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Inside OWS: PRESERVATION MAN the activists charting Landmarks chair adds many historic districts. Some say too many its next steps PAGE 2 BY AMANDA FUNG

Google gobbles up Robert Tierney is on a tear. In content as rivals his eight years atop the Land- marks Preservation Commis- watch and worry sion, he has anointed 27 dis- PAGE 3 tricts “historic”—six more than in any other mayoral adminis- Now that’s a job tration. Since February alone, title: “Entrepreneur the Landmarks chair has added at Large” for NYC five neighborhoods with a total of over 800 buildings in Brook- NEW YORK, NEW YORK P. 6 lyn, Queens and the Bronx. Advocates hail the record. In preserving New York’s finest ar- BUSINESS LIVES chitecture, he has helped make the city a more attractive place for residents, workers and tourists alike. He has successfully preserved distinctive neighborhoods ranging from Brook- lyn’s Prospect Heights to Queens’ Sunnyside Gardens. But as Mr. Tierney gears up to add yet more districts in the final two years of the Bloomberg administration, he is GOTHAM GIGS encountering growing resist- Christie’s auction ance from opponents crying P. 29 GIVING PROPERTIES powerhouse enough already. In one closely A LIFT: Landmarks ● ANNE FISHER Why watched case, they are even Chair Robert Tierney is P. 29 a big believer in the most startups fail hoping to undo the designation economic value of ● MOVERS & SHAKERS See PRESERVATION MAN on Page 26 preservation. Frank Rich rambles on

about OWS,Murdoch buck ennis and more P. 30 ● GAEL GREENE French fare in Chelsea P. 31 Holidays: ho, ho or ho-hum? No longer INDEX counters at the opposite end of the worth the Luxury-goods stores and discount chains spectrum are also forecast to be NEIGHBORHOOD JOURNAL ______7 winners, as consumers stock up on THE INSIDER could score big this shopping season ______8 cheap goods.Still,mid-tier appar- paper SMALL BUSINESS ______9 the high-end shopper and the el chain stores, from The Gap to J. BY ADRIANNE PASQUARELLI OPINION ______11 ever-growing population of cash- Crew, might come up empty- strapped consumers seeking deep handed. REAL ESTATE DEALS ______12 E-books on track In less than six weeks,Santa will be discounts. Retailers catering to “We will see good activity tak- CLASSIFIEDS ______22 heading down the chimney so re- those in the middle could end up ing place at the edges—luxury will to pass trade FOR THE RECORD ______25 tailers are gearing up for the all- with lumps of coal, though. do well and value will do well,”said paperbacks as No. 1 EXECUTIVE MOVES ______29 crucial holiday season. Some play- Overall spending is expected to Hana Ben-Shabat, partner in the

THE WEEK AHEAD ______31 ers on Santa’s list can count on full be ho-hum at best—up a modest retail practice at consulting firm stockings, thanks to the return of 2.8% over 2010, according to the A.T. Kearney. “The middle will BY MATTHEW FLAMM National Retail Federation. But continue to struggle.” an American Express survey Consumer confidence is down In Gary Shteyngart’s futuristic found that affluent spenders will and unemployment is still a con- novel Super Sad True Love Story, dole out 7% more on gifts this year, cern, so many shoppers are trading the hapless hero attracts looks of compared with last year. That’s down to the likes of Kmart and disgust when he opens a book— good news for popular brands Target to get the most bang for the paper-and-ink kind—on a ELECTRONIC EDITION such as Coach and Ralph Lauren their buck. A survey conducted by transatlantic flight. and upscale department stores Big Research found that two- “Duder,” says the young person NEWSPAPER such as Saks Fifth Avenue. Dis- See HOLIDAYS on Page 27 See TRADE on Page 28 20111114-NEWS--0002,0003-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 11/11/2011 8:25 PM Page 1

COMMENTARY Movement takes You can take Ad hoc leaders the boy out push occupation of NY, but ... toward more

ack in the mid-1970s,when I began vis- militant stage iting Los Angeles fairly often as a young journo covering rock music, transplant- BY DANIEL MASSEY ed New Yorkers would tell me, “You have to move here now.”Much as I loved Twenty-year-old East Harlem native George Machado initially assumed Oc- Bthe weather, the California girls, the landscape, the cupy Wall Street was “just some well- celeb scene and, it’s worth repeating, those girls, I al- meaning liberal arts college kids with ways headed home after a week or two. money—same old, same old.” But he attended a march and started And I never re- tan, albeit with showing up at Zuccotti Park. Now the gretted it. L.A.’s better landscap- college dropout who had never been an fine, but it ain’t ing and more activist is at the fore of a group planning a home. sunshine. Fifth series of militant protests Thursday that All my Cali- Avenue is Bever- could signal a new, disruptive direction fornia visits from ly Hills and Park for the movement. 2001 through Avenue Bel Air. The actions,to mark two months since 2008 were to San Or is it vice ver- Occupy Wall Street began, will start with Francisco. Then, sa? The Village is an early-morning attempt to shut down three years ago, Venice. Stroller- Wall Street and prevent the New York having finished a stuffed Santa Stock Exchange opening bell from ring- book on The MICHAEL Monica is our ing. They will conclude with an evening Metropolitan GROSS Upper West march over the Brooklyn Bridge with Museum of Art Side. Pacific Pal- union members and community groups. and the pooh- isades, a little in- Despite the public perception that the bahs who run it, and annoy- convenient despite its movement is leaderless, leaders have in ASSEMBLING: ing some of them more than charms, could be celebrity- fact emerged—and they’re beginning to Daily meetings are a little in the process, I decid- heavy TriBeCa. West Holly- tackle tough questions about the next the hallmark of ed it was time to get out of wood? Chelsea.I’ve yet to de- steps for the movement. While the pub- Occupy Wall Dodge—at least profession- cide on the local equivalent of lic is riveted by events in Zuccotti Park, Street’s horizontal ally—and signed up to write Holmby Hills, but Long Is- which the protesters call Liberty Square, structure. a book about L.A. land and New Jersey? Like, these ad hoc leaders are debating whether Heading West regularly the Valley, right? to leave it. They’re laying plans to spread again, I began to think about The two great coastal the occupation to other city neighbor- why the sprawling city has al- cities also share the great di- hoods, build an infrastructure that can

ways had a positive effect on vide between the 1% and the See OCCUPY on Page 28 photos: buck ennis, massey, daniel flickr/storycorp me. The New York rap on 99%. I often write about the L.A. is that everyone there is former, frequently viewing an airhead. But looked at in a them through the lens of less jaundiced light, L.A. re- their real estate, and in some minds you that ways, whether there are sunny The New here or there, the Paul Taylor makes places and nice rich are much the people in the York rap on same. world. And in two L.A. is that The latest ex- years of back- ceptions that new moves online and-forth, I everyone prove my L.A.-is- learned some- there is an nice rule are the hearsal in person. thing else. Unlike current owners of Choreographer The undertaking is just one of the too many New airhead the estates that will let public watch strategies the Paul Taylor Dance Yorkers, Ange- are the “stars” of Company has come up with to survive jordan matter jordan lenos are not only my new book. as he creates new the recession. In January, to promote STRIKE A POSE: Paul Taylor will launch an edgy unashamed of Two-thirds of work—for a fee its new season,the troupe is launching ad campaign in the coming months their back stories them wouldn’t an edgy ad campaign featuring its but usually happy to share talk to me. And a few are dancers in provocative poses. It even them. That’s why I think of steaming mad,reminding me BY MIRIAM KREININ SOUCCAR moved its New York run to a higher- The new online fundraising cam- L.A. as a mecca for the self- of the housewife at 740 Park profile theater in Lincoln Center. paign has surprised those who know invented. Ave.—the focus of one of my Starting this week, modern dance afi- Mr. Taylor, the 81-year-old choreog- There are infinite differ- earlier books—who took to cionados will get the chance to peek Funding declines rapher widely considered to be the last ences between L.A. and New posting nasty,pseudonymous into the creative mind of one of the Over the last five years,the compa- living member of the pantheon that York, and many of them are reviews of it on Amazon. field’s most famous, and private, cho- ny has lost about $1.5 million in fund- created the modern-dance art form. right in your face: the weath- But at least in L.A. they reographers. ing from its annual $6 million budg- “I think it’s a great idea,”said Ellen er, the color of the ocean, the use their real names when In an effort to raise money, Paul et. With government grants and Jacobs, who worked with Mr. Taylor palm trees, the cars and, yes, they snipe at you. I find that Taylor has agreed for the first time to individual gifts drying up, attendance for 20 years and heads her own arts those girls. But what in- refreshing, too. So here’s to allow bloggers, photographers and sluggish and touring fees dropping, promotion company. “But given that trigues me now are the simi- David Geffen, who used a videographers into his rehearsal stu- the 57-year-old dance company—not Paul is such a purist—I don’t think he larities, which go far beyond barnyard epithet to describe dio as he creates a new work. The unlike its peers—has to pull out every even uses email—I’m surprised he’s the number of converted East Unreal Estate, and to Lynda process will be posted daily on a new leap and turn to make ends meet. willing to allow such exposure to his Coasters who uniformly and Stewart Resnick, who’ve site called Create With Taylor, to “The economy has dealt us a fatal creative process.” want us to relocate there—I deemed it fiction. which donors can pay as little as $5 for blow, but we are not going to die,” Indeed, a still-reclusive Mr.Taylor suspect to affirm the choices They remind me why I unlimited access.The larger the gift of vowed John Tomlinson, executive di- declined an interview, but confirmed they’ve made. always return to New York. course, the more the perks—$500, for rector of the Paul Taylor Dance Foun- in a statement through his publicist There are neighborhoods Ultimately, nice just ain’t instance,buys a donor entry to the site dation. “We have to thrive, so we de- that he doesn’t use the Internet. He in L.A.that feel like Manhat- enough. and an invite to watch the dress re- cided we can’t do business as usual.” See PAUL TAYLOR on Page 27

2 | Crain’s New York Business | November 14, 2011 20111114-NEWS--0002,0003-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 11/11/2011 8:25 PM Page 2 s a new direction IN BRIEF ENGINEERING FIRMS, WIDELY SEEN AS THE BELLWETHERS OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY, are showing gains in local employment and in the number of projects they handle. Figures posted by these outfits, which land contracts on LEADERLESS? NOT EXACTLY new projects and begin the design work long before the construction industry breaks ground, Occupy Wall Street famously has nobody in charge. But behind the scenes, are surprisingly good. Of the top 25 firms on key activists are charting a new, aggressive course. Here are 10 of them. Crain’s list of the New York area’s largest engineering firms, no fewer than 20 reported increases in local employment from 2010 to 2011, and 15 reported gains in the number of projects they have here. “I think engineering Max will see some uptick next year and this will Berger Sandy translate into more construction projects much The trainer Nurse later in the year,” said Cyrus Izzo, co-president The of No. 23-ranked Syska Hennessy Group Inc. logistician Yotam Marom DEFUNCT TRADING COMPANY MF GLOBAL INC. The strategist TERMINATED ITS ENTIRE WORKFORCE OF George 1,066 employees on Friday, citing a Machado bankruptcy-court-mandated liquidation. The Between 150 and 200 former employees are newbie being hired to assist with the liquidation and court proceedings. MF Global declared bankruptcy after losing billions on a number of bad bets on derivatives contracts, precipitated by the European financial crisis. Michael Premo The company said it is working to vacate its The foreclosure foil headquarters at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street as soon as possible. Ⅲ Beka Economopoulos The glue

Nicole BY THE NUMBERS Carty The Weekly shift of the city’s economy facilitator THE BOUNCE COUNTS Markets cheered Europe’s progress and the signals on American é exports, manufacturing and even jobs, which all glowed a pleasing green. Nelini Stamp George The Martinez New Yorker 21 41K 42% The DAYS Goldman NUMBER of INCREASE in ambassador Jonathan Sachs reported people in New Coney Island Smucker trading losses in York homeless visitors this year The 3Q, most since shelters, a record over 2010 communicator ’08 Source: Coalition for Source: NYC Source: Goldman the Homeless Economic Sachs Development Corp.

TUMULTUOUS WEEK A week that started out well for the S&P 500 stock index turned ugly on Wednesday before ending the week on a strong note. 1,300 1,264 As Google gobbles up content, 1,280 1,260 its competitors get nervous 1,240 1,220 1,200 next generation are being born, and Google’s growing clout in the content 11/4 11/7 11/8 11/9 11/10 11/11 A slew of deals, from watched, on YouTube,” wrote Robert arena has already led to a Federal Trade Disney to Zagat, gives Kyncl, head of content partnerships, in a Commission investigation into charges ADDICTED TO NUMBERS? blog post in which he announced the that the company ranks its shopping sites GET A DAILY DOSE AT @STATSANDTHECITY search giant even more channels and compared the Web with the and listings higher than those of competi- early days of cable television. tors,such as Yelp and Trip Advisor.Google CORRECTIONS clout with advertisers The company’s reported $100 million- executives have denied that the company Backers of the local high-tech networking effort known as NYC plus programming push comes on the gives itself an advantage. Tech Connect include the Partnership for New York City and the BY MATTHEW FLAMM City Council. Their role was omitted in the Nov. 7 story “Growing a Becoming a portal culture for biotech.” Disrupting the newspaper business may Video is the fastest Observers disagree on whether Google The New York Academy of Sciences Life Science Angel Network is have been only a warm-up for Google Inc. has stayed true to its “Don’t Be Evil”credo. 1 year old. Its age was misstated in the Nov. 7 story “They say life Now, it’s gunning for TV. growing category in But clearly, the company sees content as is full of risks, and so are the life sciences.” Last week’s announcement from crucial to remaining an advertising jugger- Newman Fortunato works at Fedcap’s Bronx mail facility and YouTube of a partnership with Disney, naut. participated in combat missions in Afghanistan. These facts, as online advertising— well as Tim Enright’s first name, were misstated in the Nov. 7 along with previously disclosed plans for “Google is becoming a little more like a story “Unarmed for job search.” 100 new content channels, should make up 52% in a year portal,” said Clayton Moran, an Internet Google’s massive video hub a more hos- analyst at Benchmark Co. “Keeping users vol. xxvii, no. 46, november 14, 2011—Crain’s New York Business (issn 8756-789x) is published weekly, except for double issues the pitable place for advertisers—something within its sites generates more advertising weeks of July Fourth, Labor Day and Christmas, by Crain Commu- that clips of dancing cats never did.But the opportunities.” nications Inc., 711 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017. Periodicals postage addition of original shows for kids, a series YouTube offers Google its biggest op- paid at New York, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: CSI Send address changes to: Crain’s New York Business, Circulation from creator Anthony Zuiker, as well heels of its $151 million purchase of Man- portunity. Video is the fastest-growing Department, 1155 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI 48207-2912. for sub- as channels headlined by Madonna and hattan-based publisher Zagat Survey. category in online advertising—up 52% scriber service: Call (877) 824-9379. Fax (313) 446-6777.$3.00 a copy, $99.95 one year, $179.95 two years. (GST No. 13676-0444-RT) the WWE also show Google’s long-range That deal put the search giant in the busi- over the year-earlier level, to $2.2 billion, ©Entire contents copyright 2011 by Crain Communications Inc. ambitions. ness of owning content, not just linking to according to eMarketer. YouTube would All rights reserved. “Many of the defining channels of the everyone else’s, for the first time. See GOOGLE EXPANDS on Page 4

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Google expands its video play IN THE MARKETS Continued from Page 3 Business School, also like to get a piece of the $60.5 who does research on Aaron Elstein billion that marketers are spending the Internet’s role in by on broadcast and cable television. business. But though YouTube serves up nearly half of all the videos seen on Antitrust concerns the Web, when it comes to com- Mr. Edelman ‘Basis risk’: two little Wall Street manding top dollar for streaming added that Google’s ads, Hulu is far ahead. The video $700 million pur- words that could spell big trouble hub can charge a premium for ads chase of travel soft- that run with hit shows provided by ware provider ITA, uring the financial its network television owners,NBC, cleared by the Justice crisis of 2008, the ABC and Fox, and others. Department in D Analysts say the aim of Google’s April, was another English-speaking investment in YouTube is to show- instance in which the world was introduced to such case the site as an attractive venue company got into the lovely Wall Street jargon as for top producers, bring in more content business in a “liquidity event” (as in, no quality programming and attract CABLE KILLER? YouTube is ramping up its programming. way that raises anti- blue-chip advertising clients willing competitive issues. ready cash to pay the bills), to pay higher rates. (YouTube will Google executives “solvency concerns” (the odds make back its money through ad than $190 billion and a two-thirds declined to comment for this article, of bankruptcy) and “bailout” sales; it won’t own the content.) share of the search engine market. but Chairman Eric Schmidt, testify- Still,Google is also looking down Even in a weak economy, Google ing before Congress in September, (no explanation needed). Now, the road to when Internet-connect- grew revenue by 33% in the third argued that the company has to keep as the financial crisis of 2011 ed televisions—some featuring the quarter, to $9.7 billion. its search results fair, or users will unfolds, it looks like “basis Google TV interface—and set-top The company is expected to use switch to rivals such as Bing. Some risk” could soon enter the devices such as Roku and Boxee Zagat’s reviews to beef up its restau- analysts agree. could conceivably make Web TV rant listings service, and to replace “The financial gain of directing public lexicon. bloomberg news competitive with cable. reviews from Yelp and Trip Advisor. traffic to its own sites wouldn’t be Basis risk is something banks around the world are trying furiously to “There’s a big race to see who is Executives of those companies had worth the loss of trust,” said Bench- minimize to spare themselves the prospect of another round of 2008-like going to distribute premium con- objected to their content being used mark Co.’s Mr. Moran. losses. Goldman Sachs Chief Financial Officer David Viniar (pictured above) told tent,” said Tracey Scheppach, inno- by a company they saw as a rival. But that’s not to say that Nomura Securities’ Glenn Schorr that “there is the potential for the indus- vations director at VivaKi,a division Nonetheless, Google’s purchase Google’s investments in content try to see some hits related to … basis risk” in the current fiscal quarter, ac- of Publicis Groupe. of Zagat has increased critics’ con- aren’t keeping entire industries up at cording to a report Mr. Schorr wrote last week. cerns. night. When bankers talk of basis risk, what they mean is their hedges aren’t TV industry: watching nervously “Here is yet another sector where “Everybody in the content busi- working.That’s a serious problem, because while banks do occasionally wa- Insiders say that television in- Google owns a particular subset of ness is most certainly looking at ger aggressively on the markets moving one way or other, much of the time dustry executives tend to be nervous content and therefore has a direct Google and wondering what they they prefer to minimize their bets by finding other trades or investments that about Google’s plans. They’re not pecuniary interest in sending the want to own,what they want to feed typically move in the opposite direction. the only ones who worry about the user to that content rather than and what they want to disrupt,” said Hedging isn’t an easy thing to do even in the best of times. It’s especial- inroads that could be made by a somewhere else,”said Ben Edelman, Whit Andrews, an analyst at Gart- ly complicated when markets are going crazy and positions that would nor- company with a market cap of more an assistant professor at Harvard ner Research. Ⅲ mally offset one another suddenly don’t. Right now, the hedges that banks took to minimize their exposure to Greece are looking particularly dicey. Here’s why: Some big banks and other parties bought insurance policies called credit default swaps that would essentially pay out if Greece defaults. It sounds like a smart way to protect against disaster—except the hedges might not work.That’s because the default might be deemed “voluntary” by those who sold the credit default swaps, in which case many buyers wouldn’t get paid the money they expect. Voilà, basis risk. Banks are prowling about for hedging positions that could offset their exposure to Greece and other debt-troubled European nations. One possible way to do it: Sell short German stocks, suggests Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Brad Hintz, on the theory that these securities will get hammered if Greece defaults. The original Green Mountain roast-master

One of the nation’s top accounting has seen its high-flying stock drop sleuths, Sam Antar (pictured below), by half in recent weeks after has bagged yet another suspect: renowned hedge fund manager Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. David Einhorn publicly gutted its At Sterling National Bank, we understand the needs Mr. Antar accounting and business practices of hard working business owners like Albert – starting first questioned last month. But Mr. Antar had been with giving them the attention they deserve. If you’re Green Moun- onto the company for a long time. tain’s account- (A person familiar with Mr. Ein- looking for a more responsive and professional banking ing on his blog, horn’s work said the fund manager relationship, maybe it’s time you switch to Sterling too. White Collar read Mr. Antar’s research but did Fraud, back in plenty of his own digging, too.) Dedicated Client Management Teams September Mr. Antar’s unique background Big Bank Products, Small Bank Attention buck ennis 2010 and is- makes him particularly good at un- sued numerous follow-ups. Among covering accounting problems: He 80 Years of Getting It Right other things, he said he found that used to create them as the former the figure given for earnings over a CFO of Crazy Eddie and was con- To ﬁ nd out more about Albert’s story, Albert Girgenti 39-week stretch didn’t match the victed for his role in the appliance visit SterlingNationalBank.com/stories CEO & President AVA Pork three previous 13-week periods. retailer’s enormous fraud. Green Mountain,which special- “It takes one to know one,” Mr. izes in single-serve cups of coffee, Antar said last week. Ⅲ

THE YIELD on 10-year bonds backed by the nation of Italy amid growing concerns about its 6.9% economy and staggering debt burden. A year ago, the same bonds yielded less than 4.1%.

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IT’S TOO K AY NEW YORK,NEW YORK LOVE edited by Valerie Block YOUR WORK Crain's 2011 Best Places to Work in NYC Luncheon City gets more tech-friendly On December 2nd, join Crain's New York Business ew York City has a new official position, entrepreneur as we unveil the rankings of the 2011 Best Places Nat large, which has just been filled by Steve to Work in New York City. Help us celebrate the Rosenbaum, founder and chief executive of Web video companies in NYC that provide their employees provider Magnify.net. ¶ The part-time appointment, which with the best work environments through their started this month but which the city has yet to announce, is ongoing commitment to employee happiness. the latest tech-friendly initiative from the city Economic Development Corp. Others include the launch of more than half a dozen startup incubators around the city. ¶ Mr. GREAT WORKPLACES: Rosenbaum (pictured), who believes that New York will HOW TO CREATE ONE dominate the next wave in tech development, says that startups & KEEP IT THAT WAY often don’t realize what resources are available. “The DNA of startups and the DNA of government don’t naturally fit together,” he A panel discussion on how to create environments said. “But things work better if you understand how the city is wired.” that allow employees to excel, featuring innovators ¶ He’ll be advising the incubators’ entrepreneur tenants and on the topics of workplace culture, talent, salaries, suggesting new ways the city can provide help. ¶ “We’re not the best retention, recruitment and diversity. Each panelist is people to provide business advice,” said Kristy Sundjaja, head of a leader from one of the Best Places to Work. industry transformation at the EDC. “Steve can help those tenants eventually grow out of the incubators.” —matthew flamm

place May 3 to 5 at Basketball City Backpedaling on the East River, leading up to its GEEK CHIC on bike expo popular tour that attracts 32,000 riders annually.The expo should WIRED WILL LAUNCH a pop-up Bike New York has hit a speed draw as many attendees, Mr. shop on Nov. 18. The Times bump in planning its first New Podziba predicts. Square store, open Wednesdays Joseph DePaolo Aedhmar Hynes Netta York City Bike Expo next year. It Gran Fondo, whose 100-mile through Sundays through Dec. CEO, Signature CEO, Text 100 Samroengraja Bank CFO, ZocDoc race started last year on the George 24, will carry gadgets for all Washington Bridge and went up to budgets. Bear Mountain, held its prerace SUPERPLEXUS, a supersized expo in the Roseland Ballroom and spherical maze ($30,000) attracted 8,000, according to Ms. Fluhme.This year’s expo will be 24-CARAT GOLD-plated Atari held on May 18 and 19. gaming console ($6,650) —lisa fickenscher LYTRO LIGHT field camera ($399-$499) Chilean miners’ INTELLIGENT PLAY Sifteo cubes Lisa J. Sotto, Patrick Sullivan ($149) Managing Partner, CEO & President, story surfaces iCADE iPAD arcade cabinet Hunton & Williams RightsFlow Their story may have already been ($99.99) told by others, but the 33 Chilean miners who cheated death a year ago after 69 days underground may Date: December 2, 2011 soon have their own book deal. Time: seems the decades-old nonprofit, Talent agency WME, which 12:00pm - 12:30pm which produces the annual TD began shopping a 45-page Registration & Networking Bank Five Boro Tour, was bested proposal by the Pulitzer Prize- by an upstart organization—Gran winning journalist Héctor Tobar 12:30pm - 2:00pm Fondo New York—which grabbed about two weeks ago, is close to an that have not been reported. Lunch & Rankings Revealed a nearly identical name, NYC Bike agreement with a publisher, WME, which signed up the Location: Expo, for its own inaugural event according to two industry insiders miners in March, reached a deal The Sheraton, 811 Seventh Ave last May. with knowledge of the for movie rights in July with Table of Ten: $2,999 Gran Fondo co-founder Lidia negotiations, though they could producer Mike Medavoy, of Shutter Individual Ticket: Fluhme, who got the scoop on Bike not say which publisher was Island and Black Swan fame. $299 New York’s plan through a Crain’s expected to buy the book. A WME spokesman declined article published on Nov. 7, Editors at several houses said to comment. REGISTRATION: complained to Chief Executive they passed on the project partly —matthew flamm Kenneth Podziba.The CEO told because other accounts crainsnewyork.com/events-bestplaces Crain’s that he had never heard of of the miners’ dramatic the year-old competitor’s expo. He rescue have not made has nonetheless decided to take much of a splash. the high road. WME agent Jay Mandel “To avoid any confusion, had pitched the new we have since changed our expo book on the strength of name to Bike Expo New York,” Mr.Tobar’s writing, the facebook.com/crainsnewyork @crainsnewyork said Mr. Podziba, who will file for fact that all of the trademark protection to avoid any miners (right) would further challenges. be involved, and that it

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comment. Canarsie paper fighting two battles The Courier appears to be maintaining. Circulation has been steady at about 10,000 in recent years, and ALTERED STATES: Canarsie’s side Mormile. “Instead of sensationaliz- advertising continues to pay most of Big population shift, streets have seen major changes. ing the news, we just report it.” the bills. Much of that ad revenue Murdoch-backed comes from classifieds, which have Courier five years ago, Contrast in style also held up, even in the age of rival make life dicey when News Corp. Sitting in the paper’s one-story Craigslist. The paper costs 50 cents for oldest weekly bought its longtime com- office near Remsen Avenue, in a a copy. petitor, the Digest. The large room with a wall of framed The Courier just opened an Al- Courier went its tradi- newspaper clippings, Ms. Mormile bany bureau, with one reporter. It is BY ELIZA RONALDS-HANNON tional route and gave the pointed out the Digest’s tendency to also trying to draw more advertising news straight. focus on the grimmest stories, to its 8-year-old online edition. rooklyn’s Canarsie sec- [the relief efforts] well after the “We try to do it the right way, seemingly ripped straight from Ca- Meanwhile,the Digest has down- tion is only about 10 shocks.” with a little more sensitivity and tact, narsie’s police blotter. sized. It was folded into the Mill- miles from midtown but A different kind of jolt hit the and always to be accurate,” said Ms. Digest executives declined to Marine Courier this past March. Ⅲ seems a world apart in many ways. The neigh- Bborhood’s quiet,tree-lined streets of modern, two-family homes convey the look and feel of a 1960s suburb rather than a city neighborhood. Another anachronism in Canarsie:a veritable newspaper war. FRENCH In an era in which most major cities barely can support a single newspaper, Canarsie has two week- lies. The borough’s oldest gazette, BODY OF NEOSCAPE COURTESY IMAGE the 90-year-old Canarsie Courier, is facing off against an arm of one of the world’s largest media giants, News Corp.’s Canarsie Digest. The Courier is contending with WITH A a shaky economy and one of the city’s biggest demographic shifts of the past 20 years. The change has transformed Canarsie,as well as the BUSINESS paper’s readership and advertising. Gone are many of the Italians and Jews who once defined the * neighborhood, as are businesses like Kenny’s Department Store, Sun- MIND shine Scissors barber shop and Original’s pizza.They have been re- placed by a wave of West Indian immigrants, who now make up 60% of the population and have brought the Courier new advertisers, including Millie’s Hideaway bar and Vikki’s Restaurant. Getting aggressive Attracting them, as well as a new readership, has taken a lot of work. “We had to get more aggressive,” said Associate Editor Dara Mormile. New arrivals were largely un- aware of the paper, much less its decades-long history. To forge bonds, Managing Editor Charles Rogers and his team redoubled their community outreach. In addition to sending reporters to cover meetings of the Avenue L Merchants Associ- ation and sessions with city agencies, Mr. Rogers encouraged residents to come into the paper’s office with story ideas or to promote events. “You either adjust or become ex- *LOOKING FOR A LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP tinct,” said Alessandro Marra, the paper’s attorney and spouse of Pub- lisher Donna Marra. The Courier shifted into edito- SF AVAILABLE SF TERRACE rial overdrive after the devastating 480,000 IMMEDIATELY + 25,000 SPACE earthquake in Haiti in 2010, covering breaking news as well as the disaster’s impact on Canarsie’s Hait- UP TO 21FT CEILINGS | 41,000SF COLUMN FREE SPACE | PRIVATE LOBBY | MULTIPLE BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES | MIDTOWN ian community and local relief efforts. “It was great,” said the Rev. Ver- James Kuhn Brian Waterman Lance Korman el Montauban,pastor of the Haitian [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] First Church of the Brethren on 229W43.COM 212.372.2200 212.372.2299 212.372.2160 Flatbush Avenue, which was active Jonathan Fanuzzi Brent Ozarowski in organizing drives to get aid sup- [email protected] [email protected] plies to Haiti. “We really appreciat- 212.372.2084 212.372.2246 ed the way the Courier reported on

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apartments affordable, even if they leave the subsidized Mitchell- Lama program. Nearly 60% of the HOUSING REFORM Draws a doubter THE INSIDER island’s apartments are set aside as AT A CONFERENCE LAST affordable housing, a level Gov. week in midtown, architects Andrew Cuomo by Jeremy Smerd and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh would like to pitched solutions for the maintain. high cost and low supply of David Hirschhorn, who is a housing in the city. Their principal at two of the complexes, proposals were geared said he is committed to making toward accommodating sure one of the developments, more than three unrelated Island House, remains at least 70% people in a multiple- Tech campus: affordable. He is less certain about dwelling unit, which is a the second development, called forbidden practice in the Westview. city. “Westview [negotiations are] island paradise? Because of that rule, not nearly as advanced as Island housing is built for families. House,” Mr. Hirschhorn said. But 47% of city residents don’t live with a spouse or partner, and many lans for a tech A tech campus could make his apartments lucrative as market-rate cannot afford a proper dwelling. campus on rentals. But the campus won’t be If a typical single New Yorker devoted a third of his income to housing, he Roosevelt fully developed before his lease would need a $700-a-month place. That often means an illegal, fire-trap Island have with the state expires. rental, said Sarah Watson, a policy analyst at the Citizens Housing and made the Hudson Related, which owns Planning Council, which organized the conference to showcase the potential 1,200 apartments and plans to build for reform. Pnarrow slip of land in the about 800 more, may gain the most “If we don’t do anything, we’re going to have more and more fires and be East River a hot from the tech campus because only less and less accommodating to the people who keep the city going,” she said. commodity. But its 40% of the company’s apartments A working group within the Bloomberg administration that includes unusual ownership are rent-regulated. Hudson Related Deputy Mayors Linda Gibbs and Robert Steel and City Housing is also managing retail development Commissioner Mathew Wambua is exploring changes. But one structure means a of the island’s 32 stores.Twelve are administration official at last week’s conference emerged as a doubter: campus won’t be a boon currently vacant, but interest has Robert LiMandri, commissioner of the Department of Buildings. to developers. been piqued. Mr. LiMandri asked what would happen when someone in a communal Stanford and Cornell “With the new tech campus, I household monopolizes the bathroom or kitchen. He wondered if firefighters think people talk about Roosevelt could squeeze into the tiny dwellings being proposed. He cringed at the universities have newscom Island in a different way,” said David notion of creating smaller units, given that visitors are already shocked by the proposed building Kramer, a principal at Hudson cramped quarters that many New Yorkers tolerate. engineering campuses on the southern tip occupied by the Related. “You have to figure out how to build bigger,” Mr. LiMandri said, adding that city’s Goldwater Hospital, which is slated to close in 2014. he lives in Queens because there is more space between houses. The rest of the island is leased by the state from the city and Liu says politics —ERIK ENGQUIST managed by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. Private affects subsidies developers own the buildings where 12,000 residents live, but City Comptroller John Liu said his including politics, affect Economic Mentors were assigned to the underlying land is leased to them by the state. office is readying a report that will Development Corp. subsidy truants at elementary, middle and Pending lease renewals give the state leverage to keep the show how noneconomic factors, decisions. “The approach of the high schools, while control groups EDC is very political,” he said. “I got no mentors. With mentors, the think that needs to be said.” improvement in chronic Mr. Liu asserted that some absenteeism among high school builders in Flushing “can’t even get students was 22% greater and 14% their foot in the door” because they better among elementary school are not politically connected.The students, but only 6% better for EDC declined to comment. middle schoolers. 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outBand.com’s 2011 revenues to hit the six-figure mark. Startup incubator refreshes PepsiCo Another PepsiCo10 alumni is Ty Ahmad-Taylor, the founder of Fan- Feedr,a Brooklyn-based sports news events. But Coca-Cola is less fo- fits of working with PepsiCo out- and statistics website. Though Mr. Beverage giant culls hip marketing ideas, cused on mining new technologies weighed any drawbacks.Large com- Ahmad-Taylor said that he appreci- while entrepreneurs get access to know-how and marketing channels. panies never returned his calls before ated the opportunity to be “exposed “We’re trying to see around cor- the pilot, he said, but after, Break- to brand integration,” he was a little Other beverage companies have ners,” said Josh Karpf, digital and outBand.com got the attention of frustrated that PepsiCo scrapped his BY ALEC FOEGE initiatives,but none with the reach of social media manager at PepsiCo. Old Navy. The retailer initiated a first pilot, which he declined to de- PepsiCo10, according to Mr. Pirko. Though they received access, promotion in which winners of a scribe. n 2008, after a decade devel- For example, this past summer, startups in the first PepsiCo10 got song contest got their tunes played in The second project, a competi- oping digital products for ed- The Coca-Cola Co. bought a mino promises of venture funding. stores nationwide. tion focused on pro baseball called ucational publisher Scholas- nority share in licensing company (Each participant in this year’s incu- PepsiMax Field of Dreams, tic, David Moricca launched Music Dealers to uncover songs bator, PepsiCo10 Europe, got about “Halo effect” launched online in August. Overall, BreakoutBand.com, which from emerging artists that it could $17,000.) “It produced a halo effect,” said said Mr. Ahmad-Taylor, “we really Ihelps users create professional- use in branding campaigns and at Still, Mr. Moricca said, the bene- Mr. Moricca, who expects Break- enjoyed the relationship.” Ⅲ sounding music. The Harvard-educated lawyer initially raised more than $1.5 million from friends, family and angel investors. But Mr. Moricca knew that BreakoutBand.com, based in Dumbo, faced a long-term chal- With Afl ac, you know that if your employees get hurt or sick they will have a safety net. Afl ac lenge in attracting advertisers as he helps pay costs that major medical doesn’t cover, by sending cash directly—faster than our built the brand. Mr. Moricca, now 35, was duly excited last year when Breakout- Band.com won a spot in the first Afl ac makes your benefi ts PepsiCo10 business incubator, established by PepsiCo in partner- even sweeter. ship with Boston-based Highland Capital Partners. top competitors. Because it’s voluntary, it doesn’t cost your business a penny. Pretty sweet. Incubator members, who designed pilot marketing projects for Visit afl ac.com/sweetbenefi ts, and see what all the buzz is about. PepsiCo’s youth-oriented brands, received no payment but could in- teract with the company’s executives and Highland advisers. “We’ve learned so much about our user community from the pilot,” Mr. Moricca said. BreakoutBand.com’s More and more large companies are connecting with young digital firms

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bout two-thirds of the small businesses revenues fall and a vicious cycle of “adverse selection” takes EDITORIAL with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield hold: Businesses that are not getting their money’s worth editor Xana Antunes managing editor Glenn Coleman health insurance just got bad news: Their from their policies drop them, leaving fewer customers to deputy managing editors Valerie Block, plans are being discontinued. But pay the bills of the heavy users. Insurers then raise premiums Erik Ipsen assistant managing editor Erik Engquist Empire’s announcement, disconcerting as to make up for the lost customers, driving more healthy senior producer, projects Kira Bindrim it was to customers, came as no surprise customers away.The cycle repeats and accelerates. senior producer, news Elisabeth Butler Cordova contributing editor to New Yorkers who follow the industry. Insurers say that to combat this problem, regulators must Elaine Pofeldt Most insurers want nothing to do with this market segment. find ways to enlarge the pool of customers.The federal columnists Greg David, Michael Gross, In the past five years, Cigna and HealthNet have washed government is moving to throw nearly all Americans into Alair Townsend A pulse editor Barbara Benson their hands of their small-business customers here, and the pool via the Affordable Care Act, but that model is senior reporters Theresa Agovino, Aaron Elstein, Lisa Fickenscher, Horizon, Guardian and others have also pulled out.The untested. And, assuming the law survives a Supreme Court Matthew Flamm, Miriam Kreinin Souccar plans offered by the few remaining companies seem to review, it will be three reporters Amanda Fung, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, become fewer in number and less attractive every year. years before Daniel Massey, Adrianne Pasquarelli, Insurers Jeremy Smerd The state government itself is curtailing its coverage by Obamacare’s health reporter/producer Emily Laermer art director Steven Krupinski making a high-deductible option the only choice for new are shedding insurance exchanges are deputy art director Carolyn McClain enrollees in its Healthy NY plan, starting Jan. 1. up and running. Small staff photographer Buck Ennis small business copy desk chief Wendy Zuckerman This is not about the state being cheap or insurers being businesses need help copy editor Thaddeus Rutkowski greedy.There is no conspiracy against small businesses. customers today. research editor Dana Gordon assistant research editor Suzanne Panara Rather, rising medical costs, government regulation and Ultimately, the sorry research interns Callie Eidler, Helen Kwong economic forces have driven up insurers’ expenses to the state of health care editorial intern Rebecca Olles

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will take for the industry to be competitive. And they need to agree on Basic principles some basic principles up front: Transparency. Both parties should have full access to all available data to evaluate costs, quality and both for better building labor and management efficiency and productivity. Fact-based discussion. Conversa- BY MICHAEL LOCKER tions must be grounded in hard, re- liable data, not dominated by public his summer, New York City Building Trades posturing or vague generalities. Mutual benefit. All parties should unions and contractor associations negotiated share in the benefits of costs savings more than two dozen contracts resulting in signif- and productivity increases—this icant concessions on wages, benefits and work can’t be a zero-sum game. rules. Many observers are critical of the negotia- This process is easily undermined by labor and management fixating on Ttions for failing to address the long-term cost and structural high-profile issues that have little or challenges facing the unionized construction industry.But that no economic impact, and using them as excuses to avoid substantive nego- ignores the major role the talks labor productivity.As developers be- tiation. Fortunately for the construc- played in creating a space for mean- gin to play a more hands-on role in tion industry,it is in everyone’s inter- ingful dialogue, particularly between project management and labor nego- ests to create a forum where real developers and unions, which could tiations, contractors will be the odd solutions can be confidentially dis- eventually lead to a productive new man out. cussed, tested and implemented. labor-management partnership. It’s widely recognized that union The summer’s negotiations left In my 30 years of reorganizing labor costs are about 20% to 30% the unionized construction industry troubled companies and advising on higher; this is partially offset by at a crossroads.Working together in labor-management relations, one higher productivity and quality— a real partnership,unions and devel- factor has consistently determined though exact figures are hard to opers can strengthen industry com- success: Both parties must embrace come by. Over the past two years, petitiveness, maintain wage and a process grounded in hard facts,not the Building Trades have offered benefit standards and create good posturing.Without it,I’m afraid the significant labor cost savings by ne- jobs. But forging that partnership unionized construction industry gotiating Project Labor Agree- will require a cultural shift and new will not clear the hurdles it faces. ments targeting a 15% reduction. ways of doing business that chal- By far the greatest challenge is But developers are skeptical that lenge unions, developers and con- how to improve the unionized indus- these savings are actually realized; tractors. Make no mistake; this will try’s competitive position and reverse again hard data is difficult to uncov- not be an easy process.But a joint ef- declining market share.To tackle this er.The unions claim these labor cost fort is absolutely critical if the problem,unions and developers need savings, negotiated directly with unionized construction industry is to look at all the issues, including es- contractors, have not been fully going to thrive and grow. calating material costs, contractor passed on to the developers. fees, operational inefficiencies and Leading unions and developers Michael Locker is founder and president of waste controlled by management, need to step forward and have a Locker Associates Inc., a New York City changing technology and, of course, frank conversation about what it business consulting firm.

which provided 20% of the budget five years ago. Insider’s guide Liberals who want tax increases to cover more spending are gaining momen- tum. Certainly,the occupiers of Wall Street have changed the tenor of the to Albany 2012 debate in New York and around the country. The same polls that give ith the local elections behind us, the battle Mr. Cuomo such high marks show strong support for a millionaire’s in- lines are being drawn for next year’s budg- come tax surcharge.The unions that et tug-of-war in Albany.Expect some fresh the governor so successfully neutral- twists on last year’s plotline in which Gov. ized last year are emboldened. The Andrew Cuomo steamrolled the Legisla- Working Families Party’s election- year pledge not to contest the gov- Wture with a political finesse not seen in the state capital in years. ernor’s agenda has expired. The Here’s the lay of the land: health care workers union can’t be bought off with another Medicaid The governor is still tax increases next year. deal, and the teachers union has al- powerful. The latest His budget problem is ways been ready to enlist in the fight Quinnipiac poll shows getting worse. The latest for higher taxes. his approval rating at an estimate of next year’s Then there is the need for pension re- unprecedented 65%, budget gap is $2.4 bil- form. The governor wants pension with only 19% saying lion, and the figure is al- reform that includes a new sixth tier, they disapprove of his most certain to grow. with lower benefits and higher con- performance as gover- That probably explains tributions for future workers. May- nor. He just engineered why the governor decid- or Michael Bloomberg needs a pen- the election of two ed not to provide the sion deal even more than the Cuomo-like Demo- midyear update on time. governor. He didn’t even get a fifth crats in the largest GREG How big the deficit gets tier two years ago, and pensions are counties at both ends of depends on Wall Street, now eating up $8 billion of the city’s the state (Suffolk and DAVID where layoffs and budget a year, up from about $1 bil- Erie), replacing Repub- sharply reduced bonuses lion when he took office. licans. His business are bad news for the state The smart money is betting on a supporters at the Committee to treasury.Wall Street still accounts for deal that would trade passage of a Save New York are building anoth- 14% of all state tax revenue. In fact, millionaire’s tax in return for pension er $10 million war chest to back his the heart of the budget problem is the reform. Watch for it as the budget program of state budget cuts and no decline in Wall Street-related taxes, rhetoric heats up.

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Oracle finds destiny on Park Ave. MORE IS LESS Percentage of commercial mortgage-backed loans to market sources. three years ago. Earlier confirmed there was a deal but de- delinquent by 30 days or more. Tech giant signs, Oracle, which is led by this year, Bloomberg LP clined to discuss specifics. bringing occupancy billionaire Lawrence Elli- leased 400,000 square feet —theresa agovino New York City U.S. son, has leased half the there. 10.1% 9.8% rate up to 95% 24th floor, as well as the It was unclear when 8.5% entire 25th and 26th Oracle would move into Yogurt chain hits 7.1% echnology giant Oracle floors.The asking rent for the space. The company’s melting market just inked a 10-year, the deal was $85 a square broker, Marcus Rayner of 60,000-square-foot deal foot. Cresa Partners, declined There’s a new frozen yogurt chain in at 120 Park Ave., bringing The deal is the second to comment. Jones Lang town, and it’s expanding at a rapid Oct. 2010 Oct. 2011 the occupancy rate at the piece of good news this LaSalle broker Paul clip. Off the Wall Frozen Yogurt, a Source: Trepp Tone-time headquarters of Philip year for owner Global Holdings Glickman, who with colleague Di- Cedarhurst, L.I.-based outfit that Morris up to around 95%, according Inc., which acquired the property ana Biasotti represents the landlord, launched less than a year ago, recently signed a 10-year lease for 1,400 square feet at 1053 Second Ave. The asking rent for the space,which includes a 900-square-foot base- ment, was $140 a square foot. The fast-growing shop, which offers self-serve fro-yo, plans to open at least 10 Manhattan locations by the end of 2012. Four additional leases should be signed by the end of this year, according to Michael Worthman, the Robert K. Futterman & Associates broker who represented Off the Wall. “We’re looking in affluent neighborhoods,” he explained. The newcomer may have its work cut out for it. Frozen yogurt, popularized here by the likes of Pinkberry and Red Mango, has recently been on the decline. Sales for the sector dropped 15% last year,according to market research firm NPD Group Inc. The chain will open for business in early 2012. Landlord 1053 Second Avenue was represented by Annie Yao of Buchbinder & Warren Realty Group. —adrianne pasquarelli Bond investor runs out of room Phoenix Investment Adviser, which bills itself as “deep value investors in the stressed bond” market, has bal- looned out of its office space in the Graybar Build- ing. The hedge fund has signed a 10-year lease for 7,500 square feet at 420 Lexington Ave. The new office on the 20th floor is six times the size of the firm’s current office, and is located two stories higher in the building. The asking rent was $58 per square foot. “They were shoehorned into their old space,” said Loren Biller of the Kaufman Organization, who represented the tenant. Phoenix, with approximately 10 employees, plans to move out of its 1,200-square-foot office sometime this month, according to Mr. Biller. David Amsterdam and Meghan Holzhauer represented landlord SL Green Realty Corp. in-house. Founded in 2003,Phoenix focus- es on deeply discounted, distressed bonds, according to its website. —amanda fung

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Qualifying offers financial assistance by issuing tax- providing access to computer hardware business counseling and access to qualified businesses for their eligible borrowers include owners and exempt or taxable bonds, as well as and software for research and business microloans of up to $50,000 are now capital projects or large equipment developers of manufacturing and incentives such as real property tax planning. offered through this program. purchases. solid-waste recycling facilities and abatements, sales tax exemptions and Contact: Joe Middleton, loan officer, Contact: Theresa Santiago, director of Contact: (212) 312-3600 developers of eligible facilities in the mortgage-recording tax exemptions. (212) 410-0030, ext. 207 network programs, (718) 624-9115 Email: [email protected] Empowerment Zone. Contact: Bruce Ferguson, executive Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.nycedc.com Contact: (212) 312-3600 director, (631) 853-4802 Website: www.umez.org Website: www.bocnet.org Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT Website: www.nycedc.com/nycida Website: www.co.suffolk.ny.us ● WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND INWOOD ● CAMBA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCE Its Not-for-Profit-Bond Program enables DEVELOPMENT CORP. CORP. Its Industrial and Commercial 501(c)(3) organizations purchasing, U.S. SMALL BUSINESS Its BO$$ Loan Program advances direct Provides a spectrum of services to Abatement Program provides abatements developing, renovating or equipping ADMINISTRATION-FINANCIAL loans of up to $50,000 to businesses, individuals looking to start or expand a of real property taxes for varying periods facilities for their own use to access ASSISTANCE PROGRAM primarily in upper Manhattan and business; offers hands-on business of up to 25 years for eligible industrial triple-tax-exempt bond financing and, The nation’s largest single backer of western Bronx. Makes larger loans in consultation; and assists with business and commercial buildings that are built, in some cases, a mortgage recording tax small business loans. Guarantees loans partnership with other lenders. plan development, entrepreneurial modernized, rehabilitated, expanded or reduction. Pooled bond structures are of up to $5 million. 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It refers customers exemptions on the purchase of materials Districts with a lending partner, of up to 90% for to credit repair services, helps prepare used to construct, renovate or equip The BID program of the city’s projects involving acquisitions and/or financial documents and assists with facilities for their own use. Department of Small Business improvement of real estate, machinery completion of applications. Contact: (212) 312-3600 Services provides supplemental and equipment. Contact: Zahra Amanpour, executive Email: [email protected] services such as sanitation and Contact: Website: Chet Sadowski, senior vice director, (212) 513-9223 www.nycedc.com maintenance, public safety and president, (212) 785-5642 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.nyc.gov/nycbusiness ● NEW YORK STATE TRADE ADJUSTMENT visitor services, marketing and Website: www.nybdc.com Its Avenue NYC: Commercial ASSISTANCE CENTER promotional programs, capital Revitalization Program provides funding Equips manufacturers and service improvements and beautification ● EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT for nonprofit economic development firms to respond to import competition to enhance local business Offers loans, grants and tax credits, as organizations in low- and moderate- by offering 50-50 cost-sharing on conditions. All are funded by a well as other financing and technical income neighborhoods to help with consulting projects up to $150,000. The special assessment paid by property assistance, to support businesses and commercial revitalization initiatives. funds are applied toward the cost of owners within the district. Business encourage their growth within New Contact: Andrea Buteau, director, professional consultants, engineers or York State, leading to job creation and (212) 618-8970 other outside service providers to prosperous communities. Email: [email protected] develop and implement projects in ● WHITE PLAINS ROAD Contact: Steven Cohen, deputy Website: www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/ manufacturing, engineering, marketing, THE BRONX Contact: Lawrence Prospect, executive commissioner and senior vice president neighborhood/avenuenyc.shtml information technology and strategic ● 161ST STREET director, (718) 881-3086 of community economic development, Its Empire Zones Program encourages planning. Contact: Cary Goodman, executive Email: [email protected] (800) 782-8369 capital investment and job growth Contact: Gary Youmans, director of client director, (718) 590-5433 Website: www.pelhamparkway.com Website: www.empire.state.ny.us through incentives for new and development, (212) 921-1662, ext. 302 Email: [email protected] expanding firms. These include wage, Email: [email protected] Website: www.161bid.org ● EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORP. investment and property tax credits; a Website: www.nystaac.org BROOKLYN Its Small Business Technology state sales tax exemption; utility ● BELMONT DMA ● 86TH STREET BAY RIDGE Investment Fund offers capital for discounts; and low-interest loans. ● OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT Contact: Frank J. Franz, chairman, Contact: Patrick W.Condren, executive qualified innovative-technology-based Contact: Jared Walkowitz, senior project CORP. (718) 294-8259 director, (718) 680-2420 businesses. Investments (debt and manager, (212) 618-8863 Provides political risk insurance and Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] equity) range from $100,000 to Email: [email protected] medium- to long-term funding through Website: www.86bid.org $500,000 and have a matching-funds Website: www.nyc.gov/nycbusiness direct loans and loan guarantees to ● FORDHAM ROAD requirement. Also promotes regional Its Locally Based Enterprise (LBE) eligible investment projects in Contact: Wilma Alonso, executive ● BAY RIDGE FIFTH AVENUE seed funds and works with regional program works to promote construction developing countries and emerging director, Daniel Bernstein, deputy Contact: James Clark, president, investors to provide technology startups contracting for companies doing markets. director, (718) 562-2104 (718) 238-8181 with funding and support at the earliest business in economically deprived areas Contact: Alison Germak Gatchev, director, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] stages of investing. of the city or employing economically corporate development, (202) 336-8799 Website: www.fordhamroadbid.org Website: www.bayridgebid.com Contact: Clayton Besch, managing disadvantaged persons. Email: [email protected] director, (518) 292-5700 Contact: Certification Hotline, Website: www.opic.gov ● HUB THIRD AVENUE ● BED-STUY GATEWAY Email: [email protected] (212) 513-6311 Contact: Vincent Valentino, executive Contact: Doug Jones, executive director, Website: www.nystar.state.ny.us/sbtif.htm Email: [email protected] ● RENAISSANCE ECONOMIC director, (718) 665-3983 (718) 636-6905 Website: www.nyc.gov/getcertified DEVELOPMENT CORP. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ● GOLDMAN SACHS 10,000 Its Small Business Loan Fund offers Website: www.shopthehub.com Website: www.bedstuygateway.com SMALL BUSINESSES ● NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC loans of up to $100,000 to entrepreneurs Provides free practical business DEVELOPMENT CORP. who require additional funding to ● JEROME-GUN HILL ● BRIGHTON BEACH management education, business Stimulates economic growth through expand enterprises or start new ones. Contact: Michael Lambert, executive Contact: Yelena Makhnin, executive support services and access to capital for expansion and redevelopment programs The affordable-interest-rate installment director, (718) 324-4946 director, (718) 934-0067 existing businesses with four or more that encourage investment, generate loans may be used for working capital or Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] employees and revenue between prosperity and strengthen the city’s fixed assets. Website: www.mpcbronx.org Website: www.bidbrightonbeach.com $150,000 and $4 million. competitive position. Provides industry Contact: (212) 964-6022 Contact: Paisley Demby, business services expertise and financial resources to Email: [email protected] ● KINGSBRIDGE ● CHURCH AVENUE director, (718) 730-7400 companies interested in locating or Website: www.renaissance-ny.org Contact: Katherine L. Broihier, Contact: Lauren Elvers Collins, executive Email: [email protected] growing in New York City. executive director, director, (718) 282-2500 Website: www.LaGuardia.edu/10KSB Contact: (212) 312-3523 ● SOUTH BRONX OVERALL ECONOMIC (718) 432-6935 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] DEVELOPMENT CORP. Email: [email protected] Website: www.churchavenue.org ● NEW YORK BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Website: www.nycedc.com Provides business assistance services, Website: www.kingsbridgebid.org CORP. Its Commercial Incentives for Lower including Empire Zone certification, tax ● COURT-LIVINGSTON-SCHERMERHORN Promotes economic development Manhattan Program offers savings for benefits assistance, financing assistance, ● SOUTHERN BOULEVARD Contact: Katie Lyon, business services through long-term, fixed-rate loans businesses relocating or recommitting to minority and women business Contact: Medina Sadiq, executive manager, (718) 403-1618 for creditworthy businesses in lower Manhattan. They include certification, procurement opportunities director, (718) 974-2990 Email: [email protected] cooperation with its lending partners; commercial rent tax savings, sales tax and entrepreneurial development. Email: [email protected] Website: www.clsbid.org offers loans of up to $4 million with 90% savings, Lower Manhattan Relocation Contact: Stephane Hyacinthe, industrial Website: www.southernblvdbid.org Continued on Page 16

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ASSOCIATION ● NORTH FLATBUSH AVENUE ● ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN Website: www.discoverflatiron.org Improvement Contact: Kevin Tolan, services manager, Contact: Sharon M. Davidson, executive NEW YORK INC. or Michael Burke, acting executive director, (718) 783-1685 Contact: Elizabeth H. Berger, president, ● GRAND CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP Districts director, (718) 403-1608 Email: [email protected] (212) 566-6700 Contact: Alfred C. Cerullo III, Email: [email protected] Website: www.nfbid.com Email: [email protected] president, chief executive, Website: www.fultonstreet.org Website: www.downtownny.com (212) 883-2420 ● PARK SLOPE FIFTH AVENUE Email: [email protected] ● GRAHAM AVENUE/WOODHULL Contact: Irene LoRe, executive director, ● BRYANT PARK MANAGEMENT CORP. Website: www.grandcentral COMMUNITY DMA (718) 369-2008 Contact: Daniel A. Biederman, president, partnership.org Contact: Betty M. Cooney, executive Email: [email protected] (212) 768-4242 Business director, (718) 387-6643 Website: www.parkslopefifthavenuebid.com Email: [email protected] ● HUDSON SQUARE CONNECTION Email: [email protected] Website: www.bryantpark.org Contact: Ellen Baer, president, Continued from Page 14 Website: www.grahamavebid.net ● PITKIN AVENUE (212) 463-9160 ● DUMBO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Contact: Daniel A. Murphy, executive ● COLUMBUS/AMSTERDAM Email: [email protected] Contact: Alexandria Sica, executive ● GRAND STREET director, (718) 922-9600 Contact: Peter Arndtsen, district manager, Website: www.hudsonsquarebid.org director, (718) 237-8700 Contact: Artineh Havan, executive Email: [email protected] (212) 666-9774 Email: [email protected] director, (718) 218-8836 Website: www.pitkinbid.org Email: peter@columbusamsterdam ● LINCOLN SQUARE Website: www.dumbonyc.org Email: [email protected] bid.org Contact: Monica Blum, president, Website: www.grandstbklyn.com ● SUNSET PARK/FIFTH AVENUE Website: www.columbusamsterdam (212) 581-3774 ● EAST BROOKLYN DMA Contact: Renée Giordano, executive bid.org Email: [email protected] Contact: William Scott Wilkins, BID ● KINGS HIGHWAY director, (718) 439-7767 Website: www.lincolnsquarebid.org manager, (718) 385-6700, ext. 19 Contact: Phil Nuzzo, district manager, Email: [email protected] ● COLUMBUS AVENUE Email: [email protected] (718) 645-1100 Website: www.sunsetparkbid.org Contact: Barbara Adler, executive ● LOWER EAST SIDE DMA Website: www.eastbrooklynbid.org Email: [email protected] director, (212) 721-5048 Contact: Bob Zuckerman, executive Website: www.kingshighwaybid.org Email: [email protected] director, (212) 226-9010 ● FLATBUSH AVENUE MANHATTAN Website: www.columbusavenuebid.org Email: [email protected] Contact: Jack Katz, executive director, ● METROTECH ● 34TH STREET PARTNERSHIP Website: www.lowereastsideny.com (718) 859-2600 Contact: Ryan Grew, services manager, Contact: Daniel A. Biederman, president, ● EAST MIDTOWN PARTNERSHIP Email: [email protected] (718) 403-1644 (212) 719-3434 Contact: Rob Byrnes, president, ● MADISON AVENUE Website: www.flatbushavebid.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (212) 813-0030 Contact: Matthew Bauer, president, Website: www.metrotechbid.org Website: www.34thstreet.org Email: [email protected] (212) 861-2055 ● FLATBUSH-NOSTRAND JUNCTION Website: www.eastmidtown.org Email: [email protected] Contact: Lisa Solomon, executive director, ● MONTAGUE STREET ● 47TH STREET-THE DIAMOND Website: www.madisonavenuebid.org (718) 951-5000, ext. 1449 Contact: Brigit Pinnell, executive DISTRICT ● FASHION CENTER Email: [email protected] director, (718) 522-3649 Contact: Michael Grumet, executive Contact: Jerry Scupp, deputy director, ● NOHO NY Website: www.flatbushjunctionbid.com Email: [email protected] director, (212) 302-5739 (212) 764-9600 Contact: Harriet Fields, executive Website: www.montaguebid.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] director, (212) 677-4579 ● FULTON AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE Website: www.diamonddistrict.org Website: www.fashioncenter.com Email: [email protected] Contact: Phillip Kellogg, manager, ● MYRTLE AVENUE BROOKLYN Website: www.nohony.org (718) 928-3322 PARTNERSHIP ● 125TH STREET ● FLATIRON/23RD STREET Email: [email protected] Contact: Michael Blaise Backer, executive Contact: Barbara Askins, president, chief PARTNERSHIP ● TIMES SQUARE ALLIANCE Website: www.faballiance.org director, (718) 230-1689 executive, (212) 662-8999 Contact: Jennifer A. Brown, executive Contact: Tim Tompkins, president, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] director, (212) 741-2323 (212) 452-5200 ● FULTON MALL IMPROVEMENT Website: www.myrtleavenue.org Website: www.125thstreetbid.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

agencies in awarding a fair share of state Email: [email protected] information, training, individual for Women contracts to minority- and women- Website: www.nynjmsdc.org technical assistance and opportunities owned business enterprises. It certifies for women interested in starting or & Minorities and maintains an MWBE directory and ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT expanding a business. Offers assistance promotes MWBE business development OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES and training in finance, management, These organizations offer through education and outreach. Its Minority- and Women-Owned marketing, procurement and the programs, counseling, Contact: Dean Bennett, executive Business Enterprise Program promotes Internet, as well as specialized topics. training and other services director, Minority and Women’s the participation of minority- and Contact: Johanna Maynard, director, specific to women and Business Development, (212) 803-2414 women-owned businesses in New York (718) 263-0546 minorities wishing to Email: [email protected] City’s procurement process. Certified Email: [email protected] start or expand their Website: www.esd.ny.gov/MWBE.html vendors receive access to contracting Website: www.queensny.org opportunities, exclusive networking businesses. ● ● Assistance LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. events and free one-on-one procurement REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR SMALL OF EAST NEW YORK guidance. CONTRACTORS INC. Its WOMEN’S BROOKLYN ENTERPRISE Contact: Call 311 and ask for A nonprofit organization serving ● ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS Website: www.nybcna.org CENTER offers services in English and Department of Small Business Services small, minority-owned and women- DEVELOPMENT CENTER Spanish that support entrepreneurs and Email: [email protected] owned businesses in the construction Provides technical and professional ● BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER provides one-on-one business and Website: www.nyc.gov/getcertified industry. support to help Asian-American small NETWORK financial coaching, workshops and 60- Contact: Earle J. Walker, executive business owners develop marketing and Its Refugee Microenterprise Program hour business development training. ● NEW YORK WOMEN’S CHAMBER director, (212) 268-7446 financial strategies. Also organizes helps eligible refugees and asylees start Contact: Elisa Balabram, director, OF COMMERCE Email: [email protected] frequent trade missions to China to help and expand small businesses throughout (718) 385-6700, ext. 24 Its Upper Manhattan Micro-Enterprise Website: www.regional-alliance.org businesses access that market. New York City. It offers much-needed Email: [email protected] Institute provides entrepreneurial Its Financing Small Contractors Contact: John Wang, president, short- and long-term entrepreneurial Website: www.ldceny.org training and coaching, as well as Program provides help in preparing (212) 966-0100 training, one-on-one business business development and financing applications for loans and bonds to firms Email: [email protected] counseling, and access to microloans of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN assistance, to socially and economically recommended for assistance by its Website: www.aabdc.com up to $50,000. Services are delivered by BUSINESS OWNERS, NEW YORK CITY disadvantaged entrepreneurs in upper clients. culturally appropriate staff in the CHAPTER Manhattan. Contact: Richard C. Hellenbrecht, ● BRONX OVERALL ECONOMIC languages of the communities served. Provides networking opportunities, Contact: Lawrence Benjamin Miles, manager, (212) 268-0391 DEVELOPMENT CORP. Contact: Theresa Santiago, director of business seminars, advocacy, strategic business assistant, Email: [email protected] Its Springboard Loan Fund offers network programs, (718) 624-9115 alliances and leadership development. (212) 491-9640, ext. 105 Website: www.regional-alliance.org financing to small minority and/or Email: [email protected] Contact: Pat Ahaesy, president, Email: [email protected] Its Loaned Executive Assistance women entrepreneurs in the area of South Website: www.bocnet.org (212) 252-1100 Website: www.nywcc.org Program is a consultant service Bronx Community Boards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, Its Women’s Business Center offers Email: [email protected] consisting of top construction 8, 11 and 12. Provides loans of $7,000 to business training, one-on-one Website: www.nawbonyc.org ● OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT professionals who provide small $20,000 for a 24-month term for working counseling and financing resources to ASSOCIATION contractors with advice on construction capital, machinery and equipment, or help women entrepreneurs start and ● NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY Its Minority Business Enterprise Center and business management, marketing against accounts receivable. grow their businesses. Services are MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT offers contract procurement, loan and technology implementation, and Contact: Kate Shackford, executive vice offered in English, Spanish and Russian. COUNCIL INC. packaging, bank and alternative loan and bonding referrals. president (718) 590-3498 Brooklyn: North Brooklyn, Acts as a liaison between its Fortune financing, business plan preparation, Contact: Richard C. Hellenbrecht, Email: [email protected] (718) 624-9115; Staten Island: West 500 members and minority businesses to minority certification and general manager, (212) 268-0391 Website: www.boedc.com Brighton, (718) 816-4775 develop contracting opportunities. Also business consulting. Email: [email protected] Contact: Sujatha Sebastian, director, offers services and programs, including Contact: Yehuda Turner, director, Website: www.regional-alliance.org ● BUSINESS CENTER FOR NEW (718) 624-9115 business opportunity fairs, networking (718) 522-5620, ext. 307 Its Managing Growth Program is AMERICANS Email: [email protected] events, classroom training, virtual Email: [email protected] a classroom program that provides Provides loans, workshops on Website: www.bocnet.org training, and corporate and vendor Website: www.mbda.gov courses enabling experienced e-commerce and business management, databases for certified suppliers of the S/M/W/DBE owners and and one-on-one advice. ● EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT council and corporate members. QUEENS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT employees to learn the ins and outs of Contact: Yanki Tshering, (212) 898-4112 Its Division of Minority and Women’s Contact: Lynda Ireland, president, chief CORP. how to operate a construction-related Email: [email protected] Business Development assists state executive, (212) 502-5663 Its Women’s Business Center provides business.

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Website: www.timessquarenyc.org Email: [email protected] Website: www.licpartnership.org ● SUTPHIN BOULEVARD Website: www.baysidevillagebid.com Contact: Simone Price, executive director, ABOUT THIS GUIDE ● UNION SQUARE PARTNERSHIP ● MYRTLE AVENUE (718) 291-2110 THESE LISTINGS were compiled by Contact: Jennifer Falk, executive director, ● DOWNTOWN FLUSHING TRANSIT HUB Contact: Theodore M. Renz, executive Email: [email protected] Contact: Website: Dana Gordon, Suzanne Panara, Callie (212) 460-1200 Dian Song Yu, executive director, (718) 381-7974 www.sutphinblvdbid.org Eidler, Helen Kwong and Jonas Email: [email protected] director, (718) 888-1805 Email: [email protected] Website: Email: Website: ● WOODHAVEN Altman-Kurosaki. Organizations were www.unionsquarenyc.org [email protected] www.ridgewood-ny.com asked to provide information if they Website: www.flushingbid.com Contact: Maria A.Thomson, executive ● VILLAGE ALLIANCE ● STEINWAY ASTORIA PARTNERSHIP appeared in last year’s guide or if they director, (718) 805-0202 contacted Crain’s requesting Contact: William Kelley, executive ● JAMAICA CENTER Contact: Marie Torniali, executive Email: [email protected] Contact: Website: inclusion. Some entries have been director, (212) 777-2173 Laurel Brown, executive director, (718) 728-7820 www.woodhavenbid.com edited for length. Email: [email protected] director, (718) 526-2422 Email: [email protected] Website: www.villagealliance.org Email: [email protected] Website: www.steinwaystreet.org Organizations that would like to Website: www.jamaicacenter.org STATEN ISLAND appear in the next guide should ● WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ● SUNNYSIDE SHINES ● FOREST AVENUE email descriptions that follow the Contact: Angelina Ramirez, executive ● LONG ISLAND CITY PARTNERSHIP Contact: James Bray, executive director, Contact: Loretta Cauldwell, executive guide format to DGordon@ director, (212) 928-3400 Contact: Gayle Baron, president, (718) 606-1800 director, (718) 816-4775 crainsnewyork.com or Email: [email protected] (718) 786-5300, ext. 22 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected]. Website: www.whbid181.org Email: [email protected] Website: www.sunnysideshines.org Website: www.forestavenuebid.com Ⅲ QUEENS ● 82ND STREET Contact: Sharada Devi, executive director, (718) 335-9421 Email: [email protected] Website: www.82ndstreetbid.org ● 165TH STREET MALL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Contact: Derek Irby, executive director, (718) 298-5489 Email: [email protected] Website: www.165thstreetmall.com ● 180TH STREET Contact: Derek Irby, executive director, (718) 298-5489 Email: [email protected] Website: www.180thstreetbid.com ● BAYSIDE VILLAGE Contact: Greg Sullivan, executive director, (718) 423-2434

Contact: Paola Camargo, manager of training programs, (212) 268-4933 Email: [email protected] Website: www.regional-alliance.org Its MBE/WBE Compliance Development Services provides contract compliance development program services to increase the utilization of MBE/WBE/DBE firms in contracting opportunities. Contact: Earle J. Walker, executive director, (212) 268-7446 Email: [email protected] Website: www.regional-alliance.org ● RENAISSANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. Assists entrepreneurs throughout New York City, especially women, minorities and immigrants. Provides affordable small business loans and technical assistance to help startups and grow businesses. Contact: Jannie Lai, assistant manager, (212) 964-6022 Email: [email protected] Website: www.renaissance-ny.org ● THYPIN OLTCHICK INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP @ FEGS Counsels women who are or who want to be entrepreneurs and small business owners by offering individual consultations, forums, mentors and other resources. Connects entrepreneurs with services and experts in their field. Contact: Fabianne Wolff Gershon, executive director, (212) 366-0033 Email: [email protected] Website: www.yourfutureinbusiness.org ● U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Its Business Development Program provides special programs and services for women through its network of Women’s Business Centers. Contact: Minerva DeJesus, women’s business ownership representative, Continued on Page 18

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for Women ASSISTANCE CORP. seminars on business-related issues. and Education Provides training and technical Contact: Kevin S. Law, president, chief & Minorities assistance to NYC manufacturing and executive, (631) 493-3001 These organizations technology firms to help them compete Email: [email protected] and agencies provide effectively, work efficiently, and stay, Website: www.liaonline.org technical, managerial grow and thrive in the five boroughs. or financial advice Contact: Marion Lunt, marketing and ● NEIGHBORHOOD ENTREPRENEUR LAW and training to communications manager, PROJECT entrepreneurs (212) 809-3900 Provides low-income micro- interested in starting Email: [email protected] entrepreneurs who are interested in

Assistance up or expanding their Website: www.itac.org starting a small business or who already small businesses. Its Business Growth Solutions Program have an existing business with free legal Continued from Page 17 helps clients grow to the next level assistance on issues such as structuring (212) 264-1472 Advice profitably through new product the business, protecting intellectual Email: [email protected] development, market identification and property rights, drafting contracts and Website: www.sba.gov/ny/ny expansion, supply-chain management reviewing commercial leases. ● BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER participate in workshops and meet and succession planning. Contact: (212) 382-6633 ● WOMEN PRESIDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL NETWORK buyers, manufacturers, marketers and Contact: Marion Lunt, marketing and Email: [email protected] ORGANIZATION Free services and resources for small other people involved in the industry. communications manager, Website: www.citybarjusticecenter.org Provides Women’s Business businesses. The New York City centers Contact: Sujatha Sebastian, director, (212) 809-3900 Enterprise National Counsel serve multiethnic business communities Women’s Business Center, Email: [email protected] ● NEW YORK CITY BUSINESS certification and offers educational citywide. Brooklyn: North Brooklyn, (718) 624-9115 Website: www.itac.org SOLUTIONS-BROOKLYN CENTER programs to women entrepreneurs. (718) 624-9115; South Brooklyn, Email: [email protected] Its Cost Reduction Program helps The Brooklyn Chamber and its Contact: Marsha Firestone, president (718) 253-5262; Manhattan: Chinatown, Website: www.bocnet.org clients identify cost reduction Alliance provide a wide range of and founder, (212) 688-4114 (212) 571-1690; Upper Manhattan/ Its Business Outreach Center Network- opportunities in their operational promotion, support, education and Email: certification@ Washington Heights-Inwood, Refugee Microenterprise Program helps processes, organizational infrastructure, advocacy services to its members and womenpresidentsorg.com (212) 795-1600; Queens: Corona, and refugees and asylees start and expand financial accounting and sustainability clients in its effort to attract and maintain Website: www.wpeo.us Steinway and Maspeth IBSP, small businesses throughout New York practices, then helps them implement an investment opportunities in the borough (718) 205-3773; Staten Island: West City. Offers short- and long-term action plan to realize cost savings. and improve local business conditions. ● WOMEN’S VENTURE FUND Brighton LDC, (718) 816-4775; Newark: entrepreneurial training, one-on-one Contact: Marion Lunt, marketing and Contact: (718) 875-3400 A nonprofit agency that serves women Greater Newark Business Development business counseling and access to communications manager, Website: www.ibrooklyn.com/site/ entrepreneurs through funding, Consortium, (973) 242-5562 micro-loans of up to $50,000. (212) 809-3900 chamberdirect/businesssolutionscenter consultation and collaboration. Contact: Theresa Santiago, director of Contact: Theresa Santiago, director of Email: [email protected] Contact: Maria Otero, president and network programs, (718) 624-9115 network programs, (718) 624-9115 Website: www.itac.org ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT founder, (212) 563-0499 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Its Lean Manufacturing Program helps OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES Email: [email protected] Website: www.bocnet.org Website: www.bocnet.org clients identify opportunities to accelerate Its Business Outreach Team connects Website: www.wvf-ny.org Its Child Care Business Development cycle times, increase production, businesses with other city agencies and offers training programs and counseling ● CAMBA minimize inventory and create the utilities to help them troubleshoot ● WORKSHOP IN BUSINESS to help home-based child care providers Its Small Business Services Program capacity for growth. ITAC then helps challenges with license and permit OPPORTUNITIES obtain licenses and start to grow their provides a spectrum of services to them implement an action plan to create applications, request alterations to Enables small business owners and businesses. entrepreneurs looking to start a business a lean operation and realize cost savings. streets and sidewalks, and resolve utility entrepreneurs in underserved Contact: Rosalinda Martinez-Gasca, and to existing small businesses looking Contact: Marion Lunt, marketing and disruptions. communities to achieve financial success director, (718) 205-3773 to expand. It provides small business loans communications manager, Contact: Zahra Amanpour, executive in starting, operating and expanding Email: [email protected] of up to $15,000, free entrepreneurial (212) 809-3900 director; call 311 and ask for the Business businesses. Website: www.bocnet.org training, business consulting, business Email: [email protected] Outreach Team Contact: Lynnette Sorio, operations Its Fort Greene Fashion Group provides plan development and other services. Website: www.itac.org Website: www.nyc.gov/nycbusiness coordinator, (212) 684-0854, ext. 0540 entrepreneurial training and networking Contact: Jessie Lee, director of small Its Operational Efficiency Program Its NYC Business Express Program is a Email: [email protected] opportunities for independent fashion business services, (718) 282-2500 helps clients identify opportunities to one-stop website that makes starting, Website: www.wibo.org Ⅲ designers. The group meets monthly to Email: [email protected] reduce operating costs, increase efficiency operating and expanding a business in Website: www.camba.org and create the capacity for growth by New York City clearer, faster and implementing changes to manufacturing simpler. Use the wizard on the site to get EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT and front-office processes. information on permits, regulations and Its Entrepreneurial Assistance Program Contact: Marion Lunt, marketing and incentives, and fill out some forms online. provides training, technical assistance and communications manager, Contact: Nino DePaola, executive director support services to individuals who have (212) 809-3900 of operations and knowledge recently started a business in New York Email: [email protected] management, (212) 513-6466 State, or are interested in starting one. Website: www.itac.org Email: [email protected] Contact: Joyce Smith, director, Its Sustainable Business Unit helps Website: www.nyc.gov/businessexpress (212) 803-3234 client businesses save money and create Its NYC Business Solutions Program Email: [email protected] greener operations by reducing waste, offers a set of free services to help Website: www.empire.state.ny.us shrinking their carbon footprints, businesses start, operate and expand. increasing energy efficiency, identifying Centers in all five boroughs offer business ● FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY government incentives and delivering a courses, legal and financing assistance, Its Enterprise Center offers four-week financial return through recycling. incentives, recruiting and more. entrepreneurial courses for artists, designers Contact: Marion Lunt, marketing and Contact: Call 311 and ask for NYC and fashion industry professionals, and communications manager, Business Solutions courses to upgrade technical skills. (212) 809-3900 Website: www.nyc.gov/nycbusiness Contact: Chris Helm, coordinator, Email: [email protected] (212) 217-7250 Website: www.itac.org ● NEW YORK CITY OFFICE Email: [email protected] Its Technology Practice Program helps OF THE COMPTROLLER Website: www.fitnyc.edu/enterprisecenter technology entrepreneurs start their Its Community Action Center assists businesses, develop a business plan, small businesses that want to learn about ● GOLDMAN SACHS 10,000 pitch to venture capitalists, locate R&D city services or regulations; answers SMALL BUSINESSES funding, commercialize their questions about contracts, procurement Provides free practical business technologies and grow to the next level. policy or claims against the city; and management education, business Contact: Marion Lunt, marketing and helps solve any problem related to New support services and access to capital for communications manager, York City government or services. existing businesses with four or more (212) 809-3900 Contact: Carmen Lourdes Martinez, employees and revenue between E-mail: [email protected] director, (212) 669-3916 $150,000 and $4 million. Website: www.itac.org Email: [email protected] Contact: Paisley Demby, business services Website: www.comptroller.nyc.gov director, (718) 730-7400 ● LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. E-mail: [email protected] OF EAST NEW YORK ● NEW YORK STATE CHIEF INFORMATION Website: www.LaGuardia.edu/10KSB Provides assistance to Brooklyn-based OFFICER/OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY- businesses in planning, marketing, BUSINESS PERMIT UNIT ● HARLEM BUSINESS ALLIANCE procurement, loan packaging and Provides individualized assistance in Provides extensive technical assistance growth strategy. identifying and obtaining licenses and services that include one-on-one Contact: Elisa Balabram, director, permits. The OPAL website has a business counseling, entrepreneurial (718) 385-6700, ext. 24 database of over 1,200 business permits. training, financial education, women/ Email: [email protected] Contact: Kathleen Davidson, supervisor, minority and disadvantaged business Website: www.ldceny.org (518) 474-8275 certification and procurement assistance, Email: [email protected] business workshops and seminars. ● LONG ISLAND ASSOCIATION Website: www.nys-opal.com Contact: (212) 665-7010 Works to create and retain balanced Website: www.hbany.org economic activity and jobs on Long ● NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL Island. Also offers a variety of programs, FACILITIES CORP. ● INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY including executive breakfasts and Its Small Business Environmental

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Assistance Program helps small NEW BRONX CHAMBER ● STATEN ISLAND CHAMBER businesses comply with federal and state of Commerce OF COMMERCE OF COMMERCE environmental regulations. Free Provides its members with counseling, Acts to improve the economic confidential services include air New York’s chambers of free referrals, free ombudsman services climate and to expand business permitting and compliance, evaluation commerce assist small to solve problems with government opportunities. of emission-control technologies and businesses by offering agencies, and marketing and research Contact: Linda M. Baran, president, chief pollution-prevention opportunities. a range of services, including assistance. Also sponsors seminars and executive, (718) 727-1900 Contact: Harry Ching, manager, financial assistance, networking events. Email: [email protected] (800) 780-7227 networking opportunities, Contact: Lenny Caro, president, chief Website: www.sichamber.com Website: www.nysefc.org executive, (718) 828-3900 legislative initiatives and ● other resources. Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND INWOOD PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW YORK CITY Website: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The local chamber is small www.bronxchamber.org A network of business leaders businesses’ best resource for Promotes economic development and dedicated to enhancing the economy of ● NEW YORK CITY HISPANIC CHAMBER community growth and serves as a the five boroughs of New York City and city government, business OF COMMERCE resource for our members. Acts as a maintaining its position as the center of data, and community Represents and advocates for liaison to governmental agencies and world commerce, finance and innovation. profile and visitor guide Hispanic businesses in New York City in elected officials.

Contact: (212) 493-7511 Chambers information. a cohesive and collective manner, assists Contact: Rita Kardeman, executive Email: [email protected] new entrepreneurs, and vitalizes existing director, (212) 928-6595 Website: www.pfnyc.org businesses. Email: [email protected] Its New York City Investment Fund ● BROOKLYN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE chief executive, (212) 862-7200 Contact: Nick Lugo, president, Website: www.wahichamber.org directly invests in projects that strengthen AND ALLIANCE Email: [email protected] (212) 348-8270 and diversify the NYC economy. A membership-based business Website: www.greaterharlem Email: [email protected] ● WESTCHESTER COUNTY Contact: (212) 493-7511 assistance and economic development chamber.com Website: www.nychcc.com ASSOCIATION INC. Email: [email protected] organization that provides support and Offers programs focused on three Website: www.nycif.org services to the small businesses of ● GREENWICH VILLAGE-CHELSEA ● NEW YORK WOMEN’S CHAMBER key objectives: business advocacy Brooklyn. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF COMMERCE and economic development of the ● QUEENS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Contact: Veronica Harris, executive Provides businesses with a network of Provides help to startup and existing region; business development on a CORP. administrator, (718) 875-1000, ext. 125 resources and support via advocacy, businesses with business planning and macro and micro basis; and access Seeks to create and retain jobs through Email: [email protected] events and seminars, and marketing implementation, financing and and interaction with key public- and programming that grows neighborhoods, Website: www.ibrooklyn.com opportunities. investment, business registration, private-sector individuals and assists small businesses, and promotes Contact: Lauren Danziger, executive acquisition of permits and licenses, organizations. tourism and business development. ● BUSINESS COUNCIL director, (212) 337-5923 advertising and selling, training and Contact: Dorothy T.Forcina, managing Contact: Rob MacKay, director of public OF WESTCHESTER Email: [email protected] hiring, and certification with the city director, (914) 948-6444 relations and marketing, (718) 263-0546 Offers services, programs and Website: www.villagechelsea.com and state of New York. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] information related to economic Contact: Franchesca Lugo, marketing Website: www.westchester.org Website: www.queensny.org development, legislative advocacy, ● MANHATTAN CHAMBER and training coordinator, Its Entrepreneurial Assistance Program area development and small business OF COMMERCE (212) 491-9640, ext. 104 WEST MANHATTAN CHAMBER offers five- and 10-week programs on affairs. Advocates for, connects and educates Email: [email protected] OF COMMERCE the essentials of business development. Contact: Marsha Gordon, the business community in Manhattan. Website: www.nywcc.org Provides advice to businesses and Provides specialized services—including president, chief executive, Represents the voices of 100,000 residents. Offers a member health plan entrepreneurial training, counseling and (914) 948-2110, ext. 310 companies in Manhattan and holds QUEENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and discounts on credit card processing. financial packaging of working capital Email: [email protected] seminars, fosters networking and Fosters growth and commerce by Showcases local businesses with the loans—to both startup and existing Website: www.westchesterny.org supports the nonprofit community promoting the interests of business Amsterdam and Columbus Avenue Queens businesses. as well. through advocacy, networking and Festivals. Contact: Rob MacKay, director of public ● GREATER HARLEM CHAMBER Contact: Laura Bucko, vice president and education. 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Sponsors an OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES various topics (moderate attendance fee). The following local, annual free networking event at which Contact: (212) 264-4507 Its Emerging Business Enterprise buyers can receive information from Email: [email protected] state and federal Program works to ensure that businesses vendors and suppliers. Website: www.scorenyc.org agencies and owned, operated and controlled by Contact: Dolores M. Hofman, program organizations assist individuals who are socially and manager, (718) 244-6852 ● SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT small businesses in economically disadvantaged receive Email: [email protected] OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT obtaining govern- preference for contracting opportunities Website: www.asdoonline.com AND WORKFORCE HOUSING ment contracts by with New York City. 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Provides commissioner, (631) 853-4800 vendors, especially minority- and marketing their goods and services to York City’s procurement process by one-on-one assistance and sponsors Email: [email protected] woman-owned firms, by providing the federal, state and local governments. designating subcontracting workshops to assist with certifications Website: www.suffolkcountyny.gov streamlined information about public The center offers procurement technical opportunities. Firms must have and registering businesses with various contracting and purchasing assistance and training workshops to average annual revenues of less than agencies. U.S. SMALL BUSINESS opportunities, while fostering business- meet the needs of small, minority and $2 million. Contact: Rogina Coar-Smith, director, ADMINISTRATION to-business exchange and partnerships women business owners. Contact: Certification Hotline, (718) 732-7540 Provides one-on-one counseling and in the private sector. Contact: Edgard A. Hernandez, director, (212) 513-6311 Email: [email protected] training to startup and existing Contact: Rick Russo, vice president, George Llanos, procurement counselor, Email: [email protected] Website: www.sobro.org businesses. member services, (718) 875-1000, ext. 148 Jorge Guzman, procurement specialist, Website: www.nyc.gov/getcertified Contact: John J. 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Development Corp. and the greater than $2 million ($1 million for minorities and disadvantaged business industry buyers at Newark Liberty Contact: Procurement Helpline, Department of Defense Procurement service-based businesses). Groups meet certification and procurement assistance, International, Stewart International and (212) 513-6444 Assistance Program. monthly to promote professional and business workshops and seminars. Teterboro airports. Offers free Email: [email protected] Contact: Nick Anastasi, assistant to personal development. Contact: (212) 665-7010 networking events, marketing seminars, Website: www.nyc.gov/getcertified the commissioner, Contact: Marsha Firestone, president and Website: www.hbany.org business counseling services and (631) 853-4800 founder, (212) 688-4114 technical business advice. ● QUEENS AIR SERVICES Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ● LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY Contact: Helene Gibbs, program manager, DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Website: www.suffolkcountyny.gov Website: www.womenpresidentsorg.com Ⅲ COLLEGE PTAC (973) 961-4278 Provides free assistance and services to Continued on Page 20

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The address to which shall mail process to: National Wall Street Area against it may be served and shall SSNY shall mail a copy of any Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th Located at: Rector and Washington Street mail process to: c/o CT Corporation process against the LLC is to: ZOE St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, regd. Open 7 Days a Week - Lunch and Dinner System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, INT. LLC 142 West 83rd Street, New agent upon whom process may be CORPORATE AND PRIVATE EVENT SPACE regd. agent upon whom process may York, NY 10024. Purpose: To served. MI and principal business Beautiful Contemporary Interior be served. DE addr. of LP: c/o The engage in any lawful act or activity. addr.: 1946 Turner NW, Grand Rapids, with Cathedral Ceiling, Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange MI 49504. Cert. of Org. filed with Dir. Mezzanine, Private Space VISIT OUR WEBSITE St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Notice of Formation of Golden Carrot of Bureau of Commercial Services, Available for Corporate and Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available Vending LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with 2501 Woodlake Cir., Okemos, MI Private Events, Holiday Parties from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of Form. Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 48864. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Whether 20 or 250 Guests, we will CRAINSNEWYORK.COM filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 8/15/11. Office location: NY County. Accommodate You and work Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. SSNY designated as agent of LLC Notice of Formation of 712 WEST with your Budget Purpose: all lawful purposes. upon whom process against it may ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed Please Call: 212 321-3000 be served. SSNY shall mail process with Secty of State of NY (SSNY) on Notice of Formation of HARTZ c/o US Corp Agents Inc. to: 7014 9/27/11. Office location: New York ENERGY CAPITAL, LLC. Arts. of Org. 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY County. SSNY designated as agent of filed with Secy. of State of NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activity. LLC upon whom process against it may (SSNY) on 10/18/11. Office location: be served. SSNY shall mail process REAL ESTATE NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Notice of Formation of Falcon Jewelry, to: The LLC, Attn: General Counsel, Timothy P. Terry, 667 Madison Ave., LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of 521 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1804, New 24th Fl., NY, NY 10065. SSNY State of NY (SSNY) on 9/15/11. Office York, NY 10175. Purpose: Acquisition SHOWROOM / OFFICE SPACE designated as agent of LLC upon location: NY County. SSNY designated of a 40 unit apartment building. whom process against it may be as agent of LLC upon whom process served. SSNY shall mail process to against it may be served. SSNY shall Notice of Qualification of Nine & C, the LLC at the addr. of its princ. mail process to: The LLC, c/o S&K LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Statutory Agent Services, Inc., 3475 State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/11. Ridgewood Rd., Akron, OH 44333. Office location: NY County. LLC Notice of Formation of NIERENBERG Purpose: any lawful activity. formed in Texas (TX) on 9/29/11. SSNY CONSULTING GROUP, LLC. Arts. of designated as agent of LLC upon whom Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY Notice of Formation of L’Escale process against it may be served. (SSNY) on 9/23/11. Office location: Francaise, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY shall mail process to the TX NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on address of LLC: 1919 Post Oak Park Andrea Nierenberg, 420 E. 51st St., 9/02/11. Business location: NY County. Drive, Ste. 3101, Houston, TX 77027. Ste. 12D, NY, NY 10022. SSNY SSNY designated as agent of LLC Arts. of Org. filed with TX Secy. of designated as agent of LLC upon upon whom process against it may State, 1019 Brazos, Austin, TX 78701. whom process against it may be be served. SSNY shall mail copy to Purpose: any lawful act or activity. served. SSNY shall mail process to Law Office of Kathleen Higgins, 270 the LLC at the addr. of its princ. Jay St., Suite 1, Brooklyn, NY 11201. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Purpose: any legal activity. JASMONOIDES LLC. Arts of Org filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) THE BOWERY KITCHEN LLC, a NOTICE of formation of Sander on 06/27/11. Office loc: NY Cty. SSNY LUXURY PROPERTY domestic Limited Liability Company Rabin MD JD PLLC. Arts of Org filed designated as agent upon whom (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY w/Sec of State of NY on 9/21/11. process may be served and shall mail FOR SALE / EAST HAMPTON on 8/24/11. NY Office location: New Office location: NY County. Business process to: c/o United States Corpo- York County. SSNY is designated as Filings Inc 187 Wolf Rd Ste 101 ration Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, Ste agent upon whom process against the NestSeekers.com Albany NY 12205 designated as 202 Bklyn, NY 11228. Principal busi- LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail agent for service of process against ness address: 330 East 38th St, NY, a copy of any process against the LLC PLLC and shall mail copy to Sander NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful acts. STUNNINGNG served upon him/her to Alessandro Rabin at principal business address: Zampedri, 220 The Bowery, NY, NY 1350 Broadway Suite 2500 NY NY Avenue of Admissions LLC Articles of 10012. General Purposes. 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity. Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) BEACHBEACACH 09/19/2011. Office in NY County. Notice of Formation of Makes Sense! Notice is hereby given that a SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon HOUSEU LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with NY license (#TBA) for BEER & WINE whom process may be served. SSNY INN THE DUNES Dept. of State on 10/11/11. SSNY has been applied for by BLUEBIRD shall mail copy of process to 40 Wall designated agent of LLC upon whom SKY NYC LLC at retail, in a St., 28th FL NY, NY 10005. Purpose: process against it may be served Restaurant, under the ABC Law at Any lawful purpose. AMAGANSETT. and shall mail process to c/o General 121 BAXSTER ST., NY, NY 10013 ImpeccableImpecImpeImpeccccablecableable Counsel, 6 E 43rd Street, FL 24, NY, for on-premises consumption. Notice of Formation of Limited 6,0006,0660,00000000S0 Sf+/-Sf+f+//-- NY 10017. Primary place of business Liability Company (LLC) Name: AP SummerSSuummmmmeerr CCoCot Cottageottttataaggee is 6 E 43rd Street, NY, NY 10017. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC. NextNNeextexxtt To Reserve.ReReseRessesererervrvvee.e. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Rule Of Three Design LLC. Arts. Of Articles of Organization filed by the ExclusiveExclusiveclusive $11$1$$11.8m111.818.88mm Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on Department of State of New York on: Notice of Formation of PEAK 4/17/11. Office in NY County. SSNY 10/04/2011. Office location: County ANACAONA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed designated agent of LLC upon whom of New York. Purpose: any and all process against it may be served. Joseph DeCristofaro with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on lawful activities. Secretary of State of SVP, Managing Partner 10/07/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY shall mail process to Dominic New York (SSNY) designated as Ventura, 350 E. 52nd St. #6C, NY, NY WEB# 34283 Princ. office of LLC: 200 E. 72nd St., agent of LLC upon whom process 631.873.5362 PHJ, NY, NY 10021. SSNY designated 10022. Purpose: General. against it may be served. SSNY shall as agent of LLC upon whom process mail copy of process to: 75 Broad against it may be served. SSNY shall NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Street #24 Fl New York, NY 10004. mail process to Alix Pasquet III at the Gallagher Law Offices PLLC. PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Articles of Organization filed with Notice of Qualification of CPM GROUP Any lawful activity. the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of on 08/04/2011. Office location: State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 6/17/11 under NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Notice of Qualification of Liberty Notice of formation of 1619 THIRD NEW YORK County. SSNY has been the fictitious name CPM Advisory Breakable Girls Music, LLC. Harbor Natural Resources Offshore AVENUE UNIT 15D LLC, a domestic designated as agent upon whom LLC. Office location: New York County. Articles of Organization filed with the GP, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. Limited Liability Company (LLC). process against it may be served. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/21/11. Articles of Organization filed with the The Post Office address to which 5/31/11. SSNY designated as agent 7/25/2011. Office location: NEW Office location: NY County. LLC Secretary of State on August 24, 2011. the SSNY shall mail a copy of any of LLC upon whom process against YORK County. SSNY has been des- formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/12/11. NY Office Location: New York County. process against the PLLC served it may be served. SSNY shall mail ignated as agent upon whom process SSNY designated as agent of LLC Secretary of State is designated as upon him/her is: InCorp Services, process to: c/o United Corporate against it may be served. The Post upon whom process against it may be agent upon whom process against Inc., One Commerce Plaza - 99 Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, Office address to which the SSNY served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 the LLC may be served. Secretary of Washington Ave., Suite 805-A, White Plains, NY 10606. DE address shall mail a copy of any process West St., NY, NY 10282. DE address State shall mail a copy of any Albany, NY 12210-2822. The of LLC: 874 Walker Road, Suite C, against the LLC served upon him/her of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, process against the LLC served upon principal business address of the Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed is: c/o eResidentAgent, Inc. 12121 DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE him/her to: P.O. Box 39, Wyckoff, PLLC is: 405 Lexington Ave., 26th with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1201, Los Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, New Jersey 07841. Purpose: To Floor, New York, NY 10174. St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any Angeles, CA 90025. DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. engage in any lawful act or activity. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of USPF IV Notice of Qualification of EXG 430W37 Notice of Qualification of THE NOC TV, Notice of Qualification of Trump Notice of Appl. for Auth. of Frost Laurel Retail GP LLC. Authority filed LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of Books LLC. Authority filed with Leonard Manager LLC, a foreign with NY Dept. of State on 8/19/11. State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/11. State of NY (SSNY) on 9/28/11. Office Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on limited liability company (LLC). Appl. Office location: NY County. Princ. Office location: NY County. LLC location: NY County. LLC formed in 10/6/11. Office location: NY County. for Auth. filed with SSNY on 6-24-11. bus. addr.: Two Ravina Dr., Ste. 400, formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/16/11. Delaware (DE) on 9/22/11. SSNY LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on LLC organized in DE on 6-20-11. Office Atlanta, GA 30346. LLC formed in SSNY designated as agent of LLC designated as agent of LLC upon 10/3/11. SSNY designated as agent location: NY Cty. SSNY designated DE on 7/19/11. NY Sec. of State upon whom process against it may whom process against it may be of LLC upon whom process against as agent of the LLC upon whom designated agent of LLC upon whom be served. SSNY shall mail process served. SSNY shall mail process to: it may be served. SSNY shall mail process against it may be served. process against it may be served to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 c/o Abdul Khan, 1550 17th St., Santa process to: c/o National Registered SSNY shall mail copy of process to: and shall mail process to: CT Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, also the Monica, CA 90404, also the principal Agents, Inc., 875 Ave. of the c/o The Maxal Group, Inc., Attn: Mr. Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., registered agent. Principal office office address. Address to be main- Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001, Bruce Sturman, 30 Van Dam Street, NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: The address: 805 Third Ave., 7th Fl., NY, tained in DE: 3500 S. DuPont Hwy, also the registered agent. Principal New York, NY 10013. DE address of Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange NY 10022. Address to be maintained Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed office address: 725 Fifth Ave., NY, LLC c/o Nat’l Registered Agents, Inc., St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of in DE: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 with the DE Secretary of State, 401 NY 10022. Address to be maintained 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Federal St., #3, Dover, DE 19901. in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, 19901. Cert. of Form. on file with DE 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Purpose: any lawful activities. Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed Dept of State, Div. of Corps, 401 Purpose: all lawful purposes. Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., with the DE Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Notice of Formation of Gezunte Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION of MAVEL any lawful activities. Bagel, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Purpose: any lawful activities. STUDIO LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York Notice of Formation of HUDSON the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Notice of Formation of KLIGER (SSNY) on 10/05/2011. Office location: Notice of Qualification of BVK-RREEF CITYPOINT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed 10/19/11. Office location: NY County. MEDIA ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of New York County. SSNY has been 412 West 14th Street 1N, LLC. with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on SSNY designated as agent of LLC Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. designated as agent upon whom Authority filed with NY Dept. of State 3/26/10. Office location: New York upon whom process against it may be (SSNY) on 7/26/11. Office location: process against the LLC may be on 9/30/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of served. SSNY shall mail process to : New York County. SSNY designated served. SSNY shall mail a copy of County. LLC formed in DE on LLC upon whom process against it The LLC, 195 Stanton St., 4H, N.Y., N.Y., as agent of LLC upon whom process process to: The LLC., 121 West 19th 9/28/11. NY Sec. of State designated may be served. SSNY shall mail 10002. Purpose: any lawful activity. against it may be served. SSNY shall Street, New York, NY 10011. agent of LLC upon whom process process to: The LLC, 826 Broadway, mail process to: c/o Breslow & Purpose: any lawful activity. against it may be served and shall 11th Floor, New York, NY 10003. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF IN HER Walker LLP, 767 Third Ave., New mail process to: c/o CT Corporation Purpose: any lawful activity. IMAGE MUSIC LLC. Arts of Org filed York, NY 10017, Attn: Joel M. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) Walker, Esq., registered agent upon NuVel Technica, LLC. Arts. of Org. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St., HOUSE OF JAI LLC, a domestic on 8/18/11. Office loc: NY Cty. SSNY whom process may be served. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed designated as agent upon whom Purpose: any lawful activity. on 08/16/11. Office in NY County. Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, with the Sec of State of NY on 9/1/11. process may be served and shall mail Formed in NJ: 09/2010. SSNY desig- 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. NY Office location: New York County. a copy of any process to the principal BKC RENAISSANCE, LLC, a domestic nated as agent of LLC upon whom Purpose: all lawful purposes. SSNY is designated as agent upon business address: 435 E86 St. #2B, NY, Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed process against it may be served. whom process against the LLC may NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful acts. with the Sec of State of NY on 10/6/11. SSNY shall mail process to LLC: Notice of Formation of SMC E-Learning be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of NY Office location: New York County. 1005 80th St, North Bergen, NJ LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of any process against the LLC served Notice of Formation of HemptexUSA SSNY is designated as agent upon 07047. Purpose: any lawful activity. State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 07/11/11. upon him/her to Jeri Fogel, c/o LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of whom process against the LLC may Office location: New York County. Mautner-Glick Corp., 1345 Third Ave., State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/11 Office be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of Notice of Formation of 4459 Bailey SSNY designated as agent of LLC NY, NY 10075. General Purposes. location: NY County. SSNY designated any process against the LLC served Avenue Operating Company, LLC. upon whom process against it may be as agent of LLC upon whom process upon him/her to Robert E. Michael & Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o NOTICE OF FORMATION of Orme against it may be served. SSNY shall Assoc. PLLC, 950 3rd Ave., Ste. 2500, State on 10/12/11. Office location: The Law Offices of Daniel A. Singer Square Law, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed mail process to LLC: 110 W 40th NY NY, NY 10022. General Purposes. NY County. Sec. of State designated PLLC, 245 5th Avenue, Suite 1902, with Secretary of the State of NY NY 10018. Purpose:any lawful activity. agent of LLC upon whom process New York, New York 10016. Principal (SSNY) on 09/26/11. Office Location: NOTICE OF FORMATION of Luma against it may be served and shall business location: 419 Lafayette NY County. SSNY designated as Notice of Qualification of G VALUE Realty I LLC Art. of Org filed Sec’y of mail process to the principal business Street, No. 2, New York, New York agent upon whom process against PARTNERS GP, LLC. Authority filed State (SSNY) 10/26/11. Office location: addr.: 145 E. 57th St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful purpose. LLC may be served. SSNY shall with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) New York County. SSNY designated 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. mail copy of process (c/o PLLC): on 10/4/2011. Office location: NY as agent of LLC upon whom process BEND IN THE ROAD, LLC Articles of 780 Greenwich Street, #5K, NY, NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) against it may be served. SSNY WASSERBURG LLC, a domestic Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10014. Purpose: Law Firm. on 9/26/2011. Princ. office of LLC: shall mail copy of process to c/o Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed 6/20/11. Office in NY Co. SSNY 546 5th Ave., 14th Fl., NY, NY 10036. James P. DeMare, 25 North Moore with the Sec of State of NY on desig. agent of LLC upon whom Notice of Formation of OTTERNAT SSNY designated as agent of LLC St., Apt 4B, New York, NY 10013. 9/1/11. NY Office location: New York process may be served. SSNY shall LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. upon whom process against it may be Purpose: any lawful activities. County. SSNY is designated as mail copy of process to 30 Leroy St., of State on 9/29/11. Office location: served. SSNY shall mail process to agent upon whom process against NY, NY 10014, which is also the NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 107 the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF OFFICE the LLC may be served. SSNY shall principal business location. Purpose: Sullivan St., NY, NY 10012. Sec. of DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service FOR VISUAL AFFAIRS LLC. Arts of mail a copy of any process against Any lawful purpose. State designated agent of LLC upon Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Org filed with the Secy of State of NY the LLC served upon him/her to The whom process against it may be Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. (SSNY) on 06/21/11. Office loc: NY LLC, c/o Elizabeth M. Kovac, Esq., NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MOAKS served and shall mail process to: c/o filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of County. SSNY designated as agent 90 Park Ave., Ste. 1710, NY, NY PLLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on Mark Rosenblum, CPA, 37 Brighton Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 upon whom process may be served 10016. General Purposes. 8/26/11. Office location: NY County. 11th St., Brooklyn, NY 11235. Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. and shall mail process to: 299 SSNY has been designated as agent Purpose: all lawful purposes. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Broadway, Ste 1305, NY, NY 10007. Notice of Formation of ADC/Ennis upon whom process may be served Principal business address: 87 Francis Owner L.P. Cert. filed with NY and shall mail a copy of any process Notice of formation of a Limited Chrystie St, Ste 5B, NY, NY 10002. Dept. of State on 1/7/2008. Office to the principal business address: 51 Liability Company: Name: THE CIRIC Purpose: any lawful acts. location: NY County. Sec. of State W. 69th St. #4D, NY, NY 10023. LAW FIRM, PLLC, Articles of designated agent of LP upon whom Purpose: any lawful acts. Organization filed with the Secretary Coming Up Notice of Formation of FNA Medical process against it may be served and of State of New York (SSNY) on on the Calendar Diagnostics, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed shall mail process to the principal NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Mary 09/27/2011. Office location: New York with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on business addr.: c/o Abyssinian Hilton Creative, LLC. Arts of Org filed County. SSNY has been designated 10/18/2011. Office location: NY County. Development Corp., 4 W. 125th St., with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) as agent of the LLC upon whom SSNY designated as agent of PLLC NY, NY 10027. Name/addr. of genl. on 08/04/11. Office loc: NY. SSNY has process against it may be served. upon whom process against it may be ptr. available from Sec. of State. been designated as agent upon whom SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Nov 21 served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Term: until 1/3/2108. Purpose: any process may be served and shall mail THE CIRIC LAW FIRM, PLLC, 622 East Biggest Private PLLC, 300 W 110th st. #3K, NY, NY lawful activity. a copy of any process to the principal 20th Street, #2a, New York, NY 10009. 10026. Purpose: any lawful activity. business address: 57 W. 10th St., NY, Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Companies Notice of Qualification of ARC NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful acts. Notice of Qualification of 195 NYGRNAV004, LLC. Authority filed NOTICE OF FORMATION of 88 Classic, Nov 28 Broadway Owner LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Notice of Qualification of Pure Growth LLC. Article of Organization filed with with NY Dept. of State on 10/25/11. 10/18/11. Office location: NY County. Partners LLC. Authority filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) Real Estate Office location: NY County. Princ. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on Secy. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on on 06/16/11. Office location: NY bus. addr.: 150 E. 52nd St., 25th Fl., 09/28/11. Princ. office of LLC: 106 7/21/11. Office location: NY County. County. SSNY has been designated Dec 5 NY, NY 10022. LLC formed in DE on York Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046. LLC formed in DE on 6/2/10. SSNY as agent upon whom process against 6/17/11. NY Sec. of State designated SSNY designated as agent of LLC designated agent of LLC upon whom it may be served. The Post Office Small Business agent of LLC upon whom process upon whom process against it may process against it may be served. address to which the SSNY shall mail against it may be served and shall be served. SSNY shall mail process SSNY shall mail process to: Alison a copy of any process against the Dec 12 mail process to: c/o CT Corporation to c/o CSC, 80 State St., 6th Fl., Newman, Alston & Bird LLP, 90 Park LLC served upon him is C/O Jason System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, Albany, NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC: Avenue, NY, NY 10016. Bus. addr.: White, 3340 Peachtree Road, N.E., Corporate Philanthropy regd. agent upon whom process may c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 575 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022. DE Suite 2540 Tower Place, Atlanta, GA be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, addr. of LLC: United Co. Services, 30326. Date of Dissolution: n/a. Dec 19 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Inc., 874 Walker Road, Suite C, Dover, Purpose of LLC: to engage in any Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 DE 19904. Cert. of LLC filed with DE lawful act or activity. Street address Book of Lists State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, of Principal Business location is: 20 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Purpose: Any lawful activity. DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Pine Street, #606, N.Y., N.Y., 10005.

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PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES

Notice of Qualification of MTGLQ Notice of Qualification of Radio Free NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIM- NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The Investors, L.P. Authority filed with NY Dixie Productions, LLC. Authority ITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Gemini Hospitality Management, LLC. Wilderness of Manitoba/tinyOGRE, Dept. of State on 9/22/11. Office filed with NY Dept. of State on JOGGLE MEDIA LLC. Articles of Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY LP. Application for Authority filed location: NY County. Princ. bus. 9/16/11. Office location: NY County. Organization were filed with the (SSNY) on 10/11/11. Office location: with the Secretary of State of New addr.: 200 West St., NY, NY 10282. Princ. bus. addr.: 1100 Ave. of the Secretary of State of New York NY County. LLC formed in Delaware York (SSNY) on May 20, 2011. Office LP formed in DE on 12/29/93. NY Americas, 9th Fl., NY, NY 10036. LLC (SSNY) on 09/23/11. The latest (DE) on 10/04/11. SSNY designated location: NEW YORK County. LP Sec. of State designated agent of LP formed in DE on 5/18/11. NY Sec. of date of dissolution is 12/31/2050. as agent of LLC upon whom process formed in DE on November 29, 2010. upon whom process against it may State designated agent of LLC upon Office location: New York County. against it may be served. SSNY shall SSNY has been designated as an be served and shall mail process to: whom process against it may be SSNY has been designated as mail process to: William T. Obeid, c/o agent upon whom process against it CT Corporation System, 111 8th served and shall mail process to: c/o agent of the LLC upon whom Gemini Real Estate Advisors, LLC, 200 may be served. The Post Office Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LP: CT Corporation System, 111 8th process against it may be served. Park Avenue South, Suite 1305, New address to which the SSNY shall mail 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent SSNY shall mail a copy of process York, NY 10003. DE address of LLC: a copy of any process against the LP 19801. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. upon whom process may be served. to the LLC, 12 Desbrosses Street, c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., served upon him/her is: 276 Fifth available from NY Sec. of State. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., New York, New York 10013. 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, Dover, Avenue, Suite 604, New York, NY Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Delaware 19901. Cert. of LLC filed 10001. The principal business State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., address of the LP is: 276 Fifth 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Notice of Formation of Jon Kilmer Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Avenue, Suite 604, New York, NY Purpose: all lawful purposes. Studios, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with any lawful activity. 10001. DE address of LP is: 2711 NOTICE OF FORMATION of NY Dept. of State on 10/20/2011. LLC Centerville Road, Suite 400, REFERENCE FRAME LLC. Arts. of Org. Notice of Formation of 382 3rd FL LLC. formation on 11/1/2011. Office location: NOTICE OF FORMATION of Farm Wilmington, DE 19808. Certificate of filed w/ Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State NY County. Sec. of State designated to Fork NY LLC. Arts of Org filed LP filed with Secretary of State of 8/25/2011. Office in NY County. SSNY of NY (SSNY) on 08/25/11. Office agent of LLC upon whom process with the Secy of State of New York DE located at: 401 Federal Street, designated as agent upon whom location: NY County. Princ. office of against it may be served and shall (SSNY) on 10/5/11. Office loc: NY Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: process against the LCC may be LLC: 666 Broadway, 12th Fl., NY, NY mail process to: Jonathan W. Kilmer, Cty. SSNY designated as an agent any lawful act or activity. served. SSNY shall mail process to 10012. SSNY designated as agent of 277 Ave. C, Apt. 7A, NY, NY 10009, upon whom process may be served the LLC, 510 W. 135th Street, RM 9, LLC upon whom process against it regd. agent upon whom process may and shall mail a copy of any process Notice is hereby given that a license NY, NY, 10031. Purpose of LLC: Any may be served. SSNY shall mail be served. Term: until 1/1/2041. to the principal business address: (#TBA) for LIQUOR has been applied lawful activity. process to Andrews Building Corp., Purpose: all lawful purposes. 200 West End Ave., Apt 16E, NY for by A&J LOUNGE LLC at retail, in Attn: Eugene Andrews or Naomi NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful act. a Restaurant, under the ABC Law at NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Scan Cahana-Andrews at the princ. office of Johnny Richie LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed 186 DYKMAN ST., NY, NY 10040 for Studios LLC. Arts of Org filed with the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED on-premises consumption. the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/24/11. Office in NY County. SSNY LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DOG 9/12/11. Office loc: NY Cty. SSNY Notice of Formation of URSA Minor designated agent of LLC upon whom BITE ADVERTISING, LLC. Articles of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF: Sarma has been designated as agent upon Partners, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with process against it may be served. Organization were filed with the Holdings UWS, LLC. Arts of Org filed whom process may be served and Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on SSNY shall process to John Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) with Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on shall mail a copy of any process to 08/26/11. Off. loc.: NY Co. SSNY Lindamood, 145 E 16th St., Ste 7K, on 10/14/11. Office location: New York 10/06/2011. Office location: NY the principal business address: 817 designated as agent of LLC upon NY, NY 10003. Purpose: General County. SSNY has been designated as County. SSNY is designated as agent Broadway, Suite 1019, New York, NY whom process against it may be agent of the LLC upon whom process upon whom process against LLC may 10006. Purpose: any lawful acts. served. SSNY shall mail process to NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Aiyer & against it may be served. SSNY shall be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the LLC, c/o Somin’s Hardware & Petkos, PLLC. Arts of Org filed with mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o any process against LLC to: 56 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF: Sarma Bath, Attn: Beth Thornton, 421 Third the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on Proner & Proner, 60 East 42nd Street, Charles St., #2, New York, NY 10014. Holdings WV, LLC. Arts of Org filed Ave., New York, NY 10016. Purpose: 09/08/11. Office loc: NY County. New York, New York 10165. Purpose: Purpose: any lawful act or activity. with Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on any lawful act or activity. SSNY has been designated as agent For any lawful purpose. 9/22/2011. Office location: NY upon whom process may be served NOTICE OF FORMATION OF County. SSNY is designated as agent Notice of Formation of CRIBSIES, LLC. and shall mail a copy of any process NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of ACCESSORY STREET, LLC. Articles upon whom process against LLC may Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State to the principal business address: Bespoke Jewel Finder, LLC. App for of Organization filed with Secretary be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/2011. Office 226 W. 78th Street, #5A, NY, NY Authority filed with the Secy of State of of State of New York (SSNY) on any process against LLC to: 56 location: NY County. Princ. office of 10024. Purpose: any lawful acts. New York (SSNY) on 8/15/11. Office 6/14/11. Office location: NY County. Charles St., #2, New York, NY 10014. LLC: 170 E. 83rd St., NY, NY 10028. location: NY County. LLC formed in SSNY has been designated as an Purpose: any lawful act or activity. SSNY designated as agent of LLC Notice of formation of GASM.ORG DE on 7/26/11. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against upon whom process against it may be L.L.C., Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. an agent upon whom process may be the LLC may be served. The NOTICE OF FORMATION OF York-Hill served. SSNY shall mail process to of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/24/11. served and shall mail a copy of any address to which SSNY shall mail a LLC. Arts of Org filed with the Secy of c/o Kramer Levin Natfalis & Frankel Office located in: NY County. SSNY process to the principal business copy of any process against the LLC State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/11. Office LLP, Attn: Christopher S. Auguste, has been designated for service of address: 360 E. 88 St., #12B, NY, NY is to Attn: Ted Rosen, Esq., 100 Park loc: NY Cty. SSNY designated as agent 1177 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY process. SSNY shall mail copy of 10128. Cert. filed with Secy of State Ave., Ste. 1500, NY, NY 10012. upon whom process may be served and 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity. any process to: the LLC, 789 West of DE: 401 Federal St., #3, Dover, DE Purpose: any lawful act or activity. shall mail process to: 7014 13th Ave, End Ave, 12B, NY, NY 10025. 19901. Purpose: any lawful act. Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Principal Notice of Formation of 4800 Bear Road Purpose: Any lawful purpose. XRS OPERATING L.P., a domestic business address: 80 N Moore St, NY, Operating Company, LLC. Arts. of NOTICE OF REGISTRATION of Limited Partnership (LP) filed with NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful acts. Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 77 NY @ 46 ST, LLC, a foreign Limited Fesnak and Associates, LLP (LLP). the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/11. Office location: NY County. Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Certificate of Registration filed with NY 7/22/11. NY office Location: New Sec. of State designated agent of LLC Notice is hereby given that a license, Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/11. Dept of State on 8/9/11. Principal York County. SSNY is designated as upon whom process against it may serial number 1258366, for liquor NY office Location: New York County. office located in New York County. agent upon whom process against be served and shall mail process to has been applied for by Barney’s, Inc. SSNY is designated as agent upon The Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) the LP may be served. SSNY shall the principal business addr.: 145 E. (d/b/a Barneys New York) to sell liquor whom process against the LLC may is designated as agent of LLP for mail a copy of any process against 57th St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10022. in a restaurant under the Alcoholic be served. SSNY shall mail a copy service of process. SSNY shall mail the LP served upon him/her to The Purpose: any lawful activity. Beverage Control Law at 660 of any process against the LLC served copy of any process to the LLP at its LP, c/o XRS Management Inc., Attn: upon him/her to David Glassman Esq, principal office: 1501 Broadway, 12th Donald F. Healy, 244 E. 53rd St., NY, Madison Ave., 8th Fl., New York, NY Notice of Formation of 666 PH LLC. 10065 for on premises consumption. 49 W 24th St 3rd Fl, NY, NY 10010. Fl, New York, NY 10036. Purpose: NY 10022. Latest date to dissolve Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State General purposes. Certified Public Accountancy. 12/31/2050. General purposes. of NY (SSNY) on 08/25/11. Office Notice of Formation of Ai Vy Springrolls, location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC. Org. filed with Secy. of State of LLC: 666 Broadway, 12th Fl., NY, NY NY (SSNY) on 10/14/10. Office loca- 10012. SSNY designated as agent of Place your business card in Crain’s Business Connections tion: NY County. SSNY designated LLC upon whom process against it as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail and reach New York City’s Top Level Executives against it may be served. SSNY shall process to Andrews Building Corp., mail process to LLC: Suite 202, Attn: Eugene Andrews or Naomi 7014 13th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11228. Cahana-Andrews at the princ. office of Purpose: any lawful activity. the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Aurum Notice of Qualification of Starr Staffing, LLC Art. of Org filed Sec’y Protection Solutions, LLC. Authority Contact of State (SSNY) 10/19/11. Office filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/19/11. location: New York County. SSNY Office location: NY County. LLC her designated as agent of LLC upon whom formed in IL on 9/6/11. NY Sec. of John Gallag newyork.com process against it may be served. State designated agent of LLC upon jgallagher@crains SSNY shall mail copy of process to whom process against it may be Alan M. Tarter, Esq., Tarter Krinsky & served and shall mail process to: c/o 212.210 .0189 Drogin LLP, 1350 Broadway, 11th CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., Floor, New York, NY 10018. Registered NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom agent upon whom process may be process may be served. Principal served: Alan M. Tarter, Esq., Tarter office addr.: 399 Park Ave., NY, NY Krinsky & Drogin LLP, 1350 10022. Cert. of Org. filed with IL Sec. Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, NY of State, 501 S. 2nd St., Springfield, IL 10018 Purpose: any lawful activities. 62756. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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FOR THE RECORD

3,800 square feet at 101 Fifth Ave. David marketing and strategy, exercised worth $1,335,809. On the same day, he Starr and Giorgio Versea of UGL options on 29,446 shares of common sold 10,011 shares of common stock at ABOUT THIS SECTION Services represented the tenant, while stock at $97.59 on Oct. 31, in a $63.51, in a transaction worth $635,799. Ryan Nizolek and Esther Zar of Murray transaction worth $2,873,635. On the He now directly holds 14,205 shares. FOR THE RECORD is a weekly listing of information from the public record that Hill Properties represented the landlord, same day, she sold 29,446 shares of can help businesspeople in the New York area find opportunities, potential Eretz Group. The asking rent was $45 common stock at $185.44, in a ● Citigroup Inc. (C) new clients and updates on competitors. per square foot. transaction worth $5,460,466. She now John P.Havens, president, chief operating To ask questions or get more information on this section, contact Suzanne directly holds 60,285 shares. officer and chief executive, institutional Panara at [email protected]. ● Viking Global Investors renewed clients group, purchased 110,000 shares of 25,000 square feet and took an additional Timothy S. Shaughnessy, senior vice common stock at prices ranging from 15,000 square feet at 280 Park Ave. president, GTS services delivery, $30.41 to $33.90 between Oct. 26 and Cushman & Wakefield Inc.’s Michael exercised options on 15,292 shares of Oct. 27, in a transaction worth Burgio represented the tenant, while CB common stock at prices ranging from $3,519,773. He now directly holds BANKRUPTCIES purchased for $35 by check or money Richard Ellis Group Inc.’s Mary Anne $78.13 to $96.33 on Oct. 27, in a 334,379 shares. order at 1 Centre St., Manhattan.The Tighe and Peter Turchin represented the transaction worth $1,236,242. On the The following listings are selected from the project duration is one year. Bids will be landlord, a joint venture of Vornado Realty same day, he sold 15,292 shares of ● Ann Inc. (ANN) most recent available filings by companies opened at 12 p.m. on Nov. 29.The Trust and SL Green Realty Corp.The common stock at $184.50, in a Katherine Lawther Krill, director, chief seeking bankruptcy protection in the required bid security is a bid bond for asking rent was near $120 per square foot. transaction worth $2,821,374. He now executive and president, sold 56,250 Southern and Eastern Districts of New $200,000 or a bank check or certified directly holds 15,268 shares. shares of common stock at prices York. Information was obtained from U.S. company check for $30,000 made payable ● Coed Media Group signed a five-year ranging from $25.39 to $26.86 between Bankruptcy Court records available on to DCAS. Performance and payment lease for 1,500 square feet at 237 W. 35th Robert C. Weber, senior vice president, Oct. 20 and Oct. 24, in a transaction Public Access to Court Electronic Records. bonds in the amount of $500,000 are St. The college lifestyle publishing and legal and regulatory affairs, and general worth $1,490,163. On Oct. 24, she Listings are in alphabetical order. required.To make inquiries, contact marketing solutions company will occupy counsel, exercised options on 11,770 exercised options on 41,250 shares of Louis Pastore at (212) 669-8557 or space on the eighth floor. Ian Norris of shares of common stock at $102.80 on common stock at $14.08, in a ● 216 West 18 Owner [email protected]. the Kaufman Organization represented Oct. 27, in a transaction worth transaction worth $580,800. She now 216 W. 18 St., Manhattan the tenant, while Grant Greenspan, also $1,209,956. On the same day, he sold directly holds 387,160 shares. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ● Department of Parks and Recreation of the Kaufman Organization, 11,770 shares of common stock at prices protection on Nov. 1. The filing cites Seeks competitive sealed bids by represented the landlord in-house.The ranging from $184.55 to $184.80, in a ● PVH Corp. (PVH) estimated liabilities of $50,000,001 to 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 30 for construction of asking rent was $30 per square foot. transaction worth $2,173,600. He now Fred Gehring, chief executive of $100 million and estimated assets of an indoor horse riding arena in Ocean directly holds 18,823 shares. Tommy Hilfiger and PVH $50,000,001 to $100 million. Breeze Park, Staten Island. Bid ● Morgan Lewis & Bockius renewed international operations, sold 288,889 documents are available for $25 in the 200,000 square feet at 101 Park Ave. Jones ● Coach Inc. (COH) shares of common stock at $70.16 on ● 3047 Hull Ave. Corp. blueprint room, Olmsted Center, Queens, Lang LaSalle’s Lisa Kiehl and Barbara Jerry D. Stritzke, president and chief Oct. 21, in a transaction worth 3047 Hull Ave., Bronx from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.The fee is payable by Winter represented the tenant, while operating officer, exercised options on $2,026,777. He now indirectly holds Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy company check or money order to the Cushman & Wakefield Inc.’s John Cefaly, 115,006 shares of common stock at prices 1,166,580 shares. protection on Oct. 26.The filing cites City of New York, Parks and Recreation. Gus Field, Clark Finney and David ranging from $26.21 to $29.75 on Oct. estimated liabilities of $500,001 to $1 Questions should be directed to Juan McBride represented the landlord, Peter 27, in a transaction worth $3,309,295. ● Cognizant Technology Solutions million and estimated assets of $0 to Alban at (718) 760-6771 or Kalikow.The asking rent on the lower On the same day, he sold 34,014 shares of Corp. (CTSH) $50,000. [email protected]. floors is in the high $80s per square foot. common stock at $64.05, in a transaction Chandrasekaran Ramakrishnan, worth $2,178,597. He now directly holds president and managing director, global ● 553 West 174th St. GOODS AND SERVICES RETAIL 46,772 shares. delivery, exercised options on 14,000 314 W. 82nd St., Manhattan ● Department of Education ● Belstaff USA signed a lease for 17,500 shares of common stock at $2.88 on Oct. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Seeks competitive sealed bids by 4 p.m. square feet at 681 Fifth Ave. The company Todd Kahn, senior vice president, 27, in a transaction worth $40,320. On protection on Oct. 26. The filing cites on Nov. 30 for a contractor to provide will occupy the entire eighth, ninth and general counsel and secretary, exercised the same day, he sold 14,000 shares of estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to all labor, equipment, materials and 10th floors. Cushman & Wakefield Inc.’s options on 42,377 shares of common common stock at $75.90, in a transaction $10 million and estimated assets of necessary services to completely provide Cynthia Foster and Ethan Silverstein stock at prices ranging from $26.21 to worth $1,062,600. He now directly holds $1,000,001 to $10 million. Among the for 24-hour, seven-days-a-week central represented the tenant. Ashlea Aaron, $38.41, on Oct. 27, in a transaction 72,372 shares. Ⅲ creditors with the largest unsecured station monitoring of the existing fire Mark Mandell, Arthur Mirante and claims are SE Opportunity Fund, owed alarm systems in schools and other Bruce Mosler, also of Cushman & $1,005,000; White Oak Profit Sharing buildings. Questions should be sent to Wakefield, as well as Ms. Foster and Mr. Plan, owed $140,000; and Claude [email protected]. Silverstein, represented the landlord, DEALS ROUNDUP Castro & Associates, owed $25,000. Metropole Realty Advisors Inc.The ● Department of Information Technology asking rent was not disclosed. ● Global International Production Corp. and Telecommunications TRANSACTION SIZE SELLER/TARGET (IN MILLIONS) BUYERS/INVESTORS TRANSACTION TYPE 67-03 Roosevelt Ave., Queens Seeks competitive sealed bids by 3 p.m. ● Stuzzicheria signed a lease for 1,200 Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Nov. 30 for a qualified vendor to square feet at 424 E. Ninth St. New York Accel-KKR/ $975.0 Warburg Pincus (Manhattan) FB M&A protection on Oct. 27.The filing cites furnish temporary personnel services in Commercial Real Estate Services’ James The Endurance International Group Inc. estimated liabilities of $100,001 to 30 categories of technical expertise on an Famularo represented the tenant, while $500,000 and estimated assets of $0 to as-needed basis for the Mayor’s Office Ken Brandman, also of New York Not disclosed/ $490.0 The Yucaipa Cos., Goldman GCI $50,000. of Media and Entertainment in Commercial Real Estate Services, The Great Atlantic & Sachs Asset Management (Manhattan), Pacific Tea Co. Mount Kellett Capital Management Manhattan. To make inquiries, contact represented the landlord, Croman Real (Manhattan) ● MF Global Finance USA Inc. Eric Macwan at (212) 788-6684 or Estate.The asking rent was $9,000 per Not disclosed/ $403.7 JLL Partners (Manhattan) FB M&A 717 Fifth Ave., Manhattan [email protected]. month. American Dental Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Partners Inc. protection on Oct. 31.The filing cites ● Friends of Brooklyn Community Board 6 Inc. Palo Alto Investors, $264.0 Yahoo Inc. SB M&A estimated assets of $100,000,001 to $500 STOCK TRANSACTIONS Triage Capital LF Group, million. Among the creditors with the Requests proposals by 5 p.m. on Nov. JMB Capital (Manhattan), largest unsecured claims are JPMorgan 21 for a consulting team to work in Following are recent insider transactions at Whalehaven Capital Fund Chase, owed $1,200,875,000; Deutsche partnership with community groups New York’s largest publicly held companies Ltd., Wellington Trust Co., Bank Trust Company Americas, as and government agencies to create an filed with the Securities and Exchange Discovery Group Holding Co., indenture trustee for 6.25% notes, owed appropriate plan for redevelopment Commission by executives and major Mara Gateway Associates, $325 million; and Deutsche Bank Trust and reuse of existing buildings along shareholders. Listings are in order of Chestnut Ridge Capital/ interCLICK Inc. Company Americas, as indenture trustee the Gowanus Canal corridor. It is transaction value.The information was for 3.375% notes, owed $325 million. strongly encouraged that responses obtained from Thomson Reuters. Vornado Realty Trust $228.0 Shorenstein Co. SB M&A include creative planning practices that (Manhattan)/ ● 350 West Mart acknowledge the challenges associated PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) Center in Chicago GOVERNMENT CONTRACT with the industrial and mixed-use Eric J. Foss, chairman and chief Hess Corp. (Manhattan)/ $177.4 Statoil ASA (additional 3.26%) SB M&A OPPORTUNITIES areas. Proposals in the range of executive, exercised options on 498,844 Barents Sea Snøhvit $220,000 to $240,000 will be shares of common stock at prices Unit and adjacent Following are selected contract considered. To make inquiries, contact ranging from $47.08 to $55.92 on Oct. production licences opportunities recently announced by New Craig Hammerman at (718) 643-3027 21, in a transaction worth $25,382,448. AllianceBernstein $154.3 Hospitality Properties Trust SB M&A York City agencies.To learn how to sell or [email protected]. On the same day, he sold 498,844 shares (Manhattan)/ goods and services to city government, visit of common stock at $62.12, in a Sonesta International www.nyc.gov/selltonyc. For a searchable transaction worth $30,988,388. He now Hotels Corp. database of current procurement notices, REAL ESTATE DEALS directly holds 113,529 shares. Vornado Realty Trust $78.0 Not disclosed SB M&A visit www.nyc.gov/cityrecord. Listings are (Manhattan)/ alphabetical by category and department. Companies that would like to have details of ● Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) Four retail mixed-use their recent transactions appear in these Louis C. Camilleri, chairman and chief properties in Manhattan CONSTRUCTION SERVICES listings should email descriptions following executive, exercised options on 599,998 iStar Financial Inc. $37.0 Red Lion Hotels Corp. SB M&A ● Department of Citywide Administrative this format to ELaermer@ shares of common stock at prices (Manhattan)/ Services crainsnewyork.com, with “Real estate ranging from $27.52 to $33.99 on Oct. 10 Red Lion hotels Seeks competitive sealed bids by 11:30 transaction” in the subject line, or enter them 26, in a transaction worth $18,452,338. Selected deals announced for the week ended Nov. 6 involving companies in metro New York. a.m. on Nov. 29 for general construction online at crainsnewyork.com/submitadeal. FB M&A: Financial buyer M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing in office of court administration Deals are listed in order of square footage. ● International Business Machines Corp. shares of a company with the participation of a financial buyer. GCI: Growth capital invest- (IBM) ment represents new money invested in a company for a minority stake. SB M&A: Strategic buildings.The bid package can be buyer M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing shares of a company with- downloaded online from The City Record COMMERCIAL Virginia M. Rometty, senior vice out the participation of a financial buyer. source: capitaliq for free at nyc.gov/cityrecord or ● FircoSoft signed a six-year lease for president and group executive, sales,

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drew Dolkart, director of the his- pending in Brooklyn must be ap- than three decades. toric preservation program at Co- proved by the City Council and the Opponents of the Brooklyn dis- Preservation man lumbia University.“Owners have to mayor within 120 days. Typically, trict argue that a number of the office go through another level of bureau- approval is a mere formality,but not buildings are far from architecturally Continued from Page 1 members. “The city is putting up a cracy.” in this case.REBNY,at least one big noteworthy and that the designation of a Brooklyn district that tentatively ‘Frozen’sign on many areas and tak- commercial landlord—SL Green will only drive up costs for landlords made the list two months ago. Land- ing away future economic growth.” Doing the right thing Realty Corp.—and the board of a already struggling to find tenants for lords and homeowners argue that Protections can come at a cost to However,as far as he is concerned, 30-story residential co-op on Liv- their aging properties. Vacancy rates they are harmed by Landmarks’ zeal, homeowners and landlords. Build- Landmarks is simply doing what ingston Street are all furiously lob- for 32,44 and 50 Court St.are rough- and that it also hamstrings economic ings with a historic designation are must be done to preserve New York’s bying the council to kill it. ly 20%, and for 16 Court St. the rate development. Some are even accus- saddled with myriad special require- irreplaceable architectural heritage. “Folks’ concerns are reasonable is 28%, according to brokerage Cre- ing the agency of lowering its stan- ments.Among them,property own- The current debate has hit the and understandable,” said City ative Real Estate Group.The figures dards of what constitutes “historic.” ers must apply to Landmarks for boiling point at the edge of down- Councilman Stephen Levin, who exceed the Manhattan average of 9%. “Soon, it will be easier to provide permits for proposed improvements town Brooklyn. There, on Sept. 13, represents the area and whose vote is Meanwhile co-op owners at a map of the city that is not land- and file detailed plans for any work. Landmarks gave its blessing to a 21- crucial, but who has yet to tip his what many call one of the prettiest marked than one that is,” said Such requirements can add many building Borough Hall Skyscraper hand. and most preservation-worthy Steven Spinola, president of the hours to even the simplest job and Historic District, a decision that If the council votes the district buildings in the district—75 Liv- Real Estate Board of New York, delay projects for months, time that critics say is a prime example of down—or if it even votes to modify ingston St.—want their tower taken which has objected to a number of comes at a high cost in the city. Landmarks’ slipping standards. its borders—it would be the first out of the district. districts on behalf of its landlord “It’s a valid concern,” said An- Like all such districts, the one time either has happened in more “We don’t want to shoulder the burden of all the costs that come with the designation,”said Ellen Murphy, president of the co-op board, who notes that owners recently invested $6 million in restoring the building’s gothic-revival facade. To Mr. Tierney, such arguments have a familiar ring. “Some think we’re doing too much and others think we don’t do enough,” said the Landmarks chair, who lives in the Greenwich Village Historic District. The Yale Univer- sity graduate and former counsel to Mayor Ed Koch also said that since taking on his job he has worked to make the designation approval process more transparent and more efficient. He’s a big believer in the economic value of preservation. OWN OR MANAGE A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH 5 TO 75 UNITS? “Development and historic des- ignations are complementary; they * go hand in hand,” he said. INTO Good for values PLUG SAVINGS In fact, many people point out $$$ SAVING PROGRAMS AND INCENTIVES ON that for all its added costs, the historic designation actually increases LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOLING UPGRADES property values. “All landmarking does is pre- IT’S FAST AND EASY. THE GREEN TEAM WILL HELP YOU GET IT DONE. serve the reasons why you bought and moved into a neighborhood in Up to $15,000 for a high-efficiency condensing boiler plus the first place,” said Paul Kerzner of the Ridgewood Property Owners & additional incentives for insulation Civic Association in Queens,who is lobbying for an expansion of the historic district there. Up to $20,000 for an energy management system Districts like those in Ridge- wood and the Grand Concourse of the Bronx came partly in response to Up to $50 each for most high-efficiency light fixtures in earlier criticisms of Landmarks as common areas ($150 for bi-level fixtures) being far too Manhattan-centric. Under Mr. Tierney, 20 of the new historic districts have been in the In-unit improvements worth over $100 per unit to help outer boroughs. “I was tired of hearing that land- residents save money and energy marking was all about Manhattan,” he said. But with more than 29,000 land- Expert advice and energy surveys to determine eligible marked buildings and sites across the energy-saving opportunities for your building city, some people, including preser- vationists, are concerned that Land- marks may have bitten off more than it can chew.While its staff and budg- CONNECT WITH THE GREEN TEAM AT et have grown since 2003 by 62% and 80%, to roughly 70 employees and $5.4 million, respectively, it remains CONED.COM/GREENTEAM one of the smallest city agencies. Mr. Tierney is determined not OR CALL 1-877-634-9443 TO SPEAK TO AN ENERGY REPRESENTATIVE just to press on but to respond to critics as well.This winter, the com- *Based on eligibility mission will roll out a website that will continue to open up the landmarking process and make it easier for building owners to navigate. For example, it will allow them to apply for permits online. Ⅲ

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anymore,’ ” Mr.Tomlinson said. performing at the Koch Theater is duction materials it needs for back- The troupe is willing to gamble about $1.5 million, $60,000 more stage and developing some joint Holidays Paul Taylor these days. The company took its than at City Center. It has 2,600 marketing efforts. The two compa- first bold step over the summer seats, the same number City Center nies are even talking about future Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 2 when it announced that it was mov- used to have when Paul Taylor per- collaborations on music and other thirds of shoppers plan to visit a dis- also said he hopes that this project ing its upcoming New York spring formed there. (Now, after a recent programming if Paul Taylor decides count store for presents this year. will allow fans who enjoy his works season—which runs from March 14 renovation, City Center has a more to return next year. Already, Minneapolis-based Tar- to “find my process of making a through April 1—to the David H. manageable 2,300 seats.) “We’re thrilled they are coming get, whose same-store sales for the dance interesting as well.” Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Last year, Paul Taylor had to here,”said Katherine Brown,execu- month of October increased 3.3%, Even executives at the dance from City Center, where it has per- shorten its usual three-week season tive director of the New York City is offering free shipping online and company admit the campaign is an formed every year since 1977.In do- here to two weeks because of City Ballet. “We are happy to work with in-store promotions such as gift experiment that may not work.They ing so, Paul Taylor became the first Center’s renovation schedule. Dur- anybody in any way we can to make cards to reel in consumers. hope to raise at least $100,000, but performing arts group to take ad- ing that time it had an audience of things a little easier or help them Luxury is expected to be the could end up with a meager $5,000 vantage of the newly available space around 17,000,down from a high of navigate the Lincoln Center issues.” shiniest bright spot this holiday sea- or so. Even worse, Mr. Taylor could created by New York City Opera’s 22,000 in 2006. And Mr.Taylor is creating a big- son. Wealthy consumers have re- get annoyed with the intrusions in departure from Lincoln Center. But Paul Taylor officials aren’t ger season this year to lure audi- sumed spending and should provide his studio and pull the plug. The strategy is risky as it forces worried. Mr. Tomlinson said the ences,debuting three new works in- a much-needed boost to sales. “I’m praying that the nightmare the company to fill a bigger and New York City Ballet offered to stead of his typical two. He is Stores such as Saks or Coach will doesn’t happen that halfway through more expensive hall, but can pay off help make the move feasible. The presenting 21 pieces of repertoire, benefit. Recognizable American this Paul says, ‘Stop, I can’t do this with higher exposure. The cost of Ballet is lending Paul Taylor pro- up from last year’s 15. Ⅲ brands, including Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, will also attract tourist dollars from overseas. In addition, analysts note that many upscale department stores have updat- ed their offerings to include more moderately priced items, which shoppers are scooping up. “A lot of luxury stores are trading down in their merchandise mix,” said Judith Russell, editor of The Robin Report, a retail newsletter. “Still beautiful and well-made items, but they offer better value.” But luxury’s gain is the mass market’s loss. After a lackluster back-to-school season, many ap- parel stores that cater to teens are depending on holiday spending to get them back on track.Analysts say teens, and their moms, simply aren’t buying. In October, the unemployment rate amongst teens ages 16 to 19 was 23.8%. And chains such as Aeropostale Inc. and American Ea- gle Outfitters are not differentiating their products enough to convince shoppers to open their wallets, according to consultants. Gap recently suffered a 6% decline in October same-store sales, worse than analysts had anticipated,and its current assortment of beaded tank tops and skinny corduroys may do little to wow shoppers. “Gap is the poster child for the sameness and lack of excitement,” said Eric Beder,managing director at Brean Murray Carret & Co. “The American consumer is not going to pay up for that.” The chain, which has already been offering a 30% discount on a customer’s total purchase, did not return requests for comment. Even J.Crew,which went private earlier this year,began hefty promotions of 25% off regular merchandise earlier this month. Value department store J.C. Penney has recently focused on higher-priced brands such as Liz Claiborne and Ralph Lauren’s American Living. In an effort to re- gain budget-driven shoppers, Pen- ney recently unveiled a holiday ad campaign centered on affordability. “Our merchandise provides the style and quality our customers want at compelling prices,” said a spokeswoman. The mid-market’s “core customer has been the hardest hit by the recession,” said Ms. Russell of The Robin Report. Many mass-market stores, she explained, don’t have a compelling identity for shoppers.“It’s not worth a trip,” she said. Ⅲ LISTEN to a discussion at CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts

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for some literary titles and those more rights reverting, and authors aimed at younger audiences. publishing books themselves,” said Trade paperbacks losing share “The question is, what’s the right one high-level editor. format for the first edition?”said Bri- Publishing consultant Mike Continued from Page 1 and more often, executives are margins are higher than print’s. Still, an Murray, chief executive of Shatzkin recently wrote a blog post in the next seat, “that thing smells thinking twice about which hard- authors and publishers are finding HarperCollins. forecasting an “80% e-book world,” like wet socks.” cover books to reprint in a trade pa- their way through a radically re- Mr. Murray added that the house not counting illustrated books, Maybe it’s not so futuristic. The perback edition. shaped landscape, especially since has always been selective about within two to five years. rapid growth in e-book sales and the “It used to be standard operating the loss of Borders’ 500 stores. The which hardcover titles to put into pa- Some recent paperback sales fig- ripple effect of July’s liquidation of procedure to do a trade paperback,” chain excelled at marketing trade paperback, and is no more so now. ures show how fast the world is the Borders bookstore chain are said literary agent and former editor perbacks. “Depending on the book, there’s changing. Jonathan Franzen’s block- wreaking havoc on sales of the in- Paul Bresnick. “No longer.” Store displays of the smart-look- still a second life in trade paper- buster 2010 novel Freedom,for exam- dustry’s biggest moneymaker, the Demand is quickly evaporating. ing paperbacks have long helped back,” he said. ple, sold around 1 million copies, ac- trade paperback. According to one executive, the e- win buyers for a wide range of Rising digital sales pose far more cording to publisher Farrar, Strauss As bookstore shelf space shrinks book surge has driven No. 1 book- books. Publishers also saw bringing of a threat to independent book- and Giroux, with about a third of and revenues from e-books soar— store chain Barnes & Noble to alter its out a trade paperback a year after the stores than to publishers, according those in e-book and the rest in hard- they’re now at 20% of total sales for rule-of-thumb formula for preorder- original hardcover edition as a to Mr. Murray.To help those stores, cover. the major houses, up from 8% last ing trade paperbacks from publishers. chance to turn a middling performer HarperCollins is rolling out a print- Since its Sept. 27 publication, year—digital dominance could be as It used to ask for half as many copies into a best-seller. on-demand program for its thou- the trade paperback edition has sold close as a couple of years away. as its stores sold in hardcover. Today, “The game now is to remake the sands of older trade paperback titles. just 28,000 copies, according to Net sales of those artfully de- the number is down to 30%. book as an e-book,” said Jack Perry,a Stores with limited space—and an Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks signed, easy-to-hold, pleasant- digital publishing consultant and Espresso Book Machine—can print about 75% of the market. smelling trade paperbacks slid 18%, Insufficient cause former Random House sales chief, up a perfectly polished-looking “What I would say is, the mix has to $773 million, in the year through At a certain point, the preorders who noted that Borders stores once book from the publisher’s vast back- changed,” said Morgan Entrekin, August, compared with the year-ear- become too small for publication to accounted for as much as 40% of a ti- list within minutes. publisher of Grove/Atlantic, which lier period, according to the Associa- make sense. A Barnes & Noble tle’s trade paperback sales. hasn’t cut reprints but has expanded tion of American Publishers. spokeswoman did not respond to a Publishers insist that trade pa- Fending for themselves its line of original trade paperbacks. Meanwhile, sales of e-books, the request for comment. perbacks won’t go away.Some hous- Still, executives say they’re “It may be harder to do two [print] second-place format,soared 144%,to As quick and drastic as the shifts es are increasingly skipping the stunned by the quality of titles that editions of the same book.” Ⅲ $649 million. have been, e-books’ rapid growth is hardcover edition and putting out are being passed over for trade pa- Just as telling are reports from in- helping to offset print’s decline. books as original trade paperbacks, perback publication. LISTEN to a discussion at side publishing houses, where more What’s more, digital publishing’s a practice that has proved successful “You’re going to see more and CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts

Brooklyn. ment has to expand to churches, to your community? We need to be “The occupation is incredibly schools, universities, workplaces working with communities to con- Occupy eyes new tack important as a symbol, as an organ- and organizations. textualize the larger movement izing platform and as a model,” said “When people ask, ‘How can I within the context of their everyday Continued from Page 2 spokes-council,designed to stream- another active participant, Max help?’ the answer can’t be ‘Come realities.” sustain the movement beyond the line that consensus-building appa- Berger. “But ultimately the impact down to the park,’ ” he said. “Social The protesters are also thinking park and make Occupy Wall Street ratus. the movement will have is a result of movements succeed when they acti- about how to work with the nearly not just symbolic but intrusive. “Usually when we think of lead- organizing that takes place outside vate networks with infrastructure to 500 other occupations that have “We’re thinking about actions ership,we think of authority,but no- the park.” become involved.” sprung up around the country and that truly disrupt business as usual in body has authority here,” Ms. Carty Mr.Berger,a 26-year-old organ- A veteran activist who has been world, said 27-year-old Sandy a way that forces people with power said. “People lead by example, step- izer with Van Jones’ American helping the press team, Mr. Smuck- Nurse. She has put her experience to stop in their tracks,” said Yotam ping up when they need to and step- Dream Movement, joined Occupy er said he’d like to develop a Sunday growing up on military bases and Marom, a 25-year-old writer, ping back when they need to.” after realizing that the institutional school curriculum that connects the working in international aid to use teacher and musician from Hobo- Ms.Carty calls Occupy not lead- efforts he was part of were not pre- Bible to the message of the move- by coordinating logistics for Occu- ken, N.J., who has emerged as a key erless but “leaderful,” and says ob- pared to generate the level of oppo- ment. py protests. “The movement has strategist. “We need to be attacking servers confuse its nonhierarchical sition he felt was needed. “What does the gospel say about grown beyond the walls of this oc- banks,not just by dancing around in structure with a leadership vacuum. Some participants have even had wealth and power?” he asked. cupation,” said Ms. Nurse, who lobbies, but by stopping them from The general assemblies are open to preliminary discussions about giv- “What does it say about the 99%?” traveled to Occupy Boston last doing things.” the public, as are its 84 working ing up the park, on their own terms, To Nelini Stamp, a 23-year-old weekend. “We’re seeing the start of Organizers are discussing how to groups. Anybody willing to step up to focus their energies elsewhere. native New Yorker, it involves ex- a national movement.” halt foreclosures, develop banking and work, as Mr. Camacho and Ms. Mr. Bloomberg has toned down panding general assemblies to George Martinez,an adjunct pro- alternatives and figure out what the Carty were, is welcome to. his comments about the encamp- workplaces, public-housing com- fessor of political science at Pace Uni- movement means in the world of It’s an “open-source” movement, ment, lessening the tension that plexes and Appalachia, to give peo- versity and a cultural ambassador for politics. Additional occupations are according to Beka Economopoulos, made Zuccotti a powerful organiz- ple tools to organize themselves. the U.S. Department of State, has in the works, including ones aimed a self-proclaimed “professional or- ing tool.Talks of leaving the park are keyed in on expanding the movement specifically at reclaiming foreclosed ganizer” who was initially skeptical in the earliest of stages, and the oc- Outer boroughs targeted beyond the park, helping to organize homes. of Occupy Wall Street but who now cupation’s laborious consensus- “The model of the general as- the Sunset Park and Bronx occupa- Whether they adopt that agen- devotes 20 hours a day to media out- making process makes it unlikely to sembly can be really important to a tions and to connect the protesters to da is uncertain because the organic, reach and capacity building, despite happen soon, if at all. lot of people across the country,” occupations across the country. He extemporaneous movement lacks a being six months pregnant. “It isn’t “If we figure out a way to transi- said Ms. Stamp, a canvasser for the traveled to Detroit and Pittsburgh to defined hierarchy of decision-mak- just social media, and it isn’t just a tion away from the park’s centrality Working Families Party who has deliver supplies and support to occu- ers. But interviews revealed ac- few people,” the 37-year-old said. in our story,it would be for the good, become a conduit between the city’s pations in those cities. tivists’ perspectives and ambitions, “It’s about not thinking someone but that’s in no way to diminish the institutional left and the movement. An accomplished hip-hop artist, as well as clues about the protest’s else is taking care of that.” sacrifice folks in the park have “People have become so disconnect- Mr. Martinez also recorded a music future. made,” said Mr. Berger, who has fo- ed—‘I’m so stressed out, I can’t pay video in Zuccotti—the “Occupy Nicole Carty, 23, first watched a Beyond Zuccotti cused on developing new leaders my bills.’ But if you can teach them Wall Street Hip-Hop Anthem”— live stream of Zuccotti from the Many of the emerging leaders are among the protesters. that model, they can start talking to to spread the message. comfort of her apartment. Soon she beginning to plot a new course for a Organizers are trying to figure each other.” “Sometimes all we need is a was a participant, then a leader, fa- movement that “has shifted the na- out how to move beyond the early Already, occupations have spark,” the song goes.“I take money cilitating some of the movement’s tional narrative in ways that are hard excitement of the occupation to sprouted up in Sunset Park, Bush- from the rich and invest it in the most contentious discussions. to believe,” according to participant build structures that sustain and en- wick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, the poor/It’s been a long time The Brown University graduate, Jonathan Smucker. hance it. Bronx, Harlem, Washington coming/Time we settle the score.” whose political activism was The media is focused on the “The way it works is, right now Heights and Jackson Heights. Pro- To an increasing number of pro- sparked by a class on globalization park—crime, incessant drumming, we have a set of tactics and a core testers are beginning to talk about testers, settling the score is coming and social conflict, ran a general as- occupiers urinating on sidewalks— message we’re associated with,” said providing services to underserved to mean transforming the move- sembly meeting attended by hun- but organizers are quietly building Mr. Berger. “Those things are valu- communities throughout the city. ment from expressive to disruptive. dreds the night before Mayor the movement beyond it. able, and we’ll use them. But as we And the outreach team just The park was vital, they say, in cre- Michael Bloomberg threatened to While tourists gawk and cam- grow and develop,we’ll diversify our launched Occupy Your Block,a pro- ating space for protesters to believe evict the protesters, and another in eras roll, most of the organizing is tactics, expand our message and gram to link the occupiers to com- an alternative was possible, but now Washington Square Park that at- taking place elsewhere: at a public speak to different audiences that are munity organizations across the they want to raise the stakes. tracted some 3,000 protesters. The atrium at 60 Wall St., in a confer- a critical part of the 99%.What that boroughs. “The next phase is more occupa- daily meetings are the hallmark of ence room at the Professional Staff looks like is open to discussion.” “We’ve occupied Wall Street,” tions,” Mr. Premo said. “Liberty the movement’s horizontal struc- Congress’ lower Broadway head- Mr. Smucker, 33, who comes said Michael Premo, a 29-year-old Square was just the beginning.” Ⅲ ture, where issues are debated and quarters,in various coffee shops that from conservative Bird-in-Hand, multimedia artist who has been at decisions made. She facilitated the surround the park and, increasingly, Pa., and who was radicalized by the forefront of actions protesting LISTEN to a discussion at CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts first meeting of a controversial in neighborhoods from the Bronx to reading the Bible, said the move- foreclosures.“Now,why is it relevant

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15.9% of exec officer/board posts at NY’s 100 largest public firms are held by women Source: Women’s Executive Circle of New York and BUSINESS LIVES Columbia Business School survey

HOT JOBS EXECUTIVE INBOX Anne Fisher CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ORGANIZATION New York Taking out Academy of Sciences the guesswork JOB DESCRIPTION Support CEO by providing advice and WHY DO MOST STARTUPS FAIL? counsel; manage day-to-day Eric Ries, in his new book, The affairs Lean Startup, writes that a MOST IMPORTANT TASK Help common culprit is “the allure of a implement strategic and good plan, a solid strategy and financial plans to foster thorough market research.” nonprofit’s growth What? Aren’t these the very CREDENTIALS NEEDED things that conventional wisdom Bachelor’s degree required, dictates will lead to fame and advanced degree preferred; (especially) fortune? Yes, but Mr. 10-15 years’ management and Ries believes the conventional administrative experience wisdom overlooks one inconve- SALARY $200,000-$230,000 nient fact: Startups operate in a RECRUITER Internal strange state of almost total DOWNSIDE Ensuring that uncertainty. They “do not yet know activities and growth plan stay who their customer is or what their within budget product should be. … Planning and forecasting are only accurate UPSIDE Interacting with Nobel laureates when based on a long, stable operating history and a stable envi- The academy has been ronment. Startups have neither.” committed to advancing Consider Lee Hoffman’s scientific research, knowledge and literacy since 1817. experience. “I spent two years —HELEN KWONG building the ‘perfect’ website that then went nowhere,” he said. Mr. AT HOME: Lydia Fenet’s internship Hoffman is cofounder and CEO of at Christie’s evolved Veri, a Manhattan-based online- EXECUTIVE MOVES into a senior vice learning website. This time, Mr. presidency. Hoffman said, “we started with a Draftfcb: Cynthia very basic, sloppy site, and we Augustine, 54, joined continually change it.” the marketing Every week, Veri’s staffers communications

agency as executive buck ennis invite customers in, plunk them vice president and down in front of computers, global chief talent GOTHAM GIGS watch them use the site, and ask officer. She was them questions about it. The previously senior vice president of (often surprising) answers then human resources and employee services get built into the product. at Scholastic Inc. BFG Communications: Bill Kwiatkowski, Veri’s website has been online 42, joined the marketing firm as chief Sold! With a Smile in its current form only since strategic officer. He was previously March, but so far Lean Startup senior vice president and group account principles seem to be working. director at G2 Worldwide. After graduating in 1999 from Sewanee, a small liberal arts college For one thing, 70% of customers JDF Realty Inc.: Gregory Gang, 50, joined ‘I’m an now finish an entire online the brokerage, management and in Tennessee, Lydia Fenet snagged an internship in Christie’s special consulting firm as vice chairman. He course, up from just 6% six entertainer. events department. She has been there ever since. ¶ “This feels like months ago. was most recently a principal at my home,” Ms. Fenet said. “I’ve spent more time in this building Endurance Real Estate Advisors, which I make it Refining something basic to he founded. than any apartment I’ve lived in.” A 33-year-old native of Lake meet market demand is an Peter J. Solomon: Craig Charles, La., and now a Chelsea resident. ¶ Ms. Fenet found her approach Mr. Ries calls the MVP, E. Barnett, 49, joined light and calling in 2001 when she took a one-week auctioneer training class. for minimum viable product. It’s a the investment big reason why his latest Silicon banking firm as fun, so ... A decade later, she’s a senior vice president at Christie’s and—in a managing director. He Valley venture, IMVU, launched in was most recently a they’re not field dominated by men—one of its top charity auctioneers. ¶ While 2004, now has $50 million in managing director at many auctioneers fast-talk bidders into buying priceless art, Ms. sales and 100 employees. Barnett & Partners, upset. ...’ Fenet relies on humor to persuade people to dig deep to support a The MVP idea underlies the which he founded. Lean Startup movement, now Stuart Marques Communications: Stuart cause. She recently scored $1 million for a Nelson Mandela portrait active in 94 cities in 17 countries. Marques, 62, formed the at a benefit for his foundation. ¶ “I’m an entertainer,” said Ms. communications company and will Since the first New York meet-up serve as president. He was previously Fenet, an avid runner who was married in New Orleans in February. in 2009, the group has grown to senior managing editor at the New York “I make it light and fun, so when they wake up the next morning 1,963 members in the city. Daily News. Mulligan Security Corp: Thomas Stefandl, they’re not upset that they spent $100,000 to have Mario Batali HOW HAS FEEDBACK led you to fine- 51, joined the private security firm as cooking in their kitchen.” tune your business idea? Tell us at See EXECUTIVE MOVES on Page 30 —alix strauss www.crainsnewyork.com/execinbox.

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RÉSUMÉ REVIEW More room to ramble on Is your job search all it could be? We ask the experts. You were an early supporter of Barack From OWS to the Obama as presidential candidate, but NAME JEFFREY BAYER Murdoch meltdown, you’ve been critical of his performance SUMMARY in office. Do you regret supporting him Executive with leadership experience in essayist has his say over Hillary Clinton? health care, import and distribution To this day, I still prefer Obama to PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Clinton. Do I feel in some ways I BY MATTHEW FLAMM Jeffrey Bayer CPA, present misjudged Obama? Yes. He is a CPA and consultant much more cautious guy than I Accounting, consulting and tax services provided to small businesses, utspoken columnist imagined. The kind of daring he medical groups and not-for-profit organizations Frank Rich moved from showed about issues like the Iraq The Parkway Hospital Inc. and Capitol Health Management, 2004-2011 The New York Times to War have not carried over to many Chief financial officer New York magazine in of the domestic issues he’s had to $100 million in revenues from a 251-bed acute care hospital, ambulatory OJuly. His fans now get him in bigger deal with as president. But I remain surgery center and clinic; developed short-and long-term strategic plans doses, as he’s writing 3,500- to open to the possibility he can learn Radiological Health Services, 2002-2004 5,000-word essays instead of 1,500- from his mistakes. This is a very Chief financial officer and practice administrator word op-ed columns. Since joining smart, capable man, whose motiva- $12 million in revenues for the 11-radiologist group with two hospital New York,Mr.Rich has riffed on the tions are to do good and to make the service contracts and outpatient imaging center; responsible for Zuccotti Park The New York Times. But for me, the country better. operational and financial performance protests, the excitement of doing one of these shortcomings jobs is more about the writing than You’ve been quite taken with the Occupy EDUCATION MOVERS & of bipartisan- about the so-called public policy Wall Street protests. What effect do you University of Cincinnati, B.B.A., accounting SHAKERS ship and the clout—which is overstated at the think they’ll have? Résumé appears in condensed form. sins of Rupert Times, just as it was overstated that What interests me about [OWS] is EXPERT ADVICE Murdoch. the theater critic could automatical- that it’s a tiny thing. It’s almost a Frank The onetime ly turn shows into hits or flops. vest-pocket protest. Yet this spark Jeffrey has some good content in his résumé, but it is overshadowed by theater critic has ignited public sentiment.But we the varied lengths between his positions, which are distracting. His résumé Rich also consults What’s different about the writing you don’t know where it’s going or how has an “old school” feel and would benefit greatly just from a smarter, for HBO and do for New York? it will play out. more up-to-date layout. Since Jeffrey’s CFO role ended in 2011, he should is executive Writing a column, you’ve got to lead with this position rather than his current consulting gig. He should try producer of Veep, a comedy starring come down with a stand that is of- You’re a longtime critic of Rupert to make the content under each employer more readable through bullets Julia Louis-Dreyfus that will debut ten pretty stark, because the form Murdoch. Have you enjoyed the phone and type choice. He should watch for inconsistencies in design and be on the network in early 2012. demands that you deliver a verdict. hacking scandal? sure to include keyword search phrases that will be typical of the recruiter That was the thing I finally tired of God,yes! I can’t get enough of it.I’m or employer seeking those particular skills. These improvements will create How did it feel to leave the Times for with theater reviewing; people ulti- practically ready to turn The a résumé more representative of his leadership level. what is basically a regional publication? mately just want to know—did you Guardian into my home page. Is —nancy schuman, vice president, marketing, LLoyd Staffing Because of NYmag.com, smart, en- like it or didn’t you? Writing these there anyone who cares about the gaged readers who might be inter- longer pieces, you can build a narra- media who isn’t enthralled by it? It’s To contact this candidate or to be featured in “Résumé Review,” e-mail us at [email protected]. ested in my stuff have no trouble active and tell a dramatic, more nu- got everything, from Dynasty to cessing it. There’s no platform like anced story. Citizen Kane. Ⅲ

EXECUTIVE MOVES Insight Research Group: Perry Baldwin, 48, Continued from Page 29 joined the research director of operations. He was prev- strategy firm as chief Expect a rewarding iously a director at American Defense possibility officer. He Systems Inc. was previously executive Emergn: John Galioto, 47, joined the vice president, chief consultancy as executive vice president, strategic officer and COLLABORATION. chief operating officer at Doe-Anderson consulting, Americas. He was previously chief executive of Valtech. Advertising. Lantern Group: Alissa Dawn Henry, 38, joined the firm as Kampner Rudin, 52, senior vice president, insights and was appointed chief strategy. She had been vice president, operating officer of consumer planning, at Diageo. White and Williams: the nonprofit Lori S. Smith, 52, NORWALK, CT NEW YORK, NY PORT WASHINGTON, NY MASBETH, QUEENS, NY developer of joined the law firm as a partner. She was affordable housing. previously a partner at Sedgwick. REVOLVING REVOLVING REVOLVING REVOLVING City National Bank: CREDIT FACILITY CREDIT FACILITY CREDIT FACILITY CREDIT FACILITY She was previously Scott Thomas, 41, general counsel and director of joined as a senior vice president for $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $65,000,000 $5,000,000 operations. private client services. He was previously RLM Finsbury: Edward Adler, 57, joined a private banker and senior vice the communications firm as a partner. president at Wells Fargo Wealth He was previously a senior partner at Management. MediaLink. Scott Walker, 36, joined as a senior vice ASSET-BASED FINANCING Willkie Farr & Gallagher: David B. president for private client services. He Cosgrove, 40, joined the law firm as a was previously a private banker and vice WE SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR SUCCESS. partner in the private equity practice president at Wells Fargo Private Bank. Roosevelt Investments: At Webster, we care about local businesses. That’s why we offer accessible ﬁnancing group. He was previously a partner and Howard S. Potter, 60, joined the asset management firm as and superior service. Because going the extra mile to help you succeed is part of our member of Bingham McCutchen’s private equity practice group. senior fixed income portfolio manager. Type W Personality. For more information, contact Warren Mino at 212.860.4500, Neil W.Townsend, 46, joined as partner He had been a senior fixed income man- or go to websterbcc.com to submit an application. in the private equity practice group. He ager at Capstone Asset Management. NASDAQ OMX Group Inc.: was previously a partner and co-leader Juliane Keppler, NEW YORK BOSTON HARTFORD PHILADELPHIA for Bingham McCutchen’s private 49, joined the exchange company as equity practice group. managing director, investor analytics. HOK: Christopher Korsh, 43, was She was previously a shareholder promoted to senior principal at the analysis specialist at KPMG. —callie eidler NYSE:WBS architectural firm. He was previously a ® principal. EXECUTIVE PROMOTIONS Business Credit Websterbcc.com Christopher Laul, 39, was promoted to senior principal. He was previously a The fastest way to get an announcement into All credit facilities are subject to the normal credit approval process. principal. Crain’s is to submit online. Fill out the form *The NYSE ticker symbol of WBS is assigned to Webster Financial Corporation and does not constitute an offer to buy or sell securities by the Company, its subsidiaries or any associated party James Vandezande, 39, was promoted to at www.crainsnewyork.com/section/ and is meant purely for information purposes. Webster Bank, N.A. Webster Business Credit Corporation is a subsidiary of Webster Bank, N.A. The Webster Symbol and Webster Business Credit are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Ofﬁce. Member FDIC principal. He was previously a senior executive_moves. The Executive Moves column associate. is also available online.

30 | Crain’s New York Business | November 14, 2011 20111114-NEWS--0031-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 11/10/2011 5:34 PM Page 1 chemex / INSATIABLE CRITIC Gael Greene email [email protected]. flickr.com THE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Golden Networking invites you to CHINA HAPPY HOUR, a night of upscale WEEK networking with Chinese executives, investors and entrepreneurs. The event Chelsea eatery will be hosted by Edgar Perez, author AHEAD of The Speed Traders. The happy hour will be held at San Rocco, 39 W. 24th St., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The cost to NOV. 21-27 attend is $15. To register and to get is Nice enough more information, visit www.chinahappyhour.com or call CONFERENCES (516) 761-4712. La Promenade des AND SEMINARS gettyimages TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 WORKSHOPS Anglais serves original The Queens Chamber of Commerce TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 WHAT SHE’S presents a MINORITY- AND WOMEN-OWNED THE NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION dishes, heavy on salt BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CERTIFICATION presents “Women in Negotiation: READING SEMINAR. Business owners are invited to Practical Tips to Strengthen Your ’d like to say that I am imme- learn how to sell to the government and Negotiation Skills (for You and Your AFTER LONG DAYS running the diately transported to Nice as the qualifications needed to be certified Clients).” Using interactive discussions Museum of Arts and Design, at I enter La Promenade des with the City of New York. The free and humor, the program will introduce Columbus Circle, Director Holly seminar will take place at the Bulova attendees to the perceived differences Hotchner is ready “to enter a Anglais. But I’m not. Not that Corporate Center, 75-20 Astoria Blvd., between men and women in it doesn’t look great, thanks to Jackson Heights, Queens, from 10 a.m. communicative preferences, attitudes different world.” ICrème Design of Brooklyn:the spiffy to noon. To register, visit toward conflict, negotiating styles and She said Snow Flower and the collage of graphics on the ceiling,bold WEARING A QUILT: Pork loin www.queenschamber.org. For more ways of processing information. The Secret Fan, by Lisa See, is the shaded lights with perforated shades, information, call (718) 898-8500. program will be held at the New York perfect escape. A novel set in checkerboard floor and slightly rum- City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., 19th-century China, it’s an pled blue-velvet banquettes. LA PROMENADE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost to example of Ms. Hotchner’s The New York Public Library invites attend is $225 for association members I can’t even say anything I’m tast- DES ANGLAIS GLOBAL BUSINESS NEWS & MORE favorite type of literature. ing returns me to Nice or Chantecler, you to and $335 for nonmembers. To register 461 W. 23rd St. USING FACTIVA. Attendees will learn how and to get more information, visit “Historical novels are a where chef-owner Alain Allegretti (212) 255-7400 to search Factiva’s worldwide content, www.nycbar.org or call wonderful way to get a sense of teethed under Michelin-starred www.lapromenadenyc.com including 9,000 publications in 118 (212) 382-6663. place,” she said. “I often find the Jacques Maximin, and nothing countries and 22 languages. The free CULTURAL EVENTS genre more interesting than evokes his time breathing the same lecture will take place at the Science, Pick straightforward nonfiction, as it MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 air as Alain Ducasse at Louis XV. Industry and Business Library, 188 of the sheds a unique light on the past.” That’s not totally a gripe. I like CUISINE Nice, more & less Madison Ave., from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 The S.L.E. Lupus LIFE Ms. Hotchner is also listening most of what we’re eating tonight, p.m. Seating is on a first-come, first- Foundation hosts its week PRICE RANGE Entrées $19-$30 WITHOUT LUPUS GALA 2011: A to Emma Donoghue’s Room: A even though some of his efforts to be served basis. For more information, call (917) 275-6975 or visit www.nypl.org. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. Grammy Novel on CD. She read the book, different are exhausting and over- SERVING Lunch, dinner, 7 days Award-winning singer Carole King will whose first-person narrator is a salted,and somewhat overpriced for RESERVATIONS Recommended TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 perform, and guests will also enjoy my idea of everyday dinner. The THE FINANCIAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION child, and wanted to hear the dinner and a live auction. The character’s voice. She’s also menu here is full of intriguing twists NOISE LEVEL Not unbearable presents “The Sponsor Effect: Breaking fundraising gala will take place at the juggling The Craftsman, by on Riviera classics.It’s so difficult to I can’t wait to return. Through the Last Glass Ceiling.” The American Museum of Natural History, choose, I want everything. seminar, featuring economist Sylvia Ann Central Park West at 79th Street, from Richard Sennett, an exploration And the room vibrates with ener- I will definitely go back. Hewlett, will explore the most recent 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Individual tickets of people who have made things gy, as if a demanding Chelsea crowd I’ll let them simmer awhile. research on this topic. The second half start at $1,000. To get more information through the ages. were just waiting for Chef Allegret- NO HATS Never again. of the event will feature breakout and to purchase tickets, visit —MIRIAM KREININ SOUCCAR discussion groups covering a variety of www.lupusny.org or call (212) 685-4118, ti to revive the space that was Bette sponsorship-related topics. The seminar ext. 29. in London Terrace.They tumble off will take place at Goldman Sachs, 200 cost to attend is $30. To get more the High Line,or whirl through gal- about to jump into my lap.When he West St., ground floor, from 5:30 p.m. to TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 information and to purchase tickets, leries en route,eager to taste his vari- asks how we like everything, as he 7:45 p.m. The cost to register is $65 for The American Museum of Natural visit www.amnh.org. ation on vitello tonnato made with does too often, we mention the salt. members and $80 for nonmembers. History presents SPEAKEASY: sweetbreads and bluefin sashimi. Entrées then arrive judiciously Registration is required by Nov. 21. To PROHIBITION-ERA COCKTAILS. The SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 It’s a menu that tempts you to seasoned. The Arctic char is almost get more information and to register, event will feature a discussion by food The New York City Ballet kicks off the spend more than you realize. How rare enough and comes with many visit www.fwa.org. writer, Andrew F. Smith about holiday season with GEORGE Prohibition and its lasting effects on BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER. The about whipped ricotta with honey props: marvelous duck-fat potatoes, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 the American psyche and the landscape and grilled country bread “for the endive marmalade and deviled toma- opening night performance begins at 8 AARP presents WORKSEARCH of New York City’s alcohol making. p.m. at the David H. Koch Theater, table?” (There’s a bar menu, too.) I to sauce.Juicy,tender pork loin wears ORIENTATION, a seminar that will Colin Spoelman, co-founder of the 20 Lincoln Center Plaza. Performances can’t resist the zucchini flower a quilt of Espelette-spiked crumb introduce attendees to the online system, Kings County Distillery, will offer run through December; tickets start beignet,envisioning a stuffed flower. topping. Tattooed with thin discs of which provides links to job openings, samples of its bourbon and corn at $55. To get more information These are flattened leaves, battered chorizo, the roasted fingerlings and skills assessment tools and training at no whiskey.The event will take place at and to purchase tickets, visit and fried, I won’t say immaculate- cippolinis alongside could be a meal cost. Attendees are encouraged to bring the museum’s Linder Theater, first www.nycballet.com/nutcracker/nutcracker. ly—greasily fried, greasily delicious, all by themselves, with a cherry their own USB drive to download and floor, Central Park West at 79th Street html, or call (212) 496-0600. with a small clot of tomato sauce. I’d mostarda thrown in for je ne sais quoi. save information.The free seminar will (enter at 77th Street), at 6:30 p.m. The —suzanne panara take place at the New York Public be happier with a garlicky aioli.And, Spindles of pasta tossed with heir- Library’s Science, Industry and Business of course, I rarely see a Brussels loom tomatoes, capers, olives, lemon Library, 188 Madison Ave., Electronic sprouts side I can resist,tonight with and tuna are not my idea of trofie,but Information Center 2, from 1 p.m. to 2 bacon. Add $8 to the toll. give my guy Steven capers, olives, p.m. For more information, call Is the chef original or what? Kale lemon and tomatoes on most any (917) 275-6975 or visit www.nypl.org. and red cabbage salad layered in a noodle and he’s happy. He doesn’t bowl with duck prosciutto, pome- even mind the cubes of tuna belly.But MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 granate, shaved mushrooms, cheese whoever threw pomegranate seeds on MANHATTAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and candied walnuts. Almost too the plate needs a tranquilizer. YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE sweet but wonderfully fresh and not There’s nothing wrong with what invites you to its general meeting and too salty like,unfortunately,the Au- seems to be half a poached apple set networking event. The committee will tumn Cassolette: Jerusalem arti- into a tart shell or the ricotta almond be discussing upcoming events and chokes, salsify, white and green as- gelato on top. For me, one bite is meetings and will be accepting input paragus and black truffle jus, enough. I’ll try the coffee pot de from attendees. The free event will take aggressively salted. As is lush veal crème next time.I’m sure I’ll be back place at 101 Park Ave., 24th floor, from tartare oiled with salsa verde and if only to taste lavender goat cheese 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Registration is required whole grain mustard. I pile it on and pancetta-paella risotto cake and by Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. To register, visit www.manhattancc.org. To get more crispy flatbread and cannot finish. maybe sneak another peek at Chef information, call (212) 473-7875 or My mouth is on fire from the salt. Allegretti, Adonis in an apron. Our waiter seems to suffer from To view Crain’s classified events listings, go an inability to keep a professional Copyright © 2011 by Gael Greene. to www.crainsnewyork.com/events distance.When he leans in,I feel he’s Syndicated by www.insatiable-critic.com.

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