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EDITOR’S NOTE

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a group of writers known as muckrakers documented exploitative business practices, targeted unscrupulous monopolies and exposed government corruption. In his novel “The Jungle,” Upton Sinclair described unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry. Writing for McClure’s Magazine, journalists like Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens took on influential industrial trusts and municipal power brokers. Jacob Riis photographed New York City’s squalid slums in his book “How the Other Half Lives.” In some cases, these works generated public outcry that spurred real changes, such as the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act, or the ratification of the 17th Amendment, which required U.S. senators to be elected directly by the people. In the spirit of those crusading journalists, City & State’s Frank G. Runyeon spent months delving into the overlooked matter of New York City’s water tanks. These wooden rooftop receptacles dotting the city’s skyline also date back to the turn of the 20th century, and they are ripe for some good modern-day muckraking. And in this week’s cover story, Runyeon shows that there’s plenty of muck to wade through.

CONTENTS SESSION COUNTDOWN ... 16

What lawmakers are scrambling to get done on energy, education and more

SUSTAINABILITY ... 28 New York leads the charge against climate change

WINNERS & LOSERS ... 34

FRANK G. RUNYEON

Who was up and who was down last week

DRINKING WATER …6 Dead pigeons. Animal feces. What’s in your water supply?

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Latest BLUNTING POLICE ENFORCEMENT

Both the Democrat and Republican parties held their state conventions last week. The affairs are generally fairly predictable, but this year had some drama. Although Gov. Andrew Cuomo secured 95 percent of the delegate vote for the party’s gubernatorial nomination, his challenger Cynthia Nixon showed up to make her case and shake things up. Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden also spoke, throwing their support behind the incumbent. Meanwhile, Republicans unanimously nominated Marcus Molinaro for governor, but the votes for state comptroller and state attorney general were more contentious. Ultimately, attorney Keith Wofford got the attorney general nod while Jonathan Trichter was nominated for comptroller.

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YES SHE CAN The state Legislature officially appointed Barbara Underwood as the new state attorney general to fill out the remainder of former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s term after he resigned amid abuse allegations. She will serve until the end of the year, but has stated that she won’t run for the post in November. The appointment makes Underwood the first woman to hold the position in the state.

Back & Forth C&S: Why did you drop out of consideration to be appointed attorney general by the state Legislature? LE: I initially considered and then withdrew my name from the interim appointment. And upon reflection, I determined, in my humble opinion, Barbara Underwood should be the interim. So I withdrew from that process, but my commitment to be attorney general beginning Jan. 1, 2019, has not changed.

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C&S: When did you decide that you wanted to run for attorney general? LE: Pretty quickly after the attorney general resigned. I didn’t make the decision as quickly as some of the other candidates did, but I wanted to make sure that I gave it the careful consideration that this august office deserved. I believe at a time when we need a strong defender of New

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York more than ever, I’m the best defender. I’m ready for this role, ready to move us forward. My experience in Washington with policy, my litigation experience, my private experience, all make me prepared to carry on the very good work and to move forward with addressing any of the challenges that might arise in the future. C&S: A lot of momentum is behind Letitia James as the candidate. Are you expecting a difficult campaign? LE: At the end of the day, there are a few hundred people (at the state Democratic Convention). On primary day, we as a party and we as a state should hope that millions of people will be going to the polls. And I will be on the ballot, and I will be in the process making my case to voters. I am not going to have a top-down, elected-official-driven effort. My campaign is going to be a grass-roots effort.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio last week instructed the NYPD to stop arresting people for smoking marijuana in public. Instead, he told them to issues summonses, effectively decriminalizing the act. The move comes after the mayor had instructed the NYPD to reform its marijuana enforcement and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced he would no longer prosecute low-level marijuana charges. De Blasio’s most recent move was met with some opposition from the Sergeants Benevolent Association, one of the city’s police unions.

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THE HARDEST NAMES TO PRONOUNCE IN NY POLITICS

What do you do when you struggle to pronounce the names of the politicians you are talking about? City & State is here to help with a handy-dandy guide to some of New York’s difficult to pronounce political names so you can seamlessly discuss state politics with friends, loved ones and strangers on the subway.

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Michaelle Solages (ME-kai-ale so-LAHJ)

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Ydanis Rodriguez (ee-DAHN-iss rod-REE-gez)

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Jumaane Williams (joo-MAH-nee WIHL-yuhms)

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The drinking water supply for offices of the New York City Department of Sanitation doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have a roof â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just a tattered tarp.

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HAZARDS STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANK G. RUNYEON

COCKROACHES. DEAD PIGEONS. ANIMAL FECES. THEY COULD BE IN YOUR DRINKING WATER – AND NYC WOULDN’T EVEN KNOW.

HARDS OF DECAYED WOOD are all that remain of the roof that once shielded the wooden water tank at 137 Centre St. On a recent morning, raindrops fell through the splintered support beams, rippling the surface of the dark water inside the open barrel. Something green grew on the sides of the rustic exterior. A shredded tarp hung off the top of the tank, like a tattered garment, flapping with each gust of wind. The holes in the tarp were so big that a bird could easily fly into the tank. This is the drinking water supply for office workers at the New York City Department of Sanitation. Another city agency, which is responsible for the tank, has certified year after year that the entire structure, including the roof, is sound and that the tank has no sanitary defects, dismissing its own 2015 report of E. coli in the water as a “clerical error.” When asked if there was currently any issue with the sanitary condition of the water tank, a city official replied, “No.” Despite years of reforms, new data reveal widespread neglect in the thousands of weathered wooden water tanks that

supply drinking water to millions of New York City residents. A review of city records indicates that most building owners still do not inspect and clean their tanks as the law has required for years, even after revisions to the health and administrative codes that now mandate annual filings. There are still many thousands of water tanks across the city for which there is no information at all. The city can’t even say with certainty how many there are or where they are located, much less their condition – even well-maintained water tanks accumulate layers of muck and bacterial slime. Building owners who do self-report the condition of their water tanks provide suspiciously spotless descriptions on annual inspection reports. These reports include bacteriological test results, but in almost every case the tests are conducted only after the tanks have been disinfected, making it a meaningless metric for determining the typical quality of a building’s drinking water. And regulators have issued dramatically fewer violations in recent years. The data show that the city reported drinking water tanks on municipal buildings, including the city sanitation offices and several court buildings, tested positive for E. coli, a marker used by public health experts to predict the presence of potentially dangerous viruses and bacteria. Oversight remains lax: It took health officials more than a year to investigate several isolated reports of E. coli in drinking water tanks. After inquiries from City & State, however, officials now say that their own reports were erroneous. But scientists at the federal Environmental Protection Agency and public health experts consulted by City & State warned that animals can easily get into New York City’s water tanks, that mucky sediments inside the tanks may contain pathogens

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and that poorly maintained water tanks could be the source of disease outbreaks. “When you look at waterborne disease outbreaks in Gideon, Missouri, and Alamosa, (Colorado), there are three things that happened,” an EPA water tank expert said of deadly episodes in those places. “If you have sediment buildup, if you have a way that pathogens on animals and insects can get in, and if this sediment is stirred up somehow and is allowed to be used, then you have a real potential for an increase in endemic disease.” The first two conditions are common in New York City’s neglected water tanks. And so, experts say, poorly maintained water tanks risk waterborne disease outbreaks in the buildings they serve. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which is responsible for oversight of the water tanks, said the wood tanks are not a cause for concern. “New York City water is safe, and water tanks pose very little risk to the health of New Yorkers,” department spokesman Chris Miller wrote in an email. “There is no evidence that the water from water tanks raises any public health concern, and there has never been a sickness or outbreak traced back to a water tank.” However, a department FAQ says that water tanks must be inspected and tested for contamination because “The Health Department wants to make sure that drinking water tanks are free of harmful bacteria that could make residents sick.” The department does not physically inspect the tanks themselves. Instead, it audits inspection filings, tracks waterborne illnesses reported by doctors and sales of antidiarrheal drugs that might indicate potential waterborne disease outbreaks. The department said it is “strengthening its water tank oversight” with an online reporting system in order to issue violations to buildings that have previously submitted an inspection but failed to do so that year. Buildings will also be fined if they fail to certify whether or not they have a water tank. Before 2009, inspections were done on an honor system and testing water tanks was not required by the city. Moreover, as then-New York City Councilman Daniel Garodnick noted, what records did exist could not even be subpoenaed. In 2009, Garodnick sponsored legislation that required inspections, bacteriological testing and public notice of the results on request. In 2014, several rooftop water tanks tested positive for E. coli and coliform bacteria in water samples taken by The New York Times as part of an investiga-

American Pipe and Tank Co. employees inspect a water tank and install a heating device to keep the water tank from freezing in the winter.

tion that included this reporter’s work. Independent experts were alarmed by the findings. City health officials disputed the Times’ reporting and sampling results at the time and said they were satisfied with their regulations. But in 2015, health officials reversed themselves and tightened monitoring to require the annual filing of inspection reports with the city. Lawmakers passed legislation last year, which went into effect in April, to further encourage building owners to conduct the inspections and disclose that information to the public.

NE MORNING IN MAY, Jonathan Lewin, a water tank cleaner with American Pipe and Tank, rode up the gated freight elevator to a midtown Manhattan rooftop where a drinking water tank had gone uninspected or cleaned for several years. Ascending a ladder to the cone-shaped roof on the wood tank, the horizon widened to reveal an often-forgotten part of New York City’s water infrastructure: a forest of wooden tanks holding aloft a hidden ocean; hundreds of millions of gallons of water. Lewin lowered his broom and buck-

et into the tank with a small container of chlorine bleach. Before he could clean the tank, the building should have drained it. Peering into the deep water, it seemed the pipe had clogged. He worried something was stuck in the line. A pigeon? It wouldn’t be the first time. In just a year and a half working as a tank man, Lewin has found all sorts of creatures in water tanks, and his experience is not unique. One time, he found a squirrel nest in the crawl space between the roof and the flat plywood cover above the water. Two dead squirrels had drowned below. The building superintendent had seen the squirrels coming and going from the tank and joked that Lewin had found a “squirrel martini.” Another time, company cleaners found evidence of a man living in a tank’s crawl space, apparently the same man police had evicted from a nearby water tank the day before. The vagabond had simply moved his mattress and canned food to the next water tank. Lewin reckons about 1 in 50 tanks he’s cleaned had a pigeon in it. Lewin’s boss at American Pipe and Tank, Steven Silver, recalled that he once got a call from a building superintendent on Park Avenue who said he didn’t know why the

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building had no water. He had climbed up to the water tank. Silver recalled him saying, “It’s full … all the way to the top. I don’t understand!” Silver continued, “Meanwhile, I know exactly what the problem is. His conical cover has been shot for two years. They wouldn’t spend the money to replace it. Inundated with pigeons. There’s a dead pigeon floating in the water and it got sucked into the pipe. So, the water’s not going down into the building anymore.” “We don’t see that a lot,” Silver said of the carcass-clogged pipe. “But we do see pigeons a lot.” Not knowing what to expect this time, Lewin climbed down to unclog the drain. He was relieved to find the water was just flowing very slowly as the pipes narrowed. He wrenched off the drain pipe, sending dirty water gushing onto the rooftop. Soon, he was inside the tank, dousing it with buckets of fresh water and scrubbing the wet wood walls with his broom, plowing the thick coat of pulpy sediment toward the drain. The tank was “filthy,” he said as the brown liquid sloshed around his boots. A cockroach corpse floated by. It took Lewin an hour and a half to clean the 15-foot-wide cedar tank.

As Lewin clambered back up the decrepit ladder inside the tank, he saw evidence that animals had gotten into the tank. A 3-inch hole appeared to have been gnawed into a corner of the roof. In the crawl space below the roof, a 12-inch hole in the floor, even larger than the one in the roof, led down to the building’s drinking water. A gray feather sat beside it. He climbed down, removed his rubber boots, and reported the 3-inch hole in the roof to the building owner. Then, he left. Tank companies are generally hired to clean and inspect the tank as a package deal. If a repair is needed, the building owner must sign off on it and pay extra. To date, the building owner has not called back about the repair.

HE CITY REQUIRES building owners to submit proof of an annual water tank inspection to ensure the tank remains sanitary, but many buildings go years without an inspection, according to city estimates and health department records obtained by City & State through a Freedom of Information Law request in late March. From 2015 through 2017, 4,532 unique buildings reported a drinking water tank inspection for at least one year. That means fewer than half of all building owners with a water tank inspected it during that time, based on a city estimate of 10,300 buildings with water tanks. Even landlords who followed the rules one year frequently did not follow them every year. Last year, just 3,023 buildings with water tanks, or an estimated 29 per-

cent, provided proof of a tank inspection, indicating compliance rates may be far worse than the city thought. In April 2015, a health official testified that 73 percent of buildings were in compliance with the annual inspection requirement. Still, no one knows for certain how many drinking water tanks there are because the city has never tracked where they are, although officials say they are beginning to do so. The dearth of information has complicated the oversight and regulation of the tanks, which are often the last place New York City drinking water is held before it drains into faucets and shower heads. With the passage of a law last year that required landlords to file inspection reports with the city, officials hope to create a roster of buildings with water tanks to identify scofflaws, and fine owners who fail to care for their tanks. When the tightened rules went into effect in 2015, the health department imposed more than $350,000 in fines for water-tank-related violations in the first year, according to data from the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. Then, enforcement abruptly dropped off. For the next year and a half, the department only fined a single building $3,750. It wasn’t until the same week City & State submitted its Freedom of Information Law request, in October 2017, that the health department suddenly issued more than $80,000 in fines. But, no more fines were imposed that year. Just one $500 fine has been imposed this year.

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HETHER IT BE a daily shower, morning coffee or a complimentary glass of ice water, a New Yorker uses more than 100 gallons of water a day on average from the city’s abundant unfiltered water supply. City officials crow about its purity, but rigorous scientific monitoring stops at the curb, when it becomes building owners’ responsibility to care for the water inside the city’s timber storehouses. New York City’s water flows from protected reservoirs upstate through hundreds of miles of tunnels and into city mains, continuously tested for contamination along the way. Once the water reaches a building, however, it becomes the owner’s responsibility to maintain water quality. In most taller buildings, a pump in the basement carries water to a spout at the top of a rooftop tank and another pipe midway down the tank allows water to flow out into the taps below. The gravity-powered municipal water system only provides enough pressure to reach the sixth floor of most buildings. Since the 1890s, building owners have employed wood tanks on the roof to provide additional water pressure for tenants on higher floors. In the 19th century, tenements were especially filthy on the upper levels, where water pressure was spotty. To ward off disease, officials required rooftop tanks be built, and as buildings grew taller, immigrant barrel makers filled the need. Complaints about the tanks’ conditions stretch back more than a century. In 1906, The New York Times ran a letter titled “Water Tanks Not Cared For” in which a writer feared contracting typhoid. He complained that his building’s tank had not been cleaned in over a year and sediment made the water yellowish. In 1950, the Times ran a feature starring “health sleuths” who helped “a petulant housewife bearing a jar filled with water and feathers.” An inspector “found exactly what he had expected” in the water tank, the writer noted. “The tank’s trap door had been blown away and a family of pigeons had come to roost inside.” A tank typically lasts an average of 25 years, depending on the wood and how exposed it is to the elements. Cedar tanks

change color as they age, from yellow to pale beige and beige to a dark, ashen brown that fades into the cityscape. Inside the tanks, the air is heavy with the smell of wood pulp and must. Specks of dust dance in the air. Shafts of light often shoot between the staves, the wood slowly decaying and flaking off into the water. Sediment is a common sight in water tanks, steadily accumulating into a muddy layer at the bottom of the tank. Various other types of contamination, such as biofilm and algae, are not unusual to see. Insects and floating debris inside the tank are common, as one might expect in an aging rooftop wooden vessel filled with water. Signs of birds or other animals in the tanks are more rare, as tank cleaners estimate that they find some kind of animal inside 1 to 2 percent of tanks.

A LOOK INSIDE A WATER TANK

CONICAL COVER

OUTER HATCH INNER HATCH

FLAT COVER BALL COCK

WOODEN LADDER

MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY

DOMESTIC LINE

METAL LADDER

Water tanks work a lot like toilets. Water is stored in the tank until a building occupant turns on a faucet. The water flows out a hole in the side of the tank down the domestic pipe and into the faucet below. When the water level falls, the ball cock drops and turns on a pump that pushes city water up to the roof, where it enters through a spout in the top of the tank.

ITY HEALTH OFFICIALS say that the tanks pose little health risk for several reasons: The water is constantly being drawn and replenished, leaving little time for bacterial growth; the water is protected by chlorine; the wood behaves as an insulator that keeps the temperature low; and because water enters through the top and is drawn

“It’s a serious concern if you have a bird or a rodent basically disintegrating in your finished water.”

– ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TANK EXPERT

out of the middle of the tank, sediment and contaminants sink to the bottom. “It’s extremely unlikely those (contaminants) enter into the drinking water,” wrote Miller, the health department spokesman. However, two senior scientists at the federal Environmental Protection Agency said they were concerned by what they saw in a series of photographs of rooftop tank cleanings and cited several clear health risks. As a condition of the agency-sanctioned interview, the EPA requested its individual scientists not be named. One is an expert on drinking water tanks. The other is a drinking water toxicologist. “Using a wooden structure on top of a building is asking for a vulnerable sit-

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No inspection, tank likely Inspection reported

Most landlords do not clean and inspect their water tanks as required. Generally, every building over seven stories or taller needs a water tank. Here’s a look at the buildings that didn’t report inspections in 2017 in West Midtown Manhattan. For an interactive map of inspections and their results throughout the entire city, visit cityandstateny.com. WEST 47TH STREET

WEST 45TH STREET

WEST 43RD STREET

WEST 41ST STREET

WEST 39TH STREET

WEST 37TH STREET

WEST 35TH STREET

WEST 33RD STREET

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4 7 8 7TH AVE WEST 46TH STREET

WEST 44TH STREET

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WEST 36TH STREET

WEST 34TH STREET

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1. James Farley Post Office (421 8th Ave.); 2. New Yorker Hotel (481 8th Ave.); 3. Madison Square Garden (4 Penn Plaza); 4. 1 Penn Plaza; 5. Hotel Pennsylvania (401 7th Ave.); 6. GHI Building aka McGraw Hill Building (330 W. 42nd St.); 7. Candler Building (220 W. 42nd St.); 8. Paramount Building (1501 Broadway); 9. Times Square Tower (7 Times Square); 10. Bank of America Tower; (110 W. 43rd St.)

uation,” the EPA toxicologist said. “This is not a tank that’s sealed from the outside environment. There are all sorts of potential routes for rodents or birds … other flying insects to get into these tanks,” the EPA toxicologist said, reviewing the photographs. “It’s just very vulnerable to contamination from the outside world.” They noted that the water tanks do not appear to follow best practices. The tanks lack adequate protections like ultra-fine mesh screens on vents and overflow valves, while cracks and openings in the tanks can allow creatures inside, carrying with them potentially harmful bacteria or viruses. “It’s a serious concern if you have a bird or a rodent basically disintegrating in your

finished water,” the EPA tank expert said, referring to the outbreaks, some deadly, that were linked to animal intrusion in large water tanks, including in Colorado, Missouri and the United Kingdom. But for a New York City building with a rooftop tank, it would be harder for health officials to detect an outbreak because a relatively small number of people would be affected at one time. Dangerous microbes would escape the carcass in spurts, not all at once. Chlorinated drinking water, the experts stressed, is no defense for a decaying pigeon. In those cases, the tanks may be the source of waterborne illness outbreaks the health department never spots. “If you’ve got one or two people in a

building that has 500 people in it, they’re probably going to say, ‘Oh, I just ate some bad food,’” the EPA toxicologist said. “But there still may be a lot of hidden pathogenic outbreaks in these situations given the quality of the tank pictures that I’m seeing here.” The accumulation of muddy sediment in the bottom of the tanks, which is common, is an incubator for microorganisms, including potentially dangerous ones. Recent EPA research on water tanks around the country has shown that the two most common pathogens in the sediment are mycobacterium, which can cause NTM‑PD, or nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, and Legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaires’ disease.

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As with most waterborne pathogens, mycobacteria and Legionella bacteria principally pose a threat to the very old, the very young and those with weaker immune systems. Norman Pace, a microbiologist who pioneered techniques to map constellations of bacteria and viruses in unusual environments, said he was especially concerned that water tank cleaners were not properly protected as they cleaned the sludge from the bottom of the tanks. “It just makes my skin crawl to think of these guys stirring that stuff up without dust masks on,” Pace said. “I would certainly be surprised if there wasn’t a lot of mycobacterium in those sediments … and Legionella.”

HEN CORINNE SCHIFF, the city health department’s deputy commissioner of environmental health, testified before the City Council in September, Councilman Peter Koo asked her if cleaning water tanks would help prevent cases of Legionnaires’ disease in his district. “Legionnaires’ disease is actually entirely unrelated to drinking water tanks,” Schiff said, adding that investigations of Legionnaires’ cases would not include examining drinking water tanks because the department believes the tanks are safe. The city’s data on water quality in the tanks is based on samples for E. coli, a microbe that originates in the feces of mammals and birds. But the samples are typically taken after the tank is cleaned and disinfected, which is allowed. As a result, the water sampling methods are inadequate to provide an accurate picture of water quality in the tanks throughout the year, the EPA scientists and microbiologists said. “It is a system which is designed to give you the best possible impression but not actually tell you what people are drinking,” said Dr. Jeffrey Griffiths, a professor of public health at Tufts University and a former chairman of the EPA Science Advisory Board’s Drinking Water Committee. “It certainly is self-defeating to be taking an E. coli test at the end of it. It would seem to me you should be taking an E. coli test at the beginning and at the end.” But the city has defended its regulation of water tanks and says its health surveillance methods are sufficient. “We have an active monitoring program for E. coli, which would be one of the bacteria we would be wor-

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ried about that make people sick,” Schiff said during the September hearing. “We have no evidence, no cases of E. coli we can link to a drinking water tank.” Out of more than 13,000 tank inspection filings over the past three years, just six reported a positive E. coli test. Nearly all those were in public buildings, including the Brooklyn Central Courts Building, the Brooklyn Appellate Courthouse, the Manhattan Civil Courthouse, the Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building, and the Excelsior Building – home to the city Department of Sanitation’s offices. When E. coli is found in drinking water, a boil water order is required, according to EPA regulations. In a public building, the agency experts said notices should be posted at water sources, such as drinking fountains. But the New York State Unified Court System appears not to have known about the reported contamination. “I am told by our facilities people that there was never an issue with the water tanks,” said courts spokesman Lucian Chalfen. He directed further questions to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, the Workers enter the tank agency that maintains many to clean it. The crawl New York City buildings. space in this tank City & State then requestshows signs of decay ed DCAS’ inspection records, and animal activity. The which any landlord is required tanks are nearly entirely to make available within five constructed of wood and business days upon request. Betheir design has changed fore responding, DCAS filed a little in over a century. series of 2017 reports, months past the filing deadline. When DCAS did respond weeks later, Gold said that DCAS’ multiple reports of it provided two dozen pages of records that E. coli positive tests in 2015 were a “clerifrequently contradicted each other. For excal error.” But health officials also said they ample, water test results were repeatedly did not respond to the reported E. coli test recorded and certified as accurate months results until nearly two years later, when before the tests were ever conducted. they contacted DCAS last fall – about the The records showed multiple health code time City & State requested the city data. violations, but the health department did Safe or not, security officers at the ennot fine DCAS or issue a single violation. trances to three of the court buildings Jacqueline Gold, a DCAS spokeswomuniversally recommended against drinkan, said the agency has no tank inspecing the water. A few years back, severtion records prior to 2015. Gold also said al officers in two different court buildings DCAS has no lab results for a bacteriologsaid their bosses told them not to drink the ical water test prior to 2016, even though building’s water and instead drink botDCAS provided a spreadsheet printout tled water provided to them. There was that appears to show all five buildings testno formal warning about the building’s ed positive for E. coli in December 2015. water, they said, but it was common knowl-

Health officials said they did not respond to the reported E. coli test results until nearly two years later.

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edge that you don’t drink the water. Visits to two of those court buildings, located in Manhattan at 80 Centre St. and 111 Centre St., found functioning water fountains throughout the buildings, including outside hushed jury rooms and in bustling Housing Court hallways. On the 11th floor of the Manhattan Civil Courthouse, a woman said the pipes are just old. “You can taste it. It won’t hurt you,” she said. The water had a metallic, musty flavor. Inside the Lefkowitz Building, where well-dressed couples milled about the Manhattan Marriage Bureau and lawyers trudged to the district attorney’s office, a small shop sells coffee that the shopkeeper said was made with the building’s tap water. A floor above, a state court officer with a desk not far from a water fountain said no one ever told him about E. coli or a problem with the drinking water. He’s been drinking from that fountain for years, he said. Two city Sanitation Department employees in the Excelsior Building at 137 Centre St. – whose dilapidated drinking water tank sits exposed to the sky – also said people

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WHAT’S IN THE WATER In 244 inspections over three years, one tank cleaner found …

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drink the tap water. The only other building that self-reported an E. coli positive test result was 114 W. 70th St., an Upper West Side co-op, also in 2015. City & State requested the inspection records from Lisa Jensen, the building manager, but she said the co-op board refused to provide them – in violation of the city health code. The board would only make them available to tenants. City health officials did not notice the E. coli report submitted by the co-op until they came across it while they were reviewing cooling tower inspections. The city did not issue any violations to the building, despite the co-op failing to notify the health department within 24 hours, as required. Subsequent tests were E. coli negative, health officials noted.

HILE THE CITY’S new water tank inspection data provides a limited directory of buildings with drinking water tanks, it also catalogs the observations of water tank inspectors. But a review of that data found that the observations entered in the reports were at odds with the

expectations of scientists and water tank cleaners who have spent years building, scrubbing and repairing these wood tanks. Looking only at the data, the water tanks appear impossibly clean. Sediment, which is universally acknowledged as common, even in well-maintained tanks, was only reported in 1.8 percent of all tank inspections. When a water tank company representative was listed as the contact person for the inspection, those inspections virtually never reported sediment or any other sanitary defect. Henry Rosenwach, the vice president and heir to the multigenerational Rosenwach tank business, is the contact person for more than 5,800 of the roughly 13,000 inspection reports filed from 2015 through 2017 – far more than any other individual. Yet, not a single inspection with his name on it reported the presence of sediment or

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“It’s not brain surgery. There’s no reason why this system can’t be made safe.”

– ERIC GOLDSTEIN, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

in line with cleaners’ descriptions and City & State’s observations of water tanks before they are cleaned. But tank cleaning is only a minor part of Kraus’ business, which averages about 80 tanks a year. “We look at the tank, and if we see sediment, we report it – and then, of course, we clean it,” Kraus said. Fred Smith Plumbing reported sediment was present 78 percent of the time, biological growth 5 percent of the time, Water at the bottom of the insects and/or floatable debris 13 tank is dark brown as a percent of the time, and rodent or worker pushes sediment bird activity 2 percent of the time. toward the drain. Below: Very few buildings self-reThe opening of the pipe that ported bird or rodent activity in pulls water into tenants’ their water tank inspection obfaucets below. servations – just eight buildings in three years. Those that did included an upscale cross section of New York real estate: two stately residences with uniformed doormen, one with a marble lobby on Fifth Avenue and another off Central Park West that features wood-paneled elevators; a midtown Manhattan building with a popular sushi restaurant; a Diamond District building with a Pret any other sanitary issue in a water tank. A Manger at street level; a newer apart“The answer might be, very quickly, is ment building on the Upper East Side that that they clean the tank – and then obshares its plumbing with a medical center. serve it. There’s no sediment!” said PhilSelf-reports of such unflattering sanip Kraus, president and CEO of Fred Smith itary defects may be more a hallmark of Plumbing & Heating Co. He laughed. the inspector’s honesty and interpreta“That’s probably what happens.” tion of the city rules than any indication Rosenwach executives did not respond to of a building’s cleanliness when comphone calls, voicemails or emails requesting pared to other buildings. More notable is an interview to talk about their inspections. what’s missing from most of the inspecThe law does not specify exacttion observations: descriptions that match ly when the observations should be the typical conditions of water tanks. made. The two other major tank cleaning companies said they make their obT THE CITY SANITATION servations after the tank is cleaned. Department’s building at 137 “When we get there, yes, there’s sedCentre St., a series of inspection iment. There’s almost always sedireports appeared to directly conment at the bottom. The point is that tradict plainly visible problems. we get rid of it,” said David HochhausThe tank atop the building that City er, who owns legacy tank company & State observed with a nearly nonexIsseks Brothers Inc. with his siblings. istent roof, partially covered with a torn “I think the point of when they’re sayblue tarp, was filled to the brim and the ing, ‘Do you observe these things?,’ it’s water was clearly visible from a disafter the fact. Not before the fact,” Hochtance. A blue tarp has covered the tank hauser said of the city inspection form. since at least June 2014, according to a se“By getting rid of it, you’re attesting to ries of Google Street View images. Hochthe sanitary quality of the water.” hauser said the neglected vessel is likely In contrast to Rosenwach’s observathe drinking water tank he built in 1981. tions, inspection reports where Fred Smith “It’s in deplorable condition,” he said. “If Plumbing is listed as the contact were more it’s an active domestic water tank, that’s

shocking.” Nevertheless, in water tank inspection reports DCAS employees repeatedly certified, under penalty of perjury, that the tank had no sanitary defects. Michael Nettleton, the DCAS inspector in 2017, confirmed that the wood tank on the sanitation department’s building contains drinking water, but had a hazy memory of the inspection. “Yeah, no, I probably may,” Nettleton said when asked about the inspection report that bore his signature. “Last year. I may have looked at it, yeah.” Another oddity in the paperwork is that the inspection date is noted as March 2, 2018, but the date next to Nettleton’s signature reads March 17, 2017. “Let’s just say there’s something that sounds a little fishy about that data,” said Eric Goldstein, New York City environment director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. “Clearly there is a need to tighten up on inspections and enforcement and the City Council should move to fund an independent study that analyzes the risk from current water tank maintenance practices and summarizes best practices throughout the industry, which would include annual cleanings,” Goldstein said. “This is a statutory gap and a problem with enforcement. It’s not brain surgery. There’s no reason why this system can’t be made safe.” The EPA scientists and health experts agreed that New York City’s wood drinking water tanks warrant further research, both for the potential health risk they pose and because they have never been subjected to scientific investigation. They pitched a range of ideas and avenues of inquiry – from sampling possible molds and fungi in the tanks to monitoring the health of building residents. It’s unexplored territory, they said. In the meantime, the largest and most densely populated city in America is served by these little understood and poorly maintained wooden reservoirs hovering above the cityscape, as they have for more than a century. “It sounds like a system that has got lots and lots of flaws to it and potential for public health impact,” said Griffiths, the former EPA drinking water committee chairman. “The idea that they are finding pigeons in 1 out of 50 tanks? Come on. That might have been OK in 1900, but it’s 2018 now.”

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LOT HAS CHANGED in Albany in recent weeks. A state budget was approved, the Independent Democratic Conference was disbanded, two Democratic state senators were elected – and to top it off, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was toppled by allegations of physical abuse. But some things remain the same. Republicans still run the state Senate, and state Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat, still caucuses with the GOP, giving the party its one-seat majority. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is pushing with renewed zeal for a Democratic-controlled state Senate, has called on Felder to reunite with his party, warning that nothing will get done legislatively in Albany this year if Republicans maintain power. State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan has rejected Cuomo’s claim,

noting that his Republican conference has introduced major legislation that it is trying to pass this year. Thanks to the newly adversarial relationship between Cuomo and Flanagan (and between former IDC leader Jeff Klein and Flanagan), the governor may be right. But Flanagan’s also right in pointing out that there are plenty of bills up for discussion. In this year’s two-part session countdown, we identify and summarize the biggest bills being debated in Albany, starting this week with teacher evaluations, offshore drilling, tax cuts, criminal justice measures – and much more. But will any of them cross the finish line? Only time will tell.

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EDUCATION

HOLDING UP the

CLASS Despite support, Flanagan could block bill decoupling student test scores from teacher evaluations By REBECCA C. LEWIS

EW YORK’S ELECTED OFFICIALS may have learned a lesson – don’t mess with the state’s teachers. This session, the state Legislature is coalescing around a bill to decouple public school teacher evaluations from state test scores. It already passed in the Assembly and has garnered broad, bipartisan support in the state Senate. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signaled that he would sign the bill if it was passed by the state Legislature. But state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan has the power the block the legislation from coming to a vote, which may be the last hurdle that keeps it from passing before the end of the session in June. Earlier this month, Flanagan, formerly the chairman of the state Senate Education Committee, issued a statement about the legislation that wasn’t an endorsement but also didn’t dismiss it. He said the state Senate was performing “an extensive review of this legislation to determine the best path forward,” citing concerns that the bill would result in even more testing. Under the proposal, each district would implement its own assessments to evaluate teachers.

“I WILL WORK TO MAKE IT PASS. I’VE TALKED TO CATHY NOLAN OVER IN THE ASSEMBLY, AND SHE’S WILLING TO TALK AND DO WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE.” — state Sen. Carl Marcellino, sponsor of the bill to decouple student test scores from teacher evaluations

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While this leaves the door open for the state Senate to take action this session, Flanagan added that discussions will happen “in the coming weeks and months.” The phrasing seems to preclude any immediate action and makes it appear that he may not bring it up for a vote before the end of the session on June 20, despite the bill apparently having the support to pass. A spokesman for the state Senate Republican conference wouldn’t weigh in on the likelihood that the legislation would pass this session, reiterating that Flanagan and other members of the chamber are in active conversations to address the concerns of education groups that the legislation, as currently written, could have unintended consequences. The spokesman did say that nothing about the legislation is a done deal, adding that one potential path could be revising the bill and sending it back to the Assembly. That possibility was also raised by state Sen. Carl Marcellino, the bill’s sponsor in the state Senate. He told City & State that he is highly confident it will pass this year, and does not see Flanagan standing in the way. He added that he is willing to make adjustments in conjunction with the Assembly.

“I will work to make it pass … I’ve already talked to Cathy Nolan over in the Assembly, the Assembly chair (of the Education Committee), and she’s willing to talk and do whatever has to be done to get the bill through,” Marcellino said. “We will get the bill passed.” Marcellino offered no details about the specifics of those discussions and would not say what those possible changes might look like or if they would be necessary to get the bill out of committee and up for a vote. Nolan did not return multiple requests for comment. The bill is still in the state Senate Education Committee, where it has been since April 27. This means that the committee’s members have not yet come to enough of a consensus to move it through, and even if that happened, it would still not be guaranteed to make it to the floor for a vote, a decision that often relies on Flanagan’s support. Despite having 54 co‑sponsors in the 63-seat chamber, the bill may not be as strongly supported as it may appear. In contrast, the Assembly version was moved out of committee, brought to a vote and passed in less than a week. New York State United Teachers, the powerful teachers union, has long pushed for teacher evaluations to be decoupled from state tests.

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ON THE SYLLABUS SCHOOL SAFETY

In the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the state Senate passed a package of bills to enhance school safety. One contentious bill would require an armed police officer at every school in New York City. Other measures include more mental health and counseling resources and methods to fund additional security personnel at schools. The Assembly instead passed gun control legislation in response to the shooting, which included banning bump stocks and allowing measures to take guns out of the hands of people who pose a risk to themselves or others. The state Senate legislation is opposed in the Democratic Assembly, and the Assembly package is opposed by state Senate Republicans. Substantive changes on school safety appear to be unlikely this session.

STATE DREAM ACT

As the national debate rages about the DREAM Act, some New York lawmakers are still pushing for a more limited state version. The state DREAM Act, first introduced in 2013, would allow undocumented immigrants to access the same in-state college scholarships and financial aid available to citizens. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Democrats included it in their budget proposals this year. The bill has passed the Assembly every time it has been brought to the floor, but once again the measure fell out of the budget due to opposition from state Senate Republicans – who are unlikely to support the bill in the second half of the session.

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SCHOOL SEGREGATION

A 2014 study found New York state had the most racially segregated schools in the country. Segregation is even more pronounced in New York City, the nation’s largest and most diverse school district. State and city policymakers have been exploring solutions to the problem. State Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa created a research group in 2016 to come up with ideas, but it has yet to submit any proposals to the regents. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio released a school diversity plan last year, but some advocates considered it moderate and unambitious. School segregation has gained greater public attention after a viral video of a white Upper West Side mother opposing a plan to integrate students from a lower-performing school, where the majority of students are minorities, into her daughter’s high-performing school.

SECULAR EDUCATION AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS

In New York City, certain yeshivas have been under investigation since 2015 for not adequately providing a secular education to students. In December, the state Board of Regents drafted revisions to the state guidelines for private schools, meant to ensure that private school students received a “substantially equivalent” education to the education received by public school students. The move sparked backlash and accusations of government overreach. The issue made news recently when state Sen. Simcha Felder held up state budget negotiations in order to insert language that limits state oversight of religious schools like yeshivas. It made news again when U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos came to New York City, but only visited two Orthodox Jewish schools, not one of the city’s more than 1,800 public schools.

The perennial fight over charter schools in New York was on full display last year, as state Senate Republicans pushed to raise the cap on such schools in exchange for extending mayoral control of New York City’s schools. In the end, lawmakers agreed to extend mayoral control for two years, longer than the one-year extensions they had approved in recent years. Then, without actually raising the cap, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to allow more charter schools by reusing old charters from schools that had shut down or ones that were not in use. Yet advocates continue to say the cap should be eliminated. According to the New York City Charter School Center, 38 charters are available in New York City.

The teacher assessment system was overhauled in 2010, giving weight to student performance on those tests. In 2015, Cuomo signed legislation to increase that weight, which was met with a strong backlash from NYSUT. Almost immediately, the state agreed to a five-year moratorium on using student test scores to evaluate teachers, effectively rendering Cuomo’s legislation moot and giving New York ample time to figure out a different system. NYSUT strongly supports the new legislation, which completely removes student scores on state tests from teacher evaluations. In a statement urging Flanagan to bring the bill to a vote, NYSUT President

Andrew Pallotta said allowing districts to create their own evaluation systems increases local control and reduces the emphasis on high-stakes standardized tests, which spurred a massive opt-out movement. However, opponents of the bill fear that it will simply put even more of a testing burden on students, since every district would need to create its own teacher assessment models. Others have argued that it would lower standards in some districts and make it difficult to tell which schools are falling behind. Flanagan said the state Education Department and the New York State Council of School Superintendents have raised similar concerns.

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE

DOING

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Bills to help inmates and assault victims keep going nowhere By JEFF COLTIN

IGH HOPES FOR criminal justice reforms seem to be meeting cold, hard political reality, which in Albany often means dropping the more ambitious bills. Some of this year’s bigger asks, such as parole reform for the Republicans and the Child Victims Act for the Democrats, seem to be going nowhere, but smaller bills may sneak through before the session ends. Here’s the latest from the insiders. BAIL, DISCOVERY AND SPEEDY TRIAL REFORM Calls for bail reform have become louder than ever on the left, with state Senate Democrats proposing to completely eliminate cash bail – the practice of a judge charging criminal defendants

some amount of money in order to stay out of jail before their trial. That idea seems to be too far for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but the governor has argued for the elimination of bail for lesser crimes as part of a larger criminal justice reform package. The bills include legislation that would grant defense attorneys earlier access to evidence, which could lead to fairer – and faster – trials. But supporters don’t expect the reforms to get past the Republican-controlled state Senate. Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeffrey Dinowitz said he’ll push for expanding the use of electronic court filings, which could speed up legal proceedings, but advocates are eager for more. “Impacted communities and the greater public now recognize the profound injustices that Albany has permitted to exist for decades,”

said Tina Luongo, attorney-in-charge of the criminal defense practice at The Legal Aid Society. “We need genuine change, and we need it this year.” PAROLE REFORM The release from prison on parole of Herman Bell, who killed two NYPD officers in 1971, further emphasized calls for parole reform. State Sen. Patrick Gallivan, chairman of the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee, is pushing a number of reforms including opening parole hearings to the public and allowing the state Parole Board to consider input from regular New Yorkers. “If you look at criminal cases, they all say, ‘The People of the State of New York’ versus the individual,” Gallivan said. “And I believe very strongly that members of the community should have a say.” But he admits such reforms would have a tough time passing with the Assembly’s Democratic majority. “I’ve been troubled with the fact that the Assembly seems reluctant to take anything up that involves additional penalties, or new crimes or legislation that is designed to hold offenders accountable for their actions,” he said. CHILD VICTIMS ACT Passage isn’t likely for this perennial bill, which would expand the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases and allow accusers to bring lawsuits against their alleged perpetrators. Some powerful institutions, chief among them the Roman Catholic Church, fear the costs, and have held up the bill for years with the support of the state Senate’s Republican majority. The Assembly passed the bill earlier this month, but the Senate has blocked a committee vote on the bill. The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Brad Hoylman, said he’s procedurally out of options. “But we’ll continue to make it clear to the public that (Republicans) are standing on the wrong side of the issue,” he said. Republicans have suggested a public fund for victims’ legal settlements as a compromise, but both Cuomo and the Senate Democrats say it’s a non-starter. “In no way should the public be on the hook for the crimes of child sexual abuse,” Hoylman said. OTHER LEGISLATION It seems many of the higher profile bills won’t move before the end of the session, but Dinowitz isn’t giving up yet. “I would not make the assumption, as some people have, that, for all intents and purposes, session is over,” he said. He’s pushing a bill, for example, that would give New Yorkers the right to sue if a sexual partner tampers with a sexual protective device – like secretly removing a condom during sex. “It’s certainly a violation that I think needs to be addressed in the law,” he said. In the state Senate, Gallivan is optimistic the state will pass a number of bills, including one that would authorize municipalities to put residential restrictions on sex offenders, even though the state Court of Appeals essentially struck down such restrictions in a 2015 case. But Hoylman is disappointed that his efforts to pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, which would strengthen protections for transgender New Yorkers, have failed again this session. “I can’t tell if they’re sticking their head in the sand or just turning their backs on moderate voters,” he said. “But I think they’re doing it at their own peril come November.”

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Unlikely

ENVIRONMENTALISTS Cuomo may have unexpected allies for his offshore drilling ban: Republicans By GRACE SEGERS

IKE WINSTON CHURCHILL exhorting British civilians to send a flotilla of boats to rescue soldiers at Dunkirk – a comparison the governor himself made – Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on New Yorkers to defend the coast by siccing a citizen fleet against potential future federal offshore drilling infrastructure. The governor also proposed a bill that would prevent the government from building oil and gas pipelines in state waters. At first glance, passing a progressive environmental bill – one that is a direct response to President Donald Trump’s offshore drilling push, no less – would be a heavy lift in the Republican‑controlled state Senate. But Long Island is a crucial battleground for control of the state Senate, and the region is surrounded by water. From the fishing industry to tourism, to residents who just want to keep their beaches pristine, protecting the

ocean is a popular cause on Long Island. And with six of the 10 swing seats in the state Senate coming from Nassau and Suffolk counties, the issue could play a key role in the upcoming elections. During his announcement, Cuomo called on the Assembly members at the event for a mock vote to see if they would support the bill, called the Save Our Waters Act. The lawmakers in the audience, all Democrats, responded with enthusiastic “ayes.” “We need the state Senate to support the bill, and we need the state Senate to take it up so that people have a right to know where they stand,” Cuomo said, urging New Yorkers to “make their voices heard” in support of banning offshore drilling. The bill’s provisions include banning leases for oil and gas exploration or production in state waters, prohibiting oil or gas infrastructure in state waters and banning transport through state waters of crude oil produced in federal waters off the coast of New York. Long Island, which would be particularly affected by offshore drilling, has nine state senators, with seven Republicans – including state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan. Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, said that Long Island Republicans have a history of environmental activism. The 1993 Long Island Pine Barrens Protection Act,

“I AM ALWAYS SUSPECT OF GOVERNOR CUOMO’S FAILURES TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW. I DO NOT HOWEVER BELIEVE OUR RESIDENTS WANT TO LOOK AT WIND TURBINES OR OIL PLATFORMS FROM OUR SHORES.” — state Sen. Thomas Croci

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said that they would support the governor’s initiatives to prevent offshore drilling. A spokeswoman for Republican state Sen. Carl Marcellino said he was supporting the legislation. But even if Marcellino and the state Senate Democrats formed a majority that could theoretically pass the bill, the ENVIRONMENTAL real question is whether the GOP leadership would bring it to a vote. AGENDA Absent pressure from Long Island Republicans, that seems unlikely. PLASTIC BAG BAN Republican state Sen. Thomas Croci In April, Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced legislation to ban sindid not seem to support the bill in a gle-use plastic bags statewide. The move comes about a year after statement. he blocked a 5-cent surcharge on plastic bags in New York City from being enacted. He instead created a task force to look at how best “I am always suspect of Governor to address the issue of plastic bags. Cuomo’s proposed ban appears Cuomo’s failures to comply with to have a path forward in the Assembly, where Democrats have federal law. I do not however believe expressed support for a general ban over a fee. But it will likely face for example, was sponsored our residents want to look at wind more of a challenge in the Republican-controlled state Senate. by two Long Islanders – turbines or oil platforms from our then-Assemblyman Thomas shores,” Croci said. “I believe the CLIMATE CHANGE DiNapoli, a Democrat, and residents of Long Island deserve to The Assembly passed the Climate and Community Protection Republican state Sen. Kenneth Act in April, which now awaits action in the state Senate. The bill have more information about the also passed last year, but died in the state Senate. It will likely LaValle – and preserved potential locations of wind turbine face the same fate this year as only two Republicans have signed 40,000 acres of wildlife towers and oil platforms in order to on as co-sponsors. If passed, the bill would, among other things, habitat on Long Island. LaValle assess the potential environmental require the state Department of Environmental Conservation to set recently supported a bill to impacts on our waterways, fisheries regulations on greenhouse gases and mandate that 50 percent of expand protection of the Pine and vistas.” electrical energy generation come from renewable sources by 2030. The legislation continues to be a “high priority” in the Assembly, Barrens, collaborating with The state Senate Republicans according to Environmental Conservation Committee Chairman Democratic Assemblyman as a whole have been ducking the Steve Englebright. Steve Englebright. issue thus far. When asked for “It’s hard to find a serious comment, state Senate Republican ROMULUS TRASH INCINERATOR Republican official who spokeswoman Candice Giove did State lawmakers from the Finger Lakes region introduced legislation could be characterized as not address the bill, responding in both chambers of the state Legislature that would block a proposanti‑environment,” Levy said. with a statement that said al to build a trash incinerator in the town of Romulus. Neither bill has moved out of committee yet. Cuomo recently came out against the This is in large part because Republicans support clean drinking incinerator as well, saying the facility is “simply not appropriate” for Long Island’s culture and water. the environmentally sensitive Finger Lakes region. The governor’s economy is largely dependent Levy also said it was a mistake move came shortly after his Democratic gubernatorial rival Cynthia on the water. to assume that Republicans would Nixon expressed her opposition to the project in April. Lawmakers Long Island gets its not support the legislation simply and community members have been trying for months to stop the drinking water from aquifers project – and may have gotten closer by finally getting Cuomo to out of opposition to Cuomo. The weigh in on the issue. underneath the island. If they governor is popular on Long Island, became polluted, the island particular after his proactive would forced, at enormous response to Superstorm Sandy. cost, to transport water Cuomo and state Senate from the Catskills as New Republicans have often had a York City does. Levy also pointed out symbiotic relationship. The governor’s critics accuse him of that polluting the ocean with offshore tacitly allowing the Republicans to maintain power in the state drilling equipment could affect the fishing Senate by condoning the previous power-sharing arrangement industry. “There’s a financial imperative between the GOP and the now-defunct Independent Democratic that resonates with local officials and state Conference. The governor could use his leverage with Long Island officials of every party,” he said. state senators to ensure that this legislation passes. If the oil and gas companies’ past record “The last thing that any Republican official on Long Island of donations is any guide, state Senate wants, particularly a Republican state senator, is Andrew Cuomo Republicans who voted to ban offshore coming in and campaigning against them,” Levy said. This drilling would not likely face well-funded scenario seems likely this year, as Cuomo has committed to primary challenges from the right as a supporting several Democratic state Senate candidates on Long result, as the fossil fuel industry – perhaps Island. in recognition of the political reality in Between the incentive for Long Island officials of both parties a majority Democratic state – has not to support environmental issues, and the desire to not be targeted previously punished Republican legislators by the governor, the bill’s chances in the state Senate may be less for occasional breaks with industry futile than appearances suggest. interests. “What makes Long Island Long Island is the access to the ocean Of the Long Island state senators and the tourism and the beauty and the Long Island Sound,” reached for comment, Democratic state Cuomo said in his announcement. Long Island Republicans Sens. John Brooks and Todd Kaminsky might not disagree.

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SMALL BUSINESS

WEAPONIZING MOM&POP The Senate GOP’s economic agenda takes aim at leftward-shifting Democrats By GRACE SEGERS

S THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION comes to a close, the state Senate and Assembly are struggling to bridge the divide between their priorities, particularly on economic issues. The state Senate passed a package of bills in early May, optimistically titled the 2018 Jobs and Opportunity Agenda, that included legislation to expand tax credits for small businesses and ease regulations. However, these bills have languished in the Assembly and may be more likely to live on as a political statement than as enacted policy. In the press release announcing the passage of the bills, state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan condemned Democrats for focusing more on politics than policymaking. “While the governor and the Legislature’s Democrats race each other to the extreme left on issues that won’t improve the lives of everyday New Yorkers, the Senate Republican majority continues to focus on enacting measures that will create a more prosperous future for our residents and businesses,” Flanagan said. Four of those bills specifically pertain to small business issues, including providing financial assistance for pollution prevention, having each agency designate a small business liaison, easing of regulatory fines for small businesses that are first-time offenders and extending the STAR property tax exemption to small businesses. Democratic Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr., chairman of the Small Business Committee, and Republican state Sen. Phil Boyle, chairman of the state Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business, both seem hopeful that the state Legislature will be able to come together

THE JOBS PLAN THE 2018 JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY AGENDA

Earlier this month, the Republican-controlled state Senate passed its 2018 Jobs and Opportunity Agenda, a package of 18 bills that represents the majority conference’s economic agenda. Several of these bills have Democratic sponsors in the Assembly and may garner the support needed to pass. But it’s unlikely that the package will be adopted in full by the Democratic-controlled Assembly, or signed by the governor. Nonetheless, it gives Republicans an opportunity to present an economic alternative to voters this fall.

CONSENSUS ON SOME SMALL BUSINESS BILLS

Some of the bills passed by the state Senate in the Jobs and Opportunity Agenda have bipartisan support in the Assembly, including a bill on extending property tax breaks to small businesses, a bill on reducing regulatory fines for small businesses, a bill to create liaisons for small businesses in state agencies and a bill to provide funding to small businesses to prevent pollution.

on issues relating to small businesses. “We’re open to discussion. We have five weeks left,” said Thiele, about working with his state Senate counterparts. Thiele said bills related to funding for small businesses had already passed as part of the state budget, including a bill creating a task force to review online lending institutions. However, he was discouraged by the lack of progress on the state’s minority- and women-owned business enterprise program, which was extended by a year in the budget. However, the budget did not include any of the reforms suggested by the

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DIFFERING PRIORITIES WITH MWBES

The state Senate and Assembly have also presented different legislation on improving the state’s minority- and women-owned business enterprise program. Assembly Democrats and Gov. Andrew Cuomo attempted to reform the program in the state budget, but the measures were opposed by state Senate Republicans. The program was simply extended by a year. Meanwhile, a bill in the Jobs and Opportunity Agenda would scale back state targets in areas with fewer qualified MWBEs, instead basing targets on the percentage of such firms in each region.

SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES

There are a few bills with bipartisan support in the Assembly and state Senate supporting local small businesses. One bill, sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Ron Kim and co-sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Tony Avella and Republican state Sen. Elaine Phillips, would expand financing assistance eligibility to dry cleaners and nail salons. Another, sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. and Republican state Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle, would require state agencies to hold roundtable meetings about seafood marketing with relevant stakeholders. Both of these bills have passed in the Senate and are in committee in the Assembly.

“It’s an important program, it just needs some modifications,” said Boyle, who said he is now on a task force to study how to make MWBEs more efficient. However, the two chairmen remain hopeful that they can find common ground on small business issues. Boyle said that with the recent drama involving former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and choosing his successor, the state Legislature hadn’t been as focused on other issues. He also said he was “hopeful” that Gov. Andrew Cuomo would sign some of the Republican bills. However, it is unlikely that many of the issues presented in the Republican agenda will pass, especially easing regulations and requirements for MWBEs. Boyle and the state Senate Republicans also want to end the

“THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE’S DEMOCRATS (ARE RACING) EACH OTHER TO THE EXTREME LEFT ON ISSUES THAT WON’T IMPROVE THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS.” — state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan

Assembly and the governor, such as implementing hiring goals for specific races and genders, due to opposition from the state Senate. “The goals of our committee obviously are to continue to increase participation in the MWBE program, and I think that we would’ve liked to see more changes that fostered greater participation,” Thiele said. Meanwhile, the state Senate proposed updating state MWBE contract requirements so that agencies would be required to contract with a number of MWBEs correlating to the percentage of MWBEs in a specific region.

Start‑Up NY program, which provides tax breaks for companies that create jobs in partnership with local colleges. As the program is touted by the Cuomo administration as a success, that dream is unlikely to be fulfilled. Boyle also raised concerns that the Democratic gubernatorial primary could push Democrats more to the left, especially the governor. “The further left that certain candidates are pushed during the political season, it may affect their efforts to overly increase regulation, and support legislation that’s going to hurt small business,” Boyle said.

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GOING IT ALONE New York is moving forward on climate initiatives – with or without the federal government “Our plan, assuming the pieces fall into place appropriately, that there will be a national green bank. That’s an example of really what’s happening across the country. It’s stand-alone governmental (effort) that is driving policy and driving the activity in these markets. It’s not national government. We’re full steam ahead in New York. … It’s our intention to raise private capital in a way that will allow us to do more in New York and finance projects outside of New York on a national basis. That’s our plan.”

“We are very focused on food waste and trying to get more composting in residential and commercial. We’re also advocating on donation of food. About 14 percent of New York City residents are food insecure, and we need to feed about half of them through food donations, so we are promoting that right now.” — KATHRYN GARCIA, commissioner, New York City Department of Sanitation

— ALFRED GRIFFIN, president, New York Green Bank

“When we talk about the needs for our water infrastructure, our state has a huge need for revenue and I think our state has to be creative about how we are going to be getting these things. … Sports betting came up as a way of certainly bringing a lot of revenue to the states. It’s something we should be looking at.” — TODD KAMINSKY, state senator

ALI GARBER

USTAINABILITY IS ONE OF THE great challenges of our time. Every day there seems to be new research and new headlines about the threat of global warming. While the U.S. under the Trump administration pulled out of the Paris climate agreement, some cities and states – and companies – are moving ahead with efforts to reduce energy use, rely more heavily on renewable resources and reduce waste. At City & State’s recent Sustainable New York Summit, top officials and experts weighed in on the issues, from energy efficiency and conservation to the interplay and cooperation between government and industry to other pollution‑related policy problems. Here are a few of the highlights.

For more than 5 decades, WDF Inc has helped rebuild our Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure at New York City Transit bus and train stations, the New York City Department of Environmental Protectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pollution plants, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey projects, New York City School Construction Authority projects, New York City Housing Authority projects, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York projects, the City University of New York projects, the Ravenswood Generating Station and many others. WDF Inc. is the ONLY full service, self-performing provider of Specialized Construction, Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal and Sprinkler services in New York City that serves the public and private sectors. We take pride in our attention to safety and our efforts to create opportunities for M/W/L/DBEs and SDVOBs to help us service our great city. As an equal opportunity employer with a state-of-the-art compliance program, we are passionate about providing opportunities for M/W/L/DBEs and SDVOBs in our procurement of goods and services on our projects. We encourage all qualified M/W/L/ DBEs and SDVOBs to contact our M/W/L/DBE & EEO Officer, J. Naomi Glean, at (914)776-8000 or NGlean@wdfinc.net to work on WDF Inc. projects.

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legalnotices@cityandstateny.com Notice of Formation of Alneil Associates, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/12/18. 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: 1140-6th Ave, Ste 1701, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of Silverstreet Marketing Group LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/6/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 1385 York Ave. #16D, NY, NY 10021. LLC formed in DE on 2/21/18. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE addr. of LLC: 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of MEI GNY Hospitality, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/5/18. 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: 11 E. 44 St, Ste 1001, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of LINK CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/16/17. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE 2/16/18. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 747 3RD Ave, Ste 34-B, NY, NY 10017. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Agents & Corps, Inc, 1201 Orange St, Ste 600, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State , Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of The Light & The Salt LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/6/17. 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, #2001, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity. WELL DONE DELIVERY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 02/27/18. Office Loc: NY county. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of OBSERVATORY MARKETING LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/28/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of Til I Die, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/5/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/3/18. 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. 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.

May 28, 2018 Notice of Qualification of Expansion VC Management LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/1/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/26/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 250 W. 57th St, Rm 1301, NY, NY 10107. 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 RH WINE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/11/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/13/17. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of VDJ HOLDINGS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Val Mandel, P.C., 80 Wall St., Ste. 1115, NY, NY 10005. Purpose: Any lawful activity . Notice of Formation of Harbor Innovations LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/26/18. 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: 15 E. 32nd St, Fl. 4, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of WT HOLDCO ASTORIA, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/11/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Cape Advisors, Inc., 483 Broadway, Fifth Fl., NY, NY 10013. 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. ADVANCE EXECUTIVE PAYROLL II LLC, Arts of Org. filed with SSNY 03/27/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: One World Trade Center, 44th Fl. NY NY 10007. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 301 E HOUSTON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/20/18. O f f i c e location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 301 E HOUSTON LLC, 893 Rte. 9W, Nyack, NY 10960. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of GRRLL LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/27/18. 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: 33 E. 17th St, Fl. 2, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of The Model Coaches, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/20/18. 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: 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 of Formation of BND 158 Lafayette LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/11/18. 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: 158 Lafayette St, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity. EAST 37TH PARTNERS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/26/2017. 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, 47 Old Sudbury Road, Wayland, MA 01778. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. CORPORATE SUITES 6, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 10/10/2002. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of Ocean Block Capital, LLC (f/k/a Dune Point Capital, LLC). Arts. Of Org. filed w/ Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/27/17 (amendment filed 2/16/18). Office in NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o The LLC, 404 5th Ave., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10018, registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful act/activity.

Notice of Qualification of Reelziliant Productions LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/12/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 1/11/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc. (CGI), 10 E. 40th St., NY, NY 10016. DE address of LLC: c/o CGI, 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of West Village Hudson Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/20/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: West Village Hudson Street LLC, 118 East 28th St., #301, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of XY Properties LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/13/18. 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 OF FORMATION OF Katy Pfaffl Studio LLC. Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 2/26/18. Office: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o United States Corporation, 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202, Brooklyn NY 11228. The principal business address of LLC is 1841 Broadway Suite 812, NY NY 10023. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Adrian Chase Custom, LLC filed with SSNY on 2/12/2018. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 22 Meadow Lane, Lawrence, NY 11559. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of qualification of Scribner Management, LLC. Authority filed w/ Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/16/18. Organized in Alaska on 12/30/17. NY Off. loc.: New York Cnty. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1231 Nrthn. Lights Blvd. #911, Anchorage, AK 99503, which is also the address to be maintained in Alaska. Arts. of Org. filed w/ Alaska Sec. of State, PO Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of ECONOMIC SERVICE EXPERTS, LLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 1/22/2018. NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 125 Allen St. NY, NY 10002. Purpose: Any lawful act. LEGAL

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Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Name: Edwin’s Place Developer LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on April 27, 2018. N.Y. office location: New York County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Edwin’s Place Developer LLC, c/o Breaking Ground II Housing Development Fund Corporation, 505 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10018.

LITTLE LION’S DEN CHILD CARE, LLC. FILED WITH SSNY 03/06/2018. OFFICE LOC: NY COUNTY. SSNY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST LLC MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: THE LLC, ATTN: PAMELA DELEON, 521 WEST 162ND STREET #GARDEN, NEW YORK, NY, 10032. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. Notice of Qualification of HHC COBBLESTONES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/17/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/26/18. Princ. office of LLC: One Galleria Tower, 13355 Noel Rd., 22nd Fl., Dallas, TX 75240. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of THE IMPACT AWARDS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/17/18. 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, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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May 28, 2018 Notice of Qualification of Noah Gopher Capital Advisors, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/4/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/13/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 75 Rockefeller Plz., Ste 18B, NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION of limited liability company (LLC). Name: 4218 FORT HAMILTON PARKWAY HOLDER LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/24/2018. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o The LLC, 256 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10026. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Qualification of Supercluster LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/10/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 4/6/18. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 31 W. 27th St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10001, principal business address. DE address of LLC: 850 New Burton Rd., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Elango Medical PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/28/17. 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: 983 Park Ave, NY, NY 10028. Purpose: Medicine. Notice of Formation of CJC DUFFIELD STREET HOLDINGS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/16/18. 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: 254 Canal St, #2001, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION of SMC18, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;y of State of NY (SSNY) MAY 04, 2018. Office loc.: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. agent upon whom proc. may be served and shall mail copy of proc. against LLC to: SMC18, LLC, 2 MILL POND LN, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10805. Purp.: any lawful act.

Notice of Qualification of Metz & Associates PLLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 02/28/18. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in Arizona (AZ) 01/10/14. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: LLC, c/o Travis Jack, 950 W Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013. AZ addr of LLC: c/o Travis Jack, Metz & Associates PLLC, 950 W Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013. Cert of Form filed with Secy of State of AZ, AZ Corp Commission, 1300 W. Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Purpose: Any lawful activity. FALL & FLY NY LLC Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 1/31/2018. 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, c/o Shirley Ramos, 22 W 15Th St., Penthouse D, New York, NY 10011 Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of 207 Silver Lane LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/10/18. 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: 223 W. 138 St, Fl. Grd, NY, NY 10030. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of XY Sales LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/9/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 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. CORE TONICS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 04/23/2018. Office loc: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Mark Emmerich, 118 Lee Ave, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Qualification of WORLDQUANT PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/26/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/16/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

95 MADISON REALTY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/23/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 95 Madison Street Apt 2B, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of Overhill CAT, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/26/17. 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: 815 King St, Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of M.H. Davidson & Co. 520 GP LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/25/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 11/17/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, 520 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10022, principal business address. DE address of LLC: Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Herzberg PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/8/17. 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: 123 W. 93rd St, Ste 1G, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: Law. Notice of Qualification of M.H. Davidson & Co. 520 LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/25/18. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 11/20/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, 520 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10022, principal business address. DE address of LP: Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of New York CRRC Sifang-Kawasaki Rail Car LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/19/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to New York CRRC Sifang-Kawasaki Rail Car LLC, 29 Wells Avenue, Building 4, Yonkers, New York 10701. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. .

Notice of Formation of Transitional Care Medical Services PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/28/16. 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: POB 286500, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: Medicine. Notice of Qualification of HMHB LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/30/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/24/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 745 5th Ave, Fl. 5, NY, NY 10151. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of TitoCity285 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/10/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of BeaconLight Balanced Fund, LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/25/18. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/24/18. Princ. office of LP: 350 Madison Ave., 22nd 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 c/o Beaconlight GP LLC, Attn: Ed Bosek 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 PARALLAXES CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I G.P., L.P. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/5/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/20/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity .

Notice of Qualification of CASA PARTNERS VIII INVESTORS, LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/25/18. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/03/18. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, 730 Third Ave., NY, NY 10017. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 1301 438 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/17/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 1264 14th St. Station, NY, NY 10009. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Paul Glasser and Associates, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/16/18. 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: 315 Maitland Ave, Teaneck, NJ 07666. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of PARALLAXES CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/5/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/20/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/20/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Wisconsin (WI) on 9/30/98. 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. WI address of LLC: 615 E. Michigan St, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Cert. of Formation filed with WI Secy of State, 201 W. Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53703. 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 AM PM Medical Urgent Care Services PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/28/16. 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: POB 286500, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: Medicine . Notice of Formation of GatewayUSA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/19/18. 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 The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 570 Lexington Ave., 20th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: all lawful purposes. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of 536 W 22ND STREET, LLC. Appl for Auth filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/27/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) 03/22/18. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, Attn: Rachel Lehmann, 536 W. 22nd St., NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Certificate of LLC filed with Secy of State of DE, 401 Federal Street, Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of NORTH AMERICA LEXINGTON HOLDING LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/25/17. 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: 1635 Lexington Ave, Unit 2A, NY, NY 10029. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of MIRAMAR ALTERNATIVES, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/09/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in California (CA) on 09/29/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11620 Wilshire Blvd Ste. 460, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Principal office address: 530 West 30th St, Unit 027F, NY, NY 10001. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of the State of CA, Business Entities Filings, 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of Bespoke Psychology, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 2/21/18. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC: 906 Amsterddam Ave., Apt 4C, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: Any lawful act.

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NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE IS HEREIN GIVEN THAT CITIWIDE SELF STORAGE LOCATED AT 45-55 PEARSON STREET, LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. 11101 WILL TAKE PLACE ON WWW. STORAGETREASURES.COM SALE BY COMPETITIVE BIDDING STARTING ON JUNE 8, 2018 AND END ON JUNE 21, 2018 AT 10:00 A.M. TO SATISFY UNPAID RENT AND CHARGES ON THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS: CONTENTS OF ROOMS GENERALLY CONTAIN MISC. HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND OTHER EFFECTS. #9P01A – NICKLAUS JONES (ITEMS: BOXES, CLOTHING, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES AND MISC ITEMS) & #7S02 – THE SHOREHAM HOTEL (ITEMS: FILE BOXES AND SHELVES). THE CONTENTS OF EACH UNIT WILL BE SOLD AS A LOT AND ALL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES WITHIN 72 HOURS. OWNERS MAY REDEEM THEIR GOODS BY PAYING ALL RENT AND CHARGES DUE AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 257-263 W 34TH MEZZ LLC. ARTS OF ORG. FILED WITH NY SECY OF STATE (SSNY) ON 5/15/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NEW YORK COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: 7 MERCER ST, FL. 2, NY, NY 10013. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY.

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

Notice of Qualification of PWP DYNAMIC MULTIASSET FUND GP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/07/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/02/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 767 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10153. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, State of DE, Dept. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of ONE BROADWAY OWNER, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/04/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/24/18. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Midtown Equities LLC, 141 5th Ave., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10010. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Yanni’s Coffee Company, LLC. Arts of Org filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) 2/6/18. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Yanni’s Coffee Company, LLC, 201 E. 21st St, Apt. 6B, NY, NY 10010. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of formation of Cabin 4 Productions LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/26/17. Office Loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail process to LLC: 155 W 68th St, #617, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: Any lawful act. Notice of Formation of Artish NY Art and Culture Tours LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/6/18. 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: 200 W. 67th St, Apt 30B, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity.

JEFFRIES MARKETING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 04/09/18. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Dorothy Jeffries, 10 River Rd, Ste 11D, NY, NY 10044. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

May 28, 2018 Notice of Qualification of PARALLAXES CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I G.P. HOLDINGS, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/5/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/20/17. 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 Qualification of PARALLAXES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/5/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/16/17. 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 Qualification of Katrina McGhee Enterprises LLC filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/29/2018. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in TX on 3/27/12. 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: 400 Chambers St, PHF, NY, NY 10282. Cert of LLC filed with Secy of State of TX loc: 1019 Brazos St., Austin, TX 78701. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of Davidson Kempner Long/ Short Equity U.S. Fund LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/11/18. Name subsequently amended to Davidson Kempner U.S. Long/Short Equity Fund LP. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 4/9/18. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, 520 Madison Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10022, principal business address. DE address of LP: Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of Sunset Cove Solutions, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/23/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/8/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 425 Madison Ave, Fl. 19, NY, NY 10017. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF QUALITY BRANDS MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC APPL. FOR AUTH. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 05/08/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NY COUNTY. LLC FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 03/28/18. PRINC. OFFICE OF LLC: 134 SPRING ST., STE. 703, NY, NY 10012. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO THE LLC AT THE PRINC. OFFICE OF THE LLC. DE ADDR. OF LLC: C/O CORPORATION SERVICE CO., 251 LITTLE FALLS DR., WILMINGTON, DE 19808. CERT. OF FORM. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE, 401 FEDERAL ST., STE. 4, DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. Notice of Qualification of Taurus Crypto Asset Management LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/18/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/9/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 140 Broadway, Ste 4665, NY, NY 10005. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of YBL LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/7/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 895 Park Ave, Apt 5C, NY, NY 10075. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of AHSAT HOLDINGS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/16/18. 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: 254 Canal St, #2001, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity.

PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, THAT THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018 AT 2:00 P.M. AT 42 BROADWAY, 5TH FLOOR, ON A PETITION FOR Juicerie IV LLC TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN UNENCLOSED SIDEWALK CAFÉ AT 271 Metropolitan 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 QUALIFICATION OF ANTARA CAPITAL LP APPL. FOR AUTH. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 05/08/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NY COUNTY. LP FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 03/07/18. DURATION OF LP IS PERPETUAL. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LP UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO THE PARTNERSHIP, 500 FIFTH AVE., STE. 2320, NY, NY 10110. NAME AND ADDR. OF EACH GENERAL PARTNER ARE AVAILABLE FROM SSNY. DE ADDR. OF LP: C/O CORPORATION SERVICE CO., 251 LITTLE FALLS DR., WILMINGTON, DE 19808. CERT. OF LP FILED WITH THE SECY. OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DE, DEPT. OF STATE, DIV. OF CORPS., JOHN TOWNSEND BLDG., DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. Notice of Qualification of DSC MERIDIAN GP LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/29/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/19/18. SSNY shall mail process to: 888 7th Ave, Fl. 27, NY, NY 10106. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1310434 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 321 STARR ST BROOKLYN, NY 11237. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE C O N S U M P T I O N . S4RC 2 LLC. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VACCARO PRODUCTIONS, LLC FILED WITH SSNY ON DECEMBER 11, 2007. OFFICE: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS TO LLC: 29 PLYMOUTH AVENUE YONKERS, NY. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACT OR ACTIVITY. Notice of Qualification of DSC MERIDIAN CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES ONSHORE FUND LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/29/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/19/18. SSNY shall mail process to: 888 7th Ave, Fl. 27, NY, NY 10106. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Qu Core, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/14/18. Office location: New York County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to Vanguard Corporate Services Ltd, 307 Hamilton St, Albany, NY 12210. DE addr. of LLC Corporate Creations Network Inc, 3411 Silverside Rd, Ste 104, Tatnall Bldg, Wilmington, DE 19810. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901 on 8/22/17. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of YM5 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/11/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Mark Armenante, 3450 Washington St., San Francisco, CA 94118. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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May 28, 2018 Notice of Qualification of DSC MERIDIAN CAPITAL LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/29/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/5/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 888 7th Ave, Fl. 27, NY, NY 10106. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity . NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ACLARA SMART GRID SOLUTIONS, LLC APPL. FOR AUTH. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 05/09/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NY COUNTY. LLC FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 11/30/15. 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: CSC, 251 LITTLE FALLS DR., WILMINGTON, DE 19808. CERT. OF FORM. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE, 401 FEDERAL ST., #4, DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: PERFORM INSTALLATION SERVICES INVOLVING SMART INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS & UTILITIES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, NUMBER 1310496 FOR TAVERN WINE HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE AND BEER AT RETAIL IN A RESTAURANT UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 790 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10019 ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION. HIGHGATE HOTELS, L.P.

Public Notice Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 AT 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for 1016 AMSTERDAM AVE LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 1012 AMSTERDAM AVE in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 257-263 W 34TH STREET JV LLC. ARTS OF ORG. FILED WITH NY SECY OF STATE (SSNY) ON 5/15/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NEW YORK COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: 7 MERCER ST, FL. 2, NY, NY 10013. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CHURCHILL W 34TH PREF LLC. ARTS OF ORG. FILED WITH NY SECY OF STATE (SSNY) ON 5/15/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NEW YORK COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: 7 MERCER ST, FL. 2, NY, NY 10013. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF COATUE PE ASIA XX LLC APPL. FOR AUTH. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 04/26/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NY COUNTY. LLC FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 04/24/18. PRINC. OFFICE OF LLC: ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA, NY, NY 10004. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO THE LLC, ATTN: PHILIPPE LAFFONT, 9 W. 57TH ST., 25TH FL., NY, NY 10019. DE ADDR. OF LLC: C/O CORPORATION SERVICE CO., 251 LITTLE FALLS DR., WILMINGTON, DE 19808. CERT. OF FORM. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DE, DIV. OF CORPS., JOHN G. TOWNSEND BLDG., FEDERAL & DUKE OF YORK STS., DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF COATUE PE ASIA XIX LLC APPL. FOR AUTH. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 04/26/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NY COUNTY. LLC FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 04/24/18. PRINC. OFFICE OF LLC: ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA, NY, NY 10004. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO THE LLC, ATTN: PHILIPPE LAFFONT, 9 W. 57TH ST., 25TH FL., NY, NY 10019. DE ADDR. OF LLC: C/O CORPORATION SERVICE CO., 251 LITTLE FALLS DR., WILMINGTON, DE 19808. CERT. OF FORM. FILED WITH SECY. OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DE, DIV. OF CORPS., JOHN G. TOWNSEND BLDG., FEDERAL & DUKE OF YORK STS., DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY.

FASTTWITCH GROUP LLC, ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY ON 02/28/2018. OFFICE LOC: NY COUNTY. SSNY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST THE LLC MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: THE LLC, 244 FIFTH AVE., STE A273, NY, NY 10001. REG AGENT: JOSE A. CHAVEZ, 244 FIFTH AVE., STE A273, NY, NY 10001. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. KEY MARKETING STRATEGIES LLC ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH SSNY ON 2/20/18. OFFICE: NY COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED AS THE AGENT OF THE LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO LLC: 1 GRACIE TERRACE, 14B, NEW YORK, NY, 10028. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF THE SALES & MARKETING THINK TANK LLC. AUTHORITY FILED WITH NY SECY OF STATE (SSNY) ON 3/29/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NEW YORK COUNTY. LLC FORMED IN DELAWARE (DE) ON 10/27/17. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: 708 3RD AVE, FL. 6, NY, NY 10017. DE ADDRESS OF LLC: 1201 ORANGE ST, STE 600, 1 COMMERCE CTR, WILMINGTON, DE 19801. CERT. OF FORMATION FILED WITH DE SECY OF STATE, 401 FEDERAL ST, STE 4, DOVER, DE 19901. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1310073 FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 87-10 ROCKAWAY BEACH BLVD. FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11693. QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ONPREMISE CONSUMPTION. ROCKAWAY BEACH BAKERY LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1310591 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 195 CLAREMONT AVE NEW YORK, NY 10027. NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. STRING & BRASS LLC.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NEXT12 INVESTORS HOLDINGS, LLC. ARTS OF ORG. FILED WITH NEW YORK SECY OF STATE (SSNY) ON 5/15/18. OFFICE LOCATION: NEW YORK COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: 551 5TH AVE, STE 2500, NY, NY 10176. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY.

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

1994 KFC, LLC is seeking benefits for the properties located at, 1992 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Block 1339 Lots 49,52,54,55 under the (ICIP) Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program administered by the New York City Department of Finance. Any persons having information concerning the eligibility of this applicant to participate in the program, or any act of arson or harassment committed by the applicant, may submit such information to ICIP 59 Maiden Lane. 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10038 or Exemptionspolicy@ f i n a n c e . n y c . g o

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 29-00 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on June 8, 2018 and end on June 21, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc. Household goods and other effects. #1702-Quinsessa Harrison, #2703-Mary Meeley Terry, #3418Jane Stubbs, #3710-Lashawn Davis, #4315-Anna Schneider. The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale.

CANVAS, INK LLC. ART. OF ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY ON 05/04/18. OFFICE: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF THE LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS TO THE LLC, QIN RUAN, 353 BOULEVARD, SCARSDALE, NY 10583. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.

RIGHTHAND OF THE CITADEL, LLC. FILED WITH SSNY 05/11/2018. OFFICE LOC: NY COUNTY. SSNY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST LLC MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: THE LLC, ATTN: DENNIS ASKINS III, 1900 LEXINGTON AVENUE 14B, NY N.Y 10035. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.

STORAGE Midtown Moving & Storage Inc. will sell at Public Auction at 810 East 170 Street, Bronx NY 10459 at 6:00 P.M. on June 12, 2018 for due and unpaid charges by virtue of a lien in accordance with the provisions of the law and with due notice given all parties claiming an interest therein, the time specified in each notice for payment of said charges having expired household furniture & effects, pianos, trunks, cases, TV’s, radios, hifi’s, refrigerators, sewing machines, washers, air conditioners, household furniture of all descriptions and the contents thereof, stored under the following names: -AYALA ERIKA -ANIA JR JOSEPH PLATON/ ELVINIA PLATON -CAJIGAS RONALD -FERNANDEZ MAEBELL (ERNEST + HUSBAND) DOE JOHN &JANE -GUILLAUME MARC/ ST. PREUX JEAN -HYBERGER TATYANA -JIMENEZ ANGEL -KABA ALASSANE -MORALES JONATHAN -MARC OPHARROW; ELLENI OPHARROW

Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 4555 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES. COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on June 8, 2018 and end on June 21, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc. Household goods and other effects. #9P01A – Nicklaus Jones (items: boxes, clothing, furniture, appliances and misc items) & #7S02 – The Shoreham Hotel (items: file boxes and shelves). The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale.

-PARKER ESTHER/ PARKER ANITA -POLLINS KEVIN/POLLINS BRIHANNA -CARRO RAUL -RODRIGUEZ CECILIA -RODRIGUEZ ZABIEL -SAM GIND -TAYACK FERAUL -SIMMONS NELLIE -CUFFIE SISLINE -STANLEY MAUREEN O -RIVERA STEPHANIE -HUDSON JASON

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Notice of Formation of 257263 W 34th Mezz LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/15/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7 Mercer St, Fl. 2, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Who was up and who was down last week

LOSERS ZEPHYR TEACHOUT She was snubbed by the Working Families Party in 2014 when the party backed Cuomo for governor. Teachout returned again this year only to be snubbed when the party chose not to support her attorney general bid. When the WFP was shunned by Letitia James, the third party plugged in a placeholder so they have the option of backing James after the September primary – while trying to sell the decision as backing two women who are both just so great.

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LETITIA JAMES

SERGIO GARCIA

A swish for Tish. No question about it now – the Democrats want her for AG.

PETE KING

You wouldn’t believe the stuff SUNY Upstate Medical University’s senior VP made up. Seriously. Google him.

The congressman got to pal around with Trump and talk his favorite topic: MS-13.

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MARCUS MOLINARO

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Cuomo left her off his campaign page! $43 billion to fix the MTA? Sounds like Joe’s got some ’splainin’ to do ... You ask nicely, buy flowers, then Rocket Man goes and botches the big date.

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ANDREW CUOMO It’s Cuomo’s party, so Democrats do what he wants to. The governor won 95 percent of the convention vote, leaving primary challenger Cynthia Nixon in the dust. He also got several big names to show up to endorse him, from Hillary Clinton to Joe Biden. His candidate of choice, Letitia James, was designated for the position of attorney general, and he got to bask in the adoration of a huge crowd shouting “four more years.”

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Last week’s state Republican and Democratic conventions showed the difference in substance and style. Republicans got steak sandwiches and a half-empty room, while a teeming horde of Democrats elbowed their way to the front of the concessions stand. But ravenous Dems weren’t the only unlucky ones Wednesday. It was the Cuomo Show at the Democratic convention, and while primary challenger Cynthia Nixon only received 5 percent of the vote, she did at least win the battle for best dressed.

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