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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER

We shouldn’t have paid to buy Amazon’s love It’s absurd, isn’t it? Amazon is going to build half of its new second headquarters in New York City, and New York taxpayers will give up $1.56 billion for the privilege.

Governor Cuomo says we had to offer that money if we wanted Amazon to come to our state. “All things being equal,” he told the New York Times, “if we do nothing, they’re going to Texas.”

Not everybody agrees. “Bad bargain,” said the Times’ editorial page. “HQ2 decision was about talent, talent, talent,” said Alan Berube at the Brookings Institution.

Seems to me they’re right. Amazon wanted a ready tech workforce, 25,000 to 50,000 strong – “ready” meaning not having to import workers to the chosen new location. And while it was fun to imagine Amazon coming to Rochester, we never had a chance.

Now Amazon will take its intense, long-hours culture to New York City and Arlington, Virginia. It’ll suck a lot of employees out of other companies there, and they’ll start looking for new hires. Housing prices will go up and traffic – already difficult in both – will get worse.

And taxpayers in New York State and Virginia will pay for the pleasure.

Our governor and Virginia’s can brag and preen, but this is a scam. You can’t blame Amazon; they didn’t create this give-away. Local and state governments did, and they all play the game.

Corporations benefit from it, of course, but as journalist David Cay Johnston has said, it’s perfectly legal.

It is also perfectly ludicrous.

There’ve been lessons aplenty from Amazon’s HQ2 search. One of them, Brookings’ Alan Berube noted, is that “Amazon’s decision reinforces that we’re overdue for a national solution to the problem of corporate giveaways.”

“Why the hell are US cities spending tens of billions of dollars to steal jobs from one another in the first place?” asked Atlantic writer Derek Thompson.

“Every year,” wrote Thompson, “American cities and states spend up to $90 billion in tax breaks and cash grants to urge companies to move among states.

That’s more than the federal government spends on housing, education, or infrastructure. And since cities and states

A lesson from the Amazon deal, says a Brookings fellow: “we’re overdue for a national solution to the problem of corporate giveaways.” can’t print money or run steep deficits, these deals take scarce resources from everything local governments would otherwise pay for, such as schools, roads, police, and prisons.”

Business leaders talk a lot about New York’s high taxes, but some of those taxes replace money the state failed to take in because of tax breaks and other benefits handed out in the name of “economic development.”

Local handouts, courtesy of Imagine Monroe, the county’s economic development effort, make fascinating reading, incidentally.

For instance: Earlier this year, we gave property tax, sales tax, and mortgage recording tax exemptions to Skyview on the Ridge, originally known as Irondequoit Mall and then as Medley Center. As Medley, of course, we gave it massive amounts of public benefits before its owner submitted to market forces and closed it down.

Over the years, we’ve given tax breaks to a grocery store, a hotel, and many other firms, all of which, presumably, were either expanding or relocating because their business was growing. Sometimes we’ve given them tax breaks to move from one community in the county to another, taking their employees and their property taxes with them.

Nothing about this makes sense, but no government is willing to stop playing the game. Woulda been nice if our governor, who likes to be seen as a national leader, had led the nation on this issue. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Reading basics On the problems in the Rochester school district:

Children can’t read. When they can’t read, they can’t write, do math, history, science, etc. We see this in the volunteer tutoring we’ve done at the Notre Dame Learning Center for the past two years.

This year we are working with three students in third grade.

They are not working at their grade level; they are working at an early firstgrade level. However, they have passed on to third grade. They sit in classes every day and struggle and can’t absorb what’s being taught, because the basics are not in place. They can’t move forward.

What will be done to bring these children up to the level they need to move forward?

JO EMERSON

‘Deprived’ how?

In “Yet Another Crisis for Rochester’s Schools,” Mary Anna Towler referred to “students who are being deprived of the education they need….”

From what I see, city students aren’t being deprived of anything.

There are schools students can go to. There’s transportation to take them there. There are teachers to teach them.

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The schools have supplied books, pencils, and paper. Nobody is preventing students from attending school. Of course, they’re flunking out, and the reasons for that have been debated for decades. But they’re not being deprived of an education.

TED SMITH

Midterm lessons On Donald Trump and the midterm elections:

What Trump has done is give us a crash course in democratic government weaknesses.

The mid-term election responded to some of our weaknesses, but this is only a beginning. We have an opportunity to change the system.

The middle-class intellectual Democrats have become too comfortable. So now, Trump frightens us all, on a daily basis, with his Tweets, etc. Had Hilary been elected, we might still be comfortable and asleep. Chin up! It is on to 2020. Perhaps in 2020, our vision will sharpened, approaching 20-20.

HARRY PEARLE

A different look at gun violence

On a new research effort at RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives, which is focusing on retaliatory violence: I like the

supportive approach to the victims. It goes even further than stemming retaliations; it helps the healing process.

JEFFREY FREEMAN

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE | BY JEREMY MOULE

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RPD officer arraigned on assault charge Rochester police officer Michael Sippel has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge that is based on allegations that he used excessive force in a May incident. Sippel is currently on suspension.

Rochester resident Christopher Pate has said that Officers Sippel and Spenser McAvoy stopped and questioned him about a crime they were investigating. He provided identification proving that he wasn’t the suspect they were looking for, he said, but the officers tased him, handcuffed him, and assaulted him.

They arrested Pate for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, but a judge dismissed the charges. Pate was treated at a hospital for injuries that included fractured occipital and jaw bones.

The Rochester Police Department’s Professional Standards Section found that there was enough evidence to charge both Sippel and McAvoy with violating department rules and regulations, and then-Police Chief Michael Ciminelli suspended the two without pay. Ciminelli also asked District Attorney Sandra Doorley to review the case to determine whether the officers should be charged with a crime. Ultimately, only Sippel was charged.

Sippel’s defense attorney, Clark Zimmerman, spoke to media after last week’s arraignment proceedings. He told media that Sippel wants the community to know that he’s a good police officer and was acting within his duties. He said Pate tried to avoid the officers, who were trying to determine whether he was the suspect were looking for.

The “whole thing could have been avoided” if Pate “just stopped and let the police identify who he was,” Zimmerman told reporters.

But the Rev. Lewis Stewart, president of United Christian Leadership Ministry, fired back. In remarks delivered during a press conference, Stewart said Zimmerman “has lied and deliberately misrepresented the facts.” He accused Sippel and McAvoy of deliberately escalating the incident and failing to respect Pate’s rights.

And, he said, “Historically, there has been a repeated and persistent pattern of excessive force by local police as though people of color have no rights which cops ought to respect.”

City officials are still drafting legislation to revise the way Rochester handles citizen complaints about police conduct. City Council President Loretta Scott had hoped to have that legislation ready for a vote earlier this year, but a key question still hasn’t been resolved: Who, under state law, can discipline officers.

EDUCATION | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER

The search begins for a new superintendent

Rochester Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams will leave the district at end of January.

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With Superintendent Barbara DeaneWilliams leaving in just over two months, the Rochester school board has begun the search for two people to replace her: a new superintendent and an interim superintendent who’ll run things while the board looks for someone more permanent.

Deane-Williams’ contract doesn’t expire until July, but her relationship with the board has become increasingly strained. And in October, she announced unexpectedly that she would be leaving at the end of January.

That gave the board only a short time to find someone to replace her.

The board has already begun setting up interviews with candidates for the interim position, board President Van White said on Monday. “We should have one in place long before Barbara leaves,” he said.

There’s no target date for when the interim superintendent would start, White said, “but the sooner the better.”

Ideally, he said, the interim would be someone already familiar with the district, so candidates may include people currently working

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in the district. But board members are also reaching out to major education organizations such as the New York State School Boards Association and the Council of Great City Schools.

In looking for permanent superintendents, the school board has often hired a search firm to find and screen candidates. The board issued a Request for Proposals from search firms on November 8, White said, with a November 28 deadline for submissions. The board won’t decide whether to hire a firm or conduct the search on its own until after it reviews the proposals it gets, White said.

The search process normally takes 12 to 16 weeks, he said. The board’s goal: to have a new superintendent start work in June, giving that person some overlap with the interim.

As it begins that process, the board will be getting a new member, Judith Davis, who was elected in November.

Two other members, Beatriz LeBron and Natalie Sheppard, joined the board last January.

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Groups across New York are calling on the Assembly, Senate, and Governor Andrew Cuomo to pass and sign bills that would legalize marijuana, eliminate cash bail, restore voting rights to incarcerated people and parolees, and reform parole and solitary confinement policies.

JUSTICE | BY JEREMY MOULE

Activists press Dems on mass incarceration Come January, Democrats will have control of both chambers in the New York State Legislature. And social justice groups across the state view the power shift as an opportunity to fight mass incarceration and reform state court and prison policies.

The Rochester Alliance of Communities Transforming Society (Roc/ACTS) is joining with groups across the state to call on the Assembly, Senate, and Governor Andrew Cuomo to enact a list of specific legislation.

Among them are bills to legalize and tax marijuana, eliminate the use of cash bail, restore voting rights to incarcerated people and parolees, and allow the state parole board to consider release for any inmate over 55 who has served a sentence of at least 15 years.

One bill would require prosecutors to automatically provide defendants access to all evidence against them. Currently, defendants have to request specific evidence from prosecutors during the pre-trial discovery process.

Another bill would restrict the amount of time an inmate can be kept in solitary confinement, restrict the circumstances under which an inmate can be put in solitary, and prohibit solitary confinement of inmates under 21 or over 55, inmates who are pregnant, and inmates with certain health conditions or disabilities.

Roc/ACTS – an interfaith social justice organization with members from urban and suburban congregations – held a press conference last week to bring attention to the agenda, as did other organizations across New York. Betty Hancock and Kathleen FitzPatrick, who co-chair the group’s Criminal Justice Task Force, focused their remarks on solitary confinement.

Many inmates are sent to solitary for minor infractions, and some are held in isolation for extended periods of time, Hancock said in an interview last week.

They’re allowed out of their cells for only an hour a day and have very little contact with other people. Researchers have found that solitary confinement can have severe and lasting effects on a person’s mental health.

“We’re very concerned about the humanitarian aspect of solitary confinement,” Hancock said.

JustLeadershipUSA, the organization behind the #FREEnewyork campaign, also signed on to the agenda. The campaign advocates for bail, discovery, and speedytrial reforms. On Friday, the organization held a truth commission event at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church to draw awareness to those issues, as well as local police accountability work.

Ashley Gantt, the Rochester

organizer for JustLeadershipUSA, says the current discovery process prevents defendants – especially poorer defendants represented by time-pressed public defenders – from putting together an effective defense or making informed decisions about FILE PHOTO pleading guilty.

Defense attorneys have to request evidence from prosecutors once they’re aware of it, or base it on guesses about what prosecutors have, Gantt says.

The #FREEnewyork campaign is calling on the state to explore other, more equitable forms of bail and to eliminate cash bail, Gantt says.

Social justice and civil rights groups have long argued that New York’s cash bail system goes against the fundamental underpinning of the US justice system: that a person is innocent until proven guilty. Too often, Gantt says, people who are accused of crimes spend excessive amounts of time in jail awaiting trial because they can’t

afford bail. As a result, they may lose their jobs, housing, or custody of their children, even though they haven’t been convicted of anything.

And often, people are held on bail that’s set relatively low. The New York Civil Liberties Union publicized the problem in a March report. Between 2010 and 2014, 6,673 people spent a week or more in Monroe County jail on bail set at $1,000 or less, says the report. More than 1,900 of those people spent more than a week in jail on bail of $250 or less, it says.

“We’re asking that people not just languish in jail for months on end,” Gantt says.

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BAD MARKS [ANALYSIS] BY TIM MACALUSO

YET ANOTHER REPORT SAYS THE ROCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BROKEN The Rochester school district has been under fire for decades. There’ve been countless rallies, protests, consultant reports, and blue-ribbon panels. Newspaper editorial writers and other critics have accused the school board and union leaders of being more interested in protecting their own interests than in educating children. And teachers and staff have often expressed frustration, saying they’re accused of not caring about their students.

Distinguished Educator Jaime Aquino’s highly anticipated assessment of the Rochester school district, released last week, offers both new and previously reported insights. But this isn’t just one more report. Comments made by State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Chancellor Betty Rosa at last week’s press conference made it clear: the Rochester school system is broken, and state officials don’t intend to let it stay that way.

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“Right now, we have a situation I would classify as a crisis,” Rosa said.

“This is not acceptable.”

Calling the report an “indictment,” Elia and Rosa gave Rochester school officials an ultimatum: The district has reached the end of the road. Change is coming. Get on board or get out of the way.

The report isn’t a thorough analysis of the problems in the district’s operations.

It couldn’t be, given the 45-day deadline Aquino had. Some of Aquino’s charges are based on anecdotal information rather than hard data, as board President Van White noted in his response to the report.

And Aquino dismissed or downplayed the importance of some of the challenges facing urban districts like Rochester’s. Still, his blunt, hard-hitting 60-page report portrays a district in need of serious reform.

WHO’S WHO The latest effort to improve public education in Rochester is being carried out by people and departments in both Rochester and Albany. The officials involved:

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: New York’s education department, led by Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia, oversees all public school districts in the state. While each district has its own superintendent and elected school board, the SED has the ultimate responsibility for public education. And it has the authority to force districts to make changes – including reorganizing or closing poorly performing schools – if necessary.

School board members (from left) Willa Powell, Van White, Natalie Sheppard, and Beatriz LeBron had different responses to Jaime Aquino’s report on the district. PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH

AQUINO’S REPORT SPARES VIRTUALLY NO AREA in the district from

criticism, and it’s full of references to past reports, underscoring the fact that the district’s problems have been well known for years.

Aquino describes a school board that isn’t unified, doesn’t even agree on what its own role is, doesn’t understand the district’s finances, and oversteps its boundaries. He describes a district that lacks cohesive, effective management – partly due to too much turnover in top leadership.

Among his conclusions:

ON THE SCHOOL BOARD’S ROLE From the report: “Board Commissioners could not clearly define their roles and responsibilities, which interfered with the superintendent’s ability to lead effectively….

Commissioners need to be reminded that the Board’s main responsibilities include making policy, overseeing the budget, and selecting and evaluating the superintendent.”

Aquino’s report is extremely critical of the school board. At times, it says, the board has sidelined the superintendent and blurred the line between governance and management. This board and some previous boards, the report notes, haven’t seen their role as being limited to the traditional: making policy, approving budgets, and hiring superintendents. Some board members have been too hands-on in the management of the district and too willing to take over some of the superintendent’s responsibilities, the report says.

The report calls for a more unified relationship among board members and between board members and the superintendent. Currently, personality clashes spill into public view, it says. And Aquino recommends training for board members on how to be more effective as a unit.

Aquino criticizes the board for not holding superintendents accountable for enforcing board policies and directives.

An example: More than a year ago, the board voted to make School 33 a feeder school for East High school. School 33 administrators didn’t fully support the idea and resisted implementing it, though, and the board didn’t hold the superintendent accountable for carrying out their decision, so the change hasn’t been fully implemented.

ON LEADERSHIP INSTABILITY From the report: “The district has undergone a significant leadership turnover at the top: five superintendents in the last 10 years.”

Board leaders have insisted that changes in superintendents won’t affect the district’s efforts to improve student achievement, but the report says the negative effects of the district’s near constant change in leadership are obvious.

In addition, the report notes that leadership changes haven’t been limited to superintendents. Deputy superintendents, school “chiefs” – who are responsible for groups of schools – and school principals change frequently, resulting in new directions and new priorities, and a failure to implement previous district decisions.

THE ROCHESTER SCHOOL BOARD: Rochester’s public school system is overseen by a sevenmember board elected by the public. The board appoints and oversees a superintendent, who is in charge of the district’s day-to-day operations. Its president, currently attorney Van White, is elected by the board.

THE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR: State Education Commissioner Elia appointed Jaime Aquino to this temporary position because of the Rochester district’s persistently low student performance. “The Rochester City School District needs to address many deficiencies in instruction and student support that are the barriers to student learning,” Elia said at the time Aquino’s appointment.

Aquino’s assignment was to study the district’s operations, write a report on what he found, and give it to Elia within 45 days. Elia, joined by Aquino and state Education Chancellor Betty Rosa, presented Aquino’s report at a press conference on November 14.

Aquino, who began his career as a bilingual teacher in Queens, has held leadership positions in the Los Angeles, Denver, and Hartford school districts. The school board had no say in the appointment, but the district will pay his salary.

Aquino will stay in Rochester at least until the board, with his help, has created an improvement plan.

WHAT’S NEXT: The board is to present its improvement plan to Elia in early February. This could be challenging, because Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams recently announced she will be leaving at the end of January. So the board will be developing the improvement plan at the same time that it begins a search for Deane-Williams’ replacement. And in January, when a new board term begins, two of the seven members will have served only a year and a third will be brand new. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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For instance, the district’s troubled special education program has put the district in legal jeopardy for not complying with laws and regulations. Because the department has had “seven executive directors in the last ten years – five since 2016 – and a current director who has been in the position for less than a year, leadership has been lacking,” the report says.

The lack of effective leadership is so widespread that it’s not even clear who is ultimately responsible for special education students, the report says.

The report also shines a spotlight on one of the most serious consequences of the frequent leadership changes: the inability to implement even basic elements of school management, such as correctly taking attendance. The latter may have contributed to one of the most tragic incidents in the district’s history – the death of a student.

ON TEACHING AND LEARNING At a press conference last week, Chancellor Betty Rosa (above) and State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said the Rochester school district’s operations and low student achievement are “unacceptable.”

PHOTOS BY JACOB WALSH

From the report: “Curriculum programs vary greatly across content areas and grade levels.

As a result, teaching staff lack the necessary guidance about what to teach, when and how to teach it, and the best tools for assessing student learning.”

For a variety of reasons, many families in the city move frequently, which makes a common curriculum used across the district extremely important. But the Rochester district doesn’t have one.

Aquino’s report notes that the rate of indistrict student mobility in city schools is somewhere around 25 percent. That means students moving from one city school to another may fall behind when they get to their new school if it isn’t using the curriculum the student was used to working with.

The report suggests that not having a common curriculum can lead to more students needing intervention services.

It can also contribute to over-identifying students as needing special education services, the report says.

ON ACCOUNTABILITY From the report: “There is no performance management system…. Supervisors, including the superintendent, are often not aware of the work of their direct reports…. An often heard complaint is that no one is held accountable for poor performance. On the contrary, it has been reported that the district rewards poor work by promoting staff that have not been successful, demoralizing those who work diligently.”

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Aquino’s report describes an organization that is extraordinarily complacent about accountability, and that failure has impacted morale. Teachers and community activists complain about ineffective teachers and administrators who get moved to a different school or to central office instead of being fired.

Those complaints are echoed by new school board members Beatriz LeBron and Natalie Sheppard, both of whom in their professional lives have worked with the district. The district has many hard-working and gifted teachers and administrators, the two board members say, but too often, ineffective people keep their jobs when they should be let go.

This has been a common complaint for decades, and critics often accuse the district’s unions of protecting ineffective employees.

Union leaders insist that they don’t condone poor performance but that teachers and administrators have a right to due process.

Has the district failed in this responsibility because evaluating performance, documenting problems, and removing ineffective employees is too time-consuming?

Do superintendents and supervisors feel they don’t have the authority to hold others accountable or that their personnel decisions will be challenged and overturned?

Or do administrators fear retaliation and think that writing someone up isn’t worth the political upheaval it may cause?

Aquino’s report doesn’t raise those questions, but the lack of accountability in performance oversight is another example of the district’s problems in leadership.

ON FINANCES From the report: “Most stakeholders (Board, administrators, teachers, parents, and community members) lack any real understanding of the serious implications of the district’s structural deficit. Some seem to believe that funding will always be available.

The chief financial officer has shared with the board that ‘If this continues, the District’s finances will hit rock bottom within three-tofive years.’”

The district’s budget is now just shy of $1 billion. Some community members, including some current and former City Council members, have criticized the district’s finances, calling its budget bloated and mismanaged.

Last week, while presenting his report, Aquino didn’t make that specific criticism. But he did say that the district is not short of money and that it has enough to do its job.

“Most schools,” his report says, “appear to be generously staffed with little thought given to long-term sustainability.”

It’s unclear whether additional staffing would improve student outcomes, the report says. Aquino also pointed to a wide disparity in the distribution of funding and services among schools.

“The total school funding per pupil ranges from a low of $17,414.20 to a high of $36,103.35,” the report says, “with a mean of $21,472.65.”

Aquino criticized how the district manages its finances, said the board as a whole doesn’t understand the finances, and said the board relies too heavily on a three-person board committee for its financial oversight. As a result, the board sometimes doesn’t notice problems when they exist. In some instances, for example, contracts exceeding $35,000 haven’t been submitted to the board for prior approval, which is a board policy.

There’s a strong possibility that the district will face a financial shortfall in the next several years

if the board and the superintendent don’t head it off, Aquino said, and yet there is no sense of urgency concerning the district’s finances.

Much of the report was highly critical of the district and its leaders, but Aquino did point out some bright spots. The district’s Pre-K program is generally recognized as one of the best in the country, his report says. And there’s been a concerted effort to improve school climate, provide training in cultural competency, and reform the district’s approach to student discipline – which has led to reduction in the suspension rate in some city schools.

After years of complaints from parents, students, and community activists, the district has provided some training to try to eliminate racism in the district. But “racism has not been fully acknowledged and does not inform school practices,” the report says.

Distinguished Educator Jaime Aquino’s report on the state of the Rochester school district described an organization in chaos, partly due to excessive changes in leadership.

PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH

Although his report lists numerous problems that an effective district

should be able to correct, Aquino seems to downplay or overlook some key challenges facing urban districts.

For instance, Rochester’s child poverty rate is one of the highest in the country. More than 80 percent of city students are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Many school officials report that the meals that some children receive in school are their main source of nutrition.

Hundreds of Rochester school children are homeless at any given time, according to some reports. And many more enter school unprepared and already behind in basic skills, making early childhood development programs a necessity. On the whole, the report hardly mentions parental responsibility.

Rochester is home to many immigrants, and nearly 100 different languages are spoken by children in city schools. That problem intensified last year, when the district took in about 500 students from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Many spoke no English.

Aquino makes little reference to factors like these and their impact on city students and their families. And the report dismisses the district’s high poverty rate and the real cost of education and providing students with the services that Elia and Rosa said they “need and deserve.”

Though the report mentions that the district is trying to address the challenges that stem from childhood trauma and mental health problems, the district has struggled to hire enough social workers within its budget.

And although the district does receive some support from outside agencies in areas like mental health, the need for all types of family support services remains high in Rochester.

As with most reports like this one, Aquino’s doesn’t cite examples of successful large urban school districts that could serve as models for Rochester: large, high-poverty school districts with graduation rates in the mid-90’s and college and career-ready students.

While there are examples of highperforming schools in high-poverty districts, high-performing urban districts are rare.

Aquino’s report also gives short shrift to one of the district’s recent success stories: the partnership with the University of Rochester at East High School.

Ironically, the report’s sole reference to East High was its $36,000 per student costs. The school has shown the most dramatic student achievement increase in the district in the last two years – due in large part to an investment in providing students with emotional support.

Although the report calls for labor agreements that are less generous to the unionized employees, that won’t be easy to negotiate

Aquino’s report also glosses over the complexities of the relationship between the school board and the superintendent. For instance, the report seems to minimize some of the challenges of an elected school board becoming a unified body. Not all board members run for office to be unifiers. Some campaign instead on being disruptors who will shake up the system. And as Aquino notes, that can leave a superintendent with seven different bosses, each with a different idea of why they’re there.

Board members also reflect the public’s priorities, which change over time. For example, when former Superintendent JeanClaude Brizard left, many activists urged the school board to hire someone local to succeed him. His successors, Bolgen Vargas and now Barbara Deane-Williams, are local, but the board ended up dissatisfied with both.

And when a board hires a superintendent and a year later finds that he or she isn’t living up to its expectations, it has few options. It can try to get the superintendent to change, but if it’s not successful it can buy out the contract, look for a new one, and cope with the resulting instability, or it can try to live with the superintendent’s shortcomings.

For all of the report’s emphasis on

reducing leadership change, the Rochester school district is entering a phase of particularly intense change. Last winter, three new members joined the seven-member school board: Melanie Funchess and Beatriz LeBron were appointed to fill unexpired terms, and Natalie Sheppard joined as a new elected board member. Earlier this month, Funchess lost her seat to Judith Davis, who will join the board in January, shortly before the superintendent leaves.

In the coming months, the board with its three new members will have to agree on an interim superintendent and a permanent superintendent, which may be particularly difficult given the current divisions on the board.

And it will need to work with Aquino, who will stay with the district into next year to help create yet another improvement plan, which has to be submitted to Elia in February.

But the hard job is not writing another plan.

As the report emphasizes, the hard work is in implementation, sustained leadership, and hiring and training strong management.

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Dining & Nightlife

ILLUSTRATION BY RYAN WILLIAMSON

Jolly green beans [ RECIPE ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

VEGAN (GLUTEN-FREE) GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

For years my lactose-intolerant brother has had to abstain from his favorite holiday dish, green bean casserole, because of its dairy ingredients. Sure, he can take over-the-counter medicine to lessen the impact dairy has on his digestive system, but the pills are pricey and he has to take one each time he indulges (it’s not an all-day kind of pill).

In the meantime, two other family members went on a gluten-free diet, which has limited the scope of dishes they can freely enjoy. And I’m shifting into a vegan diet, so you can imagine how complicated our holiday meal planning has become. Sorry, mom!

I decided to try to re-create that favorite side dish in a form that hits all the requirements for my family. So just in time for Thanksgiving, I give you: Vegan (gluten-free) Green Bean Casserole. I adapted the following recipe from one created by Guy Fieri, because everyone deserves a ticket to Flavortown, regardless of dietary needs. Visit the online version of this article to comment and add your favorite recipes for specialty diets. Cheers!

YIELD: 6 TO 8 SERVINGS | COOK TIME: 30 TO 35 MINUTES INGREDIENTS: 1 ½ lbs green beans, trimmed 2 Tbsp vegan butter or olive oil 4 medium shallots, sliced and separated into thin rounds Sea salt and black pepper 2 garlic cloves, minced ½ tsp fresh thyme leaves (1/4 tsp for dried) ¼ tsp cayenne powder ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 1 lb mixed mushrooms (I prefer oysters and shiitakes for this), chopped 1 cup unsweetened plain almond milk 1 cup gluten-free vegetable broth 2 Tbsp all-purpose gluten free flour (I like Bob’s Red Mill) 1 cup gluten-free crispy fried onions (store bought, or visit this article online for a recipe)

DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Bring a large pot of water to boil and salt well (to season the beans). Add the beans and cook for 5 minutes, then drain and place in an ice water bath.

When chilled, drain and set aside.

2. In a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat, add vegan butter or olive oil, shallots, thyme, and garlic. Once the pan is hot, add the mushrooms and stir. Season with salt, pepper, cayenne powder, and nutmeg, and stir. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, then add mushrooms and season with a bit more salt and pepper. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes until lightly browned.

3. Sprinkle in the flour and whisk to coat the veggies.

Cook for 1 minute, then slowly whisk in the vegetable stock.

4. Add the almond milk and whisk. Season with a bit more salt and pepper, bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low so it thickens up. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes or until thick and bubbly. Taste and adjust seasonings as necessary.

5. Remove from heat and add 1/3 of the friend onions and all of the cooked green beans. Toss to coat well, and top with the remaining fried onions.

6. Bake for 15 minutes, or until warmed through and slightly browned on top. Serve immediately. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 13

Upcoming

Music

Upcoming [ ALT-ROCK ] Guster Wednesday, January 23. Anthology. 336 East Ave. $29.50. 8 p.m. 484-1964. anthologylive.com; guster.com. [ ROCK ]

Greta Van Fleet Wednesday, May 22. The Dome Arena.

2695 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta. $52.50. 8 p.m.

334-4000. therocdome.com; gretavanfleet.com.

RootsCollider

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 PHOTO CITY IMPROV, 543 ATLANTIC AVENUE 8 P.M. | $12-$15 | PHOTOCITYIMPROV.COM; FACEBOOK.COM/ROOTSCOLLIDER [ ORGANIC ELECTRONICA ] Founded in 2007, Rochester’s RootsCollider grew to take the textbook musical mantra and throb of drum & bass and retrofit it with more conventional instruments to traverse across time and space. What emerged wasn’t a band that rejected the genre’s electronica, but rather an organic reinterpretation of the band’s infinite crush, groove, and style. After a few influential releases and seven years of slogging it out on the road, the band officially disbanded.

Until now: look out as RootsCollider presents “The Return – A Rave Against the Machine.” There will be nothing left except splinters and dust.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE

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Rochester roots reggae-rockers The Majestics played with The Clash during its eight-night stint in New York City.

But you don’t need to rely on dropped names to point out that The Majestics, with nary a Jamaican in its ranks, has always played it authentic, fun, and majestic.

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blowing people’s minds around the world for two decades.

Having survived a number of personnel changes and a threeyear hiatus, Atreyu is now reunited to tour behind the release of its fifteenth album, “In Our Wake.” Famous for its high-energy shows and sonic blending of classic rock with metal, punk, and hardcore, the band continues to carve out its own path in the music industry. The result is a collection of relatable, thunderous songs about love, hate, death, and perseverance, all delivered with youthful angst.

— BY KATIE HALLIGAN

AMERICANA

With Rochester quartet The Mighty High and Dry, leader Alan Murphy has solidified his sound and distinctive point of view within the band’s musical framework. The songs on the band’s new six-cut recording “American Record” are unapologetic, with a profound ache at their core that speaks to the fact that The Mighty High and Dry are dreamers. Murphy sings of a long-gone “Musical America,” when music held us in check and in its arms. The band continues the stripped-down performance on “I Was Living Here”, singing, as with fists in the air, “Give me back my country.” Listen for guest vocalists Brian Lindsay and Danielle Ponder. There’s also “Bobby Sterling with its combination of drinking song and eulogy.

The Ayers Brothers Band.

B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane.

Fairport. 315-3003. 7 p.m.

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Pole Way. 232-3230. 9 p.m. $5.

Zack Rabbet Futt. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 6:30 p.m.

BLUES

Luca Foresta & The Electrokings. Record Archive,

33 1/3 Rockwood St. 2441210. 5-8 p.m.

Teagan & The Tweeds. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 7 p.m. $5.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE

COUNTRY

Animal Sounds

Shifting Gears. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. 9 p.m.

‘Ennui’ Self-released animalsoundsband.bandcamp.com

DJ/ELECTRONIC

American Acid SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 THE MONTAGE MUSIC HALL, 50 CHESTUNUT STREET 7 P.M. | $17-$20 | AGES 16 AND OVER | THEMONTAGEMUSICHALL.COM; REVERBNATION.COM/AMERICANACID [ HARD ROCK ] As a musician, you get to a certain age and

you just don’t care anymore. I’m not talking about throwing in the towel or admitting defeat, but prioritizing one’s time in a band and all that minutiae that goes with it. American Acid is comprised of three veteran hard rockers who don’t give a shit.

These blokes only care about delivering merciless, maximum rock ‘n’ roll from the stage à la Motorhead. Dig.

Elowvate Music, Pete Griffith.

You could label Animal Sounds’ style as “indie rock,” but it’s a bit of a misnomer that sells the maturity of the music short. “Ennui” is a fun, but understated record, with the local five-piece band (featuring guitarist Shawn Brogan of Jon Lewis Band) riding the brake and not getting nuts on the straightaways. It’s an eight-cut joyride that really takes off after some buildup at track four, “Kid Danke Schon.”

ButaPub, 315 Gregory St. 563-6241. 10:30 p.m.

JAZZ

Margaret Explosion. Little

Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.

HIP-HOP/RAP

Cosmic Brownie, Mr. Goldenfold, Noah Fence. Flour

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City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 8 p.m. $7/$10.

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9:30 p.m. $5/$10.

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Music first show was recorded and a CD will soon be released, joining discs by Paul Smoker, Ralph Alessi, Trio X, David Murray and others, recorded – and often titled – “Live at the Bop Shop.”

Early concerts tended to be performed by groups who stopped at the store on their way to recording sessions at the experimental label, Cadence Records, in Redwood, New York. Some artists still stop by on their way to gigs, but others book shows to try out new material or simply to play for a hip audience.

After 30 years, some of the artists Kohn has gotten closest to are gone. He especially misses the late trumpeter Smoker, woodwinds player Willem Breuker and violinist Billy Bang.

“Billy Bang was a close friend,” Kohn says, tearing up. “He played for me five times before getting him into the jazz festival where he became a star. One night, after the show, we talked until 3 a.m. about his ‘Vietnam’ record, which he hadn’t recorded yet.

He told me about being a tunnel rat. You give a guy a pistol, shove him in a hole and he crawls through it, shooting anything that moves. That’s gonna fuck you up.”

Looking back over the decades, Kohn Bop Shop Records owner Tom Kohn has been presenting jazz, experimental, and world music concerts in is proud of hipping Rochester for 30 years. PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH Rochester to artists as diverse as Steve Lacy, Amy David Murray & Kahil El’Zabar Helm, The Ethnic Heritage performing live at the Bop Shop last June Ensemble, Wanda Jackson, Bill PHOTO BY AARON WINTERS Kirchen, Peter Bernstein, Jenny Scheinman, Mary Halvorson, and many more.

Kohn has no shortage of stories to tell. In from its home of three decades in the Village And he now chats regularly on the phone Bop Shop Records’ 30th 1999, Ken Vandermark was playing at the Gate. Concerts shifted from the cavernous with “Lieb.”

Anniversary Year of Concerts Kohn is the proprietor of Bop Shop Village Gate atrium to a stage at the back of Bop Shop when he got a call informing him he’d won a MacArthur “genius” grant. And Records, but over the last 30 years he’s also the store’s current location at 1460 Monroe BOP SHOP RECORDS, put on hundreds of concerts and, in the Avenue. But the store is now six times larger just last month, Kohn brought The Sun Ra 1460 MONROE AVENUE Arkestra to Lovin’ Cup and, he says, “We process, gotten close to the artists he loves. than it was in the old space, seating 50, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23: DAVE RIVELLO ENwere all on Saturn for a couple of hours.”

“It’s the most creative way I’ve found with standing room for another 50.

At a SEMBLE | $10 SUGGESTED DONATION Kohn says he couldn’t have put on close to lose money,” Kohn says, sitting in the recent concert by saxophone legend Don SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24: to a thousand concerts without the help of record-filled Bop Shop basement that also Menza, the crowd reached 100.

NO FAST FOOD | $20-$30 his wife, Jann Nyffeler, and good friends like With over 150,000 records in the store, serves as a green room. “The value of this MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26: BARRY ALTSCHUL Robert and Donna Iannapollo. whole thing to me is who I’ve met and what Kohn presides over a music lover’s dream. & 3DOM FACTOR | $20-$30 And the shows just keep on coming. A But when he opened the Bop Shop in I’ve done,” he says. “There’s no price that mini-festival following Thanksgiving will ALL SHOWS AT 8 P.M. | BOPSHOP.COM 1988, he had no plans to become one of can be put on the friendships I’ve made. All feature: the Dave Rivello Ensemble in its Rochester’s leading impresarios. of them are beautiful people.”

25th anniversary concert on November 23;

Most of the artists who play Kohn’s

“God, no,” Kohn says.

“I’d been driving [ FEATURE ] BY RON NETSKY No Fast Food, with Dave Liebman, Drew concerts at the Bop Shop, Lovin’ Cup, to Buffalo and New York to see bands.

Gress and Phil Haynes, on November 24; or Abilene Bar and Lounge stay at his There was very little coming through here.”

When he was a teenager, Tom Kohn listened and Barry Altschul and 3Dom Factor, with house, provided they are not allergic to his When a customer told him the Pierre Dørge to records by British groups like Steeleye four cats. Kohn says most of the concerts Quartet – with Hamid Drake on drums – was Joe Fonda and Jon Irabagon, on November Span and jazz artists like saxophonist Dave 26. December concerts include Canadian actually break even and bringing people to organizing a tour, he thought, why not?

Liebman. On a recent trip to England, he pianist Marilyn Lerner and New York “We tried that out and it was great,” the store is good for selling records. was invited backstage to have a beer with guitarist Pete McCann.

Seven years ago, the Bop Shop moved Kohn says. “We had a full house.” That Steeleye Span’s lead singer, Maddy Prior.

Nonstop bop

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PSST. Out of touch? Out of tune?

See our music reviews from Frank De Blase.

Tryst. Bottomless Brewing, 3543 E Lake Rd. Geneva. 315-325-4380.

7 p.m.

Upward Groove. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000.

10 p.m.

[ THU., NOVEMBER 22 ] CLASSICAL

Italian Baroque Organ Concert.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. Every third Thursday, 7:30 p.m. With museum admission.

[ FRI., NOVEMBER 23 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Alyssa Trahan. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 8:30 p.m.

Bob White & Company. The Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Group Sing-Along: Songs of Hope, Love, & Thanksgiving. The

Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603. 7 p.m.

Joe Dady. Dansville ArtWorks Gallery, 178 Main Street. Dansville.

335-4746. 6:30 p.m.

AMERICANA Dr. Moxy. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 8:30 p.m.

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REGGAE | BUMPIN’ UGLIES

Its name will grab your attention; its music will make you want to stay the night. Based out of Maryland, Bumpin’ Uglies is a high-energy rock band that mixes reggae-rap with ska and punk. If Sublime and 311 were to have a metaphorical offspring, it would be Bumpin’ Uglies. Guitarist Brandon Hardesty has a tenor voice that resembles that of the late Bradley Nowell, while the music offers both sunny and stormy moments. Listeners can enjoy quirky punk breakdowns, dense vocal harmonies, and cheerful choruses, each song more fresh and new than the last.

Bumpin’ Uglies will perform on Wednesday, November 28, 8 p.m. at Flour City Station, 170 East Avenue. $10. Ages 21 and over. 413-5745. flourcitystation.com; bumpinugliesmusic.com.

— BY KATIE HALLIGAN

BLUES

Billy Lambert. Smokin’ Eagle BBQ,

9 Main St. LeRoy. 768-4770.

6 p.m.

COUNTRY

Poison Whiskey. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta.

334-3030. 9 p.m. $5.

DJ/ELECTRONIC

Black Friday Masquerave. Bug

Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com.

9 p.m. $5.

JAZZ

The Dave Rivello Ensemble. Bop

Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 8 p.m. $10.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675

Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

7:30-10 p.m.

Hannah Walpole. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place.

Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

The Jane Mutiny. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

8 p.m.

Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes.

WhichCraft Brews, 1900 Empire Blvd. Webster. 222-2739. 7 p.m.

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POP/ROCK

Black Friday Party: Kire Najdovski Band, The Stedwells, The Hi Risers. Record Archive,

33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Dave Riccioni & Friends. M’s 4300 Bar & Grill, 4300 Culver Road. 467-2750. 6-9 p.m.

Hey Mabel. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990.

6:30 p.m.

The Krooks, The Lounge Lizards.

Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. 8 p.m. $5.

Record Store Day Party. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Guest DJs MDG, Brighton town supervisor Bill Moehle, Gary Lewis, Barrence Whitfield.

Some Ska Band. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 5:30 p.m.

Something Else. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 10 p.m. $5.

Start Making Sense, Dead Letter Office. Anthology, 336 East Ave.

8 p.m. Talking Heads & REM tributes. $18/$20.

Upward Groove Black Friday Dance Party. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $5.

R&B/ SOUL

Meg Gehman & The Influence.

Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 6 p.m.

[ SAT., NOVEMBER 24 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Banjo Therapy. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. 473-6140. bernunzio.com. Fourth Saturday of every month, 9:30-11 a.m.

AMERICANA

Laura Thurston. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 5 p.m.

Peg Leg ida. Jeffrey’s, 3115 E. Henrietta Rd. Henrietta.

486-4937. 7:30 p.m.

Professor Louie & The Crowmatix.

Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 9 p.m. $15/$20.

BLUES

Bill Schmitt & The Bluesmasters.

Whiskey River Pub & Grill, 421 River St. 417-6231. 9 p.m.

East End Drifters. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 8 p.m.

Steve Grills & The Roadmasters.

Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St. 270-8106. 9 p.m.

Vinyl Orange Ottoman. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 9:30 p.m.

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V

isitors to Foodlink marvel at the size of the facility when they walk through the doors of its 90,000-square-foot distribution center and gaze down Aisle 11, where food stretches floor to ceiling for what seems like a full city block.

While food banking – the aggregation, storage and distribution of food to those in need – has been a nationwide movement since the 1980s, Foodlink has spent the last decade launching programs that have gained praise both locally and nationally.

An hour later, the square footage is just one of many numbers they’ve absorbed. The scope of the regional food bank’s services, rather, is what resonates with most.

The Curbside Market, the Lexington Avenue Community Farm, the Foodlink Career Fellowship, Value-Added Processing; these programs tell a different story with a common theme: Food is powerful.

Foodlink’s approach to eradicating hunger and building healthy futures for thousands of residents of the Greater Rochester area has evolved throughout its 40-year existence. By acknowledging and addressing the root causes of hunger – such as chronic poverty and unemployment – Foodlink has shifted focus from its food banking operations to its role as a public health organization.

In the years ahead, Foodlink plans to scale up its innovative programs, many of which are still in their relative infancy, and devote more time to advocating for policies that reduce hunger and break the cycle of poverty.

“When I think about our four decades of work, a few traits stand out,” said President & CEO Julia Tedesco, who inherited the reins from founder Tom Ferraro after his death in 2014. “Our collaborative nature, our innovative spirit, and our agility – our willingness to unequivocally say ‘yes’ to new ideas – all with the mission of using food to build the health and wealth of this region.”

“Foodlink will have bolder objectives and a louder voice as we work together to fix a broken and inequitable food system.” Tedesco said.

“Until healthy food is widely recognized as a human right and everyone is able to feed themselves and their families in dignity, we’ll be here serving this community with urgency and compassion.”

To learn more about the programs mentioned above, visit Foodlink’s website at www.foodlinkny.org -or call (585) 328-3380 to set up a tour.

BEYOND FOOD BANKING: A FOODLINK HISTORY 1978 – While working for Action For a Better Community, Foodlink Founder Tom Ferraro rescues a busload (literally!) of Thomas’ English Muffins to redistribute to those in need.

1979 – The Genesee Valley Regional Food Clearinghouse (Foodlink’s original name), begins its partnership with Wegmans Food Markets.

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1979 – Ferraro and others help establish a national food bank network, known today as Feeding America.

1988 – Wegmans donates a building on West Avenue, which allows the GVRFC to greatly expand its warehousing space.

1983 – GVRFC incorporates as an independent charity.

1991 – GVRFC is renamed Foodlink.

1984 – Thanks, in part, to Ferraro’s efforts, the state Department of Health introduces the Hunger Prevention & Nutrition Assistance Program (HPNAP) to support hunger relief efforts.

1999 – Foodlink moves to 936 Exchange Street, a property donated by the Kolko Family.

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PROVIDING PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY Foodlink’s newest program, the Foodlink Career Fellowship, launched in July. This one-of-a-kind, 12-month culinary training program includes classroom and hands-on training and will allow participants to graduate into middle-skills careers in the regional food industry.

MAKING THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE EASY CHOICE The Curbside Market, Foodlink’s signature Food Access program, builds health and community in underserved neighborhoods by increasing access to fresh, quality, and affordable food. Call 2-1-1 to find a stop near you!

SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER! Foodlink relies on thousands of volunteers annually to help us distribute more than 18 million pounds of food to those who need it most. Sign up for a shift this holiday season at: www.foodlinkny.org.

2001 – Foodlink establishes a Community Kitchen in an effort to raise the bar for institutional food service.

2011 – Foodlink begins leasing land on Lexington Avenue for a community farm to help local refugee families.

2011 – Foodlink becomes a lead partner with Share Our Strength for Cooking Matters – a national nutrition education program.

2012 – Foodlink moves to 1999 Mt. Read Blvd.

2012 – Foodlink launches its Value-Added Processing initiative, begins slicing NYS apples.

2016 – Foodlink breaks ground and construction is completed for the $4.9 million, 28,000-square-foot Foodlink Community Kitchen.

2013 – The Curbside Market begins launches, providing new access points to healthy produce in underserved communities.

2018 – Foodlink launches the Foodlink Career Fellowship, a culinary training program designed to prepare individuals for middle-skills jobs in the regional food industry.

2014 – Foodlink founder and visionary Tom Ferraro passes away.

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COUNTRY

Highway 31. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta.

334-3030. 9 p.m. $5.

DJ/ELECTRONIC Viviana Toscanini. Skyway Lounge, 90 S Clinton Ave. skywayroc.com. 10 p.m. $10.

JAZZ

Cousin Vinny. Salvatore’s

Pizzeria & Pub, 1217 Bay Rd. Webster. 671-9420. 7:30 p.m.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675

Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

7:30-10 p.m.

No Fast Food. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 8 p.m. $20/$25.

Paradigm Shift. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place.

Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

Prime Time Funk. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com.

8:30 p.m. $10.

Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes.

Hedges Restaurant, 1290 Lake Rd. Webster. 265-3850.

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The final event in the fall edition of The Brockport Writers Forum is a reading by Anne Panning on Wednesday, November 28. PHOTO BY MICHELE ASHLEE

The writers speak [ REVIEW ] BY RACHEL CRAWFORD

The Brockport Writers Forum is an annual author spotlight series co-organized by The College at Brockport professors Anne Panning and Ralph Black, and it includes all genres: fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The Forum benefits SUNY Brockport’s creative writing students in particular, who read the works of the visiting writers as part of a course called The Writer’s Craft. During class time, students have the opportunity to do a more intimate Q&A with visiting writers before the public readings.

The current fall season so far has showcased four writers. Earlier this month, award-winning poet and Rochester native Cornelius Eady performed and sang live with three other musicians in addition to giving a poetry reading. The forum also brought novelists Weike Wang and Stephanie Powell Watts and essayist Elena Passarello to campus earlier in the fall. A final event on Wednesday, November 28, will feature Anne Panning 24 CITY NOVEMBER 21 - 27, 2018

reading from her memoir, “Dragonfly Notes: On Distance and Loss.”

Panning spent eight years writing the memoir about the loss of her mother. “Dragonfly Notes: On Distance and Loss” (Stillhouse Press, September 2018) is written in brief fragments in which dragonflies serve as not only a symbol of Panning’s mother, but operate as a vehicle that takes the reader through different places and moments in time. The book maps an extensive geography, pulling the reader to Minnesota, to Brockport, New York, and to Vietnam, and readers are reminded that every adventure presupposes a risk.

The memoir also brings to light the difficulty children face in humanizing

Likewise, the reader feels the absence of Panning’s mother in later moments when the book jumps forward in time, after her death.

Here we experience the quiet moments in the absence of those clicking needles, and the feeling that something is amiss. Panning said that she felt she should not express emotion in the memoir, rather, this was an opportunity for her mother to finally be heard and seen.

Panning has lived in the Rochester area for twenty-one years, and her writing is filled with many of Brockport’s most beloved icons such as the Eerie Canal and Lift Bridge Books. In addition to co-organizing The Writers Forum and writing her own stories, she teaches creative writing at SUNY Brockport.

When asked what she thought about renowned Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ethos that, “Writing cannot be taught, you have to learn it yourself, like playing,” Panning replied: “I actually met him at a conference in Iceland. I can teach a lot about craft — points of view, writing dialogue — but what I’ve done is shift how I teach my workshop. I try to go back a few steps and ask: What is creativity? You have to be curious and tell your students to just go!”

At the moment, Panning is writing another memoir about her father, one she says won’t take nearly as long to complete as “Dragonfly Notes.”

Panning says that diversity is a major consideration in the Writers Forum. “We’re

their mothers, as women with identities that exceed their roles as protectors and caretakers.

The imagery Panning paints of her mother is that of a woman behind a sewing machine with fabric draped over her and “…pins held between her teeth, measuring tape hung around her neck.” The reader hears the clicking of her mother’s knitting needles and envisions her through the scenes in which she is creating myriad forms of soft arts: a quilt, a dress.

“Girls and their moms have really contentious relationships,” Panning said during a recent phone interview with CITY. “But no one will ever love you like your mother.”

trying to bring intersectional authors in,” she said, adding that she looks forward to hosting Morgan Jerkins through the program this spring semester. Jerkins recently published a New York Times best-selling essay collection, “This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female and Feminist in (White) America.”

Jerkins “focuses on race, gender, and class,” Panning said. “Her essays are political as hell.” Jerkins, as well as several awardwinning poets, essayists, and novelists will be visiting the SUNY Brockport campus for the Spring Semester.

Panning’s reading takes place Wednesday, November 28, at 7 p.m., in Cooper Hall, NY Room, at The College at Brockport. Free. For more information, visit brockport.edu/academics/ english/writers_forum.

SPRING SEMESTER LINE-UP:

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Nazareth College’s Arts Center Gallery is currently exhibiting “Architectural Vessel,” a show of ceramic work by Bryan Hopkins, Richard Hirsch, and Peter Beasecker that stretches the definition and functionality of the vessel. And a student pop-up show opens next week in Naz’s Colacino Gallery. “Art & Social Justice Class Show” will feature a range of course projects including bookmarks, tunnel books, and zines (pictured).

“Architectural Vessel” continues through Monday, December 2, at Nazareth College’s Arts Center Gallery, 4245 East Avenue.

Gallery hours are Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. “Art & Social Justice Class Show” will be exhibited in the Colacino Gallery from Wednesday, November 28, through Wednesday, December 5. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Free. Note that the galleries will be closed November 2125 for Thanksgiving break. 389-5073; naz.edu/arts-center.

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Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St. Brockport. Found Objects. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. Reception Nov 23, 6-8pm. Through Dec 21.

637-5494.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Holiday Show 2018. Nov. 27-Dec. 22.

Reception Nov 30, 5-8:30pm.

271-2540.

Tower Fine Arts Center, 180 Holley St. Brockport.

Department of Art BFA Thesis Exhibition. Tue., Nov. 27, 4-6 p.m. Brittany Johnson, Brittany Jordan, & Nick Vieli. 395-2787. [ CONTINUING ] ART EXHIBITS 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Virginia Braun: Illusion Watercolor. Through Dec. 9. 546-8400.

540WMain, 540 W Main St. Artist of the Month: Maureen Robbins. Through Nov. 30.

540westmain.org.

Arts Council for Wyoming County, 31 S. Main St. Mary Ann Frtiz: Nature & Abstract Collide.

Through Dec. 14. artswyco.org.

AXOM Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave., 2nd floor. Belinda Bryce: Pilgrim’s Process 2015-2018.

Tuesdays-Saturdays. Through Nov 24. axomgallery.com.

Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, 1 College Dr. Larry Winston Collins: They That Matter. WednesdaysSaturdays. Through Dec 8. geneseo.edu/galleries.

Books Etc., 78 W Main St. Macedon. People, Ships, & Trees. Through Jan. 31, 2019.

Paintings by Larry DeKock, Mike Kraus, & Larry Wood.

474-4116.

Bridge Art Gallery, URMC, 300 Crittenden Blvd. Connecting Through Music. Through Jan. 31, 2019, 4:30-6 p.m.

275-3571.

Davis Gallery at Houghton House, 1 King’s Lane. Geneva.

John Opera: New Work.

Through Dec. 14. Reception Nov 16, 6-8pm. hws.edu/ davisgallery.

Davison Gallery, Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr. Christine Shank. Through Dec. 14. 594-6442.

Fairport Historical Museum, 18 Perrin St. David Marsh, A Life of Courage. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Through Dec 30. 223-3989.

Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave. Family Photographs. MondaysSaturdays. Through Dec 15.

271-5920.; Good Things..come in small packages. MondaysSaturdays. Through Dec 20. 271-5183.; MudBooks.

Mondays-Fridays. Through Dec 20. 244-9312.

Gallery 96, 604 Pittsford-Victor Road. Whimsy. Through Dec. 9. By Jeno Horvath & David Perlman. 248-8128.

Ganondagan State Historic Site, 7000 County Road 41.

Hodinöhsö:ni’ Women: From the Time of Creation. TuesdaysSundays, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $3$8. ganondagan.org.

George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. “Reanimation (Snow White),” by Oliver Beer. Tuesdays-Saturdays.

Through Jan 1. With museum admission: $5-$15. eastman. org.; David Levinthal: War, Myth, Desire. TuesdaysSundays. Through Jan 2. $5$15. eastman.org.; Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window.

Tuesdays-Sundays. Through Jan 1. eastman.org.; A History of Photography. TuesdaysSundays. Through April 21.

With museum admission: $5$15. eastman.org.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Gil Maker: Paris. Tuesdays-Saturdays.

Through Nov 25. 271-2540.

INeRT PReSS, 1115 East Main St. A Child’s Garden of Verses.

Sat., Nov. 24, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

482-0931.

International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Cobalt Edge.

Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays, 12-5 p.m.

Through Nov 30. 264-1440.

Java Junction, 56 South Main St. Brockport. Brockport Artists’ Guild. Through Dec. 31. 637-9330.

Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. Jones Hendershot: Imperfect Offering. Through Nov. 30. 258-0400.

Lockhart Gallery at SUNY Geneseo, 28 Main St. All Weather Gang. WednesdaysSaturdays. Through Dec 8.

245-5813.

Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. Small Show: A Big Show of Small Works. Through Dec. 31.

461-4447.

Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs. Ceramics From Near & Far. TuesdaysSundays. Reception Dec 1, 4-7pm. (315) 462-0210.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Fabric of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz. WednesdaysSundays. Through Dec 2.

276-8900.; Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision & Process.

Wednesdays-Sundays. Through Jan 6. $6-$15. 276-8900.; Seeing in Color and Black-&White. Wednesdays-Sundays.

Through Jan 6. $6-$15. 2768900.; Peter Fischli & David Weiss: The Way Things Go. Through March 17, 2019. $6$15. 276-8900.

Mercer Gallery at Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Pirjo Berg: Blue Wind, Recent Paintings on Nostalgia. Through Dec. 13.

292-2021.

Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls. Annual Members Exhibition. Through Feb. 2, 2019. Reception Nov 30, 5:30-7pm. 624-7740.

More Fire Glass Studio, 36 Field St. Joseph Scheer: Moths.

Mondays-Saturdays. Through Dec. 23. 242-0450.

MuCCC Gallery Space, 142 Atlantic Ave. Mandi Antonucci.

Through Dec. 30. muccc.org.

My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt Hope Ave. Flora & Fauna.

Through Jan. 6, 2019, 10 a.m.8 p.m. Photography by Michelle Turner. 546-8400.

Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery, 4245 East Ave. Bryan Hopkins, Richard Hirsch, & Peter Beasecker: .Architectural Vessel. Tuesdays-Sundays.

Through Dec 2; closed Nov 2125. 389-5073.

Nox, 302 Goodman St N. Mythological Taxidermy.

Wednesdays-Sundays, 5-11 p.m. 471-8803.

NTID Dyer Arts Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. 6x6 Deaf Pride Exhibition. Through Dec. 15. rit. edu/ntid/dyerarts.; Cultivating Connections. Through Dec. 15. rit.edu/ntid/dyerarts.

Nu Movement, 716 University Ave. Helen Santelli & Virginia Cassetta: Grounded. Through Jan. 4, 2019. 704-2889.

Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. Transformations. TuesdaysSaturdays. Through Nov 24. oxfordgallery.com.

Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 S. Main St. Canandaigua. Holidays at the Gallery. Through Jan. 5, 2019. 394-0030.

Patricia O’Keefe Ross Gallery at St. John Fisher, 3690 East Ave. Pittsford Art Group. MondaysFridays. Through Dec 21.

323-2711.

Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. This is Home: Building Communities Through Fiber Art. Through Dec. 16. Upstairs gallery.

461-2222.

Roz Steiner Art Gallery, GCC, 1 College Rd. Emily Kenas: Assemblage. TuesdaysThursdays. Artist talk Nov 29, 1-5pm. Through Dec 14. genesee.edu/gallery. continues on page 28

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Studio 402, 250 N Goodman St, #402. Face It!. Through Nov. 30. Works by John Kosboth & Richard Harvey.

The Gallery at Creativ Framing & Editions Printing, 510 State Street. Alter Egos. Through Dec. 3. Reception Dec 3, 5-8pm. Photography by Betsy Phillips & Laura Knech.

545-1723.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Apocalypse Me: Ways of Envisioning the Final End. Through Dec. 1. By Andrea Průchová & Tomáš Hrůza. vsw.org.; Source of Light. Through Dec. 8. By fivebyfive, Missy Pfohl Smith, & Josh Thorson. vsw.org.

Wayne County Council for the Arts, 108 W. Miller St. Newark.

Kathy Ann Morris: Melange.

Thursdays-Saturdays. waynearts.com.; Threads. ThursdaysSaturdays. Regional fiber arts show. wayne-arts.com.

Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr. Listen: Work of Mitchell Messina. Through Jan. 18, 2019. 785-1369.

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Call for Participants [ WED., NOVEMBER 21 ] 18th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Through Nov. 30. BOA Editions, Ltd., 250 N. Goodman Street, Suite 306 Winner receives publication by BOA & a $1000 honorarium $25 entry fee contact@boaeditions.org.

Art Events [ WED., NOVEMBER 21 ] Irondequoit Art Club: Arts & Crafts Show & Sale. Through Nov. 24. Irondequoit Library, 1290 Titus Ave 336-6062. [ FRI., NOVEMBER 23 ] Curator’s Gallery Talk. 1 p.m.

George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Assoc. curator Jamie Allen on David Levinthal’s “War, Myth, Desire” With museum admission: $5-$15. eastman.org. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 24 ] Ritual Clay Co Pop Up Party.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 725-7241. rochesterbrainery.com.

Small Business Saturday PopUps. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210.

[ WED., NOVEMBER 21 ] Dr. Dirty John Valby. 7:30 p.m.

Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $20. 426-6339.

Joel Lindley. 7:30 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $10. 426-6339.

Talent, Mike Bonner, Shawn Harvey. 8 p.m. Radisson Hotel, 175 Jefferson Rd. $20-$35. [ FRI., NOVEMBER 23 ] Robert Kelly. 7:30 & 10 p.m.

Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $17-$25. 4266339. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 24 ] Harold & Friends. 8 p.m Focus Theater, 390 South Ave, Suite C. Long form improv $5. 666-2647. [ SUN., NOVEMBER 25 ] Comedy Cocoon. 6:30 p.m. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. [ MON., NOVEMBER 26 ] Bougie Bingo. 7-9 p.m. The Penthouse, 1 East Ave. Ages 21+, hosted by Vivian Darling, Kiki Banana-Hanmock, Ginger KaiKai $6. 775-2013.

Comedy Open Mic. Last Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m.

Writers & Books, 740 University Ave wab.org.

Dance Events [ WED., NOVEMBER 21 ] The Nutcracker. 7 p.m. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St $17, $105.

Thanksgiving Eve Silent Disco.

9 p.m. The Penthouse, 1 East Ave. $10/$15. 775-2013. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 24 ] Thanksgiving Dance Weekend.

10 a.m.-10 p.m. Salem United Church of Christ, 60 Bittner St cdrochester.org.

Theater It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Wed., Nov. 21, 8 p.m., Fri., Nov. 23, 8 p.m., Sat., Nov. 24, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 25, 2 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave $15/$25.

Les Miserables. Wed., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., Thu., Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 23, 2 & 7 p.m. and Sat., Nov. 24, 2 & 8 p.m.

Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $38 & up. rbtl.org.

Lightwire Theater: A Very Electric Christmas. Sat., Nov. 24, 2 p.m. Callahan Theater at Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave $15$20. 389-2170.

No, No, Nanette. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 2 p.m Gates Hall, 4107 Lake Rd Pultneyville YouTHeatre $12/$14. 315-5893326. gateshall.com.

Community Activism [ SAT., NOVEMBER 24 ] Food Not Bombs Sort/Cook/Serve Food. 3:30-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave. 232-3262. [ SUN., NOVEMBER 25 ] We Can Reverse Global Warming: Project Drawdown. 11 a.m.-noon.

Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Rd 730-1719. [ TUE., NOVEMBER 27 ] Understanding Structural Racism. 6:30 p.m. 540WMain, 540 W Main St RSVP $6.

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Film Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave. “Persona” (1966). Wed., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman. org.; “Home for the Holidays” (1995). Fri., Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman.org.; “Planes, Trains, & Automobiles” (1987).

Sat., Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman.org.; “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971). Sun., Nov. 25, 7 p.m. eastman.org.; “The Racket” (1928). Tue., Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman.org.

Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. Royal Opera House: “Die Walkure” Sun., Nov. 25, noon and Mon., Nov. 26, 6 p.m. $18$20. thelittle.org.

Kids Events [ WED., NOVEMBER 21 ] A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage. 6 p.m. Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Rd. $29-$52. kodakcenter.com.

Heart Gallery. Through Dec. 2.

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Medina Railroad Museum, 530 West Ave. $35- $50. 948-0505. [ MON., NOVEMBER 26 ] Storytime Club. 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Strong Memorial Hospital, 625 Elmwood Ave. Down on the Farm With museum admission: $15.

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Craft Marketplace. Fri., Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd Fairport casalarga.com.

Don’t Get Malled. Nov. 2324, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Hungerford, 1115 E. Main St. Art marketplace 749-4485.

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Fri., Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., Nov. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 25, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Harley School, 1981 Clover St $2. folkartguild.org.

Holiday Open House. Sat., Nov. 24, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sterling Nature Center, 15380 Jenzvold Rd (315) 947-6143.

Holidays at the Market.

Sundays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. North Pole Express Train Rides.

Fridays-Sundays Arcade & Attica Railroad, 278 Main St Arcade Reservations required $25/$28. aarailroad.com.

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Sat., Nov. 24, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society Station Museum, 8 E. High St .

Shortsville $18. lvrrhs.org.

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Small Business Saturday. Sat., Nov. 24, 12-4 p.m. Studio 34 Creative Arts Center, 34 Elton Street in the Neighborhood of the Arts 737-5858.

Sweet Creations Gingerbread Display & Silent Auction.

Tuesdays-Sundays George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Through Dec 12 With museum admission eastman.org.

Tabletop Tree Display & Auction. Tuesdays-Sundays George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Through Dec 16 eastman.org.

Wreath Display & Silent Auction. Tuesdays-Sundays George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Through Nov 25 With museum admission eastman.org.

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Created in commemoration of the lives lost in the Tree of Life (L’Simcha) Congregation shooting in Pittsburgh and in solidarity with Jewish people, the Dryden Theatre throughout the winter is presenting a film series, “L’Chaim: Celebrating Jewish Life.” Co-organized by Eastman Museum, the JCC of Greater Rochester, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester, the series includes “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971), “Yentl” (1983), “Crossing Delancy” (1988), “The Jazz Singer” (1927), “Broadway Danny Rose” (1984) “Avalon” (1990) and “Mamele” (1938).

The “L’Chaim: Celebrating Jewish Life” film series kicks off on Sunday, November 25, with a screening of “Fiddler on the Roof,” and continues on select Sundays through February 17, 2019. All films will be shown in the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum, 900 East Avenue, at 7 p.m. All screenings are free. eastman.org/lchaim.

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Workshops [ FRI., NOVEMBER 23 ] Personal Safety & Self-Defense for Teens. 2-3:30 p.m. Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Rd. 340-8720.

Culture Lectures [ TUE., NOVEMBER 27 ] Life in the Past Lane: History Along the Highways of NYS. 1 p.m. Fairport Library, 1 Village Landing 223-9091.

The Perfect Storm: WWI & the Flu Pandemic of 1918.

7 p.m. Geneva Historical Society, 543 South Main St FLCC Prof. Robert Brown 315-789-5151. info@ genevahistoricalsociety.com. genevahistoricalsociety.com.

Racial Equity Learning Series: Re-framing the Written and Unwritten Rules of History, Policy, & Law–Part D-E. 11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m. University of Rochester, River Campus Helen Wood Hall, Craytor & McNerney Classroom 1W-509 rochester.edu.

Reframing Education Through the Lens of Sustainablity.

6:30 p.m. The Harley School, 1981 Clover St Seth O’Bryan, Commons Director of The Harley School: Amos Frye, President’s Sustainability Research Fellow, Swarthmore College 442-1770 x1115.

Literary Events [ SUN., NOVEMBER 25 ] Raising Secular Kids. 1:15 p.m. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 732-8252. [ TUE., NOVEMBER 27 ] Heart Gallery Luncheon.

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Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in “Green Book.” PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSAL PICTURES

The long road ahead “Green Book” (PG-13), DIRECTED BY PETER FARRELLY OPENS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

As one half of the directing duo behind popular comedies like “There’s Something About Mary” and “Dumb and Dumber,” Peter Farrelly (alongside his brother Bobby) has crafted outrageous, gross-out comedies that contain an

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unexpectedly warm-hearted, sentimental streak.

For his first solo directorial outing, Farrelly leans into that sweet, character-driven side to tackle the topic of race relations in America, with the road trip dramedy “Green Book.”

The film’s title comes from the Negro Motorist Green Book, a real-life travel guide published from 1936 to 1966 that offered listings of hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and entertainment establishments that were safe for black Americans to use while traveling around the country. Created by Victor Hugo Green, the Green Book provided a vital service, particularly

for those traveling through the Jim Crow south.

But the story “Green Book” tells has little to do with that fascinating piece of black history.

Set in 1962, the film focuses instead on Tony “Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx. Finding himself temporarily out of work, he accepts a job as a driver for Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a celebrated black jazz pianist about to embark on his first tour below the Mason-Dixon Line. Venturing into potentially dangerous territory, he needs Tony’s muscle for additional protection.

It’s not a job Tony’s initially eager to take, for reasons that stem from his own prejudice, and the two men have a prickly relationship at first. But in time, the trip spawns an unlikely friendship, as the two men bond and learn to respect one another despite and sometimes because of their differences.

“Green Book” aims to be crowd-pleaser, and its familiar odd-couple, “we can solve racism if we just learn to understand each other” narrative traffics in safe, comforting answers to the serious issues it seeks to tackle.

Farrelly knows how to craft an entertaining movie, and “Green Book” is frequently quite funny, with some poignant moments sprinkled throughout. The film does exactly what it sets out to do, but even that feels a bit disappointing when there was an opportunity for it to be so much more.

Still, it mostly works thanks in large part to the charismatic performances of Mortensen and Ali. Mortensen creates the sense of a real person beneath all the goombah stereotypes, and Ali provides an emotional heart to the film, tapping into his character’s loneliness and rarely expressed anger.

So we get another story where the black characters exist so the white characters are able to learn and grow. The film makes pains to assure us that deep down Tony’s a decent guy who means well, and his prejudice is contrasted with the “real” racism he and Don encounter on their travels, which ranges from casual remarks to outright violence.

There’s a tendency for Hollywood to relegate these types of stories to the past, as though racism were only a problem back then. Their nonconfrontational narratives allow their (mostly white) audiences to watch and feel good about how far we’ve come. But if the last few years have taught us nothing else, it’s that we haven’t progressed as far as we like to tell ourselves.

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Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 69 Country Club Drive, Rochester, New York 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NIOTICE ] Notice of Formation of IRVING COMMUNITY MM LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 180 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Home Leasing, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 1507 Monroe LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on September 18, 2018. Its office is in Monroe County.

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Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Office Of Anthony Dinitto, 2250 W. Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626.

General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] 306 East Center Street Medina, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/18/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 6 Yellow Rose Circle, Brockport, NY 14420. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] 95 Avondale Park, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/11/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 280 East Broad St, Apt 1604, Rochester, NY 14604.

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[ NOTICE ] digm, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/28/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 228 Dorchester Rd, Rochester, NY 14610.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Eagle Ridge Circle, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/18/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. LLC’s principal business location is 1700 Hudson Ave., Rochester, NY 14617.

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LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Fitzgerald Mediation PLLC (PLLC) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secy. Of State (SS) on September 17, 2018. PLLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to 919 South Winton Rd, Ste 315, Rochester, NY 14618. PLLC’s purpose: law. [ NOTICE ] Fornuto Ventures LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/4/2018.

Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 50 Neuchatel Ln., Fairport, NY 14450. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Geevee Properties LLC Filed 10/24/18 Office: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 45 Steel Street,

Rochester, NY 14606 Purpose: all lawful [ NOTICE ] Hudson Ridge Properties, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/18/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. LLC’s principal business location is 1700 Hudson Ave., Rochester, NY 14617.

SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 145 Culver Rd. Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14620.

Jaime Cain is LLC’s registered agent upon whom process against it may be served at 145 Culver Rd. Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14620.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] JCDC Marketing, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/16/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 64 Brookdale Park, Rochester, NY 14609.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] MICHAEL SANTARIELLO & ASSOCIATES PLLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/26/2018. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 200 Canal View Blvd., Rochester, NY 14623, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: To practice Law. [ NOTICE ] Moxie Lax, LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on August 27, 2018.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 9 Little Spring Run, Fairport, New York

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Legal Ads 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOLAN ENTERPRISES OF NY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/14/2018. Office in Orleans Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 13510 Roosevelt Hwy., Waterport, NY 14571, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Rochester, New York 14617. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 1440 Jackson Road LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/18/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40 Lake Road, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Not. of Form. of Provvidenza & Associates, CPA’s, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/12/18.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to: 305 Franlee Lane Victor, NY 14564.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 32 Marway Circle LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/17/18.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 32 Marway Circle, Rochester, NY 14624.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of AIDA MARKETING, LLC (the “LLC”). Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 8/27/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 153 Willowbend Dr, Penfield, NY 14526.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation Mi Viejo San Juan Restaurant LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State( SSNY) on 11/07/2018. Office loc: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Irain R Torres (reg. agent),1143 Joseph Ave., Rochester, 14621.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Meshin Movement, LLC; Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/23/2018; Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 41 Old North Hill,

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 34 Franklin Consulting, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/19/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 2470 East Avenue, Apt. 704, Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 4Life Transportation, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/07/2018.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 54 Aston Villa, North Chili, NY 14514. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 7255 EAST LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/28/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 973 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful act

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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 81 ORANGE ST LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/17/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at CORPORATE FILINGS OF NEW YORK, 90 STATE ST, STE 700, OFFICE 40, ALBANY, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of a limited liability company (LLC). Name: The Little People’s Lounge, LLC. Article of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 10, 2018 Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 381 Birr Street, Rochester NY 14613. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of A. Austin Properties, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/26/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2433 Brighton Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AccuLang Consulting, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on November 5, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 48 Betwood Lane, Rochester, NY 14612 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ahrens/Bianchi LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/8/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Jane Ahrens, 2800 Dewey

Avenue, Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ALL MAC CONSULTANT GROUP LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/17/2018.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 943 BAY ROAD WEBSTER, NY 14580 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ASC STYLIADIS, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/8/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at PO BOX 16628, ROCHESTER NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AUTO CLINIC 2 LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/17/18.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 115 W RIDGE RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14615. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Balanced Life Health Coaching, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Department of State on October 19, 2018.

Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 1 Grove St. – Suite 117, Pittsford NY 14534. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of CARAMEL BAKERY AND BAR LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/18. Office in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY

shall mail process to the LLC, 647 Park Ave Rochester, NY, 14607.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CLT Ventures LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/23/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 54 Hunters Run, Pittsford NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of COUNTRY MANOR DNB LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/09/18.

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

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Geller Associates, Inc., 101 Eisenhower Pkwy., Roseland, NJ 07068. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of COUNTRY MANOR RIVER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Geller Associates, Inc., 101 Eisenhower Pkwy., Roseland, NJ 07068.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]

it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1890 S. Winton Rd., Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Forever Loving Medical Transportation, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 05/29/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at P.O. Box 19434 Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FossFoss77 LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/6/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC, 32 Hampton Ln., Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Grant Your Wish Auto LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/1/2018. Office location: Orleans County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 14034 Rt 31 West Ave Albion, NY 14411 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]

Notice of formation of CYBER CASTLE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1 Wyebrook Cir., Penfield, NY 14526.

Purpose: any lawful act

Notice of formation of GREENWOOD ELECTRIC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 293 Dickinson Rd., Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful act.

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Notice of formation of EGHighline, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/23/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against

Notice of formation of Havana Transport LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 23, 2018. Office location, Monroe County.

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

be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 89 Robin St, Rochester NY 14613 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of HomeWorks 585, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 16501 SE 57th Pl., Bellevue, WA 98006.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Horizon Research Insights LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on Sep. 25, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 33 Candlewood Dr, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of IRVING COMMUNITY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/18.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 180 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Home Leasing, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of J. Merlin Golf, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/19/18.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Joseph Merlin, 155 Golf Avenue, Pittsford, NY 14534, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Jeffrey Barton Properties, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/3/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 500 Granger Cir., Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of JWake Photography LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/15/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at LEGALINC CORP SERVICES INC., 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY 14221.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Kalis Fight Club LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on October 5th 2018 . Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 85 Meigs St 1D, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LáLew Public Relations, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on October 15, 2018. Office location: 43 Dunbar Street, Rochester, NY 14619.

Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 43 Dunbar Street, Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: 2075 Dewey LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 23, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Legal Ads [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 3219 Chili LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 23, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Carpenter Alley LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 12, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: GP Holdings 2 LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 16, 2018. Office location, Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: Grove Place Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 6, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: Rich Group

Enterprises LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 15, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 6558 4th Section Rd., Ste 220, Brockport NY 14420.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: GRIFFITH BROADWAY LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with NY Secretary of State (“SSNY”) on October 2, 2018. NY office location is Monroe 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 LLC at 285 Clover Hills Drive Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of McDermott Care II, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/17/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 50 Prince St., Ste. 317, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of MENTAL ARCHERY TARGETS PLUS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/5/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 461 Lawrence Rd., Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of New York Faux Cakes LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/4/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 14

To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com Muirfield Court, Pittsford NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of OG PROPERTIES NY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/13/2016. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Shaina Gravino, 110 Henrietta St., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Pahamni Ridge, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 723 Pittsford Mendon Center Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of PPCL LLC, filed Art of Org with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/12/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 78 Grandview Drive Fairport, NY 14450. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RE12, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/9/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 27 Parkwood Ln., Penfield, NY 14526.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of REVERIEMAN, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/10/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5818 W. Wautoma Beach Road, Hilton, NY,

14468. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ROC CITY CORALS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/04/18.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 725 Ramona St., Rochester, NY 14615.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Mr. Willie Bell at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SAGAMORE HILL ASSOCIATES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/18.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 431 Thomas Ave., Rochester, NY 14617.

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

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. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of SMQ WELLNESS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/19/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2170 West Ridge Road, Rochester, New York, 14626. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sonrise Enterprises, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/19/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 41 Barchan Dune Rise, Victor, NY 14564.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of SchFront LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of STAT PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/2015. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 75 Whistlers Cove Ln., Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of SenJen Elite, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/5/18.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 556 Melwood Drive, Greece, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Three Points Dojo, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/19/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at Three Points Dojo, 300 Hylan Dr., STE 6, #231, Rochester, NY, 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SMALL WORLD FOOD COLLECTIVE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Tom’s Stay and Play Webster LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/26/2017. Office

location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1021 Silvercrest Dr., Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Trax Networks, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/14/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at PO Box 10204, Rochester, NY 14610 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Yasser Siddiqui & Co LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/9/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 4662 S. Color Up Ct., Unit 102, Las Vegas, NV 89122. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of YW8, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/9/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 152 W. Commercial St., East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] R.B. Land Company, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/21/2014. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to c/o Steven J. Philippone, 1175-B Ridge Rd., Webster, NY 14580. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Sip N Run Cafe LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/18/2018.

Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against

may be served & shall mail process to Anthony Dinitto, 2250 West Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626.

General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Sweet Pea Plant-Based, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/11/18.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 72 E Jefferson Road, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] THE A & K TEAM LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/5/2018. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 312 Adeline Rd., Rochester, NY 14616, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Traders Capital, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/5/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Offices Of Ricardo J. Mauro, P.C., 335 Bleecker St., PO Box 336, Utica, NY 13503 General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Von Blair Spirits LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/29/18.

Office Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of the LLC, 271 Woodbine Ave, Rochester, NY 14619.

Purpose, any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE OF AUCTION ] Erie Station Storage, LLC Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction pursuant to New York state lien law section 182 beginning on Thursday, December 13th, 2018 @ 11:00am and ending Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 11:00am.

The auction will take place online at

Storagetreasures.com.

All sales are subject to prior claim. The lien holder reserves the right to reschedule or adjourn the auction and reject any/all bids.

The personal property described as totes heretofore stored with the undersigned by Joseph Mounts Unit #317. All sales are final. Cash only. [ NOTICE OF AUCTION ] Erie Station Storage, LLC Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction pursuant to New York state lien law section 182 beginning on Thursday, December 13th, 2018 @ 11:00am and ending Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 11:00am.

The auction will take place online at Storagetreasures.com.

All sales are subject to prior claim. The lien holder reserves the right to reschedule or adjourn the auction and reject any/all bids.

The personal property described as furniture and toys heretofore stored with the undersigned by Shantel Richardson Unit #314.

All sales are final. Cash only. [ NOTICE OF AUCTION ] Erie Station Storage, LLC Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction pursuant to New York state lien law section 182 beginning on Thursday, December 13th, 2018 @ 11:00am and ending Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 11:00am.

The auction will take place online at Storagetreasures.com.

All sales are subject to prior claim. The lien holder reserves the right to reschedule or adjourn the auction and reject any/all bids.

The personal property described as speaker, furniture & toolbox heretofore stored with the undersigned by Douglas Strong Unit #1291. All sales are final. Cash only. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] JDSEB, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 11/7/18. Office location: Monroe County.

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Legal Ads SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 250 Mill Street, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] ReddRoc, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/4/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 3 Fitzmot Glen, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] RSMM L.L.C.. filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 03/14/2018 Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 173 Country Manor Way Apt 5 Webster NY 14580.

The purpose of the Company is Ecommerce online business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 2018PP, LLC ] 2018PP, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 11/6/18. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 1265 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011 which is also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 7784 BASNETT, LLC ] Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 10/04/2018 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served.

SSNY may mail copy of process to One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave., Suite 805-A, Albany, NY 12210-2822. Purpose

of LLC: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] SUNRISE LAKE HOUSE, LLC has been formed as a limited liability company (LLC) by filing Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State (NYSS) on October 26, 2018. Office located in Monroe County, NY. NYSS designated as agent for the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process against it served upon him to: 77 Kreag Road, Fairport, NY 14450. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful business acts or activities permitted for LLCs under the NY Limited Liability Company Act. The limited liability company is to be managed by one or more members. [ Notice of Formation of JOHNSON HILL LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on May 21, 2018. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ.

Office of LLC: 120 Linden Oaks Drive, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14625. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ.

Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ PUBLIC NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at Online Public Auction pursuant to New York State Lien Law, Article 8, Section 182, per order of River Campus Storage, 169 Flanders St, Rochester, NY at www.bid13.com.

The personal property described as household goods heretofore stored with the undersigned

by Zhani Winbush, Unit #218 and Deborah Duncan, Unit #102, beginning on Nov 22. All sales are subject to prior claim, postponement and/or cancellation. [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. E2018001181 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff, vs. THE HEIRS-AT-

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BY OR THROUGH ERNEST STEWART,

BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE OF ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, AND ALL CREDITORS THEREOF, AND THE RESPECTIVE WIVES, OR WIDOWS OF HIS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOSE NAMES AND ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF; DEMINA STEWART A/K/A DEMINA G. STEWART, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST STEWART, DECEASED; LATONYA C. STEWART; LATASHA STEWART; ERNEST STEWART,JR.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ESL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; ROCHESTER APARTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC; CITY COURT OF ROCHESTER; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; COUNTY OF MONROE; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC; PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default

for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises.

Dated: September 16, 2018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated October 30, 2018, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 269 Seward Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 121.69-1-9 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $6,062.77, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff Cheswold (TL), LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. E2017000131 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff, vs. The heirs-atlaw, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through KATHLEEN VANMEENEN A/K/A KATHLEEN A. VANMEENEN, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; The heirsat-law, next of kin,

distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through JOSEPHINE VANMEENEN, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; The heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through JAMES VANMEENEN, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; The heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through PAULA JOY BRAMWELL, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; MARY JOAN KUTER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PURPORTED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF KATHLEEN VANMEENEN A/K/A KATHLEEN A. VAN MEENEN, DECEASED; SHARON VANMEENEN; KAREN VANMEENEN; MICHAEL VANMEENEN; KIRSTEN VANMEENEN; BONNIE BRAMWELL; DEBRA NELSON; WELLS FARGO BANK, NA AS TRUSTEE UNDER

THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2004, FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-FF1; NEW CENTURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. A/A/O CHASE MANHATTAN BANK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC; PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC; COUNTY OF MONROE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this supplemental summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the amended complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: September 12, 2018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated October 23, 2018, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 314 St. Casimir Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 091.56-1-67 (the “Tax

Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $11,472.36, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff Cheswold (TL), LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE INDEX NO. E2018002110 The addresses of the real properties are: 85 BRAYER STREET, ROCHESTER, NY 14606 Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial, situs of the real property EB 2EMINY, LLC Plaintiff, -against‑ DEVIN BARFIELD, if living and if he be dead, any and all persons who may claim and devisees, distributees, legal representatives, successors and interest of the said defendants, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, THOMAS A. ANDREASSI, CHRISTINE A. ANDREASSI, MONROE COUNTY OFFICE OF PROBATIONCOMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, THE CITY COURT OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF MONROE, US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC A/K/A PROPEL TAX, TOWER DBW II TRUST 2013-1 A/K/A TOWER CAPITAL, PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WESTERN DISTRICT), “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #20” the last twenty 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, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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(s) within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded herein.

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 attorney for the tax lien holder 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 your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. STAGG, TERENZI, CONFUSIONE & WABNIK, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 300 Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 8124500 The object of this action is to foreclose tax liens covering: 85 Brayer Street, Rochester, NY 14606 JUDGMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $6,285.45 plus interest

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