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SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF NEW YORK BOARD OF MANAGERS OF CENTRAL PARK PLACE CONDOMINIUM, Plaintiff -againstCHINESE AMERICAN TRADING COMPANY, INC., Defendant. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein on March 1, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the New York County Courthouse located on the portico at 60 Centre Street, New York on July 6, 2022 at 2:15 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, the Condominium Unit known as Unit No. 52B in the Building known as Central Park Place Condominium, 301 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019. Together with an undivided .3006% interest in the common elements. All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction. Said premises known as 301 WEST 57TH STREET, UNIT 52B, NEW YORK, NY Approximate amount of lien $207,442.94 plus interest, accrued common charges/ assessments, attorneys fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Decision and Order on Motion and Terms of Sale. Index Number 157857/2020. ROBERTA ASHKIN, ESQ., Referee SMITH, BUSS & JACOBS, LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 733 Yonkers Avenue, Suite 200, Yonkers, NY 10704 SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF NEW YORK
NYCTL 2019-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs -against- SICHAO ZHU, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Amended Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein on March 16, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the New York County Courthouse located on the portico at 60 Centre Street, New York on July 20th, 2022 at 2:15 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, County of New York, City and State of New York, known and designated as Block 928 and Lot 1505 on the New York County Tax Assessment Map, and being further known on a such tax rolls as 300 East 23rd Street, Unit 3C, New York, NY 10001. All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction. Said premises known as 300 EAST 23RD STREET, UNIT 3C, NEW YORK, NY Approximate amount of lien $38,913.90 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 158239/2020.
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Phillips Lytle LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiffs 28 East Main Street, Suite 1400, Rochester, NY 14614 SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF NEW YORK BOARD OF MANAGERS OF CENTRAL PARK PLACE CONDOMINIUM, Plaintiff -againstCHINESE AMERICAN TRADING COMPANY, INC., Defendant. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated March 1, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the New York County Courthouse located on the portico at 60 Centre Street, New York on July 6, 2022 at 2:15 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, the Condominium Unit known as Unit No. 50A in the Building known as Central Park Place Condominium, 301 West 57th Street. Together with an undivided .7032% interest in the common elements. All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction. Said premises known as 301 WEST 57TH STREET, UNIT 50A, NEW YORK, NY Approximate amount of lien $179,792.02 plus interest, accrued common charges/assessments, attorneys fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Decision and Order on Motion and Terms of Sale. Index Number 157856/2020. ROBERTA ASHKIN, ESQ., Referee SMITH, BUSS & JACOBS, LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 733 Yonkers Avenue, Suite 200, Yonkers, NY 10704
Notice of Formation of STONOVER MEDIA, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/26/22. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Anthony Bonsignore, 200 Park Ave. S, Fl. 8, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Big Rosie BK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/16/20. Office location: New York county. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o PO Box 20169, New York, NY 10001. Purpose: Architecture services. Notice of Formation of ASBURY DEVELOPER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/04/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NEW YORK, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFRA TRUST 2016-1, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN FARACCO, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Decision + Order on Motion duly entered on February 22, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the portico of the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street, New York, NY on July 20, 2022 at 2:15 p.m., premises known as 411 E. 53rd Street, Apt. 6G, New York, NY 10022. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough, County, City and State of New York, Block 1365 and Lot 1060 together with an undivided 0.4011 percent interest in the Common Elements. Approximate amount of judgment is $512,695.95 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #110188/2009. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale.
Mark McKew, Esq., Referee
Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 1817121
Notice of Qualification of ALPHAMETIC FUND 2022 GP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/08/22. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 379 W. Broadway, NY, NY 10012. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Qualification of ACI VI CLARKSON LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/07/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/11/22. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
TITAN MOMENTUM LLC Filed with SSNY on: 05/02/2022 Location: New York County SSNY designated as agent for service of process & shall mail to: TITAN MOMENTUM LLC, 167 Madison Avenue Ste 205 #160, New York, NY 10016 Purpose: Any Lawful. Notice of Qualification of COLD START STUDIO LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/08/20. Princ. office of LLC: 2875 NE 191st St., Ste. 500, Office 504, Aventura, FL 33180. 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., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Venture capital.
Notice of Formation of ASBURY PRESERVATION CLASS B, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/04/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Formation of 11 EAST 29TH STREET APT 32C, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/28/2022. Office loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Jane Liu, 101 Tournament Dr., Monroe Twp., NJ 08831. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Qualification of DW MARCY, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/17/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/04/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Qualification of FITBIT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/13/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/26/07. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of JJR Property Management, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/04/21. Office Location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 1395 South Platte River Drive, Denver, CO 80323. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qualification of MOTIF ADVISORS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/11/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/04/22. 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 of the State of DE, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
NOTICE OF FORMATION of FSRNY 22-22, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/28/2021. Office location: New York County. Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: CSC; 80 State Street Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose of LLC: For any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of SUZANNE BINGHAM DENNEY LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/19/22. Office Location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: United States Corporation Agents Inc 7014 13th Ave Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of SWEET PLANTASY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/09/2022. Office location: New York county. SSNY designated as agent of 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 purpose. Notice of Qualification of REBEL GAIL, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/26/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 10/13/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Nancy Caravetta, 153 W. 27th St., #202, NY, NY 10001. NJ addr. of LLC: 466 Ridgewood Rd., Maplewood, NJ 07040. Cert. of Form. filed with Elizabeth Maher Muoio, State Treasurer, 125 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08608. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice is hereby given that license number, pending, for beer and wine has been applied for by Chase Sinzer (Sabo LLC) to sell beer and wine at a retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 90 E. 10th Street New York, NY for on premises consumption. Chase Sinzer d/b/a Claud's.
Notice of Qualification of STR8LINE INSURANCE ENTERPRISES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/27/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Idaho (ID) on 04/22/16. Princ. office of LLC: 2005 Vista Pkwy., Ste. 200, W. Palm Beach, FL 33411. NYS fictitious name: STR8LINE INSURANCE AGENCY LLC. 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. Cert. of Form. filed with ID Secy. of State, 700 W. Jefferson St., Rm. E205, Boise, ID 83702. Purpose: Any lawful activity. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of Unconventional Minds LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 2/23/22. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/6/20. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: InCorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 805-A, Albany, NY 122102822. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of WYANDOT SQUARE PRESERVATION CLASS B, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/04/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Rikers basic obligations even in the 17 days it was given to revise Continued from page 3 its last plan. This result raises serious questions about how many more deaths our system is willing to accept before making serious changes,” said Campaign Zero Founder DeRay McKesson. “DOC has run out of chances.” McKesson said that advocates, including the Legal Aid Society, have argued that the only real step forward is to install a federal receivership. She said that the responsibility for the jail should be in the hands of people who can cut through red tape, make systemic reforms, and keep people safe while in custody. Assemblymember Eddie Gibbs (D-East Harlem), the state’s first formerly incarcerated person elected to office, said that he toured the jail about a month ago. He said it is unfortunate that there are issues with understaffing and low morale on the correctional side and that many incarcerated people are dying from sickness or suicide. Gibbs said that a federal receivership means greater resources to deal with the generational, systemic problems at Rikers. He would like to see a collaboration between the two entities, city and state, rather than a complete takeover. “I certainly would like to see the feds come in and help the mayor and commissioner at some time, but I think the mayor and commissioner they’re capable of turning Rikers Island around,” said Gibbs. Ariama C. Long is a Report for America corps member and writes about culture and politics in New York City for The Amsterdam News. Your donation to match our RFA grant helps keep her writing stories like this one; please consider making a tax-deductible gift of any amount today by visiting: https://tinyurl.com/fcszwj8w
Rikers Island (Doug Schneider Photo_iStock)
woman,” citing an attempted murder charge she was facing.
“It is really hurtful to have to grieve, but then defend her name,” said Duncan.
She says if her sister did something wrong, it should be handled through the criminal justice system, not through the shooting of an unarmed woman. And especially not by a cop like Atkins, who had a reputation in Flatbush for excessive force and was named in multiple federal lawsuits. At the end of the day, Duncan hates how her sister was presented as some sort of mastermind criminal.
“When I say her name, I just want to remember that she was a young woman trying to make it in the world,” said Duncan.
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The triple cantilever hasn’t had major repairs from the state Department of Transportation (DOT) since its construction, and the city’s DOT figures said that trucks may need to be banned by 2026 based on the deterioration rate if something isn’t done. In 2021, de Blasio put out a plan to preserve the triple cantilever section for another two decades. The plan included doing small repairs and maintenance, stopping water infiltration to slow down corrosion, and shifting the lanes from three to two to cut down on traffic.
“Our bold, corridor-wide approach will more quickly deliver the safe, modern, resilient structure we need, while confronting the racism built into our infrastructure by reconnecting communities divided by this highway,” continued Adams. “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to access the federal funding necessary to reimagine and rebuild the BQE that a post-pandemic economy and city demand, and we are seizing it.”
The Regional Plan Association (RPA) organization first recommended the construction of the BQE in the 1920s and ’30s. Nowadays they’ve switched gears as an advocacy group for reducing car dependency. RPA also made some of the major recommendations in the ‘Reimagining the BQE’ report that were adopted into de Blasio’s rehab plans for the triple cantilever.
RPA Executive Vice President Kate Slevin said that there are compelling reasons to address the whole highway instead of one section. She advocated that congestion pricing, approved by former Gov. Cuomo and the state, should be designed to reduce traffic on the BQE.
“A percentage of the cars and trucks using that portion of the BQE are actually diverging past the tolled Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to avoid the toll,” said Slevin. “Once you put congestion pricing in place there will be less traffic on the BQE and that, along with other reduction strategies, should be pretty doable to not have a big impact on traffic.”
Slevin said that there are plenty of alternatives to permanently solve the issue with the BQE cantilever. Some people have proposed putting the highway in a tunnel with a park on top or decking it over with land over the highway to make more parks and walkways, said Slevin.
The more extreme solutions would be to remove the highway altogether, like upstate in Rochester, where the Inner Loop East Transformation Project converted a major highway into a boulevard with sidewalks and bicycle lanes. Or, in Seattle, Washington, where the Alaskan Way Viaduct was buried underground to open up waterfront space for parks and housing, said the RPA.
Ultimately, said Slevin, it’s up to state funding and approval as to what happens to the BQE since it’s technically a state road. She said with public outreach, environmental impact studies, lining up federal funding, and then actual construction, “At the end of the day you need both the mayor and the governor to endorse the plan.”
Considering Adams announced this week that he would be endorsing Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection, further collaboration on BQE plans shouldn’t be too hard in the coming years.
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Mayor Ras J. Baraka; Ryan P. Haygood, president & CEO, New Jersey Institute For Social Justice; and Lawrence Hamm, P.O.P. chairman.
Some of the organizational cosponsors included New Jersey Institute For Social Justice, People’s Organization For Progress, Salvation and Social Justice, New Jersey Black Issues Convention, The Inclusion Project-Rutgers University Newark, Black Lives Matter – Paterson, Newark Communities for Accountable Policing, NAACP NJ State Conference, Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey, New Jersey Policy Perspective, ACLU of New Jersey, NAACP Newark, Fair Share Housing Center, United Black Agenda, City of Newark, New Jersey Working Families, Rutgers University Newark, Garden State Bar Association, and Our Revolution – New Jersey, NJ Citizen Action, and Urban League of Essex County.
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Speeding ruins lives. Slow down.
By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor
This past weekend at St. Mary’s Park, located at 148th Street and St. Ann’s Avenue in the Bronx, the Kyrie Irving-Rod Strickland Summer Basketball League began its 25th season.
Conceptualized by LaMarre Dyson, who has run the league since its initial inception as the Rod Strickland-Steve Burrt (former Iona College basketball icon) Basketball League, the tournament has been a fixture of New York City youth basketball attracting participants from throughout the Tri-state area. The games are played Saturdays and Sundays beginning at 9 a.m., featuring the Itty-Biddy, Super Biddy, Biddy and Midget divisions.
“We’ve tried to stay consistent in what we do, in what works for us,” said Dyson late last week ahead of the weekend’s tip-off. “Teams and programs know what to expect with us.” The league had a forced hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19 but returned last summer to a refurbished playground featuring new fiberglass backboards courtesy of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kyrie Irving was not at the league opening on Saturday but his godfather, Bronx native Rod Strickland, a former NBA standout and one of the greatest point guards New York City has ever produced, was on hand to interact with the young hoopers. Drafted in the first round by the Knicks in 1988, Strickland is currently the program director for NBA G League’s Team Ignite.
Dyson is the founder of Young Athletes Inc., a Bronx-based nonprofit organization operated out of I.S. 584 dedicated to serving disadvantaged youth. YAI offers school year, Saturday and summer programs. The school year classes include digital photography, journalism, magazine publishing, robotics, chess and art.
Bronx-born Rod Strickland, one of the greatest point guards in the history of NYC basketball, joined young ballers for the start of the 25th year of the league bearing his name (Photo Credit: Bill Moore)
By LOIS ELFMAN
Special to the AmNews
Two Harlem residents and tennis enthusiasts, Claude Cargill and Bill Brown, started the Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program (HJTEP) in 1972. On June 13, HJTEP celebrated 50 years with its first in-person gala since 2019. Going without this annual fundraiser had been hard for the organization that helps and inspires youngsters through tennis and education. HJTEP brings tennis to youth ages six to 18 from high-risk, low-income neighborhoods and offers opportunities for self-development.
“To be able to see a lot of our board members, our donors and our grantors all together in one room really celebrating the development of champions and tennis, education and wellness in Harlem Junior Tennis is really exciting,” said executive director Katrina Adams. “Two years without having our gala, we had to be creative. We had to make some hard decisions, but through persistence and being resilient we were able to survive and thrive.”
Participants have a 95% high school graduation rate and more than 80% attend college. “For 50 years we’ve been saving lives and changing lives,” Adams said. “Using tennis as that vehicle that develops their life skills and carries them to success.”
The evening’s honorees were Jeanine D. Liburd, recipient of the Harlem Hero Award; Tony Signore, recipient of the Robert Holland Jr. Award; and tennis legend Monica Seles, who received the Shining Star Award.
“I’ve been around for 48 of the 50 years,” said James R. Kelly III, board chairman for the past 20 years. Over the past two years, Kelly has done his utmost to “keep people energized…and staying close to the kids because the educational component to our program is very important.”
Kelly wore a seersucker suit in memory of the late Mayor David Dinkins, a tennis lover and supporter of HJTEP. Dinkins was also on Seles’ mind. She said she used to call him “Coach.” “Mayor Dinkins was a big supporter of [HJTEP] and I wish he was here this evening,” said Seles. “He loved, obviously, tennis. He loved to play it, and he also loved kids, he loved to give back and he was just a great supporter.
“Tennis can be a big part of your life and can give you a lot of stepping stones and tools to navigate through life,” she added. “In tennis, you learn so much about yourself. You learn so many life skills. For so many kids…having this organization stand behind them is a really big support system.”
Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program executive director Katrina Adams (r) with honorees Tony Signore, Jeanine D. Liburd and Monica Seles (Photo credit: Fred/Susan Mullane)
Arizona’s 6-foot-7 wing Bennedict Mathurin and Wisconsin’s 6-foot-5 shooting guard Johnny Davis are two of the top prospects entering tonight’s NBA Draft at the Barclays Center (Photo Credit: Johnny Davis, Wikipedia, Alexander Jonesi; Bennedict Mathurin, Wikipedia, MGoBlog)
The Knicks face a consequential summer beginning with the NBA Draft
By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor
The Knicks’ primary decision makers and fans must assume an unemotional and pragmatic view when assessing the team’s current roster as the 2022 NBA Draft will take place tonight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Personal and visceral attachments have to be disregarded when doing what’s in the best interest of constructing a sustainable winner. Team president Leon Rose and the Knicks front office have an onerous challenge of acquiring the requisite pieces to elevate the franchise to championship contending status.
The Knicks currently do not have one perennial All-Star or player that can dramatically alter their trajectory in an upward direction. The odds of such a player being available with the No. 11 pick the Knicks hold as of the writing of this article are moderate. But if they stay at No. 11 the Knicks may beat the odds and land a player who could become a Reggie Miller (1987) or Klay Thompson (2011). If not a caliber player of the aforementioned two, then perhaps a Domantas Sabonis (2016) or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2018), a pair of excellent young ballers.
Some of the Knicks’ potential choices who may still be available when it’s their turn to select are 6-foot-7 Arizona wing Bennedict Mathurin, 6-foot-5 Wisconsin shooting guard Johnny Davis, 6-foot-7 Baylor 3 and D prospect Jeremy Sochan, and 6-foot-8 G-League combo guard standout Dyson Daniels.
The Knicks, who finished 37-45, 11th overall in the East this past season, are replete with utilitarian veterans and growing secondary players that could be consistently productive in defined roles on a squad anchored by two core difference making talents. Their two best players, Julius Randle and R.J. Barrett, haven’t proved to be in the latter category.
Randle regressed last season after having a career-best 20202021 campaign, being named All NBA Second Team. While Barrett, who turned 22 on June 14, has shown improvement over his three seasons in the NBA, he has not distinguished himself as a budding star. A comparison of the Knicks roster to other building teams in the Eastern Conference, notably the Cleveland Cavaliers (Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen), Atlanta Hawks (Trae Young, John Collins and De’Andre Hunter) and Charlotte Hornets (LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges), reveals there is a conclusive gap as the other three possess franchise cornerstones.
Now the Knicks must be creative and maybe lucky to secure some of their own.
Liberty guard Didi Richards returned to the lineup on Sunday to face the Seattle Storm after missing 12 straight games with a hamstring injury After a long losing streak, the Liberty steady their season
By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor
It’s still a long way to go in the WNBA season, but the Liberty have come through a potentially disastrous stretch to stay within reach of the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference. Assessing their playoff chances is premature. The Liberty still has 19 regular season games remaining, 11 of them on the road, after facing the Connecticut Sun last night (Wednesday) at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. They will be away from home again tomorrow night for a matchup with the Atlanta Dream. The Liberty were four games under .500 at 6-10 and fifth in the six-team East before playing the Sun, who were first in the conference at 12-5. The Liberty are also looking up at the Dream, who were 8-8 after ending a fourgame losing streak on Tuesday by defeating the Dallas Wings in Atlanta 80-75. The Liberty had a longer string of consecutive losses, dropping seven in a row from May 11 to May 29 after defeating the Sun 81-79 in the season opener.
They were a reeling 1-7, battling injuries and uncertainty under veteran head coach Sandy Brondello, who is in her first year guiding the Liberty. Brondello was formerly the head coach of the Phoenix Mercury from 20142021, leading them to the 2014 WNBA title and two Finals appearances, as well as head coach of the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2010. So Brondello’s experience on the bench was key to the Liberty persevering through their early struggles.
They were 5-3 in their previous eight games going into Connecticut. They also welcomed back guard Didi Richards, who played her first game on Sunday since May 13 after sitting out over a month with a hamstring injury. She logged 13 minutes off the bench in only her second game this season in the Liberty’s 81-72 loss to the Seattle Storm at the Barclays Center.
The game marked native New Yorker Sue Bird’s last regular season WNBA game in her home area. Last week the 41-year-old Syosset (Long Island) native, who played her high school ball at Christ the King in Queens and collegiately at UConn, announced she would be retiring at the conclusion of this season. Bird scored 11 points and had four assists for the Storm.
The 5-foot-9 point guard has authored one of the most accomplished careers in the history of basketball, including winning four WNBA championships, two NCAA championships and five Olympic gold medals. Her individual accolades are stunning. Bird is a 12-time WNBA All-Star, five-time All-WNBA First Team selection, the WNBA all-time assists leader and the 2002 AP College Player of the Year.
After tomorrow, the Liberty will be off until next Thursday when they host the Dream in Brooklyn.
(L-R) Rutgers University president Jonathan Hollway; Coquese Washington’s son, Quenton; Coquese Washington; her daughter, Rhaiyna; her husband, Raynell Brown; and Rutgers director of athletics Pat Hobbs (Photos credit: Dustin Satloff/Rutgers Athletics) Coquese Washington and men’s basketball coach Steve Pikiell
By LOIS ELFMAN
Special to the AmNews
When legendary coach C. Vivian Stringer announced her retirement after a 50-year coaching career, Rutgers University undertook a national search to find her successor. Three weeks later, Coquese Washington was announced as the new head coach of Scarlet Knights women’s basketball, just the third full-time head coach in the program’s history.
“I’m excited about the challenge and looking forward to it,” said Washington. “I can’t speak enough about what an honor it is to follow in the footsteps of Coach Stringer and Coach [Theresa] Grentz (Stringer’s predecessor) and what they’ve accomplished and built over the years. I’m the lucky one who gets to be next.
“I can’t believe how blessed and fortunate I am to have this opportunity to walk in here with all of this history, all of the accomplishments,” she added. “It’s a wonderful guide for me in terms of how to establish a level of excellence that this community is used to for the past 40-plus years.”
As a pro, Washington played two seasons with the New York Liberty and won a WNBA title with the Houston Comets. She began her coaching career in 1999 at her alma mater, Notre Dame, serving as assistant coach and then associate head coach. From 2007 to 2019, she was head coach at Penn State. The past two years, Washington returned to the Notre Dame coaching staff.
When Stringer became a head coach, there were not many Black female head coaches in Division I and she has spoken of how lonely she felt. Washington is part of the Women of Color Coaching Network, where members connect and help each other through some of the struggles that are unique to them.
After college and before she entered the WNBA, Washington attended law school at Notre Dame, so she understands guiding her players to see wide horizons. In addition to being highly competitive on the basketball court, she wants the players to take advantage of the whole university so they don’t simply earn a degree but become highly educated.
“One of the things that we’ll do here at Rutgers is make sure that they understand how many resources there are available and to get outside of the athletic silo and make yourself a part of the Rutgers University community, not just the Rutgers athletic community or the women’s basketball community,”
New policies are being established for transgender athletes
By VINCENT DAVIS Special to the AmNews
In what should be an issue of common sense, the determination on transgender athletes competing against men or women has become controversial and divisive.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has voted to enact a policy that would restrict transgender women from competing in the top women’s meets; it took effect this past Monday. FINA is looking to establish an “open” group at the elite events for transgender swimmers to compete.
The new policy states that, “Male-to-female transgender athletes will only be eligible to compete in the women’s categories in FINA competitions if they transition before the age of 12 or before they reach stage two on the puberty Tanner Scale.”
The Tanner Scale, developed by British pediatrician James Tanner in 1969, is a scale of physical development in children, adolescents and adults. It defines physical measurements of development based on their external primary and secondary sex characteristics, such as the size of the breasts, genitals, testicular volume, and development of pubic hair.
The Tanner Scale, also known as the Tanner Stages or the Sexual Maturity Rating (SMR), was a two-decade-long study following the physical changes in girls undergoing puberty.
“This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” said James Pearce, spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, to the Associated Press.
“They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous,” Pearce continued. “You can’t transition by that age in most countries, and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.”
This past March, Lia Thomas, a transgender woman and swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, won the 500-yard freestyle event in the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, becoming the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA Division I swimming title.
Elected officials across the country have weighed in on the issue of transgender athletes through legislation. Twelve states, excluding West Virgina, where legislation was blocked, have transgender sports bans.
In March, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA Division I swimming title (Photo credit: pennathletics.com)
