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January 21, 2013 | VOL. 49, No. 3

Confidence down among top execs

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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In the four-county region served by the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, sales of single-family houses, condominiums, cooperatives, and two- to four-family buildings increased 15 percent last year from 2011, with 11,481 residential units sold. The region includes Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Putnam counties.

Westchester, which typically accounts for about two-

ntering 2013, CEOs and top executives across New York state show new signs of frustration and more pessimism about business conditions and the state economy. And private-sector leaders in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley are some of the least confident about business prospects in New York this year, second only to the Buffalo region, according to a recent survey.

Conducted by the Siena College Research Institute, the annual survey by First Niagara Bank N.A. was expanded in its sixth year to include the eight-county Hudson Valley region, stretching from largely rural Columbia and Greene Counties in the north to suburban Westchester and Rockland counties in the south.

First Niagara in 2012 entered that regional market with its conversion of about 100 upstate New York and Fairfield County, Conn. branches acquired from HSBC Bank USA. It operates 24 branches in the Hudson Valley, including 6 branches in northern Westchester and 12 in Rockland. Its regional business banking and mortgage offices are in Nyack.

The Siena survey in December drew responses from 199 CEOs, chief financial officers and other senior managers of private businesses in Westchester and the Hudson valley with $5 million to $150 million in annual sales. They represent the service, manufacturing, engineering and construction, retail, wholesale and distribution, financial and food and beverage industries. Statewide, 1,142 corporate leaders were surveyed

by Siena researchers.

For the first time in three years, the overall confidence index statewide fell well below the 100 mark, the point of equal balance between surveyed leaders’ optimism and pessimism about current and future economic conditions in their industry and across the state. The overall index dropped 12 points from 97.9 near the close of 2011 to 85.9 near the close of 2012.

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House sales up, prices down in 2012

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oosted by a 30 percent fourth-quarter jump, house sales in Westchester County in 2012 reached their highest level in five years. Yet median sale prices in the county market continued a two-year and three-year decline across housing categories, according to the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service (HGMLS).

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Cuomo’s energy initiatives meet mixed response

BY SAM BARRON sbarron@westfairinc.com

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ov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address delivered ambitious promises from gun control to storm cleanup. But his proposals on energy have gotten many people talking.

In his address, Cuomo vowed to make New York state the leader in the clean tech economy, creating a $1 billion green bank to leverage public dollars with a private sector match. He also announced $150 million in annual funding to increase solar panel installations in homes and businesses.

Cuomo also named Richard Kauffman as the state’s energy czar (see sidebar).

Kauffman previously served as senior advisor to Steven Chu, the U.S. Secretary of Energy.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and Tropical Storm Irene, the governor also announced plans to tackle climate change in the state, including lowering the cap on greenhouse gas emissions. New York is one of nine states in the Northeast to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (REGGI), which sets a cap on carbon dioxide throughout the region, with the goal of reducing emissions by 10 percent. New York accounts for 40 percent of the region’s emissions.

Cuomo said his energy proposals draw from the work of four commissions he formed after Sandy hit: NYS Respond, NYS Ready, NYS 2100 and the Moreland Commission on Utility Storm Preparation and Response.

Jackson Morris, director of strategic engagement for Pace University’s Energy and Climate Center has been working with the governor’s office on the energy platform and praised Cuomo’s ambitious plans.

“It was encouraging to see government committed to climate change,” Morris said.

“The commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is a huge step forward, not only for New York, but for the eight states that are part of REGGI. It’s huge victory in

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New York.”

Morris also praised Cuomo for his commitment to solar energy and for trying to increase electric vehicles in New York. Cuomo proposed installing 2,500 charging stations throughout the state.

“He recognizes that it’s imperative that we reduce our dependence on oil,” Morris said. “It’s a huge step forward.”

While many State of the State addresses include bold proposals that will never see the light of day, Morris said that Cuomo’s record speaks for itself.

“If it was any other governor, I would be less excited,” Morris said. “He does not commit unless he has thought through about implementation. He had a big initiative to reduce energy consumption in state buildings and he did that. I am very confident that this governor will work to make all of these ambitious proposals a reality, based on his track record.”

The Alliance for Clean Energy New York Inc. (ACE NY) also had praise for Cuomo’s energy platform.

“We were quite pleased with what he had to say,” Valerie Strauss, interim executive director for ACE NY. “We need to address climate change, we agree with that.

I don’t think his clean energy proposals are hard to do or overreaching.”

Strauss said that under Cuomo, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has become a nationwide leader in energy research, with other states following its lead.

“The programs are replicated everywhere,” Strauss said. “We’ve made major inroads. Clean energy will be important to combat climate change and development opportunities in the state. Clean energy and a green economy take a lot of investments but the payoffs can be quite large.”

Reaction from business groups has been mixed. John Ravitz, executive vice president of The Business Council of Westchester, said that keeping energy costs competitive and relicensing Indian Point should be a priority.

“We need to lower energy costs to

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spur the economy and benefit consumers,” Ravitz said.

Ravitz said he was disappointed that there was no talk of mandate relief in the State of State, and he was curious as to how Albany would pay for its energy platform.

“You can’t play the ‘spend and pretend’ game,” Ravitz said. “We need to make sure that if we propose any big ticket items that we have the money to pay for it. Mandate relief has to be put on everyone’s radar screens.”

The Business Council of New York State Inc. issued a statement fearing that some of Cuomo’s energy proposals would cost businesses or become a barrier for businesses that want to come to New York.

Darren Suarez, director of government affairs for the state Business Council, said that while the council supports Cuomo’s interest in having reliable, affordable and locally generated energy sources, he is concerned by the potential costs of what the governor proposed.

“Some of these policies could have an adverse effect on New York’s electric consumers,” Suarez said. “Some of these proposals will cost businesses additional resources and we will see an increase in consumer costs. The expansion of the solar program will result in increased utility costs.”

Suarez fears that manufacturers will leave the state and go elsewhere if they can’t meet the cap on greenhouse gases.

Morris disagrees and believes that New York’s energy policies will make the state more competitive, citing economic models that have shown there are over $2 billion in macroeconomic benefits from capped emission programs.

“That’s reinvested in energy efficiency and renewable energy,” Morris said.

“Critics said REGGI would cause blackouts and increase electricity costs, but electricity costs have dropped. We are very excited to implement this agenda; this puts New York on the national state for climate policy. It’s going to be a busy year.”

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Kauffman appointed energy czar

BY SAM BARRON sbarron@westfairinc.com

Richard Kauffman is the state’s new leader on energy policy and energy finance.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed Kauffman to be in his cabinet as chairman of the new Energy Policy and Finance Sub-Cabinet.

Kauffman will be involved in establishing the state’s green bank. The bank, run through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), will offer loans and grants to further clean energy deployment, coordinate and leverage the state’s clean energy spending and alleviate financial market barriers that impede clean energy projects.

Kauffman was a senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and previously served as CEO of Good Energies Inc., a company that invested in renewable energy projects.

He has also worked for Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, and served on the board of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

“Richard Kauffman’s extensive private and public sector experience in energy and finance matters will improve coordination of the state’s energy policy and further the establishment of New York as the national leader in the clean energy economy,” Cuomo said in a statement.

Corrections To The Editor: The below clarifies statements attributed to me in the Dec. 24 edition of the Westchester County Business Journal’s report of a Dec. 14 breakfast hosted by the Association for Corporate Growth.

At the meeting, I did not suggest that the fear of fracking was irrational. What I said was that EPA is undertaking a study of the impacts on water supplies from fracking and that if done away from watershed areas and with proper engineering and regulatory controls, fracking should not be rejected due to irrational fears. Additionally, the cost of EPA’s new upcoming ozone regulations is not $19 billion, as reported. The cost is $19 billion annually to $90 billion annually, based on EPA’s 2011 proposed rule which is expected to be re-proposed in 2013 and adopted in 2014.

Norman W. Bernstein Stephen J. Friedman is president of Pace University. His name was incorrectly spelled in the Jan. 14 issue of the Business Journal.

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Maloney ‘absolutely committed’ to job growth

BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

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reshman U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat hailing from Cold Spring, was among the youngest people to serve as White House staff secretary, doing so during the Clinton administration.

After defeating incumbent Nan Hayworth last November in the state’s 18th Congressional District election, Maloney finds himself just a short walk down Pennsylvania Avenue at the U.S. Capitol.

The Business Journal recently sat down with Maloney to discuss his policy goals and the most pressing needs facing the Hudson Valley business community.

The following are excerpts from that conversation: Business Journal: What are the biggest needs facing the Hudson Valley?

Maloney: “Short-term, we’ve got to finish the job on Sandy disaster relief. … It’s very important to get help to folks who are hurting, but equally important I want to see us do storm damage prevention …

“Pulling the lens back, the economy and jobs are my number one priority. … For example, on the west side of the (Hudson

River) in Orange County, there’s a project called Taylor Biomass that will put 300 people to work tomorrow. I think it’s very important that we support that project. I was in Middletown yesterday … where Touro College is opening an osteopathic medical college – great project, going to be 1,000 jobs, it’s going to build off of the health carefocused economy in that part of the district.

“On this side of the river, I think it’s very important to work with the governor’s regional economic council in the lower Hudson Valley and Westchester and elsewhere on the priorities they’ve already identified like supporting the biotech industry, like bringing high-tech manufacturing back to the Hudson Valley. So this is where I want to focus, and I’m very happy that I’m on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee where I’ll really be able to sink my teeth into projects like the Tappan Zee Bridge that’ll also be critical to future job growth.”

How can Congress help private industry to invest and expand?

“I’ve run a business – I spent three years running a software company. I’ve created jobs, I had to meet a payroll, I understand the pressures that particularly small business people

face, and I’m dead serious about trying to make their lives easier.

“What does that mean? In nuts and bolts terms, we’ve got to continue to reform the tax code to make ourselves more competitive. I’d like to see us lower rates, broaden the base. I’d like to see us lower the corporate rate. I’d like to see us lower the rate for manufacturing.

And I think we can achieve that if we close some loopholes and rationalize the code.

I’d like to see us continue to invest in basic research and innovation and education and infrastructure. These are the ways that government really supports and furthers private sector economic development: we know it works, it’s always worked, we need to start doing what makes sense again.”

You worked in the Clinton White House – how do you apply those experiences now to Congress?

“Politics is all about relationships and I’ve got a large number of relationships with folks who are working in the administration, people who I worked with in the Clinton administration and elsewhere. That’s very important. It’s very important to know how Washington works, it’s very important to have worked at the state level and to understand Albany and how our state government

works, and the reason is because almost every problem we’ve got to fix requires working with all those people, together – across party lines, at the state, local and federal level. I see it as my job to bring people together and to get things done.”

You’ve been named to the House Committee on Agriculture. What are your plans to help Hudson Valley farmers?

“You get in and you work on that farm bill, as I’m going to do over the next nine months.

It’s been extended until September … that gives me an opportunity to work … on ways to focus that bill more on the kind of farms we have here in the Hudson Valley. They tend to be smaller, they tend to be family-owned, specialty crops, a lot of organics, a lot of onions in Orange County.

“A lot of the laws are written for big agribusiness – they don’t make sense for our folks. If you look at the crop loss insurance program, if you look at the way we helped people after Hurricane Irene, or didn’t, really, we can do a lot better, and I want to be part of that.”

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DEALS &DEEDS Talks continue for Mount Kisco anchor

Yacht insurance broker renews

Pantaenius America Ltd., the U.S. arm of Europe’s largest yacht insurance brokerage, signed an early renewal of its lease for 1,862 square feet of office space at 500 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison.

Pantaenius traces its business lineage to Hamburg, Germany, where the company was founded in 1899. Its agents insure more than 60,000 yachts through 10 offices worldwide.

Alan Zuckerman, president of Alan Zuckerman Real Estate, brokered the deal for the tenant. The landlord, Malkin Properties, was represented by Jeffrey H. Newman, executive vice president of Malkin Properties, with Malkin senior leasing associate Kim Zaccagnino and leasing associate Tara Long.

Attorney David Bleckner, of David Bleckner P.C., also represented the landlord.

Bronxville broker closes two sales

BY SAM BARRON and JOHN GOLDEN sbarron@westfairinc.com jgolden@westfairinc.com

Realtors and village officials are confident that a deal will close this year that puts a tenant in the former Borders store at 162 E. Main St. in Mount Kisco.

The 21,500-square-foot property has been vacant since September 2011 when Borders Books and Music declared bankruptcy and closed all of its locations.

Borders was a major anchor store in the village’s downtown shopping district and retailers have complained their businesses have suffered in the wake of its closing.

Carl Austin, of Austin Properties L.L.C. in Rye Brook, one of two brokers listing the property, said they are in negotiations with a national retail company.

He declined to name the company, but said the retailer would lease the entire space.

“There’s been tremendous interest in the property,” Austin said. “It’s a landmark building in Mount Kisco. It’s one of the largest buildings on Main Street. We are hopeful that the present negotiations will result in a long-term lease.” He said he expects a lease to be signed within the next several months.

“It would be very appropriate to that space and would fulfill all the zoning requirements,” Austin said. “That’s why we are pursuing it as we are.”

Eric Goldschmidt, of Goldschmidt & Associates in Scarsdale, said another party is interested in the space, though Austin said that company would only be con-

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sidered if negotiations with the national retailer fell through.

Mount Kisco Mayor Michael Cindrich said the village is working with the landlord, New York-based Property Group Partners L.L.C., to fill the space and provide a needed boost to its beleaguered businesses.

“As an anchor store, Borders attracted people to Mount Kisco at all hours,” Cindrich said. “Mount Kisco would do well to fill that spot. It’s an attractive site with ample parking. It’s a large space with a unique floor plan.”

Cindrich hopes that filling the Borders location could create a domino effect, leading to more downtown vacancies being filled.

Property Group Partners did not respond to requests for comment.

Houlihan & O’Malley Real Estate Services in Bronxville brokered two recent sales of commercial properties in Yonkers and Mount Vernon.

In Yonkers, Gerry Houlihan was exclusive broker in a $1 million all-cash deal for a 12,200-square-foot warehouse with commercial kitchen at 1-3 Bridge St. in Yonkers. The twostory building sold for $850,000 and the kitchen business sold for $150,000 to Shaun W. Cain.

The undisclosed seller was represented by attorney Peter Bassano of Bleakley, Platt & Schmidt L.L.P. in White Plains.

Cain was represented by David Gruber of Salamon, Gruber, Blaymore & Strenger P.C. in Roslyn Heights.

In Mount Vernon, Alex Tsiros paid $250,000 for 109 S. 4th Ave., a one-story, 3,600- square-foot retail building with four separate units. Houlihan represented both Tsiros and the undisclosed seller in the deal.

The seller’s attorney was Hugh Jasne of Jasne & Florio L.L.P. in White Plains.

The buyer was represented by attorney Bill Vasiliadis of Astoria, Queens.

Retail tenant signs in Mount Vernon

KZA Realty Group Inc. in the Bronx announced that Dwayne McKinley and Eric Grosse have leased 2,160 square feet of retail space at 128 Gramatan Ave. in downtown Mount Vernon. The 5-year lease was valued at approximately $242,100.

Sherry Scanlon of KZA represented both the tenants and the landlord, Anthony Gizzo of G&G Realty Management Corp.

Banking industry remains cautiously optimistic about 2013

BY TARICE L.S. GRAY tgray@westfairinc.com

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he nation felt relief when talk of falling off the “fiscal cliff” was left behind in 2012. But the recession and slow economic recovery still torments a nation striving for financial health.

Talk of managing the debt ceiling has once again demanded the attention of Washington, D.C. lawmakers. It has also impacted a banking industry that suffered tremendous losses during the economic downturn.

Michael Smith, president and CEO of the New York Bankers Association, said the industry is looking forward to more assurance from the government. “We strongly support initiatives and policies that would give certainty and move away as much as possible from temporary fixes,” said Smith.

Businesses, especially those in New York that help generate a sizable amount of revenue, have to be able to plan, Smith pointed out. But planning has become more of a challenge because of a Congress that struggles to find common ground.

“We all know the political situation in Washington,” he said. “But for the sake of our state, our region and our own constituency, which is banking, we would like the moves made to be permanent not only on the revenue side but on the spending side.”

Despite the ripple effects of Washington’s noted struggles, the banking industry has cause to be somewhat optimistic. New laws and regulations are set up to offer more stability. To start the new year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released revised rules for qualified mortgages that would presumably strengthen consumer protections for highcost mortgages, as well as better prepare consumers for homeownership through counseling.

Among the new rules, the CFPB opted to ban most balloon payments and ban the penalties for paying a mortgage off early.

The rules also restrict fees for modifying mortgage loans and they put a cap on late fees for past-due mortgage payments so they don’t exceed 4 percent. The bureau will no longer allow most closing costs to

be rolled into the loan amount, and they placed restrictions on the fees associated with a consumer’s request for a payoff statement. Additionally, the CFPB prohibits controversial practices like encouraging consumers to default on an existing loan so they could be refinanced by a highcost mortgage. The bureau also released new rules that directly impact the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Lenders will be required to provide a list of homeownership counseling organizations to their consumers shortly after they apply for a mortgage. This provision would aid the requirement of providing counseling to would-be homebuyers, to ensure that consumers know where to get help when deciding what loan is best suited for them.

Smith welcomes the new the new guidelines and said they “will bring stability to the marketplace in terms of what a lender can use as guidelines, guideposts, and that’s good.”

The U.S. Department of the Treasury also recently announced that New York

financial institutions would receive a $300 million boost through the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF). The Treasury Department released a report showing that SBLF participants have increased lending to small businesses since its inception in 2010 by $7.4 billion overall. The Treasury has invested more than $4 billion in 332 financial institutions through SBLF. The SBLF is a part the Obama’s small business initiatives aimed to help small businesses access the capital they require to invest and hire. It also is a part of the plan to help spur a still slumping economy.

“We believe the economy is poised to move forward in a positive way and there should be a new level of confidence so lenders are willing and able to lend,” said Smith.

That sets a tone the banking community can positively respond to, he said. “So, on the regulatory side and the public policy side we’re beginning to see some definition, some certainty, and hopefully we get through the next couple of months past this debt ceiling at the federal level, and we should be in a good situation in 2013.”

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House Sales — From page 1

thirds of sales in the region, had a 14 percent gain from 2011. Realtors in Rockland County saw an 11 percent year-over-year increase in sales, while Putnam and Orange counties each recorded 9 percent gains over 2011 sales activity.

In Westchester, the fourth-quarter jump in house closings was led by the condo market, where 1,004 units were sold, a 20.2 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2011. A total of 4,465 single-family homes were sold in the county, a 16.3 percent increase from the previous year. A total of 7,063 housing sales closed in the country in 2012.

House prices in Westchester in 2012 failed to keep pace with the gradual price increases seen throughout the U.S. and in other regions of New York, HGMLS noted in its annual and fourth quarter report. The 2012 median sale price in the county, $587,000, was 2.2 percent below the 2011 median and 6.8 percent below the median sale price in 2010, when Westchester Realtors last saw a slight increase in sales after a steady decline that began in 2005.

The co-op market in Westchester saw the steepest price decline last year, with the $148,450 median price of a co-op apartment representing a 7.2 percent drop from 2011.

The mean or average sale price of a single-family home in Westchester in 2012 was $800,790, a 1.7 percent decrease from 2011.

Confidence — From page 1

In Westchester and the Hudson Valley, the overall confidence index was 83.5 among company chiefs. That ranked fourth among five upstate regions, with Buffalo’s longailing private sector registering 80.6 on the index, a more than 14-point drop from the previous year.

The Albany area, one of the nation’s fastest-growing high-tech job markets, led the 2013 overall confidence index at 96.3.

Yet a majority of business leaders there too shifted to pessimism from their optimism at the start of 2012, when the capital area’s confidence index was at 102.8 The Rochester region, another center of high-tech enterprise in the state, was second on the confidence index at 91.8, down 7.8 from a year ago.

In Westchester and the Hudson Valley, 27 percent of leaders surveyed said they expect business conditions in the state economy to improve this year, while 35 percent expect conditions to remain about the same

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Weschester County

HGMLS analysts said Westchester’s and the Hudson region’s lagging prices reflect buyers’ focus on the middle market, where housing stock “has been heavily discounted since the recession.” Buyers are taking advantage of market conditions “that make the region’s housing as affordable as it has been in a very long time.”

Westchester’s high-end market, which historically has made the county’s house prices the highest in New York, has seen less activity since the recession. The listing service reported that fourth-quarter sales of single-family houses priced at more than $1 million accounted for less than 18 percent of total sales volume for the quarter. Five to six years ago, sales of luxury homes accounted for as much as 25 percent to 30 percent of the market.

The county’s end-of-year inventory of housing listed on the market totaled 4,822 units, a 12.3 percent decline from 2011. A total of 2,570 single-family homes were listed for sale at year’s end, a 12.7 percent decline from the previous year. Westchester’s condo market, where sales rose markedly in 2012 over the previous three years, ended the year with 539 units for sale, a 23.4 percent decline from 2011.

Though the dwindled inventory has not caused a housing shortage in Westchester or the region, an analyst at HGMLS noted that the leaner supply “can be felt in the marketplace. Some Realtors have reported that prospective purchasers have had to speed up their

decision-making process in order to secure a property from competing buyers.”

The residential real estate market in 2013 will continue to be favorable to buyers, according to the HGMLS analysis. Barring economic or political catastrophes at the national level

that would shatter consumer confidence, it “will likely accelerate from the momentum of the 2012 market.”

Buyers this year should see a market that offers moderate pricing “at least for a time” and record-low mortgage interest rates.

as in 2012. A plurality of leaders, 38 percent, said conditions will worsen.

Nearly the same plurality, 37 percent, expects their companies’ profits to decline this year. Another 35 percent predicted they will stay the same, while 27 percent expect to see profits increase in 2013.

David Ring, managing director of enterprise banking at First Niagara, said “signs of frustration” seem to have emerged among executives, a good number of whom have “weathered the storm” since the 2007-2008 recession. Though less optimistic now than in the last three years, executives are “still willing to invest in people and fixed assets,” he noted.

In this region, nearly one in five, or 19 percent, of corporate leaders said they expect to increase their workforce in 2013, compared with 16 percent who said they will cut employment levels. The great majority, about 64 percent, said their companies’ job numbers will remain the same.

About 47 percent of the region’s business leaders surveyed said they plan to invest in fixed asset acquisitions this year to meet growing demand, reduce costs or increase profitability. Of those looking to invest, 45

percent plan to use internally generated funds while 43 percent intend to finance through a financial institution.

At First Niagara’s business banking division, “What we’re seeing is basically flat demand for loans, but we’re not seeing that hoarding of cash” by companies, said Ring.

“We see borrowing, utilization of our lines, not changing very much.”

Ring said he was surprised that Westchester and the Hudson Valley fell on the low end of the confidence index. The region “is a very important growth market for us because through good times and bad it tends to perform better than certain markets we’re in.”

“Downstate tends to do better in terms of bouncing back quickly. I’m surprised at the difference in confidence down here compared to up there,” he said.

Unlike upstate markets served by First Niagara, this metropolitan area has felt the impact of the real estate bubble, Ring noted.

And business leaders’ confidence might also have been shaken by the devastating losses of Hurricane Sandy, he said.

Ring said it was also a surprise that top

executives in the region see governmental regulation as the greatest challenge to their companies, with 22 percent ranking it first, ahead of adverse economic conditions at 20 percent, taxation at 13 percent and health care costs and cash flow at 12 percent each.

“Consumer confidence seems to be better right now than business owner confidence,” Ring said. As consumers spend more, “Hopefully business owners will pick up that optimism.”

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INBRIEF Cuomo signs new gun law

New York now has the strictest gun law in the nation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the NY Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act into law Jan. 15, which bans assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and has stricter measures for obtaining a gun.

Cuomo signed the bill after it was approved by the Assembly 104-43 on Jan. 15, and by the Senate 43-18 a day prior.

New York is the first state to ban magazines that can hold more than seven rounds of ammunition. In addition, background checks will be required on all ammunition purchases. The law also requires background checks for guns bought at gun shows. Pistol permits must be recertified every five years.

“The new law will limit gun violence through common sense, reasonable reforms that include addressing the risks posed by mentally ill people who have access to guns and banning high capacity magazines and lethal assault weapons,” Cuomo said in a statement. “This legislation … is about reducing gun violence and making New York

a safer place to live.”

The National Rifle Association (NRA) issued a statement calling the law draconian and said they were outraged.

“These gun control schemes have failed in the past and will have no impact on public safety and crime,” the NRA statement reads.

“While lawmakers could have taken a step toward strengthening mental health reporting and focusing on criminals, they opted for trampling the rights of law-abiding gun owners in New York.”

The law comes one month after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children dead.

Boehner’s decision to postpone the vote earned him intense criticism from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Long Island Congressman Peter King, both fellow Republicans.

Christie, along with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, issued a joint statement on the passing of the bill: “We are grateful to those members of Congress who today pulled together in a unified, bipartisan coalition to assist millions of their fellow Americans in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut at their greatest time of need.”

House passes Sandy aid bill

Business Council names new board members

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The bill, approved 241-180, is expected to be approved by the Senate and signed by President Barack Obama.

The bill helps distressed homeowners and business owners and repairs public transportation that was damaged during the storm, as well as reimbursing local governments.

The aid package was supposed to be voted on in early January, before being yanked from the docket by Speaker of the House John Boehner, as Republicans criticized the pork barrel spending that was in the bill.

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The Business Council of Westchester has added four business leaders to its board of directors.

The four joining the board are: William Marsillo, a partner in the law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner in Armonk; Westchester magazine publisher Ralph Martinelli; Andy Tung, partner at Divney Tung Schwalbe, a land planning firm based in White Plains; and Laura Woznitski, senior director of leasing and development for BioMed Realty Trust, which owns the Landmark at Eastview complex.

Marsha Gordon, CEO of The Business Council of Westchester, said she believes the new board members “will help us steward the efforts and direction of the Business Council as we advocate for our current and potential members in the county.”

Region’s businesses among state’s top 50

An Ardsley-based biotechnology company has been named one of the 50 best companies to work for in New York for the third consecutive year.

A Mount Kisco-based manufacturer of electric vehicle instruments and controllers also is a repeat recipient in the annual Best Companies to Work for - New York awards announced by the New York State Society for Human Resource Management.

Three Hudson Valley companies also made the 2013 list.

Acorda Therapeutics Inc. in Ardsley, which develops and markets drugs used to treat patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders, ranked among 20 top large employers with more than 250 employees in the statewide survey. The survey gauges employee satisfaction and engagement as well as workplace practices and policies.

Curtis Instruments, a business founded in Mount Kisco in 1960, also was ranked among the state’s best large employers. Curtis Instruments also was honored with the award in 2011.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union in Poughkeepsie and Quick Chek Corp. in Newburgh also placed among the state’s top 50 in the large employer category.

Access Physical Therapy and Wellness in Goshen was among 30 small and medium employers with 15 to 249 employees named to the 2013 list.

Companies’ order of ranking within the two employer categories will be announced at a public awards dinner in Albany on April 30.

The 2013 awards are sponsored by Jackson Lewis L.L.P., a national employment and labor law firm headquartered in White Plains, and Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan. Started in 2007, the annual awards program is a partnership of the state Society for Human Resource Management, Best Companies Group, Journal Multimedia Corp. and The Business Council for New York State.

Hudson Valley home sales rise

Real estate sales in Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties increased for the first time in nine years, according to The Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service (HGMLS).

One contributing factor was the median sale price of single-family homes dropped 2 percent to $587,000 in Westchester County, 3 percent to $380,000 in Rockland County and 8 percent to $300,000 in Putnam County, according to 2012 data.

The numbers are based on the 11,481 residential-unit sales of single-family homes, condominiums, cooperatives and multifamily dwellings of two to four families.

Hudson Gateway also noted that singlefamily home sales had the most significant increase in Putnam and Rockland counties, increasing 9.7 and 10.7 percent, respectively.

Condominiums gained popularity in Westchester County with increased sales of 44.5 percent over 2011.

Hastings filmmaker scores Oscar nods

Westchester County will be represented at the 85th annual Academy Awards Feb. 24.

Benh Zeitlin, who grew up in Hastings-onHudson and attended Hastings High School, was nominated for best director and best adapted screenplay for the movie “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” was also nominated for best picture, and its 9-year-old star, Quvenzhane Wallis, became the youngest person to be nominated for best actress.

Zeitlin lived in Queens before moving to Hastings. He majored in film at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.

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company officer who is responsible for overseeing his company’s pension plan discovers possible wrongdoing in the management of the pension plan, including an effort to hide the fact that the company had failed to make a required contribuMICHAEL H. HURWITZ tion to the plan.

He promptly notifies senior management about his discovery. He then sends a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

How does management react to the news of possible wrongdoing in the pension plan?

A few hours after the officer alerts management of the problem, he receives a letter of reprimand from the company’s CEO. A few days later, the CEO orders the company’s lawyer to launch an investigation into whether the officer had failed to report certain payroll problems to management.

The CEO also begins stripping the officer of many of his responsibilities. Finally, two months later, the company decides to fire its human resources personnel, including the officer.

This is what is charged in a 2011 complaint for wrongful dismissal filed by the officer in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut (Kramer v. Trans-Lux Corp.).

While the case is still pending before the court, the judge in this case recently issued an important ruling that sends a strong message to employers who may think about taking retaliatory action against whistleblowing employees.

In his lawsuit, the officer sought to take advantage of the new anti-retaliation provision of the federal securities laws enacted in 2010 as part of the major overhaul of the nation’s financial and regulatory systems.

This provision declares that it is illegal for an employer to retaliate against an employee who reports possible wrongdoing to the SEC or assists the agency in its efforts to stop the wrongdoing. The law also prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who “make(s) disclosures that are required or protected” under the federal securities laws or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, regardless of whether the employee contacted the SEC about his suspicions of wrongdoing.

The law thus protects an employee of a public company who reports information she reasonably believes constitutes a violation of the securities laws to her supervisor or other senior-level employees even if the

person does not forward the information to the SEC. If the employee proves her case, she is entitled to reinstatement with the same seniority status that she would have had but for the discrimination, as well as two times the amount of back pay (plus interest) otherwise owed to the employee and compensation for her litigation costs and attorney fees.

In Kramer v. Trans-Lux, the company argued that the anti-retaliation protections did not apply because the officer had not provided his information to the SEC in the manner prescribed under the agency’s rules. Judge Stefan Underhill rejected this argument, noting that Trans-Lux’s interpretation “would dramatically narrow the available protections available to potential whistleblowers” and that “(s)uch a reading seems inconsistent with the goal of the (law), which was to improve the accountability and transparency of the financial system and create new incentives and protections for whistleblowers (internal citations omitted].”

Rather, Underhill ruled that all that is required to obtain the protection of the anti-retaliation provisions is that the employee “possessed a reasonable belief that the information provided relates to a possible securities law violation.” The judge concluded that the anti-retaliation protections applied because the officer had a reasonable belief that wrongdoing was occurring when he reported his suspicions to senior management and to the SEC. When company leadership punishes an employee who reports wrongdoing, whether to senior management or to the SEC, they are not only violating the law, they also are injuring those they have a legal responsibility to protect: the company’s investors and the beneficiaries of its pension and retirement plans.

Most companies recognize the critical value of having an internal compliance system where employees can report evidence of possible malfeasance without fear of losing their job or being blacklisted. The anti-retaliation protections merely serve to reinforce a corporate culture that has zero toleration for financial or other misconduct.

However, for those companies that place personal interests over those of their investors and pension beneficiaries, the antiretaliation provisions of the new law and Underhill’s ruling in Kramer v. Trans-Lux will serve as a clear warning that the law will not tolerate efforts to silence employees through a culture of intimidation and fear.

Michael H. Hurwitz is a Bridgeport, Conn., native and senior counsel in the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, which oversees the agency’s new program to financially reward people who provide evidence of securities fraud.

Get a handle on cost to produce

We need to get a better idea of what it costs to produce what we sell. We don’t do enough to manage those costs.

What can you suggest?

Thoughts of the Day: Managing cost to produce is one of the most important activities any organization can decide to tackle. Establish measures to analyze. Assign someone to do the tracking. Figure out industry standards.

Your company exists to produce and deliver goods and services that your customers purchase. The goal is to understand and find ways to control and reduce costs while focusing on optimally profitable customers and goods to sell. A good understanding of components can also help the company manage as inflation creeps into an economy recovering from recession.

Industry standard measures to track and analyze: • COGS % = Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue; include all costs to produce and deliver, including shipping, labor and materials. I recommend also analyzing sales commissions as a variable cost, but not sales salaries, which are fixed and have no direct relationship to whether the product or service is sold.

• Cost of Labor / Revenue and Cost of Materials / Revenue help identify which sub-component is going up or down.

• Inventory Turns improves cash flow and reduces risk of obsolete and lost parts. The simplest formula = (COGS total for a year) / (Average Inventory for a year).

Establish that formula for a given period and watch how it moves as you add and drop months.

• Days to Clear Inventory = Turns / 365 days, gives you an idea of how many days inventory sits before being used.

Per unit analysis will help on a more granular level: • Cost / unit produced helps evaluate pricing and production = (COGS including commissions) / (units produced) • Contribution / unit tells about selling margin = (selling price – variable cost to produce) / (units produced).

• Transportation / unit, Fuel / unit, Labor / unit, Material / unit, etc. reveal trends that impact overall profit.

• Breakeven output = company’s fixed costs (overhead) / cost per unit produced, tells you how many components you have to produce to cover your costs.

Profit / customer by product and overall will help direct future sales efforts.

Accurate data is key. Tracking data is

usually assigned to finance even though the data is coming from operations. Two groups within the organization, looking at the same data from different points of view, can lead to productive debate, ability to spot more trends and more ideas about what to do when a concern arises.

Controlling inventory is challenging for most companies. Inventory is constantly on the move from supplier to storage to installation before being charged to customers.

Most accounting systems have modules that allow bar code readers to scan inventory in and out. A policy that suppliers will not be paid without a purchase order and scan provides control over parts. Audit of POs vs. customer invoices reduces missed items.

Analyze costs as trends over time to

identify when changes are happening.

Graph out the data to make trends easier to see. Meet regularly to review and discuss what the graphs are saying and compare that to issues and obstacles in operations and sales.

Look for seasonal variations, as well as overall economic changes. For example, if gas spikes, overall Cost of Goods Sold might not go up a lot because fuel is such a small part of the total. But transportation/unit and fuel/unit would spike indicating that a fuel surcharge is in order.

Every industry has benchmarks for standard measures, for example: COGS% total, material, labor; Turns; and Days to Clear Inventory. Get the benchmarks and compare how your company is doing. Once you

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Profits take back seat to hiring

either a consumer spending slowdown nor the threat of the fiscal cliff stopped R.C. Bigelow Inc. from selling more than 1.6 billion cups of tea in 2012.

It now falls on companies like the familyowned, Fairfield-based tea manufacturer to make up for the economic slack, says Cindi Bigelow, president of R.C. Bigelow, which does business as Bigelow Tea. “We’re very committed to our employees,” she said. “There are areas where we do have

more employees than we need. But I always say if we see that that employee is really dedicated to this organization and to making a difference ... they have a lot of leeway in our company.”

Bigelow said the company is currently hiring, after adding employees last year.

“We’re having a very good year – luckily, we’re up about 10 percent. But we always try to emphasize that in good times and bad times, you always need to run your business the same; you always need to be fiscally strong,” Bigelow said. “We would be hiring in bad times as well, if we see there’s a need we need to be filling to help drive this company.”

By and large, business owners share Bigelow Tea’s commitment to the employees, but the economy has slowed down the pace of new hires in Fairfield County, said Andrew McGrade, managing director and market investment director of U.S. Trust.

“As it relates to the Fairfield County business owner, I think they have been holding back somewhat,” said McGrade, who works out of the Greenwich, Stamford and Westport offices of U.S. Trust, part of the global wealth and investment management unit of Bank of America Corp. “But we think they’re really getting ready to turn the corner.”

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A survey of hundreds of high-net earners from across the country conducted by U.S. Trust last year shows a majority of employers feel a responsibility to increase hiring and to keep people employed, even at the expense of profits.

Among the business owners who responded to the survey, 72 percent said they feel a responsibility to create jobs and 76 percent said they feel an obligation to keep people employed even if it means lower profits.

Slightly more than half of the business owners who responded said they have started, acquired and/or made substantial investments to expand their business since 2008.

“Some of the caution over the recent period has probably been driven by the fact that they’re wanting to do very well by and have a paternal attitude almost toward existing employees,” McGrade said.

Hiring a new worker, he said, “is like adding someone to the family.”

McGrade said he feels business conditions are improving and that the pace of growth in the region will likely be dictated by the markets’ impressions of “how we’re doing on fiscal policy reform.”

Addressing the debt ceiling and government spending in a constructive manner “might add a percent to a percent and a half to U.S. (gross domestic product) growth,” McGrade said. He added that a failure to do so could represent a 1 to 2 percent drag on GDP growth.

Morgan Stanley is “cautiously optimistic” that equities markets will continue to be bullish in 2013, said Peter Chieco, senior vice president of Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management in Greenwich.

“Morgan Stanley feels that you’ll see a slowdown in the first-quarter gross domestic product because of the (2 percent) payroll tax increase ... which we think could bring GDP down in the first quarter closer to the 1 percent area,” Chieco said. “We are still expecting a 2 to 2.5 percent GDP increase for the year.”

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THELIST: Colleges and Universities

WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEXT LIST: JAN. 28 CATERING FIRMS

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Listed alphabetically.

westchester county

Listed alphabetically.

Name, address, phone number Area code: 914 (unless otherwise noted) Website

President Admissions director(s) Email address Year college established

Number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in 2012-2013

Number of campuses in county

Full-time/ part-time faculty

Full-time tuition ($)

School's operating budget

Type of institution

Total number of employees in county

Berkeley College - Westchester Campus

Dr. Dario Cortes John Wool

1 WND

NA

7,300 per quarter

NA

WND

3,370 undergraduate 825 graduate

1 400

115 WND

14,665

874

63 million

1,036 undergraduate

1 WND

34 65

730 per credit

No graduate program

WND

Four-year private college

747 undergraduate 34 graduate

1 WND

WND

13,250

760

WND

Private Christian, coeducational

149

1 WND

WND

18,240

730 to 1,230 per credit

WND

Private Jesuit research university

3,462 undergraduate 779 graduate

1 507

176 177

29,490 per year

912

135,216,308

400

1 70

20 50

N/A

1068

WND

Graduate education

Dr. Brennan O'Donnell William J. Bisset admit@manhattan.edu 1853

3351 undergraduate 449 graduate

0 WND

210 198

15,050

WND

Private, nonprofit, co-educational

Jon Strauss Kevin O'Sullivan admissions@mville.edu 1841

1,700 undergraduate 1,000 graduate

1 WND

103 276

Call for information

785 to 895

WND

Private, co-educational, liberal arts college

Dr. Kimberly R. Cline Deirdre Whitman pr@mercy.edu 1950

5,505 undergraduate 1,349 graduate

2 733

235 1,500

8,498

798 to 890 varies by program

142,365,711

Stephen J. Jerome Vice president of admissions ejerome@monroecollege.edu 1933

6,400 undergraduate 600 graduate

1 150

125 170

6,024

698

WND

Alan Kadish MD Fern R. Juster MD Senior associate dean of admission, school of medicine webmaster@nymc.edu 1860

More than 1,400

1 1,291

1,366 138

Call for information

875

148,932,000

Health sciences university

Stephen J. Friedman Nicole Salimbene ugplv@pace.edu, gradwp@pace.edu 1906

12,704

3 597

204 451

Call for information

Call for information

WND

Private, four-year, coeducational university

30

1 4

4 10

No undergraduate program

1,248

WND

Engineering graduate school

3740 undergraduate 101 graduate

1 461

159 244

2,785

390

75,177,500

Karen R. Lawrence Stephen Schierloh (undergraduate) Mary Beth Carey Dean of enrollment slcadmit@sarahlawrence.edu 1928

1,328 undergraduate 342 graduate

1 221

110 201

45,900

920 to 1,255

WND

Liberal arts college

Alan Davis Tina Massa hudsonvalley@esc.edu 1971

9,000

1 20

200 1,120

2,635

391 to 631

WND

Public college

14,368

12 554 full time

161 1,235

2,140 179 per credit, part time

No graduate program

121,280,486

info@berkeleycollege.edu

The College of New Rochelle

Judith Huntington Ellen Lockamy

The College of Westchester 325 Central Ave., White Plains 10606 831-0200 • cw.edu

Concordia College - New York 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville 10708 (800) 937-2655 • concordia-ny.edu

Fordham University -- Westchester Campus^ 400 Westchester Ave., West Harrison 10604 367-3426 • fordham.edu/westchester

Iona College

info@cnr.edu

1904 Karen J. Smith Matt Curtis admissions@cw.edu

Dr. Viji George Robert Piurowski admission@concordia-ny.edu

1881 Joseph M. McShane S.J. Academic operations administrator Grant Grastorf 1976 Dr. Joseph E. Nyre Christine Bell

LIU Hudson

Dr. David Steinberg Cindy Pagnotta

4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale 10471 (718) 862-7200 • manhattan.edu

Manhattanville College^ 2900 Purchase St., Purchase 10577 694-2200 • mville.edu

Mercy College 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry 10522 788-MERCY-GO • mercy.edu

Monroe College^ 434 Main St., New Rochelle 10801 (800) 55-MONROE • monroecollege.edu

New York Medical College^ 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla 10595 594-4000 • nymc.edu

Pace University^ 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville 10570 1 Martine Ave., White Plains 10606 78 N. Broadway, White Plains 10603 (800) 874-PACE • pace.edu

Polytechnic Institute of NYU^ 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne 10532 323-2000 • poly.edu

Purchase College - SUNY 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase 10577 251-6300 • purchase.edu

Sarah Lawrence College^ 1 Mead Way, Bronxville 10708 337-0700 • slc.edu

SUNY Empire State College 200 N. Central Ave., Suite 150, Hartsdale 10530 (800) 847-3000 • esc.edu

Westchester Community College 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla 10595 606-6600 • sunywcc.edu

1940

westchester@liu.edu

Four-year, private, nonprofit college

1976

Jerry Hultin JC Bonilla gradinfor@poly.edu

765

Thomas J. Schwarz Stephanie J. McCaine admissions@purchase.edu

1967

Dr. Joseph N. Hankin Gloria Leon info@sunywcc.edu

1946

(education)

860 (engineering and business)

1854

Questions or comments, call (914) 694-3600, ext. 3005. ^ Data reflects information obtained from 2012 listing; information updated by college website when possible.

N/A Not applicable.

NA Not available. * School accepts students from the area despite its location.

WND Would not disclose.

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Liberal arts college

1915

dinsanalli@iona.edu

Manhattan College*

Four-year private college

1931

715 North Ave., New Rochelle 10801 (800) 231-4662 • iona.edu

735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase 10577 831-2700 • liu.edu/hudson

graduate per credit

700

99 Church St., White Plains 10601 694-1122 • berkeleycollege.edu

29 Castle Place, New Rochelle 10805 654-5452 • cnr.edu

nonboarding semester

Four-year, private institution

Private college

Public, baccalaureate

Community college offering associate degrees, certificates, training, professional and personal development

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Edward Schlieben looks at a map showing the subdivision.

German school looks to expand enrollment

BY SAM BARRON sbarron@westfairinc.com

T

he German School New York, or Deutsche Schule New York, is looking to add a few good jungen. Or mädchen.

The school at 50 Partridge Road in White Plains is in discussions with the city about increasing its enrollment cap of 375 students to 500 incrementally over a five-year period.

“We keep bumping up against the cap,” Administrator Edward Schlieben said. “We are the only school between Montreal and Washington, D.C. that offers a German education. We will not be able to accommodate the needs of German families.”

The school is also interested in purchasing a five-lot subdivision at 800 North St. that would help mitigate a traffic increase from the expanded enrollment, and had plans to meet with the city’s planning board Jan. 15 to review the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the subdivision and the Special Permit Application for increased enrollment.

Elizabeth Chetney, planning commissioner for the city of White Plains, said the

FEIS is being reviewed by city agencies, but could not offer a timetable since the FEIS has not been officially completed.

The school is partially funded by the German government and teaches a curriculum that could be found in schools in Berlin, Moosburg or Munich.

Students include German, Swiss and Austrian expatriates whose parents work for German corporations in the tristate area.

The school also enrolls German students who live in the area and English-speaking students whose parents want them to have a German education.

Schlieben said the 375-student cap was applied arbitrarily after a spontaneous negotiation between the city zoning board of appeals and the school in 1988, as the school was expanding to have a full high school and building a gymnasium.

Originally the school only had students from first to fourth grade.

No traffic studies or environmental impact studies were done before the cap was put in place.

Schlieben said that the cap places extra stress on families, as they come to the

United States not knowing if there is space for their child at the school.

“When you are bringing your children over, having a school is a very critical piece,” Schlieben said. “Being put on a waiting list does not give them much assurance. These families do their planning six months in advance.”

At the German School, one-third of teachers and administrators are sent over by the German government and are fully licensed and certified in German education. The school also has teachers hired locally,and has become more bilingual, with some classes offered in English. The school is accredited and meets the standards of the New York Board of Regents.

The primary grades feature American students, whose parents feel they benefit from learning a foreign language and culture before transferring out to an English high school.

“It’s really a seamless transition,” Schlieben said. “The residual benefits of those early years can stay with you through college.”

The school offers AP classes, American history, and like many typical American schools, a field trip to Washington, D.C.

“It’s really a bicultural experience for students,” Schlieben said. “It allows everyone to feel at home.”

Schleiben said that White Plains is an ideal location for German families.

Several German companies like BMW and Mercedes-Benz are located in Montvale, N.J., and there are pharmaceutical companies and Swiss banks based in Fairfield County. Parents who work in diplomacy or banking are often in Manhattan.

“It’s the one location that is 45 minutes to an hour from everywhere in all directions,” Schlieben said.

Another pre-K through 12th grade bilingual school in Westchester County, The Franco-American School of New York (FASNY), with locations in Larchmont, Scarsdale and Mamaroneck, is looking to operate at 400 Ridgeway on the site of a former golf course. Its proposal has been met with protests and an active campaign against the school, citing concerns about increased traffic.

The county is also home to a school for Japanese students, Keio Academy, in Purchase.

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New Jewish school offers affordable alternative to rising tuition costs

BY TARICE L.S. GRAY tgray@westfairinc.com

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solution to the growing problem of educational affordability in Westchester is on the horizon.

The Westchester Torah Academy, a modern Orthodox Yeshiva day school, is opening in September in New Rochelle. For many families, it’s about time. Many Jewish parents and grandparents have been suffering from the increasing cost burden of tuition for a Jewish day school.

The Orthodox Union (OU), a Jewish religious and service-based organization headquartered in New York City, released a report toward the end of 2011 titled “Summit on the Affordability of Jewish Education.”

According to OU, the problem is the average cost of Jewish day school tuition for grades K-12 is $15,000 per year, and in the New York metro area, that number can exceed $20,000.

Compare that to the average Catholic school that charges $3,673 in yearly tuition for a primary school student, according to the National Catholic Educational Association.

The OU report acknowledged the problem of affordability and shared action steps, such as engaging Jewish federations, foundations

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and philanthropists and reaching out to synagogues for support.

That’s exactly what the founders of Westchester Torah Academy (WTA) did.

They approached the Temple Israel in New Rochelle and found a cost-effective home for the school, which helps them be able to offer tuition at $10,000 per student.

Kevin Shacknofsky, WTA president, said the high cost of tuition has been a problem for families for nearly a decade. “The average Orthodox family has three to four kids, so you’re paying sometimes $23,000 for three to four kids. It’s not affordable unless you’re a wealthy person. So we thought there was a need to create a school that the average family could afford.” Shacknofsky and Head of School Rabbi Rami Strosberg worked with a small group of committed members of the Jewish community to launch the school. Strosberg, who currently serves as Head of School at the Hebrew Academy of the Capital District in Albany, said in the moderate Orthodox community, the cost burden doesn’t just have a negative impact on families but the schools as well.

“School is so expensive they have to put a lot of burden on financial aid,” said

Strosberg. “And the schools have a hard time operating because of that.” He added that dependency forces institutions into large fundraising campaigns to make ends meet.

“You have to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for capital campaign,” he said. That cycle weighs down the system, and families end up losing out on the educational options Jewish day schools provide, said Strosberg.

At WTA, Strosberg said, “Torah text will be learned in the original Hebrew Biblical script and Hebrew language will be a spoken language. Half the day the children will be learning Judaic studies in Hebrew such as Torah and Prayer and the other half they will be learning general curriculum like, math, science, and social studies, English literature.”

WTA, which is open to Orthodox Jewish families, had a blueprint. The problem of accessibility to sustainable and affordable education within the Jewish community is a national problem, but Shacknofsky and Strosberg didn’t have to venture too far to find a worthy model. The Yeshivat He’Atid in Bergen County, N.J. has been called a great example of a Jewish day school. The school, which opened this past fall, championed the idea of offering lower tuition for families and

promoting a blending learning institution.

The WTA offers the same educational setup.

Blended learning is a combination of face-toface and online educational instruction.

WTA adopted the innovative model because it works best for high-quality, sustainable and affordable education. Shacknofsky said the operating cost of the school will be covered by tuition, “then we have donors who cover the rest.” He said the model is set up so that the school will be self-sustaining once attendance reaches roughly 100 students. As it stands, the school has 70 children enrolled in the pre-K, kindergarten, and first grade classes they currently offer. They hope to add a grade per school year until they can become a K-8 school as interest continues to grow.

At an open house last fall, 200 people attended to learn more about the Jewish day school option which makes Shacknofsky optimistic about the school’s future.

“Those of us who’ve been chipping away and researching have found this model has shown dramatic improvement in children’s educational performance.” And, he noted, that’s what families ultimately want – “their kids to excel.”

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n environmental education for undergraduate students is emerging as not only a unique educational experience but a “life-changing” one. That’s what students have said about the River University. The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, a subsidiary of Clarkson University, offers an interdisciplinary program in ecology, engineering and policy dedicated to the Hudson River,

which they believe is a living classroom.

Students have the opportunity to sail for three days onboard the sloop Clearwater, which folksinger Pete Seeger made famous.

River University had students from Bard, Bryn Mawr, and Oberlin colleges, RPI and Stony Brook University participate in the summer 2012 program.

John Cronin, a course instructor for the living classroom, said, “The Hudson River cannot be rivaled as a living laboratory for ecological discovery, and a multidisci-

plinary classroom for experiential learning.” He added, “Our summer students in River University are leaders-in-training.

Through our hands-on courses they learn the innovations in law and policy, science and technology, even culture and art, that make the Hudson, and all rivers, the greatest inspiration for and testimony to modern American environmentalism.”

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Time Magazine for his work as former Hudson Riverkeeper. As a lecturer, he has been quoted telling students, “If the twentieth century was the era of environmental brawn, the twenty-first century is the era of environmental brains.”

Courses at River University are set in the environment to expand student’s minds beyond the classroom walls. They are taught on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon

by Clarkson faculty. In addition to Cronin, Shane Rogers, assistant professor of civil environmental engineering at Clarkson, is an instructor, as well as Tom Langen, associate professor of biology and psychology.

The program has two courses, each worth three credits toward a degree: Life of an American River: Ecology, Policy and Place allows students to explore river function and gain familiarity with organisms and natural communities of the Hudson River watershed. It’s designed to help students better understand how humans impact rivers, and how that impact can be diminished.

Our Water Future: Sustainable Water Resource Management encourages experiential learning and a hands-on approach for students to focus on engineering and policy as it relates to the relationship between land and water uses and sustainability of water resources. Students are also able to assess and critique water management, planning, and policy on a local scale, and further provide recommendations to improve water sustainability.

Students of any major can complete the River University program. The intensity of the schedule coupled with the individual attention each student is poised to receive restricts enrollment: Only 20 students can be allowed into River University at a time.

The program premiered last summer with eight students. Some said the opportunity changed their perception of the world and they were encouraged by the information they learned about water quality and the work that could be done to improve it.

Timothy F. Sugrue, Beacon Institute’s president and CEO, said, “Students today have a sense of urgency when it comes to protecting the environment. Giving them the tools of ecology, engineering and policy to build an understanding of how humans interact with a living system like the Hudson River, we accelerate the process with experiential learning. That direct connection ignited a fire for students this summer. In 2013, we will build on that success.”

Student enrollment for the course is open until March 15. The program will run from June 10-28.

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FACES& PLACES Luncheon at Haymount House Future residents of The Club at Briarcliff Manor senior living community, which is under development in Briarcliff Manor, recently celebrated the holidays together with a gourmet lunch at the award-winning Hudson at Haymount House in Briarcliff Manor.

1. Robert and Jo Ann Himmelberg 2. Barbara and Howard Schlactus and Inge Lowenstein

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Corporate and community response to Hurricane Sandy were very generous volunteers, funds and food came pouring into the Food Bank in the days and weeks after the superstorm and the Nor’easter hit the region.

Thousands of victims without power were helped by Food Bank’s food deliveries.

1. Staff from The Journal News, the day before Hurricane Sandy hit, volunteering for Make a Difference Day 2. Purchase-based Morgan Stanley cancelled a scheduled staff training and instead sent employees along with some of their family members to the Food Bank to help pack emergency food

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3. Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Pi Iota Omega chapter of White Plains 4. Students from midtown-Manhattan-based Lyceum Kennedy French School 5. Veterans of Westchester donated use of its van and driver, veteran Ray Marquez 6. PepsiCo donated use of its corporate cafeteria in Purchase for its employees to make sandwiches

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FACTS& FIGURES on the record WESTCHESTER Bankruptcies The following petitions were filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in White Plains. Chapter 11 indicates the filer intends to submit a plan of reorganization to the court. Chapter 7 indicates a liquidation of assets.

Manhattan Direct Markets Inc., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th floor, New York City 10020. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Mark S. Lichtenstein, New York City 10022. Filed Jan. 11. Case no. 13-10088.

Direct Markets Holdings Corp., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th floor, New York City 10020. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Mark S. Lichtenstein, New York City 10022.

Filed Jan. 11. Case no. 13-10089.

Judo Associates L.L.C., 335-341 Canal St., New York City 10013.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Salvatore LaMonica, Wantagh.

Filed Jan. 9. Case no. 13-10071.

Rodman & Renshaw L.L.C., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th floor, New York City 10020. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Mark S. Lichtenstein, New York City 10022.

Filed Jan. 11. Case no. 13-10087 Items appearing in the Westchester County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken.

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Gannett Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Poughkeepsie

Feuer & Orlando L.L.P., et al.

Filed by United Marine Division Local 333 Beneficial Fund AnnuPetit Penelope Corp., 827 ity Plan. Action: employee retireRoute 82, Hopewell Junction ment claim. Attorney for plaintiff: 12533. Chapter 7, voluntary. At- Jonathan J. Lerner. Filed Jan. 10. torney: Ronald R. Tomlins, Case no. 13-00239.

Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Jan. 9.

Case no. 13-35037.

First Unim Life Insurance Co. Filed by Melissa Tretola.

Action: employee retirement Court Cases claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Jeffrey David Delott. Filed Jan. 10.

The following cases appear on the Case no. 13-00231. docket of the U.S. District Court for the county of Westchester in White Hampstead L.L.C. Filed by BuildPlains. ing Service 32BJ Health Fund, et al.

Action: employee benefits claim.

400 East 62nd Properties L.L.C. Attorney for plaintiff: Ira A. Sturm.

Filed by Dedra De La Rosa. Ac- Filed Jan. 11. Case no. 13-00224. tion: civil rights claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Adam Saul Hanski and Glen Howard Parker. Filed 1.14. IntercontinentalExchange Inc. Filed by Joan E. Falk. Action: Case no. 13-00258. diversity-other contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Samuel FawABC Corp., et al. Filed by Boston kner Abernethy. Filed Jan. 10.

Scientific Corp. Action: diversity- Case no. 13-00242. other contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Jarred Shawn Freeman.

Liffey Sheet Metal Corp. Filed Filed Jan. 9. Case no. 13-00225. by the trustees of the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association Amro Carting Corp. Filed by the Local Union No. 28. Action: emtrustees of the Local 813 Insurance ployee benefits claim. Attorney for Trust Fund, et al. Action: employee plaintiff: Dana Lynne. Filed Jan. 11. benefits claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Case no. 13-00252.

Jane Lauer and Barker Lauren Hanley. Filed Jan. 9. Case no. 13-00217.

Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Ltd. Filed by Chris BasApproved Funding Corp. Filed by nett. Action: claim filed under the Aurora Bank F.S.B. Action: diversi- Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ty-account receivable claim. Attor- Attorneys for plaintiff: Lionel Z. ney for plaintiff: Victoria Edwards. Glancy, Michael Goldberg, GregFiled Jan. 10. Case no. 13-00230. ory Bradley, Linkh Robert and Vincent Prongay. Filed Jan. 9.

Biscuits & Bath L.L.C., et al. Filed Case no. 13-00214.

by Ashley Carrero. Action: job discrimination claim. Attorney for Longwei Petroleum Investment plaintiff: Alex Umansky. Filed Jan. 11. Holding Ltd., et al. Filed by June Case no. 13-00248.

Ma. Action: claim filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Dacon Logistics L.L.C. Filed by Attorneys for plaintiff: Elizabeth ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Aniskevich, S. Douglas Bunch, MiLtd. Action: claim filed under the chael Benjamin Eisenkraft, KenShipping Act of 1984. Attorney for neth Mark Rehns, Daniel Stephen plaintiff: Albert Joseph Avallone. Sommers and Steven Jeffrey Toll.

Filed Jan. 11. Case no. 13-00229.

Filed Jan. 11. Case no. 13-00254.

Evo Flooring L.L.C. Filed by the trustees of The New York City District Council of Carpenters Pension Fund, et al. Action: employee retirement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Richard Brian Epstein and Charles R. Virginia. Filed Jan. 11.

Case no. 13-00226.

Phoenix Satellite Televison US Inc. Filed by Lihuan Wang. Action: diversity-account receivable claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Lynne A. Bernabei and Debra L. Raskin.

Filed Jan. 9. Case no. 13-00218.

Svitzer Ocean Towage B.V. Filed

by Sea Lion Marine LTD. Action: admiralty claim. Attorney for plaintiff: James H. Power. Filed Jan. 9.

Case no. 13-00211.

Teleflex Medical Inc., et al.

Filed by Coopersurgical Inc. Action: patent infringement claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Edmond Roger Bannon. Filed Jan. 10.

Case no. 13-00240.

Unisource Inc. Filed by VISER SrL. Action: diversity-other contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: James Ardran Montgomery. Filed Jan. 9.

Case no. 13-00222.

Utica Mutual Insurance Co. Filed

by Munich Reinsurance America Inc. Action: diversity-account receivable claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Bruce M. Friedman. Filed Jan. 10.

Case no. 13-00238.

Amanda’s Ten L.L.C., Bronx. Seller: Plattekill Partners L.L.C., Floral Park. Property: 411 Bronx River Road, Yonkers. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Jan. 15.

136 Apawamis L.L.C., Hopewell Junction. Seller: Graeme McCluer Marshall, Boston, Mass. Property: 136 Apawamis Ave., Rye. Amount: ASBC L.L.C., New York City. Seller: $955,000. Filed Jan. 15.

Natan Bibliowicz, et al, Harrison.

Property: 21 Stratford Road, Harrison. Amount: $7.8 million. Filed 145-147 Main Street L.L.C., Mount Kisco. Seller: Michael P. Jan. 9.

Gonzalez, et al, White Plains. Property: 147 Main St., Mount Kisco.

Hudson Terrace Housing De- Amount: $550,000. Filed Jan. 14. velopment Fund Company Inc. Seller: Hudson Terrace Housing Development Fund Company Inc. 400 North Avenue Management Property: 39 Hudson Terrace, Yon- Company L.L.C., New Rochelle. kers. Amount: $7.6 million. Filed Seller: NDR Group Inc., New Rochelle. Property: 400 North Ave., Jan. 10.

New Rochelle. Amount: $555,000.

Filed Jan. 14.

Meyer-Westchester II L.L.C., Stratford, Conn. Seller: Thomas M. Gillon, Stratford, Conn. Property: B/W Retained Realty L.L.C., New 181 Route 117 Bypass, Bedford. York City. Seller: Anthony J. Keogh, Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Jan. 11. White Plains. Property: 44 Crosby Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $481,348. Filed Jan. 9.

New King Street L.L.C., Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Jam Airport L.L.C., Purchase. Property: 1 and 3 New CPM Properties Inc., Guaynabo, King St., North Castle. Amount: $3 P.R. Seller: LC Main L.L.C., Valhalla. Property: 5 Renaissance million. Filed Jan. 11.

Square 18D, White Plains. Amount: $949,784. Filed Jan. 15.

New Main Street Development Corp., Yonkers. Seller: C and C New Main Corp., Englewood Cliffs, Felice Associates L.L.C., White N.J. Property: 135-141 New Main Plains. Seller: Carey Brothers Inc., St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.5 million. White Plains. Property: 536 N. State Road, Ossining. Amount: $875,000.

Filed Jan. 14.

Filed Jan. 10.

Volt Information Sciences Inc., et al. Filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Action: claim filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Attorneys for plaintiff: Cory C. Kirchert and Charles Derrick Stodghill. Filed Jan. 10. SP HHF Sub A L.L.C., Atlanta, Ga. Case no. 13-00237.

Seller: Acadia Storage Company L.L.C., White Plains. Property: 25 Axminster St., aka 131 Saw Mill Road, Yonkers. Amount: $23.7 milDeeds lion. Filed Jan. 11.

SP HHF Sub B L.L.C., Atlanta, Ga. Seller: Acadia Storage Company L.L.C., White Plains. Prop88 West Lincoln L.L.C., Mount erty: 365 Huguenot St., New Vernon. Seller: Mount Vernon- Rochelle. Amount: $11.4 million.

Yonkers New York Elks Lodge No. Filed Jan. 11.

707 Inc., Mount Vernon. Property: 88 W. Lincoln Ave., Mount Vernon. The Marian CRC Group Inc., Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Jan. 10. South Nyack. Seller: Gerald B. Cramer, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: Amanda’s Lane L.L.C., Bronx. 1330 Journey’s End Road, YorkMSL International L.L.C. Filed by Seller: Richard’s Home Center and town. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Atlantic Forwarding Ltd. Action: ad- Lumber Inc., Mount Kisco. Prop- Jan. 14. miralty claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: erty: 105 Kisco Ave., Mount Kisco.

Timothy James Nast and Thomas Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Jan. 10.

Leonard Tisdale. Filed Jan. 9.

Case no. 13-00209.

Above $1 million

Below $1 million

Fleet Realty, Scarsdale. Seller: Michael Realty Corp., Putnam Valley.

Property: 60 William St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $412,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Future Health Care Systems Inc., Mount Vernon. Seller: Vernon Industries Inc., Mount Vernon. Property: 124-126 Miller Place, Mount Vernon. Amount: $200,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Guilbar Properties L.L.C., Elmsford. Seller: Velletri Properties L.L.C., Peekskill. Property: 19 Chestnut St., Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $503,870. Filed Jan. 10.

L and J Sandy L.L.C., Port Chester.

Seller: Charles Horton, et al, Stamford, Conn. Property: 17 Willow St., Rye. Amount: $150,000. Filed Jan. 11.

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FACTS&FIGURES PORT CHESTER, 30 Quintard Drive. Single-family residence; .15 acre. Plaintiff: One West Bank FSB. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein, Such & Crane, (585) New Main Street Development 232-7400; 28 E. Main St., Suite Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Steven Triza- 1800, Rochester. Defendant: no, Yonkers. Property: 149 aka 151B Jennifer Salinas. Referee: John New Main St., Yonkers. Amount: Brophy. Sale: Jan. 23, 9:30 a.m.

Approximate lien: $515,164.81. $275,000. Filed Jan. 11.

L and J Sandy L.L.C., Port Chester.

Seller: OH Realty Corp., Stamford, Conn. Property: Willow St., Rye. Amount: $150,000. Filed Jan. 11.

PEEKSKILL, 35 Villa Drive, Peekskill. Apartment. Plaintiff: US Bank N.A. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro & DiCaro, (585) 247-9000; 250 Mile Crossing Blvd., Suite 1, Rochester. Defendant: Maribel Juarez. Referee: David Gallo. Sale: Jan. Retained Realty Inc., New York 23, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: City. Seller: Frank M. Rutigiano, $320,767.70.

White Plains. Property: 4 Martine Ave., Suite 510, White Plains. PEEKSKILL, 217 Husted Ave. Single-family residence; 125 x Amount: $242,420. Filed Jan. 14.

127. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shaare Parnasa Inc., Great Neck. Cohn & Roth, (516) 747-3030; Seller: Wellesley Ventures Ltd., New 100 E. Old Country Road, MinYork City. Property: 122 Bruce Ave., eola. Defendant: Jeffrey Brown.

Yonkers. Amount: $78,463. Filed Referee: Howard Fred Dubs.

Jan. 15.

Sale: Jan. 23, 12:15 p.m. Approximate lien: $235,188.30.

Simpson’s Shipping Enterprise L.L.C., Mount Vernon. Seller: HD SOUTH SALEM, 6 Hillcrest Holding Corp., Mount Vernon. Court. Single-family residence; Property: 17 Mount Vernon Ave., 1.58 acres. Plaintiff: Central Mount Vernon. Amount: $315,000. Mortgage Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Berkman, Henoch, PeterFiled Jan. 10. son & Peddy, (516) 222-6200; The Mianus River Gorge Pre- 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden serve Inc., Bedford. Seller: Stone City. Defendant: Kenneth Park.

Manor at Twin Lakes L.L.C., Bronx. Referee: Albert Cornachio. Sale: Property: 14 Hemlock Hill Lane, Feb. 6, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: Bedford. Amount: $750,000. Filed not available.

Jan. 15.

WHITE PLAINS, 280 Dobbs Ferry Road. Bank; 2.16 acres.

Trickel Management L.L.C., Plaintiff: US Bank N.A. PlainMount Vernon. Seller: Edward D. tiff ’s attorney: Perkins Coie Coco, Tuckahoe. Property: 118-120 L.L.P., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New N. Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon. York City. Defendant: 280 DFR Amount: $775,000. Filed Jan. 10.

L.L.C. Referee: Ioanna Burgos.

Sale: Jan. 30, 10 a.m. ApproxiYLS Realty L.L.C., Bronxville. Sell- mate lien: $9,569,424.02. er: Sicilia Real Estate L.L.C., Bronxville. Property: 36 Palmer Ave., YONKERS, 5 Livingston Ave. Eastchester. Amount: $600,000. Three-family dwelling; .08 acre.

Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Filed Jan. 14.

Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, (845) Foreclosure 897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Deloris Auctions Worrell. Referee: Robert Cypher.

MOUNT VERNON, 410 S. 10th Sale: Feb. 4, 9 a.m. Approximate Ave. Apartment; .11 acre. Plain- lien: 393,555.77. tiff: Combined Realty L.L.C. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Einig & YONKERS, 46 Jervis Road.

Bush, (212) 983-8866; 420 Lex- Single-family residence; .09 ington Ave., Suite 2020, New acre. Plaintiff: Roybar L.L.C. York City. Defendant: Construc- Plaintiff ’s attorney: Alan Snider tion Essentials Express L.L.C. 800 Central Park Ave., Scarsdale.

Referee: Joyce Brown. Sale: Jan. Defendant: NTC & Co. Referee: 24, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: Peter Metis. Sale: Feb. 5, 10 a.m Approximate lien: $519,848.93. $347,142.61.

New Main Street Development Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Young Z. Choi, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Property: 143-145 New Main St., Yonkers. Amount: $900,000. Filed Jan. 9.

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YONKERS, 298 Kneeland Ave. Single-family residence; .35 acre. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Cohn & Roth, (516) 7473030; 100 E. Old Country Road, Mineola. Defendant: Thomas Gormally. Referee: Edmund Fitzgerald. Sale: Jan. 29, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: $471,974.90.

Judgments Abaco Transportation Inc., Yonkers. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

AGM Painting Inc., Thornwood. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

All County Transportation Service Inc., Peekskill. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Alvarez Enterprises Inc., d.b.a.

Taco El Pobiano II, Yonkers. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Ampacet Corp., Tarrytown. $10,970 in favor of Win-Mar Freight Systems, Winnipeg, Canada. Filed April 27.

AP Image Management Inc., Mount Vernon. $1,495 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Avalon Air Inc., Yonkers. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Bassa Irpinia Corp., New Rochelle. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

BDN Associates Inc., Dobbs Ferry. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Beckstar Express Couriers Inc., New Rochelle. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Gold Star Contracting Inc., White Plains. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Soga Group Inc., Yonkers. $4,247 in favor of Tri Vin Imports Inc., Mount Vernon. Filed May 1.

Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester, New Rochelle. $5.2 million in favor of 1199SEIU UnitBella Paula Restaurant Inc., Cro- High Rise Flooring and Con- ed Healthcare Workers East, New ton-on-Hudson. $1,031 in favor of struction L.L.C., Yonkers. $1,031 York. Filed April 30. the New York State Department of in favor of the New York State DeLabor and the New York State De- partment of Labor and the New Spotless, Yonkers. $4,585 in favor partment of Taxation and Finance, York State Department of Taxa- of Pay O Matic Check Cashing tion and Finance, Albany. Filed Corp., Mamaroneck. Filed April 30.

Albany. Filed March 29.

March 29.

Bennies Towing Inc., Bedford Village of Port Chester, White Hills. $1,031 in favor of the New Infiniti Construction Services Plains. $7,078 in favor of G and T York State Department of Labor Inc., Yonkers. $1,031 in favor of Restaurant Corp., New York. Filed and the New York State Depart- the New York State Department of May 3. ment of Taxation and Finance, Al- Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, bany. Filed March 29.

Albany. Filed March 29.

Bloom Nails, New Rochelle.

Lis Pendens $65,534 in favor of Marko-Ram Innovative Training Solutions Inc., White Plains. $1,031 in favor Group, Scarsdale. Filed May 2. of the New York State Department The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the Bronx Excavation Company Inc., of Labor and the New York State outcome of which may affect the title Department of Taxation and FiYonkers. $1,031 in favor of the New to the property listed.

York State Department of Labor nance, Albany. Filed March 29. and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Al- Integrative Medicine Group, Barrella, Joseph, as administraTarrytown. $106,079 in favor of tor heir and distributee of Anasbany. Filed March 29.

Webster Bank N.A., Buffalo. Filed tasia Barrella, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Bryce Construction Inc., Mount May 2. foreclose on a mortgage to secure Vernon. $1,031 in favor of the New $275,000 affecting property loYork State Department of Labor JHMI Holdings L.L.C., Armonk. cated at 43 Newport Road, Yonkers and the New York State Depart- $2,198 in favor of Capital One N.A., 10710. Filed Dec. 18. ment of Taxation and Finance, Al- Melville. Filed May 2. bany. Filed March 29.

Brevard, Edward W., et al. Filed by John Storino Landscaping, Port Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks Christopher Tscherne and Asso- Chester. $1,031 in favor of the New to foreclose on a mortgage to secure ciates Inc., Middle Village. $63,587 York State Department of Labor $325,000 affecting property located in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank and the New York State Depart- at 409 Warwick Ave., Mount Vernon ment of Taxation and Finance, Al- 10553. Filed Dec. 18.

N.A. Filed May 3. bany. Filed March 29.

Danmar Electric Inc., New RoBrown, Susan A., et al. Filed by chelle. $1,031 in favor of the New KAL Consulting Inc., Yonkers. The Bank of New York. Action: York State Department of Labor $1,154 in favor of the New York seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to and the New York State Depart- State Department of Labor and secure an unspecified amount afment of Taxation and Finance, Al- the New York State Department of fecting property located at 715 PelTaxation and Finance, Albany. Filed hamdale Ave., Pelham 10803. Filed bany. Filed March 29.

March 29.

Dec. 20.

DeRosa Tennis Contractors Inc., Mamaroneck. $124,749 in favor M.W. Samara Inc., Hawthorne. Bucci, Doris, aka Doric Bucci, of Westchester Putnam Counties $16,489 in favor of Pitney Bowes aka Doris Bucci-Sundholm, et Board of TR Laborers Local Union Global Financial Services L.L.C., al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: No. 60 Fringe Benefits Funds, Haw- Neenah, Wis. Filed April 27. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to thorne. Filed May. 2. secure $289,250 affecting property Mickelva Realty Corp., Yonkers. located at 26 Florence Ave., Dobbs Dorothy Vogt Consulting Inc., $1,591 in favor of Capital One Bank Ferry 10522. Filed Dec. 17.

Croton-on-Hudson. $1,031 in fa- USA N.A. Filed April 27. vor of the New York State DepartDePiano, Julie, et al. Filed by ment of Labor and the New York Ricardos Construction Ltd., Yon- Deutsche Bank National Trust State Department of Taxation and kers. $1,610 in favor of O and G Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Industries Inc., Torrington, Conn. mortgage to secure $548,000 affecting property located at 418 Stratton Filed April 27.

Road, New Rochelle 10804. Filed Dugout Sportscards and Collectibles Inc., New Rochelle. $1,051 in Rida Fashion Corp., Yonkers. $936 Dec. 19. favor of the New York State Depart- in favor of Singer Holding Corp., ment of Labor and the New York Elmsford. Filed May 3.

Deroche, Joseph, et al. Filed by State Department of Taxation and Deutsche Bank National Trust Finance, Albany. Filed March 29.

Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on Rommell Inc., d.b.a. House Doc- a mortgage to secure $378,250 tor, White Plains. $1,031 in favor of First Universal Network Inc., the New York State Department of affecting property located at 43 Monsey. $105,139 in favor of Labor and the New York State De- Edgewood Road, Cortlandt Manor JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Filed partment of Taxation and Finance, 10567. Filed Dec. 21.

April 27.

Albany. Filed March 29.

Credits, Clients and Awards Matthew T. Fairley, an associate at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott L.L.C.’s White Plains law firm, was recently elected as an at-large member of the board of directors of Georgetown University Alumni Philodemica, the alumni association for Georgetown University’s Philodemic Society, the nation’s oldest collegiate debating society. The Alumni Philodemica is dedicated to ensuring the welfare of the society through capital improvements to the historic Philodemic Room, provision of academic awards and medals, as well as mentoring and other educational opportunities.

William Reifer LCSW, of Ardsley, was recently promoted to vice president of quality and case management at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Tarrytown.

Reifer joined Phelps in 1993 as director of social work. Previously, he held several positions at Montefiore Medical Center, where he worked as a medical/surgical social worker and as a psychiatric social worker. Reifer also served as assistant director of social work at Sound Shore Medical Center. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Lehman College of the City University of New York and a master’s degree in social work from Hunter College School of Social Work.

On the Go: Business, Etc. FRIDAY JAN. 18 Global 2013 Outlook: Where Have All the Real Yields Gone?

Breakfast meeting featuring economist Dr. Neal M. Soss. 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., Tappan Hill Mansion, 81 Highland Ave. (200 Gunpowder Lane via GPS), Tarrytown. $100 nonmembers, $70 members, $125 on-site registration. For information, visit acg.org/nyc/events/

THURSDAY JAN. 24 Junior League of Central Westchester (JLCW) semi-annual “Recruiting Coffee.” 8 p.m., Wayside Cottage, 1039 Post Road, Scarsdale. RSVP by Jan. 20 to jlcw@verizon.net or call 723-6130.

For information, visit jlcentralwestchester.org

Mount Vernon Hospital (MVH) was recently awarded a five-year $500,000 federal grant through the Department of Health and Human Services – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The hospital was one of only 52 nonprofits in the U.S. to receive this highly competitive grant.

MVH will now build on its original five-year grant that established its health intervention and prevention program (HIIP), a program Snapshot that integrates medical case management and treatment adherence services for HIV/AIDS clinics at both MVH and Sound Shore Medical Center. With this new grant, HIIP will expand its current Dickie Kay, Westchester resident and volunteer for Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester (HPCW), was recently inducted into the program to address Hepatitis C in this at-risk population.

Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services Senior Hall of Fame. Kay was recognized for her numerous volunteer efforts, which she began more than 60 years ago and continues today.

Newsmakers

Peter Javier was recently appointed to The College of New Rochelle’s board of trustees. Javier is executive vice president and chief compliance officer at Safra National Bank of New York. Previously, he was director/ vice president and global head of compliance for Global Foreign Exchange Services and Travelers Cheque and Prepaid Services Divisions of American Express Co. He also served as a senior airman in the U.S. Air Force from 1991 to 1994 and has a Bachelor of Science degree in business, management and economics from SUNY/ Empire State College.

Ridgewood Savings Bank, with three branches in Westchester County, recently announced the following officer promotions.

Leonard Stekol was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer. He previously served as senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Anthony J. Simeone was promoted to executive vice president and chief lend- From left, HPCW Executive Director Mary K. Spengler, Senior Hall of Fame inductee Dickie Kay, Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services Commissioner Mae Carpenter and HPCW Director of Volunteer and CCP Services Mary Jane Schaumann. ing officer. He previously served as senior vice president.

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FACTS&FIGURES Dumet, Cesar, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $486,000 affecting property located at 40 Ridgeview Ave., aka 36 Ridgeview Ave., Yonkers 10710. Filed Dec. 17.

Silverman, Paul J., et al. Filed by National City Bank. Action: seeks New Businesses to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $303,900 affecting property located This paper is not responsible for tyat 32 Linden Ave., Ossining 10562. pographical errors contained in the Filed Dec. 18. original filings.

Tobia, Stephen, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $908,000 Partnerships affecting property located at 10 City Place, PH-3C, White Plains 10601. Urban Detox Club, 171 Sparks Filed Dec. 21.

Ave., Pelham 10803, c/o Rebecca Sadek and Jen Morris. Filed April 9.

Villegas, Lorena, et al. Filed by Jarrin, Nardo, et al. Filed by Wells U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Z and G Management, 12 N. DiFargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure vision St., Second floor, Peekskill foreclose on a mortgage to secure $372,000 affecting property located 10566, c/o William Taissaint, Mar$269,254 affecting property located at 253 Elm St., Yonkers 10701. Filed sha Moorer and Wendel Richard. at 800 Paulding St., Peekskill 10566. Dec. 17.

Filed April 6.

Filed Dec. 19.

Z and G Records, 12 N. Division Lavan, Mary, et al. Filed by JPMor- Mechanic’s Liens St., Second floor, Peekskill 10566, gan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks c/o William Taissaint, Marsha to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Moorer and Wendel Richard. Filed Arana, Edwin, as owner. $2,820 $153,500 affecting property located April 6. as claimed by Philip Andrulis, at 3495 James St., Shrub Oak 10588.

Yonkers. Property: in Greenburgh.

Filed Dec. 19.

Filed Jan. 7.

Fayad, Rabih, et al. Filed by Chase Home Finance L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $312,000 affecting property located at 55 Halladay Ave., Yonkers 10701.

Filed Dec. 18.

Leary, Michael R., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $824,175 affecting property located at 11 Laurel Hill Place, Armonk 10504. Filed Dec. 18.

Manywether, Sharon E., et al.

Filed by LaSalle Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $450,500 affecting property located at 31 S. Eighth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Dec. 18.

Molina, Mariana, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $430,000 affecting property located at 20 Linden Ave., Ossining 10562.

Filed Dec. 21.

Olvera, Maria, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $544,500 affecting property located at 42 Hall Ave., White Plains 10604.

Filed Dec. 17.

Orubuloye, Toney, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 4 Martine Ave., Unit 1605, White Plains 10606. Filed Dec. 17.

Pezzano, Philip, et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 37-74 Oriole Court, Shrub Oak 10588. Filed Dec. 17.

Sole Proprietorships

Archbishopric of New York, as owner. $17,201 as claimed by Pro- Alibaba Food and Drink, 198 build Company L.L.C., Middle- Midland Ave., Tuckahoe 10707, c/o town. Property: in Somers. Filed Mostafa M. Salem. Filed April 9.

Jan. 8.

Armando Mejia, 336 Sommerville Armentano, Pat, as owner. $28,763 Place, Yonkers 10704, c/o Armando as claimed by Campbell Foundry, Mejia. Filed April 9.

Harrison, N.J. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed Jan. 7.

Chase and Sons Landscaping, 3572 James St., Shrub Oak 10588, Dubi, Port, et al, as owner. $15,200 c/o Charles C. Chase III. Filed as claimed by Greaige Brothers April 9.

Construction L.L.C., Rye Brook.

Property: in Rye. Filed Jan. 9.

DaVinci Contracting, 13 Hudson Watch Drive, Ossining 10562, Lt Propco L.L.C., as owner. c/o Carmine Angelo Fico. Filed $101,983 as claimed by Modern April 10.

Woodcrafts L.L.C., Plainville. Property: in Eastchester. Filed Jan. 11.

Express Pizza, 48 Main St., Irvington 10533, c/o Isen Gjuraj. Filed Sharko, John E., et al, as owner. April 9. $2,000 as claimed by Neil Paladino Contracting Inc., Somers. Property: Forever and a Day Chocolate in Rye. Filed Jan. 8.

Lollipops, 159 S. Lexington Ave., No. 2G, White Plains 10601, c/o Sun, Judy Z., et al, as owner. $8,000 Shanelle Nicole Pino. Filed April 6. as claimed by Thomas Forliano Inc., Scarsdale. Property: in East- I.T. Your Solution, 14 The Serpenchester. Filed Jan. 7. tine, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Jason Crooks. Filed April 9.

Windward School, as owner. $104,771 as claimed by C and B Maritza Mejia, 336 Sommerville Plumbing and Heating Inc., Pel- Place, Yonkers 10704, c/o Maritza ham. Property: in Harrison. Filed Mejia. Filed April 9.

Jan. 10.

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R.D.C. Services, 30 Ferris Place, Apt. 1, Ossining 10562, c/o Ruben D. Cardenas. Filed April 6.

Roaring Ants Communications, 20 Billingsley Trail, Goldens Bridge 10526, c/o Anthony R. Anastasio.

Filed April 9.

SSH Student Account, 110 Lock- Mapping of relationship entiwood Ave., New Rochelle 10801, ties between ontologies. Patent c/o Madhu S. Rangraj. Filed April 6. no. 8,355,905 issued to Achille B. Fokoue-Nkoutche, White Plains; Tablon Landscaping, 14 Green- Aditya A. Kalyanpur, Westwood, wood Ave., Apt. 1, Port Chester N.J.; Kirill M. Osipov, Ossining; Ka10573, c/o Luis A. Torres. Filed vitha Srinivas, Rye; and Min Wang, Cortlandt Manor. Assigned to InApril 10. ternational Business Machines Corp. Armonk.

Total Touch Agency, 278 Mary Lou Ave., Yonkers 10703, c/o StemiRNA-regulated differentiphen McCarthy. Filed April 9. ation-dependent self-deleting cassette. Patent no. 8,354,389 isTwo Points Design, 42 Lakeview sued to David Frendewey, New Ave., West Harrison 10604, c/o Lau- York City; David Jonathan Heslin, ra Cecilia Saavedra. Filed April 9.

Closter, N.J.; Ka-Man Venus Lai, Tarrytown; and David M. ValenzuWestchester-Rockland Security ela, Yorktown Heights. Assigned to Guard Training School, Phelps Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. Memorial Hospital, 701 N. Broad- Tarrytown. way, Sleepy Hollow 10591, c/o Manuel Caixeiro. Filed April 6.

Method and apparatus for recording events in virtual worlds.

Patent no. 8,355,535 issued to Jun Hou, Beijing, China; Dong Jun Lan, Patents Beijing, China; Sheng Lu, Beijing, China; Jian Wang, Beijing, China; The following patents were issued by Meng Ye, Beijing, China; and Zi Yu the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of- Zhu, Beijing, China. Assigned to International Business Machines fice in Washington, D.C. Corp. Armonk.

Capability and maturity-based SOA governance. Patent no. Method and system for iden8,355,940 issued to Klshore Chan- tifying partial order patterns nabasavaiah, Palatine, Ill.; Sri Ra- in sequences of data. Patent no. manathan, Lutz, Florida; Raghu 8,355,878 issued to Laxmi P. Parida, Varadan, San Francisco, Calif.; and Mohegan Lake. Assigned to InterNevenko Zunic, Hopewell Junc- national Business Machines Corp. tion. Assigned to International Armonk.

Business Machines Corp. Armonk.

Method for detecting high-imCo-location and offloading of pedance faults by analyzing a lowebsite traffic based on traffic cal deviation from a regularizapattern recognition. Patent no. tion. Patent no. 8,355,882 issued to 8,352,607 issued to Daniel Manuel Tomasz J. Nowicki, Fort MontgomDias, Mohegan Lake; Richard Per- ery; and Grzegorz M. Swirszcz, Osvin King, Scarsdale; Zhen Liu, Tar- sining. Assigned to International rytown; Mark Steven Squillante, Business Machines Corp. Armonk.

Pound Ridge; Honghui Xia, Croton-on-Hudson; Shun-Zheng Yu; Method, hardware product and Guangzhou, China; and Li Zhang, computer program product for Yorktown Heights. Assigned to In- implementing commerce beternational Business Machines tween virtual worlds. Patent no.

Corp. Armonk.

8,352,326 issued to Boas Betzler, Magstadt, Del.; Sandra L. Kearney, Harleysville, Pa.; Tanaz Sowdagar, Human antibodies to human San Francisco, Calif.; and Hagen angiopoietin-like protein 4. Pat- R. Wenzek, Tarrytown. Assigned to ent no. 8,354,103 issued to Mark International Business Machines W. Sleeman, Mahopac; Viktoria Corp. Armonk.

Gusarova, Springfield, N.J.; Jee H. Kim, White Plains; and Gang Chen, Polymeric films made from Yorktown Heights. Assigned to polyhedral oligomeric silsesquiRegeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. oxane (POSS) and a hydrophilic Tarrytown. comonomer. Patent no. 8,353,410, issued to Robert David Allen, San Managing a travel itinerary. Pat- Jose, Calif.; Young-Hye Na, San ent no. 8,355,936 issued to Faheem Jose, Calif.; and Ratnam SooriyaAltaf, Pflugerville, Texas; Kumar kumaran, San Jose, Calif. Assigned Ravi,Cedar Park, Texas; Eric Sieg- to International Business Mafried Rybczynski, Round Rock, chines Corp. Armonk.

Texas; and Manuel Silveyra, Round Rock, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp.

Armonk.

Technique for providing continuous speech recognition as an alternate input device to limited processing power devices. Patent no. 8,355,912 issued to James L. Keesey, Sunnyvale, Calif. and Gerald J. Wilmot, Marina, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp. Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY Building Loans Above $1 million Wallkill Realty Partners L.L.C., Rye Brook, as owner.

Lender: The Orange County Funding Corp., Goshen.

Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $33.5 million. Filed Jan. 9.

Below $1 million Access Properties Maybrook Road L.L.C., Goshen, as owner.

Lender: Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 16 Maybrook Road, Hamptonburgh.

Amount: $202,500. Filed Jan. 8.

Downey, Patrick F., et al, Red Bank, N.J., as owner.

Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Denning. Amount: $148,750.

Filed Jan. 11.

Elder, Scott, New York City, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 16 Palomino Path, Marbletown 12484. Amount: $40,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Gustavsen, Karen, et al, Littlerock, Calif., as owner.

Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 172 Mount Pleasant Road, Mount Tremper.

Amount: $170,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Kearns, Michael T., et al, as owner. Lender: Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company Inc. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $324,022. Filed Jan. 8.

Ruiz, Valentina, Milton, as owner. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: in Marlboro. Amount: $122,416.

Filed Jan. 14.

Vlietstra, Fred, et al, Greenville, as owner. Lender: Ray Spiak, Florida. Property: in Plattekill. Amount: $120,000.

Filed Jan. 14.

Deeds Above $1 million Link Farm L.L.C., New York City.

Seller: Mary Theodora Stillman, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $2.6 million.

Filed Jan. 8.

Below $1 million 287 Route 211 East L.L.C., Middletown. Seller: PKA Route 211 Realty Corp., West Nyack.

Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $565,000. Filed Jan. 15.

75 Main Street Warwick L.L.C., Warwick. Seller: Frank R. Basile, et al, Rehoboth Beach, Del. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $320,000. Filed Jan. 15.

Aerodome Development Corp., Middletown. Seller: Excalibur 7 Inc., Flushing.

Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $20,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Montage Properties Inc., Hyde Park. Seller: Champion Properties Inc., Hyde Park.

Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $195,000. Filed Jan. 8.

A New York Limousine, Florida. $1,314 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Columbia Futures Inc., Goshen. $1,894 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Dunn-Well Homes and Contracting Inc., Chester. $1,608 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Niche Modern L.L.C., Beacon.

Foxhall Realty Inc., Kingston. Seller: IG4 L.L.C., Garrison.

Seller: William F. Berardi, et al, Property: in Beacon. Amount: Kingston. Property: in Kingston. $250,000. Filed Jan. 4.

Amount: $278,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Old Sycamore Realty L.L.C., Greca Inc., Newburgh. Seller: Goshen. Seller: Valley Services city of Newburgh. Property: 359 Inc., Newburgh. Property: 2004 Ann St., Newburgh. Amount: Route 17M, Goshen. Amount: $32,000. Filed Jan. 14. $650,000. Filed Jan. 9.

A. Zimmerman and Son Inc., Highland. $304 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 7.

Compudat Systems Inc., New Paltz. $1,940 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Jan. 8.

Duso Construction Corp., Hurley. $1,398 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 8.

Aden Brook Transportation Inc., Pine Bush. $714 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Cookies ‘N’ Milk, Marlboro. $436 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 7.

Eastern Petroleum Inc., d.b.a.

East Coast Fuel, Highland. $1,466 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 7.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Ronald Mariano, Monroe. Property: 359 Mountain Lodge, Monroe 10950. Amount: $100,326. Filed Jan. 11.

HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. Seller: Joseph Ogrodnick, et al, Walden. Property: 8 First St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $285,212. Filed Jan. 10.

Jamet Corp., Greenwood Lake. Seller: Four Rabbitts Inc., Greenwood Lake. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $195,000.

Filed Jan. 9.

Jenco Real Estate Inc., LaGrangeville. Seller: Joseph Ruggiero, Yonkers. Property: 3 Deer Crossing Drive, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $172,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Anthony Property Group L.L.C., Middletown. Seller: 11 Center Street L.L.C., Otisville. JV Homes of Orange County Property: in Middletown. L.L.C., Montgomery. Seller: Amount: $121,000. Filed Jan. 10. Dingle Development Inc., Campbell Hall.

Property: Britkat Inc., Monroe. Seller: in Montgomery. Amount: Household Finance Realty $125,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Corporation of New York, Pomona, Calif. Property: 123 Ladybug Liaisons L.L.C., New Lakes Road, Monroe 10950. York City. Seller: Sydney Blum, Amount: $62,000. Filed Jan. 15. et al, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Property: in Marbletown.

C.L. Dexter Properties Amount: $900,000. Filed Jan. 3.

L.L.C., Newburgh.

Seller: city of Newburgh. Property: Last Minute Catering L.L.C., 255 Powell Ave., Newburgh. Rhinebeck. Seller: Jostin Capital Amount: $15,500. Filed Jan. 14. Ltd. Profit Sharing, Staten Island. Property: in Saugerties.

Cartus Financial Corp., Amount: $53,500. Filed Jan. 4.

Danbury, Conn. Seller: Alvin S. Ilano, et al, Highland Mills. Levitz Holding L.L.C., New Property: in Woodbury. Paltz. Seller: Deena Levitz, New Amount: $279,500. Filed Jan. 10. Paltz. Property: in New Paltz.

Amount: $616,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Champion Properties Inc., Hyde Park. Seller: Miriam Mid-Hudson Development Rose Dellheim Baumel, Corp., Poughquag. Seller: Poughkeepsie.

Property: Jeanne NY Inc., Garrison. in Poughkeepsie. Amount: Property: Peter Drive, $139,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Wappingers Falls 12590.

Amount: $145,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Chichester Hills L.L.C., New York City. Seller: Salvatore De Monhagen Avenue Mini Falco, Holbrook. Property: in Mart Inc., Middletown.

Shandaken. Amount: $30,000. Seller: Cumberland Farms Filed Jan. 4.

Inc., Framingham, Mass.

Property: 100-102 Monhagen Ave., Middletown. Amount: $360,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Random Properties Acquisition Corporation III, Riverside, R.I. Seller: The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., Riverside, R.I. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $159,200.

Filed Jan. 7.

Royal Realty of Orange Corp., Monroe. Seller: Rachel Equities L.L.C., Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $253,397.

Filed Jan. 10.

The County of Ulster, Kingston. Seller: Linda M. Cole, Wawarsing. Property: in Wawarsing. Amount: $132,000.

Filed Jan. 8.

The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Sportonics Corp.,Fort Montgomery.

Property: in Highlands. Amount: $720,000. Filed Jan. 14.

Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston.

Seller: Michael J. Halliday, et al, Ellenville. Property: in Ellenville.

Amount: $629,050. Filed Jan. 7.

United States of America U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga. Seller: Kenneth Braeger, et al, Fort Riley, Kan. Property: 2 Dear Hill Road Extension, Cornwallon-Hudson 12520. Amount: $449,852. Filed Jan. 11.

Judgments 19 Broadway Corp., Kingston. $287 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 7.

48 South Miller Street Inc., Newburgh. $1,399 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 9.

7 Lemberg 102 Corp., Monroe. $1,381 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Alkit Inc., d.b.a. Pazzo Italian Grille and Capone’s, Montgomery. $1,869 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Coyote Café and Cantina Inc., d.b.a. Rolling Rock Restaurant and Bar, Kingston. $717 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 8.

Erie Facility Services Inc., Monroe. $887 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

All Maintenance, Kingston. $2,382 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 8.

Cristalbrook Electric Inc., Wallkill. $317 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 7.

Exclusive Quality Inc., Campbell Hall. $998 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Annod Design, Middletown. $1,213 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Crosstech Computers Inc., Montgomery. $1,399 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Fisher Asphalt Paving Inc., Pine Island. $558 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Applicare Inc., Warwick. $3,813 in favor of the New York State Cubitac Corp., Monroe. $711 Department of Taxation and in favor of the New York State Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Brother’s Electrical Services, Newburgh. $195 in favor of the Curtis Vending Service Inc., New York State Department of Slate Hill. $303 in favor of the Taxation and Finance, Albany. New York State Department of Filed Nov. 8.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

BRRC Development Corp., Newburgh. $154 in favor of the D. Zambito Lawn Moving and New York State Department of Maintenance, Marlboro. $1,343 Taxation and Finance, Albany. in favor of the New York State Filed Nov. 8.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 7.

By the Basketful, Orange. $1,163 in favor of the New York State DDNY General Contracting Department of Taxation and Inc., Tuxedo. $304 in favor of Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8. the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Caliber Granite and Marble Filed Nov. 8.

L.L.C., Highland. $1,288 in favor of the New York State Deer Ridge Farm Inc., Department of Taxation and Saugerties. $124 in favor of the Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 7.

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Camt Inc., Warwick. $142 in Filed Jan. 7. favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Duncan Buildings Inc., Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Highland. $33,364 in favor of the New York State Department Cleveland 7 Inc., Monroe. of Taxation and Finance, Albany. $1,871 in favor of the New York Filed Jan. 7.

State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Flaab.com L.L.C., Warwick. $267 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Foxx Enterprises NY Inc., Westtown. $269 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Global Realty United Corp., Central Valley. $1,501 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Gold Investigations Inc., Highland. $3,633 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 7.

Greenacre Abstract L.L.C., Montgomery. $239 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Greiner Brothers Farms Inc., Marlboro. $4,844 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 8.

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FACTS&FIGURES Hansen Custom Homes Inc., Westtown. $1,861 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Herina Enterprises Inc., Rock Tavern. $1,858 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Heritage Medical Corp., Kingston. $1,030 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 7.

Hersh Indig Inc., Monroe. $1,357 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Hershy’s Pizza Inc., Harriman. $1,674 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Home Theater Plus, Highland Mills. $1,397 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

HRMLM Jewl, Tuxedo. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

It’s Glistening, Goshen. $3,157 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Kings Town Inc., Kingston. $32,122 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 7.

Leo’s Hot Dogs, Newburgh. $150 in favor of the New York State Newburgh Children’s Center Department of Taxation and Inc., Newburgh. $460 in favor of Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8. the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Magnolia Luxury Transportation Filed Nov. 9.

Inc., Marlboro. $478 in favor of the New York State Department of Pasta Amore Restaurant Inc., Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Middletown. $50 in favor of the Jan. 7.

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Maria’s Cleaning Company Filed Nov. 9.

Inc., Maybrook. $618 in favor of the New York State Department Pems Inc., Rock Tavern. $381 of Taxation and Finance, Albany. in favor of the New York State Filed Nov. 9.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

McGrogan’s Farm Inc., Warwick. $1,370 in favor of the New York Pocket Aces Inc., Warwick. $502 State Department of Taxation and in favor of the New York State Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Menu Explorer.com Inc., Kingston. $1,067 in favor of the Power Gym Inc., d.b.a.

New York State Department of Maximum Fitness, Newburgh.

Taxation and Finance, Albany. $387 in favor of the New York Filed Jan. 7.

State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Michael and Maneesh Inc., New Windsor. $335 in favor of Rae Cuts Inc., Newburgh. $1,389 the New York State Department in favor of the New York State of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Department of Taxation and Filed Nov. 9.

Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Mignone Acoustical Contractors Inc., Monroe. $1,381 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Jackie’s Grill, Monroe. $1,730 in favor of the New York State Misschris Inc., Newburgh.

Department of Taxation and $1,622 in favor of the New York Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Jamado Promotions Inc., Kerhonkson. $100 in favor of Monroe Paving Inc., Monroe. the New York State Department $146 in favor of the New York of Taxation and Finance, Albany. State Department of Taxation and Filed Jan. 7.

Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

John Higgins Construction Company Inc., Pine Bush. $479 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 7.

July Forever Imports Inc., Walden. $1,501 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 8.

Just Movers and Storage Corp., Kingston. $833 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Jan. 8.

New Milford Country Store, New Milford. $7,899 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 9.

Roadrunner Express Inc., Kingston. $1,723 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 8.

Robinson Brothers Electrical Contractors Inc., Kingston. $301 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 8.

S and J Pizza Inc., d.b.a. Cousins Pizza, Kingston. $2,157 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Morning Tree Corp., Kingston. Filed Jan. 8. $199 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Samy’s Beauty Salon, Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 8.

Newburgh. $1,417 in favor of the New York State Department MSF Inc., Monroe. $1,532 in of Taxation and Finance, Albany. favor of the New York State Filed Nov. 8.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Seven E’s Construction Inc., Newburgh. $1,607 in favor of MTZ Discount Store Inc., the New York State Department Newburgh. $709 in favor of the of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

New York State Department of Filed Nov. 9.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 9.

Silverstar Management Inc., d.b.a. London Management Group, Gardiner. $1,405 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 7.

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Beisswenger, Jennifer, et al.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $313,000 affecting property Star Management Specialist located at 4 Rega Road, Fishkill Inc., New Windsor. $1,466 in 12524. Filed Dec. 24. favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Bhangu, Sahib S., et al. Filed by GMAC Mortgage L.L.C. Action: Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Stone Hill Recap Inc., to secure $129,000 affecting Middletown. $542 in favor of property located at 10A Carnaby the New York State Department St., Wappinger Falls 12590. Filed of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Dec. 20.

Filed Nov. 9.

Biscardi, Louis E. III, et al. Filed Straub’s Fitness of Monroe by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Inc., Monroe. $241 in favor of Credit Union. Action: seeks to the New York State Department foreclose on a mortgage to secure of Taxation and Finance, Albany. $287,556 affecting property located at 6 N. Cross Road, Filed Nov. 9.

Staatsburg 12580. Filed Dec. 31.

T N T Kitchens and Baths, Middletown. $1,213 in favor of Blagbrough, Timothy, et al. the New York State Department Filed by BAC Home Loans of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Filed Nov. 8. $258,300 affecting property Top Notch Cleaning Services located at 358 Joys Lane, Hurley Inc., Middletown. $88 in favor of 12443. Filed Jan. 11. the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Bocchino, Marlene A., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Filed Nov. 9. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Tri State Development,Newburgh. to secure an unspecified amount $4,320 in favor of the New York affecting property located at 9 State Department of Taxation and Durocher Terrace, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Dec. 27.

Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 9.

Snozone, Monroe. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 9.

Window Fusion Inc., d.b.a.

Glass Doctor of Ulster, Milton. $1,902 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 7.

Lis Pendens

Bohlmann, John J., et al. Filed

by GMAC Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $78,256 affecting property located at 15 Styvestandt Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Dec. 20.

Boland, Verona, aka Verona West, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $196,888 The following filings indicated a affecting property located at 2 legal action has been initiated, the Greenhouse Lane, Poughkeepsie outcome of which may affect the 12603. Filed Dec. 18. title to the property listed.

Bosco, John, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Albano, Michael, et al. Filed by Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on Alyson L. Rafferty. Action: seeks a mortgage to secure $333,700 to foreclose on a mortgage to affecting property located at 203 secure $70,000 affecting property Davis Road, Salt Point 12578.

Filed Dec. 20. located in Hurley. Filed Jan. 8.

Artale, Marghuerite, 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 50 W. Pine Road, Staatsburg 12580.

Filed Jan. 2.

Barstow, Karen L., et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $349,000 affecting property located at 17 Laura Lane, East Fishkill 12533.

Filed Dec. 18.

Bruno, Vincent, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $435,401 affecting property located at 324 Pine Ridge Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Dec. 24.

Bundschuh, Dorothy E., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 43 Old Post Road, Millerton 12546. Filed Dec. 19.

Burnett, Gary V., et al. Filed

by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 318 Hammond Hill Road, Dover Plains 12522. Filed Dec. 14.

Caliguri, Attilio, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 168 Route 376, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Dec. 28.

Carchidi, Marc S., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $86,250 affecting property located at 2 Burpo Lane, Kerhonkson 12446.

Filed Jan. 7.

Carrassquillo, Yolanda, et al.

Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,000 affecting property located at 37 Green St., Poughquag 12570.

Filed Dec. 19.

Cassar, Michael A., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $353,072 affecting property located at 54 Palen Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Dec. 18.

Clark, Richard A., as beneficiary under the last will and testament of Jane Ann Clark, et al. Filed by Champion Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 12 Bragdon, Sara, et al. Filed by Bethlehem Place, Poughkeepsie The Bank of New York Mellon. 12603. Filed Dec. 21.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $590,000 Clausen, Aaron, et al. Filed by affecting property located in JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Poughkeepsie. Filed Dec. 28.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,000 Brearley, Susan M., et al. Filed affecting property located at 140

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: Rabbit Run Road, Clintondale seeks to foreclose on a mortgage 12515. Filed Jan. 10. to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 73 Peach Road, Hyde Park 12601. Filed Dec. 27.

Cogan, Christina R., et al. Filed

by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $292,410 affecting property located at 28 Lorraine Blvd., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Jan. 2.

Fenton-Fields, Jeanne, et al.

Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $327,000 affecting property located at 37 Evergreen Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Dec. 21.

Henriques, Sydney R., et al.

Filed by MetLife Home Loans.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,000 affecting property located at 210 Smith St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Dec. 28.

Kenny, Ellen, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $132,300 affecting property located at 5 Holly Hill Drive, Wingdale 12594.

Filed Jan. 2.

Conahan, Donald J., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,000 affecting property located at 95 Forest Valley Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed Dec. 28.

Ferranti, Joseph, et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $117,500 affecting property located at 152 Otens Road, Ellenville 12428.

Filed Jan. 11.

Hibbert, Antonio R. Sr., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $342,000 affecting property located at 145 Jansen Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Jan. 9.

King, Marion Marshall, et al.

Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $524,000 affecting property located at 107 Birchwood Way, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Dec. 21.

Cora, Suzanne, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $451,950 affecting property located at 114 Stonybrook Road, Unit 119, Fishkill 12524. Filed Dec. 21.

Ferren, William W., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $142,800 affecting property located at 54 Van Buren St., Kingston 12401.

Filed Jan. 14.

Hill, Gregory, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $244,818 affecting property located at 19 Rogers Place, Hyde Park 12538.

Filed Jan. 2.

Kouhout, Francis D., et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $67,000 affecting property located at 28 Mountain Road, Rosendale 12472. Filed Jan. 4.

Cowle, Rick, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $148,500 affecting property located at 17 Chapel St., Ellenville 12428. Filed Jan. 8.

Garrison, Steve, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $196,910 affecting property located at 26 Pineview Road, Beacon 12508.

Filed Dec. 28.

Hlavaty, Robert Costello, et al. Filed by Sovereign Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 12-14 Country Lane, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Dec. 21.

Lane, Dakota, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $90,000 affecting property located at 307 Plank Road, Phoenicia 12464.

Filed Jan. 9.

Greene, Eric Scott, individually and as administrator of the estate of Barbara Ann Greene, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $60,000 affecting property located at 75 Daley, Timothy P., et al. Filed by Yarmouth St., Kingston 12401.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Filed Jan. 4. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $203,800 affecting Groenewegen, Craig, et al. property located at 29 Carter Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp.

Road, LaGrange 12569. Filed Action: seeks to foreclose on a Jan. 2. mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 44 Danko, Paul E., et al. Filed by Riverdale Road, Wingdale 12594.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Filed Dec. 31.

Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $359,125 Hancock, Ronald Lee affecting property located at 16 Sr., et al. Filed by Capital Old State Route 22, Dover 12594. Communications Federal Credit Filed Dec. 27.

Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 Davidson, Theresa, et al. Filed affecting property located at 57

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Whiteford Drive, Pleasant Valley.

Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on Filed Dec. 28. a mortgage to secure $86,000 affecting property located at 41 Harris, George V., et al. Filed by Park St., Kingston 12401. Filed Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Jan. 11. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $217,600 affecting Di Lorenzo, Maria, et al. Filed property located at 10 Camelot

by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Dec. 19. to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 26 Hoofprint Road, Millbrook 12545. Filed Dec. 17.

Hogan, Jay Francis, et al. Filed

by JPMC Specialty Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,250 affecting property located at 139 Hunter St., Kingston 12401. Filed Jan. 9.

Lazarus, Ian, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $254,140 affecting property located at 16 Vail Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Dec. 31.

Dako, Christine O., et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,700 affecting property located at 5 Balsam Fir Loop, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Dec. 19.

Ibelli, Joseph, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $327,900 affecting property located at 13 Wendy Drive, Union Vale. Filed Dec. 18.

Jakaj, John, et al. Filed by The Community Preservation Corp.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 3170-3172 Route 22, Dover Plains. Filed Dec. 19.

Jean, Sidney R., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $412,448 affecting property located in Fishkill. Filed Dec. 20.

Martell, Mark, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $522,000 affecting property located in East Fishkill.

Filed Jan. 2.

Nelson, William G., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $224,000 affecting property located at 55 Mill St., Dover Plains 12522. Filed Dec. 27.

McGovern, Europa L., et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 54 Carroll St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Dec. 20.

Nicosia, William, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,800 affecting property located at 5 Appalachian West, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Filed Dec. 28.

McGowan, Brian, et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $380,000 affecting property located at 108 Deer Ridge Drive, Staatsburgh 12580. Filed Dec. 27.

Ninonuevo, Mark J., et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $174,400 affecting property located at 27 Spruce St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Dec. 31.

McNiff, William T., et al. Filed

by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 193 Main St., Lake Katrine 12449.

Filed Jan. 9.

Nunez, Damian, et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $322,000 affecting property located at 972 Beekman Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Dec. 31.

Mills, Jordan, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $276,000 affecting property located at 230 Route 32 North, New Paltz 12561.

Filed Jan. 10.

Olsen, Melissa, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $274,400 affecting property located at 123 Barclay Lane, Saugerties 12477.

Filed Jan. 11.

Mullen, Kevin P., et al. Filed

by Loancare. Action: seeks Leiching, Jack, et al. Filed by to foreclose on a mortgage Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. to secure $286,711 affecting Action: seeks to foreclose on a property located at 32 Darlene mortgage to secure $124,000 Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. affecting property located at 4 Filed Dec. 28.

Jordan Lane, Ulster Park 12487.

Filed Jan. 9.

Mulvihill, Penni A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: Loehr, Gary G., et al. Filed by seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: secure $45,300 affecting property seeks to foreclose on a mortgage located at 3 Hook Road, Unit 55B, to secure $200,000 affecting Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Dec. 28. property located at 15 Short Court, Poughquag 12570. Filed Naula, Rosa M., aka Rose M. Dec. 20.

Nuala, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: Maietta, Christine, et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage

by Household Finance Realty to secure $308,000 affecting Corporation of New York. Action: property located at 52 Brandy seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. to secure an unspecified amount Filed Dec. 19. affecting property located at 37 Maple Ave., Fishkill 12524. Filed Dec. 28.

Pomales, Maximino, individually and as heir at law and as administrator of the estate of Casimiro M. Pomales Jr., et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $121,000 affecting property located at 54 Friedlander Drive, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Jan. 7.

Johnson, Zane T., et al. Filed by PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Holdings I L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 22 Mann, Jacquelyn L., et al. Filed Pleasant Lane, Wappingers Falls by Bank of America N.A. Action: 12590. Filed Dec. 26. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 309 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Dec. 18.

Pompilio, Anthony J., et al. Filed

by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $161,250 affecting property located at 7 Red Barn Road, Hyde Park 12538. Filed Dec. 18.

Porter, Edward, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $308,000 affecting property located at 194 N. Putt Corners Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed Jan. 10.

Reilly, Robin, et al. Filed by PennyMac Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $213,750 affecting property located at 15 Pine Echo Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Dec. 28.

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FACTS&FIGURES Reval, Jenifer L., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $127,645 affecting property located at 1002 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed Jan. 2.

Sandford, Paul T. Jr., 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 6C Alpine Drive, Wappinger 12590.

Filed Dec. 18.

Tardio, Joan, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $239,900 affecting property located at 192 Shelly Hill Road, Stanfordville 12581. Filed Dec. 24.

Reynolds, Carolyn G., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,177 affecting property located in LaGrange.

Filed Dec. 18.

Sarcar L.L.C., et al. Filed by Keybank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $5 million affecting property located at 1269 Route 9G, Hyde Park. Filed Dec. 24.

Taylor, Christopher L., et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,886 affecting property located in Hyde Park. Filed Dec. 14.

Richardson, Charlie, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $303,988 affecting property located in Poughkeepsie.

Filed Dec. 18.

Sekul, Christopher, 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 30 Battenfeld, Milan 12571. Filed Dec. 26.

Thompson, Charles H. IV, et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $226,598 affecting property located at 200 Marl Road, Pine Bush 12566.

Filed Jan. 9.

Sellers, Paul S. Sr., et al. Filed

by MidFirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $126,950 affecting property located at 39 Yates Blvd., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Dec. 18.

Wall, John J., et al. Filed by EverBank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $135,900 affecting property located at 16 David Loop, Wappinger 12590. Filed Dec. 21.

Richie, Ronald E., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,000 affecting property located at 35 Orchard Place and 60 Cross St., Beacon 12508. Filed Dec. 20.

Ricketson, Bennett C., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $213,300 affecting property located at 930 Old Post Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed Jan. 10.

Rugar, Elizabeth A., et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,592 affecting property located at 49 Pine Hill Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed Dec. 20.

Sackett, Robert G., et al. Filed

by LNV Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $387,000 affecting property located at 47 Pye Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Dec. 17.

Samayoa, Mario, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $428,000 affecting property located at 225 Van Wyck Lake Road, aka 418 Carey Road, Fishkill 12524. Filed Dec. 14.

Sanchez, Joyce, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property located at 15 Bluejay Blvd., Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Dec. 14.

Sharrow, Yvette, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,000 affecting property located at 12 Lilling Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Dec. 14.

Shott, Thomas, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 92 Scenic Drive, Clinton Corners 12514.

Filed Jan. 2.

Skinner, David W., et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $237,500 affecting property located at 18 E. Kerley Corners Road, Red Hook 12571. Filed Dec. 20.

Whitlock, Ivry J., 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 73 Abruyn St., Kingston 12401. Filed Jan. 8.

Wimmers, Jennifer M., et al.

Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $316,000 affecting property located at 193 Davis Road, Salt Point 12578.

Filed Dec. 27.

Woods, Timothy M., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 affecting property located at 2 Windsor Hills Road, Highland 12528. Filed Jan. 10.

Yannuzzi, Carlos A., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Skipp, Joseph M. Jr., et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage

by Deutsche Bank National Trust to secure $413,580 affecting Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on property located at 164 N. River a mortgage to secure $204,300 Drive, Unit O-70, Beacon 12508. affecting property located at Filed Dec. 28.

40 Blue Hills Drive, Saugerties 12477. Filed Jan. 7.

Sorbello, Frank L., et al. Filed by Adrien Goudreau and Adrienne Goudreau. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 184 Martin Ave., Highland 12528. Filed Jan. 4.

Stensgard, Robert M. Jr., et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $227,775 affecting property located at 219 Patura Road, Modena 12548.

Filed Jan. 4.

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Mechanic’s Liens

HDL Route 17K L.L.C., as owner. $110,504 as claimed by Couse and Sons Inc., Ballston Spa. Property: 218 Route 17K, Newburgh. Filed Jan. 9.

Inland American Hyde Park L.L.C., as owner. $22,140 as claimed by Ferguson Fire and Fabrication Inc., Passaic, N.J. Property: Stop and Shop Supermarket, 5 St. Andrews Road, Hyde Park. Filed Jan.10.

Lavin, Joseph C., as owner. $69,098 as claimed by Siegrist Construction Inc., Poughkeepsie.

Property: 544 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Filed Jan. 10.

Adelegant Designs, 120 Pool ResQ, 897 Old Post Road, Lawrenceville St., Apt. 94, New Paltz 12561, c/o C.J. Hulbert.

Kingston 12401, c/o Stephen W. Filed Jan. 10.

Tenner. Filed Jan. 14.

Project EJ, 297 Hasbrouck Ave., Andis Hope to End Hunger, 177 Kingston 12401, c/o Esther Joy Maureen Weiland Landscaping, Albany Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Watson. Filed Jan. 4. as owner. $3,980 as claimed by Aqua Donald Adam Casey. Filed Jan. 4.

Medic Inc., Monroe. Property: in Sally Rothchild Pottery, 1164 Woodbury. Filed Jan. 9.

Road, Mount Andy’s Mechanical Contracting, Wittenburg P.O. Box 239, Gardiner 12525, c/o Tremper 12457, c/o Sally E. Meadowbrook Associates II, Andrew R. Gulick Jr. Filed Jan. 7.

Rothchild. Filed Jan. 4. as owner. $1,115 as claimed by Cranesville Block Company Inc., AOLAE Consulting, 2778 Route Scrubbed and Polished, 32 Amsterdam. Property: 104 Henry 44/55, Gardiner 12525, c/o Colonial Drive, Apt. D, New Paltz W. Dubois Drive, New Paltz. Filed Michael J. Williams. Filed Jan. 4.

12561, c/o Shelley R. Tween. Filed Jan. 8.

Jan. 9.

Aquatic Avenue, 207 W. Chestnut St., Kingston 12401, c/o Security Plus, 22 Hasbrouck Ave., Highland 12528, c/o Richard Ryan L. Pettit. Filed Jan. 4.

G. Call. Filed Jan. 9.

Elixir Spring Fitness, 346 New Businesses Crescent Ave., Highland 12528, Shear Design, 159 Green St., This paper is not responsible for c/o Barbara J. Precour. Filed Kingston 12401, c/o Kathleen B. Wilber. Filed Jan. 8. typographical errors contained in Jan. 4. the original filings.

Elixir Spring House, 346 Sneaker Culture, 415 Lattintown Crescent Ave., Highland 12528, Road, Marlboro 12542, c/o Jordan c/o Barbara J. Precour. Filed J. Winstel. Filed Jan. 11.

Doing Business As Jan. 4.

Stokes Towing and Recovery, Intelacom Inc., d.b.a. Family Group Benefits, 501 Route 208, Equine Acupressure, P.O. Box 916 Route 2, Accord 12404, c/o 455, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Michele David C. Stokes. Filed Jan. 7.

Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 6.

H. Hourigan. Filed Jan. 7.

Sustainable Lighting, 475 Field Guide Design, 35 S. Mountain Road, Gardiner Partnerships Stuyvesant St., Kingston 12401, 12525, c/o William L. Barrett. c/o Darbie A. Nowatka. Filed Filed Jan. 14.

Farber’s Fressen Delicatessen, Jan. 10.

59 Belvedere Lane, Saugerties Sweet Lisa’s Gourmet Caramel 12477, c/o Christian R. Artist and Jumpstart Weight Loss and Popcorn, 22 Broadway, Kingston Jennifer A. Schatzel. Filed Jan. 11. Wellness, P.O. Box 517, Pine Hill 12401, c/o Lisa K. Pasquale. Filed 12465, c/o Lani M. Odato. Filed Jan. 14.

Harvest Christian Counseling, Jan. 11.

368 Upper Sahler Mill Road, The Canal Deli and Café, 1547 Olive Bridge 12461, c/o Lewis Kingston Museum of Creek Locks Road, Eddyville H. Ackerman and Sharon Lee Contemporary Art, 103 Abeel 12401, c/o Beth A. Murphy. Filed Ackerman. Filed Jan. 4.

St., Kingston 12401, c/o Michael Jan. 8.

P. Asbill. Filed Jan. 7.

Samsonville Building and TNT Landscaping, 1475 Design Co., 1900 Samsonville Let Life Rock, 10 Potter Hill Townsend Hollow Road, Road, Olivebridge 12461, c/o Road, Saugerties 12477, c/o Renee Middletown 12430, c/o Timothy Jason R. Perrotta and Jason J. J. Bonjolo. Filed Jan. 7.

M. Johnsmeyer Jr. Filed Jan. 4.

Wright. Filed Jan. 7.

Maid By Tina, P.O. Box 254, Van Etten Home Inspections, Ulster Medical Imaging, 26 Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Tina M. 44 Lancelot Drive, Saugerties Gabriety Road, Highland 12528, Whittaker. Filed Jan. 10.

12477, c/o Erik P. Van Etten. Filed c/o John R. Fanelli and Robert Jan. 10.

Malarczyk Jr. Filed Jan. 11.

One Great Dane, P.O. Box 69, Port Ewen 12466, c/o Eric VanVoorhis Construction, 124 Huguenot St., New Paltz 12561, Sole Proprietorships Hansen. Filed Jan. 7. c/o James Matthew VanVoorhis.

Paws and Tail Pantry, 430 D Filed Jan. 4.

3 Brother’s Lawncare, 304 Main St., Rosendale 12472, c/o Union Center Road, Ulster Park Kimberly A. Burger. Filed Jan. 11. Venus 9 Design, 7193 Route 209, 12487, c/o Donald E. Markle III. Wawarsing 12489, c/o Jacqueline Filed Jan. 14.

Gregory. Filed Jan. 7.

PROPERTY CAPITAL PARTNERS USA, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/30/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40 Middle Patent Rd., Bedford, NY 10506. Reg Agent: Glenn Hall, 40 Middle Patent Rd., Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58365 219 HUDSON STREET, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/27/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4412 Locust Point Dr, Bronx, NY 10465. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58366 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Blanco McGovern LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/Secy of State of NY on 9/20/12, Office loc: Westchester Cty, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Lyons McGovern LLP, 399 Knollwood Rd, Ste 216, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: Any lawful activity #58367 Notice of Formation of Canít Cook LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/30/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Carolyn Liebling, 10 Meadow Brook Road, Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58368 Notice of Formation of BNK Petroleum LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/3/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 555 South Columbus Ave., Ste. 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58369 Notice of Formation of CP HOLDEM 2, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/12.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 145 Bedford Road, Suite 201, Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58370 Notice of Formation of EGGMEAT REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/1/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 34 Second St., Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58371 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of NEW ROC PARCEL 1A RESIDENTIAL MEZZ, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on November 27, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Louis R. Cappelli, c/o Enterprises, Inc., 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York 10595.

The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58373

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of NEW ROC PARCEL 1A PARKING MEZZ, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on November 27, 2012.

The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Louis R. Cappelli, c/o Enterprises, Inc., 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York 10595. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58374 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of 140 FLORENCE AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on December 5, 2012.

The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Susan Cappelli, 18 Sylvia Avenue, Ardsley, New York 10502. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58375 Notice of Formation of GRANATA FAMILY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/4/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Ted Granata, Jr., 27 Morgan Place, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58376 Notice of Formation of MARINE PROCUREMENT SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/26/12.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Cardillo & Corbett, 29 Broadway, Suite 1710, NY, NY 10006. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58377

Preston & Fireflies Media LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/19/2012.

Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him to: 18 Winfield Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528. LLC may engage in any lawful activity for which a LLC may be formed. #58381 88 WEST LINCOLN LLC (the LLC) filed Articles of Organization with N.Y. Sec. of State on November 8, 2012. Office is in Westchester Co.; Sec. of State designated as agent for service of process, a copy of which it shall mail to the LLC at c/o PO Box 381, Mount Vernon, New York 10552.

The purpose of the LLC is any legal purpose. #58382

TRIKEL MANAGEMENT LLC (the LLC) filed Articles of Organization with N.Y. Sec. of State on November 30, 2012. Office is in Westchester Co.; Sec. of State designated as agent for service of process, a copy of which it shall mail to the LLC at c/o Gjonlekaj Inc., 404 N. High Street, Mount Vernon, New York 10552. The purpose of the LLC is any legal purpose. #58383 Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on 11/20/2012 for DAVID SERT KARKOW, M.D., PLLC. Principal office: Westchester County.

Business: Medicine. The SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is: 359 East Main Street Suite 3I, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. #58384 Notice of Formation of 83 ATLANTIC AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 11/29/12. 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, 500 Mamaroneck Ave. #320, Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58385 Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on 11/20/2012 for JEANETTE E. CUEVA, M.D., PLLC. Principal office: Westchester County. Business: Medicine. The SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is: 359 East Main Street Suite 3I, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. #58386

Rainbow Yogurt Bar, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/3/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 713 Yonkers Ave, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: General. #58378

ANTHONY LOPANE PROPERTIES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/30/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Lichtenstein & Schindel, 158 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58387

Notice of Qual. of Apss, LLC. filed with Sec of State NY (SSNY): 11/13/12. Office in Westchester County. Formed in CT: 3/7/2002.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to: 1437 Middletown Ave, Northford, CT 06472. Principal Office: 1437 Middletown Ave, Northford, CT 06472. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of CT, 30 Trinity St, PO Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115-0470.

Purpose: General. #58379

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: COMPETITIVE ROOF SERVICES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/02/11. 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, c/o P.O. Box 508 Yonkers, New York 10705. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #58388

Notice of Formation of LIEBER AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/5/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 709 Westchester Ave., Suite 205, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58380

Notice of Formation of Baron Hooters LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/12.

Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 374 McLean Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58389 Notice of Formation of Gray Barn Partners, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/19/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 322 Quaker Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58390

Notice of Formation of JK Bev Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Kevin Leahey, P.O. Box 467, Crompond, NY 10517. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58391 Notice of Formation of Edison Real Estate Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/15/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Edison Properties, LLC, 100 Washington St., Newark, NJ 07102. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58392 Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on November 13, 2012 for PC Dental Group, PLLC. Principal office: Westchester County.

Business: Dentistry. The SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is: One Gateway Plaza, Port Chester, NY 10573. #58393 57 Gould, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Ralph Denike Jr, 57 Gould Ave, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522.

Purpose: General. #58394 I-Learn LLC filed with secy of state of NY 11/30/2012 Office of Westchester county designated agent upon whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 9 Risley Place New Rochelle NY 10801. Purpose: remedial education. #58395 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Heron Lake Agriculture, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 12/12/12.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Robert P. McGraw, 113 River St, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58396 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 326 South Bedford Road LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/25/12.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Cuddy & Feder LLP, 445 Hamilton Ave, 14th Fl., White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58397 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Feder Brothers, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 12/13/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Robert Feder, Cuddy & Feder LLP, 445 Hamilton Ave, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58398 Name of LLC: AMCM & Associates LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 12/6/12. Office loc.: Westchester Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful act. #58399 DEROSA LAND SURVEYING, PLLC Notice of formation of Professional Limited Liability Company (ìPLLCî). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (ìSSNYî) on December 3, 2012. Office location: Putnam County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the PLLC at 301 Fields Lane, Brewster, New York 10509. Purpose: To conduct the practice of the profession of Land Surveying. #58400

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 401 East Main Street LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/Secy of State of NY on 12/06/12, Office loc: Westchester Cty, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Lyons McGovern LLP, 399 Knollwood Rd, Ste 216, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: Any lawful activity #58401

Notice of Formation of Atlantis Management Group III LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 555 South Columbus Ave., Ste. 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58411

Notice of Formation of Nous LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, One Teramar Way, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58402

Notice of Formation of YLS Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to princ. bus. loc.: c/o The LLC, 36 Palmer Ave., Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58412

Notice of Formation of 12 W45 AG LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/18/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Smartprose Ltd., 12 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58403

Notice of Formation of MGGGOLF LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/28/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Attn: Golf Shop, Waccabuc Country Club, 90 Mead St., Waccabuc, NY 10597.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #58413

Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of FIREFLY ENERGY CONSULTING LLC (“LLC”). Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of the State (“SSNY”) on 9/24/2012. LLC formed in Connecticut (“CT”) on June 27, 2011. Office location is Westchester County. SSNY has been designated an agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC c/o 171 Rowayton Woods Drive, Norwalk CT 06854. Office address in CT is 171 Rowayton Woods Drive, Norwalk, CT 06854. Copies of the Articles of Organization of LLC are on file and may be obtained from the Secretary of the State of CT, PO Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115.

Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #58421

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: TB Management LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/24/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Westchester Ave, Ste N611, Rye Brook, NY 10573, which is the principle business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58404

Notice of Formation of Elizabeth Shaw Hansen Speech Language Pathology, PLLC, a professional service limited liability company (PLLC).

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The PLLC, 127 Armonk Road, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: practice the profession of Speech-Language Pathology. #58414

Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on December 14, 2012 for OPTICAL FASHIONS II, LLC. Principal office: Dutchess County. Business: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is 200 Westgate Business Ctr Dr., Fishkill, NY 12524. #58422

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: TB Construction Services LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/27/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Westchester Ave, Ste N611, Rye Brook, NY 10573, which is the principle business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58405

Notice of Qualification of SOLUTION MEDICAL LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 08/17/2012. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in NJ on 06/27/2012. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 175 Huguenot St. Apt 2103 , New Rochelle, NY 10801. Address required to be maintained in NJ: 19 Windsor Place Wayne NJ 07470.

Cert of Formation filed with NJ Sec of State, 225 W. State Street P.O. Box 300 Trenton, NJ 08625 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58415

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MY HEALTH AND COMFORT, LLC. Application for Authority was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/28/12. The LLC was originally filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on 11/13/12. 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, One Bradford Road, Mt. Vernon, New York 10553.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #58423

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: TMD Builders LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/24/12.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Westchester Ave, Ste N611, Rye Brook, NY 10573, which is the principle business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58406 Susan Chasen Nutrition And Health Coach LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/29/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Susan Chasen, 27 John Cava Ln, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: General. #58407 GREAT KEEPSAKES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/19/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 52 Guion Street, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58408 SKYEFOX ENTERTAINMENT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/20/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 14 Lounsbury Road, Croton On Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58409 NERGASS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/19/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 57 Triangle Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10601. Reg Agent: Parviz Shakiban, 5 Waller Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58410

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC).

NAME: CRINCOLI COMMUNICATIONS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/01/13. 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: Crincoli Communications, 320 Carroll Close, Tarrytown NY 10591 principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58416 TRACEY PIERCE FAMILY DAYCARE, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of Sate on 11/13/12. Office located in Westchester County. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against served upon him/her to: 412 East 5th St., Mount Vernon, NY 10553. (LLC’s principal business location). Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58417 Notice of Formation of James Marsico, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/19/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2500 Westchester Ave., Ste. 109, Purchase, NY 10577.

Purpose: practice the profession of law. #58418 Notice of Formation of SAW MILL RIVER FUNDING COMPANY, LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 12/27/12. 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, 89 Edison Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58419

Notice of Formation of 175 West 88 L LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/27/12.

Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 50 Linden Lane, Bedford Corners, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58420

Notice of Formation of Ann Marie Butler Music LLC Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State on 1/7/13.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1879 Crompond Road, Apt C-2, Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: any lawful purpose or activity. #58424 Notice of Formation of 145-147 Main Street LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/2012. Office Location: Westchester Co. SNY designated as agent of LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o 145-147 E. Main Street, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549, also registered agent. General Purpose. #58425 Notice of Formation of 175 West 88 T LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/27/12.

Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 50 Linden Lane, Bedford Corners, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58426 Notice of Formation of CJC GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 1/3/13. 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, 9 Campus Place, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58427 LQ Property Management LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/5/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 28 Reynolds Ln, Buchanan, NY 10511. Purpose: General. #58428

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LEGAL NOTICES Continued from previous page Notice of Formation of THE KITCHEN HARBOR LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 1/3/13. 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, 269 Kimball Ave., Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58429 Notice of Formation of JSCTHEATRICALS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/2/13. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 72 Claremont Ave., Rye, NY 10508. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58430 Notice of formation of S.R. Dog Training, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/3/13. Office in Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC PO Box 176, Somers, NY 10589. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58431 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Rockwells Wolf Lane LLC d/b/a Rockwells to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 105 Wolfs Lane Pelham NY 10803. #58432 Notice of Formation of Mad Jack Jellies New York, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/12. Off. Loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 18 Rockledge Road, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58433

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Travelers Club Restaurant Inc. to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at Westchester County Airport White Plains NY 10604. #58434 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: BWELL BODY MIND, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 11, 2012. 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, 251 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, NY 10591, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58435 Notice of formation of Zenon Partners LLC filed with the Secy. of State (SSNY) on 11/28/12. Office loc.: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to Andrew Z. Dowicz, P.O. Box 167, White Plains, NY 10602. Mgmt. shall be by one or more members. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #58436 Notice of formation of Zenon Capital Management LLC filed with the Secy. of State (SSNY) on 11/28/12. Office loc.: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to Andrew Z. Dowicz, P.O. Box 167, White Plains, NY 10602. Mgmt. shall be by one or more members. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #58437

Notice of formation of Zenon Capital Advisors LLC filed with the Secy. of State (SSNY) on 11/28/12. Office loc.: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to Andrew Z. Dowicz, P.O. Box 167, White Plains, NY 10602. Mgmt. shall be by one or more members. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #58438 Notice of Formation of 209 East Main Street LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/201. Office Location: Westchester Co. SNY designated as agent of LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o 209 E. Main Street, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549, also registered agent. General Purpose. #58439 NOTICE OF FORMATION of J&L Wall Systems LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 1/9/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Alfred E. Donnellan, One North Lexington Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58440 KELLY & COMPANY 1ST RESPONDERS, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 11/14/2012.

Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in MO on 07/27/2006. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Rt 2, Box 512 , Norwood, MO 65717. Address required to be maintained in MO: 2805 S. Ingram Mill Rd. Springfield MO 65804. Cert of Formation filed with MO Sec. of State, 600 W. Main St., Jefferson City, MO 65101. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58441

DISASTER PERSONNEL SERVICES, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 11/14/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in MO on 10/18/2011. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 428, Ozark, MO 65721. Address required to be maintained in MO: 761 N 20th St., PO Box 428, Ozark MO 65721. Cert of Formation filed with MO Sec. of State, 600 W. Main St., Jefferson City, MO 65101. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58442 MSA VITAMIN STORE EIGHT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/02/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1955 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58443 CENTRAL PARK LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES, PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/13/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: U.S Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER. #58444 RECTANGLE WARE - EVER PAY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/03/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 115 E . Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, NY 10595. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58445 ELEGANT HOME DECOR LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/04/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 650 Lee Boulevard Space B01F, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58446

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Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Belgian Brasserie LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment.

For on premises consumption under the ABC law at Abendroth Avenue Portchester NY 10573. #58447

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Renorite Corp d/b/a Para Todos Cafe to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 14 Warburton Avenue Yonkers NY 10701. #58454

Spacesheep Enterprises LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/13. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Alexandros Halimou, 105 Munson Rd., Pleasantville, NY 10570.

Purpose: General. #58449

Notice is hereby given that a restaurant wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Universo Mexicano Restaurant Inc. to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 26 South Highland Avenue Ossining NY 10562. #58455

S2 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/4/13.

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

SSNY shall mail process to LynnMark Enterprises, LLC, 14 E 38th St Rm 1402, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: General. #58450 Jones Street Holding LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/4/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Wulf Lueckerath, 7 Taylor Rd, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: General. #58451 81 Cannon Street, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/6/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Wulf Lueckerath, 7 Taylor Rd., Mount Kisco, NY 10549.

Purpose: General. #58452 Yida Capital Management LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/15/10. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Wenqing Zang, 1 Preston St, Rye, NY 10580.

Purpose: General. #58453

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC).

NAME: THE SIMPLE BREWER, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/28/12. 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, 1 Mountain View Dr., Somers, NY 10589, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58457 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE GOLUB FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC for the year ended 11/30/12 is available at its principal office located at 7 Trailís End Chappaqua, NY 10514 914.238.4440 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Gerry Golub. #58458

Notice of Appointment of Receiver Plasticycle Corporation NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PAUL J. NOTO has been appointed Receiver of PLASTICYCLE CORPORATION (the ACorporation@) pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Alan D. Scheinkman, Justice of the Supreme Court dated January 10, 2013.

1. All creditors and persons indebted to the Corporation shall render an account of all debts owing by them to the Corporation and shall pay the same to the Receiver at the offices of Paul J. Noto located at 650 Halstead Avenue, Suite 105, Mamaroneck, New York 10543 on or before January 28, 2013.

2. All persons having in their possession any property of the Corporation shall deliver same to the Receiver at the offices of Paul J. Noto located at 650 Halstead Avenue, Suite 105, Mamaroneck, New York 10543 on or before January 28, 2013.

3. All creditors and claimants including any with unliquidated or contingent claims and any with whom the Corporation has unfulfilled contracts, shall present their claims to the Receiver in writing and in detail to the offices of Paul J. Noto located at 650 Halstead Avenue, Suite 105, Mamaroneck, New York 10543 on or before July 22, 2013.

PAUL J. NOTO, RECEIVER 650 HALSTEAD AVENUE, SUITE 105 MAMARONECK, NEW YORK 10543 Ad# 58448

On campus, he’s the nation’s duke of entrepreneurs

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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ikely he will not supplant Coach K – the “K” you see but don’t hear in Krzyzewski – and his Blue Devil basketball stars in the idolizing hearts and minds of classmates, but Bryan Silverman returned to his freshman studies at Duke University this month as a certified BEOC. Big Entrepreneur on Campus, that is. The university even gave him a shoutout for his singular national achievement on its Facebook page.

Last summer I met 19-year-old Bryan, then a Durham-bound graduate of Blind Brook High School, and his 22-year-old brother Jordan, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan, at their family’s home in Rye Brook. In the basement workout room, they had set up an office workstation for their highly novel startup business.

“I was sitting in the bathroom one day,” Jordan told me, describing a moment of entrepreneurial inspiration in Ann Arbor. That is how the story begins when you are a philosophy major gazing upon a blank scroll in the men’s room and your business that has brought a curious journalist to your door is one called Star Toilet Paper.

Advertising on toilet paper: it had not been done, or at least not so successfully or so earnestly as to have left a historical record on Google or a patent on file in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, until the Silverman brothers did it.

A captive audience of consumers – brilliant! Scrolling through retailers’ discount coupons bar-coded for scanning over that ever-present smartphone and redemption online – brilliant! Ads printed in anatomically and environmentally friendly soy-based ink – what a relief!

“Don’t Rush, Look Before You Flush” – what a cheeky company slogan! It translates well to T-shirts for that vast forever-irreverent-youth market. I confess my thirtysomething son wears one now, a walking advertisement and conversation starter for Star Toilet Paper in Chicago. Thanks, Pops, what a great Christmas gift!

So it was that the Silvermans rolled out their business in Ann Arbor and here in Westchester among advertisers willing to pay one-half cent per ad on a toilet paper sheet and willing too to gamble on a new medium that might leave many advertisers squeamish. Pita Pit. Smoothie King. Ben & Jerry’s. Just Baked, a chain of Michigan cupcake shops. They dared to go where others would not dare to reach a

MAKING IT YOUNG

Bryan Silverman load up on reading materials at the Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library.

literate customer.

And so it was that Entrepreneur Magazine in December named Bryan Silverman its College Entrepreneur of 2012. The $5,000 award that came with the honor and a feature profile in the magazine’s December issue likely will be used to improve their company website, Bryan told me while back home in Westchester on semester break.

It was a break too from his extracurricular activity: opening a new, ripe market for Star Toilet Paper in another open-minded, venturesome college community. He has placed their recycled paper rolls in a blues and ribs joint and a popular sports bar in Durham. About 15 advertisers in Blue Devil country have signed on for the brothers’ bold experiment in soy-based ink.

“When I have to make calls, the dorm isn’t really a good place to do that,” said the BEOC. DUhatch, a student business incu-

bator on campus, “is a good place for that.”

There’s little time for beer pong for this freshman. Bryan said he works 30 to 35 hours a week on Star Toilet Paper business.

“To me, it’s just my thing,” he said, learning outside the lecture halls and campus library “a business you can’t really learn unless you go out and do it. The more hours I put in, the more enjoyable it is.”

All that while starting coursework for his declared major in neuroscience.

“Neuroscience is stranger than the toilet paper industry,” Bryan gleefully declared.

Don’t rush, think about that before you flush from memory.

Their business has grown to about 70 advertisers. Jordan Silverman since October has been commuting from Rye Brook to shared office space for entrepreneurs at Sunshine Suites in Manhattan’s NoHo neighborhood. He has hired two employees. Jordan puts in 12-hour days

there, said his kid brother.

“He comes home tired and he comes home exhausted,” Bryan said. “But he loves exactly what we’re doing. He wouldn’t want to be doing anything else.”

The brothers are focused now on regional and national retail chains – among them, movie theaters and restaurants – as venues in which to place their ad scrolls. That would help them place larger bulk orders with their paper and print suppliers and reduce operating costs. They are also looking for investors to help cover their manufacturing and printing costs.

“Advertisers seem to love it,” he said of their toilet paper medium.

In Westchester, you will find their novel product at the Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library. “People should definitely go check it out,” said the College Entrepreneur of 2012.

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