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NEW YORK OCEANGRID

Offshore Wind Transmission Infrastructure to Lower Costs and Build an Industry B Y: K E V I N K N O B L O C H

New York is known to do big things and do them right – this is evidenced yet again with Governor Cuomo’s ambitious and forward thinking offshore wind energy goal of 2,400 MW by 2030. But to reach that goal, proper infrastructure development is required to pave the way for success.

Just as we’ve seen with airports, bridges, tunnels and roads, New York has the opportunity to build smart, well-planned offshore wind infrastructure that will optimize resources and build a better New York for everyone. Offshore wind infrastructure should not be viewed any differently if New York is to pioneer the way to a clean energy future while spurring economic growth. Now is New York’s time to lead by building a brandnew U.S. offshore wind industry with good paying jobs to become a true energy hub.

New York can accomplish these goals through the New York OceanGrid, and be the first state to do so, by building smart infrastructure to lay the groundwork for an offshore wind industry to thrive and create the competition needed to lower costs.

Well-planned transmission infrastructure will stimulate competition that will lower costs and is critical for the long-term

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health of the offshore wind industry. New York has limited onshore interconnection points – making it absolutely critical that each point is optimized throughout all phases of development if there is to be a chance for future expansion. Without room for expansion, New York will not achieve its ambitious clean energy goals.

Proven Infrastructure

Offshore wind transmission, the cables that bring wind power to the grid, might not be what everyone first imagines when thinking about offshore wind energy.

However, as the European experience demonstrates, it is crucial to the success of the industry. Experience abroad has shown that open access transmission will lower the costs of offshore wind energy.

Anbaric’s New York OceanGrid is capable of connecting the 2,400 MW of offshore wind energy proposed by Governor Cuomo to the on-shore grid through offshore collector platforms and cables buried underwater and underground.

Lower Costs

Because open access shared transmission allows two or three wind farms to connect offshore to a single transmission line, this approach will result in lower costs for all phases of offshore wind development. The long-term benefits include the low prices that European countries have obtained for offshore wind by separating construction

and ownership of transmission and generation, which intensifies competition among generators. That approach has yielded prices at parity with conventional onshore generation in The Netherlands and Germany, as evidenced by several zero subsidy bids in recent offshore auctions. New York could reach its offshore wind goals at the lowest possible cost if it adopted a comparable approach.

Economic Development Opportunity Anbaric’s New York OceanGrid provides proven transmission infrastructure to deliver offshore wind energy at the lowest possible cost while creating the supply chain necessary to build a new offshore wind industry in New York. As referenced by the October 2017 study from NYSERDA, and as is the case in Europe, the jobs that will come with a new offshore wind industry are significant.

New York can’t afford to waste any time, space, or money and must get this right from the start. This means prioritizing transmission to create the competition necessary to reach economies of scale, at a pace needed to build an industry and lower costs. New York doesn’t take no for an answer – anyone who says this can’t be done is misguided in thinking so.

We’ve heard it said before “If you build it they will come,” but only if planned and built properly.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kevin Knobloch is President of New York OceanGrid®, where he leads Anbaric’s efforts to develop offshore wind transmission infrastructure in New York.

Kevin brings a wealth of experience within the environmental and energy industry to this role, having been appointed by President Barack Obama in June 2013 to be Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and senior manager for Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. Prior to his tenure at DOE, he was President of the Union of Concerned Scientists for ten years and Executive Director for four years before that. Earlier in his career, he served Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Timothy Wirth of Colorado, Legislative Assistant and Press Secretary for U.S. Representative Ted Weiss of New York. Knobloch holds a Master in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, with a focus on natural resource economics, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

CONTENTS NATE MCMURRAY … 6 Does the Democrat stand a chance in Chris Collins’ conservative district?

CELESTE SLOMAN; COREY TORPIE/FOR ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ

BATTLEGROUND: NEW YORK … 10 The fate of the Democratic Party will be decided in the Empire State.

ENERGY … 16 Is Andrew Cuomo really an environmentalist?

DIVERSITY … 24

Experts discuss what it takes to thrive as an MWBE.

WINNERS & LOSERS … 30

Who was up and who was down last week

As Democrats seek to win back control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, the party has opted to let candidates across the country largely set their own agendas. The move raises questions about which policies the Democratic Party would pursue should it win a majority, but it reflects the reality that its candidates lack a consensus on hot-button issues, such as expanding Medicare to the entire population, abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and impeaching President Donald Trump. Some Democratic House candidates even have differing stances on abortion and gun control, issues on which Democrats have traditionally been aligned.

The deep policy disagreements have been playing out across the country, with insurgent candidates facing off against moderates as they try to pull the party to the left. And one of the most important battlegrounds in the larger war for the future of the Democratic Party is right here in New York.

In this week’s cover story, City & State contributor Joshua Holland chronicles the biggest battles, including Cynthia Nixon’s attempt to overthrow Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset of Rep. Joseph Crowley and a string of challenges to former members of the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

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Latest OUT OF THE RUNNING After initially saying that he would continue to seek re-election following a federal indictment on insider trading charges, Rep. Chris Collins suspended his campaign. The announcement left county Republican leaders in Western New York scrambling to figure out what to do next. They met on Tuesday to discuss out how to get Collins off the ballot, but have not yet decided who will replace him. More than a dozen Republicans have expressed interest in running, including developer Carl Paladino and Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw.

“NEVER THAT GREAT” In the latest example of him putting his foot in his mouth, an attempt by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ridicule President Donald Trump’s famous “Make America Great Again” slogan spectacularly backfired. At a bill signing ceremony, Cuomo told the crowd that America “was never that great.” The remark quickly drew criticism from his Republican challenger, Marcus Molinaro, who said that “America has always been great.” Trump himself weighed in on Twitter, writing that Cuomo was “having a total meltdown.” A spokeswoman for the governor later put out a statement saying Cuomo thinks America is great, but hasn’t reached “maximum greatness.”

Norman Seabrook, the former New York City Corrections Officers’ Benevolent Association president, was found guilty on charges of bribery and conspiracy after his initial trial ended in a mistrial last year. Seabrook – who famously received a $60K bribe in a black Salvatore Ferragamo bag – now faces up to 20 years in prison. Seabrook served for 20 years as head of one of the city’s most influential public unions and was a staunch supporter of the Rikers Island jail complex.

During his tenure, he also used $20 million of union funds to invest in a hedge fund in exchange for a cut of the profit.

Back & Forth Rep. Joe Crowley has lost his seat, and some are calling for him to step down as chairman of the Queens Democratic Party as well. Would you be interested in the job?

I’m really flattered that some people have mentioned my name. Joe Crowley is still our chairperson right now and that will be a decision that he will have to make later on. I’m willing to play whatever part I can to make the Queens Democratic organization a stronger organization and one that has even better outreach.

A Q&A with Rep.

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You’re a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. What have you been doing in that role ahead of the midterms?

Everyone who is an officer, from the Chairman Tom Perez on down, we all travel around the country.

What I talk about a lot in Democratic politics is the importance of reaching out to underrepresented

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communities. And I think whether you are talking about minority communities, the millennial voters, or rural communities, there are many things they have in common and I’ve tried to work hard to make sure the Democratic Party is doing better outreach among those groups. My district is not rural at all, but there are many underlying feelings that are similar between these groups.

Your district overlaps with two former IDC members’ state Senate districts, Tony Avella and Jose Peralta. Are you getting involved in either of those races?

I have endorsed (Avella challenger) John Liu. I’ve worked closely with him in the past when he was an elected official. I’ve stayed out so far of the (Jessica) Ramos-Peralta race. I have a little less of that district, but I’ve stayed out of that one.

“What else is there to say? I try not to mention his name when I talk with voters, because it’s never a good reaction.”

– state Senate candidate JOHN LIU, on whether he would accept support from de Blasio, via Politico New York

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OUT-OF-WHACK AFFORDABILITY

MEDIAN INCOMES: PUTNAM COUNTY

$97,606

Why is affordable housing in New York City so unaffordable? It’s because the area median income, or AMI, which affordable housing prices are based on, is calculated including the city’s wealthy suburbs.

PUTNAM COUNTY

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

$35,302

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ROCKLAND COUNTY

BRONX

$86,226 $86,134

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

ROCKLAND COUNTY

$75,513 MANHATTAN

$59,758 QUEENS

NEW YORK CITY New York City’s area median income for a family of 3:

$81,600

(higher than any of the boroughs) “Affordable housing” in NYC is for households that make up to 165% of AMI ($134,640 for a family of 3)

EAST NEW YORK

$74,021 STATEN ISLAND

$50,640 BROOKLYN ALL NUMBERS FOR 2016.

SOURCES: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP., NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, NYU FURMAN CENTER

The difference becomes more stark in neighborhoods like East New York.

MEDIAN INCOME:

$38,621

1 in 3 families earn less than 30% of AMI “Low-income” housing is for households that make 51%-80% of AMI ($41,616$65,280 for a family of 3) Experts say changing how AMI is calculated would require an act of Congress.

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NATE McM HAILS FROM AN OF DRE McMurray with his wife and children, Moses and Luke. He met his wife, Min, while he was living abroad in South Korea.

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W TO WIN CHRIS COLLINS’ DISTRICT

RAND ISLAND, RIGHT next to Niagara Falls on the Canadian border, has fed many grandiose dreams.

There was the early 19th century plan to establish the area as a Jewish homeland. Then came an idea to place what would become part of the U.N. headquarters there – but the job instead went to New York City.

And this year Grand Island Supervisor Nate McMurray believes he has a chance to represent the deep red 27th Congressional District that lies just beyond the blue waters of the Niagara River.

His campaign appeared doomed to remain a dream until this month, when McMurray, a Democrat, awoke to the news that three-term Republican Rep. Chris Collins had been arrested on insider trading charges. Now the 43-year-old has gained national attention, campaign donations and the increasingly serious chance to get the national party to invest in winning a district that went for Donald Trump by 24 points two years ago.

McMurray, who grew up in North Tonawanda, which is in the neighboring 26th Congressional District, said he tripled his fundraising total to about $250,000 in the days immediately following Collins’ arrest.

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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is looking at pouring resources into the race and The Cook Political Report changed its assessment from “noncompetitive” to “likely Republican.”

Among the other benefits: McMurray does not have to pull off stunts he once thought he had to in order to get his message to voters. “Before this whole story broke, I was so desperate to get attention, to get people’s eyes on (the campaign), that I actually signed up to be in the Erie County smashup derby,” McMurray said in a telephone interview.

The demographics of the district, from the Buffalo suburbs to the outskirts of Rochester, appear as Republican-friendly as it gets. The population of about 720,000 is 91 percent white, relatively affluent and rural, according to census data. Collins won each of his two re-election campaigns by 35 to 40 percentage points.

“Nate was going to get smoked,” said Michael Madigan, a Republican critic of McMurray on the Grand Island Town Council, in a telephone interview. “He ran at the very polar opposite end of the spectrum of what is popular with the voters in that district.”

Although McMurray wants “Medicare for All,” legalized marijuana and restrictions on assault weapons and supports abortion rights, according to his campaign website, he thinks Collins’ implosion offers an opening for him to win over Republicans.

Donald Trump won the district by appealing to voters’ yearning for national political affirmation of rural and Rust Belt areas’ social and cultural values. “If you look at my message, that message is exactly identical,” McMurray said. “I am saying to them, ‘I’m one of you.’ I worked dead-end jobs in this district. I still cut my grass. I have family members that can’t get diabetes medicine because it’s too darn expensive.”

Thus McMurray is trying to do everything he can to display some Western New York bona fides. That means keeping his commitment to appear in a black Cadillac at the “world’s largest demolition derby” on Aug. 19, as well as at all the potNate McMurray lucks, house parties, door knocking in Tiananmen and small town parades he can find.

Square in Beijing, when he was a He wants voters to see a native son student at China’s who “used to sneak our friend’s faTsinghua ther’s guns out on the weekend and University. go out and shoot pop cans,” he said.

But McMurray’s life after attending a local community college and the University at Buffalo would take him far away from his modest Mormon upbringing. He concedes that critics might call him a corporate lawyer carpetbagger (Grand Island, like his hometown of North Tonawanda, is in the neighboring 26th Dis-

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“I was so desperate to get attention that I actually signed up to be in the Erie County smashup derby.”

trict) who graduated from the same Chinese university as President Xi Jinping after getting a law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. After graduating, he lived in South Korea for nearly a decade.

McMurray points to his tenure as supervisor in Grand Island as evidence that he can eke out a narrow Democratic win in a heavily Republican area.

But his critics allege his actions in office illustrate that his ambitions supersede the needs of his constituents – though they declined to say so on the record. McMurray is quick to highlight how a video he made featuring a cat pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo to commit to installing cashless tolls on bridges leading into town, but residents still have to pay $1 each time they leave.

A minor scandal emerged earlier this year when he used his town email during business hours to explore a congressional run.

Then there was the time that he faced an unprecedented “pitchfork-style anger,” according to Vienna Haak, a 30-year resident of the island. At issue was whether an eight-mile stretch of road along the western shore of the island would become a bike path.

Opponents said they feared additional traffic and diminished property values, and they pointed their anger toward McMurray, who was backing the state project, which is slated to be completed in the next few months.

McMurray’s supporters counter that he is forthright and, while that might alienate those who disagree with him, that he is always willing to work toward a compromise. “A lot of people don’t like his style that he is going to say what he thinks, but I’ve always been able to sit down with Nate,” Beverly Kinney, an Independence Party member of the town council, said in a telephone interview.

The bike path also illustrates a personal touch that may help McMurray win over Republicans, according to Paul Leuchner, a resident who said he last supported a Democrat for town supervisor in the 1990s but would back McMurray for re-election to his current

post. It was among a dozen projects that Leuchner, a member of a local parks advisory committee, hoped McMurray would take up as supervisor. They went out kayaking on the river so that McMurray could see how a heron rookery and wetlands could become a new anchor of the local economy. “Once he saw that and how important and dramatic it was he bought into it instantly and made it a part of the fabric of Grand Island,” Leuchner said.

McMurray cannot go kayaking with every voter in the district, but “the only way he really can succeed is being face to face,” said Haak, a Republican. “If I never met him I wouldn’t vote for him, (but) every six people he meets he’ll get 36 votes out of that.”

In keeping with Grand Island’s grand tradition, McMurray has ambitious plans for what he would do in Congress. If elected, he said he will get an infrastructure bill on the floor within 30 days and a health care bill within 60 days.

And he ultimately harbors bigger dreams of going far beyond Grand Island or even Washington, D.C. “Don’t send Donald Trump to go negotiate with Kim Jong Un. Send me,” he said. “I’ll do it in his language.”

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The Empire State is the epicenter of the struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party.

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EW YORK DEMOCRATS have an opportunity this year to finally wrest control of the state Senate from the Republican Party and wield power in the upper chamber. In three of the past five election cycles, Democratic candidates have won Senate majorities only to be thwarted, first by two rogue senators who would later be convicted of crimes and then by the Independent Democratic Conference and Democratic state Sen. Simcha Felder. After years of pressure from progressives, the IDC disbanded earlier this year, but Felder continues to caucus with Republicans, giving them a 32-31 advantage.

All eight former IDC members face primary challengers this year, as does Felder, and Republicans must defend 10 of the 12 state Senate seats identified as “battleground” races by Ballotpedia.

The stakes are high. If Democrats take the state Senate, New York could adopt a host of progressive policies – voting reform, expanded reproductive rights, gun control, higher taxes on the wealthy, stricter rent regulation – that currently are locked in a legislative stalemate. With redistricting coming up after the 2020 census, Democrats could even shut the GOP out of power entirely in New York for a decade or more.

New York also has a raft of Republican congressional seats that could be vulnerable in a Democratic wave election.

And yet the progressive challengers who have garnered the most enthusiastic activist energy and media attention this year have been those running against mainstream Democrats, including the governor. At a time when New York’s left might expect to be united in opposition to President Donald Trump, it’s inAlexandria Ocasiostead more divided than at any time in Cortez and recent memory. But from that discord, Cynthia Nixon are and even if the insurgent candidates leading a progressive insurgency mostly lose, the left may win a larger against estabvictory. To some extent, it already has. lished Democrats.

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“If we’re going to really fight against Trump and Trumpism, we’re going to need a less corrupt and compromised Democratic Party.”

by the party’s most engaged voters due to low turnout. That means the Democrats’ most “consistently liberal” – SENIOR STAFFER FOR members may very AN INSURGENT CANDIDATE well determine IN NEW YORK CITY the party’s nominees, according to the Pew Research and competing ambitions. One might call Center. However, the backlash against de Blasio’s election in 2013, in which he Trump cuts both ways: It’s not just the upset front-runner City Council Speaker party’s hardcore base that’s voting. Higher Christine Quinn with a focus on economturnout means some less ideological voters ic inequality, and the subsequent breakare casting ballots too. So, whereas Ocadown in his relationship with Cuomo, the sio-Cortez was carried to victory by a cadre prelude to this year’s widespread series of young, digitally connected progresof competitive primaries. Cuomo and de sives in an election with only 13 percent Blasio have clashed over policy, such as turnout, other left-wing challengers may the governor’s refusal to let New York have to win over more moderate voters.

Then there’s the feud between Gov. An- City raise taxes on the rich, and process, such as Cuomo’s perceived reneging on drew Cuomo and New York City Mayor a deal, brokered by the mayor, that the Bill de Blasio, which has become an inesgovernor made with the Working Famcapable feature of state politics. The bad ilies Party for their support in 2014. blood between the two is both personal Now Cynthia Nixon, a friend of de and political, born of drastically different Blasio’s and whose wife worked in his adstyles, divergent ideological approaches

JESSICA RAMOS FOR STATE SENATE

S IS SO OFTEN the case in progressive politics, New York has been at the leading edge of a national left-wing insurgency this year. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory over 10-term incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley in the Democratic congressional primary represented politics at its sexiest, with a young, charismatic Latina democratic socialist defeating a middle-aged white man with a position in the House Democratic leadership and control of the Queens County Democratic Party. Crowley is a loyal lifelong Democrat, but some progressives see him as too close to Wall Street, too removed from the lives of his mostly nonwhite district and too soft on the IDC. Since that dramatic upset, dozens of progressive challengers across the country have styled themselves, or have been characterized by observers, as “the next Ocasio-Cortez” – often benefiting from an endorsement and a guest appearance from the overnight political sensation herself.

In the battle for the state Senate, they include Alessandra Biaggi, who’s challenging former IDC leader Jeff Klein, and Jessica Ramos, who’s trying to unseat former IDC member Jose Peralta as well as Julia Salazar, who’s challenging North Brooklyn’s Martin Malavé Dilan, whom the Village Voice characterized as a “machine relic.” Ocasio-Cortez’s win, Biaggi told The Journal News, “put a massive crack into cynicism – in a way that people are like, ‘Whoa it is possible, and you can win,’ which of course I knew. These are races that are winnable races and I think her race allowed other people to also see that.”

It also laid bare an intraparty rift. The divide is grounded in real ideological disputes and also fights over style and strategy – from whether government should provide health insurance to whether Democrats should raise campaign dollars from the financial and real estate industries.

But while that divide dominates the media coverage, it’s just one of several dynamics shaping this year’s battle for New York.

Across the country, the surge in Democratic political engagement since President Donald Trump took office and the proliferation of new “resistance” groups like Indivisible have driven a spike in turnout in special elections. In 11 House and U.S. Senate races since Trump’s inauguration, Democratic candidates have performed better than the partisan lean of those districts by an average of 15 percentage points, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight. One might expect that to help challengers.

But it’s not so simple. Primaries, especially in midterm years, tend to be decided

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unions can no longer compel nonmembers to cover the costs of their representation.

One progressive activist and union delegate who didn’t want to be identified due to the sensitive nature of the issue said, “We know that because Jessica Ramos is trying to unseat of Janus, we’re all fucked, and state Sen. Jose we also know that the governor Peralta, a former is running for re-election. And member of the we see the governor basicalIndependent Demly signing a bill that protects ocratic Conference. us from the worst effects of (the decision). So everybody is freaking out because in a post-Janus world, you’re only as strong as your advocate.”

Some unions have nonetheless backed insurgent candidates. The Communications Workers of America endorsed all eight challengers to the former IDC members. “The calculus,” the delegate said, “is that taking out the IDC is worth the risk of jeopardizing their relationship with the governor.”

A veteran progressive organizer who was granted anonymity to speak freely about the situation said “things are pretty tense between labor and community and advocacy groups because of this whole situation.” Progressives who have worked together on issues like a $15 minimum wage are finding themselves on opposing sides of some races. The starkest example of this came in April when several unions left the WFP because the party backed Nixon over Cuomo. ministration, is running against Cuomo.

A number of observers see Nixon’s candidacy as a proxy war between de Blasio and Cuomo, in part because the former “Sex and the City” star tapped several veterans of the mayor’s first campaign for key positions on her team.

Another factor playing out in often unpredictable ways is that New York has the highest union density of any state in the country, so organized labor remains a major force in progressive politics. Unions tend to be risk averse and back Democratic – and sometimes even Republican – incumbents who haven’t gone out of their way to antagonize organized labor. So unions are splitting in this cycle: Some are enthusiastically backing insurgent candidates, while many others getting behind Cuomo and the erstwhile IDCers. For instance, Biaggi received the endorsement of 32BJ SEIU, while most other major service sector unions are sticking with Klein.

Labor has to make some especially tough political calculations after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this year in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 that

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O A DEGREE, the battle for control of the Democratic Party is separate from the party’s efforts to take back one or both chambers of Congress and check the Trump administration’s power. But many insurgents see increasingly left-wing policy preferences and effective resistance to Trump as inseparable. “These aren’t two fights; they’re one fight,” said a senior staffer for one insurgent candidate in New York City who asked not to be named in order to talk candidly about issues not directly related to the campaign. “If we’re going to really fight against Trump and Trumpism, we’re going to need a less corrupt and compromised Democratic Party. A lot of people woke up on Nov. 9, 2016, and realized that Democrats in New York had been winking and nodding to progressives and our agenda but then not following through.”

Leftist activists see the mobilization against Trump as an opportunity to move the party in their direction, a moment they have long-awaited. The marquee races at the state level – Nixon’s challenge against Cuomo, primaries against the former IDC members,

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and, for some candidates, the contest to succeed former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman – are the product of years of pent-up frustration on the left.

A state with more than two Democrats for every Republican should have unified Democratic control and progressive policies on par with their West Coast counterparts like California, the insurgents and their supporters reason. The impediment, as they see it, is Democrats who pay lip service to liberalism while taking campaign donations from big businesses and colluding with Republicans to serve those interests. For example, as of June, Peralta’s top two donors were a political action committee run by the Real Estate Board of New York and the LeFrak Organization, a major landlord in Queens run by Richard LeFrak, a close friend of Trump’s. The establishment Democrats counter that their policies are unaffected by their fundraising. “Senator Peralta has a long history of fighting for rent reform and legislation to protect tenants, which is why he was endorsed recently by the LeFrak Tenants Association,” Tom Musich, a spokesman for Peralta, said in an emailed statement.

But it is process, as much as policy, that has driven New York’s left-wing insurgency: outrage over Albany insiders continually cutting deals that gave Republicans control of the state Senate and the gerrymandering, restrictive voting rules and lax state campaign finance regulations that have kept a disproportionately white, male and Republican state Legislature in office.

But can they convince a majority of primary voters, many of whom are less than expert on the inner workings of Albany, that incumbents with mainstream Democratic positions are actually impeding progress? “The challenge for the insurgency is to explain that when Cuomo postures that he’s for the DREAM Act or criminal justice reform or campaign finance reform, he’s actually used the IDC to block those very things,” Bill Lipton, a co-founder of the Working Families Party and its New York state director, told City & State. “It’s a hoax being perpetrated on the working people of New York.”

To understand why the activist left so opposes Cuomo and the former IDC members, despite Cuomo’s many liberal policy achievements – some of which the IDC helped pass – including banning hydraulic fracturing, raising the minimum wage and passing stricter gun control, one has to know the backstory.

Early in his first term, Cuomo formed the Committee to Save New York, a nonprofit advocacy group that raised money from a group of donors which, according

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to The New York Times, was “dominated

by New York’s powerful real estate industry, long a major source of money for political campaigns.” In the two years before it was disbanded, the committee spent more cash lobbying Albany lawmakers than any other group, and those dollars, reported the Times, “were spent to advance core items of Mr. Cuomo’s fiscal agenda: reducing state spending, passing a cap on

can state Senate leaders gave IDC members stipends, known as lulus, that were typically only paid to committee chairs.

While the average voter may not have followed these machinations, the left sees them as both a product and cause of Albany’s long-standing culture of corruption.

And, since that corruption plagues both parties, these activists believe that challenging mainline Democratic incumbents is as worthwhile as going after Cuomo or Klein. During Cuomo’s tenure, more than a dozen members of the state Legislature – most of them Democrats – have been convicted or pleaded guilty to crimes, most related to bribery, pay-to-play schemes or embezzlement. Meanwhile, Cuomo’s former top aide Joe Percoco was convicted on bribery charges in March.

In July, Alain Kaloyeros, once seen as a “rock star” of the Cuomo administration, was convicted of bid-rigging. (None of the allegations have involved Cuomo himself.)

A spokesperson for the governor didn’t respond to a request for comment by press time.

For Democrats, control of the state Senate has been like Lucy in “Peanuts”: Every time they win a majority, some sadist snatches it away.

local property taxes, and cutting pension benefits for public employees.”

It also served “as a pre-emptive counterweight to possible critics of the governor, like labor unions seeking more money through the state’s annual budget process.”

Cuomo wielded the IDC in a similar fashion. For Democrats, control of the state Senate has been like the “Peanuts” trope in which Lucy pulls the football away from Charlie Brown over and over again. Every time the Democrats win a majority, some sadist snatches it away from them. In the eyes of progressive activists, these power plays are all rooted in corruption. Republi-

Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law professor who is vying with three other Democrats to become the next state attorney general, makes the pitch that she would be the most aggressive in confronting both Trump’s policies and Albany’s cesspool. “Some lawsuits are shields and some lawsuits are swords,” she told City & State. “Some are shields against illegal behavior – and they’re absolutely critical – but we also need to use the law as a sword and go after the heart of Trump’s

power, which is his businesses.” She pointed to her work on litigation brought by the attorneys general of Delaware and the District of Columbia that alleges Trump is violating the Constitution’s “emoluments clause,” and promised that she would continue to “follow the money” if elected.

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HE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S race is a good example of how this year’s primaries don’t always fit neatly into the typical leftright framework. Of the top two contenders in the polls, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, is a moderate white upstate New Yorker, and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James is an African-American woman with a thoroughly progressive record and agenda. So in most races across the country, James be the furthest-left candidate – but not in this race. James has sought establishment support, even lobbying the state Legislature to appoint her to fill the position temporarily.

Although that deal fell through, she won the Democratic designation for attorney general at the state party convention – other candidates had to gather petitions to get on the ballot – and spurned the WFP, in apparent deference to Cuomo, who has feuded bitterly with the left-wing party.

Cuomo endorsed James, and helped her raise money for the race, according to the Times. She’s also received the endorsements of the overwhelming majority of party players who have weighed in so far. These maneuvers make some liberal reformers wonder if she’ll tackle corruption in Albany.

But James is testing if one can be the candidate of progressives and party power brokers simultaneously.

On the stump, she levies withering criticism at the Trump administration, talks passionately about criminal justice reform, calls for legalizing marijuana and touts her work with Cuomo to bring new affordable housing units to the city. “Tish James has a real record of progressive accomplishments – from banning questions about salary history, to protecting tenants from unscrupulous landlords, to defending our most vulnerable communities,” said Delaney Kempner, a spokeswoman for James, in an emailed statement. “New Yorkers know that she is the most qualified and experienced candidate to take on Donald Trump and continue advancing the lives of all.”

According to the latest Siena College poll, James is leading by a healthy margin, but with 4 in 10 New Yorkers remaining undecided, it’s still considered up for grabs.

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HILE THE DEMOCRATIC Socialists of America has seen its membership surge and first-time candidates have jumped into Democratic primaries from the left in great numbers, there’s reason to believe that the insurgency may ultimately be swamped by mainstream Democrats, especially in potentially swing districts where voters may not want to take a chance on an insurgent candidate.

Nationally, more experienced candidates are still performing better. In Democratic primaries for open seats across the country, an analysis by FiveThirtyEight found, “Having held elected office before has given candidates a 12-point boost, on average, in vote share.” The IDC challenger to rack up the most endorsements from elected officials has been Robert Jackson, a former city councilman from Manhattan who – unlike every other IDC challenger besides former New York City Comptroller John Liu, who is challenging state Sen. Tony Avella – has held elected office before.

Perceived electability may have helped Antonio Delgado secure the Democratic nomination in the hotly contested 19th Congressional District. Delgado, an attorney for the powerhouse law firm Akin Gump, was arguably the most centrist candidate in the seven-person primary, favoring a public insurance option over “Medicare for All” and remaining noncommittal on proposals to combat global warming, such as a carbon tax. But he’s charismatic, has an impressive resume and stressed his ability to beat the Republican incumbent, Rep. John Faso. “I can win,” he said to this reporter during the primary campaign. “And that’s an important piece. I’ve been working very hard over the past year building an organization that touches every corner of this district. I’m the only candidate to (raise more money) than John Faso. (I was) the first candidate to go on TV and in mailboxes.”

Delgado garnered the endorsements of lefty grass-roots groups like Citizen Action of New York, in addition to several mainstream Democratic organizations. Zach Feuer, who runs a private Facebook group of around 2,500 local progressive activists in the district, said a few of its members grumbled about Delgado’s moderate policy positions, but in the end, his “perceived electability was the decisive factor.”

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centage points, according to the latest Siena College poll, perhaps because it is hard to convince many working-class Democrats to trust an untested celebrity over a governor running ads about policies he has delivered.

If Nixon fails to win, the irony of the race may be that Teachout, who worked briefly on Nixon’s campaign before jumping into the attorney general’s Alessandra Biaggi race, made Cuomo is challenging harder to beat in former IDC leader 2018 by challengJeff Klein, left, who gave control to the ing the governor state Senate GOP in the 2014 prifor years. mary and forcing him to cover his left flank in his second term. “When Zephyr ran against Cuomo, it created a clear data point that he was in trouble with progressives,” Lipton said. “(Since then), the insurgency has been so strong that he’s had to shift to the left. But when he has shifted left, it’s been in ways that were very carefully crafted to not alienate his donors.”

Most of the IDC challengers must contend with voters being cynical about state government and New York Democrats not all being as liberal as one might assume.

Some of the former state Senate IDC members, including Klein, Avella, Diane Savino and David Carlucci, represent districts in the suburbs or the far reaches of the outer boroughs, where many registered Democrats are not necessarily liberals or loyal partisans.

Like Cuomo, the former IDC members are talking up their accomplishments and downplaying their backroom maneuvering. Facing a challenge from Jackson, state Sen. Marisol Alcántara told City Limits, “My opponents are trying to wipe out my entire career of work – in the labor movement, for immigrants, and on behalf of women’s issues – because of a year and a half that I spent in the IDC. My opponent doesn’t talk about anything that I’ve voted on.”

The other complicating factor in New York is race. Nixon has struggled to put together the multiracial coalition that Ocasio-Cortez rode to

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victory. According to the Siena College poll, Cuomo’s strongest support comes from the African-American community, which backs the incumbent by a 56-point margin. Keith Boykin, who teaches at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, explained that “black Democrats, especially older black Democrats, often tend to sup-

port mainstream candidates they believe can win in a general election.”

Whether or not challengers from the left can pull off Ocasio-Cortez-like upsets this fall, the insurgency is already moving New York to the left: The IDC is no more and Cuomo has begun to embrace progressive causes he previously opposed, such as recreational marijuana legalization. “(The left is) building a movement that can influence legislation 10 years from now,” said John Krinsky, a political science professor at The City College of New York.

“We tend, for often quite good reasons, to have a pretty presentist view of politics.

But movement-building needs to take a longer time horizon, or it never builds.”

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Joshua Holland is a New York-based writer and the host of the podcast “Politics and Reality Radio.”

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E N E R GY President Donald Trump has reversed the country’s course on major energy policies since taking office last year, from pulling out of the Paris climate agreement to opening up offshore oil and gas drilling to installing industry allies to key posts.

But the federal changes haven’t yet had much of an impact on New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been carrying out his own set of energy initiatives. In this special section, we assess the governor’s ambitious efforts to shift to renewables, the political battles over his stances on natural gas pipelines, and more.

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GOV. ANDREW CUOMO has gone to great lengths to bolster his image as a leader on environmental issues. Despite enormous pressure and generous political contributions from oil and gas interests, his administration banned high-volume hydraulic fracturing, a highly controversial method of drilling for natural gas, after a six-year review. His Clean Energy Standard has set some of the most ambitious renewable energy goals in the country. And when President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be pulling out of the Paris climate accord, a global pact aimed at reducing carbon emissions and slowing climate change, Cuomo was on the front lines decrying the decision and pledging, along with 13 other states and Puerto Rico, to abide by its standards.

“New York state is committed to meeting the standards set forth in the Paris accord regardless of Washington’s irresponsible actions,” Cuomo said after the Trump administration announced it would abandon the agreement. “We will not ignore the science and reality of climate change, which is why I am also signing an executive order confirming New York’s leadership role in protecting our citizens, our environment, and our planet.”

So why does he continue to face mounting pressure from environmentalists around the state? From Buffalo to Brooklyn, activists disagree on whether they would be best served by continuing to work with the governor or electing new leadership. However, many of them say that while the governor has gone further than most of his colleagues to protect the environment, he’s still not doing enough, particularly when it comes to the expansion of natural gas infrastructure.

That discontentment with continued natural gas expansion has led some environmentalists to support Cuomo’s Democratic primary challenger, Cynthia Nixon.

Climate advocates Josh Fox and Bill McKibben have endorsed the insurgent candidate. So, too, has former Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck. She said that while Cuomo talks a good game on environmental issues, his actions, or lack thereof, tell a different story.

“The governor had eight years to rack up important environmental policy and accomplishments and he has failed in many important arenas,” Enck said, pointing to a lack of action on improving public transportation in New York City and the expansion of natural gas infrastructure.

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issues, pointing to accomplishments like the planned shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant and his leadership on a multistate cap-and-trade coalition.

“We will continue to build on this proven progressive record to protect our environment for future generations and create a cleaner, greener New York,” she said in an emailed statement.

But environmental advocates say Cuomo could do more to prevent new natural gas infrastructure. Enck pointed to a plan to use natural-gas-fired turbines at a state-owned power plant to heat and cool the plaza at the state Capitol as one egregious example. All new gas infrastructure erodes any progress being made toward renewable energy goals, Enck argued, a sentiment echoed by many in the environmentalist community.

The governor has in the past described natural gas as a bridge fuel – a term of art often used by oil and gas industry advocates – to meeting his renewable energy goals, saying new infrastructure is acceptable, so long as environmental implications are carefully considered.

really hard to believe that the governor is committed to stopping climate change while, on his watch, there are massive new investments in fossil fuel facilities.”

WITH THE SEPTEMBER PRIMARY fast approaching, Cuomo is beginning to feel the heat. Nixon has promised to refuse political donations from oil and gas interests, to stop all new natural gas infrastructure projects and to invest heavily in public transit if elected. In recent months, she has been speaking out against the approval of pipelines and natural gas power plants, visiting communities where the new infrastructure is set to go up.

The Cuomo camp seems to have taken notice. When Nixon unveiled her climate plan in April, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced the same day that it was denying a water permit on a proposed pipeline set to bring natural gas into the New York City area.

That same month Nixon visited a Competitive Power Ventures power plant, calling for it to be shut down completely while highlighting the role that former aide to the governor Joe Percoco – who has since been convicted of taking bribes to help get permits for the plant approved – played in moving the project forward. The state agency announced this month that it would require the Orange County power plant to take public comment in order to get an essential air permit.

Kim Fraczek, the director of the Sane Energy Project, said she thinks the state action is a direct reaction to Nixon’s campaign.

Cuomo’s cam“We’ve noticed that Governor paign points to the planned shutCuomo has absolutely responddown of Indian ed to that pressure,” she said.

Point to burnish Fraczek, who grew up in Pennhis environmental sylvania and said she has friends “The conduit for natural credentials. and family who have suffered gas then becomes the quesfrom environmental issues caused tion,” he told The Buffaby fracking, concedes that New York is lo News last year in explaining the state much better off environmentally than many Department of Environmental Conservastates. Still, she sees many of the state’s tion’s decision to deny a water permit for decisions surrounding natural gas infrathe Northern Access Pipeline. “And pipestructure, especially in recent months, lines, in general? Fine. As long as they’re as political calculations. “We’re always done well and they’re done correctly.” pleased to see that he’s paying attention While there is no way to eliminate the to our demands,” Fraczek said. “But, we use of natural gas immediately, environalso believe that he wouldn’t be doing this mentalists argue that the existing inif there wasn’t an election coming up.” frastructure is enough to meet energy Some in the environmental comdemands while working toward the goals munity believe supporting the goverset forth by Cuomo – although the ennor while continuing to put pressure ergy industry has rejected that claim. on him is the best strategy.

“The problem with investing in pipeEllen Banks, a Sierra Club, Niagara lines and fossil-fuel-burning power plants Group member who has worked on the is if you build them today, they’re going organization’s Beyond Coal initiative, said to last for 40, 50 years,” Enck said. “It’s

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Cuomo has long styled himself an environmentalist.

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the progress the state has made under Cuomo on goals like reducing the number of coal-burning power plants demonstrates the governor’s commitment.

Banks, who stressed that she was speaking on her own behalf and not on the behalf of the Sierra Club, said she plans to vote for Cuomo despite sharing concerns about the speed and scope with which the governor’s climate plan is being implemented. “Our best strategy is to thank him for what he’s done and push him to do more,” she said.

DESPITE WINNING SUPPORT from environmental groups and activists, Nixon will face an uphill battle in selling the message that she is the true environmentalist on the ballot. She will try to emulate the success that Zephyr Teachout, who campaigned against fracking and won big over the governor in many upstate counties, had in 2014.

But it will be different this time around, given the accomplishments the Cuomo administration can point to, from the fracking ban to the renewable energy goals to major investments in wind and solar. Even if many environmentalists are disappointed with the progress that has been made under Cuomo, the fact that they have mixed feelings about his record shows how difficult it will be for Nixon to convince average voters that she will do more.

Because of that, Nixon is likely to emphasize issues where she can draw a clearer distinction between herself and the governor, said Grant Reeher, a political science professor at Syracuse University.

“My sense is that Nixon is concentrating more of her fire on the corruption (and) education funding,” he said.

And, while average voters are concerned about climate change, environmental issues usually fall far down the list of issues important to them, taking a back seat to things like the economy. “Environmental issues often have that challenge,” Reeher said.

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Further complicating things is the divide between New York City and upstate on these issues. Nixon will need to convince voters in the boroughs and surrounding suburbs, where the majority of the Democratic base lives, to vote for her in order to give her any chance at defeating Cuomo.

Danielle Spiegel-Feld, executive director of New York University’s Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law, said that while many New York City Democrats are concerned about Cuomo’s environmental policies, they are not as aware of the natural gas infrastructure issues. “I don’t see it as a huge issue for the more mainstream or centrist environmentally inclined voters in New York City,” Spiegel-Feld said.

With just a few weeks until the primary, the candidates will no doubt be working the campaign trail hard. Will Nixon’s attack from the left on environmental issues prove to be a winning strategy?

Will she be able to work the networks built up during the fight against fracking that helped Teachout’s surprisingly strong 2014 results? Or will Cuomo’s well-oiled and well-heeled campaign machine be able to drown out her overtures by touting his own environmental bona fides?

While many disagreements within the environmental community remain about which candidate gives them the best chance at realizing their goals, one thing is certain: They are happy that these issues are being explored publicly and that Nixon is pushing Cuomo to address their concerns.

And if Cuomo does win re-election, as polling suggests will happen, there is little doubt that he will continue to face pressure to ramp up renewable energy production and do more to stop the expansion of natural gas infrastructure.

“The governor does have an opportunity to build a reputation of being a climate leader,” Catskill Mountainkeeper Associate Director Wes Gillingham said. “But he has to be going at this 100 percent.”

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The Trump administration has made changes in energy policy, recently rolling back some car emissions standards, while tariffs may affect the solar power industry. Has this affected energy policy in New York?

We began, under the governor’s leadership, a change in energy policy over five years ago. And these changes in policy weren’t based upon the Obama administration, weren’t based upon the Clean Power Plan. … Everything we’ve done in the last five years had relied upon state authorities and prerogatives. So, with respect to the Trump administration, there are some areas where we work collaboratively with the administration. For example, on offshore wind. I think we’ve had a constructive relationship with the administration in the development of offshore wind resources.

But there are other areas where we have relatively profound disagreements. So, as the governor made very clear, we will take to the beaches to fight against offshore oil and gas development. We will be shutting down the remaining coal power plants in the state.

Why has New York has been pursuing offshore wind?

Well, offshore wind has tremendous resource potential. The cost of offshore wind, because of development in Europe, has significantly declined. But the benefit of offshore wind in New York state is that most of where the demand for power is in the state is downstate, Long Island and the areas around New York City. And that’s where the offshore wind resources are obviously located. And so the opportunity to minimize new transmission – which would otherwise have to be built upstate if we just relied upon onshore resources – also means lower costs. So you have those benefits and beyond that, we see that there’s economic development opportunities that will come from development of an offshore wind industry – because it’s just not New York state – but many of the states on the East Coast are interested in developing their offshore wind resources as well.

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IS NEW YORK ON PACE TO GENERATE HALF ITS ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLES BY 2030?

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GOV. ANDREW CUOMO declared two years ago that New York would generate half of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030. The mandate has a catchy tagline to accompany it: “50 by 30.” But catchy taglines don’t necessarily inspire confidence when the state’s last goal, to have 30 percent renewable energy by 2015, failed and still has not been met.

The state drew 28 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources in 2017, a 4 percentage point increase from 2016. To reach the 50 percent target, the state needs to generate an additional 29,200 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy, according to a 2018 report by the New York State Independent System Operator. The state produced 36,739 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy last year.

State officials and energy experts seem to agree that the goal itself is inherently possible. In fact, California, another state that has taken on the same goal, may even reach its target by 2020.

“It’s very doable,” said Karl Rábago, the executive director of the Pace Energy and Climate Center. “There’s no great inventions that need to be made in order for that to happen. There will be improvements in technology between now and then that will make it more affordable and easier to do.”

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But that doesn’t mean it will be easy. A primary concern from the energy industry is that the state may not be able to give out contracts and execute projects fast enough to accomplish the goal by 2030.

“The speed of play certainly needs to be increased,” said Gavin Donohue, the president and CEO of Independent Power Producers of New York, a trade association for energy companies. “I mean, if we’re a little bit over halfway, and we have 12 years to get to the other 23 percent or 22 percent to make this a reality, that’s a real daunting task. We need to now be more expeditious in releasing the RFPs and getting potential private investors out bidding on this.”

Several state agencies are working toward expanding renewables, including the New York Power Authority and Long Island Power Authority. But the largest impact would come from work done by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which has been tasked with spearheading the governor’s plan, called the Clean Energy Standard, and arranging contracts with large-scale renewable energy developers.

NYSERDA announced its first round of projects from last year’s request for proposals earlier this year. The authority awarded $1.4 billion to 26 projects, including 22 solar farms, three onshore wind farms and one hydroelectric project.

NYSERDA’s second RFP for up to 20 projects ended Aug. 16, with award announcements projected for October.

And though the large-scale renewable solicitations are an annual process for 20-year contracts, some worry about how quickly they can be executed.

“If somebody says, ‘I’m willing to put up a billion dollars to build a wind farm,’” Rábago said, “and then (the state) says, ‘OK great, hold on a second, I’ve got to go execute six months worth of contracting,’ they’re going to go, ‘Yawn, my money could be working somewhere else.’ So getting the contracting done is absolutely critical because everything else depends on it.”

The process of construction is also not as simple as just receiving the contract from NYSERDA. Developers also need to go through a process called Article 10 to receive certification, which requires a public comment period and studies on a project’s possible environmental and health impacts.

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What renewable energy bills would you like to pass, but haven’t been able to because of opposition from state Senate Republicans?

We have a bill that is a “80 by 50” bill – 80 percent renewable by 2050 – that I would love to see done in terms of the Renewable Portfolio Standard, which I think is really important. Also, we have no real action on a standardized core around the state around siting solar. So let’s say you’re in the Bronx siting a project for solar and you go across the street into Yonkers,

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it’s a whole different code because it’s a whole different town. We really need to find a way to unify the building codes as it relates to solar across the state so that it makes it easier for people to site projects.

You mentioned this bill to have “80 by 50,” so I imagine you think the governor’s plan to have 50 percent of electricity generated from renewable energy by 2030 is also feasible?

Absolutely. It is ambitious, but it is doable.

Why do you think it can be accomplished by 2030?

We already have one of the most robust hydroelectric efforts in the entire country going on in New York, in terms of the numbers of hydroelectric facilities we have in the state. Wind is picking up a great deal, particularly offshore wind, especially a couple of projects we hope to have online by the beginning of next year. And solar is, again, very robust in the state. And through the NY-Sun program, run out of NYSERDA, you know the governor’s put up $1 billion toward solar projects. There’s no other state

doing nearly that much money in terms of encouraging solar projects. I think that the state has allocated the resources. I think it’s now the work of NYSERDA and the (Public Service Commission) to get projects in the pipeline and complete.

Are the Trump administration’s policies having any impact on renewable energy?

Absolutely, I think in two ways. The first, obviously tariffs on things like solar panels and machinery that we would (be) buying from China or other countries in terms of sustainable energy production. To a certain degree, it’s been a positive impact, to this point, because it’s balanced the equation between foreign systems and domestic systems. A lot more people, to my understanding, are buying domestic systems now because of the equalization of the cost. I think that everybody generally thinks that the U.S. opting out of the Paris climate accord was probably a negative thing. It certainly has put a lot of, we believe, pressure on states in order to do the work that really the federal government should be helping in.

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ast week marked the 15-year anniversary of the Northeast Blackout, which left most of New York State in the dark for more than 24 hours. As a result, 90 New Yorkers lost their lives and the City experienced more than $1 billion in damages and lost revenue.

Despite the threat of such severe consequences, New York’s energy grid is just as vulnerable to blackouts today. Much of the state’s infrastructure is outdated and susceptible to widespread outages. Additionally, the imminent closure of Indian Point poses a new risk to New York’s energy portfolio.

We cannot afford to risk a repeat of the Northeast Blackout. New York officials must implement several steps to protect our grid before it’s too late.

Indian Point is one of many plants being retired while still safely and efficiently generating electricity. To compensate for this, the New York Board on Electrical Generation Siting and the Environment must make clear and expedient decisions with regard to the siting of new power plants, including the three natural gas plants slated to replace Indian Point’s power.

Another major risk to New York’s energy lies in our balkanized transmission system, about 80 percent of which was built before 1980.

Updates to the grid should be made now to prevent future blackouts from occurring. New York should also begin developing grid technology to use power more efficiently to avoid regional power outages.

Currently, New York relies too heavily on power imported from New Jersey, Canada, Connecticut, and elsewhere. In periods of high demand, this power is less available to the state’s electric grid. To create sustainable jobs and protect our infrastructure, New York should set a goal of being self-sufficient by supporting in-state energy over out-of-state energy sources.

electricity must come from renewable resources by 2030. This will require a diverse and reliable electric grid. The state should maintain and expand diverse fuel sources, including baseload power entities, such as nuclear, natural gas and hydro, and intermittent energy sources, including wind and solar.

New York’s state officials must also begin to plan ahead for an increase in energy demand.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, total electricity demand is expected to increase by 31 percent between now and 2035. Priority should be placed on meeting anticipated demand rather than assume that the future energy consumption levels will adapt to our current energy supply.

Under the Clean Energy Standard, New York has mandated that 50 percent of statewide

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“I think we really do need to make the Article 10 siting process more efficient and less time-consuming because it’s really beginning to raise concerns among developers and investors that companies aren’t going to make it through to the end of that process,” said Anne Reynolds, executive director of Alliance for Clean Energy New York, an organization that represents renewable energy companies and promotes renewable energy.

John Williams, the director of policy and regulatory affairs for NYSERDA, defended the state’s ability to reach the goal.

“I think the goal is eminently attainable,” he said. “It just is a matter of us making sure that we have a routine process in place, which the Clean Energy Standard is doing.

And I think we have demonstrated that we are committed to it, at least having the beginnings of annual solicitations.”

The chairman of energy and finance for New York, Richard Kauffman, also argued that the state’s previous failed initiatives were goals and not mandates like the governor’s plan has set, which makes the “50 by 30” plan more feasible.

Wind energy has especially been seen as a promising resource. After energy production from large hydroelectric plants, wind energy makes up the greatest share of renewable energy output in New York. The interest has spurred early development of offshore wind farms, which has up until now existed in the United States only in one wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island.

New York has joined other states like Massachusetts and New Jersey in trying to push for offshore wind. Last year, the Long Island Power Authority signed a 20-year contract with the same company that created Rhode Island’s farm to build the state’s first offshore wind farm. The state is also in the process of procuring at least 400 megawatts from offshore development by the end of the year and 800 megawatts in 2019, Kauffman said. Cuomo also announced this month that the state would conduct a study of large-scale offshore wind projects in Europe to guide his goal of generating 2,400 megawatts of offshore wind by 2030.

Even so, offshore wind has been criticized by the fishing industry and coastal residents who fear the turbines would spoil the view.

On top of that, ratepayers may see a hike in their electricity bills. But Kauffman said that the expectation for price increases does not take into account parts of the new policy that would also include a more integrated grid system and expanded battery storage. Rábago

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also noted that any price increases in the short term from renewables should take into account the the long-term savings of having reduced dependence on fossil fuels.

While in the past the biggest energy policy changes have been driven at the federal level, state officials seem to agree that the Trump administration has yet to affect New York’s approach to energy policy.

Kauffman said the state’s relationship with the federal government on offshore farms was “constructive,” and otherwise, New York would continue to oppose any efforts by the administration to encourage offshore oil and gas expansion or reliance on coal. Unlike

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other environmental rollbacks the Trump administration has pursued, renewable energy seems to continue to grow throughout the country, though tariffs on foreign solar panels have begun to hurt some solar projects.

Despite his concerns, Donohue made it clear that the those in the energy sector have been enthusiastic to work toward expanded renewable energy. Indeed, most new power construction across the country has been from renewable energy. Nonhydro renewable energy made up about 62 percent of new power construction in the United States in 2017, according to a 2018 report by the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

“It’s an ambitious goal, that’s for sure,” Donohue said of the governor’s target. “But it is something that we believe, if the state is putting money in and there’s opportunity to bid on those contracts in a competitive way, my members are stepping up doing that.”

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THE FUTURE OF DIVERSITY “WE CAN’T DO ANYTHING … IF WE DON’T EVEN GET YOUR SUPPORT. WE DON’T WANT YOU GUYS TO BE ON THE SIDELINES. BE ENGAGED. BE CIVICALLY ENGAGED, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO DIRECTLY IMPACT YOU.”

– ASSEMBLYWOMAN RODNEYSE BICHOTTE

“TO ENSURE YOU GET THE GEMS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO GO THE EXTRA MILE IN THE DIVERSITY POOL.” – NEW YORK SECRETARY OF STATE ROSSANA ROSADO

“AT PACE UNIVERSITY, NEARLY HALF OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FIRST GENERATION TO ATTEND COLLEGE. THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THOSE YOUNG STRIVERS. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR DRIVE AND A STRONG WORK ETHIC, TRUST ME, THIS IS WHERE YOU FIND IT.”

– VANYA QUIÑONES, PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, PACE UNIVERSITY

“TO BUILD MWBE CAPACITY, GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET MORE INVESTED IN THE PROGRAM, NOT SIMPLY PUNISHING PRIMES.” – LOUIS COLETTI, BUILDING TRADES EMPLOYERS’ ASSOCIATION

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ITY & STATE held its first Diversity Summit this month, featuring a keynote address by New York Secretary of State Rossana Rosado and in-depth policy discussions on government contracts for businesses owned by women and minorities and the ways in which public and private sector offices and agencies are diversifying their workforces.

The event brought together key elected officials – including state Sen. James Sanders Jr., the chairman of the Task Force on MWBEs; Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, who chairs the Subcommittee on Oversight of MWBEs; and New York City Councilman Mark Gjonaj, who chairs the Committee on Small Business – as well as top agency leaders at the city and state levels.

Here are some of the highlights of the event, which provided valuable lessons for MWBE contractors seeking to do business with government in New York City and state.

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Notice of Qualification of Front Street Lender, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 05/11/2018. Office location: NY County. Princ.

Bus. Addr: 900 N. Michigan Ave., Ste 1600 Chicago, IL 60611.

LLC formed in DE on 10/10/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC 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. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CT Corporation 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Qualification of Fora Financial Business Loans LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/17/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/15/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 519 8th Ave., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10018. DE addr. of LLC: c/o US Corp. Agents, Inc., 300 Delaware Ave., Ste. 210-A, Wilmington, DE 19801.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Verizon Smart Communities LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/14/18. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/9/10. 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 TerraForm Power Operating, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/18/14.

Princ. office of LLC: 200 Liberty St., 14th Fl., NY, NY 10281. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation M4352R, LLC. Arts of Org Filed with Secy. of State of NY 6/25/2018. Ofc Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 7 Navy Pier Ct, Staten Island, NY 10304.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of KATKELS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY 4/5/18.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY Desinated Agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014, 13thAve. #202, BK, NY 11228. Principal business address: 160 E 3rdSt. Apt CB1, NY, NY 10009.

Purpose: any lawful act.

August 20, 2018 Notice of Qualification of CITADEL FUNDING PARTNERS II, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/20/18.

Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/25/18.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1120 Ave of the Americas, Fl. 4, NY, NY 10036. 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.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Tacodumbo 114W47 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/11/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 399 Lafayette St., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10003.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Rarebird Consulting LLC filed with SSNY on 07/10/2018.

Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 519 W 48th Street #19, New York, NY 10036. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of HIC Group GP, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/20/18. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/30/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 444 Madison Ave, Fl. 22, NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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CIAO DOWNTOWN, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 06/13/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 153 E 32nd Street, Apt 3C. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

FRESHRENO NEW YORK LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/11/18. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1967 Wehrle Drive Suite 1 #086 Buffalo, NY 14221.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of FULLSTEAM HOLDINGS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/26/18.

Princ. office of LLC: 535 Madison Ave., 24th 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, c/o Aquiline Capital Partners LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of 7 GRAMS CAFFE - 76 MADISON LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/23/18.

Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 385 1st Ave., #7H, NY, NY 10010.

Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Metro Look, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/4/18. Office location: New York County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her is: Registered Agents Inc. 90 State St. Ste. 700 Office 40 Albany, NY 12207.

The principal business address of the LLC is: 251 W. 74th St. Apt. 7b New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

Notice of Formation of I Am My Sister (Women helping Women) LLC, filed with SSNY on June 29, 2018.

Office: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process against the LLC: I Am My Sister (Women helping Women) POB 2593, Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Valibac LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY 3/7/18. Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Isaac Chestnut, 10 Stratford Rd, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of Chava Feigen, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/29/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/23/18.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Qualification of RowCon, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/16/18.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/17/17.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Wade S. Ninemire, 5265 Parkway Plaza Blvd., Ste. 130, Charlotte, NC 28217.

Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, Divisions of Corporations, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Beyond the Pink Ribbon, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on June 14, 2018.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Emily Garnett, 19 Parkview Place, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

M&M BROWS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with NYS Department of State on 5/24/2018.

Office loc: Westchester County. The New York Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

New York Secretary of State shall mail process to: M&M BROWS, LLC, Attn: Michelle Matos, 44 North Broadway Apt# 5FN, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Singer 158 Lafayette LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/27/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 95 Delancey St, Fl. 2, NY, NY 10002.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of VIPVR, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/03/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/03/18.

Princ. office of LLC: Attn: Prajit Gopal, 2373 Broadway, Apt. #1723, NY, NY 10024.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

HOZHO, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/08/18. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 244 Madison Avenue, Suite 1590, New York, NY 10016.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of GAIA MONTROSE INVESTORS, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/28/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/23/14. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 152 W. 57 St, Fl. 17, NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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August 20, 2018 Notice of Formation of IndexVest LAB LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/5/18.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 213 E. 71st St, Unit 5, NY, NY 10021.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of TACONIC ESSEX MANAGEMENT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/11/18.

Princ. office of LLC: Taconic Investment Partners LLC, 111 Eighth Ave., Ste. 1500, NY, NY 10011. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Zenith Venture Capital LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/5/18.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Battery Park Plz., Ste 310, NY, NY 10004.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM HEIDY E FITNESS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 05/08/2018.

Office loc: WESTCHESTER County.

SSNY shall mail process to: HEIDY E FITNESS, LLC, Attn: Heidy Espaillat, P.O Box 118, New Rochelle, NY 10802.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Jackson PHB Holdings LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/10/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 27 W. 24th St, 702, NY, NY 10010.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Beachhead Advisory Group LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/20/2018.

Office: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 230 Treetop Crescent, Rye Brook, New York, 10573.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Name: Deatomic, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/26/2018.

Office Location: Richmond County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the Deatomic, LLC, P.O. Box 90533, Staten Island, New York 10309. Purpose: For any lawful purpose

OSRICH REALTY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 7/03/2018.

Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Jian Le Wu, 3153 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1312604 FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 15 E 28TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10016.

NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ONPREMISE CONSUMPTION. BOURKE STREET BAKERY LLC.

Notice of Qualification of HIGHLINE 22 LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/14/18. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/11/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 407 Park Ave S., NY, NY 10016. DE address of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Qualification of Gaia Montrose Apartments, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/25/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/7/15.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 152 W. 57 St, Fl. 17, NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 49 Owner Realty LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/20/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 530 E. 76th St, Unit 20G, NY, NY 10021.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1312703 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 25 BOND ST BROOKLYN, NY 11201.

KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION.

Notice of Formation of ALPHA AESTHETICS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/19/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 60 E. 56th St, Ste 302, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

LOS TACOS BROOKLYN LLC.

Notice of Formation of Rabinian LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/20/18.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 530 E. 76th St, Unit 20G, NY, NY 10021.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Eversept Partners, L.P. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/29/18. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/15/15.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 444 Madison Ave, Fl. 22, NY, NY 10022. DE address of LP: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. 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 GARY JOE LLC Arts of Org filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/05/2018.

Office location: RICHMOND County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 274 RHINE AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10304.

Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF QUAL. of EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS HS LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/20/18. Off. Loc: NY Co. LLC org. in DE 6/19/18. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave, NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. Addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CANNA LLP Arts. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/13/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLP to 10 East 40th St., 21st Floor, NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: any lawful act.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Formation of CHURTON PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of RGN-Brooklyn IV, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/27/18.

Princ. office of LLC: 15305 Dallas Pkwy., Ste. 400, Addison, TX 75001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of S3 CAPITAL FUND III REIT LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/14/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE 6/11/18. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Spruce Capital Partners, 444 Madison Avenue, Ste 41, New York, NY 10022.

DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Form. filed with DE SOS, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of SNOWCAT GP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/25/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/20/18.

Princ. office of LLC: 810 Seventh Ave., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal and Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Green Ox Capital, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY 7/05/2018.

Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Green Ox Capital LLC, Attn: Antonia Martinez, 9 Nursery Lane, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NGW LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 05/24/2018.

Office loc: NY County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40 W 86t st APT 6C New York, NY 10024.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of Mindful Eating LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on June 28th 2018.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served against LLC to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Business address: 530 Monterey Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803.

Purpose: any lawful act.

SDKA North America, LLC, Arts of Org. with SSNY on 11/26/14. Office: Westchester.

SSNY designated for service of process and shall mail to Law office of Jessica M. Jimenez, P.C., 5 McKinley Place, Suite 200, Ardsley, New York, 10502.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HOOK & REEL FRANCHISE LLC Arts of Org filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/26/2018.

Office location: RICHMOND County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 2590 HYLAN BLVD STE 3 AND 4, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306.

Purpose: any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of JRD GRP LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/12/18. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 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.

Matter Moda LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 07/10/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Joaquin Gregorio 95 East 7th St, #4, New York, NY 10009. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

IGLOO GERTIE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/25/18. Office: Kings County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 184 North 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of FULLSTEAM OPERATIONS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/19/18.

Princ. office of LLC: 535 Madison Ave., 24th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Aquiline Capital Partners LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Formation of AVSB Realty LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/30/18. Office loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The address SSNY shall mail process to 130 W. 3rd St., #4N, New York, NY 10012.

Purpose: Any lawful activity

Notice of formation of Vineyard 718, LLC filed with SSNY on May 05, 2018.

Office: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 92 Tier St., Bx, NY 10464. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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CityAndStateNY.com / PUBLIC and LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006OA14, MORTGAGE P A S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OA14, Plaintiff against MIRIAM RIVERA A/K/A MIRIAM R. RIVERA; JOE R. RIVERA A/K/A JOE RIVERA; ANA RIVERA; JOE RIVERA, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on October 25, 2017.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 20th day of September, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York.

Said premises known as 12 Nichols Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11208.

(Block: 4109, Lot: 112).

Approximate amount of lien $ 628,907.05 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 511600-15. Doron A. Leiby, Esq., Referee.

Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 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, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for ANTIOCHIA GRILL INC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 7035 Austin Street in the Borough of Queens for a term of two years.

REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

Notice of Qualification of WISE Ventures Investments, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/31/18. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/7/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION Uniti Fiber LLC Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/25/2018. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware on 02/04/2010.

SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against it may be served.

The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is: 10802 Executive Center Drive, Benton Building, Suite 300, Attn: Daniel L. Heard, EVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Little Rock, AR 72211 The principal business address of the LLC is: 10802 Executive Center Drive, Benton Building, Suite 300, Little Rock, AR 72211 Delaware address of LLC is: 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 Certificate of LLC filed with Secretary of State of Delaware located at: Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. ¬Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901 Purpose: Provide wireless infrastructure services and products and all other business permitted under New York law

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1312566 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 420 KENT AVE BROOKLYN, NY 11249.

KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. SEA OF WOLVES LLC Notice of Formation of Tree Force, LLC filed with SSNY on June, 25 2018. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 259 Clayton Rd., Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

August 20, 2018 RH 537 LLC. Authority filed SSNY 4/20/18. Office: NY Co. LLC formed DE 4/17/18. Exists. c/o NRAI, 160 Greentree Dr #101 Dover, DE 19904. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served & mail to c/o DH Property Holdings LLC, 2 Park Ave., 14th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Cert of Registration Filed SOS, Corp Dept., 401 Federal St #4, Dover DE 19901. General Purpose.

Sada by Sarah, LLC filed with SSNY on March 28, 2018.

Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Sarah Dawson, 350 E 19th Street, Ste. 5J , Brooklyn, NY 11226. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of JDR INNOVATIONS, LLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 2/8/2018. Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 405 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: Any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of NOVALAND LLC filed with SSNY on 7/19/2018.

Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1901 E 29th St Brooklyn, NY, 11229. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of DJS 85th LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/10/18.

Off. Loc.: New York County.

SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy to is: David Katzenberg, 429 East 52nd Street, Apt. 7B, New York, NY 10022.

Purpose: Any lawful act .

Notice of Qualification of Ginkgo Tree Managing Member, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/14/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 300 Park Ave., 21st Fl., NY, NY 10022. LLC formed in DE on 5/8/18. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc. (CGI), 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CGI, 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904.

Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION Uniti Dark Fiber LLC Application for Authority filed with the Secretary o f State of New York (SSNY) on 05/07/2018.

Office location: NEW YORK County.

LLC formed in Delaware on 12/02/2015. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against it may be served.

The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is: 10802 Executive Center Drive, Benton Building, Suite 300, Attn: Keith Harvey, VP, Deputy General Counsel, Little Rock, AR 72211 The principal business address of the LLC is: 10802 Executive Center Drive, Benton Building, Suite 300, Little Rock, AR 72211 Delaware address of LLC is: 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 Certificate of LLC filed with Secretary of State of Delaware located at: Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. ¬Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901 Purpose: Provide wireless infrastructure services and products and all other business permitted under New York law

PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at two locations. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 52 feet on a 55foot building at the approx. vicinity of 298 Avenue P, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11204. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 70 feet on a building with an overall height of 72 feet at the approx. vicinity of 1681 49th St, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11204. Public comments regarding potential effects from these sites on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Alison, a.cusack@ trileaf.com, 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-997-6111.

Notice of Formation of Milo Plastering, LLC filed with SSNY on June 22, 2018. Office: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13TH Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, New York, 11228 . Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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UNCLAIMED FUNDS NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY HOMESTEAD FUNDING CORP. The following persons appear from our records to be entitled to unclaimed property consisting of cash amounts of fifty dollars or more: Galante, Richard 300 Dodge Road Getzville NY 14068 Gasner, Corina 124 Fawn Ridge Lane Middleburgh, NY 12122 A report of Unclaimed Property will be made to the Comptroller of the State of New York, pursuant to Article III of the Abandoned Property Law. A list of the names contained in such notice is on file and open to public inspection at the principal office of Homestead Funding Corp, located at 8 Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12205, where such abandoned property is payable. Such abandoned property will be paid on or before October 31 to persons establishing to its satisfaction their right to receive the same. In the succeeding November, and on or before the tenth day thereof, such unclaimed property will be paid to the Comptroller of the State of New York, and shall thereupon cease to be liable therefore.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1312762 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 216 SMITH ST BROOKLYN, NY 11201.

KINGS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. MIMOSA CAFÉ & LOUNGE INC. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1312748 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 15 SHAPHAM PLACE WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. CALLAST NY INC.

PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 77 feet on a building with an overall height of 80 feet at the approx. vicinity of 200 East 19th Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11226.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Erin, e.alsop@ trileaf.com, 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-997-6111.

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, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for THIRD AVE FOOD CORP to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 283 THIRD AVENUE 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 Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at two locations. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 59 feet on a 61-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 208 & 210 Union Ave, New Rochelle, Westchester County, NY 10801. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 81 feet on a building with an overall top height of 87 feet at the approx. vicinity of 219 78th St, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11209.

Public comments regarding potential effects from these sites on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Alison, a.cusack@ trileaf.com, 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-997-6111.

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August 20, 2018 CESURG, LLC, art of org. filed with SSNY on 4/19/18.

Office location: Westchester County, SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Legalinc Corporate Services Inc. , 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1#086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Woolley & Co., LLC filed with SSNY on July 11, 2018. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 124 West 79th Street, Apt#6B, New York, NY 10024.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1312754 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 48-06 SKILLMAN AVE SUNNYSIDE, NY 11104.

QUEENS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. BELO GRILL INC.

PUBLIC NOTICE New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor, on a petition for NORTH 10TH RESTAURANT COMPANY LLC to ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 97 N 10TH in the Borough of Brooklyn for a term of two years.

REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004 ATTN: FOIL OFFICER

FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK CITY OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF QUEENS SUMMONS

SprintCom, Inc. (SPRINT) proposes to install/ upgrade equipment and antennas at the following structures in New York:

Docket No.: B-18109/17 ---------------------------------X In the Matter of Commitment of Guardianship and Custody of ROBERT JOSEPH VILLAFANE also known as ROBERT VILLAFANE A Child under the Age of Eighteen Years ---------------------------------X In the Name of the People of the State of New York TO: Linda Maria Villafane a.k.a. Linda Villafane a.k.a Rosa Mendez ADDRESS: UNKNOWN A Petition having been duly filed in this Court, alleging that the above-named child in the care of THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, should be committed to the guardianship and custody of THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL; a copy of said Petition being annexed hereto; 151-20 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York, Part 1, in front of the Hon. Connie Gonzalez on September 25, 2018 at 3PM to Show Cause why the Court should not enter an Order committing the guardianship and custody of said child to the petitioning agency as required by law.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if the guardianship and custody of said child are committed to the petitioning agency, THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, said child may be adopted with consent of the petitioning agency without your consent or further notice to you.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that you have the right to be represented by a lawyer, and, if the Court finds that you are unable to pay for a lawyer, you have the right to have a lawyer assigned by the Court.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon failure of the person summoned to appear, all of his or her parental rights to the child may be terminated, and PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that his or her failure to appear shall constitute a denial of his or her interest in the child which denial may result, without further notice, in the transfer or commitment of the child’s care, custody or guardianship or in the child’s adoption in this or any subsequent proceeding in which such care, custody or guardianship or adoption be at issue.

Dated: Queens, New York August 14, 2018

By Order of the Court /S/ Clerk of the Family Court

NOTICE OF FORMATION of 711 BBA LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/26/18. Off. Loc.: King County. SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy to is: The LLC, 16 West 36th Street, 11th Flr., New York, New York.

Purpose: Any lawful act.

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PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to collocate antennas (tip heights 31’ and 33’) on the building at 3501 Avenue S, Brooklyn, NY (20181440). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Notice of Formation of 200 East 62nd Street, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/30/18.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 200 E. 62nd St., NY, NY. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Manhattan – 120 N Riverside Dr (Job #40407); 12 W 96th St (Job #40253); 400 E 57th St (Job #40391); 122 E 42nd St (Job #41143); Kings County – 660 Washington Ave in Brooklyn (Job #40694); 7022 Ridge Blvd in Brooklyn (Job#40440); 182 Ralph Ave in Brooklyn (Job #40646); New York County – 910 Riverside Dr in New York (Job #40744); 402 E 74th St in New York (Job #37596); Suffolk County – 349 North St in Manorville (Job #40456); Albany County – 400 Hudson Ave in Albany (Job #33925); 75 Willett St in Albany (Job #33928); Cattaraugus County – 201 Union St. North in Olean (Job #40568) In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, SPRINT is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. If you would like to provide specific information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within 1/2 mile of the site, please submit the comments (with project number) to: RAMAKER, Contractor for SPRINT, 855 Community Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ramaker.com within 30 days of this notice.

STRIVEIV MEDICINE, PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/27/2018. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 East 40th Street, 10th Fl, NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine.

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Who was up and who was down last week

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ANDREW CUOMO Cuomo has a long history of footin-mouth syndrome and he just had another flare-up. In an attempt to attack President Donald Trump and his famous “Make America Great Again” slogan, the governor told a crowd that America “was never that great.” #GreatGate didn’t play well on either side of the political divide.

Soon after, a spokeswoman for Cuomo insisted he does think America is great, it just hasn’t reached “maximum greatness.” At least it’s short enough to fit on a hat.

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DC37 approved a 44-month deal with NYC with a whopping 98 percent vote.

Facing charges, he suspended his campaign, likely ending his political career.

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The lawmakers closed a child sex trafficking loophole. Why’d it take so long? $150K from the Durst Organization shot him to the top of the AG fundraising pile.

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The cigar-chomping union boss who ran Rikers will soon be a prisoner himself.

These priests named in the Pennsylvania report were all in the New York diocese.

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PAMELA HELMING & DAVID VALESKY Yet another difference between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump: The governor likes beer, the president doesn’t. Last week, Cuomo signed legislation from these two state lawmakers supporting the production of craft beer in the state by expanding hops production and supporting farm distilleries. Earlier in the summer, Cuomo also signed a bill to allow beer ice cream. Perhaps Cuomo could adopt the slogan “Make America Drunk Again.”

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Cynthia Nixon is nearly matching Gov. Andrew Cuomo on fundraising, but the governor still has a huge lead. The state attorney general candidates are picking up money from real estate and health care players, among other sectors. And Rep. Claudia Tenney, in one of the biggest congressional battles in the state, got a financial boost thanks to a fundraiser with President Donald Trump. Will the extra cash matter? We won’t know until Election Day who wins or loses – but we do know last week’s Winners & Losers.

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