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One side effect of Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House has been a renewed engagement with the political process. In New York’s September primary, turnout more than doubled from 2014. Constituents’ heightened scrutiny contributed to losses by six former members of the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference, which had helped prop up Republicans in Albany.

In Washington, the pitched battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court has riveted the nation. Last week, Christine Blasey Ford appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and shared her account of Kavanaugh’s attempt to rape her when they were teenagers. In his testimony that followed, Kavanaugh proclaimed his innocence and lashed out at Democratic lawmakers for seeking to “destroy” him.

Whether or not Kavanaugh is confirmed, the showdown has gripped the nation – and reminded people across the ideological spectrum why what happens in Washington matters. The outcome is sure to drive voters to the polls in November and could shake up the balance of power. In this week’s issue, we look at the contested New York House races that will play a big role in determining which party has control – and what it all means for major policy changes being sought in New York.

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CONTENTS COMPETITIVE RACES … 6

Which districts will flip in November?

WAITING ON WASHINGTON … 10

5 federal issues that will directly affect New York

CELESTE SLOMAN; CLAUDIA TENNEY FOR CONGRESS

TENNEY VS. BRINDISI … 14

Try as they might, the election is all about Trump.

FASO VS. DELGADO … 20

The NY-19 race is coming down to race.

WINNERS & LOSERS … 30 Who was up and who was down last week

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Latest CUOMO’S CRYSTAL RUN PROBLEM Insurance company Crystal Run Healthcare is under investigation for $400,000 in potentially illegal contributions to Cuomo’s campaigns.

The company has been accused of using straw donors. Cuomo denied that Crystal Run had reached out to him about potentially improper donations.

Now his campaign spokeswoman says Crystal Run’s lawyer reached out, but claimed that neither she nor Cuomo knew about it at the time of his denial. In 2016, Crystal Run received $25 million from the state to help build two facilities it was already building.

SHE SAID, HE SAID U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to accuse the judge of sexual assault, both testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Ford emotionally detailed the alleged attack from over 30 years ago. Later, Kavanaugh testified, forcefully denying the allegations while defending his character. He called the opposition he has faced a hit job coordinated by the Democrats to destroy his reputation. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is not on the Judiciary Committee, called Ford a “hero” in a tweet near the end of her testimony.

The committee voted Friday to send Kavanaugh to the Senate floor, but Republicans agreed to a one-week delay to allow for an FBI investigation.

The Working Families Party said it will make a final decision this week after extensive debate, but the party has already taken the first step to remove Cynthia Nixon from its ballot line. One of the few ways to remove candidates from the ballot is to nominate them for another position. In this case, the WFP has opened up the line for the Assembly district where Nixon lives by nominating the current placeholder candidate for a judgeship. Meanwhile, Cuomo, who has had a contentious relationship with the WFP, has given no indication whether he might accept its line.

Back & Forth What’s the latest from your opponent in the primary, state Sen. Jesse Hamilton?

Could he still run in the general election?

There are whispers (that he might run), but those are ones he’s communicating with other folks, and not us. We are continuing as if he is, because he has not conceded yet. And so with the knowledge he has those two third-party lines (the Independence Party and Women’s Equality Party), we are assuming that he is going to mount some kind of campaign. We’re going to continue the race.

A Q&A with Democratic state Senate candidate

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If the state Senate Democrats had been in the majority, would they be doing what you want? Or do you think the conference needs to become more progressive?

The wrangling of votes and the persuading people on particular progressive issues is a job that I really do believe Andrea Stewart-Cousins is more

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than capable of doing, and I think she’s going to do an excellent job leading the chamber. But I think it goes without saying that there are Democrats of different stripes within the Legislature, and my job – as a member that was elected on a very progressive platform – is to push as hard as possible.

Are you generally supportive of bringing deregulated apartments back under rent regulations, and restoring previous rents?

I am. And I think that when that notion has been offered, it has been conveyed as some sort of radical proposition. But the truth is that there was a time in this city, 50, 60 years ago when the overwhelming majority of rent units were under some type of regulation. I think it is not this radical proposition. It really speaks to whether we feel, as a government, that housing is a right that should be afforded to as many people as possible.

“Our subway system is in cardiac arrest and you’re doing everything you can to stabilize it, but the reality is we need a heart transplant.”

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NIXON’S NEXT MOVE

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Welcome! If you’re reading this, you must be the leader of a Democratic county committee in New York City. Party organizations have weakened since the golden days of Boss Tweed, but the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and sometimes Manhattan are hanging on as bastions of good old-fashioned political dealmaking. Follow these eight simple rules, and you too can limit participation, consolidate decision-making and maintain control of your party machine.

RULE 1: LIMIT COUNTY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

There are thousands of available seats on a county committee. But the more people that are involved, the harder it is to keep things running smoothly, so keep half the seats empty and don’t encourage others to join.

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RULE 2: STACK COUNTY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Another strategy: Pack the county committee with people who don’t even know they’re members, like they do in the Bronx and Queens. These people are likely to vote with the majority if they’re lured to meetings with the promise of free food.

RULE 3: HOLD MEETINGS IN FAR-FLUNG LOCATIONS

Eastwood Manor, where the Bronx held its latest organizational meeting, is in the northern reaches of the borough and a 10-minute walk from the nearest subway station. But Brooklyn chose even better with Kingsborough Community College, a 25-minute walk from the nearest subway.

RULE 4: GATHER PROXY VOTES

Tell the hundreds of committee members who can’t make the meetings to cede their votes to establishment leaders by mailing in postcards that have already been filled out. With these votes, bosses can pass whatever they want at the meetings.

RULE 8: GIVE ALL POWER TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RULE 5: APPOINT LEGISLATORS

If an Assembly member, state senator or other official leaves office in the middle of a term, it’s your lucky day.

The county committee decides who gets to fill the seat, and anyone you pick will feel indebted, just like some 30 percent of current state lawmakers who were first appointed to office in this manner.

RULE 6: CHOOSE JUDGES WISELY

Judges are also picked by county committees behind closed doors with little to no chance for challengers to be heard. This means more judges will be indebted to you and want to stay in your good graces.

RULE 7: DISCOURAGE CHALLENGERS

If somebody dares to challenge one of your favored candidates, try to get him or her kicked off the ballot using the rules of the New York City Board of Elections, which is run by commissioners appointed by county committees.

Assemblywoman Vivian Cook is the Queens chairwoman. But the real boss is Joseph Crowley, who chairs the executive committee, a smaller and far more powerful group selected by the county committee. Same with Assembly members Latoya Joyner, who is the county committee chairwoman, and Marcos Crespo, who is the real power broker and head of the executive committee, in the Bronx. This helps to confuse people and avoid scrutiny.

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New York’s most competitive congressional districts U.S. HOUSE; ANTONIO DELGADO FOR CONGRESS; ASSEMBLY

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EMOCRATS HAVE BEEN targeting key House seats across the country in an attempt to regain control of the chamber. A number of those competitive races are in New York state. In many cases, the races are seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump: Is he popular enough with his base that they will turn out again in the midterms, or will there be enough dissatisfaction with him to spur a changing of the guard?

Pundits have been pondering the potential of “blue wave� election for months. In New York, Democrats turned out in record numbers to vote in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, in some places double or triple the turnout in 2014. Republicans often do well in lower turnout off-year elections, so a surge of blue votes could flip seats long held by Republicans.

Here’s a rundown of competitive House races in New York state, including key votes and fundraising totals as well as how competitive the races look according to three leading election analysts – Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales/Roll Call and The Cook Political Report.

DISTRICT 19 JOHN FASO vs. Antonio Delgado

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TOSS-UP Sabato: Toss-up Roll Call: Toss-up Cook: Toss-up The race for New York’s 19th Congressional District is shaping up to be a contentious one. A September poll from Monmouth University had Republican Rep. John Faso in a dead heat with Democratic nominee Antonio Delgado, with Delgado ahead 45 percent to 43 percent. In late August, a Siena College poll had Faso slightly ahead, 45 percent to 40 percent. Faso has taken aim at Delgado over his past as a rapper, calling his lyrics “offensive.� The conservative Congressional Leadership Fund has released multiple ads that include snippets of Delgado’s raps and question his American values.

At least one Faso supporter said that the parts of rural America Delgado wants to represent don’t identify with that “part of American culture,� although Faso’s focus

on the issue has resulted in accusations of race-baiting.

The contest has been identified by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as one of its top-tier races, and Delgado has been added to the DCCC’s Red to Blue list, which offers national support and money to Democrats across the country to flip key seats. Faso has more than $1.2 million in his campaign coffers, according to the most recent campaign finance filings, while Delgado has about $662,000.

DISTRICT 22 CLAUDIA TENNEY vs.

Anthony Brindisi

TOSS-UP Sabato: Toss-up Roll Call: Toss-up Cook: Toss-up In another hotly contested race, Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney is fending off a strong challenge from Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi. The pair are neck and neck, with Brindisi leading

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46 percent to 44 percent in a late August poll from Siena College. Tenney benefits from a large voter registration advantage by Republicans in the district, and President Donald Trump won the district in 2016 with 55 percent.

Tenney has aligned herself strongly with the president, voting in accordance with his position nearly 97 percent of the time, including on last year’s sweeping federal tax cuts. Trump visited the district to headline one of her campaign fundraisers in August, but his presence appears not to have swayed many voters, judging by the latest poll.

Unlike the broader progressive movement among Democrats, Brindisi is a more moderate Democrat, fitting for the Republican district. He has a 100 percent rating from the National Rifle Association and has said that he would not support Rep. Nancy Pelosi for House speaker. Despite this, the DCCC is supporting Brindisi as one of its Red to Blue candidates.

As of the latest filing period in June, Tenney had just over $1 million cash on hand, while Brindisi had almost $1.5 million, though they both had raised nearly $2 million.

DISTRICT 27 CHRIS COLLINS vs.

Nate McMurray

LEANS REPUBLICAN Sabato: Leans R Roll Call: Leans R Cook: Leans R What may turn out to be one of this year’s most interesting races had originally drawn the most attention for the possibility of a comeback bid

by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. But

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Hochul never jumped in. Rep. Chris Collins, who represents the most Republican district in the state, was the first member of Congress to endorse Trump and has since aligned himself with the president 99 percent of the time.

He was expected to easily win re-election, but that all changed when Collins was indicted on federal insider trading charges. Collins initially suspended his campaign and Republican leaders in his district began discussing how to get him off the ballot. Democratic challenger Nate McMurray’s chances, while still slim, appeared to get slightly better.

Then Collins made the surprising decision to not only remain on the ballot, but to actively campaign with plans to continue serving if re-elected, despite the indictment. If he gets convicted while in office, he would be forced to resign.

This revelation further shook up the race and put the odds even more in McMurray’s favor. However, former Rep. Michael Grimm won re-election under similar

circumstances in 2014.

Collins had about $1.3 million in his campaign chest at the end of June, while McMurray had a little under $82,000 – although he has likely gained ground since then due to Collins’ legal troubles.

DISTRICT 2 PETE KING vs. Liuba Grechen Shirley

LIKELY REPUBLICAN Sabato: Safe R Roll Call: Solid R Cook: Likely R Until recently, Rep. Pete King’s district had been considered safely Republican by national forecasters. The 13-term incumbent has easily dispatched any challengers he has faced during that time and has successfully cultivated an independent

image by publicly criticizing members of his own party and occasionally diverging from the party line. He criticized fellow House Republicans when they failed to act on a support bill for New York in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy and voted against last year’s federal tax cuts, which are expected to negatively affect the state. But the Democrats’ strength appears to be growing in the age of Trump, and King is facing one of his first strong challenges in years from Liuba Grechen Shirley. Grechen Shirley made national headlines before she won her primary when she successfully advocated to use campaign funds for child care to help stay-at-home parents run for office. She has been attacking King for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act and running an outsider campaign, one that has been compared to the successful campaign of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

King still dominates Grechen Shirley in terms of finances, sitting on more

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than $3 million going into November, compared to the $186,000 she has on hand.

DISTRICT 23 TOM REED vs. Tracy Mitrano

LIKELY REPUBLICAN Sabato: Likely R Roll Call: Solid R Cook: Solid R Rep. Tom Reed is in a good position going into the November election – his district went strongly for Trump in 2016 and he has reached across the aisle to work with Democrats as the chairman of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.

Reed has plenty of money in the bank, with nearly $1.5 million already spent and more than $1 million still on hand. He far outpaces Democrat Tracy Mitrano, who has just shy of $8,000 on hand after her hard-fought primary.

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Challenging him is Democrat Max Rose, an Army veteran who has been generating a lot of press and aims to flip New York City’s lone Republican House district. Compared to the Faso-Delgado and TenneyBrindisi races, this one has so far been less contentious.

In Rose’s first television ad, he attacked New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio more than his own rival, asserting the mayor has ignored the needs of Staten Island, the entirety of which is in the district.

Rose has a slew of support from national figures, most recently former Vice President Joe Biden, and he’s also part of the DCCC’s Red to Blue list.

Donovan has a little under $400,000 in his war chest going into the general election, compared to Rose’s nearly $1.3 million, while both had raised close to $2 million by the end of June.

DISTRICT 24 JOHN KATKO vs. Dana Balter

DISTRICT 11 DAN DONOVAN vs. Max Rose

LIKELY REPUBLICAN Sabato: Leans R Roll Call: Likely R Cook: Likely R After a hard-fought Republican primary against his predecessor Michael Grimm, Rep. Dan Donovan has earned his spot on the November ballot. Although he is still the favorite, his re-election is not guaranteed.

LIKELY REPUBLICAN Sabato: Likely R Roll Call: Likely R Cook: Likely R Republican Rep. John Katko leads Democrat Dana Balter by a comfortable 15-point margin, according to a late August poll from Spectrum News/Siena College. However if a “blue wave” election occurs, the race could end up being much closer. The district has a slight Democratic voter registration advantage, and it went for Hillary Clinton by a thin margin in 2016, which may be a boon for Balter as the underdog. Although the DCCC originally supported Balter’s primary opponent, Juanita Perez Williams, it threw its

backing behind Balter when she won, adding her to its Red to Blue list.

Katko had $1.6 million cash on hand at the end of June, while Balter was lagging with just $113,000, with the incumbent raising four times as much as his challenger so far.

DISTRICT 1 LEE ZELDIN vs. Perry Gershon

LIKELY REPUBLICAN Sabato: Leans R Roll Call: Solid R Cook: Likely R Long Island’s Suffolk County is still solidly Trump country, and Rep. Lee Zeldin, one of the president’s earliest and most ardent establishment backers, is touting that support as one of the key pillars of his campaign. Zeldin has voted in line with Trump nearly 87 percent of the time, with the notable exception of the federal tax cuts, which will negatively affect many of his constituents thanks to the new cap on state and local tax deductions. Despite Trump’s popularity, the race against Democrat Perry Gershon may be highly competitive.

Although there has not yet been any nonpartisan public polling, one poll paid for by the Democratic super PAC Taking Action for Suffolk County found that Zeldin leads Gershon by a mere 3 percentage points, well within the margin of error. The DCCC also recently upgraded the race from its second tier of targeted races to its top tier, making Gershon the fifth New Yorker added to its Red to Blue list.

However, Zeldin is in a far better financial position

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than Gershon, who, though having raised more than $2 million total, spent heavily his primary contest. Zeldin has over $1.7 million in the bank ahead of the November election, compared to Gershon’s $74,000.

DISTRICT 18 SEAN PATRICK MALONEY vs. James O’Donnell

LIKELY DEMOCRAT Sabato: Likely D Roll Call: Solid D Cook: Solid D Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney represents a swing district that voted for Trump in 2016, so his seat was considered in play by some. However, Maloney has easily won re-election several times and prides himself on an ability to reach across the aisle, which has won him favor even among his more conservative constituents.

His decision to run for state attorney general after Eric Schneiderman resigned raised questions about his congressional bid, which he never suspended.

Despite legal challenges, Maloney was allowed to run for both offices at once.

Maloney ultimately lost the attorney general primary and has returned to actively campaigning against Republican James O’Donnell.

Maloney is expected to win re-election.

Maloney had more than $3 million in the bank at the end of June, although he transferred $1.4 million out of his congressional account into his attorney general campaign account in August. O’Donnell has about $222,000.

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WAITING ON WASHINGTON Five big federal issues that directly affect New York.

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HEN IT COMES to advancing policy changes in New York, it’s important to remember that New York City often has to go to Albany to get the governor and the state Legislature to sign off on its requests.

A similar dynamic comes into play nationally, when New York officials look to Washington for federal approval – or federal funding – to move forward on key projects or policies. Here is a rundown of five of the biggest federal issues affecting New York – and what Congress and the White House are doing about them.

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low New York Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Pete King, and other Zadroga Act supporters, the transfer has not occurred.

“Overall, both of the programs are doing well despite the efforts of Mulvaney to try to hurt it,” Maloney said.

FIGHTING OVER SALT

FUNDING FOR 9/11 VICTIMS THE JAMES L. ZADROGA 9/11 Health and Compensation Act was “one of the few bipartisan efforts in Congress,” as Rep. Carolyn Maloney put it.

But is there enough money to cover all the costs?

The landmark legislation provides for health care for responders and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks through the World Trade Center Health Program. The Zadroga Act was originally signed with temporary funding in 2011, and in 2015, Congress extended the health program with $3.5 billion – funding intended to provide coverage for 75 years.

The 2015 bill also fully funded the Victims’ Compensation Fund, which was first established in 2001 to compensate those who lost loved ones or were injured in the attacks, for five years at a cost of $4.6 billion.

According to Maloney, Rupa Bhattacharyya, the special master of the VCF,

fears that the money is running out sooner than anticipated. “Looking at the data more recently, I’m starting to get a little concerned,” Bhattacharyya told the Daily News last month.

With the 9/11-related death toll rising and concerns being raised about the longevity of the fund, Maloney has set VCF legislation at the top of her congressional priorities. “We have to pull together, in a bipartisan way, on the authorization of the Victims’ Compensation Fund,” Maloney said. “Essentially, it is my goal to make it permanent like we did the World Trade Center Health Program. That will be our task when we go back to Congress.”

In March, Maloney resisted Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney’s proposal to transfer the World Trade Center Health Program from being overseen by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After much bipartisan opposition from Maloney, fel-

FOR OVER A CENTURY, state and local tax deductions have been enshrined in the federal tax code. But due to President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Americans will now only be able to claim up to $10,000 in SALT deductions starting with 2018’s taxes.

About a third of tax filers in New York state itemize their deductions on their federal tax returns, and the average amount claimed is nearly $36,000 – the highest in the nation, according to data from the New York State Association of Counties. Since the IRS blocked high-tax states like New York from circumventing the federal cap on SALT deductions, the matter is now effectively up to Congress.

“After running on a scam platform of fighting for the middle-class, President Trump is again firing a missile at the heart of our working and middle-class New Yorkers,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in an August press release. “I call on Congress to block any illegal attempt by President Trump to enrich his friends at the expense of the American people.”

Of course, a few New York House Republicans sided with Trump and voted for the legislation, on the grounds that

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it would cut taxes for a majority of their constituents – even though many New York taxpayers will end up paying more.

In response to the federal law, Cuomo signed state legislation that would circumvent the new tax code by allowing residents to pay their taxes via charitable donations to state and local governments as well as providing employers the ability to opt in to paying state and local taxes instead of their employees. However, the IRS put its foot down in August on charitable SALT write-offs.

Rep. Nita Lowey, a Democrat representing New York’s 17th District, and Rep. Pete King, a Long Island Republican, proposed the SALT Deductibility Act in January. The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on individual deductions for certain state and local taxes. In a statement, Lowey called the act “a necessary bipartisan fix.”

BATTLING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC WHILE NOT THE STATE most affected by the opioid crisis, the epidemic has not left New York untouched.

The opioid-related overdose death rate in the state was 15.1 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, higher than the national rate of 13.3 deaths. Between 2009 and 2016, prescription-opioid-related deaths in the state nearly doubled, and between 2012 and 2016, heroin-related deaths more than doubled and synthetic opioid-related deaths increased tenfold.

Now, lawmakers are hoping that a legislative package agreed to by both houses of Congress will reverse the troubling epidemic.

Comprehensive bipartisan legislation passed the Senate easily in a 99-1 vote on Sept. 17. The House passed its own bill in June. Then, last week, negotiators announced an agreement that combines measures from both houses’ legislative proposals, and they are expected to be approved and sent to President Donald Trump shortly.

“There is bipartisan urgency for both of our chambers to pass this consensus legislation so the President can sign it as soon as possible,” U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, who chairs the Senate Health Committee, said in a statement.

Included in the deal are measures to halt the flow of illegal drugs across the border, incentivize research into painkillers that are not addictive and increase treatment for addicts. It also includes support for state-level efforts to monitor drug purchases to prevent doctor shopping, such as New York’s innovative I-STOP program.

“New York State has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, and Congress should be doing everything it can to help our communities fight back against this crisis and prevent abuse of these highly addictive drugs,” U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said in a statement in September.

She had called for funding for prescription drug monitoring like I-STOP, which helps “prevent abuse and prescription fraud.”

According to Alexander’s office, the Senate has appropriated $8.5 billion this year toward fighting the opioid crisis through budget bills passed in March and September.

The Senate’s Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 had included the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act, which would require the U.S. Postal Service to take additional measures to prevent the flow of illegal drugs like fentanyl from entering the country by mail.

Its legislation would also require the Food and Drug Administration to create packaging allowing three-day or seven-day supplies of opioids in order to discourage using the medication beyond the needed time.

Beyond slowing the distribution of opioids, the legislation aims to bolster recovery efforts with grants for comprehensive recovery centers that would provide housing, job training and medically supervised withdrawal management. Similar measures are expected to be included in the final bill.

FIXING NYCHA’S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PAST YEAR, the New York City Housing Authority has been mired in controversies ranging from a failure to inspect lead paint hazards to claims that NYCHA’s employees have been drinking and having sex on the job. Behind these high-profile headlines are the more than 400,000 New Yorkers who are NYCHA tenants, struggling to deal with the mold infestations, heating failures and broken locks that are prevalent in the city’s public housing.

An infusion of federal cash could go a long way toward tackling those problems – if advocates in Congress can manage to advance such a measure.

“We’re going to push for a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, and as part of that overall plan, leader Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Democrats in the House and the Senate have committed to $70 billion being allocated for public housing developments, public housing

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residents and surrounding communities all across the country,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries told City & State.

NYCHA estimated the cost of its outstanding repairs to be $32 billion, and Jeffries has said a federal infrastructure plan could cover at least $20 billion of that. The rest would have to be covered by the city and the state. After a lawsuit over NYCHA’s false paperwork on lead inspections and other maintenance violations, the city agreed to commit $1 billion for repairs to public housing.

While President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 included major cuts to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (which provides much of NYCHA’s funding), the plan that Congress approved in March actually promised more funds to public housing nationwide. If Democrats take back the House this November, Jeffries said the infrastructure plan would be a top priority.

“There are more than $20 billion unmet in capital repair and maintenance needs that have created a situation where NYCHA residents are living in unacceptable conditions,” Jeffries told City & State. “We have to get that fixed.”

PAYING FOR GATEWAY AMONG THE MANY tooth and nail partisan policy fights in Washington, infrastructure projects are often a bipartisan breath of fresh air. But the long-delayed efforts to build the new Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey is proof that even projects with support from both major parties can be stalled when the president doesn’t stand behind them.

The $30 billion Gateway Program – which had once secured a 50-50 federal-state financing deal under then-President Barack Obama – has hit the brakes under President Donald Trump. Trump wanted the states to put up more money, and in March he threatened to veto a spending bill that included any funds for the project.

Along with the rail tunnel under the Hudson River, the Gateway plan includes replacing the 106-year-old Portal North Bridge over the Hackensack River. Supporters say that because the Northeast Corridor carries 20 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, improving this infrastructure will have an economic impact not only on this region, but on the rest of the country.

While its supporters in Congress eventually managed to secure $540 million in federal funding that could be used for the project, state and local agencies are attempting to restructure their end of the financing.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced in June that it would oversee the construction and rehabilitation of the Hudson River tunnels, while New Jersey committed an additional $600 million to the bridge. The Port Authority also put up $12.5 million to finish sections of the tunnel near Hudson Yards, in order to not hold up the construction of that project.

Looking forward, the Gateway tunnel will likely continue to be a fight between Congress and Trump. Last month, New Jersey Democrats met with reporters to publicly urge Trump to support the plan, citing bipartisan support and the need to replace old infrastructure. “This ought to be a no-brainer for him, which is why I’ve retained my optimism,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said.

Back in March, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said supporters will continue to seek other means of funding for Gateway, including federal grants. “Obviously, we have to apply for things like that,” Schumer said at the time. “But I would bet now that the president sees that Gateway is happening.

They’re not going to stand in the way.”

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COMMON DENOMINATOR Like it or not, the 22nd Congressional District race is all about Trump.

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T’S A SEPTEMBER afternoon, and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi is in his comfort zone.

Following a tour of a BAE Systems manufacturing facility outside of Binghamton, he emerges in the lobby and does what he says he does best – listening. Brindisi nods along as company representatives discuss their work – building everything from airplane parts to high-tech components for New York City’s hybrid buses – while the TV cameras shoot their segments for the evening news.

After the huddle breaks, he walks over and hits his talking points: “Folks are concerned about jobs and the economy in our region,” he tells the TV cameras. “Folks are concerned about the opioid crisis and protecting Social Security and Medicare.” He speaks deliberately, emphasizing his main

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Anthony Brindisi is campaigning just left of center, though Claudia Tenney warns that “socialism is on our doorstep.”

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points through his words rather than the tone of his voice. It always sounds like he thinks before he talks, even when he attacks his opponent, Rep. Claudia Tenney. When he speaks, his smiles sometimes slip into grimaces.

“People see Claudia Tenney as part of the same rigged system that President Trump campaigned against,” he says during the visit, one of many stops on his county-by-county campaign to represent a congressional district that stretches from the Pennsylvania border near Binghamton, north past Syracuse, to the eastern shore of Lake Ontario.

“There’s a reason why all the Wall Street banks and the big financial institutions and the hedge fund managers support Claudia Tenney,” he adds.

For a moment, it’s easy to forget which party Brindisi represents, which might be by

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design. He would rather talk about bipartisan job training programs than the contributions he has taken from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her leadership political action committee. Unlike many Democratic candidates for Congress, Trump is not Brindisi’s go-to punching bag.

National politics could muck up the delicate balance he’s seeking as a moderate Democrat trying to win in a district that went for Trump by more than 15 percentage points two years ago. It has been a month since an Aug. 29 Siena College poll showed Brindisi with a razor-thin edge, and he’s happy to campaign just to the left of the political divide with a little more than a month until the Nov. 6 vote.

A few hours after Brindisi finishes up at BAE, Rep. Claudia Tenney addresses a group of libertarian-minded voters

at the Vestal Public Library, telling them what she thinks will happen if Brindisi wins.

“You’ll get in the back of the line behind illegal immigrants and everybody else. … We need to wake up because socialism is on our doorstep,” she says.

Tenney is also fluent in the #MAGA vernacular, whether she’s talking about “fake news” or the “deep state” or the greatness of Donald Trump himself. A FiveThirtyEight analysis found she has voted with Trump’s position 96.7 percent of the time during her first two years in Congress.

Not surprisingly, her campaign puts it differently: “Claudia Tenney has a bipartisan record of fighting corruption, leading the charge to combat the opioid epidemic and supporting our military and veterans. That’s something all voters can get behind,” campaign manag-

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er Raychel Renna said in an email.

The two candidates in this toss-up race do have their similarities. Brindisi and Tenney are both lawyers – and children of lawyers – from Oneida County, now waging competing populist campaigns. They served together in the Assembly, where they “really didn’t work together too much on issues” during their more than five years representing adjacent districts in Central New York, Brindisi said in an interview.

Despite some common roots, their political strategies are very different, according to Luke Perry, a professor of government and politics at Utica College, who is writing a book about Trump’s impact on midterm elections in Central New York. “Tenney presents herself as an outspoken critic of things she is concerned about. She’s a bit of a flamethrower in terms

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of her rhetoric. She’s one who’s not going to shy away from a controversy or saying exactly what she thinks about a given issue,” Perry told City & State.

“Anthony Brindisi chooses his words carefully. He’s interested in listening. He presents himself as a problem-solver. He’s less ideological.”

That makes Brindisi an anomaly in a year when progressive candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Beto O’Rourke in Texas are pulling the Democratic Party to the left.

If he wins in November, Brindisi would be the only New York Democrat with a perfect rating from the National Rifle Association – a grade better than Tenney’s. He has further staked his claim to being an “independent” Democrat by saying he wouldn’t support Pelosi for speaker, nor would he want to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. If all goes well for Brindisi, politics will stay as local as they can. “It’s for others to decide what happens nationally,” he says, even as the 22nd Congressional District is one of the Democrats’ top targets in their quest to take control of the House.

But try as Brindisi might to campaign on the ground at every town hall, parade, county fair, house party or aerospace factory that he can find, Trump still is a powerful influence in the race. The president remains popular in the district at a time when nearly a majority of voters in the district say they have an unfavorable view of Tenney. “The president outperformed her in 2016 by the second-highest margin of any House incumbent,” Perry said.

“She needs to expand her vote share – hopefully over 50 percent – and she thinks that Donald Trump is the way to do that.”

UP THE HILL from BAE Systems, Theresa Shara has Fox News playing in her living room. In a house across the street, Barbara Fiala has been watching MSNBC. In front of Shara’s house, there’s a Claudia

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Tenney sign, but she says she only put it there for a friend.

Fiala has two Brindisi signs to catch the eyes of passers-by. As a former Democratic Broome County executive and state Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner under Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Fiala is firmly in Brindisi’s corner. But she thinks it’s not her vote that will decide the election. “I think the difference is going to be if they support the president,” she says, such as her neighbor across the street.

Despite the Tenney sign in her yard, Shara initially says she could vote for a Democrat.

The former public employee says her fixed income has been stretched by $6,400 in health insurance costs each year, and the situation hasn’t gotten better in the past two years. She also cites a 20-cent increase in chocolate pudding prices. Did the Republican tax cuts – a big Tenney talking point – put more money in Shara’s pocket?

“What tax bill?” she responds sarcastically. Then the cable company comes up in conversation as she recalls something she heard on TV – perhaps from a campaign ad.

In early August, the Brindisi campaign tried to air an ad in the Binghamton and Utica media markets through the cable provider Spectrum. “If you’re watching this ad on Spectrum cable, you’re getting ripped off,” Brindisi says in the ad. “Spectrum has jacked up rates almost double.”

It’s an attack that could appeal to a Trump voter. “We’ve seen him adopt populism, which was a major element of Trump’s election, but from a more liberal perspective,” Perry says. “It’s an interesting approach, and a fairly unique one based in populism and electoral calculation. Who has cable through their television?

People over 40 – Democrats and Republicans – and the older you are, the more likely you are to vote.”

Spectrum refused to air the ad, which only gave Brindisi a chance to milk voters’ antipa-

thy to the main cable provider in the area. Brindisi soon cried foul. Though Brindisi has downplayed the thousands of dollars he has taken from a PAC tied to Pelosi, he has played up the thousands of dollars that Tenney has taken from Spectrum.

Trump remains “I’m still curious as popular in the to whether she supports 22nd District, but nearly a majority Spectrum,” Shara says of voters have an of Tenney, as she thinks unfavorable view about the $50 more per of Tenney. month she had spent on cable bills until she and her husband canceled that very morning.

Shara turns the conversation back to the issues that really get her going. Political correctness be damned, she says before walking down the hallway to look at a photo of her father. The Army private first class lies wounded in a WWII hospital in Europe as General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower looks on. “He fought so we could have a free coun-

“(If Brindisi wins), you’ll get in the back of the line behind illegal immigrants and everybody else.”

– rep. claudia tenney try – not to have us overrun by illegal immigrants,” she says.

“Shoot the first five that come over. … I’m tired of this.” She gets down to the bottom line of why she will vote for Tenney in the fall – if she votes at all. It’s all about Trump because “what he’s done, he’s done for the country.”

But Tenney’s votes for the Republican tax cut package – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – and to repeal Obamacare are coming back to haunt her among some Republican voters who have soured on Trump. Outside the Walmart in nearby Vestal earlier that day, John

Birmingham explains that he dropped off his wife that morning for a $2,500 root canal only to find out that she needs a $1,300 crown as well.

“I’m going, ‘Holy cryin’ out loud,’” he says. As health care costs have increased, Tenney’s votes to repeal Obamacare and to carry out tax cuts that Birmingham said have made little difference in his finances.

“They’ve lost their mind,” he says of Republicans in Washington, D.C. Brindisi has won his vote by default. “I have no idea what he does,” Birmingham says. “I wouldn’t care if it were the devil.”

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The Tenney campaign dismissed worries that she would underperform among Republican voters. “Claudia Tenney has always been an outsider who wins without the support of political elites in her party and she is going to crush Anthony Brindisi with Republicans,” Renna, her campaign manager, said in the email.

“Claudia has a strong record to run on, and Anthony Brindisi’s entire campaign is built upon lies that are now being exposed. Brindisi has been a rubber stamp for Cuomo and (former Assembly Speaker Sheldon) Silver in Albany, and he’ll do the same for Pelosi in Washington. …

She will prove the pundits, fake pollsters and media elites

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wrong once again.”

Securing more Republican support remains “the major challenge” for Tenney in the weeks ahead, but upcoming debates could shake up the race as well, Perry said. As many as nine debates and forums have been proposed to the candidates, but only two debates and one forum have been agreed to by Brindisi and Tenney as of mid-September. A forum sponsored by the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce scheduled for Oct. 17, with a live debate hosted by WSKG-TV and WSQX radio is scheduled for Nov. 1 – just five days before the election. Both candidates have agreed to a debate hosted

by Spectrum News, but no date has been set.

Several prominent Republicans however have already signaled that they have made up their minds about Tenney, including her moderate Republican predecessor, former Rep. Richard Hanna, who defeated Tenney in a 2014 primary and did not endorse her in 2016. “I think that conservatives and Republicans should still want someone there who has the capacity to be thoughtful,” he said in a September interview with a local media outlet. “To be deliberate, to give logic rather than just hero worship to whoever’s in charge.”

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Post that warned her staff to be “aware of strange cars,” especially since “Brindisi’s family has used their political connections to get away with violence, intimidation and thuggish behavior for years. As the Brindisi family watches Anthony’s political career end, they may return to what they know – violence and intimidation.”

The memo prompted rebukes from elected officials in the district, including Republican state Sen. Joseph Griffo who described the memo as an “ethnic smear.” Outgoing Republican Assemblyman Marc Butler told WIBX radio that Tenney’s latest attempt to tie Brindisi to organized crime could backfire with swing voters – especially given the stakes of the election.

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“If the future fate of our nation depends on one seat, on Claudia Tenney’s seat, I think our problems run much deeper than anyone is admitting,” Butler said.

He later added, “To fan the flames like this is just bad politics.” The host then asked if Butler would be offering an endorsement in the race. “I thought I just did,” Butler replied with a laugh.

For now, Brindisi is looking to hold on to the 24 percent of Republican voters who support him, according to the Siena College poll. They could be the difference in the race if independents continue to split their support between the two candidates, but other Republicans say that Tenney does not need to worry about mass defections of Republicans. “Maybe there’s 10 or 20 (percent), or 20 or 30 (percent), but I wouldn’t classify that as the feeling of

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the mainstream Republicans,” said Fred Beardsley, chairman of the Oswego County Republican Committee. He added that a good economy is what matters to voters, a point that Trump has emphasized in recent months.

Tenney may have aligned herself closely to Trump, but Brindisi also has links to controversial politicians, said Broome County Republican Committee Chairman Bijoy Datta, who repeated a talking point that has continued to follow Brindisi throughout the campaign despite his efforts to distance himself from controversial Democratic leaders. “Tenney sides mostly with Trump,” Datta said, “and Brindisi sides with Cuomo and Pelosi.”

AIR FORCE ONE landed at Griffiss International Airport in Rome on Aug. 13. It was the first presidential visit to the

area in 70 years, and the people of Oneida County were ready to show whether they stood for or against the president. By the time that Trump arrived in downtown Utica, hundreds of people showed up to greet him, local media reported.

The Trump supporters rallied on the north side of the street outside the DoubleTree

by Hilton Hotel Utica, where they traded insults and slogans with the Trump protesters across the street. Inside the hotel, about 300 guests who had paid up to $15,000 each to see Trump listened as the president explained the purpose behind his visit: “I’m here for Claudia. She has been incredible in Congress. She has helped us so much,” Trump said at the event, the Auburn Citizen reported. “You gotta help her because she is running against somebody that’s a total puppet of Nancy Pelosi.”

But the event – which Brindisi matched by having a $10 minimum per person fundraiser nearby – also highlighted Tenney’s own dependence on outside support. Big donors have bankrolled much of Tenney’s campaign, with contributions of more than $1,000 accounting for three-quarters of her fundraising. This includes support from GOP megadonors like Robert Mercer, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and members of the billionaire Schwab family. Overall, of the roughly $2 million that Tenney has raised for the race, less than half has come from in-state donors. About 13 percent of her donations have come from within the district.

Brindisi, by comparison, has raised about the same amount of money, but nearly half of his donations are for less than $1,000 and 30 percent of them come from within the district,

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“People see Claudia Tenney as part of the same rigged system that President Trump campaigned against.”

– assemblyman anthony brindisi

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For Tenney, Trump’s appearance in Utica was the reward for her loyalty over the past two years. She had supported

him on high-profile votes on health care and tax cuts, as well as on less prominent issues like a March 2017 vote to give the secretary of veterans af-

fairs more power to punish employees and a January vote in opposition to limiting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Trump called her son, a Marine Corps officer, in April 2017 before his deployment to Iraq, and now Trump had come to help his mom win an election – and it fit in well with the political narrative that she and Trump share. “President Donald Trump’s historic visit to the Mohawk Valley is symbolic of the importance he and I place on serving the forgotten people of upstate New York,” she said in a statement before the visit.

Brindisi’s bid to come off as a centrist makes sense in a district that has 30,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats. Compared to the state and nation, residents in the district as a whole are less educated, more impoverished and relatively dependent on so-

cial programs, such as Social Security, according to census data. In a normal year, the Republicans would have the edge, but this is 2018 and a combination of centrist politics and anti-Trump fervor could put Brindisi over the top, especially since about one-fifth of the approximately 400,000 voters in the district have no party affiliation, according to the state Board of Elections.

But for most voters it appears the race depends on one essential question: Do voters want Congress to help or hinder Trump?

In the small city of Norwich along state Route 12, Russell McIntyre says he has already made up his mind to vote for Claudia Tenney. Trump may be a “social idiot,” but “I like some of what he’s doing,” McIntyre says. “Politics is pretty much partisan. You have to pick a side right now.”

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PROGRESS DEMANDS A COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE CONGRESS Here we are, just weeks before what is already a contentious dash to the midterms and there’s one word on my mind: Fear. Not just the Bob Woodward blockbuster about Trump’s White House, but fear for my country, my neighbors and myself.

Our allies and adversaries are equally fearful.

After WWII, the U.S. ascended as the world’s responsible adult at the negotiating table, committed to resolving every OTHER country’s spats and squabbles. We had the moral highground; we had moral authority. Heck, we had morals! Now we’re the petulant child incapable of civil discourse even amongst ourselves, divided along party lines, on even the most critical economic and social issues. That’s not just bad for us; it’s bad for the world. So how did we as a country get to this place?

My theory is we forgot what progress is and how it works—and why we ever valued it. According the Oxford Dictionary, progress means forward or onward movement towards a destination. Not left or right. Forward.

But “We weren’t really on a forward march, we’d reached stasis,” observed Isabel Kaplan co-

founder of Project 100 Women that launched after the 2016 election to elect 100 progressive women to Congress by 2020, the centennial of women’s suffrage. Congress’ first Year of the Woman was in 1992, and we’re nowhere near gender parity on the Hill. Women still hold only 19% of House seats, whereas 80% remain white and male.

And while, according to Gallup, POTUS has a historically low approval (38%) and his latest SCOTUS nominee ranks below even Robert Bork (39%), they still have twice the approval of Congress (16%). Congress today doesn’t progress; it moves nowhere at all: On healthcare; on infrastructure; on education; on whether this has been the wildest summer for fires, droughts, heat stroke and rat infestations. On every issue Americans say is important, Congress is derelict.

This maddening gridlock exists, because no one will come to the center, listen and collaborate on our much-needed progress.

“Politics is a contact sport. We’ve had our differences, but we’ve worked them out,” relayed Ryan Clancy, chief strategist at No Labels, a bipartisan organization describing itself as the Freedom Caucus of the political center, using

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Freedom Caucus tactics to empower moderates.

Its new Speaker Project is designed to break that gridlock, by supporting a Speaker of the House that will lead from the center, where solutions are negotiated, rather than appease the fringes. It is no pipe-dream. A small bipartisan group of lawmakers could exert tremendous leverage by conditioning their January 2019 vote for the next Speaker. These efforts to break congressional stasis are needed and needed now.

Why do we need more moderates, forwardthinking progressives, women, and minorities?

Because a white male Congress can’t serve a country it doesn’t look like or listen to. A cornerstone of democracy is representation. With representation, there’s inclusion. When there’s inclusion, there’s progress. Not just in gender and race, but in ideas and philosophies. And the only way up is Forward.

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DOES IT MATTER IF YOU’RE BLACK OR WHITE?

With Rep. John Faso fighting for political survival against Antonio Delgado, the NY-19 contest is becoming a race about race.

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EW CONGRESSIONAL incumbents are more vulnerable this year than Rep. John Faso, a Republican representing New York’s 19th Congressional District. The district, which includes 11 counties in The Capital Region, mid-Hudson Valley and Catskills, has been represented by Republicans for the past eight years, despite having only a slight Republican tilt. Voters in the district favored Barack Obama by 8 percentage points in 2008 and by 6 points in 2012 before backing Donald Trump by 7 points in 2016. The district has a roughly even split between Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters.

Apparently taking note that his district swung sharply for a Republican who ran on naked appeals to white racial solidarity, Faso appears to be trying to hold onto his seat by following the same playbook.

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Rep. John Faso’s supporters have attacked challenger Antonio Delgado based on his decade-old rap lyrics.

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Faso’s Democratic opponent is Antonio Delgado, a former rapper, a Rhodes scholar and a lawyer for elite law firm Akin Gump. Delgado is an impressive person, reminiscent of fast-rising political stars such as Obama and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. Delgado is from a half-black, half-Hispanic working-class family in Schenectady, which is near the district. On the campaign trail, he is eloquent, charismatic and reliably on message.

A Harvard Law School alumnus, Delgado has shown remarkable fundraising prowess for a first-time candidate.

He has consistently outraised Faso, raking in $2.7 million as of the end of June, despite Faso receiving $830,000 from super PACs – 10 times more than Delgado.

So far, one of Faso’s openings to attack Delgado has been for the profanity and

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political radicalism of some of Delgado’s decade-old rap lyrics. Whatever impression that made on voters, Faso was condemned by some in the media and local clergy for racist dog-whistle politics. That hasn’t stopped Faso’s allies from continuing to use Delgado’s music career against him: The National Republican Congressional Committee released a commercial that cut back and forth between Delgado’s campaign ads and an old music video.

This attack against Delgado’s lyrics is not Faso’s first foray into right-wing racial politics. Faso’s voting record is somewhat more supportive of Trump’s policies than his district’s politics would predict, according to FiveThirtyEight. He has also embraced Trump-style campaigning this cycle, making racially charged calls to scale back food stamps

and pledging to “keep MS-13 out of New York.”

Indeed, Faso’s troubles started with his vote in favor of the extremely unpopular American Health Care Act – the Trump-backed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act – after promising a constituent he would not vote to take away her insurance. In that commotion, he further stirred controversy by bristling at the very idea of town halls, leading his neighboring representative, Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, to “adopt” Faso’s district for a day by holding a town hall meeting in his stead.

Faso did not respond to a request for comment about this story.

In a year when Democrats are likely to pick up a number of congressional seats, Faso’s potential weakness drew seven candidates into a hotly contested Democratic prima-

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ry to challenge him. The winner, Delgado, was widely seen as one of the Democrats’ strongest possible nominees.

YET FASO STILL has a decent chance of winning another two years in office.

A Spectrum News/Siena College poll in late August showed Faso leading by 5 percentage points among likely voters, while a Monmouth University poll from September showed Delgado leading by 2 points, which was within the poll’s margin of error. Both of these polls suggest that Faso is actually outperforming the overwhelmingly Democratic-leaning national environment.

One reason for this is that upstate New York has been resistant so far to the “blue wave.” Republican Rep. John Katko was shown to be leading Democratic challenger

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“Is a guy who makes a rap album the kind of guy who reflects our lifestyle and values?

People like us, people in rural New York, we are not people who respond to this part of American culture.”

Delgado (far right) who grew up near the district, has been branded an outsider; Faso (left) only moved to the area shortly before running for office.

– gerald benjamin,

Dana Balter by 15 points in the 24th District, which Hillary Clinton won by 4 points. In the 22nd District, Rep. Claudia Tenney – who has made inflammatory comments, such as saying that “so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats” – is behind by 2 points, which is roughly where the national environment would put her, even if she were a more typical candidate.

President Donald Trump, despite his unpopularity nationally, has done better upstate than most national Republicans. Upstate New York swung overwhelmingly from Obama in 2012 to Trump in 2016. While support for Trump has declined in the region since the election, he still holds on to a committed base of voters, which has likely helped insulate some of these weaker con-

gressional Republicans. In the 19th District, Trump remains quite strong, with 48 percent approving of the job he’s doing as president and 47 disapproving, according to a Monmouth University poll. That’s much more favorable than his national approval rating.

The 19th District is especially likely to be Trump-friendly based on its demographics.

Nearly 65 percent of its residents live in rural communities. It’s also overwhelmingly white: about 85 percent of residents are white, while just 4 percent are black and 7 percent are Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Rural and white voters are the core of Trump’s base.

Not only does the district’s white, rural identity benefit Faso in terms of partisanship, it also may hurt Delgado by spawning a cultural divide.

Gerald Benjamin, a Faso ally who runs a political science center at SUNY New Paltz, landed in hot water when he told The New York Times: “Is a guy who makes a rap album the kind of guy who lives here in rural New York and reflects our lifestyle and values? People like us, people in rural New York, we are not people who respond to this part of American culture.”

Though those comments were slammed as racist by many, and Benjamin apologized, it’s true that some of the district’s white rural voters will have qualms about voting for a black man who lived and worked in Los Angeles and New York City, spending part of that period as a hip-hop artist.

FASO’S DISTRICT begins only about 60 miles north of midtown Manhattan, and its

voters have a deep, and somewhat justified, suspicion of carpetbaggers. To many downstate New Yorkers, the Catskills and Hudson Valley aren’t much more than weekend vacation spots. That makes residents of the area especially wary of urban outsiders who show up one day and start running for office the next. Delgado, who grew up and went to college near the district before going to law school, lived much of his life in Los Angeles and Montclair, New Jersey. He moved to the district in early 2017, shortly before announcing his congressional run. He resides in Rhinebeck, a wealthy, liberal, artsy community in Dutchess County.

The carpetbagger label helped sink the campaigns of the past two Democratic nominees, Sean Eldridge and Zephyr Teachout, progressives with

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few ties to the district who moved in right before mounting congressional bids. Though Faso himself grew up in Long Island and moved to the Hudson Valley only a few years before mounting his first Assembly bid, many voters in the area may view a white, male conservative less skeptically.

Yet another reason for Faso to be optimistic is the presence of a popular Hudson Valley Republican on the ticket in November. Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, who has attained some bipartisan support during his nearly seven-year tenure at the helm of the county, which includes a significant chunk of voters in the 19th District, is the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee. He is popular in the district, having won re-election as county executive in 2015 by a landslide.

“He’s recognized as a good

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county executive,” said Richard Born, a professor of political science at Vassar College in Dutchess County, who also added that Molinaro is probably known to many voters who live outside Dutchess County as well.

If Molinaro’s campaign boosts Republican turnout in the Hudson Valley, or if his presence on the ballot persuades some swing voters in the area to vote Republican, it will likely be to Faso’s benefit. Since the Hudson Valley is more densely populated than other parts of the district, its voters comprise a majority of the 19th District’s electorate. Faso, sensing this advantageous dynamic, has geared his campaign almost as much toward running against Gov. Andrew Cuomo as against Delgado.

Faso has tweeted about Cuomo nine times between

July and September. By comparison, he has tweeted about Delgado, his own opponent, just four times in that same time frame. It makes total sense: Cuomo is deeply unpopular in upstate New York, with the latest Siena College poll reporting 60 percent of people view him unfavorably.

But Faso is unpopular in the 19th District, by the standards of most incumbents, with just 34 percent of voters holding a favorable view of him compared to 33 percent who said they view him unfavorably, according to the Monmouth poll. Delgado’s favorability rating was 36 percent, with just 21 percent viewing him unfavorably.

The 19th District also has a history of liberalism. The district twice went for Obama.

Before electing moderate Republican Chris Gibson in

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2010, some parts of the current district were represented by Democrat Maurice Hinchey, a liberal firebrand who had one of the most progressive voting records in Congress. It is the home of hippie haven Woodstock and ultra-liberal Bard College. For well over a year, liberal activists have mobilized and excoriated Faso outside of his office every Friday, in a ritual dubbed “Faso Friday.” Progressive groups like Indivisible and Citizen Action of New York have gained enormous momentum in the district after the 2016 election, and they’re gearing up to take Faso down. So, no matter how rural the district is or who is at the top of the ticket, Faso still has a tough fight on his hands.

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Andrew Solender is a writer for Chronogram Magazine.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TACERA TRENDS LLC Arts of Org filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/16/2018. Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 1385 BROADWAY SUITE 1003, NEW YORK, NY 10018.

Purpose: any lawful act.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Notice of Qualification of 520 WEST 43RD STREET REIT, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/25/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/2/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 729 7th Ave, Fl. 15, NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of LINCOLN AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/14/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/10/18.

Princ. office of LLC: 595 Madison Ave., 16th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Llama San LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/20/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 359 6th Ave., NY, NY 10014. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 50 Withers St., Brooklyn, NY 11211.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

BENNY PLASTERING, PAINTING & REMODELING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 05/18/2018.

Office: Richmond County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 141 Jackson Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of CONSULATE HOTEL ASSOCIATES, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/10/18.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in DE 7/3/18.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Dahan & Nowick LLP. Attn: M. Marc Dahan, Esq., 123 Main St., 9th FL, White Plains, NY 10601.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Flower Oil LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/10/18.

Office location: NY County.

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

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

Notice of Qualification of IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS SERVICES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/22/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/19/17.

Princ. office of LLC: One Federal St., Boston, MA 02110. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Seiva, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/17/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mr. Michael Sloan, WG&S, LLP, 10990 Wilshire Blvd., 8th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of TWA Hotel Documentary LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/22/18.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in DE on 8/20/18. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE address 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 Film Transaction LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 8/16/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: One World Trade Center, 44th Fl, NY NY 10007. Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of formation of Evolution Locksmith, LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY on August 08, 2018. The Office of this LLC is located in Westchester County. Secretary of state is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 90 Stratford Ave., White Plains, NY 10605. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of JMNY Consulting LLC filed with SSNY on July 17, 2018.

Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 774 55th Street, Suite S1, Brooklyn, NY 11220. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

My tinker app, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 9/5/2018.

Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Alvaro Rodriguez, 100 Livingston ave. Apt#2C, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of 88-92 Atlantic Avenue Investors LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/22/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 20 West 22nd St., Ste. 1601, NY, NY 10010.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of BLOCK72 US LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/28/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/14/18.

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

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

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

LEGALNOTICES@ CITYANDSTATENY.COM Chef Abyssinia LLC, Arts.

Of Org. filed with SSNY 07/25/2018.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Abyssinia Campbell, 441 locust st, mount Vernon, NY 10552.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Agus 3629 Holdings LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/8/18. Off. Loc.: New York County. SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 111 8TH AVENUE NY, NY 10011. Reg. Agent: National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011..

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of SITA International USA LLC. Art of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/20/2018.

Office loc.: County of NY. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents Inc., 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful act.

HEY MAMA KITCHEN, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 6/11/2018. Office location: WESTCHESTER County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to LLC: 7 Columbus Ave#450, Tuckahoe NY 10707.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: MARCATO SOLUTIONS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/1/2018. NY office location: Kings County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Marcato Solutions LLC, 204 West 140th St Apt 3D, New York City, NY, 10030.

Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.

EVERYDAY AI, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 6/29/2018. Office loc: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 257 Gold St, 7C, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of MAIN STREET FILMS 2 LLC, name amended to: TV Nation LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/22/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 1700 Broadway, 17th Fl., NY, NY 10019.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of DPM NYC LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/14/18. Office location: New York County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 223 W. 138th St, Ground Fl., NY, NY 10030.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of BROADWAY THE GOLDEN AGE AND BEYOND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/25/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, c/o Jamie deRoy, 180 West 58 St., Ste. 10D, NY, NY 10019.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF QUAL. of Meushar 34th Street Developer LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/6/18.

Off. Loc: NY Co. LLC org. in DE 6/5/18. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave, NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. Addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of GG TWA, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/22/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/02/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: GG TWA, LLC, c/o After Midnight Company, LLC, 145 East 57th St., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Address to be maintained in DE: National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

HUMBLE HOUSING LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/25/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Paulson Eliancy, 65 Seminole Street, Selden, NY 11784. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Qual. of ASSETS CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 09/11/2018. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 06/29/2018. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Patrick De Lisi 1460 Broadway - Office 16-045, NY, NY 10036. Address required to be maintained in DE: Registered Agents Inc., 8 the Green, Ste. R, Dover, DE 19901. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of 192 Lexington Avenue LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/6/18. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/1/18.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 8 W. 40th St, Fl. 3, NY, NY 10018. DE address of LLC: 1013 Centre Rd, Ste 403-B, Wilmington, DE 19805. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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October 1, 2018

STORAGE NOTICE Midtown Moving & Storage Inc. will sell at Public Auction at 810 East 170 Street, Bronx NY 10459 at 6:00 P.M. on October 9, 2018 for due and unpaid charges by virtue of a lien in accordance with the provisions of the law and with due notice given all parties claiming an interest therein, the time specified in each notice for payment of said charges having expired household furniture & effects, pianos, trunks, cases, TV’s, radios, hifi’s, refrigerators, sewing machines, washers, air conditioners, household furniture of all descriptions and the contents thereof, stored under the following names: -AGUILAR ALBERTO/AGUILAR ZELMA -SHARIFF, ABRAHAM -AGOSTO, ANA -ASSENG,KEVIN/NABIL, REGALDO -BROWN, MARY -BRADSHAW, MIKHIAL -CASTRO, PAOLO/PINEDA SHARON -CASANOVA, CRYSTAL -DURAN, MARIO -FAJARDO CRUZ JORGE -HUANG, HUIZ HENG -HIBBERT, JOY/WINT, MICHAEL -JIMENEZ, ISRAEL/RODRIGUEZ CHRISTINA -KRIEGEL, KEVIN -LACERRA, VICTORIA/ WASHINGTON, LEROY -LYNN, ASHLEY Notice of Formation of WF Industrial II LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/13/18. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 80 8th Ave., Ste. 1602, NY, NY 10011. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 7208 Management LLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 8/16/2018. Office: NY County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 8016 Narrows Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Qualification of Bloomfield Capital Holdings, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/17/18. Office location: New York County.

LLC formed in Michigan (MI) on 11/16/11. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. address of LLC: 280 N. Old Woodward, Ste 104, Birmingham, MI 48009.

Cert. of Formation filed with MI Secy of State, Ottowa Bldg, 611 W. Ottowa, POB 30004, Lansing, MI 48909.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of Limited Partnership (“L.P”).

Name: BG Betances L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on September 13, 2018. N.Y. office location: New York County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the L.P. upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to BG Betances L.P., c/o Breaking Ground II Housing Development Fund Corporation, 505 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10018.

The latest date upon which the L.P. shall dissolve is December 31, 2128 unless sooner dissolved by mutual consent of the partners or by operation of the law. Name/ address of each general partner available from SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activity.

-MONZANO AMERICA -MALLEZ, STEPHEN -MARTE, EDWARD -MCKNIGHT, LATIFAH -OCONNELL, CHERYL -PEARSON, DELORES -PENA, GEORGE -RAHAMAN, SIDDIQUR -RIVERA, SAMUEL -SHAPIRO, GERMAN -UMEROUSKI, SAZIVER/ UMEROSKI, KUMET -VOYD, ROBERT -VIPUL, MEHTA DHRISTI -WEBB, WILLIAM/ WILLIAMS, RAMONA -RAMIREZ, NORBERTO -SHAW, TONYA -TURNER, TIFFANY -WALKER, GENDA

Notice of formation of 82 DARTMOUTH LOOP LLC. Arts of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 9/13/2018.

Office location: Richmond.

SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 82 DARTMOUTH LOOP, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 101 WEST END REIT, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/14/18.

Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/22/18.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 729 7th Ave, Fl. 15, NY, NY 10019. 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 Auction Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Access Self Storage of Long Island City located at 2900 Review Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES .

COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on October 5, 2018 and end on October 18, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc.

Household goods and other effects. #237-John G. Pinel, #527-Robert Jeffrey Sussman, #532Daphne Cheng, #809Michael Farsetta, #3314Arnando Peralta, #2112 & 2122- Peter Hargrove, #6108-Jignesh Patel #1702Quinsessa Harrison, #4708Rhonard Bryce-Thurton.

The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale.

Notice of formation of 141 DARTMOUTH LOOP LLC. Arts of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 9/14/2018.

Office location: Richmond.

SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 141 DARTMOUTH LOOP, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”).

Name: BG Betances Housing LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on September 12, 2018. N.Y. office location: New York County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to BG Betances Housing LLC, c/o Breaking Ground II Housing Development Fund Corporation, 505 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10018.

Notice of Formation of MELCAP ADVISORS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/24/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 Riverside Dr., Apt 16JE, NY, NY 10023.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

LAWRENCE LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 02/15/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 435 East 118th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10035.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose

Notice of Auction Notice of Auction Sale is herein given that Citiwide Self Storage located at 45-55 Pearson Street, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 will take place on WWW. STORAGETREASURES.COM Sale by competitive bidding starting on October 5, 2018 and end on October 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. to satisfy unpaid rent and charges on the following accounts: Contents of rooms generally contain misc. #9S01-Raquel Sanchez; contains 40 plus boxes, 2 office chairs, 2 bins, 15 plus bags, 7 crates and miscellaneous items; #4Y22Ying Ho- contains 5 pieces of luggage and a few bags of clothing; #5K07 – Janet Victors – contains 6 jackets, 40 plus boxes, 40 plus bags and miscellaneous items; #1A82A – Corina Flushing/ Artesan Teas - 5 pallets of products, 1 cooler, 25 boxes, 1 shelving unit with miscellaneous items; 3L24Andres Helm-10+ bags, boxes, luggage, shopping cart, misc. furniture; #6C05Christopher MckinneyStuffed animals, living room chairs, head board, 30 boxes and a few bags.

The contents of each unit will be sold as a lot and all items must be removed from the premises within 72 hours. Owners may redeem their goods by paying all rent and charges due at any time before the sale.

M31 ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 1/05/2018.

Office loc: Westchester County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: US Corp Agents, INC. 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of The TWA Hotel Collection LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/13/18.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in DE on 9/7/18.

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

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NOTICE is hereby given that Soleil Consults (US) LLC’s Articles of Organization were filed with the NYS Dept. of State on 09/06/18 to provide Business Support Services. The business is located in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Notice of Formation of L & Co Acquisitions LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/10/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 105 Mulberry St, Ste 202, NY, NY 10013.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qual. of WAYPOINT PARTNERS LLC FICT NAME: WAYPOINT PARTNERS (US) LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 09/17/2018. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 09/06/2018. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, C/O Raich Ende Malter & Co., LLP, 1375 Broadway, 6th FL, NY, NY 10018.

Address required to be maintained in DE: 310 Alder Rd, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of SEABRING HOTEL INVESTORS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/17/18. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Kit A. McQuiston, PO Box 20366, Greeley Sq. Station, 4 E. 27th St., NY, NY 10001, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Ocal Services, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 5/30/18. Off. Loc.: Richmond Co. Legal Zoom designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 145 Laredo Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10312. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Brafin Technical Consulting LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/3/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7 Times Sq., Ste 2900, NY, NY 10036.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF RICHMOND INDEX # 135896/2016 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates Richmond County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgage premise is situated.

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2007-NC1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-NC1, Plaintiff, against VICTORY ADONIYA LEDGERWOOD A/K/A GAIL LEDGERWOOD, any possible unknown heirs at law of VICOTRY ADONIYA LEDERWOOD F/K/A GAIL LEDGERWOOD, if living, and if any be dead, their respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendants who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein; JIM L WILLIAMS III, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOU CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage dated September 14, 2006, executed by VICTORY ADONIYA LEDGERWOOD F/K/A GAIL LEDGERWOOD AND JIM L WILLIAMS III to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND/OR ASSIGNS to secure the sum of $293,600.00 and recorded in Official Records Document 155779, in the Office of the CLERK of the County of RICHMOND on October 11, 2006, which mortgage was thereafter modified. Said mortgage was assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2007-NC1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-NC1, by an assignment of mortgage executed on July 25, 2014, covering premises known as 39 Osgood Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10304 (Block 564, Lot 10).

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed along with the supporting papers in the office of the Clerk of the County of Richmond. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Richmond, Borough of Staten Island, City and State of New York, Block 564, Lot 10, said premises known as 39 Osgood Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10304. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. There is now due and owing from the Borrower to the Plaintiff, the principal sum of $293,241.41 plus interest thereon from March 1, 2013, in addition to those accumulated late charges and those recoverable monies advanced by the Plaintiff and/ or Plaintiff’s predecessor-in-interest on behalf of VICTORY ADONIYA LEDGERWOOD F/K/A GAIL LEDGERWOOD AND JIM L WILLIAMS III together with all costs, including but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, disbursements, and further allowances provided pursuant to the underlying loan documents and applicable law in bringing any action to protect the Mortgagee’s interest in the Subject Property. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 301, Armonk, NY 10504.

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Notice of Qualification of STAGE 3 NYC 335 E 27TH LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/14/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/15.

Princ. office of LLC: 450 Park Ave. South, 5th Fl., NY, NY 10016. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Real estate management.

The American Gold Cup, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 09/24/2018. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, Attn: Adam Brodsky, 3 W 57th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Telem Consulting Concepts LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/3/18. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7 Times Sq., Ste 2900, NY, NY 10036.

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PUBLIC NOTICE SprintCom, Inc. (SPRINT) proposes to install/ upgrade equipment and antennas at the following structures in New York: Manhattan – Ave (Job

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Kings County Snyder Ave in (Job #41286); 490 in Brooklyn (Job

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In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, SPRINT is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. If you would like to provide specific information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within 1/2 mile of the site, please submit the comments (with project number) to: RAMAKER, Contractor for SPRINT, 855 Community Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ramaker.com within 30 days of this notice.

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TT 4U 52, LLC, filed with SSNY 06/27/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corp Agents 7014 13th Ave suite 202 Brookyn, NY 11228 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

JENNINGS CONSULTING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 05/02/2018. Office loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: T Jennings, 225 N Broadway #1S, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Public Notice Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at two locations. Antennas will be installed at a top height of 80 feet on an 83-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 6850 Burns Street, Forest Hills, Queens County, NY 11375.

Antennas will be installed at a top height of 85 feet on a 79-foot building with an overall height of 122.9 feet at the approx. vicinity of 62 18th Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11232.

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

Notice of Formation of OSB Contracting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/30/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Mikhail Gordon 531 East Lincoln Avenue Ste. 2F, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

October 1, 2018 WESTCHESTER MAID SERVICES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 07/25/2018.

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

SSNY shall mail process to LLC: 20 Water Grant St, 204, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of BoldStart Ventures Management LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/19/18. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 11/19/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: BoldStart Ventures, 1250 Broadway, 34th Fl., NY, NY 10001, principal business address. DE address of LLC: c/o Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904.

Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Ellen Broen Coaching, LLC filed with SSNY on June 20, 2018.

Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Ellen Broen, 75 McKinley Ave, B2-8, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 2214275 F O R LIQUOR, WINE, & B E E R HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT 942 RTE 376 WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590.

DUTCHESS COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. COR PRI INC. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A LICENSE, SERIAL # 2213204 FOR LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO SELL LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER IN A CATERING HALL AT RETAIL UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW AT THE NARROWSBURG UNION LLC. 7 ERIE AVE NARROWSBURG, NY 12764 SULLIVAN COUNTY, FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. THE NARROWSBURG UNION LLC 183-185 SCHAEFER STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/25/2018. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 777 Third Ave, 27th Fl, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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