Annual Awards

ANNUAL AWARDS

2018

LICQNS.com 1 Thank you to our Annual Sponsors Welcome PREMIERE Dear Members and Friends of the LIC Partnership (LICP), Welcome to our Annual Awards Gala! We are proud to share with you our 2018 Annual Report on LICP and our special Gala Program. For over 30 years, we have celebrated some of the many fine people and institutions that make Long Island City (LIC) the great community that it is. This year’s honorees—Frank “Turtle” Raffaele of COFFEED and the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy— bring a special dedication to this great community. LIC is a neighborhood unlike any other, with an unparalleled and intertwining mix of sectors, at once enjoying deep roots and PLATINUM achieving new heights. Since 1979, the LICP has been serving this large and important area, helping to facilitate both neighborhood- wide improvements and individual company growth. Today we are doing so in more ways than ever. In the following pages, you can sample what the neighborhood has to offer and what our efforts have accomplished in economic development, supplemental services, marketing and business assistance. This has been an extraordinary year for LIC. We have seen enormous growth in every sector. We were excited to release our Life Sciences Report and have begun to experience the interest of life science companies and investors. The City announced an unprecedented public investment in infrastructure and the launch of a master planning effort for Sunnyside Yard. None of this work is possible without the support of Members, Directors, our Corporate Sponsors, our highly effective Elected Officials, and most of all, the creative and committed people and organizations of LIC. Many of them are recognized throughout this program. Once you engage as an active member of LICP, you will GOLD connect with their great work and the efforts of so many more. Up-to-date information can always be found at our resource- packed website licqns.com. We encourage you to stay in touch by signing up for our e-newsletter, reaching out for business assistance, attending events and becoming a Member. Sincerely,

Elizabeth Lusskin Gary Kesner President Chair

Thank you to our elected officials for their pivotal support: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Mayor Bill de Blasio US Senator Charles E. Schumer US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand US Representative Carolyn B. Maloney US Representative Joseph Crowley NY State Senator Michael Gianaris NY State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan NY City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer Queens Borough President Melinda Katz

2 LICQNS.com About LIC Partnership LICP is the neighborhood development organization for LIC. Our mission is to advocate for economic development that benefits the area’s industrial, commercial, tech, cultural, tourism, and residential sectors. The goal is to attract new businesses to LIC, retain those already here, welcome new residents and visitors, and promote a vibrant and authentic mixed-use community. LICP also operates the LIC Business Improvement District (LIC BID) and LIC Industrial Business Zone (LIC IBZ), providing business services and assistance. What we do

Plan for the success of LIC as a mixed- Provide direct supplemental use community with fellow local services for the LIC BID, including stakeholders. daily sanitation, horticulture, and maintenance of capital improvements, visitor programs, and retail attraction.

Provide business services and Host networking, educational, assistance through operating the LIC B2B, workforce development and BID and LICIBZ. community events.

Thank you to our elected officials for their pivotal support: Act as central source of LIC Connect and support businesses neighborhood news, attractions and through events, membership, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo events through our website, social sponsorship, branded LIC maps and media, and weekly e-newsletter. street banners, and the Partnership Mayor Bill de Blasio Perks discount program. US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand US Representative Joseph Crowley NY State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan Queens Borough President Melinda Katz

LICQNS.com 3 Agenda 6:00-8:00pm 7:00 pm Cocktails and Comestibles Greetings and Introductions from LIC companies: Gary Kesner, Chair BentOn LIC Partnership Board Big Alice Brewing Company Welcoming Remarks Charlito’s Cocina Elizabeth Lusskin, President Hella Cocktail Co. LIC Partnership John Brown Smokehouse Presentation of Awards Lady M William D. Modell Little Chef, Little Kitchen Community Service Award Murray’s Cheese Hunters Point Parks Conservancy Neuman’s Kitchen Rob Bash, President Business Honoree Frank “Turtle” Raffaele, CEO, COFFEED Music provided by: Bravo Sound Special Service Award in Recognition of his 16 Years as Chair of the LICP Board Gary Kesner, EVP, Silvercup Studios

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William D. Modell Community Service Awards Hunters Point Parks Conservancy Hunters Point Parks Conservancy, a nonprofit volunteer-run organization, was formed as the “Friends of the Gantry” in 1998 by a group of dedicated Long Island City residents determined to improve the quality of life at the waterfront in Hunters Point, Long Island City. In 2014, the Friends of the Gantry expanded its mission and evolved into the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy—including the newly opened Hunters Point Park South Park and LIC Landing restaurant and event space. Their parks offer recreational activities including a soccer field, basketball courts, playgrounds and volleyball courts. Its gardens and spaciousness also provide plenty of room for quiet solitude. The Conservancy hosts programs and events including park clean-ups, movies, concerts, fitness activities, community celebrations and more.

Business Honoree Frank “Turtle” Raffaele, COFFEED COFFEED is a New York City–based, locally-sourced, charity-minded café and specialty coffee company. Its mission is to provide superior products at competitive prices, while keeping charitable giving at the forefront of all they do. They roast they’re own coffee, bake they’re own pastries, and through their partnership with the Brooklyn Grange, source much of their produce from the acre-sized roof of their flagship location in Long Island City, Queens. Each COFFEED location donates a significant percentage (up to 10%) of its gross revenue to worthy local charities. COFFEED currently has three locations in LIC. They are driven to become one of the most charitable companies in the world and one of the most profitable as well. Every location they open is a powerful opportunity to benefit another community, additional charities, and new customers. They want to be known as the best place to get fantastic, locally-sourced meals and superb coffee, and as a result, to support worthy local charities.

Special Service Award in Recognition of his 16 years as Chair of the LICP Board Gary Kesner Gary Kesner is Executive Vice President of Silvercup Studios, one of New York’s largest, full-service film, television and commercial production facilities. Silvercup’s affiliate, Silvertrucks, provides location lighting services in the metropolitan area. Mr. Kesner supervises operations, administrative, legal and financial affairs for the companies. Mr. Kesner is also actively engaged in Silvercup Properties real estate development efforts. Silvercup Properties recently completed The Harrison, a 120 unit residential condominium in Long Island City. Mr. Kesner is the longest serving Chair of the Board of Directors of the Long Island City Partnership. He is also the President of the Board of Directors of the Queens Theatre, a board member of the Long Island City Business Improvement District and a member of the Mt. Sinai Queens Hospital Business Advisory Board. Mr. Kesner previously enjoyed a successful career in the public sector specializing in economic development. He was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Office of Business Development by Mayor Edward I. Koch in 1986 and served in that position until 1990. Mr. Kesner is a Member of the Bar of the State of New York. He received his Bachelors in Political Science from the City College of the City University of New York and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School. He is also a graduate of the Harvard University Kennedy School Senior Executives in State and Local Government program.

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Hotel 100 Rooms LIC is a thriving, fast-growing, and authentic mixed-use “city within the City.” One of the most vibrant Business Improvement District business communities in NYC and largest manufacturing centers in New York State, LIC’s exceptional TO LAGUARDIA AIRPORT > North Subdistrict blend of industrial, commercial, tech, residential and cultural sectors are all building a more dynamic neighborhood. Cited as the fastest growing neighborhood in the country, LIC is welcoming South Subdistrict thousands more people who call our area home. Industrial Business Zone

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Weill Cornell Medicine Connectivity & Transit Roosevelt Direct access to Midtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, Island Roosevelt Island, Bronx, and Long Island The 15 minutes via car / Rockefeller Grand Central / Midtown LGA Airport 5 minutes via 7/E/M/N/R/W trains 30 minutes via public transit University Dutch Penn Station 25 minutes via E train JFK Airport 30 minutes via car / Kills R 25 minutes via public transit Port Authority 20 minutes via 7 train F M 8 subway lines, 15 bus lines F East 34th Street 8 minutes via ferry E LIRR, 4 bridges, 1 tunnel Cornell Tech (Roosevelt Island) 5 minutes via ferry, subway or car 70 Citibike bicycle stations N R Roosevelt W Island NYC Ferry Landings Queensbridge Dynamic Business Mix Cornell Tech • 6,600+ businesses with 115,000+ Sample Employers: employees Altice USA, Boyce Technologies, Estée Queens • 50,000+ students at higher Lauder, Brooks Brothers, Citibank, education institutions Plaza Fidelis Care, J.Crew/Madewell, JetBlue, LaGuardia Sunnyside Yard Community College Kaufman Astoria Studios, Lyft, MANA Products, NYC DOH, Publicis/Re:Sources, E CUNY Law M Cornell Tech (Roosevelt Island) Ralph Lauren, Silvercup Studios, TEI Group, Uber, and VaynerMedia

7 7 LaGuardia Development Long Community Island City College Commercial / Hunters Court Residential Hotels Industrial Retail Point Square Total Completed (since 2006) • 3,200 current • 9.5M sq. ft. • 472K+ sq. ft. 7 • 18,400+ units hotel rooms currently currently • 3,420 Condo/Coop & 33 hotels

Hunterspoint • 15,000 Rental Ave • 8,300+ opened since • 6,200 rooms • 3.7M sq. ft. • 409K+ sq. ft. 2015 and 48 hotels by 2020 by 2020 in planning / 9,900+ units in planning/ construction construction (open by 2020) Long Island City Hunters Point South TO JFK AIRPORT > Our website licqns.com/economicdevelopment includes many layers of neighborhood information, including: Development Maps providing real-time data on the neighborhood’s growth, Neighborhood Snapshot on the area, including development statistics, area assets, major employers and institutions, a Space Bank commercial real estate, and a compilation of Market G Brooklyn Reports on LIC produced by industry leaders. LICQNS.com 9 Planning and Development

LICP is an active leader in the growth and development of the LIC neighborhood. In addition to tracking Economic Development Data and Neighborhood Info, LICP engages businesses, residents and local stakeholders in short and long-term community planning efforts. Its current work, examples of which are below, is an outgrowth of the Partnership’s LIC Comprehensive Plan, released in 2016. Find more information at licqns.com/economicdevelopment.

Encouraged by the findings of a number of studies The dynamic district southeast of the Sunnyside and our Comprehensive Plan effort, we set out to Yards, part of the LIC IBZ, is home to many advanced study the feasibility of developing a Life Sciences manufacturing, design, media, tech, transportation Cluster in LIC. We engaged East Egg Project and food businesses as well as educational and Management to undertake this study. Their institutional destinations. LICP is working with local findings, which affirm LIC’s many assets, indicate business owners and stakeholders to create a vibrant that if NYC is to grow a life science cluster, LIC streetscape for all users and to secure the area as a must play a significant role. homegrown center for innovation.

LIC Arts Connection is a multi-site art initiative LICP is working to improve the public realm centered on engaging the LIC Community through its work with its Retail, Transportation throughout LIC. Above is Baby Park 2050, by artist and Streetscape Committees, and various other initiatives, including LIC Compass, a smart wayfinding/ Creative Art Works with design and installation orientation project that will help locals and visitors assistance from Queensbridge Houses and Jacob alike discover places to shop, dine, explore and Riis Neighborhood Settlement. More will be experience all LIC has to offer. Look for a beta of the appearing this year and next. LIC Compass pilot program this winter.

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The LIC BID serves a diverse and growing community. Created in 2005, the original LIC BID encompassed the commercial corridors along Queens Plaza and Jackson Avenue to Court Square. Last year the BID expanded to include the commercial corridors continuing along Jackson Avenue, Vernon Boulevard, and 44th Drive. We also work with NYPD’s 108th and 114th precincts, city agencies, business and property owners, and community civic organizations to help create a safe environment in the district. Managed by LICP, the BID provides supplementary sanitation and visitor services within the District, and carries out community development and marketing initiatives that benefit the neighborhood.

District Maintenance Sanitation Visitor Services & Events The BID’s mission includes keeping our The BID daily sweeps the sidewalks, We want LIC to continue to be an inviting streets clean and our district beautiful. collect and bag trash, and remove and welcoming place for everyone, This year, we added a beautification graffiti and stickers from street including those who are visiting. The BID project, installing and maintaining lamp furniture. Our six-person contracted provides two informational kiosks within post flower baskets throughout the BID sanitation team, supported by an the BID, filled with maps and brochures to and partnering with the NYC Department onsite working supervisor, also plays ensure that tourists and visitors have an of Parks & Recreation to maintain and an important ambassador role within easy and enjoyable time navigating LIC enhance the greenspaces on Queens the neighborhood, helping visitors with and enjoying what it has to offer. Plaza. We also maintain the medians along directions while keeping our district clean Jackson Avenue. seven days a week.

Retail Businesses LIC Springs! Small Business Saturday Many new businesses opened their The 5th Annual LIC Springs! Community The 8th Annual Small Business Saturday doors within the BID this year, including street festival on Vernon Boulevard, was held on November 25, 2017, with the Book Culture, Queensboro Plaza Dental supported by NYC Department of LIC BID and LICP encouraging residents, Care, Levante, Sapps, Vernon Grille, Transportation and once again City employees, and visitors to shop small at Bellweather, uBreakFix, and several more! Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, was a local businesses in LIC. Visit the Business Directory at LICQNS. great success this year. com/experience-lic for a larger listing of the businesses you can find in LIC.

• 100+ businesses and organizations participated in LIC Springs! 53,000 21 • 15,000+ attendees from the neighborhood and beyond came to Trash bags collected Tree pits planted LIC Springs! • Small Business Saturday partnered with 55 businesses. LICQNS.com 11 Business Assistance & LIC Industrial Business Zone

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Total Businesses Since 1979, we have provided one-on-one 6,900+ assistance to businesses in the greater LIC area Total Industrial Businesses on a wide variety of issues, including: financing and incentives, real estate, energy savings, staff 2,100+ training, operational issues, and more. We also Total No. of Employees manage the LICIBZ, established in 2006 by the 107,30 0+ City to protect existing manufacturing districts Total Industrial Employees and encourage industrial growth citywide. 42,900

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11 Financing 24 Incentives 58 Navigating Government 14 Real Estate Assistance 29 Neighborhood Information Inquiry 18 Business Connection 12 Business Planning 12 Recruitment and Training 18 Marketing 9 Other Nouveau Elevator

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Our marketing efforts are dedicated to promoting LIC as a place to live and work and as an experience. Through LICQNS.com, our weekly e-mail newsletter and social media, we highlight the best in LIC events, community news, key economic development data, locally available business services and opportunities. Sponsored programs include co-branded Perks Cards, sponsored WalkNYC maps, and logo placement in one of the largest banner programs in the city.

10K+ Sign up for LICP’s E-newsletter subscribers Newsletter at: LICQNS.com/newsletter 2,500+ Inside you’ll always find information on the latest Facebook likes business and community focused LICP events as well as those happening in the neighborhood. Our Roundups offer a concise list of the best of LIC, from Breweries to 3,900+ performances to rooftop lounges. The Culture Corner, Twitter followers highlights all the great programming that LIC’s cultural institutions present. Weekly features include an LICP 3,200+ Member Spotlight with a mini feature on their business Instagram followers and an LIC “Photo of the Week” and “Perk of the Week.”

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LICP hosts events year-round to connect, educate, and promote businesses to build a stronger community in LIC. Highlights from special events and programming in 2018 include:

Networking Nights from local Educational panels for businesses LIC Springs! Street festival, bringing business neighbors to meet and including Financing and The New the community together with 100+ mingle at unique places like Court 16, Federal Tax Law, Empowering participating businesses/organizations, The Bindery, and Brooklyn Boulders Women Business Owners, as well as 10+ stage performances, and 15,000+ Queensbridge. the Annual LIC Real Estate Breakfast attendees from the neighborhood and and Member-to-Member Seminars. beyond.

LIC Summit “America’s Fastest LICP and LIC BID Annual Annual Awards Gala celebrating Growing Neighborhood: What’s Meetings reflecting on the year’s over 3 decades of business and Next?” a comprehensive day accomplishments, election of new community awards, honoring Gary of discussions on the changing board members, presentation of Kesner, Special Service Award in landscape of LIC. awards and plans for the future. recognition of his 16 years as Chair of the LICP Board, Hunters Point Parks Conservancy, William D. Modell award and Frank “Turtle” Raffaele of COFFEED, Business Award honoree. 1,000+ 20+ 15,000+ Community events on LIC LIC Partnership Events LICP Event attendees calendar annually annually annually

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Become a part of the LICP through membership, marketing and networking opportunities, events and sponsorships.

Membership • Join as a Member: Be a part of LICP as a Member and take advantage of the access, and visibility membership provides. Member benefits include a listing and contact information from our Member Directory, significant discounts to all of our LICP events, marketing assistance through our weekly e-newsletter and all of our social media channels, exclusive access to Member to Member seminars, complementary events, and much more. Access Business Assistance • Reach out to our Business Assistance team: Schedule a free evaluation and services. Events & Sponsorship • Become an Annual Sponsor: Choose a bundled Annual Sponsorship to yield ongoing visibility throughout the year, including at our events, and maximize your contribution. • Sponsor an Event: Promote your business or organization at one of our many Events, networking nights, panel events and conferences throughout the year. Neighborhood Marketing • Offer a Partnership Perk: Partnership Perks is our free neighborhood discount program with offerings from retailers, service providers, cultural institutions, hotels and more, exclusively for LIC community members. • Brand Neighborhood Banners: Promote your business to hundreds of thousands of people per day with your logo prominently featured on LICP neighborhood banners that brighten the area. • Sponsor LIC Maps: Make your mark by sponsoring the official Long Island City Maps, created by NYC DOT’s WalkNYC program.

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Congratulates Honorees

Hunter’s Point Parks Conservancy

Frank “Turtle” Raffaele CEO of COFFEED

Gary Kesner Chair of the LICP Board

Citi Commercial Bank is a proud sponsor of the Long Island City Partnership. We congratulate the honorees of the 31st Annual Gala.

Thank you for your investment in the community.

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are proud to support

Long Island City Partnership at their Annual Awards Gala

honoring

SPECIAL SERVICE AWARD PRESENTED TO Gary Kesner in recognition of his 16 years as Chairman of the LICP Board

Frank “Turtle” Raffaele CEO of Coffeed

& Hunter’s Point Park Conservancy

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Congratulations to our honorees

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And special thanks to Gary Kesner Chair of the LICP for his many years of dedication, devotion and leadership

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AND THE 2018 AWARD WINNERS

Gary Kesner and the Hunter’s Point Park Conservancy

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Congratulations to Gary Kesner, Frank “Turtle” Raﬀaele, and Hunter’s Point Parks Conservancy (HPPC).

We are proud to support the Long Island City Partnership and all they do for the Long Island City community.

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The Long Island City Cultural Alliance congratulates the LIC Partnership on three decades of excellence in our community, with special thanks to Liz Lusskin and Gary Kesner for their leadership!

The Long Island City Cultural Alliance (LICCA) comprises the leading nonprofit arts & cultural organizations based in the greater Long Island City area: American Folk Art Museum’s MoMA PS1 Self-Taught Genius Gallery Museum of the Moving Image Chocolate Factory Theater The Noguchi Museum Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs SculptureCenter Flux Factory Socrates Sculpture Park Materials for the Arts Thalia Spanish Theatre

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Congratulations to Gary Kesner Special Services Award Recipient

In recognition of your wholehearted and tireless leadership and efforts in ensuring the success and growth of our organization and the Long Island City community as Chair of the LICP for 16 years!

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A proud member and supporter of the Long Island City Partnership

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Chair, Gary Kesner, Silvercup Studios First Vice Chair, Kenneth Buettner, York Scaffold Equipment Corp. Second Vice Chair, Patricia Dunphy, Rockrose Development Corp. Treasurer, Charles Sommer, Public Service Truck Rental and Leasing Secretary, Robert S. Altman, Robert S. Altman, Esq., PLLC Vice Chair, Carol Conslato, Consolidated Edison Co. of NY, Inc. LIC Partnership Staff Vice Chair, Elliot Park, Shine Electronics Incorporated Vice Chair, Matt Quigley, Plaxall, Inc. Elizabeth Lusskin Vice Chair, Gail A. Roseman, Sholom & Zuckerbrot Realty LLC President, LIC Partnership Vice Chair, Caryn Schwab, Mount Sinai Queens Planning & Development Vice Chair, John Werwaiss, Werwaiss & Co. Jeannette Rausch Bruce D. Abbott, RCN Director of Planning & Michelle Adams, Tishman Speyer Development Denise Arbesu, Citi Commercial Bank Christina Chavez Erhan Bahceci, Food Cellar & Co. Market Senior Project Manager, John Belo, Kaplon-Belo Affiliates LLC Planning & Development Eric Benaim, Modern Spaces NYC Ian Hartz Charles Boyce, Boyce Technologies Project Manager, David Brause, Brause Realty, Inc. Planning & Development Gus Buitrago, Flushing Bank BID Operations Mary Ceruti, Sculpture Center Paul Lotter Brian Collins, Fisher Brothers BID Operations Director Ebony Conely-Young, Long Island City YMCA Reegan Brown Kevin J. Costello, JetBlue Airways Corporation BID Operation Manager Vincent DeLucia, Sterling National Bank Richard Dzwlewicz, TD Bank Marketing & Communications Jay Fehskens, Atlas Capital Group, LLC Rowena Sahulee Ben Guttmann, Digital Natives Group Director of Marketing & Shibber Khan, Criterion Group, LLC Communications Thomas P. Knierim, Signature Bank Robert Reuter Andrew Kurd, Savanna Marketing & Community Molly Kurzius, MoMa PS1 Coordinator Shih Lee, SHI Restaurant Events JP Morgan Chase John Mast, Carla Nicdao Margaret “Peg” McCue Guillon, MetLife Events Manager Gail Mellow, LaGuardia Community College Business Assistance Frank Monterisi, Jr., Related Companies, L.P. Paul Neuman, Neuman’s Kitchen Charles Yu Mitchell E. Newman, Mitchell’s NY Director of Business Assistance Lydia Nikolic, Bank of America Ted Baptiste Leslie Nilsson, Bartleby and Sage Event Planning Senior Business Assistance Manager Seth Pinsky, RXR Realty Administration John Pollock, People’s United Bank Ying Huang John Reinertsen, CBRE Chief of Staff Hal Rosenbluth, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Inc. Jean Lateef Henry Rosenwach, Rosenwach Tank Co., Inc. Director of Fiscal Operations Joshua Schneps, LIC Flea & Food Jeremy Shell, TF Cornerstone Kaitlin Reinertsen Administrative Assistant Greg Smith, JRT Realty Group William Staples, Goodwill Industries of Greater NY and Northern NJ, Inc Alan Suna, Metro Management Development, Inc. 27-01 Queens Plaza North, Level B Alvarez Symonette, Lady M Confections Co., Ltd. Long Island City, NY 11101 Kristina Wesch, Farrell Fritz, P.C. Jonathan White, White Coffee Corporation Vincent Zerilli, Wells Fargo 718.786.5300 LICQNS.com

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