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As non-profits and concerned members of society working to facilitate the successful re-entry process for people returning from periods of incarceration, we are dismayed to learn of the recent turn of events in the labor struggle between the Building Trades and Related (Related) Companies playing-out at the Hudson Yards, and how that struggle has impacted formerly incarcerated laborers. In a June 2nd New York Post article, Related called out the Building Trades for providing a job with a livable wage to a man who is also a father, grandfather and community member. They disparaged the 50 year old man and labeled him “a $40 an hour coffee boy”, which has historical connotations that are rooted in racism, and slavery, and completely diminishes his job, while showing a lack of understanding and empathy of the working conditions on a high-rise construction site. Pouring concrete fifty stories above ground is a tedious and time sensitive job, which requires the undivided attention of as many as fifty skilled workers. Working under weather conditions that include brutal heat and intense sun, only adds to the task at hand. Keeping the work crew sufficiently hydrated and safe is no small task. That is why one worker is assigned the task of making sure that the workers are kept hydrated and safe. The alternative would be to stop the concrete pour and allow 50 construction workers to return to the ground level to receive fluids. The loss of time and money in that situation would be prohibitive. Assigning one or two workers the task is clearly the most cost efficient and responsible way to address the issue. Mr. Smokes (who continues to challenge his conviction and maintains his innocence) is an example of how the Building Trades are providing livable wage jobs and union collective bargaining protections, which can be the key to a person’s successful re-entry and healthy living. Having completed an apprenticeship program, and since then having performed dangerous and back-breaking work as a Local 20 Concrete Laborer, he receives a fair day’s pay, for a fair day’s work. Related’s 21st century vision of urban life should not include singling out and public shaming of a worker who remade his life after incarceration. When people pay their debts to society and return to establish careers, families, and other strong ties to community, we should be encouraging the creation of more such paths—not complaining that the jobs are better than such people deserve. Mr. Smokes’ story is one that is reflective of New York City values. Second chances, access to opportunities and fairness, are what this city has been, and continues to be built on. Related’s comments and deplorable singling out of an individual goes against every grain of those values and for that reason, we demand that they issue an apology to Mr. Smokes, other laborers with justice involvement and to the people of New York City. Dr.Hazel N. Dukes Khalil A. Cumberbatch President, NAACP New York State Associate Vice President of Policy, Conference Fortune Society

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CONTENTS MICHAEL GRIMM ... 6

Can a convicted felon knock out an incumbent in the primary?

CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY ... 10

Meet the candidates vying for New York’s most vulnerable seats

WINNERS & LOSERS ... 26 Who was up and who was down last week

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Late last week, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie all but killed off any chance of passing a comprehensive sports betting bill this session. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could allow sports betting, some New York lawmakers were eager to move forward quickly. Such bets can already be made in New Jersey, which brought the Supreme Court case. New York has authorized sports betting at four casinos and industry interests have lobbied for opening up sports betting across the state. But Heastie cited concerns his Democratic members have with the proposal, which would allow people to place sports bets online. Other policy questions remain, including the cut sports leagues would get, with a short timeline to work through all the details. In this week’s magazine, we examine some of the unanswered questions – including whether the changes would require a constitutional amendment, which has been brushed off by lawmakers with little explanation. It’s likely there will be plenty of time for lawyers and legislative analysts to sort through these details in the months ahead. But Albany being Albany, in the last week of the session, there’s always a chance for a last-minute deal.

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Latest THE BUDGET HANDSHAKE New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council reached an $89.2 billion budget deal last Monday. It included $106 million for the Fair Fares initiative pushed by Council Speaker Corey Johnson to provide half-price MetroCards to low-income New Yorkers. De Blasio had initially resisted the proposal, but he and the council eventually came to an agreement. The budget also includes more than $400 million for the MTA’s Subway Action Plan, which de Blasio said will be a one-time payment.

UNDERWOOD SHOWS HER METTLE Despite Democrats’ fears that the state attorney general’s office would lose its bite without Eric Schneiderman, Attorney General Barbara Underwood has filed a lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation after a two-year investigation. Trump, along with his children Eric, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, are named in the suit, which seeks to bar them from ever serving on a nonprofit again, as well as recoup $2.8 million in restitution. The lawsuit accuses the foundation of campaign finance violations, self-dealing and coordinating with the Trump presidential campaign illegally. Trump immediately took to Twitter to dismiss the claims, and to say he wouldn’t settle.

After a lengthy investigation by the federal government, New York City agreed to a settlement over dilapidated conditions at the New York City Housing Authority. Federal prosecutors issued an 80-page civil complaint that accused NYCHA of systematic misconduct and deliberate lies, in particular regarding lead paint inspections. NYCHA acknowledging its faults in the consent decree, and the city agreed to spend at least an additional $1 billion to fix its public housing.

Back & Forth C&S: You have a background as a TV reporter. What do you bring from this experience to running for office? DR: Let’s be more honest about my background. It has been as an author, it has been as a film producer, it has been as an activist, and it’s been as an entrepreneur developing the solar-powered hydroponic greenhouses. I have indeed worked as a broadcaster as well, but the common thread through all of it has been a consistent effort to defend the vulnerable and to afflict the powerful.

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C&S: You did not vote in the 2016 election because you did not like either of the choices for president. Do you think that Donald Trump was a better candidate than Hillary Clinton? DR: I think this is a silly conversation, with all

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due respect. They’re both terrible candidates for different reasons. To compare them is a backward-looking view at a time when we desperately need to turn our attention to the future. C&S: You have not previously voted. DR: The thing that’s most striking to me is how aggressive people tend to be to try to shame people who are limited voters at a time when the country claims it wants more voter participation. (It’s) impossible to solicit more voter participation if every time someone comes out of the closet – as it were – as a limited voter, the way they’re treated is as a pariah instead of a savior or at least a welcome asset. And so, I’m here to represent all of the limited voters in this country, and I’m shocked that we’re not being more welcomed into the system considering how aggressive everybody is in trying to get people to vote.

“In the final year of his second term as the state’s chief executive, Andrew Cuomo is driven by two things: his extraordinary disdain for anyone who does not agree with him, especially the Legislature, and Cynthia Nixon.” — state Senate Majority Leader JOHN FLANAGAN, via Politico New York Get the kicker every morning in CITY & STATE’S FIRST READ email. Sign up at cityandstateny.com.

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Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, an actress and advocate, is in the upcoming movie “The Parting Glass” with Ed Asner, who was in “JFK” (1991) with Kevin Bacon.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was on a 2014 episode of “The Good Wife” with Nathan Lane, who was in “He Said, She Said” (1991) with Kevin Bacon. NY-19 independent congressional candidate Diane Neal, a mainstay on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” appeared in multiple episodes of “The Following” (2015) starring Kevin Bacon.

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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer was in a 2013 episode of “Alpha House” with John Goodman, who was in “Death Sentence” (2007) with Kevin Bacon.

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in a 2008 episode of “30 Rock” with Alec Baldwin, who was in “She’s Having a Baby” (1988) with Kevin Bacon.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was in “Anger Management” (2003) with Jack Nicholson, who was in “A Few Good Men” (1992) with Kevin Bacon.

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WHY STATEN ISLAND STILL LOVES

CAN A CONVICTED FELON KNOCK A FELLOW REPUBLICAN OUT OF CONGRESS? By Grace Segers

“I’M A GRIMM MAN.” John Strand, a 67-year-old retiree who worked as a deckhand for the Staten Island Ferry for 36 years, didn’t hesitate when asked who he is supporting in the Republican primary in New York’s 11th Congressional District. He was sitting on the upper deck of the ferry en route to Manhattan, headed to an appointment with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “He’s a Marine, I’m a Marine. He’s the FBI man. I think he’s just a good person,” Strand said. The race between incumbent GOP Rep. Dan Donovan and former Rep. Michael Grimm has captured national attention, with many Republicans – including President Donald Trump – wary that Grimm, a convicted felon, would be more likely than Donovan to lose in the general election. Grimm’s insurgent candidacy

has inspired bemused profiles in major news outlets and is widely seen as the latest example of New York’s idiosyncratic politics. However, on Staten Island, which encompasses most of the district, Grimm has drawn more visible and enthusiastic support than Donovan and may pull off the remarkable feat of defeating an incumbent in a congressional primary. An NY1/Siena College poll on June 3 showed Grimm 10 points ahead of Donovan among likely Republican voters in the district, which also contains a small part of southern Brooklyn. Grimm, who was elected in 2010, resigned shortly after he was re-elected in 2014, pleading guilty to one felony charge of aiding in the filing of a false tax return for hiring undocumented workers and paying them under the table in a restaurant where he once held a part ownership stake. He served seven months in prison. Grimm’s criminal past doesn’t deter his supporters, even though being tough on illegal immigration is one of Trump’s signature issues. “I don’t have a bad word about him. In life, everybody makes mistakes,” Strand said about Grimm. Ella, a 47-year-old babysitter and Grimm supporter on the ferry who declined to give her last name, shrugged when asked about Grimm’s past. “It happens,” she said. Grimm’s exit allowed for Donovan, then Staten Island’s district attorney, to win a special election to fill the vacancy in early 2015. Now Grimm is seeking to take back his former seat, following in the American tradition of besmirched-but-charismatic public figures launching comeback bids. But while others in New York, including Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer and Hiram Monserrate have failed,

ELGRIMM Grimm may well succeed. The mystery, in a district that has long favored staunch support for law enforcement, is why? For his part, Grimm does not seem surprised that he has widespread support on Staten Island. “Let’s just say I’m very appreciative that the people have remembered how hard I worked and how much I delivered,” he told City & State. More important to Grimm’s supporters than his crimes was his work in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, when he advocated for his constituents in Washington and co-sponsored legislation to prevent the Federal Emergency Management Agency from collecting overpaid funds given to homeowners with damaged property. Joe, a teacher at Staten Island Technical High School who did not give his last name, said he supports Grimm because the former congressman was “here with us through the hard time with Hurricane Sandy.” Grimm’s personality may seem abrasive to outsiders – he famously threatened to throw NY1 reporter Michael Scotto off a balcony – but to his supporters, it is an indication that he will fight for them.

RIMM’S PATH TO political redemption echoes that of Donald Trump, a thrice-married and six‑times-bankrupt businessman who blustered his way into the White House and won 56 percent of the vote on Staten Island. “Trump is really revered and loved by Staten Islanders,” said Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, a

Donovan supporter whose district overlaps with Donovan’s, and who was the GOP candidate for New York City mayor last year. Grimm has a similarly brash style as the president. “Stylistically, Grimm connects more with the Trump voter,” said Richard Flanagan, a political science professor at the College of Staten Island. “Donovan’s a bit of an old-school gentleman and that doesn’t necessarily play well.” Another dynamic that may weirdly help Grimm is conservatives’ newfound mistrust of the U.S. Justice Department, and the unfounded claim by Grimm – like Trump, according to the president’s supporters – that he was the target of a politically motivated investigation. “There are those who believe he was taken down in a political witch hunt, and they’re angry about that,” Malliotakis said. There isn’t much distance between Donovan and Grimm on policy matters, although Grimm claims he is further to the right than Donovan on immigration. Both speak highly of Trump, despite their own relatively moderate voting records. Donovan has his own record of assisting Staten Island. He often speaks of his time as chief of staff to the borough president on Sept. 11, 2001, and he also served as deputy borough president. In Congress, he was a co-sponsor of the Zadroga Act, which provides health care for 9/11 first responders. In New Dorp, a neighborhood in the island’s midsection, a few ironworkers from Local 40, who were protesting a construction project that wasn’t using union workers, told City & State they were leaning toward Donovan because of his support for labor and the Zadroga Act. Donovan and Grimm are also following similar campaign strategies, aligning themselves with the president and painting each

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other as Trump apostates – despite their own past deviations from the Republican Party line. “The reason I have been tying myself to the president is because I voted with him 85, 90 percent of the time,” Donovan said in an interview with City & State. According to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, Donovan has voted in accordance with Trump’s priorities 86 percent of the time. Out of 235 House Republicans, Donovan has voted with the president the 210th most often, which is typical for a Republican from a moderate district. (Fellow downstate New York Republicans Pete King and Lee Zeldin have virtually identical percentages of votes cast with Trump.) Donovan said in April 2016 that he thought Ohio Gov. John Kasich “would have made a wonderful president,” but that he would support whoever was the Republican nominee. He supported Trump during the presidential election, although he called him “an imperfect choice,” and voted against the Republican tax overhaul that the president championed last year. Trump nonetheless endorsed Donovan. “There is no one better to represent the people of N.Y. and Staten Island (a place I know very well)” than Donovan, Trump tweeted. Grimm, on the other hand, has the endorsement of several familiar faces in Trump’s world, including short-lived White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, who headlined a fundraiser for Grimm, and former senior adviser Steve Bannon. Despite Grimm’s embrace of Trump, he was one of the most liberal Republicans during his time in Congress. He bucked Republican leadership and voted against an amendment that would have deported children who were brought illegally into the United States, and was a member of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership. As is often the case in close primaries with no major policy differences, the candidates have focused on personal attacks. Donovan has raised significantly more money than Grimm, and has been emphasizing his opponent’s criminal past in commercials and with a website, GrimmReality.org. At their first debate on WABC, Grimm and Donovan spent the first 10 minutes talking over each other and accusing each other of telling falsehoods. Grimm, who rolled out his first attack ad on June 1, has labeled Donovan “Desperate Dan,” accused the congressman of “incompetence,” having an “anti-Trump voting record” and helping his girlfriend’s son get a drug charge reduced. (Donovan denies that last accusation.) Donovan argues that Grimm “abandoned” Staten Island by running for re-election in 2014 while he was being investigated. “I don’t think the people of Staten Island or Brooklyn should trust him to serve in Congress. He lied to us, he deceived us, he abandoned us,” Donovan told City & State. “He doesn’t deserve a chance. He betrayed us. People of Staten Island and South Brooklyn aren’t going to get fooled a second time.” Grimm responded that by running for re-election, he helped keep the seat in GOP hands. “I had to run and I went through great personal strife to win the election and save the seat for the Republican Party (so) that Dan could even have a chance of being congressman. Abandoning them would’ve been not running,” he said.

Most unusually, a Grimm staffer attempted to deny Donovan the Reform Party ballot line by tampering with Donovan’s petition signatures. Grimm, ever unrepentant, told Politico, “I’m glad they did it.” When asked by City & State if the staffer had been reprimanded, Grimm said the question was “beneath me,” and a spokesperson criticized the line of questioning.

HILE GRIMM AND DONOVAN may not differ much on substance, they are diametrically opposed in style, and that seems to be working to Grimm’s benefit. The NY1/Siena College poll found the two men had similar favorability ratings, but a plurality of voters believed that Grimm would be better at representing them in Congress, and a majority of likely voters, 54 percent, believed that Grimm would be better at working with Trump. “They think Grimm will do a better job of articulating and personifying Trumpism, even with the endorsement of Trump for Donovan,” said Flanagan. Like Trump, Grimm embodies an aggressive attitude that his supporters view as defiant and willing to upend the political status quo. Robert, a 45-year-old college philosophy professor and Staten Island resident who declined to give his last name, said he was undecided about his vote, and seemingly unaware of Trump’s endorsement of Donovan. “It seems like Grimm would probably be the more conservative candidate, which I’d lean towards,” Robert said.

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up, you’ll see the Republican electeds – maybe not publicly – make calls and stir up their personal networks a little bit to not embarrass the party and to support Donovan,” Flanagan said. This year’s federal primary election is on June 26, a time which may depress turnout. “People just graduated, schools are out, maybe people are going for summer vacation,” Malliotakis said about the timing of the primary. “It’s going to come down to who gets their voters out on a summer day in June.”

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Conservative may be shorthand for a staunch Trump supporter, as opposed to a traditional Republican. Flanagan noted that Staten Island Republicans aren’t just drawn to a more pugnacious style, but counterintuitively also to a more liberal interpretation of the government’s responsibilities. “There are a lot of public workers on the island who benefit from big government. So that Southern piece of the Republican Party, that libertarian piece of the Republican Party, doesn’t play well here at all,” Flanagan said. “That pugnacious, nativist piece on the Republican side – that plays really well.” “TO BE BLUNT, only you in the media, or those in the media, have seen me as an underdog,” Grimm told City & State. “I had the same support I always had. People recognized how hard I worked, and how much I delivered.” But those voters are at odds with not just Trump but local Republican elected officials, who are universally supporting Donovan. Months before Grimm officially declared that he was running for Congress, Republicans in the district, including Assemblyman Ron Castorina Jr., then-Staten Island GOP chairman; Borough President James Oddo; and state Sen. Andrew Lanza said they would endorse Donovan, pledging him “their unanimous support – including the winning infrastructure that comes with it.” The upcoming primary will be test that infrastructure’s strength. Flanagan suggested that the Donovan campaign and its supporters may be motivated by the recent poll to improve their get-out-the-vote effort. “I think in the two to three weeks lead-

ONOVAN’S PREDICAMENT IS not unique. Republican incumbents across the country are facing steep challenges from opponents who say they aren’t sufficiently supportive of Trump. In May, Rep. Robert Pittenger of North Carolina was defeated by an insurgent candidate from the right, Mark Harris, even though Pittenger outspent Harris 2-to-1. Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama, who had revoked her endorsement of Trump after the recording of him bragging about sexually assaulting women came out, now faces a runoff election with Bobby Bright, a primary challenger who accused her of turning “her back on President Trump.” Grimm’s stylistic echo of Trump extends to outsiders perplexed by his popularity. Frank Morano, a local radio host and chairman of the Staten Island Reform Party, argued that while people in the “punditocracy” saw Trump’s campaign as laughable, Staten Islanders immediately took him seriously. “Even some now-Trump-supporting politicians in private thought his candidacy was a joke. The people never thought that,” Morano said. While residents of the forgotten borough may have an anti-elite chip on their shoulder, the district is also filled with cops and the sort of white voters who reflexively side with law enforcement. Grimm himself won in the first place partly on the appeal of his experience as a former FBI agent. Now, he is asking them to vote for a felon as a proxy for a president under a collusion investigation. That’s why Malliotakis said that her constituents would be likely to vote for Donovan, a former prosecutor, because he is “Mr. Law and Order.” There is also the possibility that Republicans will vote strategically in the primary, since Grimm might be more likely to lose to a Democratic candidate in the general election. In the poll, 1 percent of Grimm voters said they would vote for a Democrat if Donovan won, while 14 percent of Donovan voters said they would vote for a Democrat if Grimm won. This could indicate that Grimm is less electable, an idea that Trump himself promoted when he tweeted that Donovan “will win for the Republicans in November…and his opponent will not.” However, while Democrats vote strategically, Flanagan said, Republicans are more likely to vote with their gut. Trump is now in the White House because primarily white and Republican voters liked him and believed he would advocate for their interests. Staten Islanders who went with their gut and voted for Trump saw how it all worked out – and so voting for Michael Grimm just might work out for them too.

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Election season is well underway, and New York’s congressional primaries on June 26 are fast approaching. Every seat in the House of Representatives is up for election, and though not every race in the state will have a primary contest, many of them do. Several Democrats are facing challengers from the left, including Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Joseph Crowley and Eliot Engel, though their chances of being unseated remain slim. A handful of Republican incumbents in New York have been rated by the likes of The Cook Political Report, Sabato’s Crystal Ball and Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales to be vulnerable, and

Democrats are targeting those seats in the hope that they can ride a “blue wave” and flip the House. In many of those districts, competitive Democratic primaries have emerged in races that may become critical to the party winning the House. Here’s a rundown of all the key races to watch.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS

PERRY GERSHON FOR CONGRESS; VOTE KATE BROWNING; MAX ROSE FOR CONGRESS

Meet the primary candidates vying for New York’s most vulnerable congressional seats

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Kate Browning

Perry Gershon While Suffolk County is a stronghold for President Donald Trump, and Rep. Lee Zeldin is a loud Trump supporter, Democrats in New York are targeting his seat, which is seen by political experts as somewhat vulnerable. Five Democrats are vying for the party line in November. At the front of the pack in terms of fundraising is Perry Gershon, a wealthy businessman who has raised an impressive $2.1 million despite his status as a political newbie with little to no name recognition. However, that includes $900,000 in loans. He faces former Suffolk Legislators Kate Browning and Vivian Viloria-Fisher, who both have governing experience. Browning has raised $494,000, while Viloria-Fisher has brought in about $257,000. Browning also has the support of the Women’s Equality Party and New York’s highest-ranking Democratic House member, Rep. Joseph Crowley. Rounding out the race is former longtime New York City Council staffer David Pechefsky and physicist Elaine DiMasi. So far, the Suffolk County Democratic Committee has not endorsed any of the candidates despite Chairman Rich Schaffer’s wish to avoid a primary.

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The Republican primary between Michael Grimm, the convicted felon who held the seat until he went to prison, and Rep. Dan Donovan is perhaps the most high-profile, and most contentious, primary in the state. In the most overt example of the race’s ugliness, Donovan accused Grimm of sabotaging his petitions to appear on the state Reform Party line. Grimm denied this and suggested Donovan was the one up to something shady. To win over voters in prime Trump country, Grimm and Donovan have been trying to prove which of them would be a better ally to the president. Grimm is well-liked in the

Max Rose district, despite his conviction, so when Trump decided to back Donovan, it was seen as a potential setback and a boon for the incumbent. However, a recent poll showed Grimm leading Donovan by 10 points, so the presidential endorsement may not have quite the impact that some may think. The Democratic primary in this district is also competitive. Six Democrats are vying for the seat, but all eyes are on military veteran Max Rose, who has raised more than $1.4 million. Rose is named on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Red to Blue list, which identifies high-priority candidates and provides them with monetary and strategic support to try and flip Republican-held seats. Only two other New York Democratic candidates appear on the list. Rose has picked up a number of high-profile endorsements, including U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Joseph Crowley and several New York City Council members in his district. The other candidates, none of whom have come close to Rose in terms of fundraising, endorsements or media exposure, are Zach Emig, Omar Vaid, Radhakrishna Mohan, Michael DeVito Jr. and Paul Sperling.

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The seat is held by Rep. John Faso, but the swing district is considered a toss-up in November and Faso has been a top target for Democrats. The Democratic primary has drawn a crowd of contenders, with seven candidates vying for a shot to unseat Faso. Among those candidates, Gareth Rhodes has garnered positive media attention and has tried to differentiate himself from his challengers as the only one with government experience, making his time with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration a key part of his campaign. And although Cuomo has not gotten involved in Rhodes’ campaign, many people with ties to the governor have supported his candidacy. However, Rhodes is significantly behind some of the other candidates in terms in fundraising. Attorney Antonio Delgado has raised nearly

Antonio Delgado $2.3 million, tops among all candidates including Faso, and has the most cash on hand after the latest filing period. Activist and business owner Brian Flynn has raised about $1.4 million with $650,000 in loans and military veteran Pat Ryan has raised more than $1.6 million. Delgado also has a key endorsement from the Dutchess County Democratic Committee, the only candidate in the race to have a Democratic county committee behind them. Another candidate, former U.S. diplomat Jeff Beals, got a national endorsement from The People for Bernie Sanders. The lone woman in the race, Erin Collier, lags behind her competitors in terms in fundraising, having raised only about $159,000, but she has deep ties to the district and has enjoyed some national coverage from Teen Vogue and People magazine as well as the support of Emily’s List.

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Tracy Mitrano Rep. Tom Reed is another target of Democrats in the state. Five Democrats will appear on the primary ballot in June, but as in the case with District 19, there is no clear front-runner. Tracy Mitrano comes in third in terms of fundraising among Reed’s challengers, with about $159,000 raised, but she has the backing of the Working Families Party and Women’s Equality Party, which might give her a leg up in the race. Retired cardiologist Linda Andrei leads the five Democrats in terms of fundraising, but even she has raised only $277,000, with $170,000 in loans, compared to Reed’s more than $2.3 million.

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Small-business owner Ian Golden, who has raised about $115,000, has some progressive credentials with the backing of the national group Justice Democrats as well as the state group New York Progressive Action Network. Edward Sundquist has also picked up key endorsements from the Chautauqua County and Cattaraugus County Democratic committees and their chairmen. Military veteran Max Della Pia has also gotten the backing of the Steuben County Democratic Committee chairman. Despite Democrats’ desire to flip the seat and Reed’s perceived vulnerability, the primary has been relatively quiet, with little money being raised and spent.

Dana Balter

Juanita Perez Williams The Democratic primary to take on Rep. John Katko in November has become more complex as the pick of the national Democratic Party, Juanita Perez Williams, faces off against the choice of local county leaders, Dana Balter. Balter has the support of all four of the Democratic county committees in the district, as well as the endorsement of the

grass-roots group Knit the 24th, a local chapter of the Indivisible organization that opposes the agenda of President Donald Trump. Balter also has the support of the Working Families Party, the Women’s Equality Party and New York Progressive Action Network, as well as the national groups Democracy for America and Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Despite the groundswell of local support and national recognition as a strong progressive candidate, Perez Williams, who last year ran unsuccessfully for Syracuse mayor and had previously supported Balter, decided to enter the race less than two weeks before ballot petitions were due, telling the Syracuse Post-Standard that she was disappointed Balter had not gained traction with the national party. Though the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee denied recruiting her, it quickly added her to its coveted Red to Blue list. Local Democratic leaders were unhappy about Perez Williams’ candidacy, issuing a letter that accused the DCCC of meddling in local politics. Perez Williams barely got enough petition signatures after Balter’s supporters proved that nearly 2,000 of her signatures were invalid, but she made it on nonetheless for a June faceoff. Despite her late start and the petition challenge, a recent Siena College poll has Perez Williams leading Balter by 13 points.

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OV. ANDREW CUOMO has said there isn’t enough time to get it done. The Democratic-controlled Assembly is divided on the matter. And while there’s bipartisan support in the state Senate, the closely divided chamber has been plagued by partisan gridlock in recent weeks, casting doubt on whether any major legislation will move forward. Yet as the final week of session gets underway in Albany, there’s still a

chance lawmakers will cut a last-minute deal on sports betting legislation. Of course, as the governor noted, it’s a “big issue” to tackle, with very little time to work through the many complicating factors. First off, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for sports betting was only a few weeks ago. While New York had already authorized its new commercial casinos to get in on the action, the state hasn’t even rolled out regulations for such on-site sports bets. If lawmakers want to let people place bets on sports contests online,

they must take further action. Some experts even say a constitutional amendment might be needed to let people make bets online. Complicating things further are the many players already in the space – the new commercial casinos, Native American-run casinos, off-track betting corporations, collegiate and professional sports leagues, daily fantasy sports platforms – and what role each of them may play going forward. In this special section, City & State reached out to top officials and leading experts to game out what will come next.

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BY KAY DERVISHI AND MAX PARROTT HEN NEW YORK lawmakers expanded casino gambling in 2013, Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow had a premonition. He snuck in an amendment to allow sports betting at casinos in the state if the federal ban on sports betting was ever lifted. So when the U.S. Supreme Court declared the federal ban unconstitutional earlier this year, he and other lawmakers rejoiced – but perhaps too soon. A bill pending in Albany to expand sports betting may face another constitutional challenge. “There are real issues as to whether or not under the existing constitution you can expand sports gambling to sites other than the physical locations of the casinos,” Bennett Liebman, a legal expert who previously served as the state deputy secretary for gaming and racing, told City & State. The state Senate version of the bill would add regulations and extend betting to off-track betting corpo-

rations and racetracks and allow casinos to host online betting apps. The state constitution only authorizes gambling on-site at the resort-style casinos allowed in the 2013 law, and has no provision allowing online gambling. State Sen. John Bonacic, the chairman of the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee and the bill’s sponsor, insisted that there was no constitutional conflict with his bill, which uses a combination of technology and branding to avoid issues with location restrictions on gambling. His bill would allow the state’s four upstate casinos to build branded kiosks that would offer sports betting at other sites, such as off-track betting parlors. “There’s no constitutional amendment needed to put a kiosk in an OTB and a racino because the brand name would be the casino’s name,” Bonacic told City & State. Passing a constitutional amendment would be a strenuous task, as it would need to be passed in consecutive state legislative sessions and then by a majority of voters in a ballot referendum. Although no legislator has introduced a bill for a constitutional amendment yet,

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Assemblyman Joseph Lentol recently expressed confusion over the bill’s constitutionality even though he otherwise supports it. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. said the Senate’s legal team was going through the bill to prevent any constitutional conflicts. Bonacic’s bill also requires mobile servers for any betting apps to be placed in the casinos themselves, which could bypass the argument that someone using an app to place bets is doing so outside the casino. But Liebman said this argument was constitutionally questionable. Early on in the discussion of the bill, legislators considered having players sign up in person at casinos in order to use the app. However, the bill language currently would allow users to sign up online anywhere within the state. Pretlow, who is sponsoring the Assembly version of the bill, said that the 2013 constitutional amendment that restricted the number of casinos was not intended to be taken as a physical limitation on gambling. “The object (of the amendment) was not to localize it. That was the effect, but that wasn’t the object. The object was to make it legal in New York and, at the time, this was the best avenue to do that,” he said. He added that making sports betting accessible for New Yorkers is necessary because otherwise gambling enthusiasts are going to resort to illegal betting. “People aren’t going to drive 20 or 30 miles to bet on the Yankees if their sports bookie is across the street,” Pretlow said. “So we have to make this available to people on a statewide basis.” There are others who argue that a constitutional amendment should not be necessary because the question of sports betting is similar to that of daily fantasy sports, which were legalized in New York in 2016. The state Legislature designated daily fantasy sports as “games of skill,” which means the outcome is predominantly deter-

mined by the skill of the player rather than luck. Daily fantasy sports are therefore not considered gambling in New York. Michael Kane, the president and executive director of the New York Gaming Association, testified to the state Senate in January that the only difference between daily fantasy sports and sports betting is that the former is based on a make-believe team while the latter is based on real ones. However, sports betting is currently considered gambling, according to Liebman, and therefore not pro-

Sports betting FAQ everything you need to know about a legislative effort to allow sports betting in new york. In plain English, what would the proposed state Senate sports betting bill do? The current legislation would authorize sports betting not only at the state’s four commercial casinos, but also at off-track betting parlors and horse racing tracks and remotely through online betting apps. At the OTBs and racetracks, the casinos could install branded kiosks where patrons could place bets. Casinos could also add online services for sports betting on their websites, where patrons could create an account that allows them to place bets from their computer or smartphone

Is the Assembly bill any different? State Sen. John Bonacic posted an amended version of his bill after Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow introduced his version. The language of the two bills now matches. How would online betting work? Patrons would be able to sign up for online wagering platforms through casinos that offer the service. The betting would follow the online model that just became available in New Jersey. In order to register, users would have to enter per-

sonal information that would be run against known consumer databases in order to verify that they meet the legal age requirement and that they are a resident of New York state. A constitutional amendment that limits gambling to seven physical casino locations in the state means that sports betting services would be run exclusively by the four commercial casinos in upstate New York. What sports would I be able to bet on? With the exception of high school sports, bets could be placed on almost every type

of professional and collegiate sporting event. The types of bets would include straight bets, propositions, over-under bets, parlays, exchange wagers and in-game wagers. Horse racing wagers would not be allowed because they use a pari-mutuel betting model where all bets are placed together in a pool. What is stopping the players, referees or league officials from throwing games? The bill stipulates a “royalty fee” of one-quarter of one percent of the amount wagered on sporting events would go to the professional leagues. This fee would help pay for the leagues to take measures to prevent the wagering from affecting the games. Beyond that, it is left up to the leagues to create processes, hold trainings and

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Is sports betting gambling? J. GARY PRETLOW CHAIRMAN, ASSEMBLY RACING AND WAGERING COMMITTEE How is the process of coming to an agreement with state Sen. John Bonacic going on the sports betting bill? The process has been done. It’s over. John and I sat down together. We talked about the differences in our bill. I had not introduced my legislation when we had a conversation. He has since done amendments and his amendments will now mirror the bill that I had.

tected from a constitutional amendment under this argument. Bonacic remains confident that his bill will pass in the Senate, but then the bill must go through an Assembly that has historically been more resistant to pass gambling bills. Because of the 2013 law, casinos can start sports betting as soon as the state Gaming Commission prepares the appropriate regulations, though the commission would not comment on whether it had begun working on the regulations.

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conduct internal investigations to ensure that their employees are not affecting the outcome of any games behind the scenes. Pretlow pointed out that professional leagues already practice many of these cautionary measures. “That’s already in place right now,” he said. “Sports betting is legal all over the world, even if it is not legal in 49 states.” Will I be able to place sports bets at the Native American casinos? Out of the three Native American tribes that operate gambling operations in the state – the Oneida Indian Nation, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and the Seneca Nation of Indians – the Oneidas are the only tribe to announce its intention to offer sports betting on its reservation.

So far, the Senecas and the Mohawks have not explicitly embraced a plan to pursue sports betting, but have both released statements that they are looking into the matter. Former state Deputy Secretary for Gaming and Racing Bennett Liebman said that he expects the other tribes to eventually offer sports betting. Liebman also saw a potential conflict between mobile sports betting and the tribes’ exclusivity compact with the state. As it stands now, the tribes have an arrangement in which they pay the state a fee in order to remain the exclusive gambling purveyors in their respective counties. It is unknown how the accessibility of a mobile gambling network would affect this agreement. – Max Parrott

The Assembly previously had trouble passing an online poker legalization bill. Why was that the case? The poker bill has its issues in this house. A lot of people think that it’s an expansion on gambling, but many people that oppose online poker are not opposing sports betting. I guess they’ve come to the realization that it is here, it has been happening and the state’s not regulating it. The state is not even benefiting from it. Why you don’t see sports betting as an expansion of gambling? Well, it’s different. Sports betting is something that most people have taken part of. Even unbeknownst to them when they bet in those March Madness pools and they pick a basketball team. Those same people would never go on a website and play poker for money, but they will bet on their favorite team. People just see it as different. You know, a lot of stuff is perception. Some people perceive gambling as good. Some people see gambling is bad. They just perceive it different ways. But it’s the exact same thing. Are we going to need a constitutional amendment later down the road for this legislation? Great legal minds have said it’s legal to do in the constitution, in the brick-and-mortar casinos, if we can set up kiosks and it will be deemed as though the wager was being done at that (casino). What about the idea of limiting sports betting to the casinos, instead of having online gambling throughout the state? The object (of the 2013 sports betting amendment) was not to localize it. That was the effect but that wasn’t the object. The object was to make it legal in New York and this at the time was the best avenue to do that. It’s kind of modeled after the sportsbooks in Nevada, which had sports betting close to or attached to the casinos. But you know, Nevada is a very small place and Las Vegas is even smaller. So people would travel there to make bets. New York is a huge place. People aren’t going to drive 20 or 30 miles to bet on the Yankees if their sports bookie is across the street. So we have to make this available to people on a statewide basis.

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Games of Chance and Skill

BY KAY DERVISHI

ALL BETS ARE OFF for gambling as the state legislative session comes to a close. While the sports betting bill has dominated the conversation in Albany, other issues are still waiting for action from lawmakers and the state Gaming Commission. Here are four gambling issues that players should keep their eyes on.

not considered gambling. Even so, daily fantasy sports companies are interested in the proposed sports betting bill, as it could allow them to contract with casinos to host mobile sports betting apps.

CASINO REVENUE The state’s four commercial casinos have yet to reach their ambitious financial projections, and thus are looking forward to a boost in revenue from sports betting. Sports betting is estimated to produce $1 billion in new revenue for New York’s casinos and generate more than $400 million in tax revenue for the state. However, casinos must wait until the Gaming Commission comes up with rules and regulations for sports betting before they can begin accepting wagers. The Gaming Commission had no comment on whether they’ve started work on regulations yet.

OFF-TRACK BETTING AND RACETRACKS Off-track betting corporations along with horse racing tracks and video lottery terminals would be allowed to contract with casinos to host kiosks with sports betting under the proposed bill. Off-track betting corporations, which have been under financial strain in recent years, and racetracks have been especially interested in the passage of this bill, which promises the potential for increased revenue. However, the question of mobile sports betting threatens their potential monetary gains, as it would mean people could avoid physically going to OTBs or racetracks in order to place bets. Early discussions of the bill included potentially having people sign up to use the mobile apps at a physical casino, OTB or racetrack before being able to use it. However, the bill currently would allow users to sign up online anywhere in the state.

DAILY FANTASY SPORTS The state Gaming Commission has yet to put in place regulations for daily fantasy sports companies, such as FanDuel and DraftKings, after a 2016 law legalized daily fantasy sports in New York. The commission had no comment on a timeline for the regulations. Daily fantasy sports are simulated sports contests in which players assemble a team of players from a sports league and make selections for games that play out that day, earning points based on the players’ performances. The 2016 state law designated daily fantasy sports as “games of skill,” which means that the outcome of matches were predominantly determined by the skill of the player, rather than luck. Thus, daily fantasy sports are

ONLINE POKER State Sen. John Bonacic introduced a bill last year to legalize online poker in New York. The bill’s fate remains unclear, however, as the session nears its final days and sports betting has taken the front seat. A previous version of the bill passed the state Senate in 2016, though it failed to pass the Assembly. The current bill has reached the Rules Committee in the Senate, but, as in the previous session, uncertainty remains around its chances in the Assembly. “Personally, I’m shocked our state hasn’t either done it already or that the conversation up here in Albany hasn’t been more intense,” said state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr., the ranking Democratic member of the state Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee.

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How would mobile sports betting work? JOHN BONACIC CHAIRMAN, STATE SENATE RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING COMMITTEE Can you explain the basics of your sports betting bill? Well, you say the basics, it’s lengthy. It will allow the four casinos, once the Gaming Commission comes up with regulations, to be able to take bets in their lounge. In my legislation, racinos and (off-track betting parlors) can have kiosks in there if they become an affiliate with the casino. So at a kiosk, you can place a bet and you can get paid there. They would share in the money subject to a contract agreement as an affiliate. It’s estimated that the bill will allow mobile platforms and mobile sign-ups. It’s anticipated $10 million to $30 million will come to the state for education. The rate is 8.5 percent. There’s an integrity fee of a quarter of one percent with a 2 percent cap, which is estimated between $6 million to $8 million to be paid to the professional sports teams. So mobile sports betting is part of the bill? Yes, because if you don’t have mobile sports betting then the amount of money received at the casino for sports betting, we think, will be nominal. Could you explain a little bit more how mobile sports betting would work? The mobile platform server must be located at a casino. That’s No. 1. Just be located there. Then you could go online with your smartphone and you could sign up with that server at an 8.5 percent rate if any bets that had taken on the mobile phone. But you don’t have to physically go to the casino. That was the original legislation, but after talking to more of the pros, we put amendments in that will allow sign up by mobile. Would a constitutional amendment be necessary to pass parts of this bill? There’s no constitutional amendment needed to put a kiosk at an OTB and a racino because the brand name would be the casino’s name. It’ll be a casino kiosk.

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How would New York regulate online bets? STATE SEN. JOSEPH ADDABBO JR. RANKING MEMBER, STATE SENATE RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING COMMITTEE With the state legislative session coming to a close, what is the status of the sports betting bill? If I was a betting person – and if we had sports betting in our state – I would say that we will pass the Senate version of the sports betting bill through Finance, through the Senate, but I’m unsure about the Assembly. Would you be able to sign up on the internet or would you have to register at a physical location to start betting? In the 2013 gaming bill that we did, that included sports betting, which was kind of vague, we did not include mobile use for sports betting. It was strictly brick-and-mortar casinos. … This Bonacic bill now expands the use of sports betting beyond casinos. It includes the (video lottery terminals), (off-track betting parlors) and also mobile.

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What’s to stop somebody in New York from using New Jersey’s mobile sports betting apps? You can actually limit the mobile device to in-state only. You can, jurisdictionally. We need to not only limit it geographically to New York state but also to the age of 21. How would you confirm the age if you were applying online? There (are) ways, I mean, something more than just putting in your date of birth. That’s something we’re going to have to figure out. Some of the early discussions were that in order to use your phone for a mobile app, you would have to actually register in person at one of the facilities throughout the state. How does the issue of Native American gambling exclusivity factor in? Of course, they are a sovereign nation, and they are certainly separate and apart from what we do. They can do it. They have their own tribunal rules and regulations, so they may actually do it before the rest of the state does it. If they did start sports betting, would that affect any changes with the current bill? No, only because it’s such a big industry and, again, to do it right, there has to be a lot of work put in prior to being implemented. So even if Jersey gets a head start, or others get their head start, I’m not too concerned. I’m more concerned about getting it right.

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Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Name: Edwin’s Place Developer LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on April 27, 2018. N.Y. office location: New York County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Edwin’s Place Developer LLC, c/o Breaking Ground II Housing Development Fund Corporation, 505 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10018. LITTLE LION’S DEN CHILD CARE, LLC. FILED WITH SSNY 03/06/2018. OFFICE LOC: NY COUNTY. SSNY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST LLC MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: THE LLC, ATTN: PAMELA DELEON, 521 WEST 162ND STREET #GARDEN, NEW YORK, NY, 10032. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. Notice of Qualification of DSC MERIDIAN CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES ONSHORE FUND LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/29/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/19/18. SSNY shall mail process to: 888 7th Ave, Fl. 27, NY, NY 10106. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of WORLDQUANT PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/26/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/16/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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June 18, 2018 Notice of Qualification of Noah Gopher Capital Advisors, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/4/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/13/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 75 Rockefeller Plz., Ste 18B, NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION of limited liability company (LLC). Name: 4218 FORT HAMILTON PARKWAY HOLDER LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/24/2018. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o The LLC, 256 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10026. Purpose: any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF COATUE PE ASIA XIX LLC APPL. FOR AUTH. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 04/26/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NY COUNTY. LLC FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 04/24/18. PRINC. OFFICE OF LLC: ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA, NY, NY 10004. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO THE LLC, ATTN: PHILIPPE LAFFONT, 9 W. 57TH ST., 25TH FL., NY, NY 10019. DE ADDR. OF LLC: C/O CORPORATION SERVICE CO., 251 LITTLE FALLS DR., WILMINGTON, DE 19808. CERT. OF FORM. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DE, DIV. OF CORPS., JOHN G. TOWNSEND BLDG., FEDERAL & DUKE OF YORK STS., DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. Notice of Qualification of HedgePremier/RIDA Fund LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/6/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/31/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.

95 MADISON REALTY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/23/2018. 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, 95 Madison Street Apt 2B, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, vs. NASSER KHALIL A/K/A NASSER KHALIL, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on October 31, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on July 19, 2018 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 453 85th Street, 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 6026 and Lot 61. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #17466/2014. Leo Salzman, Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Notice of Qualification of Fast Kicks Production Services, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/1/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/27/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of JBRK SERVICE LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/27/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/25/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Robert W. Keddie, III, 325 Foxcroft Dr., Ivyland, PA 18974. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Jig Relics, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/31/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jig Relics, LLC, 26 Broadway, Ste. 1301, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Qualification of HMHB LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/30/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/24/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 745 5th Ave, Fl. 5, NY, NY 10151. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of TitoCity285 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/10/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of ED 97 Owner, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/29/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/8/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights at 55’ & 59.5’) on the building at 219 Fifth Ave. Pelham, NY (20180823). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

RD BAKES LLC, filed with SSNY 3/30/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Yuet Tong, 435 W 31st Street, 46H, New York, NY 10001.

LONE WOLF FITNESS LLC, Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY 4/18/18. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail process to 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1, #086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: any lawful act. SWEAT EQUITY 150, LLC, of Org. filed with SSNY 2/20/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Wendi Apostolico, 54W 84th St., 4F, New York, NY 10024. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. PAC FORWARD LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 5/17/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: One World Trade Center, 44th FL, NY NY 10007. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. 215 E 12 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/25/18. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Michael L. Macklowitz, Esq., 299 Broadway, Suite 1405, New York, NY 10007. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of PB TECH & ADVISORY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/06/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jeremy P. Kleiman, Esq., 18 Columbia Tpke., Ste. 200, Florham Park, NJ 07932. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Coworkrs Hospitality LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/4/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 55 Broadway, Fl. 3, NY, NY 10006. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Rooster & Magellan, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/9/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1074 Broadway, Ste 121, Woodmere, NY 11598. Purpose: any lawful activity.

GRAMERCY 25 EAST 21ST STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/31/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Unit First Floor, The Gramercy 25 East 21st St., Attn: Madeline Weinrib, NY, NY 10010. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Public Notice Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 AT 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for 1016 AMSTERDAM AVE LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 1012 AMSTERDAM AVE in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 257-263 W 34TH MEZZ LLC. ARTS OF ORG. FILED WITH NY SECY OF STATE (SSNY) ON 5/15/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NEW YORK COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: 7 MERCER ST, FL. 2, NY, NY 10013. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY.

Notice of Formation of EMEA GROUP LLC filed with SSNY on 4/23/2016. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 58 FOREST AVE, NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, 10804. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qualification of Taurus Top Liquidity Fund LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/20/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/9/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 140 Broadway, Ste 4665, NY, NY 10005. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of PWP DYNAMIC MULTIASSET FUND GP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/07/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/02/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 767 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10153. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, State of DE, Dept. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of ONE BROADWAY OWNER, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/04/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/24/18. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Midtown Equities LLC, 141 5th Ave., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10010. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of HedgePremier/ExodusPoint Partners Fund LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/6/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/31/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Qu Core, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/14/18. Office location: New York County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to Vanguard Corporate Services Ltd, 307 Hamilton St, Albany, NY 12210. DE addr. of LLC Corporate Creations Network Inc, 3411 Silverside Rd, Ste 104, Tatnall Bldg, Wilmington, DE 19810. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901 on 8/22/17. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2018 AT 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for SEINFELD SQUARED LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 938 Amsterdam Ave., NYC, NY 10025 in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

Public Notice Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2018 AT 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for SERAFINA TRIBECA RESTAURANT LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 95 WEST BROADWAY, NY, NYC 10007 in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

Notice of Qualification of Davidson Kempner Long/ Short Equity U.S. Fund LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/11/18. Name subsequently amended to Davidson Kempner U.S. Long/Short Equity Fund LP. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 4/9/18. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, 520 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10022, principal business address. DE address of LP: 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, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of Sunset Cove Solutions, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/23/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/8/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 425 Madison Ave, Fl. 19, NY, NY 10017. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of DSC MERIDIAN CAPITAL LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/29/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/5/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 888 7th Ave, Fl. 27, NY, NY 10106. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity .

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF QUALITY BRANDS MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC APPL. FOR AUTH. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 05/08/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NY COUNTY. LLC FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 03/28/18. PRINC. OFFICE OF LLC: 134 SPRING ST., STE. 703, NY, NY 10012. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO THE LLC AT THE PRINC. OFFICE OF THE LLC. DE ADDR. OF LLC: C/O CORPORATION SERVICE CO., 251 LITTLE FALLS DR., WILMINGTON, DE 19808. CERT. OF FORM. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE, 401 FEDERAL ST., STE. 4, DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VACCARO PRODUCTIONS, LLC FILED WITH SSNY ON DECEMBER 11, 2007. OFFICE: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS TO LLC: 29 PLYMOUTH AVENUE YONKERS, NY. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACT OR ACTIVITY.

Notice of Qualification of Taurus Crypto Asset Management LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/18/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/9/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 140 Broadway, Ste 4665, NY, NY 10005. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of YBL LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/7/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 895 Park Ave, Apt 5C, NY, NY 10075. Purpose: any lawful activity. JJR Technology Services, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 04/24/18. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Jeffrey Polikoff 444 East 86th Street 29D, New York, NY 10028. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ANTARA CAPITAL LP APPL. FOR AUTH. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 05/08/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NY COUNTY. LP FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 03/07/18. DURATION OF LP IS PERPETUAL. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LP UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO THE PARTNERSHIP, 500 FIFTH AVE., STE. 2320, NY, NY 10110. NAME AND ADDR. OF EACH GENERAL PARTNER ARE AVAILABLE FROM SSNY. DE ADDR. OF LP: C/O CORPORATION SERVICE CO., 251 LITTLE FALLS DR., WILMINGTON, DE 19808. CERT. OF LP FILED WITH THE SECY. OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DE, DEPT. OF STATE, DIV. OF CORPS., JOHN TOWNSEND BLDG., DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY.

Notice of Qualification of DSC MERIDIAN GP LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/29/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/19/18. SSNY shall mail process to: 888 7th Ave, Fl. 27, NY, NY 10106. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity

KEY MARKETING STRATEGIES LLC ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH SSNY ON 2/20/18. OFFICE: N Y COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED AS THE AGENT OF THE LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO LLC: 1 GRACIE TERRACE, 14B, NEW YORK, NY, 10028. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.

1994 KFC, LLC is seeking benefits for the properties located at, 1992 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Block 1339 Lots 49,52,54,55 under the (ICIP) Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program administered by the New York City Department of Finance. Any persons having information concerning the eligibility of this applicant to participate in the program, or any act of arson or harassment committed by the applicant, may submit such information to ICIP 59 Maiden Lane. 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10038 or Exemptionspolicy@ f i n a n c e . n y c . g o NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF THE SALES & MARKETING THINK TANK LLC. AUTHORITY FILED WITH NY SECY OF STATE (SSNY) ON 3/29/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NEW YORK COUNTY. LLC FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 10/27/17. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: 708 3RD AVE, FL. 6, NY, NY 10017. DE ADDRESS OF LLC: 1201 ORANGE ST, STE 600, 1 COMMERCE CTR, WILMINGTON, DE 19801. CERT. OF FORMATION FILED WITH DE SECY OF STATE, 401 FEDERAL ST, STE 4, DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY.

Notice of Qualification of MW Loan 1, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/30/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 17 State St., NY, NY 10004. LLC formed in DE on 8/2/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corp1, Inc., 28 Old Rudnick Ln., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

CANVAS, INK LLC. ART. OF ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY ON 05/04/18. OFFICE: WESTCHESTER 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, QIN RUAN, 353 BOULEVARD, SCARSDALE, NY 10583. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1310779 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 1904 UTICA AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11234. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION.

FASTTWITCH GROUP LLC, ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY ON 02/28/2018. 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, 244 FIFTH AVE., STE A273, NY, NY 10001. REG AGENT: JOSE A. CHAVEZ, 244 FIFTH AVE., STE A273, NY, NY 10001. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.

Notice of Formation of JCP 31 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/23/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 315 Church St., Ste. 4C, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activities.

RIGHTHAND OF THE CITADEL, LLC. FILED WITH SSNY 05/11/2018. OFFICE LOC: NY COUNTY. SSNY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST LLC MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: THE LLC, ATTN: DENNIS ASKINS III, 1900 LEXINGTON AVENUE 14B, NY N.Y 10035. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. Notice of Formation of The Estate of Arthur Dove LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/1/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 745 5th Ave, Fl. 5, NY, NY 10151. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Joseph Dayan LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/22/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40 E. 78th St, Ste 6-F, NY, NY 10075. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of PHILIPS CHURCH STREET I LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/29/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 3161129 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 1009 N FRANKLIN ST WATKINS GLEN, NY 14891. SCHUYLER COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. GUEST SERVICES MANAGEMENT LLC

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Silvermoon Specialties, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 5/18/18. office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Marie H Heyne, 16 Mackey Court, West Haverstraw, NY 10993. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1311178 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 146 METROPOLITAN AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11249. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. THE MONARCH THEATRE LLC.

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June 18, 2018 Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 165 feet on a 142-foot rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 120 Greenwich St, New York, New York County, NY, 10006. 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, Sharetta, s.williams@ trileaf.com, 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-997-6111.

Public Notice WirelessCo, L.P. dba Sprint (SPRINT) proposes to upgrade equipment and antennas at the following structures in New York: Queens County - 70-35 Broadway in New York (Job #35522.88); 34-35 74th St in Jackson Heights (Job #37369.02); 44-30 Douglaston Prkwy in Little Neck (Job #37369.13); 170-06 Crocheron Ave in Flushing (Job #37369.73); 65-50 Wetherole St in Rego Park (Job #37641.45); 87-77 169th St in Jamaica (Job #37812.03); 205-10 48th Ave in Queens (Job #37812.13); 5960 56th Ave in Maspeth (Job #37812.16); 33-10 Queens Blvd in Long Island City (Job #39116); 47-19 30th Ave in Long Island City (Job #39117); 90-10 Ditmars Blvd in East Elmhurst (Job #39118); New York County - 10 Kenmare St in Manhattan (Job #37369.39); 319 W 77th St in New York (Job #37641.56); 2256 2nd Ave in New York (Job #39371); 2 E Broadway in New York (Job #39742); 234 Lafayette St in Manhattan (Job #39744); 108 E 96th St in Manhattan (Job #39745); 76-78 Carmine St in New York (Job #39750); 87 St Nicholas Pl in Manhattan (Job #39764); 234 W 42nd St in New York (Job #39769); 366 Fifth Ave in New York (Job #39741); 17 W 125th St in New York (Job #39746); 241 W 110th St in New York (Job #39758); 795 Saint Nicholas Ave (Job #39763); Kings County - 60 W End Ave in Brooklyn (Job #37369.77); 360 Furman St in Brooklyn (Job #37641.57); 835 Clarkson Ave in Brooklyn (Job #37641.60); 547 Madison St in Brooklyn (Job #37641.90); 1290 Ocean Ave in Brooklyn (Job #37641.97); 2635 Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn (Job #37812.04); 25-30 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn (Job #39372); 1 Hoyt Ave in Brooklyn (Job #39384); 460 Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn (Job #39385); 55 Bay 34th St in Brooklyn (Job #39388); 1461 Shore Pkwy in Brooklyn (Job #39389); Bronx Borough - 1398 Grand Concourse (Job #37641.16); 980 Longwood Ave (Job #37641.19); 3840 Greystone Ave (Job #37641.66); 1415 Bristow St (Job #37812.02); Chautauqua County – 111 W 2nd St in Jamestown (Job #37678.27);

Beauty by Jackie B. LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/13/2018. City. Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to: Jacqueline AdansiBarimah, 366 Webster Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801. General Purpose NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1309636 FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 203 WEST 19TH ST. NY, NY 10011 NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ONPREMISE CONSUMPTION. 203 WEST 19 TAVERN INC

Erie County - 43 Long Ave in Hamburg (Job #37719.01); 4 St. Mary’s St in Lancaster (Job #37720.01); Westchester County - 710 Warburton Ave in Yonkers (Job #39373); Manhattan - 100 W 119th St (Job #39375); 2301 5th Ave in New York (Job #39376); 4221 Broadway (Job #39377); 422 Second Ave in New York (Job #39378); 355 Park Ave S (Job #39379); 10 Christopher St in New York (Job #39380); 160 Wooster St (Job #39381); 64 Fulton St in New York (Job #39382); 660 Lexington Ave (Job #39827); 1235 Amsterdam Ave in New York (Job #39917); 52 Duane St (Job #40112); 189 Orchard St in New York (Job #39814); Richmond County - 1100 Clove Rd in Staten Island (Job #39386). In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, SPRINT is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. If you would like to provide specific information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within 1/2 mile of the site, please submit the comments (with project number) to: RAMAKER, Contractor for SPRINT, 855 Community Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ramaker.com within 30 days of this notice.

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Who was up and who was down last week

LOSERS PAMELA HARRIS In case there was any question about this, Pam taught us all a lesson: Stealing $25,000 in FEMA funds, then pillaging a children’s charity, and then spending those ill-gotten gains on pretty underwear and vacations … that’s a no-no. The former Brooklyn assemblywoman pleaded guilty to the crimes and now faces up to 30 years in prison. We hope it’s somehow worth it Pam, but that would be one heck of a brassiere.

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THE REST OF THE WORST

JOEL ABELOVE

MARCUS MOLINARO & CYNTHIA NIXON

A judge ruled the AG overstepped going after Rensselaer’s DA. No word on if the DA botched his probe of a police shooting.

ADEM BUNKEDDEKO

The Times got behind this first-time candidate challenging Rep. Yvette Clarke.

SAM HOYT

JCOPE cleared this former Cuomo aide of yet another sexual misconduct scandal.

JUANITA PEREZ WILLIAMS

A poll gives this congressional candidate a 13-point lead, despite few initial local fans.

The numbers say it all. Cuomo has 19 points over Molinaro and 35 over Nixon.

ANTHONY SALAMONE

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Vol. 7 Issue 23 June 18, 2018

Cover Alex Law

This NYC driver got fined $1G for stops at the gym. Who’s he think he is? De Blasio?

CAROLYN MALONEY

She wore a burqa on the House floor? Challenger Suraj Patel dug up real dirt.

DONALD TRUMP

Schneiderman? Who needs him? Barbara Underwood’s new lawsuit is no joke.

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STUDIO 72, A KATZ/SHUTTERSTOCK

DAVID JONES & JOHN RASKIN Political organizers, take notes. Jones from the Community Service Society and Raskin from the Riders Alliance teamed up to get New York City to fund half-price MetroCards for low-income New Yorkers. And now it’s funded in the budget to the tune of $106 million. Unlike the mayor, Jones and Raskin knew a millionaires tax had a snowball’s chance in a summer subway tunnel and worked to earn the support of tons of advocacy groups – and 94 percent of the City Council.

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WINNERS

With his habit of “looking at things” like Kim Jong Un, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has already taken a page out of the North Korean playbook. So why not borrow one of the tactics President Donald Trump used on his visit to North Korea? If a fake movie trailer illustrating a harmonious future could help reduce the risk of nuclear war, why not make a similar video showing Cuomo and the state Senate Republicans embracing a destiny where we’re all winners?

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