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subsidiary of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors Inc., said a total of 13,761 residential sales were closed in 2013 in Westchester, Orange, Putnam and Rockland counties. Orange saw the largest increase in sales at 23 percent, with Westchester, Putnam and Rockland seeing 21 percent, 17 percent and 14 percent increases, respectively.

village official in Sleepy Hollow said construction of a major mixed-use development on the long-vacant former automotive assembly plant site of General Motors Co. could start in 2015, and possibly by the end of this year, after GM’s recent selection of a developer for the Hudson waterfront project.

The long-stalled development, Lighthouse Landing, includes 1,177 residential units, 35,000 square feet of office space, 135,000 square feet of retail, cinema and restaurant space and a 140-room hotel. Though no updated figure was available, the project cost was previously estimated at $800 million.

Sleepy Hollow Mayor Kenneth G. Wray recently announced the Detroit automaker has chosen a partnership of Diversified Realty Advisors L.L.C., based in Summit, N.J., and SunCal, the nation’s largest privately held developer of master-planned communities. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., SunCal also has an office in Manhattan.

The nearly 100-acre GM property off Beekman Avenue was vacated by the automaker in 1996. The redevelopment project, first proposed by GM in 2003, has been delayed for several years by lawsuits brought against Sleepy Hollow by GM challenging village officials’ decision to reduce the scale of the project and by Sleepy Hollow’s neighboring municipality, the village of Tarrytown, where officials are concerned about the development’s

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Birth of a business | page 2 From left, Northeast Doulas co-owners Debbie Aglietti, Lauren Schwarzfeld and Randy Patterson

Lower Hudson house sales up 20 percent Market continues to rebound, report says

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in WhaT Was The besT year for residential real estate since 2007, home sales in the lower Hudson Valley region increased 20 percent from 2012 to 2013, according to a new report.

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Women serving women in a growing health care field

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ortheast Doulas L.L.C., a womenowned business in a growing and as yet unregulated field within the health care industry, occupies a small front room in a medical office suite in Putnam Valley near the Westchester-Putnam county border. A whiteboard behind a small display case lists products for the modern new mother: breast pumps, maternity support belts, breast milk storage bags, nipple shields, protective breast shells, sleep bras and exercise balls.

The business offers a convenient retail service for patients visiting this OB-GYN office of The Westchester Medical Practice in Putnam Valley’s Waterside Professional Park. For the company’s owners, the shared office space represents the working bond between doulas, in their role as labor-room personal attendants and emotional and educational support workers for birthing mothers, and medical professionals, some of whom have viewed the doula as an intrusive, unwanted and unprofessional presence at deliveries.

Unlike professionally licensed and medically trained midwives, doulas – a name said to have been coined in the 1960s and derived from an ancient Greek word for a female servant or slave – have no medical role in childbirth. And unlike most medical professionals, their service can extend to postpartum women at home, including live-in support in a mother’s early weeks of nursing and caring for a baby.

Northeast Doulas employs 11 women, independent contractors who work exclusively for the company. Their typically affluent clientele include residents of New York City, Westchester, the lower Hudson Valley and Fairfield County, Conn.

“Most of them work full-time, and can easily work 90 hours in a week,” said Randy Patterson, a co-owner of Northeast Doulas with partners Debbie Aglietti and Lauren Schwarzfeld.

Formerly a hair salon owner in Putnam Valley and a perinatal technician at Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor,

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Patterson has been a doula for 17 years.

Having seen doulas come into the hospital where she worked, “I just sort of hung a doula shingle on my door,” she said.

Though some employers do allow payment for doula services from employees’ flexible spending accounts, no health care insurers provide coverage for their services.

“We’re not there yet,” said Patterson.

For labor doulas, “The going rates in this area are between $1,000 and $2,000,” she said. Postpartum doulas are paid $40 to $45 an hour. A typical hiring arrangement has them working 60 hours with the new mother over three weeks.

Northeast Doulas also provides live-in care for the first six weeks after childbirth. For a five-day live-in package, a client returning home from the hospital pays $3,600.

For live-in arrangements, “We need women who are a little bit older” and have the flexibility and freedom from rearing young children of their own, Patterson said.

A long-time entrepreneur, “I love the business side as much as the birth side,” she said. “I love empowering a woman on the birth side.”

Patterson six years ago gave up her solo enterprise to partner with Debbie Aglietti.

A Mahopac resident who had worked in corporate health and wellness programs, Aglietti said she learned of a doula’s work after meeting a hospital technician who was preparing to become one. “I instantly came home and told my husband I found what I wanted to do in life.”

In 2002 Aglietti registered Northeast Doulas as a limited liability company. “I felt if I had a business behind my name, people would take me more seriously, because I didn’t have a medical background,” she said.

Schwarzfeld, a Mount Kisco resident who had worked in finance at hedge fund and private equity venture capital firms in Westchester, began working for Aglietti and Patterson about five years ago at Northeast Doulas. After taking on office duties as well, she bought an ownership stake in the company. The partners still attend births as doulas and have separate back-office roles in their business.

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The trio in 2013 launched ProDoula Certification L.L.C., an independent agency that provides doula training, accreditation and business development advice and guidance to women seeking to become doulas at a professional level. The doula industry is not regulated at the state or federal level, leaving private companies like ProDoula and the Chicago-based nonprofit trade organization DONA International to set

“There are a lot of stereotypes about doulas. People think being a doula is a philosophy” about natural childbirth and breastfeeding, “but we think of it as a profession.”

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professional training and educational standards and grant certification on their own.

“Now more than ever, we’re seeing this demand for doulas,” Patterson said. “As this demand for doulas grows, there’s more desire by women to become doulas. We developed ProDoula because we see this demand for professional doulas growing.”

Patterson said their company recently was contacted by Greenwich Hospital for help in developing guidelines for hospital officials when deciding who should be allowed into labor rooms as doulas.

“There are a lot of stereotypes about doulas,” Patterson said. “People think being a doula is a philosophy” about natural childbirth and breastfeeding, “but we think of it as a profession.”

“Doulas are not activists,” she said.

“However, many activists are becoming doulas as a soapbox, as their arena… Doulas should be able to check their own philosophies at the door” and offer unbiased information and options to the clients they serve.

“We’re almost like the childbirth educator coming to the birth with the person.”

With access to online search tools and health care websites, “Now our clients are so well-informed that if the doula cannot provide the most up-to-date information, the client knows more than the doula,” Patterson said. “The amount of information that our clients have access to requires doulas to have higher standards.”

“The work of doulas often comes instinctively to women,” Schwarzfeld said.

“The business side often scares people the most.” Armed with practical instruction in starting and running a business and with the certification that ProDoula offers, women see an opportunity to open their own agency, she said. “We really believe the agency is the future of doula business – and without it, doulas burn out.”

Patterson said their certification program “offers women an opportunity to earn a living at something they can feel really passionate about.”

And the rising demand for doula training offers the partners an opportunity to grow their new business.

“We have big goals for ProDoula in serving every state in the U.S. and getting into Canada and really expanding the brand,” Patterson said.

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Rye, White Plains doing better than most cities in the state BY marK LUNGariELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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wo Westchester County municipalities are doing better financially than most cities in the state, according to a series of December fiscal reports from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Rye and White Plains were ahead of the pack in the comptroller’s municipal profiles due to low poverty rates and stable budgets balanced on large, stable and affluent property tax bases. The comptroller’s profiles rated municipalities across the state based on factors such as the amount of cash on hand and the tendency to issue balanced budgets.

“White Plains and Rye are on solid financial ground and not facing the demographic and fiscal stress challenges that are afflicting other cities in New York,” DiNapoli said. “By taking advantage of these favorable circumstances, each municipality has been able to encourage economic development and cultivate financial stability for residents and taxpayers.”

Rye is a city mostly in name, with only 16,000 residents and suburban neighborhoods with a large number of owner-occupied homes and a vacancy rate of 5.4 percent or about half that of the median for a city in New York. The city’s homeownership rate is 73.6 percent, well above the 50.5 percent

median for a city in the state.

Rye’s median home value is more than $1 million, which is the highest value of any city in the entire state and its median household income is a sizable $142,469, considerably more than the statewide median household income of $38,699. Rye’s child poverty rate, 1 percent, was the second smallest of any city in the state.

Rye, with its wealthy demographics, has been able to rely more heavily on its property taxes than other cities in the state. According to DiNapoli’s fiscal profile, property taxes accounted for 46.2 percent of Rye’s 2011 revenues while the average for state cities was 27.1 percent of revenues.

The city also does not rely as heavily on aid from Albany, with state aid making up only 5.7 percent of city revenues as opposed to the 18.8 percent average of other cities in the state.

The mayor and Rye city councilmembers receive no compensation for their positions, with the day-to-day operations run by an appointed city manager who prepares the budget and answers to the council. In recent years, with the added restraint of the stateimposed 2 percent property tax cap, the city has turned to non-property sources of revenue similar to many other Westchester municipalities. Rye generated 26 percent of its 2011 revenue through service fees, higher than the statewide city average of 21 percent.

Rye’s Mayor Joe Sack, who took office this month after serving as a city councilman, said Rye was an extremely desirable place to live, which goes a long way toward shoring up city finances.

“But this should not mask the fact that we are facing exponential increases in expenses for salaries, health care and pensions, just like other cities with different demographics,” Sack told the Business Journal. “Revenue is nice, but controlling expenses will need to be our focus going forward.”

Both Rye and White Plains saw growth in revenues above the statewide average. The increase in revenues – 4.5 percent for White Plains and 5.7 percent for Rye – have allowed for the communities to increase their reserve funds, also called “rainy day funds.” In 2012, Rye had $6.8 million in rainy day funds, which is equal to about 23 percent of its general fund expenditures, according to the comptroller.

White Plains had $12.7 million in its fund, or 9.2 percent of its total expenditures.

Although White Plains also received high marks from the comptroller, it faced more difficulties common to cities such as declining property values. A period of strong economic development boosted the city prior to the recession, and a mix of commercial and retail stores have created a centralized hub for the city of 55,000 residents. Still property values in White

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Plains declined by 29 percent from 2008 to 2013, after more than doubling from 2002 to 2008.

White Plains faces a more difficult financial situation than other more affluent communities in Westchester, but in comparison to other cities in the state it is still well above the medians. The city, with a 53.4 percent home ownership rate, still ranks above the median city rate of 50.5 percent. The median home value is half of Rye’s, $518,500, but still above the median of $99,700 for cities and even the statewide median of $301,000.

Vacancies remain low and half the median, at 5.3 percent. White Plains median household income is $76,164, above the state median of roughly $76,000 and double the median city household income of about $38,700; but it remains below Westchester’s $80,725 median household income. White Plains’ child poverty rate is 13.6 percent, below the 20.3 statewide average and the city statewide average of 28.1 percent.

City Mayor Tom Roach, a Democrat, said stabilizing taxes has been a focus in White Plains.

“We have consolidated departments and services and are continuing to look for efficiencies and other cost-sharing opportunities,” he said. “We are on the right track and I am pleased that this profile by the comptroller recognizes that.”

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Gillibrand stumps for paid family leave law

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.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand recently led a quartet of congressional Democrats who appeared at the Purchase headquarters of MasterCard Worldwide Inc. to enlist corporate and working women’s support for a bill in Congress to create a national paid family and medical leave insurance program funded by employer and employee payroll contributions.

Gillibrand is Senate sponsor of the Family

and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, introduced last month by Democrats in both the Senate and House of Representatives. The legislation has been referred to the Senate finance committee and to the House ways and means committee.

The self-funded program, to be administered by a newly created office within the Social Security Administration, “doesn’t add a dime to the deficit,” Gillibrand told a receptive audience of state and local elected officials from Westchester County and MasterCard employees, the majority of whom were

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women, at a Jan. 10 press conference.

For the ninth year, the host company’s paid parental leave, child care and flextime policies in 2013 earned it a place on the 100 Best Companies list of Working Mother Media, whose president also spoke at the Anderson Hill Road headquarters in support of the legislation. Forty-four percent of MasterCard’s approximately 4,100 employees in the U.S. are women, as are 34 percent of its managers and executives, according to Working Mother Media’s 2013 report.

The FAMILY Act bill would grant monthly benefit payments for eligible caregivers, both men and women, to be drawn from an independent trust within the Social Security agency. The trust would be funded by employer and employee contributions that each amount to 0.2 percent of a caregiver’s wages.

“It’s about the cost of a cup of coffee a week,” Gillibrand said. “And for that amount of money, it’s something we should all want to invest in.”

Adopted in 1993, the current federal Family and Medical Leave Act grants unpaid, job-protected leave to employees of private companies with at least 50 employees and to workers in all government agencies and elementary and secondary schools. But 43 percent of employees cannot afford to take leave

because it is unpaid and nearly half of working mothers are unable to take time off to care for a sick child, according to Gillibrand’s office.

New York’s junior senator said only 12 percent of U.S. workers have access to paid family leave through employers, while 40 percent have access through temporary employer-provided disability insurance.

Gillibrand said the lack of paid family and medical leave “keeps some of our besttrained workers out of the workforce. That means it hurts businesses and the economy.”

Beyond political partisanship, “It’s just a common sense idea that makes sense in our economy,” she said.

“That’s the peace of mind that the FAMILY Act provides,” DeLauro said. “You should not have to choose between keeping your job and taking care of yourself.”

Rep. Nita Lowey, the Democrat from Harrison, said the new legislation is “an extension” of efforts by her and other legislators to obtain federal funding for state paid medical leave programs.

Gillibrand spokeswoman Bethany Lesser said the senator “is working now to build bipartisan support” for the bill, which she introduced shortly before Congress went on holiday recess.

The legislation has been endorsed by 434 business, labor, church and civic organizations.

The never-ending war on poverty

BY ELLEN LYNcH

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hen President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a national War on Poverty in 1964, the battlegrounds were inner cities and rural areas – that’s where most poor Americans lived at the time.

Fast-forward 50 years and the war wages on. If you can believe it, we’re actually no closer to hoisting up a victory flag. If anything, we’re farther away from winning this war.

While urban and rural America still have their unique challenges, the fastest-growing poor populations are in the suburbs, enclaves outside the big cities of Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City. A decade-long Brookings Institution study started in 2006 found that there seems to be “more poor people in metro areas living outside of big cities than within them.”

In fact, there are about 3 million more.

As of 2011, the number of poor people living in the suburbs in this country spiked to 16.4 million, a 64 percent increase since 2000, compared with 13.4 million in cities.

In a 2012 article, “Poverty Has A New Address: Suburbia,” Michelle Hirsch wrote the past decade has marked the most signifi-

cant rise in poverty in modern times. Using current census data, she reported that 1 in 6 people in the U.S. is poor, compared with 1-in-10 Americans a decade ago.

The Great Recession is partly to blame as are other related factors such as a scarcity of jobs (high unemployment), an implosion of the housing market, high food and gas prices and a cutback of government services, among others.

Here in Westchester, we have pockets of poverty in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains, Peekskill and New Rochelle. But here, too, the challenges are not limited to urban enclaves: Towns and villages like Port Chester, Mount Kisco and Ossining have their share of poverty as well. Despite our relative wealth here and reputation as being one of the wealthiest counties in the country, you can’t drive five minutes without finding people living on the brink or those who don’t know how they’re going to pay for their next grocery run – that’s because no community is immune to poverty, not even our wealthiest ones.

The Food Bank for Westchester’s own data on food distribution matches this: Of the 6.6 million pounds of food that we distribute, large amounts go to the cities. But a significant number of meals are

also going to places like Ardsley, Briarcliff Manor, Tuckahoe, Pleasantville and Mohegan Lake.

That’s because nearly 90,000 people, or more than 9 percent of Westchester’s population, live at or below the poverty line, according to recent U.S. Census figures. For a family of four, that means they are living on less than $24,000 a year. Try paying rent, buying groceries and filling your gas tank on that income. It’s impossible, especially when you consider that rents for two-bedroom apartments are upwards of $2,000 a month, and gas and milk routinely hover around $4 a gallon. The numbers needed to get by simply don’t add up.

Among those most affected in Westchester are children and senior citizens. Almost one-out-of-four children in this county live well below the federal poverty line. A few years ago, The Westchester Children’s Association estimated that roughly 53,000 children – almost 1 in 4 – were living in homes where the household income was $42,400 or below.

More than 25,000 children in elementary schools are eligible for free or reduced lunches at public schools, according to the U.S. Department of Education. When middleschoolers are included, the number jumps to

more than 32,000, and includes students in Bedford, Chappaqua, Harrison, Rye, North Salem and other hamlets that we don’t typically associate with poverty.

For senior citizens on fixed incomes – including many who may own their own home, but are having a tough time paying increasingly higher property taxes – the upward trajectory shows that things are getting worse.

In both poverty scenarios – children and seniors – they are living in plain sight of most of us. We see the faces of hunger and poverty every day, but don’t always recognize or acknowledge them.

Clearly, they need our help. Perhaps, more than ever.

President Johnson’s war created many important programs, including Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid. But to borrow a phrase from him, “there’s so much we have yet to do.”

Ellen Lynch is the executive director of The Food Bank of Westchester. To learn more, visit foodbankforwestchester.org or call (914) 923-1100.

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Jonathan D. Stein, is a founding co-managing partner of Diversified Realty Advisors.

The New Jersey company on its website inaccurately includes the development of the former GM plant site in Sleepy Hollow among his “flagship developments” at Roseland.

Stein and his co-managing partner at Diversified, Nicholas W. Minoia, did not respond to requests for comment on their development plans with SunCal in Sleepy Hollow.

Regarding the new development team,

“It’s our assumption that they’ll stick to that plan” for which General Motors was granted a special permit by the village in 2011, Giaccio said. He said the developer is buying both the property and the special permit from GM. Giaccio said the developer might present plans to the village planning board by March or April. With the special permit already approved for the residential, commercial office, retail, entertainment and hospitality complex, planning officials “will really be focusing more on the details of the project,” he said.

When the land purchase is completed, the property, an unsightly fenced-off riverfront expanse of weed-strewn, cracked asphalt and concrete, will go back on the tax rolls, Giaccio noted.

GM currently pays about $140,000 a year as payment in lieu of property taxes under a 30-year PILOT agreement with the village that dates to 1985. Giaccio said village officials agreed to the unusually long tax abatement plan to keep one of the county’s largest employers in Sleepy Hollow.

“Best-case scenario, we would hope by the end of the year they will start” construction of Lighthouse Landing, he said. “We’re optimistic it will be in 2015.”

county that has long hosted significant new development, but with new housing generally costing more than existing stock,” the report said, “a recession-generated reduction in new development would have the effect of lowering average prices for the county as a whole.”

Orange is seeing some urban redevelopment projects that led to vacated properties sold at “bargain basement prices,” the report said, which could have reduced the average. Nearly 10 percent of home sales in Orange were below market of $99,000.

“Whatever the causes, Orange County’s affordable housing stock appears to be driving the best performance in the region as to sales volumes,” the report said.

Inventory in the region decreased for the second straight year. A total of 8,942 residential units were available in the region by the end of 2013, which was 7.1 percent fewer than 2012.

Some real estate organizations noted a slowdown in the market in 2013, but slight growth is expected in 2014, according to Hudson Gateway. Mortgage rates steadily below 5 percent mean a sustained market even after expected increases in the interest rate. An overall improvement in the economy also could be an outside factor to improved sales, the report said, with unemployment down in all four lower Hudson counties from

2012. Westchester’s unemployment rate was 5.5 percent for 2013, Rockland’s was 5.3 per-

cent, Putnam’s was 5 percent and Orange had a 6.3 percent unemployment rate.

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impact on traffic and parking on busy Route 9. Tarrytown’s legal challenge was rejected by a state judge in 2012, who cited a “lengthy and contentious” planning approval process in his ruling, and Tarrytown’s subsequent appeal of the court decision was denied.

GM in 2013 completed an environmental cleanup of the brownfield site with the dredging of contaminated sediment in the Hudson River. With the state Department of Environmental Conservation signing off on the required cleanup and the legal hurdles cleared, GM was ready to move forward with its choice of a developer, Sleepy Hollow Village Administrator Anthony Giaccio said.

GM’s former development partner, New Jersey-based Roseland Properties L.L.C., pulled out of the Lighthouse Landing project in late 2007, calling it an opportunity that had passed. The project was revived after GM emerged from its bankruptcy reorganization in 2009.

“It was kind of a five-year review process,” Giaccio said.

A former partner at Roseland Properties,

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The numbers were the second year in a row of improvement, which Hudson Gateway said was evidence of continued recovery from the recession’s low-water marks in real estate sales from 2008 and 2009. And even though sales cooled off in the fourth quarter of 2013, the numbers still marked a 16 percent improvement from 2012’s fourth quarter, the report said.

With the increased sales, prices have slightly risen in some areas. In Westchester, the median sales price increased 3.9 percent, according to the report, from $587,000 in 2012 to $610,000 in 2013. But the average home sale price increased only 1.4 percent, which Hudson Gateway attributed to a steady pace in high-end real estate sales.

Putnam’s median sales price grew to $308,500, a 2.8 percent increase, while Rockland’s 2013 median was $390,000, a 2.6 percent increase over 2012. Orange County, though, saw a decrease in median sales prices from $240,000 in 2012 to $235,000 in 2013.

According to the report, the decreases began in 2007 and may have several causes.

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A summer view of the General Motors property and future site of Lighthouse Landing in Sleepy Hollow.

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IBM’S WATSON MOVES OUT OF YORKTOWN

IBM Corp. recently moved its Jeopardy!-winning supercomputer, Watson, from Yorktown Heights to New York City’s East Village. Watson, which can understand and answer questions, will be changing careers from quiz show champion to business startup problem solver.

The Watson Group, IBM’s newly created business unit in the city, will provide a space for entrepreneurs to develop Watsonpowered applications that provide solutions to complex business questions and allow them to test their innovations in a lab setting.

IBM will spend more than $1 billion on the unit, including $100 million in venture investments to support entrepreneurs developing Watson-powered applications. The group, led by IBM senior vice president Mike Rhodin, will employ 2,000, according to a statement on IBM’s website.

The Watson Group aims to develop business tools that will accelerate financial research, help visualize big data, enable analytics exploration and deliver personalized investment advice using Watson’s information and data stored in its memory system.

$5M GRANT TO KEEP GAS PUMPING DURING OUTAGES

A multimillion-dollar federal grant could keep gas stations open during natural disasters. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Westchester/Rockland, recently announced the availability of a $5.1 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant for New York state to fund a project that assists gas station owners and operators.

Keeping the state’s gas stations along highway exits and emergency evacuation routes operating during power outages would help ensure the region is “better prepared for future disasters,” Lowey said in a written statement.

The grant is available to help state gas stations come into compliance with laws that will help them stay open and pumping gases during power outages or gas shortages. The law requires that all stations within half a mile of a highway exit or hurricane evacuation route install transfer switches for generator power to be activated within 24 hours of power outages or a fuel emergency. Also under law, any stations in the region must have transfer switches for generator access within 48 hours.

KATONAH MUSEUM NAMES NEW DIRECTOR

The Katonah Museum of Art’s president and board of trustees recently appointed a new executive director. Darsie Alexander, who was formerly a chief curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, will start her new role

with the Katonah Museum of Art on March 1.

Alexander is “the ideal person to direct the KMA as it continues to build fans among seasoned collectors, artists and art enthusiasts,” said Katonah Museum of Art president Tara Coniaris in a written statement.

The soon-to-be executive director has produced multi-disciplinary exhibitions including some interactive sculpture exhibitions presented at the Baltimore Museum of Art and an interactive exhibition at the Walker Art Center where visitors sit on chaise lounges and lean back with binoculars to look at the work mounted on walls.

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estchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino told business leaders that state government policies were adding to high property taxes and making it difficult to do business in New York.

Astorino, a Republican exploring a run for governor this year after his November re-election to the county’s top post, said as much as 85 cents out of every property tax dollar Westchester collects are for statemandated expenses such as public employee pension benefits and contributions to early education programs.

“We’re the ATM for Albany with our property taxes,” Astorino said during a Jan. 10 Business Council of Westchester networking breakfast at Tarrytown’s Tappan Hill Mansion.

Although Astorino said he won’t make a formal decision whether to run for gover-

nor until February, his comments to business leaders served to contrast him with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his potential opponent.

Astorino even took a jab at the governor during a jokey slideshow presentation when he showed a photo of comedy duo Cheech and Chong, who he said had applied for jobs at the county Health Department.

“I forwarded their résumés to the governor’s office,” Astorino said. Cuomo in his recent State of the State address said the state would allow medical marijuana use.

Astorino said not enough was being done for economic development statewide and criticized the governor’s “circuit breaker” on property taxes, saying it only offered tax relief to people of a particular income threshold rather than broadly addressing the property tax problem. He also said he supports not only Indian Point Energy Center, the Buchanan nuclear power plant Cuomo

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The county executive said the only way to improve the state’s business climate and in turn spur economic development is to reduce the tax burden so that small businesses stay afloat and large businesses do not go elsewhere.

Astorino said that during his time in office, as many as 27,000 private sector jobs have been created in Westchester. “The county does not create jobs,” he said, “but it can be a catalyst and a broker.”

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He said he has already met with representatives of two city-based companies about the possibility of relocating to Westchester.

“I never thought the mayor of New York City would be a major player on our economic development team but this is happening,” he said.

Astorino won re-election last fall with 56 percent of the vote, a convincing win in a county where Democrats have a nearly 2-to1 voter registration advantage. He attributed his victory to the policies of his first term, during which the county budget went from $1.8 billion to $1.7 billion. Astorino came into office in 2010 on a platform of cutting spending at a time when some suggested eliminating county government altogether.

“Dismantling the government is not the answer but services need to be paid for,” Astorino said.

County capital budget rises Westchester County will spend $274 million on infrastructure improvement projects this year, $86 million more than last year’s capital budget.

County Executive Robert P. Astorino recently announced he had reached an agreement on the capital plan with new Board of Legislators Chairman Michael Kaplowitz. Kaplowitz, a Democrat, was named chairman this month with the backing of a coalition that included all seven Republicans on the 17-member board. The coalition pledged a more collaborative relationship with Astorino after several years of clashes between his office and the board’s Democratic majority.

The plan calls for improvements to county-owned roads; $82 million for a sewer improvement project in Eastview; $25 million in improvements to the Westchester County Airport and $24 million for structural upgrades to the Yonkers Joint Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of The Business Council of Westchester, said the infrastructure improvements would benefit residents as well as businesses. “It creates well-paying jobs, generates significant economic activity and ensures that our roads, bridges and transportation systems are safe, secure and up to date,” she said.

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Thoughts of the Day: You need to set up structure and systems that ensure your sales team is consistently selling. Coach and mentor your salespeople. Create a team mindset as a way to boost performance across a group of people with varying skills.

Encourage additional efforts by creating some friendly, internal competition.

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Combat loss of focus and momentum by putting in place tools your team can use to achieve consistency. Agree on a standard set of actions that have been proven to produce short and long term results. Use calendars to plan out and recap sales schedules and marketing campaigns.

Block time weekly to make prospecting phone calls, go to networking events, meet with referral sources and circle back to reapproach cold leads. Teach everyone on the team how to implement activities that have been proven to deliver a high degree of results. Track activity to ensure that the majority of each sales person’s time is spent focused on selling.

Build relationships with your people by working with them. Be aware of individual strengths and weaknesses. Meet one-on-one with people who aren’t making their calls.

Show them how to adjust their schedule to fit in essential sales tasks. Emphasize how results come from continually adding to the pipeline. Be willing to admit there have been times you’ve struggled to meet your goals and share lessons you’ve learned about how to stay on track.

As much as sales positions require individual performance, there can also be great value in group sales goals and teamwork. Go out on joint sales calls. Ensure introductory approach calls get made by setting up times to make phone calls together. Dial in sequence so everyone can listen, share in the successes and learn from the breakdowns. Pair up people who are really good at a specific activity with others who need to learn how to do that.

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Create an attitude of winning. Help people bond together by giving them an important mission such as growing a profitable, thriving business. Ask the team to brainstorm how they would produce extraordinary results. Then encourage them to implement the plan.

Hand out awards publicly. Put peoples’ pictures up on the walls. Hand out commission checks in sales meetings. Use regular sales meetings to boost motivation by talking about the growth plan and progress that’s been made towards achieving the plan.

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ratt & Whitney, a Hartford, Conn.based aerospace manufacturer, will invest $140 million to expand its operations at an existing facility in the town of Wallkill in Orange County.

The expansion of the company, which designs, manufactures and services turbine aircraft engines, will create 100 jobs in the region over the next five years while retaining 95 jobs at Advanced Coating Technology, a Middletown-based subsidiary of Pratt & Whitney.

Empire State Development, the state’s chief economic development agency, will provide a $900,000 capital grant and up to $1.6 million in tax credits, which are tied to job creation and investment commitments.

Other incentives include energy efficiency grants from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, an electric delivery rate discount of 20 percent for five years from Orange and Rockland Utilities, a lower electricity cost under the ReCharge NY power program and a potential sales tax abatement from the Orange County Industrial Development Agency.

The 71,500-square-foot facility will perform a new engine blade coating process that improves an engine’s longevity, durability and efficiency.

“This expansion of thermal barrier coatings in New York is an example of our effort to expand our capabilities and capacity while also improving the robustness of our manufacturing network,” said Joe Sylvestro, vice president of manufacturing operations at Pratt & Whitney.

Pratt & Whitney’s expansion in Orange County is “among the most significant attraction projects in over a decade,” Maureen Halahan, president and CEO of Orange County Partnership, said in a statement.

Halahan said it will bring advanced manufacturing jobs to Orange County and expand its high-tech manufacturing base in Wallkill.

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Interior home design business attracts male clientele BY crYstaL KaNG ckang@westfairinc.com

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he integration of smart technology and home design has created a growing market for designers to guide men who are setting up their bachelor pads and man caves.

While these men may be tech savvy, they still need a hand when it comes to bringing that technology home, whether it’s a condo, office or man cave.

Enter Brittany Zachos, whose new company is designed to offer such advice.

Zachos, along with her silent partner, officially launched Five Gentlemen this month. The Manhattan-based company with an office in Pleasantville came about after Zachos saw a missing piece in interior design: an understanding of how to incorporate technology systems into the home.

Zachos, who also runs Zachos Design Group, an interior design boutique firm specializing in redesigning corporate, hospitality and business spaces, started getting calls last year from upscale men who wanted a home makeover.

“I was getting a lot of referrals of men needing interior design services, more specifically turnkey design services, which means everything from getting the sofa to finding the right pots and pans and towels,” said Zachos.

Through her projects ranging from home consultations in Manhattan to Westchester and Fairfield, men have requested the installation of technology that allows a remote control to connect all the appliances inside a home, including a device that monitors their energy consumption. She said smartphones are becoming a more integrated part of the smart technology home design concept.

“We want to be on the edge of not just the construction and design, but the technology, too,” Zachos said. “It’s brand new to the market in a sense and homeowners are definitely interested in saving on energy. It’s a good investment for a residential property.”

The name Five Gentlemen was developed to reflect five different style elements Zachos noticed appealed to men, including sleek, sporty, classic, relaxed and rustic. She said her clients have a specific style in mind, but these categories give them a reference point.

“They know what they like, but they don’t know how to bring it to life,” Zachos said. “I’m there to get it out of their head and onto paper and get it built and designed in real life. They say they like contemporary design with a rustic twist, or sometimes a mix of two different designs, but usually it’s consistent with one or more of our style templates.”

Five Gentlemen handles both small and large-scale projects taking anywhere from

two weeks to three months.

“We’ve done a lot more quick move-in projects in Westchester that just require interior decorating,” Zachos said. “Most of our turnkey work is done in White Plains and Stamford in luxury condos.”

The demand is there for mostly bachelors who want to renovate their entire apartment or married men who want to build out an office space in the basement, Zachos said.

She added that her company works on outdoor residential projects around hot tubs as well as indoor projects installing home theaters in places such as Armonk and Scarsdale where she gets requests for single-family home projects. The company is in talks with a number of high profile professional athletes and celebrities who want to redesign their homes but don’t have the time or resources to do so.

Zachos works with a team of architects,

lighting consultants, contractors, and interior design assistants who have helped her complete about10 projects within the past year.

She is currently working on five projects, two of which are in Westchester.

Zachos provides free consultations for color and design assessments. She also meets with clients to get an idea of the scope of work and provides a price estimate. She said her design packages start at around $500. She then creates an inspiration board, which contains images, materials and finishes she believes her potential clients are interested in from wine cellars and cigar collections to sports memorabilia and custom gaming pieces. From there, the clients decide whether to proceed with the design work.

Five Gentlemen has been “catching on,” Zachos said. “We’re excited to see where it’ll go next,” she said.

Brittany Zachos, co-founder of Five Gentlemen, caters her interior home design business to men.

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Atria Briarcliff Manor 1025 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510 401-4310 • atriabriarcliffmanor.com

The Country House in Westchester 2000 Baldwin Road, Yorktown Heights 10598 962-3625 • countryhouseretirement.com

The Kensington 100 Maple Ave., White Plains 10601 390-0080 • thekensingtonal.com

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ommercial office owner Mark Ellman made no bones about it at the recent BOMA State of the Market luncheon in White Plains: many of those Platinum Mile buildings that made Westchester a suburban office-park mecca for Fortune 500 companies in the 1970s have bad bones that won’t carry them into the emerging new era in the county’s real estate market.

And all the doctors in those large medical practices driving office leasing in the new market can’t save them.

“A lot of those buildings are going to come down,” said Ellman, founding president and principal of Celestial Capital Group L.L.C., whose repositioned properties include 222 Bloomingdale Road in White Plains and the Saxon Woods Corporate Center in Harrison – where the fast-growing Scarsdale Medical Group has leased 70,000 square feet of space and likely relieved the landlord’s worst vacancy nightmares.

Ellman was referring to pioneer Westchester developer Lowell Schulman’s portfolio of office- park buildings along the Interstate 287 corridor. “They weren’t wellbuilt 40 years ago,” he said.

“I think a lot of 287 should be demolished. I would love to see some high-rise residential go up for young Westchester natives who will have jobs here.” High-rise developments should be built with supporting retail and entertainment space, he said.

“The good buildings need to be repositioned. The bad buildings need to go away.”

“Just because it hasn’t been done doesn’t mean it won’t work,” Ellman responded when BOMA panel moderator Al Gutierrez, executive managing director of Colliers International in Stamford, seemed wryly taken aback by his blunt proposal.

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The WestMed Medical Group building under construction at Harrison Executive Park.

ridor “is years away,” Gutierrez said. But he and other brokers here agree that residential and medical uses for vacant and underleased office properties are the driving forces behind the market buzzword for 2014: “repurposing.”

On the Platinum Mile in Harrison, Avalon Bay Communities Inc. is said to have a pending deal to build 250 multifamily units on the site of 103 and 105 Corporate Park Drive, two Normandy Real Estate Partners properties that will be razed, broker Howard Greenberg said at another recent State of the Market panel hosted by the Westchester County Association Economic Development Task Force. The residential project would remove 165,000 square feet of “obsolete inventory” from the market, he said.

Greenberg also noted that RPW Group Inc., the Rye Brook-based real estate company headed by Robert P. Weisz, will propose multifamily housing on its former IBM office campus at 1133 Westchester Ave. in White Plains.

Al Mirin, executive director for investment sales at Cushman & Wakefield in Stamford, confirmed at the WCA task force meeting that a downtown White Plains office building, 440 Hamilton Ave., is under contract by an unnamed developer for repurposing as multifamily residential space.

Glenn Walsh, executive managing director at Newmark Knight Frank in Rye Brook,

cited national statistics that indicate the country’s over-65 population will grow by 35 percent over the next decade. That aging population will create a need for additional medical office space, a trend already playing out in Westchester County.

The average lease deal in the county for medical tenants used to be 2,000 to 5,000 square feet. “They don’t want that space any more,” he told his WCA audience. As small medical practices join multispecialty practice groups such as Westmed Medical Group, space needs have risen tenfold.

“It’s one-stop shopping. It’s almost like a retail mall. The medical practices are doing it; the hospitals are going to be doing it,” Walsh said.

Small medical offices coming up for lease renewals are looking for one-year and twoyear deals while they look to merge with larger practices, he said. “They are becoming dinosaurs and they’re going away.”

Ellman at the BOMA luncheon offered this advice to owners leasing space to small medical offices: “I say, sell now. That’s going away.”

Jim Fagan, senior managing director at Cushman & Wakefield’s WestchesterFairfield office, told the BOMA audience that several office building owners in Westchester are looking to sell aging properties that “need a lot of work. They don’t want to be in Westchester.”

“I think for the next five or seven years,

you’re going to see the denominator of office space in Westchester County drop by about 10 percent,” he said. “People who put money into their assets will attract tenants and people who don’t will have to do something else.”

That bodes well for the county market, Fagan said. “There’s too much office space….

This is the place that’s going to flourish.

Surely we’ve been taken a notch down by this most recent recession. But it’s going to come back.”

Making a prediction for 2014, Fagan said there will be a lot of office buildings sold and a lot of refinancings in Westchester.

James Ritman, executive vice president and managing director at Newmark Knight Frank in Greenwich, predicted the county in 2014 will see a “flight to quality” in office space and amenities by tenants after five years when the stagnant market was dominated by lease renewals.

Then there’s the de Blasio fear factor, which could chase corporate tenants and residents from Manhattan to Westchester.

“New York has never been as good as it is right now,” Ellman observed. But with Bill de Blasio taking office as mayor and winning election with a populist platform that included an income tax hike for the wealthy, people are talking of moving out of Manhattan, Ellman noted.

“It may be all sound and fury, signifying nothing,” he said. Then again, “It could be very good for Westchester.”

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WCC makes move in Mount Vernon

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estchester Community College has relocated its extension center in Mount Vernon after outgrowing its former downtown space in the city.

Spring semester classes will begin this month at the college’s new 22,000-squarefoot center at 17 S. Fifth Ave. WCC spokesman Patrick Hennessey said the new space is larger by 6,000 square feet and can accommodate more students than the school’s former center at 175 Gramatan Ave., which has been closed.

Owned by ER Holdings, the long-vacant property on South Fifth Avenue was last used as a NYNEX Corp. call center, according to WCC officials.

In addition to spacious classrooms, the renovated facility includes a lecture hall, an expanded academic support center, a student lounge, an open lab and separate lounges for

faculty and for staff. Hennessey said parking will be more convenient at the new location.

The extension center is currently the sole occupant, though senior apartments and a café are planned for the building.

Those spaces have not yet been leased out, Hennessey said.

John F.M. Flynn, interim president of Westchester Community College, in a press release said the site helps the college “fulfill its mission to be accessible to county residents. For a decade, Mount Vernon residents have had their own freestanding facility with classes tailored to members of the area community. We are confident that this larger center, designed to further the education of local residents and to propel career development, will give the city and the individuals who reside in the area a significant economic boost.”

WCC’s 218-acre main campus is in Valhalla. The college also has extensions in Ossining, Yonkers, White Plains and Peekskill.

Developer plans facility for seniors in Pleasantville

BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com

A New England-based senior care company is proposing to build an 87-unit assisted living facility on Bedford Road in Pleasantville next to the United Methodist Church.

Benchmark Senior Living seeks to buy the 3.5-acre land from the church pending the village’s approval of the project.

The facility would include assisted living units, memory care units and other amenities such as transportation, dining, beauty salon and room service. The monthly rent could range from $5,500 to $8,000, depending on the type of unit and amenities. The facility would remain “competitive” with market prices and create 170 construction jobs and 70 permanent ones, said John Dragat, senior vice president of development at Benchmark.

As part of the State Environmental Quality Review, the village board of trustees at a recent meeting accepted the company’s “negative declaration,” which states the project has addressed all the adverse environmental impacts. Benchmark now awaits a public hearing where the village will review

its rezoning application.

The project had faced opposition from neighbors on Maple Hill Road, once proposed as the site for a driveway entrance to the senior living facility. Since then, the proposed driveway has been moved to Bedford Road. Residents had also expressed concern about the visual impacts on the residential area. One change to the project is an eightfoot reduction in the building’s height and removal of the fourth story. The senior living facility will have three floors, two of which will be condensed to accommodate the same number of units proposed.

“We’re in the business of being fully transparent and responsive to everything asked of us,” Dragat said. “As questions came up, we’ve addressed them and prepared an analysis. That’s why we’ve been able to proceed through the process when many times these processes get stalled.” He added that the village has been “very receptive” to the need for senior living facilities with a surge in Westchester’s aging population.

The fiscal impact of project is very positive, Dragat said, pointing to the tax revenues the facility will generate, the jobs it will create and the impact it will have on businesses.

FACTS& FIGURES on the record Westchester

246 North Central Avenue L.L.C., Hartsdale. Seller: Daytop Village Foundation Inc., New York City.

Property: 246 N. Central Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $1.3 million.

Filed Jan. 9.

279 Jackson Avenue L.L.C., Greenburgh. Seller: Joseph Armentano, Rye Brook. Property: 21 Jackson Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $874,716. Filed Jan. 9.

Global Real Estate USA Inc., New York City. Seller: Philip Piro, et al, Eastchester. Property: 194 Lincoln Place, Eastchester. Amount: $634,000. Filed Jan. 10.

The following cases appear on the docket of the U.S. District Court for the county of Westchester in White Plains.

Cahokia L.L.C., New York City.

Seller: City of Yonkers. Property: 24 Alexander St., Yonkers. Amount: $1 million. Filed Jan. 8.

340 Main Street Realty L.L.C., Hicksville. Seller: Power Test Realty Company L.P., Jericho. Property: 340 Main St., New Rochelle.

Amount: $654,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Hill Blvd L.L.C., Jefferson Valley.

Seller: P.E.G. Realty Corp., Jefferson Valley. Property: 3699 Hill Blvd., Yorktown. Amount: $825,000. Filed Jan. 10.

308 West 58 L.L.C., et al. Filed by Peter Erasme. Action: civil rights claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Marjorie Mesidor. Filed Jan. 8. Case no.

14-00083.

Gjinaj Realty L.L.C., White Plains.

Seller: BMS Management Corp., White Plains. Property: 457 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. Amount: $1 million. Filed Jan. 8.

345 Locust Street L.L.C., Yonkers.

Seller: Gregg Fabbraio, Mount Vernon. Property: 345 Locust St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $225,000.

Filed Jan. 8.

IH Properties L.L.C., Woodbury.

Seller: Bruce Trent. Property: 18 Highview Ave., Rye. Amount: $225,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Barnes & Noble Inc., et al. Filed

by Anthony Taylor, et al. Action: claim filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Attorney for plaintiff: Marshal Pierce Dees, Corey D. Holzer and Samuel Howard Rudman. Filed Jan. 8. Case no.

14-00108.

Lincoln Road Realty L.L.C., Bronxville. Seller: Andrew Lee Schaefler, Scarsdale. Property: 53 Lincoln Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Jan. 10.

94 South Highland Avenue L.L.C., Scarsdale. Seller: Minerva Ann Scuderi, New York City. 94 S. Highland Ave., Ossining. Amount: $449,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Court Cases

Madison Housing Development Fund Company Inc., Peekskill.

Seller: The 57 Ferris Avenue HousBroadsoft Inc. Filed by West IP ing Development Fund Company Communications Inc. Action: fed- Inc., Elmsford. Property: 70 Ferris eral question: other claim. Attorney Ave., White Plains. Amount: $3.6 for plaintiff: Amy Lavalle. Filed million. Filed Jan. 14.

Jan. 8. Case no. 14-00105.

The Nibbs Group L.L.C., MamaClarins Group North America roneck. Seller: Colin James Porter, Inc., et al. Filed by Vicki Watson. Ac- Scarsdale. Property: 183 Griffen tion: violation of civil rights claim. At- Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $1.1 torney for plaintiff: Marjorie Mesidor. million. Filed Jan. 8.

Filed Jan. 8. Case no. 14-00084.

Trinity Sharp Realty L.L.C., Brooklyn. Seller: Trinity Housing Development Fund Company Inc., et al, Rochester. Property: 450 WalDeeds nut St., Yonkers. Amount: $3.3 million. Filed Jan. 7.

Above $1 million 11000 Warburton Avenue L.L.C., New York City. Seller: Harton Realty Corp., New York City. Property: 1100 Warburton Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $6.7 million. Filed Jan. 8.

Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

KDN Realty L.L.C., Central Islip.

Aferris L.L.C., Scarsdale. Seller: Seller: Ranjar Inc., Hempstead.

312 Main L.L.C., Manhasset. Prop- Property: 290 Prescott St., Yonkers. erty: 312 Main St., 6B, White Plains. Amount: $225,000. Filed Jan. 14.

Amount: $265,000. Filed Jan. 10.

National Transfer Services AJ Partners II Ltd., New York L.L.C., Bloomington, Minn. Seller: City. Seller: City of Mount Vernon. Brett Campbell, et al, White Plains.

Property: 311 Mundy Lane, Mount Property: 87 Valimar Court, GreenVernon. Amount: $92,000. Filed burgh. Amount: $740,000. Filed Jan. 13.

Jan. 7.

Cortlandt Realty Corp., Montrose.

Seller: Marie E. Cava, Montrose.

Property: Travis Ave., Cortlandt.

Amount: $75,000. Filed Jan. 13.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Theodore J. Brundage, Harrison. Property: 127 N. Broad St., Peekskill. Amount: $477,753.

Filed Jan. 8.

VP Investors L.L.C., Armonk.

Seller: Margaret Greene Yeo, Scarsdale. Property: 2 Herkimer Road, EF Schools Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

Scarsdale. Amount: $1.4 million. Seller: Fordham University, Bronx.

Property: 93 Irving Ave., GreenFiled Jan. 9. burgh. Amount: $345,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Below $1 million

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:

Jet Real Estate Partners Corp., New Rochelle. Seller: City of Mount Vernon. Property: Forster Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $69,000.

Filed Jan. 10.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Michael Buhler, et al, 125 Herriot Avenue Corp., Bronx. Yorktown Heights. Property: 3085 Seller: 125 Herriot Corp., Yonkers. Quinlan St., Yorktown. Amount: Property: 125 Herriot Ave., Yonkers. $413,540. Filed Jan. 10.

Amount: $33,000. Filed Jan. 14.

Federal National Mortgage Asso139 Cortlandt Street L.L.C., New ciation. Seller: Phillip Lyles Yizar, et Rochelle. Seller: Mahopac National al, Yonkers. Property: 20 Vineyard Bank, Brewster. Property: 139 Cort- Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $191,618. landt St., Mount Pleasant. Amount: Filed Jan. 13. $525,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Global Real Estate USA Inc., New 238 Chappaqua Road L.L.C., York City. Seller: Mary Z. Arcara, Chappaqua. Seller: Jean Schoenle- et al, Harrison. Property: 10 Avonber, et al, Mount Kisco. Property: dale Road, Harrison. Amount: 238 Chappaqua Road, Ossining. $760,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Amount: $650,000. Filed Jan. 9

OPC L.L.C., New Rochelle. Seller: Helen Mady Foustanos, Pelham Manor. Property: 19 Hubert Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $265,000.

Filed Jan. 7.

Park Harrison Realty Inc., Bronx. Seller: Rosa Albanese, et al, Harrison. Property: 282 Park Ave., Harrison. Amount: $455,000.

Filed Jan. 13.

SA Challenger Inc. Seller: Theresa M. Daniele, White Plains. Property: 25-27 Eldredge St., Rye. Amount: $582,073. Filed Jan. 10.

Safe Environment Business Solutions Inc., Ossining. Seller: Theresa Dinozzi, Shrub Oak. Property: 926 Union Road, Yorktown.

Amount: $450,000. Filed Jan. 13.

Sammy Properties Inc., New Rochelle. Seller: Charles L. Settembrini, Bronxville. Property: 699 Gramatan Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $282,500. Filed Jan. 13.

SPR2 Inc., Bronx. Seller: 183 Main Street L.L.C., Ossining. Property: 183 Main St., Ossining. Amount: $395,000. Filed Jan. 13.

The DM Equities of New York L.L.C., Harriman. Seller: Libertyville Capital Group L.L.C., Montgomery. Property: 323 Columbus Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $260,000. Filed Jan. 10.

SHURB OAK, 1018 E. Main St. Single-family residence. Plaintiff: M & T Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore; (631) 969-3100. Defendant: Heather Bagshaw. Referee: Jeffrey U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Dexter Price, Shumejda. Sale: Jan. 24, 9:30 a.m.

White Plains. Property: 533 Kissam Approximate lien: $355,872.87.

Road, Peekskill. Amount: $208,250.

Filed Jan. 14.

SOMERS, 216 Heritage Hills, Apt. A. Apartment. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy Foreclosure & Orlans, (716) 204-1700; P.O. Box 540, Getzville. Defendant: Susan Auctions Goldner. Referee: Catherine Allen.

BEDFORD HILLS, 52 Grif- Sale: Jan. 22, 11 a.m. Approximate fin Ave. Single-family residence. lien: $453,917.85.

Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy WEST HARRISON, 1602 Old Or& Orlans, P.O. Box 540, Getzville; chard St. Single-family residence; (716) 204-1700. Defendant: Mi- 1.4 acres. Plaintiff: Hudson City chael Mangione. Referee: Gaetano Savings Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Antino Gizzo. Sale: Jan. 24, 11 a.m. Cohn & Roth, 100 E. Old Country Approximate lien: $595,308.91.

Road, Mineola; (516) 747-3030.

Defendant: Rocco Iannacchiro.

HARRISON, 240 Halstead Ave., Referee: Theodore Brundage. Sale: Apt C8. Plaintiff: 240 Halstead Jan. 24, 10:15 a.m. Approximate Owners Association. Plaintiff’s lien: $613,005.49. attorney: Joseph T. Colasurdo & Associates, 2900 Westchester Ave., WHITE PLAINS, 4 Longdale Purchase. Defendant: Sharon Bo- Ave. Single-family residence; .17 het. Referee: Max DiFabio. Sale: acre. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Jan. 21, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohn & $9,408.75.

Roth, 100 E. Old Country Road, Mineola; (516) 747-3030. DefenOSSINING, 1 Mundet Drive. dant: Julieta Garcia. Referee: FranSingle-family residence; 85 x 99. cis Malara. Sale: Jan. 21, 10 a.m. ApPlaintiff: HSBC Bank USA N.A. proximate lien: $307,537.72.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy & Orlans, P.O. Box 540, Getz- YONKERS, 21 Heathcote Road. ville; (716) 204-1700. Defendant: Single-family residence; 60 x 100.

Deechen Bhutia. Referee: Jay Hash- Plaintiff: U.S. Bank Trust N.A. mall. Sale: Jan. 22, 11 a.m. Approxi- Plaintiff’s attorney: Knuckles, Komate lien: $504,768.75. mosinski & Elliot, (914) 345- 3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, ElmsPEEKSKILL, 217 Husted Ave. ford. Defendant: Antoinette DenSingle-family residence. Plaintiff: ning Referee: Dennis Krolian. Sale: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plain- Jan. 27, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: tiff’s attorney: Cohn & Roth, 100 $549,777.49.

E. Old Country Road, Mineola; (516) 747-3030. Defendant: Jeffrey Brown. Referee: Howard Fred Dubs. Sale: Jan. 27, 10 a.m. ApproxJudgments imate lien: $235,188.30 935 Sawmill River Corp., ArdsSCARSDALE, 64 Deerhurst ley. $19,826 in favor of Ace Endico Road. Single-family residence; 126 Corp., Brewster. Filed Jan. 13. x 178. Plaintiff: Ulster Savings Bank.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Stagg Terenzi Cobra Mechanical Inc., Yonkers.

Confusione & Wabnik L.L.P., 401 $5,120 in favor of Fleet Pump and Franklin Ave., Garden City. Defen- Service Group Inc., Harrison. Filed dant: Nicholas Fiore. Referee: John Jan. 8.

Perone. Sale: Jan. 22, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: not available.

East Coast Auto Body, Stamford, Conn. $37,815 in favor of AARC Distributors Inc., Mount Vernon.

Filed Jan. 9.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events Thompson & Bender adds two senior staffers THOMPSON & BENDER (T&B)has named two new senior staff members. Jennifer Bannan has been appointed advertising and marketing director and Laura Plunkett has been appointed director of public relations and special events; both are newly created positions.

“We are fortunate to have two highly qualified and experienced professionals join our agency,” said Geoff Thompson, T&B chairman and a founding partner. “Both Jennifer and Laura have extensive backgrounds and deep experience with a broad range of aspects of the field. They have worked with highly regarded agencies and companies and will play a key role in client-interaction, account management, staff leadership and positioning our agency for the future.”

Bannan, a resident of Cornwall-onHudson, will manage advertising, marketing and creative services. She joins T&B after four years with The Byne Group, an awardwinning advertising and marketing agency in Rockland County. As managing director, she managed clients that included hospitals, colleges, nonprofits, economic development

organizations and municipalities. Earlier in her career she was director of account management at Splashlight Studios and was a project manager at TBWA/Chiat Day and Kirchenbaum Bond & Partners, all in Manhattan. She received a bachelor’s degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in advertising and marketing communications.

A Tarrytown resident, Plunkett will manage public relations, social media and events marketing. She joins T&B after serving as a marketing director at DreamWorks Animation in Manhattan. At DreamWorks she created and managed brand communication plans, including strategic partnerships, online and social media sites and event-marketing programs for several of the company’s pop culture action properties. Prior to DreamWorks, she was marketing director/North America for Guinness World Records, senior account manager for public relations at Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, LIME Communications and a publicist at Little, Brown and Company. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications from Denison University.

Title agency expands TitleVest, voted the “Best Title Agency” in the New York Law Journal’s 2013 reader rankings and one of the nation’s leading providers of title insurance and related real estate services, is expanding its lower Hudson Valley operations with the addition of title insurance and real estate professionals Jennifer Noto and Fern Vozza to its White Plains office. Founded in 2000, TitleVest is a privately held New York City-based title insurance agency offering a full range of title insurance and related services throughout the United States.

Noto, director of operations, lower Hudson Valley, will be leveraging her 25-plus years of title industry experience to assist in the management and fulfillment of TitleVest’s Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties transactions. For the past eight years, Noto

was director of operations for Westchesterbased Benchmark Title Agency. Her prior positions include recording department manager at First American Title Insurance Co.’s White Plains office and senior clearance officer at L & H Abstract Corp., a First American company.

Vozza joins TitleVest with a diverse real estate background, including positions in property management at a Westchesterbased property management firm and as paralegal/office manager for a Westchesterbased real estate law firm.

“While we have long maintained a solid footprint in the lower Hudson Valley, we are excited to expand our local presence with the addition of Jennifer and Fern to our White Plains office,” said Bill Baron, TitleVest president and CEO.

New director of The Picture House LAURA DeBUYS has been appointed the new executive director of The Picture House in Pelham.

As the founder of deBuys & Co., a strategy, marketing and development consultancy for nonprofits and small businesses, deBuys was responsible for designing and executing a social media campaign for the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum that won a $155,000 Partners in Preservation grant against competition that included the Intrepid, the Guggenheim and the Apollo Theatre.

In addition, deBuys has developed fundraising strategies and campaigns for the Salvation Army of Greater New York, Children’s Hope India, the Institute for Student Achievement and Furniture Sharehouse.

DeBuys also brings a theater background to her role at The Picture House. She has stage-managed more than 100 productions, including Broadway shows, corporate events and product launches.

“This is a poignant moment for The Picture House,” said board Chairman John Calvelli. “We bid a fond farewell to Barbara Bratone following her 18 months of extraordinary leadership. Barbara’s sound management, creativity and her commitment to the greater community leave The Picture House poised for terrific growth and innovation. As we welcome Laura deBuys as executive director, The Picture House continues its trajectory to becoming Westchester’s leading independent movie theater and an important

educational hub.”

In her new role, deBuys intends to focus on meeting the needs of the growing Picture House community. “The Picture House is now, as it has been since 1921, a community movie theater,” she says. “But our community has expanded and diversified dramatically so that we are now a cultural resource for Westchester, the Bronx and beyond. In 2014, we’ll continue to meet the needs of this community with compelling films, great education programs, special events and more. There are a lot of creative plans afoot.”

A longtime resident of Pelham, DeBuys holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College and a Professional Certificate in Digital Media Marketing from New York University.

senior VP named at Webster Bank Richard McDonald of Scarsdale was promoted to senior vice president, treasury/ wholesale bank manager at Webster Bank.

McDonald joined Webster in 2012 as vice president, funding manager, and since then has increased the bank’s funding capacity and flexibility. In his new role, McDonald will oversee Webster’s investment and bankowned life insurance portfolios and continue to oversee the wholesale funding portfolio.

“The contributions made by exceptional leaders like Rich have been pivotal in driving

Webster’s success,” said Bruce Wandelmaier, senior vice president, treasurer at Webster. “I am thrilled for him and I have no doubt that he will continue to play a key role in determining and executing wholesale strategies to improve returns while managing risk.”

McDonald earned his bachelor’s degree in general engineering from West Point and served in the Army for eight years rising to the level of captain. Deeply committed to serving his community, McDonald has been a coach with Girls’ AAU basketball.

four appointed to PPHP board Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (PPHP) has appointed four new members to its boards of directors. Jeffrey Hastie and Ramon Padilla were appointed to the PPHP Board, which oversees the non-profit organization that provides sexual and reproductive health care, and Augustine Backer and Tom Gardner were appointed to the PPHP Action Fund Board, the agency’s political and advocacy arm.

Hastie, a New Rochelle resident and former vice president at JPMorgan Chase & Co., is active in the community and serves on the New Rochelle Board of Education. He is a board member and nominating committee chair for National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), Fairchester region. Hastie also serves on New Rochelle’s Telecommunica-

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tions Advisory Council (TCAC). At JPMorgan Chase & Co., his responsibilities included information technology risk and control measures, business management, and planning and budgeting. He also started a consulting firm specializing in call center strategy, operations and management and spent 10 years overseeing the global technology infrastructure at The Associated Press. Hastie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in systems engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and an MBA from Columbia University.

Padilla of Bronxville is an active member in the Latino and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. He has worked at Pfizer for 10 years and was recently promoted to manager, quality assurance for the PGS-Quality Operations-Oncology de-

partment. He is well versed in both the biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical business, most notably in the areas of vaccines and oncology. Padilla is a microbiologist by education and has a strong compliance and investigative background. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 2000 at Binghamton University and is currently taking graduate courses at Columbia University.

Backer of New Rochelle is currently on the PPHP board of directors. He has been working for IBM since 1999 and his areas of expertise include conflict resolution, finance, suicide prevention counseling and contract negotiations. While earning his Ph.D. in physics, Backer served as graduate student employees union president at the University of Massachusetts. He also holds an MBA in finance.

He currently chairs the PPHP Investment Advisory Committee and serves as a member of the budget and finance committee.

Gardner of Bedford Hills is a retired executive with extensive board experience and a life-long interest in politics. He held a variety of senior management positions at The Reader’s Digest Association, including serving as President of Reader’s Digest International from 2003 – 2007. Since 2009, Gardner has served on the boards of Dex Media, a publicly traded company, and Guideposts, a privately held publishing company. He has previously served as a trustee of the Northern Westchester Hospital and The Reader’s Digest Foundation. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College and an MBA from Stanford University.

kaTonah museum names direcTor Darsie aleXanDer, a nationally renowned curator and museum professional, has been appointed the executive director of the KaTonah museum of arT (KMA).

She leaves her current position as chief curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis to assume her new role on March 1.

“We are thrilled to bring Darsie on board as our next executive,” KMA President Tara Coniaris said. “Her excellent track record as a curator, innovative approach to audience engagement and remarkable career at leading American museums made her an exceptional candidate who will bring visionary leadership to the KMA.” Coniaris said, “The museum is grateful to Belinda Roth, our interim executive director, for her leadership over the past year. Not only did she supervise a compelling series of exhibitions and related events, but she also initiated important collaborative efforts going forward. We are thankful for Belinda’s contribution in making this a smooth transition.”

“Great museums come in many shapes and sizes,” Alexander said. “An agile, noncollecting museum with close links to its community and New York City like the KMA occupies an essential spot in the landscape of art today. It is free to undertake exciting, in-depth program initiatives that may not work on a larger platform. It’s where true creativity and experimentation can occur. Our success hinges on being a

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place where great ideas and art converge to engage the public. Affirming and expanding points of connection with local and national audiences will be the most important and deeply inspiring part of my job.”

Raised in Massachusetts, Alexander earned her Masters of Art in art history at Williams College and Bachelors of Art from Bates College. She began her career as a photography curator at the Museum of Modern Art, serving as the photography liaison for Modern Starts: MoMA2000, a museumwide millennial project., and received MoMA’s Lee Tanenbaum Award for Curatorial Excellence. Alexander, also, introduced art stars Rachel Harrison, Olafur Eliasson and Sam Taylor-Johnson to New York audiences in a group exhibition in 1998.

enVironmenTal law sTudenTs preVail Pace laW school enVironmenTal liTigaTion clinic was the victor in the recent court ruling of rariTan bayKeePer V. ciTy of neW yorK. New York State Supreme Court Judge Bernard J. Graham sided with the Baykeeper, which was represented by the Environmental Litigation Clinic, when he ruled that New York City must cease using Spring Creek Park in Brooklyn as the site of solid-waste treatment center.

Graham agreed with the position, as presented by Pace law students active in the litigation clinic, that the placement of the waste treatment center violated the public trust doctrine. Using the park for this purpose and without legislative approval, blocked the public’s enjoyment of public parkland.

“This decision is the first step toward correcting a fundamental injustice that has persisted for over a decade. There is no reason that the residents of the New Lots section of Brooklyn should have been deprived of their scarce parkland just to save New York

City the expense of finding land for a waste management operation,” said Karl Coplan, professor of law and co-director of the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic. “We are very proud of Pace law student Nicole Sasaki, who mastered New York’s public trust doctrine and successfully argued the case before Justice Graham.”

The Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic is open to students in their second and third years of law school. Those selected for the program receive academic credit and hands-on legal experience as they work alongside experienced attorneys in an environmental law practice representing public interest groups.

More than a dozen students worked on this case over the last nine years, said Dan Estrin, professor of law and co-director of the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic. Estrin made special note of the work of Adam Weiss (’13) and Nicole Sasaki (’14) who, he said, did most of the work researching and drafting the motion papers.

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casTle hoTel & sPa in Tarrytown is hosting its first suPer boWl TailgaTe ParTy. The Tapestry Lounge will be the setting for the party with a large-screen TV in the lounge and the General’s Bar, a blazing fire and a celebrated culinary team providing the food.

The East Meets West Super Bowl Menu will be available starting at 4 p.m. Reservations are required and seating is limited. Call (914) 6313646. Overnight accommodations are available with rates starting at $295 plus tax.

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The fooD banK for WesTchesTer is marking 25 years of fighting hunger in Westchester County. In recognition of this achievement, it will salute the board presidents who have guided and led the organization at its annual Valentine’s Day Wine Tasting Dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. at Abigail KirschTappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown.

The presidents recognized for their contributions and service include Joseph Masterson (1988 to1990), the Rev. John Duffell (1991 to 1992), Joel Mounty (1993 to 1994), Patricia Murphy (1995,1996, 1997), William Harrington (1998,1999, 2000), William Bernstein (2001 to 2003), Robert Redis (2004 to 2007), Spencer Barback (2008 to 2010) and current board chairman Rick Rakow (2011-present).

Tickets are $300 each or $3,000 for a host table of 10 and may be purchased online at foodbankforwestchester.org or by phoning the Food Bank at (914) 418-5204. For sponsorship information, contact Katy Coppinger, senior director of development, at (914) 909.9610.

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The Business council of wesTchesTer elecTs Three To iTs Board of direcTors george lence, Jeffrey hayDon and Douglas singer have been elected to three-year terms on the board of directors of The business council of WesTchesTer. “These three new members of our board bring a wealth of experience in business, law, government relations and cultural affairs. We are delighted to have them join our board and look forward to their expertise and insights,” said Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of The Business Council of Westchester.

Lence is president of Nicholas & Lence Communications, a New York City-based strategic communications firm specializing in media relations, destination marketing, corporate positioning, crisis management, and government and community relations.

Prior to co-founding the firm in 2007, Lence spent six years at NYC & Company, New York City’s official tourism marketing and promotion organization. Lence, who has more than 25 years of legal and government affairs experience, is a resident of Sleepy Hollow.

Haydon is CEO of Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah. Haydon, who joined the Caramoor staff in September

2012, has nearly 20 years of arts management experience and a lifelong love of music as both an avid audience member and musician. He previously served as executive director of the Ojai Music Festival in Southern California. He has also held positions with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and Aspen Music Festival. Haydon resides in Katonah.

Singer is a partner in the law firm of Falcon & Singer P.C. with offices in Scarsdale and Montvale, N.J. Singer’s primary focus is business law, working with privately held companies and their owners. He has particular niches working with women and minority owned companies and with for-profit companies that are also pursuing socially responsible goals. Singer is a resident of Stamford, Conn.

The Business Council has also announced the appointment of three new directors to its executive committee. Tim Jones, managing director and Partner of the Robert Martin Co., has been named vice chair of the Economic Development Leadership Council; Lence was appointed chair of the Government Action Council; and Singer was named general counsel.

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

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FACTS&FIGURES Independence Realty Port Chester L.P., White Plains. $20,360 in favor of Fred M. Schildwachter and Sons Inc., Bronx. Filed Jan. 10.

Burra, Judy M., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 25 Wall Joe’s Quarry Pub Inc., Tuckahoe. St., Mount Pleasant 10595. Filed $20,000 in favor of Arthur Lange Aug. 15.

Inc., Bronxville. Filed Jan. 8.

Castaldi, Michael P., et al. Filed by Pleasantville Jewelers Inc., Pleas- JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: antville. $34,528 in favor of Italgem seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $584,000 affecting property Corp., Great Neck. Filed Jan. 9. located at 209 Wagner Ave., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Aug. 15.

Quest Electric Corp., Mount Vernon. $150,137 in favor of Turlte and Hughes Inc., Linden, N.J. Filed Cossifos, Constantine, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: Jan. 10. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $266,000 affecting propSteiner Foods Inc., New Rochelle. erty located at 29 Hillcrest Ave., Rye $21,641 in favor of Charles Jacquin Brook 10573. Filed Aug. 14.

Et Cie Inc., Philadelphia, Penn.

Filed Jan. 13.

Delano, Curtis H., et al. Filed by Suntrust Mortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $480,000 affecting property Lis Pendens located at 2515 Garden Lane, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Aug. 15.

The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the out- Fields, Paul, et al. Filed by The come of which may affect the title to Bank of New York Mellon. Action: the property listed. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $310,400 affecting property Alvanza, Carrie, et al. Filed by located at 5 S. Hillside Ave., ElmsWilmington Trust Co. Action: seeks ford 10523. Filed Aug. 13. to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $633,750 affecting property located Guerrera, Thomas, et al. Filed by at 1162 Post Road, Scarsdale 10583. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. AcFiled Aug. 15. tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $600,000 affecting Alvarez, Teresita, et al. Filed by property located at 1324 Old Post Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: Road, South Salem 10590. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Aug. 13. secure $360,000 affecting property located at 35 Bainton St., Yonkers Lucenti, Leonard V., et al. Filed by 10704. Filed Aug. 14.

Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Ayala, Victor J., et al. Filed by $224,000 affecting property located PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to at 355 Old Tarrytown Road, White foreclose on a mortgage to secure Plains. Filed Aug. 21. $368,933 affecting property located at 191 Kitchawan Road, South Sa- Myers, Fredell, et al. Filed by U.S. lem 10590. Filed Aug. 14.

Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $388,000 Barnett, Wanda Anna, et al. Filed affecting property located at 118 S.

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Eighth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Filed Aug. 13. secure $410,000 affecting property located at 11 Alice Road, North Sa- Nembhard, Arlene, et al. Filed lem 10560. Filed Aug. 14.

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Body-Lawson, Elizabeth, et al. mortgage to secure an unspecified Filed by The Bank of New York amount affecting property located Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose at 86 North Road, White Plains on a mortgage to secure $619,500 10603. Filed Aug. 15. affecting property located at 138 Hunts Bridge Road, Yonkers 10704. Orozco, Rafael, et al. Filed by Filed Aug. 14.

OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $490,733 affecting property located at 44 Jackson St., New Rochelle 10801. Filed Aug. 14.

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Ortiz, Edwin T., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $182,000 affecting property located at 1600 Overhill St., Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Aug. 13.

Ozuna, Justo, et al. Filed by Flushing Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,000 affecting property located at 3 Agate Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed Aug. 13.

Ragonesi, Peter, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $449,000 affecting property located at 197 Linda Ave., Mount Pleasant 10532. Filed Aug. 15.

Rodriguez, Ana, et al. Filed by E Trade Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 37 Valley Road, White Plains 10604. Filed Aug. 14.

Roman, Efrain, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 3 Washington Mews, Port Chester 10573. Filed Aug. 14.

Sailsman, Beverly A., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $626,250 affecting property located at 227 Sheridan Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Aug. 14.

Walsh, Maureen F., et al. Filed Sole Proprietorships

by DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspeci- AElitaPress.org, 12 Charles Place, fied amount affecting property Ossining 10562, c/o Nikolai Burlalocated at 2 River Road, Scarsdale koff. Filed Dec. 31.

10583. Filed Aug. 15.

Benedetto Restorations, 88 TrolWarren, Janis, et al. Filed by The ley Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567, Bank of New York Mellon. Action: c/o Ada Benedetto. Filed Dec. 28. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $399,200 affecting prop- Boaseto Babysitting, 50 Coolidge erty located at 7 S. Clinton Ave., Ave., No. 1, Yonkers 10701, c/o EvHastings-on-Hudson 10706. Filed elyn Amoyaw. Filed Dec. 28.

Aug. 13.

Weinberger, Joseph, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $920,000 affecting property located at 10 Dupont Ave., White Plains 10605. Filed Aug. 15.

Mechanic’s Liens Blue River Valley L.L.C., as owner. $15,000 as claimed by X-Cell Insulation Corp., Holtsville. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed Jan. 13.

Brehaut, Robert, et al, as owner. $675 as claimed by Proactive Plumbing and Mechanical, Mount Vernon. Property: in Yonkers. Filed Jan. 9.

Patents The following patents were issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. Apparatus, system and method for virtual machine backup. Patent no. 8,631,217 issued to Jason Ferris Basler, Los Gatos, Calif.; David George Derk, Gibsonia, Pa.; Vadzim Ivanovich Piletski, San Jose, Calif.; and James Patrick Smith, Redwood City, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Castillo Del Nino Group Family Day Care, 151 Warvely St., Apt. 1, Yonkers 10701, c/o Lisa M. Castillo.

Dynamically modifying quality Filed Dec. 28. of service levels for resources in a networked computing enviEquanimity-Lotus, 329 Union ronment. Patent no. 8,631,154 isAve., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o sued to Katalin K. Bartfai-Walcott, Eartha Hinds. Filed Dec. 28.

El Dorado Hills, Calif.; Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Mich.; ChristoPapa Dios Daycare, 188 Elm St., pher J. Dawson, Arlington, Va.; Apt. 1, Yonkers 10701, c/o Yesenia and Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va. Assigned to InternaGell. Filed Dec. 28. tional Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Philanthropy Mentor, 75 Shonnard Place, Yonkers 10703, c/o LynEnsuring affinity at all affinity da Hamilton. Filed Dec. 31. domains by folding at each affinity level possible for a partition Poetic Blessings, 36 Welcher Ave., spanning multiple nodes. Patent Apt. A28, Peekskill 10566, c/o Barno. 8,631,132 issued to Basu Vaidyrington Wright. Filed Dec. 31. anathan, Austin, Texas; and Marcos A. Villareal, Austin, Texas. Assigned Savvy Kid Concepts, 309 North to International Business MaAve., 12A, New Rochelle 10801, c/o chines Corp., Armonk.

Omar Dawkins. Filed Dec. 31.

Cerebral Palsy of Westchester Inc., as owner. $3,139 as claimed by WSP USA Corp., Briarcliff Manor.

Property: in Rye. Filed Jan. 7.

Slow Little Photo, 30 Windsor Terrace, SE, White Plains 10607, c/o Anastasia Igorevna Rodionova.

Sierra, Juan M., et al. Filed by Filed Dec. 28.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: New Businesses seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property Standby Solutions, 1132 Elm St., located at 388 Prescott St., Yonkers This paper is not responsible for ty- Peekskill 10566, c/o William Zelley.

10701. Filed Aug. 15. pographical errors contained in the Filed Dec. 31. original filings.

Smart, Denise, et al. Filed by OneStarVisions Community, 84 West Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to Pleasant Ave., Pleasantville 10570, foreclose on a mortgage to secure Partnerships c/o Howard A. Kelly. Filed Dec. 31. $320,000 affecting property located at 922 Parkway Place, Peekskill H.I.P. Contracting, 30 Tyndale Tech Tweakers, 13 Teresa Ave., 10566. Filed Aug. 15.

Place, Yonkers 10701, c/o Rocco Yonkers 10704, c/o Hayavrey RoW. Riley and Luigi Dedvukaj. Filed man. Filed Dec. 28.

Staats, Eric C., et al. Filed by Bay- Dec. 31. view Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: Travel Like My Sister, 54 Beechseeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $96,000 affecting property Kasper’s Krepes, 19 S. Shore dale Road, Dobbs Ferry 10522, c/o located at 1322 Main St., Peekskill Drive, South Salem 10590, c/o Kjell Karen Cohen. Filed Dec. 28.

Negard and Valerie Negard. Filed 10566. Filed Aug. 15.

Dec. 28.

VisualMatter, 315 King St., Apt. 2G, Port Chester 10573, c/o Jessica Walker, Carol, et al. Filed by OneL. Palmer. Filed Dec. 31.

West Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Your Enhanced Style, 65 Central $368,550 affecting property located Park Ave., Apt. 4F, Yonkers 10705, at 281 S. Columbus Ave., Mount c/o Kesaine Walker. Filed Dec. 31.

Vernon 10553. Filed Aug. 14.

Flash-based memory system with variable length page stripes, including data protection information. Patent no. 8,631,274 issued to Holloway H. Frost, Houston, Texas; Charles J. Camp, Sugar Land, Texas; and James A. Fuxa, Houston, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Identification of malicious activities through non-logged-in host usage. Patent no. 8,631,485 issued to Gunter D. Ollmann, Norcross, Ga. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Interruptibility awareness service. Patent no. 8,631,119 issued to Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley; and Jacquelyn A. Martino,Cold Spring.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Lifecycle management of privilege sharing using an identity management system. Patent no. 8,631,478 issued to Leeanne L. Chen, Laguna Niguel, Calif.; Alexander P. Ames, Irvine, Calif.; and Prema Vivekanandan, Kansas City, Mo. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device. Patent no.

8,631,317 issued to Paul D. Kangas, Raleigh, N.C.; and Daniel M. Ranck, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Method and system of mapping at least one web service to at least one OSGi service and exposing at least one local service as at least one web service. Patent no. 8,631,424 issued to Benjamin C. Reed, Morgan Hill, Calif.; and Ted J. Bonkenburg, Mountain View, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Prefetching data tracks and parity data to use for destaging updated tracks. Patent no. 8,631,190 issued to Michael T. Benhase, Tucson, Ariz.; Binny S. Gill, Westford, Mass.; Lokesh M. Gupta, Tucson, Ariz.; and James L. Hafner, San Jose, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Running content emitters natively on local operating system. Patent no. 8,631,324 issued to David B. Lection, Raleigh, N.C.; and Eric L. Masselle, Raleigh, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Virtual world presentation composition and management.

Patent no. 8,631,334 issued to Boas Betzler, Poughkeepsie; Rick A. Hamilton II, Richmond, Va.; Neil Katz, Boca Raton, Fla.; Paul B. Moody, Cambridge, Mass.; and Brian M. O’Connell, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Hudson Valley Building Loans Above $1 million Covington Route 300 L.L.C., Newburgh, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank, Poughkeepsie.

Property: Old Forge Road and Route 300, New Windsor. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Jan. 9.

Monroe Free Library, Monroe, as owner. Lender: Hometown Bank of the Hudson Valley, Walden. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Jan. 10.

Below $1 million 173 First Street Associates L.P., New Windsor, as owner. Lender: County of Orange Office of Community Development, Middletown.

Property: 173 First St., Newburgh.

Amount: $46,837. Filed Jan. 10.

Farminga, Vera, Vancouver, B.C., as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank. Property: 672 Mettacahonts Road, Rochester 12404. Amount: $370,800. Filed Jan. 9.

Forrester, Mark, et al, Monroe, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank. Property: 59 Ludlam Road, Monroe 10950. Amount: $176,892. Filed Jan. 7.

Kings Court Apartments L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Elliott’s Apartments No.1 L.L.C., LaGrangeville. Property: 126 Stringham Road, LaGrange. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Jan. 6.

Above $1 million 15037 Victory L.L.C., West Lake Village, Calif. Seller: Poughkeepsie Associates of Harrisburg, Pa., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $2.7 million.

Filed Jan. 6.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Stephen H. Derderian, Greenwood Lake. Property: 77 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $66,620. Filed Jan. 9.

Mozo Properties L.L.C., Newburgh. Seller: Dorothy J. Buchalter, Wallkill. Property: 218 Mountain View Ave., Newburgh. Amount: $110,000. Filed Jan. 13.

Fraser Conservation L.L.C., Bronxville. Seller: Glenn A. Lyle, et al, Winter Haven, Fla. Property: in North East. Amount: $300,000.

Filed Dec. 26.

New Life Properties, et al, Commack. Seller: Anthony C. Carlini Jr., Poughkeepsie. Property: 78 Keith Drive, Poughkeepsie 12602.

Amount: $261,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Holloran Road Corp., Monroe. Seller: Foxwood Enterprises L.L.C., Central Valley. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $75,000. Filed Jan. 7.

New Windsor Mart Inc., New Windsor. Seller: Leemilt’s Petroleum Inc., Jericho. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $200,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Patricia L. Campanaro, Wappingers Falls. Property: 22 Van Buren St., Beacon. Amount: $289,000. Filed Elant Foundation Inc., Goshen. Jan. 6.

Seller: Earl Russell Hopper, Newburgh. Property: Meadow Hill Hudson Valley Federal Credit Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Ra$25,000. Filed Jan. 8. chel Flanagan, Fishkill. Property: 2099 Route 52, East Fishkill 12533.

Fair Chase L.L.C., Manalapan, Amount: $187,500. Filed Jan. 6.

N.J. Seller: George Morales, Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Hunny Lake L.L.C., Fishkill. Seller: Amount: $110,000. Filed Jan. 13.

Everett cook, New York City. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $32,500.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Filed Jan. 6.

Corp. Seller: Michelle Anderson, Newburgh. Property: 78 Inwood Jeffrey M. Baker Ventures L.L.C., Road, Middletown. Amount: Staatsburg. Seller: Retained Realty $74,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Inc., New York City. Property: 21 Cove Road, Rhinebeck. Amount: Federal Home Loan Mortgage $170,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Corp. Seller: Rafael E. Garcia, et al, Haverstraw. Property: 8 Horizon Jeffrey M. Baker Ventures L.L.C., Court, Highland Mills. Amount: Staatsburg. Seller: Retained Realty $377,306. Filed Jan. 9.

Inc., New York City. Property: 21 Cove Road, Rhinebeck. Amount: Federal Home Loan Mortgage $170,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Corp. Seller: Sol Lesser, New Windsor. Property: 2364-2366 Route JMK Property Investors L.L.C., 32, New Windsor 12553. Amount: Wappinger Falls. Seller: HSBC $317,756. Filed Jan. 7.

Bank USA N.A. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $61,500. Filed Federal National Mortgage As- Dec. 27. sociation. Seller: Jeffrey Albanese, Goshen. Property: 3 Russell Mews, Kondaur Capital Corp., OrMiddletown 10940. Amount: ange, Calif. Seller: Judy L. Zeger, $207,893. Filed Jan. 10.

New Windsor. Property: 1-3 Prospect Ave., Middletown. Amount: Federal National Mortgage As- $80,000. Filed Jan. 10. sociation. Seller: Michele Babcock, Walden. Property: 4 Morningside Kondaur Capital Corp., Orange, Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: Calif. Seller: Pedro Perez, et al, Api$259,180. Filed Jan. 13. son, Tenn. Property: 3662 Pleasant Ridge Road, Dover 12594. Amount: Federal National Mortgage As- $125,000. Filed Dec. 31. sociation. Seller: Robert Ethridge III, et al, Brewster. Property: 315 M and M Prime Properties Dupont Ave., Newburgh 12550. L.L.C., Hopewell Junction. Seller: Amount: $162,883. Filed Jan. 8.

Ramasamy Muthusamy, et al, Hopewell Junction. Property: in Southeast. Amount: $175,000. Filed Dec. 31.

NMLS Realty L.L.C., Monroe.

Seller: Quickway Holdings L.L.C., Monroe. Property: 12 Quickway Road, Units 301 and 403, Monroe.

Amount: $700,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Chatham Ridge L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Bank of America Mount Beacon Properties L.L.C., N.A. Property: 135 Metzger Fishkill. Seller: Willow Court Road, Red Hook 12571. Amount: Apartments Inc., Beacon. Property: $125,500. Filed Jan. 8. in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $3.6 million. Filed Jan. 2.

DGT Millbrook Holdings L.L.C., Wilmington, Del. Seller: Nancy H. The Granit at Hudson Valley Nesle, Palm Beach, Fla. Property: Resort L.L.C., Kerhonkson. Seller: in North East. Amount: $850,000.

Everyday Logistics L.L.C., Ker- Filed Dec. 30. honkson. Property: in Rochester.

Amount: $17.8 million. Filed Jan. 6. DGT Millbrook Holdings L.L.C., Wilmington, Del. Seller: Nancy H. Nesle, Palm Beach, Fla. Property: in North East. Amount: $350,000.

Below $1 million Filed Dec. 30.

109 Carpenter Road L.L.C., Hopewell Junction. Seller: Theresa Burke, Red Hook. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $385,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Jones, Cory D., as owner. Lender: 11 Friendship Street L.L.C., TivoRhinebeck Bank. Property: in Mi- li. Seller: Barry J. Stickel, New Paltz. lan. Amount: $188,000. Filed Jan. 7. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $250,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Vallarella, Michael, Saugerties, as owner. Lender: Rondout Sav- AAAAL Properties L.L.C., Highings Bank, Kingston. Property: land Mills. Seller: Patricia L. Benve181 Tissal Road, Saugerties 12477. nuto, Monroe. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $343,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Amount: $410,000. Filed Jan. 6.

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Castle Cadillac L.L.C., Wappingers Falls. Seller: Donald Cappillino, Pawling. Property: in Wappinger.

Amount: $765,000. Filed Jan. 9.

American International Relocation Solutions L.L.C., Danbury, Conn. Seller: Metin Tekben, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $123,500. Filed Dec. 31.

Bates Gates Road L.L.C., Springfield, N.J. Seller: EBS Associates L.L.C., Springfield, N.J. Property: in Wawayanda. Amount: $700,000.

Filed Jan. 8.

Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Felice 4491 Realty Corp., Patterson. J. Lamanna Sr., et al, Port Jervis.

Seller: 1070-1072 Route 9 L.L.C., Property: 11 Hasbrouck St., Port Fishkill. Property: in Wappinger. Jervis 12771. Amount: $218,828.

Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Jan. 8. Filed Jan. 9.

DGT Millbrook Holdings L.L.C., Wilmington, Del. Seller: Norman Rappaport, et al, Pine Plains. Property: in North East. Amount: $8.5 million. Filed Dec. 30.

Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 2 Third St., Port Jervis 12771.

Amount: $150,759. Filed Jan. 10.

Kings Court Apartments L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Seller: 57-65 South Hamilton Street L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Jan. 6.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Conn. Seller: David Casella, et al, Poughquag. Property: in Beekman.

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

Casa Del Caciocavallo Farms L.L.C., Gardiner. Seller: MBK Associates Inc., Spring Valley. Property: in Plattekill. Amount: $150,000.

Filed Jan. 3.

Ocwen Financial Corp., West Palm Beach, Fla. Seller: Garry Corts, Slate Hill. Property: in Woodbury.

Amount: $300,500. Filed Jan. 8.

ORH Realty L.L.C., Wurtsboro.

Seller: Lanc and Tully Realty L.L.C., Circleville. Property: in Hamptonburgh. Amount: $650,000. Filed Jan. 13.

Patricia-Majestic L.L.C., New Paltz. Seller: Eileen Ingraham, et al, Gardiner. Property: in Gardiner.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Person 2 Person Properties L.L.C., White Plains. Seller: LaSalle Bank N.A. Property: 118 Cornwall Meadows Lane, Patterson 12563.

Amount: $104,799. Filed Dec. 31.

Red Hook L.L.C., Hartford, Conn.

Seller: Ruges’ Red Hook Holdings L.L.C., Rhinebeck. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $550,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Rhinebeck Realty L.L.C., Millwood. Seller: Michael F. and Raymond Hafenecker L.L.C., Monroe.

Property: 547 Route 17M, Monroe.

Amount: $575,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Serrtoukas and Vanikiotis Real Estate Partnership, Hyde Park.

Seller: Rhinebeck Bank, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Hyde Park.

Amount: $425,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Tacos Uriel L.L.C., Newburgh.

Seller: Sunningdale Ventures Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. Property: 49-51 Mill St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $55,000. Filed Jan. 8.

TGopee Inc., Bronx. Seller: Ana Maria Lourenco, Ridgefield, Conn. Property: in Montgomery.

Amount: $67,000. Filed Jan. 10.

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FACTS&FIGURES The Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie NY, Poughkeepsie. Seller: David R. Hazzard, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $220,000. Filed Jan. 8.

AAA Vehicles Inc., d.b.a. Lockwood Tavern, Newburgh. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

The County of Ulster, Kingston.

Seller: Steven Beckley, et al, Na- Aroma Buffet Inc., New Windpanoch. Property: in Wawarsing. sor. $1,031 in favor of the New York Amount: $130,000. Filed Jan. 7.

State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and FiTrinity-Pawling School Corp., nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Pawling. Seller: Paul R. Haynes, Wappingers Falls. Property: in BAW Automated Billing Services Pawling. Amount: $450,000. Filed Corp., d.b.a. BAW Medical ManJan. 6. agement Services, New Windsor. $1,031 in favor of the New York U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Moses State Department of Labor and the Ouma, et al, Pleasant Valley. Prop- Department of Taxation and Fierty: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26. $232,000. Filed Dec. 31.

Boom’s Farm Corp., Bearsville.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Sydney A. $50 in favor of the New York State Powell. Property: 110 Thompson Department of Taxation and FiSt., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: nance, Albany. Filed Jan. 6. $153,500. Filed Dec. 26.

Ciao Bella of Warwick L.L.C., Ulster-Greene Counties Chapter Warwick. $1,031 in favor of the NYSARC Inc., Kingston. Seller: New York State Department of LaBennett F. Black, Hewitt, N.J. Prop- bor and the Department of Taxaerty: in Olive. Amount: $475,000. tion and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Filed Jan. 6.

Vesa Realty Associates L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Helen Jandrasits, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $96,000.

Filed Jan. 8.

Diamond Medical Equipment and Healthcare Solutions Inc., Salisbury Mills. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Dec. 26.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Brent T. Fullum. Property: 33 E. Elm Ave., Staatsburg 12580. Eurotek Imports L.L.C., New Windsor. $1,031 in favor of New Amount: $113,500. Filed Jan. 2.

York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Mark D. Stern, Goshen. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $58,800.

Fallsy Inc., Gardiner. $2,590 in faFiled Jan. 9. vor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, AlZ.J. Properties Inc., New York bany. Filed Jan. 6.

City. Seller: Lorraine Ventura, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh.

Fisher Asphalt Paving Inc., Pine Amount: $120,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Island. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Judgments

JAS Property Management and Realty, Pine Bush. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Orange County Wholesale Corp., Walden. $1,031 in favor of the New JB Tech Solutions Inc., Chester. York State Department of Labor $1,031 in favor of the New York and the Department of Taxation State Department of Labor and the and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

OTWC Inc., Chester. $1,031 in favor of the New York State DepartLa Guadlupana Bakery, New- ment of Labor and the Department burgh. $1,031 in favor of the New of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

York State Department of Labor Filed Dec. 26. and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26. Paisano’s Restaurant Inc., Kingston. $476 in favor of the New York Lefevere House Bed and Break- State Department of Taxation and fast L.L.C., New Paltz. $5,608 in Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 6. favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Al- R. Bittman Blacktopping Inc., bany. Filed Jan. 6.

Monroe. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Live-In Construction Inc., Ches- and the Department of Taxation ter. $1,031 in favor of the New York and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Fi- Retrofoam of NY Inc., Chester. nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Lockdown Security of Orange Department of Taxation and FiCounty Inc., Newburgh. $1,031 in nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26. favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department Robert H. Henry Inc., New Hampof Taxation and Finance, Albany. ton. $1,031 in favor of the New York Filed Dec. 26.

State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and FiLynch’s General Construction nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

L.L.C., Middletown. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department Sacred, New Paltz. $1,191 in favor of Labor and the Department of of the New York State Department Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Dec. 26.

Filed Jan. 6.

Male’s New Corp., Newburgh. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Mario’s Pizza, Port Ewen. $194,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 6.

Master-Tech Floor installation Inc., Newburgh. $6,669 in favor of Frugaldoo Inc., New Windsor. the New York State Department of 800 Numbers Free L.L.C., War- $1,031 in favor of the New York Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed wick. $1,031 in favor of the New State Department of Labor and the Dec. 26.

York State Department of Labor Department of Taxation and Fiand the Department of Taxation nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

MJ Design Enterprises Inc., and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Chester. $1,031 in favor of the New Glassking, Milton. $981 in favor of York State Department of Labor A Plus Maintenance L.L.C., Mid- the New York State Department of and the Department of Taxation dletown. $1,031 in favor of the New Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

York State Department of Labor Jan. 6. and the Department of Taxation Modern Management Services and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

High Falls Motel, High Falls. Inc., Harriman. $1,046 in favor of $5,325 in favor of the New York the New York State Department of State Department of Taxation and Labor and the Department of TaxFinance, Albany. Filed Jan. 6. ation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

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Mohonk Motors, Rosendale. $1,569 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 6.

SVP Communications Inc., Woodstock. $1,244 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 6.

Taralea Corp., d.b.a. Café Internationale, Newburgh. $2,011 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc., Woodstock. $1,840 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 6.

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

The Blue Sky Mining Company Inc., d.b.a Archibald Heating and Air Conditioning, Kingston. $2,373 in favor of the New York Alvarez, Milagros, et al. Filed by State Department of Taxation and PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 6. $141,382 affecting property located at 6 Polly Kay Drive, Middletown The C8 Group L.L.C., d.b.a. Co10940. Filed Sept. 10.

Oper8 Marketing Group, Florida. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Andrews, Rachel, et al. Filed by Department of Taxation and Fi- Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26. secure $67,029 affecting property located at 31 Spring St., Newburgh TK Delivery Inc., Chester. $631 in 12550. Filed Sept. 11. favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, AlBell, Benjamin, et al. Filed by BAC bany. Filed Dec. 26.

Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to TLC Swimming Pools Inc., Highsecure $152,000 affecting property land Mills. $1,031 in favor of the located at 24 W. O’Reilly St., KingsNew York State Department of Laton 12401. Filed Jan. 7. bor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Benfield, Margaret J., et al. Filed

by RBS Citizens. Action: seeks to TMG Consulting L.L.C., Salisbury foreclose on a mortgage to secure Mills. $1,031 in favor of the New an unspecified amount affectYork State Department of Labor ing property located at 85 Enoch and the Department of Taxation Crosby Road, Brewster 10509. Filed and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Dec. 27.

Trigger Four Solutions Corp., Washingtonville. $1,892 in favor of Sight and Sound Communi- the New York State Department of cations Corp., New Hampton. Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed $1,031 in favor of the New York Dec. 26.

State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Fi- Walkerwicz Communications nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Inc., d.b.a. Sunshine Mountain/ The Press, Ellenville. $1,569 in faSM Tree Service Inc., Chester. vor of the New York State Depart$5,346 in favor of the New York ment of Taxation and Finance, AlState Department of Taxation and bany. Filed Jan. 6.

Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Walls and Patios Plus, Greenwood Snackrite Vending Corp., Walden. Lake. $1,031 in favor of the New $5,773 in favor of the New York York State Department of Labor and State Department of Taxation and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Bradley, Laurence I., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 4401 Hickory Hollow Lane, Carmel 10512. Filed Dec. 27.

Brown, Cleopatra, aka Grace Urvantsev, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $529,600 affecting property located at 10 Bridey Lane, Brewster 10509.

Filed Dec. 26.

Burke, Sean, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Spargo Enterprises Inc., d.b.a. West Orange Waste and Recy- mortgage to secure $474,000 affectBrew House Beverage, Mont- cling Inc., Pine Bush. $24,747 in ing property located at 1043 Route gomery. $2,072 in favor of the New favor of the New York State Depart- 284, Minisink 10998. Filed Sept. 12.

York State Department of Labor ment of Taxation and Finance, Aland the Department of Taxation bany. Filed Dec. 26.

Campbell, James A., et al. Filed and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

by Provident Funding Associates William Street Management L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Steelfab NY Inc., Newburgh. Group Inc., Monroe. $1,031 in fa- mortgage to secure $184,000 affect$1,031 in favor of the New York vor of the New York State Depart- ing property located at 6 Ridgeway State Department of Labor and the ment of Labor and the Department Road, Kent 10512. Filed Dec. 27.

Department of Taxation and Fi- of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Dec. 26. nance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Carbonara, Michael, et al. Filed

by Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $458,401 affecting property located in Saugerties.

Filed Jan. 7.

Centeno, Daniel, et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $115,000 affecting property located at 144 Patio Road, Middletown 10941. Filed Sept. 10.

Corcoran, Kenneth R., et al. Filed

by Navy Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $158,100 affecting property located at 1260 Route 52, Walden 12586. Filed Sept. 11.

Coto, Maria, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $282,073 affecting property located at 20 Brentwood Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Dec. 31.

D’Alessandro, Raymond R., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $231,000 affecting property located at 15 Fairmont Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Dec. 24.

Delvecchio, Richard, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,352 affecting property located at 197 Oriolle St., Montgomery 12549. Filed Sept. 12.

DiPaolo, Antoinette, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $132,000 affecting property located at 325 Sprout Brook Road, Garrison 10524. Filed Jan. 6.

Drakeford, Anthony S., et al. Filed

by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $203,486 affecting property located at 32 Roosevelt Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Jan. 17.

Erickson, Christopher, et al.

Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 19 Vincenzo Court, Monroe 10950. Filed Sept. 12.

Evaggelatos, Kathy, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 222 Wall Street Extension, West Hurley 12491.

Filed Jan. 7.

Garrido, Richard, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,600 affecting property located at 24 Grasslands Road, Carmel.

Filed Dec. 26.

James, Francine, et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $320,170 affecting property located at 60 Kent Shore Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed Dec. 31.

Maksim, Robert C., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure am unspecified amount affecting property located at 14 Schofield Place, Beacon 12508. Filed Jan. 17.

Percy, Robert C., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 67 Bloomer Road, Brewster 10509. Filed Jan. 6.

Grossi, James D., et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $211,690 affecting property located at 386 Church Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Jan. 7.

Judge-Darity, Daverne, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 16 Church St., Beacon 12508. Filed Jan. 17.

Mann, Jacob K., et al. Filed by Loancare. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $168,650 affecting property located at 16 S. Woodland Circle, Monroe 10950.

Filed Sept. 11.

Rae-Tittle, Carolyn, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $551,900 affecting property located at 95 Somerset Road, East Fishkill 12533. Filed Jan. 17.

Gruberth, Allyson A., as voluntary adminstratrix of the estate of John F. Gruberth, et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $139,000 affecting property located at 121 Village Fernandez, Theresa, individually Green Court, Warwick 10990. Filed and as surviving spouse of Pedro Sept. 16.

A. Fernandez, et al. Filed by One West Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to Gut, Ryszard, et al. Filed by Wells foreclose on a mortgage to secure Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to $256,000 affecting property located foreclose on a mortgage to secure at 516 Center St., Newburgh 12550. $417,000 affecting property located Filed Sept. 16. at 160 Hickory Bend Road W., Carmel 10512. Filed Jan. 3.

Fortune, Jamal, et al. Filed by GDBT I Trust 2011-1. Action: seeks Hall, Debora A., et al. Filed by to foreclose on a mortgage to secure JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: $240,230 affecting property lo- seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to cated at 511 Upper Ave., Newburgh secure $210,000 affecting property 12550. Filed Sept. 10. located at 25 Serenity Lane, Newburgh 12550. Filed Sept. 12.

Friberg, Michelle M., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Harfield, Linda, et al. Filed by RBS seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreto secure $208,000 affecting prop- close on a mortgage to secure an erty located at 19 Wintergreen Ave., unspecified amount affecting propNewburgh 12550. Filed Sept. 10. erty located at 65 Red Maple Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed Jan. 9.

Fuchs, Don, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Hart, Ann, et al. Filed by Nationforeclose on a mortgage to secure star Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks $161,500 affecting property located to foreclose on a mortgage to secure at 36 Highview Drive, Blooming $270,000 affecting property located Grove 12577. Filed Sept. 16. at 295 Schwabie Turnpike, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Jan. 8.

Fuller, Mark A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Healy, Richard, et al. Filed by foreclose on a mortgage to secure Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: $83,737 affecting property located seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to at 20 South Road, High Falls 12440. secure $504,000 affecting property Filed Jan. 9. located at 97 Foundry Pond Road, Cold Spring 10516. Filed Jan. 6.

Galioto, Rae M., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks Holden, Preston W. Jr., et al. Filed to foreclose on a mortgage to by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks secure an unspecified amount to foreclose on a mortgage to secure affecting property located at 25 $111,850 affecting property located Clapp Ave., Wappingers Falls at 13 Clayhill Road, Kerhonkson 12590. Filed Jan. 17.

12446. Filed Jan. 8.

Khurshid, Muhammad Amer, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $114,000 affecting property located at 5 Fishkill Glen Drive A, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Jan. 17.

Mensah, John, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,000 affecting property located at 30 Jordan Lane, Unit 38, Middletown 10940. Filed Sept. 16.

Rotondo, Vincent, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $114,000 affecting property located at 61 Horton Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Sept. 12.

Faulkner, Paul A., et al. Filed by Walden Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $39,000 affecting property located in Newburgh. Filed Sept. 16.

Feinberg, Jaime, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,950 affecting property located at 529 Fox Run Lane, Carmel 10512. Filed Jan. 2.

Garino, Richard M., et al. Filed

by Real Estate Mortgage Network Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $397,169 affecting property located at 76 Warwick Brook Road, Tuxedo Park 10987.

Filed Sept. 16.

Holmes, Lori A., et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $115,000 affecting property located at 62 Ulster Ave., Walden 12586.

Filed Sept. 12.

Konfala, Stephen, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 6 Brooks Ave., Tillson 12486. Filed Jan. 9.

Montgomery, Mary Lou A., et al.

Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 23 Darin Road, Warwick 10990. Filed Sept. 16.

Kowalsky, Martin R., et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 4 Old Brimstone Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Jan. 7.

Morreale, Linda, et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $297,000 affecting property located at 16 Maple Hill Drive, unit 16, Mahopac 10541.

Filed Jan. 6.

Russ, Katherine J., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $216,000 affecting property located at 57 Orchard St., Marlboro 12542.

Filed Jan. 7.

Kruse, Robert R. Jr., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $108,400 affecting property located at 5 Seiffert Lane, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed Dec. 30.

Nacri, Anthony, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $152,000 affecting property located at 30 Columbus Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Sept. 16.

Santelises, Rafael O., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 18 Johns Road, Middletown 10941. Filed Sept. 10.

Nasta, Cara J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $212,100 affecting property located at 25 Boniello Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed Dec. 31.

Simpson, Sylvia, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $113,905 affecting property located at 32 Railroad Circle, Port Jervis 12771. Filed Sept. 12.

Nylin, Jennifer Lynn, et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $248,000 affecting property located at 8 Halstead Drive, Hyde Park 12538. Filed Jan. 17.

St. John, Clifford R., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 209 Woodcock Mountain Road, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Sept. 10.

Lagan, Margaret E., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $299,000 affecting property located at 26 Gleneida Blvd., Mahopac 10541. Filed Dec. 31.

Lambert, Slybil, individually and on behalf of the estate of the late Margaret Lambert, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $129,600 affecting property located at 139 Jansen Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Jan. 8.

Luis, Richard, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 141 Mountain Road, Pine Bush 12566.

Filed Jan. 8.

Ruiz, Custodio A., et al. Filed

by Chase Home Finance L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 17 Sterling St., Middletown 10940. Filed Sept. 13.

O’Donnell’s Inc., et al. Filed by David Weinberg. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located in Fishkill. Filed Jan. 17.

Stevenson, Elizabeth Darcy, as executrix of the estate of Charles C. Stevenson, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Pedulla, Rosemarie, et al. Filed $300,000 affecting property located

by Sun West Mortgage Company at 136 N. Chestnut St., Unit 15B, Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a New Paltz 12561. Filed Jan. 8. mortgage to secure $630,000 affecting property located at 155 Wood St., Mahopac 10541. Filed Dec. 31.

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FACTS&FIGURES Stottlar, James, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,000 affecting property located at 23 Poplar St., Lake Peekskill 10537. Filed Jan. 2.

Surin, Yves, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $162,000 affecting property located at 154 South St., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Sept. 11.

Timko, Matthew, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $219,622 affecting property located at 30 Forest Glen Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Jan. 6.

Villa, Rolando, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $427,500 affecting property located at 111-113 Horsepound Road, Carmel 10512.

Filed Dec. 26.

Williams, John H., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $329,600 affecting property located at 21 Westgate Terrace, Carmel 10512. Filed Dec. 26.

Williams, Nancy, individually and as surviving spouse of John A. Williams, et al. Filed by Midfirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $117,570 affecting property located at 34 Darin Road, Warwick 10990. Filed Sept.

10.

Toia, Thomas P., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $60,000 affecting property located Young, Carol A., et al. Filed by at 64 Maureen Drive, Middletown Deutsche Bank National Trust 10940. Filed Sept. 16.

Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $122,333 affecting property located at 18 Plattekill Drive, Mount Marion 12456. Filed Jan. 9.

Mechanic’s Liens

MD Hossain, as owner. $3,107 as claimed by Fetzer Electric L.L.C., Wallkill. Property: 155 Huckleberry Cohen, Myer, Brooklyn, as owner. Turnpike, Plattekill 12568. Filed $210 as claimed by Village Green Jan. 9.

Lawn Maintenance, Highland Mills. Property: 77 Milval Lane, Mediacom Corp., as owner.

Woodbury. Filed Jan. 9. $29,908 as claimed by Boyce Excavating Company Inc., Middletown.

Delvescovi, Linda, as owner. Property: in Blooming Grove. Filed $28,992 as claimed by H.G. Page Jan. 8. and Sons Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 382 Old Hopewell Road, WapNorth State Associates L.L.C., as pinger. Filed Jan. 8. owner. $5,733 as claimed by United Rentals North America Inc., CharGelchinsky, Harold, et al, as own- lotte, N.C. Property: 172 Route 9, er. $3,204 as claimed by Putnam Fishkill. Filed Jan. 10.

Petro Clean Inc., Mahopac. Property: in Carmel. Filed Dec. 31.

Poughkeepsie Galleria L.L.C., as owner. $1,507 as claimed by TVT KDK Realty Corp., as owner. Contracting Inc. Property: 2001 $15,735 as claimed by Michelle South Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Construction of Westchester Inc., Jan. 2.

Port Chester. Property: 7468-7476 Broadway, Red Hook. Filed Jan. 3.

St. Francis Hospital, as owner. $6,806 as claimed by Technical Khoury, Rose E., as owner. $4,933 Building Services Inc., Ballston Spa. as claimed by D. Rock Builders Inc., Property: 241 North Road, PoughWappingers Falls. Property: 26 Stu- keepsie. Filed Jan. 9. art Ave., Wappinger. Filed Jan. 13.

St. Francis Hospital, as owner. $9,124 as claimed by Weinstein and Holtzman of Hudson Valley L.L.C., Wappingers Falls. Property: 241 North Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Jan. 2.

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Sole Proprietorships

Matteo Undici, 6 Krisnan Place, New Paltz 12561, c/o Matthew P. Spitzer. Filed Jan. 9.

AG Beauty Services, 224 Willow Ave., Apt. 2, Cornwall-on-Hudson Mickey’s Igloo 2, 193 Hurley Ave., 12518, c/o Alexandria Gurrera. Kingston 12401, c/o Joseph A. Alecca Sr. Filed Jan. 9.

Filed Aug. 20.

Anvo, 208 Dug Road, Accord Preppy Pig Embroidery, 17 Glad12404, c/o Anton James Vojacek IV. stone Ave., Walden, c/o Courtney Beth Lospalluto. Filed Aug. 20.

Filed Jan. 7.

Artsy-Garden.com, 103 Winne Publimpresoszdny, 27 Carpenter Road, Mount Tremper 12457, c/o Ave., Middletown, c/o Daniel Zenon de la Cruz. Filed Aug. 21.

Jerilynn L. Babroff. Filed Jan. 6.

Avreichim Group Intl, 3 Shinev Quisqueya, 3 South St., MiddleCourt, No. 112, Monroe 10950, c/o town 10940, c/o Juan M. Castillo.

Filed Aug. 20.

Yoel Weiner. Filed Aug. 23.

Boutonniere, 17 Valley View Lane, R and R Construction and PropCornwall 12518, c/o Richard S. erty Management, 150 Weeds Mill Road, Highland 12528, c/o Robert Bouton. Filed Aug. 22.

Ortiz. Filed Jan. 7.

Box-1075-Customs, 103 B Varmouth St., Kingston 12401, c/o An- Rebecca Steele Classical Acupuncture, 233 Wall St., First floor, drew S. Coon. Filed Jan. 9.

Kingston 12401, c/o Rebecca Lyons Steele. Filed Jan. 7.

Bueno Brothers Cleaning SerNew Businesses vices, 20 Blanchard St., Middletown 10940, c/o Filiberto A. Bueno. REFAB, 395 Mossybrook Road, This paper is not responsible for ty- Filed Aug. 20.

High Falls 12440, c/o John F. Cox Jr. pographical errors contained in the Filed Jan. 7. original filings.

Croce Consulting, 30 Shivertown Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Heather Reliable Respiratory Therapy Services, 193 Old Dutch Hollow Croce. Filed Jan. 9.

Doing Business As Road, Monroe 10950, c/o Daniel Joseph Qualiano. Filed Aug. 22.

D and G Auto Impressions, Phoenicia Motor Village Inc., 51 Old Wagon Road, Warwick d.b.a. Phoenicia Lodge, 5987 10990, c/o Dererk Santopietro. Ronin Information Security Route 28, Phoenicia 12464. Filed Filed Aug. 22.

Consulting, 157 Hilltop Road, Jan. 6.

Saugerties 12477, c/o Richard T. Heinlein. Filed Jan. 9.

DeWitt Farm, 68 Mill Road, OliveRavi Petroleum Inc., d.b.a. Citgo bridge 12461, c/o Naomi A. DeMart, 139-147 Wickham Ave., Witt. Filed Jan. 7.

Sarah Fimm Music, 230 Kings Middletown 10940. Filed Aug. 21.

Mall Court, No. 132, Kingston 12401, c/o Sarah Lauren Friedman.

Eagle Plumbing, 83 Dosen Road, Filed Jan. 7.

Middletown 10940, c/o Stewart Partnerships Gottlieb. Filed Aug. 20.

Sweet Tea Creations, 44 LakevAudio Volcan, 6 Teller St., Kings- Focus on Your Success, 3 Dog- iew Drive, Newburgh, c/o Brenda ton 12401, c/o Erika Cruz and Da- wood Court, Goshen 10924, c/o Rothell Swartz. Filed Aug. 20. vid A. Cruz. Filed Jan. 8.

Martin Kantrowitz. Filed Aug. 23.

Tuxedo Commercial Credit, 1 Fresh, 255 Main St., Cornwall-on- Holy Funk Art and Apparel, Oak Place, Tuxedo, c/o Andrew C. Hudson, c/o Heather Wojehowski 10 Millbrook Terrace, New Paltz Coyle. Filed Aug. 23. and Joshua T. Wojehowski. Filed 12561, c/o Kristine M. Gallo. Filed Twisted Twine Designs, 184 JohnAug. 23.

Jan. 9. son Road, Chester 10918, c/o Deborah Joy Johnson. Filed Aug. 21.

Hudson Valley Pawn of Kingston, 728 Broadway, Kingston 12401, c/o Dameon R. Jenkins.

Filed Jan. 9.

LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Application for Authority of PURE SANITIZED ICE, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/26/13.

Formed in PA 1/12/07.

Office loc.: Westchester County. The SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to and the office address required to be maintained in PA is 278 Rock Run Rd., Yardley, PA 19067. Cert. of Organization filed with Carol Aichele, Sec. of State, 401 North St., Room 206, Harrisburg, PA 17120.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. #59150

Notice of Formation of Mason Global Enterprises, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/15/13. 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, 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn,NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59151

Notice of Formation of PVS CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/27/13.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The Law Offices of Anthony L. Meola, 2500 Westchester Avenue, Suite 210, Purchase, NY 10577, the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59152

Notice of Formation of Sideline Social, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/27/13. 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, 125 Darling Ave New Rochelle., NY 10804. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59155

Notice of Formation of LOCK STAR HOME IMPROVEMENTS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/8/13.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 102 Lake Road, Katonah, NY 10536.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59156

Notice of Formation of Root Technology Solutions, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/03/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process the LLC, 710 Warburton Ave Apt 3L, Yonkers, New York 10701.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59157

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: Trebuchet Impact Advisors, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/27/13. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 66 Lockwood Road, South Salem, NY 10590. Purpose: to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized. #59158

Notice of Formation of ALVUS VENTURES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/5/2013. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 65 Howell Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538. Term: until 12/31/2112.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #59159

SAW MILL RIVER SPORTS GROUP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/25/2013.

Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Elm Street, Ardsley, NY 10502. Reg Agent: Stephanie Scherer, 1 Elm Street, Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59160

HOUSE OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/25/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Elm Street, Ardsley, NY 10502. Reg Agent: Stephanie Scherer, 1 Elm Street, Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59161

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PINES BRIDGE ROAD LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/7/2013.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 716 Kitchawan Road, Ossining, New York 10562.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #59162

13 4 MA MA RONECK ASSOCIATES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/12/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 92 S. Central Park Avenue, Ste. 203, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59164

Notice of Formation of MEETING HOUSE ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 11/26/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 12 Water St. #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59165

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Give A Bling, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 12/11/13.

Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 131 Hillair Circle, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59166

Notice of Formation of DOG Media, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/18/13. 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, 66 Main St, Suite 1019, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59167

Notice of formation of GRP CONSULTING LLC. Articles of organization filed with the N.Y.S. Department of State, Division of Corporations on 11/04/13.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #59168

Notice of Formation of GATEWAY KENSINGTON LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 12/12/13. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Priolet & Associates, P.C., 1025 Westchester Ave. #320, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59169

Notice of Formation of MH CRESTON LLC. Principal office Westchester County.

Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to Shaban Mehaj, 466 Castle Street Bronxville, NY 10708.

Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on 12/09/13. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #59170

Notice of Formation of Poughkeepsie K Holdings, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/24/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 444 South Fulton Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 10553. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59172

Notice of Formation of Wappingers K Holdings Pad, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/24/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 444 South Fulton Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 10553. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59173

Notice of Formation of Wappingers K Holdings, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/24/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 444 South Fulton Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 10553. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59174

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Alpha Property Solutions, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 12/17/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 20 Cedar St, Ste. 300, New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: any lawful activities. #59175

Notice of formation of Baubles Insurance Brokerage, LLC (ìLLCî).

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (ìSSNYî) on 11/26/13.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to its principal business address: c/o LLC, 180 East Post Rd, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. #59176

SHADOWMAN, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/20/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 4 Harrison Ct., Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59177

70 POCANTICO, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/20/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 103 Burke Ct., Buchanan, NY 10511. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59178

JOURNEY TO BIRTH MIDWIFERY CARE PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/16/2013.

Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 119 Grand Street, Croton-On-Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: To practice the profession of Midwifery. #59179

EAST COAST INSURANCE GROUP, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 10/09/2013, Fict. Name: EAST COAST INDEPENDENT AUTO DEALER INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in CT on 08/27/2009.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 268 Allen Hill Rd , Brooklyn, CT 06234. Address required to be maintained in CT: 268 Allen Hill Rd Brooklyn CT 06234. Cert of Formation filed with CT Sec. of State, Commercial Recording Div., P.O. Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59181

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FIGURE AND GROOVE PRODUCTIONS LLC. Art of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/17/2013. Office located in Westchester County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the principal business location at 255 Washington Ave, Pleasantville, NY 10570.

Purpose of business of LLC :any lawful purpose #59183

MALAND LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/09/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 35 Page Ave., Yonkers , NY 10704. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59184

DAN MARGIOTTA HOLDINGS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/30/2013.

Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 122H, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59185

Notice is hereby given that a license number 1274587 for a beer, wine and liquor license has been applied for by Westbake LLC D/B/A Bareburger to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control law at 265 N Central Park Avenue Hartsdale, NY 10530 for on premises consumption. #59186

NOTICE OF FORMATION of 303SBROADWAY, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 12/31/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1550 Lemoine Avenue, Suite 207, Fort Lee, NJ 07024. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59187

Notice of Formation of SARAH WREDE PHOTOGRAPHY AND DESIGN, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 1/7/14. Office Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 2 Mansfield Rd, White Plains, NY 10605, the LLCís principal business location.

Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59188

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: HB Housing, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on 1/7/14. 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 LLC, c/o Marathon Development Group Ltd., 901 Main Street, Suite 300, Peekskill, NY 10566.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59189

Notice is hereby given that an Application for an On-Premises Liquor License Serial number 1275670 has been applied for by the undersigned in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 130 Main St., Mount Kisco, N Y 10549, Westchester County; /s/ 130 MAIN STREET LLC. d/b/a Winston #59190

Notice of formation of 880 Nepperhan LLC, a domestic limited liability company.

Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/30/13. NY Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 704 Route 6, Suite 21, Mahopac, New York 10541. Purpose: for any lawful purpose. #59191

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LEGAL NOTICES Continued from previous page

Notice of Formation of Marc S. Schindelheim Consulting Services LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/10/14. Office location: Westchester County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 3 Laurel Road, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59192

Notice of Formation of Paradigm Shift Associates LLC. Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 10/21/13. Office located in Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served to: c/o US Corp Agents Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59193

SHANGHAI HAND LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/10/2014. Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Dominick Rossetti, 173 Washington Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59194

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Shore Storm Solutions, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 1/8/14. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Daniel Capossela, 17 Quincy Lane, White Plains, NY 10605.

Purpose: any lawful activities. #59195

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of OGG Family Companies, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 1/7/14. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Heather Ogg, 41 Purdy Ave, #428, Rye, NY 10580.

Purpose: any lawful activities. #59196

NOTICE OF FORMATION of OGG Leadership, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 1/7/14. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Heather Ogg, 41 Purdy Ave, #428, Rye, NY 10580.

Purpose: any lawful activities. #59197

Notice of Formation of ELL401 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/9/14.Office location: Westchester County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Falcon & Singer P.C., 14 Harwood Court, Suite 220, Scarsdale, NY 10583.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #59198

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Rymat Holdings, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/13. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: PO Box 241, Goldens Bridge, NY 10526.

Principal business address: 10 Fox Den Ln, North Salem, NY 10560. Purpose: any lawful act. #59200

Notice of Formation of ELL1018 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/9/14. Office location: Westchester County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Falcon & Singer P.C., 14 Harwood Court, Suite 220, Scarsdale, NY 10583.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #59199

Peo wrap-up, LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 1/2/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 248 Madison Rd. Scarsdale, NY 10583.

Purpose: any lawful activity #59201

Miweb, LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 12/16/13. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 458 W. 49 St. #1 New York, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activity #59202

Chrome Fields Capital Management LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 12/24/13. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to c/o Chiping Cheung 4 Oak Ridge Ct. W. Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful activity #59203

360 Ct Capitol LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 11/18/13. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to c/o Stuart Berg, Esq. 1 N. Broadway, Flr 10 White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activity #59204

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Brasserie Grand, Inc. d/b/a Tagine to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 118-120 Grand Street Croton-on-Hudson NY 10520. #59205

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by 10 Warburton Corp d/b/a Guapo to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 10 Warburton Avenue Yonkers NY 10701. #59206

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by S & R Food Corp. of Westchester d/b/a Cornucopia to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment.

For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 935 Saw Mill River Road Ardsley NY 10502. #59207

A legal lifeline for nonprofits

By Frank Pagani

S

ince the Great Recession, it has been a challenging time for nonprofits. In addition to struggling with dwindling financial resources, they have had to comply with new federal and state regulations regarding transparency, accountability and governance. Some have sought strategic alliances or merged with others in order to survive.

Fortunately, many nonprofits in the greater New York metro region and beyond have been able to become more viable in fulfilling their missions, thanks to the services of a very unique resource. It is the Pro Bono Partnership, a dedicated staff of 18 professionals including nine lawyers who supervise hundreds of volunteer attorneys in providing pro bono services to qualified nonprofits that serve the disadvantaged or enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods. Among the legal issues addressed are corporate structure and governance, real estate, employment law, environmental law, compliance with state and federal regulations, fundraising, lobbying, intellectual property among others.

Those are the kinds of legal matters often associated with the corporate world. “The truth of the matter is that the non-profits are like any other businesses that confront legal issues on a daily basis,” said Richard S. Hobish, the partnership’s co-founder and executive director/CEO. He added: “We screen nonprofits’ requests for legal help and form teams of some of the best talent – both inside and outside counsel – in order to fully meet those needs.”

Since its founding, the partnership – which has emerged as a national model for pro bono programs – has assisted more than 1,700 nonprofit organizations on thousands of legal matters, enabling them to more effectively feed the hungry, house the homeless, protect the environment and provide essential programs to children, immigrants, the elderly, the disabled and the unemployed.

Currently, a corps of about 900 attorneys are volunteering their time and talent to solving complex issues.

One of the early clients, YMCA of Tarrytown, turned out to be the case that Hobish is most proud of in terms of the scope and complexity of the project – the renovation of a 48-unit, affordable income housing complex that entailed $3 million in financing and a host of low-income house

Richard S. Hobish

tax credits. “It was an amazing blending of legal talent and demonstrated how effective we are as an organization in leveraging limited resources to solve a devilishly complicated matter.”

Hobish also takes pride in the meaningful difference the partnership has made.

That is borne out in the findings of a market research firm, Metis Associates, which undertook an evaluation a few years ago of the impact the partnership was making on its nonprofit clients, volunteers and the volunteers’ employers. Many clients noted that their organizations improved the level of function since they began working with the partnership. Key areas of improvement included a strengthening in their boards of directors and financial management and accountability procedures. They also felt that without the partnership’s support, they might have gone out of business or suffered other harm. Seventy-five percent reported that they were more effective in delivering services either to their clients or to the community.

The origins of the partnership arguably date back to when Hobish attended Oberlin College and served as a ‘big brother’ to an abused boy. “That experience had a tremendous impact on shaping my career,” he said.

It continued after he graduated from NYU Law School where he met his wife, who also influenced him by her desire to follow a public-interest legal path. He worked for the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, then joined the Lawyers Alliance for New York where he served as deputy director. While at the alli-

ance, “I learned my trade and developed a level of expertise in understanding the com-

plex IRS tax-exempt status of non-profits.”

The partnership came into existence soon after Robert E. Healing, corporate counsel for GE Electric, invited him to join a committee of the Westchester Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association to explore the most effective ways of matching in-house corporate counsels with qualifying nonprofits.

As a result of his demonstrated leadership, Hobish was named the first executive director of the newly formed partnership which emerged as a leader in its field.

“What makes us unique is that we are the only organization in the country that is focused primarily with corporate in-house counsels and the only one that is doing so in several states.In addition to serving the nonprofit communities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the partnership recently started an affiliate in Atlanta and is in the process of establishing another in Cincinnati.

“I am the luckiest person in this profession – blessed with an extraordinarily committed board of directors, volunteers who represent some of the nation’s best legal minds, an incredibly bright and dedicated staff, each of whom is here because they love doing what they do. The quality of their work is a testament to their commitment and integrity.”

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