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EDITOR’S NOTE

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

Herman “Denny” Farrell retired last year after 42 years in the Assembly. Daniel Squadron also left the state Senate last year to join a national campaign to run statelevel candidates opposed to the policies of the Trump administration. And David Greenfield declined to run for re-election in the New York City Council in order to lead the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. In each case, the timing worked out so that Democratic Party insiders could essentially pick their replacements. Farrell didn’t deny he delayed his retirement in order to install his longtime chief of staff, Al Taylor. Squadron allowed party bosses to anoint his successor, Brian Kavanagh. Greenfield paved the way for an ally, Kalman Yeger, to succeed him in the council. Reform-minded politicians criticize the process, which lets party leaders avoid a primary. The Cuomo administration called it “counter to the spirit of the democratic process” and suggested reforms were needed. Squadron himself called it “horrible.” Yet there’s been no follow-up. The governor’s 2018 agenda includes various voting reforms – which we delve into in this week’s magazine – but nothing on special elections. The matter is also omitted from the state Senate Democrats’ 13-bill election reform package. Then again, why would party officials willingly cede more power to voters – especially if nobody’s really paying attention?

CONTENTS WINNERS & LOSERS ... 34

Who was up and who was down last week

ELECTION REFORM

New York’s voter turnout is abysmal. Can Cuomo fix it?

MASS TRANSPORTATION

The future of public-private partnerships, value capture and the broken subways. ... 14

... 6

LABOR

Gothamist is back. But is its union? ... 27

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SECOND TIME’S THE CHARM New York City has a new schools chancellor … for real this time! Mayor Bill de Blasio tapped Houston Independent School District Superintendent Richard Carranza, making sure Carranza was in New York and by his side when he announced this appointment. Carranza appears fairly aligned with the mayor’s beliefs, particularly when it comes to charter schools. He also happens to be a member of the Mariachi Hall of Fame. But Carranza is already dealing with some negative press. A San Francisco court filing alleges he ruined a colleague’s career when she called him out for flirting with a woman who was not his wife. Critics also questioned his achievements in his past school districts. But he will still be getting an impressive $345,000 paycheck, $100,000 more than outgoing Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

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12 TIRED JURORS After weeks of testimony, it came down to the jurors to decide the fate of former top Gov. Andrew Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco. But then, the jurors said they were deadlocked, inching the proceedings closer to a possible mistrial. One juror said the only thing they could agree on is that they disagree. Another wrote: “I physically and emotionally cannot do this anymore,” after two days of deliberation. They got a snow day on Wednesday, so perhaps the break did some good before they resumed on Thursday.

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C&S: What is the New York City Economic Development Corp.’s plan for making sure the gains of job creation, including potentially from Amazon, are widely shared across socio-economic classes? JP: One of the most important things that both Amazon and we are interested in is diversifying the tech sector. And I think Amazon coming to New York is actually an opportunity to diversify the tech sector because New York is also, in addition to being a talent center, one of the most diverse cities on the planet. What we want is actual jobs for New Yorkers from a variety of backgrounds, and we have heard from Amazon an interest in seeing that. As to your broader question about fairness and equity, I think in some ways that’s a good example of it. We really do, as the mayor has said, look through every decision about how (we) can make the city fairer.

C&S: One idea some critics have put forward as an affordable housing alternative to 421-a is to use property taxes from affluent owners of luxury condos to build it. JP: I was heavily involved in the negotiations around 421-a both times it came up before the (state) Legislature. The city was very focused on ensuring we increase the affordable housing requirement as a part of 421-a. What we pushed for was a larger affordable housing requirement, and we also pushed for eliminating condos as a part of it. So you can no longer get a 421-a for condos. That was a reform that the city insisted on and we got, and I agree with that criticism of it. I think for as to exactly where the program came out, it was not the program that we pushed for, but ultimately, a 421-a program that has the right balance of economic benefits in exchange for affordable housing, we support because we believe it’s a good tool.

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LUCK OF THE IRISH New York has long been home to many Irish-Americans – and to many Irish-American politicians. From Gov. Al Smith to Gov. Hugh Carey to U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the state’s Irish-Americans have a proud political past. New York may not be as Irish as it once was, but the community still produces plenty of political leaders. To get a sense of who’s leading the way, we reached out to Ray O’Hanlon, the editor of The Irish Echo, the country’s oldest Irish-American newspaper.

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Schumer’s not Irish, but he may as well be, O’Hanlon said. “We tend to look at it as more broadly than IrishAmerican, but legislators who involve in issues of Irish and Irish-American concern,” he said. “He’s honorary Irish as far as we’re concerned – and I mean that almost literally. He has always been in the Irish corner.”

Gillibrand “is not obviously” Irish-American, but “certainly takes an interest,” O’Hanlon said. Gillibrand does have Irish roots on her mother’s side, and noted that heritage when she applauded Ireland for legalizing same-sex marriage in 2015.

REP. PETE KING REP. JOSEPH CROWLEY “Congressman Joe Crowley would be certainly one of them,” O’Hanlon said. “He is, in fact, The Irish Echo’s Irish-American of the Year this year – and this is The Irish Echo’s 90th year of publication.” The Queens congressman, who’s in the House Democratic leadership, has a notable Irish surname – and he’s known for celebrating and defending fellow Irish-Americans.

King “is a long-standing, active member of the House in terms of issues that we would concern ourselves with, not least being Northern Ireland and the political situation there,” O’Hanlon said. The congressman is known in particular for his past support for the Irish Republican Army. Along with Crowley and nearly half of the state’s congressional delegation, King is also a member of the Congressional Friends of the Irish National Caucus.

NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER COREY JOHNSON REP. KATHLEEN RICE Another Long Islander who’s active on Irish-American issues is Rice, who also has Irish ancestry. “She’s someone who I hear from in my emails from time to time and someone who would sign onto congressional letters that might find their way to (the) White House, for example,” O’Hanlon said.

“The new speaker of the New York City Council has Irish-American family connections,” O’Hanlon noted, referring to Johnson. That’s another thing Johnson has in common with Christine Quinn, a former council speaker who preceded Johnson in representing Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Greenwich Village and several other Manhattan neighborhoods. The other members of the council’s Irish Caucus are Keith Powers, Jimmy Van Bramer, Justin Brannan and Daniel Dromm, the group’s chairman.

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ELECTION REFORMS

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his State of the State address in January, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a brief plea for changes to improve ballot access in the state. “At this time of citizen alienation and outrage, the best thing we can do is let people know that their voice is heard, that they matter and that they can and they should vote,” the governor said. “And we should make voting easier, not harder, with same‑day registration, no-fault absentee ballots and early voting.” Journalists noted that the reforms were virtually the same as a list of proposals that he had previously rolled out. The question now is whether the governor will be able to make more headway on them this year than in previous years. Of course, there’s a chance that Cuomo will be able to get only a few measures passed, while others languish for at least another year. If so, which bills should be the top priority – that is, which would have the most bang for the buck? With that in mind, in this special section we take a closer look at the specific election-oriented policy changes that Cuomo is calling for, alongside other proposals that could increase turnout and voter engagement in New York. Is same-day voter registration more effective than automatic voter registration? How would early or absentee voting compare with longer polling hours or setting up central voting centers? Additionally, we explore how the changes would impact New Yorkers and who shows up to vote. Which demographic groups would likely boost their turnout? How would the partisan makeup of the electorate be altered? To find out, read on.

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WHICH OF CUOMO’S ELECTORAL REFORMS WOULD MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE By BEN ADLER IN NEW YORK?

OV. ANDREW CUOMO WARMED THE hearts of voting rights experts and advocates across the state recently when he included a series of proposals for reforming New York’s outdated election laws in his State of the State agenda. While many of Cuomo’s proposals respond to apparent Russian hacking efforts in the 2016 election with measures to beef up cybersecurity and improve transparency in online political advertising, Cuomo also threw his support behind a laundry list of policies that could boost New York’s paltry voter turnout: same-day voter registration, automatic voter registration and early voting. Electoral reform in the Empire State is long overdue, according to good government advocates. “New York is one of the worst states in the union for voter suppression, but it’s supposed to be one of the most liberal,” said Matt Cowherd, former president of New Kings Democrats, a Brooklyn-based grass‑roots progressive group. It is remarkably difficult to vote in New York, where elections are restricted to hours that overlap almost precisely with a standard workday. That disenfranchises many workers with long shifts, such as cab drivers and home health aides, and single parents who must go directly home from work to care for their children. Thirty-four states and Washington, D.C., have early voting, which permits voters to cast their ballots in the week or two before Election Day, but New York doesn’t. New York’s nominal solution for those who cannot vote on Election Day is voting by absentee ballot, but New York City’s notoriously incompetent Board of Elections cannot even be counted on to deliver absentee ballots to those who request them.

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(In 2000, when I was in college, which was a two-hour drive away, I requested my New York absentee ballot twice and it never came. A friend got his two weeks after the election.) New York also has among the earliest deadlines for people to register to vote and change their party registration before an election. All of these impediments take a toll on turnout: New York state’s was the 11th-lowest in 2016. Based on what experts said data has shown in other states, below is a ranking of potential reforms – from most to least effective – at increasing the size and diversity of the electorate. ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION Being able to show up at a polling place on Election Day, register then and there, and vote is the single most effective means of boosting turnout, according to experts. Professors from New York University and American University have found that Election Day registration leads to a 3 percentage point increase in turnout, on average. I myself was saved from disenfranchisement by same-day registration in 2000 because it was available in Connecticut, where I attended college. Students are just one group that may move frequently – and so do other young people and poor people. In New York, there is no way to legally vote if you happen to move between the registration deadline and Election Day. Anyone who moves between elections and neglects to update their registration to their current address is also unable to vote. “Same-day registration is the one reform that’s consistently proven to have an impact on turnout,” said Tova Wang, senior democracy fellow at Demos, a nonpartisan, New York City-based think tank. “People are highly mobile, especially certain groups, and the deadlines are ridiculously early in a lot of states. There are people who don’t know there are deadlines or don’t know they have to register.” A 2015 study found that many Americans did internet searches on how to register to vote after their state deadline had passed. AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION The precise details can vary by state, but automatic voter registration means that any time a person interacts with a state agency, and presents evidence that they are eligible to vote, that person is automatically registered to vote. That means if you bring your Social Security card when you get your driver’s license, you will be registered to vote. Oregon was the first state to adopt automatic voter registration in 2015, and the results have been impressive. Turnout in 2016 was

the state’s highest ever at 70.4 percent of eligible voters, compared to New York’s 57.3 percent, and 44 percent of Oregonians who were registered automatically actually voted. It was especially effective at turning out underrepresented groups. Eligible youth voter turnout rose by 7 percentage points, a bigger increase than among the overall electorate. The state also skyrocketed in one year from only 53 percent registration among people of color, ranking 31st in the nation, up to 79 percent, the nation’s second-highest rate. From 2012 to 2016, Latino turnout went up 5 percent in Oregon and Asian-American turnout increased 17 percent. “We’ve seen potentially transformative effects among young people and people of color,” said Henry Kraemer, national campaigns director for Alliance for Youth Action, a youth empowerment advocacy organization. “(Automatic voter registration) has really tremendous potential to increase representation of people whose voices haven’t been heard,” he said. EARLY VOTING, VOTE BY MAIL OR NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE BALLOTS Early voting allows people to stop by a polling place in the week or two leading up to Election Day, while vote by mail allows them to skip the polling place altogether. The former has been widely adopted, while the latter is only used in three Western states: Colorado, Oregon and Washington. Anything that reduces the need to appear in person on Election Day could increase participation. Although experts said that a significant effect on turnout is not fully established – and that it will not have as large of an impact as same-day registration – it may help quite a bit. A study cited in The Washington Post found that vote by mail increased turnout by 3.3 percentage points in Colorado in 2014. Early voting became more widely adopted during George W. Bush’s presidency, partly in response to the 2000 debacle in Florida. This, combined with the Obama campaign’s outreach efforts in 2008, led to enormous increases in Latino turnout in the Southwest. “Between 2004 and 2008, the share of the Latino vote went from 8 percent to 13 percent in Colorado, 10 percent to 15 percent in Nevada and from 32 to 41 percent in New Mexico,” said Simon Rosenberg, president of NDN, a center-left think tank that specializes in engaging with emerging demographic groups, such as Latinos and millennials. “One of the reasons Republicans have been attacking early voting so savagely is because of that success,” Rosenberg added, referring to efforts in recent years by Republican legislatures in states like North Carolina and Ohio to scale back early voting.

Same-day registration doesn’t eliminate the need to show up in person on Election Day to cast a ballot, which is a problem for many people. “If you have a manual labor job, you don’t know if you’ll be able to get off on Election Day,” Rosenberg said. “Construction workers and nurses don’t necessarily have the flexibility to vote on Election Day.” Voting by mail has proven effective at increasing turnout only among voters who are already registered, so its impact is bigger when combined with automatic voter registration – hence, the impressive turnout in Oregon, which uses vote by mail. CREATE VOTING CENTERS This is a twofer because it helps both people who don’t know where to go and those who aren’t near their polling place during voting hours. In dense urban areas, where election districts are closely sandwiched together, it can be confusing to know where to vote, especially after moving. By creating some centralized polling centers where anyone from within the city or county can cast a ballot, it ameliorates that problem. It also helps people who are at work or away from home during the day. “Last year, I voted early and I went to a voting center that was not in my precinct but near where I was picking up my son, who was playing baseball,” said Rosenberg, who lives in Washington, D.C. “Research shows a lot of the reason people don’t vote is inconvenience.” LENGTHEN POLLING HOURS In much of New York, polls are only open from noon to 9 p.m. for primaries. That’s hardly conducive to maximizing turnout. Why not open at 6 a.m. like in the New York City region? And why not keep the polls open until 10 p.m. or 11 p.m.? The impact might be statistically insignificant, but so were the 537 votes separating Bush and Al Gore in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POLLING MACHINES AND IMPROVE TRAINING FOR POLL WORKERS Long lines caused by broken or too few voting machines and chaos caused by poll worker errors breaks out in every election, especially in New York City. The hourslong waits can lead potential voters to give up and leave as well as discourage them from voting in the future. A law requiring a certain number of machines per precinct, with enough to serve as a backup in case one fails, would help. Since it’s impossible to quantify the number of voters who are turned off by long lines, however, there is not good data on how much difference this would make.

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THE BEST WAY TO GET MORE MINORITIES VOTING IS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO REGISTER By SEAN MCELWEE

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UST AS HE DID IN THE PREVIOUS two years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in this year’s State of the State address that he would try to make voting easier for New Yorkers. Last year, after nothing happened, Cuomo said he would tackle it after the state budget passed. Since the governor’s main means of forcing the recalcitrant state Legislature to pass reforms is through his power over the budget, Cuomo essentially abandoned his voting rights agenda. Sure enough, it never became law. If Cuomo does force the issue in the state budget this year, it is important that he and other voting rights supporters recognize that the single most effective mechanism for increasing turnout and making the electorate more diverse and representative is easing registration. We know this because of the experience of other states that have adopted a host of cutting-edge electoral reforms. Oregon now has automatic voter registration

combined with mail-in voting, and boasts among the highest turnout rates in the country. In Colorado, anytime someone interacts with the state’s motor vehicles division, they are automatically registered to vote and a ballot is mailed to them. They can drop off that ballot at any “voter center,” rather than at just one specific polling location. Alternatively, they can mail their ballot back or vote in person at any voting center. Though many skeptics have claimed that voting reforms have minimal effects, Colorado’s system (and other accessible voting systems) has delivered consistently high turnout. Two of Cuomo’s least-controversial proposals are to create early voting, which exists in a majority of states and would allow voters to show up at a smaller number of polling places for a week or so before Election Day; and allowing voters to use an absentee ballot without providing a reason for not being able to vote on Election Day. These moves could bolster turnout, but alone, they would be inadequate. To significantly expand the electorate, the state Legislature must also embrace Cuomo’s proposals to adopt automatic voter registration, in which eligible voters are registered any time they present proof of residence to a state agency, such as at the DMV, and same-day voter registration at polling places. And New York’s electorate is badly in need of expansion: New York’s turnout rate among eligible voters in 2016 was 57 percent, below the national turnout rate of 60 percent and even further behind states that have made voting easier, such as Oregon (68 percent), Minnesota (75 percent) and Colorado (72 percent). In the 2014 midterm election, only 29 percent of eligible New Yorkers voted, compared with 53 percent in Oregon and 55 percent in Colorado. In large part, this is because registration in New York is so inconvenient. The deadline for registering is 25 days before the election and the burden for registering rests with the individual (rather than the government, as it would in an automatic system). The most rigorous analysis of voting reforms suggest a clear lesson: The most effective way to increase turnout is to remove registration barriers, which recent research shows disenfranchise millions of voters. In “Who Votes Now,” professors from American University and New York University found that eliminating registration barriers are the most effective ways to bolster turnout. Research by Harvard University political scientist

Stephen Ansolabehere and University of Indiana political scientist David M. Konisky found that eliminating registration barriers altogether increases turnout by 10 percentage points. My own research of Oregon’s automatic voter registration with political scientists Brian Schaffner and Jesse Rhodes suggests that automatic voter registration increased turnout in Oregon by roughly 3 percentage points. More time and research will be needed, but most evidence suggests that the impact on turnout is real. In addition, automatic voter registration helped engage citizens who are most often excluded from voting: young people, low-income people, people of color and residents in rural areas. Other work suggests that same-day registration has a powerful impact on turnout and reduces inequality of turnout based on age, education and income. An article in the American Journal of Political Science found that allowing young people to “preregister” to vote when they get their driver’s license has a powerful impact, increasing youth turnout between 2 to 8 percentage points. Increasing the presence of underrepresented groups in the electorate affects public policy. For example, the passage of preregistration is associated with an increase in spending on higher education. This is in line with other research, which has documented powerful relationships between who is enfranchised and the distribution of government funding. According to the most recent census data, there are huge disparities in voter registration, with 55 percent of people of color under 45 years old registered, compared to 75 percent of whites over 45. If every registered person of color under 45 voted, their turnout rate (55 percent) would be lower than the actual 2016 turnout for whites over 45 (67 percent). Making it difficult to register to vote creates a ceiling on participation for young people of color. Some also worry that newly registered voters won’t be informed, but political science research suggests that this is wrong: Individuals who become engaged inform themselves about politics. Other progressive states like New Jersey and Washington are moving ahead with measures to ease voting and, crucially, registration. If New York does not do the same, its turnout rate will look even worse in comparison to its peers in the next election cycle.

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Sean McElwee is a policy analyst and writer based in New York City.

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WISDOM HAS LONG HELD THAT MAKING VOTING EASIER HELPS DEMOCRATS. IS IT TRUE? By BEN ADLER

— MICHAEL P. MCDONALD, University of Florida political science professor

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When states ease voting requirements, “most of the new registrants are nonaffiliated voters.”

F YOU’RE WONDERING WHY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed voting reforms have gone nowhere in years past, the first answer might be that Republicans control the state Senate. Throughout the country, Democratic legislatures try to make voting easier, and thereby expand the electorate, while Republicans make it harder. In recent years, many Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed strict voter identification requirements that studies show disenfranchise racial minorities. Meanwhile, some Democratic-controlled states have enacted reforms that Cuomo is advocating for: automatic voting registration, Election Day registration and early voting. Both parties are acting on the assumption – which is widespread among journalists, political activists and elected officials – that larger turnout benefits Democrats. But is it true? The data provides a more nuanced view: Nonvoters or occasional voters do not necessarily fall to the left. Adjusted for demographics, they tend to cluster more toward the middle of the ideological spectrum than regular voters, who are often highly motivated by strong political convictions or partisanship.

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Former nonvoters are also more likely to register without a party and to swing back and forth between parties when they do vote. When states ease voting requirements, “most of the new registrants are nonaffiliated voters,” said Michael P. McDonald a political science professor at the University of Florida. “The result is decreasing partisanship of the electorate.” This isn’t just an abstract claim from the ivory tower: States that have facilitated voting with measures like automatic voter registration – including Oregon, Colorado and

Illinois – have seen turnout go up with no increased advantage for Democrats. Since 2014, blue Oregon and Illinois as well as purple Colorado elected Republicans statewide: U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in Colorado, Gov. Bruce Rauner in Illinois and Secretary of State Dennis Richardson in Oregon. “My sense is that the political scientists are right and that no party explicitly benefits,” a longtime voting rights advocate in multiple states said in an email to City & State, requesting anonymity to avoid interfering with current issue campaigns. “The folks added to the system through these reforms have very low partisan identity, so even though they are younger and more racially diverse – although they’re also more rural – these voters tend to be up for grabs.” That’s why some experts said increasing voter turnout won’t help one party over another. In 2014, the political analysis website Of Politics And Men took on this question and reached the following conclusion: “Much empirical research suggest that increased voter turnout does not necessarily benefit the Democrats.” The best known work on the subject, a 1980 article by James DeNardo in The American Political Science Review, found that Democrats benefit from higher turnout, on average, but not in Republican wave elections. DeNardo argued that regular voters skew Republican, while “peripheral voters,” who lean Democratic, have weaker party identifications and are more likely to defect from their party. Things have changed since 1980, though. Voting behavior has become more closely correlated with race and age, for example. While marginal voters are more moderate than reliable voters, when adjusted for race, they still might lean Democratic just because of who they are. Especially in the divided age of President Donald Trump, adding lower-income, younger and nonwhite New Yorkers to the voting rolls may help Democrats win elections. Some more recent studies have shown a big benefit to Democrats from a larger electorate. A 2015 journal article by University of Chicago public policy professor Anthony Fowler found a significant advantage to Democrats from higher turnout. “Marginal voters are over 20 percentage points more supportive of the Democratic Party than regular voters,” Fowler wrote. “In a two-party system, having more moderate voters does not necessarily mean you have a lower percentage who are going to cast their votes for a D as opposed to an R,” said Daniel Tokaji, a professor of election law and constitutional

law at Ohio State University. If Democratic-leaning states like New York ease voting requirements, the result could, paradoxically, both help Democrats while increasing moderation and easing partisan rancor. “If I had to bet,” Tokaji said, “I’d bet that you have more moderate voters and slightly more Democrats than Republicans added.” So if Republicans block Cuomo’s proposal, they may be protecting their party but losing an opportunity to make politics less divisive.

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the New York City Council voted on a home rule message urging state lawmakers to pass then‑Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s congestion pricing proposal. Ten years later, a new congestion pricing plan is being considered by the state Legislature, but New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said that the council would not request legislators pass a specific proposal. “I don’t think it’s my place to come to the Legislature today with a baked plan,” Johnson said in February, according to one report. Indeed, the state has the right to decide what happens on New York City’s streets. As codified in the New York Constitution, the state Legislature has the authority to act on local affairs. Cities can send home rule messages to the state Legislature, which “may request the legislature to pass a specific bill relating to the property, affairs or government of such local government,” if passed by the local legislative body and approved by the city’s mayor or supervisor, according to New York’s consolidated laws on municipal home rule. The home rule request on Bloomberg’s congestion pricing proposal was passed in the council 30-20 on March 31, 2008. One week later, the proposal was shut down by then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of Manhattan, who did not bring it to a vote. It appears as if the congestion pricing process will be far different this year than it was in 2008, as it is being driven by Gov. Andrew Cuomo rather than the New York City mayor. A blueprint plan was published by the Fix New York City panel, which was convened by the governor in October. Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota also announced that the MTA board would hold an advisory vote on congestion pricing to send a strong signal to lawmakers. Perhaps cautioned by the political fireworks surrounding the 2008 congestion pricing proposal, the city seems to be following the state’s lead. If a home rule request is passed, it may be a formality based on a plan already constructed by the state. “I do not see passing a home rule message early on, I think we want to hear from you all, work from you all in a constructive and pragmatic manner to try to get something passed that will create revenue,” Johnson told the Assembly in February. In this special section on mass transportation, we get the latest on congestion pricing from top officials and assess two proposals that proponents say could also help advance transportation infrastructure projects – value capture and full‑fledged public-private partnerships.

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NEW YORK SOMETIMES ALLOWS DESIGN-BUILD, WHICH THE STATE UTILIZED TO CONSTRUCT THE GOV. MARIO M. CUOMO BRIDGE, BUT NOT TRUE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

Public-private partnerships could make construction more efficient. Most other states already allow them. When will New York?

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GOV. ANDREW CUOMO recently indicated his support for legislation to authorize the use of design-build procurement in New York City on a project-by-project basis, including the revitalization of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, according to the Daily News. But despite the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for design-build in certain instances, New York still lags behind many other states when it comes to public-private partnerships, also known as P3s. As of January 2017, 37 states had legislation allowing the use of P3s to complete a variety of projects while New York does not. Cuomo signed legislation in 2011 that allowed design-build procurement for various infrastructure projects at a few state

agencies. One high-profile design-build project was the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Cuomo also introduced legislation as part of his 2018-2019 executive budget to expand the list of agencies that could utilize design-build. He did not mention authorizing design-build for New York City in his executive budget. Design-build is a type alternative procurement delivery method that bundles the design and building phases of a project into one step to be completed by a single company. While this often saves time and money, the state also has to give up some control over the project. It is also not considered a true P3. Traditionally, projects have been completed through what is known as designbid-build, where one company designs a project and then another company builds it. Because the state is responsible for the upkeep, this process gives the state total control over the design details and construction, at the cost of spending more time to get it done. Design-build eliminates a step, enabling certain aspects of

construction to begin while the design phase is still happening, thus speeding up the process. Public-private partnerships inevitably entail certain tradeoffs in terms of public control to gain the benefits of privatization. On the spectrum of alternative procurement delivery methods, design-build is at one end, with less privatization and fewer public tradeoffs. It also provides the least benefits, proponents said. At the other end of the spectrum would be a full-fledged P3, or what would be called design-build-finance-operate-maintain. In those cases, the private company not only designs and builds the project, but also partially finances it, then maintains and operates it for an agreed upon number of years. That method takes some the risk off the state, while providing a better end product more quickly that the private company could also better maintain. That is the ongoing â&#x20AC;&#x153;partnershipâ&#x20AC;? in a public-private partnership. However, the state also gives up some control over aspects like planning and design to the company.

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THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GOETHALS BRIDGE, ABOVE, AND RENOVATIONS AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, RIGHT, ARE FULL-FLEDGED PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. THEY ARE BOTH OVERSEEN BY THE PORT AUTHORITY, WHICH, UNLIKE THE STATE, IS ALLOWED TO UTILIZE P3s.

A P3 PRIMER Many people use “design-build” and “public-private partnerships” interchangeably, but there’s a difference. Here’s a look at different delivery methods – and what is and what isn’t a P3. DESIGN-BID-BUILD: Traditional procurement delivery method where the state contracts out the design and build phases to two separate entities. DESIGN-BUILD: Alternative procurement delivery method where one company completes the design and build phases, bundling them together. DESIGN-BUILD-FINANCE: Alternative procurement delivery method that is the same as design-build, with the addition of private funds being used for the public project. DESIGN-BUILD-OPERATE-MAINTAIN: Alternative procurement delivery method that is the same as design-build, with the addition of the private company operating and maintaining the infrastructure for an agreed upon number of years. DESIGN-BUILD-FINANCE-OPERATE-MAINTAIN: Full-fledged privatepublic partnership where the state contracts out to a single company to design and build the project, contribute private capital and then operate and maintain the finished product for an agreed upon number of years.

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State law currently does not explicitly permit the full utilization of P3s, and does not even fully allow design-build, so the state is not considered to have P3 legislation. In 2013, then-state Sen. Greg Ball introduced a bill that would broadly authorize the use of P3s, thus allowing state agencies to navigate around certain construction requirements that prohibit them. Matthew Neuringer, an associate at the law firm Ashurst specializing in P3s who helped Ball craft that legislation, argued that public-private partnerships would be an invaluable tool to help rebuild and maintain the state’s crumbling infrastructure. Neuringer said the bill had support, but when state senator announced he would not seek re-election in 2014, it lost its champion and thus its momentum. “In every state where there’s been (P3 legislation), there’s been a key champion who really gets it, really understands it and really wants to see public-private partnership legislation become a reality,” Neuringer said. “And we have not seen that champion emerge in the state of New York since Sen. Ball.” That is one reason Neuringer thinks New York is behind so many other states in the country when it comes to P3s. He said the other reason is Cuomo wants to avoid a fight with some public sector unions who would not want public-private partnerships to be widely used in the state. Neuringer said when he worked with Ball on crafting his

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legislation years ago, they included protections for unions and the state AFL-CIO was close to giving the bill its approval. Neuringer added that Cuomo is able utilize P3s to a limited extent without the fight through certain public authorities and quasi-governmental groups like Empire State Development and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that are not subject to the same restrictions as state agencies. The replacement of the Goethals Bridge and renovations at LaGuardia Airport, both overseen by the Port Authority, are full-fledged P3s. “The governor, I think, doesn’t necessarily see the need to fight the fight to get public-private-partnership-enabling legislation through for all state agencies, for all municipalities, because he is already able to get the win without it,” Neuringer said. Samara Barend, senior vice president and North America PPP development director for AECOM, agreed that a champion hasn’t emerged in the state Legislature. She added that while Cuomo is a supporter of P3s and he has pushed for alternative methods to construction projects, he needs help from lawmakers to get more done.

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“The governor can’t carry this alone,” Barend said. “It’s asking a lot of him to take on all that political weight and capital if there’s going to be no support from key legislators to help muscle it through.” However, Neuringer said design-build is a stepping stone to full-fledged P3s and believes the state will naturally move toward them, even if it takes several years. Assemblyman Michael Benedetto agreed that design-build legislation is a necessary first step before moving forward with alternative procurement delivery methods that are more comprehensive. For the past several years, Benedetto has tried to get legislation passed to allow New York City’s government to utilize design-build. He said there have been concerns in the past about design-build legislation, but believes its successful implementation on the state level has paved the way for the city to follow suit, adding that he hopes disagreements between Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will not factor into the decision. “I would hope that any petty squabbling between executives on the city and state level would not cause the taxpayers of the city of New York their tax dollars to be used unwisely,” Benedetto said.

Although Benedetto strongly supports design-build, he stopped short of supporting full-fledged public-private partnerships. He thinks the state should evaluate the full effects and benefits of design-build before moving forward with anything more comprehensive. The logical next step in the direction of P3s after design-build is design-build-finance, a step state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli suggested in a 2013 report needed to be studied. This type of alternative procurement delivery method involves slightly more privatization than design-build and the use of private funds toward the public project. Barend said the state should also try to focus on enabling P3s on a smaller scale and for specific projects in direct response to a need, rather than enacting sweeping legislation. She said when other states took this approach, legislators felt more compelled to pass the legislation. One bill introduced in 2009 took a narrower approach to encourage public-private partnerships to help spread broadband deployment. “We have to be creative,” Barend said. “A majority of other states in the U.S. are being creative. It’s time for us to step up.”

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Let’s Make Every New Yorker’s Commute Equal What should have been a 15-minute trip on the A from Downtown Brooklyn to Manhattan became a complete unknown. After standing on the platform with a colleague for what seemed an eternity, the supposed 10-minute train arrival shown on the screen suddenly disappeared. Soon after, the C disappeared too. Both were MIA. As a native of the city, my hackles rose as I uttered an expletive at the inconvenience because we’d be late to an apartment showing. Days later, when I reflected on that moment, I realized my colleague and I (both Manhattandwellers) were the only people surprised, let alone irritated, by that transportation failure. And we weren’t even trying to get to work. With all the recent reporting on New York’s failing subway system, the bigger picture often gets lost in the exasperation of having to wait extra time to get to Wall Street or Times Square or a doctor’s appointment in a different neighborhood. What happens to those struggling to get to work or school seven days a week from the other boroughs, because they can’t afford to live closer?

A recent study from Harvard found that geographic mobility was indeed linked to economic mobility, and a 2014 study from NYU found a link between poor public-transit access and higher rates of unemployment and decreased income in New York City. Poor proximity to transportation makes jobs more difficult to attain or maintain. Along with access to needed goods and services. Too many New Yorkers have few transit options to get to work. Some neighborhoods don’t have subway lines within walking distance, and what buses reach them have intermittent service or require numerous transfers. More often than not, people are forced to take lowerpaying jobs within their strapped communities in order to pay the rent. Reports also point to inaccessibility of healthcare options. Many of our most vulnerable citizens can’t access decent hospitals or medical centers, so preventable conditions become chronic and life-threatening instead. Our youth also struggles with upward mobility. Living in areas that lack adequate transportation limits education options.

Students need efficient and affordable transportation in order to work towards breaking the poverty cycle. This inequality has wide economic repercussions that trickle down to those most in need. Numerous international cities, like Hong Kong, have found creative solutions to improving and expanding service. We can too. Like many New Yorkers and tourists, I’m happy to hop on the MTA to see a performance at BAM, picnic in historic Fort Tryon Park, visit the Bronx Zoo, grab a bite in Queens, or visit Staten Island’s lesser-known 9/11 memorial. So why not invest in a “Five-Borough” Metro Card that contributes to developing those local economies? I’d gladly pay $20 for a card that offers incentives while contributing to the improvement of public transportation. Connecting our boroughs for entertainment can entice and encourage a broader view of ALL of New York City and provide desperately-needed revenue to repair and build transportation to those in need and meet Lady Liberty’s promised opportunities.

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CONGESTION PRICING & VISION ZERO

POLLY TROTTENBERG Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation

C&S: As New York City’s transportation commissioner, could you give us your take on congestion pricing? PT: The mayor has started to show more openness to the idea. It’s not a secret that he was a skeptic about it and particularly asked questions about fairness and equity. But as the governor has put the preliminary details of his plan out, the mayor has signaled to openness. And as he was just up in Albany testifying on the budget, (he) made a point of saying, “To the extent that we might be looking at congestion pricing, we want to make sure that those revenues collected in the city stay in the city

to improve our subway and bus system.” Which I would certainly agree with as DOT commissioner. C&S: Pedestrian safety advocates have praised New York City for Vision Zero, and the accompanying reduction in traffic fatalities, but also criticized the fact that the city appears not to be on pace to fully eliminate traffic fatalities by 2020 as it had hoped. What are your thoughts on how to potentially improve the rate of progress? PT: I would say our advocates have been phenomenal allies for us, and really the wind in our sails on so much of the Vision Zero

work that we do. And they also keep us honest. They criticize us when they think we’re not doing enough. I’m pretty proud of what the de Blasio administration has done in terms of Vision Zero. In the past four years, we have seen on the streets of New York, traffic fatalities have gone down 28 percent; pedestrian fatalities have gone down 45 percent. Meanwhile, on the national level, roadway fatalities have gone up around 15 percent. So we have bucked the national trend. Very few other large cities are seeing the kind of fatality reductions that we are. I think that we have done amazing work. There is always more to do.

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C&S: What’s the first thing on your to-do list? AB: I’m focusing on four core things with equal resolve at the moment, and we’ve really hit the ground running. One is a comprehensive plan to improve bus service. Another is making major improvements to station accessibility for customers with disabilities. I’m also focused on fully implementing the subway action plan set out by Chairman Lhota last summer and in improving employee morale. In order for us to do this difficult job, it’s imperative that our workers are given the respect they deserve. At their core, each of these priorities is about improving service for customers. That’s what I am here to do.

C&S: Do you think congestion pricing is a sustainable option for New York City? AB: We need to look at all options and put everything on the table to make sure we get this right. We need to identify sustainable funding sources. I’ll work with whatever resources I’m given, but the reality is that increased funding can absolutely help expedite the pace of improvements and make the system work better. If congestion pricing is the way to do that, I’m all for it. C&S: What else is necessary to fund the MTA and the city’s subways?

AB: I’m not a politician and as I’ve said before, I’ll leave politics to the politicians. My job at its core is an operational one and I will maintain a laser focus on the nuts and bolts – doing the little things extraordinarily well each and every day so that we can improve service for the millions of New Yorkers who depend on this system. That said, I am completely committed to working with anyone and everyone in order to achieve that goal. I’m going to be visible and continue to make the case for transit. I’m going to argue that high-quality transit is absolutely essential to this city and that our customers deserve nothing less than world-class service.

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ON THE STREET LIVE How value capture can save New York City’s subways By ANTHONY FLINT

Value capture, in which the public sector recovers some of the value created by government actions like the construction of a transit line or a rezoning, has recently joined congestion pricing among the most discussed potential funding streams for New York City’s troubled subway system. Building on the experience of the No. 7 subway line extension to the Hudson Yards redevelopment, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the creation of “transportation improvement districts” around new transit stations elsewhere in New York City. Under the governor’s plan, value capture would only apply to transit projects that cost more than $100 million. Just recently, the Trump administration also included value capture as a potential source of revenue in its long-awaited national infrastructure plan. To many, value capture makes sense because it is not just a way to find new revenues for much-needed infrastructure upgrades: It’s also fairer. When a government builds or improves a road or subway line, all of society benefits, but the people or businesses that own property nearby benefit most. Those landowners often see a massive increase in

property values and can charge higher rents. In this view, it’s only right that these beneficiaries should cover at least some of the cost that would otherwise burden taxpayers. Land-based financing can produce a range of outcomes, including parks and affordable housing, but the policy is often most closely associated with the creation and maintenance of public transit – just as Cuomo has zeroed in on. Value capture has been used widely in conjunction with transit and other projects around the United States and beyond. At the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, we’ve been tracking the use of value capture worldwide, and we have learned a few lessons for policymakers considering the use of this land‑based financing mechanism. IT CAN BE DONE The concept of value capture goes back to the Roman Empire and the construction of far‑flung aqueducts, and has continued through the 20th century in Latin America, Asia and Europe. The United Kingdom’s megaproject Crossrail was premised on some funding coming from private landowners and developers along the route, and similar funding mechanisms are envisioned for the next phase of the project. The $3.4 billion, 466-mile new rail link connecting Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Djibouti includes significant funding by China, but also a value capture component. Versions of value capture have been used at urban development and redevelopment sites across the U.S., typically anchored by a transit hub that becomes a destination unto itself; examples include Denver’s Union Station and the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco. Mechanisms to use value capture for transit funding are also in the works in Illinois, Texas and Massachusetts. In Boston, local and state officials worked with New Balance to build the Boston Landing commuter rail station, funded through the bond financing Infrastructure Investment Incentive Program. While not in the purest sense value capture, the partnership was premised on future revenues generated by the development. INCREASES IN VALUE The implementation of value capture requires technical capacity at the local level, but nobody has to reinvent the wheel. There is a well-established science for measuring increases in value – known as the “land value increment” – triggered by the establishment of publicly funded transportation infrastructure. It’s a major area of study that includes looking at the impact of bus rapid transit lines on land prices in Mexico

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City or the way property values have already increased along the proposed route of the next phase of Crossrail in London. The dynamic is so documentable that a special purpose agency in Copenhagen, Denmark, in charge of developing waterfront property controlled by the city and the port requires land buyers to pay a supplement to the purchasing price if and when a metro station is established in close proximity to the property. THE POWER OF ZONING Though value capture often relates to transit, it applies equally to land value generated by rezoning and other regulatory changes. New York City is already experimenting with such options in the rezoning of Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood, where zoning changes are expected to support 6,000 new housing units. Property values increased as soon as the rezoning was announced. At least half of those units will be affordable, in part through a mandatory inclusionary housing requirement, a form of value capture.

In our experience observing land use and development worldwide, when a government makes a zoning change for a given area – converting rural land to urban use, for example – the value of the land instantly spikes. Since upzoning often accompanies transit expansion, these policies can work hand in glove. In São Paulo, in areas targeted for redevelopment, the city auctioned off additional rights to build at greater density, generating billions of dollars of revenue for infrastructure and affordable housing. TIMING IS IMPORTANT Ten years ago, Massachusetts announced new stops for a planned light rail extension through Somerville, a city northwest of Boston. The project has yet to break ground and continues to face funding challenges, but property values within a half mile of the proposed stations have increased 20 percent faster than in Somerville as a whole, demonstrating that it is better to have the value capture mechanism in place before a major infrastructure project begins. However, it is possible to work with the private sector to support the pivotal role that transit plays in commercial districts. Working closely with the city of Cambridge, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and others created a new mechanism and governance structure for supporting public transit to serve the booming Kendall Square neighborhood. Done right, value capture offers a straightforward, powerful means of reclaiming value on behalf of the public – and ensures that cities can deliver on infrastructure projects their residents need.

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Anthony Flint is a fellow and director of public affairs at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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CONGESTION FIX

ROBERT RODRIGUEZ Assemblyman

C&S: What do you think of the congestion pricing plan that the governor’s task force proposed? RR: I think it is certainly a thoughtful proposal. It differs from the original legislation that was introduced. But I think it adds to the conversation about what are possible alternatives to create the revenue that is necessary for us to deal with congestion and to deal with mass transit options. So I think it has some of the elements that are there, but obviously takes a quite different approach from the old (Move) New York proposal that we introduced and continue to advocate for.

C&S: Given opposition from some lawmakers in both parties, how likely is it to pass? What changes could be made for it to pass? RR: I think there are a lot of changes that are certainly being considered right now. I think it will be important to recognize that what people are working pretty hard to figure out is how do we fund mass transit needs, knowing that there is a significant underinvestment, and a significant need at the moment. I think right now there is a good chance to get some proposal passed that addresses the revenue shortfalls for the MTA and for mass transit, while dealing with congestion. Still, (the Move) New York proposal,

some of the parts of it, some of the parts of the Fix NYC plan that was put forward, or accomodation of different parts and potentially new revenues. But I think what is a consistent theme, among not just legislators but among the public, is that we have to do something. We have to do something to fix the transit issues that we are currently experiencing, and that we will no doubt continue to experience, and probably in worst measures. I think there is still a very robust discussion, and now, probably better than even previous years, there is a serious conversation about how do we do that, how do we bring revenue to fix what is clearly broken.

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GOTHAMIST IS BACK. BUT WHAT ABOUT ITS UNION? New owner WNYC grapples with a culture shift as union and management prepare for contract talks

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STATE SEN. MICHAEL GIANARIS AND NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS JOIN GOTHAMIST AND DNAINFO WORKERS RALLYING IN NOVEMBER AFTER THEIR PUBLICATIONS WERE SHUTTERED WHEN THEIR JOURNALISTS VOTED TO UNIONIZE.

IN ITS RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT about its purchase of Gothamist and DNAinfo, the popular hyperlocal news websites, New York Public Radio President and CEO Laura Walker hailed the sites “as a source of trusted local news,” adding that amid a decline in local journalism, “we remain committed to strong, independent reporting that fills the void.” NYPR, or WNYC as listeners know it best, joined two other nonprofits in the deal: WAMU, a public radio station in Washington, D.C., and Southern California Public Radio’s KPCC. While there was a description of the “assets” that had been purchased, there was no mention of the actual journalists who

had earned that reputation, so the question loomed large for former Gothamist writers: Was WNYC just buying a brand? Also missing from the announcement was any mention of the controversial way the sites had been shut down. Just a few months ago, their owner Joe Ricketts abruptly halted operations and temporarily took down the sites a week after the journalists had voted to join a union. But New York Public Radio did give Ricketts the last quote in a release that permitted him to put a civic-minded face on his hardball move that resulted in more than 100 layoffs in New York City and across the country at the regional spinoffs.

“The most important thing for me was to make sure the assets went to a news organization that would honor our commitment to neighborhood storytelling,” Ricketts said. “I can’t think of a better home for these sites and their archives than WNYC and public radio stations KPCC and WAMU.” At the time of the shutdown, Ricketts cast the move as merely a business decision, but a month earlier he had blogged that “unions promote a corrosive us‑against‑them dynamic that destroys the esprit de corps businesses need to succeed.” Over the years, Ricketts and his wife have given around $40 million to Republican candidates and PACs. A particular

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favorite has been Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, whose rise to national prominence came thanks to his successful salted earth campaign against his state’s public unions. In addition to not disclosing how much Ricketts got paid, the New York Public Radio announcement failed to disclose the identity of the two donors who funded the acquisition. It also left as an open question the fate of all the Gothamist writers who had voted for a union and were seemingly punished with pink slips. Word of the high-profile deal comes as WNYC itself is at a pivot point and trying to regain control over its own narrative after being rocked by multiple claims of sexual harassment and bullying by some of the station’s top talents.

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and people.” The New York Times recently chronicled the station’s meteoric rise from 1995, when it had an $8 million budget and 1 million weekly listeners, to today, when its monthly audience tops 26 million and its annual budget is $100 million. Also in December, longtime hosts Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz were fired over allegedly inappropriate conduct. Yet there continues to be a vocal group of WNYC’s listeners that have rallied around Lopate, who they feel was a scapegoat after the bruising reporting by New York magazine. Dean Cappello, the station’s chief content officer who oversaw the shows caught up in the roiling scandal, was removed from his post and now is acting only in

“We have instituted a new mandatory in-person anti-harassment training for everyone on staff, and we are reviewing our anti-harassment policies, including looking at ways to better support people who come forward with complaints.” The New York Times also reported that Walker is making close to $800,000 per year at NYPR as well as another $200,000 as a board member of the Tribune Media Co. Tribune is in the midst of a controversial $4 billion merger with the pro-Trump Sinclair Broadcast Group. The disparity between Walker’s compensation and WNYC’s nonprofit workforce will be front and center as the negotiating team from Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Ra-

QUESTION loomed large for former GOTHAMIST WRITERS: Was WNYC just buying a Brand? the

A number of the charges went back several years and revealed a culture in which victims that did come forward were ignored and even terminated as alleged abusers were kept on. In a few instances, the victims described taking cases directly to Laura Walker herself. Published reports indicate that on occasion the station resorted to nondisclosure agreements to keep the allegations out of the public eye. The scandal broke back in December with reporting in New York magazine by Suki Kim about her own firsthand experience as a guest with John Hockenberry, who was the host of WNYC’s “The Takeaway.” Months earlier, Hockenberry retired with a celebratory send-off by the station. Kim’s reporting included other detailed accounts from WNYC employees who went public about their experiences with Hockenberry. The former host issued an apology in a statement. At a public board meeting in December, Walker said she was “profoundly pained and sorry,” conceding that “for the last several years, I think we’ve prioritized growth and content and programming over investment in some of the processes

an advisory capacity reporting directly to Walker. Sources inside the station said he has not been spotted since the announcement of his demotion. Several current WNYC employees, who did not want their names published because they were concerned about violating company policy, said there was some optimism that Walker’s efforts at an internal reset are producing tangible results. “It’s clear Laura was completely blindsided by this,” one longtime staffer said. “It was her own fault because she lost that boots-on-the-ground sense of things, but now she is really working hard to right the ship.” But the upbeat assessment was not universal. “I just am not buying it that we have turned a corner,” another employee said. “All the leadership that was here when this all played out are still here.” Jennifer Houlihan Roussel, New York Public Radio’s spokeswoman, told City & State that measures were being implemented in response. “We have added new roles to the HR department to provide employees with additional support and strengthen the overall employee experience,” she said.

dio Artists – or SAG-AFTRA – prepares for upcoming contract talks with WNYC. One longtime union employee complained that, despite some progress over the years, the station’s wages have not kept up with the region’s cost of living. “I’ve heard that there is a pay study coming later this year,” another longtime union member said. “I’m still way underpaid. I have three jobs.” In the last contract cycle, union members with more seniority offered up 1 percent of their pay increase to try and bring up the pay scale at the bottom. But now, after WNYC’s #MeToo tribulations, there may be a sense of greater militance, especially among the younger staff members. “Laura was asked directly at the meeting announcing the Gothamist acquisition if the Gothamist writers that came on would be represented by the Writers Guild or if they would join us in SAG-AFTRA and Laura said they could be represented by either one, but that the specifics had not been worked out yet,” one veteran WNYC employee said. Historically, WNYC workers involved with producing radio were considered

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“covered” by the SAG-AFTRA contract, while digital workers doing web-based writing and production were excluded from union representation. Over the years, the workforce has grown exponentially and has been supplemented with interns, per diems and independent contractors. Back when the station was owned by New York City, it had around 100 employees. Today, more than 600 people produce content for WQXR, WNYC, New Jersey Public Radio, several web streams and more than 50 podcasts, according to the Times. The station’s interns are paid $13 an hour, WNYC’s spokeswoman said. Prior to being spun off as a nonprofit overseen by a board of trustees, station employees were considered municipal workers who were members of District Council 37. Before the Giuliani administration formally transferred ownership to the nonprofit, WNYC staffers opted to join SAG-AFTRA, but as the station has grown in the years since, management has resisted the union’s efforts to include the digital workforce. WNYC has brought on Gothamist’s two founders, Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung. In an interview with Wired, Chung said they are “trying to rebuild the newsroom”

but because the size of the donation is still being kept under wraps, she did not know how large the budget for hiring would be. The fact that so much about the deal is still not publicly known has not escaped the attention of the former Gothamist writers who earned Ricketts’ ire when they voted to organize with the Writers Guild of America East. One of the former Gothamist union writers, who asked to remain anonymous amid the ongoing transition, said the lack of transparency about how much Ricketts got, and the source of that money, prompted more questions than it answered. Were there conditions or stipulations attached to the donations, or would the identity of the donors pose a reputational risk? A former Gothamist union member monitored WNYC after the announcement about the acquisition during the station’s recent fund drive and felt that the nonprofit had adopted Ricketts’ corporatist storyline about the hyperlocal news site’s demise. “And the language being used in WNYC’s fund drive about how the Gothamist and DNA aren’t around anymore because they were not economically viable ignores the reality that they are not around because Ricketts hates unions and not beNotice of Formation of Popular Brands and Company LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 12/27/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jameel Lancaster, 380 Saratoga Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233. Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1307795 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 2758 BROADWAY NY, NY 10025. NY COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. ISG RESTAURANT LLC Notice of Formation of Agorai LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/27/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 187 Wolf Rd, Ste 101, Albany, NY 12205. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Business Filings Incorporated, 187 Wolf Rd, Ste 101, Albany, NY 12205. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Valibac, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY 3/7/18. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Isaac Chestnut, 10 Stratford Rd, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to install wireless communications antennas on a building rooftop, at a top height of 85 feet, at the approx. vicinity of 1601 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11223. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Natalie, n.kleikamp@ trileaf.com, 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-997-6111. Notice of Formation of Popular Brands and Company LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 12/27/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jameel Lancaster, 380 Saratoga Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233. Purpose: any lawful activity.

cause the numbers couldn’t work,” the former Gothamist union member said in a phone interview. Asked about the secrecy surrounding the deal, Houlihan Roussel, the New York Public Radio spokeswoman, wrote that the “donors have asked to remain anonymous, but share our commitment to preserving and furthering local journalism. The sale was entirely funded through philanthropic gifts.” As to the status of the former Gothamist writers who voted to unionize, Houlihan Roussel said only that the relaunch of WNYC’s Gothamist would be in the spring. She also confirmed that the station’s current union contract does not include writers on the digital side. “We are assembling an editorial transition team consisting of three to four former Gothamist editors, and two to three journalists from WNYC,” Houlihan Roussel wrote. “This team will help produce Gothamist for roughly the first six months of operation. During that time, we will assess permanent staffing needs and hire through our usual channels.”

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NOTICE OF Formation of BAYMAY LLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 1/31/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 435 W 23rd St, Ste 1BB, NY, NY 10011. Principal business address: 207 E 37th St, Apt 2D, NY, NY 10016.Purpose: any lawful act or activity Common Energy LLC. Articles of Org. filed Sec. of State (SSNY) on 1/9/18. Office: NY County. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the company c/o 527 Hudson Street, Ste. 20-170, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of TLI Bedrock, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/28/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o the LLC, Attn: President, 708 Third Ave., Number 28, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Stuart Altman Realty LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 2/23/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC: Stuart Altman, 2 Allen St, Suite 3G, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of WF Industrial I LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/20/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 80 8th Ave., Ste. 1602, NY, NY 10011. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of CZOE WASHINGTON PL, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/28/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 121 Washington Pl., NY, NY 10014. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: To own and manage real estate in New York. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The Law Office of Stuart Altman PLLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 8/6/2002. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to PLLC: Stuart Altman, 2 Allen St, Suite 3G, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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March 12, 2018 Notice of Qualification of 532 Neptune Commercial LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/12/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/2/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 45 Broadway, Fl. 25, NY, NY 10006. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805 . Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Stella’s Hair Salon LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/2/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 75-55 187th St, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 1407 Westside Enterprises, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/23/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 148 W. 24th St, Fl. 3, Apt 3A, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. MOTT STREET 199 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/29/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O FFO, 135 West 50th St., Ste 19B, NY, NY 10020. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of Oscar D. Rodriguez MD, PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/27/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. Purpose: Medicine.

Notice of Formation of SQUARE-CHURCHILL MERCER LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of S t a t e (SSNY) on 12/28/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 250 Bowery, Fl. 2, NY, NY 10012. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of DUALITY HOLDINGS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/05/17. Princ. office of LLC: 401 W. 14th St., 4th Fl., NY, NY 10014. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Jeff Ziglar at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of THE STRONG FAMILY HOME LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/01/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 27 E. 79th St., Unit #PH11, NY, NY 10075. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Friedberg Pinkas PLLC, 767 Third Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Brenda Smith + Associates, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 1/16/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Brenda Smith, 487 Amsterdam Ave, #2S, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing

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Notice of Formation of Casa Binbaz LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/31/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Vcorp Agent Services, Inc., 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for RACHEL’S TORTILLERIA INC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 412 5TH AVE in the Borough of Brooklyn for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

Notice of Formation of TALL PINES MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/01/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Emanuel T. Stern, c/o Tall Pines Capital LLC, 654 Madison Ave., Ste. 801, NY, NY 10065. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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March 12, 2018 Notice of Qualification of North Shore Poke Co. Store 9, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/23/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/17/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 122 E. 42nd St, Ste 119, NY, NY 10168. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Masons NY Associates LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/25/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 10 W. 33rd St, Ste 516, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity. PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for WEST 4TH & BARROW LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 190 WEST 4TH ST in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER Notice of Qualification of 532 Neptune Residential LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/12/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/2/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 45 Broadway, Fl. 25, NY, NY 10006. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805 . Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 257-263 W 34th STREET LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/23/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7 Mercer St, Fl. 2, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Secret Arts LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/29/17. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Steve Cuiffo, 264 East Broadway #C1301, NY, NY 10002, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Anthony Lujack MD, PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/27/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. Purpose: Medicine. Notice of Formation of MORITZ, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 54 Riverside Dr., NY, NY 10024. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of NEW POLY ENTERPRISES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/21/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Olivia Shao, 175 W. 12th St., Apt. 6-F, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of CR ADVANTAGE II, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/24/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/22/18. Princ. office of LLC: 119 Fifth Ave., 8th Fl, NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., The John G. Townsend Bldg., PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MBDL LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 10/25/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail any process against LLC to: 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Princ bus addr of LLC: 96 5th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

CARNEGIE HILL PSYCHOANALYSIS PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/02/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O the PLLC, 108 East 91st St., Apt 1D, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Psychoanalysis.

Notice of Formation of 1407 Westside Enterprises, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/23/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 148 W. 24th St, Fl. 3, Apt 3A, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Fogo de Chao Churrascaria (Long Island) LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/29/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/23/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of LG 161 LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 11/2/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 161 Chrystie St, Fl. 2, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of ElliptiCurve Capital Management GP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/09/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/04/18. Princ. office of LLC: 135 E. 57th St., 8th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: Stephen L. Moskowitz, 225 E. 63rd St., Apt. 7C, NY, NY 10065. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Ainahs Holdings LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/16/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 254 Canal St, Ste 2001, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity. CINDY D NESS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/26/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 333 Pearl Street, 17C, NY, NY 10038. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of CAKE 150, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/24/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of DHEHF LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/20/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1122 Franklin Ave, Ste 406, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Avery & Chao, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/15/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 204 W 92nd St, Apt 3R, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: Any lawful purpose, general and investment advisory services. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1308647 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 175 LENOX AVE NEW YORK, NY 10026. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. L ENCANTO D LOLA 2 LLC. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1308650 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 99 S PORTLAND AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11217. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. GNOCCA LOVERS LLC. SCHOEN SURVEY RESEARCH LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/31/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 111 Park Avenue Apt 6A, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of Fogo de Chao Churrascaria (White Plains) LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/29/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/23/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity . PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 100’ & 109’) on the building at 517 W 113th St, New York, NY (20180289). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Notice of Formation of 216 Boerum Venture LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/02/15. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, c/o Slate Property Group LLC, 850 Third Ave., Ste. 16-B, NY, NY 10022, Attn: Martin Nussbaum. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of MANUS SWEENEY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/06/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 146 EAST 65, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/7/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of ES RECEIVABLE HOLDINGS ONE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/02/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mark Devitre, CF Entertainment, Inc., 1925 Century Park East, 10th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90067. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of P ONE THREE PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/09/18. 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 Paracorp Incorporated, 2804 Gateway Oaks Dr. #100, Sacramento, CA 95833-3509. Purpose: any lawful activities. STITES LAW, LLP filed with SSNY 12/18/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLP may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Stites Law LLP, Attn: Steven L. Stites, Esq., 150 Broadway, St. 512, NY, NY 10038. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1308646 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 432 UNION AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11211. KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. AURORA EAST INC.

PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for LATTE LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 253 WYTHE AVENUE in the Borough of Brooklyn for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER Notice of Formation of Noga Restaurant, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/19/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 120 Allen St, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of Brickman Manager VII, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/31/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/30/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of SPG Tremont LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/15/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, c/o Slate Property Group LLC, 38 East 29th St., 9th Fl., NY, NY 10016, Attn: Martin Nussbaum. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of ACCEL DIRECT FUNDING LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 11/8/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 382 Greenwich Ave, Ste 2, Greenwich, CT 06830. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of KIP Partners LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/19/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/16/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1430 Broadway, Ste 1603, NY, NY 10018. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of ifund Direct Funding LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 11/8/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 382 Greenwich Ave, Ste 2, Greenwich, CT 06830. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Daniel J. Zimmerman, M.D. Psychiatry Services PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/22/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 265 E. 66th St, #39G, NY, NY 10065. Purpose: psychiatry.

March 12, 2018 DNA STRATEGIC CONSULTING LLC Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 10/13/2017. Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 35 Great Jones, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10012. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qualification of Domain Commodity Technologies LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/21/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/8/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 459 W. Broadway, Apt 4S, NY, NY 10012. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Formation of Caisson Box LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/8/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LCC to: Balsam Law Firm PLLC, 315 Madison Ave, Ste 1306, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Formation of Kimberly Chu, LCSW, PLLC filed with SSNY 12/15/17. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PLLC: 295 Central Park W., 1A, NY, NY 10024 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of CUPCAKE DELIGHT LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 1/16/18. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LCC to: 222 Crystal St, Apt 2R, Brooklyn, NY 11208. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Qualification of RevolverCap Management, L.P. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/22/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 9/28/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o RevolverCap Partners LLC, 1120 Ave. of the Americas, 4th Fl., Ste. 4150, NY, NY 10036, principal business address. DE address of LP: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for RACHEL’S TAQUERIA INC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 408 5TH AVE in the Borough of Brooklyn for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LQ Collective LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) ) 01/12/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to princ bus addr: 235 E 95th St, Apt 24L, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Qualification of ASML US, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/9/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/28/00. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 1515 Broad Street, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/20/17. O f f i c e location: New York County. LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 3/24/03. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 22 Maple Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960. NJ address of LLC: 22 Maple Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960. Cert. of Formation filed with NJ Secy of State, 33 W. State St, Fl. 5 Trenton, NJ 08608. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 306 EAST OWNER LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/8/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/6/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 216 E. 45th St, Ste 1200, NY, NY 10017. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Bloomfield 2007, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/20/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/5/07. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 22 Maple Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960. DE address of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of AGR X LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/9/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/5/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 245 Park Ave, Fl. 26, NY, NY 10167. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of CPC V, L.P. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/9/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/22/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1001 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Ste 220 S., Washington, D.C. 20004. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Moddy Kiluvia, MD, PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/2/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 19 W. 34th St, Fl. PH, NY, NY, 10016. Purpose: medicine.

Notice of Qualification of NW 1180 AOA LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/06/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/31/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Bloom Dermatology, PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/12/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 15 W. 53rd St, Apt 31C, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: medicine. Notice of Formation of Ruby J LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/20/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 589 8th Ave, Fl. 10, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THORNBURG MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2006-5 PL AINTIFF, VS JOHN VERHOORN, ET AL., DEFENDANTS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of New York County on January 11, 2018, I, Elaine Shay, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 28, 2018 at the New York County Supreme Court, 60 Centre Street – Room 130, New York, County of New York, State of New York, at 2:00 P.M., the premises described as follows: 56 Pine Street Unit PH-A New York, NY 10005 SBL No.: 41 - 1291 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Borough of Manhattan, City, County, and State of New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 850151/2016 in the amount of $626,047.34 plus interest and costs. Cassie T. Dogali, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072 Notice of Formation of TRIUMPH TUTORS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/15/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 50 E. 8th St, #2T, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of IMAGE CASCADE PUBLISHING, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/26/17 Office loc: NY county. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of process against LLC to principal business addr: 420 Lexington Ave. Ste. 300 NY, NY, 10170. Purpose: any lawful act.

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March 12, 2018 Notice of Formation of Craft Bio LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/14/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Vcorp Agent Services, Inc., 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. Purpose: any lawful activity. PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for BOLD FOOD LAFAYETTE ST LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 324 LAFAYETTE ST in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER Notice of Formation of Maxanak, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/7/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 589 8th Ave, Fl. 10, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of TL TARGETED FUND, LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/02/18. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/31/18. Princ. office of LP: 330 Madison Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10017. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: Jesse Ro at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Hampshire Partners Fund VI, L.P.. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/20/17. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/9/03. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 22 Maple Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960. DE address of LP: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF RICHMOND INDEX # 135389/2017 - SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates RICHMOND County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2007-OPT4, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPT4, Plaintiff(s), against Unknown heirs at law of MARK S CHAMBERS, and if they be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of who and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, NYC DOT-SIDEWALK & INSPECTION MGMT, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, AD FINANCIAL TRUST, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, DANIELLE HALPERN, KRISTEN CHAMBERS, TREVOR CHAMBERS, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOU CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage dated July 5, 2007, executed by MARK S CHAMBERS AND DAWN S CHAMBERS to UNITED NORTHERN MORTGAGE BANKERS, LTD, A NEW YORK CORPORATION to secure the sum of $357,000.00 and recorded in Document 210051, in the Office of the CLERK of the County of RICHMOND on August 2, 2007, which mortgage was thereafter modified. Said mortgage was later assigned to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2007-OPT4, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPT4, by assignment of mortgage executed on March 9, 2012, covering premises known as 115 Nelson Ave, Staten Island, NY 10308 (Block 5149, Lot 47). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to a resettled order of the Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of RICHMOND on 02/23/2018. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Staten Island and County of Richmond, City and State of New York, Block 5149, Lot 47, said premises known as 115 Nelson Ave, Staten Island, NY 10308. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. There is now due and owing from the Borrower to the Plaintiff the principal sum of $381,876.82, plus interest thereon from June 1, 2011, in addition to those accumulated late charges and those recoverable monies advanced by Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s predecessor-in-interest on behalf of MARK S CHAMBERS AND DAWN S CHAMBERS together with all costs, including but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, disbursements, and further allowances provided pursuant to the underlying loan documents and applicable law in bringing any action to protect the Mortgagee’s interest in the Subject Property. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/ DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800-2690990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. 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