Northeast, told City & State. “We know that’s been usurped already, (so) we need to spend a lot more money “It’s really not the on roads to get in good right instrument them shape.” to provide The recent inrelief to people. troduction of two bills by DemoIt costs the cratic state Sens.

James Skoufis state money of the Hudson and it’s got to Valley and John come from Mannion of Central New York somewhere.” suggested the push for a gas tax holiday was only stron– Andrew Rein, Citizens getting ger. The Skoufis Budget Commission president bill was similar to those already proposed by having the general fund cover any revenue gaps. The Mannion bill would cap sales taxes – county and state – at 25 cents per gallon.

Legislators like Santabarbara were hopeful that the upcoming state budget could pave the way to suspend the state’s gas taxes.

Legislative leaders and Hochul will have the final say on whether the state suspends its gas taxes. Representatives for state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie did not respond to requests for comment by publication time. But the governor has made it clear that she is in no hurry to divert money away from roads and bridges at a time when she has invested political capital in that very idea in the state budget process. “It’s going to keep going up,” she told reporters this week about gas prices. “I want to make sure that if we do something, it’s actually going to have an impact.”

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2022 ABOVE & BEYOND Recognizing 50 remarkable women who are improving New York.

IN AUGUST, Kathy Hochul was sworn in as New York’s 57th governor, making history as the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. In November, 31 women were elected to serve in the 51-seat New York City Council – marking the first time women have made up a majority of the council. And by the end of last year, New York City Council Member Adrienne Adams had secured enough support to become council speaker, making her the first Black

woman to hold the post.

These headline-grabbing breakthroughs are no anomaly. Women in New York are making gains at all levels of politics, business and the nonprofit sphere – and in sectors that were once dominated by men. City & State’s annual Above & Beyond highlights 50 remarkable women, including advocates, entrepreneurs and other outstanding individuals whose accomplishments deserve recognition on this exclusive list.

Profiles by Kay Dervishi, Sahalie Donaldson, CREDIT

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TRICIA ASARO ADMINISTRATIVE SHAREHOLDER AND CHAIR, HEALTH CARE & FDA PRACTICE Greenberg Traurig As the leader of the Health Care & Food and Drug Administration Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Albany office, Tricia Asaro handles all kinds of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to small nonprofits, and keeps close tabs on the regulatory issues they face.

“In this business, other than the paint on your walls and the carpet on your floor, everything is subject to regulation,” Asaro says. “That’s obviously hyperbole, but not too much. Being able to marry the business objectives with the regulatory scheme sometimes means going head-to-head with the regulators and saying, ‘How do we move this forward?’”

Years before she joined the law firm Greenberg Traurig, Asaro got her start in government work with an internship on Capitol Hill. She eventually landed in the office of then-U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, where she helped expand access to health care, a formative experience that spurred her interest in health care policy. Asaro, who has also done advocacy work around abortion rights, prioritizes investing in Greenberg Traurig’s new talent and expanding its reach. She encourages young women to find multiple mentors who will engage with them, as she believes different people are skilled in different aspects of one’s profession.

“You probably need multiple mentors,” she says. “There are people who are fabulous attorneys and people who are fabulous at client development. Having a number of mentors that can help you navigate and figure out how to be the best version of yourself is important.”

– Jasmine Sheena

GENEA O. BELL CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

When Genea O. Bell was named chief people officer at Consumer Reports early this year, it was just the latest stop on a distinctive professional journey.

She started out as a classical violist, then transitioned to being a New York City schoolteacher. Next she enrolled at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she gravitated toward labor and employment law. Law degree in hand, she served as an associate at several Connecticut law firms before joining a Hartford-based federally qualified health center as chief legal and human resources officer. Then, at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, she oversaw the merger of five affiliates of the organization and was promoted to chief people officer.

Now at Consumer Reports, Bell supports the consumer advocacy and research organization’s mission to create a fair marketplace for everyone, making sure that the organization’s employees are being understood and treated fairly. She also oversees human resources strategies and policies, employee training and the setting of compensation.

Bell credits a previous co-worker with investing in her professional growth and engaging with her intellectually as she advanced in her career. She now encourages young women to build meaningful professional relationships to boost their own careers.

“Remember the value of relationships that you’re building, and be clear about what you bring in every room that you enter,” she says. “Owning your power and your value in every situation is critical, and never sell yourself short or be afraid to be your own best advocate.”

– J.S.

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BARBARA A. BLAIR PRESIDENT Garment District Alliance Barbara A. Blair’s career took an unexpected turn when a friend alerted her to a job leading the Garment District Alliance. As someone who had deep experience in nonprofit management and who was working in the fashion industry at the time, Blair was eager to combine her skills in both areas.

As the organization’s president since its launch in 1995, she has been at the forefront of numerous initiatives to support the garment manufacturing community and the Manhattan neighborhood where the industry thrived for decades. Blair also supported COVID-19 response efforts that helped buoy the garment industry, including working with the New York City Economic Development Corp. to secure contracts for manufacturers to produce personal protective equipment and getting small manufacturers to collaborate to survive. She also led a banner campaign to promote community essential workers in the early days of the pandemic.

Looking to the future, Blair expects the work of her business improvement district to respond to new challenges and opportunities, whether it’s weighing in on pending legislation or adjusting to shifting demographics.

“One thing that we’re working really diligently on with peers in the central business district, meaning other business improvement district leaders at Times Square, Grand Central and 34th Street, our elected officials and the district attorney’s office, is addressing social conditions,” she says. “Going forward, we’re really about being an advocate for addressing conditions on our streets in Midtown.”

– J.S.

ZULEMA BLAIR CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Medgar Evers College, which is named in honor of a civil rights activist who was killed in the 1960s, was founded with a mission to uplift the residents in Central Brooklyn. Living out that mission at the CUNY school today is veteran professor Zulema Blair.

An expert in social class, civic and political behavior, and elections, Blair chairs the school’s department of public administration. She’s also the redistricting research director at the school’s Center for Law and Social Justice. In that role, she issued a report questioning official statistics showing a sharp decline in the Black population in Brooklyn and called for the redistricting process to account for Black communities of interest.

Blair, who was also elected vice chair of the institution’s College Council, was outspoken in calling for the resignation of then-Medgar Evers College President Rudy Crew, who stepped down abruptly last year.

She spearheaded an overhaul of her department’s curriculum to fill learning gaps and helped rework the admission requirements.

She has also focused on boosting enrollment and improving retention rates, and she is now developing a new school geared toward public affairs and service.

Blair stresses the need for mentors for young women, having not had one herself for a long period of time. “Get a mentor,” she says.

“Don’t be shy about talking to people. Don’t give up, never give up. There’s always a different way to do something that you really want to do.”

– J.S.

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LOLA BRABHAM PRESIDENT The Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities in New York Lola Brabham’s path to leading the Albany-based Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities in New York has been a long one – but she’s just steps away from where she started.

She caught the political bug early on as a legislative intern with the Assembly, which ultimately led to earning a master’s degree in public administration at the University at Albany. She went on to hold various other political positions in agencies including the state Department of Labor and the state Division of the Budget.

Last spring, Brabham took the reins at CICU, which is headquartered near the state Capitol. She represents over 100 private, nonprofit institutions of higher education and advocates for their interests.

At a state budget hearing in February, she called for an increase in student aid, saying it would help “historically marginalized communities and those disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.” She made a similar point at an Assembly hearing last fall, while noting that more than half of New York’s teachers, nurses and science, technology, engineering and math graduates earn degrees at a CICU school.

Brabham’s experiences have instilled in her the importance of pursuing one’s passions. She now urges young women to work hard to achieve their dreams.

“Be committed to what you have a personal passion for and exercise intellectual curiosity,” she says. “Be open and forthright and approachable in how you approach your job and … exhibit the qualities of a leader.”

– J.S.

CAMILLE BRANDON DIRECTOR OF STATE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

While Camille Brandon took a break from her legal career after having two children, it wasn’t the end of her professional life. Far from it.

She became a community activist and campaigned for former Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer. She also served as deputy under two Erie County clerks who now hold higher office – Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Chris Jacobs, a Republican.

While campaigning for Schumer, she met Jack O’Donnell, who would later recruit her to join O’Donnell & Associates. She came on as director of state and community relations at the government relations firm in 2019.

Among her professional accomplishments is a successful effort to keep a social, health and human services provider open by coordinating with government officials, families and neighbors. She helped pass legislation creating the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission.

Brandon, who has been active in local, state and federal Democratic politics, aims to encourage women to seek elected office. She has also led an initiative to help young women overcome hurdles to mounting a campaign.

“Don’t be afraid to try. A group of women and I found that women wouldn’t run for office, or women wouldn’t write a check for fundraisers, or they were afraid to do what everybody else was doing in campaigns,” she says. “What I would say to women who want to get involved is get involved, find a campaign or find something in this field that you’re excited about.”

– J.S.

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THANH BUI MANAGING DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Grand St. Settlement Having spent so many years helping New York City youth, Thanh Bui can be forgiven for sometimes forgetting about what her work has meant to people.

“Recently, I met with an executive director who heard my name through other kids that are grown now, because I’ve been doing this so long,” she says. He told her they still talked about the support she provided them, and Bui has even seen some of those youth go on to work at Grand St. Settlement and other nonprofits.

“When you’re doing the work, you just believe in people,” Bui says. “Maybe they don’t have the access to resources or the mentor or the community to support them to be successful. That makes me feel really excited to work and wake up every morning.”

During her time at the organization, Bui launched a social enterprise cafe that gave teenagers who were unemployed or out of school access to hands-on job training. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the program was shut down and Grand St. pivoted to use the space as a food pantry and resource center. Bui has since helped transform the space into a technology center for teenagers, with workshops to help them build those skills.

Her passion to help families and children in New York is informed by her own experiences. Her parents were Vietnamese refugees who worked hard to help her and her seven siblings. That drives her to help struggling New Yorkers who come to Grand St. Settlement’s sites across the Lower East Side and Brooklyn.

“Those pockets of poverty still exist and are very real,” she says.

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FAITH ANN BUTCHER CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

Faith Ann Butcher knows how to pivot and adapt when a situation calls for it.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the United Way of Westchester and Putnam’s chief impact officer reoriented her organization by forging new partnerships and finding innovative ways to serve the community’s needs, vastly expanding the organization’s impact.

“I truly understood working paycheck to paycheck, having a hard time making ends meet living in the area we do,” Butcher says. “Coming to United Way was a dream come true for me because I was able to not only help myself out of that situation but also help others.”

Butcher, who has worked in communications and government as well as the nonprofit and business worlds, says her career path hasn’t been conventional, but she feels everything she’s explored and experienced has built the foundation for the work she’s doing today. Butcher joined United Way in 2018 as a senior director of relationship management and was named chief impact officer the following year. She previously served as executive director of Community Cares, a Hudson Valley nonprofit that assists families with a parent with a major illness.

“I hear a lot now of people worrying about their capacity or that we’re afraid of failure,” Butcher says. “You’ve got to be willing to take the chance and to meet the need and think outside the box – there’s no real normal. Everything is arbitrary so you get to make up your own road map.”

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SUSAN CHIN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, POLITICAL ACTION DEPARTMENT District Council 37 After an internship in Washington, D.C., and a job working for a lobbyist out of college, Susan Chin knew politics was the field for her.

In 1995, she landed a job at District Council 37, and she has been with the powerful public sector labor union ever since. Today, as the assistant director in the union’s political action department, Chin lobbies City Hall on a range of legislative and budget matters.

Chin has fought to obtain funding for city libraries and parks, an effort she is especially proud of due to the important role parks have played for New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has driven DC 37’s participation in the Play Fair Coalition, which works to get funding for parks and their staff. She also supported the union’s work with Lunch 4 Learning, a coalition that successfully advocated for universal free meals for New York City students.

Chin is also a supporter of nonprofit organizations in the city, noting the lack of pay equity in the sector and its lack of a voice in government. But on this issue and others, her experience has shown her that persistence and hard work can result in significant change.

“Keep pushing the envelope,” she says. “As a minority woman starting out almost 30 years ago, there weren’t many of us in this business. I just kept pushing and pushing the envelope, because I knew I was doing the right thing by the membership, fighting for them.”

– J.S.

LISA FLORES CHIEF CITY PROCUREMENT OFFICER AND DIRECTOR

Lisa Flores is a veteran of New York City government with extensive experience in procurement, so it came as no surprise that Mayor Eric Adams decided to appoint her as head of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services.

Since taking on the position, she has wasted no time outlining her priorities. Flores is aiming to make the contracting process more efficient and to ensure businesses and nonprofits working with the city get paid on time. She wants to promote diversity and equity in the city’s agencies while also improving transparency for the procurement process.

But what it really comes down to, Flores says, is “elevating procurement at all levels of government.”

“I say that because procurement is sort of like that back-office thing that no one wants to think about, but you can’t get anything done without it,” she adds.

Flores has been particularly proud of the work she’s done to support nonprofits and women- and minority-owned businesses throughout her career in public service. In her current position, she plays a key role supporting the mayor and city comptroller’s new task force to get nonprofits paid swiftly. In her previous position as deputy comptroller for contracts and procurement, she also worked closely on developing tools to allow city agencies to partner with women- and minority-owned businesses more easily.

“What’s really at the forefront for me, as a woman, as a Latina,” she explains, is “always trying to remember that every door that opens for me is a door that I need to make sure to open for others.”

– K.D.

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New York City Mayor’s Office of Contract Services

THE FUTURE IS WOMEN! H H H H H H H

Berkeley College congratulates Angela Harrington, Vice President, Communications and External Relations, and all of the 2022 City & State Above and Beyond Award recipients.

“We believe that bringing women’s voices forward is an important part of building an equitable society, and gives our students a place where they can be inspired and introduced to the movers and shakers, who at one time were just like them.”

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Assembly Member Catalina Cruz’s work in office is in‑ formed by her own upbringing.

She grew up as an undocument‑ ed immigrant in Queens after her family moved to the Unit‑ ed States from Colombia when she was 9 years old. She saw firsthand how her mother, who cleaned offices and worked as a street vendor, faced wage theft while working without papers and how her family struggled with poor housing conditions.

“It’s a very different struggle and fight to make that change happen when you yourself have the pain of whatever it is that you’re fighting for,” she says.

That fight became even more pronounced when the COVID‑19 pandemic struck New York City, with the epi‑ center being neighborhoods in her Queens district.

“We happen to represent a district where 40% of the people cannot vote, and it’s a big chunk of those 40% who are undoc‑ umented,” Cruz says. “And we knew that that meant they would have no access to any sort of social safety net.”

Cruz and her team turned her office into a food pantry to combat rising hunger locally, partnering with groups such as World Central Kitchen to scale up that support. At first, they gave out 250 meals a day. At the program’s peak, they were distributing 2,500 meals a day.

And that work wasn’t limited to just helping her constituents on the ground: Cruz spearheaded a successful push to make perma‑ nent a pandemic‑era food pro‑ gram called Nourish New York, which connects upstate farms to food banks across the state.

– K.D.

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SELINA GREY POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER New York State Nurses Association For years, Selina Grey has put her body and soul into serving others as a community organizer on Staten Island’s North Shore.

She has worked on various political campaigns, mentored other young women and advanced social justice with the Staten Island NAACP. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, she fought to ensure her community had access to personal protective equipment and vaccines as a political and community organizer for the New York State Nurses Association. Grey distributed masks, food and other supplies to her community after putting out a call for resources.

This type of boots-on-the-ground service is what Grey is passionate about. “It’s not about pomp and circumstance and the bells and whistles; the point is actually delivering a service,” Grey says.

“I’m not doing it to be performative. I’m doing it to really, really help.”

In addition to her organizing work with NYSNA, Grey mentors young women through Felicia’s Promise, a nonprofit organization that primarily helps girls of color from underrepresented communities attend college and develop professional skills. She also ran for New York City Council last year.

Grey, who grew up in the South Bronx, says she wants to give young women the support and opportunities she never had at that age.

“I feel like every lesson and blessing that I’ve had in my life has clearly led me to this point,” Grey says. “All I want to do is see these girls win. I want to see them succeed.”

– S.D.

ANGELA HARRINGTON VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS

The value of education was instilled into Angela Harrington from a young age, and those early lessons ultimately led her to a career in higher education.

Harrington began her career as a broadcast journalist. One early assignment she had was to help create a show about AIDS, which taught her about the importance of social equity. She went on to found her own public relations firm, representing major corporations and nonprofits for over a decade. Harrington, who also had a stint at Bergen Community College, came on at Berkeley College in 2013.

At Berkeley, Harrington has launched projects like the Women’s Entrepreneurship Week initiative, which brings speakers who are experts in their career fields to campus to meet with students.

She also supported a partnership with the organization Latinas in Business Inc. to create learning opportunities for women.

Yet, Harrington is most proud of the nearly 16,000 students that have graduated from Berkeley across its New York and New Jersey campuses in the over eight years she has been with the institution.

Supporting other women is key to Harrington’s work. She hopes to build a women’s entrepreneurship network in the future, and she credits various female presidents of colleges with whom she has worked with guiding her in her career. Harrington believes women benefit from supporting each other.

“Surround yourself with a supportive network of other women and individuals who can help you grow in your career,” she says.

“Never take ‘no’ for an answer.”

– J.S.

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MELANIE HARTZOG PRESIDENT AND CEO The New York Foundling Melanie Hartzog has deep roots in social services. Her experience volunteering with children of domestic violence survivors during college ignited that interest.

“I suddenly decided this is what I want to do. I’ve been one of these children,” says Hartzog, who had faced food and housing insecurity while growing up as the daughter of a single mother from Guyana.

After obtaining her master’s degree in public policy from The New School, she went on to hold numerous leadership positions in the human services sector. Hartzog served as executive director of the Children’s Defense Fund’s New York chapter, working under the organization’s founder, Marian Wright Edelman, and was deputy commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services. In 2017, she was appointed to lead the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, becoming the first woman of color to oversee the nation’s largest municipal budget. Now, she helps children and families in need as president and CEO of The New York Foundling.

But the highlight of her career has been ensuring vulnerable New Yorkers could access COVID-19 vaccines while serving as the city’s deputy mayor for health and human services, a position she started mid-pandemic. For Hartzog, it was challenging but rewarding work to see the joy on people’s faces once vaccinated.

“I get a little teared up just thinking about it because it was such a hard journey for so many of us and it still is today,” Hartzog says.

– Natasha Ishak

DEIDRE HELBERG PRESIDENT AND CEO

Deidre Helberg comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. As a child, her family always told her to “make her own” – a message that gave her the tenacity and resilience to carve out room for herself in spaces that aren’t used to seeing someone like her at the helm.

Helberg started Helberg Electrical Supply in 2003. She wasn’t interested in working for someone else after running her own child care business. And she was familiar with the tools her husband, an electrician, had in their home.

Helberg has expanded the company’s reach over the years while navigating an industry largely dominated by men.

“It’s still tough being a woman in this industry and a woman of color in this industry. There’s not that many of us in the United States that are 100% Black women owned,” Helberg says. “I’m still fighting, and it’s an industry that I love and adore, and I want to open up the doors for more women to come through.”

Helberg also founded the U.S. Coalition of Black Women Businesses, which gives Black businesswomen a space to empower one another, advocate on issues and find and offer support.

“That’s where the coalition comes in – let’s help, let’s listen, let’s grow your business, let’s network, let’s empower one another,” Helberg says. “Let’s address the things that can make you a better whole of a person, whole of a business owner and then you can bring legacy to the next generation and help your business sustain and grow.”

– S.D.

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SARAH HENDERSON ROSENBERG SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, TECH EDUCATION OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS Google When Sarah Henderson Rosenberg and her husband returned from their wedding in mid-March 2020, they came back to a “very different” New York. The city had become an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic and, as schools pivoted to remote learning, Henderson Rosenberg found herself in a unique position to help.

With support from Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, Henderson Rosenberg formed a COVID-19 response task force mobilizing 1,000 employees and their immediate networks to respond to various community needs. For example, the endeavor deployed 60 employees to teach more than 7,000 public school educators how to use the company’s suite of digital educational tools. Henderson Rosenberg’s task force was later adopted as a framework by Google.org’s global team.

“A lot of what I get to do on the internal side is take what I learn from partners every day and elevate their voice internally so that Google can better create tools, products and programs to support them,” she says. Henderson Rosenberg started out as a temporary recruiter at Google in 2012 and rose through the ranks over the years. Now, she leads the company’s development of computer science education programs and its efforts to partner with community organizations in New York.

“Why I really love this work is that partnership is a two-way street, where you’re both working with one another, listening to one another and benefiting from one another,” says the 32-year-old, who enjoys running and hiking in her downtime.

– N.I.

BRITTANY HENRY FOUNDING MEMBER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

Brittany Henry understands the need for greater inclusion and diversity within the construction industry. She recalls having to run down the street to use the restroom at a local coffee shop because the construction site she was working on didn’t have a women’s bathroom.

In 2018, Henry and her mother launched Urban Strategies of New York in order to address this need. One aim is to ensure that all of the female workers she places have access to restrooms on construction sites. The organization, which works in the tech, retail, finance and service industries as well, also trains local workers and connects them with contractors.

“There are women in the industry, and you need to be able to move and act accordingly,” Henry says. “Construction is a male-dominated industry, but we do have a lot of good women who are in different fields that are amazing in their fields, that have been working 20, 30 years or who are just now coming in.”

Henry wants developers and contractors that come into low-income neighborhoods to hire local workers so they can earn a fair wage and be part of building something beautiful in their community. She’s also working to launch her own general construction company.

“It’s more than just getting them a job and getting them training,” Henry says. “We definitely want them to succeed in the industry and eventually build a career out of it – go into a specific trade or definitely just find something that really fits them in that way.”

– S.D.

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SALLY HERNANDEZ-PIÑERO BOARD CHAIR MetroPlus Health Plan Sally Hernandez-Piñero has spent her life championing the underdog. A Bronx native raised by Puerto Rican parents, she started her career helping low-income families at Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services. She went on to become general counsel to the State of New York Mortgage Agency before joining New York City government in 1986. She served as deputy borough president under David Dinkins, who was Manhattan borough president at the time. The former New York City mayor was her greatest mentor.

“He had confidence that I could handle whatever he asked me to handle and was such a kind and thoughtful man,” she says of Dinkins, who later entrusted her to serve as a deputy mayor and as chair of the New York City Housing Authority. She eventually moved on to the corporate world, holding positions at the law firm Kalkines, Arky, Zall & Bernstein and the real estate firm Related Companies, and spent 23 years on Con Edison’s board of trustees.

The 69-year-old now enjoys long walks around Van Cortlandt Park in her downtime, but she has hardly slowed down. In 2019, she eagerly returned to public service after former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed her to the New York City Health + Hospitals board of directors. She has served as chair at MetroPlus Health Plan, a subsidiary of the health agency, for three years.

If she could give her younger self one piece of advice? “Just relax,” Hernandez-Piñero says. “Enjoy the moments as you have them because, in hindsight, you see how amazing they were.”

– N.I.

TESSA HULTZ CEO

Tessa Hultz entered the real estate profession around the same time she was looking into how to buy a home for the first time. The experience of house hunting while doing policy work as the director of education for the Columbia Board of Realtors in Missouri left a strong impression on Hultz, especially because the work she was doing directly benefited first-time homebuyers like herself.

“Housing is special, you know?” says Hultz, who decided that she could be an industry advocate for fair, affordable housing. “It’s right up there with basic human needs. Everyone needs a safe place to go to sleep every night.”

Hultz, who has been an executive with the National Association of Realtors for a decade and a half, has been a passionate advocate for the trade association. Since 2019, she has led the 30,000-member Long Island Board of Realtors, an NAR affiliate that covers Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties and is one of the largest Realtor associations in the country.

In 2018, Hultz helped pioneer an affordable housing study for the Realtor Association that used real estate data to measure the effect of Habitat for Humanity homes on surrounding properties.

The study has been cited by affordable housing groups to advocate for affordable housing projects, and Hultz says she plans to continue challenging detrimental assumptions about housing.

“Housing isn’t just housing,” she says. “Housing ties to education, housing ties to health outcomes, housing ties to family wealth, and in particular, the wealth growing aspect of homeownership.”

– S.D.

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March 21, 2022

LEAH JOHNSON EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING AND ADVOCACY OFFICER Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts The pandemic has been a catalyst for some of Leah Johnson’s most important work at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

In the past few years, she has broadened the organization’s focus with initiatives aimed beyond its sprawling Manhattan complex and its legacy as a venue for world-class performances. Johnson has been behind several food distribution drives to address food scarcity among seniors, as well as blood drives in the community.

Johnson’s experience working for former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, including as press secretary for his campaign and in several staff roles in his administration, has shaped her approach to her current work. At City Hall, she worked on a groundbreaking women- and minority-owned business enterprise initiative in the city. This led her to champion Lincoln Center’s emphasis on MWBE participation in the development of Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall.

“We had a 30% minimum MWBE participation goal, and we were at about 42%, so we well exceeded that goal,” she says.

A primary objective for Johnson is continuing to champion diversity at Lincoln Center. She urges young women interested in doing work similar to hers to recognize the value they bring to the organizations where they work.

“For women entering this career, they should always be focused on how they are adding value,” she says. “Also culturally, is the organization the right organization for them? Really always understand your value and advocate for yourself and for others.”

– J.S.

LAURA KAVANAGH ACTING COMMISSIONER

Laura Kavanagh brings a unique perspective to the New York City Fire Department. As acting commissioner, she is now the first woman to lead the 157-year-old agency. She was also the second woman to serve as first deputy commissioner – the second-in-command – at the male-dominated agency and the youngest to hold the position. Although she hasn’t worked as a firefighter – her background is in government, campaign and consulting work, which can sometimes present a challenge – Kavanagh has succeeded in making major reforms at the agency. For example, beginning in 2017, she spearheaded the department’s campaign to diversify its applicant pool, using focus groups and data to drive that effort. That push resulted in the FDNY getting the most diverse batch of applicants in its history.

“The recruitment campaign I’m very proud of because I do believe we’ve carved out a best practice, not just for our department, but for others,” Kavanagh says.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kavanagh has played a key role in supporting the department’s first responders. That includes securing personal protective equipment and navigating FDNY daily operations throughout the pandemic. She also helped negotiate wage increases with the FDNY’s emergency medical services workers last year. Looking ahead, Kavanagh is prioritizing measures to prevent burnout among the department’s EMS workers.

“I think that’s the space that we’re thinking a lot about,” she says, “which is: How do we support our workforce with mental health? How do we try to find a way forward in dealing with burnout when we’re still in the pandemic?”

– K.D.

CATALINA KULCZAR-MARIN; NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT

New York City Fire Department

PONCE BANK CONGRATULATES

WANDA MATOS

Ponce Bank VP | Director of Nonprofit Services

ABOVE & BEYOND AWARD HONOREE Wanda Matos, Vice President | Director of Nonprofit Services at Ponce Bank, works at the intersection of business and community service and has brought financial services to under-banked neighborhoods for over 20 years.

Today, we celebrate Wanda’s recognition as an Above and Beyond honoree and acknowledge her leadership helping our nonprofit partners serve their communities.

Like these partners, we are in the community, for the community, and of the community.

Ponce Bank, going above and beyond for the people of New York for over 62 years.

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NINA KUBOTA PRESIDENT AND CEO New York City School Construction Authority Nina Kubota is a veteran of the New York City School Construction Authority, having worked there in various roles since 1998.

“What drew me to the SCA was the mission of building and modernizing our schools for the children of the city of New York,” she says. “Helping to make a better learning environment for our children just seemed so rewarding.”

Over the course of more than 20 years, Kubota has worn many hats. She started out focused on administrative work at the authority before transitioning to its architecture and engineering side.

“I started to get exposed to the designs of the new buildings and that process,” she says. “Being exposed to school openings, seeing how the kids’ eyes opened so wide when they entered into a new building or a new playground – that’s what really kept me hooked here.”

For about 15 years, Kubota played a major role in developing the authority’s five-year capital plans, outlining project proposals to keep city schools in good shape and to provide enough school buildings for New York City students.

As head of the authority, she oversees everything from supporting women- and minority-owned businesses to ensuring major projects go through successfully. Under her leadership, the city broke ground on what will be its largest facility in December.

After so much time on the job, it’s still hard for her to narrow down her favorite projects.

“It’s kind of like a parent trying to decide which child they like the best,” she explained. “They’re all just so great in their own way.”

– K.D.

VICTORIA LAMBERTH CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

When she was a kid, Victoria Lamberth would ride into New York City at night with her grandfather, the owner of an electrical contracting company. He would point out the glittering New York City skyline, telling his grandkids to look at the lights and reminding them that someone had to change each one of those bulbs.

Today, Lamberth points out the impact of her work to her kids, telling them to look at all those people on their smartphones and reminding them that someone has to get the internet to those devices.

Since co-founding the telecommunications infrastructure provider ZenFi Networks in 2013, Lamberth has done exactly that, bringing modern communications infrastructure to the New York and New Jersey metro areas. In 2018, she played an instrumental role in merging ZenFi Networks with Cross River Fiber to create what’s billed as the only locally owned and operated communications infrastructure company within the New York metro area.

Lamberth is especially proud of ZenFi Networks’ expansion of the city’s 5G infrastructure, bringing free high-speed Wi-Fi to neighborhoods across the city through a $200 million deal with CityBridge, which operates the LinkNYC network.

“It’s not some massive national player coming in here,” Lamberth says. “The majority of us live and work in the New York City metro and it means something. When I go into New York City and I see a LinkNYC kiosk, I’m excited. I’m checking to make sure the charging station works. I’m checking to make sure the Wi-Fi works.”

– S.D.

NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY; CITY HEADSHOTS

ZenFi Networks

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LISA LEE VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL CULTURE AND BELONGING DoorDash Lisa Lee never set out to launch a career in the tech sector. She graduated with a degree in mass communications and theater and performance studies, but Lee was ultimately hired as a user operations associate at Facebook. While working at the rapidly growing tech company, she witnessed a lack of diversity.

“I had a front-row seat to seeing how when you have a group of homogeneous folks building products that were used by pretty much the whole world where there could be missteps because of an inherent sort of misunderstanding or misconceptions about different people,” she says.

Lee went on to join the diversity, equity and inclusion team at Facebook, which led her to carve a career path out of DEI work and influence policy at various other tech companies, including Pandora and Squarespace. At DoorDash, Lee now heads various units including the marketing, internal communications and DEI teams. She recently helped relaunch the WeDash program, through which DoorDash salaried employees spend time out on the streets as delivery drivers and thus better understand the nature of the work.

Lee continues her DEI work outside of the office as well. She runs thickdumplingskin.com, a website designed to promote body positivity in Asian women, and serves on the board of Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality. Growing up as the child of a self-made business owner father, Lee is glad to have left “a semblance of a mark” on major tech companies’ paths toward achieving diversity.

– J.S.

SHARON LEVY VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Sharon Levy has been at the forefront of the YMCA of Greater New York’s push to get more New Yorkers involved in civic life.

About five years ago, Levy helped strategically map out which communities the organization should engage with and coordinated efforts among its branches across the five boroughs.

That work hasn’t slowed down, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With her support, the nonprofit undertook a large-scale campaign to get New Yorkers counted in the 2020 census despite lockdowns and restrictions on events. The YMCA also played a key role in informing voters about last year’s local elections and ballot initiatives.

“That’s some of the stuff I’m proudest of, making sure people become civically engaged and are counted and have their voices heard,” Levy says.

In addition to her two decades on-and-off at the YMCA, Levy has also spent time working for the Nassau County executive.

Currently, Levy handles everything that falls under public affairs and public policy work at the nonprofit organization.

“My knowledge of government helped to inform the way I now work within the human services sector,” she says, explaining how nonprofits can play a key role providing communities with needed resources to access support from government services.

Outside of work, she has been an active member of the Women’s Action Group of Forest Hills, having founded the group with other women who felt politically energized after the 2016 presidential election. The group continues to meet regularly to discuss pressing political developments in New York and to support candidates for office.

– K.D.

DOORDASH; MELISSA MAXWELL

YMCA of Greater New York

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WANDA MATOS DIRECTOR OF NONPROFIT SERVICES Ponce Bank Wanda Matos uses her community ties to support local businesses and individuals as the director of nonprofit services at Ponce Bank, which was founded in the Bronx. With over 20 years of experience working in community banks, Matos already operated with a community-oriented mindset when she became the bank’s head of nonprofit services in early 2020.

The transition, she says, came at the perfect time. While Ponce Bank helped small businesses receive federal loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, Matos identified the needs of nonprofits across the city and helped them secure funding that allowed them to continue their work.

Matos sees building lasting connections with those she helps as a fundamental part of her work.

“When I’m talking to customers and somebody sends me an email, my first word is, ‘I want to build a partnership with you,’” she says. “A partnership for me and for the bank means that we are going to stay with you all the time down the road.”

Matos is passionate about increasing the accessibility and inclusivity of banking services. She currently leads webinars in Spanish to guide businesses through the loan forgiveness process and has strived to support the work of her colleagues, many of whom got their start in banking the same way she did, as “a bank teller from a foreign country.”

She said she is “always trying to make sure that they understand that we all have access to the same opportunities or resources, and there’s no limit.”

– S.D.

JACQUELINE MCKELVEY CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

Jacqueline McKelvey has spent nearly four decades helping children and their families at MercyFirst, a child welfare agency that provides medical, family support, youth development, foster care and adoption services.

The opportunity to work in foster care is what drew McKelvey to MercyFirst as a recent college graduate committed to connecting families and children in the system with the right services.

McKelvey’s commitment to developing best practices has been constant over the years. Her current role as MercyFirst’s chief program officer is one she has held for over a decade, yet she regularly embraces new ways of advancing programming, innovating and introducing best practices that are trauma-informed and better suited to addressing client needs.

“Every day, we are learning something new, whether it’s learning how to work with a different population or having a greater understanding of the impacts of poverty and racism and injustice,” McKelvey says. “Over the years that I’ve worked in the field, there’s been tremendous progress, and yet, there’s still so much more that needs to happen.”

McKelvey says the most rewarding part of her work is seeing how it impacts individuals. Sometimes, she says, those benefits are apparent immediately, and other times the greatest progress happens down the line.

“You have to approach this work every day from that perspective,” she says, “remembering that how generous you are with your time, how kind you can be, and also how direct and clear you can be with your client has a real value and impact.”

– S.D.

PONCE BANK; JACQUELINE MCKELVEY

MercyFirst

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Our own Lauren Tobias has been selected as an honoree at City & State’s Annual Above & Beyond Award. Lauren is truly a woman making a difference in New York.

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GRACE MENG MEMBER OF CONGRESS

JILL GREENBERG

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Grace Meng has represented large swaths of Queens in Congress for nearly a decade.

But she wasn’t always drawn to politics.

The mother of two had wanted to be a teacher but instead ended up a lawyer before her political debut. In 2008, Meng won a seat representing Flushing in the Assembly, where she served for several years. She was then elected to the House of Representatives in 2012, becoming the first and only Asian American representative from New York. Meng now serves as first vice chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Fighting for equitable policies and programs such as expanded access to menstrual products, internet connectivity and COVID-19 testing in underserved communities is core to her work. Meng, whose grandmother is among her most trusted advisers, says she wants to “make sure that we’re doing our best to take care of the people who take care of us.” Her profile as one of the few Asian American women in Congress has grown as she has steadfastly spoken out against the wave of anti-Asian hate crimes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. President Joe Biden signed Meng’s COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law last May after the measure received bipartisan support.

“As a woman, I feel like I will never stop second-guessing myself,” Meng says.

“But one thing that I have learned – that felt scary at first but we (women) need to own – is to be more authentic and to be ourselves.”

– N.I.

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GLORIA MIDDLETON PRESIDENT Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Gloria Middleton’s commitment to ensuring the rights and safety of workers comes from a deeply personal place. Her father, a longshoreman, was denied a pension after retiring because of a heart condition. The news devastated Middleton’s family – eight children reared in the Harlem projects. “I just remember, that’s vivid in my mind,” Middleton recalls. “I said if I ever get a union job, I’m going to make sure I read my contract and know my rights so they will never do that to me.”

Middleton worked under the New York City Human Resources Administration in various management positions before joining Communications Workers of America Local 1180 as a staff representative. She later served as secretary-treasurer for nearly two decades and chaired the CWA’s National Committee on Civil Rights and Equity for 15 years. In 2018, Middleton became the first Black person and the first woman to helm Local 1180 as president, representing 9,000 active members. Middleton also currently sits on the steering committee of the Municipal Labor Committee and is an executive board member of the New York City Central Labor Council.

She was crucial in securing a $15 million settlement based on the union’s complaint against the city over pay discrepancies for women and workers of color, winning wage increases and back pay for 1,600 members and retirees. Securing fair pay and safe working conditions for families, Middleton says, remains the highlight of her job. “Those are the things that are rewarding and that’s what keeps me working.”

– N.I.

KATIE NEER OF COUNSEL

As the general counsel of Lantern, an e-commerce marketplace that facilitates home delivery of recreational and medical marijuana, Katie Neer believes corporate social responsibility needs to be interwoven into the cannabis industry.

“It needs to be built right from the ground up to begin with and that’s really challenging but also really fun,” Neer says, explaining the importance of writing laws so that existing operators can join the regulated space.

Neer, who also assists clients on cannabis regulatory issues with the private practice Dickinson & Avella, leads Lantern’s social equity initiatives. She helps stakeholders understand why cannabis remains illegal at the federal level and the continuing impact of law enforcement’s history of targeting drug use in communities of color.

Recognizing that history, Neer says Lantern operates social equity incubator programs that provide mentorship, education and operational resources in a handful of states. While Neer will focus on the New York program once it’s launched later this year, her hopes for what the cannabis industry can be don’t stop there.

She also advises her clients in the cannabis space to work with New York policymakers to find ways to make the state’s recreational marijuana rollout successful and fair. She pushes big companies to understand the social equity issues within the cannabis industry.

Ultimately when the dust settles and the state’s cannabis market is fully implemented, Neer says she hopes the industry “is built from the ground up and gets it right when it comes to diversity of ownership and ideas and leadership.”

– S.D.

COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 1180; CELESTE SLOMAN

Dickinson & Avella

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MARGARET PASTUSZKO PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Mount Sinai Health System As the first woman to lead a large academic health system in New York, Margaret Pastuszko strives to lead Mount Sinai Health System with resilience, compassion and a commitment to better practices that evolve with the times.

As a major hospital system that serves communities all across New York City, Mount Sinai Health System continually strives to serve individuals across a variety of backgrounds – a goal Pastuszko says she takes seriously.

“We do our best every day to focus on those communities, to partner with those communities, to understand what they are struggling with and be able to partner with them in tackling those challenges,” says Pastuszko, who was promoted to be Mount Sinai’s president and chief operating officer this past fall after two decades with the health care system.

The coronavirus pandemic brought unique challenges to the health care sector, and Pastuszko used it as an opportunity to innovate and advance technology such as telehealth, which has been incorporated into every intensive care unit throughout the system.

Her commitment to finding better practices has been a theme throughout her time with Mount Sinai.

“We are now advancing a culture that looks always for improvement and looks forward as opposed to sitting and trusting that today is good enough,” Pastuszko says. “I think that’s something that’s helped us advance Mount Sinai for the future – that foundational block in providing us with future success because it will create a nimble environment that we can continue to adjust to anything that the world throws at us.”

– S.D.

JENNIFER RAAB PRESIDENT

Jennifer Raab has served as president of Hunter College for two decades. Having grown up in Washington Heights as the youngest of four, she understands what opportunities a quality education can provide for disadvantaged families. Like many students attending CUNY, Raab was the first in her family to go to college.

“I have a very close relationship to the students I have at Hunter, where so many are first-generation college-goers or don’t have families where they have the infrastructure to understand what to advise them about careers or what to apply for in terms of fellowships and scholarships,” Raab says. “This is really coming full circle.”

Raab’s experience at Hunter College High School paved the way to a full scholarship to Cornell University and then a prestigious internship in Congress. She later studied urban policy at Princeton University before heading to Harvard Law School. Raab spent years handling litigation at top law firms Cravath, Swaine & Moore as well as Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison before being appointed chair of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1994.

In 2001, she landed at Hunter College as the CUNY school’s president. During her tenure, Raab has raised more than $400 million in philanthropic support and has seen two of the school’s students become Rhodes scholars. One of them, a Nepalese political asylee, is headed to Oxford University this year. Seeing “that we help make the American dream come true” is the most rewarding part of her work, she says.

– N.I.

MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM; JOHN ABBOTT

Hunter College

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ANNE REYNOLDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Alliance for Clean Energy New York Anne Reynolds is one of New York’s most prominent clean energy advocates, pushing for renewable power at a time when politicians and policymakers are increasingly heeding that call.

Reynolds started out as a New York City-based scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, obtained her master’s degree in environmental studies at Yale University and then joined the Tellus Institute, a think tank for energy and environmental strategies in Boston.

In 2000, she returned home to join Environmental Advocates New York, a nonprofit advocating for clean energy policies. She later served as a deputy commissioner at the state Department of Environmental Conservation and as the agency’s assistant commissioner for policy and planning.

But her true calling was always environmental advocacy.

“There’s something very freeing in terms of being an advocate and being able to push for things that you believe in,” says Reynolds, who has headed the Alliance for Clean Energy New York since 2014. During her time at the organization, Reynolds has successfully led its push for reforms such as the state’s adoption of a clean energy standard that requires 70% of the state’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources by 2030. The magnitude of her work can often feel daunting but there is much to be hopeful about, she says.

“Solutions are available, solar power is available, wind power is available … they’re all coming to fruition,” Reynolds says. “Our challenge now is just to really scale it up. Seeing the progress keeps me motivated and positive.”

– N.I.

MATILDE ROMAN CHIEF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER

As the child of immigrant parents, Matilde Roman was the one who helped her parents interpret key social services. These experiences would inspire her as one of the architects of New York City’s language services program, which integrated language access for multiple city agencies.

“There is a direct correlation between our lived experience in playing that role and understanding the limitations that I had as an individual in terminology … to really having an opportunity to make those changes so hopefully others won’t have to experience what I had to experience growing up,” Roman says.

Roman’s affinity for social justice and civil rights guided many of her life decisions – including the one to attend New York Law School, which she credits for many of the skills that have made her successful today. After 15 years of work across various departments of city government, she has gone on to be the first person to fill the role of chief diversity and inclusion officer at New York City Health + Hospitals. Roman hopes her work will help put into place a framework of pairing diversity and inclusion with health equity.

“Looking at workforce diversity, and then looking at inclusion has an important component to the work,” she says. “The other key piece is health equity and thinking about mitigating many of the biases that exist within the health care sector to ensure that we are eliminating barriers in such a way to help individuals and communities live and optimize their best life.”

– Maryam Rahaman

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XAMAYLA ROSE DEPUTY PUBLIC ADVOCATE FOR CIVIC AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT Office of the New York City Public Advocate Raised in East Flatbush by Black immigrant parents, Xamayla Rose knows too well the injustices that often plague communities of color. Her younger brother lost his life to gang violence at the age of 15 in 2005. When the world seemed to move on without making any change, Rose mobilized her community and co-founded her own nonprofit, the Christopher Rose Community Empowerment Campaign, named after her late sibling.

Rose then brought her advocacy skills to the Brooklyn borough president’s office under then-Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz in 2008. While there, she worked on juvenile justice reform proposals such as Raise the Age and Close to Home and anti-violence programs like Cure Violence. In 2019, she ran for her district’s New York City Council seat but instead ended up landing a deputy role at the public advocate’s office headed by her former council member, Jumaane Williams.

“Everything that I’m doing here, I’ve done already,” she says about serving as deputy public advocate for civic and community empowerment. Beyond juvenile justice reform, Rose has also been leveraging her current position and a decade’s worth of experience in activism to push forward policies promoting justice for immigrants and Black maternal health.

The 41-year-old’s journey from personal tragedy to community activism and now public service is what she is most proud of.

“For me, that feels like my largest accomplishment because I feel like, not that I’ve done my brother justice, but I’ve done the cause justice,” she says.

– N.I.

RACHEL SABELLA DIRECTOR

The COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened New York’s hunger crisis. Before the pandemic, 1 in 5 children in New York City had insufficient access to food. Now, 1 in 3 children are food insecure.

That has posed a formidable challenge for Rachel Sabella, who serves as the director for No Kid Hungry New York. Her organization’s response has been twofold: distributing $5 million in grants across New York state and Puerto Rico, and advocating for legislation that aims to end chronic hunger.

“We are really focused on policy change and looking at how the city and state budgets can really invest in safety net programs,” she says. She was particularly glad to have fought for legislation Gov. Kathy Hochul signed last year that required the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to request federal approval to allow people who are homeless, elderly or disabled to use their food benefits to get food from restaurants.

Sabella has spent much of her career fighting poverty and hunger in New York. Before joining No Kid Hungry, she served as director of government relations and policy at the Food Bank for New York City, where she secured funding to establish the first pantries for food and hygiene products in city public schools. She also worked to expand after-school programs across New York City during her tenure at ExpandED Schools.

“To be able to address two issues – like working on education, working on helping families – it’s not political,” Sabella says. “It’s the right thing to do.”

– K.D.

A. SCRUBB/ANMON PHOTOGRAPHY; WILEY NORVELL

No Kid Hungry New York

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JUANITA SCARLETT PARTNER Bolton-St. Johns After Juanita Scarlett moved to New York, she attended a benefit for North General Hospital in Harlem. It was there that she first encountered then-Gov. Mario Cuomo and his counsel, Elizabeth Moore, who was the first Black woman to serve in that role.

“I met him at a benefit for the community of Harlem,” Scarlett says, “and was just so blown away by his remarks: what government can do, how government should be a partner to help lift up communities.”

That connection brought her to the Executive Mansion, where she landed an internship scouring newspaper clips for the governor. That blossomed into an extensive career in government and lobbying that spanned 20 years. She held top positions at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Empire State Development Corp.

That experience makes her a valuable ally for her clients as a partner at Bolton-St. Johns, advising nonprofits such as the United Way of New York City as well as technology companies and other institutions.

Through it all, she has also tried to pave the way forward for other women of color. She is a member of the Olori Sisterhood, a collective of Black women working in politics, and recently joined the board of directors of the grassroots election advocacy group 21 in ’21 – efforts, she explained, that “are so important for women, especially Black women who continue to struggle to be in the room, to have their voice heard.”

– K.D. Editor’s Note: Juanita Scarlett is a member of City & State New York’s advisory board.

KATIE SCHWAB MANAGING DIRECTOR

ROGER ARCHER; COZEN O’CONNOR

Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies Before coming to Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies in 2017, Katie Schwab had done it all, holding various roles in government, corporations and nonprofits. That plethora of experience has proved advantageous in her current role.

“I have been at almost every seat at the table,” the 59-year-old lobbyist says. “I think that helped me be more effective in my job and more able to serve my clients well.”

Originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia, Schwab found her way to New York City in 1987 after receiving her law degree from the University of Virginia Law School. Her experience studying in the university’s historic preservation graduate program led her to a job at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. She then joined the Mayor’s Office of City Legislative Affairs during the David Dinkins administration. While there, she met her two mentors, Martha Hirst and Frank New, with whom she remains good friends.

“They taught me so much about being committed to your work, being committed to the city both as a place but also as an institution,” Schwab says.

After leaving city government, she managed government affairs for the advertising firm Cemusa and served as founding executive director at the Oyster Bay Main Street Association on Long Island.

Beyond her work as a lobbyist, Schwab continues her commitment to supporting New York’s communities. She serves on boards for several organizations, including the Design Trust for Public Space and the Downtown Lower Manhattan Association.

– N.I.

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RONA SHAPIRO HOME CARE DIVISION EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 1199SEIU Over 40 years ago, Rona Shapiro was a paralegal when she was introduced to 1199SEIU, a labor union that today is a political powerhouse. She soon was drawn in by the union’s ability to improve the lives of workers. Shapiro has been a part of the union ever since and has spent the last 35 years specifically advocating for the rights of home care workers.

Shapiro has watched as the union’s home care division has grown to represent over 60,000 home health care workers. She has also been proud of the union’s ability to adapt, its use of social media campaigns and how awareness has validated and empowered workers.

“Any place I go, any place that talks about health care, I talk about home care,” she says. “And I think that we have actually helped to make this fair campaign for home care workers a reality.”

While change in the home care field can be difficult and take years to achieve, Shapiro hopes to see a transition to “communities of care,” in which home care workers can live and work in their own neighborhoods. She urges young people to become involved in their own communities to be a part of these changes.

“I encourage young people to be health care workers, to be home care workers and to be activists,” Shapiro says. “And also become involved in the labor movement – to me it’s the place where you can make change.”

– M.R.

DAWN SHERMAN DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

When Dawn Sherman’s aunt landed her an interview at the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, it was the beginning of a career in a sector that’s undergone dramatic change.

She moved up through the organization, taking on leadership and training opportunities – and working her way up to become executive director.

“I’ve always been a person that was interested in doing new things and open to it,” Sherman says. “I have never been that person to say it’s not my job.”

This approach led Sherman to embrace an offer from a former boss to join The Black Car Fund, a nonprofit focused on safety in the for-hire driver industry. Sherman was able to be a part of the team that helped establish it as a major player.

“I think I was the 20th person hired,” she says. “That was my opportunity to bring in my skills and in a place that wasn’t familiar to some of these things. It just brought joy to be able to do that and educate others and contribute to the company growing.”

Contributing to the professional development of others has continually made Sherman proud. She has stayed in touch with multiple classes of interns from The Black Car Fund and continues to reference ideas they produced.

“You have the opportunity to impact others,” Sherman says.

“When you can truly impact a group of folks from all walks of life and hear about it later on – I would say that that would be the greatest accomplishment.”

– M.R.

KIMBERLY WESSELS; RASHAD SHERMAN; SUNNY OU; CHILDREN’S AID

The Black Car Fund

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ALEXA SHERYLL CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR STATE SEN. KEVIN THOMAS When Alexa Sheryll was growing up, TV viewing was limited to her dad’s political news shows. Although she initially disliked them, Sheryll soon found herself falling in love with politics and developing her own informed opinions.

When she had the option of having a Sweet 16 celebration or going to a leadership conference that included attending the 2009 presidential inauguration, she chose the conference. She volunteered on the Obama campaign and interned with then-Rep. Steve Israel, her local member of Congress, and in the process discovered that campaigning was what she loved most.

The Long Island native, who helped state Sen. Kevin Thomas retain a swing seat, has enjoyed successes on policy campaigns as well. She worked for the Fairness Project, a social and economic justice nonprofit, on various ballot initiatives, such as getting Medicaid expansion passed in Nebraska and raising the minimum wage in Arkansas. Most recently, Sheryll served as program director for New York City’s vaccination outreach program, where she and her team got over 150,000 people scheduled for the COVID-19 vaccine.

While Sheryll feels grateful for accomplishing many of her goals, she continues to set her aims high. “Some of my goals: I wanted to work for a firm, and I wanted to run a congressional base. I was able to do that at a young age,” she says. “But I think running a presidential campaign is definitely my biggest dream – and continuing to get Democrats and women elected in New York and Long Island.”

– M.R.

MARGOT SIGMONE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION Children’s Aid Margot Sigmone’s work at Children’s Aid isn’t just about getting New York City youth educated; it’s to make sure they receive the best education and guidance possible – whatever that takes.

“My role is not sitting behind a desk as much as it’s identified in that way,” Sigmone says. “It’s more in the field.”

Overseeing early childhood programs across 10 sites, Sigmone handles everything from observing classrooms to evaluating the curriculum and training the nonprofit’s educators in best practices. And especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, she has been working hard on multiple fronts to ensure teachers have the resources they need to support students.

“Whether it’s covering classrooms, cleaning classrooms – I don’t care what I have to do,” she says. “My title matters not. It’s how can I support this educator to feel successful?”

Sigmone’s exposure to early childhood education came after she immigrated to the United States from Guyana more than 20 years ago. Initially working without papers, she found work as a babysitter, where she discovered she enjoyed working with children. That blossomed into a career in education and schools.

Since joining Children’s Aid more than two years ago, she has been proud to bring a strong focus on special education to the organization.

“We’re going to provide really authentic supports for children and families, whether a child is identified as having an IEP (individualized education program) or an IFSP (individualized family service plan),” she says. “There are other kids who need special ed supports. And special ed just means: I need your individual attention because I’m struggling in some area, and I just need your support.”

– K.D.

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LISA STERRANTINO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, DIRECTOR OF NEW FRONTIER Birch Family Services

DIANE STUTO MANAGING DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS Life Insurance Council of New York After interning in the state Senate while she was a student at University at Albany, Diane Stuto never left the city.

“I really loved the Legislature, I loved my very first boss, and I just loved the whole vibe of the legislative arena,” Stuto says. “I cut my teeth on that.”

Stuto worked her way up to the role of legislative director for the ranking member of the state Senate Insurance Committee, which introduced her to the world of insurance. The experience informed her decision, three decades ago, to take a position with the Life Insurance Council of New York. One way she was able to apply her skills from the Legislature to insurance lobbying was by applying the idea of constituents to member companies.

“When I was working for the Legislature, services were very important. You always wanted to make your constituents happy,” Stuto says. “So when I came over to LICONY, I tried to think of our members as constituents.”

Stuto has adapted in her time at LICONY, shifting her focus from legislation to regulatory matters, which can be more complicated. She has enjoyed the process of learning new processes in her career. Her focus going forward remains on informing member companies and serving their interests.

“I want to keep doing what I’ve been doing, to serve our members to the best of my ability for as many years as I have before I decide to retire,” she says.

– M.R.

DAVID CROSS PHOTOGRAPHY; LIFE INSURANCE COUNCIL OF NEW YORK; GLENN COBBS; ANNA AND JORDAN RATHKOPF

While setting out to become a teacher, Lisa Sterrantino had a stint early in her career as a direct support professional working with individuals with autism and developmental disabilities. She enjoyed the community engagement component and the emphasis on inclusion and access to education – and the experience proved to be a turning point.

“I was able to meet with families in the community, people living with their families who really have these aspirations and dreams of living in the community … so I was able to meet them early on and really assess their skills and their strengths,” Sterrantino recalls. “Something I am able to do is see people for their strengths and identify barriers to ensure that we get what we need for them.”

Sterrantino then took a job at YAI, a nonprofit organization serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. After over two decades at YAI, where she had risen to the role of assistant director, she joined another nonprofit, Birch Family Services, in 2017.

She has applied her experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities to her current work overseeing staffers and developing and improving programs. She’s particularly proud of an independent living program that allows individuals to live with the minimum amount of support necessary and aims to keep on diversifying the models of family services offered.

“For me as a whole, I am forever learning and always looking to gain more knowledge,” she says, “and to do better for the organization and the people I support.”

– M.R.

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LUZ TAVAREZ SENIOR ADVISER, EXTERNAL RELATIONS Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York Catholic Charities is no stranger to emergency response. The faith-based nonprofit has supported families during everything from the 9/11 attacks to Hurricane Ida in New York.

“We’ve been a natural kind of go-to partner,” Luz Tavarez says.

“So when the pandemic hit, we just knew that there was going to be a major role for Catholic Charities.”

Tavarez holds a dual role, advising Catholic Charities on coordinating with local government and leading various community partnership efforts. It’s a natural fit, given her experience working in the public sector before joining the nonprofit about 15 years ago.

Throughout the course of her time with Catholic Charities, she has used her government know-how to get the nonprofit’s program to help day laborers up and running in Westchester and the Bronx. Her advocacy has helped the organization advance its policy priorities to fight poverty and support vulnerable communities in New York City, and her ability to build a wide variety of partnerships has come in handy as Catholic Charities responds to the pandemic.

“I take a lot of pride in being able to work with a lot of different people,” she says. “We have a flourishing relationship with the Latter Day Saints. In terms of government, we work on both sides of the aisle.”

Tavarez makes no secret of how she feels about her work.

“I love government,” Tavarez says with a laugh. “I love politics.

My parents are from the Dominican Republic and they say that politics runs through our veins.”

– K.D.

MARCELLA TILLETT VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS Brooklyn Community Foundation Marcella Tillett set out to study business at Clark Atlanta University. But she shifted gears when a professor explained how social work would offer her a wide range of roles to choose from.

Tillett’s undergraduate courses at Clark Atlanta, one of a number of historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, used an Afrocentric lens. That foundation was strengthened while in New York attending Columbia University, where she earned a master’s degree in social work.

Tillett’s early career focused on sexual health, drawing upon her international experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer working in HIV prevention. Her early professional work taught her the importance of listening directly to community members. She has brought this approach to all parts of her career, including as an adjunct professor of social work at Columbia and as vice president of programs and partnerships at the Brooklyn Community Foundation. She has felt inspired by the foundation’s goal of giving communities agency over how resources are used to tackle issues close to them.

Tillett plans on continuing to work with institutions that honor the dignity and agency of others and use an anti-racist lens in their work. Tillett credits these values as having given her the ability to grow professionally.

“It’s always been important to be rooted in my personal values,” Tillett says. “Those are my North Star that move me through my profession. And I am excited that it leads me to unexpected partnerships because that’s the driving force.”

– M.R.

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LAUREN TOBIAS SENIOR ADVISER

Early in her career, Lauren Tobias was drawn to advocate for reproductive justice. Her work at the state Department of Health showed her the critical importance of health care and social services, especially when individuals and communities face barriers to these services.

“As I worked in that field, and looked at other lenses, I took a broader view of health justice in general for all populations, especially given the racial disparities that we’re seeing in our country,” Tobias says.

Tobias, who most recently served as director of the Division of Family Health at the health department, worked on issues such as reducing maternal mortality, promoting health equity and improving Medicaid programs.

A year ago, she took on a new role as senior adviser at Brown & Weinraub, the top lobbying firm in Albany. While Tobias has seen the medical field and health care policymakers pay more attention to diversity during her career, she believes that it may take additional time for the outcomes to be felt. But she believes that continuing to build relationships with local organizations and providers will allow for change to occur as communities feel increasingly heard and respected.

“The biggest thing we can all do is a lot less talking and a lot more listening to the communities that are directly impacted by disparities,” Tobias says. “They need to be heard and their recommendations need to be calibrated and implemented based on their experiences, not necessarily the experts.”

– M.R.

NICOLE L. WEINGARTNER DIRECTOR, STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Davidoff Hutcher & Citron As her firm’s go-to expert for governmental affairs, Nicole L. Weingartner prides herself on building authentic relationships, a practice that became essential as people shifted to remote work.

That hasn’t changed even as Weingartner, like many other working mothers, has had to balance the professional with the personal.

“All of my clients are my friends,” says Weingartner, whose 2-year-old daughter often appeared during Zoom meetings in the first months of the pandemic. “They ask me about my kids; they say happy birthday. It’s not like just some person that I don’t really know anything about.”

She started her career as a communications specialist for now-retired state Sen. Kemp Hannon. From there, she became a regional coordinator of intergovernmental relations for the Assembly. That government service ended up shaping her career as a lobbyist largely representing and advising nonprofit clients that support people with developmental disabilities. Coming into her eighth year at the firm, Weingartner also serves as a regulatory analyst for its cannabis law practice.

Outside of her work at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, she sits on the Association for a Better New York’s women’s steering committee, which builds connections between the city’s professional women.

“There’s nothing better than sitting down with someone and being able to work with them knowing them for so many years,” she says. “I think every young woman should really try to keep their connections strong.” Her advice for women new to her field? Keep your business card handy, nurture your networks and always bring a pair of sensible shoes.

– N.I.

TIMOTHY H. RAAB/NORTHERN PHOTO; DAVIDOFF HUTCHER & CITRON LLP; ZACK ABRAMS; NORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL

Brown & Weinraub

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MEGAN WYLIE DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR New York City District Council of Carpenters As someone from what she calls a “classic New York liberal family,” Megan Wylie was introduced early on to politics. This interest soon became a calling, affirmed by her work on campaigns during high school and college.

“When I graduated college, I knew I wanted to stay in local politics,” Wylie says. “I had this bug.”

After working at the top lobbying firm Kasirer, Wylie joined the New York City District Council of Carpenters in early 2020.

She revived the union’s political division, advocating for a bill ensuring protection against wage theft and introducing a candidate screening process through which union members sat down with over 100 New York City Council candidates. Wylie noted that these developments have increasingly engaged members politically, encouraging them to apply to community boards or attend rallies.

“We had a big rally in support of our wage bill … and a bunch of the electeds we had just interviewed came out and marched with us,” she says. “One of our members came up to me and said, ‘We interviewed him yesterday and he’s actually here. I’ve been a member for 20 years, and that’s rare.’ That was really powerful for me.”

Wylie credits a supportive team and a strong network of friends as being key to success in local politics.

“This is a special, unique world because you have built a network,” she says. “And I think the most important thing is just to use it.”

– M.R.

KEEVA YOUNG-WRIGHT ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS Northern Westchester Hospital While Keeva Young-Wright always had a passion for leadership and nonprofit work, her interest in health care came later. When her then-boyfriend’s mother, now her mother-in-law, was diagnosed with breast cancer, she began to notice flaws in the system.

“I distinctly remember thinking that the system was broken, that she did not have the access that others, perhaps more wealthy or more connected, would have had,” she says. “So when I was asked to interview for a position at Northern Westchester Hospital, the idea of being part of the system and having the ability to help others have a better experience and outcome was exciting to me.”

A prolific fundraiser, Young-Wright has raised over $100 million over her career, for education, environmental advocacy and health care. Fundraising and effective communication have been particularly important to her career. Excelling in these areas put her on the path to becoming president of the Northern Westchester Hospital Foundation as well as the hospital’s associate executive director of operations.

Young-Wright’s personal experiences inform her health equity efforts – which she drew on as the hospital navigated COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

“My background as an immigrant, a woman of color in the country, has really informed the way that I see the world,” she says, “and it means that I am constantly looking for ways to bring equity to any situation that I’m in, in particular in health care, where I do feel strongly that it is a basic human right.”

– M.R.

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Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on February 27, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on March 24, 2022 at 11:40 a.m., premises known as 601 Surf Avenue, Unit 15N and 501 Surf Avenue, Parking Space 343, Brooklyn, NY. 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 7279 and Lot 2189 and 1345 together with an undivided 0.10442 percent interest and 0.000665 percent interest in the Common Elements.

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Office location: Kings County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 101 Waverly Ave . , B ro ok lyn , N Y 11205. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Constanza Schaf fner at the princ. of fice of the LLC. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of ABS Box Factory Manager LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 2/9/22. Office location: NY County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Lawrence B. Simon, Esq., c/o Morrison Cohen LLP, 909 3rd Ave., 27th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: all law ful purposes .

Notice of Formation of WILDLY PL ANNING LLC, filed with SSNY on 12/18/2021. Office: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 4768 Broadway New York, NY 10034 Suite 314. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

ANGLE & FIFTH, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/15/22. Office: N ew Yo r k C o u n t y.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY shall mail copy of pro c e s s to the LLC, 5030 Broadway, Suite 717, New York, NY 10034 . Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 746 HUMBOLDT LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/22. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 231 Norman Ave, Rm 210, Brooklyn, NY 11222. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of STO MIS SION CR ITICAL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/14/22. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 1/3/22.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

S SN Y mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Dana Berez Creative LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/05/22.

Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 1040 1st Avenue #167 New York NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful act or activity App. for Auth.

(LLC) MOONEY COUNSELING , LLC. App. for Auth. filed w/ the Secy. of State of N Y (S S N Y ) on 2/2/22. LLC formed in PA on 2/1/22. Office Location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 531 E. 72 nd St., #4B, NY, NY 10021, registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: All law ful purposes.

Notice of Formation of 475NLARE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/17/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1 John St, #Phe, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Any lawful purpose.

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Public Notice NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY In the Superior Court IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Maybelline Roberts Haynes, Deceased.

To: Wanda P. Haynes Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the aboveentitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Caveat to Will You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than March 25th , 2022 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This, the 28th day of February 2022, Michael F. Anderson, The Anderson Law Firm, 6000 Fairview Road, Suit 1200, Charlotte, NC 28210.

Notice of Formation of 1st Sight Realty, LLC filed with SSNY on 08/02/2021.

Office: New York County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: DEAN MICHAEL MANN, 8 ST MARKS PLACE #1, NEW YORK, NY, 10003, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. O f COMMUNITY ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/15/22.

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 10/15/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 30 Hudson Yards, Ste 7500, New York, NY 10001.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of FLIPPE R ’S ROLLE R BOOGIE PALACE NEW YORK, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/17/22.

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 12/15/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 5500 Main St, Ste 345, Williamsville, NY 14221.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS . Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FLIPPE R ’S ROLLE R BOOGIE PA L AC E MERCH, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/17/22. Office location: New York .

LLC formed in DE on 7/12/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 5500 Main St, Ste 345, Williamsville, NY14221. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS .

Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Cazu Zegers International LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/21. Office location: New York county. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 8012nd Ave, 15th Fl, New York, N Y 1 0 0 17 Purp o s e: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of Paper tree Pictures, LLC filed with SSNY on 12/17/21. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 579 Knickerbocker Ave. Floor 2, Brooklyn, NY, 11221. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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LIMITED LIABILIT Y COMPANY Notice of Formation of a Foreign Limited Liability Company ( LLC) Name: CH EM Holdings, LLC Application for Authority filed by the Department of State of New York on: 10/28/2016 Jurisdiction: Delaware Organized on: 09/12/2014 Amendment changing name to: C H G l o b al C ap i t al Management LLC filed in NY: 06/27/2017 Office location: County of New York Purpose: any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY ) is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC 415 Madison Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10017 Address required to maintained in Delaware The Company Corporation 2711 Centerville Rd., Suite 400 Wilmington, DE 19808 Authorized office in it jurisdiction is: Secretary of State of Delaware John G. Townsend Building 4 01 Federal S treet , Suite 4 Dover, DE 19901

Notice of Formation of NFTADI LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/11/22.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 227 Mulberry St, Apt 2G, New York, NY 10012.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of ZEUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC. Auth. filed with S S N Y o n 2 /2 2 /2 2 .

Office location: Kings.

LLC formed in DE on 1/24/22. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY mail process to: 5500 Main St Ste 345, Williamsville, NY 14221.

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

D o v e r, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of 400 CAPITAL ASSET BASED TERM FUND III AIV L .P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/21. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/13/21. Princ. office of LP: 510 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process agains t it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Name and addr. of each general par tner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 251 Little Falls D r. , Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of LP filed with S e c y. o f S t ate o f the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

GARDEN CARRIAGES LLC, Ar ts . of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/14/2022. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 618 W 52nd Street, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation o f PR O F E S S I O N A L WILDLIFE TRAPPING & REMOVAL LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/7/22. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 126 Gelston Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SN GLOBAL LLC Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/18/22.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 21 101st Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11208.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 797 OCEAN AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/5/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 940 Atlantic Ave 1st Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11238 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of A JS RE PAR TNERS LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/22 Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 68 Jay St, Ste 201, Brooklyn, NY11201.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 5013 13 AVE LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/11/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process To 34 South 9 St Apt 4c, Brooklyn, NY 11249any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of B AY RIDGE GASTROENTEROLOGY, P.L.L.C. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/15/08.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9920 4th Ave, Ste 205, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TK1 HYLAN LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/10/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2343 Forest Ave, Store #1, Staten Island, NY 10303.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of E. WANG REALTY LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/29/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8611 Colonial Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of EXPRESS AUTO SPA SI LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/21/22. Office lo c ation: R ichmond .

LLC formed in DE on 101/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 2042 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BROOKLYN POINT 61F LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/7/22.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail process to 9 Carrington Way, Morristown, NJ 07960.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FRA HSFT CAPITAL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/22/21.

Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 205 E. 59th St, Unit 9c, New York, NY 10022.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FRA LSF T CAPITAL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/22/21.

Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 205 E. 59th St, Unit 9c, New York, NY 10022.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FRA SHAOUL CAPITAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/22/21.

Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 47 Remsen Rd, Great Neck , NY 11024.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 139 TOMPKINS AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/7/2021.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5014 16th Ave Ste #231, Brooklyn, NY 11204.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KCRE GROUP LLC Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/22.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 479 61st St 1fl, Brooklyn, NY 11220.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NAWAZ REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/13/22. Office location Madison SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1305 State Route 5, Chittenango, NY 13037 Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of STONEHILL 219 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/9/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 544 Park Ave Ste #301, Brooklyn, NY 11205 .

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SUMMIT VIEW SPORTHORSES OF NEW YORK, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/14/21. Office location: Orange SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1918 State Route 17a, Goshen, NY 10924. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FRA DSFT CAPITAL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/22/21.

Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 205 E. 59th St, Unit 9c, New York, NY 10022.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of In Bluhm Films, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/27/2022. Location, New York County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 1374 York Ave Apt 4D New York, NY 10021. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WJ VINTAGE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/10/22.

O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 299 Park Ave., 42nd Fl., NY, NY 10171.

SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail proces s to G eneral Counsel at the princ. of f ice of the LLC .

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of CASTLE ISL AND FILMS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/25/22.

O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 200 Park Ave. S, Fl. 8, NY, NY 10003.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY shall mail process to Anthony Bonsignore at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qual. of SERONE C A P I TA L MANAGEMENT LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/22/22/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/19/21.

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

SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #4 0 0, Harrison, N Y 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of U S E R E X PE R IE N CE USA, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/22. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528 .

Any law ful purpose.

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1343027) for Liquor, Beer, Wine & Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Liquor, Beer, Wine & Cider at retail in a Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 240 Mulberry Street, New York, NY 10012 for on premises consumption.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1341605) for beer, wine liquor & Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine liquor & Cider at retail in a BAR/TAVERN under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 135 WEST 50TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10020 premises consumption.

THE BAR ON MULBERRY LLC.

BARS AND EVENTS WEST 50TH STREET LLC.

Notice of Formation of 180 WILLIS AVE LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/17/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 183 Wilson St Ste #409, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Any lawful purpose.

Form of notice for on-premises license.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number (13 4 0 9 0 6) for beer, wine liquor & Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine liquor & Cider at retail in a BAR/TAVERN under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 62 STONE STREET NEW YORK, NY 10020 premises consumption.

ONE HANOVER LLC. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1341315) for beer, wine liquor & Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine liquor & Cider at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 232 KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11237 for on premises consumption.

BORDERTOWN BUSHWICK LLC Notice of Formation of Hell Gate, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 1/24/22. Office location: New York .

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to: 172 E. 4th Street #11A New York, NY 10009.

Any law ful purpose.

THE ANNUAL RETURN of The Elaine & Alexandre Rosenberg Charitable Foundation for the calendar year ended Decemb er 31 , 202 1 is available at its principal office located at 460 PARK AVENUE, 12 TH FLOOR, NEW YORK , NY 10022 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal Manager of the Foundation is FRED C. FARKOUH. Notice of Formation of RICH AND HAPPY COACHING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/21/22.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 500 Westover Dr., #16113, Sanford, NC 27330.Any lawful purpose.

THE ANNUAL RETURN OF CAROL & EDMUND BL AKE F O U N D AT I O N for the year ended December 31, 2021 is available at its principal office located at 335 M A D I S O N AV EN U E , SUITE 1100, NEW YORK, NY 10017 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is ERIC FREEDGOOD.

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Notice is hereby given that a license, serial no.

1336196, for beer, liquor, wine, and cider, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, liquor, wine, and cider at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 33 Atlantic Ave., Lynbrook, NY 11563 for on premises consumption.

SC LYNBROOK LLC dba Shaking Crab.

Notice of Formation of GOLDEN 444 HEALING ARTS, LLC filed with SSNY on 06/01/2021.

O f f ice: NE W YOR K County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 788 COLUMBUS AVE. 7F. NEW YORK, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of TryJ Limited Liability Company, LLC filed with SSNY on 08/03/2020.

Office: Bronx County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1574 Beach Ave Bronx NY 10460. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE PACK FAMILY F O U N D AT I O N for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2021 is available at its principal office located at 150 EAST 69 TH ST. # 21G, NEW YORK, NY 10021 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal Manager of the Foundation is LO R E N P. B E Y E R .

Notice of Formation of 2223 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/11/22.

Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1448 71st St, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of BE THE WOLF, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/2/22. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to C/O Corporate Creations Network Inc.600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528 .

Any law ful purpose.

Form of notice for on-premises license.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1338844) for beer, wine & Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine & Cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 554 WILSON AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11207 for on premises consumption.

MONEY CAT NYC LLC. Form of notice for on-premises license.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number (2226922) for Beer Wine & Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, Beer Wine & Liquor at retail in a Tavern- TW344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 250 HURDS RD C L I N T O N DA L E , NY 12515 for on premises consumption.

MINARD’S FAMILY FARM LLC Notice of Formation of VINTAGE 600 ALBANY P O S T R OA D, L L C Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 02/11/22.

O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 12 E. 49th St., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10017.

SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Felicello Law P.C., 366 Madison Ave . , 3 rd F l . , N Y, N Y 10 017. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Public Notice Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding star ting on March 28, 2021 and end on April 8, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: #3L28- Mikhail Pikovskiy: several suitcases, several boxes, office chair, wooden chair #4L01- Olaotan O Fowora: several boxes with personal items, chair, several plastic bins, luggage, cooler, bag of clothes #6P12B- Mary Vanderpeyl: several suitcases, several boxes, 1-shoe box #6R12- Mary Vanderpeyl: several shoe boxes, suitcase, several handbags, plastic bags, boxes #6S17- Mary Vanderpeyl: several boxes #6S21- Mary Vanderpeyl: several boxes #7P59- Huang Qing: several clothes, several clothing racks, several plastic bins, 2-tables, 1female mannequin torso, several chairs, 1-suitcase, 2-cabinets, 2-lamps The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale. All sales are held “with reserve”.

Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

Notice of Qual. of KNICKERBOCKER LANDCO, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/1/22.

Office location: KINGS. LLC formed in DE on 2/25/22. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Urban Future Labe, 370 Jay St 7th Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation o f B C D S H E LT E R OWNER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/23/22.

O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 116 E. 27th St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10016. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Real Estate - Development.

Notice of Qualification of C1 GROUND TENANT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 02/24/22.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (D E ) o n 0 2 / 1 1/2 2 .

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may b e ser ve d .

SSNY shall mail process to c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cer t. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of 264 WEST 11TH STREET HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/01/22.

O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to c /o C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of GANTASY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/17/22. Office location New York SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 260 Madison Ave 17Fl , New York, NY 10016. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of TOMBOLO FLAGSHIP RETAIL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/01/22.

O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Law O f f ice s of Anthony S. Cannatella, 53 Orchard St., Manhasset, N Y 11030 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of AUBREY VENTURES 3 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 01/14/21.

O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 4 E. 27th St., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom p ro c e s s a g ain s t i t may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Greeley Square Station, PO Box 20366, 4 E. 27th St., N Y, NY 100019998.

Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of 25 POTATO ROAD LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/20.

O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 1 2 2 0 7, re g d . ag e nt upon whom and at which process may be served.

Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of LUCIDLUX STUDIO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/28/22.

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

SSNY mail process to 572 Marlborough Rd. #3, Brooklyn, NY 11226.

Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of YU & L 292 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/21. Office location Richmond SSNY desg.

As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 292 Ada Dr, Staten Island, NY 10314. Any lawful purpose.

Public Notice SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YOR K COUN T Y OF R I C H M O N D In th e Matter of the Petition of THE RECTOR , CHURCHWARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT STEPHEN, TOTTENVILLE, a NEW YORK STATE NOT-FORPR O F I T R E L I G I O U S C O R P O R AT I O N CONGR EG AT ION , to dissolve as per Religious Corporations Law §18 and Not-for-Profit Corporation Law § 1003.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that The Church of Saint Stephen, will, on or after the 5 day of April, 2022, apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, IAS Part, thereof, to be held in and for the County of Richmond, at the Courthouse at 26 Central Ave, Staten Island, NY, at 9:30 am, for an order decreeing the dissolution of THE RECTOR , CHURCHWARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT STEPHEN, TOTTENVILLE, and for that purpose ordering and directing the transfer of any remaining assets of The Church of Saint Stephen, to The Board of Managers of the Diocesan Missionar y and Church Extension Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New York, in accordance with NY Religious Corporation L aw § 18 , located at 10 47 Amsterdam Avenue, New York NY, Goldstein Hall, PLLC Attorneys for Petitioner, 80 Broad Street, Suite 303, New York NY 10004

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Notice of Formation of WILD DREAM PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/28/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 545 Prospect Pl Unit 8h, Brooklyn, NY 11238.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JIA JIA PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/6/22.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 6816 5th Ave Apt 3, Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KJR 3 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/2/22.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 133 Kane St Brooklyn, NY 11231. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LESLEY E. POST, LCSW PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/18/22.

Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 70 East 10th St2P, New York, NY 10003 5105.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of M A N H AT TA N PAIN MANAGEMENT S PE CIALI S T, PL LC .

Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/23/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 420 East 61st St, Unit 14E, New York, NY 10065.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of YO N A S V E N T U R E S LLCArts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/15/21.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 12 Macdonough St, Unit 1r, Brooklyn, NY 11216.

Any law ful purpose.

March 21, 2022

Notice of Formation of MILLER 18 MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/7/22. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1541 55th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MOMO 1987 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/25/22. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 470 52nd St Fl 1, Brooklyn, NY 11220.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PANGEA GLOBAL TEAHOUSE, LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/28/22.Office location: Schuyler SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 74 Main Street, POB 31, Akron, NY 14001 0031. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PURE STAR LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/24/22. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 339 Marcus Garvey Blvd 2R, Brooklyn, NY 11221. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RED CURRANT MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/4/22. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 38 East 37th St #108,, New York, NY 10016.Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SHAY WHITE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/18/2022. Office location: NE W YORK Count y.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the principal business address of LLC: 909 3rd Ave #7694, New York, NY 10150. Purpose: any lawful act/activity.

Notice of Formation of 4350 HYLAN BLVD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/2/22.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 23 Oceanic Ave Staten Island, NY 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SOHO PLAT TERS MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/3/22.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 509 Dahill Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of SKYVIEW INVESTMENTS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 2/10/22. Office location: Kings. LLC formed in MI on 1/16/98. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to: ATTN: JEFFREY M. SCHWARTZ, ESQ., 444 Madison Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

Arts. of Org. filed with MI SOS. 17176 Farmington Rd, Livonia, MI 48152.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ST. MAR KS PL ACE CONSULTING, LLC Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/23/22.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 58 ST. Marks Place, Unit 508, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 5420 PROPERTY LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/10/22.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5 420 For t Hamilton Pk w y, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 204 FREEMAN STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/1/22.

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

SSNY mail process to Attn: Paul Caine, 7 Penn Plaza Ste 1400, New York, NY 10001.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 3RD PIG ENTERPRISES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/28/22.

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

S SN Y mail proces s to 74 Main St Pob 31, Akron, NY 14001 - 0031.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 48 BAY 20 STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/5/22.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8 Embry Farm Rd Marlboro, NJ 07746.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 82 WYCKOFF STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/13/22.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 390 Fifth Ave., #711, New York, NY 10018.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AB INITIO LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/27/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2035 Ralph Ave Ste B5, Brooklyn, NY 11234 5300. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ABS ELECTRICAL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/22.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4508 Fort Hamilton Brooklyn NY 11219. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of D L TRINITY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/17/22. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1826 60th St Brooklyn, NY 11204.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of E VERGREEN JD E A LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/1/22.

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

SSNY mail process to 108 Emily Ct, Vestal, NY 13850.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BHAVAN APARTMENTS LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/22.

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

S SN Y mail proces s to 2039 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY 10462.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ATELIER DENAVAUT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/22/22.

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

SSNY mail process to 873 Broadway, Ste 305, New York, NY 10003.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AV MECHANIC LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/20/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 22 Franklin Place, Staten Island, NY 10314. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of G AO V I L L A G E SUPERMARKET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/14/22. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5102 7th Ave 1Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of Giffords LandCo, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/1/22.

Office location: KINGS. LLC formed in DE on 2/25/22. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Urban Future Labe, 370 Jay St 7th Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HYPECLUB BROADWAY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/1/22.

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

SSNY mail process to C/O Alex Kullman, 710 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JA N D E R S E R V I C E S LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/21/22.

Of fice location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 137 Ave A Apt 4D, New York, NY 10009.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of J F E D CO N S U LT I N G GROUP LLC. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/16/22.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1135 72ND ST, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of STERN, LAVINTHAL & FRANKENBERG, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/4/22. Office location: Kings. PLLC formed in NJ on 2/9/2000. SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to: 105 Eisenhower Parkway, Ste 302, Roseland, NJ,. Arts. of Org. filed with NJ SOS. 225 West State St, PO Box 307, Trenton, NJ 08625.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of G E O R G I A - PAC I F I C C O N S U M E R O P E R AT I O N S L L C .

Auth. filed with SSNY on 1/2/22. Office location: Clinton. LLC formed in DE on 1/1/22. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O United Agent Group Inc.600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

First Principles Strategies LLC Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/28/22. Office Location: Westchester Count y.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of Service of LLC to: 94 North White Rock Road, Holmes, NY 12531. The principle business address of the LLC is: 80 Pinewood Road, 1C, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of JL EAST SYRACUSE 1473, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/10/22. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 3/2/22. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O United Agent Group Inc.600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Gutman Vasiliou, LLP filed with New York Department of State Division of Corporations on 12/16/2021. Office: New York County. Process against the Partnership may be served directly at 48 Wall Street, #1100, New York, NY 10005.

Pur p o s e: law f ir m .

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Notice of Formation of JE PM CONSULTING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/28/22.

Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9281 Shore Rd Apt 201, Brooklyn, NY 11209.

Any law ful purpose.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1343333) for beer, wine liquor & Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine liquor & Cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 658 DRIGGS AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11211 for on premises consumption INDAY 658 LLC. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1343490) for beer, wine liquor & Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine liquor & Cider at retail in a Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 132 HAVEME YER ST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 112 11 for on premises consumption ROOM AND BOARDS LLC. Notice of Qualification of Davidson Kempner Long-Term Distressed O p p o r t u n i t i e s International VI (AIVINT) LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/5/22. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE: 11/26/21. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 520 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10022, principal business address. DE address of LP: c/o Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Qualification of National Stock and Agency Company LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/9/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/27/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o 1120 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10036. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Harvard Business S e r v i c e s , I n c . ,1 6 1 9 2 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

PAR AD I S E MAR INA & YACHT CLUB, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/09/22.

Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2077. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 4288 Arthur Kill Road, Suite 4B, Staten Island, NY 10309. Purpose: Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of DK LDOI VI Aggregate Holdco LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/5/22. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE: 11/26/21. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 520 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10022, principal business address. DE address of LP: c/o Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Qualification of Davidson Kempner Long-Term Distressed Oppor tunities Fund VI LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/5/22. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE: 7/28/21. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 520 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10022, principal business address. DE address of LP: c/o Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Qualification of Davidson Kempner Long-Term Distressed O p p o r t u n i t i e s International VI (AIVTE) LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/5/22. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE: 11/26/21. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 520 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10022, principal business address. DE address of LP: c/o Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law ful ac tivit y.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1337922) for beer, wine liquor & Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine liquor & Cider at retail in a BAR/TAVERN under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 102 BAYARD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10013 for on premises consumption.

BAR CLARK LLC.

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Public Notice Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 29-00 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on W W W .

STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on A pril 0 1 , 2 0 2 2 and end on April 12, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. to satis f y unpaid rent and charges on the f o l l ow i n g a c c o u n t s : C onte nt s of ro oms generally contain misc. #183 – Darylin Payton; 1 black duf fle bag, trunk, laptop bag, small folding table and picture #224 – Marilyn Andino Montalvo; Pile of wood, a large bag, plastic totes filled with clothes, 2 suitcases, 5 plastic bags, 4 laundry bags, a wooden shelving unit filled with religious items #315 – Lev y Holts; picture, bags, hangers, bicycle, and suitcase. #816 – Angel Crutchfield; 1 cooler, 2 backpacks, plastic bags, 1 duffle bag, sneakers, picture frames, suitcase #3438 – Earthel Southerland; 4-plastic milk crates, 20-25 boxes, med ladder, small ladder and shovel #4708 – Rhonard BryceThurton; Tv, 15 + boxes, 2 plastic containers, 4 bags, a CD rack #6003 – Tamura Bakr c/o Nyagra Reign Inc.; 2 box fans, aprox.12 box crates, 2 plastic totes, approx. 20 boxes, and 2 large garbage bags. #4319-1 – Quinsessa Harrison; Bags, plastic totes and a plastic organizer with drawers #PS13 –Melvin Tortorelli c/o NST Management Services; Tr u c k The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 7 2 hours . Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale.

All sales are held “with reserve”. Owner reserves the right to cancel sale at any time.

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Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is p r o p o s i n g telecommunications installations at various locations in Manhattan, New York County, NY. Verizon Wireless proposes to replace existing public lighting/traffic control structures and install telecommunications antennas and associated equipment at the f o ll ow in g l o c a t i o n s : at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of East 13 Street SS 2E of 3 Avenue, 10003; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Avenue C ES 1N of East 14 Street, 10009; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinit y of West 7 1 Street NS 3E of Columbus Avenue, 10023; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinit y of West 70 Street NS 3E of Columbus Avenue, 10023; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of West 218 Street @ SWC of Park Terrace East, 10034; at a top height of 33 feet at the approx. vicinity of Bennet Avenue @ NEC of West 192 Street, 10040; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of 1 Avenue WS 1N of East 103 Street, 10029; at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of Madison Avenue WS 1N of East 110 Street, 10029; and at a top height of 32 feet at the approx. vicinity of St. Nicholas Avenue WS 1N of West 141 Street, 10031. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p ro p e r ti e s m ay b e submit ted within 30 days from the date o f thi s p ub li c ati o n to: Trileaf Corp, Laura Elston, l.elston@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 4 0 0, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

March 21, 2022

Public Notice Cellco Partnership and its Controlled Affiliates D oing B usine s s as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate telecommunication antennas at multiple locations in Brooklyn, K in g s C o un t y, N Y. Verizon Wireless proposes to collocate antennas at a top height of 114 feet on a 112-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 99 Lafayet te Avenue, 11217; at a top height of 55 feet on a 62-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 2177 East 21 st Street, 11229; at a top height of 77 feet on an 8 1 -fo ot building at the approx . vicinit y of 646 Argyle Road, 11230; at a top height of 58 feet on a 53-foot building roof top at the approx . vicinit y of 8603 17 th Avenue, Brooklyn 11214. 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., Laura Elston, l.elston@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 4 0 0, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 41 feet on a 38-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 490 Broadway, Staten Island, Richmond C o un t y, N Y 1 0 3 1 0 .

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties m ay b e s u b m i t t e d within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Benjamin Allen, b.allen@trileaf.com, phone: 678-653-8673, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 400, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067.

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FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK CITY OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF THE BRONX --------------------------------------x Docket Nos.: B10418-19/21 In the Matter of Commitment of Guardianship and Custody of SUMMONS JAMESON RYAN BURNS also known as JAMESON BURNS JULIA ANN BURNS also known as JULIA BURNS Children under the Age of Eighteen Years --------------------------------------------x In the Name of the People of the State of New York TO: RYAN BURNS ADDRESS: UNKNOWN A Petition having been duly filed in this Court, alleging that the above-named child in the care of THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, should be committed to the guardianship and custody of THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL; a copy of said Petition being annexed hereto; You are hereby summonsed to appear VIRTUALLY in this Court, before the Hon. David Kaplan, Part 18, on May 5, 2022 at 3:00P.M. to Show Cause why the Court should not enter an Order committing the guardianship and custody of said child to the petitioning agency as required by law TO APPEAR VIRTUALLY, PLEASE DIAL (347) 3784143 and enter the Conference Code 547858651# or utilize the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_NjU3NmRmY2UtNWRmZ C00YjM2LTkxN2EtMTM2ZDkxMWU4ZDRh%40thre ad.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223456fe92cbd1-406d-b5a35364bec0a833%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223c055 dc3-e1d1-4337-9442-b2d2a8f6f12c%22%7d on the above-scheduled date and time.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if the guardianship and custody of said child are committed to the petitioning agency, THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, said child may be adopted with consent of the petitioning agency without your consent or further notice to you.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that you have the right to be represented by a lawyer, and, if the Court finds that you are unable to pay for a lawyer, you have the right to have a lawyer assigned by the Court.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon failure of the person summoned to appear, all of his or her parental rights to the child may be terminated, and PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that his or her failure to appear shall constitute a denial of his or her interest in the child which denial may result, without further notice, in the transfer or commitment of the child’s care, custody or guardianship or in the child’s adoption in this or any subsequent proceeding in which such care, custody or guardianship or adoption be at issue.

Dated: Bronx, New York March 14, 2022

By Order of the Court /s/ Clerk of the Family Court

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Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 67 feet on a 6 8 - f o o t b uil din g rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 226 West 25th Street, New York, N ew Yo r k C o u n t y, NY 10001.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p ro p e r ti e s m ay b e submit ted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Hannah Dell, h.dell@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 4 0 0, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Notice of Formation of International Curls LLC. Article of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 11, 2022. Office Location: Westchester C ount y.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 60 west 1st street unit 207 Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of ASSOCIATE SERVICES OF DELAWARE, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY o n 3/1 5/2 2 . O f f i c e location: New York .

LLC formed in DE on 11/15/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O C orporate Creations Network Inc.600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of FLOURISH INSURANCE AGENCY LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 3/15/22. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 2/1//22. SSNY de sg . as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to: C/O C o r p o r a te Creations Network Inc .60 0 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of QUARTERRA SERVICES, LLC. Auth. filed with S S N Y o n 3/0 2 /2 2 .

Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 11/15/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

S SN Y mail proces s to: C/O C o r p o r a te Creations Network Inc .60 0 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901.

Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Virgin Hotels Central Services, LLC. Authorit y filed with Secy. of State o f N Y (S S N Y ) o n 01/28/22.Office location: Kings County. LLC formed in D e l awa r e (D E ) o n 0 5 /0 7/ 1 9 .

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail pro c e s s to: InC orp S er vices , Inc . , One Commerce Plaza - 99 Washington Ave. , S te. 8 05 -A , Albany, NY 12210 -2822, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Address to be maintained in D E : 9 1 9 N o r th Market St., Ste. 950, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with Jeffrey W. B u l l o c k , D E S e c y. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. To w n s e n d Bldg., 401 Federal St, Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas a top height of 70 feet on a 76-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinit y of 401 East 50th Street, New York, N ew Yo r k C o u n t y, NY 10022.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p ro p e r ti e s m ay b e submit ted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Hannah Dell, h.dell@ trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 4 0 0, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1343373) for BEER , WINE & CIDERhas been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, BEER, WINE & CIDER at retail in a Tavern T W344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 445 ALBEE SQUARE W E S T E 3 4 for on premises consumption.

BORDERTOWN BUSHWICK LLC Public Notice AT &T p r o p o s e s t o collocate antennas (tip heights 125.5’, 129.3’, and 132 . 3 ’ ) on the building at 587 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY (20220294). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Public Notice AT &T p r o p o s e s t o mo di f y an ex is ting facility (new tip heights 128.7’) on the building at 526 7 th Ave, New York, NY (20220293).

Interested parties may c o nt ac t S c o t t Horn (856 - 809 -1202) (1012 Industrial Dr. , West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

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Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is p r o p o s i n g telecommunications installations at various locations in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. Verizon Wireless proposes to replace existing public lighting/traffic control structures and install telecommunications antennas and associated equipment at a top height of 32 feet at the following locations: at the approx. vicinity of ST JOHNS PL @ NEC OF HAMPTON PL, 11213; at the approx. vicinity of LORIMER ST @ NWC OF BAYARD ST, 11211; at the approx. vicinity of BROADWAY NS 1E OF KENT AVE, 11249; at the approx. vicinity of DIVISION AVE NS 1E OF BERRY S T, 11249.

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, Benjamin Allen, b.allen@trileaf. com, phone: 678653-8673, 1395 South Marietta Park way, Building 400, Suite 209, Mariet ta, GA 30067.

Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 90.2’, 91.5’, & 99’) on the building at 249 West 34 th St, New York, NY (20220261).

Interested parties may contac t Scot t Horn (856 - 809 -1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 63.4’ & 67’) on the building at 11-55 45 th Avenue, Long Island City, NY (20220286). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856 - 809 -1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

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Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 133’) on the building at 1705 Purdy St, Bronx, NY (20220292).

Interested parties may c o nt ac t S c o t t Horn (856 - 809 -1202) (1012 Industrial Dr. , West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 108.3’ & 206.2’) on the building at 155 E 34 th S t , N ew York , N Y (20220295). Interested par ties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential ef fects on historic proper ties.

Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1343373) for BEER , WINE & CIDERhas been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, BEER, WINE & CIDER at retail in a Tavern T W344 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 445 ALBEE SQUARE W E S T E 3 4 for on premises consumption.

DAN AND JOHNS LLC.

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Who was up and who was down last week

LOSERS THE BEST OF THE REST STEFAN KALOGRIDIS

For New Yorkers spending St. Patrick’s Day yearning to take home a strawberry frozen margarita: Don’t hold your breath.

New York lawmakers have opted to keep the legalization of to-go cocktails out of this year’s budget, which will be celebrated by Stefan Kalogridis’ New York State Liquor Store Association.

EILEEN TORRES

After reports that New York City had yet to disperse the bulk of the $4.4 million it raised to help victims of the deadly January fire in the Bronx, Eric Adams announcing an additional $3 million in direct cash assistance – welcome news for Eileen Torres of BronxWorks, the nonprofit distributing the money.

CREATIVE Art Director Andrew Horton, Senior Graphic Designer Alex Law, Senior Graphic Designer Aaron Aniton, Junior Graphic Designer Izairis Santana, Photo Researcher Michelle Steinhauser

ANDREW CUOMO He once played a can-do governor on television – but a damning audit by the state comptroller showed how the aggrieved culture warrior bungled COVID-19 in nursing homes while misleading the public about the death toll. Cuomo isn’t talking about that part of his record as he reenters public life. Instead, he’s preaching to local churches, once again blaming “cancel culture” for his resignation in August.

THE REST OF THE WORST KATHY HOCHUL

Last week proved the honeymoon is definitely over for the first female governor in state history. Rangers fans booed her at the Garden. New polling showed the GOP might have a chance in November and legislators are hating on her policies. Good thing that the seemingly ubiquitous Hochul knows a thing or two about hustling.

PHIL MURPHY

When it comes to cooperation, New York is kind of like the mob. Once you partner with the Empire State, you’re in for life. So it’s not surprising New York is putting the screws to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for trying to pull out of the bistate Waterfront Commission.

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N. NICK PERRY Fire up the grill and turn up the dance hall, N. Nick Perry’s jumping up from Assembly member to ambassador to Jamaica. The Brooklynite will be heading back to the island nation of his birth as the top representative for the United States, after the U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment. That’ll cap off nearly 30 years in the lower chamber, leaving that COVID-19 conspiracy about his public health bill in the past.

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Masks are coming off and many COVID-19 restrictions have already been lifted (no, not you, Kyrie Irving). But the surest sign of change? Dr. Dave has left the building.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams kept him on for a few extra months, but he was Bill de Blasio’s guy, so health Commissioner Dave Chokshi walked out of his office to music and cheers on his last day on the job. Wait a sec, isn’t Adams trying to get people back IN the office? Read on for last week’s Winners & Losers.

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