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JON LENTZ Editor-in-chief

Ever since Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Democrats have been trying to figure out what they stand for. Did Hillary Clinton fall short because she relied on identity politics? Did she alienate too many voters who oppose abortion? Should the party adopt the populist views of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who generated excitement on the campaign trail but lost to Clinton in the primary?

The debate boiled over this spring, when the Democratic National Convention endorsed a mayoral candidate in Omaha, Nebraska, with a record of voting against abortion rights. Sanders joined the candidate at a rally, while abortion rights advocates blasted the endorsement.

And it’s not just Nebraska. In a similar situation here in New York, state Sen. Rubén Díaz Sr. has thrived in the heavily Democratic Bronx despite his conservative views on social issues that resonate with many Republicans. In this week’s cover story, Nick Powell explains how Díaz got here – and what’s next as the state lawmaker seeks a seat in the New York City Council.

CONTENTS BOCHINCHE & BUZZ ... 6 Gossip on Nicole Malliotakis, Melissa Mark-Viverito and more

RUBÉN DÍAZ JR. ... 8 A Q&A with the Bronx borough president

REBUILDING THE BRONX ... 12 5 big projects on the borough’s to-do list

NEW YORK NONPROFIT MEDIA ...36 The Human Services Council’s plan to improve government contracting

WINNERS & LOSERS ... 42

Who was up and who was down last week

RUBÉN DÍAZ SR. What’s next for the Bronx’s socially conservative state senator?

By Nick Powell

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COMMENTARY

Ross Barkan on Donald Trump’s Bronx connection ... 10

The 25 behind-the-scenes movers and shakers you need to know ... 25

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NEW YORKERS RESPOND TO VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE After a white supremacist rally turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia, when a driver killed one woman and injured 19 others, President Donald Trump initially said there was violence “on many sides.” He waited two days before he specifically condemned neo-Nazis and white supremacists. On Tuesday, the president – speaking from Trump Tower – doubled down on his original statement, equating the white supremacists to the counterprotesters. Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked for the names of Confederate generals to be removed from streets on Brooklyn’s Fort Hamilton Army base. The president tweeted Thursday that the removal of “beautiful statues and monuments” of various Confederate leaders was “sad.”

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Assemblyman Denny Farrell announced that he would step down on Sept. 5, after 42 years in the Assembly. The 85-year-old lawmaker cited health and the stress of leading the Ways and Means Committee – but that wasn’t his only motivation.

After City Councilman David Greenfield and state Sen. Daniel Squadron, Farrell is the third politician in recent months to resign after the deadline passed for possible candidates to file a petition to run for the seat. Now, the county Democratic committee will get to choose who gets to appear on the ballot.

C&S: Nicole Malliotakis was criticized for not immediately condemning President Donald Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. What does this say about her as a NYC mayoral candidate?

CG: Party labels matter. She chose to run as a Republican. If you are choosing to run as a Republican, you must actually account for what the leader of your party says and does, and have a statement.

As a child of immigrants, you have nothing to say?

And then you want to represent one of the most diverse cities in the country? Are you kidding? Why are we even wasting our time with you? If you’re going to be mealy-mouthed, that lets me know that you have no leadership capability or qualities that I’m interested in in any capacity.

C&S: Why do Republicans in New York City struggle to appeal to voters?

CG: They keep going back to the greatest hits!

Hedge fund manager, charter school supporter and major New York donor Daniel Loeb was criticized last week for a since-deleted Facebook comment saying that state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins has done “more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.” Loeb has donated to Congressional Republicans, GOP New York City mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Elected officials and New Yorkers rallied in support of StewartCousins, who is AfricanAmerican, on Monday.

(Rudy) Giuliani, when he ran, he ran on race, racism, and “the city’s out of control.” The playbook is still “let’s go back to when we won.” Bloomberg’s different, because he basically was a Democrat and we were also post-9/11 – he was a businessman, it made sense. But Giuliani’s greatest hits are this race-baiting. Giuliani is to Dinkins what Trump was to Obama. This shadow of just constant undermining, telling false truths, trying to whirl up this kind of racialized sentiment among voters, essentially saying this man’s incompetent and he’s an imposter. Giuliani did it to Dinkins, Trump did it to Obama, and it worked to a certain extent for both of them. You see the 21st century playbook for New York City Republicans. Look at Malliotakis, all she does is talk about “crime is up, it’s the most dangerous the city’s ever been.” Really? Crime is actually at record lows. We haven’t seen these numbers in decades, literally. So I think it’s part of this racialized dog-whistling.

“I DON’T WANT to EMBARRASS MYSELF by putting the ICE CREAM in my ear. I want to leave the day before that, not the day after .”

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Top Tweeters President Donald Trump is known for his spur of the moment tweets, but it’s not all bluster. His frequent use of Twitter reflects the growing importance of social media for politicians as they communicate with their constituents. In New York, most state Senate, Assembly and New York City Council members have already jumped on the bandwagon, getting their message out in 140 characters or less. While some have attracted thousands of followers, others are lagging behind. Here’s a rundown of which New York politicians have the biggest Twitter followings.

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STATE SENATORS

LIZ KRUEGER

Followers

@LizKrueger

9,146

JEFF KLEIN

Followers

7,691

@JeffKleinNY

JOSE PERALTA

Followers

@SenatorPeralta

6,201

BRAD HOYLMAN

Followers

JOSÉ M. SERRANO

Followers

@bradhoylman

@SenatorSerrano

KEVIN S. PARKER @SenatorParker

8,803

7,534

Followers

6,199

DAVID CARLUCCI

Followers

@davidcarlucci

22,216

MARTIN GOLDEN

Followers

ANDREA STEWARTCOUSINS

Followers

GUSTAVO RIVERA

Followers

8,410

@SenMartyGolden

@AndreaSCousins

@NYSenatorRivera

7,230

6,197

AS OF 8/15/2017

TOP10

ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

MICHAEL BLAKE

Followers

@MrMikeBlake

19,916

NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS Followers @NMalliotakis 13,849

ANGELO SANTABARBARA

Followers

DOV HIKIND

Followers

BRIAN KAVANAGH

KIERAN MICHAEL LALOR

Followers

CARL HEASTIE

Followers

@CarlHeastie

6,104

NILY ROZIC

Followers

Followers

@BrianKavanaghNY

6,732

DAVID DIPIETRO

Followers

@DiPietro4NY

5,525

@AsmSantabarbara

@KieranLalor

11,493

6,610

STEVE MCLAUGHLIN Followers @SteveMcNY 5,297

@HikindDov

@nily

7,289

4,895

AS OF 8/15/2017

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

JOE BORELLI

Followers

DAVID GREENFIELD

Followers

DAN GARODNICK

Followers

@JoeBorelliNYC

@NYCGreenfield

@DanGarodnick

22,417

11,873

10,949

MELISSA MARKVIVERITO @MMViverito

Followers

30,331

BRAD LANDER

Followers

@bradlander

19,433

JUMAANE WILLIAMS Followers @JumaaneWilliams 17,247

COREY JOHNSON

Followers

JIMMY VAN BRAMER Followers @JimmyVanBramer 11,723

YDANIS RODRÍGUEZ Followers @ydanis 10,943

CARLOS MENCHACA Followers @cmenchaca 10,486

@CoreyinNYC

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NOT BUENO BETWEEN NICOLE AND J.C.

NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS

They’re both young Republicans from the outer boroughs.

One is half Cubana and the other is Dominicano. Both are running for citywide office. But one is a GOP loyalist who didn’t vote for the Donald, while the other voted for Trump and is reluctant to criticize the offender in chief.

The divide between Nicole Malliotakis and J.C. Polanco is at an “irreparable level,” according to a bochinchero, who noted that they didn’t march together in the recent Dominican Day Parade. “They avoided each other. Nicole didn’t want to be photographed with him,” said the bochinchero, who spoke to both of them on the day of the celebration in Manhattan. Further inquiries found that the Republican public advocate wannabe, who also has the Reform Party line for the November general election, “doesn’t trust Nicole.” Word among some insiders is that Nicole is getting GOP donations in large part because she’s not dumping on Trump like J.C. is doing. “What really pissed off Polanco was that Nicole stole his plan for health care and presented it as her own this past week,” said the bochinchero, referring to the plan Malliotakis dubbed the “Treatment B4 Crisis” solution to the current flawed de Blasio mental health policy.

In the meantime, the rift between both will likely widen and we’re hearing J.C. may wind up campaigning against Nicole in the general election. ¡Que bochinche!

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BLAMING MMV The absence of a female candidate in the all-hombres race for the next speaker of the New York City Council has tongues beginning to let loose. “Melissa didn’t do anything to develop or encourage one of us to have a shot at being the next speaker,” said one City Council insider bochinchera. We reminded the bochinchera that New York City Councilwoman Julissa FerrerasCopeland was long spoken of as the one favored by Mayor Bill de Blasio for the post. “Not talking about Bill. We’re holding Melissa responsible,” argued the frustrated insider who is also upset about the likely diminishing number of mujeres in next year’s council.

Asked if there would be a critique of Mark-Viverito on the record: “What good would that do? She’s already irrelevant.” Ouch!

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TRUMP UNDOING REPUBLICAN DOWNSTATE STRATEGY Young Republicans in New York, including some of the ones that have been moderates for a long time, are beginning to sense the unraveling of their hopes for increasing the vote tally in this year’s New York City mayoral election. The original strategy was focused on voter registration efforts in the five boroughs coupled with leveraging the fairly good vote tally racked up by Rob Astorino in 2014 gubernatorial race against Andrew Cuomo.

“Trump has messed it up for us,” said a frustrated bochinchero. There’s that … and also the fact that it doesn’t appear that the GOP mayoral candidate is gaining any traction for the general election.

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WE’RE MAKING IT WORK FOR BRONXITES.

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BUILDING A BETTER

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Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. on delivering for Bronxites

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RUBÉN DÍAZ JR. has served as Bronx borough president since 2009, and he is eligible for one more term – assuming he’s re-elected this fall. Diaz spoke with City & State’s Grace Segers about the biggest projects underway in the borough, ensuring local residents benefit from borough improvements and changing the public’s perceptions of the Bronx. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

C&S: Your position is term-limited, so if you are elected for a third and final term, you would have four years left as Bronx borough president. Where would you like to see the Bronx by 2021?

RD: I want to have the Bronx be in a better position than when I first started, and we’ve been working since day one towards that goal. So I want to continue to reduce our unemployment rate. When we started, we were at 14.1 percent. We’ve gone as low as 5.4 (percent). I want to continue to be national leader in crime reduction. I want to continue to be a leader in green development. I want to continue to build housing at every level. I want to continue to educate Bronxites to be healthier. It’s the reason why we have forged strong alliances with our farmers upstate, where we have more farmers markets here, making sure that EBT (electronic benefits transfer) card holders use health bucks and the EBT cards to buy fruits and vegetables.

We’ve worked with the congressional delegation to have the federal government accept New York state as one of the six states in a pilot program to be able to use EBT cards to buy produce from grocers online. When I’m done here, I fully expect to see a fully restored Orchard Beach. I would like to see four Metro-North stations come to life.

I want to see the Bruckner-Sheridan interchange finally completed after 30 years of conversation. I would love to see the completion of York Studios over in Soundview, the

Kingsbridge National Ice Center thriving, the Post Office with Youngwoo and the waterfront along the Harlem River and Mott Haven all developed. I’m going to continue to execute and check off these boxes, and if the voters of the Bronx give me another four years, that will be my mission moving forward, to finish off the things that we started.

C&S: Are you concerned that the influx of development projects in the Bronx will lead to gentrification and displacement of Bronx natives?

RD: Every single day of my life. So, that means that we have to continue to create jobs that pay Bronxites wages where they can afford to continue to live here. We need to continue to develop housing for the different income levels, whether it’s low income or even our working professional class. I see what has happened in other boroughs and other communities, where there was an influx of businesses and industry, and that could be a good thing. But I also saw many areas where the citizenry was not prepared. We’ve learned what’s worked in other boroughs, and what could have been done better. Gentrification doesn’t have to mean that good things are happening here just for other people. We’re making it work for Bronxites.

C&S: You’ve been a strong supporter of the Fair Fares proposal. What do you think of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan for a millionaires tax to pay for repairs to the subway system as well as subsidizing fares for lower-income residents?

RD: I think it’s interesting. I think that it could go a long way in generating the revenue that’s needed. When I was in the Assembly, we did something similar to this around education, where we had an income tax surcharge that had different levels depending on your income bracket. It was

dedicated back then to a specific fund – in that case, it was education, where the business community and those who were more affluent back then were open-minded because they cared about education. I suspect that those in corporate America feel a great deal of compassion for making sure that the transportation arteries of New York City run in an efficient way because we all benefit from it. It’s part of who we are as a city and it’s certainly essential to our economy.

I’m hoping that at the very least it starts a dialogue between the city, between the state and the MTA, and for that matter, the business community in the city of New York, to have a way to generate a continuous revenue funding stream for our transportation system. I support Fair Fares, so whatever that funding stream is and whatever that agreement is, I think it should entail subsidizing the very poor of the city of New York. I’m not saying no to the mayor’s proposal. I’m looking forward to hearing more of the details. But I definitely feel that the state and the city have to get their heads together and see how we get Fair Fares for the working poor to be able to get on the transit system.

C&S: What are the greatest challenges you face as borough president?

RD: My biggest challenge is obviously making sure that Bronxites are prepared for the economy of the future. Another challenge for us is, how do we become a healthier citizenry? People talk about displacement and gentrification, but how do we get Bronxites to be healthy enough to benefit from the progress? How do we change the mindset of both people who live in the Bronx and people who live outside of the Bronx about the Bronx? There’s so many people who haven’t been here in many, many years or who have never been here and still believe that we are the Bronx of the ’70s, and that’s just not the case.

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IF A HISTORIAN, in the decades to come, wants to construct a heritage trail of President Donald Trump’s rise to power, there are a few obvious places to begin.

There is the tony neighborhood of Jamaica Estates in Queens where he was reared; the southern Brooklyn construction sites he toured with his powerful father; and gleaming Manhattan, of which he always dreamed, and the tower that would bear his name.

But one more area will unexpectedly stick out. Long before Trump bumbled and raged and demagogued his way to the presidency, he was a wannabe hotshot in a crumbling city, trying to make a name beyond the outer boroughs. His developer father, Fred, practically owned Brooklyn and Queens, and guaranteed his pugnacious son a life of luxury as the steward of his legacy. We know, of course, that wasn’t enough.

Like residents of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, all of whom overwhelmingly rejected Trump in favor of Hillary Clinton, Bronxites live in a borough that has played its part in Trump’s saga. Relatively few realize that it was the Bronx, and its corrupt political heavyweights, who first helped Trump taste power.

Though they had no idea they were tracking the life of a future president, the late journalists Wayne Barrett and Jack Newfield featured Trump in their 1988 account of Mayor Ed Koch’s corruption scandals. The book, “City for Sale: Ed Koch and the Betrayal of New York,” does not give Trump a starring role, but he haunts its pages as a symbol of ’80s excess and, to today’s readers, a warning of what’s to come.

The only photograph of Trump in the book shows the future president, in suit and tie, scowling as an older man jabs a finger near his chest. The man is Roy Cohn, the lawyer who mentored Trump and remains infamous for serving as Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel as the senator carried out witch hunts against suspected communists. The locale of the black-and-white photo is a Bronx Democratic Party dinner.

Cohn’s law partner was Stanley Friedman, who became the boss of the Bronx Democratic Party and was a deputy mayor under former Mayor Abe Beame. Friedman was the unquestioned kingmaker of the Bronx under both Beame and Koch.

Cohn, a Bronx native, had offered to make a Friedman a partner, according to Newfield and Barrett, as an “expression of confidence in Friedman’s ability to generate future business.”

Cohn had plenty of reasons to be confident. In 1977, in the waning days of Beame’s administration, Friedman had frantically forced the city to tie together a lucrative package for Cohn’s ace client, Donald Trump. A fiscal crisis had made the city desperate, and the city offered a 42-year, $160 million tax abatement for Trump to turn the old Commodore Hotel into the Grand Hyatt. Trump did not have his private financing in place, but Friedman signed off on the deal anyway.

The “unprecedented maneuver” gave Trump what was then the biggest tax write-off in New York City history.

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ing as a de facto puppet for Friedman at a time when borough presidents held far more power under a different city charter.

Unlike Trump, Friedman and Cohn were at the height of their influence.

Cohn would die of AIDS in 1986. A year later, Friedman was sentenced to 12 years in prison on federal charges of promising kickbacks in connection with obtaining contracts from the New York City Parking Violations Bureau for a company that wanted to manufacture hand-held computers. He would end up serving four years. The scandal cost Koch his shot at winning a fourth term.

RELATIVELY FEW REALIZE THAT IT WAS TH BRONX, AND E ITS CORRUPT POLITICAL HEAV Y WEIGHTS WHO FIRST , HELPED TRUMP TASTE POWER. To sweeten the pot further for Cohn’s protégé, Friedman signed a special permit allowing Trump to build his hotel restaurant overhanging 42nd Street. Friedman was already on his way to Cohn’s firm as he was hustling for Trump.

“Trump, largely because of the success of this deal, would become one of Cohn and Friedman’s prize clients,” Barrett and Newfield wrote.

When Friedman, installed as the Bronx Democratic boss under Koch, backed loyalist Stanley Simon for Bronx borough president, Trump repaid Friedman’s favor by cutting a $10,000 check to Simon’s campaign, according to Newfield and Barrett. Simon would go on to win, serv-

Trump’s lingering legacy in the Bronx is a golf course bearing his name. The city built the course and let Trump operate it. Perhaps not surprisingly, things aren’t going as planned. Revenue is down, the course lacks a permanent clubhouse and residents complain that they can’t afford it. You can’t blame the borough for wanting to forget its place in presidential history.

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Ross Barkan writes a monthly column on the Trump administration for City & State. His work has appeared in the New York Observer, Village Voice, The Daily Beast, Salon and Harvard Review.

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5 borough projects in the works

IN 2009, the year he took office as Bronx borough president, Rubén Díaz Jr. joined forces with other elected officials and advocates to halt former Mayor Michael Bloomberg administration’s plans to convert the massive Kingsbridge Armory into a shopping mall. The developers had refused to ensure that the new jobs created at the armory would pay a living wage, and their stance spurred strong local opposition.

In 2013, near the end of Bloomberg’s term, the administration embraced a plan to turn the space into an ice sports center. This time Díaz got behind the project, which the new developers promised would pay workers a living wage.

Now that another four years have passed, there are signs that the ice center may finally be moving forward. And it’s not the only major development in the Bronx that’s making headway. To catch up on some of the borough’s biggest plans and projects, we reached out to local elected and appointed officials to get the latest updates.

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CITY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR AN ICE CENTER AT KINGSBRIDGE ARMORY IN 2013.

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years. The complex, to be called the Kingsbridge National Ice Center, would have nine ice rinks and a 5,000-seat arena, and would create hundreds of permanent jobs as well as hundreds more temporary ones during construction.

However, Mayor Bill de Blasio stalled plans to develop the center, as the city’s Economic Development Corp. required the development team to come up with $158 million for the first phase of the project. The total cost of the project is expected to be $350 million. The de Blasio administration finally approved the lease in late May, pending a $108 million loan from the Empire State Development Corp., which has yet to approve the payment.

“A lot of the delay was coming out of the city,” said Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., who has overseen much of the planning for the Kingsbridge National Ice Center. He expressed optimism that after months of uncertainty, development may soon be underway. “To the mayor’s credit and (Deputy Mayor) Alicia Glen’s credit, we’ve all been moving forward. There have been productive conversations between the developer, the city, and the state.”

In 2009, a proposal to build a mall in the old armory failed and the building has remained empty. Nonetheless, Díaz believes the ice center will be built out in the near future, and will be a windfall to the community when it is, not only creating jobs but also drawing tourists.

“We’re anticipating anywhere between 900,000 and 1.2 million visitors from beyond the Bronx, which would help stimulate the local economy in that western corridor of the Bronx,” Diaz said. “It’s unfortunate that it’s taken us this long, but everything is in motion. I’m happy, I’m optimistic.”

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In 2013, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he and Bronx officials had reached a new agreement with former hockey player Mark Messier and development group KNIC Partners to repurpose the Kingsbridge Armory, a city-owned building that had stood abandoned for

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Metro-North Stations

“There’s no subway line that goes into Co-op City,” Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benedetto said. “This would be a godsend for them to come out of their houses and go to the nearby station and take it right into the city of New York.”

That “godsend” is what the Metropolitan Transportation Authority calls Penn Station Access. Four new Metro-North stations will be built in the East Bronx on existing tracks used by Amtrak trains. Unlike most Metro-North trains, which terminate at Grand Central Terminal, the new line will connect to New York Penn Station, giving a new transit option to Bronxites as well as commuters riding in from Westchester County and Connecticut.

The plan was first introduced in 1999, and funding was finally included in the MTA’s capital plan in 2016, but construction of the new stations is limited by another factor: crowding at Penn Station. “We’re waiting for the completion of the East Side Access project,” Benedetto said. That project will direct some Long Island Rail Road trains to Grand Central instead of Penn, freeing up track space for Metro-North trains coming in from the new stations in Co-op City, Morris Park, Parkchester and Hunts Point. The MTA says East Side Access should be completed by December 2022, but there’s been talk of even more delays.

“Until we see an end of the tunnel, so to speak, as far as that plan goes, there’s no immediate urgency to build the four stations,” Benedetto said. He added that the new sta-

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tions, built above ground on existing tracks, could be built relatively quickly. But that doesn’t mean Penn Station Access is on pause. An MTA spokesperson said the project is moving forward, and that design, engineering and environmental work are underway, which will firm up the specifics for the cost and construction schedule.

The MTA also said that recent leadership changes would not affect funding for the project, which was a source of apprehension for Benedetto. “You always have concerns. But not overt, crazy worries,” he said. “I have every confidence that when the time comes, the monies will be found to take care of what needs to be done with these stations.”

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New York City and a future developer must take into account community priorities after withdrawing a proposed project at Baychester Square from a City Council committee agenda on Aug. 9, City Councilman Andy King said. The proposal for the vacant city-owned property that is being leased to the MTA would have included a shopping complex spread over seven buildings as well as two public plazas, on-site parking and, separately, 180 affordable senior housing units.

“I’m very proud of the work that was done trying to es-

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tablish something on this site and I’m equally thankful to my neighbors ... who voiced their concerns ... (and) I stand with my neighborhood,” he said. “There was a sentiment that this was not in the right fit for our neighborhood, so we’re going to have to go back to the drawing board and get a developer and say yes to a project that brings quality jobs, good housing, economic stability, (and) more important, is aesthetically pleasing to everyone’s eye.”

Everyone involved in the five years of conversations could not come to an agreement, he said, adding that a new RFP should deliver what the community is asking for. “The community said we have a mall (nearby), and the mall still has 200 square feet of vacancies, so they didn’t want another mall built,” he said, also citing a broader trend of “dying” malls due to e-commerce. The added senior housing component “wasn’t a game-changer for the amount of retail space that was being offered.”

The community had suggested amenities such as a school, a film studio, a spa, a park or a community center to better tie into the surrounding private houses, he said, fearing traffic and health impacts.

“I have no problems with some retail, but the 425,000 square feet that was being offered was ... just too much for the community,” he said. All the players, including another developer, should quickly get “in sync” for future conversations about the site, he said, to ensure a smoother process.

“It can’t be all about the money, because (then) we’ll never ever find the right project … You can’t put something there for a quick hit.”

Hunts Point Produce Market

Negotiations are ongoing between the city and the Hunts Point Produce Market about plans to upgrade or build new facilities for the location, according to Joel Fierman, co-president of the Hunts Point Produce Market Cooperative Association.

“Yes, we are negotiating. The city’s been wonderful. They’ve been very cooperative, but we don’t have a definitive lease in place (and) we don’t know what our future really holds as far as the redevelopment of the market,” he said. “There really are no sticking points, it’s just a matter of getting to the terms on what everybody thinks the market is worth, what the redevelopment would be for the market to remain.”

Marlene Cintron, president of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp., said that after five years of discussions, she expected a nearby farmers market hub that would focus on produce from New York to be completed sooner.

“I know that there was a real honest-to-goodness, good faith allocation of funds by the state and the city and it has not resulted in very much, but (the farmers market) has the buy-in of everyone that it needs to and so the chances are that this will be built way before the other stuff gets resolved,” she said. “This gives us an opportunity to bring in products that haven’t come in by plane and boat and train, but rather from New York state trees and bushes.”

Fierman said it was still too early in the negotiating process

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to identify sticking points. “The state has been making great inroads into the Bronx and upgrading infrastructure of the railroad. I think everybody’s on the same page,” he said.

Cintron said the aging Produce Market facilities cause higher energy consumption and costs. “The Produce Market, the Meat Market and the Fish Market is the breadbasket of the whole Eastern Seaboard and this is not just a Bronx thing, it’s really a whole East Coast thing,” she said. “We need for that to get done, and the sooner the better.”

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Sheridan Expressway In March, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled the latest development in a plan to replace the Sheridan Expressway, which has been a sore point in the South Bronx ever since it was built by Robert Moses decades ago.

The mile-long stretch of interstate highway, which connects the Bruckner Expressway and the Cross Bronx Expressway,

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cuts off local residents from the Bronx River. Advocates have been pushing, since at least the 1990s, to remove the Sheridan Expressway, which would allow easier access to the revitalized waterfront and redirect truck traffic to reduce pollution.

The governor’s $1.8 billion plan calls for removing the expressway, bringing it down to street level and converting it into a more pedestrian friendly boulevard. The plan also adds a flyover ramp to divert trucks from local streets, a new lane on the Bruckner-Sheridan interchange to ease traffic congestion and a new eastbound exit from Bruckner directly to Hunts Point. The heavy truck traffic has been cited as a factor in the high asthma rates in the neighborhood.

The initial phase, which will cost $700 million and would convert the interstate to a boulevard, could be completed by spring 2019, according to the Cuomo administration.

Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, who represents the South Bronx district that includes the interchange, was effusive in his praise. “After decades of ideas and proposals to address the ill effects of this highway system on our community, I am delighted that Gov. Cuomo brings solutions,” Crespo said in Cuomo’s press release. “The South Bronx is becoming a thriving community of economic excitement and activity thanks to the unyielding commitment of Gov. Cuomo.”

However, some advocates have said the plans fall short.

One complaint is that even at ground level, the Sheridan will still be too much like a highway. Another is that it won’t do enough to reduce truck traffic. Crespo’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

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AGAINST ALL ODDS, STATE SEN. RUBÉN DÍAZ SR. HAS THRIVED IN BRONX POLITICS. WILL HIS LUCK HOLD IN A RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL? STORY BY NICK POWELL AND PHOTOS BY CELESTE SLOMAN

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ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I NOTICE when walking through state Sen. Rubén Díaz Sr.’s South Bronx district headquarters is a wooden sign adorning the entrance of his office with the word “COWBOY” in big, bold letters. It’s a fitting introduction to a man who likens himself to a political gunslinger in New York City and state politics. And based on his sartorial choices at least, Díaz fits the bill.

Sitting behind his desk, Díaz wears a checked grey suit with a black cowboy hat resting on top of his thinning hair, a black shirt and a silver bolo tie around his neck, with gold-rimmed glasses framing his face. If you didn’t know any better, you might think this titan of Bronx politics was auditioning for a role in “True Grit.”

Yet Díaz’s fashion sense is only one small piece of what makes him such a complicated and enigmatic figure in New York government. Since bursting on the political scene in the 1980s and attempting to break down the door of the Bronx County Democratic machine, Díaz has made a habit of bucking conventional wisdom and political tact. His more than two decades in government has had its fair share of peaks – including 18 bills that have made it to the governor’s desk over the course of his 13 years in the state Legislature, 16 of which were signed into law – but has also been punctuated by Díaz’s opposition to samesex marriage and abortion rights, social views that cut sharply against the grain of New York City’s progressive reputation.

Depending on whom you speak to, Díaz is an unrepentant homophobe, a benevolent man of God who lives by a strict dogmatic code, a narcissistic headache for the New York Democratic establishment or a deeply popular local politician who delivers some of the best constituent services in the borough. Or, perhaps, all of the above.

So why, after nearly 15 years of stirring the pot in Albany, is the 74-year-old preparing for what, in all likelihood, would be the final chapter of his political career – a return to the New York City Council, where he first entered political office in 2001? Already, members of the overwhelmingly liberal legislative body have signaled their resistance to Díaz’s brand of social conservatism.

Jimmy Van Bramer, one of several openly gay City Council members who would serve alongside Díaz if he’s successful in the September Democratic primary, said, “We are, as a council, extremely pro-LGBT. We are very pro-choice, vehemently defending a woman’s right to choose. I don’t want to see the council as a body become much

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I AM STILL YOUNG. I’M STILL FULL OF ENERGY.

Why should I retire?

I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. I HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND DEDICATION,

the guts to do it! more conservative. I don’t want to see it become populated with many more folks who are anti-choice or anti-equality.” New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, who often presides over council meetings, told the Gay City News that Díaz “has no place in the New York City Council or any other elected office.”

For Díaz, these statements are emblematic of the battles he is increasingly trying to shy away from. Those close to Díaz like to say he lives by the moral code, “hate the sin, love the sinner,” an ironic credo given that Díaz’s past offensive statements on reproductive or LGBT rights have overshadowed his legislative accomplishments.

“It’s not who you are, it’s what you do,” Díaz tells me at one point during an hourslong conversation one summer afternoon.

“It’s not about what you believe or what’s your agenda. It’s who you are, and I think that I’ve proven that to the community.

Political pressure doesn’t affect me, and I do what I want to do. I create jobs and housing in the best district in the Bronx.

I think I can do even better in City Hall.”

DÍAZ OPENS OUR CONVERSATION with an anecdote about an event from his youth that drastically hardened his worldview. He was born and raised in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, the second-largest city on the island, where blacks like Díaz are a minority. While ethnic tensions between white and black Puerto Ricans have become more acute in recent years, Díaz

was blissfully unaware of such strife until he joined the U.S. Army in 1960 at 18 years old and shipped off to Fort Jackson in South Carolina for basic training.

The first time he was allowed a weekend pass to leave the base, which sits on the outskirts of Columbia, Díaz and several Army friends, all Puerto Rican, went out to a bar in the city. As Díaz describes it, his friends were light-skinned and could pass for white. A waiter approached their table, took his friends’ drink orders and promptly turned his back on Díaz.

“So I called, ‘Hey waiter, I want a beer too,’” Díaz recalled. “I’ll never forget his voice, he said, ‘Whatever you’re looking for, we haven’t got it.’ My English wasn’t good so I asked my friend, ‘What did he say?’ He said, ‘You have to go because he wouldn’t serve you.’ So they stood there, all my Puerto Rican friends stood there, and they asked me to leave and I had to leave the bar.”

The incident led to a downward spiral.

After being honorably discharged from the Army, he settled in Brooklyn, where drug addiction took hold. Díaz is evasive on this chapter of his biography, unwilling to give many details about his “problems,” but news reports indicate that he pleaded guilty to charges of heroin and marijuana possession in 1965 and was put on probation.

Then, Díaz found salvation in the church. His path to piety began with what he describes as an instance of divine inter-

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vention. A close friend overdosed, lost consciousness and was presumed to be dead.

Rather than go to a hospital, Díaz and others brought his body to a Pentecostal church in Brooklyn. “The church prayed for him, and he came back to life,” Díaz said. “So since that time, I’ve been serving the Lord. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t dance. Since the beginning of 1966, I have been a new person.”

In 1977, Díaz opened his first senior center, Christian Community in Action. Relying on an influx of city funding in subsequent years from Mayor Ed Koch – who, Bronx insiders say, was looking for an alternative social services conduit other than Ramon Velez, the borough’s famed “poverty pimp” – Díaz opened several other senior centers across the Bronx in the 1980s.

He also became an ordained minister and opened his own Pentecostal church, Christian Community Neighborhood Church with a modest congregation of 60 to 70 people.

Most pentecostals adhere to the doctrine of biblical inerrancy, not quite the biblical literalism espoused by Christian fundamentalists, but the belief that the Bible is without fault and should be followed as a way of life. In that context, while many of the sins listed in the Bible make little to no practical sense in modern-day society, homosexuality and abortion have persisted.

On these two issues, Díaz practices what he preaches, and it has gotten him in hot water with LGBT and pro-abortion rights New Yorkers. Politically, it has also fed Díaz’s independent streak. Díaz has never wavered from his membership to the Democratic Party, but that has not stopped him from supporting conservative candidates, including Republicans like Rudy Giuliani for mayor in 1993 and Ted Cruz for the Republican nomination for president in 2016.

In fact, it was Giuliani’s appointment of Díaz as Bronx commissioner of the Civilian Complaint Review Board in 1993 that amplified his views on homosexuality.

Around that time, Díaz began penning a column for Impacto, a now-defunct Spanish-language weekly. Months before New York City was set to host the Gay Games in June 1994 – an Olympics-style sporting event for LGBT athletes – Díaz wrote that the 20,000 competing athletes “are likely to be already infected with AIDS or can return home with the virus,” and warned that the city hosting the games would send the wrong message to children.

The column created a firestorm, with then-City Councilman Thomas Duane and others pressuring Díaz to resign from the

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CCRB. While he initially refused to apologize, attributing his comments to his religious beliefs, with some distance he now regrets those remarks.

“I understand the gay community feeling hurt,” Díaz said. “I got my brother, my niece, my granddaughter, many family who are gay, I don’t hate them. I go out with (longtime attorney) Christopher Lynn and his partner. I’m taking Christopher Lynn with me to the City Council as my lawyer.”

My first instinct was to view this response as a classic use of the “some of my best friends are (gay, black, Latino, etc.)” trope that some lean on to mask their personal prejudices, so I reached out to several openly gay elected officials and friends who have dealt with Díaz in a professional and personal capacity to try and pierce through that notion.

Lynn, an openly gay former CCRB commissioner from Manhattan and later Giuliani’s transportation commissioner, has seen the good, bad and ugly version of Díaz during their two decades of friendship. I asked Lynn how he could remain friends with him.

“He has a system of religious beliefs,” Lynn said. “I’ve got to laugh at him and say, ‘What? You believe in the book of Revelation?’ And he does! And he believes in the end of time! So what? How does that translate? If he sees someone laying on the sidewalk, he’s not going to step over them, he’s going to help them. … But I know too many people who are absolutely liberal like me but won’t give a coin to a beggar. So he doesn’t deny my humanity.”

Ritchie Torres, an openly gay City Councilman from the Bronx and a council speaker candidate, said that while he and Díaz disagree on social issues, that has not prevented them from working together.

“You can have profound differences of opinion with him, but no one can deny the high standard of visibility and constituent services in his district,” Torres said. “I will collaborate with everyone, including those with whom I have differences of opinion.

I have business owners on Arthur Avenue who are Trump supporters, but I continue to work with them. That is the nature of governance in a politically pluralistic world.”

Torres adds: “Why am I going to wage war on those issues when I have already won? I, as a gay man, can get married. I’d rather focus on the areas where we agree.”

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served together in the state Senate, becoming quite friendly with Díaz. In fact, Díaz said it was Duane who introduced him to City Councilman Corey Johnson, another openly gay speaker candidate who is also HIV-positive, while Díaz was recovering from major back surgery last year. Johnson did not respond to requests for comment on his relationship with Díaz. Duane was on vacation and could not be reached for comment, but he had his assistant forward me one of Díaz’s famed “What You Should Know” emails, in which he cited Duane’s “high level of human dignity” following his 2012 retirement announcement. Notably, Díaz heaped praise on Duane’s decision to vote against one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s state budget bills, which, Díaz contended, was damaging to black and Latino communities. (Díaz typically is a lone protest vote against the budget.)

Díaz doesn’t talk much about his gay family members – one gay brother lives in Puerto Rico and his other gay brother died – but he and his granddaughter, Erica, who is lesbian, made headlines in 2011 for dueling rallies at the Bronx courthouse on the issue of same-sex marriage. At one point Erica Díaz, a Navy veteran who was discharged after she came out to her commanding officer just before President Barack Obama repealed the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, took to the stage to stand next to her grandfather. Díaz reportedly did not miss a beat, and embraced Erica on stage. She later told The New York Times that she “wanted him to know that I’m here, and that as long as I am alive, I’m going to stand up for what is right.”

Erica did not respond to a request to comment on her relationship with her grandfather. I asked Díaz’s son, Rubén Jr., the Bronx borough president, how his father interacts with his gay family members given his views on homosexuality.

“The way he comports himself with his brothers, the way he is with his granddaughter, it doesn’t even come up (as an issue),” Díaz Jr. said. “It’s not like he treats the other grandchildren with more favoritism. I think it’s the opposite. I think he shows Erica, because she’s the oldest, there’s a certain adult level of conversation that he has with Erica, especially when it comes to her love life. It’s cute, it’s comical, it’s funny, it’s loving. It’s not even an issue.

There’s nothing but love when it comes to that relationship and when it comes to him and his gay brothers.”

These interviews paint a far more complicated picture of Díaz Sr. than the common perception that he is a homophobe.

But it’s also clear that Díaz remains steadfast in his positions, disconnected from the progressive trajectory of abortion rights and LGBT equality in the U.S. Later on in our conversation, I circle back to Díaz’s experience as a victim of discrimination in the Army to draw a comparison to how the LGBT community might perceive Díaz’s stance on homosexuality. As someone who experienced racism directly, can he relate to gay people who get offended by his past statements?

“Of course,” he responds, pausing for a beat. “I mean, if that’s the way they want to put it.”

AS DÍAZ AND I DRIVE AROUND HIS South Bronx neighborhood in his state-issued Nissan sedan, the fruits of his labor as a legislator are clear to see: finely manicured parks, new businesses popping up left and right, and, of course, a healthy dose of the trademark Díaz vainglory – Rubén Díaz Village, Rubén Díaz Apartments, Rubén Díaz Plaza. He beams with pride at his accomplishments.

“Look at these schools, look at the streets. This is the South Bronx. This is my district! I’m so proud of what I’ve done,” Díaz says.

We arrive at a nondescript white brick building in the Morrisania section of his district, where Díaz’s colleagues in the Bronx Democratic Party are throwing him a fundraiser for his City Council run.

The party is in a renovated loft space at the top of a steep staircase. Díaz, only a year removed from major back surgery, jokes, “This is where the rubber meets the road,” as he staggers up the staircase.

The room is filled with Bronx Democratic elected officials – Marcos Crespo, the county leader and chairman of the Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force; Assemblyman Luis Sepúlveda; and City Councilman Rafael Salamanca. Even Carmen Arroyo, the longtime assemblywoman who has sparred with Díaz on many occasions, greets the senator with a warm embrace.

“I think that the first one who was surprised to see me here was Rev. Díaz,” Arroyo said later in a brief speech honoring Díaz.

Indeed, the political spectrum of Bronx Democrats runs the gamut from liberal progressives to Democrats In Name Only, but it’s the organization’s code of collegiality that trumps all. It helps that many of these legislators share Puerto Rican heritage, a bond that reflects the sea change in Bronx politics over the past 30 years, from

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a county of mostly white Irish and Jewish politicians to the majority-minority place it is today.

But Díaz’s history with county is complicated. He has cultivated a political network within the county organization – besides his son, the borough president, both Crespo and Sepúlveda worked in Díaz’s state Senate office before becoming legislators. Sepúlveda, in particular, joined a

group of Bronx Democrats that moved to oust then-county boss Jose Rivera during the famed Rainbow Rebellion of 2008.

Díaz sided with Rivera in that fight. Now, Sepúlveda is managing Díaz’s council campaign.

“Once he lets you in, you can’t have a better friend,” Sepúlveda said. “Him and I disagree on social issues. I get a lot of attacks, ‘Why am I supporting a conser-

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vative Democrat whose views don’t align with mine?’ I’m for same-sex marriage and for (a woman’s right to choose) – and how I respond is, you should be asking, ‘Why is a conservative Democrat supporting a liberal, progressive Democrat?’”

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leagues. In his speech at the fundraiser, Crespo joked, “I beg you to help me get him elected to the City Council so I can get him out of Albany,” but there may be an element of truth to that, particularly as it pertains to some of Díaz’s controversial statements and his past alliances with state Senate Republicans.

Díaz was famously a member of the “Four Amigos,” a nickname he coined, which included former state Sens. Pedro Espada, Carl Kruger and Hiram Monserrate that broke away from Senate Democrats and caucused with Republicans in 2009. All but Díaz would end up in prison for various crimes. Díaz said the maneuver was all about creating political power, and giving a stronger voice to his constituents. The Four Amigos also planted the seed for another Democratic revolt: the current leadership arrangement between the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference, led by Bronx state Sen. Jeff Klein, and Republicans, a fact that’s not lost on Díaz.

“It was too big for us Hispanics to get the power,” he said. “But we got it, we did it.

Now Jeff Klein comes with four whites and says, ‘Make me second in command, give me offices, give me this, give me that.’”

Bronx Democrats also have their eye trained on the 2021 mayoral race, when Díaz Jr. is widely expected to run in an open election that may be their best shot at Gracie Mansion since Fernando Ferrer challenged Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2005.

Díaz Sr. seemed genuinely conflicted about whether he views himself as a political liability for his son – “I don’t know, maybe I am” – and knows Díaz Jr. is, at times, asked to answer for his father’s statements and actions. Publicly, Díaz Jr. takes the comparison in stride, although he supports LGBT and abortion rights. He is his father’s son and he doesn’t run away from it.

“I’ve been (an elected official) now over 20 years. I’m 44 years old. I think that people understand the differences between my father and I and our issues,” Díaz Jr. said. “At the dinner table when we all come together at mom’s house and you not only hear from me and dad, but our siblings and grandchildren – everybody has political differences, and we can be quite verbose about it, but we do it in a respectful way.

(My father) understands where I’m coming from and so we just agree to disagree.”

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new Metro-North stations, $1.8 billion to rebuild the Sheridan Expressway and thousands of units of affordable housing.

Díaz Jr. points to the bills his father passed through the state Legislature – many while Diaz was in the minority conference – as a measure of his effectiveness. He also understands why some question his father’s motives for pursuing at least another four years in elected office at age 74.

“I don’t plan on being an elected official at 74 years old, but if I was 74 years old with the record that he has in terms of delivering services and having tangible projects and legislation and bringing real change to this community over the next decade and a half, I would have called it a day,” Díaz Jr. said.

Díaz Sr. bristles at that notion that he should step aside for a younger generation: “I am still young. I’m still full of energy. Why should I retire? I have the experience. I have the knowledge and dedication, the guts to do it. I still have the energy and the vision, why resign because they are young?”

Two of Díaz’s City Council opponents, Elvin Garcia and Amanda Farias, both mentioned the need for new blood and fresh ideas in Bronx politics, rather than the county party propping up machine candidates. The Bronx Democratic Party, like most county parties in New York City, is a vestige of Tammany Hall-style politics – famously resistant to outsiders that don’t have a built-in base of support or major fundraising connections.

In a revealing moment, Arroyo said as much at the fundraiser for Díaz: “We cannot allow people to come from the outside to take over the work that we developed without the contacts that are necessary to bring money to the South Bronx.”

Farias, an aide to City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley of Queens and manager of the City Council Women’s Caucus, said this mindset is reflective of Díaz and the county organization, and went a step further by pointing out the Bronx Democratic Party is a veritable boys’ club: Arroyo, Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner and City Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson are its only female elected legislators.

“They have a record of protecting incumbents and are always slow to adopt change,” Farias said. “Even as women have put in their time and built their own base of support, they don’t have the support of the boys’ club. There will not ever be progress if we don’t start holding the men accountable and letting them know that they need to look at women under them and start lift-

ing them up to run as candidates and have leadership roles within their offices.”

The challenge as it pertains to Díaz is that his base of support is inherently more socially conservative. In many parts of the city, a candidate with his views on samesex marriage and LGBT rights would be anathema. But there is a reason that Díaz has remained in office for 16 years.

Garcia, who is an openly gay Bronx borough director for Mayor Bill de Blasio, recognizes the fine line between making the race a commentary on Díaz versus focusing on the quality of life issues that the residents of the 18th City Council District care about. He has said that he does not want to make the race all about identity politics.

“At the end of the day this is a working-class community,” Garcia said. “So while there is feminist and pro-choice activism in this district, while there are openly gay couples and young people that are registered to vote in this district, people care about the reduction in crime, people care about improving the schools, access to transportation – those are the bread-andbutter issues, ultimately.”

But in the era of President Donald Trump, when political rhetoric is being scrutinized more than ever, even if Díaz remains on his best behavior, 2017 could be the year that his statements and social views come back to haunt him. Last year, Díaz was quoted in The Washington Post comparing himself favorably to Trump, and his bizarre flirtation with Ted Cruz during the Republican primary – possibly the most reviled politician in the city after his infamous “New York values” comment – might not win him any new votes in a crowded primary.

For now, Díaz is content to rely on his tried and true base of support. He leads the field of 10 candidates in private funds raised – just under $125,000 – but trails Garcia in total cash on hand, as of the latest New York City Campaign Finance Board filing deadline. He insists that voters and his potential colleagues in the City Council not judge him based on reputation alone, but he is also going to be himself, for better or worse.

“I will talk to everybody,” he said. “I will reach everybody and I will talk to the people. People need to know me and then judge me. But people also need to give me the opportunity.”

He pauses a beat and adds a caveat: “And if they don’t even want to talk to me, and they say, ‘Get out of here,’ then I respect that.”

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“POLITICAL PRESSURE DOESN’T AFFECT ME, AND I DO WHAT I WANT TO DO. I CREATE JOBS AND HOUSING IN THE BEST DISTRICT IN THE BRONX. I THINK

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WHEN THE GOVERNOR OR the mayor gets behind a major development project, much of the planning and strategizing has already been done by local officials.

BRONX INFLUEN -TIALS 25 BEHIND-THE-SCENES MOVERS AND SHAKERS YOU NEED TO KNOW

When politicians tout the expanding tourism sector, the economic benefits are the result of hard work by business and nonprofit leaders. And when lawmakers announce plans to improve health outcomes and slow the rise of medical costs, they partner with leading hospitals and researchers to get the job done.

Many of the individuals who carry out these tasks behind the scenes are not elected, but they are often just as powerful as the officials that are voted into office.

In this issue, we identify some of these key players in the Bronx – the Influentials.

You’ll meet academics who head top institutions of higher learning, business leaders investing in the borough’s revival and advocates confronting issues like affordable housing and environmental justice.

In these pages, we recognize their efforts and their achievements.

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BUSINESS

MARK MESSIER CEO, Kingsbridge National Ice Center

The Kingsbridge National Ice Center, set to start construction in late 2017, will convert a 750,000-square-foot armory into a massive ice sports complex. The project’s first phase is just waiting on a reported $108 million loan to get started.

Construction is being led by developer Ken Parker and former New York Ranger Mark Messier, who is the public face of the project. Messier, a member of the NHL Hall of Fame, was announced as CEO of the center in 2013, and said the project would “transform the Bronx into the epicenter of ice sports in the United States” and generate “tremendous economic and educational benefits for the community.” With Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio now on board, that dream may become a reality.

YOUNG WOO Founder and Principal, Youngwoo & Associates

One of the most exciting real estate development projects moving forward in the Bronx is the conversion of the historic Bronx General Post Office into a major retail and commercial hub.

Spearheading the project is the Manhattan-based Youngwoo & Associates, which is led by founder and principal Young Woo. Woo’s firm, which he founded in 1979, has carried out a number of projects in New York City, including the Chelsea Arts Tower and Dekalb Market Hall.

One of the firm’s biggest projects right now is the Bronx General Post Office, which will retain and restore its landmarked lobby and historic murals while adding some combination of offices, retail stores and restaurants with a potential reopening this year.

KATHY ZAMECHANSKY President, KZA Realty Group Inc

Kathy Zamechansky is the president and founder of KZA Realty Group, a commercial brokerage and consulting company based in the Bronx that specializes in leasing strategy, marketing, tenant qualification and representation as well as comparative lease analysis.

Under Zamechansky’s leadership, the company has been highly successful, raking in millions of dollars in sales since its founding in 1998. Beyond the work of her own firm, she was named president of the Bronx-Manhattan Association of Realtors at the end of 2014.

Zamechansky has more than 35 years of experience in the real estate business and when it comes to real estate in the Bronx, Zamechansky is the person to see.

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APRIL HORTON

MYRA GORDON

Director, External Affairs and Government Affairs, Verizon

Executive Director, Hunts Point Produce Market

Verizon is the largest wireless provider in the U.S., and heading up the company’s interactions with New York government is April Horton. A Bronx native and Fordham University graduate, Horton is the director of external affairs and government affairs at Verizon. As such, she is responsible for all Verizon legislative and government initiatives in the New York midstate region, the Bronx and northern Manhattan.

Horton is also heavily involved in community affairs.

She serves as a board member on the Business Council of Westchester, and has also served on the boards of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce, Hostos Community College Foundation, the Bronx Children’s Museum, the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts and Bronx Women United.

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If you live in New York City or the surrounding area, chances are a lot of the food you eat came through Hunts Point Produce Market. Hunts Point, which is based in the South Bronx, is billed as the world’s largest food distribution center and is responsible for most of the processing and distribution of meat throughout the tri-state area. In charge of it all is Myra Gordon.

As executive director, Gordon is responsible for ensuring that everything runs smoothly at the multimillion-dollar enterprise and that the people of New York City have food to eat.

And it’s not just about dollars and cents: She also was integral in providing 4,000 pounds of fruit and vegetables to the victims of Superstorm Sandy.

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TOURISM

BRIAN SMITH Senior Vice President, Corporate/ Community Relations, New York Yankees

The Bronx has long struggled to overcome the perception that it remains a place beleaguered by crime and joblessness. What has been widely praised for setting a standard of excellence in the borough, of course, is the New York Yankees, the iconic 27-time World Series champions.

The team’s sterling reputation makes it easier for key employees like Brian Smith, the senior vice president who directs corporate and community relations. Smith, who grew up in nearby Mount Vernon, started out as an intern and quickly worked his way up in the marketing and public relations department to become senior vice president in 1994. Whether the team is winning or losing, it’s Smith’s job to make sure the Yankees are a good neighbor in the community.

HOLLY BLOCK

GREGORY LONG

Executive Director, Bronx Museum for the Arts

President and CEO, New York Botanical Garden

Unlike other art museums that cater to the elite, the Bronx Museum of the Arts has a mission of making art relevant to the local community – and that’s what Holly Block has done since taking over as executive director in 2006.

For the past decade, Block has emphasized contemporary art exhibits while bringing in more visitors thanks to a universal free admission policy and new educational programs for students. Block has also overseen major renovations to the museum and organized international art exchanges. The museum, which boasts more than 1,000 pieces of art, has also been an innovator, hosting an artist-in-residence dancer, putting on an exhibit about the Young Lords and frequently showcasing the borough’s hip-hop history.

The New York Botanical Garden is one of New York City’s prized possessions, with its diverse landscapes, education facilities and large-scale collections and gardens.

Its president and CEO, Gregory Long, has been modernizing the botanical garden for nearly three decades, completing three seven-year strategic plans and raising more than $525 million in funding for the most recent plan.

Furthermore, Long has helped oversee the transformation of the 250-acre National Historic Landmark into more than 50 gardens and collections, which in total exceeds 1 million plants. Long has also pushed for more science-based programs for students from pre-K to graduate school in neighboring communities and has revitalized the park into welcoming over 1 million visitors annually.

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OLGA LUZ TIRADO

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Executive Director, Bronx Tourism Council

President and Executive Director, Wave Hill

The Bronx is home to a long list of tantalizing tourist attractions, including Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden and many more destinations that are off the beaten path. The person in charge of promoting these sometimes overlooked cultural and historical borough gems is Olga Luz Tirado and the Bronx Tourism Council, which is a subsidiary of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp.

In 2012, Bronx Borough President RubĂŠn DĂ­az Jr. appointed Tirado as executive director of the council. A successful marketing consultant, Tirado for many years served as president of her own firm LTCommunications, which worked with heavyweights such as Coca-Cola and IBM.

One of the best kept secrets in the Bronx is the beautiful 28-acre public garden and cultural center known as Wave Hill. The garden, formerly part of a private estate, overlooks the Hudson River in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.

In 2015, Karen Meyerhoff took over as president and executive director of Wave Hill.

Before taking the helm, Meyerhoff was the managing director for business development at the Guggenheim Museum, and prior to that she also spent time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Meyerhoff has been widely praised for her ability to forge long-term partnerships with a wide variety of stakeholders.

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HEALTH

SRIDHAR CHILIMURI Chairman, Department of Medicine, BronxLebanon Hospital Center

When a gunman shot seven people and killed one at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center this summer, Dr. Sridhar Chilimuri spoke on behalf of the hospital, addressing questions about the tragedy and highlighting the facility’s essential role in the community.

At the hospital, which has more than 1.1 million visits each year, Chilimuri oversees more than 100 residents, 200 physicians and 15 divisions as physician-in-chief and chairman of the Department of Medicine. Chilimuri has since 1988 been a part of the the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, where he served as an intern upon finishing Andhra Medical College in India. He has applied his knowledge to help fellow physicians, prevent medical errors and expand the hospital’s outpatient services and facilities.

ALLEN SPIEGEL

ELEANOR LARRIER

Dean,Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Executive Director and CEO, Bronx Community Health Network Inc.

Dr. Allen Spiegel has served since 2006 as the dean of the prestigious Albert Einstein College of Medicine, which was transferred from Yeshiva University to Montefiore Medical Center in 2015. Spiegel, who also serves as Montefiore’s executive vice president and chief academic officer, is also an internationally renowned researcher who specializes in endocrinology.

He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and previously served as the director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases’ Division of Intramural Research. In his current leadership role, Spiegel oversees more than 300 laboratories, more than 1,000 students and some 2,000 faculty members.

With more than 33 years of health care experience, Eleanor Larrier is one of the most influential leaders in the Bronx health care world. She currently serves as the executive director and CEO of the Bronx Community Health Network, two leadership positions that she had held for 18 years.

Under her guidance, BCHN, which was founded in 1996 with a goal of serving the uninsured or medically underserved, has tripled its community and school health centers and solidified its partnerships with the Montefiore Medical Center and the Acacia Network. Larrier’s goals include continuing to improve the health status of the members of local communities and to make sure all individuals and families have affordable medical insurance.

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ERIK LANGHOFF

FRANK CALAMARI

Medical Center Director, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center

President and CEO, Calvary Hospital

The James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center has served military veterans for over 75 years, making it New York City’s oldest VA facility. Dr. Erik Langhoff has since 2012 served as the director of the medical center, which provides care to more than 35,000 veterans.

Langhoff has been a part of the VA for more than 17 years, holding multiple leadership positions over the course of his career.

Under his direction, the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been able to provide free temporary housing the family members of veterans being treated there with the help of the Fisher House Foundation and the facility earned the “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” designation from the Human Rights Campaign.

Since its humble beginnings in 1899, when its staff tended to destitute women in their own homes, Calvary Hospital has grown and now specializes in acute care for adult patients with advanced cancer and other terminal illnesses.

The hospital, which has a Bronx campus with 200 beds, tends to a patient’s medical, emotional and spiritual needs and is known for its palliative care.

Frank Calamari, the hospital’s president and CEO, oversees the medical center’s funding and patient services. Under Calamari’s leadership, the Calvary Fund in 2016 cared for more than patients and families, raised nearly $8 million and continued its expansion around the city with the Dawn Greene Hospice at Mary Manning Walsh Home.

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EDUCATION

BRENNAN O’DONNELL President, Manhattan College

Despite its name, Manhattan College is located in the Bronx. But with students from 44 U.S. states and territories and 40 countries, and nearly a third of them minorities, the institution has been more about transcending borders.

That includes Brennan O’Donnell, president of Manhattan College since 2009, who is a native of Pennsylvania and previously spent 17 years at Loyola University Maryland and five years at Fordham College.

With his academic background in religion and literature, O’Donnell has overseen an effort to expand the college’s international network and spread the theme of “radical empathy,” which encourages students to see themselves as part of a community and an educational tradition that is bigger than themselves.

DAVID GÓMEZ

CHARLES FLYNN JR.

President, Hostos Community College

President, College of Mount Saint Vincent

Hostos Community College was created by a 1968 law in response to Latino leaders who argued that a higher education institution was needed in the South Bronx.

David Gómez, who was named college’s seventh president in 2015, has continued that mission of serving the community and educating its youths. Gómez previously held other positions at the community college, including dean and interim president.

A CUNY official for more than four decades, Gómez is a strong believer in community colleges as vehicles for affordable higher education. Gómez’s main goal continues to be to increase the school’s graduation rate and ensure Hostos has adequate funding to continue being a source of great educational programs in the South Bronx.

The College of Mount Saint Vincent is a school dedicated to combining Catholic values with a rigorous and inclusive academic experience.

Charles Flynn Jr., a historian and scholar of race relations in the South, has served as president of the college since 2000.

The Connecticut native has become a key figure in education through his service on a variety of boards, including on the state Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

Among a sea of other responsibilities, Flynn oversees an institution with more than 1,800 students, 140 faculty members and 70 academic programs.

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MICHAEL ALFULTIS

MICHAEL DEAS

President, SUNY Maritime College

Director, Urban Male Leadership Program, Lehman College

Before he became president of SUNY Maritime College in 2014, Rear Adm. Michael Alfultis had a long career as a captain in the U.S. Coast Guard, as an operations officer and navigator on a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, and as an educator and U.S. Coast Guard Academy faculty member. He has also been director and chief administrative officer of the University of Connecticut’s marine and maritime campus.

He’s spent more than two decades teaching undergraduate students and 13 years in academic administrative position in military and civilian higher education. Alfultis brings his perspective and dedication to his position as his goals include securing funding for new national security multimission vessels and scholarships for students.

During then-President Barack Obama’s visit to Lehman College in 2015, the school’s president touted its innovative Urban Male Leadership Program and drew a comparison with Obama’s own My Brother’s Keeper initiative. The program focuses on increasing the number of Latino and black males in higher education by helping first-year and transfer students adjust to their new surroundings and thrive in the classroom.

Michael Deas was appointed in 2008 as the program coordinator and has spearheaded initiatives for stronger academic programs on the Lehman campus and on other CUNY campuses. Deas was recently honored by the Bronx Chamber of Commerce and continues to fight the educational barriers faced by underrepresented communities.

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NONPROFITS

EILEEN TORRES Executive Director, BronxWorks

Eileen Torres started at BronxWorks, a nonprofit that helps Bronx families improve their economic and social well-being, in 1995, and has worked her way up to becoming its executive director in 2014. Upon taking the leadership role, Torres has been the spokeswoman for more than 45,000 Bronx residents and the organization’s 800 employees.

She serves on the boards of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, the Lawyers Alliance for New York and the advisory committee for the Center for Bronx Nonprofits. Her leadership has allowed BronxWorks to flourish as a safe haven for immigrants, homeless individuals and families, those impacted by HIV/AIDS and adults transitioning from welfare to employment.

DANIEL DIAZ

MYCHAL JOHNSON

Executive Director, East Side House Settlement

Co-founder, South Bronx Unite

The East Side House Settlement, which has the distinction of being one of New York City’s oldest nonprofits, is an organization that provides low-income communities with educational programs to help them improve their economic opportunities.

Various elementary, middle and high schools as well as day care facilities work with the organization to provide children across the city with access to excellent academic resources.

Daniel Diaz has served as executive director of the charity for less than a year and has quickly helped intertwine more social services into educational programming. Serving on a variety of community boards also makes Diaz an important figure in the nonprofit world of the Bronx.

As an environmental activist and co-founder of South Bronx Unite, Mychal Johnson has dedicated his life to making a positive difference in his community. South Bronx Unite, which is known for its efforts to block FreshDirect’s move to the Bronx, is a coalition of organizations, residents and allies who fight political, economic and social injustices in the South Bronx.

Recently, under Johnson’s leadership, the coalition received a $40,000 grant from the New York Foundation to transform an old rehab facility into a community center.

Johnson serves on the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, Watershed Advisory Committee in the New York City Parks Department and on the New York City Community Land Initiative.

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MICHAEL MAX KNOBBE Executive Director, BronxNet

BronxNet, a nonprofit, independent media organization, has provided local television programming for Bronx residents since 1993. Michael Max Knobbe, the organization’s executive director since 2002, is expanding public access resources, guiding media production and connecting local organizations with the viewers of BronxNet. Knobbe co-founded the Alliance for Community Media’s New York State Chapter, where he works with other media organizations to make sure state and national news is easily accessible to the public. His projects include launching two new channels, developing more educational programs, and ensuring viewers are informed with matters not only concerning the Bronx community, but also the world.

KAHLI MOOTOO Chairman, Bronx Chapter, National Action Network

Rev. Kahli Mootoo has long served as a pastor and local religious leader, but he also serves a larger flock as chairman for the Bronx chapter of the National Action Network, a civil rights organization that, among other causes, fights for criminal justice, voter protection, corporate responsibility and accessible education.

A graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan and New York Theological Seminary, Mootoo has also served on the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. Mootoo has been an outspoken advocate for his community on a wide variety of topics, including actively supporting health care legislation in Albany and fighting for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s universal prekindergarten program.

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ONPROFITS HAVE EXPRESSED their frustration with government contracting partners for years, including chronically late payments, lost documents and misunderstandings about program components. And these issues are not just nuisances. Nonprofits have to devote considerable time, expertise and money to navigating their relationships with government agencies.

To help address these challenges, the Human Services Council has announced a survey to inform the creation of GovGrader, the country’s first online scorecard for human services providers to share their feedback on government procurement and contract management processes.

This scorecard will capture the business experience of nonprofit organizations that hold human services contracts with New York City and New York state agencies and give providers greater control in managing

their own financial health by allowing them to analyze the viability of various opportunities.

The Human Services Council has extensive program, contract management and financial experience and served as the think tank and innovation lab for this new survey, which includes questions like: “How would you rate your experience and satisfaction with the agency’s approach to contract management?” It also asks providers to rank an agency’s responsiveness on a scale from very poor to exceptional.

The scorecard idea was born of findings gathered following the collapse of Federation Employment and Guidance Service, one of the city’s largest social services providers before it went bankrupt in early 2015.

HSC convened a commission of nonprofit executives as well as civic and philanthropic leaders to examine the state of New York’s nonprofit human services sector and released a report that identified chronic problems and offered solutions to strengthen the sector.

One of the most important findings was that many organizations face extreme fiscal instability due to decades of underfunding.

Much of this occurs because government contracts rarely cover the full cost of delivering services and the payments are often late and unpredictable. Many nonprofits are forced to take out lines of credit to cover late government payments, and financial and executive staff often spend time following up on repeated requests for information and re-signing documents that sat for too long in a government office and have expired.

When dealing with vendors in almost every other industry, the city bids out contracts based on the cost of performing services: It finds a company to do the work, and pays for supplies and labor. However, when it comes to the human services industry, that logic disappears and funding gaps result. Nonprofits are often stuck filling

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in the gaps at their own expense in order to ensure that communities are still supported.

Over time, this has eroded the stability of New York’s nonprofits. Nearly 20 percent of New York City’s nonprofit human services organizations are insolvent and 40 percent have little or no cash reserves. Meanwhile, most do not have the tools to adequately assess potential contracts and programs, so they aren’t able to identify and respond to the financial, operational and administrative liabilities that arise as they do business with the city and state. Not to mention that many nonprofits are understandably hesitant to challenge the administrative processes of an agency they’re hoping to partner with.

The Human Services Council’s FEGS report proposed a unique, crowdsourced solution that we are beginning to implement through the creation of this GovGrader survey. Organizations will anonymously provide feedback and ratings based on their experiences around four key dimensions of government contracting: responsiveness, proficiency, information management and overall user experience. The responses will be used to rate city and state government agencies based on a five-point scale. The resulting contract management performance scorecard will be released annually, giving nonprofits a tool to better understand the challenges among various government agencies and helping to highlight which agencies make better partners.

Recently, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council took the critical first step in addressing the extraordinary risks shouldered by New York’s human services providers by committing to increase the rate of reimbursement to more adequately cover the true cost of delivering programs and funding cost-of-living increases for human services employees.

Albany must also act to ensure contracts from state agencies more adequately cover program costs. This is the solution that we need to reverse decades of underfunding that have threatened the survival of human services providers. Data from GovGrader will be essential as we continue this process of improving government contracting and instituting contract management reform.

We hope this tool will open new avenues for public dialogue, debate and advocacy, as we must work in partnership with government to find solutions that will guarantee the sustainability of the nonprofit human services sector.

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Michelle Jackson is the Human Services Council’s deputy director and general counsel.

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Did you miss it? HRCon On Aug. 3, City & State and New York Nonprofit Media Jobs co-hosted their first Human Resources Conference and Career Expo at Hebrew Union College. Expert panelists from nonprofits and government agencies shared information about recruiting talent, growing a workforce and enhancing your career. Speakers came from a broad range of nonprofits including ReServe, New York University’s School of Professional Studies, Community Resource Exchange and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

1. SARAH RUBACK, ST. CHRISTOPHER’S DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP, AND WILLIAM MYHRE, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION AND HUMAN RELATIONS, STATEN ISLAND PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM

2. VANESSA HUTCHINSON, DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S WAGNER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE, PRESENTS ON EXECUTIVE DEGREE PROGRAMS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

3. AN ATTENDEE ASKS A QUESTION

5. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, RICHARD KLARBERG, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE COUNCIL ON ACCREDITATION; FREDERIK STEFANI, PRESIDENT AND CEO, MIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER; PAMELA JUDD, PRESIDENT, IMAGE IMPACT INTERNATIONAL; AND WILLIAM KLIMON, MEMBER, CAPLIN AND DRYSDALE

4. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, ELIZABETH DILUZIO, GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES’ MANAGER OF STRATEGY, EVALUATION AND LEARNING, AND KIRSTEN ABEL, CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FUTURE LEADERS IN ACTION

MORE ONLINE To help job seekers in the nonprofit sector, New York Nonprofit Media recently launched a jobs-focused page on Facebook (facebook.com/NewYorkNonprofitJobs), a Twitter account (@NYN_Jobs), an NYN Jobs LinkedIn showcase page and a weekly email newsletter listing jobs at nonprofits around the state.

To subscribe, email jobs@nynmedia.com.

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Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of KS 230 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of The Feit Law Firm PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/30/17. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 444 Madison Ave, FL. 41, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Law. NOTICE OF FORMATION of Primecast Ventures, LLC. Arts of Org NY (SSNY) on 4/17/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served against LLC to: US Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave. Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act.

MERCER ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 7/18/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Erik Coler, 20 River Terrace, Apt.28B, NY, NY 10282.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of formation of GD Spring LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/5/17.

Office loc.: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to is c/o Leonard Budow, Esq., 101 Park Ave., 17th Fl., New York, NY 10178.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of SE ASIA (TYPE B) NOMINEES LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/28/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Imagine 25 BND LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/6/16. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1350 Broadway, NY, NY 10018.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Dots Per Inch Music, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/12/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

66 PEARL, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/29/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O W Brothers Management, LLC, 350 5th Ave., Ste. 6540, NY, NY 10118.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of WEST 48TH HOLDINGS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/19/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 250 Bowery, FL. 2, NY, NY 10012.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOT MY LAST LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/03/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Double A Property Locating Services, Inc., 733 3rd Ave. 15th Fl, NY, NY 10017.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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August 21, 2017 Notice of Formation of Precision and Flow Health LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 6/14/17.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to princ bus addr: 200 Central Park S, 11J, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Qualification of COLUMBUS SPONSORSHIP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/01/04. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/05/03. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o The Related Companies, L.P., 625 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022-1801. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal and Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19910.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of THE BLUEPRINT PROJECT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/07/17. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Sara Southwood, 201 E. 21st St., Apt. 5L, NY, NY 10010.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of Otto Schnutz LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/17.

Office loc.: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to is 170 Varick St., 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10013.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of BELLATOUR, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/17.

Office location: NY County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Rick A. Davidson, 151 W. 21st St., Apt. 6E, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Image Charlton Investors LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/5/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 E 44th St, Ste 1900, NY, NY 10017.

Purpose: any lawful activity MHM Productions LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 7/12/2017. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 23 Mosel Ave, Staten Island, NY 10304. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of S3 115 STANWIX LENDER LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/20/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 444 Madison Ave, Fl. 41, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of CRAIGMINE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed w/ Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/17/17. Office in NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Craig Kallman, 200 E. 62nd St., New York, NY 10065.

Purpose: any lawful act/activity.

Notice of Qualification of HANNON & COMPANY, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/30/17.

Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/24/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Mint Travel LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 7/17/17. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Princ bus addr of LLC: 303 E. 83rd St. Apt 15D, NY, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful act or activity .

Notice of Formation of Tabestan, LLC filed with SSNY 7/7/17. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to US Corp Agents 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. Princ Bus add: One Madison Ave, 8th Fl, D35Q, NY, NY 10010. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/26/04. 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: 202 Centre St, Fl. 6, NY, NY 10013.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

WHIZ REAL ESTATE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/12/2016. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Kanfi, Levinzon, CPAs P.C., 237 West 35th St., Ste 702A, NY, NY 10001.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of CRESCENT SKY LENDING FACILITY – 1 LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/23/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1745 Broadway, Ste 1736, NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

DIDYMA REALTY ASTORIA LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/17/2017.

Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 246 E. 44th St., New York, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Isaac Neaves Designs LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) 6/29/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY is designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11135 Auburn Glen, San Antonio, TX 78249.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 58 NEWEL HOLDER, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/21/17. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 256 W 116th St, NY, NY 10026.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MMM Capital LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/19/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1370 Broadway, Fl. 4, NY, NY 10003.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

955 SECOND AVE PARTNERS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/17/2017.

Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 246 E. 44th St., New York, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Dr. Jodie Eisner Psychological Services, PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/5/17. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 6 E 39th St, Ste 1100, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Psychology.

Notice of Formation of Cane & Co. Hospitality Group LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 2/22/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 270 1st Ave, Apt 12D, NY, NY 10009.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MV VILLAGE HOLDINGS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/28/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 E 44th St, Ste 1001, NY, NY 10017.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MVANDA 6TH AVENUE LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/2/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 E 44th St, Ste 1001, NY, NY 10017.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of Quad Management Partners LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/9/17. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/4/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 77 Water St, Fl. 15, NY, NY 10005. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of THE GUY’S CLUB, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/28/17. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 2 Gansevoort St, Fl. 9, NY, NY 10014. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Lindsay Rosenwald, 2 Gansevoort St, Fl. 9, NY, NY 10014.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of KOAST LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/28/16. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 17-18 201 St, Bayside, NY 11360.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of CSHM REALTY LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/19/00.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 Broadway, Ste 2102, NY, NY 10006.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of HOUND PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/05/17.

Princ. office of LP: 101 Park Ave., 47th Fl., NY, NY 10178.

Duration of LP is Perpetual.

SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Hound Partners Management GP, LLC, Attn: Jonathan Auerbach at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of CODE EIGHT, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/27/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/29/17.

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

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Tuttle & Co. LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Kettlehole, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 7/14/17. Office: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 343 E 30th St 8A NY NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful

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Notice of Qualification of STANDARD GUADALUPE VENTURE LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/03/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/16/10.

Princ. office of LP: c/o Standard Property Company, Inc., 126 E. 56th St., 19th Fl., Ste. 1910, NY, NY 10022. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LP at the addr. of its princ. office. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o NRAI Services, LLC, 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 400 CAPITAL ASSET BASED ONSHORE TERM FUND I LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/26/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/22/17.

Duration of LP is Perpetual.

SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, 510 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Dune Real Estate Fund IV LP. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/01/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/31/17.

SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Michael D. Sherman, General Counsel, Dune Real Estate Partners LP, 640 Fifth Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10019, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/address of genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, DE Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Timm & Co. JPM LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Cummings & Co. LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Heissen & Co. LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Kane & Co. JPM LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Dune Real Estate Partners IV LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/01/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/31/17.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Michael D. Sherman, General Counsel, Dune Real Estate Partners LP, 640 Fifth Ave., 17th Fl, NY, NY 10019, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, DE Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of DIAMETER CAPITAL PARTNERS LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/07/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/22/16.

Duration of LP is Perpetual.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, 24 W. 40th St., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10018. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of TSI - LUCILLE ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/1/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/31/17.

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

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

Purpose: any lawful activity .

Notice of Formation of 10NORTHEAST II LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/12/17.

Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 34 Desbrosses St, Apt 915, NY, NY 10013.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

443 WEST 44TH STREET NY 10036, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/11/2017.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Rainu Mahindra, 4 Talon Way, Dix Hills, NY 11746. Reg Agent: Rainu Mahindra, 4 Talon Way, Dix Hills, NY 11746.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of TSI - LUCILLE 42ND STREET, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/31/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/31/17.

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.

August 21, 2017 Notice of Formation of 54 Ground Realty LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/7/17. Office location: New York County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Empire Management, 347 5th Ave, Fl. 16, NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

HN1 Therapy Network of New York IPA, LLC filed Art. of Org. with NY Dept. of State on June 23, 2017. Office Location: NY County. Sec’y of State is agent for service of process. Copy of any process shall be mailed to c/o Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, 1600 Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY 14604-2711.

Purpose: any lawful business.

Notice of Formation of Global Markets Advisory Group LLC. Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) 5/31/17.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 Meadow View Rd., Gladstone, NJ 07934.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Fujka Design LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 160 East 55th St., Apt. 2C, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Stephanie Manes PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Stephanie Manes, 52 E 76th St 5th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law.

Notice of Formation of Citywide Hospitality, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/1/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 256 W 116th St, Fl. 2, NY, NY 10026.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of CPFC ManagementCo LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/11/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 62 Chelsea Piers, Ste. 300, NY, NY 10011. LLC formed in DE on 4/6/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016.

DE addr. of LLC: 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of 30 Main St. PHA, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/9/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 635 20th St, Santa Monica, CA 90402.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

337 WEST 84 LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 7/12/2017. Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY to mail copy of process to Martin S. Kera, Esq., 5 Southgate Avenue, Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of Quad Multi-Manager LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/9/17. O f f i c e location: New York County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/4/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 77 Water St, Fl. 15, NY, NY 10005. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 307 ASSETS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/27/27. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 E 44th St, Ste 1001, NY, NY 10017.

Purpose: any lawful activity .

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to collocate antennas (tip heights 172.5’) on the building at 149 Madison Ave, New York, NY (20170785). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

Notice of Qualification of DIAMETER ONSHORE FUND LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/07/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/07/17.

Duration of LP is Perpetual.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, 24 W. 40th St., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10018. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity .

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Family Health Physical Therapy, PLLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 4/18/17. Office loc: NY County.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process against PLLC to: 111 Fulton St, APT 611, NY, NY 10038 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of THE EMILIO HOLDINGS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/28/17. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 E 44th St, Ste 1001, NY, NY 10017.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

MindOpen Learning Strategies LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 5/24/17. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 5 Stone St., SI, NY 10304. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qualification of Fox/ UTV Holdings, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/7/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 10201 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035. LLC formed in DE on 4/27/01. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 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 IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 1304580, FOR WINE & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL WINE & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 78 E 1ST ST NEW YORK, NY 10009.

NEW YORK COUNTY, FOR ONPREMISE CONSUMPTION. MEE LARP INC. YEMANY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/10/2016.

Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 122 East 71st St, NY, NY 10021.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

GHETTO SCHOLAR, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/07/17. 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, 41 Madison Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10010, ATTN: Joyce Ketay.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

LU’S ART GALLERY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/13/2017. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp.

Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice is hereby given a license, number 1304600 for on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1204 Broadway Restaurant LLC for on premises consumption.

MJK Foods, LLC PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T proposes to collocate antennas (tip heights 49.1’) on the building at 1196 6th Ave, New York, NY (20170644).

Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

FN3 LLC Filed 12/1/16 Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 2541 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 Purpose: all lawful

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On the Map 2017

Atlas of Student Homelessness in New York City Where Are Homeless Students?

On average, 6.6% of students in

1 in 7 NYC students will experience New York City charter schoolsNumber were Homeless The number of homeless students in homeless in SY 2015–16—three points homelessness during elementary school.

823–1,324 NYC public schools jumped by 20% in just lower than the rate of students 1,325–2,001 As a result, those children will one year, reaching close to 100,000 in experiencing homelessness in

Executive Summary

Key Citywide Findings

Number and Percent of Students Homeless, by School District SY 2015–16

(9.3%). be absent for 88 days (almostpublic halfschools a year!);

Students who had a history of homehave half the proficiency on 5th grade City public school students were lessness but were housed in SY 2015–16 ELA and math assessments; (formerly homeless) were stillPercent homeless in one year. facing Homeless 2.5%–6.6% instability at school.

Almost a third were ■■ be twice as likely to be suspended or held 6.7%–8.8% In addition to the nine percent of students chronically absent and 13% transferred back a grade.

8.9%–14.2% homeless in SY 2015–16, another four schools mid-year compared to 19% and 14.3%–20.4% percent were currently housed but had 7% among housed students citywide. experienced homelessness at some point since SYare 2010–11 (formerly homeless). Where Absenteeism Who these students? do theyplaces go students at risk of not only falling behind academically, but to school? What supports do they need to The City has succeeded in increasing also having their additional support needs succeed academically?

How can we lessen pre-K enrollment among homeless be identified later.the Homeless students31 trauma for vulnerable before, during children, with a 17% increase fromchildrenwho were absent 40 or more days in KinSY 2014–15 to SY 2015–16. of homelessness? dergarten had a 12-point higher rate of and after a period late IEP identification compared to their homeless peers with 0–4 absences.

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Bayside in Queens ranks lowest ci for both the percent of students Housed: less and the overall number of ho 4% Decrease students (823).

This increase was seen across 30 Staten housing Island (31) 2,783 4.4% 21% statuses, with doubled-up students driv- Meadows (26) 19% 32 Bayside/Little Neck/Fresh 823 2.5% 60,008 17% ing the growth. The number ofaredoubledNote: Data by school district and do not include schools in 29,848 non-geographic districts.

8% up students grew to over 60,000 in 3.2% 2017 On The Map: The Atlas of Student Homelessness in New York City 2.4% SY 2015–16, a 25% increase from the Graduation Suspension Dropout prior year. Math ELA Rate

Rate Proficiency Proficiency 3–8th 3rd–8th Grade Grade living in For every homeless student

shelter, roughly two more are homeless 2017 On The Map: The Atlas of Student Homelessness in New York City ICPHusa.org in some other temporary location, 5 the Institute forliving Children, Poverty, suchinform as doubled up with another family. provides data to government

A new report from and Homelessness agencies, elected officials, educators, advocates and With little growth in City family shelter concerned taxpayers. capacity, more and more families are doubling up. Ensuring that the varied social and educational needs of the close to 100,000 homeless students are met will be critical for New York City’s future.

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Note: In earlier years, the total number of “unsheltered” students may be less reliable than other categories.

Access the report, free: www.ICPHusa.org, or email info@ICPHusa.org

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