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Direct,which had largely had the market to it- ate 1,000 new jobs as part of a much-criticized Amazon’s move into BY THORNTON MCENERY self since it pioneered the business in Long Is- deal with the Bloomberg administration for land City, Queens, in 2002. The company, $127 million in city and state subsidies. grocery-delivery biz E-commerce behemoth Amazon moved into known for its green-and-orange trucks,said it Those jobs might be difficult to create if direct competition with New York’s home- is “very profitable,” with hundreds of thou- Amazon replicates FreshDirect’s business makes FreshDirect’s grown grocery-delivery business, Fresh- sands of New York customers and an estimat- model in its biggest market. FreshDirect is al- Direct, when it launched its own food-to- ed $500 million in revenue. ready being squeezed in New York by a hand- market share look doorstep service earlier this month. But it is in the process of moving its head- ful of small food startups, an increasingly cu- ripe for the picking The move by Amazon Fresh into New quarters and operations to the South Bronx, rious Google and supermarkets including York came at a decisive moment for Fresh- where it must make good on its promise to cre- See FRESHDIRECT on Page 39

REPORT Mayor’s old pal wins new business GROWING A BUSINESS GUIDE A who’s who of resources to help as a NYC labor, corporate lobbyist companies navigate lawmakers questioned the prece- New York PAGE 14 For a City Hall ‘in,’ dent set by taxpayer-funded raises clients turn to DC for workers at the low-wage bus companies. power Harold Ickes Behind the scenes, one of the country’s pre-eminent political fix- ers had spent months laying the BY CHRIS BRAGG groundwork for the bill, lobbying records show. 43

5 A few months ago, Mayor Bill de Harold Ickes, a former top Clin- Blasio rushed a union-backed bill ton administration official,had long through the City Council that been a fixture in the center of the

handed $42 million in public funds getty images lobbying universe: Washington, to privately employed school-bus HAROLD ICKES’ clients with city concerns D.C. But since his protégé Mr. de workers. Even some labor-friendly include the soda industry and JPMorgan. See MAYOR on Page 40 NEWSPAPER 71486 01068 0 ASSISTANT M.E.’S NOTE

No to iBonds FYICRAINSNEWYORK.COM Gov. Andrew Cuomo stopped by our office six months ago, fielding questions on the record At Oscar de la Renta’s firm, about a range of topics, such as his life after founder’s death freshly disbanded Moreland Commission. (“It’s my hen designer Oscar de la Renta commission,” he emphasized. “I (pictured) died last week at 82, he can’t ‘interfere’ with it, because it left behind something of a rarity in Erik Engquist W is mine. It is controlled by me.”) today’s fashion industry: a successful, family- Looking ahead to Election Day, I run company that has remained independent sneaked in a query about a proposal getting scant from conglomerates. ¶ Without Mr. de la attention from the public: a $2 billion bond act to Renta, whose visions exemplified haute couture, upgrade technology in schools. I confess: It was a some are concerned his namesake brand might ap images setup. The governor was touting the plan to appeal not retain its loyal following. But he had already set the stage for his $150 million business. Mr. to parents, perhaps to offset growing concerns de la Renta’s son-in-law Alex Bolen has been at the helm as chief executive for a decade, and his about the new Common Core standards, but I stepdaughter Eliza Bolen has been involved with the company since the mid-’90s. ¶ Earlier this knew the bond act didn’t meet the criteria for month, Mr. de la Renta announced that Peter Copping would succeed him in leading the design public borrowing espoused by fiscal watchdogs, side of the business. Mr. Copping, formerly at Nina Ricci, will debut his first collection as including this newspaper. Which is, whatever creative director in February during New York’s Fashion Week. ¶ Founded 49 years ago, Mr. de bonds are paying for should last at least as long as it la Renta’s namesake brand—known for its feminine yet trendsetting looks worn by celebrities takes the government to pay off the debt. In this such as Sarah Jessica Parker and first ladies as recent as Michelle Obama—is available in 38 case, eight to 30 years. It’s possible that iPads will countries.The fashion house operates seven freestanding boutiques, including a lavish Madison help some children learn, but within five years Avenue flagship. ¶ Two years ago, the company doubled its office space to 35,000 square feet they’ll be paperweights or, more likely, leaking with new digs on West 42nd Street. It also has moved beyond its red-carpet roots into tungsten in landfills. I haven’t seen an IBM PC, childrenswear, beauty products and other industry must-haves. —adrianne pasquarelli Apple IIe or Wang word processor since the days of NEW CHAPTER FOR E-BOOKS. Amazon ments about the product’s safety.The big hair and glasnost. After Mr. Cuomo touted the reached a multiyear deal with Simon probe follows a warning issued by the HOORAY! bond act at our meeting, I confronted him with the & Schuster for print and digital National Highway Traffic Safety THE BRONX’S only full-service bookstore, books. According to the agreement, Administration about defects in the a Barnes & Noble in Co-op City, reached above rationale. I was sure I had him cornered, but the publisher will set prices for e- SUBWAY a deal with its landlord to remain open company’s air bags. … for another two years. the man is nothing if not quick: He retorted that books, but the tech giant can dis- RIDERSHIP RECORD. The Metropoli- the beneficiaries of the spending—students— count them in certain cases. Simon tan Transportation Authority re- would be around for at least 30 years, using their & Schuster’s contract was set to ex- ported that 6.1 million people rode pire in two months. The deal puts the subway on Sept. 23—the highest iPad-enhanced brains to improve their lives and the pressure on Hachette, which is en- volume ever. The agency promoted state’s economy. Of course, such a standard would gaged in a brutal, months-long bat- the figure to garner support for its justify borrowing for any school-related expense, tle with Amazon over e-book pric- five-year capital plan, which is short from teacher salaries to field trips—hardly ing. … NY FED FUMBLED JPM PROBE. $15.2 billion. … CBS EYES DIGITAL The Federal Reserve Bank of New NEWS CHANNEL. CBS News is OY VEY! something a fiscally conservative governor would York failed to review JPMorgan preparing to launch CBSN, a 24- AT THE FIRST—and likely only— consider. But I didn’t go there. We had bigger fish Chase’s chief investment office hour digital news channel,by Nov.4. gubernatorial debate, Gov. Andrew to fry that day, and sometimes it’s better to let ahead of the bank’s “London whale” It will stream to TV sets, computers Cuomo and GOP challenger Rob Astorino debacle despite warning signs that and mobile devices. The service will exchanged low blows. things go. And to save them for snarky dated as far back as 2008, according feature original reporting from CBS commentaries when voters are paying attention. to a report by the Fed board’s Office reporters, as well as stories trending of the Inspector on CBSNews.com. General. The New ‘Christmas has Similar services have THIS WEEK IN CRAIN’S York Fed’s examina- been launched by tion was flawed become early for CNN and ABC cause of “a lack of su- News. …CITY HALL buck ennis IN THE BOROUGHS------3 pervisory resources,” the NYPD’ APPOINTS CHIEF DATA IN THE MARKETS------4 weaknesses in plan- —Police Commissioner Bill GEEK . The de Blasio Other top picks include Brooklyn’s ning procedure and a Bratton, unveiling the administration Peter Luger Steak House for best THE INSIDER ------7 loss of “institutional department’s plan to buy named Amen Ra burger and the West Village’s Sushi BUSINESS PEOPLE ------8 knowledge” after the 41,000 tablets and mobile Mashariki chief ana- Nakazawa for best new restaurant. devices with $160 million WRONGFUL-DEATH SUIT. OPINION ------10 team investigating lytics officer. Mr. … In an ef- JPMorgan was reor- in asset-forfeiture cash Mashariki, former fort to find out the cause of her GREG DAVID------11 ganized in 2011.The London-whale chief technology officer at the U.S. mother’s death, Melissa Rivers plans REPORT------14 fiasco cost the bank $6 billion. … Office of Personnel Management, to sue Yorkville Endoscopy, the Up- NEW YORK, NEW YORK FAULTY AIR BAGS. U.S.Attorney Preet will lead the city’s open-data strate- per East Side clinic where comedian FOR THE RECORD------21 Bharara is investigating whether gies. … ZAGAT WINNERS. Le Joan Rivers was treated before she Becca McCarthy’s Brooklyn REAL ESTATE------35 Takata Corp.,a Tokyo-based air-bag Bernadin was named the city’s best died, TMZ reported. studio fosters a communal supplier, made misleading state- restaurant in the 2015 Zagat Guide. —emily laermer atmosphere. P. 41 SOURCE LUNCH------42

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2 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 IN BETTER SHAPE: IN THE The nonprofit behind BOROUGHS the New York City Marathon has erased BRONX a $4 million post- Sandy deficit. Arts center provides social glue Mind-Builders’ music, arts, theater classes help bind together Williamsbridge

BY ADRIANNE PASQUARELLI

It takes many things to make a thriving community. In the Williams- bridge section of the Bronx,one of the key ingredients comes courtesy of Madaha Kinsey-Lamb. She is the founder and president of Mind- Builders, a private, nonprofit community arts center that last month— following a four-year, $10 million renovation—officially returned to its home on Olinville Avenue just south of East Gun Hill Road. ap images Ms. Kinsey-Lamb started her school 36 years ago, when she got tired of schlepping her toddler daughter from their house in the Marathon gets back on track Bronx to Manhattan for dance lessons. Today, the school offers 70 classes a week on subjects ranging Road Runners moves beyond Sandy debacle with marketing slogans like “Get ating budget of about $61 million. from dance to theater, and serves a your New York on.” It is also em- TCS succeeded Dutch financial total of 600 students. As a mark of by embracing the city that scorned it in 2012 phasizing technology as it produces firm ING. how much of an asset it has become, the first marathon with its new title “Between the combination of the center today draws children from feet before canceling the annual sponsor, Tata Consulting Services. Sandy and then what happened in every ZIP code in the borough. BY LISA FICKENSCHER New York City Marathon in the Based in India, the information- Boston [the 2013 bombings at that “Parents want to stay in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. technology conglomerate inked an city’s marathon], we all appreciate Bronx but are tired of sending their It’s been two years since New York The running club is moving be- eight-year deal with NYRR last to a whole other level the precious kids to other boroughs,” said Bronx Road Runners was the object of in- yond this painful chapter by em- year, helping the club erase a post- opportunity we have to run on these Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. tense public scorn for dragging its bracing its host city more than ever, Sandy financial deficit on an oper- See MARATHON on Page 40 See ARTS on Page 38 Ebola lands in New York, STATS AND THE CITY by Nicholas Wells UPGRADING AIRPORTS: Gov. Andrew Cuomo and VP Joe Biden announced a plan to revitalize local airports. It includes a design competition that will and the costs could go viral complement the Port Authority’s $3.6B renovation of LaGuardia’s main terminal. PORTION of arrivals ing an impact that extends past 28%delayed at 21 minutes A health impact, yes, health concerns, touching on em- LaGuardia, the airport with the AVERAGE customs wait time at third-worst rate of delays out of ployment and insurance issues. For JFK for the first six months of this but also employment the nation’s 50 largest year, down from 32 minutes firms that specialize in cleaning haz- airports and insurance issues ardous conditions,Ebola means rev- for the same period last year enue. For local hospitals preparing BY BARBARA BENSON for the virus,it means millions of dol- PORTION NUMBER lars in supply and labor costs that of JFK’s 68.8Kof people A retail business near Bellevue Hos- must be accounted for somewhere in 63.1%6.1M square feet of cargo employed at JFK, pital Center,where New York City’s their budgets. space that is unfit for use and LaGuardia, Newark linkedin first Ebola patient is being treated, / The business impact of Ebola needs to be modernized and Stewart worried about its liability to em- goes well beyond the High Line cof- airports last ployees and customers if a Bellevue fee stand, the West Village restau- year worker came into the shop. Its rant and the Williamsburg, Brook- TOTAL craig spencer craig NUMBER staffers were taking a closer look at DR. CRAIG SPENCER was being treated for lyn, bowling alley that Dr. Craig 28M the ID tags of anyone in scrubs. Ebola at Bellevue Hospital Center last week. Spencer patronized shortly before of United passengers At two Manhattan restaurants, he registered a low-grade fever of in 2013, the most of managers fretted about how to han- 100.3 degrees on Thursday morn- any airline in the dle the collective fears of kitchen employment department and its ing. Just as city hospitals were hit New York area staff after co-workers returned from hospitality practice group. “Right with hundreds of millions of dollars and 25% of the region’s total visits home to West Africa. now there is a lot of concern about in storm damage from Superstorm Sources: Office of the Governor, Center for an Urban Future, “I’ve gotten a half-dozen calls in guests and employees, and who is Sandy, so, too, might Ebola come NYC Economic Development Corp., Global Gateway Alliance, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey the past 10 days about Ebola,” said liable for what.” with a hefty price tag. istockphoto Carolyn Richmond,co-chair of law Across New York, businesses are The North Shore-LIJ Health ADDICTED TO NUMBERS? GET A DAILY DOSE AT @STATSANDTHECITY firm Fox Rothschild’s labor and bracing for Ebola. The virus is hav- See EBOLA on Page 39

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PLATINUM SPONSORS: CITY SPONSOR: SUPPORTING SPONSOR: BIG GIFTS to help state Sen. Mark Grisanti and THE other candidates are being channeled through ed millions to help Senate Demo- an environmental group. crats in 2012 and are spending again INSIDER this year to help the party. by Chris Bragg The league, meanwhile, believes supporting lawmakers from competing parties can help advance its agen- da. Mr. Grisanti chairs the Senate’s Political giving goes green Environmental Conservation Com- mittee, of which Mr. O’Brien is a n the battle to control the New York state Senate, the real member. Ms. Esposito is a longtime estate industry is spending big to help Republicans, while environmentalist on Long Island. “Our message is obviously exclu- teachers’ unions are lavishing funds on Democrats. I ap images sively focused on the environment,” But oddly, the two sides have lately been pouring money said Mr. Hendrick. “This year, we into the same outside group: the New York League of Conservation the biggest donors to Jobs for New union,NYSUT,and its biggest affil- especially are focusing on the leader- Voters’ political action committee, which is aiding Republican York, a real estate-backed group iate, the Manhattan-based United ship of the Environmental Conser- throwing $2 million toward Repub- Federation of Teachers, have sent vation Committee.If [legislators] do and Democratic Senate candidates. licans in three state Senate races. the league a combined $90,000.The what we ask them to do, we support The opposing sides’ heavy giving to the environmental Meanwhile, the state teachers’ teachers,through their PAC,invest- them.” Ⅲ

group seems to open a new front in the money war that has washed over New York elections in recent years. The real estate industry and teachers’unions—which can be controversial among voters—have their WE CALL IT A own super PACs to support candidates. But by channeling donations through the League of Conservation FLAT BED BECAUSE, Voters,their spending will be seen as coming from a respected, nonparti- san environmental group. The league’s PAC also got $350,000 from former Mayor ’ Michael Bloomberg who, while in of- WELL, IT S A BED. fice, backed Republican control of the state Senate. Mr. Bloomberg is supporting Western New York Re- While sleeping on a plane is never going to be like “home,” it can be a lot less like publican Sen. Mark Grisanti, who lost “on a plane.” And no one offers more flat- bed seats with direct aisle access than us. the GOP primary but is running on the Independence Party line. In fact, they’re available on all our nonstops from JFK to LAX. No wonder more people Of the four Republican state senators who voted in favor of allowing choose Delta than any other airline. same-sex marriage, Mr. Grisanti is the only one still in office; Mr. Bloomberg is aiding a legislator who risked his seat to pass the marriage bill. But Mr. Bloomberg has been targeted by National Rifle Associa- tion television ads, so a direct association with Mr. Grisanti might not go over well with the many gun owners in his district. According to Dan Hendrick, the spokesman for the League of Con- servation Voters, the group’s donors can earmark gifts to support or op- pose a particular candidate,although final decisions on spending rest with the league. Most of the compliance experts consulted by Crain’s believed the arrangement to be legal. Thus, donations from Mr. Bloomberg and the real estate industry can go to help Mr. Grisanti, while the teachers’ spending will be used to boost Democrats. So far, the league has been spending to aid Fin- ger Lakes Democratic state Sen. Ted O’Brien (and to undermine his Re- publican opponent, Richard Funke) and Long Island Democratic candidate Adrienne Esposito. “A lot of people see the value in giving to us, and giving to a nonpar- tisan organization with credibility,” said Mr. Hendrick. Although the league supports lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, much of its fundraising for the 2014 elections has come from groups concerned about which party controls the chamber. Five limited-liability companies controlled by major Long Island developer Glenwood Management recently gave a total of more than $100,000 to the league’s PAC.Glen- wood Management is also among

October 27, 2014 | Crain’s New York Business | 7 BUSINESS +13.8% Increase in NYC families earning $200K+ from 2012 to 2013 PEOPLE Source: Fiscal Policy Institute

EXECUTIVE MOVES

HUB International Northeast: Thomas Delark, 36, joined the global insurance brokerage as chief marketing officer. He was previously managing director at Aon. Publishers Clearing House Digital: Jason John, 37, joined the digital entertainment provider as chief marketing officer. He was previously vice president of online, mobile and social marketing at Gilt Groupe. Pencil: Abbe Raven, 61, was appointed a member of the board of directors at the education nonprofit. She continues as chairman of A+E Networks. Hill+Knowlton Strategies: Chris Winans, 63, joined the communications advisory firm as general manager of the New York office. He was previously chief of communications and marketing at Promontory Financial Group. Tasting Table: Kat Kinsman, 42, joined the culinary website and newsletter as editor in chief. She was previously managing director at CNN.com’s Eatocracy. New York Lawyers for WHAT’S THE AGE OF the Public Interest: THAT AQUARIUS? Katherine Rosenfeld, Mason Sexton 40, joined the civil- measures the rights nonprofit as astrological “social compatibility” of legal director. She potential mates. was previously a partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady.

buck ennis Touro College & University System: Adam Hammerman, 43, joined the GOTHAM GIGS institution as director of budget, planning and analysis. He was previously director of finance and operations at the Town School. Carlton Group: David Tessier, 56, joined the real estate investment- banking firm as managing director Putting stars in their eyes and co-head of the hospitality group. He was previously chief financial officer at Turnberry Associates. Holiday Inn NYC-Lower East Side: Moonit Labs’ apps pair singles by astrological sign Rosario Bianchi, 41, joined the hotel as general manager. He was previously Mason Sexton heard about astrology growing up Francisco in 2009.Their website, Moonit, general manager of the Holiday Inn Mason Long Island City-Manhattan View. on the Upper East Side, but it wasn’t the kind gathered enough users that by the time he and Newmark Grubb Sexton people check daily in the newspaper. His father, Ms. Kanze were developing an iPhone app two Knight Frank: Jordan Roeschlaub,31, an investment banker with a Harvard M.B.A., years later, they were hearing that people wanted joined the real based his was a lifelong student of the stars who made the calculator to help them find a mate. ¶ “They estate firm as senior managing director. business reading them a science, investing thousands of were saying, ‘I ran my last five boyfriends on here, He was previously a dollars in software and requiring the precise and you nailed them all. But I want to meet managing director on his location and moment of birth before he’d do someone [new],’ ” Mr. Sexton said. ¶ The five- and head of the real estate investment bank’s debt and father’s someone’s chart. ¶ He also had an uncanny person, Flatiron district-based Moonit Labs now equity group. knack, Mr. Sexton says, for figuring out whether has more than 2 million registered users across its Daniel Fromm, 32, joined as managing zodiac director. He was previously an two people should date. ¶ “If you were to ask more than half-dozen apps. Its audience is grow- attorney at Cravath Swaine & Moore. most of my friends, ‘Are you into astrology?’ they ing particularly fast in India and China, where Thornberg & Forester: Jorge Peschiera, algorithm 34, joined the design and production would say,‘No,’ ” Mr. Sexton, 35, recalled. “If you “belief rates” in astrology approach 90%. ¶ It also company as creative director. He was asked would they want my dad to give them a provides astrology-related content to mobile previously creative director at Eyeball. reading on whoever they were dating, they would messaging service Tango. Moonit makes money Adaptly: Marie Joshi, 29, joined the social-media advertising technology say,‘Absolutely.’ ” ¶ His father’s astrological through advertising and subscriptions, and stands company as director of strategic algorithm became the basis of a “social compati- out in the dating-app crowd. ¶ “For people who partnerships, a newly created position. She was previously senior bility” calculator that Mr. Sexton and co-founder are completely into astrology,” Mr. Sexton said, director of account management and Dana Kanze unveiled at TechCrunch San “we’re the only show in town.”—matthew flamm business development for the

8 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 AdAdvisor team at NeuStar CORPORATE LADDER Information Services. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: Greg Sheps, 45, joined as DELOITTE EXEC STAYS WITH THE HOME TEAM senior vice president STEVE GALLUCCI, 47, joined professional-services firm Deloitte 25 years ago as a staff accountant. In September, the company of marketing man became managing partner of the New York office. Although his career with Deloitte has shifted him around the region, he partnerships, a newly created position. He has always stayed in the gravitational pull of his New York roots. “It’s the only professional job I’ve ever held,” he said. “All was previously senior of the 25 years have been in this marketplace.” vice president of Mr. Gallucci, who grew up in the Bronx and northern New Jersey and lives with his wife and four kids in Westchester, was corporate partnerships at Tribeca previously managing partner of Deloitte’s Stamford, Conn., office, responsible for Fairfield County. Enterprises. It’s that hometown knowledge that Mr. Gallucci will use to steer Deloitte’s local office as it looks to chart a new course Estée Lauder Cos.: Nancy Mahon, 50, was in the changing economy, focusing in particular on technology. promoted to senior vice president of global philanthropy and corporate “One of the reasons we selected Steve for this role is his ability to think out of the box and help us anticipate where the citizenship. She continues as global market is really moving,” said Greg Durant, vice chairman of Deloitte and former managing partner of the New York office. director of the M·A·C AIDS Fund. In his new role, Mr. Gallucci oversees about 5,000 professionals. Deloitte plans to hire around 18,000 employees Dewberry: John Boulé, 50, joined the nationally in the next year, many of them in New York. —NICHOLAS WELLS professional-services firm as senior vice president and manager of the New York City office. He was previously vice president and resiliency director at Parsons Brinkerhoff. GumGum: Dan Shapiro, 35, joined the in- image advertising provider as vice president of Eastern sales. He was previously vice president of sales at Flashtalking. Kemp Technologies: Jeff Fisher, 44, joined the software provider as vice president of strategic alliances. He was previously vice president of emerging technologies at RES Software. 1-877-870-6118 New York Public Radio: conEd.com/GreenTeam Anne O’Malley,48, joined as vice president of membership, a newly created position. She was previously director of digital-education marketing at Barnes & Noble College. Spike TV: Jennifer Savage, 39, was promoted to vice president of brand- marketing initiatives at the television network. She was previously senior director of creative services and marketing. Animal Medical Center: Paula Kascel,64, joined the nonprofit veterinary center as strategic advancement officer, a newly created position. She was previously a senior planning and development consultant to the LaGuardia Community College Foundation. Remco: Brian Becker, 45, joined the architectural surface restoration and maintenance company as senior operations manager. He was previously president of Versatile Specialty Services Corp. Philanthropic Initiative: Maggi Alexander, 49, joined the nonprofit as a partner at the Center for Global Philanthropy. She was previously director of programs at ImagineNations Group. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton: Adam Freiman, 40, joined the law firm as a partner in its corporate practice group. He was previously a partner at King & LOSE KILOWATTS Spalding. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel: Christine Willgoos, 40, joined the law firm as special counsel in its intellectual- property practice. She was previously counsel at Paul Hastings. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman: Marco Santori, 31, joined the law firm as counsel. He was previously counsel at Nesenoff & Miltenberg. —nazish dholakia

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A rare chance to fix Albany editor in chief Rance Crain publisher, vp Jill R. Kaplan ood-government groups have failed for in each chamber. It is a major factor in the dysfunction of EDITORIAL editor Glenn Coleman decades to reform the partisan manner Albany. Gerrymandering also produces oddly shaped managing editor Jeremy Smerd in which state legislative districts are districts that don’t serve residents well. Worse, conniving deputy managing editors Valerie Block, Erik Ipsen drawn, because the only people who lawmakers give some districts more population than others. assistant managing editors Barbara Benson, Erik Engquist could end gerrymandering were the As a result, upstate and suburban communities have more senior news producer Amanda Fung very lawmakers who benefit from it. senators than they deserve, allowing them to gang up on contributing editor Elaine Pofeldt columnists Greg David, Steve Hindy, Alair Townsend Making reform even more difficult, New York City—for example, by slashing funding for mass senior reporters Theresa Agovino, Aaron Elstein, Lisa Fickenscher, Matthew Flamm, redistricting has never been all that urgent a cause for the transit and draining dollars away from city schools. Daniel Geiger, Adrianne Pasquarelli public, so Albany felt little pressure to act. Proposal 1 would require districts to have equal numbers reporters Joe Anuta, Chris Bragg, G Andrew J. Hawkins, Irina Ivanova, Moreover, the mechanics of reform are arduous. A of inhabitants and be geographically compact. It would also Jonathan LaMantia, Thornton McEnery constitutional amendment is needed, which means two explicitly ban the drawing of districts to favor particular reporter/videographer Ken M. Christensen news producer Emily Laermer consecutive Legislatures have to approve it, followed by candidates or parties. web reporter/producer Nazish Dholakia voters in a statewide referendum. Opponents art director Steven Krupinski Redistricting deputy art director Carolyn McClain Incredibly, all of this has finally happened, save for passage complain that the staff photographer Buck Ennis copy desk chief Steve Noveck of the referendum, which is on the Nov. 4 ballot as Proposal reform, if Legislature could copy editor Thaddeus Rutkowski 1. We got this far because in 2012, Gov. 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10 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 ANDREW RIGIE AND ROB BOOKMAN scheduled. The restaurant should then be inspected again in one year as if it were awarded an inspector- Restaurant grading issued A-letter grade. The city should also make the inspection process fairer and more un- derstandable by reassigning the system overcooked point values of violations so that they better reflect their impact on food safety. chools are not like restaurants,”New York City Schools Also, eliminating points for low- Chancellor Carmen Fariña said when announcing level, non-food-safety-related vio- that she was ditching the controversial Bloomberg-era lations and providing cure periods for others is a small-business- letter-grade system for public schools. friendly reform that would not jeop- Actually, restaurants are a lot more like schools ardize public health. than the chancellor may want to admit, in that letter grades The last thing any restaurateur S wants to do is to make customers are punitive to restaurants and they often tarnish reputations sick. And just as everyone supports unfairly—just as the chancellor claims they do to schools. great teachers and wants good public schools, the restaurant industry And now that Mayor Bill de Bla- ed.Currently,in a city restaurant in- supports high food-safety standards sio’s administration will eliminate spection, zero to 13 violation points and clean restaurants. Education is letter grades for the city’s public equal a grade of A, 14 to 27 points a the key to achieving and maintain- schools, the NYC Hospitality Al- B, and more than 27 points a C. Yet ing high standards; punitive letter liance urges City Hall to take this there are more than 1,000 points as- grades are not. opportunity to focus on the restau- signed to violations in the health United Federation of Teachers rant letter-grade system. code. So, passing 96% of the in- President Michael Mulgrew ap- While letter grades may be pop- spected items can still result in a C plauded changes to the schools’ ular with the dining public, the real- grade. Confused? We are, too. letter-grade system and said they ity is they mislead diners because The administration should over- would “support schools, not just they represent a snapshot in time. haul the inspection process to ex- beat them up.” Grades do not accurately reflect a tend actual due process to restaura- Mr. Mayor, changing the restau- restaurant’s sanitary conditions by teurs. Places that receive 14 or more rant letter-grade system will sup- the time the health inspector walks points on an initial inspection port the city’s world-renowned out the door, never mind months should not have a reinspection restaurants, not just beat them up later,when that same grade hangs in scheduled until the initial inspec- with fines and scarlet letters. a restaurant’s window. tion is adjudicated. Recent changes to restaurant If the adjudication results in few- Andrew Rigie is executive director of the grading were a step in the right di- er than 14 points, no fines should be NYC Hospitality Alliance. Rob Bookman is rection, but more reforms are need- levied, nor should a reinspection be the organization’s counsel.

incentives as part of the Hudson Yards zoning, which have been JPMorgan puts estimated at $600 million. (Maybe JPMorgan included that in its request. If not, one should ask what mayor on hot seat that says about its thinking.) Those tax breaks were put into place in the Bloomberg administra- PMorgan Chase’s request for enormous tax breaks to tion to forestall just this kind of build two towers in Hudson Yards on the far West Side dealmaking, and giving JPMorgan and relocate 16,000 workers to that embryonic neigh- any additions will just lead to more requests. borhood presents a series of dilemmas for Mayor Bill de ● JPMorgan is shrinking, not growing, in Blasio. Some are of his own making, some reflect the New York. This may be the most times, but all will set important precedents. important issue. Like many other financial companies, JPMorgan is J● The campaign pledge. As a candidate, Bill de Blasio said moving midlevel jobs to lower-cost over and over again there would be no tax breaks for companies areas as it desperately tries to cut costs to cope with new financial threatening to leave the city. He as- regulations that make global bank- sailed the Bloomberg administra- ing less profitable. It is expected to tion deal in which FreshDirect re- keep its high-paying, revenue-pro- ceived some $100 million in ducing people in New York, but the incentives to relocate to the de- bottom line is that total employ- pressed South Bronx and increase ment in the city is likely to fall. its workforce by 1,000 people. Requests for tax breaks from Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen repeat- companies in JPMorgan’s position ed that vow earlier this year. were nonstarters in the Bloomberg These days the language is a lit- administration, former officials say. tle different. Both the mayor and Companies were told that the city Ms. Glen say a reported request by was only going to help companies JPMorgan Chase for $1 billion in GREG DAVID growing in New York. tax breaks is a “nonstarter,”although One could argue that the times they will try to be “helpful.’’ What are different, that there is no way to does that mean? It might mean per- or on this issue. demand an increase in financial- suading the state to come up with ● The size of the request. It’s hard to services employment, and that tax the money, which Gov. Andrew believe JPMorgan was being seri- breaks are needed to keep the jobs Cuomo has done for a series of tech ous asking for $1 billion in subsi- New York wants the most. It would firms recently.The governor has his dies, but maybe it was trying to be more than a little ironic if Mr. de own budget pressures and political distract attention from another Blasio starts giving incentives problems, and it is unclear why he problem. The site already offers that the Bloomberg administration would continue to bail out the may- enormous savings because of would not.

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Working with the Entrepreneurial Assistance Program at the Email: [email protected] Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corp., Mr. Camilo French transplant boosted by SBA loan Website: nycseed.com obtained a loan for $36,225 to fund the launch. ● “Like every new business, I needed financing,” he said. “It was great FRANCE IS A LONG WAY from Forest Hills, but François Danielo has managed NYSERDA–NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT because they were able to approve a loan for me right when I launched the to create a tasty reminder of home in Queens. Mr. Danielo is the owner and AUTHORITY product.” Now his suds are peddled at 80 bars and restaurants as well as 25 baker at La Boulangerie, which he runs with his wife, Nadia Dejesus, who Provides objective information and supermarkets, he said, and recently added Whole Foods to their distribution. is the chef. analysis, innovative programs, technical “It’s been small the past year, really, just north of 125th Street,” Mr. Mr. Danielo started out as an apprentice in his uncle’s bakery in expertise and funding to help New York Camilo said, “but I think I already have the proven brand to really scale it up Bretagne, France. When he came to the United States more than 20 years homeowners, consumers and businesses and be everywhere.” Currently, Dyckman beer is brewed by contract in ago, he worked as a mechanical engineer, but, more recently, he became “a increase energy efficiency, save money, Connecticut, but the company recently received a $250,000 cash infusion little fed up with the corporate world,” he said. use renewable energy and reduce reliance on fossil fuel. from a private investor with which Mr. Camilo hopes to use to open a brewery By this time, he was living in Forest Hills and really wanted to open a Contact: (866) NYSERDA within the city. bakery with his wife. They started looking around the neighborhood and, Website: nyserda.ny.gov —NICHOLAS WELLS seeing many chains, decided to create a homegrown shop with “a small-town atmosphere” that his customers have embraced. ● NYSERDA—INNOVATION AND BUSINESS He went to the Queens Economic Development Corp. before he DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM expand enterprises or start new ones. for women with a new or established opened the business in July 2011. “The QEDC enabled me to exist,” he said. The team funds, promotes, facilitates The affordable-interest-rate installment business and a plan for implementing and supports programs to ensure that loans can be used for working capital or the loan. It offered a Small Business Administration loan, helped him incorporate and clean-tech companies find all the fixed assets. Contact: Fabianne Wolff Gershon, offered an adviser with “great one-on-one advice, perfect for someone like growth essentials they need to move Contact: (212) 964-6022 executive director and member of the me with my first company in the U.S.,” Mr. Danielo said. from early-phase development through Email: [email protected] WEALF Fund advisory committee, Any time he had questions about New York City regulations or permits, or to successful product commercialization. Website: renaissance-ny.org (212) 366-0033 Contact: Jeffrey Peterson, program Email: [email protected] had concerns about the labeling of products, the QEDC was there to help ● him, he said. It also put him in touch with the Entrepreneur Space in Long manager, innovation and business ROSE TECH VENTURES Website: yourfutureinbusiness.org Island City, Queens, which offers an exhibition space and technical classes. development, (866) 697-3732 A New York-based seed-stage venture Email: [email protected] fund, led by super-angel David S. Rose. ● TRI-STATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY La Boulangerie became a success, using cultured, European-style butter Website: nyserda.ny.gov It provides the first outside funding for FUND in its products and specializing in bread (baguette, five-grain, whole wheat, innovative, high-growth businesses. Provides business loans of $50,000 to ciabatta, rye and walnut raisin), though Mr. Danielo does offer some sweets ● ONDECK Target fields include technology, $500,000 to qualified small businesses as well as soups, salads and sandwiches prepared by his wife. He plans to Its technology platform leverages financial, business services and that don’t qualify for a business bank add pastries to the menu next year. electronic information to quickly SaaS/PaaS ventures. loan owing to credit score, cash flows or identify the creditworthiness of small Contact: David S. Rose, managing collateral. —JESSICA KRAMER businesses. partner, (212) 228-8770 Contact: Jessie Lee, lending director, Contact: (888) 269-4246 Email: [email protected] (212) 231-4310 Website: ondeck.com Website: rose.vc Email: [email protected] Website: vedc.org ● QUEENS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ● SOUTH BRONX OVERALL ECONOMIC CORP.—BUSINESS SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CORP. ● U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT Provides business assistance services The nation’s largest single backer of Provides training courses, workshops including Empire Zone certification, small-business loans. Guarantees loans and one-on-one technical assistance in tax-benefits assistance, financing of up to $5 million. business development to startups and assistance, MWBE certification, Contact: Jon Malcolm Richards, assistant growing businesses. Assists in MWBE procurement opportunities and district director for lender relations, certification, permit/licensing and entrepreneurial development. (212) 264-1457 business registration. Hosts a Contact: Jamila Diaz, industrial business Email: [email protected] boroughwide business-plan zone director, (718) 732-7529 Website: sba.gov competition, the Women’s Business Tasemere Gathers, industrial business Center and networking events. zone coordinator, (718) 732-7529 ● WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND INWOOD Contact: Ricardi Calixte, deputy director, Stephane Hyacinthe, industrial business DEVELOPMENT CORP. (718) 263-0546 zone coordinator, (718) 732-7529 Its BO$$ Loan Program provides direct Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] loans of up to $50,000 to businesses, Website: queensny.org Website: sobro.org primarily in upper Manhattan and the western Bronx. Makes larger loans in ● RENAISSANCE ECONOMIC ● THYPIN OLTCHICK INSTITUTE FOR partnership with other lenders. DEVELOPMENT CORP. WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT FEGS Contact: Dennis C. Reeder, executive taren allen taren Its Small Business Loan Fund offers Provides and administers the Women’s director, (212) 795-1600 UPPER CRUST: Nadia Dejesus and François Danielo at their Forest Hills shop loans of up to $100,000 to entrepreneurs Enterprise Action Loan Fund, which Email: [email protected] who require additional funding to includes mentoring and microfinancing Website: whidc.org

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ADVICE AND EDUCATION of Consumer Affairs test and obtain licenses to work legally as home- improvement contractors. UNLOCKING SUCCESS These organizations and agencies provide technical, Contact: Jeff Fan Jr., small-business managerial or financial advice and training to entrepreneurs adviser, (718) 263-0546 KeyMe’s new take on an old technology Email: [email protected] interested in starting up or expanding their small businesses. Website: queensny.org AFTER PAYING one too many $200 fees to emergency locksmiths, Greg Marsh (right) had an idea for a “locksmith in ● BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER of small, immigrant- and minority- ● NEIGHBORHOOD ENTREPRENEUR LAW a box.” Thus was born KeyMe, a company NETWORK owned business across the five boroughs PROJECT that allows users to store digital copies of Provides free services and resources for and to create an environment in which Provides free legal assistance on issues their physical keys and cut them small businesses, and helps multiethnic small businesses can create more jobs such as business structuring, protecting automatically at local kiosks. There’s also an business communities start or grow their and build our city’s neighborhood intellectual-property rights, drafting app through which users can order keys for enterprises citywide. Services are offered economies. contracts and reviewing commercial in English, Spanish and French. Contact: Victor Wong, director, business leases to low-income micro- delivery or provide instructions for an old- Contact: Rodney Santiago, director of outreach, (212) 493-7593 entrepreneurs who are interested in fashioned locksmith to reproduce the keys. lending services, Queens, (718) 205-3773, Email: [email protected] starting a small business or who already In 2012, KeyMe got a big bump when it or Brooklyn, (718) 624-9115 Website: gobiznyc.org have an existing business. enrolled in the business incubator at Email: [email protected] Contact: (212) 382-6633 NYDesigns, an economic-development Website: ● GOLDMAN SACHS 10,000 SMALL Email: bocnet.org [email protected] program at the City University of New York. BUSINESSES AT LAGUARDIA Website: citybarjusticecenter.org Initially attracted by low-cost office ● EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT— COMMUNITY COLLEGE KEY TO SUCCESS: Incubator ENTREPRENURIAL ASSISTANCE Provides free practical business ● NEW YORK CITY BUSINESS space and the fabrication technology to NYDesigns gave KeyMe a push. PROGRAM management education, business SOLUTIONS—BROOKLYN CENTER build its second generation of kiosks, KeyMe Provides training, technical assistance support services and access to capital for The Brooklyn chamber and its alliance soon found that the program provided more and support services to individuals who existing businesses with four or more provide a wide range of promotion, than resources. Brainstorming sessions with other incubating firms and talks have recently started a business in New full-time employees and revenue support, education and advocacy services by marketing and accounting experts gave KeyMe an edge to secure more York state or are interested in starting between $150,000 and $4 million. to its members and clients in its effort to one. Contact: Paisley Demby, business services attract and maintain investment than $10 million in funding over two rounds and hire a slew of employees. Contact: Joyce Smith, director, director, (718) 730-7402 opportunities in the borough and “The reality is that it really evolved into a great relationship, allowed us to (212) 803-3234 Email: [email protected] improve local business conditions. expand the company and gave us a solid base to grow from three people to Email: [email protected] Website: laguardia.edu/10ksb Contact: Michelle McClymont, vice 25,” said Michael Harbolt, vice president of marketing. “We only recently Website: esd.ny.gov president, business services/director, ● moved out in the last few months, but NYDesign was a great environment.” HARLEM BUSINESS ALLIANCE NYC BSC/Brooklyn, (347) 296-8025 KeyMe currently has kiosks in the Flatiron district, the East Village and ● FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Email: Provides extensive technical assistance mdominguez@ Brooklyn Heights, as well as two on Long Island. The company is gearing up FIT’s Enterprise Center offers services that include one-on-one nycbusiness-solutions.com conveniently scheduled courses for business counseling, entrepreneurial Website: ibrooklyn.com/site/chamberdirect/ for a national launch by the end of the year. —NICHOLAS WELLS artists, designers and fashion industry training, financial education, businesssolutionscenter professionals on all aspects of launching women/minority and disadvantaged- and running a business, including design business certification and procurement ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES—NYC ● NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS and business software. assistance, business workshops and SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES—NYC BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURS Contact: Christine Helm, coordinator, seminars. BUSINESS EXPRESS A set of free services to help businesses (NYPACE) (212) 217-7250 Contact: Regina L. Smith, executive A one-stop website that makes starting, start, operate and expand in New York A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that Email: [email protected] director, (212) 665-7010 operating and expanding a business in City. Centers in all five boroughs offer seeks to stimulate job creation and Website: fitnyc.edu/enterprisecenter Email: [email protected] New York City clearer and faster. business courses, legal and financing economic development in New York Website: hbany.org Provides information on permits, assistance, incentives, recruiting and City by offering pro bono consulting ● GOBIZNYC regulations and incentives. more. services to local under-resourced A small-business initiative of the ● HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR Website: www.nyc.gov/businessexpress Contact: 311, ask for NYC Business entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are paired Partnership for New York City, TRAINING Solutions with teams of volunteer business GoBizNYC aims to strengthen the voice Helps clients pass the NYC Department ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF Website: nyc.gov/nycbusiness advisers for a four- to six-month project.

HELPING A NEW PRODUCT POP IN THE MARKETPLACE ASSISTANCE FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES These organizations offer programs, counseling, training and Brewla Bars counts on women’s entrepreneurship institute other services specific to women and minorities wishing to DISAPPOINTED BY BOTH the taste and nutritional content of available ice pops, Daniel Dengrove decided to create a start or expand their businesses. gourmet version. Mr. Dengrove, president and co-founder of Brewla Bars, teamed up with his sister, Rebecca, in 2010 to create craft-brewed treats, bringing “some innovation in this space to make a better ice pop,” said Ms. Dengrove, CEO. ● ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS Working in cooperation with federal, “We have two key attributes that set us apart,” she said. Each bar is healthy (low in calories and sugar, gluten- and DEVELOPMENT CENTER state and city government agencies, caffeine-free, kosher and Non-GMO Project Verified, and infused with vitamins or antioxidants) and uniquely flavored (tea, Provides technical and professional including NYC Business Solutions, coffee, root beer and even Sam Adams, which sent hops). support to help Asian-American small- foundations and corporate sponsors, the business owners develop marketing and Brooklyn chamber provides a The Dengroves reached out to the Thypin Oltchick Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship in 2012 and received financial strategies. Organizes frequent comprehensive menu of business- an interest-free loan from the Women’s Enterprise Action Loan Fund, a program for women in small business that also trade missions to China to help development services to support local provides mentors. businesses access that market. entrepreneurs. “They were beyond a fantastic partner for us,” Ms. Dengrove said. “They specifically pair women entrepreneurs with Contact: John Wang, president, Contact: Veronica Harris, director, different mentors from within the group.” She got help first from a marketing expert and then a financial pro. (212) 966-0100 community affairs/MWBE, Though some people think the Email: [email protected] (718) 875-1000, ext. 127 Website: Email: $5,000 loan the institute offers is aabdc.com [email protected] Website: ibrooklyn.com not enough to start a business, Ms. ● ASTIA Dengrove said, the “bigger value is Supports the success of women-led ● BUSINESS CENTER FOR NEW the relationship with people who high-growth startups through access to AMERICANS provide mentorship through capital, expertise and executive Provides loans, workshops and one-on- programs.” leadership development. one advice. Contact: Contact: Brewla Bars were first sold in Victoria Pettibone, vice Yanki Tshering, executive president director, (212) 898-4112 Fairway’s and Whole Foods’ New Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] York locations and slowly grew Website: astia.org Website: nybcna.org throughout the country to a total of 150 stores. ● BRONX OVERALL ECONOMIC ● BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER Ms. Dengrove projects fast DEVELOPMENT CORP. NETWORK—WOMEN’S BUSINESS growth for next year, and is happy A full-service economic-development CENTER agency. Provides capital from as little as Offers business training, one-on-one with the company’s progress. It $2,500 to startups and as much as $15 counseling and financing resources to closed a round with an angel million to larger businesses. Interfaces help women entrepreneurs start and investor earlier this year for an with city agencies on behalf of grow their companies. Services are undisclosed sum. It is currently businesses. offered in English, Spanish and French. meeting with a number of retailers Contact: Michael Nixon, business Brooklyn: North Brooklyn, who want to stock the product, and specialist, (718) 590-8310 (718) 624-9115. Staten Island: West Email: was a finalist in Martha Stewart’s [email protected] Brighton, (718) 816-4775. brewla bars Website: boedc.com Contact: Delia Awusi, director, American Made competition. ICE WAY TO MAKE A LIVING: The Thypin Oltchick Institute paired Brewla’s Rebecca and (718) 624-9115 —JESSICA KRAMER Daniel Dengrove with mentors to help her set up their business. ● BROOKLYN CHAMBER OF Email: [email protected] COMMERCE/BROOKLYN ALLIANCE Website: bocnet.org

16 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 Contact: Stephanie George, executive and business development. resources. PROCUREMENT HELP director, (646) 247-8999 Contact: Rob MacKay, director of public Contact: Fabianne Wolff Gershon, Email: [email protected] relations, marketing and tourism, executive director, (212) 366-0033 Website: nypace.org (718) 263-0546, ext. 12 Email: [email protected] The following local, state and federal agencies and Email: [email protected] Website: yourfutureinbusiness.org organizations help small businesses obtain government ● NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL Website: queensny.org FACILITIES CORP.—SMALL BUSINESS ● U.S. SMALL BUSINESS contracts by providing counseling, education and technical ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE ● QUEENS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION assistance. PROGRAM CORP.—ENTREPRENEURIAL Since its founding, the U.S. Small Helps small businesses comply with ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Business Administration has delivered ● BROOKLYN CONNECTS ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF federal and state environmental Offers five- and 10-week programs millions of loans, loan guarantees, Expands business opportunities for SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES— regulations. Free confidential services designed to teach the essentials of contracts, counseling sessions and vendors, especially minority- and EMERGING BUSINESS ENTERPRISE include air permitting and compliance, business development. Provides other forms of assistance to small women-owned firms, by providing PROGRAM evaluation of emission-control specialized services, including businesses. streamlined information about public Works to ensure that businesses owned, technologies and pollution prevention entrepreneurial training, counseling and Contact: Jon Malcolm Richards, contracting and purchasing operated and controlled by individuals opportunities. financial packaging of working-capital supervisory lender relations specialist, opportunities. Fosters business-to- who are socially and economically Contact: Harry Ching, manager, loans, to both startup and existing (212) 264-11457 business exchange and partnerships in disadvantaged receive preference for (518) 402-7461 Queens businesses. Clyde Martin, supervisory business the private sector. contracting opportunities with New Email: [email protected] Contact: Rob MacKay, director of public opportunity specialist, (212) 264-11457 Contact: Veronica Harris, director, York City. Website: efc.ny.gov relations, marketing and tourism, Email: [email protected] community affairs/minority- and Contact: Certification hotline, (718) 263-0546 Website: sba.gov women-owned business enterprises, (212) 513-6311 ● NY DESIGNS Sante Antonelli, director of business (718) 875-1000, ext. 127 Email: [email protected] Helps small businesses and entrepreneurs services, (718) 263-0546 ● WESTCHESTER COUNTY ASSOCIATION Email: [email protected] Website: nyc.gov/getcertified in design, technology and maker sectors Email: [email protected] A business membership organization Website: ibrooklyn.com sustain, expand and manage their Website: queensny.org committed to business advocacy and ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF businesses in order to contribute to New economic vitality and to providing a ● HARLEM BUSINESS ALLIANCE SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES—LOCALLY York City’s economic productivity. ● SCORE, COUNSELORS TO AMERICA’S strong voice for the interests of Provides extensive technical-assistance BASED ENTERPRISE Contact: Nepal Asatthawasi, assistant SMALL BUSINESS Westchester business. Its objectives are services that include one-on-one Ensures the participation of small director, (718) 663-8410 Provides free counseling to startups and promoting economic development of the business counseling, entrepreneurial construction businesses in the city’s Email: [email protected] existing businesses on various aspects of region and business development, and training, financial education, procurement process by designating Website: nydesigns.org their operations, including marketing, providing access and interaction with key women/minority and disadvantaged subcontracting opportunities. Firms financing, production, international public- and private-sector individuals. business certification and procurement must have average annual revenue of less ● PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW YORK CITY trade and business plans. Also runs Contact: Marissa Brett, president, assistance, business workshops and than $2 million. Engages the CEOs of the city’s 200 seminars on various topics for a (914) 948-6444 seminars. Contact: Certification hotline, largest employers in efforts to advance moderate attendance fee. Email: [email protected] Contact: Regina L. Smith, executive (212) 513-6311 New York’s economy and maintain the Contact: Ivan Z. Szanto, Website: westchester.org director, (212) 665-7010 Email: [email protected] city’s position as the center of world (212) 264-4507 Email: [email protected] Website: nyc.gov/getcertified commerce, finance and innovation. Jim Alles, (212) 264-4507 ● WOMEN PRESIDENTS’ ORGANIZATION Website: hbany.org Contact: Kimberly Spell, executive vice Email: [email protected] Peer advisory group for successful ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF president, communications, Website: newyorkcity.score.org women entrepreneurs worldwide at ● LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE— SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES— (212) 493-7511 companies with annual revenue of more SMALL BUSINESS TRANSPORTATION PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL Email: [email protected] ● THYPIN OLTCHICK INSTITUTE FOR than $2 million for product-based RESOURCE CENTER (SBTRC) ASSISTANCE CENTER Website: pfnyc.org WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP @ businesses or $1 million for service- Helps new and emerging businesses Helps firms assess government- FEGS based businesses. Groups meet monthly obtain transportation-related contracts. contracting opportunities and provides ● QUEENS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Assists entrepreneurs and aspiring in a confidential environment to bring Assistance is available through training advice on becoming a contractor, finding CORP. entrepreneurs from the Greater New their companies to the next level. and advising. contracting opportunities and Helps to create, attract and retain jobs in York City area and small-business Contact: Marsha Firestone, president and Contact: Elizabeth Perdomo, project competing on bids and requests for Queens through programming that owners by offering individual founder, (212) 688-4114 director, (718) 482-5941 proposals at the city, state and federal brings stores to neighborhoods, assists consultations, forums, classes, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] levels. small businesses and promotes tourism mentoring, noninterest loans and Website: womenpresidentsorg.com Website: osdbu.dot.gov Continued on Page 18

● EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT— Provides networking opportunities, ● REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR SMALL construction-related business. ABOUT THIS GUIDE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN’S business seminars and breakfasts, CONTRACTORS INC. Contact: Paola Camargo, manager of BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT advocacy, strategic alliances, and an A nonprofit serving small, minority- training programs, (212) 268-4933 Assists state agencies in awarding a fair annual one-on-one mentoring program. and women-owned businesses in the Email: [email protected] THESE LISTINGS were share of state contracts to minority- and Contact: Jane Wesman, president construction industry. Website: regional-alliance.org compiled by Suzanne women-owned business enterprises. It Sari Weisman, manager, NAWBO-NYC Contact: Earle J. Walker, Panara, Nicholas Wells, certifies and maintains an MWBE mentoring program executive director, ● REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR SMALL directory and promotes MWBE Email: [email protected] (212) 268-7446 CONTRACTORS INC.—MBE/WBE Malik Singleton and business development through Website: nawbonyc.org Email: [email protected] COMPLIANCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Gianna Lakenauth. education and outreach. Website: regional-alliance.org Provides contract compliance Organizations were asked to Contact: Lourdes Zapata, executive ● NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF development program services to director, (212) 803-2414 SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES ● REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR SMALL increase the utilization of MBE/WBE/ provide information if they Email: [email protected] Promotes the participation of minority- CONTRACTORS INC.—FINANCING DBE firms in contracting opportunities. appeared in last year’s guide Website: esd.ny.gov/mwbe.html and women-owned businesses in New SMALL CONTRACTORS PROGRAM Contact: Earle J. Walker, executive or if they contacted Crain’s York City’s procurement process. Provides help in preparing applications director, (212) 268-7446 ● HARLEM BUSINESS ALLIANCE Certified vendors receive access to for loans and bonds for firms Email: [email protected] requesting inclusion. Some Provides extensive technical-assistance contracting opportunities, exclusive recommended for assistance by its clients. Website: regional-alliance.org information is based on services that include one-on-one networking events and free one-on-one Contact: Richard C. Hellenbrecht, Crain’s research, and some business counseling, entrepreneurial procurement guidance. manager of finance operations, ● THYPIN OLTCHICK INSTITUTE FOR training, financial education, women- Contact: 311, ask for Department of Small (212) 268-0391 WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP @ FEGS entries have been and minority-owned and Business Services Email: [email protected] Assists those in the Greater New York edited for length. disadvantaged-business certification, Email: [email protected] Website: regional-alliance.org City area who are or want to be Organizations that would procurement assistance, business Website: nyc.gov/getcertified entrepreneurs and small-business owners workshops and seminars. ● REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR SMALL by offering individual consultations, like to appear in the next Contact: Regina L. Smith, executive ● NEW YORK WOMEN’S CHAMBER OF CONTRACTORS INC.—LOANED forums, classes, mentoring, non-interest guide should email director, (212) 665-7010 COMMERCE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM loans and resources and the ability to descriptions that follow the Email: [email protected] Assists women, minorities and A consultant service made up of become certified as a MWBE. Website: hbany.org disadvantaged individuals through construction professionals who provide Contact: Fabianne Wolff Gershon, guide format to business, microenterprise ownership and small contractors with advice on executive director, cnyb-research@ ● LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. OF EAST self-employment. construction and business management, (212)366-0033 crainsnewyork.com. NEW YORK Contact: (212) 491-9640 marketing and technology Email: [email protected] Offers a variety of services in English Email: [email protected] implementation, and loan and bonding Website: yourfutureinbusiness.org and Spanish that support entrepreneurs. Website: nywcc.org referrals. Provides intensive one-on-one business Contact: Richard C. Hellenbrecht, ● WOMEN PRESIDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL and financial coaching, workshops and ● ODA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/ manager of LEAP programs, ORGANIZATION womenpresidentsorg.com 60-hour business-development training. MINORITY BUSINESS CENTER (212) 268-0391 The New York regional affiliate of the Website: wpeo.us Contact: Jennefer Gustafsson, director, Offers contract procurement, loan Email: [email protected] Women’s Business Enterprise National (718) 385-6700, ext. 24 packaging, bank and alternative Website: regional-alliance.org Council provides full-service certification ● WOMEN’S VENTURE FUND Sherry Roberts, executive director, financing, business-plan preparation, to women entrepreneurs to create Helps women in the New York and New (718) 385-6700, ext. 24 minority certification and general ● REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR SMALL increased access to business opportunities Jersey area grow their businesses by Email: [email protected] business consulting. CONTRACTORS INC.—MANAGING for women business enterprises. providing critical advisory services, Website: ldceny.org Contact: Yehuda Turner, executive GROWTH PROGRAM Contact: Marsha Firestone, founder and training and funding to fulfill their goals. director, (718) 522-5620 A classroom plan that provides courses president, (212) 688-4114 Contact: Maria Otero, founder and ● NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN Email: [email protected] enabling experienced S/M/W/DBE Susan Johnson, director of president, (212) 485-6250 BUSINESS OWNERS, NEW YORK CITY Website: odanys.org owners and employees to learn the ins communications, (212) 688-4114 Email: [email protected] CHAPTER and outs of how to operate a Email: certification@ Website: womensventurefund.org

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BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS advocating for businesses, marketing the district and initiating projects to make POWER SOURCE the area more welcoming. The BID program of the city’s Department of Small Contact: Phillip Kellogg, executive Business Services provides supplemental services such as director, (718) 928-3322 Dumbo BID helps negotiate bureaucracy Email: [email protected] WHEN BROOKLYN’S DUMBO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT started sanitation and maintenance, public safety and visitor Website: faballiance.org services, marketing and promotional programs, capital converting barren areas of asphalt into outdoor cafés with tables, ● FULTON MALL IMPROVEMENT umbrellas and free Wi-Fi, Marco Perry and his two partners at Brooklyn- improvements and beautification to enhance local business ASSOCIATION based design firm Pensa realized that something was missing. conditions. All are funded by a special assessment paid by Serves more than 150 businesses in the “We thought, ‘If I could just charge my mobile device, I could work out property owners within the district. heart of downtown. Incorporated in here all day,’ ” Mr. Perry said recently. To fix this high-tech problem, the 1976, the not-for-profit organization is partners created Street Charge, a solar-powered outdoor charging dedicated to improving the business station. They worked with the BID to launch Street Charge at a space the BRONX Street between Classon and Troy environment and the quality of life on avenues, and Nostrand Avenue between Fulton Street Mall. BID had converted. This was in 2012, and since then, Street Charge has ● JEROME-GUN HILL Halsey Street and Atlantic Avenue. Contact: Tucker Reed, president, expanded to 50 locations in New York City, and additional spots in Boston, Delivers supplemental services related to Contact: Michael Lambert, executive (718) 403-1600 Miami and the Middle East. sanitation, maintenance, marketing, director, (718) 636-6989 Kevin Tolan, director, BID services and “We couldn’t have done it without the BID,” Mr. Perry said. “You can’t capital improvements, beautification and Email: [email protected] programs, (718) 403-1600 just plop stuff down on city streets without it getting yanked by the public safety for the area along East Gun Website: bedstuybid.org Email: [email protected] Department of Transportation.” Website: Hill Road between Webster and Jerome downtownbrooklyn.com Because the Dumbo BID had a contract to avenues, and along Jerome Avenue ● CHURCH AVENUE CHARGED between Mosholu Parkway and East Delivers supplemental services related to ● GRAHAM AVENUE BID/WOODHULL UP: convert public space, Pensa was able to 212th Street. sanitation, maintenance, marketing, COMMUNITY DMA Marco quickly test the idea without getting city Contact: Marcia Cameron, executive capital improvements, beautification and Delivers supplemental services related to Perry approval. director, (718) 324-4946 public safety for the area along Church sanitation, maintenance, marketing, worked “For us to navigate that bureaucracy Email: [email protected] Avenue between Flatbush and Coney capital improvements, beautification and with the local BID would be really kind of daunting and would Website: mpcbronx.org Island avenues. public safety for the Graham Avenue basically kill the whole momentum,” Mr. Contact: Lauren Elvers Collins, executive shopping district in Williamsburg. to avoid city red ● SOUTHERN BOULEVARD director, (718) 282-2500, ext. 79234 Contact: Betty M. Cooney, executive Perry said. tape. Delivers supplemental services related to Email: [email protected] director, (718) 387-6643 The Dumbo BID also helped sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Website: churchavenue.org Email: [email protected] generate a lot of attention for capital improvements, beautification and Website: grahamavebid.net Street Charge, which helped public safety for the area along Southern ● COURT-LIVINGSTON-SCHERMERHORN ● attract a manufacturer. The BID Boulevard between East 163rd and East Delivers supplemental services related to GRAND STREET introduced it to AT&T, with which 167th streets, and Westchester Avenue sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Delivers supplemental services related to between Fox Street and Hoe Avenue. capital improvements, beautification and sanitation, maintenance, marketing, it partnered to provide free Wi- Contact: Medina Sadiq, executive public safety for the area bound by capital improvements, beautification and Fi for Street Charge locations. director, (718) 974-2990 Court Street to the west, Flatbush public safety for Grand Street between —GEMMA FOLLARI Email: [email protected] Avenue to the east and both Joralemon Bushwick and Union avenues in Website: southernblvdbid.org and Livingston streets to the north. Williamsburg. Contact: Tucker Reed, president, Contact: Artineh Havan, executive Delivers supplemental services related to director, (718) 439-7767 ● WESTCHESTER SQUARE (718) 403-1600 director, (718) 218-8836 sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Email: [email protected] Maintains cleaner, safer and more Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] capital improvements, beautification and Website: sunsetparkbid.org beautiful streets, and undertakes Website: downtownbrooklyn.com Website: grandstbklyn.com public safety for the area along Montague enhancement projects. Focuses on Street between Court and Hicks streets. MANHATTAN supplemental sanitation services and ● DUMBO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ● KINGS HIGHWAY Contact: Brigit Pinnell, executive promotes and markets the area’s diverse Delivers supplemental services related to Delivers supplemental services related to director, (718) 522-3649 ● 125TH STREET business and cultural offerings. sanitation, marketing and beautification sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Email: [email protected] Delivers supplemental services related to Coordinates rental space with the needs for Dumbo. Manages public spaces and capital improvements, beautification and Website: montaguebid.com sanitation, maintenance, marketing, of the area’s retail-mix objectives. provides business assistance and visitor public safety for the area along Kings capital improvements, beautification and Contact: Lisa Sorin, executive director, guidance. Highway between Ocean Parkway and ● MYRTLE AVENUE BROOKLYN public safety for the area along West (718) 597-4629 Contact: Alexandria Sica, executive Ocean Avenue, and along Quentin Road PARTNERSHIP 125th Street between Morningside and Email: [email protected] director, (718) 237-8700 between Coney Island Avenue and 16th Delivers supplemental services related to Fifth avenues. Website: wsbid.org Email: [email protected] Street. sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Contact: Barbara Askins, president and Website: dumbo.is Contact: Phil Nuzzo, executive director, capital improvements, urban planning, chief executive, (212) 662-8999 BROOKLYN (718) 645-1100 beautification and public safety for the Email: [email protected] ● EAST BROOKLYN DMA Email: [email protected] area along Myrtle Avenue between Website: 125thstreetbid.com ● ATLANTIC AVENUE Delivers supplemental services related to Website: kingshighwaybid.org Flatbush Avenue Extension and Classon Provides marketing and promotion of the sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Avenue in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill ● 34TH STREET PARTNERSHIP business boulevard; capital improvements, capital improvements, beautification and ● METROTECH and Wallabout. Delivers supplemental services related streetscape and beautification projects public safety for the area bound by Delivers supplemental services related to Contact: Meredith Phillips Almeida, to sanitation, maintenance, marketing, aimed at creating a clean and attractive Sutter Avenue, East New York and sanitation, maintenance, marketing, acting executive director, (718) 230-1689 capital improvements, beautification environment for living, shopping, dining Atlantic avenues, Powell Street and capital improvements, beautification and Email: [email protected] and public safety for the area generally and sightseeing; and advocacy that Sheffield Avenue. public safety for the area generally Website: myrtleavenue.org bounded by 31st Street to the south, improves business conditions. Contact: William Scott Wilkins, BID bound by Adams Street to the west, 36th Street to the north, Tenth Avenue Contact: (718) 734-4219 manager, (718) 385-6700, ext. 19 Tillary Street to the north, Flatbush ● NORTH FLATBUSH AVENUE to the west and Park Avenue to the Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Avenue Extension to the east and the Delivers supplemental services related to east. Website: atlanticavebid.org Website: eastbrooklynbid.org Fulton Street Mall to the south. sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Contact: Daniel A. Biederman, president, Contact: Ryan Grew, BID services capital improvements, beautification and (212) 719-3434 ● BED-STUY GATEWAY ● FULTON AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE manager, (718) 403-1644 public safety for the area along Flatbush Email: [email protected] Delivers supplemental services related to Enhances Fulton Street in Fort Greene Email: [email protected] Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Website: 34thstreet.org sanitation, maintenance, marketing, and Clinton Hill by providing supple- Website: downtownbrooklyn.com Grand Army Plaza. capital improvements, beautification and mental sanitation services, addressing Contact: James Dean Ellis, executive ● ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN NEW YORK public safety for the area along Fulton public safety and quality-of-life issues, ● MONTAGUE STREET director, (718) 783-1685 INC. Email: [email protected] Delivers supplemental services related to Website: nfbid.com sanitation, maintenance, marketing, PROCUREMENT HELP (718) 482-5306 ● SOUTH BRONX OVERALL ECONOMIC capital improvements, beautification and Angela Doonachar, procurement DEVELOPMENT CORP. ● PITKIN AVENUE public safety for the area generally specialist, (718) 482-5306 Provides counseling and technical Provides sanitation, marketing, capital bounded by South Street to the Continued from Page 17 Email: [email protected] assistance to help veteran-, minority- improvements, beautification and public southeast, Murray and Fulton streets to Contact: Procurement helpline, Website: laguardiaptac.org and women-owned small businesses sell safety for the historic, bustling retail the north and West Street to the west. (212) 513-6444 goods to the government. Provides one- district of Pitkin and Rockaway avenues. Contact: Jessica Lappin, president, Email: [email protected] ● QUEENS AIR SERVICES DEVELOPMENT on-one assistance and sponsors Promotes and recruits retail businesses (212) 566-6700 Website: nyc.gov/getcertified OFFICE workshops to assist with certifications and provides technical assistance. Email: [email protected] Provides free assistance to Queens- and registering businesses with various Contact: Daniel A. Murphy, executive Website: downtownny.com ● PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL based businesses by matching them with agencies. director, (718) 922-9600 ASSISTANCE CENTER AT LAGUARDIA aviation-industry buyers and general Contact: Rogina Coar-Smith, assistant Email: [email protected] ● BRYANT PARK MANAGEMENT CORP. COMMUNITY COLLEGE contractors at LaGuardia and JFK vice president, SoBRO Procurement Website: pitkinbid.org Delivers supplemental services related to Assists Queens-based businesses in airports. Sponsors an annual free Technical Assistance Center, Minority sanitation, maintenance, marketing, marketing their goods and services to networking event at which buyers can Business Center, procurement and ● SUNSET PARK/FIFTH AVENUE capital improvements, beautification and the federal, state and local governments. receive information from vendors and minority- and women-owned business Delivers supplemental services related to public safety for the area around Simplifies the steps necessary to suppliers. enterprise certification and technical sanitation, maintenance, marketing, midtown’s Bryant Park. successfully sell to the government. Contact: Dolores M. Hofman, program assistance programs, capital improvements, beautification and Contact: Daniel A. Biederman, president, Contact: Edgard A. Hernandez, director, manager, (718) 244-6852 (718) 732-7540 public safety for the area along Fifth (212) 768-4242 (718) 482-5306 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Avenue between 38th and 64th streets. Email: [email protected] Lauren Linakis, procurement counselor, Website: asdoonline.com Website: sobro.org Contact: Renee Giordano, executive Website: bryantpark.org

18 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 ● CHINATOWN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT Greenwich Street to the west. Website: 82ndstreet.org promote the district. Delivers supplemental services related to ASSOCIATION INC. Contact: Ellen Baer, president, Contact: Dana Frankel, district services sanitation, maintenance, marketing, The ninth Chinatown in North America (212) 463-9160, ext. 223 ● BAYSIDE VILLAGE manager, (718) 786-5300, ext. 30 capital improvements, beautification and to be part of a business improvement Email: [email protected] Supports the community along Bell Email: [email protected] public safety for the Sunnyside district.The district is the first beneficiary Website: hudsonsquarebid.org Boulevard between Northern Boulevard Website: licpartnership.org neighborhood. of the pilot Wayfinding program to guide and 35th Avenue and a portion of 41st Contact: Rachel Thieme, executive visitors and New Yorkers. ● LINCOLN SQUARE BUSINESS Avenue. Provides services tailored to the ● LONG ISLAND CITY PARTNERSHIP director, (718) 606-1800 Contact: Wellington Z. Chen, executive IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT community such as neighborhood Promotes economic development, Email: [email protected] director, (212) 346-9288 Delivers supplemental services including beautification, holiday lighting, provides services to business constituents Website: sunnysideshines.org Email: wellington@ sanitation and area maintenance, public government relations, business and offers a clearinghouse of area news, chinatownpartnership.org safety, marketing and events, capital assistance, special events and marketing. networking and educational events for the ● WOODHAVEN Website: explorechinatown.com improvements and beautification for the Contact: Lyle Sclair, executive director, Queens Plaza and Jackson Avenue area. Delivers supplemental services related to area along Broadway, Columbus and (718) 423-2434 Contact: Dana Frankel, director of sanitation, maintenance, marketing, ● COLUMBUS AVENUE Amsterdam avenues and portions of Email: [email protected] economic development, planning and capital improvements, beautification and Delivers supplemental services related to Central Park West between West 58th Website: baysidevillagebid.com BID services, (718) 786-5300 public safety for the area along Jamaica sanitation, maintenance, marketing, and West 70th streets. Elizabeth Lusskin, president, Avenue between 100th Street and capital improvements, beautification and Contact: Monica Blum, president, ● DOWNTOWN FLUSHING TRANSIT HUB (718) 786-5300 Eldert Lane. public safety for the area along Columbus (212) 581-3774 DMA INC. Email: [email protected]; Contact: Maria A.Thomson, executive Avenue between West 67th and West Email: [email protected] Delivers supplemental services related to [email protected] director, (718) 805-0760 82nd streets. Produces New Taste of the Website: lincolnsquarebid.org sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Website: licpartnership.org Email: [email protected] Upper West Side, one of New York City’s capital improvements, beautification and Website: woodhavenbid.com major annual food events. ● LOWER EAST SIDE DMA public safety for downtown Flushing. ● MYRTLE AVENUE Contact: (212) 721-5048, Delivers supplemental services related to Contact: Dian Song Yu, executive Delivers supplemental services related to STATEN ISLAND (212) 877-2678 sanitation, maintenance, marketing, director, (718) 888-1805 sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Email: [email protected] capital improvements, beautification and Email: [email protected] streetscape improvements, beautification ● FOREST AVENUE Website: columbusavenuebid.org public safety for the Lower East Side. Website: flushingbid.com and public safety for the area along Delivers supplemental services related to Contact: Tim Laughlin, executive Myrtle Avenue between Wyckoff Avenue sanitation, maintenance, marketing, ● COLUMBUS/AMSTERDAM director, (212) 226-9010 ● LONG ISLAND CITY and Fresh Pond Road, and contiguous capital improvements, beautification and Delivers supplemental services related to Email: [email protected] The district encompasses Queens Plaza side streets, including triangle parks. public safety for the area along Forest sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Website: lowereastside.org and a portion of Jackson Avenue. Contact: Theodore M. Renz, executive Avenue between Hart Boulevard and capital improvements, beautification and Services include the maintenance of director, (718) 381-7974 Broadway. public safety for the area of Columbus ● MADISON AVENUE clean sidewalks and streets, nightly Email: [email protected] Contact: Loretta Cauldwell, executive and Amsterdam avenues from West Delivers supplemental services related to unarmed security services, promotion of Website: ridgewood-ny.com director, (718) 816-4775 110th to West 96th streets. sanitation, maintenance, marketing, retail opportunities and property Email: [email protected] Contact: Peter Arndtsen, district capital improvements, beautification and listings, and marketing initiatives that ● SUNNYSIDE SHINES Website: forestavenuebid.com manager, (212) 666-9774 public safety for the area along Madison Email: [email protected] Avenue between East 57th and East Website: columbusamsterdambid.org 86th streets. Contact: Matthew Bauer, president, ● EAST MIDTOWN PARTNERSHIP (212) 861-2055 Delivers supplemental services related to Email: [email protected] sanitation, marketing, capital Website: madisonavenuebid.org improvements, beautification and public safety for Madison, Park, Lexington, ● TIMES SQUARE ALLIANCE Third and Second avenues between East Delivers supplemental services related to start your day 49th and East 63rd streets. sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Contact: Rob Byrnes, president, capital improvements, beautification and (212) 813-0030 public safety for the area generally Email: [email protected] bounded by Sixth Avenue to the east, Website: eastmidtown.org Eighth Avenue to the west, West 53rd informed. Street to the north and West 41st Street ● FLATIRON/23RD STREET PARTNERSHIP to the south. Delivers supplemental services related to Contact: Tim Tompkins, president, sanitation, maintenance, marketing, (212) 452-5200 Get the day’s top headlines capital improvements, beautification and Email: [email protected] public safety for the area bounded by Website: timessquarenyc.org Sixth Avenue to the west, Lexington from around the Web Avenue to the east, 28th Street to the ● UNION SQUARE PARTNERSHIP north and 21st Street to the south. Delivers supplemental services related to Contact: Jennifer A. Brown, executive sanitation, maintenance, marketing, delivered to your inbox. director, (212) 741-2323 capital improvements, beautification and Email: [email protected] public safety for the area along Union Website: discoverflatiron.org Square Park and 14th Street between First and Sixth avenues. ● GARMENT DISTRICT ALLIANCE Contact: Jennifer Falk, executive director, Delivers supplemental services for (212) 460-1200 property owners and businesses related Email: [email protected] to sanitation, maintenance, marketing, Website: unionsquarenyc.org promotions, capital improvements, beautification and public safety for ● VILLAGE ALLIANCE Manhattan’s garment district, as well as Delivers supplemental services related to management and maintenance of the sanitation, maintenance, marketing, garment district plazas. capital improvements, beautification and Contact: Barbara Blair Randall, public safety for the area along Eighth president, (212) 764-9600 Street, Astor Place, St. Marks Place, Email: [email protected] University Place and Sixth Avenue, Website: garmentdistrictnyc.com between West Fourth and West 13th streets. ● GRAND CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP Contact: William Kelley, executive Delivers supplemental services related to director, (212) 777-2173 public safety, sanitation, capital Email: [email protected] improvements, maintenance, Website: villagealliance.org beautification and marketing in an area with irregular boundaries running from QUEENS East 35th to East 54th streets between Subscribe for FREE! Second and Fifth avenues. ● 82ND STREET PARTNERSHIP Contact: Alfred C. Cerullo III, president Supports and strengthens the local and chief executive, (212) 883-2420 business community by providing Email: [email protected] sanitation services, streetscape beauti- Website: grandcentralpartnership.org fication, district marketing, advocacy and more for the area along 82nd Street ● HUDSON SQUARE CONNECTION between 37th and Baxter avenues. Delivers supplemental services related to Contact: Sofia Davila, director of marketing, capital improvements, business services, (718) 335-9421 www.crainsnewyork.com/newsletters beautification and traffic management Sharada Devi, executive director, for the area bounded by West Houston (718) 335-9421 Street to the north, Canal Street to the Email: [email protected]; south, Sixth Avenue to the east and [email protected]

October 27, 2014 | Crain’s New York Business | 19 REPORT SMALL BUSINESS GROWING A BUSINESS GUIDE

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE LIGHTING THE WAY New York’s chambers of commerce help small businesses by offering a range of services including financial assistance, Manhattan chamber lends legitimacy to green entrepreneurs networking opportunities, legislative initiatives and other FOR CONSUMERS, global climate resources.The local chamber is small businesses’ best resource change means that energy awareness for city government, business data, and community profile and and efficiency have never been more important. Upper East Side-based N2 visitor guide information. Global Solutions, a four-year-old technology firm, builds intelligent ● BROOKLN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ● NEW YORK WOMEN’S CHAMBER OF AND ALLIANCE COMMERCE electrical infrastructure products for A membership-based business Helps startup and existing enterprises everyone from the home consumer to assistance and economic-development with business planning, recourses for commercial building managers. organization that provides support and financing, networking opportunities, By incorporating sensors into services to small businesses in Brooklyn. advertising and selling, and customer- sockets, switches and light fixtures, Contact: Veronica Harris, director, service training. N2 products can detect changes in Contact: community affairs/MWBE services, Princess Jenkins, the environment and make (718) 875-1000, ext. 127 founder/president, (212) 996-7980 Email: Email: adjustments to reduce energy waste A WELCOME BUSINESS CLIMATE: Chairman Paul Amelio, CEO Karl Kilb III and COO David [email protected] [email protected] Katz of N2 Global Solutions Website: ibrooklyn.com Website: womenintheblack.org by at least 30%. The technology combines wireless communication ● CITY ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ● QUEENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tools such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth into a single system that monitors and controls energy consumption. Promotes business for City Island, Helps individuals get their voices heard In developing the business, N2 depended on a number of the resources provided to members of the Manhattan Bronx. Helps businesses and visitors in the Queens business community and Chamber of Commerce, said Chief Operating Officer David Katz. “Very few [chambers] are so proactive,” said Mr. Katz, with information through the chamber expand their knowledge through website, emails and phone calls. Has connections with industry experts. who worked with other chambers of commerce in previous jobs. The MCC provided networking opportunities, helped get strong working relationships with local Contact: Jack Friedman, executive media exposure and connected the firm to grant makers. “When you associate with [the MCC], people look at you and politicians and community board. director, (718) 898-8500 say you’re working with a system that works,” said Paul Amelio, chairman of N2. Contact: Paul W. Klein, vice president, Sophia Ganosis, chief of operations, N2 is part of the Green Council Finance Committee, one of the breakout groups the MCC set up to help companies (718) 885-9100 (718) 898-8500 focus on their specific needs. The committee enabled N2 to forge relationships with like-minded companies that are trying Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] to apply technological solutions to global problems. Website: Website: cityislandchamber.org queenschamber.org “We have a game changer for improving society in terms of reducing carbon footprint,” Mr. Katz said. ● MANHATTAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ● STATEN ISLAND CHAMBER OF —GEMMA FOLLARI Represents the voices of 100,000 COMMERCE businesses in Manhattan, ranging from Acts to improve the economic climate sole proprietors/entrepreneurs to large and expand business opportunities. to governmental agencies and elected residents. Offers a member health plan Offers programs focused on business corporations. Holds educational Contact: Linda M. Baran, president and officials. and discounts on credit-card processing. advocacy and economic development in seminars, fights for pro-business chief executive, (718) 727-1900 Contact: Lynne Van Auken, executive Showcases local businesses in the the region, business development on a legislation, fosters networking and Email: [email protected] director, (212) 305-6359 Amsterdam and Columbus avenue macro and a micro basis, and supports nonprofits by promoting Website: sichamber.com Sandra Harris, president, (212) 305-6359 festivals. interaction with key public- and volunteerism and financial support. Email: [email protected] Contact: Andrew Albert, executive private-sector individuals and Contact: Laura Bucko, vice president and ● WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND INWOOD Website: wahichamber.org director, (212) 787-1112 organizations. director of communications, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Email: [email protected] Contact: Amy Allen, managing director, (212) 473-7875 Promotes economic development and ● WEST MANHATTAN CHAMBER OF Website: westmanhattanchamber.org (914) 948-6444 Email: [email protected] community growth and serves as a COMMERCE Email: [email protected] Website: manhattancc.org resource for members. Acts as a liaison Provides advice to businesses and ● WESTCHESTER COUNTY ASSOCIATION Website: westchester.org

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make inquiries, contact Jay Shah at for 8,400 square feet at the NBA Player ACI Worldwide Inc. (ACIW) (718) 334-9138. Association’s building at 310 Lenox Ave. Philip G. Heasley, chief executive, ABOUT THIS SECTION in Harlem. The nonprofit service exercised options on 200,000 shares of FOR THE RECORD is a weekly listing of information from the public record Economic Development Corp. provider that helps individuals with common stock at $7.55 per share on that can help businesspeople in the New York area find opportunities, Seeks requests for proposals by 4 p.m. on disabilities is opening pre-employment Oct. 3 in a transaction worth Nov. 4 for construction management, and community-service programs in the $1,510,000. During the same period, he potential new clients and updates on competitors. resident engineering and inspection, and second-floor office space. The tenant sold 200,000 shares of common stock at To ask questions or get more information on this section, contact other consulting services for Hunter’s was represented by Eileen Eck and $19.11 per share, in a transaction worth Crain’s research department at [email protected]. Point South infrastructure and Andrew Udis of ABS Partners Real $3,822,000. He now directly holds waterfront park in Long Island City, Estate. Success Academy was 1,147,270 shares. Queens. To make inquiries, contact represented by Kenneth Salzman of Lee Maryann Catalano at (212) 312-3969. & Associates. The asking rent was in the G-III Apparel Group (GIII) NEW IN TOWN Electronic Records. Listings are in low $40s per square foot. The length of Sammy Aaron, vice chairman, sold alphabetical order. Seeks requests for proposals by 4 p.m. on the sublease was not disclosed. 43,112 shares of common stock at prices Companies that would like to have details Nov. 5 for life-safety system ranging from $81.75 to $83.06 between of openings published should submit GTA Realty II maintenance, repair and emergency RETAIL Oct. 6 and Oct. 7, in a transaction worth descriptions following this format to 184 Prince St., Manhattan services at various sites throughout the Milestone Auto Parts signed a five- $3,543,637. He now directly holds [email protected], with “New Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy five boroughs.To make inquiries, contact year lease for 13,000 square feet at 616 219,952 shares. in Town” in the subject line. protection on Oct. 8. The filing cites Maryann Catalano at (212) 312-3969. Scholes St. in East Williamsburg, estimated assets of $10,000,001 to $50 Brooklyn. The auto-body parts Morris Goldfarb, chief executive, sold Bee + Malu million and estimated liabilities of supplier is relocating from Hicksville, 25,000 shares of common stock at 516 State St., Brooklyn $1,000,001 to $10 million. The creditors REAL ESTATE DEALS L.I. The tenant was represented by $81.75 per share on Oct. 7, in a The hair salon opened in Boerum Hill. with the largest unsecured claims are Weising (Bill) Chang and Howard transaction worth $2,043,758. He now The by-appointment-only, single-chair John Bivona, Esq., owed $825,000; Law Companies that would like to have details Darsi of Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates. directly holds 2,610,920 shares. salon was launched by a former Bumble Offices of Bruce A. Feldman, owed of their recent transactions appear in these The owner, 64 Onderdonk Ave., was + Bumble stylist and is the sole retailer $162,310; and Robinson Brog et al., listings should email descriptions following represented by Joseph Nicholas, also of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) of natural hair products R & Co. and owed $12,443. this format to JKramer@crainsnewyork KDA. The asking rent was $13.50 per Lamberto Andreotti, chief executive, Wash With Water. .com, with “Real estate transaction” in the square foot. sold 50,000 shares of common stock at Rena Lange (USA) Inc. d/b/a Mabrun; subject line, or enter them online at $50.99 per share on Oct. 6, in a By the Hudson d/b/a St. Emile; d/b/a Gloriette crainsnewyork.com/submitadeal. Deals are transaction worth $2,549,485. He now 712 W. 125th St., Manhattan 430 W. 14th St., Manhattan listed in order of square footage. STOCK TRANSACTIONS directly holds 560,809 shares. The New American restaurant opened Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. in West Harlem. The menu features a 7. The filing cites estimated assets of $0 COMMERCIAL Following are recent insider transactions at Time Warner Cable (TWC) seafood tower, guava crabcakes, cream of to $50,000 and estimated liabilities of Huge signed a five-year lease for New York’s largest publicly held companies Robert D. Marcus, chief executive, pumpkin soup with caramelized leeks $1,000,001 to $10 million. The creditors 80,000 square feet at 45 Main St. in filed with the Securities and Exchange exercised options on 16,000 shares of and sautéed clams, and lobster with with the largest unsecured claims are Dumbo. The digital marketing firm is Commission by executives and major common stock at $77.04 per share on vanilla-bean butter paired with filet Schaefer Trans Inc., owed $30,682.46; expanding from 55,000 square feet. The shareholders. Listings are in order of Oct. 6, in a transaction worth mignon and parsnip puree. Thor ASB 875 Washington Street, tenant was represented by Shannon transaction value.The information was $1,232,640. During the same period, he owed $24,032.56; and U.S. Customs Rzeznikiewicz of Jones Lang LaSalle. obtained from Thomson Reuters. sold 16,000 shares of common stock at King Bee Service, owed $10,569.60. The landlord, Two Trees Management, prices ranging from $143.65 to $145.03 424 E. Ninth St., Manhattan was represented in-house by Dan C.R. Bard Inc. (BCR) per share, in a transaction worth An “Acadian-inspired” restaurant with Conlon, director of leasing. The asking Timothy M. Ring, chief executive, $2,300,454. Southern stylings opened in the East GOVERNMENT CONTRACT rent was not disclosed. exercised options on 60,000 shares of Village. The menu includes pork OPPORTUNITIES common stock at prices ranging from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. cracklings, hominy grits with lobster CBS TV signed a 12-year lease for $73.99 to $83.47 per share on Oct. 6, in (TTWO) confit, caraway pancakes and poutine Following are selected contract 32,600 square feet at 1 Worldwide Plaza a transaction worth $4,629,060. During Lainie Goldstein, chief financial officer, râpée with lamb neck, turnips and opportunities recently announced by New in midtown. During the first quarter of the same period, he sold 60,000 shares sold 50,000 shares of common stock at partridgeberries. York City agencies. To learn how to sell 2015, the network will consolidate of common stock at $148 per share, in a $22.41 per share on Oct. 7, in a goods and services to city government, several current locations for its East transaction worth $8,880,000. He now transaction worth $1,120,500. She now visit www.nyc.gov/selltonyc. For a Coast distribution offices on the entire directly holds 174,231 shares. directly holds 616,986 shares. Ⅲ COMPANY MOVES searchable database of current procurement 30th floor of the building. The notices, visit www.nyc.gov/cityrecord. landlords, George Comfort & Sons, Companies that would like to have details Listings are alphabetical by category and RCG Longview, DRA Advisors and of recent moves published should submit department. New York REI, were represented by DEALS ROUNDUP descriptions following this format to Matt Coudert and Peter Duncan of [email protected], with CONSTRUCTION SERVICES George Comfort & Sons. The tenant “Company Moves” in the subject line. Department of Design and Construction was represented by Scott Gottlieb, TRANSACTION SIZE Seeks competitive sealed bids by 2 p.m. Michael Laginestra, Rocco Laginestra, TARGET/SELLERS (IN MILLIONS) BUYERS/INVESTORS TRANSACTION TYPE Crumbs Nov. 5 for sidewalk renovation at the Andrew Sussman and Michael Wellen Atlas Pipeline Partners/ $5,565.49 Targa Resources Partners SB M&A 1385 Broadway, Manhattan Queens Botanical Garden. Bid of CBRE. The asking rent was not Arkhan Corp., Atlas The cupcake chain returns with its first documents are available at disclosed. Energy, Citadel, Cushing post-bankruptcy opening, in the nyc.gov/buildnyc for a deposit of $35 MLP Asset Management, Omega Advisors Inc. garment district. The menu includes its made payable by company check or PubMatic signed a seven-year lease (Manhattan) signature giant cupcakes as well as money order. 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hen Craig Wild was young, his grandfather RF Resources LLC, a Manhattan-based CPA placement Craig Wild suspects that caused newer entrepreneurial Wowned a tax accounting practice in Brooklyn. firm that also helps small-to-medium-size firms create grads to look toward accounting again, which should Mr. Wild spent many a fond night and succession strategies. Mr. Fligel says he has seen a 33% benefit firms like his that are always searching for the weekend during his formative years helping his surge in such queries over the last five years. next generation’s leaders. grandfather fill out tax returns by hand. He enjoyed the work so much, he made an agreement with his family Increased interest in successor scenarios from ambitious to work for his grandfather after graduating college young CPAs has even encouraged some New York area and getting his accounting license, with the intent of firms that already have in-house candidates in place eventually taking over the firm. to rethink their futures. A firm generating $3 million “I have seen a in annual revenues, whose partners asked to remain Unfortunately, his grandfather died during Mr. Wild’s anonymous due to the sensitive nature of their plan, had senior year in college. “I went to the family, and said, ‘I a younger partner with rainmaking abilities and strong substantial increase still want to do this,’” he recalls. “The family’s response client-handling skills, but not the right organizational and was, ‘You don’t have your degree, you don’t have your strategic abilities to carry the firm into the next decade. license—you can’t do anything.’ So the business was in CPA firm managers sold, and it was sold at a huge discount, because he had The senior partner wanted to start working less passed away.” and eventually retire, but hiring a new partner is an expensive proposition for a smaller firm, especially when and partners Now a partner at Wild, Maney & Resnick LLP, a six- factoring in the cost of releasing the new hire from any partner CPA firm in Woodbury, NY, Mr. Wild learned covenants with his or her old firm. The new hire needed the hard way that having a clear, executable succession to have an existing book of business and reasons for seeking to either plan is a must for accounting firms keen on surviving, coming on board beyond wanting a new job with equity and thriving, past the current generation of partners. in the firm. “Most firms don’t hire new partners as Earlier in his career, an accountant he partnered with equity partners,” says Mr. Fligel. In this case, discussing go on their own or died from a heart attack just six months after the two a succession plan as part of the negotiation, including a joined forces. “Now I’m out there looking for a young, timeline for increasing equity and a possible retirement entrepreneurial CPA, someone in his or her 30s or 40s, date and payout plan for the older partner, allowed both find a ‘successor’ who’s got a little business on the side,” who he hopes to sides to make a long-term plan and acquire some of the convince to come on board, Mr. Wild says. stability they were ultimately looking for. opportunity,” says Looking outside the practice for potential successors has This mutually beneficial succession approach holds become a common strategy among small-to-medium- strong appeal, particularly for family-owned accounting size New York-area accounting firms, an approach businesses that do not want to lose control of their firm’s Robert Fligel, president made easier by the high concentration of local talent. future. “I want to hand-pick who my successor will be,” While senior CPA firm partners once viewed young, says J. Timothy Sherman, managing partner at Cohen entrepreneurial accountants as competitive threats, now Greve & Company, a four-partner firm with offices in of RF Resources LLC they are actively courting them as future leaders of their Mineola, N.Y., and Manhattan. own firms. And in many cases, the young, would-be business founders are accepting such offers instead of In a previous generation, 10 or 15 years ago, a lot of going it alone or buying another firm. young, entrepreneurial graduates with financial degrees “I can hire a dozen back-room, technical accountants who might have traditionally gotten their licenses and anytime I want,” Wild says. “I need the front-room “I have seen a substantial increase in CPA firm managers gone into the accounting profession instead tried their accountant, the entrepreneurial type who can go into a and partners seeking to either go on their own or find a luck in the far more lucrative world of investment meeting, who can go into a networking event, and who ‘successor’ opportunity,” says Robert Fligel, president of banking. But after the economic collapse of 2008, can do a good presentation. That’s the difficult part.” { investment banking jobs became far harder to come by. S2

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BARE BONES Gym deal works Plutocrats hog home market out for warehouse The conversion of an industrial building on Dean Street in Crown he New York Building Congress predicts that residential construc- that have exploded in recent years Heights, Brooklyn, to office and tion spending will increase by billions of dollars over the next two years. around the city. To compound New restaurant space has inspired a The hitch is that much of it will be spent on housing for the York City’s housing problem, many building owner down the block to ultra-affluent. of these luxury units stand vacant for follow suit, and more conversions By 2016, residential construction spending is forecast to hit much of the year, according to Mr. are likely in the area. T$12.4 billion,according to the report,an increase of almost 80% from 2013 lev- Anderson. The landlord next door to the els. But the number of units generated by that wall of spending is predicted to To help foster the construction of former Studebaker Service Station, increase by just 30% during that time period, to 24,000, from 18,400 last year. much-needed affordable housing, which since June has housed a vari- “It is good news that we are getting this volume of work, but we are not the congress recommended that the ety of tenants, recently signed up a providing the housing we need for moderate-income New Yorkers,” said de Blasio administration partner gym to take his entire one-story Richard Anderson, president of the congress. “This is a real issue.” with the private sector to identify brick building at 1010 Dean St. buck ennis In contrast, at the previous peak of the market in 2007, 33,200 units were areas of the city to rezone for greater 685 THIRD AVE. Crow Hill CrossFit inked a 10- built at a cost of $5.9 billion—less than half of what is predicted to be spent density, work to restart stalled con- year lease for 11,600 square feet, at in 2016. struction sites and streamline the ASKING RENT; TERM: $60 per an asking rent of $30 per square square foot; 15 years In part,the lower apartment count comes from developers spending more regulatory environment to make de- foot. The landlord, Michael Kwok, on each unit,as they cater to wealthy buyers who drop tens of millions of dol- velopment easier. SQUARE FEET: 27,000 was prompted to lease his one-story lars on condos—prices that in part are dictated by the cost of building sites —joe anuta TENANT; REPS: Foundation for the warehouse after seeing his new Global Compact; Christopher neighbor’s foot traffic from workers Foerch and Daniel Horowitz of as well as visitors to the beer garden Savills Studley New lease allows Schulte because it allows the firm to and weekend food market that call pay current rents or rates that will be LANDLORD; REPS: TIAA-CREF; the building home. law firm to shrink Paul Amrich and Zachary Freeman modestly higher in the future, thus of CBRE Group Inc. “Historically, this was a ware- Law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel has protecting against potential steep in- house corridor,” said Ryan Condren another seven years left on the lease creases. BACK STORY: The global nonprofit, of CPEX Real Estate, who along which is affiliated with the United for its New York headquarters on “This was a great way for them to Nations, will nearly double its with colleague Kristina Triglia rep- Third Avenue, but it has decided to have a solid hedge against the mar- footprint at its new 12th-floor resented the landlord. act early to lock down its space for ket, which is on an upward trajecto- office. Crow Hill CrossFit plans to the long term as the city’s office ry,” said Steve Durels, director of move in sometime during the first market shows signs of tightening. leasing for landlord SL Green, who has about 350,000 square feet in the quarter of next year, and may help The firm has renewed its hold on represented it in the deal. tower. In the new lease, it will pare kick off a larger trend of retailers 284,000 square feet at 919 Third Ave. The transaction will also allow back that acreage by about 20%. moving off the avenues of the red- for 15 years beyond the expiration of Schulte to save money by cutting its Lewis Miller,a broker at CBRE, hot market.The gym was represent- its current lease for that space, which footprint. According to real estate represented Schulte. ed by George Danut,also of CPEX. BIG FISH: 919 Third Ave. keeps major tenant. is in 2021. The deal is beneficial for database CoStar, the firm currently —daniel geiger —joe anuta

government attorneys who can identify credible cases. Must be the season of the snitch Randall Fox, who oversaw whistle-blower cases at the New York attorney general’s office, earli- “It’s difficult,” said Ms. ers should be encouraged to bring said, although precise figures aren’t er this year joined Kirby McInerney. Big payouts and Watkins. “I’m fortunate to have a tips in financial cases and be paid available because most whistle- Labaton Sucharow has built a changes in law have long career talking about being a higher rewards than the Justice De- blowers bring their claims under practice led by Jordan Thomas, a whistle-blower, but I’ve got many partment’s current $1.6 million lim- seal, and regulators are barred from former SEC enforcement lawyer whistle-blowers years until retirement. The truth is it. The Securities and Exchange identifying them. who represents a whistle-blower singing to authorities most whistle-blowers make less Commission a few days later an- Still, there’s growing evidence claiming that private-equity firms than they were earning in their nounced a $30 million award to an that Wall Streeters are willing to be- pocket illegal fees from the compa- chosen careers.” anonymous tipster.Even the head of come moles, even if it means kissing nies they acquire. Mr. Thomas also BY AARON ELSTEIN the IRS has chimed in with his sup- their careers goodbye. Earlier this represents a former Deutsche Bank $30 million award port for blowing the whistle. year, the SEC settled a case with a risk manager who claims the bank There is no more famous corporate Ms. Watkins’ remarks came at a “There has never been a better New York hedge-fund advisory firm hid billions in losses during the fi- whistle-blower than Sherron time when the spotlight is on whistle- time to be a whistle-blower,” said called Paradigm Capital Manage- nancial crisis. Watkins. Thirteen years after ex- blowers as never before. In Jonathan Ben-Asher, a ment after its head of trading,James Needless to say, the vast sums posing accounting fraud at Enron, what could be called the Manhattan attorney who Nordgaard, alerted investigators dangled before would-be Wall she still draws crowds eager to hear season of the snitch, feder- works on such cases. that the company president was Street whistle-blowers are causing her talk about her courageous act. al and state authorities are POTENTIAL40% TAKE Whistle-blowers have making improper trades. headaches in management suites. Yet at a conference at Baruch Col- making a big recruiting that attorneys can been around for years, call- Paradigm agreed to pay $2.2 mil- Lawyers say some corporations are lege last week,Ms.Watkins empha- push for moles to help fer- collect in whistle- ing out wasteful govern- lion to resolve the matter, and Mr. forcing employees to sign docu- blower cases sized how difficult blowing the ret out financial fraud. A ment spending or shoddy Nordgaard is in line to receive sev- ments promising to not take their whistle made her life at the time,and big difference between now manufacturing processes at eral hundred thousand dollars of complaints to the government and has ever since. and when Ms. Watkins acted is that big pharmaceutical companies. But that because the SEC has offered to to refuse any bounties. After the midlevel finance exec- the feds are offering confidentiality two changes in the law have turned pay whistle-blowers up to 30% of “The size of the bounties en- utive told Chief Executive Ken Lay and hefty bounties. snitches into go-to sources for feder- any penalties above $1 million. Mr. courages people to treat whistle- about the massive book-cookery Those incentives are having their al and state investigations concerning Nordgaard, who couldn’t be blowing like a lottery,” said Steven she’d uncovered, Enron demoted effect. Earlier this year, whistle- Wall Street wrongdoing. reached, no longer works on Wall Pearlman, co-head of the whistle- her and moved her from a posh of- blower information led New York First,the Dodd-Frank financial- Street, according to the records of blowing and retaliation group at fice on the 49th floor to one on the state Attorney General Eric reform law ordered federal securi- securities-industry regulators. Proskauer Rose. 16th, where the rough-edged furni- Schneiderman to file a lawsuit ties regulators to establish offices Although being a whistle- ture tore her clothes. And even against Barclays for allegedly de- dedicated to fielding whistle- Lucre for lawyers blower didn’t make Ms. Watkins though Timenamed her a “Person of frauding customers on stock trades. blower complaints. In the past three “People in financial services are rich, she said she’s grateful she the Year” in 2002, Ms. Watkins, a Whistle-blower complaints also years, the SEC has received about very highly compensated, and if you stepped forward. Many Enron col- certified public accountant, told the triggered an investigation into 8,000 tips. want them to report wrongdoing, leagues who didn’t ended up spend- students at Baruch that she has been BlackRock that led to the giant In addition, the state Legislature then there have to be rewards that ing nearly all their money on lawyers unable to find work at another cor- money manager agreeing to stop broadened New York’s whistle- make sense,” said Neil Getnick, a to protect themselves from criminal poration or university because big surveying analysts on what they blower statute, which previously New York lawyer who specializes in charges, she said, because their institutions don’t trust people with thought about particular stocks, was confined to public-safety or whistle-blower cases. names appeared on the transactions reputations as “troublemakers.” which could have given its employ- health care issues, to include finan- Lawyers collect anywhere from Enron used to manipulate its Now 55 and a mother of one, Ms. ees a leg up on markets. cial shenanigans. Those changes 33% to 40% of the money awarded results. Watkins supports her family by Last month,U.S.Attorney Gen- have made New York a hot spot for whistle-blowers, so, unsurprisingly, “The noisy person gets pushed working the lecture circuit. eral Eric Holder said whistle-blow- whistle-blowing activity, attorneys law firms across the city are hiring off the transaction,” she observed. Ⅲ

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Equinox SC Upper 350 Fifth Ave., Ste. 6900, NY, NY Notice of Qualification of Albaugh, LLC. York, NY 10010. Purpose: General. East Side, Inc. & S.C.N.Y. Café 10118. Purpose: any lawful activity. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State Management Inc. d/b/a Café 61 on 9/22/2014. Office location: NY PUBLIC & LEGAL Formation notice of the limited liablity NOTICE OF FORMATION OF D&W County. LLC formed in IA on 12/4/1991. company (LLC). Name: JBR CONSULTING NEIGHBORHOOD PRACTICE MANAGE- BROTHER HOLDING LLC. Arts of Org NY Sec. of State designated agent NOTICES GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization MENT ASSOCIATES LLC, a domestic filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) of LLC upon whom process against filed with the NY Secretary of State LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/30/14. 9/29/14. Office location: NEW YORK it may be served and shall mail NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ZJK (SSNY): August 22, 2014. Office: New Office location: New York County. County. SSNY designated agent upon process to: CT Corporation System, Ventures LLC. Arts of Org filed with York County. SSNY designated as SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process may be served and 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. IA and Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 3/28/14. agent of the LLC upon whom process whom process against the LLC may shall mail copy of process against principal business address: 1525 NE Office location: NEW YORK County. against it may be served. SSNY shall be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC to Principal business address: 36th St., Ankeny, IA 50021. Cert. of SSNY designated agent upon whom mail copy of process to 610 West End The LLC, 39 W. 14th St., Ste. 506, NY, 450 W. 17TH ST. UNIT 1908, NY NY Org. filed with IA Sec. of State, 321 process may be served and shall Avenue, Apartment 11B, New York, NY NY 10011. General Purposes. 10011. Purpose: any lawful act. E. 12th St., Des Moines, IA 50319. mail copy of process against LLC to 10024. Purpose: All lawful purposes. Purpose: all lawful purposes. principal business address: 205 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of Notice of Qualification of 697 Fifth/2 Third Ave 2N, NY NY 10003. Notice of Qualification of Coleman PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER OF East 55th Street Manager LLC. Notice of Qualification of 33-39 60th Purpose: any lawful act. Floor, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. FAIRFIELD, LLC. Authority filed with Authority filed with NY Dept. of State Street LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/7/2014. Office location: Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on on 10/2/14. Office location: NY County. of State on 8/21/14. Office location: Notice of Qual. of HighBrook Income NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 8020 6/13/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 210 Route 4 East, NY County. LLC formed in DE on Property Fund II GP, LLC, Auth. filed Arco Corporate Dr., Ste. 400, Raleigh, LLC formed in CT on 12/6/2013. NYS Paramus, NJ 07652. LLC formed in DE 8/18/14. NY Sec. of State designated Sec'y of State (SSNY) 2/26/14. Office NC 27617. LLC formed in DE on fictitious name: PLASTIC SURGERY on 9/30/14. NY Sec. of State designat- agent of LLC upon whom process loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 12/22/1966. NY Sec. of State desig- OF FAIRFIELD. SSNY designated ed agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail 1/8/14. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC nated agent of LLC upon whom as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Solil Management, upon whom process against it may process against it may be served and against it may be served. SSNY process to: c/o CT Corporation 640 5th Ave., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10019, be served. SSNY shall mail copy of shall mail process to: CT Corporation shall mail process to the LLC at addr. System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, principal business address. DE proc. to 680 Fifth Ave., 19th Fl., NY, System, 111 8th Ave., 13th Fl., NY, of its princ. office: 33 Miller Street, regd. agent upon whom process may address of LLC: c/o National NY 10019. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Fairfield, CT 06824. Arts. of Org. filed be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Corporate Research, Ltd., 615 S. Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. with CT Secy. of State, 30 Trinity Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of Street, Hartford, CT 06106. Purpose: Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE Medicine. The LLC is to be managed State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19903. Purp.: any lawful activities. 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. by one or more managers. 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Purpose: any lawful activity.

36 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD, CALL 1-800-444-6007 OR VISIT CRAINSNEWYORK.COM PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Qualification of PRIME Notice of Qualification of Ocean Light Notice of Qualification of Own Notice of Qualification of CityBridge, Notice of Qualification of Century Golf MACAYA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Productions, LLC. Authority filed with Development Company, LLC. LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State Management, LLC. Authority filed LP. Authority filed with Secy. of State Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY of NY (SSNY) on 10/16/14. Office with NY Dept. of State on 10/10/14. of NY (SSNY) on 09/17/14. Office 05/27/14. Office location: NY County. (SSNY) on 09/17/14. Office location: location: NY County. LLC formed in Office location: NY County. Princ. location: NY County. LP formed in LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on NY County. LLC formed in Delaware Delaware (DE) on 07/14/14. SSNY bus. addr.: 3 Lincoln Centre, 5430 Delaware (DE) on 09/10/14. Princ. 05/21/14. SSNY designated as agent (DE) on 09/09/14. SSNY designated designated as agent of LLC upon LBJ Fwy., Ste. 1400, Dallas, TX office of LP: 200 E. 72nd St., PHK, of LLC upon whom process against as agent of LLC upon whom process whom process against it may be 75240. LLC formed in DE on 6/24/14. NY, NY 10021. SSNY designated as it may be served. SSNY shall mail against it may be served. SSNY served. SSNY shall mail process to NY Sec. of State designated agent of agent of LP upon whom process process to: c/o Larry Wasserman, shall mail process to: 45 Main St., c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 LLC upon whom process against it against it may be served. SSNY shall 100 Universal City Pl., Bldg., 5121, Ste. 536, Brooklyn, NY 11201. State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. may be served and shall mail mail process to the Partnership at Universal City, CA 91608. Address Address to be maintained in DE: c/o DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville process to: c/o CT Corporation the princ. office of the LP. Name and to be maintained in DE: c/o 3500 S. Incorporating Services, Ltd., 3500 S. Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, addr. of each general partner are Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901. Arts Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901. Arts Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of regd. agent upon whom process may available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, The John G. Townsend Bldg., be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Purpose: any lawful activities. Purpose: any lawful activities. Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John LITTLE DIGITAL CO., LLC, a domestic 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - 62 EDGECOMBE AVE LLC. Art. of Org. Teres Enterprises LLC. Articles of LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/8/13. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: filed with the SSNY on 07/02/14. Office: Org. Filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) Office location: New York County. Any lawful activity. New York County. SSNY designated 2/27/12. Office in New York Co. SSNY is designated as agent upon Notice of Formation of PJ 207 LLC. as agent of the LLC upon whom SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against the LLC may Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of BLEU SKYE IDEAS LLC, a domestic process against it may be served. whom process may be served. SSNY be served. SSNY shall mail process NY (SSNY) on 09/15/14. Office loca- LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/16/14. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the shall mail copy of process to PO Box to The LLC, c/o Abigail Stock, 160 tion: NY County. SSNY designated Office location: New York County. LLC, 60 Paine Street, Lindenhurst, NY 4668, #63849, New York, NY 10163. Claremont Ave., Apt. 4I, NY, NY as agent of LLC upon whom process SSNY is designated as agent upon 11757. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 10027. General Purposes. against it may be served. SSNY shall whom process against the LLC may mail process to c/o Rosenberg & be served. SSNY shall mail process Notice of Formation of DR. KATHY 28 REALTY NY LLC, Arts of Org filed PISTOL HAUTE JEWELS, LLC, a Estis, P.C., Attn: Michael E. Lefkowitz to The LLC, 203 W. 90th St., 10C, DOOLEY, CHIROPRACTOR, PLLC. with SSNY on 09/29/14. Off Loc: New domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY Esq., 733 Third Ave., NY, NY 10017. NY, NY 10024. General Purposes. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/5/14. York County, SSNY designated as on 7/21/14. Office location: New York Purpose: Any lawful activity. Office location: New York County. agent of LLC upon whom process County. SSNY is designated as agent Notice of Formation of GRO DEV SSNY designated as agent of LLC against it may be served. SSNY shall upon whom process against the LLC COROSSOL FIKA TOWER LLC, Arts. Leasehold LLC, Art. of Org. filed whom process against may be served. mail a copy of process to: The LLC, may be served. SSNY shall mail of Org. filed with the SSNY on Sec'y of State (SSNY) 6/9/14. Office SSNY shall mail process to: C/O THE 52 East End Ave., #28A, New York, process to c/o United States 09/02/2014. Office loc: NY County. location: NY County. SSNY designated PLLC, 1410 Broadway, Concourse Lvl, NY 10028. Purpose: to engage in Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th SSNY has been designated as agent as agent of LLC upon whom process NY, NY 10018. Purpose: to engage any lawful act. Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. upon whom process against the LLC against it may be served. SSNY shall in the practice of Chiropractic. General Purposes. may be served. SSNY shall mail mail copy of process to Ari Bromberg Notice of Formation of MAISON HUGO process to: Lars Akerlund , 66 Pearl GRO Dev., 521 W. 26th St., NY, NY Name of LLC: Summers BK LLC. Arts. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of Notice of Formation of Green Pear St., NY, NY 10004. Reg. Agent: Lars 10001. Purpose: any lawful activities. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: State of NY (SSNY) on 10/06/14. Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Akerlund , 66 Pearl St., NY, NY 10004. 5/16/13. Office loc.: NY Co. Sec. of Office location: NY County. SSNY with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Qual. of VS 125 LLC, Auth. State designated agent of LLC upon designated as agent of LLC upon 8/21/14. Office location: NY County. filed Sec'y of State (SSNY) 6/13/14. whom process against it may be whom process against it may be SSNY designated as agent of LLC Notice of Formation of Tiger Retail Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in served and shall mail process to: c/o served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o upon whom process against it may East Coast, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed DE 5/6/14. SSNY desig. as agent of Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Deborah A. Nilson & Associates, PLLC, be served. SSNY shall mail process with NY Dept. of State on 10/10/14. LLC upon whom process against it Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. 10 E. 40th St., Ste. 3310, NY, NY to: 437 5th Ave., Ste. 801, NY, NY Office location: NY County. Sec. of may be served. SSNY shall mail upon whom process may be served. 10016. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 10016. Purpose: any lawful activity. State designated agent of LLC upon copy of proc. to SHVO, 724 Fifth Purpose: any lawful act. whom process against it may be Ave., NY, NY 10019. DE off. addr.: Notice of Formation of BLEE DESIGN, AZIMUTH MORNINGSIDE LLC, a served and shall mail process to: CT 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, RIDGEFIELD FAMILY PARTNERS LLC, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on file: Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on State of NY (SSNY) on 10/09/14. on 6/20/14. Office location: New York NY 10011. Purpose: all lawful purposes. SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 07/14/2014. Office loc: NY County. Office location: NY County. SSNY County. SSNY is designated as agent 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. SSNY has been designated as agent designated as agent of LLC upon upon whom process against the LLC JONATHAN CLEMENTS LLC, Arts. of upon whom process against the LLC whom process against it may be may be served. SSNY shall mail Org. filed with the SSNY on Notice of Formation of CASH may be served. SSNY shall mail served. SSNY shall mail process to process to Azimuth Development 10/03/2014. Office loc: NY County. Smartwatch, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed process to: Reed Werbitt, 540 Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Group LLC, 40 Fulton St., 12th Fl., SSNY has been designated as agent with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Madison Ave 18A, NY, NY 10022. Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: NY, NY 10038. General Purposes. upon whom process against the LLC 09/05/14. Office location: NY County. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Any lawful activity. may be served. SSNY shall mail SSNY designated as agent of LLC Notice of Formation of GPF NA, LLC. process to: Jonathan Clements, 380 upon whom process against it may Notice of formation of Kavita Sharma, Notice of Formation of BLOOMSTONE Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State Lenox Ave Apt 6G, NY, NY 10027. be served. SSNY shall mail process MD, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with of NY (SSNY) on 10/1/14. Office Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. to Nicole Lapin, PMB #207, 4201 Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on location: NY County. SSNY designated Neshaminy Blvd., Bensalem, PA 8/4/14. Office location: NY County. 10/08/14. Office location: NY County. as agent of LLC upon whom process Notice of Formation of CSA Realty 19020. Purpose: Any lawful activity. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon against it may be served. SSNY shall Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed upon whom process against it may be whom process against it may be served. mail process to: c/o Cooley LLP, 1114 with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MS W50, served. SSNY shall mail process to SSNY shall mail process to c/o Ingram Avenue of the Americas, 46th Fl., NY, 9/18/14. Office location: NY County. LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of 385 South End Ave, Apt 3D, NY, NY Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti LLP, NY 10036, Attn: Shira Nadich Levin, SSNY designated as agent of LLC State of NY (SSNY)1/4/13. Office 10280. Purpose: practice profession 250 Park Ave., 6th Fl., NY, NY 10177. Esq. Purpose: any lawful activity. upon whom process against it may be location: NY County. SSNY designated of medicine. Purpose: Any lawful activity. served. SSNY shall mail process to: agent upon whom process may be RUBBLE KINGS, LLC, Arts. of Org. The LLC, 119 Fifth Ave., Ste. 701, NY, served and shall mail copy of BEE LIQUORS, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Notice: LVSS Inc (#1281590) has filed with the SSNY on 01/25/2013. NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity. process against LLC to: Corp Service with the SSNY on 05/26/05. Latest applied for an on premises Office loc: NY County. SSNY has Company, 80 State St, Albany, NY date to dissolve: 12/31/2104. Office: consumption beer & wine license been designated as agent upon whom Noble Sensors, LLC. Arts. of Org. 12207. Principal business address: New York County. SSNY designated as and also (pending) liquor license at process against the LLC may be filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 56 W. 22nd St, 2nd Flr, NY NY agent of the LLC upon whom process retail in a restaurant under ABC Law served. SSNY shall mail process to: on 08/27/14. Off. loc.: NY Co. SSNY 10010. Purpose: any lawful act. against it may be served. SSNY shall at 483 Columbus Ave, NY, NY 10024. 609 Greenwich St. 8th Fl, NY, NY des. as agent of LLC upon whom mail copy of process to the LLC, 225 10014. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. process may be served. SSNY shall Notice of Formation of Greenberg & Avenue B, New York, NY 10009. Notice of VODKACLEANSE, LLC. Arts. mail process to c/o Robinson Brog, et Kaplan, LLP. Arts of Org filed with Purpose: Any lawful purpose. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of 6FOUR3 PRODUCTIONS, LLC, Arts. al., Attn: Marshall J. Gluck, 875 3rd the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) NY (SSNY) on 9/22/2014 under the of Org. filed with the SSNY on Ave., 9th Fl., New York, NY 10022. 7/23/14. Office location: New York Notice of Formation of White Crest name VodkaCleanse 2 LLC. Office 06/25/2014. Office loc: NY County. Purpose: General. County. SSNY designated agent Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed location, County of New York. SSNY SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on has been designated as agent of the upon whom process against the LLC ROYAL 202, L.L.C., Articles of and shall mail copy of process 9/4/14. Office location: NY County. LLC upon whom process against it may may be served. SSNY shall mail Organization filed NY Sec of State against LLP to principal business SSNY designated as agent of LLC be served. SSNY shall mail process process to: Chad Lewis, 401 E. 74th (SSNY) 07/17/2014. Office in NEW address: 380 Lexington Avenue, 17th upon whom process against it may to: The LLC, 459 W. 21st St., NY NY St., Apt. 8M, NY, NY 10021. Purpose: YORK County. SSNY design. agent floor, New York, New York 10168-1700. be served. SSNY shall mail process 10011. Purpose: any lawful act. Any Lawful Purpose. of LLC upon whom process may be Purpose: any lawful act. to: Davis & Gilbert LLP, 1740 served. SSNY shall mail copy of Broadway, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Notice of Qualification of ARC Notice of Qualification of DMR Holding process to c/o ROYAL 202, L.L.C., Qualification of Blackstone Property any lawful activity. Hospitality Portfolio I HIL TRS, LLC. Group LLC. Authority filed with Secy. 196 CANAL ST, 6TH FL, NEW YORK, Partners F.1 L.P. Authority filed with Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/30/14. NY 10013. the Sect of State of NY (SSNY) on Notice of Qual. of Raven Asset-Based (SSNY) on 09/25/14. Office location: Office location: NY County. LLC 9/4/14. Office Loc: NY County. LP Opportunity Fund II LP, Auth. filed NY County. LLC formed in Delaware formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/26/14. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED formed in DE on 6/30/14. SSNY has Sec'y of State (SSNY) 4/2/14. Office (DE) on 09/11/14. Princ. office of SSNY designated as agent of LLC LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: been designated as agent of LP loc.: NY County. LP org. in DE 4/1/14. LLC: 106 York Rd., Jenkintown, PA upon whom process against it may be PRESTIGE IRON WORKS, LLC. upon whom process against it may SSNY desig. as agent of LP upon 19046. SSNY designated as agent of served. SSNY shall mail process to: Articles of Organization were filed with be served and shall mail process to: whom process against it may be LLC upon whom process against it may National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 the Secretary of State of New York 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 210, served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. be served. SSNY shall mail process Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, also the (SSNY) on 01/17/14. Office location: Wilmington, 19809. DE address of to Att: Joshua Green, 110 Greene St., to c/o CSC, 80 State St., Albany, NY registered agent. Address to be New York County. SSNY has been LP: 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 210, NY, NY 10012. DE off. addr.: CSC, 12207. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 maintained in DE: National Registered designated as agent of the LLC upon Wilmington, 19809. 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October 27, 2014 | Crain’s New York Business | 37 IN THE BOROUGHS BRONX BRAIN POWER: At Madaha Kinsey-Lamb’s Mind-Builders arts center, there’s a waiting list of 20 Arts center provides social glue kids for each class. Continued from Page 3 community.” helps each other.” “They want their kids to be engaged With its staff of 39 and an annual That atmosphere is even bridging in music, arts and theater, and budget of $1 million, Mind-Builders the gap with other Bronx communi- Mind-Builders affords the parents stands a long way from where the ties. During its recent renovation, that opportunity.” former public-elementary-school Mind-Builders found an interim What it provides is a needed dol- teacher started, in a small space she home a half-mile to the west at St. lop of glue that helps hold the com- rented in the basement of a church for Brendan’s School in Norwood, a pre- munity together.In fact,the school’s $50 a month. After outgrowing two dominantly Latino area. To accom- reputation has more spaces, Ms. Kinsey-Lamb modate a number of new students grown to the moved Mind-Builders into its cur- from Norwood in Williamsbridge’s $10M point that some rent home,a decaying former munic- primarily Caribbean base, Ms. AMOUNT SPENT of its students ipal building, in 1987. Even after ex- Kinsey-Lamb added more bilingual to renovate Mind- now journey tensive renovations, only half of the instructors to her team of 35 teachers. pasquarelli adrianne Builders’ arts from as far away building’s four floors were usable. center as Brooklyn, A slew of grants from organiza- Expansion plans borhood center for children and She’s also planning to put out a New Jersey and tions such as the Pinkerton Founda- “It’s a joining of two communi- adults alike.To that end,she’s apply- request for proposals to the city’s Westchester. tion and the state and city govern- ties that were very separate and dis- ing for grants to expand the yard and Department of Youth and Commu- NUMBER600 That is all the ments funded the recent overhaul.It tinct before,” she said. add an outdoor performance space nity Development to host game and of students more remarkable created individual music studios, a But there’s still work to be done. for neighborhood events.As it is,she open-mike nights. given the performance area that can accom- Ms. Kinsey-Lamb eventually hopes hosts about 30 performances a year, “It stays exciting,” she said. school’s location modate up to 100 spectators and to make Mind-Builders a full neigh- a number she’d like to see grow. “There are so many possibilities.” Ⅲ YEAR1978 FOUNDED in a tough other customized spaces on all four neighborhood, floors. one that so far Despite its myriad classes,Mind- the Hutchinson River, also helps. this year has seen 15 homicides. Builders still has a waiting list of 20 FROM One true believer is Bruce Bozzi,co- “This is an arts organization oper- kids for each. Ms. Kinsey-Lamb AROUND owner of the Palm Restaurant ating in a residential community— noted that she never turns anyone Group, who graduated from the what could be better?” said Lisa away for financial reasons. Those THE CITY school in 1957.“The school not only Robb, executive director of the New who cannot afford to pay in cash can gave me an education,it gave me di- York State Council on the Arts, a pay their way by volunteering. BRONX rections on how I should look at my longtime Mind-Builders funder.“It’s Sheila Boyce, a 67-year-old life,” he said. all about [combining] visitors, family grandmother who has lived five Catholic HS defies An effort to incorporate religion and community.” blocks away for more than three into the school’s curriculum and

daunting odds cordero valentina On a typical weekday after school decades, works in the basement- VALUE SYSTEM: Monsignor Scanlan High into various community-service in Mind-Builders’ like-new 15,000- level café from 9 a.m.to 6 p.m.every Many Catholic schools have closed in School offers an education with direction. projects also helps. “Catholic square-foot center, teens study com- Saturday so that her three grand- New York City in recent years. Mon- schools are known for having a val- munity folk culture,while adolescents children can attend classes. Ms. signor Scanlan High School in the ue system and being able to have a perfect their ballet pliés and pre- Boyce first started taking her South Bronx, which turned 65 this down, we are able to provide a great discipline level that works well,”said schoolers tune their Suzuki violins. daughter there in the 1980s as a way year, stands as the robust exception. education,” she said, arguing that Ms. Gennarelli. of keeping her off the street. It has Its resilience comes despite a long run the average public school spends a The school was founded by the Lessons in life now become a family tradition. of hikes in tuition that have brought lot more money per student than man for whom it is named in 1949, “If a young person wants to be- “In the winter,there’s nothing for annual fees to a hefty $6,600 per Monsignor Scanlan does, with the when it took over what had been the come a professional artist, we have them to do but sit on a computer or pupil. Nonetheless, Karen Gennarel- bill shouldered by the taxpayer. St. Helena Elementary School. It that level of guidance for them,”said text on a phone, and they’re not get- li, director of development for the The fact that there are a lot few- was initially divided into two Ms. Kinsey-Lamb. “But whatever ting the exercise they need or the school, argues that the key to its suc- er Catholic schools for parents to schools by gender, with classes they go into, they will have gotten contact with people,” she said. “I cess is that the school offers parents so pick from these days,and that Mon- taught by clergy. Today, most class- something here that’s important for love Mind-Builders—it’s like a much bang for their tuition bucks. signor Scanlan occupies a hand- es are taught by lay teachers. a fulfilling life that helps to build family atmosphere where everybody “Because we keep our expenses some 13-acre campus overlooking —valentina cordero

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38 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 FreshDirect feels the squeeze Ebola lands in NY

Continued from Page 1 FreshDirect’s place atop the city’s For FreshDirect, time is of the Continued from Page 3 Fairway and Whole Foods. online food chain. Google signed a essence. The company plans to System has spent $2 million on per- FreshDirect said it is not worried deal in June with Fairway to offer complete its move to its 500,000- sonal protective equipment and mil- about an onslaught from competi- same-day delivery, Whole Foods square-foot South Bronx facility in lions more in incremental labor costs tors in an industry where margins has teamed up with Instacart to do 2016. If its market share dips and it related to training and readiness that average less than 3% leave little the same, and even the U.S. Postal runs into trouble, it is unlikely to drills for its employees.An addition- room for error. Service has completed a pilot pro- find a helping hand in Mayor Bill de al $15 million is slated for building a “In a $700 billion industry, gram with Amazon to see if grocery Blasio, who said on the campaign contamination unit in the New York there’s plenty of space for a lot of dif- delivery is the silver bullet to save trail last year that “we have to take area to care for patients with Ebola ferent people to play,” said Fresh- the agency’s wounded bottom line. subsidies away from big companies and other infectious diseases. Direct CEO Jason Ackerman. like FreshDirect.” “Our finance people are imple- “FreshDirect is doing spectacularly, menting steps to track all these costs, and we continue to see strong Dominate New York in anticipation that possibly, hope- growth in this environment.” Amazon faces its own pressure to fully, there will be some grant fund- FreshDirect’s tax breaks were an turn a profit amid years of investing in ing to reimburse some of them,”said facebook acknowledgement that labor- and its expansion. Investors briefly sent a North Shore-LIJ spokesman. / capital-intensive New York startups getty images Amazon shares to their lowest level To track costs incurred for prepa- cannot easily grow here without since June 2013, after the company ration and treatment, the Greater help. The company had threatened posted a wider-than-expected third- New York Hospital Association is craig spencer craig to decamp to New Jersey for a re- ‘Each new quarter loss, despite a 20% jump in surveying the eight hospitals—in- DR. SPENCER helped treat Ebola patients in ported $100 million in subsidies. revenue. Still, Mr. Flickinger likened cluding Bellevue—designated by West Africa. Amazon, meanwhile, is setting preparing for Amazon Fresh’s arrival the state to treat Ebola patients.Ex- up shop in the Garden State, prov- competitor to “fighting one of the greatest mili- penses include capital improve- ing that warehouse and logistics tary machines ever created.” ments, buying personal protective The city may pay for decontam- companies with billions of dollars to will steal part That machine is intent on ex- equipment and related supplies,and ination as a public health measure, burn can move more easily into New panding its foothold in New York staff training for crews that can he ventured. York from outside it.With an undis- of the pie’ and cementing customers for its pre- number 100 per Ebola patient. The cost to businesses exposed to closed portion of its $74 billion in mium delivery service, Amazon The hospital association rallied the virus can be high.Cleanup of the 2013 revenue, the Seattle-based Prime. In time for the holidays, politicians after Sandy to pursue fed- Gutter, the Williamsburg bowling e-commerce company has leased Amazon will make Manhattan the eral funding for hard-hit hospitals, alley where Dr. Spencer spent time Pathmark’s former distribution cen- site of its first retail store and expand and, as a result, the Federal Emer- before his hospitalization,could run ter in Woodbridge Township, across Complicating matters is a collec- Amazon Locker, a delivery solution gency Management Agency has into the hundreds of thousands of the Arthur Kill from Staten Island. tion of startups that are going after for New Yorkers without doormen. paid out more than $1 billion to cov- dollars because of the intricacy in- FreshDirect’s prepared-food arm. “Amazon Prime’s core value er rebuilding costs for local facilities. volved. The Gutter did not return Attack from New Jersey “I would be very worried if I were proposition is about immediacy,” Once GNYHA has its Ebola calls for comment. The 562,000-square-foot cam- FreshDirect,” said Sucharita Mul- said Nicole Santosuosso, an analyst survey results, the trade group will Without a record of what bowling pus has 111 exterior loading docks, a puru, an online retail analyst with at Kantar Retail. “Amazon Fresh “share it with our partners at the balls or equipment Dr. Spencer used, 125-foot truck court and parking for Forrester Research. “Each new will [solidify] the Prime brand as a state and city, as well as the federal cleanup would have to include clean- about 220 trailers. Amazon is retro- competitor will steal part of the pie. lifestyle delivery service in the coun- government, to try and make sure ing every single item, seat and ma- fitting the space to serve as the logis- That’s a real problem.” try’s biggest market.” that we can get reimbursement for chine,said Rick Pulyer,vice president tics center for its attack on the New Although the online grocery- FreshDirect’s response has been this,” said a spokesman. “We’ve al- of four-year-old Qualified Spill York market, doing in one deal what delivery sector is expected to expand to find new revenue. It struck a deal ready had discussions with the Response, a South Plainfield, N.J.- FreshDirect has been trying for years to $21 billion in 2016—up more in August with website Foodily to [New York] congressional delega- based hazardous-material decontam- to achieve. At peak capacity, the fa- than 50% from 2013, according to create Popcart, a service that hopes tion in Washington, which showed ination firm that serves the city. cility could move $10 billion worth of Forrester Research—it represents to compete with startups like Blue interest in getting funding to the goods, compared with just under only a fraction of the $700 billion Apron and Plated,two early entrants hospitals that are responding to the ‘A lot of variables’ $1 billion for FreshDirect’s South U.S. grocery business. New York, in the business of delivering ready- potential Ebola crisis.” “There’s a lot of variables on an Bronx warehouse, said supermarket where the cost of doing business is to-be-cooked meal ingredients. Bellevue Hospital is part of the Ebola cleanup, more so than on a consultant Burt Flickinger. significantly higher, may not be able “We are, and were, the pioneers New York City Health and Hospi- dangerous poison cleanup, just be- “[The Woodbridge facility] is an to accommodate many players. in this space,” Mr. Ackerman said. tals Corp., which is projecting a cause the whole Ebola thing is such enormous space that is ready for se- “It’s bad enough to be in low- “This space is still in its very early $200 million budget gap. an unknown,” said Mr. Pulyer. rious wholesale distribution,” Mr. margin businesses and be chal- stages, and we’re excited to see how Who pays for what promises to be Hazmat crews also would need Flickinger said. “It is one of the lenged by aggressive competitors,” it grows.” Ⅲ a complex matter. Dr. Spencer’s additional money to cover the risks finest facilities ever built in the tri- said Ms. Mulpuru. “But in the sec- apartment building—guarded by po- to their employees. Following an state area.” tor FreshDirect is in, and in New LISTEN to a discussion at lice officers, another expense to New Ebola cleanup job, companies could Amazon is not alone in coveting York, it’s an even worse position.” CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts York City—had to be professionally also experience a loss of business cleaned. Will taxpayers, Dr. Spencer from other potential clients. or an insurance policy pay the cost? Even so, Qualified Spill and its competitors have ramped up opera- Who pays the tab? tions for several months in prepara- Nets court loyal customers “I’m not aware of a policy that tion for a local outbreak. Mr. Pulyer would pick up the tab for decontam- conducted training sessions with ination,”said Robert Hartwig,pres- the firm’s 45 employees and tripled tion from bigger and better HDTV it can see what resold tickets go for, ident of the Insurance Information his decontamination supply inven- Brooklyn’s NBA sets, the team is sweetening the according to Fred Mangione, chief Institute in Manhattan. tory of chemical-protection suits, team will cover package: This time, the All Access operating officer of the Brooklyn Few New Yorkers carry renter’s heated showers and pop-up tents. tickets will come with “loyalty in- Nets and Barclays Center. coverage.And exclusions to the pol- “We’ve ordered additional sup- losses on resold tix surance.” He declined to comment on icy would apply in general. Most plies for the simple fact that any- Starting with the 2015-2016 whether the Nets would get a piece policies cover fire, smoke or water thing that comes near potential BY MATTHEW FLAMM season, the Nets will cover up to of the Ticketmaster resales. damage. “We’re not talking about Ebola we aren’t going to use again,” 15% of the total season-ticket pur- The perks come as Barclays Cen- that here,” said Mr. Hartwig. As for he said. Ⅲ As the Brooklyn Nets get ready to chase price for those tickets that the ter’s developer and principal owner, the building’s owner, most property begin their third season in their At- holder resells. A fan who spends Forest City Ratner, has put part of policies “respond to general risks Additional reporting by Irina Ivanova, lantic Avenue home, the team is $5,940 for the $135-per-seat pack- its 55% stake in the arena up for sale. and not to communicable diseases” Jonathan LaMantia, Adrianne Pasquarelli preparing for another kind of debut: age of 44 home games will be cov- Barclays Center generated $30 contracted in a foreign country. and Lisa Fickenscher renewals on all 4,400 All Access sea- ered for losses on resold tickets up million in operating profit in its first son tickets for the first time since the to $891 at the end of the season. A full year of operation—much lower arena opened two years ago. spokesman for the Nets said the in- than the $76 million Forest City CORRECTIONS The prices will range from $135 surance was a first for season tickets had projected, according to docu- QoL is completing a $1.4 million round of funding from angels and strategic investors. The time period per seat up to $1,450,and will be,on in any sport. ments. In the first six months of of the funding round was misstated in the Oct. 20 “Gadget gurus proliferate in New York’s tech scene.” average, 14% higher than they were The only caveat is that the tick- 2014,net operating income came to Information about, and tickets for, the Funnybizz Conference are available at funnybizz.co. The website when fans were first offered the ets must be resold via an authorized $21.2 million. address was given incorrectly in the Oct. 20 Out & About. deluxe, three-season package be- Ticketmaster site—not on Stub- Mr. Mangione said the ticket- Mark Solasz is vice president and co-owner of meat wholesaler Master Purveyors. His surname was fore the arena opened. But as Bar- Hub, for instance. The Nets’ part- holder sweeteners were unrelated to misspelled in the Oct. 13 Helluva Town. clays Center looks to boost profits, nership with Ticketmaster gives the finances of the team or the are- Lauren Muss joined Douglas Elliman Real Estate as a licensed real estate broker. Her employer was and as sports arenas face competi- the team access to customer data so na, which have different owners. Ⅲ misstated in the Oct. 13 Executive Moves.

October 27, 2014 | Crain’s New York Business | 39 premier event. Last year, a record 50,266 runners participated in the Marathon embraces the city that scorned it marathon, which drew 47,340 in 2011,the year before it was canceled. Continued from Page 3 prediction software available at the NYRR has also regained its fi- streets and to celebrate the city,”said Jacob K. Javits Convention Center nancial footing, Ms. Wittenberg Mary Wittenberg,chief executive of during the pre-race expo from Oct. said, after absorbing a $4 million NYRR. 30 to Nov. 1. The software, with al- loss as a result of the Sandy cancel- With the TCS New York City gorithms developed by TCS, will lation, including refunds given to Marathon taking place on Nov. 2, NEW YORK ROAD help runners improve their times by runners and sponsors. NYRR did the new partners are eager to show RUNNERS CEO MARY using data about their training runs not have insurance to cover refunds, that Sandy is in the rearview mir- WITTENBERG said as well as the topography of the New so it offered runners the option to ror—though not forgotten—and Superstorm Sandy York City course to adjust their reserve their place in a future race that what defines the race now is its inspired her to include the paces for inclines and other nuances. through next year. About 15,000 high-tech features. Statue of Liberty in a new Eventually, Mr. Lenzen predict- runners opted to run again. logo for the marathon. This week, the partners will un- ed, such data will be tracked via “We now have a refund policy, veil the first of these initiatives. wearable technology, like clothing and we have a lot of insurance,” Ms. Among them are four digital clocks that can measure temperatures or Wittenberg said. “The good thing at a souped-up finish line that will devices worn on shoes that track a that came out of Sandy is that it was track the running times of the four runner’s strides. clarifying for us.” waves of runners, an upgrade from a “We are a company that can take NYRR also changed its logo to clock that simply tracked the first ap images such data and make sense of it,” he include an image of the Statue of wave’s finish times. added. Liberty. The photographs taken of “We hope to have the most tech- million pieces of data NYRR col- ing for TCS. “We have a dedicated runners at the finish line now feature nologically advanced marathon in lects on marathon runners as well as technical team,” assigned to upgrade Refund policy the backdrop of the midtown sky- the world,” Ms. Wittenberg said. the information it has on school-age NYRR’s use of data and technology. The technology firm, which has line and images of Central Park. children who participate in numer- Among the changes runners may been an NYRR partner since 2010, “That may seem small,” Ms. TCS brings the tech ous NYRR programs. notice this year are Jumbotron screens also developed a mobile app for the Wittenberg said,“but to us it’s big in Since January,a group of about 20 “NYRR is collecting everything along the route that will keep track of marathon that had 175,000 down- terms of what the race is all about, TCS staffers, including some who from demographic information to who is winning the professional race. loads last year. which is the city.” Ⅲ work out of NYRR’s offices on West run times,but they haven’t done any- The screens will also display social- Although Sandy bruised the run- 56th Street, have been developing thing meaningful with the data,”said media and sponsor messages. ning club’s image for a time, it did LISTEN to a discussion at programs to better integrate the 1.6 John Lenzen,global head of market- There will also be race- not siphon away interest from its CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts

For months, Mr. Ickes’ firm has specifically pushed for the introduc- Mayor’s old pal wins new clients been lobbying the administration to tion of a City Council bill pertain- limit the damage to the beverage in- ing to “bus companies contracting,” dustry, meeting this past summer, according to disclosures filed with Continued from Page 1 ships we have with people with the ton White House as a deputy chief of for instance, with Lilliam Barrios- the city clerk’s office. Blasio’s election last November—a work we have to do,”the mayor said. staff—earning the moniker “Bill Paoli, deputy mayor for health and In the end, the de Blasio admin- victory aided by Mr.Ickes—the lob- As in most businesses, however, Clinton’s garbage man” from author human services. istration pushed through a bill in byist has found new business oppor- personal connections can help. Mr. Michael Lewis for his damage- August to grant $42 million in tax- tunities in the Big Apple. Ickes is among the 11 registered lob- control efforts in various scandals. Wooing mayor for union client payer funds to private bus workers. Soon after vetting administration byists who have scored meetings After leaving the Clinton ad- A spokesman for the American The union didn’t return a phone call hires as a member of Mr. de Blasio’s since January with Mr. de Blasio, ac- ministration under a cloud of cam- Beverage Association recently told seeking more information about transition team, Mr. Ickes opened a cording to an online list maintained paign-finance issues, Mr. Ickes The Wall Street Journal that the talks Mr. Ickes’ role. New York branch of his lobbying by the mayor’s office.Two others also opened a lobbying shop with his for- had been “cordial and positive,” un- Mr. Ickes’ next task is even more firm,the Ickes & Enright Group.He are professional lobbyists who were mer White House assistant Janice like the industry’s dealings with the daunting. JPMorgan Chase, which and his employees have since lobbied early supporters of the de Blasio cam- Enright. It wasn’t long before major Bloomberg administration. Mr. de Blasio said last week would a dozen de Blasio administration of- paign:Mr.Davidoff and Ethan Geto. labor and corporate clients came Mr. Ickes also separately lobbied not get a $1 billion tax-incentive ficials for a rapidly growing number Mr. Davidoff confirmed an calling. this year for Meyer Suozzi English & package it reportedly requested to of clients. Mr. Ickes also separately uptick in business since Mr. de Bla- Lightning struck again with the Klein, the labor-connected law firm build a new headquarters on the pushed legislation that led to the bus mayoral election. Mr. Ickes had been where he has long worked. Its client West Side, is his client. Still, the drivers’ $42 million windfall. a longtime mentor to Mr. de Blasio, was Amalgamated Transit Union mayor left open the possibility of In recent months,the Ickes & En- Lobbyist rings having recommended him to man- Local 1181. The private-sector some city aid to the bank, saying, right Group has signed a number of age Hillary Clinton’s 2000 campaign union represents bus drivers whose “[If ] we can find appropriate ways clients seeking to influence local gov- up big business for the U.S.Senate.He held multiple pay had fallen when the Bloomberg to be helpful,we certainly will.” The ernment, such as the American Bev- fundraisers for Mr. de Blasio’s may- administration put up city school- company declined to comment. erage Association, JPMorgan Chase, since hanging oral bid and served as a key adviser. bus contracts for competitive bids. It remains to be seen whether MasterCard, North Shore-LIJ Mr. Ickes, who did not return re- Beginning this spring and contin- that was a setback for Mr. Ickes or Health System, entertainment com- up shingle here quests for comment, told the Daily uing throughout the year, Mr. Ickes’ the first act in a script that ends with pany AEG Live, office supplier News a year ago that he was sharing firm has lobbied not only the mayor a deal that helps his client and is also Canon Solutions America and “some ideas and thoughts about himself on behalf of the union, but a win for his friend the mayor, who prekindergarten advocacy group Los people [Mr.de Blasio] ought to con- also three members of his inner cir- had campaigned against corporate Angeles Universal Preschool. sider” hiring for his administration. cle: First Deputy Mayor Anthony subsidies. JPMorgan, which in At the same time, the 75-year- sio’s inauguration, but attributed Upon opening the New York Shorris, Director of Labor Relations mid-September began paying Mr. old Mr. Ickes remains a key de Bla- that largely to increased demand for branch of his lobbying firm this past Robert Linn and Director of Inter- Ickes’ firm $15,000 a month to lob- sio political adviser. Both men land-use lobbying—not just his spring, Mr. Ickes hired Kevin Mc- governmental Affairs Emma Wolfe. by Mr. de Blasio, is betting on the worked for David Dinkins’ 1989 friendliness with the new regime. Cabe, a veteran of local politics who During the summer, Mr. Ickes latter scenario. Ⅲ mayoral campaign, and drew closer Mr. Geto, meanwhile, stressed was a top aide to former City Coun- when they worked for the Clintons. that de Blasio administration deci- cil Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. sions were being made on the mer- The firm scored a success in Sep- A “dear friend” its, and that the personal relation- tember, when Mr. de Blasio an- CRAIN’S 40 UNDER 40 “He knows the [de Blasio] ad- ships only went so far. nounced a $28 million grant to im- ministration well, so it makes sense “The break you get is that maybe prove storm resiliency at Staten NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN he would look to expand his busi- they listen to you a little bit more Island University Hospital, an affil- CRAIN’S IS SEEKING NEW YORK’S BEST AND BRIGHTEST executives and ness,” said Sid Davidoff, a veteran carefully,”Mr. Geto said of his close iate of North Shore-LIJ. Mr. Ickes’ entrepreneurs for our annual 40 Under 40 list. Please go to lobbyist who is also considered tight ties at City Hall. firm lobbied several City Hall offi- crainsnewyork.com/40under40/nominate to submit your candidate today. with the mayor. Although Mr. Davidoff and Mr. cials for the money. We look for overachievers from all Questioned about their ties at a Geto are longtime players in the city’s One of the firm’s better-paying industries who have made a press conference last week, Mr. de lobbying scene, the Washington- new clients,at $10,000 a month,is the significant contribution to their Blasio called Mr. Ickes a “dear based Mr.Ickes’rapid signing of New American Beverage Association, the company or organization. The friend,” but insisted that their rela- York clients is new. Before this year, soda-industry group that fought ex- deadline for entries is Dec. 5, tionship would not affect policy de- Mr. Ickes had not lobbied city offi- Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s at- 2014. Candidates must work in the cisions.“We all separate in our lives, cials for the better part of a decade,ac- tempts to restrict sales of large,sugary all the time, the personal relation- cording to disclosure filings. drinks. The so-called soda ban was five boroughs of New York City and Mr. Ickes, the son of a prominent stopped in court, but Mr. de Blasio’s be no older than 39 on the LISTEN to a discussion at member of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration is now looking for publication date, March 30, 2015. CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts administration,ended up in the Clin- other ways to cut soda consumption.

40 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 HELLUVA TOWN INSIDE Source Lunch Grand Central’s owner takes on SL Green PAGE 42 Out and About NY Comedy Fest brings

frances f. denny the laughs PAGE 43 Work-free work clothes

Working women like shopping for clothes online, but they just may be too busy to do it. That’s the premise behind a new delivery service from women’s clothier MM.LaFleur. In mid-October, the two-year-old e-commerce brand launched MM Bento, which sends “bento” boxes of apparel and accessories to shoppers. Consumers sign up, fill out a profile survey and promptly receive a box with four to six pieces—say, dresses and blazers— topped with add-ons such as jewelry or a belt. “We thought that if we provided good clothes, then that’s all she would need, but she needs more than that,” MM.LaFleur co-founder Sarah LaFleur said of her typical customer. “She’s so busy, she doesn’t want to spend time thinking about what she should buy for work.” Shipping is free both ways, and consumers can keep what they like and return the rest. Prices for the collection, designed for professional women ages 25 to PASSING THE 45 and made in the garment BARRE: Becca district, run from $60 to $360. McCarthy’s Ms. LaFleur said many Williamsburg studio women, in addition to leading combines workouts hectic lives filled with work and with community children, have decision paralysis partnerships. when it comes to making a purchase. “Let us worry about what’ll look good on you,” she said. “We’ll try to pick the best outfit for you.” —adrianne pasquarelli Ballet bubbly

The New York City Ballet recently opened a Champagne bar, in a partnership with France’s Ruinart Champagne, to celebrate its 50th anniversary at the David H. Koch Dancing the calories away Theater (formerly the New York State Theater).The permanent fixture in the theater’s lobby is a Workouts with ballet barres, poles and Bollywood steps first for the ballet, whose holiday performances of George are attracting NYers who like to be social when they sweat Balanchine’s Nutcracker run through Jan. 4. Its winter season goes from Jan. 20 through March 1. buck ennis NYCB Executive Director Katherine Brown is excited about the joint venture. “We share a lot of GOOD FIT the same values, aspirations and BY ADRIANNE PASQUARELLI goals [with Ruinart],” she said. “There is a great synergy in what olleen Bohen is always on the lookout for the latest and greatest in fitness each company is attempting to do.” routines. Lately, the 30-year-old magazine editor has been mixing up her $1 Though Ruinart has a history AMOUNT FROM EVERY of sponsoring the visual arts, this workouts with dance. Mondays might find her warming up to a Michael CLASS FEE that the was something new. “This is the Jackson song at Broadway Bodies’ Chelsea studio, while on Tuesdays she Movement studio first time Ruinart is supporting sometimes participates in Glee nights there. Not long ago, Ms. Bohen tried donates to the National the performing arts,” U.S. Brand Brain Tumor Society Director Nicolas Ricroque said. Doonya, a Bollywood-inspired dance workout and studio in the Flatiron “We strive for beauty and elegance.” —jessica kramer district. ¶ “It’s a lot easier to be social in these types of classes—you’re not locked onto a machine,” she explained, noting that she often goes with friends after a day at the office. “It’s still a really good workout, and you burn a ton of calories.” ¶ Though CrossFit and SoulCycle remain the rage, some New Yorkers would rather dance the 52.9M Ccalories away at the dozens of boutique studios popping up around town offering workouts that NUMBER OF MEMBERS at U.S. health clubs in are a little less intense.The new breed often incorporates aspects of dance like ballet barres or 2013, up 5.3% over poles into their regimen for a more social feel. Some even donate a portion See DANCING on Page 42 2012 scott rudd

October 27, 2014 | Crain’s New York Business | 41 SOURCE LUNCH: Interview by Andrew J. Hawkins ANDREW PENSON Grand Central’s owner rails against East Side tower plan

INDIAN SUMMER: ne of the hundreds of wrong with that? to a wealthy real estate developer. A Bollywood workout at thousands of people I just want to point out there’s no On the other hand, they’re expos- Doonya Fitness Center who stream through obligation under the Vanderbilt ing themselves to risk [of a lawsuit] Grand Central Ter- corridor exchange [adjacent to from us. It’s a double whammy. minal every day also Grand Central] for them to spend Ohappens to own the storied transit a penny.They’re quick to point out What responsibilities do you have as hub: Andrew Penson, a real estate that they’re responsible for any cost owner of Grand Central, a national and Dancing away city landmark? investor who runs Midtown Track- overruns, but the corollary is true. age Ventures, which bought the If it’s not [$210 mil- Frankly,I wish we had more. Continued from Page 25 ture, according to co-founder Priya terminal in 2006 for $80 million. lion], it’s half of that WHERE The truth is, the building is of their proceeds to charity. Pandya. After two years of teaching Mr. Penson normally shuns the or a quarter of that; THEY entirely leased to the MTA. The fitness industry continues to online through YouTube and in vari- spotlight, but his dispute with the then they get the ben- They run it.We have a moral bulk up as Americans focus on health ous studios, Doonya opened a 2,500- city over the price of air rights in the efit of that, too. But DINED and civic obligation to con- and wellness. The number of mem- square-foot studio this past summer forthcoming midtown east rezon- what’s important is RAFFAELLO tribute,once we start dispos- bers at U.S. health clubs hit a record- in the Flatiron district, where it hosts ing plan has forced him out of the none of the work that 37 W. 46th St. ing of our air rights, to the breaking 52.9 million in 2013, up 30 classes each week. A second out- shadows. In September, he made they’re undertaking is (212) 575-6550 maintenance and upkeep of raffaello 5.3% over 2012, according to the In- post is in the works, in Houston. an offer to pay $400 million for the work that lends itself kosherpizza.com the terminal. In fact, it’s ternational Health, Racquet and “In a city like New York, people site of SL Green’s planned 1 Van- to cost overruns. It’s more than that:We have a le- Sportsclub Association. In addition, are so busy with family and friends derbilt office tower,saying he could pretty standard work. AMBIENCE: gal obligation to do that. As No-frills kosher industry revenue grew to $22.4 bil- that they’re looking for a workout to build the complex cheaper—tran- They’re not digging pizza joint with far as the day-to-day, we lion for the year, up from $21.8 bil- be more holistic in approach and also sit improvements included. into streets and hav- plastic tables and don’t control that. lion in 2012. be a social outing,” said Ms. Pandya. The developer dismissed the of- ing to deal with utili- chairs How do you feel when you pass At Pure Barre,a 254-unit nation- fer as a “publicity stunt,” but Mr. ty repairs. We think WHAT THEY ATE: Trying new moves al brand founded in 2001 that incor- Penson’s point was to say that SL the $210 million is a Four slices of through the station? And about Experimenting with different porates a ballet barre into its work- Green would be willing to pay more publicity stunt. pizza (two how most people probably have methods was easy for Ms.Bohen,who outs, class participants urge one for Grand Central’s air rights. Still, That’s not real. cheese, two with no idea that you are its owner? signed up for ClassPass, a one-year- another to reach shared goals. The the city is moving toward giving SL black olives) [Shrugs] It’s a piece of paper. Others are calling your Poland Spring, old subscription service for which method is popular because it creates Green the zoning variance to build Diet Coke It’s a public asset. users pay about $100 for unlimited ac- a communal feel among members, the 65-story structure. Mr. Penson offer to buy the lot from cess to discounted fitness classes each said Becca McCarthy, who opened a says he has not finished his fight. SL Green and build the PRICE: $21.38 SL Green calls you month. The growing service, which Pure Barre franchise in Williams- tower cheaper the same obstructionist. has expanded beyond New York to burg, Brooklyn, in April. There are What was your reaction to the de Blasio thing: a publicity stunt. I’d ask you to ask them to show me Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco currently four New York City loca- administration’s support for SL Green’s I don’t focus on name-calling. I like one instance where I have a history and Boston,closed a Series A round of tions,with a fifth planned,in Brook- 1 Vanderbilt proposal? to focus on substance. of litigation and obstruction. funding,from which it raised $12 mil- lyn. The cost of opening a franchise I understand this administration lion, in September. Ms. Bohen thinks ranges from $151,000 to $252,000. wants to show they’re somewhat Regardless, SL Green doesn’t appear How do you view yourself in the real some of the growth in new fitness cen- business-friendly. But this goes willing to accept your offer. estate industry? ters is fueled by opportunities like Community outreach over and above being friendly to Haven’t heard back from them. It’s I see myself as an opportunistic in- ClassPass. The Williamsburg shop is build- business. This is corporate welfare a real offer. I can’t predict what vestor. I believe in our capitalistic “People are more willing to try ing a community outside the studio to an enormous degree. And so you someone else is going to do. system. I believe that if someone stuff if they’re not locked into a mem- as well.The outpost, which also sells wonder about the wisdom of be- takes a risk and has an idea, like we bership for any one thing,” she said. activewear, collaborates with nearby stowing such a huge subsidy. It re- Can you predict whether this issue is did when we saw this opportunity New fitness companies have been businesses such as J.Crew and Dé- ally is an enormous subsidy to one going to end up in the courts? [to buy Grand Central], our air taking advantage of the robust inter- panneur café to offer discounts and of the wealthiest real estate compa- If this rezoning proposal goes rights were spreadable in a certain est from consumers. When Lian Le- partner on events. nies in the world. through as currently drafted, ab- zone, and we thought that if we bret co-founded Body & Pole, a coed “The neighborhood is craving solutely. It’s a taking. That’s the made the right bet that we would be pole-dancing class, nearly five years more options for efficient work- SL Green says it will spend $210 million crazy thing. What’s the city doing a benefit. I’m not going to apolo- ago,she was teaching classes in a 500- outs,” said Ms. McCarthy. “We’re on transit improvements and will here? On the one hand, they’re giv- gize for being an investor who takes square-foot nook in the back of a yoga starting to create a microcommunity shoulder any cost overruns. What’s ing a multimillion-dollar subsidy risks. studio in Nolita. Within a few of health and wellness.” months,she realized she needed more Some groups are bringing charity space and eventually spent $300,000 to the routine.The Movement,which PLAY/LIST People, places and things that make Andrew Penson tick to renovate a 10,000-square-foot, was founded by Jordan Canino and three-level studio on West 27th his wife, Dana, this past spring, offers BUILDING BONDS: “A TZEDAKAH: Charity is he would have be the marquee Street that opened last year. classes ranging from strength training wise real estate “mandated in our changed the team’s matches, but he can “People have the misconception to yoga to dance-and-cardio. The investor advised me religion,” said Mr. name if it had ended get closer to the that we’re just going to walk around West 18th Street studio donates $1 never to fall in love Penson, who is an up in his possession. action. the pole a couple of times and slith- from every class—most of which are with the bricks.” Still, Orthodox Jew. He er down and act sexy, but that’s not $32—to the National Brain Tumor Mr. Penson has donates to Jewish NET GAIN: He loves FOIE GRAS: Mr. it,”said Ms.Lebret.“It’s a really hard Society, an organization Mr. Canino favorites: the Chrysler causes and Jewish Central’s tennis and attends Penson is worried workout.” connected with after the death of his Building (“a education. air rights. U.S. Open matches. that the proposed tax She’s in the process of applying mother from brain cancer. So far, the great “We’ve given “I like going the first increase on pied-à- for grants to live-stream her classes center has been well received and is example of away GAME CHANGE? couple of games,” he terre apartment online, following in the footsteps of running 40 classes of 25 people,on av- Mr. fitness brands like SoHo’s Ballet erage, each week. what a millions.” He Penson made a play said. They may not owners will hurt the Beautiful, a seven-year-old opera- “It really resonates with people,” building can also has to buy the housing tion that started online. said Mr. Canino. “People who are add to the pledged to Washington Redskins market. As Ms.Bohen discovered,many of going to work out and spend money city”) and the give to 17 years ago, as part “You don’t these growing brands are combining feel better that a portion of that goes Frank Gehry- charity more of his handling of the want to kill athleticism with social elements. to a charitable organization.” designed 8 than 50% of estate of the former the goose Doonya blends Western philosophies Spruce St. his profit owner of the Chrysler that lays the of fitness as a science with the fun, LISTEN to a discussion at (“pure from the sale Building. He had no golden CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts istockphoto Bollywood elements of Indian cul- genius”). buck ennis of Grand comment on whether egg.”

42 | Crain’s New York Business | October 27, 2014 OUT AND SNAPS Execs raise $1.3 million for Harlem education ABOUT by Jessica Kramer

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