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New York lost 48,510 people while Illinois was close with a drop of 45,116 residents.

New York is the fourth most populous state in the country, trailing only California, Texas and Florida. As a percentage

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EFFECTS OF SHUTDOWN LAND AT WESTCHESTER AIRPORT

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN entered its 13th day on Jan. 3, impacts were starting to be felt within the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control tower at Westchester County Airport, the Business Journal learned.

This included uncertainty over whether an important piece of safety equipment used to help guide pilots

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AsK ANDI Setting a new salesperson on the path to success WE HAVE A NEW PERSON ON BOARD TO HELP US WITH SALES. SHE SAID SHE DOESN’T WANT A BOSS, SHE’S USED TO WORKING ON HER OWN, SETTING HER OWN GOALS AND HITTING THEM. SHE IS ON A BASE PLUS COMMISSION, SO WE ARE TAKING SOME RISK AND SO IS SHE. WE KNOW WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT SHE BRINGS IN, SET GOALS AND TALK ABOUT MEETINGS/GROUPS SHE’S ATTENDING. WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH MANAGING A SALESPERSON WHO’S USED TO BEING SO INDEPENDENT? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: You both need to know and agree to what she’s going to be accountable for delivering. While sales in the door is the bottom line, it may take her awhile to get to the numbers she needs to hit to pay for herself, and in the meantime you and she need to know if she’s making progress. Remember that she’s an employee and that gives you every right to know what’s going on. Figure out now if she can be accountable or if it’s a smoke screen.

Start with an up-front, written agreement on what the sales rep needs to deliver in the next 12 months. How much revenue does she need to produce? How many sales should come from new vs. existing customers? What does the average sale look like?

Once targets are agreed upon, ask her to break it down into activities that will lead to achieving those revenue and account goals. A skilled salesperson should understand the value of building a playbook of how she’ll close. Opposition should be a warning sign. To be successful in sales requires a great deal of focus, discipline and honesty about where things are at any time.

Create a weekly schedule: How many new people does she need to meet? How many visits to existing customers? How many prospects should she add? How many should she disqualify? She’ll need to replace each dead and sold prospect with 5 to 10 new prospects in order to keep her sales funnel full.

Consider the volume and work-

load related to sales. How many proposals does she need to write to get a sale? Who will help her write those proposals? Are there templates to help? What about sending out emails and intro letters and other marketing tools?

Have a discussion about existing customers. Even if she’s not going to sell to them, she can still build relationships and get referrals to use when selling to other prospects.

You can help by making introductions to people you know.

Accompany her on sales calls to show her how you do it and then observe her and give her feedback.

It’s your responsibility as a manager to oversee your sales rep’s work. That includes regular meetings where you discuss what she’s doing and review reports to see where she’s making progress and where she might need help.

A smart sales rep knows she’ll do better with someone looking over her shoulder, ready to offer suggestions on how to get over hurdles.

Use the next month to find out if your new sales rep is willing to meet regularly, present a recap of what she’s been working on, discuss

what’s working and what’s not and provide you with insight on how she’s progressing toward bringing in the new business she promised.

If she tries to keep you in the dark, she may not have as much to show you as she knows she should. Don’t let her fool you. Make it clear you’re there to help her succeed, but in order to do that, she has to regularly share with you, in detail, how things are going.

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Judge calls $10,000 proposed payment from J.G. Wentworth unfair

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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judge has denied a request

by J.G. Wentworth Co. to buy an annuity from a Poughkeepsie accident victim for two cents on the dollar.

A Wentworth affiliate petitioned Dutchess County Supreme Court in September to approve a $10,000 payment to Tina D. Kwant for $478,591 in future settlement payments.

The proposed sale “is not fair and reasonable,” Justice James D. Pagones ruled on Dec. 4, “and does not serve the best interest” of Kwant.

Wentworth did not immediately respond to a voicemail message asking for comment.

Wentworth, based in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania, buys structured settlements — longterm payments that are awarded as settlements in lawsuits.

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Individuals who have won the settlements give up future payments for immediate cash.

Kwant was awarded a settlement with Ford Motor Co. in 1994.

She and her estate were guaranteed $720,000 over 30 years and separate payments every five years, totaling $245,000, until 2023. If she lived past March 2024, she would continue to get $2,000 a month for as long as she lived.

The payments are made through an annuity with Allstate Life Insurance Co. Kwant planned to use the cash from Wentworth to buy a car for $6,000 and pay $4,000 in credit card debt and bills.

She is 42, the mother of five children, ages 8 to 13, and unemployed.

“I do not have any other assets or credit resources to finance these needs,” she said in an affidavit filed with Wentworth’s petition.

Three times since 2012 she has

made deals to sell portions of her settlement to Wentworth. Each time, Pagones approved the deals, finding that they were fair and were in Kwant’s best interest, “taking into account the welfare and support of Ms. Kwant’s dependents.”

This time, Wentworth proposed buying annuity payments that begin in 2039. The monthly payments start at $1,891 and increase by 3 percent a year, until October 2055 or her death.

Wentworth calculated the present value of $478,591 in future payments as $180,350 now, because $1 today has greater buying power than it will tomorrow due to inflation.

For $10,000, that works out to 2.1 cents per dollar on the full amount and 5.5 cents on the discounted value.

Pagones noted in his opinion that New York’s Structured Settlement Obligations Law was enacted to protect recipients of settlements from being victimized.

“Companies were using aggres-

sive advertising plus the allure of quick and easy cash,” he wrote, citing a 2011 Queens County Supreme Court ruling involving Wentworth.

Companies, he continued, often used “substantial discounts, depriving victims and their families of the long-term financial security their structured settlements were designed to provide.”

This proposed buyout, he wrote, technically complies with the law.

But the state legislature did not “intend for the courts to be mere rubber stamps.”

Courts must determine if a proposed sale is fair and reasonable, he said, and will truly serve the best interest of the seller. The fact that Kwant is willing to sell her settlement, he said, has no bearing on that determination.

If Wentworth renews its petition, Pagones said, “this court encourages a ‘fair and reasonable’ transfer of the structured settlement payments.”

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Hers The Tasty Table brings community feel to longtime Ossining gathering spot

BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

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ook down toward your feet when you enter The Tasty Table, a new restaurant in Ossining, and you’ll notice the words marked in the tile: “Ossining, Est. 1813.” Look up and to the right, and you’ll then read the wooden placard: “Welcome to Our Table.”

That mix of community, history and home is what The Tasty Table owner Lisa Ocasio hopes will make a community hub out of her new 1,100-square-foot, 36-seat restaurant in the village. The restaurant opened Dec. 5 at 21 Campwoods Road, part of a small business district wedged between Routes 133 and 9A. Ocasio described growing up in the business. From her days in third grade she’d help out in family-owned restaurants in the Bronx and New Jersey. But her career took her other places. She spent 25 years in corporate marketing.

She carried over her childhood in restaurants to her home in Cortlandt Manor. She’d host dinners or baking days for friends most every weekend. “They’d joke and ask, ‘Are you sure you don’t have people hiding in your garage making all this food to bring it in?’ ” Ocasio said.

Despite a busy career, the idea of one day having her own restaurant stayed in her mind. She’d watch cooking shows about restaurants and picture herself in their place.

But it had to be the right opportunity. That came around December 2017 when she had a friend over from Ossining for a day of baking. The friend mentioned that a restaurant in Ossining, the Wobble Cafe, was up for sale and nearing closure. Ocasio had never been there, but the

Lisa Ocasio at The Tasty Table in Ossining. Photo by Ryan Deffenbaugh.

“I wanted something that was a walking community, not in a strip mall where you could get missed by someone driving by,” Ocasio said. “I wanted an identity that could be joined with the community.”

restaurant's description matched much of what she had been seeking.

“I wanted something that was a walking community, not in a strip mall where you could get missed by someone driving by,” Ocasio said. “I wanted an identity that could be joined with the community.”

She signed a lease for the building in the summer and renovated the space in the months leading up to the December opening. For now, The Tasty Table is focused on breakfast and lunch. Doors open at 7 a.m. most days and close by 4 p.m., staying closed on Mondays.

The menu has a mix for different eating habits throughout the week, Ocasio said. Weekday diners go for quick, healthy meals during work hours such as avocado toast, grilled chicken salad and homemade tomato basil

soup. For customers looking for a big meal on the weekends, there’s meatballs, baked mac and cheese and stuffed eggplant.

The Sunday menu is for all-day brunch, with pancakes and paninis. Acai bowls feature granola made in the restaurant. All of the baked goods are made in-house as well, including gluten-free items. A kids menu includes grilled cheese and chicken fingers. Ocasio said her focus is on providing something for everyone, whether they want a burger, veggie panini or salad.

“I love to feed people and making sure they are happy in what they are eating and know it is fresh,” Ocasio said.

“I think there’s such a difference when something is made with passion.”

There’s also been a strong take-out business, she said. Off to the side of the

main dining counter there’s a to-go cooler with pre-packaged items that can be picked up in the morning or midday for lunch or snacks.

The building has a long history in the community, which Ocasio has tried to honor. In the 1950s, it was the Campwoods Sweet Shop, known mostly as “Frank’s” for its owner Frank Pavelka.

Ocasio described the original store as a candy store, CVS and hardware store all in one. It sold sweets, of course, but also greeting cards, cigars, food items and other groceries.

As Ocasio wrote on The Tasty Table’s website, “kids would come in to get their school supplies, candy and 2-for-a-nickel pretzel rods. The adults relied on Frank’s for their daily newspapers, sundries and tobacco products.”

It was, she added, “a place for everybody. There

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are just so many memories still in the community."

Before opening, Ocasio met with the former owner’s son and daughter at the property, who provided photos from the original shop that now hang in the restaurant. The original icebox where the store kept its ice cream is refinished and still behind the counter, having survived the several businesses that have taken up the location since its closing.

The Tasty Table’s design and decor are meant to create a warm and airy feel.

Ocasio said she tried to view the restaurant as an extension of her own home.

Along with the pictures of the old candy shop, there are photos of Ossining and Hudson River landmarks along the wall.

“It was so important to see that this place has always been somewhere people came together,” Ocasio said.

“Once I introduced myself to the community as the new owner, the level of response I got was tremendous. They wanted that type of place back and that was exactly my vision.”

As for expanding to dinner, Ocasio said she wants her restaurant to “absolutely perfect breakfast and lunch first and get an understanding of what our customers want.” It’s possible the restaurant could expand to include it, but there’s no timeline for that yet.

For now, she’s enjoying the welcome from the community.

“Just in the week and a half we’ve been open, I’ve had people say to me, ‘my mom came in last week, then I came in, then I told my cousin and he was here yesterday,’ ” Ocasio said.

“So there’s a whole lot of that, and that’s why to me I know this was the absolute best choice of location and bringing something to the community.”

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Solid holiday sales in stores and online

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com ALTHOUGH THE NUMBERS may be subject to some changes in the coming weeks, there’s evidence that the 2018 holiday season produced solid sales for both retailers who operate in brick-and-mortar locations as well as those selling online.

Some of the positive data is found in a Mastercard SpendingPulse report from the Purchasebased credit card giant and U.S. visitor counts from the Simon Property Group, which operates in North America, Europe and Asia.

Simon’s holdings include The Westchester in White Plains, The Shops at Nanuet, Woodbury Commons in Central Valley and the Crystal Mall in Waterford, Connecticut.

“Internet clearly is performing exceptionally well — we saw 19.1 percent growth of online sales -- but

roughly 87 percent of sales still are taking place in a store,” Steve Sadove, senior advisor for Mastercard, told the Business Journal.

Sadove provided an analysis of the SpendingPulse report on holiday shopping from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24, which showed total sales growing 5.1 percent from last year’s level to reach $850 billion, the strongest growth in six years.

Sadove’s background includes serving as CEO and chairman of Saks Incorporated, chairman of the National Retail Federation, chairman of the Harvard Business School Club of New York and president of Clairol.

Mastercard has developed algorithms which take into account sales on all brands of credit cards, as well as debit card and cash sales. “The numbers we are talking about are for the totality of retail, not just the Mastercard section, so it gives you a full

perspective of what’s going on,” Sadove said.

“Even the brick-andmortar was up a little more than 3 percent during the holiday season, so it’s not that brick-and-mortar is going away,” he said. Sadove noted that some retailers are moving to create an omni-channel experience for customers by adapting to the internet and the ubiq-

uity of mobile devices, and are “ ... having to be sharper, not just in price, but in providing a unique differentiated experience.”

Sadove told the Business Journal that a healthy bottom line for retailers depends on their ability to get product into the hands of their customers. “They want it anywhere, anytime they want to be able to buy

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it. They may buy it online.

They may pick it up in a store. They want it shipped from a store. They want quickly delivered product at great prices.”

Sadove noted that sales in the department store sector were down 1.3 percent during the holiday season.

“That’s a small sliver of the total retail pie and, within department stores, there are

some winners and some that are losers.”

Les Morris of mall operator Simon noted that data from across its portfolio of properties showed a 2 percent overall uptick in traffic at the start of the holiday shopping season.

“Some properties were showing 3 percent to 9 percent increases over last year,” Morris told the Business Journal.

Morris said that although final numbers for Christmas week weren’t yet available, there was no reason to back away from the optimism expressed just after Thanksgiving by David Simon, chairman and CEO of the company, who said, “The strong economy and positive consumer sentiment, along with an attractive range of deals, festive activities, dining and entertainment, all combined to deliver excellent traffic for our centers, brands and retailers.”

State plugs in Westchester community choice aggregation power program for round two

BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

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program that has Westchester County municipalities team up to buy electricity in bulk — and boost the use of renewable ener�y along the way — has the OK from the state to continue to its next phase.

The New York Public Service Commission voted in November to renew Sustainable Westchester’s Community Choice Aggregation program. The program, which operates under the name Westchester Power, was the first of its kind in New York when it launched in 2016. As the first round of power-buying contracts is set to expire, the state needed to sign off on Westchester Power's second round of contracts.

As noted by Dan Welsh, executive director of Westchester Power, the renewal marks another firstin-New York accomplishment for the organization.

“We’re still the only such program that actually is in operation in the state,” Welsh said. “This is the pilot program, so this will be the first time any CCA program has been renewed in the state as well.”

Under the first iteration of the program, 20 member municipalities in the county signed onto a power-buying agreement that provided electricity at a lower fixed rate for two years. Westchester Power facilitated two separate contracts. One was for the homes and businesses within Consolidated Edison Inc. service territory in the county, the other for homes and businesses in the northern part of the county serviced

by New York State Electric and Gas Corp.

Municipalities in the Westchester Power program can choose between two power supply sources: a lower-cost basic ener�y supply, or a slightly more expensive “green” supply

that offsets its usage with the purchase of 100 percent renewable ener�y credits. In the first contract phase, 14 municipalities opted for the renewable supply.

Residents and businesses in the Westchester Power municipalities were automatically enrolled in the program in 2016. However, they had the option to individually opt out and continue with their previous suppliers, or to “opt up” for a 100 percent renewable power option.

As those contracts expire, the Public Service Commission approved an implementation plan for the next round of power purchasing agreements at its November meeting.

“This is an affirmation that yes, the pilot has proceeded as we hoped and let’s keep going,” Welsh said.

For the Con Ed territories, the supplier remains the same. Constellation NewEner�y handled the first contract to supply the service territory communities, and will continue to under a new contract. The contract for the NYSEG territory is being finalized before going out for bid.

Community choice

WESTCHESTER POWER MUNICIPALITIES TOWN OF BEDFORD

VILLAGE OF MAMARONECK

TOWN OF GREENBURGH

VILLAGE OF MOUNT KISCO

TOWN OF LEWISBORO

VILLAGE OF OSSINING

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VILLAGE OF PELHAM

TOWN OF NEW CASTLE

VILLAGE OF PLEASANTVILLE

TOWN OF NORTH SALEM

VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK

TOWN OF OSSINING

VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN

TOWN OF SOMERS

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CITY OF WHITE PLAINS

VILLAGE OF HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON VILLAGE OF IRVINGTON VILLAGE OF LARCHMONT

aggregation programs are already established in states such as California, Illinois and Massachusetts, but Westchester Power is still the lone program in New York.

The state Public Service Commission has approved three other such programs for operation in New York, but none are currently active.

New York state ener�y officials established the community choice aggregation program with three central

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goals: cost savings, advancing sustainability efforts and increasing customer access and engagement in ener�y decision-making.

In its report to the state PSC, Westchester Power officials noted that the program’s coverage area includes about 100,000 homes and businesses in the county.

By providing a steady rate, the contracts have saved Westchester Power participants $12 million

total, the organization calculated. The Public Service Commission estimates each user in the CCA saved about 10 percent on their electricity costs over the length of the contract, compared to basic market rates.

The renewable ener�y credits purchased through the green supply, meanwhile, represented 300,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions avoided, Westchester Power reported.

The organization launched with 20 communities. One community (Croton-on-Hudson) has joined since then and three more (Pound Ridge, Ardsley and Sleepy Hollow) are in the process of joining.

The cities of Rye and Peekskill are expected to join this year.

“The municipalities that were in wait-and-see mode are now convinced that this is a real thing," Welsh said.

"The renewal provided more evidence for that."

And while originally there were the six municipalities that opted for the basic supply over the green supply, that number has dwindled to just one for the next contract period. Welsh credited

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that to growing recognition that the CCA can do more than just save municipalities money on ener�y costs.

“The savings were the foot in the door. We had to be financially viable,” Welsh said. “But I think after one round here, the communities are really picking up on the amazing impact we can have on the greenhouse gas side of things.”

The new contract from Constellation NewEner�y will rely on hydropower ener�y credits from New York sources to provide the green ener�y option, Welsh said. The company previously offset its green supply by purchasing national wind credits.

Westchester Power is active in producing renewable ener�y within Westchester County as well.

In 2017, the organization launched a countywide initiative called “emPowering Green Ener�y,” focused on introducing new types of renewable ener�y production to Westchester.

In 2018, the group launched its first community solar installation in Westchester: a 130-kilowatt system on a factory roof in Montrose. Community solar refers to solar installations that don’t have a single user, such as a homeowner or landlord. Instead, multiple customers can pay to subscribe to the ener�y credits from the solar array’s power production, offsetting their individual electricity bills.

The projects open up solar power to people who can’t develop such systems of their own, such as renters or homeowners with rooftops not suited for panels.

About 27 families signed up to purchase the ener�y credits from the company’s pilot community solar program, Welsh said. Now, the goal is to keep the solar coming.

“We expect to be able to announce a couple new projects soon,” Welsh said. “The next thing is to convince building owners that this is a great way to be part of a community ener�y program.”

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tries over the same span.

That total ranks behind only Florida, California and Texas. But with the more than 180,000 residents leaving, New York sustained a net migration loss of 109,931 people in the past year.

The Census Bureau will release population data by county in March.

If those numbers follow the trend from previous years, population loss will be focused in counties in upstate New York. Between 2016 and 2017, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland and Sullivan counties all posted popula-

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would be able to join the control tower staff as scheduled on Jan. 7.

Airline passengers, as well as operators of business jets and other general aviation aircraft using the airport, continued to see no outward effects of the shutdown. However, a continuously repeating radio message was beamed to pilots from the control tower, alerting them that Westchester’s instrument landing system runway alignment indicator lights for Runway 16 were out of service. This lighting system helps pilots approaching the airport from the north properly align their aircraft when there are extremely low cloud ceilings and sharply reduced visibility, during what are called Category II approaches. Without the lights, they would have to divert to an airport with a fully functioning system or better weather.

The Business Journal learned that the lighting system had to be taken out of service because three of its bulbs burned out. The FAA employees who normally would be tasked with restoring the system were among those on furlough because of the shutdown, the Business Journal was told.

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tion gains, as did New York City and Long Island. But every other upstate county outside of Monroe and Albany lost population.

In a separate report in October, the Empire Center argued upstate New York’s economic recovery from the 2008 financial crisis has been among the weakest of any region in the country. Since 2010, private job growth has focused on New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. Upstate counties, the report said, have gained private-sector jobs at just one-third the national rate, and less than one-third of the rate downstate.

The Hudson Valley

The Business Journal also was told that three trainee controllers due to start work on Jan. 7 at the airport’s control tower could not do so if the shutdown continued. The FAA differentiates between fully certified controllers and trainees who reach various levels of certification as they work in control towers actually handling aircraft.

Westchester is supposed to have 15 fully certified controllers on staff, but has been operating with only 11 for more than a year, the Business Journal learned.

“The longer that this goes on, the more anxious everybody feels, especially those who are already furloughed,” said Doug Church, the deputy director of public affairs for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), the union which represents FAA controllers, maintenance personnel and others. “The sense of frustration is palpable.”

When interviewed by the Business Journal on Jan. 3, Westchester County Executive George Latimer said air services to the public haven’t been affected.

“What we understood was that in the first few weeks of a shutdown we could get by, but that ultimately the shutdown would start to cause some major problems

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region overall recently lost residents, according to a December report from the Marist Bureau of Economic Research.

The region — classified as Dutchess, Putnam, Ulster, Rockland, Sullivan and Westchester counties — lost more than 28,000 households between 2011 and 2016, according to the report. Marist compiled IRS county-to-county migration data for the study.

The loss of residents resulted in an average annual net loss of $1.3 billion in adjusted gross income, Marist found.

“That kind of loss impacts everything from how infrastructure is

maintained to what businesses might come into the region,” said Christy Huebner Caridi, director of the bureau and an assistant professor of economics at Marist College in Poughkeepsie.

During the five-year period Marist reviewed, 45,528 Hudson Valley households were lost to other states. Migration within the state, meanwhile, resulted in a net gain of 18,503 households for the Hudson Valley.

Foreign migration, Marist reported, resulted in 1,191 households lost.

For the households leaving Hudson Valley counties, the southern U.S.

was the most popular destination, accounting for half of the outflows. Marist credited the trend to a mix of retirements, the lower cost of living in the South and reduced state and local regulations.

The report noted that of the people who move within the Hudson Valley, Dutchess, Sullivan and Ulster counties received the largest number of households moving within the region, mostly coming from counties to the south such as Rockland and Westchester.

The Census report found that Nevada and Idaho had the largest percentage increases in population over the past year.

Texas’ overall population grew the most, by 379,128 people in the last year.

As for New York’s neighbors, Connecticut experienced a population loss of 1,215 residents, just 0.03 percent of its total population. New Jersey gained about 19,000 residents for an increase of about 0.22 percent. Vermont added about 1,700 for a 0.28 percent increase and New Hampshire grew half a percentage point with about 6,700 new residents.

Massachusetts added about 38,000 for a 0.57 percent increase. Pennsylvania’s population grew about 0.13 percent, up about 16,000 residents.

Church noted that the passage of time was beginning to take a toll on the NATCA members. “They can’t understand why their work and their pay is a bargaining chip. This is very important work. Those who come to work will continue to do it. But each day the

government is shut down weakens our aviation system.”

Numerous attempts to obtain comment from the FAA were unsuccessful.

The FAA public affairs staff members were not immediately available because of the government shutdown.

Westchester County Airport control tower. Photo by Bob Rozycki.

for us,” Latimer said. “Over time, if you can’t provide the proper staffing in the tower, the proper … equipment, if you can’t provide the proper screening and security screening at the gates, you’re going to diminish service.”

Latimer targeted President Donald Trump’s handling of

the government shutdown.

“Ultimately, if this were a permanent shutdown, if this is the philosophy, ‘I give nothing unless I get everything I want,’ we’re going to have a problem at the Westchester County Airport and we’re going to have other problems,” he said.

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THE LIST: Insurance Companies

INSURANCE AGENCIES

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Ranked by the number of licensed brokers in the county. Listed alphabetically in the event of a tie.

Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

Top local executive(s) Email address Year agency established

Josh Becker, Jerry Harnik, Lyle Domenitz, Jeff Neeck kbiondi@strategiesforwealth.com 1934

Number of licensed brokers in county

Number of employees in county

85

55

Business and estate planning and business succession planning, disability and life insurance, investments, executive compensation, employee benefits and corporate retirement services, education program and executive benefits

66 (180 in New York state)

N/A

Risk management and insurance, group benefits, private client services and retirement planning services

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Strategies for Wealth

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Assured SKCG Inc.

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Levitt-Fuirst Associates Ltd.

Jason Schiciano, Ken Fuirst kfuirst@levittfuirst.com jschiciano@levittfuirst.com 1961

55

62

Construction, real estate, personal home and automobile, business markets, workers' compensation experts, bonds and health and life insurance

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Eifert, French & Ketchum

Brian H. Eifert brian@efk.com 1933

48

53

Business lines, personal insurance, group health, specialty lines, auto dismantlers, home heating oil dealers and life insurance and long-term care, Medicare Part D

Kenneth W. Kaufman, Thomas F. McEvily III, Michael McEvily kkaufman@keevily.com; tmcevily@keevily.com; mmcevily@keevily.com 1928

45

72

Commercial and personal insurance, workers' compensation safety groups, disability, life and health insurance, group benefits and long-term care

John Moccia jmoccia@bbinsny.com 1910

44

N/A

Risk management, analysis and advice, claims management and disaster recovery

Robert Kestenbaum, CEO; Brian Goldenberg, CFO rkestenbaum@yorkintl.com bgoldenberg@yorkintl.co 1985

35

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Property and casualty, life and health insurance

800 Westchester Ave., Suite N-409, Rye Brook 10573 288-8800 • strategiesforwealth.com

123 Main St., 14th floor, White Plains 10601 761-9000 • skcg.com

520 White Plains Road, Second floor, Tarrytown 10591 457-4200 • levittfuirst.com

330 Fifth Ave., Pelham 10803 738-4011 • efk.com

Thomas R. Kozera Richard S. Canter rcanter@skcg.com 1932

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Keevily Spero Whitelaw Inc.

6

Brown & Brown of New York Inc.

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York International Agency LLC

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Friedlander Group Inc.

Adam Friedlander adamf@friedlandergroup.com 1926

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Workers' compensation group, discounted safety groups, large company discounted workers' compensation plans, comprehensive claims administration and safety services

Meridian Risk Management

Joe Solimine Jr., founder and president js@meridianrisk.com 2003

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Private and commercial insurance

Rosen & Company Inc.

Stephen B. Rosen sbrosen@rosen-co.com 1967

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Commercial property and casualty and personal insurance, including private client services

Albert Palancia Insurance Agency

Joseph T. Palancia joe@palanciainsurance.com 1954

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Property and casualty insurance, specializing in construction, restaurants and real estate, professional liability, workers' compensation, personal automobile, homeowners and umbrella

JoAnne Murray, president; Laura Murray-Faggella, vice president; Neil Bush, vice president; Margaret Black, vice president jmurray@ambins.com; laura@ambins.com; nbush@ambins.com; mblack@ambins.com 1959

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Automobile, home, umbrella, watercraft, recreational vehicles, business, cyber, D&O, EPLI and group benefits

Robert A. Davis rdavis@arnoldkdavisinsurance.com 1954

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N/A

All forms of commercial and personal insurance, group employee benefits, individual life, disability income and long-term care

Gary Forbes, president, and Chris Radding, partner g.forbes@forbesinsurance.com 1885/1999

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RPO Group Inc.

Rory P. O'Brien robrien@therpogroup.com 1988

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N/A

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Rey Insurance Agency Inc.

Laura Rey Iannarelli laura@reyinsurance.com 1978

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Personal: auto, home, umbrella, personal articles, boat, motorcycle, recreational Commercial: business owners, workers' compensation, disability, bonds

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Four Anchors Worldwide LLC

Robert R. Furjanic contact@fouranchors.com 2007

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3

Marine insurance

The Hack Agency Inc.

Nancy M. Hack, William A. Greene nhack@hackagency.com 1918

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Personal auto, home, valuables, umbrella liability insurance; commercial liability, property and workers' compensation insurance

Lawley Insurance

Bill Lawley, Chris Ross and Mike Lawley, principals; and George “Chip” Archer, branch partner 1955

2

N/A

Personal auto, home and umbrella insurance policies; business insurance; risk management consulting; and flood insurance

Brian M. Colby, principal solutions@bncagency.com N/A

N/A

N/A

Personal and business insurance. Employee benefits, risk management

David M. Bruen dbruen@bddinsurance.com N/A

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6 in Hudson Valley

N/A

Automobile, home, business, property and casualty, life and commercial, financial services

N/A

N/A

Life, health, business, commercial, renter's and worker's compensation

500 Mamaroneck Ave., Harrison 10528 381-5511 • keevily.com

(d.b.a The Rollins Agency, d.b.a. Gaston & Associates) 800 Westchester Ave., Suite N-311, Rye Brook 10573 337-1833 • rollinsinsurance.com

500 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 220, Harrison 10528 376-2200 • yorkintl.com

2500 Westchester Ave., Suite 400A, Purchase 10577 694-6000 • friedlandergroup.com

1 Wolfs Lane, Pelham 10803 738-5678 • meridianrisk.com

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145 Bedford Road, Armonk 10504 939-1200 • rosen-co.com

116 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck 10543 698-1373 • palanciainsurance.com

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Allan Block Agency Insurance

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Arnold K. Davis Insurance

24 S. Broadway, Tarrytown 10591 631-4353 • ambins.com

330 Fifth Ave., Pelham Ave. 10803 701-5200 • arnoldkdavisinsurance.com

Forbes Insurance Agency 135 Bedford Road, Katonah 10536 232-7750 • forbesinsurance.com

Renaissance Center, 199 Main St., White Plains 10601 761-0550 • therpogroup.com

219 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow 10591 631-7628 • reyinsurance.com

444 Bedford Road, Suite 302, Pleasantville 10570 630-4992 • fouranchors.com

280 N. Bedford Road, Suite 306, Mount Kisco 10549 666-6461 • hackagency.com

4 Manhattanville Road, Suite 107, Purchase 10577 345-7000 • lawleyinsurance.com

BNC Insurance Agency Inc. 90 S. Ridge St., Rye Brook 10573 937-1230 • bncagency.com

Not ranked

Bruen Deidin DiDio Associates Inc. (A division of World Insurance Associates Inc.) 3 Starr Ridge Road, Brewster 10509 845-279-5151 • bddinsurance.com

Marshall & Sterling Enterprises Inc.

Tim Dean Deke Rothacker drothacker@marshallsterling.com 1864

Sullivan Insurance

Neal Sullivan president info@callsullivan.com 1968

110 Main St., Poughkeepsie 12601 845-454-0800 • marshallsterling.com

421 Route 6, Mahopac 10541 845-628-9604 • callsullivan.com

Tri-State Insurance

277 Tarrytown Road, White Plains 10607 607-7799 • tsinsbk.com

Frank Kolovic

This list is a sampling of insurance firms that serve the region. If you would like to include your firm in our next list, please contact Peter Katz at pkatz@westfairinc.com. N/A = Not available.

Entries are based on the most recent responses to our survey and/or information made public by the firms.

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Types of insurance sold

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Personal and commercial, life and health and group health

Employee group benefit plans, executive life and disability, individual insurance products

Personal and business insurance, including homeowners, auto, renters, umbrella, motorcycle, watercraft, antique cars, flood, life insurance, group benefits and bonding and surety programs Property and causality, liability, cyber, medical, dental, vision, life, prescriptions, home, automobile, umbrella, workers’ compensation, fidelity and fiduciary bonds and specialty risks

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EDUCATION WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL

SUNY Orange plans Newburgh hub for training, entrepreneurship

BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

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plan from SUNY Orange to revitalize part of downtown Newburgh and provide new educational opportunities for the city’s residents got a big boost at the end of 2018.

The Newburgh- and Middletown-based community college’s plan, called Innovation Grand Street, was awarded $1.83 million in state grant funding through the annual Consolidated Funding Application cycle in

December. The grant, from Empire State Development, will help fund the renovation of three buildings on Grand Street, just a block away from Newburgh City Hall. The buildings will become a home for workforce development training and entrepreneurial courses from the college.

SUNY Orange President Kristine Young called the grant a “shot in the arm” for the effort.

“We have the validation at that level that we are on the right track. The state believed we can do the work,” Young said. “We

The former Masonic Lodge building at 48 Grand St. in Newburgh.

Photo provided by Suny Orange.

know we can do the work, but the state believing we can do the work is huge.”

The stretch of brick and stone buildings, each built in the early 20th century, include the former Masonic Lodge building at 48 Grand St., the former American Legion building at 62 Grand St. and a former YMCA building at 54 Grand St. Orange County acquired the three buildings — totaling 78,000 square feet — for $3.5 million in 2013, with plans for future use by the college.

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a chance to extend the college’s downtown presence to a full block. Young arrived as president of the college in the summer of 2015, and began research and community outreach to find ways the buildings could serve city residents.

The college has since developed a plan it hopes will revitalize the downtown while training people to improve their lives.

The effort can then also help the city’s employers gain skilled workers.

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tution in the city, so we really wanted to live up to that designation and do something of vital importance,” Young said.

The college asked itself, she added, whether Newburgh’s workforce is “prepared for the continuing changeover from an agrarian community to what Orange County is becoming.”

The three buildings will offer programs and more short-term learning opportunities beyond SUNY Orange’s current offerings.

“They will be very accessible, particularly for the citizens of Newburgh,” Young said.

“People can come in, be educated and gain meaningful employment not far from home.”

SUNY Orange plans to focus its programming on four sectors: entrepreneurship and innovation; food, beverage and entertainment; health care and wellness; and creative design and historic preservation.

The former American Legion building at 62 Grand St. in Newburgh. Photo provided by Suny Orange.

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For the food, beverage and entertainment sector, Young cited Orange County’s strong tourism economy, likely to grow further with the planned opening of the Northeast’s only Legoland amusement park in 2020.

Workforce development efforts would also target growing sectors such as craft beverages and food chain management.

The county’s health care industry is also growing, and Young notes SUNY Orange has a long history of strong health care education programs. Innovation Grand Street could help expand those programs to train people for health care professions.

The focus on the historic preservation sector is a nod to Newburgh’s history, the city being founded in 1709. Newburgh has a number of preserved historic properties, with growing momentum for new restoration projects, according to Young.

“We hear constantly that there are not enough skilled craftspeople or construction people who know how to work with these buildings,” Young said. “Everything from the doorknobs to the moldings that is required to bring these buildings back.”

Those sectors will connect with the initiative's focus on training people for entrepreneurship, Young said. Programming will target “people who maybe did not have to go into higher education a decade or two ago, but have a desire to own their own business or spin up an idea in any of those sectors.”

She added, “not only are we training people to join the workforce in those sectors, but if someone wants to come in and do something themselves to add to a sector, they’ll have the tools.”

While many of the courses may last only 12 weeks before hopefully creating an opportunity for employment, the training could also count toward a degree program at SUNY Orange or another college, Young said.

While the state grant gives the project a boost, there’s still much work to be done.

Fundraising and grant finding will continue from SUNY Orange, as well as its affiliated SUNY Orange Foundation and Orange County Community College Association.

Restoration work on the buildings in the first phase — 48 Grand St. and 62 Grand St. — will start this year, while work at the former YMCA building at 54 Grand St. will wait for a second phase. The first phase is estimated to cost $9.16 million, while the school has not calculated a cost for the total project.

SUNY Orange is also organizing a public-private partnership with local employers to fund equipment and programming necessary to Innovation Grand Street. Young hopes by 2020 there will be programming in the buildings, supported by the public-private partnerships.

The efforts are already gaining momentum beyond the first state grant. Weeks after receiving the $1.83 million Empire State Development grant, the college announced it won another $200,000 facilities grant from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York.

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Learning to swim with the business sharks

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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here often are big differences between business theory found in textbooks and doing business in the real world.

Business schools have accepted that notion, and have been developing programs designed to provide the young entrepreneurs they’re graduating with the practical experience they’ll need in order to succeed.

Sienna College’s School of Business in Loudonville, New York, for example, offers a concentration in entrepreneurship with courses in areas such as new venture creation, new product development and brand management.

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The student presenters, judges and faculty members at SUNY’s startup contest. The presentation check for $5,500 was made payable to the winning idea, “Receipt to Recipe.” Photo by Paige DeMaio.

Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management has developed a series of what it terms “immersions,” where students spend an entire semester continuously focused on real-world problem solving, which includes site visits to dozens of companies.

At Babson in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where entrepreneurship was introduced as a discrete academic discipline a half century ago, entrepreneurs are invited to attend a boot camp.

In Westchester, at SUNY Purchase, the department of economics brought the real world of business startups to students in its entrepreneurship courses through a competition based on the popular TV program “Shark Tank.” Part of SUNY’s Startup Purchase program, the competition invites students to try selling their ideas for new businesses to a panel of judges and an audience which helps the judges decide the outcome. The winners receive grants totaling $7,000.

The competition takes place at the end of the course “Entrepreneurship and Finance: Turning Ideas into Startups.” The course is taught by Assistant Professor of Economics Liya Palagashvili and Vadim Revzin, an entrepreneur in residence with GenFKD, an organization which works to ensure that millennials receive the education and develop the skills they’ll need.

This was the second year that the SUNY students were invited to jump into shark-infested business waters by coming up with new business ideas and trying to get seed money while still within the protective walls of the school.

The judges were: Micah Brown, founder and general partner of Centiment Capital; Sarah Hill, founder of Bookstr.com; Nick Ohnell, founder of Ohnell Capital; Tola L., an entrepreneur; Oz Sultan, partner in the Tareo Digital Fund; and Brittany Chambers of GenFKD. First prize of $5,500 went to students Angela Galli and Kelly Hayes who thought up a mobile application designed to decrease food waste. The app photographs a grocery store receipt and, based on the individual items purchased, generates recipes from the internet using the various foods. The winners said, “We are beyond excited to proceed with our startup and are optimistic about our business’ future.”

Isaac Jones, an economics major, and Charles Jones, a communications major, received the second-place grant of $1,500 for their presentation of a new product they call Shower Now. It’s a portable shower intended for use by athletes, campers, the elderly and those with disabilities.

SUNY’s Startup Purchase program was initiated and underwritten by the Dr. E. Lawrence Deckinger Family Foundation. The executive director of the foundation, Nancy Deckinger, said, “I want to be a catalyst for students starting their professional lives.”

The Deckinger Family Foundation has provided funding for several programs at SUNY, including an economics essay contest, a journalism internship fund and an undergraduate course in investigative reporting.

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GOOD THINGs PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN WEB DESIGN

James Russell

David Yellen. Photo by Peter Katz.

INFORMATION CHIEF AT MANHATTANVILLE

YELEN ON HVEDC BOARD; FIVE JOIN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

James Russell has been named chief information officer and vice president for digital strategy at Manhattanville College in Purchase. He’s no stranger to the Manhattanville campus, having worked there on behalf of Ellucian, a provider of software and information technology services for educational institutions.

While with Ellucian, Russell reduced Manhattanville’s information technology operational costs as well as the number of incidents and requests for service. He has focused on a migration to cloud technology and increasing the return on IT investment.

He also oversaw the deployment and standardization of 52 smart classrooms equipped with high-tech gear.

Russell earned his bachelor’s degree at Moravian College in Pennsylvania and received a master’s degree in public administration from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.

From left: project leaders Joanna Plakpitas, Xio Chen, and Stephen Lasko; Elizabeth McCorvey of The Family Resource Center of Peekskill; Mary Ann Luna of United Way of Westchester and Putnam; Ojonugwa Oji, project leader; Pauline Mosley; Andrew Crawford and Jennifer Schwartz-Crawford of Westchester Government for Seniors; David Bavagnoli, project leader; Lori Stephens of G.O.O.D. for Girls; and Joseph Magro, project leader.

Six teams of Pace University students recently competed to create website designs that would be selected for use by three Westchester nonprofits.

The competition was part of a course developed and taught by Pauline Mosley, a professor of information technology at Pace’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. It highlight-

ed the process of designing websites to help nonprofits better serve their communities.

In addition to learning technical skills such as HTML coding, students were exposed to the need for teamwork, communication and proper project management.

“For the students to be able to program these websites to have the functionality for donations is critical...not only in terms

of (the nonprofits) surviving and sustaining the next couple of years, but also thriving and being competitive long term,” Mosley said.

The three participating nonprofits were G.O.O.D. for Girls Inc. in Tarrytown, The Family Resource Center in Peekskill and The Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services in Mount Vernon.

GET-TOGETHER AT WIHD

Michael Adams

PROMOTION AT UNITED TITLE Hudson United Title Services LLC, based in Nanuet, has promoted Michael Adams to director of sales for New York and New Jersey. Adams has been with the company since its inception in 2001. He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill.

Adams said that 2018 was the company’s “best year yet” and he plans to continue efforts to expand activity during 2019.

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David Yellen, president of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, has been named to the board of directors of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC).

Mike Oates, president and CEO of HVEDC, said, “We enjoy a long-standing relationship with Marist that has been a tremendous benefit to our constituents and the entire Hudson Valley, and we look forward to strengthening that bond and doing even greater work with David as a member of our increasingly dynamic board of directors.”

Prior to his appointment at Marist in 2016, Yellen served as dean and professor of law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law for 11 years.

Marist has approximately 5,000 undergraduate students and 1,400 adult and graduate students in 47 bachelor’s programs, 13 master’s programs, one doctoral program and 14 certificate programs.

Marist and regional health care provider Health Quest recently announced plans to start a medical school.

Yellen said, “I look forward to working with the HVEDC and representing our institution on its board of directors.”

HVEDC announced the selection of five board members to serve on its executive committee. They are: Robert J. Levine of Corrigan, Baker & Levine LLC; Josh Sommers of Focus Media; Erin Loosen of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; Mark Kastner of The Chazen Companies; and Anthony B. Gioffre III of Cuddy and Feder LLP. Levine will continue to serve as board chair. Sommers has been appointed first vice chair. Loosen is second vice chair. Kastner has been appointed treasurer. Gioffre is the secretary.

From left: Cindy Lopane, the Burke family from Ossining, the Pasquale family from White Plains and Susan Fox.

Susan Fox, CEO of the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD), and Cindy Lopane, the organization’s director of philanthropy and community engagement, were among the WIHD staffers who were on hand to welcome adoptive children and their families to a

holiday party at WIHD’s headquarters in Valhalla.

The party provided an opportunity for foster and adoptive parents who participate in ongoing support groups at WIHD to meet and mingle informally.

Each child received a gift. WIHD reported

that the families look forward to the party each year.

WIHD provides nearly 50 programs and special services designed to help people with disabilities and vulnerable children to live healthy and productive lives as full members of society.

Information for these features has been submitted by the subjects or their delegates.

HOLIDAY VISITORS AT THE COLEMAN SCHOOL

Dena Schumacher

LMCTV CREATES NEW POSITION Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community TV/ Media (LMCTV) has created the position of assistant director. It is being filled by Dena Schumacher, who has been with the cable TV programmer since 2006.

Responsibilities of the new position include outreach to local organizations and interest groups, developing LMCTV’s presence on social media and producing special projects.

“LMCTV will be more visible in the community in 2019,” said Executive Director Matt Sullivan. “Dena already works effectively with several organizations in our community. She has the right personality and enthusiasm for local media production.”

Since 2011, Schumacher had been LMCTV’s studio production manager.

LMCTV serves Mamaroneck, Rye Neck and Larchmont.

New board member Selena Evans, left, and board member Margaret Chadwick at NRCA’s Spotlight Gala last Oct. 18 at the Wykagyl Country Club.

Members of the White Plains Professional Fire Fighters IAFF Local 274 with some of Coleman’s students and staff.

When a fire truck recently turned into the White Plains campus of the John A. Coleman School and Children’s Rehabilitation Center at 317 North St., there was no cause for alarm. It was bringing members of White Plains Professional Fire Fighters IAFF Local 274, Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Olaf, a Dalmatian, for a visit. Coleman provides special-needs education to children 18 months

to eight years of age from Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties.

Maureen Tomkiel, executive director of the John A. Coleman School, said, “The tradition of Santa’s visit with the firefighters is truly the highlight of the year for our children, their families and staff. The smiles on the faces of our students when the fire truck pulled up could light a thousand Christmas trees.”

Santa with a Coleman student identified as Khalil.

Each child received a Build-A-Bear Workshop-stuffed animal as a gift. The event was spearheaded by fireman Tom Devine IV and his father, long-time Coleman School supporter, Thomas Devine III.

REACHING FOR THE MOON

NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT NRCA

IONA ALUMNUS HONORED BY STATE DEPARTMENT Iona College alumnus Nicholas Barnett, who made a name for himself on the New Rochelle college’s rowing team, recently received the Edward R. Murrow Award from U. S. Department of State. Barnett graduated from Iona in 2004.

The award recognizes significant contributions in the field of public diplomacy and a person’s integrity, courage, sensitivity, vision and dedication to excellence that Edward R. Murrow exemplified. In 1961, the CBS News icon was named by President John F. Kennedy to head the United States Information Agency. Morrow had a home in Pawling.

Barnett, the current information officer at the American Embassy in Addis Ababa, was selected based on strategic use of public diplomacy programs and tools to promote Ethiopia’s political reform and lasting viability as a strategic U.S. partner.

“Rowing was perhaps the most formative experience of my time at Iona,” Barnett stated. “It taught me about the values of perseverance and teamwork and showed me that the only true limits are those I place on myself. Those lessons have played a major role in my professional accomplishments.”

From left: Mary and Will Bermingham, NRCA President Theresa Kump Leghorn and Lynn Honeysett.

“Tower with Moonlight” by Thomas Cole, oil on canvas, ca. 1838. Thomas “Winter Moonlight (Christmas Eve)” by George Inness, oil on canvas, 1866.

Cole National Historic Site, gift of David and Laura Grey.

Montclair Art Museum, museum purchase, Lang Acquisition Fund, 1948.

Fifty years ago, in 1969, the Hudson River Museum opened its Andrus Planetarium. And, 1969 (July 20) was the year that NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. Those two events and the fact that 2019 is the 100th anniversary year for the Hudson River Museum, inspired the museum to create an ambitious schedule for the new year, which puts the moon in the spotlight.

The exhibition “The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art” will be on view from Feb. 8 through May 12. The exhibition features works on loan from museums and private collections throughout the U.S.

Featured artists include Albert Bierstadt, Susie M. Barstow, Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Thomas Cole, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Frederic Edwin Church, Joseph Cornell, Arthur Dove, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, George Inness, Roy Lichtenstein, Norman Rockwell, Edward Steichen, Henry Ossawa Tanner and Marguerite Thompson Zorach.

Museum director Masha Turchinsky said, “As we celebrate our centennial, the Hudson River Museum embraces this special opportunity to share revelations about the moon in American art, illuminating the bond

between art, science and community that has been core to our mission from our inception in 1919.”

There will be numerous other events and exhibitions, including an exhibition of lunar photographs to be presented from Feb. 18 through Dec. 15. It will include photos from NASA, the Hastings Historical Society, the Lick Observatory Archive and private collections.

A film series will be presented in conjunction with the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Yonkers. Among the films to be screened are Georges Melies’ “A Trip to the Moon” made in 1902, Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13” and Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

Four new members were elected to the board of the New Rochelle Council on the Arts (NRCA) at its annual membership meeting in December. They are Will Bermingham, Selena Evans, Beth Feldman and Lynn Honeysett. In addition, it was announced that Dianne Flagello and Angela Derecas Taylor will move from the board of directors to NRCA’s advisory board.

Bermingham is a student at SUNY Purchase, where he’s studying arts management. He also is a marketing intern for ArtsWestchester. He worked as a production assistant on live music events, including the Grammy Awards.

Evans is a fashion and costume designer, an actress and a writer. She holds degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology and International Fine Art College.

Feldman has more than 20 years in public relations and founded the firm Beyond PR Group. She had been a vice president at the CBS Communications Group where she worked on publicity for several of the CBS television network’s top programs.

Honeysett served as executive director of the Pelham Art Center from 2011 to 2018.

She has about 25 years of experience in communications and branding.

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Facts & Figures BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan Blippar LLC, 153-159 W. 27 St., New York 10001. Chapter 7, voluntary.

Attorneys: James B Glucksman and Robert Lesley Rattet, White Plains.

Filed Dec. 28, 2018. Case no. 1814189-mew.

East Harlem Estates LLC, 199 Lee Ave., Suite 630, Brooklyn 11211.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorneys: Eric H. Horn and Heike M. Vogel, New York City. Filed Dec. 30, 2018.

Case no. 18-14197-mew.

Indie Fresh Holdings LLC, 500 W. 30 St., Suite 10C, New York 10011.

Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Michael Jason Barrie, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no. 18-14211-smb.

Tribeca Fit Inc., 107 Chambers St., New York 10007. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Vincent J. Roldan, New York City. Filed Dec. 31, 2018.

Case no. 18-14214-shl.

White Plains Accubooks LLC, 73 Market St., Suite 376, Yonkers 10710. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Anne J. Penachio, White Plains. Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no. 18-23975-rdd.

COURT CASES Manhattan Air & Liquid Systems Corp. – successor by merger to Buffalo Pumps Inc., et al. Filed by Francis J. Keating. Action: Federal question.

Attorney for plaintiff: Andrew John Wells. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no.

1:18-cv-12258.

Items appearing in the Westchester County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken.

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave. Ste. 100J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

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Asra Mini Mart and Deli Inc., et al. Filed by Ghulam Rabbani.

Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys for plaintiff: Mohammed Ahmed Gangat and Sumantra Tito Sinha. Filed Dec. 26, 2018. Case no.

1:18-cv-12200-GHW.

Fashion Institute of Technology. Filed by Lynda T. Stewart. Action: Federal questio – employment discrimination. Attorneys for plaintiff: Christie Del Rey-Cone and Alison L. Tomasco. Filed Dec. 28, 2018.

Case no. 1:18-cv-12297.

Arris International PLC, et al.

Filed by Louise Agnes-Sampson.

Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Juan Eneas Monteverde. Filed Dec. 26, 2018. Case no.

1:18-cv-12205-NRB.

Fusha Fusion Restaurant Inc., et al. Filed by Natalia Juscinska.

Action: Federal question – other.

Attorney for plaintiff: Ismail Sinan Sekendiz. Filed Dec. 26, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12186-VSB.

Atton Hotels Miami LLC. Filed

by Stacey Mercer. Action: Federal question – other civil rights. Attorney for plaintiff: Nolan Keith Klein.

Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv12260-AJN.

Future US Inc. Filed by Phillip Sullivan Jr. Action: Federal question.

Attorney for plaintiff: C.K. Lee. Filed Dec. 28, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12315.

Bank of America Corp. Filed by Nicholas A. Johnson. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney for plaintiff: James H. Freeman. Filed Dec. 27. Case no. 1:18-cv-12271-JMF. Bloomburg LP, et al. Filed by Nastasi & Associates Inc. Action: USDC jurisdiction re: violations of Section 1-7 of Title 15. Attorney for plaintiff: David Butler Harrison. Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12361.

Godiva Chocolatie, Inc. Filed by Michael Furman. Action: FLSA – Minimum wage or overtime compensation. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael John Palitz. Filed Dec. 27, 2018.

Case no. 1:18-cv-12269-ER. Highline Residential LLC. Filed

by Thomas J. Olsen. Action: FederalqQuestion – other civil rights.

Attorney for plaintiff: Douglas Brian Lipsky. Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no.

1:18-cv-12397-ALC.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Filed

by Century Health & Hospitalities Limited. Action: Diversity action.

Attorney for plaintiff: N/A. Filed Jan. 1. Case no. 1:19-cv-00002.

Hotel De Point Management LLC. Filed by Stacey Mercer. Action: Federal question – other civil rights.

Attorney for plaintiff: Nolan Keith Klein. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no.

1:18-cv-12261-LGS.

Charter Communications Inc. Filed by Compass Productions International LLC. Action: Diversity action. Attorney for plaintiff: John Paul Del Monaco. Filed Dec. 28, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12296.

INTL FCStone Markets LLC, et al. Filed by Corrib Oil Biofuels LLC, et al. Action: U.S. Arbitration Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael David Handelsman. Filed Dec. 27, 2018.

Case no. 1:18-cv-12254.

Clay LLC., et al. Filed by Michael Lantino. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Orit Goldring. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12247-AT.

LIC Hotels Inc. Filed by Eric Rogers. Action: Federal question – other civil rights. Attorney for plaintiff: Nolan Keith Klein. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12263-LTS.

Clearstream Banking S.A., et al.

Filed by Lucille Levin, et al. Action: Juridictional Immunities of Foreign States. Attorney for plaintiff: Suzelle Moss Smith. Filed Dec. 26, 2018.

Case no. 1:18-cv-12217-UA.

Lifeworks Technology Group LLC, et al. Filed by Willa Smith Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: David Harrison.

Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv12396-LGS.

Colle, Hochberg & Grey LLC. Filed by Steven Hirsch. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney for plaintiff: Joseph Anthony Dunne. Filed Dec. 28, 2018. Case no.

1:18-cv-12311.

Montafon LLC, et al. Filed by Amin LaFranco Pequero. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Jacob Aronauer. Filed Dec. 26, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12187JGK.

Delicious Hospitality LLC Filed

by Brian Fischler. Action: Federal question –other civil rights. Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12366.

National Rifle Association of America. Filed by Phillip Sullivan Jr. Action: Federal question. Attorney for plaintiff: C.K. Lee. Filed Dec. 28, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12314.

E.N. Modern Style Inc., et al.

Filed by Jose Lopez, et al. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: C.K. Lee. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12262-ALC.

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Site Safety Training LLC. Filed by Site Safety LLC. Action: Trademark infringement (Lanham Act). Attorney for plaintiff: Douglas Alan Miro.

Filed Dec. 26, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv12204-NRB.

The Harlem Bee Corp. Filed by Helayne Seidman. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney for plaintiff: James H. Freeman. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12268RA.

BronxCare Health System, et al.

Filed by Ashley Beards DMD, et al.

Action: Federal question. Attorney for plaintiff: Vincent Edward Bauer.

Filed Dec. 26, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv12216-PAE.

The New York Times Co. Filed by Gwynn Kinsey. Action: Jurisdiction; amount in controversy. Attorney for plaintiff: Barry Coburn. Filed Dec. 29, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12345.

Lexington Insurance Co. Filed

by Kela Tennis. Action: Petition for removal – insurance contract Attorney for plaintiff: Thomas D. Jacobson. Filed Dec. 28, 2018. Case no.

7:18-cv-12279.

The Travelers Indemnity Co. Filed by Globalfoundries US Inc., et al. Action: Diversity – declaratory judgment. Attorneys for plaintiff: Jennifer Freda Mindlin and Alexandra Elizabeth Rigney. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12234-VEC. Tianjin Ztyf International Trade Company Ltd., et al. Filed

by One Step Up, Ltd. Action: Diversity – breach of contract. Attorney for plaintiff: Harlan Mitchell Lazarus.

Filed Dec. 28, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv12308.

Tripti Inc., et al. Filed by Natalia Juscinska. Action: Federal question: Other. Attorney for plaintiff: Ismail Sinan Sekendiz. Filed Dec. 26, 2018.

Case no. 1:18-cv-12190-VEC. Walmart Inc., et al. Filed by Wolet Capital Corporation. Action: Diversity – breach of contract. Attorney for plaintiff: Gregory Zimmer. Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12380.

Wells Fargo Trust Company N.A., et al. Filed by Monsanto Co. Action: Diversity Action. Attorney for plaintiff: Marc Wolinsky. Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no. 1:18-cv-12371.

Orange Wartburg Adult Care Community. Filed by Ronald Smith. Action: Notice of removal. Attorney for plaintiff: Christopher Michael Repole. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no.

7:18-cv-12240-KMK.

Westchester Adel-Fia Contracting Corp. Filed by the trustees of the District Council No. 9 Painting Industry Insurance Fund and Trustees of the District Council No. 9 Painting Industry Annuity Fund. Action: E.R.I.S.A. – Civil enforcement of employee benefits. Attorney for plaintiff: Dana Lynne Henke. Filed Dec. 31, 2018.

Case no. 7:18-cv-12356.

Briarcliff Bus Company Inc., et al. Filed by Pablo Alvarez. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Jacob Aronauer. Filed Dec. 31, 2018. Case no. 7:18-cv-12379CS.

Westchester County, et al. Filed

by Talib Waters. Action: Prisoner civil rights. Attorney for plaintiff: pro-se. Filed Dec. 27, 2018. Case no.

1:18-cv-12283-UA.

DEEDS Above $1 million 102 Fox Island Marina LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: Lou-Al-John Corp., Port Chester.

Property: 102 Fox Island Road, Rye. Amount: $1 million. Filed Dec. 27.

Below $1 million 10 Romaine Plaza LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: 10 Romaine Realty LLC, Yonkers. Property: 10 Romaine Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $925,000. Filed Dec. 24.

111 Spring Street Partners LLC, Buchanan. Seller: Gateway Peekskill LLC, Valhalla. Property: 111 Spring St., Unit 111, Peekskill. Amount: $394,454. Filed Dec. 28.

2863 Harrington T and C LLC, Mohegan Lake. Seller: Donna N. Simone, Mohegan Lake. Property: 3233 Chelsea St., Yorktown.

Amount: $27,500. Filed Dec. 26.

42 Rigby Street LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Dante Messina, et al, Toms River, New Jersey. Property: 42 Rigby St., Yonkers. Amount: $222,250.

Filed Dec. 24.

492 Main Street LLC, Bronx. Seller: Rocco D’Antona, West Harrison.

Property: 492 Main St., Harrison.

Amount: $710,000. Filed Dec. 27.

102 Fox Island Partners LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: Lou-Al-John Corp., Port Chester.

Property: 102 Fox Island Road, Rye. Amount: $1 million. Filed Dec. 27.

Aisling Irish Community Center Holdings Inc., Yonkers. Seller: Tweed Kuch, Milford, Connecticut.

Property: 988 McLean Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $860,000. Filed Dec. 28.

164174 Gramatan LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: M.V.S.C. Realty Corp., Mount Vernon. Property: 172-174 Gramatan Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Dec. 27.

Ardsley44 LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Lori Michelle Gordon, et al, Ardsley.

Property: 20 Victoria Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $565,930. Filed Dec. 28.

60 Alexander Street LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Dimifini-Yonkers LLC, South Fallsburg. Property: 60 Alexander St., Yonkers. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Dec. 26.

Crest Lane Realty LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Patricia J. Weber, Scarsdale. Property: 4 Crest Lane, Scarsdale. Amount: $950,000. Filed Dec. 26.

JM Perez Management LLC, New York City. Seller: Marianne T. O’Toole, Wantagh. Property: 17 Circle Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Dec. 28.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Matthew Spencer, Pleasantville. Property: 70 Southside Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $873,852. Filed Dec. 28.

Oness Rehoboth Apostolic Church Inc., Mount Vernon. Seller: Roman Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Paul and Saint Ursula, Mount Vernon. Property: 214 E. Lincoln Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed Dec. 28.

Duke Enterprises LLC, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Seller: Alix Sara Prince, Rye Brook. Property: Elmwood Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $435,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Pelham Re Partners LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Commercial Property Associates of Pelham LLC, White Plains. Property: 137-145 Fifth Ave., Pelham. Amount: $2.8 million. Filed Dec. 28.

YJB Imports LLC, Mount Vernon.

Seller: Quick Getaway Parking Inc., Mystic, Connecticut. Property: 270272 Washington St., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 24.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McLean, Virginia. Seller: Robert D. Ryan, White Plains. Property: 12 Commodore Road, New Castle. Amount: $667,636. Filed Dec. 26.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Jerrice Epps, White Plains. Property: 32 Ward Place, Ossining. Amount: $297,233.

Filed Dec. 28.

Facts & Figures Greenmountain Enterprises XI LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Zarina Lam Stanford, Farmers Branch, Texas. Property: 9 Woodland Road, North Castle. Amount: $600,000.

Filed Dec. 27.

MEM Flipp Corp., Bronxville.

Seller: Charles Lesnick, Yonkers.

Property: 15 Colonial Drive, Somers.

Amount: $474,692. Filed Dec. 27.

Mem Flipp Corp., Bronxville.

Seller: Tyrone S. Brown, Yonkers.

Property: 106 Dale Ave., Ossining.

Amount: $154,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Mistis 56 Roa Hook Corp., White Plains. Seller: Kenneth Wasserman, et al, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 56 Roa Hook Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $325,000. Filed Dec. 24.

NRZ REO VI Corp., New York City. Seller: Jorge R. Alvarez, White Plains. Property: 45 Gibson Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $484,929.

Filed Dec. 24.

Painted Eyes LLC, Sleepy Hollow.

Seller: 23-25 Sleepy Hollow Clinton Street Inc., Brooklyn. Property: 23 Clinton St., Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $565,000. Filed Dec. 24.

Pocantico Guests LLC, New York City. Seller: David Rockefeller Jr., et al, New York City. Property: 108 Lake Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $785,000. Filed Dec. 28.

R and J Wealth LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Karen Koerner, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 500 McLean Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $480,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Reinke Family Partners LLC, Pound Ridge. Seller: Yolanda O’Shea, et al, Somers. Property: 866B Heritage Hills 866B, Somers.

Amount: $555,000. Filed Dec. 27.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: Guy T. Parisi, Rye. Property: 921 Albert Road, Peekskill. Amount: $305,374. Filed Dec. 26.

The Lionheart Building LLC, Pound Ridge. Seller: Coleridge Spyder LLC, New York City. Property: 27 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge.

Amount: $840,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Vine Properties NY LLC, Forest Hills. Seller: Y-O Property Group LLC, White Plains. Property: 610 Palisade Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $530,000. Filed Dec. 26.

FORECLOSURES BEDFORD, 15 Round Hill Road.

Single-family residence; lot size: 2.0. acres. Plaintiff: MTGLQ Investors LP. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Chael Rubel.

Referee: Maria Joy Frank. Sale: Jan. 15, 8:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $217, 517.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, 32 Westminster Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: 145x100. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville.

Defendant: Joseph Berritto. Referee: David Peck. Sale: Jan. 14, 9:30 a.m.

Approximate lien: $933,169.

MAMARONECK, 350 Prospect Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .15 acres. Plaintiff: ABL One LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Richland & Falkowski, 35-37 36th St., Astoria.

Defendant: Fit Development LLC. Referee: Judith Reardon. Sale: Jan. 23, 11:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $452,117.20.

MOUNT VERNON, 250 Bradley Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .08 acres. Plaintiff: Federal national Mortgage Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville.

Defendant: Richard Hassell. Referee: Naomi Puker. Sale: Jan. 17, 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $212,983.45.

MOUNT VERNON, 402 Homestead Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .11 acres. Plaintiff: CIT Bank NA., Plaintiff’s attorney: Bronster LLP. 156 W. 56 St., New York City. Defendant: Public Administrator for the Estate of Daisy Reynolds. Referee: Christopher Maegher. Sale: Jan. 9, 9:15 a.m.

Approximate lien: $465,111.82.

PLEASANTVILLE, 25 Highland Terrace. Single-family residence; lot size: 3 acres. Plaintiff: M&T Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Schiller & Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel LLP, 200 John James Audubon Parkway, Amherst. Defendant: James Walsh. Referee: John Crane. Sale: Jan. 15, 11:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $298,945.

PORT CHESTER, 72 Glenwood Place. Single-family residence; lot Size: .13 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester.

Defendant: Jensette Anello. Referee: Tyrone Brown. Sale: Jan. 8, 10:30 a.m. Aproximate lien: $1,099,068.90.

PORT CHESTER,10 Linden St. Single-family residence; lot size: .23 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Jeanette Pizzaro. Referee: Charles Lesnick. Sale: Jan.10, 10:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $593,959.

SHRUB OAK, 3773 Oriole Court.

Single-family residence; lot size: 100x160. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury.

Defendant: Paulo DeMela. Referee: Darren DeUrso.

Sale: Jan.10, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. SOUTH SALEM, 57 Ridgeland Road. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester.

Defendant: Michael Tavolacci. Refweree: Christopher Maegher. Sale: Jan. 9, 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $661, 206.

MOUNT VERNON, 249 S. 11th Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Borskin, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury. Defendant: Brendal Battle. Referee: David Peck.

Sale: Jan. 10, 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A.

WHITE PLAINS, 29 Juniper Hill Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .2 acres. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Rochester. Defendant: Monica Espejo. Referee: Julia Henrichs. Sale: Jan. 17, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $500,458.60.

NEW ROCHELLE, 40 Lincoln Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .06 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Rochester. Defendant: Victor Rosario. Referee: Christopher Maegher.

Sale: Jan. 16, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $418,992.

WHITE PLAINS, 1 Renaissance Square, Apt.16E. Apartment; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City. Defendant: Bi He Lin. Referee: Barbara Lernab. Sale: Jan. 16, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: N/A.

OSSINING, 21 Overton Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .39 acres. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Juan Garcia. Referee: Sanjay Bhatt.

Sale: Jan. 17, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $864,916.92.

YONKERS, 24 William St. Apartment; lot size: .07 acres. Plaintiff: Velocity Commercial Capital LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Schiller & Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel LLP, 200 John James Audubon Parkway, Amherst. Defendant: Vito Fasciglione Holdings 24 Inc. Referee: Joseph Marra. Sale: Jan.10, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: $863,606.

JUDGMENTS Baldanza at the Post LLC, Bedford. $4,832 in favor of Tradizione Corp., New York City. Filed Dec. 24.

City of Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon. $61,239 in favor of Tomcon Industries Inc., Mount Vernon. Filed Dec. 27.

GKCSF Partners LLC, Pelham. $6,693 in favor of Sysco Metro New York LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Filed Dec. 24.

Hudson Fabrics LLC, Mount Kisco. $31,800 in favor of the Business Council Workers Compensation, Latham. Filed Dec. 26.

Jesschris 18 Inc., Yonkers. $94,756 in favor of Iori Bros Inc., Yonkers.

Filed Dec. 24.

Ultimate Construction, Peekskill. $10,877 in favor of Ultimate Construction, Peekskill. Filed Dec. 27.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed.

Alicea, Wilfredo, et al. Filed by Municipal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $305,900 affecting property located at 615 Depew St., Peekskill 10566. Filed July 11.

Azizi, Khalil, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $283,500 affecting property located at 3380 Mohegan Ave., Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed July 13.

Benjamin, Hermin Yvonne, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $495,000 affecting property located at 418 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed July 11.

Constantine, Mark, et al. Filed

by Oceanfirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $370,000 affecting property located at 618 Midland Ave., Yonkers 10704. Filed July 12.

One West 125th Street LLC, et al.

Filed by Alexander Reich. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 50 E. Sandford Blvd., Mount Vernon. Filed July 12.

Davis, Myron, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $385,000 affecting property located at 27 The Boulevard, New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 18.

Palma, Maria Isabel, as devisee and executrix to the estate of Jean Arnold Butterworth, et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $877,500 affecting property located at 31 Old Lake St., West Harrison 10604. Filed July 12.

Gioio, Carl P., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $188,500 affecting property located at 44 Watson Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed July 13.

Gordon, Kirk, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $375,293 affecting property located at 14 Hollis Lane, Croton-on-Hudson 10520. Filed July 11.

Haran, Michael P., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $166,650 affecting property located at 11 Dogwood, Lincolndale 10540.

Filed July 12.

Juhasz, Michael, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $75,000 affecting property located at 92 Glen Road, Yonkers 10704.

Filed July 12.

Kelly, Peter, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $193,500 affecting property located at 16-155 Stone Meadow, South Salem 10590. Filed July 13.

Kowalcyk, Stephan J., et al. Filed

by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 3 Halstead Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed July 12.

Luiso 68-70 Henry LLC, et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $595,000 affecting property located at 68/70 Henry Ave., Harrison 10528. Filed July 12.

Bracey, Shannon, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $287,200 affecting property located at 1250 North Ave., Unit 309, New Rochelle 10804. Filed July 18.

Marin, Cesar, et al. Filed by Indymac Federal Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,600 affecting property located at 151 Terrace Ave., Port Chester. Filed July 12.

Caro, Chase, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $512,000 affecting property located at 30 Hartford Lane, White Plains 10603. Filed July 18.

Mendoza, Jose G., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $464,750 affecting property located at 26 Chauncey Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 16.

Chambers, Lander, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,500 affecting property located at 452 Warburton Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed July 12.

Mitchell, Robert Charles, et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $91,200 affecting property located at 116 Wells St., Peekskill 10566. Filed July 12.

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Pera, Jacinto Armando, et al.

Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $336,750 affecting property located at 133 N. Highland Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed July 17.

Rado, Daniel, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $411,200 affecting property located at 290 Sherman Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed July 11.

Rattner, Brian M., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $465,000 affecting property located at 168 Bedford Road, Chappaqua 10514. Filed July 11.

Santangelo, Joseph, et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,000 affecting property located at 1413 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers 10703.

Filed July 16.

Valadez, Romulo A., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,650 affecting property located at 93 McLean Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed July 13.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Hersha Hospitality Trust, as owner. $15,784 as claimed by Daven Electric Corp., Brooklyn. Property: in Harrison. Filed Dec. 24.

Hudson EFT LLC, as owner. $223,206 as claimed by Shawn Lawns Inc., Stamford, Connecticut.

Property: in Ossining. Filed Dec. 26.

RNM Realty Corp., as owner. $43,497 in favor of Hydro Environmental Solutions Inc., Somers.

Property: in Yorktown Heights.

Filed Dec. 27.

Wasserman, Anne, et al, as owner. $7,000 as claimed by C and M Interiors Drywall Inc. Property: in New Rochelle. Filed Dec. 27.

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All Clean and Waste Removal, 81 Pondfield Road, No. 127, Bronxville 10708, c/o Aaron Shavuo. Filed April 30.

Artistic Specialty Designs, 50 Coligni Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Shanae C. Lewis. Filed April 30.

Doing Business As

DJ Management, 6 Foster Place, Pleasantville 10570, c/o Dennis Oliva. Filed April 30.

Azteca Paradise Inc., d.b.a.

Sabores de Mexico, 210 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford 10523. Filed April 30.

Galactic Halo, 68 E. Hartsdale Ave., Hartsdale 10530, c/o Diane DiMauro. Filed April 30.

English Elegance Ltd., d.b.a. M and S Designs, 2546 Amawalk Road, Amawalk 10501. Filed April 30.

M and G Landscaping of Westchester and Putnam Corp., d.b.a.

M and G Landscaping, 603 N. Division St., Peekskill 10566. Filed April 30.

National Health Promotion Associates Inc., d.b.a. Botvin LifeSkills Training, 711 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604. Filed April 30.

New Rochelle Gas Inc., d.b.a. C Store, 690 Main St., New Rochelle 10801. Filed April 30.

Nieves Logistics, d.b.a. LGTI Logistics, 1 W. Prospect Ave., Suite 1037, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed April 30.

Savi Global Corp., d.b.a. Savi Jewels, 30 Crossway, Scarsdale 10583.

Filed April 30.

Savi Global Corp., d.b.a. Suvin Systems, 30 Crossway, Scarsdale 10583. Filed April 30.

Ten5sixtytwo Corp., d.b.a. ABC Signature, 500 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 320, Harrison 10528. Filed April 30.

TMP Shade Inc., d.b.a. Blinds, Blinds, Blinds!, 455 Central Park Ave., Scarsdale 10583. Filed April 30.

PARTNERSHIPS MV Fashions, 1 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Syed Sohail and Zulfiqar Ali. Filed April 30.

Polychrome Co., 1 Ritters Lane, Apt. 4, Yonkers 10703, c/o Juan Carlos Bustos Montanez and Maria de la Salud Mendoza. Filed April 30.

Hardwoodnow, 60 Morrow Ave., Apt. LRN, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Andre Meneguini. Filed April 30.

L2MB, 29 Manitou Trail, White Plains 10603, c/o Raymond A. Jackson. Filed April 30.

Premier Improvements, 927 Parkway Place, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Panagiotis Doupis. Filed April 30.

The Big Guy Consulting, 4 Cardinal Way, Yorktown Heights 1598, c/o Ross Weiner. Filed April 30.

PATENTS Authentication mechanism. Patent no. 10,172,001 issued to Yao Xing Li, Beijing, China; Han Ying Song, Xian, China; Jian Dong Yin, Beijing, China and Jun Feng Yuan, Beijing, China. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Cable management bracket.

Patent no. 10,172,250 issued to Raymond F. Babcock, Stewartville, Minnesota; Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Rochester, Minnesota; Eric A. Eckberg, Rochester, Minnesota and Paul W. Schaefer, Rochester, Minnesota. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Cognitive reliability engine for smooth handoff in phone-hosted microservices. Patent no.

10,172,043 issued to Vijay Ekambaram, Chennai, India; Pooja Malik, New Delhi, India and Vikgram Yadav, Farrukhabad, India. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Construction of printed circuit board having a buried via. Patent no. 10,172,244 issued to Matteo Cocchini, Long Island City and Kyle I. Giesen, Beacon. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

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Controlling a mobile device. Patent no. 10,171,962 issued to Hamish C. Hunt, Ashford, Great Britain; Nicholas K. Lincoln, Hampshire, Great Britain; Christopher J. Poole, Hampshire, Great Britain and Mark A. Woolley, Hants, Great Britain. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Resonance frequency device locking. Patent no. 10,172,005 issued to Lisa M. W. Bradley, Cary, North Carolina; Jonathan Dunne, Dungarvan, Ireland; Liam Harpur, Skerries, Ireland and Asima Silva, Holden, Massachusetts. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Cooling structure for electronic boards. Patent no. 10,172,258 issued to Paul F. Bodenweber, Kingston; Kenneth C. Marston, Poughquag; Kamal K. Sikka, Poughkeepsie; Hilton T. Toy, Hopewell Junction; Randall J. Werner, Poughkeepsie and Jeffrey A. Zitz, Poughkeepie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

State migration of edge-ofnetwork applications. Patent no. 10,172,064 issued to Dakshi Agrawal, Monsay; Chatschik Bisdikian, Chappaqua; Dinesh C. Verma, Mount Kisco and Petros Zerfos, New York. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Enhanced rack/cabinet mobility and stability for a server rack. Patent no. 10,172,255 issued to Eric A. Eckberg, Rochester, Minnesota; Cody J. Erie, Adams, Minnesota; Michael J. MacPherson, Elgin, Minnesota; Stephen P. Mroz, Rochester, Minnesota and Christopher L. Tuma, Mantorville, Minnesota. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Location-oriented services. Patent no. 10,171,964 issued to Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights; Patrick J. O’Sullivan, Ballsbridge, Ireland; Robert C. Weir, Dover, New Hampshire and Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Making subscriber data addressable as a device in a mobile data network. Patent no. 10,171,991 issued to Bin Cao, Rochester, Minnesota; James E. Carey, Rochester, Minnesota and Kirubel Z. Seifu, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Method to increase server’s density in datacenter. Patent no. 10,172,260 issued to Sebastien Bousseton, Saint-Jeannet, France and Arnaud Lund, Cagnes-sur-mer, France. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Peer-to-peer emergency communication using public broadcasting. Patent no. 10,171,981 issued to Yoichi Hatsutori, Tokyo, Japan; Futoshi Iwama, Kanagawa-ken, Japan; Kohichi Kamijoh, Kanagawa-ken, Japan; Yuichi Nakamura, Kanagawa-ken, Japan; Hitomi Takahashi, Tokyo, Japan and Hironori Takeuchi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Printed circuit board and methods to enhance reliability. Patent no. 10,172,243 issued to Bruce J. Chamberlin, Vestal; Scott B. King, Rochester; Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, Florida and David J. Russell, Owego. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Switching mobile service provider using blockchain. Patent no. 10,171,992 issued to Ram Viswanathan, Chennai, India and Srinivasa Raghavan Govindaswamy, Chennai, India. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

System and method of decoupling and exposing computing device originated location information. Patent no. 10,172,008 issued to Pramodh D. Narayan, Naperville, Illinois; Sri Ramanathan, San Ramon, California; Matthew A. Terry, Celebration, Florida and Matthew B. Trevathan, Roswell, Georgia. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

System for maintaining the environment of a self-cooled data storage library. Patent no.

10,172,253 issued to Jose G. Miranda Gavillan, Tucson, Arizona; Brian G. Goodman, Tucson, Arizona and Kenny Nian Gan Qiu, Tucson, Arizona. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

System, method and storage medium for hierarchical management of mobile device notifcations. Patent no. 10,172,141 issued to Inseok Hwang, Austin, Texas; Su Liu, Austin, Texas, Eric J. Rozner, Austin, Texas and Chin Ngai Sze, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Tamper-respondent assemblies with enclosure-to-board protection. Patent no. 10,172,232 issued to William L. Brodsky, Binghamton; James A. Busby, New Paltz; Edward N. Cohen, Poughkeepsie; Silvio Dragone, Winterthur, Switzerland; Michael J. Fisher, Poughkeepsie; David C. Long, Wappingers Falls; Michael T. Peets, Staatsburg; William Santiago-Fernandez, Poughkeepsie and Thomas Weiss, Poughkeepsie.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Tamper-respondent sensors with formed flexible layer(s).

Patent no. 10,172,239 issued to John R. Dangler, Rochester, Minnesota; Phillip Duane Isaacs, Rochester, Minnesota and David C. Long, Wappingers Falls. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Utility light malfunction determination. Patent no. 10,172,222 issued to Gopal K. Bhageria, Overland Park, Kansas; Vijay Ekambaram, Tamilnadu, India and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, India. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Vehicle occupant position determination. Patent no. 10,171,954 issued to Lisa M. Chavez, Tucson, Arizona; Rhonda L. Childress, Austin, Texas; David B. Kumhyr, Austin, Texas and Michael J. Spisak, East Northport. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million Net-Zero Development LLC, Gardiner, as owner. Lender: Salisbury Bank and Trust Co., Lakeville, Connecticut. Property: 87-91 and 93 N. Chestnut St., New Paltz. Amount: $7 million. Filed Dec. 7.

Below $1 million Brigante, Russell J., et al, as owner. Lender: Normandy Corp. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $325,000.

Filed Dec. 26.

Fodrowski, Jeremy R., Stone Ridge, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 816 Peak Road, Stone Ridge.

Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Gold River Property Group LLC, Brooklyn, as owner. Lender: Lima One Capital LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Property: 167 Ann St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $46,500. Filed Dec. 28.

Mandich, Dane, et al, Wallkill, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $350,000.

Filed Dec.17.

Marchetti, Adam T., et al, Hurley, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 504 Eagles Nest Road, Hurley 12433.

Amount: $122,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Matthews, Joseph, et al, Milton, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Marlborough. Amount: $331,500.

Filed Dec. 27.

POK Beacon LLC, as owner. Lender: Michael J. Tighe, et al, Sarasota, Florida. Property: 30 and 33 Henry St., Kingston 12401. Amount: $230,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Russo, Melissa D., et al, Highland, as owner. Lender: Trustco Bank, Albany. Property: in Rosendale.

Amount: $67,175. Filed Dec. 19.

Trinka Lane Realty LLC, as owner. Lender: Lime One Capital LLC. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $95,300. Filed Dec. 26.

DEEDS Above $1 million 57 Wisner Road LLC, Hewitt, New Jersey. Seller: Bo Bazylevsky, et al, Warwick. Property: 57 Wisner Road, Warwick. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Dec. 27.

Apt Real Estate LLC, Amenia.

Seller: Silo Ridge Ventures Property A LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $1 million.

Filed Dec. 24.

BMA Exchange No. 2 LLC, Dothan, Alabama. Seller: MSG Montgomery LLC, Aventura, Florida.

Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $9.3 million. Filed Dec. 19.

Karl Farm Holdings III LLC, Highland. Seller: Carol Wolfenson, New Paltz. Property: in New Paltz.

Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Dec. 12.

M. Walker Love LLC, New York City. Seller: Silo Ridge Ventures Property A LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed Dec. 24.

Paladem Properties LLC, Milton. Seller: Hark/Kandr LLC, Fishkill. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $1 million. Filed Dec. 21.

Silo LL13 Venture LLC, Garden City. Seller: Silo Ridge Ventures Property A LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Dec. 24.

Stonywell Country Homes LLC, New York City. Seller: Silo Ridge CM 18 LLC, Irvington. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $3.1 million. Filed Dec. 24.

Windemere MHC LLC, Crofton, Maryland. Seller: Windemere Estates LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $8 million. Filed Dec. 18.

WP Property Holdings LLC, New York City. Seller: Mordechai Peleg, et al, Kingston. Property: in Esopus. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 11.

Facts & Figures Below $1 million 17 Da Weider LLC, Monroe. Seller: Elozer Saal, Monroe. Property: 17 D A Weider Blvd., Unit 304, Monroe 10950. Amount: $245,000. Filed Dec. 18.

180 Vineyard Avenue LLC, Millerton. Seller: Louise Boling, et al, Wappingers Falls. Property: in Lloyd. Amount: $170,000. Filed Dec. 21.

406 Schunnemunk LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Turner and Gold Ltd., Monroe. Property: 20 First Ave. and 406 Schunnemunk Road, Highland Mills. Amount: $850,000. Filed Dec. 20.

55 Forest House Inc., Huguenot.

Seller: Sabato Lodato, Bronx. Property: 55 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown 10941. Amount: $245,000.

Filed Dec. 27.

58 Hudson View Terrace LLC, Hyde Park. Seller: Ralph J. Acampora, et al, Hyde Park. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $345,000.

Filed Dec. 24.

676 Abeel Street LLC, Kingston.

Seller: Joan Millens, et al, Kingston.

Property: in Kingston. Amount: $30,000. Filed Dec. 24.

8-10 High St Realty Inc., Goshen. Seller: Lou Cantelmo, Warwick.

Property: in Warwick. Amount: $95,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Aden Brook 550 LLC, Montgomery. Seller: Jeffrey Duque, et al, Rumson, New Jersey. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $295,00.

Filed Dec. 18.

Aden Brook Agricultural LLC, Montgomery. Seller: Phyllis C. Brescia, Montgomery. Property: 731 Neelytown Road, Montgomery.

Amount: $25,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Almax Properties LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 10 Center St. Marlboro 12542.

Amount: $122,850. Filed Dec. 14.

Angel Properties NP LLC, New Paltz. Seller: Huguenot Heights Realty LLC, New Paltz. Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $237,000. Filed Dec. 10.

APJL Construction LLC, Kingston. Seller: Daniel A. Winn, et al, Bearsville. Property: in Hurley.

Amount: $90,00. Filed Dec. 7.

Arizona Hudson Valley LLC, New York City. Seller: Mhak Holding LLC, Kingston. Property: in Hurley and Rosendale. Amount: $850,000.

Filed Dec. 11.

Arizona Hudson Valley LLC, New York City. Seller: Mhak Holding LLC, Kingston. Property: in Hurley.

Amount: $350,000. Filed Dec. 11.

Ase Properties LLC, Kingston.

Seller: Susan P. Sparrow, Napanoch.

Property: in Kingston. Amount: $224,500. Filed Dec. 26.

Atereth Developments LLC, Monroe. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 106 Kingston Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $100,00.

Filed Dec. 20.

Beau Marche Inc., Newburgh.

Seller: Peter Vaccaro, et al, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Blue Topaz Development LLC, Great Neck. Seller: Blanche Vandermark, Marlboro. Property: in Marlborough. Amount: $30,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Bodhivastu Foundation for Enlightened Activity, Poughquag.

Seller: The Center of Spiritual Awakening Inc., Sedona, Arizona. Property: 126 Lost Clove Road, Shandaken.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Borchert Hill Farm LLC, Danbury, Connecticut. Seller: Anthony Troncillito, Highland Mills. Property: 295 Lattintown Road, Marlboro.

Amount: $185,000. Filed Dec. 26.

Brapas Land Development LLC, Ulster Park. Seller: Stone Mountain Holdings LLC, Pine Plains. Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $85,000.

Filed Dec. 21.

Gold River Property Group LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Barry Jackson, et al, Newburgh. Property: 167 Ann St., Newburgh. Amount: $115,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Higbie Properties LLC, Middletown. Seller: Virginia Cline, Largo, Florida. Property: in Wallkill.

Amount: $145,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Hoang and Nguyen Bros LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Michael S. Blustein, Goshen. Property: 2 Dapple Terrace, Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $133,848. Filed Dec. 28.

Howe Construction LLC, Chester. Seller: John Hellmann III, Westchester, Pennsylvania. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $140,000.

Filed Dec. 24.

Howe Construction LLC, Chester. Seller: Marianne Reichle, Walden. Property: in Montgomery.

Amount: $40,500. Filed Dec. 26.

J. Miller Contracting LLC, Wallkill. Seller: Garfield Crawn Jr., et al, Wallkill. Property: 155 Freetown Road, Wallkill. Amount: $20,000.

Filed Dec. 26.

J. Olori Construction LLC, Middletown. Seller: Robert Irving Miller LLC, Fishkill. Property: 327 Mill St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $325,000.

Filed Dec. 27.

Faith House for Mothers and Children Inc., Kingston. Seller: Froi P. Canre, et al, Walden. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $220,000.

Filed Dec. 21.

JD Construction or Orange County Inc., Slate Hill. Seller: Laurence Holzman, Henderson, Nevada. Property: 332-346 Howells Turnpike, Wallkill 10940. Amount: $50,000. Filed Dec. 24.

Farmhood Fields LLC, Pine Bush.

Seller: Glen A. Plotsky, Port Jervis.

Property: 60 Crans Mill Road, Pine Bush 12566. Amount: $290,000.

Filed Dec. 26.

Jefvin LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 21 Hoffman Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $80,500. Filed Dec. 26.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Barry R. Fertel, New Rochelle. Property: 37 Maple Drive, Middletown 10940. Amount: $417,649. Filed Dec. 19.

JJLV Properties LLC, Westwood, New Jersey. Seller: 10 Colonial Avenue LLC, Warwick. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $575,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Dana L. Rudikoff, Kingston. Property: 350 N. Water St., Apt. 2-14, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $305,005. File Dec. 18.

Lab Homes LLC, New York City.

Seller: Grand Heights Real Estate Inc., Montgomery. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $50,000. Filed Dec. 28.

Fox Smith Homes LLC, Gardiner.

Seller: Walter Kroll Jr., Newburgh.

Property: 26 Knoth road, Shawangunk Amount: $65,500. Filed Dec. 7.

N.D.G. Associates Inc., New City.

Seller: Carl Hagler, New Windsor.

Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $90,000. Filed Dec. 19.

GKB Properties LLC, Chester.

Seller: Nancy J. Schneider, Washingtonville. Property: 114 Blake Road, Maybrook 12543. Amount: $96,700.

Filed Dec. 27.

N.D.G. Associates Inc., New City.

Seller: Fernando Cardel, et al, New Windsor. Property: 48 Cromwell Terrace, Unit 3, New Windsor 12553.

Amount: $80,000. Filed Dec. 24.

Glenmere Holdings LLC, Goshen. Seller: Roxann Weslowski, Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $30,000. Filed Dec. 27.

N.D.G. Associates Inc., New City. Seller: Lauren Racanelli, New Windsor. Property: 41 Cedar Lane, Unit 41F, New Windsor. Amount: $86,000. Filed Dec. 27.

N.D.G. Associates Inc., New City.

Seller: Louis Racanelli, Newburgh.

Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $93,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Rt 32 LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: The Fick Sisters LLC, Saugerties.

Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $440,000. Filed Dec. 19.

N.D.G. Associates Inc., New City.

Seller: Thomas Costa, Newburgh.

Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $70,000. Filed Dec. 19.

Ruth II Corp., Beacon. Seller: Daniel Finn, et al, Fishkil. Property: 3 Maurerbrook Drive, Fishkill.

Amount: $170,000. Filed Dec. 21.

N.D.G. Associates Inc., New Windsor. Seller: Ursula Torruella, Newburgh. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $95,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Sajoma Partners LLC, Chester.

Seller: Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Property: 17 Vivian Lane, Chester 10918. Amount: $214,000. Filed Dec. 20.

National Transfer Services LLC. Seller: Steven O’Neill, et al, Gardiner.

Property: 397 Burnt Meadow Road, Gardiner 12525. Amount: $331,500.

Filed Dec. 17.

New Paltz Bus Depot LLC, New Paltz. Seller: 28 Church Street LLC, New Paltz. Property: 28 Church St., New Paltz. Amount: $600,000.

Filed Dec. 27.

Nikpri Inc., Kingston. Seller: Old Stockade Development LLC, Kingston. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $160,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Nosoapradio LLC, Woodstock.

Seller: Jonathan H. Kaufman, Woodstock. Property: in Woodstock.

Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 19.

NYC REO LLC, Whitestone. Seller: John E. Sullivan, Raleigh, North Carolina. Property: 128 Mountain Ave., Highland Falls. Amount: $4,500.

Filed Dec. 27.

P. We Holdings LLC, Highland.

Seller: 4648 Front Street Owners LLC, Howard Beach. Property: in Lloyd. Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Pads for the People LLC, Kingston. Seller: Belinda M. Casivant, Germantown. Property: in Kingston.

Amount: $75,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Petefini Inc., Monroe. Seller: John R. Clancey, et al, Winchester, Virginia. Property: 290 Route 1, Warwick 10990. Amount: $67,500. Filed Dec. 27.

Polestar Holdings LLC, Kingston. Seller: Paris Perry, High Falls.

Property: in Marbletown. Amount: $315,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Prospect Estates LLC, Milton.

Seller: 7 Prospect Street NP LLC, New Paltz. Property: 7 Prospect St., New Paltz 12561. Amount: $325,000.

Filed Dec. 14.

Real Estate Growth Fund LLC, San Jose, California. Seller: Bank of America N.A. Property: 71 Greencrest Road, Goshen 10924. Amount: $152,000. Filed Dec. 18.

Rt 22 Family Barn LLC, Pawling.

Seller: 1133 Route 22 LLC, Pawling.

Property: 1133 Route 22, Pawling.

Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 26.

Sauchuk Industries LLC, Waldwick, New Jersey. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Property: 31 Hillside Terrace, Wallkill 12589. Amount: $195,500. Filed Dec. 28.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Charlie Schunk, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Property: 14 Howard St., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $567,109. Filed Dec. 28.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Sarah E. Sholes, Poughkeepsie. Property: 11 Gilbert Drive, Hyde Park 12538.

Amount: $426,500. Filed Dec. 27.

Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Seller: Madeline C. Zachareas, Marlboro. Property: 1670 Route 32, Plattekill. Amount: 26,850. Filed Dec. 10.

Watkins Avenue Properties LLC, Middletown. Seller: Cosmo Optics Inc., Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $365,000. Filed Dec. 21.

SBC Ventures LLC, Phoenix, Arizona. Seller: Silvano A. Boscardin, Millbrook. Property: Tinker Town Road, Amenia. Amount: $55,000.

Filed Dec. 21.

WW Commons LLC, Tuxedo.

Seller: Henry Jegier, Pine Bush.

Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $110,00. Filed Dec. 20.

SBRJ Family LLC, Poughkeepsie.

Seller: Kathleen A. Curran, Wakefield, Massachusetts. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $200,000.

Filed Dec. 21.

YYY Properties LLC, Chester.

Seller: Christopher Smith, Middletown. Property: 145 Mountain View Ave., Wallkill 12589. Amount: $57,800. Filed Dec. 26.

SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck.

Seller: Suzanne J. Devereaux, Kissimmee, Florida. Property: 75 Stewart Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $70,000. Filed Dec. 18.

Zlotnikov Farms LLC, Scarsdale.

Seller: Donna Marie Spangler, et al, Vallejo, California. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $325,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Seller: Bank of America N.A. Property: 31 Apple Lane, Westbrookville. Amount: $135,000. Filed Dec. 21.

JUDGMENTS

Shalders Enterprises LLC, Pine Bush. Seller: Holly Lown, et al.

Northbrook, Illinois. Property: in Maybrook. Amount: $8,000. Filed Dec. 27.

Steward Holdings Group LLC, Easton, Connecticut. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 144 Railroad Ave., Kingston 12401. Amount: $61,000. Filed Dec. 26.

75 Clarendon Avenue LLC, Lake Katrine. $387 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

845 Automotive Corp., New Windsor. $4,776 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

Ambriel’s Song, New Windsor. $1,093 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

Stony Ridge Springs LLC, Cresskill, New Jersey. Seller: Denise M. Marter, Oxford, Florida. Property: in Marbletown. Amount: $12,900.

Filed Dec. 17.

Castle’s Complete Auto Inc., Saugerties. $5,373 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 19.

Suffern International Equities Inc., New City. Seller: 1025 Route 17M LLC, Monsey. Property: 1025 Route 17M, Blooming Grove.

Amount: $553,998. Filed Dec. 20.

E and A’s Brotherhood Construction Development LLC, Highland. $953 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

The Dogskills LLC, New York City. Seller: Eric M. Zielke, et al, Stone Ridge. Property: in Rochester.

Amount: $38,750. Filed Dec. 12.

Far Away Ltd., Woodstock. $390 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Trinka Lane Realty LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 8 Trinka Lane, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $185,000. Filed Dec. 26.

Flower Kart, Gardiner. $1,003 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

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Facts & Figures GPC Inc., Kingston. $658 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Ravena Diner, Saugerties. $1,453 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 19.

Hudson and Pacific Designs Landscape, Saugerties. $237 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Raza Construction Management Corp., Goshen. $3,281 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

Jerosal Restaurant Inc., New Paltz. $1,583 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Scott Hargash Lawn Service, Saugerties. $4,483 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 19.

K and K Snacks Inc., New Paltz. $325 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Kingston Plaza Just-A-Buck Inc., Kingston. $138 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

L and L Enterprises, Kingston. $1,003 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Maisie Real Property LLC, Newburgh. $1,069 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

Meticulous Motors Inc., Kingston. $280 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Mi Casita Restaurant, Kingston. $2,150 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 20.

Seadrift Management LLC, Shandaken. $2,004 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Sijac International Inc., Florida. $718 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

So Cute Clothing, Kingston. $951 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 19.

Stress Free Lawn Care LLC, Lake Katrine. $3,920 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

The Gluten Free Depot Inc., Wallkill. $125 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

The Jewelry Lady, Olivebridge. $1,172 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Mr. Ferby’s Enterprises Inc., Westtown. $1,872 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

Timbreland Media Inc., Saugerties. $117 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Nesco, Washingtonville. $3,582 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

Tochni Larnaca Corp., Kingston. $812 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Netsirk LLC, Florida. $2,712 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

Tpel Properties Inc., Newburgh. $2,873 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

New York Vape Club Inc., New Paltz. $6,124 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe, Warwick. $12,985 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 19.

Newburgh Towing International Inc., New Windsor. $123 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 19.

Yesterday’s Restaurant and Pizzeria Inc., Kingston. $4,838 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 29.

Partition Street Wine Shop Inc., Saugerties. $2,063 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

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LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed.

Any unknown heirs to the estate of Mary A. DeWitt, et al.

Filed by MidFirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $41,500 affecting property located at 5797 Route 44/55, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Dec. 12.

Bresler, Gerry-Lynn, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $650,000 affecting property located at 3 Rock Ledge, Woodstock 12498. Filed Dec. 28.

Browne, Cassie, as administratrix and as heir and distributee of the estate of James Patrick Browne, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $266,880 affecting property located at 6 Erin Court, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Filed Oct. 22.

Yeates, Alvin, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $83,485 affecting property located at 171 S. William St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Oct. 19.

Lee-Jordan, Yvonne, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $355,200 affecting property located at 24 Winston Place, Marlboro 12542. Filed Dec. 11.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Mascal, Richard Malcolm, et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,010 affecting property located at 69 Evan Road, Warwick 10990. Filed Oct. 22.

Riedinger, Sharman S., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $316,700 affecting property located at 4 Hogan Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Dec. 21.

Rushworth, Denise, et al. Filed

by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,180 affecting property located at 59 Onderdonk Road, Warwick 10990. Filed Oct. 19.

Burke, Ellen, individually and as surviving spouse of Joseph Burke, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $136,000 affecting property located at 4 Dodd Lane, Otisville 10963. Filed Oct. 23.

Stark, John M., et al. Filed by Caliber Home Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $267,404 affecting property located at 800 Plattekill Ardonia Road, Clintondale 12515. Filed Dec. 21.

Cadichon, Nicole, et al. Filed by Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,465 affecting property located at 109 Grand Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Oct. 23.

Stewart, Sonia, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $54,575 affecting property located at 7 Faye Ave., New Windsor 12553.

Filed Oct. 22.

Carlson, John Kenneth, et al.

Filed by MidFirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $262,1114 affecting property located at 6 Cusa Drive, Highland 12528. Filed Dec. 28.

Toback, Aileen, et al. Filed by Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2015-6.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,383 affecting property located at 93 Forest Glen Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Dec. 21.

Johnson, Phyllis C., et al. Filed

by Trustco Realty Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 574 Route 32 North, New Paltz 12561.

Filed Dec. 14.

Viviani, Deborah L., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $292,500 affecting property located at 166 Marcott Road, Kingston 12401. Filed Dec. 12.

Kalpakis, David, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 4737 Route 213, Olive 12461.

Filed Dec. 24.

Khan, Abdullah, et al. Filed by Pacific Union Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $437,500 affecting property located at 139 Odyssey Drive, Chester 10918. Filed Oct. 18.

Khan, Asma, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $234,720 affecting property located at 126 Canterbury Drive, Saugerties 12477. Filed Dec. 11.

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Lannon, Patrick F., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,000 affecting property located at 189 Stone Road, West Hurley 12491. Filed Dec. 24.

Wadsworth, Thomas M., et al.

Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $221,887 affecting property located at 18 Briarwood Lane, Marlboro 12542. Filed Dec. 7.

Wenk, Sarah, as executrix of the estate of Jay Wenk, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $525,000 affecting property located at 307 Meads Mountain Road, Woodstock 12498. Filed Dec. 17.

Yap, Angelina, et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $108,000 affecting property located at 6 Karpaty Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Dec. 26.

Bard College, as owner. $53,243 as claimed by Casa Builders Inc., New Paltz. Property: 62 Bay Road, Red Hook. Amount: $53,243. Filed Dec. 27.

Noam Estates R LLC, Monroe, as owner. $17,963 as claimed by E. Tetz and Sons Inc., Middletown. Property: 10 Quickway Road, Monroe 10950. Filed Dec. 26.

NEW BUSINESSES This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained in the original filings.

Doing Business As B. and J. Singh Corp., d.b.a. Discount Beer and Smoke Shop, 779 Route 211 East, Middletown 10941.

Filed Dec. 10.

Bukovsky Enterprises Inc., d.b.a.

DMB Tax and Payroll Services, 20 Cascade Lake Road, Warwick 10990. Filed Dec. 10.

CNS Wholesaler Ltd., d.b.a.

Searonics, 311 N. Plank Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 10.

Partnerships Highborne Essentials, 111 Greenkill Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Olga A. Schoonmaker, Nicole M. Gorsline and Lisa Barnard Kelley. Filed Nov. 6.

Sole Proprietorships Beauty Marc’s, 23 Powells Lane, Ulster 12401, c/o Miranda L. Weinberger. Filed Oct. 31.

Enthusiastic Joe, 125 Main St., Gardiner 12525, c/o Carl Zatz. Filed Nov. 1.

Essential Clean Eco, 1054 Columbia St., Kingston 12401, c/o Karen Ann Strand. Filed Oct. 31.

Graphic Abilities, 3105 Route 52, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Lourdes M. Georges. Filed Nov. 9.

Halo Salon, 17 Rose Lane, Ulster Park 12487, c/o Marissa Whittaker.

Filed Nov. 6.

Handyman 4 You, P.O. Box 1382, Highland 12528, c/o Michael J. Reiser. Filed Nov. 1.

Horizon, 74 Carriage Drive, Red Hook 12571, c/o Ryan Scott Murphy.

Filed Nov. 8.

Hudson Valley GIS, 108 S. Riverside Road, Highland 12528, c/o Arlene M. Owen. Filed Oct. 29.

JJ’s Affordable Painting, P.O. Box 550, Wallkill 12589, c/o Jonathan D. Zephir. Filed Nov. 5.

Hudson Valley Home Renewal Inc., d.b.a. Valencia Countertops, 28 Marwood Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Dec. 10.

Leitwolf Apparel, 120 Sterling Place, Lloyd 12528, c/o Vincent A. Rizzo. Filed Nov. 1.

JCM Gifts Inc., d.b.a. JCM, 12 Hamburg Way, No. 202, Monroe 10950.

Filed Dec. 10.

Liberty Street Vintage, 89 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Tamsin N. Hollo. Filed Dec. 10.

Miao’s Fancy Nail Inc., d.b.a.

M Nails, 791 Route 17M, Monroe 10950. Filed Dec. 10.

Life Style Threads, 32 Pawan Circle, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o Michael J. Norton. Filed Nov. 13.

Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress Inc., d.b.a. Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, 3 Washington Center, Second floor, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 10.

Meraki, 190 Main St., Saugerties 12477, c/o Douglas K. Angona. Filed Oct. 30.

O’Malley’s Pub Inc., d.b.a. 211 West Bar and Grille, 420 Route 211 West, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 10.

Pey Jax Inc., d.b.a. Advanced Sealcoating and Asphalt Repair, 3 Seybolt Ave., Otisville 10963. Filed Dec. 10.

NuLife Marketing Solutions, 1634 Old Ford Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Christine C. Desmoni.

Filed Oct. 30.

Orange Auto and Truck, 75 Wisner Ave., Unit 2, Middletown 10940, c/o Michael A. Bull. Filed Dec. 10.

LEGAL NOTICES Name: Money Mentor 101 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State (SSNY) on 11/23/18. LLC loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to : The LLC, 4 Pine Rd, Valhalla, NY 10595, business location of the LLC. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #61957 Notice of Formation (LLC). Name: 164174GRAMATAN LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/26/2018.

Office location: Westchester COUNTY. NY DOS shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC, 174 GRAMATAN AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, NY, 10550. Purpose: Any lawful activity #61958 NOTICE OF FORMATION of NY LOCKSMITH GUYS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/23/2018. Location: NewYork. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 415 Madison Avenue Ste1412 New York, NY 10017. Purpose: Any law-ful purpose. #61959 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Swinburne Commerce Manager LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on November 21, 2018. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Swinburne Commerce Manager LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61960

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: 1819 West Farms Associates LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on November 19, 2018.

N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 1819 West Farms Associates LLC, 237 West Lincoln Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York 10550.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61961 Notice of Formation of LITTLE BLACK BARN FARM, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/27/2018. Loc: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at: Attn: Andrew B. Christopherson, Esq., 111 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1800, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #61964 Notice of Formation of Muckroe Properties LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/20/18. Offc Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC,c/o James Sheerin, 32 Major Applebys Rd, Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #61965 KH AGC Holding LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 10/18/2018. Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, Attn: Adam Brodsky, 3 W 57th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10019.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #61966

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SECOND MOUSE CHEESE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the SSNY on 10/18/2018. Office location is Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to SECOND MOUSE CHEESE, LLC, 351 Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #61967 Notice of Formation of War Admiral LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/31/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61968 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Lake Street Capital, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/30/2018. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 33 Lake Street, White Plains, NY 10603.

Purpose: Any lawful act. #61969 BWellBStrongBPD, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 11/9/18. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 10 Stewart Pl, #10c White Plains NY 10603 Purpose: all lawful. #61971 Matt Joseph Consulting LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/15/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 47 Hunter Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801.

General Purpose. #61974

Notice of Formation of C-los Carpentry LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/6/2018. Office located in Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 37 Cottage Pl., Tarrytown, NY 10591.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61975 Notice of Formation of Elevated Aesthetics LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/18. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1444 Nepperhan Avenue, Yonkers NY 10703 . Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61976 Arthur New York LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/5/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Smith & Krantz LLP, 122 E. 42nd St., Ste. 1518, NY, NY 10168.

General Purpose. #61977 Notice of Formation of Cojita Landscaping LLC..

Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/05/2017.

Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Alejandro Hernandez. 10 Jefferson Place, Apt. 1A, Mount Vernon, New York 10550.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. #61978 Notice of Formation of Empire Limit LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/30/2018. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 420 South Riverside Ave, Suite 123, Croton on Hudson, NY 10520.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61979

Notice of Formation of LUMECLUSTER LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/27/18. Offc. Loc: 333 Mamaroneck Ave, #473, White Plains, NY 10605. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whomprocess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228..

Purpose: art. #61980 Notice of formation of FABATM, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/2011. Office loc.

Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of any process to FABATM, LLC, 1057 Hunter Ave, Pelham Manor, NY 10803 #61981 Notice of Formation of Deal Island, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/12/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 310 Rich Ave, Mount Vernon, NY 10552.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61982 Sanctuary Property Management, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/10/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 126 Rye Ridge Rd., Harrison, NY 10528 General Purpose. #61983 Lincoln Group 232 LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/3/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to PO Box 245, Pound Ridge, NY 10576.

General Purpose. #61984

Emmaís Restaurant Group LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/26/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 128 Moorland Dr., Scarsdale, NY 10583.

General Purpose. #61986 Notice of Formation of Martinez Accounting and Tax Representation, LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/17/2018. Ofc. Loc: Westchester City.

SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 203 E. Post Rd. White Plains NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61988 Name of LLC: DeCicco & Sons, LLC Address of LLC: 43 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803. County of business: Westchester County, originally filed: 08/12/2014. Agent for Service: Secretary of State. Mail Process to 43 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #61989 Bones Car Service, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/6/18. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 39 Sterling Ave., Unit 11, White Plains, NY 10606. General Purpose. #61990 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of M & R Restaurant Group LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/5/18. Office Loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in DE on 4/9/18.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: INCORP SVCS, INC. 919 N. Market St, #950, Wilmington, DE, 19801. Principal business address: 690 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543.

Cert. of LLC filed with Secy. of State of DE loc: 401 Federal St., #3, Dover DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #61991

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Prince Street Equestrian LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/18/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to John Shriber, 141 Prince St., #3, NY, NY 10017. General Purpose. #61993 Notice of Formation of Enlighten Resource of Westchester,LLC. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/16/2018 Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC 70 Virginia Road Apt 8B, White Plains, NY, 10603 .

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61994 Notice of Formation of Leaders of the Wave, LLC filed with SSNY 12/28/2018. Office: West.

County. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 10 California Road, Mt. Vernon, NY 10552.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. # 61995 Notice of Formation of Bright Future Montessori Daycare, LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/01/2018. Off. Loc.:Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 249 Lee Avenue Yonkers, N.Y 10705. Purpose: any lawful purpose. # 61996 ASA Focus Groups, LLC. Filed 12/14/18 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 243 Park Avenue, Eastchester, NY 10709 Purpose: all lawful # 61997

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