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What the covfefe happened to political discourse?

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EDITOR’S NOTE When I first got into journalism, the internet was still something of a novelty.

Facebook went live in 2004, and I joined it only because I was writing a story for my college weekly about its expansion to my school. Twitter launched a couple years later in 2006, but I didn’t create an account until 2010.

Although I am admittedly a late adopter when it comes to these kinds of tech innovations, the value of social media for journalists and journalism is indisputable. During emergencies, attacks or other crises, on-the-scene observers post descriptions, photos and videos long before the press shows up.

Reporters often publish scoops on Twitter before taking the time to draft a story for their publication. And social networks can make it easier to find and connect with sources.

Yet social media isn’t without its drawbacks. In this week’s cover story, Jeff Coltin explores the rough and tumble world of Twitter – and its bruising impact on New York politics.

JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

CONTENTS BOCHINCHE & BUZZ ... 6

Gossip on Francisco Moya, Melissa Mark-Viverito and more

SLANT ... 28

Acting Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez says enforcing the maximum penalty for minor drug offenses doesn’t work

WINNERS & LOSERS ... 34 Who was up and who was down last week

TWITTER WARS

It’s not just Trump. New York officials and their aides have used social media to go on the offensive.

COMMENTARY

Gerson Borrero on Oscar López Rivera and the National Puerto Rican Day Parade ... 8

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SESSION COUNTDOWN, PART 2

As the session winds down, a look at how state lawmakers will tackle health care, energy, criminal justice and organized labor issues ... 17

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LAST WEEK’S HEADLINES

BACK&FORTH A Q&A with Assemblyman and City Council candidate

FRANCISCO MOYA

C&S: You wasted no time in announcing your candidacy. Did you talk to Ferreras-Copeland and know she wasn’t going to run?

FM: No, I have not talked to her. Just when I heard she wasn’t running I reached out to her, but I have not been able to get in touch with her. But look, we have to make sure we are getting the right people elected to public office. We can’t allow corruption to come back into politics in this community.

C&S: You're seemingly alluding to Hiram Monserrate, who used to represent the area and was convicted on corruption charges in 2012. Is he a challenger here?

FM: Well, he says he’s running. But we’re prepared to run a campaign based on record. And we have a good track record, not just in the Assembly, but here in the community, and we’re going to take it to the people.

C&S: You’re one of the most outspoken legislators on immigration issues, even sponsoring legislation to make New York a “sanctuary state.”

Can you make an impact on immigration issues in City Hall?

FM: When sanctuary cities are under attack just given the Trump agenda, I think now more than ever we need champions, and working alongside the mayor of the city of New York on issues like immigration, and immigration advocates (I represent one of the most diverse districts in the entire country – large immigrant communities), there’s no one better who can stand up and represent the interests of our immigrant communities than me.

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CLIMATE OF FEAR President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change, and while Trump said he wants a better deal, the exit is demoralizing for those who saw it as the best chance to slow rising temperatures. In response, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is coordinating a group of local and state officials, academics and business leaders rallying around the pact. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order committing the state to the agreement and announced New York would join California and Washington in a new coalition of states taking action on climate change. Even some Republicans were critical, with U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik calling it a “mistake” and U.S. Rep. John Faso describing it as “ill-advised.”

LIBOUS’ FINAL CHAPTER Thomas Libous, the former state Senate deputy majority leader, died last year as a convicted felon. But now he has a clean record, after a federal appeals court vacated his conviction. Although he was guilty of lying to FBI agents, Libous’ conviction was overturned on a technicality because an appeal was underway when he died.

The court also ordered that a $50,000 fine against him be returned to his estate.

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL New York City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, a front-runner for council speaker, abruptly announced that she would not run for re-election. Democratic Assemblyman Francisco Moya quickly announced his candidacy for her seat. Meanwhile, two GOP assemblymen won support in local races, with Al Graf eyeing a judgeship and Chad Lupinacci running for Huntington town supervisor.

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DID YOU MISS IT? STATE OF NEW YORK WOMEN Women are still a minority in politics, finance, housing and a number of other influential sectors, which means we have a lot to learn from those who have made it big in New York. On May 25 at the New York Academy of Medicine, an almost entirely female audience listened, engaged and discussed the issues, from fighting for fair pay to the importance of family leave.

New York City Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen

New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg

State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo

City & State’s Ashley Hupfl, Assembly members Shelley Mayer and Deborah Glick, Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts’ Robin Chappelle Golston and YMCA of Greater New York’s Sharon Greenberger

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TUESDAY, JUNE 6 9:30 a.m. – The state Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions holds a public hearing on hiring practices of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Legislative Office Building, Hamilton Hearing Room B, Albany.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 Myrlie Evers-Williams introduces former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who delivers a keynote address and is given an honorary degree at Medgar Evers College’s 46th commencement ceremony, Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 6:30 p.m. – Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle hold a fundraiser for the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee at a New York Yankees game, Yankee Stadium, 1 E. 161st St., Bronx.

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Exclusive scoops and insider gossip from

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WHAT WILL CUOMO’S PUERTORRIQUEÑOS DO? Now that Oscar López Rivera has been persuaded to decline his National Freedom Hero recognition by the board of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, the buzz in the inner sanctum of the Cuomo Kingdom is: “¿Que hacemos?” The guv’s top puertorriqueños like Budget Director Robert Mujica, Secretary of State Rossana Rosado, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Arlene González-Sánchez, Chief Diversity Officer Rose Rodríguez, acting MTA Chairman Fernando Ferrer and others are waiting for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is not marching, to tell them if they can go as individuals or if they must skip the June 11 event. “The guy (Oscar) is still marching. So, I’m betting the governor is going to tell them to do whatever they want,” one Albany bochinchero told us. I say that they’re not going to risk being there and getting caught on video standing with or greeting the Puerto Rican patriot. That would not be bueno for their jefe. Stay tuned.

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NO ABRAZO FOR MELISSA?

MELISSA MARK-VIVERITO

New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has been chosen by fellow City Council member Rafael Salamanca as his honoree at the annual Abrazo Boricua in New York event hosted by state Sen. Rubén Díaz prior to Sunday’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade. A Bronx bochinchero told us that the selection has upset the senior Díaz. “Esta como ciempiés meado,” or he’s like a peed-on centipede, is the way the bochinchero described the polemic político’s mood with the presence of Melissa at his event.

Bets are being taken as to whether Díaz gives Melissa an abrazo, a hug, on Thursday. I bet the senator is going to make a beeline for the men’s room when he sees her.

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THE BOUNCING MOYA Assemblyman Francisco Moya told our Jeff Coltin that running against state Sen. José Peralta has “never been in conversation.” When B&B wrote about that buzz, it was others in Queens County who wanted Moya to challenge Peralta for joining the IDC. Now it’s clear that the bouncing Moya is running for New York City Council District 21, which is currently occupied by Julissa Ferreras-Copeland. So far, the only announced candidate is Hiram Monserrate. A bochinchero told me, “I doubt that Hiram can beat Moya. It’s a different campaign and a more difficult one than running against Julissa.” Then again, there may be others jumping into the race. I hate coronations.

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REMEMBER, GENTE, IT’S ALL BOCHINCHE UNTIL IT’S CONFIRMED.

DE BLASIO AFFORDABLE HOUSING MYTH #1: Mayor Bill de Blasio is creating, preserving and protecting affordable housing for families that need it most.

THE FACTS: •

168,000 wealthy tenants with annual incomes of $100,000+ occupy nearly 20% of all rentregulated apartments. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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What’s de Blasio doing for 172,000 households with annual incomes of less than $25,000?

Not much. Only 5% of 40,000 affordable units under de Blasio went to tenants making less than $25K. (Source: Gothamist, 2/10/16)

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… “de Blasio’s…program will yield a grossly inadequate amount of housing for…the people who need it most.” (Source: Metropolitan Council on Housing)

DE BLASIO’S HOUSING POLICIES: POLITICS & HYPOCRISY

Next Week in City & State: de Blasio Myth #2

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COMMENTARY

DON’T

By GERSON BORRERO HE SPENT 35 YEARS locked up in a federal penitentiary. The same amount of time – give or take a year – that I have been covering the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. Of course the light-hearted comparison for some may seem a stretch and even offensive to Oscar López Rivera.

I can assure you that at times reporting on the scandals and bochinche of the well-intentioned leaders on the parade board seemed liked doing hard time. For a proud puertorriqueño like me, it was even embarrassing and always painful to have to report on their misdeeds. It still is.

During all those decades, some of us never forgot our compatriots imprisoned for their commitment to the freedom of

our island nation – including the ones who were committed to achieving independence by any means necessary. While I, like the majority of puertorriqueños, don’t believe that violence of any sort is the solution, I do understand it. It’s the motto that unites freedom fighters throughout history, including the founding fathers of the United States. I am also respectful of this 74-year-old Puerto Rican patriot.

López Rivera believed in the independence of his island nation. That inalienable right inspired him to fight against the U.S. government that invaded the island in 1898.

To be clear, the U.S. has been exploiting, abusing and treating us as a possession –

territory is the legal term – ever since then.

Most americanos don’t know that Puerto Ricans weren’t able to elect their own governor until 1952. The island was ruled by military and civilian men appointed by the sitting U.S. president for over half a century.

As an example of the murderous abuse, history offers the Ponce Massacre that took place on Palm Sunday, March 21, 1937.

It was a peaceful civilian march of men, women and children. On orders by the U.S. government, police opened fire against the unarmed crowd in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Nineteen civilians and two policemen were killed, and more than 200 others wounded.

Many of the dead were shot in the back.

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This took place in my hometown. Not too far from the hospital where I was born in 1950. If you ever visit Ponce, make sure you go to the museum and see the photos and artifacts of the state-sanctioned terrorism against U.S. citizens. This doesn’t justify the killing of innocents in bombings attributed to the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, or FALN, the Puerto Rican separatist group. It merely offers context.

Understand that López Rivera, a Bronze Star Medal recipient during the Vietnam War, was convicted for seditious conspiracy. The sentence was 55 years with an additional 15 years for a later charge of conspiracy to escape. A total of 70 years. The frenzied media coverage that paints López Rivera as a terrorist is based on a theory of guilt by association with the FALN. Most of the one-sided reporting and opinion-driven narrative is successfully retrying him.

That narrative doesn’t change the fact that with all its investigative, intelligence, legal and financial resources, the government was unable convict López Rivera on any of the FALN’s bombings. While there are many who still feel that López Rivera has blood on his hands, the results of the trial are indisputable.

So I ask, does any person of sound mind think that López Rivera, upon learning of President Barack Obama’s commutation of his sentence on Jan. 17, 2017, was thinking about marching in the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City?

As far as is known, López Rivera didn't ask to be invited to the parade. Much less to be bestowed with the title of National Freedom Hero. That designation was the political machination of New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, parade chairwoman Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez and several other members of the board. The lame-duck council speaker has denied that it was solely her idea. Yet she’s the one who has defended the ill-advised decision by the board that she helped hand-pick with the approval of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman back in February 2014. No one can blame Oscar for that.

The copious reporting on the designation of López Rivera as a “hero” led to the wellknown withdrawal of major corporate sponsors. Goya Foods, the first company to withdraw its support, should've been a signal to the arrogant and out of touch board that maybe they should revisit this designation.

After the controversy simmered for more

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than two weeks, López Rivera announced he would march “not as your honoree but as a humble Puerto Rican and grandfather” – a shift reportedly spurred by the de Blasio administration.

It had long been clear that the presence of López Rivera was going to be a problem. In an item titled “WEPA! Oscar on 5th Ave?” in my Bochinche & Buzz column on Jan. 30, I reported that discussions were going on within the board to give Oscar a special recognition. I concluded quoting a New York City law enforcement bigwig saying: “This won't go over well with most in the NYPD or most of us in law enforcement anywhere.”

Instead of displaying some humility and seeking advice from outsiders, the board adopted a bunker mentality. The public face and voice has been that of Mark-Viverito, as if she, and not Cortés-Vázquez, was the president of the board. The back channel calls to elected officials to support the board’s decision were made by the misguided and arrogant speaker. This mess is in large part due to the unprecedented influence of a wellintentioned político who let her ego gain control over the celebration of all that makes puertorriqueños proud of who we are.

No one can blame Oscar for that.

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IT WAS THE first day of the state legislative session, and Melissa DeRosa wasn’t happy.

Some two dozen environmental activists occupied the executive chamber in the state Capitol to call for new climate change legislation. They were sitting in a hallway outside DeRosa’s office with cardboard life preservers around their necks that read “Save our Future” and a handmade “Trump = Climate Emergency” sign.

Maybe DeRosa, then the governor’s chief of staff, was preoccupied with the Republican president-elect who would be sworn in a few weeks later. Maybe it was because things were about to get busy again in Albany after a quiet holiday. Or she just was just annoyed that people were sitting in her hallway. Whatever the reason, the typically civil tweeter lashed out on Twitter – and the responses were quick and numerous.

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I even weighed in with a tweet of my own: “Is it really counterproductive, or are you just concerned it makes your office look bad to casual observers?”

It was, for lack of a better term, a Twitter fight.

DeRosa launched a counterattack, and Rich Azzopardi, a top communications staffer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, joined the fray. The protesters were barking up the wrong tree, they said. New York was a leader on clean energy and greenhouse gases. And, by the way, DeRosa added, “this kind of stuff makes our side look silly.”

The activists ended up getting arrested and were charged with disorderly conduct. The Twitter exchange was covered by Gothamist and mentioned in Politico, but the story didn’t create much of a stir. Organized protest is a mainstay of New York politics and, increasingly, so is fighting on Twitter.

Since soon after its 2006 launch, Twitter has been a place for politicos – the officials, journalists, advocates and everyone else who closely follows governmental goings-on. But one can’t help but notice a growing trend lately in New York: the use of Twitter as a battleground.

In conversations with Twitter users across the political ecosystem – from journalists to academics, press secretaries to elected officials – there was a common thread: It can get ugly on there. While much has been written about the national decline in political discourse, it seems the trend has hit New York too, with Twitter as a primary medium. It’s brought the fierce pushback from press secretaries to journalists out in the open. Twitter has become a new front in the rivalry between Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. And Twitter is even being used by progressive politicians to play up their resistance to the most notorious tweeter of them all: @realDonaldTrump.

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While the Cuomo administration is no fan of Trump, Azzopardi and his colleagues tend to stick to policy when it comes to opposing the president. The de Blasio administration – led by its press secretary Eric Phillips – has routinely gone after Trump with a sharper voice.

After a bomb scare at Trump Tower on Dec. 27, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer tweeted that it was “back to work” and thanked the NYPD. “No problem. We’ll send you the bill,” Phillips retorted, alluding to the dispute over whether the federal government would cover the added security costs to the NYPD for securing Trump Tower for the president-elect and his team. The de Blasio administration repeated this strategy on tax day, releasing the mayor’s tax return on the @NYCMayor handle (which the mayor doesn’t personally use) saying, “See, President Trump, It’s not that hard.” And the administration routinely attacks Trump’s politics, taking a tone that positions de Blasio among “the resistance.”

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The dynamic hasn’t gone unnoticed by Christina Greer, a Fordham University political science professor who often comments about local politics on Twitter.

“When you have the president of the United States being flippant on Twitter, it’s difficult to hold Eric Phillips to a different standard than the president,” she said. But that doesn’t mean she’s comfortable with all of Trump’s interactions.

“Unfortunately, I just think we’re in a new era of how we communicate with the media and how the media communicates with us,” she said. “Before, we wouldn’t dare think to think about name-calling and snarky remarks, but when it’s coming from the highest office, I think it trickles down into all facets.”

Ben Max, the executive editor of Gotham Gazette, was less forgiving.

“Trump has established a low bar for all sorts of decorum. I don’t think that means we lower it for everybody,” he said. “I don’t think the way Trump uses Twitter to call people names and attack people means that everybody has to slip into that dystopia.”

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e Blasio’s tweeted opposition to Trump, though based on their divergent political philosophies, is politically advantageous. And with its low barrier to entry and wide reach among politicos, Twitter is an easy way to signal political opposition – and often in heated terms.

Look no further than New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, a frequent and frequently candid user of Twitter, who has called Trump a “giddy manchild,” and accused “Donnie” of “verbal diarrhea.”

Another avid user is Assemblyman Steven McLaughlin, a Republican representing an area outside Albany, whose favorite theme is attacking Cuomo.

He’s called him “#GovernorGutless,” “weak” and a “tyrant narcissist.”

McLaughlin has drawn attention offline as well – at a 2013 press conference he said “Hitler would be proud” of Cuomo – but his online attacks come frequently, and aren’t limited to Cuomo.

The assemblyman has called state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker a “hack,” described Chelsea Clinton as a “talentless, clueless, entitled dope” and even tagged state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a fellow Republican, as #FecklessFlanagan.

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Independent Democratic Conference spokeswoman Candice Giove and state Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy used of Democratic senators hobnobbing with Republicans as ammo, each attacking the other’s conference for daring to associate with the other party.

Murphy and Giove are frequent sparring partners on Twitter, channeling the latest tensions between the mainline Democrats and the breakaway IDC. DeRosa’s recent promotion to secretary to the governor launched its own Twitter war, with frequent Cuomo critic state Republican Party chairman Ed Cox sharing choice words, calling DeRosa a “petty thug” who “will magnify pol thug Cuomo’s worst traits.”

Azzopardi fired back, in equally personal terms: “proof that too many bloody marys after morning squash reduces tweeting to a 3rd grade level.”

Cox denied a penchant for squash and bloody marys, but the Twitter war grew big enough to spur lobbyist and Cuomo confidante Charlie King to issue a press release calling Cox a “Cox sucker.” His remarks were widely derided and King apologized, admitting that the discourse, which started on Twitter, had become a “race to the bottom.”

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ne of the major players in that race is Azzopardi, the Cuomo spokesman. Albany observers describe his tweets as insulting, below the belt, attacking, snarky or merely strange. Many of Azzopardi’s tweets could be classified as “rapid response,” an immediate effort to spin, set the record straight or do any of the things that political spokespeople do.

“My job first and foremost is to be accurate and to be honest, but we want to make sure the facts are right,” Azzopardi said of his social media strategy. “And if Twitter is the first draft, you want to be in there.”

Or, as Azzopardi once artfully described in a tweet, “I just try to head off the knucklehead stuff at the pass. Sometimes it works. Sometimes (reporters) hit publish.”

But Azzopardi does not just dispassionately correct inaccurate information on Twitter like a pedantic teacher. He liberally adds snark, commentary and even insults. He has called journalists “petty,” and “tone deaf,” called activists “obnoxious” and even added on a Mafioso “what’s your problem.” He often responds with a meme or a gif – a short, often humorous static or moving image – rather than with the most common tool of the spokesman trade: words.

The gifs? “It’s a tool of the medium,” he said. “And hey, sometimes something is ridiculous enough where that’s the proper response.”

But when asked about his more aggressive responses, Azzopardi stumbled over his words, evidently trying to craft a careful response. “I’m doing a job in an industry that does gets bare-knuckles at times.” He then quoted his former colleague, Josh Vlasto, who said “that he respects tough journalists and he hopes that tough journalists also respect us flacks.”

But apparently there is little respect between Azzopardi and Fred Dicker, a daily radio show host and former New York Post columnist, who once had a friendly relationship with Cuomo. Dicker is one of Azzopardi’s favorite targets, and he seems to relish insulting the veteran reporter, calling him “angry” and a “hypocrite,” urging him to “be a man,” and constantly harping on him for spending most of his time in Florida. Azzopardi’s cover photo on Twitter is a notification showing that Dicker has blocked him on the service.

Dicker emailed a statement to City & State, reading in part: “There’s no

point in responding to Cuomo’s nasty messenger boy because his comments are all precleared by the self-described ‘control freak’s control freak.’”

“It’s fighting fire with fire,” Azzopardi says of his tweets to Dicker. “He has made a career out of intimidating people and belittling people and talking flippantly about people. But like most bullies, you find when the fire is turned towards them, they get very thin-skinned and they get very defensive.”

When it’s suggested to Azzopardi that his tweets have been described in much the same way, he laughs. “I have thick skin.

I’ll leave it at that.”

But Dicker, whose acerbic nature has always made him a bit of a lone wolf at the Capitol, wasn’t the only one who saw Cuomo’s influence behind Azzopardi’s words.

Matthias Revers, a sociologist, spent years studying the Albany press corps while earning his doctorate at the University at Albany, just as Cuomo was taking office in 2011. Now he’s at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, working as a senior researcher and lecturer (“Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter” to be exact), and has written a number of academic papers about the use of Twitter at the Capitol.

“The Cuomo administration kind of turns public information officers into bullies,” Revers said. “That’s kind of a requirement to that specific job.”

Revers described Twitter as this constant back channel in the Capitol that became an essential tool for reporters during the same-sex marriage debate in 2011. He’s been following Albany less lately, and remembered Azzopardi as a very journalistfriendly spokesman. While he’s still quick to share a joke with reporters on Twitter, Revers noted a change. “I’m surprised!” he said. “It seems to me those kind of belowthe-belt attacks are a recent thing.”

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zzopardi’s counterpart in New York City is Phillips, who was appointed de Blasio’s press secretary a year ago. Like Azzopardi, he does rapid response, and has been criticized for his “fantastically rude” responses on Twitter.

Phillips and Azzopardi publicly sing each other’s praises, but the two – and their colleagues – have often gotten into fights of their own, shining a light into the muchdiscussed rivalry between Cuomo and de Blasio, with aides acting as emissaries.

For example, when Politico New York reporter Azi Paybarah tweeted in

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September that Cuomo disagreed with de Blasio’s decision keep NYPD disciplinary records private, de Blasio’s first deputy press secretary Austin Finan responded that the governor was “out over his skis again.” Azzopardi replied that the mayor was undermining government transparency and damaging his reputation, which Phillips took as an opportunity to suggest that Cuomo is too concerned with his political brand.

The two camps have fought multiple times, insulting job titles, trading barbs on state prisons and de Blasio’s legal woes and, notoriously, assigning blame over the fate of a deer in Harlem. The wild animal died, and “bureaucracy lost.”

Why make these fights public? Phillips declined to comment, but Azzopardi said, “If something gets put out there in real time, you’ve got to fight back in real time.

That’s just the reality of the world we live in.”

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witter is the reality of the world we live in, and Twitter is open to the public. Cuomo and de Blasio have made no secret of disliking each other, but their comments are almost always mediated through the press, through comments made at news conferences or statements given in interviews. There are also private conversations between the offices that do not get seen or heard by the public. But the Twitter fights show the tension between New York’s most powerful executives unmediated, saved in perpetuity.

This, as Paybarah sees it, is Trump’s influence.

“He’s made Twitter in some ways an official platform,” he said. “You can’t just rant about something, drop a couple of F-bombs and say something like ‘I’d like to tear up this treaty, I’d like to tear up these bike lanes.’ You can’t say that on Twitter and then downplay it as like, ‘Oh that’s not real, that’s not serious because I didn’t issue it from my press office.’ … That’s going to be treated the same as if you said it behind a podium.”

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Paybarah sees Twitter fights as promoting transparency, particularly when it comes to conversations between press secretaries and journalists.

“There is something, at least, beneficial, entertaining – transparent almost – about having those complaints be aired so publicly,” he said. He explained that when he fights with press secretaries over email – “You’re pulling your hair out, they’re yelling at you in all caps” – it can create doubts about, for example, whether a story actually was unfair. But when the fight is in public, “it’s a meritocracy because you see other people respond. You see other people like and retweet … In some ways, it’s a braver arena in which to have these debates.”

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f course, pushback from government spokespeople is nothing new. They made phone calls to correct, cajole and berate reporters long before Twitter existed, and – as anybody who has spent time in a newsroom can tell you – angry phone calls and emails are still a frequent occurrence.

Twitter has brought transparency to the interactions – and harsher language may just be a side effect.

“I think everyone gets comfortable with the medium, but also you get 140 characters,” Azzopardi said. “If some of the language ends up curt, that kind of lends itself to the medium.”

That medium can get nasty. You don’t have to log in for very long on Twitter to see examples of blatant sexism, racism and all sorts of personal insults. Maybe Twitter warfare has grown in New York just because Twitter is a better platform for war than peace.

DeRosa’s tweet about the climate activists in the hallway did give them more attention than they ever would have gotten had she kept her opinions private, and her one attempt at peace by setting up a meeting failed. After multiple times being rescheduled, DeRosa had yet to meet with the activists as of May 25, according to one of the protesters, Dan Sherrell.

But maybe Twitter isn’t to blame. As Azzopardi said, “I fight for every word. I fight for what I believe my perspective is to be a fair representation of my boss. Twitter is just a medium to do it.”

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(PART 2)

FOR THE FIRST time since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office, the state budget was delivered days late. Yet at the end of the negotiations, the final spending plan included many of the governor’s top budgetary and policy priorities.

Still, there’s plenty to keep legislators busy during the final few weeks of the legislative session. To cite a few examples, lawmakers are calling for increased oversight of economic development programs, pushing to expand the state’s medical marijuana law, and scrutinizing the closure of a downstate nuclear power plant as well as new subsidies to prop up other nuclear facilities upstate.

In the second part of this two-part feature, City & State reviews the key policy debates, the post-budget funding fights and the political battles behind some of the legislative standoffs.

The first installment, published last week, covered education, ethics, infrastructure and housing. This edition provides updates on health care, labor, energy, criminal justice and more.

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HEALTH CARE

WILL AN EXPANSION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA GO UP IN SMOKE?

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE BATTLING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, GANG WARFARE AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

OPPOSED AT HOME, NEW YORK’S NUCLEAR SUBSIDIES ARE REPLICATED ELSEWHERE

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OVERSIGHT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, UPSTATE RIDEHAILING SERVICES AND MORE

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HEALTH CARE

WILL AN EXPANSION OF MEDICAL GO UP IN SMOKE? HE CAMPAIGN TO create a medical marijuana program in New York was an uphill battle, and even when it passed in 2014, advocates criticized its many restrictions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who expressed skepticism about legalizing medical marijuana, agreed to sign legislation granting five licenses to grow marijuana and capping the number of dispensaries in the state at 20. Some diseases or conditions are not covered by the statute, and it remains illegal to smoke marijuana.

But now, more than a year since the program went into effect and in the face of criticism from patient advocates, state officials are taking incremental steps to try to expand access.

The Cuomo administration made some changes last year, including allowing home delivery of the drug. The administration also added chronic pain to the list of eligible conditions, and began allowing nurse practitioners to prescribe the drug.

“Recent enhancements such as adding chronic pain as a qualifying condition, allowing registered organizations to wholesale their products to other registered organizations, permitting home delivery and empowering nurse practitioners and physician assistants to certify patients have helped to improve access for patients, streamline production and increase choice,” said Jill Montag, a state Department of Health spokeswoman.

Even though the program has certified more than 20,000 patients and registered more than 1,000 practitioners, the Cuomo administration is now seeking to double the number of companies growing and distributing medical marijuana. The five existing companies who won the initial licenses have sued to block the expansion, arguing that it would drive them out of business, but the state is still moving forward while the matter is in court.

“From day one, we made clear our commitment to the continued growth of this program so that the New Yorkers who qualify for this therapy have access to

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it,” Montag said. “The court’s decision in April not to block this expansion while the lawsuit is pending certainly helps those residents. We will continue to fight any attempts to block patients from the relief they deserve. The department’s reviews are ongoing regarding conditions that could help expand the program further.”

Those pushing to expand the program are also seeing progress in the state Legislature, including on a bill to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of conditions eligible for medical marijuana. The legislation passed in the Assembly last month and has advanced out of committee in the state Senate. Cuomo has indicated he would be open to signing the legislation if it passes both houses.

In the Assembly, another bill has been introduced that would allow the five licensed marijuana operators to subcontract parts of their business to other companies.

Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, who spearheaded the push to create the program, said he supports the pending legislation.

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“The bill would authorize us to allow a registered organization to contract out part of its operation to another entity provided that all the laws and regulations would apply to the other entity,” Gottfried said. “The fact that you’re the best retailer in the world doesn’t mean you’re the best producer, and it may make more sense for you to contract out the processing of the product to another company.”

Gottfried added he’s tried to convince the potential new companies to agree only to distribute the treatment instead of also growing it, but they haven’t been interested.

While Gottfried praised Cuomo’s steps to expand the program, he disagreed with the existence of a list of conditions that are covered under the state program.

“We don’t have laws that tell doctors what you can use penicillin for or what you can use fentanyl for, just to look at opposite ends of the drug spectrum,” he said. “I don’t think the law should be telling doctors what conditions they can use medical marijuana for. To me, there should not be a list, we should trust licensed physicians.”

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Bills of health REPEAL AND REPLACE

It remains unclear whether Congress will be able to follow through on a pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But if the U.S. Senate advances a measure that already passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, drastic cuts to Medicaid would cost New York billions of dollars. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had initially sought more sweeping budgetary powers, was able to secure new authority to balance the state budget in the event of major federal cuts if state lawmakers do not act within 90 days.

E-CIGARETTE BAN

A bill that would expand the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act to electronic cigarettes has garnered some support in both houses, although it was dropped out of this year’s state budget. The Assembly has passed the bill in the past, but it has stalled in the state Senate. This year, the bill has moved through the state Senate Health Committee, though it remains uncertain if it will ultimately go to the floor for a vote.

KENDRA’S LAW

The state Senate passed legislation to bolster Kendra’s Law and renew it­ahead of its expi-

ration this month. The legislation is aimed at ensuring mentally ill New Yorkers receive adequate care – and the public is protected – by authorizing court-ordered outpatient treatment for those who pose a safety threat. The bill has been stuck in the Assembly Mental Health Committee.

MEDICALLY ASSISTED SUICIDE

Advocates are once again pushing a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients, although the measure is considered unlikely to pass. State Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John Flanagan, are critical of the legislation, while Assembly Democrats remain hesitant to throw the conference’s weight behind the bill.

WHAT GOT DONE

The state budget included a provision that will cap the growth of prescription drug spending in the Medicaid program. New York became the first state in the nation to do so. The budget also included funding to increase wages for direct care workers at state-funded nonprofits. With the new funding, direct care workers will see a 3.25 percent annual wage increase each year for the next two years.

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CONFRONTING THE GROWING OPIOID AND GANG THREATS KEVIN P. COUGHLIN/OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

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GOV. ANDREW CUOMO VISITS LONG ISLAND IN APRIL TO LAUNCH AN INITIATIVE TO CRACK DOWN ON THE MS-13 GANG.

NE OF THE biggest legislative victories for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Democrats so far this year is the raising of the age of criminal responsibility to 18. The new law – which was cited as a key source of disagreement that held up state budget talks – leaves North Carolina as the only state that still treats 16and 17-year-olds as adults in criminal court proceedings.

In the final few weeks of the state legislative session, lawmakers are pushing for further changes to the state’s criminal justice policies, including new proposals for responding to the ongoing opioid epidemic and a rising gang threat and a renewed effort to change the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases. Here are the highlights.

OPIOID ABUSE

While state legislators have already passed laws targeting the rise of opioid abuse in recent years, the problem has persisted. This year, state Senate Republicans passed a new package of legislation, including a bill to add derivatives of the powerful opioid fentanyl to the controlled substances schedule and

increase criminal penalties for the sale of an opioid containing fentanyl. Another measure would require hospital and emergency room physicians to notify a patient’s health care provider when a patient is being treated for a controlled substance overdose and to log the incident in the Prescription Monitoring Program registry. While Democrats have partnered with Republicans in addressing the matter, there is some disagreement over how punitive the state should be in dealing with drug offenders.

GANG WARFARE

A spate of violent incidents linked to the notorious Salvadoran gang MS-13 has drawn the attention of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who responded with a call to combat illegal immigration during a recent speech on Long Island. In Albany, state Senate Republicans have passed legislation that would create a legal definition for criminal street gangs in the state’s penal statutes in an effort to combat gang recruitment. However, advocates fear that the changes would criminalize more young African-Americans and Latinos, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has rejected the legislation while arguing that longer prison sentences are the wrong approach.

CHILD VICTIMS ACT

Once again, advocacy groups are pushing the passage of the Child Victims Act, which would make it easier for survivors of rape and sexual assault to file lawsuits. More specifically, the legislation would eliminate the statute of limitations for child sex abuse and allow a one-year period to bring cases tied to past incidents. The bill, which is opposed by the Roman Catholic Church and Boy Scouts of America, has repeatedly failed to pass in previous years, and advocates say the governor has failed to champion the measure.

WHAT GOT DONE

The Raise the Age law, which raises the age of criminal responsibility to 18, will result in 16- and 17-year-olds being referred to family court unless charged with a violent crime. In this year’s state budget, $214 million was also included to combat the opioid epidemic by expanding prevention, treatment, recovery and education services.

Additionally, $2.2 million was set aside to provide support and protection to domestic violence victims, $2.7 million for Rape Crisis Centers, $1 million to the New York State Police to create a new Hate Crimes Task Force and $2.89 million to support local law enforcement initiatives.

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ENERGY

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NUCLEAR SUBSIDES

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Charging and recharging INDIAN POINT

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo championed new subsidies to keep upstate nuclear power plants open, his administration announced a deal in January to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant by 2021 due to its proximity to New York City. Some state lawmakers and local officials criticized the agreement, citing the loss of jobs and taxes. Others questioned whether there will be enough replacement power to maintain the reliability of the state’s electrical grid without significantly raising rates. In the face of criticism, the Cuomo administration in February announced the creation of a task force to explore the closure’s impact on local communities.

CARBON PRICING

In January, Cuomo also pledged that the state would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent between 2020 and 2030, and called on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – a multistate effort to reduce carbon emissions – to follow his lead. But in recent months, discussions about a carbon pricing scheme at the state level have gained steam in reaction to the controversial move to subsidize three upstate nuclear power plants. In comments submitted to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission conference last month, the trade group Independent Power Producers of New York suggested “adopting a market-based approach that provides a single, market-wide carbon price” as one alternative to the Cuomo administration’s current approach.

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S THE FIRST STATE to implement subsidies to support struggling nuclear power plants through zeroemission credits, New York has caught the attention of other states confronting similar challenges.

New York was facing the potential closure of three unprofitable upstate nuclear power plants, in part due to cheap natural gas. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration touted the more than $7 billion in subsidies as a way to meet the state’s clean energy goals, keep the plants open and save more than 2,000 jobs. Energy consumers will pay for the subsidy as an additional fee on their bills over the next 12 years. Efforts to block the subsidies have stalled in the state Legislature.

New York’s strategy is now spreading to other states, alarming opponents of the plan. NRG Energy, which has three

natural gas plants and an oil plant in New York, has joined with others to file a lawsuit in federal court against the subsidies in Illinois and New York. “These things are spreading like the plague,” said David Gaier, a spokesman for NRG Energy. “Our position is we will fight these nuclear bailouts wherever and whenever they emerge.”

Similar legislation is being discussed or has been introduced in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey.

Dean Ellis, a senior vice president for regulatory and government affairs at Dynegy, which owns one gas plant in New York and has joined the lawsuits, also warned about a “contagion” of such policies. “They’re using the New York playbook to justify subsidizing their reactors in those other states,” he said. He suggested that upstate job concerns led New York to rush to approve the proposal, rather than safety or environmental worries.

In both Illinois and New York, Exelon

CONSTITUTIONALLY CLEAN?

Ahead of a ballot question before voters this fall on whether to hold a state constitutional convention, environmentalists and like-minded lawmakers are making an early push for an environmental bill of rights during the legislative session. The proposed constitutional amendment is sponsored by state Sen. David Carlucci and Assemblyman Steven Englebright, and supporters have cited the water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls as one example of why the amendment is needed. It has passed the Assembly but remains in committee in the state Senate and has drawn opposition from business groups.

WHAT GOT DONE

One bipartisan victory in the state budget this year was passage of the $2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which will fund capital investments in drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. The budget also maintained $300 million for the Environmental Protection Fund and included $900 million for the NY Parks 2020 initiative that would modernize the state park system.

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By DAN ROSENBLUM

GOV. ANDREW CUOMO ANNOUNCES IN NOVEMBER THAT AMERICAN PACKAGING CORP. WOULD BUILD A MANUFACTURING PLANT IN THE TOWN OF CHILI.

HOUGH IT WASN’T included in the April state budget deal, backers of legislation aimed at boosting U.S. manufacturing are optimistic that a proposal to encourage the state to give preference to American-made goods will be passed this month as the legislative session winds down.

The “Buy American” proposal, which was part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s raft of agenda items proposed in January, would require agencies to give more weight to U.S. suppliers on contracts worth more than $100,000.

Doing so could boost production upstate, where manufacturing represents 1 in 9 jobs, according to Cuomo’s office.

“When we buy American, we not only keep our companies and our employees where they belong, but we foster growth and development in leading industries right here at home,” Cuomo said at the time.

While his proposal included all goods and products, state legislators have focused on iron and steel purchases. A bill sponsored by Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, a

Democrat, has gotten support from several Republicans since it was introduced in January. A similar bill in the state Senate, sponsored by Republican Joseph Robach, is stuck in committee.

While the proposals enjoyed bipartisan support as well as from some labor and business groups, the early proposal stalled because of opposition from international business leaders, who argued that unintended consequences could harm manufacturers and pass more costs on to taxpayers.

“The governor’s plan would bar many of these globally-dependent firms from competing for state contracts, despite the fact he’s spent six years and billions of tax dollars on attracting them to New York,” Nancy McLernon, the president and CEO of the Organization for International Investment, a lobbying group that represents global business interests, wrote in March.

The government of Ontario, which is one of the state’s largest trading partners, also lobbied against the measure. It reportedly even drew up plans to retaliate by blocking

New York-based businesses from bidding on the province’s projects, according to the Globe & Mail.

Morelle, who represents Rochester – a city, like other upstate industrial towns, that has been hit hard by globalization – told City & State that he was still optimistic about his bill’s passage. The challenge, he said, was helping American companies and workers without antagonizing international trading partners, and prompting reciprocal biases against New York companies. “There’s always concerns about protectionism, but by the same token, we’re really anxious to try to encourage more manufacturing, more production in New York and in the United States,” he said.

Federal guidelines on buying American products date back roughly 85 years and have been updated over the decades. But Cuomo is springboarding off of a recent political environment which is reacting to low-priced steel from Europe, Russia and especially China, much of which is cheaper than domestic steel, due to massive government subsidies.

In April, President Donald Trump signed an

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executive order directing the federal government to look more at prioritizing American products. And in Texas, legislators are pushing forward legislation that would encourage the state to only buy domestic steel.

The New York chapter of the AFL-CIO, whose members stand to benefit from increased manufacturing, is also backing the bill. “Our hard-earned tax dollars, as well as our jobs, should not be sent overseas, particularly when we have the best skilled workers in the world ready to do the job,” Mario Cilento, president of the New York State AFLCIO, said in a statement to City & State.

A spokeswoman for Cuomo said he “continues to aggressively pursue” the legislation this session. And now that legislators have limited the preferential treatment to just steel and iron, backers say there’s enough support to carry the proposal past the finish line.

“If it gets too expansive then it really ends up not really being able to be enacted, but more importantly it becomes almost impossible to enforce,” Morelle said. But he said manufacturing was a good place to put New Yorkers back to work. “This is a pretty simple concept,” he said. “What’s not easy is making sure that we don’t do anything that comes back to harm us.”

Working it out FARMWORKER RIGHTS Democratic lawmakers in Albany are continuing to push for passage of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act, which would grant farm laborers the right to collectively bargain, give them at least one day off a week and qualify them for additional wage protections. However, the proposed legislation is opposed by the New York Farm Bureau and has stalled in recent years. Meanwhile, the New York Civil Liberties Union has taken the matter to court, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration said it would not fight the challenge to the current law.

EMPLOYEE-OWNED BUSINESSES State Senate Democrats recently introduced legislation that would encourage employee ownership of small businesses and support worker cooperatives.

The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Jamaal

Bailey, would revive a defunct state lending program and create a center for employee ownership housed within the State University of New York. The bill’s backers have touted strong job growth for employee-owned businesses, and are promoting the legislation as a way to generate new jobs.

WHAT GOT DONE Lawmakers agreed to a compromise on workers’ compensation reform, which was one of the bigger policy measures included in the state budget. The changes include the right for severely injured workers to be considered for lifetime benefits, and projected savings for employers, according to the Cuomo administration. The state budget also included a 6.5 percent raise over the next two years for direct care professionals and a measure making union dues fully deductible from state taxes.

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SAFETY FIRST We applaud Governor Andrew Cuomo for investing in infrastructure projects throughout the state of New York.

From LaGuardia and JFK Airport redevelopments to Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall, the Tappan Zee Bridge, Thruway infrastructure, MTA, the Javits Center and more – we are literally rebuilding New York under your leadership.

We also know that these critical projects will be executed in a safe and efficient manner because Governor Cuomo ensured they will be built by working men and women that have been rigorously trained.

Laborers from the Mason Tenders District Council have experience, classroom and real life, well before they set foot on a job site. They are aware of the dangers they will face, the proper equipment they should use and how a job should run. These training standards are upheld on all of our worksites. There is value in investing in

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our workforce and equipping them with the safety and skills training to execute high quality work efficiently and safely.

That investment is priceless to us and we know our employers and contractors understand the value as well.

But we all know that these standards are not met by everyone in the industry.

On many sites in New York City and throughout the state, developers value profits over the safety and lives of their workers.

In New York City we are facing an epidemic. Thirty-three construction workers have died on construction sites in New York City in just over two years.

The majority of these tragic deaths have occurred on construction sites run by contractors that do not invest in the same level of safety training for their workers as we do.

The numbers are staggering. Between 2014 and 2015, construction site injuries spiked 91 percent.

And, over that same period of time, the majority of

construction deaths, 80 percent in 2014 and 74 percent in 2015, occurred on job sites that do not require rigorous safety and training for their workers.

We must combat this epidemic by raising the safety and training standards for all workers throughout New York – union and nonunion alike.

(Robert Bonanza is the business manager of the 17,000 members of the Mason Tenders District Council, Laborers’ International Union of North America)

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… AND A FEW MORE ISSUES e’ve provided updates on education, infrastructure, housing, health, good government, energy, criminal justice and organized labor – and we’re not even finished! Here are a few more items that lawmakers are debating as the session winds down.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVERSIGHT

Ever since the news broke of an investigation into corruption involving state economic development funds, lawmakers have been calling for more oversight of those programs. Even though Joe Percoco, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s former right-hand man, and other Cuomo associates are at the center of the scandal, the governor has rejected efforts to impose greater oversight.

Nonetheless, state lawmakers are still

pushing legislation that would renew the state comptroller’s ability to monitor state procurement and contracting.

CATCHING A RIDE

One major policy change included in the state budget this year was the authorization of ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft in upstate New York. The measure initially was set to go into effect on July 9, but lawmakers subsequently passed legislation that would allow for the service to begin 10 days earlier in order to be available for Independence Day. The governor is expected to sign the legislation, and the state Department of Motor Vehicles has said it will release industry regulations soon.

CHILD MARRIAGE

One policy measure that Cuomo did not pass in the budget is a ban on child marriage. In response to an existing law that allows minors as young as 14 to marry,

lawmakers in both houses introduced legislation this year that would raise the age of marital consent to 18 – and the marriage of 17-year-olds would receive stricter scrutiny. The bill has already passed unanimously in the state Senate. In February, the governor introduced his own version of the legislation, which would make it a misdemeanor to issue a marriage license for anyone under the age of 18 without parental and judicial written consent.

ONLINE POKER

State policy on gambling hasn’t been in the headlines much since the state legalized full-fledged commercial casinos a few years ago, but one measure on the table again this year is online poker. A bill that would legalize online poker – by classifying it as a game of skill rather than as a game of chance – advanced to the floor of the state Senate, but it remains in the Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee.

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Perspectives & analysis from the people who know New York best/ Edited by Nick Powell

BROOKLYN’S DECRIMINALIZATION SUCCESS PROVES JEFF SESSIONS WRONG AST MONTH, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a return to federal drug policies that, beginning in the 1980s, led to mass incarceration and the dubious distinction of making the United States the world’s biggest jailer. The policies that comprised the war on drugs incurred enormous costs – both in terms of money, and the impacts on individuals, their families and communities of color. As a lifelong prosecutor, I strongly disagree with this step backward.

My views on this issue are shaped by my work as the acting district attorney in Brooklyn and the 22 years that I’ve worked in the office. While keeping the people of Brooklyn safe is my top priority, I also know that we are never going to incarcerate ourselves to safety and we are never going to change our communities by only putting people in prison.

I believe that drug use should be treated primarily as a health issue. Trying to solve the drug problem by imposing ever-harsher penalties in drug cases was a misguided strategy. Decades of growing prison populations, rising costs and high recidivism rates among people incarcerated for drug use have taught us that a different approach is needed, particularly at a time when we are seeing the opioid epidemic spiral out of control, with tens of thousands of Americans overdosing every year. Rather than forcing these people into the criminal justice system, we should be offering them the option of treatment and rehabilitation, as we currently do in Brooklyn.

In 2014, then-Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson made history in New York by announcing that his office would no longer prosecute cases involving

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the possession of small amounts of marijuana. This policy, which I wrote and implemented, was a common-sense step forward for law enforcement in Brooklyn.

It freed up police officers and prosecutors to focus on serious threats to public safety.

It is improving the relationship between law enforcement and the community. And most importantly – it is making our criminal justice system fairer.

In the 15 years prior, arrests and prosecutions for the possession of small amounts of marijuana skyrocketed in New York City. In Brooklyn, studies showed that black people were nine times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people – despite the fact that there is virtually no racial disparity in marijuana use. The human toll of these policies cannot be understated when a criminal conviction can serve as a lifelong impediment to education, housing and employment.

Additionally, we took a smarter approach to how we prosecuted other crimes. While Sessions is now directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges in every case, we did the opposite. We examined each case on its merits and determined the charge that would hold offenders accountable, provide justice to victims and their families as well as provide the opportunity to rehabilitate offenders and return them to their families and communities.

We tried to avoid triggering mandatory minimums – the opposite of what Sessions is now requiring – because we strongly believe that justice requires each case to be judged on its merits, and each person accused of a crime to be seen as an individual that should receive a sentence that is appropriate under all

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THE HUMAN TOLL OF THESE POLICIES CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED WHEN A CRIMINAL CONVICTION CAN SERVE AS A LIFELONG IMPEDIMENT TO EDUCATION, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT.

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ON MAY 10, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS ORDERED PROSECUTORS TO SEEK THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SENTENCES FOR THOSE CONVICTED OF A CRIME.

the circumstances of the case.

Despite critics’ predictions that public safety would suffer under this new approach, the reality was very different: Last year was Brooklyn’s safest year in history. There were fewer shooting incidents and shooting victims than ever

before and the second-lowest number of homicides, with decreases in nearly every other crime category.

Our experience in Brooklyn shows why Sessions’ announcement is so misguided.

Public safety does not require us to adhere to an outdated and ineffective tough-

on-crime approach. Instead, we need to be smart on crime, which is what we have done in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.

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Eric Gonzalez is the acting Brooklyn district attorney.

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Notice of Qualification of MM EAST SIDE RENTAL LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/21/16. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/7/16.

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 AION Management LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/18/17. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/10/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 11 East 44th St., Ste. 1000, NY, NY 10017.

Address to be maintained in DE: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of CSC HARRY’S OF LONDON LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/22/17. 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: 750 Lexington Ave, Fl. 28, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Foreign Registration of Freeborn & Peters LLP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/27/17. Office location: NY County. LLP registered in IL on 7/31/03. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 230 Park Ave., Suite 630, NY, NY 10169, principal business address.

Cert. of Reg. filed with IL Sec. of State, 501 S. 2nd St., Springfield, IL 62756. Purpose: practice the profession of law.

Notice of Qualification of AION Construction Services LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/18/17.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/19/15.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 East 44th St., Ste. 1000, NY, NY 10017.

Address to be maintained in DE: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of Monkey Valley Enterprises LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 01/18/2017.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 9 W. 10th St, #4R, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

303 GREENWICH DONUTS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/02/2017.

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, 303 Greenwich St., NY, NY 10013. Reg Agent: Suhail Sitaf, 111 Fulton St., Unit 608, NY, NY 10038.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of VideoJam Technologies LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/8/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 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.

June 5, 2017 Notice of Qualification of Eagan Insurance Agency, L.L.C. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/26/2017. Office location: NY County. LLC organized in LA on 6/9/1954. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. LA and principal business address: 2629 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, LA 70002. Arts. of Org. filed with LA Sec. of State, 8585 Archives Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70809.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of GASTONIA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/04/17. 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.

Notice of Qualification of EFFICIO LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/20/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/07/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Alex Klein, 747 Third Ave., 1st and 2nd Fls., NY, NY 10017. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of MIRROR WORLDS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/27/17.

Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 05/14/13. Princ. office of LLC: Attn: Corey M. Horowitz, Mngr., 445 Park Ave., Ste. 912, NY, NY 10022. 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. TX addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., d/b/a CSC - Lawyers Incorporating Service, 211 E. 7th St., Ste. 620, Austin, TX 78701-3218. Cert. of Form. filed with TX Secy. of State, P.O. Box 12887, Austin, TX 78711.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

DYNAMIC SUPPLIERS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/26/2017. 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, 118 Falmouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11235.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose .

Apply EBP, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 5/4/17.

Office: NY County. SSNY designated as agent u p o n whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC: 234 E 35th St. 8F, NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of CHESTNUT PARK PRESERVATION GP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/03/17. Office location: NY County. 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 Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of HFF Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/24/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: PO Box 1402, Greenville, SC 29602. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qualification of NYC STORAGE (353 CHESTER) SPE LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/20/17. Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/9/16.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of RAISED PROJECT LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/10/17. Office location: New York Co. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of TLM EQUITIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/08/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 205 E. 85th St., Apt. 14H, NY, NY 10028. 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.

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Notice of Qualification of REGINA PACIS OWNER, L.P. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/29/17.

Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/20/17. 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: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of SADDLE RIVER FUNDING, L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/28/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/31/17.

SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Fernandez de Cordova Family Office, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/23/17. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 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 Qualification of SEABURY & SMITH LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/6/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/31/82. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Tenacious Toys, LLC filed with SSNY 1/3/17. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Ave, 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of MASCreative New LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/20/17. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of YORK MILLENNIAL OPPORTUNITY HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/14/17. 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: 767 5th Ave, FL. 17, NY, NY 10153.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Sero Management, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/20/2017.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served against LLC to. SSNY shall mail process to: US Corp.

Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 10014.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of PlayMada LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/18/17. 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: 71 W 23rd St, Fl. 17, NY, NY 10010.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of SIRIUS INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/21/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/10/17.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801.

Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of JAI H. SHIN, DDS, PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/12/17. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 7 Gramercy W, NY, NY 10003.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of STUDIOS BELOW CANAL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/01/17.

Office location: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Neil Hamamoto, 16 Desbrosses St., Unit #2N, NY, NY 10013.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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June 5, 2017 Notice of Formation of 7 OCEAN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/12/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: One Rockefeller Plaza, 20th Fl., NY, NY 10020. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Paul D. Barnett at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of OT Real Estate Owner LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/26/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/3/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qual. of DYNAMIC & JOULE CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 04/11/2017.

Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in LA on 04/07/2017.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Joshua McCoy 9800 Airline Hwy Ste 420, Baton Rouge, LA 70816. Address required to be maintained in LA: 9800 Airline Hwy Ste 420 Baton Rouge LA 70816. Cert of Formation filed with LA Sec. of State, Comm. Div., P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Reg. of CANAM NEW YORK REGIONAL CENTER, L.P. XI. Cert of LP filed with the SSNY on 04/10/2017.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, 88 Pine St., Ste 2010, NY, NY 10005.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Latest date upon which LP is to dissolve: 01/01/2027.

Notice of Formation of Cohen Inventor And Tycoon Productions, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/28/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 750 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity Notice of Formation of PITCH MUSIC, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 2/27/17. Offic loc: NY County.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served against LLC and sent to: 7014 13th Ave, Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Princ bus addr: 140 Columbia St. #12C, NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Qualification of HERRICKS ROAD HOLDINGS LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/13/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/10/17.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Broadhaven Capital Partners, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/31/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/24/09.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of SWORD CAPITAL LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/4/17. 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: 187 Wolf Rd, Ste 101, Albany, NY 12205.

The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Business Filings Incorporated, 187 Wolf Rd, Ste 101, Albany, NY 12205.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1301129, FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 709 KNICKERBOCKER AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11221.

KINGS COUNTY, FOR ONPREMISE CONSUMPTION. TRISCELE CORP. Notice of Qualification of Liberty Newco LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/4/17. Office location: New York Co. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/30/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 15 Watts St, Fl. 5, NY, NY 10013. DE address of LP: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of The Spaceshipp, LLC filed with SSNY Feb 24, 2017. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1864 7th Ave, #31, NY, NY 10026. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 268 Henry Residences, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/21/17. Office location: New York Co. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of REBEL MOTION, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/6/2017. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 108 Fifth Avenue, #10C, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Get Things Done LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/28/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 405 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10174.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Pirs Capital, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/29/2013. Office in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Alexander Parsol, 40 Exchange Pl., Ste. 1606, NY, NY 10005.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose Notice of Qualification of Sigfox NIP LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/24/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/17/16.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: C T Corporation System, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Address to be maintained in DE: 1209 N. Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of DE, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Hughes Ave Lender LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/12/17. Office location: New York Co. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 225 Broadway, Fl. 32, NY, NY 10007.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of CLINTON AFFORDABLE LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/10/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/08/17.

Princ. office of LLC: c/o The Hudson Companies Inc., 826 Broadway, 11th Fl., NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, 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 The Inventor And The Tycoon Film Project, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/28/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 750 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Little Man Tate, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/3/17. 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: 5 9th Ave, NY, NY 10014.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 190 Maple Parkway, LLC filed with SSNY May 3, 2017. Office: Richmond County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC: PO Box 518 New Providence, NJ 07974. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of T5 Soho LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/17/17. 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: 589 8th Ave, Fl. 10, NY, NY 10018.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Ellipsis Art, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/28/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 333 E 53rd St, PHE, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of B&H Restaurant LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/23/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1077 River Rd, Edgewater, NJ 07020.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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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 13, 2016 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: -ARMIJO JOSE -ATIEMO, DANIEL/CAGUA, VINCENT -ABDURAHMONOV BAHTIYOR -BRYANT, RACQUEL -FALKOWSKI JAMES D -DEBBIE E. DUNSTON; HUDSON AKA TERRY; TERRANCE HUDSON/JOHN DOE; JANE DOE -JUSTIN WAYNE WALTERS -LAFONTANT MARIE C -STEPNEY, MALCOLM -MIRSKAYO, KRISTINA -OWENS, MARLON -PEREZ, NANCY -PARKER, ERICK/MASHON BAINES -NELLY QUIZHPI/MONICA CORDOVA -RATLIFF ASJA -ROLLE KEVIN/ZATRAVKIN DMITRY -SIMONE SACKEY/ JOHN DOE; JANE DOE -THIERRY F. DONGALA/NSAYI MAKOUDOU -VARVAROUSIS PETER -DERRICK, WILSON -ADAMS, DON -PAULBANKS, KATIERA -CHAPMAN, COURTNEY -FOURNIER, GERINELDA -FRALEY, CALVIN -FORDHAM, HATTIE -JORDAN, BRIAN -JAVIS GERARD -ODLUM KIEL -TOMMY, ADAMS -FERNANDEZ, CLODOVEO G. -MORALES JR. JUAN -POLICK GLENN/HOLLEY STEVEN -RUTH BURKO

Notice of Qualification of Akin’s Army LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 4/12/17.

Office location: NY Co. LLC formed in DE: 4/7/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o National Corporate Research, Ltd. (NCR), 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE addr. of LLC: NCR, 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 act.

Notice of Qualification of Intrepid Pursuits LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/10/17. Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/08/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 222 3rd St., Ste. 4000, Cambridge, MA 02142.

Address to be maintained in DE: One Commerce Center, 1201 Orange St., Ste. 600, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of TJS Solutions, LLC. Articles of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/6/2015. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to LLC: 633 3rd Ave., 17th Fl, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any Lawful Business Purpose

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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 12, 2017 and end on June 21, 2017 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. #1937- Bobby Hardy, #3501-4- Thomas Curry, #4304- Shawn Wooden-Bey, #6002- Jeffrey Arkenberg.

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 Erwin Films, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/09/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Erwin Films, LLC, 26 Broadway, Ste. 1301, NY, NY 10004.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Entertainment Studios P&A LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/05/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of 50 WEST APARTMENT 57B LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/19/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 55 Fifth Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY 10003-4398. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Robert Kantor at the princ. office of the LLC, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 557561 EAST NEW YORK AVE LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/14/16. 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: 225 Broadway, Fl. 39, NY, NY 10007.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of STARR STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/6/16.

Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/26/16. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

APP FOR AUTH for PONTIAC INTELLIGENCE LLC App for Auth filed with SSNY 5/5/2017.

LLC Registered in Delaware on 4/12/2017 Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 135 W. 20th Street, New York, New York, 10011. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of GCF Network Accelerator, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/17/17.

Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/11/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MARCUS AURELUS, LLC filed with SSNY May 24, 2017.

Office: Richmond County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to LLC: Marc Aurelus 167 Brighton Ave 1st Fl, Staten Island, N.Y 10301. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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 12, 2017 and end on June 21, 2017 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. #3P44 – Howard Blumberg, #5C06 – Juan Rosa, #5K10 – Michael Naimark.

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 4934 SUNRISE ASSOCIATES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/23/16. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 7 Penn Plaza, Ste. 1100, NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 7 Penn Plaza, Ste. 618, NY, NY 10001.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Cohen Girl At Sea Productions, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/6/17. 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: 750 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of ELLIPSIS SOCIAL VENTURES, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/2/15.

Office location: New York Co. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 209 W 21st St, Apt 2D, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 16 Monroe Residences, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/21/17.

Office location: New York Co. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MHD Heights, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/24/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to LLC: 511 Canal St, Ste 600, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful act.

June 5, 2017 Notice of Qualification of Concentus Partners GP Cayman LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/11/17.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 712 5th Ave., 34th Fl., NY, NY 10019.

LP formed in Cayman Islands (CI) on 2/27/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. CI addr. of LP: c/o CO Services Cayman Ltd., PO Box 10008, Willow House, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman KY1-1001, CI. Name/ addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with An Authorized Officer, Registrar of Partnerships, CI, 133 Elgin Ave., George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9000.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qualification of KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 04/26/17. Office loc: NY County. LLP formed in California (CA) 12/28/95. SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLP, 1133 Av of the Americas Ste. 362130, NY, NY. CA addr. of LLP: 2040 Main St FL.14, Irvine, CA 92614. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy of State of CA, 1500 11th St, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Girl At Sea Film Project, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/6/2017. 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: 750 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of GREAT EMPIRE 7508 REALTY LLC. 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 LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 139 Centre St, #310, NY, NY 10013.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

DELICIOUS ENTERPRISES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/23/2017.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Helen M. Gurrera, 170 E. 87th St., Apt. E10C, NY, NY 10128.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Honos Consulting, LLC filed with SSNY 3/2/17. Office loc: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Ave STE 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Backupapp LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/28/17. O f f i c e location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 30 Wall St, Fl. 8, NY, NY 10005.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK CITY OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF QUEENS SUMMONS Docket No.: B-11292/16 ------------------------------X In the Matter of NYLA GABRIELLE BETTS A/K/A KAYLA BETTS A/K/A KHALA MARIE BETTS,

Notice of Qualification of Procuratio, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/4/17. Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/30/17.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

A dependant child, under the age of 14 years, to the custody of Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York, alleged to be a permanently neglected and abandoned child, pursuant to Section 384b of the Social Services Law. -----------------------------X IN THE MATTER OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK:

Notice of Qualification of Hammana LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/26/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 3/30/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 250 W 93rd St, 14F, NY, NY 10025. TX address of LLC: 1100 Louisiana St, Ste 5100, Houston, TX 77002. Cert. of Formation filed with TX Secy of State, James E. Rudder Bldg, 1019 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1302067 for summer on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 4 East 34th St, New York, NY 10016 for on-premises consumption.

VR Worldbar LLC d/b/a VR World Notice of Qualification of 102 GREENE MEZZ LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/19/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/13/17. 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: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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TO: SEAN CHEEBA COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK A verified Petition having been filed in this Court alleging that the above-named child in the care of Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York, the petitioner, is a permanently neglected and abandoned child as defined by Article 6, Part 1 of the Family Court Act and Section 384-b of the Social Services Law, a copy of said petition being annexed hereto; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before the Family Court at 151-20 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York, Part 3, 4th floor on the 29th day of June, 2017 at 11:00 o’clock in the forenoon of said day to show cause why the Court should not enter an Order depriving you of all the rights of custody of NYLA GABRIELLE BETTS A/K/A KAYLA BETTS A/K/A KHALA MARIE BETTS, awarding the custody of said child to the petitioning authorized agency as a permanently neglected and abandoned child as provided by law.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if said child is adjudged to be a permanently neglected and abandoned child, and, if custody is awarded to said authorized agency, said child may be adopted with the consent of said authorized agency without further notice to you and without your consent.

In the event of your failure to appear, said failure to appear will result in the termination of all your parental rights to the child.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that your failure to appear shall constitute a denial of an interest in the child, which denial may result in the transfer or commitment of the child’s care, custody, guardianship or adoption of the child, all without further notice to the parents of the child.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that you are entitled to be represented by an attorney, and, if you cannot afford to retain an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you by the court free of charge to you.

Dated: June 02, 2016

By Order of the Court Clerk, Family Court, Queens Co.

PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for TAVERN ON 8TH AVENUE CORP to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 184 8TH 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 PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28TH, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for BARAWINE LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 27 W 120TH ST in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years.

REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION OF AUTHORITY OF FOREIGN LLC: BRIELLE SA OPCO, LLC. App for Auth filed with SSNY 1/31/17: NJ LLC organized 7/26/16: Office: Richmond Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to princ bus addr in NJ: c/o Brielle SA OPCO, LLC, 125 Village Blvd, Ste 304, Princeton, NJ 08540. A copy of the LLC’s Cert of Form on file with Dept. of Treasury of the State of NJ. Purpose: Any lawful business, purpose or activity.

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (antenna tip heights 85’) on the building at 338 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY (20170407). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

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June 5, 2017 Notice of Formation of Annie Weir & Co LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/21/17. 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: 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 METRIC CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/23/17.

Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 159 Bleecker St., Unit 2C, 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 addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MAGDA IN THE STREAM LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/24/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 509 Madison Ave., 4th Fl., NY, NY 10022.

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.

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for VLC UPPER WEST, LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 189 COLUMBUS AVE in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JULY 12TH, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for 163 HOPE STREET LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 163 HOPE ST in the Borough of Brooklyn for a term of two years.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JULY 12TH, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for PASTAIAT INC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 186 9TH AVE in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years.

REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO:

REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO:

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for RENAISSANCE HARLEM CORP to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 2245 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR BLVD in the Borough of Bronx for a term of two years.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, JULY 12TH, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for VLC COLUMBUS & 86TH LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 532 COLUMBUS AVE in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years.

DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

Notice of Formation of Polaris Strategy LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/30/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail process to: c/o US Corp Agents, 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Global Bonsai LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/10/17. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Attn: Marcel Naime, 588 West End Ave., 14A, NY, NY 10024, principal business address.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 228’) on the building at 126 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (20170402). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

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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

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Who was up and who was down last week

LOSERS PATRICK FOYE Who wants the blame for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with commuters spitting out your name as they sit seething in stalled, 50-year-old train cars?

Foye sure doesn’t, so we give him a win for pulling his name out of consideration for the open chairman and CEO spot. Poor Foye, who has already tried and failed to leave the Port Authority, just can’t seem to find a job he likes.

OUR PICK

OUR PICK

WINNERS

Maybe climate change is just a Chinese hoax. Or maybe we were all losers last week. So while temperatures continue to creep upward, while the ice caps slowly melt and while sea levels rise inexorably, why not distract yourself with some less globally consequential Winners & Losers?

EDITORIAL editor@cityandstateny.com Editor-in-Chief Jon Lentz jlentz@cityandstateny.com, Features and Opinions Editor Nick Powell npowell@ cityandstateny.com, Editor-at-Large Gerson Borrero gborrero@cityandstateny.com, New York Nonprofit Editor Aimée Simpierre asimpierre@nynmedia.com, Managing Editor Ryan Somers, Digital Editorial Director Derek Evers devers@cityandstateny.com, Albany Reporter Ashley Hupfl ahupfl@cityandstateny.com, Staff Reporter Jeff Coltin jcoltin@cityandstateny.com, Staff Reporter Dan Rosenblum drosenblum@nynmedia.com, Copy Editor Eric Holmberg PRODUCTION creativedepartment@cityandstateny.com Creative Director Guillaume Federighi, Senior Graphic Designer Alex Law, Graphic Designer Kewen Chen, Junior Graphic Designer Aaron Aniton, Digital Content Coordinator Michael Filippi, Multimedia Director Bryan Terry

MR. MET There’s some real anger behind that stitched-on smile. In the greatest Mets-related controversy since … earlier that week? … the beloved mascot flipped off a fan. Despite defenses like “the fan deserved it,” “the Mets deserved it,” and “how can he give the middle finger when he only has four of them,” the man in the costume has allegedly been replaced. But really, how can you tell?

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Vol. 6 Issue 22 June 5, 2017 BORRERO: DON’T BLAME OSCAR LÓPEZ RIVERA

ALBANY’S END-OFSESSION TO-DO LIST

What the covfefe happened to political discourse?

THE BEST OF THE REST

THE REST OF THE WORST

LAURA CURRAN

HUGH BARRY

The Nassau County Dems nominated her as their county executive candidate.

MELISSA DEROSA

Romantic! Cuomo’s secretary declared her engagement ring on an ethics filing.

DANIEL HORWITZ & GARY LABARBERA

These Cuomo allies were appointed to serve on the Port Authority board.

ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS

With pressure on the IDC to return to the fold, the Senate Dem leader is all smiles.

The NYPD cop is the first to face a murder charge in a civilian shooting since 1999.

BILL DE BLASIO

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Cover illustration by Guillaume Federighi

The Puerto Rican Day Parade, a rough new stop and frisk report, long waits for ferries ... The list is too long to fit here.

DAVID SOARES

The Albany DA opted out of probing Senate lulus. Preet is shaking his head.

JACOB SCHWARTZ

The city worker and Young Democrats leader was fired amid child porn charges.

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Topics Include: How MWBE Can Help Your Business Creating A Culture of Belonging, Inclusion and Diversity Working with Diverse Communities: Community Engagement & Strategic Relationships What to Know About Doing Business in New York How to Be Part of The Most Significant Projects in New York Featured Speakers:

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New York’s Hospitals and Doctors Already Have Sky-High Medical Malpractice Costs Let’s Make Sure Albany Doesn’t Make Things Even Worse New York’s world-class hospitals and doctors spend billions annually on medical malpractice costs—by far the nation’s highest. It’s stark proof of a deeply flawed system in need of sensible reforms.

But once again—and well aware that the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act could wreak financial havoc on health care in New York—trial lawyers are pushing harmful, misguided bills in Albany that would vastly increase medical malpractice costs and divert resources from patient care.

We urge the NYS Legislature to reject any bills (such as A.3339 and S.4080) that would benefit trial lawyers and weaken the ability of doctors and hospitals to deliver high-quality care.