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EVER SINCE Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat thenRep. Joseph Crowley in 2018, an army of progressive candidates have been following in her footsteps. And in New York, a number of AOC-like outsiders have followed through, knocking out half a dozen state lawmakers in the June primary. In the House of Representatives, however, a single New York challenger won: Jamaal Bowman, a middle school principal who beat Rep. Eliot Engel in a district spanning parts of Westchester County and the northern Bronx. While the Ocasio-Cortez playbook gets plenty of attention, another takeaway is that Crowley didn’t do enough to adapt the Queens Democratic Party, which he led, to the changing times. He did back Grace Meng’s groundbreaking House bid in 2012, even though his cousin was also running. But as a white man ensconced in the party establishment, he and his allies were more vulnerable than they realized. A similar threat to the Democratic Party apparatus in the Bronx is now playing out, with a number of veteran male politicians joining Engel on the way out. Critics say the Bronx’s old boys’ club is finally crumbling, while supporters point to the party’s backing of Darcel Clark, a Black woman, for district attorney in 2015 – although that may be the kind of exception that proves the rule, much like when the Queens machine got behind Meng.

CONTENTS TOP 10 ELECTEDS … 10 The politicians doing the most for the Bronx

JAMAAL BOWMAN … 14 What’s next for this year’s AOC?

POWER 50 … 20

The borough’s most influential civic leaders

DONE WAITING … 32 Bronx female politicians challenge the old boys’ club CORONAVIRUS HEROES … 38

These people stepped up when the Bronx needed them most

WINNERS & LOSERS … 50 State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi is one of several women making her own way in the Bronx.

Who was up and who was down last week

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BARBOT BOWS OUT

Dr. Oxiris Barbot stepped down as commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, while the city continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. In her resignation letter, Barbot wrote that she is leaving with “deep disappointment that … the health department’s incomparable disease control expertise was not used to the degree it could have been.” Barbot has reportedly been feuding

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with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for months over the city’s pandemic response, as the mayor has continually failed to heed the recommendations of his own commissioner. De Blasio increasingly seemed to rely on Dr. Mitchell Katz, who leads the city’s public hospital system. The mayor even announced that the new contact tracing program would be run through New York City Health + Hospitals rather than the health department, which has experience in contact tracing. The decision

confused public health experts who did not see the logic in removing one of the key responsibilities from a world-renowned health department. After Barbot’s resignation became public, de Blasio hastily called a press conference to appoint Dr. Dave Chokshi – a former high-ranking official in Health + Hospitals – as the new health commissioner. Later that day, a de Blasio spokesperson said in a statement that the mayor had asked Barbot to resign over the weekend, which is why Chokshi was ready to go so quickly.

ISAIAS WREAKS HAVOC

Tropical Storm Isaias moved through New York quickly, but not without causing extensive damage along the way. The storm caused the second-largest power outage in Con Edison’s history, behind only Superstorm Sandy in 2012, leaving over 130,000 customers without power in New York City. The high winds from the storm also caused the

“It seems to me that patting ourselves on the back for victory is a little bit far-fetched, considering that we have still more deaths than anyone else in the country.” – state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, via the New York Post

TISH TAKES ON THE NRA

State Attorney General Letitia James announced that she is suing to dissolve the National Rifle Association and accused CEO Wayne LaPierre and other leaders of extensive criminal behavior, including fraud and using the nonprofit to fund their lavish lifestyles. The NRA is chartered in New York, which gives James the authority to potentially shut it down for breaking state laws regulating nonprofits. The new lawsuit comes after an investigation James began last year into the NRA’s finances.

SCHOOLS GET THE GREENLIGHT TO REOPEN

DRESS FOR SELF-DEFENSE Back-to-school season is upon us, but roughly a month before New York City students are scheduled to start classes, there are some daunting decisions to be made – by the state, city, teachers unions and parents alike – about what exactly that looks like. New York magazine explored that question this week, offering on its cover a preview of the latest back-to-school fashion: PPE chic.

Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and elevated subway lines to suspend service. Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency in downstate and Hudson Valley counties to help with cleanup efforts, and announced an investigation into utility companies after so many people lost power in the state.

“My advice to New Yorkers is: ‘Do not buy a car.’” – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is notorious for being chauffeured around the city, via NY1

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that all schools in the state have the go-ahead to reopen for in-person classes in the fall, although individual districts will still decide whether or not to take advantage of that. He said every region in the

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state has an infection rate of below 5%, meaning that schools can reopen and stay open as long as the infection rate remains low. School districts still must get their plans for in-person learning approved by the state, and had until July 31 to submit those plans. Cuomo’s announcement means that New York City may become one of the only major cities in the country to have any in-person schooling, setting it up to be a test case for the nation. Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio began releasing details of his reopening proposal, offering what he called “blended learning” by giving students the option to physically be at school for part of the week, and remote for the other part. At the end of last month, he offered more details about what would cause schools or individual classrooms to go remote. However, many teachers, parents and students still oppose any reopening and consider de Blasio’s proposal unsafe.

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NYC ELECTION RESULTS FINALIZED

Six weeks after Election Day, the New York City Board of Elections released the final results for the June primary election that included the counting of hundreds of thousands absentee ballots. Those results confirmed the victories of Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the 12th Congressional District and New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres in the 15th Congressional District, the only two races that were still considered up in the air. The release of the results came shortly after a judge ruled that boards of elections around the state needed to count ballots lacking postmarks that were received on June 24 and June 25, which had previously been considered invalid. However, the city did not count those ballots before certifying its results, and the state Board of Elections is appealing the decision.

5 things to know about Dave Chokshi, NYC’s new health commissioner

Dr. Dave Chokshi was appointed commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene following the resignation of Dr. Oxiris Barbot. Here are five things to know about the man combating the coronavirus. He’s taking over at a difficult time The coronavirus remains a threat, and the pressure is on health officials to guide the reopening while avoiding another surge. That means balancing political, economic and public health imperatives – pressures that apparently spurred Barbot’s resignation. He’s from NYC Health + Hospitals Mayor Bill de Blasio has favored the city’s public hospital system, NYC Health + Hospitals, over the health department. He assigned a contact tracing program to Health + Hospitals despite the health department’s long history of contact tracing experience. Chokshi may better align the department with de Blasio’s approach. Chokshi joined Health + Hospitals in 2014, recently leading a transition to telemedicine as chief population health officer.

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WEEK AHEAD

WEDNESDAY 8/12

THURSDAY 8/13

What does the future of the Bronx look like? City & State hosts a 5 p.m. webinar with Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and others, and remarks from Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

The state Senate and Assembly hold a joint hearing at 10 a.m. on the impact of COVID-19 on workers, including unemployment insurance, workplace safety standards and more.

INSIDE DOPE

He’s isn’t even 40 yet Chokshi is just 39 years old, and City & State recognized him as one of New York’s 100 most politically powerful Asian Americans. The Rhodes scholar came to New York City in 2011 and worked for then-Health Commissioner Thomas Farley. After a stint in Washington, he returned to New York as a senior adviser to then-state Health Commissioner Nirav Shah. He’s a man Barbot’s resignation continues de Blasio’s checkered track record with female leaders. There’s a gender pay gap at City Hall that is even larger among top officials, and women of color who worked for him say they have felt marginalized. He’ll keep seeing patients Chokshi plans to keep up his clinical practice as a primary care doctor at Bellevue Hospital. He’s not the only public servant in the family – Chokshi’s wife is an educator in the New York City public school system.

Led by state Senate Labor Committee Chair Jessica Ramos and others, legislators will also look at the impact of the federal Paycheck Protection Program on the state’s 16% unemployment rate.

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THURSDAY 8/13 City & State and AARP host a virtual legislative forum focusing on Westchester County, with state Sens. Alessandra Biaggi and Shelley Mayer, and Assembly Member Thomas Abinanti, among others.

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THE CONTENTIOUS RESIGNATION by former New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot is just the latest example of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s often difficult relationships with people who would seem like potential allies, including his own appointees. Here are just a few of the mayor’s other bad relationships.

DR. OXIRIS BARBOT

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Barbot resigned from her position with a blistering letter that said she left with “deep disappointment” that de Blasio underutilized her department during the crisis. A de Blasio spokesperson, however, said the mayor asked Barbot to step aside. The move came after months of tension between the commissioner and the mayor, including a decision by de Blasio to move the city’s contact tracing program out of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

DERMOT SHEA

De Blasio has never had a good relationship with his police department, but one would think that he would at least see eye-to-eye with the person he appoints as police commissioner. That hasn’t been the case. Shea, who de Blasio promoted from his position as chief of detectives in 2019, has been a staunch critic, in public and in private, of the types of criminal justice reforms that de Blasio ran his 2013 campaign on. But despite the opposing views, Shea still has a job and defends his relationship with the mayor, while de Blasio continues to praise him in public.

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BY REBECCA C. LEWIS

FROM TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS TO MESSY BREAKUPS, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO CAN’T ESCAPE THE DRAMA.

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MARK PETERS

De Blasio appointed Peters as commissioner of the Department of Investigation in 2014 after Peters served as treasurer for de Blasio’s 2013 mayoral campaign. But even that relationship, one that led some to wonder if Peters could be an impartial watchdog, went south. De Blasio fired him in 2018 after Peters conducted several aggressive investigations into the mayor’s administration. The mayor had weighed firing Peters months before he actually did, but a report condemning Peters’ conduct as abusing his power gave de Blasio a reason.

GOV. ANDREW CUOMO

This goes without saying. New York City mayors and New York governors have never had a great track record of friendship, a tradition that continued with these two former close allies from the same party. Since de Blasio took office, Cuomo has consistently snubbed the mayor, asserting his own authority in what often seem to simply be potshots at de Blasio. The response to the pandemic has been no different, with the pair bickering over school closings and reopenings.

HILLARY CLINTON Although de Blasio managed the former first lady’s 2000 U.S. Senate campaign, he withheld his public support for her 2016 presidential campaign as he attempted to increase his own national progressive profile. Behind the scenes, he tried to get closer with the presumptive nominee, but leaked emails showed that the Clinton campaign, irritated by the lack of an endorsement, kept the mayor – and the agenda items he was advocating for – at a distance.

JOSEPH ESPOSITO

Esposito was a well-respected retired police officer before de Blasio appointed him as commissioner of the Office of Emergency Management in 2014. But after an unexpected snowstorm in November 2018 crippled the city and left children stranded on buses for hours, de Blasio quickly attempted to fire Esposito – without actually telling the commissioner himself, who refused to leave. The botched firing led to days of confusion before the mayor announced he would search for a replacement.

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The first question I usually get is, ‘Are you afraid of spoiling the election for Biden?’ And my answer to that is, no, it’s Biden and the Democrats who are spoiling the election.

A Q&A with Green Party presidential candidate

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HOWIE HAWKINS

You have run and lost 24 different elections in New York over the past two decades. Now you’re running for president. What keeps you running? What motivates you? There are measures of winning other than winning the office, such as advancing a political agenda and raising issues that haven’t been picked up. For example, I got 5% (of the vote) running for governor in 2014. All of the reporting said that Cuomo wanted to run up the vote, get more votes than his father Mario (Cuomo) ever got and get more votes than he got in 2010. And at the end of the election,

he had less votes. He couldn’t take us for granted anymore. There were four issues that he had not supported before that election that he then took on after winning. He sort of changed his branding from the social liberal, fiscal conservative to the pragmatic progressive. So we got a ban on fracking, we got a $15 (per hour) minimum wage, we got paid family leave and we got the Excelsior Scholarship, which was billed as tuition-free public college – but it’s not. So we moved the agenda, even without winning the office.

What are you hoping that you can change or influence with the campaign that you’re currently running? I started the campaign focused around what I called three life or death issues. The first is the climate meltdown, that’s where the Green New Deal comes in. I was the first candidate to campaign for a Green New Deal when I ran for governor in New York in 2010. It’s as much a program for economic recovery as it is for climate recovery. The second issue is inequality – inequality kills. We have a declining

life expectancy in this country now, particularly among the working class. (Our campaign) has this economic bill of rights which includes a job guarantee, a guaranteed income above poverty, and “Medicare for All.” And then the third issue that none of the major party presidential candidates have talked about is the new nuclear arms race. We’re about to get out of the last bilateral treaty between the United States and Russia, Africa and a whole lot of other treaties. We’re calling for peace initiatives, deep cuts on military spending, pledging no first use of nuclear weapons.

Our Perspective Housing Works: Let Them Vote! By Stuart Appelbaum, President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, RWDSU, UFCW Twitter: @sappelbaum

ousing Works – which provides housing, healthcare, job training, legal assistance, and other supportive services for people living with HIV/AIDS – has spent the year disrespecting its workers and doing everything it can to deny their right to unionize. As Housing Works workers have fought for better jobs and to improve their clients’ care, their bosses have disregarded their progressive roots in favor of old-school unionbusting tactics. An organization with roots in radical activism retained a high-powered union-busting law firm who has now appealed to a Trump-appointed labor board to do their dirty work and crush their worker-driven union organizing campaign. And, much like President Trump himself, they seem to have no problem bending the truth to suit their motives. While Housing Works has long claimed neutrality in this campaign, the truth is they have fought their workers every step of the way. While they claim to want a free and fair union election, they are fighting to suppress their workers’ rights by indefinitely delaying the election. Housing

Works sees their workers’ conviction and are afraid they will lose. Housing Works’ latest move is outrageous, but also predictable from an organization that has continually betrayed its progressive roots. Early last month, the Brooklyn Region of the NLRB ruled that Housing Works’ reasons for continuing to delay the union election were not legally sufficient to stop the election and ordered ballots to be mailed to workers as they agreed to do in February, long before the COVID-19 pandemic. Housing Works responded by appealing to Trump’s labor board in D.C. In their appeal they are asking to delay the election indefinitely, and are asking the union to re-sign up all workers to join the union – destroying over a years’ worth of work by their workers in favor of a “redo.” While publicly they continue to claim they want all of their workers to vote, their latest move lays bare their motive: to silence their workers’ voices by crushing the workers’ organizing drive. The 650 Housing Works employees at

There has been some concern that you may be a spoiler in the upcoming presidential election. Do you think that is fair? The first question I usually get is, ‘Are you afraid of spoiling the election for Biden?’ And my answer to that is, no, it’s Biden and the Democrats who are spoiling the election. Going back to Ralph Nader’s campaign in 2000, (the Green Party has) been offering a proven nonpartisan solution to the spoiler dilemma, and that is to replace the Electoral College with a rankedchoice national popular vote for president.

housing units, thrift stores, healthcare, and other locations throughout New York City have been clear from the outset that they need union representation to address a number of important issues and to provide their clients with the best possible care. Workers at Housing Works have raised serious concerns to management, describing unmanageable caseloads, lack of training, discrimination and harassment and health and safety issues. Workers have raised concerns about pay and benefits, including that their health insurance doesn’t provide adequate coverage, such as for workers transitioning genders. These workplace concerns are central not just to employee welfare, but to client care as well, with these issues leading to high turnover rates for employees. It is time for Housing Works to remember their roots for the good of their workers and their clients. By carrying on like the worst of corporate America, they bring shame to their entire organization. They need to stop fighting the election they’ve long claimed they want to see, and they need to start behaving as if their longstated public stance of “neutrality” is real, not just public relations obfuscation. We demand of Housing Works: Let your workers vote! Stop the misinformation, stop the unionbusting, and allow your workers to exercise their rights.

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DEFENDERS Not long ago, the Bronx seemed to have New York City’s last powerful political machine.

Brooklyn had long been in decline, and the 2018 upset of thenRep. Joseph Crowley rocked the Queens Democratic Party, which he had run as party chair. In the Bronx, by contrast, Carl Heastie had ascended to the role of Assembly speaker, then-state Sen. Jeff Klein had shared control of the state Senate, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. was on a path to becoming New York City’s first Latino mayor. However, Klein is now out of power and Diaz is set to retire, and another local power broker – Assembly Member Marcos Crespo – resigned as Bronx Democratic Party chair. Meanwhile,

upstarts like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres are shaking up the party. Now, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic – which hit the Bronx harder than any other borough – it’s up to elected officials in both the establishment wing and in the insurgent faction to work together to keep constituents safe. And they have help, thanks to the many local residents doing their part. This week, City & State tracks the evolving power structure – among elected officials and local leaders alike – and spotlights a group of unsung heroes who have stepped up to meet the challenge of COVID-19.

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leaves the council, Salamanca will be a top contender to replace him as speaker, especially if the Bronx Democrats enthusiastically back him.

5 DARCEL CLARK

Bronx District Attorney Electorally, Darcel Clark is more secure than any district attorney in New York City. But as the first Black woman in her position, she will have to navigate scrutiny both externally and from within her own ranks as debates over criminal justice reform rage on. Despite positioning herself as a reformer, Clark is close with the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, her top donor, and the thousands of union members who work in her jurisdiction.

6 JEFFREY DINOWITZ

Assembly Member In June, Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz dispatched an underfunded progressive challenger by more than 20 percentage points, his only competitive race since his first victory in 1994. Next year, Dinowitz hopes to see his son win the City Council race in the 11th District. His most immediate challenge is the feud between the influential Ben Franklin Reform Democratic Club and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, who is starting her own local political club.

7 JAMAAL BAILEY

State Senator Jamaal Bailey is ready for this moment. His aggressive criminal justice reform agenda figured prominently in the majority’s plans. In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the ensuing civil unrest, Bailey’s efforts have taken center stage. Section 50-a, the law that shields police disciplinary records, was repealed. What comes next will go through Bailey’s Codes Committee and will need to be championed by his mentor, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

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Bronx Borough President For more than 20 years, the Diaz family has been synonymous with Bronx politics. The three-term borough president amassed a war chest before dropping out of the 2021 New York City mayoral race in January, ending his bid to be the city’s first Latino mayor. Ruben Diaz Jr. will likely not stray far from the Bronx, but he could be on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s short list if U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is nominated to Joe Biden’s Cabinet.

New York City Council Member Vanessa Gibson wants to be the Bronx’s first Black borough president, and she has the cachet to do it. A protege of Aurelia Greene, who first helped unite the borough’s Black and Latino communities, Gibson will likely be the Democratic Party’s preferred candidate. As a council member, she negotiated the Jerome Avenue rezoning, blocked the new borough jail from her district and served as the first woman of color to chair the Public Safety Committee.

Democratic Candidate for the 16th Congressional District Jamaal Bowman consolidated progressive support, gained national attention and earned the support of many Obama foreign policy alums in his primary campaign to topple House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel, who has served in Congress for more than 30 years. Although not technically an elected official, the Bronx middle school founder is poised to win in November – and will have to walk the walk and attempt to address the issues that plague the Bronx.

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THIS YEAR’S AOC The City & State Interview

By Ben Adler

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Jamaal Bowman knocked out Rep. Eliot Engel. Now comes the hard part.

HEN IT COMES to beating an incumbent member of Congress in a primary, many have tried, and many have failed. But Jamaal Bowman is an exception. In his first campaign for office this year, the principal at a middle school in the Eastchester section of the Bronx knocked off veteran Rep. Eliot Engel. With a progressive platform and the backing of several left-wing groups, the 44-year-old political novice pulled off the biggest upset in New York since a certain bartender in the Bronx beat then-Rep. Joseph Crowley. Bowman lives in Yonkers in the heart of a diverse district that includes northern parts of the Bronx and southern Westchester County. With an overwhelming Democratic advantage in the district, Bowman is likely headed to Washington, D.C, this fall. Representing parts of New York City’s poorest borough during a pandemic and recession will surely pose plenty of challenges. But for liberals with big ambitions to expand the social safety net, it may also present an opportunity – especially if public disgust over the lackadaisical response to the coronavirus from President Donald Trump and the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate creates unified Democratic control in Washington. City & State caught up with Bowman by phone to ask how he won and what he hopes to do for his district and the country next year. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

There were a lot of congressional challengers this year, and you were the only one to knock off an incumbent in the primary in New York. How did you pull that off? How do you run a successful insurgent campaign in the pandemic when you can’t knock on doors? I always point to the amazing team and staff that we were able to put together – not just in terms of the Justice Democrats, as the initial endorsers and their infrastructure support that they had in place, but also New Deal Strategies, (Campaign Manager) Luke Hayes, (Finance Director) Jesse Guy-Herman and just the overall

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The City & State Interview team. And then we also had hundreds of volunteers supporting the campaign from the very beginning. So that helped with our field operations, right out of the gate. We were knocking on doors all across the district very early on, specifically targeting communities of color and communities that have been historically neglected like Co-op City, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Baychester, Edenwald and parts of New Rochelle. So we did that early and often. And this was not a transactional political race. This was about deep, authentic relationships, and really listening and learning from the people across the district. And their words and their experiences helped us to craft the proper policy platforms throughout the campaign. And when COVID hit, we pivoted very efficiently to a virtual campaign. But then that gave us even more of an opportunity to center the well-being of the constituents in this district – so before even getting into who I was and why I’m running for office and why you should vote for me, we were having conversations around people’s needs, asking people, how are they doing? How are they coping? How are they holding up? What are their needs? And how can we support their needs? And it’s just helped us to connect on a more human level, in a way that my opponent didn’t, unfortunately for him. How does a candidate who never has run before become the person who gets New Deal Strategies, Luke Hayes and Justice Democrats behind him? I’ve been doing education organizing work for about a decade as a middle school principal. And I’ve been very vocal within education justice spaces for 20 years. When I started exploring a run for office, and people started talking to each other about it, I got nominated to the Justice Democrats. And the nomination process obviously went well enough for them to choose to endorse us, which led to other relationships that came about during the campaign. So it was just my background, and my story helped me to kind of hit the ground running on my own. When you go to Congress, what are your main priorities for the district and especially the Bronx parts of it? What we were hearing from voters throughout the district? Housing needs are huge. And on the Bronx side of the district, there are four (New York City Housing Authority) developments there. NYCHA has been disinvested in for 30 years, and over the last 10 years, NYCHA hasn’t received a dime from the feder-

al government. So, NYCHA needs to be renovated. We need to build new social housing as well. And we need affordable housing overall. So that’s a major need. Our schools on the Bronx side of the district are underfunded, chronically underfunded, and education funding is going to continue to be a huge issue. And then the third thing I would highlight is jobs, green jobs and alignment with our mission of net-zero carbon emissions within the next 10 years. Also growing jobs within the care economy. So universal child care too, nurses in long-term care providers – as well as infrastructure, so building and retrofitting homes and schools in alignment with the demands of 21st century green technology.

has my full support, full endorsement. And if my wife allows me, I’m going to travel all over the country to canvass for Joe Biden and make sure he beats Donald Trump so that we can work together and so that we can call Joe Biden accountable. Why were you a registered independent, rather than Democrat, until relatively recently? And did you support Democratic candidates for president? I always voted for Democratic candidates for president. I always did throughout my life. I was registered as an independent because, you know, there was a time where I felt like neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party really spoke to my needs personally or the needs of my community. So I was disenchanted with both parties in my younger adult years, before becoming a Democrat in the last few years, and which also gave me the opportunity to participate in primaries, which is something that due to New York state’s closed election laws I wasn’t able to do, unfortunately.

WHENEVER I’M ASKED ABOUT IT, I REITERATE THAT I HAVE ENDORSED JOE BIDEN. I DON’T KNOW IF I PUT OUT A TWEET YET.

In terms of schools being underfunded, you actually wrote an op-ed for City & State in 2016 criticizing Cuomo for not fully funding Foundation Aid for schools in disadvantaged districts. Now that we have this huge budget deficit at the state level, can schools be fully funded from the state? Is there anything you plan to do from your position in Congress on that issue? At the state level, if Gov. Cuomo puts forward legislation that taxes the wealthy and ensures that the wealthy pay their fair share, we could generate the revenue needed to fully fund our schools, fully fund our health care system, and get our economy going here in New York state. At the congressional level, we’re calling for the quadrupling of Title I funds and fully funding IDEA, which is the special education law, to ensure that our schools and our students with the highest needs receive the funding that they deserve. And whether it’s a competitive block grant related to COVID or incentivizing new approaches to education, there are spaces for the federal government to step in and provide resources.

Have you endorsed Joe Biden for president? Yes. Whenever I’m asked about it, I reiterate that I have endorsed Joe Biden. I don’t know if I put out a tweet yet. But Joe Biden

What do you want to see happen in terms of COVID-19 policy? Your district has hardhit areas. There isn’t national funding for testing, contact tracing and quarantining right now. Do you have proposals for combating the pandemic? From the very beginning, we called on the president to activate the Defense Production Act – urgently from the very beginning – bringing the full resources of the federal government to bear to support testing and contact tracing in the most efficient manner possible. That’s something that is still haphazard across the country, which is why we continue to see the numbers grow in certain states and deaths continue to rise. So that’s one thing we’ve called for. We also called for a federal ban on rent, cancellation of rent and a blockade on evictions, so that people cannot be evicted from their homes when they’re not able to pay rent. And rent should be canceled during

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The City & State Interview the duration of the pandemic. And we’ve called for $2,000 per month for those who have lost their jobs during the duration of the pandemic, as well as continuing unemployment insurance at $600 per week. The Heroes Act does a block grant, there’s a lot of this, so we support the Heroes (Act) that the House passed. Now, I think it’s been two months already. And the Republicans are finally just responding. You would cancel rent even for people who haven’t lost a job? If people are able to afford rent and they can pay rent, then they should be paying rent, which they are. But if people have lost their jobs and they can’t afford rent, that needs to be canceled, and the federal government needs to step in to help people still pay for food and utilities and other things that they need. We also called for the cancellation of utilities and mom and pop mortgages because we know that, you know, some small landlords need support in paying their mortgages as well. What do you think about how Gov. Andrew Cuomo has handled COVID-19? I think his general handling of COVID has been pretty good, in terms of flattening the curve, and then bringing the numbers down to where they are. You know, pausing the state was a very smart move, and it really helped to bring the numbers to where they are. But there’s the other side of that, the other side of that includes the cancellation of rent, the blockades on evictions. That’s the other side of it that’s not really happening at the rate I would like to see it happen.

Black or Latino members of Congress in New York state from outside New York City. Now there could be four. So, that’s quite a change. Do you have any thoughts on how and why that change has come about so suddenly? Our elected officials are becoming more representative of the country overall. The constituents are voting for more diverse candidates because we’re a more diverse country. It’s as simple as that. It’s great to see. And, you know, the issues matter, more so than a person’s identity. I think that’s important as well. We never felt uncomfortable in the whiter suburban parts of the district.

IF PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO AFFORD RENT, THEN THEY SHOULD BE PAYING RENT. BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AND THEY CAN’T AFFORD RENT, THAT NEEDS TO BE CANCELED.

We did a story recently about how you, Jackie Gordon and Mondaire Jones all won Democratic primaries in districts that are largely suburban. Your district is a little bit different, because it’s actually mostly Black and Latino. But the others are majority-white, and you certainly have some majoritywhite suburbs in your district. Until (Rep. Antonio) Delgado, there were no

All the additional funding for housing and education and green jobs that you talk about would cost money. Do you also have a tax on the wealthy – or on everyone – proposal at the federal level? Absolutely. The wealthy elite, the one-tenth of 1%, needs to pay their fair share in taxes. That’s not happening. We need to tax capital gains and Wall Street and its transactions more than we currently do. And large corporations also need to pay their fair share of taxes as well, which currently doesn’t happen. That will help to offset the cost of some of the programs that I’m referring to. I think in addition, we also need to understand that our values and priorities drive our policy, and, you know, policy comes before costs.

What do you say to the counter-argument to raising taxes during a recession, that you would inhibit economic recovery? Also, at the state level, some argue that rich people would flee the state. Yeah, that’s bullshit. It’s bullshit because, No. 1: New York is the greatest city in the world. No one is leaving New York for asking them to pay 2% more tax. No. 2: Trickle-down economics has not worked for 40 years. We have a system where three

individuals own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the country. We have a system where Jeff Bezos made $13 billion in one day last week, and the millionaire and billionaire classes have grown, while 150,000 people have died from the pandemic. Our system is rotten and broken. And there’s no way democracy can flourish with this level of economic inequality. So we have to take a different approach. And that different approach involves everyone paying their share, and the government focused on policy that uplifts people in communities that have been neglected for decades – and not even decades, for centuries. Just look at something like how the Homestead Act helped white America build wealth, while the formerly enslaved never received the land that was promised to them. As a result, they haven’t been able to build wealth. This is historical and we have to right the wrongs of history through federal investment. Rep. Eliot Engel, who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was relatively hawkish for a Democrat and very supportive of Israel. How are you going to be different on foreign policy? I’m more dovish when it comes to foreign policy. Overall, I believe America needs to be a humanitarian leader when it comes to foreign policy, and we need to focus our resources more on dealing with issues of climate change and the immigration crisis and the refugee crisis that’s happening all over the world, because our military has been a part of causing these crises to occur. I support decreasing our military budget; there’s absolutely no reason for us to spend as much as the next seven countries combined. I support a 21st century Marshall Plan to rebuild the political and economic systems we’ve broken in South America, Africa, the Middle East and other places. And again, as a humanitarian leader, we need to be more involved to say more about what’s happening in Kashmir, what’s happening in China with the Uighur Muslims and what’s happening in Palestine with the Palestinians. One stark contrast between myself and Congressman Engel is I’ve been critical of occupation, annexation and detaining Palestinian children – where Congressman Engel has not. And it doesn’t mean that, you know, I’m not pro-Israel. I am in full support of Israel. I’m also in full support of the human rights of the Palestinian people. And it’s important for us to continue to uplift human rights in the Middle East and all over the world. And that’s what America should be leading on. And unfortunately, we just haven’t been for far too long.

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1 BETTY ROSA

Chancellor State Board of Regents No state schools chancellor has ever faced the challenge Betty Rosa will face this fall. With little help from the federal government and a still swelling pandemic, Rosa and the state’s education department recently released 145 pages of initial guidance on reopening schools. In her third term as regent for Bronx County and her second term as chancellor, Rosa faces a Herculean task: overseeing a return to inperson instruction amid a once-in-a-century pandemic.

George Gresham wields immense influence in New York politics, particularly in the Bronx, where he says 19,000 of his members live in the 15th Congressional District. In March, Gresham rebuked New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after the mayor suggested Gresham asked him to keep the schools open. The next day, the schools closed. In May, Gresham was named to the mayor’s reopening advisory council on labor.

3 STANLEY SCHLEIN

Attorney This year, Stanley Schlein has collected paychecks from three congressional campaigns, New York City Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. and a slew

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Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez leads the NYC Department for the Aging.

of Albany legislators. The powerful election law attorney remains active in internal party politics in the Bronx, successfully challenging the petitions of two Assembly candidates on party officials’ behalf in April. Meanwhile, massive corporations like the NBA and Airbnb pay Schlein handsomely for his access to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and others in Albany.

4 LORRAINE CORTÉSVÁZQUEZ

Commissioner New York City Department for the Aging After a successful career in Albany, culminating in her role as secretary of state under Govs. Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson, Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez found herself back in government working in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration. In April 2019, she was appointed to run the city Department for the Aging. And this June, she was approved by the state Senate to fill a vacant seat on the MTA board.

5 RANDY LEVINE

President New York Yankees Though he removed himself from consideration to run Donald Trump’s White House after his name was floated in 2018, Randy Levine was happy to serve on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s New York Forward Advisory Board. Levine has run the Yankees since leaving the Giuliani administration in 2000. His promise to build a soccer stadium for NYCFC has yet to materialize but could be among the borough’s largest projects in years.

6 MARLENE CINTRON

President Bronx O verall Ec onomic Development Corp. A former member of the Young Lords, Marlene Cintron has fought for the Bronx her whole life. Cintron is close with Ruben Diaz Jr.,

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who said she was part of his “extended family” when she entered the race for the 15th Congressional District that included Rubén Díaz Sr. Cintron has run the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. for the past decade, working to lower unemployment and entice investment in the borough.

7 ANDREW PALLOTTA

President New York State United Teac hers This former Bronx elementary school teacher and union rep is the leader representing the 600,000 educators who will be on the front lines when schools reopen this fall. Andrew Pallotta flexed his political muscle in 2018, backing challengers to Democrats like then-state Sen.

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Jeffrey Klein after a deal was cut to increase charter school funding. In May, Pallotta was reelected to a second term.

8 TERENCE MONAHAN

Chief of Department New York City Polic e Department A third-generation NYPD officer from Parkchester, Terence Monahan rose to be the New York City Police Department’s top uniformed cop from a patrolman’s beat in the 41st Precinct, which is known as “Fort Apache.” His protest response and curfew enforcement strategies faced scrutiny as public demands increased for police accountability. An unapologetic defender of rank-and-file officers, Monahan broke a finger during a July clash on the Brooklyn Bridge.

9 HAWK NEWSOME & CHIVONA NEWSOME

Co-founders Blac k Lives Matter of Greater New York In a deliberately leaderless movement, the brother and sister duo of Hawk and Chivona Newsome is the closest thing Black Lives Matter has to a public face in the state. Hawk Newsome has logged appearances everywhere from Fox News to Spike Lee’s new film “Da 5 Bloods.” Chivona Newsome ran in the 15th Congressional District Democratic primary and hosted a weekly WBAI radio show.

10 JUDY SHERIDAN-GONZALEZ

President New York State Nu rses Assoc iation Few professions bore the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic quite like New York’s nurses. Judy SheridanGonzalez represents 42,000 of them. A registered nurse in Montefiore Medical Center’s emergency room, SheridanGonzalez has her union suing her employer, the state health department and the Westchester Medical Center over alleged inadequate worker protections. The union demanded $2 billion of the NYPD budget be diverted toward public hospitals in the recent budget.

11 SANDRA LOBO

Executive Director Northwest Bronx Commu nity and Clergy Coalition Many of the tenant protections the Northwest Bronx

Community and Clergy Coalition and other groups had backed for decades were finally passed in 2019. But after those reforms, Sandra Lobo and her organization have not rested, organizing tenants and continuing to be a thorn in the side of neglectful Bronx landlords. Lobo is a board member of the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative, a boroughwide effort to cultivate community-owned businesses.

12 CRISTIÁN SAMPER & JOHN F. CALVELLI

President and CEO; Executive Vice President for Public Affairs Wildlife Conservation Soc iety After running Rep. Eliot Engel’s legislative shop in the 1990s, John Calvelli spent two decades at the Wildlife Conservation Society, recently taking a brief leave to run Michael Bloomberg’s short-lived presidential campaign’s New York office. Cristián Samper is an internationally respected conservation biologist and former White House adviser to Barack Obama. Both men collect over a million dollars annually overseeing the world’s largest collection of urban parks, including the Bronx Zoo.

13 FERNANDO FERRER Co-chair Merc u ry

Of the past three Bronx borough presidents, Fernando Ferrer got the closest in his quest for Gracie Mansion. Ferrer has built himself a postelectoral career as a skilled lobbyist, through his work as co-chair of Mercury’s

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New York City office, and as a reliable bureaucrat. He previously served as acting chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and presently serves on the board of trustees for the City University of New York.

14 PHILLIP GRANT

General Manager Hu nts Point Produ c e Market Phillip Grant faced an existential threat only 10 months into running the produce market at the Hunts Point Cooperative Market, the distribution center for 4.5 billion pounds of food annually. COVID-19 threatened to cripple the market, both by sickening employees and disrupting the supply chain. Grant and others in management acted quickly, launching massive safety and data collection efforts to keep the city’s supply chain running smoothly.

15 MICHAEL BRADY

Executive Director Third Avenu e Bu siness Improvement Distric t An unapologetic champion of business in the South Bronx, Michael Brady has been relentless in protecting and supporting Bronx businesses through the COVID-19

pandemic. He slammed the city for initially giving out less than 1% of small business loans to Bronx businesses, joined with electeds to launch the Bronx Community Relief Effort and met with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer to discuss the impact of the pandemic on small businesses.

16 LUKE HAYES

Campaign Manager Bowman for Congress Luke Hayes has quickly become one of the most effective campaign operatives in New York politics. His work getting state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi elected and managing Tiffany Cabán’s nearly successful Queens district attorney campaign steeled him to run Jamaal Bowman’s campaign and defeat Rep. Eliot Engel in the

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June Democratic primary. Hayes also ran a successful campaign for ranked-choice voting in New York City.

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17 MYCHAL JOHNSON

Co-founder Sou th Bronx Unite When elected officials investigate the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Bronx, they should simply listen to what Mychal Johnson has said for years. The climate justice advocate warned of the catastrophic effects of pollution, asthma rates, food deserts and other ways the South Bronx has been neglected for decades. Johnson is on the city’s Waterfront Management Advisory Board and the New York City Community Land Initiative’s board of directors.

Sixty years into his career in New York politics, Charles Moerdler is barely slowing down. After a rambunctious tenure on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, Gov. Andrew Cuomo replaced him in 2019. Since then, Moerdler has focused on antagonizing New York City officials as the longtime chair of the Bronx Community Board 8 Land Use Committee and his work at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, where he represents clients that include the Durst Organization.

19 ABE FERNÁNDEZ

Vice President for Collective Impact Children’s Aid In 2014, Children’s Aid and Phipps Neighborhoods founded South Bronx Rising Together with the goal of building a community network to bolster support and opportunities for impoverished Bronxites. Primarily focused on Bronx Community Board 3, Abe Fernández and Children’s Aid received a $325,000 grant from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative in February. Fernández is also director for the Children’s

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Associate Director of Public Relations NYC Health + Hospitals/ Jac obi Few have navigated the political divide in the Bronx as well as John Doyle. As a community leader and president of City Island Rising, a civic organization he founded, Doyle has forged close ties with state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both of whom represent the sequestered island community. Doyle served as campaign manager for Assembly Member Michael Benedetto, the Bronx Democratic Party treasurer, in his successful reelection effort.

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Carrie Rebora Barratt has led The New York Botanic al Garden’s reopening after the c oronaviru s loc kdown. through its most challenging period yet. Alonso serves as an ex officio member of the board for NYC & Company and on the board of trustees for St. Barnabas Hospital.

22 CARRIE REBORA BARRATT

President and CEO The New York Botanic al Garden Like many New York City cultural institutions, The New York Botanical Garden was shut down temporarily during the coronavirus crisis. Under the leadership of Carrie Rebora Barratt, the Bronx destination responded with innovative online educational offerings and a botanical garden scientist published an article

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on the pandemic’s effect on the field of ethnobiology. But Barratt is stepping aside at the end of the summer, which was announced just a couple weeks before the attraction reopened.

23 ELIEZER RODRIGUEZ

Executive Officer Bronx-Manhattan North Assoc iation of Realtors A veteran of the New York City Department of Sanitation, attorney Eliezer Rodriguez has led the influential realtor trade association for over seven years. An ally of New York City Council Member Mark Gjonaj, Rodriguez also got behind Fernando Cabrera in his brief campaign against Rep.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Rodriguez is a longtime member of Bronx Community Board 11 and has served on the board of the Bronx YMCA.

24 CARY GOODMAN

Executive Director 161st Street Bu siness Improvement Distric t With baseball restarting without fans, Cary Goodman asked New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise the New York Yankees’ rent from $1 a year to a standard per foot commercial rate – a move he said could support struggling businesses. Goodman is advocating for partial community ownership of the New York City Football Club soccer stadium planned for the borough, instead of a community benefits agreement.

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WILMA ALONSO

Executive Director; Host of “BronxTalk” BronxNet

After a rash of looting hit Bronx stores in June, Wilma Alonso helped rally her community together to clean the streets and help the impacted business owners of the Fordham Road Business Improvement District. Now, Alonso will have to guide the business improvement district

To understand the respect that Gary Axelbank commands in the Bronx, one needs to look no further than his role as a moderator. He hosted a debate in each of the three contested congressional races in the borough this year, a tremendous feat even for a broadcaster with decades of experience refereeing Bronx politicians. Under Michael Max Knobbe, who has served as the

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Despite vocal opposition to its arrival, FreshDirect has become one of the borough’s top private employers, hiring over 1,000 Bronx residents since it opened its new headquarters. Larry Scott Blackmon’s job is to build partnerships with the community, something he is continuing during the coronavirus pandemic. FreshDirect partnered with all five borough presidents, Catholic Charities of New York and NY Common Pantry to deliver thousands of free meals.

33 MARK STAGG

Founder and CEO Stagg Grou p Since 1998, Mark Stagg has built himself a small fortune in North Bronx real estate, constructing thousands of affordable housing units. A major donor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and to Ruben Diaz Jr.’s abandoned mayoral campaign, Stagg has worked closely with former Bronx borough president and former Obama housing appointee Adolfo Carrión Jr. on a number of developments. Stagg is now embarking on a new 105-unit apartment complex project in Highbridge.

Larry Sc ott Blac kmon and FreshDirec t have helped deliver thou sands of free meals throu gh its partners in New York City.

34 LISA SORIN

President New Bronx Chamber of Commerc e With New York City partially reopening in June, Lisa Sorin and the New Bronx Chamber of Commerce called hundreds of businesses to walk them through the new safety regulations. It was the kind of gargantuan effort that will continue to be needed to help the struggling Bronx business community. Both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio named Sorin to

their reopening advisory committees.

executive committee. Gjelaj is a close friend and frequent donor to the Bronx Democratic Party.

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Partner Mu llaney and Gjelaj A prominent leader in the Bronx’s Albanian community, Nick Gjelaj serves on the board of directors of the Bronx County Bar Association and is a vice chair of the Labor Law Committee for the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He previously served on the trial lawyers’ board of directors as well as its

Lisa Sorin leads the New Bronx Chamber of Commerce.

DANIEL LEMONS

Interim President Lehman College After a year in the post, Daniel Lemons is still the interim president of the Bronx’s only four-year CUNY institution and likely will continue to be as Lehman College navigates the coronavirus pandemic. When the pandemic began, Lemons launched a campaign to raise $1 million for students in need of cash assistance. A 30-year veteran of the CUNY system, Lemons also served as a trustee of Hastings-onHudson village until January.

37 AKEEM BROWDER

Founder Kalief Browder Fou ndation Akeem Browder has made it his life’s mission to dismantle the criminal justice system that drove his brother, Kalief Browder, to his death. Last year, bail reforms finally undid some of the laws that kept Kalief Browder on Rikers Island, the jail complex that the city has voted to close. Akeem Browder counts New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, activist Cynthia Nixon,

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and specialty care locations, the Montefiore School of Nursing and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Previously, Ozuah was president of Montefiore Health System and physician-in-chief of Montefiore’s children’s hospital. He has been ranked as one of the nation’s top health care executives.

Member Rubén Diáz Sr. in election night tallies – set the activist apart from also-rans like established politicians Ydanis Rodriguez and Melissa MarkViverito. López’s backing by both the Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families Party will keep her relevant in Bronx progressive politics for years to come.

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organizer Tiffany Cabán and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as allies.

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President and CEO RiverSpring Health Daniel Reingold runs the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, the state’s largest nonprofit

nursing home with about 1,700 employees. Reingold is a leader in the senior care community who has testified in front of Congress and spoken at White House events on aging. As he confronts the coronavirus pandemic, Reingold has called for a complete reimagining of senior care to fix the broken system with a massive influx of cash.

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President and CEO Montefiore Medic ine A 30-year veteran of Montefiore Medicine, Dr. Philip Ozuah became president and CEO in November, leading the health care network of 15 member hospitals, 200 primary

Daisy Cocco De Filippis took the reins at Hostos Community College during a trying time, with the coronavirus pandemic hammering New York City and uncertainty as to how higher education will adapt. Yet as interim president, De Filippis has doubled down on the college’s historic role as a steppingstone for its students, many of them Latino. She previously served as president of Connecticut’s Naugatuck Valley Community College and as provost at Hostos.

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Co-founder Bronx Progressives In the crowded race for the 15th Congressional District, Samelys López’s strong fourth place finish – just behind the favorite New York City Council

Executive Director Bronx Democ ratic Party A veteran of state Sen. José M. Serrano’s office, Angel Santana was named executive director of the Bronx Democratic Party in 2018 after working for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and for The New York Botanical Garden. With the resignation of party boss Marcos Crespo, it is a tumultuous time for the Bronx Democrats, and the transition to the next boss will be a period of vulnerability for the party.

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Senior Associate Patric k B. Jenkins & Assoc iates It might be easier to list the Bronx institutions Bharati Kemraj has not worked for. After jobs with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx Chamber of Commerce, BronxNet, and a couple of community boards, Kemraj signed on

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an impressive portfolio of Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and educational and cultural institutions. He also serves on the board of the New York League of Conservation Voters.

she more than doubled the size of the department and its caseload. As executive director, Olderman sounded the alarm about COVID-19 on Rikers Island and supported legislation that would prevent contact tracing data from being used by law enforcement.

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Associate Professor of Political Science Fordham University If you read any news about Bronx politics, or New York City politics in general, you are likely to come across the oft-quoted Christina Greer. The Fordham associate professor of political science is frequently called on by reporters to explain the murky world of Bronx politics. Greer co-hosts the political podcast “FAQ NYC,” writes a column for the New York Amsterdam News, and frequently appears on MSNBC and NY1.

45 THOMAS A. ISEKENEGBE President Bronx Commu nity College

Thomas A. Isekenegbe knows the value of an education to

working-class Bronxites and has worked to make his college as valuable to the community as possible. In 2018, he secured a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, among the largest ever for a community college. As the pandemic ended in-person instruction, Isekenegbe worked with Assembly Member Victor Pichardo to secure $125,000 to purchase laptops for students.

46 PAUL THOMAS

Partner The Parkside Grou p In the lobbying business, it helps to have worked closely with two of the most powerful people in the state. Paul Thomas was chief of staff to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and an aide to thenstate Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Thomas has amassed

When COVID-19 hit, the Bronx-born reporter produced the kind of thorough, considerate journalism on the pandemic that she had been doing since she returned to the borough in 2018. Amy Yensi’s stories on the losses of Bronx families and the struggles of Bronx businesses laid out the consequences of the pandemic clearly. She previously worked for News 12 The Bronx and in Baltimore, where she was nominated for an Emmy.

48 JUSTINE OLDERMAN

Executive Director Bronx Defenders Justine Olderman was named executive director of Bronx Defenders in 2018, but she has been with the organization since its earliest days. As managing director of the organization’s criminal defense practice,

The third-generation president of Monroe College made a name for himself battling Barack Obama’s Education Department and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. An important figure in the for-profit college industry, Marc Jerome testified in front of Congress last year and received $5.7 million in federal emergency student relief grants in May. In the poorest congressional district in the country, Jerome employs more than 1,000 faculty and staff, and enrolls more than 8,000 students.

50 JOHN EDWARDS

Executive Director Metropolitan College of New York, Bronx Campu s John Edwards was named executive director of Metropolitan College of New York’s Bronx campus in 2019 after two years as the executive director of the college’s career development office. In a previous stint, Edwards worked at the school for six years and earned his master’s degree in public affairs and administration from MCNY in 2012. In between, Edwards ran workforce development at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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with Patrick B. Jenkins. She manages Metro-North’s community relations in the borough as it makes plans for new station construction. Kemraj is a prominent figure in the Bronx Hindu community.

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A NEW GENERATION LACES UP Female politicians are kicking the old Bronx boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; club to the curb. By Annie McDonough and Amanda Luz Henning Santiago

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T WAS 2016 and Amanda Septimo, a 29-year-old Bronx native and labor organizer, wanted to represent her borough in a legislative body, but her first run for office slammed into a wall: She was bounced from the ballot during a special election for the New York City Council’s 17th District. Septimo was running to replace the scandal-plagued Maria del Carmen Arroyo. The county party backed Rafael Salamanca Jr., who went on to win the election, instead of her. Septimo’s error that got her removed from the ballot was that she circulated her petitions under the banner of an independent body called “Democratic Values,” which New York City Board of Elections commissioners stated would cause confusion among voters, since its name was similar to that of an

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Vanessa Gibson is running to be the Bronx’s first female and first Black borough president.

existing political party. So Septimo set her sights on the 84th Assembly District, where she’d have to knock off longtime incumbent Assembly Member Carmen Arroyo, the mother of the former council member Septimo had run to replace. But then she met with then-Bronx Democratic Party Chair Marcos Crespo. According to Septimo, Crespo called her consideration for the seat “naive” and told her to “learn a thing or two about a chamber before I try to join it.” “The further and further I get away from that conversation, the more I’m aware of how men just don’t get called naive. It’s just not what happens.” Septimo told City & State. “I think sexism in politics and in the Bronx, like every other place, is really insid-

ious. It’s not like, ‘Oh, that’s sexism,’ but it sort of infiltrates how interactions go, how conversations go. That’s probably one of my most vivid memories that really went on to shape a lot of my relationship with the party and with Crespo for these last few years.” Crespo did not respond to a request for comment. The Bronx has been run mostly by male politicians and legislators over the years, with the exception of a few women who have risen to higher offices or held onto their seats for a long time, such as Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, Assembly Member Carmen Arroyo and Assembly Member Latoya Joyner, who serves as a kind of second-in-command to Crespo on the county committee. Critics say that the Bronx Democrat-

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ic Party is, like other party machines, an organization full of entrenched politicians whose leadership stands by incumbents through thick and thin – rather than welcoming younger, more progressive Democrats into the fold. Whether intentional or not, that wait-your-turn mentality can discourage women from running for office in the Bronx, maintaining the county Democratic Party’s reputation as a “boys’ club,” several Bronx lawmakers and activists told City & State. But over the past few years, the Bronx Democratic Party establishment has sustained body blows that could transform the makeup of the party from the bottom up – all the way from district leader up to the party’s chair. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced in January that he would be dropping out of the 2021 mayoral race and will be retiring at the end of his term. Crespo quickly followed suit, announcing he would not be running for reelection to his Assembly seat and that he would be stepping down as party chair. Meanwhile, nine of the 24 newly elected district leaders in the Bronx, who elect the county Democratic Party boss, were not backed by the party itself, Gothamist reported. Possible replacements for Diaz or Crespo include lawmakers such as City Council Member Vanessa Gibson, who would be the Bronx’s first female and first Black borough president if elected. Two relatively new Assembly members – Latoya Joyner and Karines Reyes – have been floated as potential successors to Crespo as county party boss. And thanks to incumbent Assembly Member Carmen Arroyo being kicked off the ballot before the recent primary, Septimo – a progressive candidate backed by the Working Families Party – is going to be her replacement in the 84th Assembly District after all. (In that district, which includes the neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Hunts Point and parts of Highbridge, as in most of the Bronx – which is New York City’s most Democratic borough – the Democratic primary is essentially the election.) Nearly a year out from the 2021 citywide elections, all but two of the Bronx’s nine City Council seats have female candidates. With a long list of women running for elected office in the Bronx this year and next, the borough could soon see not only more female lawmakers than ever before, but women rising to the most powerful positions within the county Democratic Party.

HERE HAVE TRADITIONALLY been two ways of getting involved in Bronx politics, according to Septimo. Either you’re born into it, or you work your way up in the Bronx Democratic Party and get tapped to run

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State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi defeated Jeffrey Klein in 2018 without the party’s backing.

FEMALE REPRESENTATION Kay IN NEW YORK CITY ByDervishi Fewer than a third of the Bronx’s elected officials are women. Here’s how the borough stacks up against the rest of the city. (This analysis includes members of Congress, the state Legislature and the New York City Council, as well as the borough president and district attorney.) Manhattan: 41% Brooklyn: 38% Queens: 35%

BRONX: 30% Staten Island: 25%

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“I THINK SEXISM IN POLITICS AND IN THE BRONX IS REALLY INSIDIOUS. IT’S NOT LIKE, ‘OH, THAT’S SEXISM.’ BUT IT SORT OF INFILTRATES HOW INTERACTIONS GO, HOW CONVERSATIONS GO.”

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– Amanda Septimo, Democratic Assembly nominee

for office. Arroyo has been in office for 26 years, and her daughter was in office between 2005 and 2015. (The pair was once accused of siphoning cash into family-run nonprofits.) Diaz Jr., following in his father City Council Member Rubén Díaz Sr.’s footsteps, first won a seat in the Assembly at age 23 and has been a fixture in the Bronx ever since. Rep. José E. Serrano, who is planning to retire at the end of his term after 30 years in Congress, has a son, José M. Serrano, who has been a member of the state Senate since 2004. But two years ago, the Bronx’s political party began to steadily break down, allowing more opportunities for female insurgents. In 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ousted 10-term incumbent and party-backed Rep. Joseph Crowley. That same year, Alessandra Biaggi defeated state Sen. Jeffrey Klein, who ran the Independent Democratic Conference. Both Crowley and Klein were enmeshed in the Bronx’s boys’

club, which developed a reputation in some circles for barring entry to women. “Together with the Bronx boss, Marcos Crespo, the two most powerful Democratic machines have frequently endorsed men when faced with qualified female candidates to choose from,” Alexis Grenell, a political consultant, wrote in the Daily News in 2018, referring to both the Bronx Democratic Party and the Queens Democratic Party, which Crowley then ran. In an emailed statement, a representative for the Bronx Democratic Party denied a lack of support for female candidates. “The notion that The Bronx Democratic Party is unsupportive of women running for office is not only unfounded but contrary to reality given the women this organization has endorsed and helped elect over the years,” the statement read, citing their support of Assembly Members Nathalia Fernandez and Reyes, who both replaced men. The county party has the most control over picking

judges, and women are a majority of judges in the Bronx: 11 of the 16 Bronx Civil Court judges are women, and 16 of the 31 Bronx Supreme Court justices are women. In response to the suggestion that they only back party-aligned candidates, the spokesperson pointed to Reyes, who had no ties to the organization and previously worked as a nurse, activist and union representative. But the number of female lawmakers in the Bronx is still paltry: Only two women represent the borough in the City Council, out of nine council seats. Four of the 11 Assembly members from the Bronx are women. One lucky lady currently represents the Bronx in the state Senate, out of five districts. Ocasio-Cortez is the only woman out of the four members of Congress with a portion of their district in the Bronx. The pages of the Bronx Democratic Party’s website showing photos of elected officials look more like a fraternity class picture than a body representative of a borough that is 53% female. Scroll too quickly and you’ll miss the women. Some women in the Bronx say that limits the effectiveness of the current political leadership. “Women tend to be more empathetic and willing to work with groups that they don’t necessarily agree with, and I think that’s very much needed,” Reyes said. “We have a lot of single mothers in the Bronx or single parent households, kind of juggling that experience of being a woman and going to work, getting an education, providing for our families and having to climb the social ladder that oftentimes wasn’t built for people – not just that look like us but (who) are female.” Reyes also argues that with women in charge there could be, “perhaps less patronage, because that tends to be kind of the boys’ club scenario.” In fairness to the Bronx, women are underrepresented in all of those legislative bodies. Of the council’s 51 members, just 12 are women. In the Assembly, just 48 of the body’s 150 seats are filled by women, while 19 out of 63 state senators are women. But it’s not just a lack of female lawmakers that gives the Bronx Democrats a reputation for being an old boys’ club; it’s the voting records and alleged behavior of some of those old boys themselves. Crespo, for example, voted against same-sex marriage in 2011, though he would later say he regretted the vote. Crespo’s socially conservative record also included votes against women’s reproductive rights, and he once sponsored a bill that would require parental notification of abortion. New York City Council Member Andy King, who represents neighborhoods including Baychester, Co-op City and Williamsbridge, has faced multiple sexual

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harassment accusations in the council. Klein was also accused of sexual harassment by a former staffer. In 2018, in an encapsulation of the Bronx machine’s hostility to challengers, City Council Member Mark Gjonaj stood outside a Biaggi campaign event yelling “Shame!” through a bullhorn, leading a small crowd of protesters. (Gjonaj’s protest was nominally about Biaggi’s stance on a street renovation, but Gjonaj – who has had a number of ethical scandals – was also a close ally of Klein’s.) And then there’s Díaz Sr., whose reputation for outspoken social conservatism precedes him, including a long history of opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion rights. That outspokenness has at times included a number of homophobic statements and comments suggesting he wouldn’t report sexual harassment if he witnessed it in the council. But the departure of some of those old boys is accompanied by a wave of more diverse lawmakers. Ritchie Torres, an openly gay council member, won the Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. José E. Serrano in his South Bronx congressional seat, defeating 11 opponents, including Díaz Sr. The Bronx Democratic Party remained neutral, endorsing no candidates in the primary. Díaz Sr. announced last month that he is retiring from politics. As the party points out, however, it has sometimes backed female candidates. Reyes, who was elected to the Bronx’s 87th Assembly District in 2018 after the seat was left vacant by current state Sen. Luis Sepúlveda, said that she’s seen both sides of the party. “It’s no secret that the Bronx had a reputation for being a boys’ club,” Reyes said. “I think some of that is true and some of that is just kind of what has become the narrative around how it operates.” The party, for example, supported Reyes when she decided to run. The party also supported District Attorney Darcel Clark in 2015 – the first female district attorney in the borough and, until recently, the only one in New York City. Clark’s election was not without controversy, though. Party leaders were criticized at the time for maneuvering to place her in the position in a way that avoided a primary challenge. Even if it becomes a co-ed club, it’s still a club. Gibson, who is leaving the council in 2021 and is now running for borough president, said she’s also felt supported by the party. “Democratic clubs and political organizations – the history of them – have really been dominated by men,” she said. “But not all of them have excluded women. I’ve enjoyed the support of the county organization through the years. But then there are other women that have not had the support of county organizations.” But even if the party hasn’t been entire-

ly patriarchal across the board, Reyes suggested female candidates suffered from a patronage system that mostly benefited male candidates. “Overall, there was still kind of a patronage structure – based on past relationships that a lot of the leaders had – that created obstacles for women to run,” Reyes said. Biaggi, who unseated Klein without the party’s backing in 2018, called these “loyalty silos.” “I think a lot of women, up until 2016 and maybe even 2017, 2018, really felt like they were not welcome in the Bronx county organization,” Biaggi said. “What we’ve seen, I think, historically in the Bronx, is the same people selecting who runs, deciding Clockwise from top left: Assembly Member Karines when it’s important for that Reyes, New York City Council candidate Amanda Farías person to run, and then sup- and Democratic Assembly nominee Amanda Septimo porting that person in their run and when they’re elected.” Biaggi said that when she challenged Klein in 2018, she was essentially told a version of, “wait your turn,” by the party establishment. “One of the things that I was questioned on was, ‘How could you be a state senator? How could you run for the seat? You were never a district leader,’” she recalls. “I had gone to law school, practiced law in the government twice, ran a nation- that canvas,” Peguero said. “When we fial operation for a political campaign across nally have the courage to move forward and 50 states and all these other things. It was say, ‘I am running for office,’ then you have just so clearly indicative to me of the mind- the political machines who are like, ‘No, it’s set, which is very fixed. If you’re looking at not your turn. Wait your turn.’” The county party says it is inclusive and how do you make the world better, how do you transform the world – a fixed mindset is working to increase the gender equity of does not get you there.” In that race, the its elected officials. “By no means is The Bronx Democratic Party endorsed Klein, Bronx Democratic Party satisfied with the demonstrating just how far the party number of women represented in elected would go to protect its own boys – even if office and looks forward to helping to elect that boy happened to have led the Republi- more women,” a representative for the party said in the emailed statement. “The can-aligned IDC. Janet Peguero, the Bronx borough direc- Bronx Democratic Party will always strive tor at Amplify Her, a progressive organiza- to be an inclusive organization regardless tion working to elect more women in New of sex, sexual orientation, race, or religion. York City, suggested that the “wait your To suggest otherwise is to disregard facts.” turn” directive is another barrier on top of what some call the “ambition gap.” Some HERE’S SOME MORE good news in studies have reported that women are less store for female candidates unwilllikely than men to consider running for ofing to wait their turn. The vacatfice, and that young women are less likely ing of the three powerful positions to believe they’re qualified to do so. While now held by Diaz Jr. (Bronx borough that’s starting to change – a record number president) and Crespo (chair of the counof women ran for Congress in 2018, and that ty Democratic Party and Assembly Memnumber increased this year – the mind- ber for the 85th District in the East Bronx) set can be a tough one to overcome. “Even opens a window of opportunity for women when you are qualified, we feel like we need to step into those roles for the first time. to do a little bit more. And so we hold our- Gibson has already declared her intention selves back for years to continue to develop to run for borough president, as has her

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“WHEN WE FINALLY HAVE THE COURAGE TO MOVE FORWARD AND SAY, ‘I AM RUNNING FOR OFFICE,’ THEN YOU HAVE THE POLITICAL MACHINES WHO ARE LIKE, ‘NO, IT’S NOT YOUR TURN. WAIT YOUR TURN.’”

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– Janet Peguero, Bronx borough director of Amplify Her

City Council colleague, Fernando Cabrera. A handful of other lawmakers have dipped their toes in the water, or are rumored to be running, including Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez and City Council Member Andrew Cohen. Either Gibson or Fernandez would be the first woman to hold the position, if elected. Asked whether she believes the next borough president should be a woman – whether it’s her or someone else – Gibson rejected the idea of candidates being reduced to their gender. “I certainly don’t want to promote myself as an African American woman. Everyone can look at me and see that,” she said. She wants the next borough president to be qualified and committed to solving the borough’s challenges, noting that among the most pressing issues for the Bronx is the fact that the borough has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic. “If that candidate happens to be a woman and a woman of color, then I think it’s an added benefit.” For the party boss position Crespo is vacating, a handful of possible successors have also emerged, including Reyes, Joyner and their colleague in the Assembly, Victor Pichardo. Reyes, who would be the first woman and first Dominican American to

serve in the post, told City & State that she is still on the fence about vying for the position. “I actually had a conversation with Assemblyman Pichardo, because he did express that he wanted it, and he seemed to be very actively working towards it,” she said. But that was before a new slate of district leaders were elected – the members who vote for the party chair – many of whom represent the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party. “Now we have a new kind of class of district leaders that may not necessarily vote in his favor,” Reyes said. “And that has changed where I stand.” Reyes said that she is still considering a bid of her own, but that she would support Pichardo if he is able to consolidate support among the district leaders. Representatives for Pichardo did not respond to a request for comment. Representatives for Joyner did not comment directly on whether she is also vying for the role, but said in an emailed statement that she has always felt included and supported by the Bronx Democratic Party. With many council members on their way out in 2021 – including a handful in the Bronx – a number of female candidates could dramatically improve the chamber’s gender equity. That includes candidates to

replace Torres, such as Ischia Bravo, district manager of Bronx Community Board 7, and Elisa Crespo, an education liaison for Diaz Jr. who would be the council’s first out trans member if elected. (Elisa Crespo is not related to Marcos Crespo.) There’s also Amanda Farías, a former City Council staffer, who is running for Díaz Sr.’s seat after losing to him in 2017. “We (women) get told, ‘You’re too young’ or, ‘You should be more focused on starting a family,’ and other things that I resent,” Farías told City & State. “But, you know, this boys’ club, old-school politics mentality (of Bronx politicians) is attached to that lens, and it’s outdated, and that’s why we need new leadership.”

RONX DISTRICT LEADER Marjorie Velázquez, who ran against then-Assembly Member Mark Gjonaj for City Council in 2017 (and has filed to challenge him again after losing by less than 400 votes), told City & State that women have always run in Bronx elections, the only difference now is that they’re getting the attention that they’ve always deserved. But after losing her election, she decided to join the boards of both Amplify Her and the Broad Room – an activist organization for women and gender nonbinary individuals – to help women interested in politics get elected. “It was about getting women involved in politics and letting them know that these boys are going to take care of each other, so fuck it, we should do the same,” Velázquez said. Farías also feels that in the past, the lack of support that women received from the party impacted many women’s desire to run for office. “The only pathway in was getting permission (from the party),” Farías said. “I think that for a lot of us that have run for office, looking back at the years before us, the women that decided to run without permission were somewhat pushed off to the side or put on a naughty list or something like that.” While female candidates still have a long way to go in the Bronx, Reyes said that she believes that the days of the Bronx boys’ club are numbered. “I think regardless of whoever rises to the occasion of becoming the party chair, people are demanding something completely different,” she said, referring in particular to the party’s penchant for endorsing incumbents or those who wait their turn. “I think a lot of us have come to the realization that we can’t wait for people to give us permission to do things – particularly when it comes to the urgency of social movements and where we want our community to go politically. We just kind of have to seize the moment and do it,” Reyes said. “Worst-case scenario, you decide to run and you lose. But we’ve seen that, oftentimes, we fare pretty well.”

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DANIEL BARBER

SINCE HIS MOTHER died in 2013, Danny Barber has taken care of his adult brother, Kenneth Massey, who has cerebral palsy, is partially deaf and is blind, among other health conditions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some of which leave him immunocompromised. Through the coronavirus crisis and other hard times, Barberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother has been a reminder of the potential for resilience and compassion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without the help of family and a great support system, I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to do all that I do for people, because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m responsible for him,â&#x20AC;? Barber says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loved by so many people.â&#x20AC;? A resident of the Andrew Jackson Houses since he was a toddler, Barber has been president of the housing developmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resident association since 2000 and chair of the Citywide Council of Presidents since 2017. In mid-March, Barber began a collaboration with Assembly Member Michael Blakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office and celebrity chef JosĂŠ AndrĂŠsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; national relief organi-

zation, World Central Kitchen, to deliver meals each day to about a dozen housing complexes in and around Blakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s district in the Bronx. Barber estimates that he has delivered hundreds of thousands of meals since then, in addition to coordinating with resident leaders and supervising distribution sites. He says residents of the complexes faced many fears in addition to the threat of the coronavirus itself, and they needed to know the food was coming from a trusted source. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my community, it really impacts them because of the fear level,â&#x20AC;? Barber says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fear level was well above normal fear, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lived through gun violence.â&#x20AC;? While delivering meals full time, he continues to advocate for residents, recently calling on city leaders to preserve the Summer Youth Employment Program. The popular program provided city-funded summer jobs to nearly 75,000 young people and was in danger of being cut from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Barber is honest about how scared he has felt throughout the crisis, especially for his vulnerable brother. But for him, the decision to take action was simple. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are my peo-

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From bottom left, Daniel Barber, Jason Garcia and Gennaro Martinelli

ple. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re my family. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re residents,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When people are down and they need help, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to do.â&#x20AC;?

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FOR JASON GARCIA, one of

the biggest losses brought on by the pandemic has been having to stop coaching basketball for Bronx boys and girls ages 10 to 14. The Bronxite has a preexisting condition that makes him more vulnerable to the coronavirus, but he mentions that almost as an afterthought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coaching was one of the hardest parts,â&#x20AC;? he says. At the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp., or SoBRO, Garcia oversees programs in the borough for about 1,200 children, including after-school programs throughout the Bronx and Harlem, career development programs, art classes and sports. When the coronavirus hit, the organization had to figure out remote programming for the first time. To help

students make the transition, staff members reached out to families via email and phone, and even made home visits in some cases. They helped some families apply for internet-connected devices from the city Department of Education. Since then, children have attended cooking classes and worked on art projects and science experiments at home, engaging with program teachers through Google Classroom and Zoom. When Garcia realized some students lacked supplies like scissors, notebooks and paint, he organized a program to provide graband-go art supply bags that were available for pick-up. Garcia says children who participate in SoBROâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs have many struggles related to being stuck at home. Some share small spaces with many family members. Some are embarrassed to show their virtual classmates what their homes look like. Others lack adequate internet access. Some lost family members to COVID-19. LGBTQ students who struggled to find acceptance at home have lost their safe community spaces. Garcia and his team institut-

ed wellness checks, contacting each family and asking about how school is going and what they need. Garcia, who overcame homelessness and became the first person in his family to graduate from college, says he is passionate about modeling resilience and leadership for kids in the borough where he grew up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We took that fear, and we kind of wrestled with it a little bit,â&#x20AC;? he says of the pandemic crisis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used it as a platform, and I used it as a springboard.â&#x20AC;?

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THE SIGNATURE DISH at

Gennaro Martinelliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant is the Rigatoni San Gennaro with cherry tomato sauce, eggplant and ricotta topped with fresh mozzarella. Long a staple at the Little Italy restaurant, the Rigatoni San Gennaro recently became an offering of encouragement for first responders, one that the Italian chef was happy to provide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One lady, the next day she was really happy,â&#x20AC;? he says.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This lady she was (saying), â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh my God, please tomorrow, when again? I want it again.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? After his restaurant was forced to close due to the coronavirus, Martinelli and his staff participated in two food donation programs, providing discounted meals of salads, pasta and sandwiches to first responders at two Bronx emergency medical services stations and at St. Barnabas Hospital. From March until May, the restaurant staff provided hundreds of meals per day, sometimes arriving at work to begin preparing the food as early as 4 a.m. while wearing the required personal protective equipment. Born in Capua, outside Naples, Martinelli worked in 10 different countries before moving to the Bronx in 2009. He says he loves the fast pace of New York City, and he prides himself on preparing the kind of Italian food thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually from Italy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alfredo, to us, is a name. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a sauce,â&#x20AC;? he jokes. But he says the crisis has brought the business owners in Little Italy together to get through this unprecedented time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even look at each other,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;And now, look at us, together to build something.â&#x20AC;? To many questions, the chef responds in the resounding affirmative: â&#x20AC;&#x153;100%, 100%,â&#x20AC;? he says. He talks about his passion for cooking, how seeing someone taste something delicious is more satisfying than any paycheck. Although the pandemic has required him to lay off some of his employees, he says he is confident San Gennaro can bounce back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never give up. You know, I know I can come back again like I was before, probably better than before,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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IN A REGULAR YEAR, City-

meals on Wheels serves more than 18,000 older New Yorkers. During the coronavirus crisis, in March and April alone, the organization packaged meals for an additional 34,000 people at its warehouse in Hunts Point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only were we feeding homebound seniors, we were feeding all seniors,â&#x20AC;? Emergency Meal Distribution Center Operations Manager Liz Cantillo says. She and her mother,

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Operations Director Magda Melendez, are used to responding to emergencies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Hurricane) Sandy was a very good learning experience,â&#x20AC;? Melendez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this was different.â&#x20AC;? People who depended on senior centers for meals found themselves without options when those centers closed, Melendez says. Everyone over 60 was being cautioned to stay at home, and buying food suddenly became a risk. The mother-daughter pair had to dramatically increase the capacity of their packaging warehouse in a matter of days. They leveraged decades of experience, emergency planning and strong connections with vendors to do so, doubling their workforce with additional volunteers and temporary workers. They reorganized the meal packing assembly line, instituted temperature checks and modified work schedules to lessen the risk of exposure for staff. To store additional food deliveries, they rented additional warehouse space. They added multiple additional delivery vehicles to get food to people in need around the city, including thousands in the Bronx. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to go down anytime soon,â&#x20AC;? Cantillo says, referring to the number of meals they need

to distribute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The population that we serve â&#x20AC;Ś is very fragile, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re scared to leave their home.â&#x20AC;? Cantillo grew up around the Citymeals on Wheels warehouse, where her mother has worked for more than 20 years. She remembers coming in and helping with the assembly line as a child, and going along for deliveries on Thanksgiving and Passover. Cantillo did not initially intend to pursue a career with the organization, but she took a part-time job there while finishing college and never left. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a cause that involves you and loves you.

And when you do it with your heart, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way to walk away,â&#x20AC;? Melendez says.

CASSANDRA RIVERA

IN HER 19 YEARS working as a social services provider for New Yorkers, Cassandra Rivera has returned again and again to a single phrase: Keep hope alive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) a saying that my clients know me for,â&#x20AC;? she says.

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From left, Citymeals on Wheels duo Liz Cantillo and Magda Melendez, Vibrant Emotional Healthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cassandra Rivera and Montefiore Health Systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jennifer Tausig.

She first encountered it 16 years ago when she asked a client who was homeless, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What motivates you?â&#x20AC;? The man, who had mental health and substance use issues, had relapsed many times but always picked himself up and tried again to fight his illnesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hope,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you keep hope alive, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong.â&#x20AC;? This is the refrain that got Rivera through the coronavirus crisis earlier this year as she directed a team of case workers and mental health providers who visit and support about 45 older adults living in the Bronx. The team helps clients with mental

health challenges to organize their prescriptions, manage substance use disorders and find permanent housing, among other services. They support clients through regular in-person visits wherever they are â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in a shelter, a prison or an apartment. When in-person visits had to be reduced due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like older adults throughout the city â&#x20AC;&#x201C; faced major difficulties. Three clients died of the virus. Rivera says one client, who is blind, was left alone after her home health aide stopped coming to work for several weeks during the height of the crisis. Rivera took on more of that clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s care, doing her laundry and cooking for her. She purchased rhinestones and attached them to the buttons of the microwave in an effort to help the woman operate it by touch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to really assist her with that because she had no other support systems,â&#x20AC;? Rivera says. That was the case for many of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients: vulnerable people with limited resources, even in regular times. Rivera feared for her own health as well, but she put those worries aside. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way I work is, when challenges arise, I work harder. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t back down,â&#x20AC;? she says. That, and she keeps hope alive.

JENNIFER TAUSIG

FOR JENNIFER TAUSIG,

sometimes trust begins with a trash can. She has many community development titles, one of which is executive director of the Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District in the boroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Norwood neighborhood. Her first priority as she took on that job in 2016 was to listen to business owners. When they told her that sidewalk trash cans were overflowing, she found money in the budget to repair them and secured grants for five new ones as well as new flower planters and banners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really want our work (to be) very community-driven and not, you know, me deciding what the community needs,â&#x20AC;? she says. Montefiore Health System, which is one of the largest property owners and health providers in the Bronx, manages several of the boroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community initiatives that focus on public health. Many of them are led by Tausig, who oversees beautification projects, small business support and the publication of the Norwood News, a biweekly neighborhood newspaper.

Her focus is on quality-of-life metrics, also known as social determinants of health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research that shows that people that have quality, affordable housing, jobs, that live in safer, greener neighborhoods and are more civically engaged and educated have better health outcomes,â&#x20AC;? Tausig says. As co-chair of the New York City BID Association, Tausig has made coordinating with other business improvement districts one of her priorities. In the Bronx, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helped create a boroughwide network of business owners. When the coronavirus crisis began to worsen, the connections that Tausig already had in the community proved extremely valuable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once COVID hit, we mobilized really quickly as a large coalition to help as many businesses in the Bronx as possible,â&#x20AC;? she says. They provided loan packages, organized webinars with experts and lawyers to inform business owners about federal aid, and connected businesses with accountants to help with aid applications. When she learned that less than 1% of city emergency small business loans initially went to the Bronx, Tausig pivoted toward political action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We pulled together, put our advocacy hats on and were like, this is unacceptable,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Left, former Bronx Freedom Fund Executive Director Elena Weissmann and, right, Project Renewalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eric Rosenbaum

ELENA WEISSMANN

AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Bronx Freedom

Fund, Elena Weissmann often worked with clients imprisoned in a floating jail off of Hunts Point in the Bronx. The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Boat,â&#x20AC;? has a capacity of 800, and many inmates were detained there only because they could not afford bail. Almost half of the people ever bailed out by the Bronx Freedom Fund eventually had their cases dismissed. Less than 2% ultimately received a jail sentence. After about 10 years of bailing people out of jail in the Bronx and Queens, recent changes in bail laws essentially left the Bronx Freedom Fund without an actionable purpose, though some aspects of the bail reforms were rolled back. The Bronx Freedom Fund began winding down its operations, closing by July 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a bittersweet end. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely still more work to be done,â&#x20AC;? Weissmann says. The organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff of eight shrank to three as the pandemic escalated. Then one of those core staff members, Clinton Washington,

died of the coronavirus in April. Unable to meet in person, his colleagues gathered to mourn him virtually. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a very special person and a very committed advocate,â&#x20AC;? Weissmann says. As she processed that loss, and as she fell ill with the coronavirus herself, Weissmann continued to work to free people who were trapped in the notorious Rikers Island jail complex, which has nearly 10,000 beds and became a deadly coronavirus hot spot. Weissmann began collaborating in earnest with a newer grassroots group called the Emergency Release Fund. State law limits how much bail fund organizations like the Bronx Freedom Fund can contribute to bail, but the Emergency Release Fund is not limited in the same way because it is entirely grassroots and led by volunteers. Weissmann managed a cadre of almost 200 volunteers who were bailing out as many as 40 people in a single day with funds from donations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have learned about the generosity of New Yorkers who not only funded this initiative at a very grassroots level, but stepped forward to go to jails during a pandemic, exposing themselves to the virus because they wanted to get people free,â&#x20AC;? Weissmann says.

ERIC ROSENBAUM

ERIC ROSENBAUM SEES the coronavirus crisis as a chance to change how the city responds to homelessness. His organization operates multiple shelters and residences, including two shelters in the Bronx, and provides health care for people who are homeless, among other services. Recently, thousands of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeless people, including some Project Renewal clients, have been given rooms in hotels to safely isolate. Rosenbaum says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a model that should continue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of these hotels were completely and totally empty,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And in the meantime, there were all of these people doubled and tripled up in very dense shelters.â&#x20AC;? Rosenbaum wrote an op-ed in the Daily News calling for shuttered hotels to be converted into singleoccupancy housing for people who are homeless through bond financing and transfer of ownership to nonprofit organizations. He calls it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could reduce the census of homeless people who need shelter dramatically, and repurpose real es-

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tate that otherwise is going to be boarded up,â&#x20AC;? he says. Project Renewal approaches many projects this way â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with thinking oriented toward the future. A forthcoming project, the Bedford Green House, will feature an aquaponics greenhouse on the roof where both vegetables and edible tilapia will be raised in a closed system, as well as a facade covered with plant life. The organization recently opened Marshaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House, a Bronx shelter for LGBTQ youth that is named for Black transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson. Though Rosenbaum is generally optimistic, it is obvious that the pandemic crisis has brought many obstacles. Due to funding cuts, the second phase of the Bedford Green House project will be delayed. Early on, the organization was so desperate for face masks that an acquaintance in Hong Kong sent some by mail. As anti-racism protests swelled, staff struggled to prove to police that they were essential workers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the worst moment in this crisis is when the city went into curfew,â&#x20AC;? Rosenbaum says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel awful that our people who were just showing up to do their job to help the city of New York, then, you know, were stopped or harassed by the police.â&#x20AC;?

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Notice of Qual. of KRE BKLYNER 75 RALPH LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/08/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/25/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 302 Wilmington, Delaware, 19807. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of KRE BKLYNER 412 EVERGREEN LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/08/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/25/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 302, Wilmington, Delaware, 19807. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of KRE BKLYNER 1875 ATLANTIC LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/08/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/25/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 302, Wilmington, Delaware, 19807. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of The Law Firm of Rasica Selvarajah, PLLC filed with SSNY on 5/15/2020. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PLLC: 397 Gower St., Staten Island, NY 10314. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. BFS NA LLC filed w/ SSNY 6/15/20. Off. in NY Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served & shall mail process to the LLC, 50 Broad St, Ste. 1904, NY, NY 10004. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of COLONIAL VILLAGE PRESERVATION, L.P. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/22/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LP: 60 Columbus Circle, 19th Fl., NY, NY 10023. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 12/31/2119. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 493 QUINCY STREET, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/26/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 489 Quincy Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11221-1505. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of HANCO & WENDY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/01/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 255 Bay 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11214. Any lawful purpose. Notice of formation of Sade’s Gifts & Goodies LLC filed with SSNY on May.5,2020. Office: Richmond County.SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 56 Ludwig lane Staten Island NY 10303 Purpose : Any lawful act or activity NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/18/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 80 Rumsey Road, Yonkers, New York 10705. Notice of Formation of KEF CLOTHING, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Form. of 143147 Madison St LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/27/20. Office location:Cortland. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 36 Monroe St. Apt E3, New York, New York, 10002. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of EMPYREUS LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/02/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 950 El Campo Drive, Pasadena, California, 91107. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of H & H BRONX LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/23/18. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2438 Fuller Street, Bronx, New York, 10461. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of SUSSEX YORK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/08/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 387 Park Avenue South, 5th Fl, New York, New York, 10016.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of AV-ZG WEST 80 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/30/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York, 10022. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 203 WEST 80 STREET OWNER LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/30/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York, 10022. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of ET FILS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 193 Midwood Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11225. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EMA RUGBY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/13/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 400 Rugby Road Apt 3a, Brooklyn, New York, 11226. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HIGHER PICTURES GENERATION LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/07/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of JAR FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/22/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 420 Lexington Ave Ste 1708-09, New York, New York, 10170.Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CELERI TREASURY LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/21/20. Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 387 Park Avenue South, 5th Fl, New York, New York, 10016.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of EWQ CAPITAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/03/20.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 1760 Wilson Avenue, Arcadia, California, 91006. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of GARAGE D’OR, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 193 Midwood Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11225. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of A UNICORN LIVES HERE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/06/20. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 105 Boulder Street, Staten Island, New York, 10312. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GBZL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/02/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5401 4th Ave.,Brooklyn, New York, 11220. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of SKYRX LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/02/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 500 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11249. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of KAYA MANAGEMENT GROUP TWO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1674 72nd Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of COELO OASIS LLC Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/10/20. Office location: Bronx SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 120 Erskine Place #11c, Bronx, New York, 10475-5702. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of FIRST ENY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/07/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1562 Pacific St, F l1, Brooklyn, New York, 11213. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of MM3 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/18/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2 Park Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, New York, 10016. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of ADVERTIBLES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/26/19.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1129 E 23rd Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11210. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of DAMES I, LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/04/45.Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 477 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, New York, 10022.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of MULTIPLE PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/30/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1763 74th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11204. Any lawful purpose.

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FEEL GOOD VIBES NYC, LLC Notice of formation of limited liabil-i t y company. Name: FEEL GOOD VIBES NYC LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/13/2020. NY office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC 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 FEEL GOOD VIBES NYC, LLC, 729 Bryant Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474. Purpose/character of LLC: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Gross Investigation Bureau, LLC filed with SSNY on April 27, 2020. Office: 244 5th Ave, Ste V201, NY County, NY 10001. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 213 Bennett Ave, Apt. 3B, NY, NY 10040 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qual. of KIMMERIDGE ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT, LP, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/14/20. Office location: New York. LP formed in DE on 03/19/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Blocc Music Entertainment LLC filed with SSNY on May 7, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: P.O Box 381 NY, NY 10039. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Courtney In Real Life, LLC filed with SSNY on March 2, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 405 East 54th Street, 5G, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION of IVY MARIE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on July 17, 2020. Office: Westchester County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. C/O IVY MARIE LLC, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Angels of Mayhem LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/27/2020. Office: Richmond County. UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. at 7014 13TH AVENUE SUITE 202 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Little Hunt’s, LLC filed with SSNY on May 27, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2522 university ave apt 4h, Bronx, NY10468. Purpose : any lawful act of activity. Notice of Formation of 711-717 GRAND LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/4/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1917 East 1st Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11223. Any lawful purpose.

UCHECHUKWUKA OSADEBE M.D., PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/16/2020. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 115 Broadway, Ste 1800, NY, NY 10006. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine. Notice of Formation of GHN497 MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/21/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 375 Park Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10152. 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. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of ANNEJEANNETTE MERRIEWOLD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/22/20.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Peter Slater, Bessemer Trust, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10111-0333.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of CULTURAL ANALYTICS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/15/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 277 Park Ave., Ste. 3800, NY, NY 10172. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Marc J. Lane, Marc J. Lane, the Law Offices of Marc J. Lane, P.C., 70 W. Madison St., Ste. 2050, Chicago, IL 60602-4256. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of KIMMERIDGE ENGAGEMENT GP, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/14/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 03/19/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of formation of LEVEL ILLUMINATION LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/22/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: Highpoint C. S., P.O. Box 140724, SI, NY 10314. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Qualification of RAINBOW POT LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY on 6/1/20. Office location:NY County. LLC formed in Delaware on 5/28/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to:c/o The LLC, 500 8th Ave.Rm.908, NY NY 10018. Address to be maintained in DE:850 New Burton R d . , S t e . 2 0 1 , D o v e r, D E 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St.,Dover,DE 19901. Purpose:any lawful activity. Notice is hereby given that a license, serial #1326897, for an On-premises liquor license, has been applied for by Cajun Seafood Yonkers LLC dba : Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar to sell Beer, wine, liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 2375 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710 for on premises consumption

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THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE AGB FUND, INC. for the year ended December 31, 2019 is available at its principal office located at Farkouh, Furman & Faccio LLP, 460 PARK AVE 12TH FL, 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 LEE R. ROBINS THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE JACQUES AND NATASHA GELMAN FOUNDATION for the year ended November 30, 2019 is available at its principal office located at 260 MADISON AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10016 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is JANET C. NESCHIS. Notice of Qualification of GA APF GenPar, L.P. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/8/20. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 5/5/20. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o General Atlantic Service Company, L.P., 55 E. 52nd St., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10055, principal business address. DE address of LP: Corporate Creations Network Inc., 3411 Silverside Rd., Tatnall Bldg. #104, Wilmington, DE 19810. 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: all lawful purposes. NOTICE OF FORMATION of G&G Design Concepts LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/8/2020. Location: Westchester. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 3680 Mt. Brook Road Shrub Oak, NY 10588 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HANCO & WENDY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/01/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 255 Bay 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11214. Any lawful purpose. P&C Brothers LLC Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: P&C Brothers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/18/2020. NY office location: Richmond County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC 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 Esmeralda G Betancourth, 172 Kirshon Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Qualification of Cheat Sheet, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/14/20. Office location: Kings County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/13/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o eResidentAgent, Inc., 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 805A, Albany, NY 12210, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Address to be maintained in DE: 1013 Centre Rd., Ste. 403S, Wilmington, DE 19805. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of BKLYN PIZZA COMPANY OF BUSHWICK LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/27/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7212 Juniper Valley Rd, Middle Village, New York, 11379. Any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of InnissEnt, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/21/2020. Office Location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Chistopher Inniss, 2286 7th ave apt.2, NY, NY, 10030. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of SAVCON CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/22/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 06/16/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 15 North Mill Street, Nyack, New York, 10960. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Mott Haven Productions, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/22/2020. Office: Bronx 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, 406 East 142nd St., #1, Bronx, NY 10454. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Made with Love, DUH! LLC filed with SSNY on July 13, 2020. Office: Kings. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 80 Clarkson Ave Apt 5H, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Mad Focused Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/09/2020. 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, 163 Milton Street, Apt 3e, Brooklyn, NY 11222. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of OverQuo Learning Services LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Jonathan Williams, 315 W. 55th St., Apt. 6A, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of TRUE RATE SERVICES LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/21/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qual. of KIMMERIDGE ENERGY ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS, L.P. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/14/20. Office location: New York. LP formed in DE on 03/19/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #400, Harrison, New York, 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1330068 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 65-17 FRESH POND RD RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385. QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. 6517 FRESHPOND CORP

NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 06/10/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 16 NASSAU RD, APT 1, YONKERS NY 10710. Notice of Formation of ORIGINBASKET LLC Arts of Org. filed with Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of DAVID & BELL, LLC filed with SSNY on April 20, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC: 125 Schroeders Avenue, 2D, Brooklyn, NY 11239. Purpose: any lawful act Notice of Formation of 335 Woodbury LLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/30/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to c/o Grassi & Co., 488 Madison Ave, Fl 21, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful act. Chef Knife Soul Catering LLC , filed with SSNY on June 23, 2020. Office Location: Richmond County. United States Corporation Agents designated agency of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process United States Corporation Agents Inc at 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Bluestone Pictures LLc. Filed with SSNY: 3/5/20. Office: NY Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: 34 Third Ave, Ste 203 NY, NY 10003. Principal office: same address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Taghkanic Lookout LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 7/28/2020. Office location: 13 Van Hoesen Road Craryville NY 12521 Columbia County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Taimur Hyat 185 East 85th Street Apt 33D New York NY 10028. Purpose: Any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of COHEN FASHION OPTICAL STORE NO. 842, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 400 W. 42nd St., NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Richard Winter, Chief Financial Officer, Cohen Fashion Optical, LLC, 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd., Ste. 400, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of FRIENDSHIP SC PRESERVATION CLASS B, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, 19th Fl., NY, NY 10023. 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. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 3023 EOS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/23/2020. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated agent for service of process (SOP). SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC: 3023 EOS LLC, 340 East 93 Street, Suite 7C, NYC, NY, 10128. The Company is formed for any lawful business purpose.

Notice of Formation of FRIENDSHIP SC DEVELOPER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, 19th Fl., NY, NY 10023. 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. Purpose: Any lawful activity. BLUE HERON HOLDINGS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 8/4/2020. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 22 Blue Heron Drive Staten Island, NY 10312. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity Notice of Qualification of GROUPE CHANTELOUP L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/09/20. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/07/20. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of CAN MAN PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/04/20. Office location: Greene SSNY desg. as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 77 Water Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York, 10005. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of DIANA FILMCO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/30/20. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 610, NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Grove Entertainment Limited Liability Company at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of ASTAK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/21/20. Office location: Warren SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 80 State St., Albany, New York, 12207. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of BARBIE TM, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/22/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1041 Remsen Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11236. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of FATHER & 4 SONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/20/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 758 New Lots Avenue, Apt. 1, Brooklyn, New York, 11207. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Form. of L M TREE SERVICE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/14/20. Office location: Montgomery SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 2399 Hickory Hill Road, Fonda, New York, 12068. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of LAMINA PROJECT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed w i t h SSNY on 04/21/20. Office location:New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 116 Pinehurst Avenue D34, New York, New York, 10033.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of LAS MEDIA NY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/10/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 368 Stratford Road, Brooklyn, New York, 11218. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NY 21 MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/18/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 930 60th Street. Brooklyn, New York, 11219. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of PANORAMA BK, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/22/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8725 16th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11214. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of RTSM GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/20/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 9110 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11236. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of THE HATCH-CHICKEN & WRAPS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/25/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11206. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ZANA NYC LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/21/20.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 35 Seacoast Terrace, 14j, Brooklyn, New York, 11235. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of ZION POWERWASH LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/21/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1020 East 38th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11210. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of 90 LEX LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 07/10/20. Office location: New York. LLC formed in FL on 06/07/16. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 90 Lexington Ave., Apt. 9a, New York, New York, 10016. Arts. of Org. filed with FL DOS. R.A. Gray Building, 500 S Bronough St, Tallahassee, FL 32399. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 103 LOCKWOOD, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/15/20. Office location: Suffolk SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 860 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, New York, 10069. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 479E MANAGEMENT, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/21/20. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 479 East New York Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11225. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of F&B HH CO LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/20. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/16/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 730 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10019. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o Paracorp Incorporated, 2140 S Dupont Hwy., Camden, DE 19934. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activities. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1330209 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 68 BERGEN ST BROOKLYN, NY 11201. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. BARBALU BK LLC.

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Notice of Formation of BY LIV HANDMADE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/04/20. Office location: Otsego SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 18 Elm St., Cherry Valley, New York, 13320. Any lawful purpose. 1900 ACQUISITION LLC. Authority filed SSNY 1/03/20. Office: NY Co. LLC formed DE 3/7/19. Exists in DE: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served & mail to: 1 State St., 32nd Fl., NY, NY 10004. Cert of Formation Filed: Secy. of State, Corporation Dept., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover DE 19901. General Purpose.

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Notice of formation of MountSophia LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/27/20. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 49 Bayview Dr., Huntington, NY 11743. Purpose: any lawful act. PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 69.5’ & 77.5’) on the building at 311-313 E. Broadway, NY (20201318). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-8091202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties. Notice of Formation of SIG OLIVE TREES IMPORT & EXPORT LLC filed with SSNY on July 10, 2020. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 15 Mackay Place # 6K, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Little Hunt’s, LLC filed with SSNY on May 27, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2522 university ave apt 4h, Bronx, NY10468. Purpose : any lawful act of activity. Notice of Formation of Little Hunt’s, LLC filed with SSNY on May 27, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2522 university ave apt 4h, Bronx, NY10468. Purpose : any lawful act of activity.

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Who was up and who was down last week

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DIGITAL Project Manager Michael Filippi, Digital Content Manager Amanda Luz Henning Santiago, Digital Marketing Strategist Caitlin Dorman, Web/Email Strategist Isabel Beebe

OXIRIS BARBOT The New York City health commissioner could only grit her teeth for so long, especially after her boss’s decision to strip her agency of authority over a crucial COVID-19 contact tracing program despite its in-house expertise. While Mayor Bill de Blasio downplayed Oxiris Barbot’s abrupt departure last week, she made it clear that she was deeply unhappy with his performance in fighting the pandemic – and ended up making him look even worse.

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EMILY GALLAGHER & SURAJ PATEL

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They fought the law, and they won. These candidates sued the state BOE over ballots invalidated simply for missing a postmark, and a judge agreed. But while Gallagher won her race, Patel lost his anyway.

BRAD HOYLMAN & LINDA ROSENTHAL

The Child Victims Act had its “look-back window” closed amid court shutdowns and slowdowns starting in March. But these lawmakers managed to extend the window through next August.

When Attorney General Letitia James put the NRA on blast by seeking to dissolve it, head honcho LaPierre fired back with a lawsuit calling her politically motivated. But James’ suit isn’t about the right to bear arms, it’s about LaPierre charging the NRA for hunting trips and yacht cruises.

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With a pandemic and an unprecedented number of absentee ballots, hiccups were to be expected. But getting 1 in 5 absentee ballots invalidated or otherwise not counted is more than a hiccup for Ryan’s New York City Board of Elections.

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CAROLYN MALONEY The AP called it for the incumbent House member in her primary battle with opponent Suraj Patel after the New York City Board of Elections certified the results last week. Patel, who filed a lawsuit requesting that more absentee ballots be counted in the election after it was revealed that thousands would be tossed due to postmarking errors, insisted he would not concede to Maloney. But as far as Maloney is concerned, her win “reflects the will of the voters.”

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Just when COVID-19 seemed to have killed the modern office, Facebook came along with a new lease on all the office space at the James A. Farley Building. Meanwhile, New York City Council Member Carlos Menchaca moved to ax the Industry City rezoning, spurring a rare protest from several council colleagues. Welcoming a tech giant and council members openly squabbling over a zoning project? The world really has turned upside down.

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