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WHITE PLAINS COUNCIL APPROVES $275M SOUTH BROADWAY REDEVELOPMENT BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

A rendering of the twin-towered commercial and residential development proposed for 60 S. Broadway in White Plains.

oving at a comparatively swift pace of review for large-scale redevelopment projects in Westchester, the White Plains Common Council has approved a national developer’s plan for a $275 million redevelopment of the largely vacant Westchester Pavilion property on South Broadway. The council’s unanimous support for the mixed-use project came less than three years after the owner of the downtown property first publicly aired an ambitious proposal to transform what the city’s mayor called “an underutilized and underperforming site.” “This is a tremendous proj-

ect,” Mayor Thomas M. Roach said at the Feb. 1 meeting of the White Plains Common Council, which unanimously approved a site plan and special permits to allow outdoor dining at 60 S. Broadway, where a nearly 858,000-squarefoot, twin-towered commercial and residential development will be built over the next three years and employ an estimated 2,895 construction workers. The developer, Broadway and Maple Holdings LLC, is an affiliate of Lennar Corp., a publicly traded real estate development and management company headquartered in Miami. The White Plains project is led by the diversified company’s Lennar Multifamily Communities LLC in Virginia. In a deal between the city and » WHITE PLAINS, page 6

Bill seeks PLAs for all county construction projects over $250K BY EVAN FALLOR evan@westfairinc.com

n economic development package introduced by the Westchester County Board of Legislators includes

a bill that requires the county to enter into Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on every construction project over $250,000 rather than $1 million under current law. Co-sponsored by Democratic

lawmakers Kenneth W. Jenkins and Catherine Parker, the bill would ensure better fiscal accountability, in part because of what Jenkins called a “loophole” created to avoid negotiating PLAs. The bill would include carpenters, painters, electricians, operating engineers and all other building and trades unions. “PLAs are good for county taxpayers and businesses by providing good, safe job opportunities and ensuring projects get completed on budget and on time due to the supply of

qualified labor and relative ease of project management,” Jenkins said. Ross J. Pepe, president of the Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley Inc. that represents 600 regional construction businesses, said that his group fully supported the bill. “PLAs are a way to ensure labor harmony in the workplace and other public benefits,” Pepe said. “With a threshold set at $250,000, it’s likely that these savings and many public benefits would be more limited

than on larger projects where the potential for cost-efficiencies are often greater.” Benefits of PLAs include standardized workdays, expedited grievance processes, and another “15 or 20 reasons you would want to do them,” Construction Industry Council spokesman George Drapeau said. PLAs allow project owners to circumvent the Wicks Law, which requires that state and local construction projects costing more than $1.5 million in Westchester to have separate plumbing, heating/ » DEVELOPMENT, page 6

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His, hers and theirs BY DANIELLE RENDA drenda@westfairinc.com

aughter isn’t the only thing binding George Distefano and Maria Bilotta. This North Salem couple brings together two family-owned businesses — his, GlasSolutions, a glass and metal company, and hers, Bilotta Kitchens, a custom cabinetry company. Combined, the businesses have been open for nearly a century. “Two family businesses: She deals with my family. I deal with her family. It’s amazing that everybody gets along,” Distefano says. “And we still have the greatest holidays,” Bilotta adds with a smile. “I mean, it’s so difficult to run a business, especially with family.” The two gather around their kitchen island, sipping coffee. To their right is a wood-burning pizza oven surrounded by marvelous wooden cabinetry. To their left, you can see a spotless glass fence bordering the backyard deck. Straight ahead is the kitchen stove, complete with a glass backsplash. Just outside of the kitchen is a wine shelf, featuring an array of corks on the wall underneath, courtesy of Bilotta herself. Farther down the hallway is a nauticalthemed bathroom with a glass, showcasestyle sink embedded with seashells — keepsakes collected by their children during a family vacation. It’s safe to say the duo’s handiwork has turned their house into a home.

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George’s father, James Distefano Sr., started GlasSolutions in 1954 as Real Glass Co. The Newburgh-based business had only three employees — including George’s mother — and specialized in residential projects. In 1999, George rebranded Real Glass Co. as GlasSolutions Unlimited Corp., which has since grown to 28 employees and locations in Newburgh, Somers and Mamaroneck. Now specializing in commercial work, GlasSolutions’ projects include schools, hotels and stores, in addition to residential work. “It’s all about how you service people,” Distefano says. “I like to see things being built and what they look like after they’re finished. Working with architects and designers, it’s always exciting to watch what they ask for and to be involved in creating and seeing the final projects.” Distefano explains that many of GlasSolutions’ projects are similar in scope, but he encounters the occasional unusual request, including a comedian’s call for privacy.

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“He was getting photographed by paparazzi,” Distefano says. “(The comedian) would line his living room with 50 cans of paint and in the middle of the night, the lights would be blazing in his apartment, and he’d be there throwing paint on a canvas. We found out that people were downstairs photographing him, so we had to find a way to shield the windows, but at the same time, he didn’t want to lose his view.” Distefano’s solution was a specially tinted glass that allowed the comedian to see out but kept prying eyes from seeing in. “You can’t make this up,” Bilotta says, laughing. Despite the sporadic spontaneity of the business, one consistency remains — safety. “Our business has a lot to do with safety,” Distefano says. “All of my people are trained with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) safety training, because they’re handling glass and metal, climbing on ladders and working with equipment.” Unlike the earlier days of Real Glass Co., most of the glass used by GlasSolutions is “safety glass,” such as laminated or tempered glass. Instead of breaking into large, jagged shards, which may cause severe injury, laminated glass will splinter but remain intact, while tempered glass will crumble. “Some people say, ‘Oh my God, how do you handle that? Glass breaks so easily.’ And I say, ‘Well, that’s why business is so good, because glass breaks.”

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Maria’s father, Jim Bilotta, founded his business in 1954 as a residential construction company. It wasn’t until 1985 that his children, Jim, Maria and Regina Bilotta, opened Bilotta Kitchens, specializing in cabinetry, with a flagship showroom in Mamaroneck. “My father was a general contractor for 30 years and he had a great reputation in the county,” Bilotta says. “My sister, brother and I all went to school for different things. I was in the food business, my sister was in city planning and my brother wanted to be a forest ranger…This was 30 years ago. He let us take it and run, and we did.” Bilotta Kitchens, which is celebrating 30 years, has also expanded to two other locations, in Mount Kisco and New York City, and works with celebrities ranging from Emeril Lagasse to Mary Tyler Moore and Bruce Willis. “Anything that needs cabinetry, we’re there,” Maria Bilotta says. “We do libraries, bathrooms, bars, laundry rooms, mudrooms. And then we get involved in everything — counters and appliances. We’ve worked with the same people for 30 years. Some of our installers have been with us

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since we opened.” She is particularly proud of Bilotta Kitchens’ contribution to charities like Friends of Karen, a North Salem-based nonprofit providing emotional, financial and advocacy support to children with lifethreatening illnesses and their families. Recently, Bilotta Kitchens held its seventh Friends of Karen event, “A Night of Your Life,” with live music, games and a silent auction. Maria oversees all of Bilotta Kitchens’ involvement in support of Friends of Karen. “We do a lot of charity work,” she says. “We do fundraisers every few years.”

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The duo may each operate a separate family business, but GlasSolutions and Bilotta often collaborate on projects. “We try not to talk about it much at home,” Distefano says. He smiles at his wife, who returns the expression. But the success of their businesses is not what keeps the wheels turning for this family. “Despite all of the business stuff that goes on, when you see your kids turn into good human beings, that’s what you’re most proud of,” Distefano says. “The businesses are great, but your kids, when they grow up, and go on with their lives and really become good people, that’s what’s important.” The couple chat about their three children, recalling memories and sharing some of their accomplishments. “I feel like they were such a part of our businesses,” Bilotta says. “They’ve come with us to all of our sites.” “But they do have their opinions,” Distefano says. “And they let us know.” This article is reprinted from the January 2016 issue of WAG magazine, the Business Journal’s sister publication.

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FASNY vote postponed; council seeks appeal BY EVAN FALLOR evan@westfairinc.com

espite a court order to do so, the White Plains Common Council did not vote Feb. 1 on an application to redevelop the former Ridgeway Country Club as the French-American School of New York’s new campus. Rather, the city announced it would appeal the Jan. 20 ruling from state Supreme Court Judge Joan B. Lefkowitz that ordered the council to vote on a 2014 site plan and special permit application by Feb. 1. The special permit calls for the closing of a portion of Hathaway Lane, a street adjacent to the site. At its Aug. 5 special meeting, the common council voted 4-3 in favor, but a supermajority of five votes was needed for the measure to pass. White Plains Mayor Thomas M. Roach said Feb. 1 that without the road closing the application cannot be approved. “That’s what’s happening tonight,” Roach said. “So, nothing.” Groans could be heard from meeting attendees, one of whom said “we’re not all lawyers,” and asked for further clarification on the council’s decision. Roach said the city’s attorneys advised them to appeal the court order, adding they disagreed with the decision. The city and FASNY are scheduled to appear next in court on Feb. 11. FASNY’s planned $60 million, five-building school with five athletic fields would consolidate its three schools that are now in rented facilities in Scarsdale, Mamaroneck and Larchmont. In the ruling, Lefkowitz ordered the vote from the seven-member council was to be decided by a supermajority, rather than the simple majority vote that FASNY had requested. The judge had denied the school’s application for a special permit to close a portion of Hathaway Lane, a road bordering the campus that would be used as a main entrance for visitors. Lefkowitz also barred a group opposing the FASNY project, the Gedney Neighborhood Association, from entering the case. The group of property owners has sent numerous letters to city officials since 2010 voicing concerns with the project. Made up of 455 households, the association has taken issue with the potential closing of a public street and the adverse environmental impact that could follow from the school’s construction. The former country club property is in an area zoned for single-

family residences. Gedney Association President John Sheehan said he was not upset by Lefkowitz’s ruling against the organization and was optimistic about the outcome of the battle between FASNY and its neighbors. “We were very pleased by the decision,” Sheehan said. “Pleased, but not surprised.” Sheehan said he saw FASNY’s effort to overturn a city law that requires a supermajority vote of the common council to close a public road as far too ambitious and impractical. “I expect a 7-0 vote against it,” Sheehan said prior to what he believed was the common council’s vote on the FASNY plan. “The property is too big and too dense for open roads in the middle of a low-density residential neighborhood.” Andrea Colombel, chairperson of the FASNY board of trustees, in a statement said she was “pleased” with the court decision. “Simply put, the time has come to move forward with the project,” she said. “We look forward to becoming a part of the extensive and diverse educational opportunities for which White Plains is so well known and respected.” FASNY, represented by attorneys Daniel M. Richmond and Michael D. Zarin of the White Plains law firm Zarin & Steinmetz, asked the state Supreme Court to throw out the Aug 5 vote and instead approve its site plan and special permit application. White Plains Mayor Thomas M. Roach and the council are represented by Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP in the case. The school’s project was first proposed in 2011 after it bought the 130-acre former club. School facilities would be concentrated on 53 acres, while Greens to Green Conservancy at FASNY, a publicly accessible nature preserve, would be on the remaining 78 acres. The common council voted 6-1 in late 2013 to adopt the school’s State Environmental Quality Review Act findings statement. FASNY said on its website that the new campus would allow for a maximum of 1,200 students and roughly 225 to 250 employees; the school currently has 850 students enrolled. “The existing leased spaces no long serve the long-term mission of FASNY and would not allow for the planned increase in enrollment,” the school wrote in its plans.

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private developer that is the first of its kind in White Plains, Lennar will pay a $2.33 million fee in lieu of providing additional parkland for the 1,400 new residents the project is expected to attract. The recreation and parks impact fee will be paid in three installments and will be used solely to enhance existing city parks and playgrounds or create new ones, according to a spokeswoman for the mayor’s office. Lennar last year partnered on the project with the owner of the 185,000-square-foot Westchester Pavilion shopping mall, Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. in Greenwich. Urstadt Biddle in 2002 paid $39.9 million for the former Alexander’s department store building and 4-acre parcel at 60 S. Broadway. Since the Great Recession, the enclosed mall has largely been reduced to an empty shell of retail and restaurant space with the loss of anchor tenants, including Borders Books & Music and Toys R Us/Babies R Us, and smaller businesses. One of the building’s three remaining tenants, Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, expects to move its headquarters in April to The Source at White Plains retail building at 1 Maple Ave. Willing L. Biddle, president and CEO of Urstadt Biddle Properties, in May 2013 presented conceptual plans to the White Plains

Common Council to replace the antiquated and tenant-depleted commercial building with a “24-hour community” of apartment dwellers, retail, restaurant, health club and spa customers, office workers and hotel guests. Like Urstadt Biddle’s initial proposal, Lennar’s approved site plan calls for the development of approximately 858,000 square feet of space. The developer dropped the owner’s initial concept for a 180-room hotel and increased the number of apartments to be built from 550 to 707. Designed by Perkins Eastman Architects P.C., the Lennar project includes two 24-story, 280-foot residential towers with 707 rental units. Forty-three units, or 6 percent of the total, will be affordably priced for tenants earning 60 percent of Westchester’s area median income for households. City officials said those units will include three studios, 22 one-bedroom, 15 two-bedroom and 3 three-bedroom apartments. The residential towers will be built on top of 93,840 square feet of commercial space fronting South Broadway and Maple Avenue. The commercial construction will include 77,340 square feet of retail space and 16,500 square feet of restaurant space, of which 1,800 square feet will be used for six outdoor dining venues. City officials said the redeveloped site will include about 30,000 square feet of open space accessible to the public. That

includes a 7,200-square-foot plaza fronting on South Broadway from which pedestrians will enter the residential towers. The plaza will have outdoor restaurant seating. Before the Common Council vote, Roach said the Lennar project “brings us an opportunity to bring a large number of new neighbors who are downtown. They will help revitalize our downtown. They will use the streets. They will create the atmosphere we all love about our downtown.” Councilwoman Milagros Lecuona praised the developer’s team for readily cooperating with her and other city officials seeking changes and additions to the project design. Lennar’s four-level underground parking garage, which will provide more than 1,000 parking spaces, should be a model for other developers, she said. “That’s the way it should be done,” Lecuona said. “Then you leave the space above ground for people and leave the cars below ground.” With green roofs to reduce stormwater runoff, street landscaping and energyefficient features, “This project has so many good initiatives that it’s going to be kind of a role model for other projects,” Lecuona said. Councilwoman Nadine Hunt-Robinson, an attorney in private practice in White Plains, urged city officials and the developer at the start of the project to draft a community benefit plan that in part would ensure that minority-owned and women-owned busi-

nesses in the city “become involved and have our opportunities” in the $275 million project. Roach and council members said the project will create a more walkable Maple Avenue and connect by foot the Bloomingdale Road commercial area with the heart of downtown. “We have a node of retail and activity that has basically been separated from the rest of our downtown area,” extending from the Crowne Plaza hotel on Hale Avenue to Bloomingdale’s and Whole Foods on Bloomingdale Road, the mayor said. For pedestrians, “Maple is a real challenge” with its steep grade, restricted sidewalk areas and high-speed traffic, Roach said. “Pedestrians have subliminally a message to them that they don’t belong there; this is car territory.” Lennar will address that by building a series of small terraced plazas along Maple and Hale avenues that will contain benches, seat walls and landscaping. “I joke that it’s like climbing Mount Everest,” Roach said of the redesigned, pedestrian-friendly Maple Avenue. “There are base stations where you can stop and gather yourself.” “From the train station all the way down to Bloomingdale’s, we want to feel like this is a walkable city, because it’s going to raise our reputation in the larger community, bring more investment here, bring more people here,” Roach said.

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ventilation/air conditioning and electrical contracts. PLAs also help fulfill Minority Business Enterprise requirements and a drug-free workplace program and ensure no strikes or picketing. If there are any jurisdictional disputes between subcontractors, they are worked out among the different trades, Drapeau said. Construction projects that have used PLAs, he said, include the Ridge Hill shopping center in Yonkers, the Westchester County courthouse and The Westchester shopping mall in White Plains, and the new Tappan Zee Bridge. “There’s enhanced productivity and quality of construction with PLAs,” Drapeau said. “There’s a reason they’ve been around since the 1930s. They save municipalities time and money and avoid the risk of prevailing wage violations.” Going hand-in-hand with the PLA legislation is a second bill, also sponsored by Jenkins and Parker as well as Majority

Leader Catherine Borgia, that calls for apprenticeship training requirements that would create more job opportunities on county construction projects. The bill would require a written agreement between an employer and an apprentice prior to entering into a construction contract. “As the need for improvements to our infrastructure grows and new technologies in trades continue to emerge, the only way we are going to be able to fill jobs and finish projects on time and budget is making sure our workforce is abundantly prepared and skilled in the latest technologies,” Parker said. Drapeau said apprenticeship training programs help reduce compensation insurance costs, making it more economically feasible to enter into PLAs. “The apprenticeship training programs are really important,” Drapeau said. “If public works dollars are being spent on a project, they’re also helping build the workforce of tomorrow.”

INBRIEF COUNTY MORTGAGE TAX REVENUE UP IN STRONGER HOUSING MARKET Westchester County’s mortgage tax revenue rose 34 percent in 2015 to approximately $18.4 million, the highest since 2006 before the housing bubble burst, Westchester County Clerk Timothy C. Idoni said. A stronger real estate market accounted for the $3.44 million increase last year in mortgage taxes compared with 2014, when the county collected about $14.95 million, Idoni said. Mortgage taxes in 2014 were down $2 million or 12 percent from 2013. “Hopefully the county market has stabilized,” he said. “Despite tighter borrowing standards, revenues rode the strength of the improved market.” Mortgage loans and the resulting tax revenue to the county peaked in 2005, when the county collected approximately $39.8 million in mortgage taxes. Idoni pointed out that that record high was reached in a time of speculative loans and much lower lending standards that led to foreclosures “in too many cases.” Idoni said he thinks tighter lending standards combined with a stronger housing market will soon lead to a consistent revenue stream for the county.

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are past due. Discounts are lost. Customers catch on and look for other options. Employees find out and get nervous. Missed marketing opportunities puts more pressure on sales. The list goes on. Having three to six months of operating revenue in cash, in the bank and readily accessible is just plain smart. Most businesses aren’t even close to that number. Why so much? Multiple things can go wrong at once. You run out of juggling room. And then the business closes its doors. Take a hard look at why the business is or could be short on cash. Spending more than you make is a bad idea. Is overhead productive? Can cost of goods sold go lower? Will customers pay more?

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Track and eliminate mistakes. Think in terms of budgets, breakeven, forecasts, return on investment and profit margin. Work the problem. Know how much you have to pay in principal on loans, what’s in accounts payable, how much to put into reserves and how much to set aside for future expenses. These things show up on the balance sheet, not the profit and loss statement and they’re easy to forget. Negotiate every expense. Cut corners in one area to free up funds elsewhere. Have a priority spending list. Don’t waste time on diversions. If you can’t afford to do something, have the discipline to wait until you can afford it. Team up with someone else and share resources. Learn to do more and bring things in-house, or cut people loose and farm things out. Get creative. Whatever you do, don’t overspend. If you spend money as fast as it comes in, put someone else in charge of squirreling money away. Additional profitable revenue can solve a lot of problems. Look carefully at the margin on every customer and every project. Deliver only what the customer will pay for. Free up time and energy by walking away from high-demand/low-profit customers. Figure out what makes a profitable customer. Then go get more of them. Look at the peaks and valleys in revenue. You may be losing money trying to keep everything intact while you jump from one peak to the next. It may seem counterintuitive: turning away revenue in peak work periods can make a business more profitable. Make a list of other services or products to offer. Buy, instead of bootstrapping growth — that usually has a faster impact on revenue and profits. A seller with limited options will often settle for payments over time in order to make more on the sale. Looking for a good book? Try “The Small Business Savings Plan: 101 Tactics for Controlling Costs and Boosting the Bottom Line” by Timothy R. Gase. Andi Gray is president of Strate�y Leaders Inc., Strate�yLeaders.com, a business-consulting �irm that teaches companies how to double revenue and triple pro�its in repetitive growth cycles. Have a question for AskAndi? Wondering how Strate�y Leaders can help your business thrive? Call or email for a free consultation and diagnostics: 877-2383535, AskAndi@Strate�yLeaders.com. Check out our library of business advice articles: AskAndi.com.

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Entrepreneurs are risk takers by nature, leveraging insight, hard work, and capital to create successful companies. But when your company is your main source of financial security, you need to protect it from risk – like natural disaster, legal liability, and crime. Assessing risk. Unfortunately, many business owners don’t think about specific risks until they’ve experienced a threat firsthand. Which is why planning ahead is so critical to protect you and your business from losses. And while asset concentration, fiduciary risk, and risks unique to the nature of your business are extremely important to consider, there are emerging threats you could face. The new threat. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has estimated that cyber crime costs the U.S. economy at least $445 billion a year – $160 billion lost by individuals and $285 billion by companies. The risk is so great today that one solution many business owners are considering is cyber security insurance. These policies typically cover damage to digital assets, business interruptions, and reputational harm. They

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INBRIEF O’CONNOR DAVIES FORGES NEW TIES WITH PKF INTERNATIONAL O’Connor Davies LLP, the New York City-based accounting and advisory firm with a regional office in Harrison, announced its expanded relationship with PKF International, a global network of independent accounting firms. With its strengthened network partner-

ship, the company has changed its name to PKF O’Connor Davies. The firm also changed its logo to showcase the PKF name and adopted a new trademarked tagline, “Know Greater Value.” Company officials said the move gives its clients access to experts and accounting firms in 440 cities in 150 countries and makes PFK O’Connor Davies the primary referral point for international businesses with needs in North America. “Everything we do is focused on creating value for our clients and in today’s global environment the ability to deliver top-notch expertise no matter where clients are in the world is integral to that process,” Kevin J. Keane,

managing partner at PKF O’Connor Davies, said in the announcement. “Our expanded role in the PKF International network ensures our clients have seamless access to top accounting and advisory expertise around the world and helps put our firm on a level playing field with some of the largest in the industry.” The firm also has launched a new website with enhanced resources for clients, prospects and accounting professionals at pkfod.com. John Sim, global CEO of PKF International, said the growing network “sought a lead partner to anchor our presence in North America and O’Connor Davies was the natural choice. Beyond the cultural alignment, they have a strong leadership team and a deep team of experts across disciplines that is hard to match. The recent growth only underscores the strength of the firm and reinforced the decision to expand the relationship.” O’Connor Davies in the last three years has pursued an aggressive growth strategy through a series of mergers and acquisitions. The firm expanded from 450 professionals to more than 600 in less than 18 months, according to a company spokesperson, and operates 10 offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland. The accounting firm in 2015 extended its office lease to 2026 at 500 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison and expanded its space there by nearly 10,000 square feet, occupying 45,000 square feet. PKF O’Connor Davies has 222 employees in Westchester.

FORDHAM WESTCHESTER TO OFFER DOCTOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAM Fordham Westchester’s Graduate School of Education will launch a Doctor of Education program this fall to ready graduates for leadership roles in K-12 positions. The 45-credit program emphasizes collaborative learning and is based on the Carnegie Project Education Doctorate model, which blends both in- and out-of-classroom teaching to solve issues currently facing K-12 schools. A doctor of education degree is often required for superintendent and assistant superintendent positions. Students will be matched with school administrators for three years to work on remedying problems the districts face. Those applying must hold a master’s degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, have an educational administration certification and hold a leadership role in their school district. The school will hold an information session on the program Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. in Room 140 of Fordham Westchester’s campus at 400 Westchester Avenue in West Harrison. For more information on the program or to register for the information session, contact Toby Tetenbaum at 914-367-3235.

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vides services to county residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities, has bought the Strawtown Jewelry store in New City. ARC Executive Director Carmine Marchionda said as new owners, the organization will hire those with and without disabilities, adding it is the “first of a number of business ventures we intend to pursue.” The store at 40 S. Main St. reopened under the new ownership Jan. 26. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “For many years, ARC of Rockland has been successful in encouraging members of Rockland’s business community to hire people with disabilities to work in shops, stores and other venues throughout the county,” Marchionda said. “Now it is time for ARC to lead by example.” Ellen Arkin, who owned Strawtown Jewelry for more than 25 years, retired in 2015. Officials said she will stay on in an advisory capacity for several months during the initial stages of ownership change. Jessica Lowther, a job coach for ARC of Rockland, will serve as the store’s manager. Congers-based ARC of Rockland, a 650-employee organization, provides schooling, residential housing, job placement services and training, health and family services, recreation and other programs to those with disabilities.

CUOMO LAUNCHES $3 MILLION ENERGY CONTEST FOR SCHOOLS Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced the Energy to Lead competition, which will award $1 million each to three student-led coalitions who create the most comprehensive plans for campus and community clean energy projects. The competition is part of Cuomo’s Reforming the Energy Vision, which calls for a statewide reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent as well as a plan for New York to generate 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources and decrease energy consumption in buildings by 23 percent by 2030. The award money will go toward completing the proposed projects. “This competition will engage our future leaders today in this fight against climate change,” Cuomo said. The competition, administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, is open to students from two- and four-year public and private universities in New York. All proposals must have at least one undergraduate or graduate student from the school and be submitted by a faculty member. Applications, which are available on the NYSERDA website, must be submitted by 5 p.m. on April 4. Those applying should describe how their project would reduce emissions and how the $1 million award would be used to make the project possible. Web seminars on the project will be held Feb. 10 and March 1 on the NYSERDA site. — Evan Fallor and John Golden

BY NATALIE HOLDER

Uncovering unconscious bias in the workplace

Natalie Holder

iversity and inclusion have definitely grown up over the past 20 years. Studies have shown that diversity management tops the list of priorities that businesses will have in the coming years. And, within the last 10 years, there has been an explosion of seniorlevel diversity officer roles in corporations, higher education and law firms. With all of these resources being put toward increasing diversity, why have most organizations not achieved the change they seek? You might not have an answer because despite much societal advancement, there are reminders that people are treated unfairly because of their faith, how they look or how they sound. Our silence might also be acknowledging that we do not know how to achieve the diversity we seek. In the workplace, part of the issue is not knowing the difference between diversity and inclusion. Think of the high school lunch table as a metaphor for experiencing the distinction between the two. Do you remember what your high school cafeteria looked like, sounded like and what it smelled like? You probably had a group of friends that you ate lunch with every day. Imagine that one day, you asked a different group if you could sit with them and they enthusiastically made room for you. However, after a few minutes at this new table, you noticed that you were not a part of the conversation. People were making plans for the weekend without asking if you would like to join them. When you tried to tell a joke, everyone stared at you dismissively. People talked over you and cut you off mid-sentence. While you were invited to sit at the table, you were not invited to engage at the table. Many organizations do a great job of recruiting for the diversity they seek, but fail to create inclusive environments. Engagement is a measurement of a person’s inclusion in an organization and drives the overall quality of the human capital brought to the table. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs states that everyone has needs that must be met before

they can reach a level of self-actualization. In the workplace, an employee’s safety and psychological needs are most likely taken care of because their jobs provide the financial resources to clothe and feed themselves. However, the difficulty in most workplaces starts with the social needs. When you have friends and positive relationships at work, it creates a sense of belonging. Next is your esteem needs. Everyone has a need to have their work recognized by senior leadership. If employees never hear that they are doing a good job, they may doubt their work and themselves. Lastly, if all your other needs are met, you may reach the level of self-actualization at work. Self-actualization is the point where you take initiative and solve the critical problems in your organization. When your social and esteem needs are met, you have the space, room and security to think about new and different ways to contribute to your company’s business goals. If one of these rungs on the ladder to engagement is missing, however, it could financially impact the organization. For instance, employee turnover is one consequence of not having engagement. If your organization had 75,000 employees, and 50 percent were women and nonwhite, but saw a 3.6 percent attrition rate with this population, it would cost the organization $2.2 million if it costs $10,000 to replace an employee. So how and why does exclusion still take place when there are direct benefits to inclusion? Often, without even realizing it, people engage in micro-inequities that are driven by their unconscious biases. Micro-inequities are the subtle gestures, comments and interactions that make you feel included or excluded by another. It’s feeling ignored when you’re talking to someone and they glance at their watch when you make an important point. It’s being left off of an email chain when you should have been included. Think of microinequities as the waves that threaten to erode your beautiful beach house that sits on wooden stilts. Over time, the waves deteriorate the wooden stilts, often in ways that are unseen by the eye. While there are a number of ways to uncover exclusion and unconscious bias in an organization — and eventually eradicate it — the process may start with three questions: • Is there a team member who would view my feedback as negative if I give them any feedback at all? • Who on the team do I dislike working with? • Which person on the team makes me say, “I am having such a dif�icult time getting to know this person?” Most likely the person or people who surface in your responses are feeling excluded

from your work groups. In a training session for a large government agency, there was a senior leader who admitted that while he was committed to diversity as a cause, he was not putting his actions into practice with certain individuals on his team. He courageously admitted that he created a self-fulfilling prophecy where his favorite employees were excelling and the others, whom he did not connect with and had ignored, were struggling. Invitations to his afternoon coffee excursions to Starbucks were

only extended to the people on his team that he connected to and liked. Even those with the best intentions have difficulty tying their words to their actions. Creating an inclusive culture takes shaking our unconscious minds awake and questioning our actions. Natalie Holder is an employment lawyer, speaker, corporate trainer and author of “Exclusion: Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion.” For more information, visit QuestDiversity.com.

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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

Ranked by number of full-time students (includes undergraduate). Name, address, phone number Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

1 2 3 5 4 6

Fordham University

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

Westchester Community College

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

Pace University

861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville 10570 923-2600 • pace.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

SUNY Purchase College

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

President Admissions director(s) Email address Year college established

Number of Full-time/ Number of full-time campuses in the part-time equivalent faculty county students enrolled in 2015-2016

Full-time tuition/ nonboarding semester

School's Type of institution operating budget

$566.1 million

Private, Jesuit university

$127 million

Community college offering more than 60 associate degrees and certificates

Joseph M. McShane 1841

15,231

NA NA

$46,120, annually undergraduate; $53,440, annually law school; $827-$1,421 per graduate credit

Belinda S. Miles Gloria Leon admissions@sunywcc.edu 1946

12,999 (2014-2015)

173 881

$2,140 per semester

Stephen J. Friedman Nicole Salimbene ugplv@pace.edu, gradwp@pace.edu 1906/ 1963, Pleasantville campus

10,950

3 (2 additional in New York City)

492 892

$56,343 room and board $39,728, nonboarding

WND

Private institution with campuses in New York City and Westchester County offering bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs

Timothy L. Hall admissions@mercy.edu 1950

7,939

198 NA

$8,733 per semester; $735 per credit

Accredited, private, nonsectarian, coeducational college

Stephen J. Jerome Emerson Phillips ephillips@monroecollege.edu 1933

7,002

298 136

$6,624 per semester; $552 per credit

Private college

Thomas J. Schwarz Stephanie J. McCaine admissions@purchase.edu 1967

4,200

163 262 (2014-2015)

$3,235, undergraduate, in state

Public college

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Investing angels set up shop and seek pitches BY DANIELLE BRODY dbrody@westfairinc.com

tartups are not only for Silicon Valley, according to the Westchester Angels. Jeff Loehr, Sandy Wollman and Jonathan Rosen, businessmen with a range of experience, founded the Westchester Angels to mentor and invest in companies close to home. Loehr, who has worked in IT and consulting internationally, said when he started investing in companies, the process involved hours of travel. He realized there were companies in Westchester he wanted to fund, but there was no angel group. Last year he, Wollman and Rosen created Westchester Angels, a group of accredited investors who find and vet startups for potential investments. Angel investment typically comes after a startup has raised money from friends and family, but before it seeks venture capitalist funding, Loehr said. Westchester is an ideal location for startups because of the close proximity to the city with a lower cost, opportunity for benefits and access to skilled labor, he said. Loehr sees growth in technology in general and more specifically in biotechnology and financial technology and in food and consumer products. “We think there’s a nascent startup scene here — we think there are enough potential investors, there’s enough potential interest,” Loehr said. “We’ve come across a lot of great entrepreneurs who are working and starting up businesses here in the Westchester area.” Rosen said they are interested in businesses based in Westchester and southern Connecticut because the angels can be more involved if they can easily meet with the entrepreneurs. Wollman said the goal is not only to write checks, but to mentor startups. “We’re finding that the angel investment community as a whole is a very collaborative community,” he said. “People are willing to share their toys and advice in the sandbox, if you will, and we’re trying to add that value back. This is the culture that we’re trying to create — we’re serious about investing, but we want to add value for entrepreneurs wherever we possibly can.” The group has about 15 investors and seeks more. Investors need to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s requirements, some of which include having an earned income of at least $200,000 for the past two years or having a net worth of more than $1 million. Entry into Westchester Angels costs $750 per year, which entitles investors to come to meet-

ings and hear presentations from fundable, scalable startups, Rosen said. Entrepreneurs have to have risked their time and money and have raised a round of “friends and family money,” according to Rosen. The group also looks for companies that have proof of concept and a strong management team. The angels will invite vetted companies with promise to pitch their businesses live. If investors are interested, they move to the due diligence phase, which involves thoroughly investigating financials, talking to customers and raising other questions to reduce risk. Now, angels invest individually, but they could have a pool of funding in the future, Rosen said. He said the founders’ diverse backgrounds bring different skill sets to the

group. Rosen practiced law at his own firm, ran a high-end furniture business with his father, worked at a Westchester-based contracting company and in between, founded two startups. Now he is managing partner of Collaberex, lead-generation groups for business to business. Loehr has worked for companies such as Rio Tinto and Daimler AG in Berlin and has advised large and small-scale companies. Now he is a partner at his consulting firm, stratalis. Wollman worked internationally as the co-partner of a textile supplier, was a financial planner and the director of pro bono at the Financial Planning Association. He started the Small Business Advisory Alliance, which offers free mentorship for emerging or existing business owners. It is

now merging with ICanNY, a Hudson Valleybased incubator and accelerator. “We’re in a unique position with the Westchester Angels to bring it all together,” Wollman said. “I’m excited about the future of the Westchester Angels to really make a difference and to create that entrepreneurial spirit here in Westchester that needs to be created.”

Are you looking for angel money? Join Westfair Communications and the Westchester Angels at our own “Shark Tank” event in April. To find more information or to submit your startup for review to pitch at this event, visit westfaironline.com/events.

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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

7 8 9

Manhattan College

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

Iona College

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

The College of New Rochelle

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

Manhattanville College

Sarah Lawrence College

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

1 Mead Way, Bronxville 10708 337-0700 • sarahlawrence.edu

New York Medical College

40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla 10595 594-4000 • nymc.edu

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

Brennan O'Donnell Caitlin Read caitlin.read@manhattan.edu 1853

3,576

219 NA

$36,985, per year; $49,605, including room and board; NA tuition varies based on school

Lasallian, Independent, coeducational university

Joseph E. Nyre Alick Letang admissions@iona.edu 1940

3,554

172 169

$49,304 per year $35,324, nonboarding

Private, Catholic, liberal arts college

Judith Huntington Michael DiPiazza admissions@cnr.edu 1904

2,550

92 446

$32,450 per year; $46,300, $59 million including room and board

Private, Catholic liberal arts college

Jon Strauss Nikhil Kumar admissions@mville.edu 1841

1,700

103 270

$17,435 per semester; $25,370, including room and board and fees

Private, co-educational, liberal arts college

Karen R. Lawrence Kevin McKenna kmckenna@sarahlawrence.edu 1928

1,328

107 197 (2014-2015)

$49,680, per year; $59,186, including room and board

Private, coeducational, liberal arts college

Alan Kadish Fern R. Juster, School of Medicine; Veronica Jarek-Prinz, School of Health Sciences and Practice; 1,174 Carolyn Chiarieri, assistant dean for admissions webmaster@nymc.edu 1860

$146.3 million

$52,000, School of Medicine; $52,200 School of Health Sciences and $130 million Practice; $1,025 per credit, Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences

1,368 356

Medicine and health sciences university

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INBRIEF CLIFF WEBER JOINS PCSB BANK Attorney Cliff Weber has joined PCSB Bank at its corporate headquarters in Yorktown Heights as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief risk officer, bank officials Cliff Weber announced. The former managing partner in the White Plains office of Hinman, Howard & Kattell LLP, Weber for more than 25 years has represented community banks in corporate, securities, transactional, advisory and regulatory matters. He has served as counsel to the New York State Assembly Insurance Committee and as general counsel to Community Bankers Association of New York State. PCSB officials said Weber is also a past chairman of the New York State Bar Association Banking Committee. “In today’s complex and evolving financial and regulatory environment, we are pleased to have added Cliff Weber, who has such depth of experience in compliance as well as strategic issues, transactions, corporate structure, and investments,” said Joseph D. Roberto, chairman, president and CEO of PCSB Bank. “He is an ideal team member as we solidify our expansion — while remaining a responsible communityfocused, customer driven bank.” Weber said he is “looking forward to facilitating the continued growth of PCSB Bank, which provides a much-needed banking resource for families and businesses in the communities we serve.” Founded in 1871 as Putnam County Savings Bank, PCSB Bank operates 15 retail branch offices in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, and Rockland counties and maintains total assets of approximately $1.2 billion.

PACE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT FRIEDMAN TO RETIRE IN 2017 Pace University president Stephen J. Friedman will not seek reappointment at the end of his current term in June 2017. In a letter to the Pace community, Friedman, who has served as the school’s president since June 2007, said he will not seek another five-year term, calling his time at the university the “most challenging and rewarding period” of his professional career. Friedman also served as dean of Pace Law School for three years before being named the university’s seventh president.

ers of growth and success for this wonderful university.” He was re-elected for a second term in a unanimous vote by the school’s board of trustees in 2011. Board Chairman Mark Besca called Friedman a “transformative figure” who developed a plan that helped the school grow in his nine years thus far as president. “Throughout two remarkable terms as president, he has demonstrated passionate advocacy for our students and worked tirelessly to position Pace for a bold and bright future.” — Evan Fallor and John Golden

The university said it will begin the process of selecting his successor “shortly.” “We now have a strong base in curriculum, strategic initiatives, faculty and administration that Stephen J. Friedman will be a springboard to what I firmly believe will be a truly great future for Pace University,” Friedman wrote. “My intention is to leave my successor a firm foundation on which to build the next lay-

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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Concordia College

The College of Westchester

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Not ranked

171 White Plains Road, Bronxville 10708 337-9300 • concordia-ny.edu

325 Central Ave., White Plains 10606 831-0200 • cw.edu

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

LIU Hudson at Westchester ^

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

SUNY Empire State College ✚

210 N. Central Ave., Suite 150, Hartsdale 10530 800-847-3000 • esc.edu

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

Viji George Donald Vos admission@concordia-ny.edu 1881

971

52 96

$28,570, nonboarding

$26 million

Private, four-year, coeducational college offering undergraduate and graduate programs

Mary Beth Del Balzo Matt Curtis admissions@cw.edu 1915

846

33 54

$20,115, per year; $745 per credit

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Four-year private college

Michael Smith Ted Havelka info@berkeleycollege.edu 1931

465 (Westchester campus)

$11,550 per semester

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Four-year private college

Sylvia Blake, president of LIU Hudson 400 Cindy Pagnotta 1 (Hudson campus) cindy.pagnotta@liu.edu 1926

20 100

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Merodie A. Hancock hudson.valley@esc.edu 1971

250 1,150

$270 per credit for New York state residents; $378 $97.9 million per credit for out-of-state residents

19,500

Public college

This list is a sampling of colleges and universities located within the region. If you would like to include your institution in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com. * ** ^ ✚

Information is from the 2015 listing. University has nine additional locations outside of Westchester County totaling more than 8,300 students. University has eight additional locations outside of Westchester County totaling approximately 20,000. College has 35 locations aross New York state; statistics reflect overall data.

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CHALLENGING CAREERS

BY CATHERINE PORTMAN-LAUX

Checking under the floorboards for surprises

hristopher Scardaci, a Poughkeepsiebased home inspector, prides himself on helping clients gain the most from sales of their homes. President of Scardaci Home Inspection Inc., he also represents prospective homebuyers, assuring them of no unpleasant surprises after moving into a new abode. Scardaci’s business focuses on residential single-family and multifamily dwellings. “In the mid-Hudson Valley we have many old homes,” he said. “It’s not like the southern retirement communities where structures are new.” Homes predating the l900s are prone to termite damage, Scardaci said. He recalls delivering the bad news to one homeowner looking to sell that there was $35,000 worth of termite damage in the walls and under the siding attached to the lower foundation, with damage extending to beneath the hardwood floors that required restoration. “The whole front of the house was stone veneer. The stone had to be taken down and redone,” he said. “The vinyl siding had to be taken off.” Scardaci takes a paternal interest in his clients. Coming from a construction background, he has a broad knowledge and can refer clients to reliable contractors, as well as sources for materials, so that they are not overwhelmed. “I have built up a network of Realtors who refer business to me, because I am not viewed as a deal killer,” he said with pride. “For everything I find wrong, I propose a solution.” Scardaci is alert for safety issues such as improper wiring or faulty boiler installation. For instance, he said pressure relief valve extensions that are placed too high could potentially blow off when a boiler overheats or the pressure valve fails. This presents the danger of scalding children or anyone standing nearby. “Extensions should sit no higher than six inches off the floor,” he said. Scardaci recalled a client whose attic was improperly vented, holding moisture. “Walking on the roof was like walking on a sponge. I showed him how to properly ventilate the attic.” A dirt cellar floor in another home presented a problem. “The floor allowed moisture to creep in, which attracts insects,” he recalled. Covering the dirt with heavy-duty 9mm plastic solved that problem, he said. Plumbing repairs represent Scardaci’s biggest nightmare. “Plumbers are so expensive that homeowners tend to let plumbing needs slide,” he sighed. Before venturing into home inspection, Scardaci bought properties in Charlotte, N. C.,

planning to become a developer. “Charlotte is second only to New York City in finance. The 2009 real estate crash halted development.” He does own several rentals in the Poughkeepsie area. Son of Lawrence and Deborah Scardaci of Poughkeepsie, Scardaci was introduced to construction as a youth, assisting his father in the business that he still operates. He supplemented his experience with studies in the construction and masonry program at Dutchess County Career and Technical Institute. At 21 he embarked on his first home investment property, a three-unit home near Marist College that he renovated and rented to students. Scardaci added one more qualification for his present career, entering the real estate

market and earning his license. “After a few years, I learned that my real estate colleagues were often left with questions not fully satisfied after a home inspection,” he said. “They would be told what was wrong, but not what steps were necessary to fix the issue, where to purchase the supplies and how much it would cost.” Thus was born Scardaci Home Inspections Inc. He spends leisure time with two terriermix rescue dogs adopted from Crate Escape, flown up from the Carolinas to Dutchess. Challenging Careers focuses on the exciting and unusual business lives of Hudson Valley residents. Comments or suggestions may be emailed to Catherine Portman-Laux at cplaux@optonline.net.

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PLANNING AHEAD YOUR SOURCE FOR UPCOMING WESTCHESTER NOT-FOR-PROFIT EVENTS FEB. 15

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Benefiting: Wartburg Cheryl Wills reads from her new children’s book “The Emancipation of Grandpa Sandy Wills.” Books will be available for purchase and signing. TIME: 1:45 p.m. LOCATION: One Wartburg Place, Mount Vernon TICKET PRICE: Free CONTACT: Charlotte Steverson or visit www.wartburg.org

Benefiting: Westchester Heart & Vascular at Westchester Medical Center Start your evening with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as you shop at our specialty boutiques and our silent auction. Then join us for a seated dinner alongside the runway to enjoy a fashion show hosted by Tonia Tagliaferro, owner of The Art of Dressing. Combine that with healthy lifestyle tips and you have – Girls’ Night Out, an evening dedicated to raising awareness for women’s heart health and to raise funds for WMCHealth’s Heart and Vascular Institute. TIME: 6 to 10 p.m. LOCATION: Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook TICKET PRICE: $125 per person, sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Westchester Medical Center Foundation at 493-2575 or visit www.westchestermedicalcenter.com/GNO

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21ST ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS DINNER

Benefiting: Pace Law School The law school inaugurated its Leadership Award in 1995. The purpose of this accolade is to honor individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the legal community and the annual dinner provides the setting for the presentation of the Leadership Awards. Through sponsorships and a journal produced especially for the event, funds are raised that help to underwrite the law school’s outstanding academic programs, our faculty and students. HONORING: Chris Carnicelli ’93 and Peter S. Goodman ’86 TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Country Club, Rye TICKET PRICE: $275 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Vivian Pazos at 212-346-1287 or email Leadershipdinner@law.pace.edu.

LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON

Benefiting: Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson Annual event honoring community partners throughout the Hudson Valley who have supported Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson and contribute to its mission. HONORING: Mercy College and Orange County Youth Bureau TIME: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. LOCATION: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $140 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Laura Montopoli at 747-3080, ext. 739, or email lmontopoli@girlscoutshh.org

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PHELPS FOOD, WINE AND BEER FEST

Benefiting: Phelps Memorial Hospital Center At this unique afternoon event, guests will have the opportunity to sample delicacies at elegant dining stations hosted by exclusive local restaurants, while enjoying wines selected by the chefs to complement their fare. An extraordinary variety of beer will also be offered for tasting. Tappan Hill is a beautiful historic mansion with views overlooking the Hudson River. The event will also feature a Beer Garden presented by Half Time, offering an extensive array of international beers. Wine will come from Grape Expectations. TD Bank is the event’s Gourmet Sponsor. TIME: 1 to 4 p.m. LOCATION: Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill Mansion, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $90 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Marissa Coratti at 366-3104 or email mcoratti@pmhc.us

KAITLYN’S WISH “MAKING WISHES COME TRUE” FUNDRAISER

Benefiting: Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley A benefit in memory of Kaitlyn, who received a wish from Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley, shortly before she passed away. Join us for an evening of fun, food, auction, dancing and friends to raise money for Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Jessica Anthony and Jason Anthony TIME: 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. LOCATION: The Coliseum, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; journal opportunities available CONTACT: Jessica Anthony at 952-7784 or email jessica@kaitlynswish.com or visit www.kaitlynswish.com

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Benefiting: Foundation for Empowering Citizens with Autism (FECA) Dinner by the bite, open bar and silent auction with all proceeds to benefit citizens with autism. The Foundation for Empowering Citizens with Autism, FECA enriches the lives of those with autism, helping them achieve their greatest potential. EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Elise and Phil Orlando and Melanie and Drew Schaffran TIME: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: The Yale Club of New York City, New York TICKET PRICE: $325 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Hospitality Resource Group at 761-7111 or Michael@hrginc.net or visit www.FECAinc.org

SUBMIT YOUR EVENT Westchester not-for-profit organizations are invited to promote their special events in “Planning Ahead.” To submit an event, visit www.HRGinc.net and click on “Planning Ahead” or for more information, please call 761-7111.

10TH ANNUAL EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE DINNER

Benefiting: Legal Services of the Hudson Valley This event, which welcomes more than 300 community and business leaders, is the perfect venue for individuals and organizations to show their support for LSHV’s efforts which provides free civil legal services to more than 25,000 people, including more than 9,500 children annually that cannot afford. HONORING: Tony West, PepsiCo; Sidney Rosdeitcher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Susan Fox, White Plains Hospital EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Thomas R. Lalla and Courtney Rocket, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP; and Fran Pantaleo, Bleakley Platt & Schmidt LLP TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $275 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Hospitality Resource Group at 761-7111 or Jenna@hrginc.net

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Benefiting: HOPE Community Services Inc. HOPE opened the doors of its first soup kitchen in 1984. Since its early days, HOPE has grown to become the largest emergency food pantry and soup kitchen in the region. This event will raise funds to contribute to HOPE’s mission and growth. HONORING: Montefiore Hospital, New Rochelle Cheverolet, Butterflies for Jody, Pet Rescue EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Dorothy Meehan and Ali Greene TIME: 6 to 11 p.m. LOCATION: Beckwith Point, New Rochelle TICKET PRICE: $150 per person; journal opportunities available CONTACT: Carole Troum at 636-4010 or visit www.hopecommunityservices.org

Benefiting: Family Services of Westchester This event is an important opportunity for Family Services of Westchester to raise funds for its mission: to strengthen and support families, children and individuals at all stages of the life cycle. The evening’s star-studded lineup of celebrity athletes will be brought to us by sponsor Steiner Sports. A Lifetime Achievement presentation will be presented to basketball legend Coach Bob Knight and Yankee great Andy Pettitte. A keynote presentation will be delivered by Notre Dame’s Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, best known as the inspiration for the motion picture Rudy. There will also be a VIP Reception featuring Ottis Anderson, Bill Buckner, Mookie Wilson and others. HONORING: Jody E. Rollins and Markham F. Rollins III EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Brandon Steiner, Leslie Chang and Karen Beatty TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: The Fountainhead, New Rochelle TICKET PRICE: $350 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Hospitality Resource Group at 761-7111 or Jenna@hrginc.net

FEBRUARY SPOTLIGHT

GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND Guiding Eyes is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizato fulfill its mission. tion that provides superbly bred and trained guide Recently, Hitachi Metals America Ltd., neighdogs to men and women who are blind or visubors of Guiding Eyes, awarded us a grant through ally impaired. Dogs not suited for guide work may its Community Action Committee. The Hitachi Combecome service dogs for children on the autism munity Action Partnership provides employees with spectrum. All Guiding Eyes dogs expand horizons the training and tools needed to direct part of their for people to achieve life’s goals. All services are community engagement efforts. The program helps offered free of charge to people who are blind or unify Hitachi’s group companies in North America visually impaired and to families with children with around shared values of service and good corporate autism. citizenship. Our Headquarters and Training Center is located Both The George T. Walker Fund of The Lehigh in Yorktown Heights, and our Canine Development Valley Community Foundation and Hitachi Metals Center is in Patterson. We are an accredited member of the International Guide America are dedicated to community involvement and we are deeply grateful for Dog Federation (IGDF), the organization establishing worldwide standards for the their support. breeding and training of guide dogs. Guiding Eyes is dependent upon contributions For more information, visit us on our website https://www.guidingeyes.org/.

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Nonprofit Westchester (NPW) has kicked off 2016 with a bang. Last month, we reached our 100-member milestone when Crossover Yoga Project joined us, which is fantastic all on its own. But then, we exceeded that milestone with 138 members when all 38 of Westchester’s libraries joined. This is great news for us. We began our organization in 2012 with 31 members. Now, with a larger, stronger collective voice, we can work together to powerfully strengthen local nonprofit organizations that greatly impact our county’s economy. With a stronger voice, we can better educate the nonprofit sector and our community with shared resources, connections and information. With a stronger voice, we can advocate for issues that impact everyone in Westchester. And, with a stronger voice, we can take an effective stance on government policies that need our support. We’re stronger working together. Our mission is to strengthen the impact, capacity and visibility of the nonprofit sector in Westchester County for a more just and caring community; with more members we are better able to achieve that goal. We are thrilled with how much NPW has grown and excited about where the future will take us. We invite you to learn more about what we do. Follow us on Face-Joanna Straub book.com/npwestchester and Twitter @NPWestchester. Better yet, join Executive Director, Nonprofit us! Find more information and register at www.npwestchester.org. Westchester

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A quest for the wisdom of life’s experiences THE ‘SAGE-ING’ MOVEMENT IS HERE

BY REECE ALVAREZ ralvarez@westfairinc.com

s opposed to countries like Japan — instilled with a deep appreciation for ancestry and the wisdom of elders — the U.S. is, if not unappreciative of its elders, more defined by youth culture. Jerome Kerner of Lewisboro and the national “Sage-ing” movement are trying to change that. “In older societies before the industrial age and among indigenous peoples it is the elders who were looked at for tradition, storytelling and wisdom,” Kerner said. “We are dealing with a culture that thinks only youth is beautiful, or that ageing only brings problems like adult diapers or skin creams.” Through day-long workshops Kerner

brings together groups of up to 20 elders who are willing to discuss their past and their mortality and share those thoughts with their communities. “It is about hearing others, not trying to fix them,” he said. “That creates a much deeper and gratifying relationship. In a society that embraces the elder, it is not what you look like or how you move, it is what you have to give from a deeper place, a place of carrying on tradition and what you know about life.” Founded in 2004, Sage-ing International is a non profit organization that seeks to foster meaning in the second half of life. A popular phrase of the organization reads: “From age-ing to Sage-ing.” With chapters sparsely spread across the U.S. and Canada, Kerner is the only certified

Sage-ing leader in the Westchester/Fairfield County region. He has held several workshops in Westchester County and as far away as Maryland. He now plans to expand his workshops to Connecticut with a planned event in Wallingford on April 9 and a tentative workshop in the works with Temple Shearith in Ridgefield. Katonah resident Jo Voege is in her seventies and participated in one of Kerner’s workshops, which she said helped her to gain perspective on the legacy she will leave children and grandchildren. “I found it very interesting and deep,” she said. “We spent some time, looking backwards at our lives, the good, the bad, any feelings we had maybe about where we need forgiveness. Then we looked forward at what

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“IN OLDER SOCIETIES BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL AGE AND AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IT IS THE ELDERS WHO WERE LOOKED AT FOR TRADITION, STORYTELLING AND WISDOM. WE ARE DEALING WITH A CULTURE THAT THINKS ONLY YOUTH IS BEAUTIFUL, OR THAT AGEING ONLY BRINGS PROBLEMS LIKE ADULT DIAPERS OR SKIN CREAMS.” — Jerome Kerner

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Sharing the gifts of a lifetime’s worth of knowledge and experience through service and legacy are the primary focus of the workshops, Kerner said. “The goal is to create an atmosphere where the elder is not only respected, but encouraged to remain active and not to be isolated,” he said. “The passing on of who you are as a person and what your values are, what your life’s philosophy was, so that grandchildren, great grandchildren and future generations will have an ability to know you from that perspective.” For more information about the Sageing workshops, contact Jerome Kerner at 914-763-6911.

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White Plains Transit District is being studied for redevelopment.

Demolition has begun on Larkin Plaza in Yonkers for a $197.4 million smart-growth project.

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ignated growth areas and where to conserve, preserving the natural environment that is essential for ecological services, public health, and livability. There is nothing vague about it. This is a market-driven trend caused by changing demographics and aided by private-public partnerships that involve all sectors of the private market and a surprisingly well-coordinated effort on the part of the federal, state, and local governments. What was barely perceptible in the real estate market 15 years ago is rapidly becoming a booming business. Developers make it clear that they will invest in this new market but only where local mayors and councils are champions of economic development, where a clear local vision for development is in place, and where the local land use approval process works efficiently. Several of our cities and villages are leading the effort to attract development. Many real estate companies are transforming themselves into developers of mixeduse complexes, transit-oriented buildings, and sustainable neighborhoods. Those who serve real estate development are paying attention, changing their business models as needed to get ahead of and capitalize on this trend. Local governments set the stage for the zoning that permits smart growth by developing a vision for their future in a comprehensive plan, transit area plan or local waterfront revitalization plan. Zoning that conforms to these plans makes it clear what type of investments will be approved. When this is complemented with a project review

hile single-family home sales are rebounding and office parks being renovated â&#x20AC;&#x201D; aspects of the market that are familiar urban neighborhoods are catching up and fueling the economy by spiking construction and retail jobs, increasing real estate sales, brokerage commissions, financing, title coverage and providing urban amenities to newly formed households looking for lively and livable places to work and live. These efforts in the cities and villages that host our colleges, hospitals, affordable housing, restaurants and entertainment venues make both themselves and traditional suburban development more viable. Workers and residents, for example, are attracted to a transformed mixed-use office park on the Platinum Mile when they can access the shopping, night life and services available in a rejuvenating White Plains, Tarrytown or Port Chester. Our region is not alone in this transformation. In many places, urban development of this type is called smart growth, a term coined to describe the radical changes in state policy in Maryland at the hand of former Gov. Parris Glendening. He invested state funds in priority growth areas to foster new development and in conservation areas to preserve natural resources. Smart growth is criticized by some as being too vague but the reverse is true. It is very precise. Consistent with market trends, private investors and governments simply decide to grow and invest in des-

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process that is transparent and predictable, the locality becomes development-ready and developers are all the more interested in investing there. These plans, regulations and streamlined approval processes are clues to the market as to future opportunities. Gradually over the past few years the

policies of the state of New York have caught up with our smart-growth developers and their municipal allies. The state has adopted a smart-growth infrastructure plan, new energy plan and vision, complete street infrastructure policy, Main Street program, Smart growth, page 22

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climate-smart communities program, and transit-oriented development policies and programs. Together, these state efforts create a clear target for local governments and developers to address. Nearly $800 million are made available annually through nearly a dozen state agencies, awarding projects that hit this mark. Here are some examples of those smartgrowth projects in Westchester County and the lower Hudson Valley: • The local waterfront revitalization plan in the city of Peekskill and the rezoning of land around the Metro-North station there where city-owned parking lots provide potential for new transit-oriented development. • An urban renewal plan nearing adoption in the village of Brewster, one of the first urban municipalities in decades to

adopt such a plan, which will also lead to the transformation of the downtown adjacent to the Metro-North station. • The initiation of a no-nonsense planning effort in the city of White Plains that will yield new ideas about how properties in the White Plains Multimodal Transportation Center neighborhood can be redeveloped to create an inviting gateway and new development opportunities. • The partnership between developers RD/RXR and the city of New Rochelle to use city-owned land and a newly adopted downtown renewal plan and zoning to jump-start the redevelopment of a large area centered on the Metro-North station in the downtown and opening up project opportunities for RD/RXR and existing owners - developments that meet the new market’s hunger for sustainable neighborhoods. • Several large-scale development

efforts underway in Yonkers and Mount Vernon that now seem a reality in neighborhoods that the public sector has been trying to revitalize for decades. • In the northern part of the market area, Poughkeepsie and Newburgh both have become more development-ready through a variety of efforts including creating a land bank, revitalizing in-rem properties, selective demolitions, rezoning, and creating downtown revitalization plans attuned to the needs of the emerging market. In Fairfield County similar smart growth efforts are underway. In Stamford, Building and Land Technology is transforming the former 500,000-square-foot Pitney Bowes facility overlooking Long Island Sound. This is an exciting component of the developer’s Silicon Harbor project, a “live, work, play” development that features offices, stores,

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restaurants and 2,360 residential apartments in nine buildings. The state of Connecticut is helping redevelopment in older industrial areas with a new grant program that will spur brownfield redevelopment throughout Connecticut. The program will be administered by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. Grants are intended to help communities develop implementation plans for remediating and redeveloping clusters of brownfield sites. As in New York, this is one of several state programs designed to revitalize urban neighborhoods, downtowns, and waterfront districts for businesses, housing, and public amenities that will generate jobs and revenues. In Norwalk, CBRE Group’s Westchester/ Fairfield County office is marketing a 190,000-square-foot, 13-story building, to be called SoNo Place, in the revitalizing, mixeduse South Norwalk neighborhood. The building, constructed in 1972, is undergoing a complete renovation by Capital Equities Group, a private real estate investment firm working in the mixeduse SoNo neighborhood. Capital Equities Group is cooperating with the city to make improvements to a park adjacent to the building and to construct landscaping beds on the lot in front of the building. The company foresees similar external improvements at other properties it owns adjacent to this project. These are all examples of what happens when local plans and zoning designate priority growth districts and developers and municipalities form partnerships to develop intelligently in them. What is smart about these projects, in addition to being sensitive to powerful new market trends and utilizing existing infrastructure, is that they also greatly reduce, on a per household basis, water consumption, energy use, materials needed, and impervious coverage that causes storm water runoff and flooding. They can also be more affordable, particularly where localities offer bonus densities to developers in exchange for workforce housing, bringing office, research, retail, and service workers closer to where they work. This was the idea that Gov. Glendenning had in mind when he formulated his smart growth strategy. Glendening will be joined by a panel of government officials and a real estate developer in this region on March 24 at Pace Law School to discuss how this strategy works and, most importantly, why and where it is working in our region. John R. Nolon is distinguished professor of law at Pace Law School and founder of and faculty liaison to the law school’s Land Use Law Center. He can be reached at jnolon@ law.pace.edu.

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BY LAURENCE P. GOTTLIEB

Driving growth with EDs and MEDs

e have all witnessed the considerable expansion of the health care industry (MEDs) and institutions of higher education (EDs) throughout Hudson Valley. Yet many questions remain as to whether or not these critical engines of the regional economy are working together efficiently and effectively to generate both the workforce and employment opportunities in order to spur future economic growth for all. In 2014, seeing the challenges ahead, the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC) launched the Hudson Valley EDs &

MEDs industry cluster development initiative to highlight the importance of supporting area health care providers, colleges and universities by strengthening the alliances between these powerful entities through meaningful one-on-one dialogue, targeted educational forums and hands-on, local project development.

FILLING THE VOID

According to the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages developed by the State of New York and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of hospital employees

increased by 6.9 percent from 2014 to the second quarter of 2015. Additionally, employees in the health care and social assistance sector increased by 3.8 percent, while those working in ambulatory health care increased by 2.3 percent. Growth in these areas is reflective of a national trend. In a recent ranking by “U.S. News and World Report” of the Best 100 Jobs to have in the United States, nine out of the top 10 were based in the health care arena. These jobs — which included orthodontists, dentists, anesthesiologists, pediatricians, psychiatrists, general practice professionals and gynecologists — were assessed on workplace stress levels, work-life balance, income potential, work satisfaction and potential for industry growth. The report noted that each of these professions is expected to experience substantial growth by the year 2024, with some professions seeing an increase of up to 35 percent.

THE HUDSON VALLEY HEALTH CARE CLIMATE

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Hospital affiliations, consolidations and mergers in the Hudson Valley are part of a nationwide trend. Due to an increasingly challenging and changing health care environment where resources are limited and expectations for quality of care are high, many smaller hospitals are coming to terms with the fact that they will need to affiliate with larger health care organizations in order to be successful. For example, the Greater Hudson Valley Health System is the parent organization for two member hospitals, Catskill Regional Medical Center in Sullivan County and Orange Regional Medical Center in Orange County. In Dutchess County, Northern Dutchess, Vassar Brothers and Putnam hospitals are aligned under the HealthQuest umbrella. Westchester Medical Center and Bon Secours Charity Health System recently announced a joint venture; Bon Secours is the parent organization of Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick and Bon Secours Hospital in Port Jervis. Other relationships include Bronx-based Montefiore Health System’s recently announced collaboration with St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital - and the list goes on.

EXPANSION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES

In every area of our region’s development, we are seeing an increase in growth, capacity and understanding of the important role that the health care industry plays in the Hudson Valley. Last year, Marist College announced plans for a $140 million expansion that would include a new $33 million science building. The new building will be a center for the college’s recently launched physician assistant and graduate programs, which are expected to see up to 250 participants in the first two years.

Similarly, SUNY New Paltz and Vassar College announced plans to build new science and research facilities on their respective campuses. These expansions serve as yet another example of how the region’s priorities have shifted toward supporting educational institutions that develop our future health care workforce.

REFLECTIONS ON INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

As Hudson Valley EDs & MEDs continues to build strategic relationships and national recognition within the health care sphere, HVEDC has brought together key industry players to discuss the future of this important sector. In early 2015, the first Hudson Valley EDs & MEDs roundtable was held at the newly opened Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Middletown and included top executives in prestigious health care organizations and educational institutions. Each roundtable member agreed that there was a need for colleges and universities to work more closely with health care providers to generate an increased number of workers who are prepared to meet the demand for jobs in this field. In the second Hudson Valley EDs & MEDs roundtable last June, participants continued this conversation by noting that health care organizations are some of the most prominent employers in the region and that data analytics play an important role in their business. Overall, the discussion prompted a detailed analysis of many important topics within the industry, giving rise to the need for another panel discussion to further address issues of importance. From just these two meetings, the building blocks for future collaborative efforts were formed and the expansion of existing programs emerged as health care and educational leaders uncovered new ways of working together.

DISCUSSING THE FUTURE

Looking ahead, Hudson Valley EDs & MEDs is hosting a “Power Panel” roundtable event under its Thought Leaders Master Series, which will address the region’s unprecedented growth in both health care and higher education. The March 24 event at the Nelly Goletti Theatre at Marist College will include a panel of top executives from the region’s major health care providers and educational institutions as well as a keynote speech from Chad Rynbrandt, the head of strategy and business development for Philips North America, a world leader in health care technologies. Laurence P. Gottlieb is president and CEO of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. and former director of the Westchester County Of�ice of Economic Development. He can be reached at lgottlieb@hvedc.com or 845220-2244.

Marist plans Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

arist College plans this spring to begin renovating a former waste recycling center in Poughkeepsie to house a new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, where small and medium-size businesses can make use of advanced technologies and the college’s cloud computing and data analytics resources as office tenants. The college last December was awarded a $1.5 million grant from Empire State Development, the state’s chief economic development arm, for the approximately $15.8 million project. The proposed Marist center was selected by the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council as a priority project in the 2015 round of funding applications to Albany for public and private economic development projects across the state. The college in 2013 purchased a 45,000-sqaure-foot warehouse and manufacturing building at 51 Fulton St. last used by the Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency. Renamed the Fulton Technology CrossRoad, the building lies within a new Science and Research area on the east side of the Poughkeepsie campus. It is near the $33 million Science and Allied Health Building that opened this semester, Marist spokesman Greg Cannon said. In recent years, “We’ve grown a lot, but especially on Route 9, where we started out,” Cannon said. “With this (science) building, we’re kind of ramping up the academic presence on the other side of Route 9 on the eastern side of campus.” The college plans to develop 25,000 square feet of space in the Fulton Technology CrossRoad building as offices designed for technology-based small and medium businesses, high-speed network connections to Manhattan and an interoperable data center to promote economic development in the community, according to Marist officials. The facility “will leverage advanced technologies to provide the local economy with much-needed purpose-built space and functions not normally available to small and medium businesses,” they said. The Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council when promoting the Marist center as a priority project said the Fulton Technology CrossRoad will position the seven-county region “as a world center of connectivity for advanced technology, analytics-based companies, cybersecurity research and commercialization, and will allow the region to attract and grow jobs in the IT industry.” Cannon said the Center for Innovation

and Entrepreneurship is expected to open in the summer of 2018 following a two-year build-out. “We want to help businesses in the area to better utilize and leverage technology,” he said. “We would be actively looking to recruit businesses that want to work with us” as Marist tenants. Cannon said the Fulton Street center would give Marist a platform for a StartUp New York tax-free zone on campus if it chooses to participate in the fledgling state incentive program to attract startup companies and expanding or relocating businesses to regions of New York in partnerships with public and private colleges and universities. In contributing to the region’s economic development, “We’re trying to strengthen our existing area of expertise, which is the

Marist College will renovate this former recycling plant on Fulton Street across from its Route 9 campus in Poughkeepsie. Photo by Bob Rozycki

cloud computing and analytics,” Cannon said. Those campus enterprises include the New York State Cloud Computing and Analytics Center, which was awarded a $3 million state grant in 2012, and the Institute

for Data Center Professionals. The Fulton Street center “is just another piece in our effort” to support business development, Cannon said. “We have a pretty good track record in helping businesses.”

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PUTNAM VIEW Putnam County’s IDA Needs A Reboot

he board of the Putnam County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) resigned en-masse on Tuesday evening, Jan. 12, over a situation that has been building for some time. IDAs are local municipal (county, city, village) entities organized under the mandates and regulations of the state. As government entities, they differ from economic development corporations (EDCs). The county EDC operated as a marketing force, utilizing IDA resources as a “tool box” of incentives to facilitate deals. A few years ago, requirements placed on IDAs became more specific and costly to comply with, and financing capabilities such as bonding were hampered by an unattractive bond market as well as more cumbersome rules and regulations. Financing through the IDAs often requires more time and effort than a business is willing to expend, especially with commercial financial institutions aggressively seeking to fulfill their needs. Putnam’s EDC/IDA team had personnel issues a couple of years ago and the IDA was without an executive director, run by a volunteer board. A 2013 audit by the New York State comptroller found some points of non-compliance and made 11 recommendations for correction. The IDA board, under the leadership of Acting Chairman Richard Ruchala, corrected those deficiencies. Still, the IDA was not generating sufficient funding through its traditional means due to the changes in the regulatory requirements and the decline in economic activity to fulfill its operations. It requested funding from the county administration and legislature. Such funding was not forthcoming, and the board resigned, citing “irreconcilable differences.” New York state’s changing mandates, requirements and priorities have caused the termination of many IDAs. Perhaps it’s time for a reboot — a smaller county, such as Putnam, would probably be better served with a reconfigured team of EDC — IDA — Tourism, and perhaps the Chamber of Commerce, to market, incentivize, and facilitate the right mix of business for our unique circumstances. Jennifer Maher, chairwoman, the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Maher is broker/co-owner at J Philip Commercial Group in Mahopac.

FACTS & FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES MANHATTAN Marion Avenue Management LLC. 507 W. 186 St., New York 10033. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented J. Ted Donovan. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 16-10213-jlg.

POUGHKEEPSIE Mountaintop Properties LLC. P.O. Box 121, Mountaindale 12763. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Mountaintop Properties LLC. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 16-35139-cgm. Ocean Development Group LLC. P.O. Box 121, Mountaindale 12763. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Ocean Development Group LLC. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 16-35138-cgm. Once New Antiques LLC. P.O. Box 121, Mountaindale 12763. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Once New Antiques LLC. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 16-35140-cgm.

WHITE PLAINS Finger Lakes Capital Partners LLC. 168A Irving Ave., Port Chester 10573. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Dawn Kirby Arnold and Jonathan S. Pasternak. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 1622112-rdd. MS Elmsford Snack Mart Inc. 25 Saint Charles St., Thornwood 10594. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by H. Bruce Bronson Jr. Filed: Jan. 28. Case no. 16-22106-rdd.

COURT CASES

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Christy Crank. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv-00720-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Jessica Stilwinter. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Timothy J. Becker, Rolf Fiebiger and Michael K. Johnson. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-00598-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Ikeshia Davis. Action: federal question - product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv-00723-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Sierra Staten. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv-00736-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by LeAnne Guinn. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv-00728-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Jessica Thompson. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 2. Case no. 7:16-cv-00754-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Timprince Graves. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Timothy J. Becker, Rolf Fiebiger and Michael K. Johnson. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-00597-CS.

Hudson Plaster and Taping Inc. Filed by the trustees of the Drywall Tapers and Pointers Local Union No. 1974 Benefit Funds. Action: E.R.I.S.A. Attorney: Lauren Michelle Kugielska. Filed: Jan. 28. Case no. 7:16-cv-00621-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed Ashley Jackson. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 2. Case no. 7:16-cv-00757-CS.

Lycamobile USA Inc. Filed by Mediamorphosis LLC. Action: diversitycontract dispute. Attorney: Edward Hirsch Wolf. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16cv-00746.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Guida Socorro Mendoza and Alexandro E. Mendoza. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Rachel Abrams. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv-00700-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Lynda J. Miller. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Brian A. Goldstein. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-00667-CS.

A.C.P. Trucking LLC. Filed by Westchester Teamsters Local Union No. 456. Action: E.R.I.S.A. No attorney listed. Filed: Feb. 2. Case no. 7:16-cv-00762.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Ana Montreuil. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 2. Case no. 7:16-cv-00761-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Dawn Badger. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv-00721-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Roselle Palma. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 2. Case no. 7:16-cv-00758-CS.

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Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. Filed by Wachovia Mortgage Corp. Action: petition for removal – foreclosure. Attorney: John J. Graubard. Filed: Jan. 28. Case no. 7:16cv-00638. National Environmental Safety Corp. Inc. a.k.a. National Environmental Safety Co. LLC. Filed by the trustees of the District Council 9 Painting Industry Insurance and Annuity Funds. Action: E.R.I.S.A. Attorney: Dana Lynne Henke. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-00671. National Railroad Passenger Corp., et al. Filed by Thomas Black. Action: tort negligence. Attorney: Matthew J. McMahon. Filed: Jan. 28. Case no. 7:16-cv-00657-NSR. New York Bituminous Products Corp. Filed by Trucking Employees of North Jersey Welfare Fund Inc. – Pension Fund. Action: E.R.I.S.A.: withdrawal liability. Attorney: Paul A. Montalbano. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-00668.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Amanda Ray. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv-00725-CS.

Professional Data Systems Inc. Filed by Ryan Van Beek. Action: civil miscellaneous case – other. Attorney: Gregory L. Folchetti. Filed: Jan. 28. Case no. 7:16-cv-00610.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Antoinette Richardson. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv-00738-CS.

Stone Roots Inc. Filed by the trustees of the District Council 9 Painting Industry Insurance and Annuity Funds. Action: E.R.I.S.A. Attorney: Dana Lynne Henke. Filed: Jan. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv00679-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Kathleen Smith. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 2. Case no. 7:16-cv-00753-CS.

Transport Workers Union of Greater New York AFL-CIO, Local 100. Filed by Derrick Feliciano. Action: labor-management relations (findings and purpose). Attorney: Julio Enrique Portilla. Filed: Feb. 1. Case no. 7:16-cv00697.

DEEDS Above $1 million 1175 Warburton Ave LLC, Valhalla. Seller: Builders New York Holdings X LLC, Chicago, Ill. Property: 1171, 1175, 1179, and 1183 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Jan. 25. 176-178 Palisade Ave LLC, Passaic, N.J. Seller: JD Venture Capital LLC, White Plains. Property: 178 Palisade Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $1 million. Filed Jan. 25. 50 Lincoln Pelham LLC, Jericho. Seller: Demetrio J. Bello, Pelham. Property: 50 Second Ave., Pelham. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Jan. 26. Alpha5MK LLC, Rye. Seller: Germerican Associates LP, Rye. Property: 150 Purchase St., 2, Rye. Amount: $2.8 million. Filed Jan. 25. WCP Velocity LLC, Chicago, Ill. Seller: William Mannion, New York City. Property: 1073 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Jan. 25.

Below $1 million 1908 Hunt Avenue LLC, Bronx. Seller: Paul Zorillo, Yonkers. Property: 104 Frederic St., Yonkers. Amount: $125,000. Filed Jan. 25. 33 Terrace Place Realty LLC, Tuckahoe. Seller: Deanna DeGaetano, Tuckahoe. Property: 33 Terrace Place, Eastchester. Amount: $685,000. Filed Jan. 25.

Christiana Trust. Seller: Joseph G. Goubeaud Jr., Mount Vernon. Property: 26 Madison St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $479,330. Filed Jan. 29. County of Westchester, White Plains. Seller: Housing Action Council Inc., Tarrytown. Property: 11 Westview Ave., North Salem. Amount: $249,900. Filed Jan. 26. County of Westchester, White Plains. Seller: Housing Action Council Inc., Tarrytown. Property: 100 Cedar St., Apt. A-44, Greenburgh. Amount: $315,000. Filed Jan. 26. County of Westchester, White Plains. Seller: Patricia Cernese, et al, Peekskill. Property: 25 Oak Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $375,000. Filed Jan. 25. Custom Design and Landscaping Ltd., Putnam Valley. Seller: JF WF Cortlandt LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: Old Post Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $70,000. Filed Jan. 27. CVXXVII LLC, Newport Beach, Calif. Seller: Lavon L. Short, et al, Baltimore, Md. Property: 27 Nob Court, New Rochelle. Amount: $475,000. Filed Jan. 27. Dowling Real Estate Corp., Harrison. Seller: Anthony Marciano, Orange, Conn. Property: 50 Main St., New Rochelle. Amount: $250,000. Filed Jan. 29. Fae Holdings 463218R LLC, North Salem. Seller: Beauti-Aide Inc., White Plains. Property: 316 Tarrytown Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $950,000. Filed Jan. 27. Fannie Mae. Seller: Jay Rubin, Larchmont. Property: 175 Hugenot St., No. 903, New Rochelle. Amount: $473,204. Filed Jan. 25.

638-640 Halstead Avenue Corp., Mamaroneck. Seller: Francesco Novello, et al, Mamaroneck. Property: 638-640 Halstead Ave., Rye. Amount: $340,000. Filed Jan. 28.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Joan Iacono, Bronxville. Property: 635 Washington St., Peekskill. Amount: $240,000. Filed Jan. 26.

9 Overlook LLC, Rye. Seller: Lisa Johnson, et al, New York City. Property: 9 Overlook Place, Rye. Amount: $850,000. Filed Jan. 29.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Joseph A. Maria, White Plains. Property: 3869 Mahopac St., Yorktown. Amount: $441,309. Filed Jan. 26.

Awan Properties Inc., Mount Vernon. Seller: Mario Carino, New Rochelle. Property: 128 Fourth St., New Rochelle. Amount: $490,000. Filed Jan. 25.

ITC Management Inc., Bronx. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 58 Main St., Lewisboro. Amount: $250,000. Filed Jan. 29.

BBCC Holdings LLC, Purchase. Seller: Hickory Pine Associates LP, New York City. Property: Barnes Lane, Harrison. Amount: $50,000. Filed Jan. 28.

JS_JD_49%, White Plains. Seller: Andrew Karl Brotmann, White Plains. Property: 1213 Old County Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $161,500. Filed Jan. 26.

Belliam LLC, New York City. Seller: Robert A. Russell, et al, Costa Mesa, Calif. Property: 25 E. Broad St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $450,000. Filed Jan. 26.

MASE Realty LLC, Harrison. Seller: Eom Property Corp., Harrison. Property: 222 Harrison Ave., Harrison. Amount: $450,000. Filed Jan. 25.

BFW Management LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: 40 Green Valley Road LLC, Armonk. Property: 40 Green Valley Road, North Castle. Amount: $465,000. Filed Jan. 28.

Saratoga Ave LLC, Albertson. Seller: Morlew Associates Inc., Livingston, N.J. Property: 9 Cliff Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $430,000. Filed Jan. 29.

C2GRE LLC, White Plains. Seller: Thomas L. Gallivan, White Plains. Property: 143 S. 12th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $246,000. Filed Jan. 25.

Shelburne Road Realty LLC, Tuckahoe. Seller: James R. Hurley, Chester. Property: 39 Shelburne Road, Yonkers. Amount: $115,000. Filed Jan. 29.

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WCF NAMES PROGRAM OFFICER

Tara Seeley

The Westchester Community Foundation (WCF), a funder of nonprofits in Westchester, appointed Tara Seeley as program officer. In this role, Seeley will be developing grant-making strategies, goals and activities in the areas of community development, environment, health and technical assistance. Previously, she worked for Plan 2020, the bicentennial planning process for Indianapolis, working with community leaders to identify workforce and economic-development strategies. Seeley holds a bachelor’s from the University of the South in Tennessee and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University.

HEALTH QUEST WELCOMES LOOMIS Health Quest Systems, a Hudson Valley-based family of integrated hospitals and health care providers, appointed Glenn Loomis as both the chief medical operations officer for the system and president of Health Quest Medical Practice (HQMP). As the chief medical operations officer, Loomis is responsible for creating a clinical integration strategy for the health system, including HQMP, private physicians and the hospital campuses. As president of HQMP, he will oversee all of the physician platforms and work to grow the practice. Loomis has more than 20 years experience in medicine, having recently served as the medical group president and a system senior vice president for St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Kentucky.

AUTO COLLISION FIRM EARNS RECOGNITION

CANCER SURVIVORS URGE LAWMAKERS FOR SUPPORT

Bronxville Auto Collision was certified by Assured Performance, a consumer-advocacy nonprofit, for maintaining the correct tools, equipment, training and facility necessary to repair participating automaker brand vehicles according to the manufactures’ specifications. Bronxville Auto Collision is recognized by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), General Motors, Ford, Nissan, Infiniti and Hyundai.

As part of the annual American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Day at the Capitol, nearly 300 cancer patients, survivors, volunteers and staff from across the state will come together Feb. 9 to ask state legislators to make cancer, an annual killer of 34,000 New Yorkers, a state priority. Marcia Earle of Ossining, along with volunteers, will ask legislators to increase cancer screenings and funding for the Tobacco Control Program, and support funding to make it easier for families to access health foods.

SCENIC HUDSON ADDS TO BOARD Poughkeepsie-based Scenic Hudson, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring the Hudson River and the Hudson River Valley, welcomed John W. Hamilton IV as its newest board member. Hamilton currently serves as the vice president of finance and corporate development at Omnicon Group, a global marketing and communications services company. Previously, Hamilton held roles in corporate strategy and development for NBC Universal and Showtime Networks. He holds a master’s from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s from Princeton University.

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DOCTOR CONTINUES SHOE DRIVE Bruce Pinker of Progressive Foot Care in White Plains invited his patients to donate their lightly used shoes and boots to support a shoe drive for Westchester’s individuals and families in need. This is the eighth year that Pinker has sponsored this initiative and his clients responded by donating nearly 400 pairs of shoes, many of them new. The shoes were donated to Lifting Up Westchester, a nonprofit social services agency, for distribution to individuals from their Open Arms Men’s Shelter, Samaritan House Women’s Shelter and Soup Kitchen.

ARC OF WESTCHESTER CELEBRATES WGBC GREEN CHIMNEYS GETS AWARD Brewster’s Green Chimneys, a nonprofit that helps young people with special needs, was recognized by The American Camp Association (ACA) for its contributions to youth development. Green Chimneys received the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence, designed to honor programs that develop creative responses to the needs of people and/or societal problems, using the camp environment. The organization rehabilitates young people with caring for animals in a farm-like environment within a camp setting. The ACA National Conference is scheduled for Feb. 9-12 at the Atlanta Hilton in Indianapolis.

Arc of Westchester, an organization that works to empower people with developmental disabilities, celebrated its Westchester Green Business Certiﬁcation (WGBC) at the Gleeson-Israel Gateway Center, its Hawthorne headquarters. The WGBC is a green business certification program for Westchester-based

organizations striving to improve their sustainability. Pictured above, from left: Richard P. Swierat, executive director, Arc of Westchester; Dani Glaser, program director, WGBC; Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino; and John Ravitz, executive vice president, The Business Council of Westchester.

VASSAR BROTHERS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie is among 14 state hospitals in New York to receive Healthgrades’ Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence Award in 2016. There were 260 recipients of the honor nationwide, but Vassar Brothers Medical Center was the only facility in the Hudson Valley to make the list. These hospitals are among the top 5 percent in the nation that deliver high-quality care across at least 21 of 32 common inpatient conditions and procedures, as evaluated by Healthgrades, an online resource for information about physicians and hospitals. Vassar Brothers Medical Center is an affiliate of Health Quest, a Hudson Valley-based nonprofit, integrated family of hospitals and health care providers.

CPW PARTNERS FOR ‘BACKPACK PROGRAM’

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Rye Brook-based Cerebral Palsy of Westchester (CPW) partnered with the Elmsford-based Food Bank for Westchester’s “Backpack Program,” an initiative to alleviate child hunger by providing hungry and at-risk children with nutritious, easy-to-prepare food on weekends and during school vacations. CPW is the first offsite location to assemble the backpacks. Each backpack contains six meals, which include protein, milk, fruit, grain and vegetables. There is also a recipe with nutrition information in both English and Spanish in the backpack.

CAMP PROFESSIONALS RECOGNIZED AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE The Career Achievement Program, an initiative of the Women’s Leadership Alliance, is now under the auspices of the Chamber Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, and accepting applicants for both participants and mentors. The program encourages engagement of both men and women with a particular sensitivity to veterans who may request support in the transition after military service. To become a mentor or mentee, download an application at chamberfdn.org/career-achievement-program and submit by April 18. There will be a kickoff event May 2, featuring an hour-long introduction to the program and opportunity for participants to meet their matches, followed by a networking event.

HEALTH CARE FACILITY WELCOMES PHYSICIAN White Plains Hospital Medical & Wellness in Armonk welcomed Anita Mannancheril to provide urgent care services and family medical care to patients at the outpatient facility. Mannancheril holds her doctorate from the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica and completed a residency in family medicine at Ellis Medicine Family Practice in Schenectady. The urgent care center offers walk-in treatment for minor emergencies, common illnesses and accidents, including ear infections, strep throat, ﬂu and injuries requiring stitches.

ORANGE COUNTY DISTILLERY JOINS HVFBA Goshen-based Orange County Distillery joined the Hudson Valley Food & Beverage Alliance, a cluster initiative of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC). Located on a fifth-generation farm in the Black Dirt region of Orange County, the distillery produces farm-to-bottle crafts. The distillery’s product line includes bourbon whiskey, corn whiskey, single malt whiskey (not aged), vodka and gin. The Food & Beverage Alliance focuses on helping area food and beverage entrepreneurs by providing networks and hosting educational forums.

White Plains-based Houlihan-Parnes Properties, a property-management company, added two property managers to its staff to oversee the operation of multifamily and commercial investment properties located in the northeast. David Lulgjuraj, who joined as an asset manager in 2015, manages a portfolio of retail, office and residential properties, in addition to construction projects. He holds a bachelor’s in economics from Fordham University. Tomasz Olfans also joined as an asset manager in 2015 for a portfolio of retail, office and residential properties. A native of Poland, he holds a bachelor’s in business administration from Concordia College.

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FACTS SJ 713 LLC, Harrison. Seller: Michael A. Adelstein, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 1376 Midland Ave., 713, Yonkers. Amount: $395,000. Filed Jan. 28. The Harvey School, Katonah. Seller: Rosemary Mankiewicz, Katonah. Property: 65 Pine Hill Drive, Bedford. Amount: $838,000. Filed Jan. 29. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Carl L. Finger, White Plains. Property: 1716 E. Main St., Yorktown. Amount: $716,008. Filed Jan. 28. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Kenneth L. Bunting, White Plains. Property: 309 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $466,167. Filed Jan. 27. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Szabo Gannozzi, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 9 Floral Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $193,600. Filed Jan. 26. Union Avenue 204 LLC, et al, Yonkers. Seller: BMM Four LLC, Yonkers. Property: 204 Union Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $810,200. Filed Jan. 25. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Anthony Centone, White Plains. Property: 82 Haseco Ave., Rye. Amount: $265,000. Filed Jan. 27.

FORECLOSURES BEDFORD HILLS, 641 Harris Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 5.9 acre. Plaintiff: Emigrant Mortgage Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914-345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elsmford 10523. Defendant: Gerald Havlin. Referee: Christopher Meagher. Sale: Feb. 17, 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,539,634.93. MOUNT VERNON, 3 Willow Place. Two-family residence; lot size: 2.32 acre. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Kathleen Brauer. Referee: Nicholas Barone. Sale: Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $235,897.14. MOUNT VERNON, 126 S. 12 Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .12 acre. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank National Assoc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 585-232-7400; 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury 11590. Defendant: Joyce Terry. Referee: Joan Iacono. Sale: Feb. 8, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $233,975.69. NEW ROCHELLE, 171 Pershing Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .15 acre. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sheldon May & Associates, 516-7633200; 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre 11590. Defendant: John Timothy Flood. Referee: N/A. Sale: Feb. 19, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $756,775.13. PELHAM, 57 Seventh St. Two-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Countrywide Home Loans Inc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, 516-222-6200; 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City 11530. Defendant: Mary Ifill. Referee: Kenneth Bunting. Sale: Feb. 24, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A.

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SOUTH SALEM, 178 Smith Ridge Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 2.6 acre. Plaintiff: Raymond James Bank National Assoc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914-6368900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle 10801. Defendant: Charles Schwartz. Referee: Judith Reardon. Sale: Feb. 11, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $931,880.26. YONKERS, 140 Bruce Ave. Singlefamily residence; lot size: .04 acre. Plaintiff: Citimortgage Inc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: David A. Gallo & Associates, 866-415-9391; 95-25 Queens Blvd., Rego Park 11374. Defendant: Lorenzo Chambers. Referee: Peter P. Rosato. Sale: Feb. 24, 2 p.m. Approximate lien: $455,066.21. YONKERS, 224 Woodhaven Ave. Walkup apartment; lot size: .14 acre. Plaintiff: Bank of America National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 585-232,7400; 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury 11590. Defendant: Norman Davis. Referee: Brian Joseph Farrell. Sale: Feb. 11, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $276,033.10.

JUDGMENTS Car Doctors of NY Inc., Yonkers. $49,440 in favor of 929 Holding Corp., Yonkers. Filed Jan. 26. Prime Building Services Inc., White Plains. $15,600 in favor of Better Building Concepts Inc., Rye Brook. Filed Jan. 27.

Dedvukaj, Nickolaus, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $502,500 affecting property located at 180 Stone Hill Road, Bedford 10506. Filed Jan. 7. Fields, Arthur C., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $412,000 affecting property located at 65 Palisade Ave., White Plains 10607. Filed Jan. 7. Gerard, Virginia L., et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $652,502 affecting property located at 448 Grant Road, North Salem 10560. Filed Jan. 9. Grutteria, Frank, et al. Filed by Trustco Realty Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 538 Jefferson Ave., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Jan. 12. Jimenez, Jennifer L., et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $242,500 affecting property located at 59 Caryl Ave., Yonkers. Filed Jan. 12. Lozano, Raymond, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $378,000 affecting property located at 54 Coolidge Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed Jan. 8.

FIGURES Ospina, Ana, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $556,500 affecting property located at 10 Ninth St., New Rochelle 10801. Filed Jan. 12. Pagliughi, Richard A. Jr., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $238,095 affecting property located at 1832 Crompond Road, Peekskill 10566. Filed Jan. 9. Raysor, James, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,000 affecting property located at 37 Havell St., Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. 7. Ricci, Barbara, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 43 St. James Terrace, Yonkers 10704. Filed Jan. 8. Rodriguez, Alina, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,000 affecting property located at 625 Harrison Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed Jan. 8. Tacuri, Maria, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 6 Todd Place, Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. 12.

Massa, Peter Anthony, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 38 White Plains Road, West Harrison 10604. Filed Jan. 8.

The estate and heirs at large of Margaret Palmesi, et al. Filed by GMAC Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $125,000 affecting property located at 641 Route 22, Croton Falls 10519. Filed Jan. 8.

Masso, Maria, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $396,000 affecting property located at 2113 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Jan. 8.

Venzen, Valdemore, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 421 N. Broadway, Unit 14, Yonkers 10701. Filed Jan. 9.

Anderson, Gwen, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $457,875 affecting property located at 10 Ascot Road, Yonkers 10710. Filed Jan. 8.

McMahon, James C., et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 196 Pinesbridge Road, Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. 8.

Waterhouse, Robert J., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 2454 Hunterbrook Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Jan. 9.

Berebi, Morris, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $497,303 affecting property located at 85 Parkview Road, Elmsford 10523. Filed Jan. 12.

Nasti, Joseph A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $318,750 affecting property located at 55 Armourvilla Ave., Tuckahoe 10707. Filed Jan. 8.

Welsh, Kendale, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $399,000 affecting property located at 68 Westminster Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Jan. 12.

Bloom, Richard, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 23 Jordan Road, Hastings-onHudson 10706. Filed Jan. 7.

Natale, Andrew W., 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 Bouton St., South Salem 10590. Filed Jan. 8.

Canales, Guillermo, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $375,457 affecting property located at 63 High St., Yonkers 10703. Filed Jan. 8.

Norbutt, Richard A., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,000 affecting property located at 65 Mahopac Ave., Amawalk 10501. Filed Jan. 8.

Stiloskis Automotive Corp., Tarrytown. $5,335 in favor of Westchester Tool Rentals, Elmsford. Filed Jan. 25.

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

Cetnarowski, Charles E., et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property located at 31 Troy Lane, Yonkers 10701. Filed Jan. 12.

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MECHANIC’S LIENS Valentine Gardens COOP, as owner. $34,491 as claimed by Sato Construction Company Inc. Property: in Yonkers. Filed Jan. 28. White Plains Hospital Medical Center, as owner. $213,558 as claimed by Legere Group Ltd., Avon. Conn. Property: in North Castle. Filed Jan. 22.

NEW BUSINESSES

PATENTS

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Air baﬄe system in a cooling system for electronics. Patent no. 9,247,673 issued to Daniel P. Kelaher, Holly Springs, N.C.; William M. Megarity, Roxboro, N.C.; and John P. Scavuzzo, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Partnerships M and D Performance, 10 Sugar Hill Road, North Salem 10560, c/o David J. Glass and Michelle M. Glass. Filed Aug. 19.

Sole Proprietorships Anthony’s Car Service, 480 Halstead Ave., Apt. 6S, Harrison 10528, c/o Anthony Loughlin. Filed Aug. 20. ARN Agency, 6 Sidney Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Ana Ruas Nunes. Filed Aug. 17. Atlantic Home Staging, 2 Kitchawan Drive, Chappaqua 10514, c/o Corinne Marceau. Filed Aug. 18. Bleed Culture, 77 Locust Hill Ave., Yonkers 10701, c/o Macelin Charles. Filed Aug. 19. Community Ener�y and Service, 163 E. Third St., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Errol Daniels. Filed Aug. 20. Creativity Assisted by Phil, 7 Franklin St., Eastchester 10709, c/o Philip Pineau. Filed Aug. 19. EDS Strategic Management, 29 Fieldstone Drive, Unit F-3, Hartsdale 10530, c/o Paul L. Simon Jr. Filed Aug. 18. Grupo Musical Alerta Roja, 146 N. High St.. Suite 2A, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Juan Alejandro Gutierrez Cruz. Filed Aug. 19. Jamie’s Junk, 208 Tomahawk St., Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Jamie Veca. Filed Aug. 19. JM Entertainment Services, 22 Pleasant Place, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o John J. Mureddu Jr. Filed Aug. 18. KCSH Clean Out, 212 Washington St., Apt, 1A, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Kaywhan Hardee. Filed Aug. 18. Kim Calhoun Ice Machine, 100 College Ave., Sleepy Hollow 10591, c/o Kim Calhoun. Filed Aug. 18. Pink Lily Personal Chef Service, 76 Riverdale Ave., First floor, White Plains 10607, c/o Caitlin J. See. Filed Aug. 19. PKP Construction, 89 Wolfs Lane, Apt. 2, Pelham 10803, c/o Kamran Aslam. Filed Aug. 17. Regal Franchises, 36 Clinton St., Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Julio C. Reyes Jr. Filed Aug. 19. TCC Cleaning and Janitorial Services, 9 W. Prospect Ave., suite 312, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Jacquelyn Richards. Filed Aug. 20. Young Flower Yoga, 1000 Hillcrest St., Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Marta Gil. Filed Aug. 18.

Applying relative weighting schemes to online usage data. Patent no. 9,247,012 issued to Vijay Dheap, Durham, N.C.; Jimmy Ming-Der Hsu, Austin, Texas; and Michael David Whitley, Weddington, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Area array device connection structures with complimentary warp characteristics. Patent no. 9,247,636 issued to Mark K. Hoffmeyer, Rochester, Minn.; Amanda E. Mikhail, Rochester, Minn.; and Arvind K. Sinha, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Controlling telephone call processing using global signaling codes. Patent no. 9,246,952 issued to Edward F. Bonkowski, Bartlett, Ill. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Determining server write activity levels to use to adjust write cache size. Patent no. 9,247,003 issued to Robert H. Bell Jr., Austin, Texas; Michael D. Roll, Tucson, Ariz.; and Olga Yiparaki, Tucson, Ariz. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Location-based mobile application and service selection. Patent no. 9,247,386 issued to Christian Kau, Los Altos, Calif.; Jeffrey S. Pierce, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Christine M. Robson, San Jose, Calif.; and Jerald T. Schoudt, Douglasville, Pa. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Management system with acoustical measurement for monitoring noise levels. Patent no. 9,247,367 issued to Matthew A. Nobile, Poughkeepsie; and Sal M. Rosato, Pine Plains. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Method and apparatus for optimizing performance and network traﬃc in distributed workﬂow processing. Patent no. 9,247,022 issued to Richard D. Dettinger, Rochester, Minn.; Cale T. Rath, Rochester, Minn.; Richard J. Stevens, Rochester, Minn.; and Shannon E. Wenzel, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. System and method for reducing latency of location-based information retrieved from a location service. Patent no. 9,247,011 issued to Mark K. Dennard, Decatur, Ga.; Lasith G. Perera, Lake Oswego, Ore.; Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, Fla.; William P. Shaouy, Atlanta, Ga.; Matthew A. Terry, Celebration, Fla.; and Matthew B. Trevathan, Roswell, Ga. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

FACTS Techniques for reconciling permission usage with security policy for policy optimization and monitoring continuous compliance. Patent no. 9,246,945 issued to Suresh N. Chari, Tarrytown; Ian M. Molloy, Chappaqua; Youngja Park, Princeton, N.J.; and Wilfriend Teiken, Ossining. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million Cornucopia Queen Inc., as owner. Lender: TD Bank N.A. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $3.6 million. Filed Jan. 28. Dome A Nation LLC, et al, as owner. Lender: Allen Bradford Funding Company LLC. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $13 million. Filed Jan. 26.

Below $1 million Cobar LLC, et al, as owner. Lender: Live Oak Banking Co. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $807,866. Filed Jan. 27. Laing, Charles P., et al, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $275,000. Filed Jan. 26. Lanwin Forest Ridge LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson, as owner. Lender: TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Property: 15 Copper Rock Road, Newburgh. Amount: $289,500. Filed Feb. 1. Nieves, Saul, et al, Wallkill, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $199,000. Filed Jan. 28.

25 IZ 102 Corp., Monroe. Seller: B and W Mazel Corp., Monroe. Property: 25 Israel Zupnick Drive, Unit 102, Monroe. Amount: $89,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Juliana LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 67 Deer Court Drive, Middletown 10940. Amount: $320,667. Filed Jan. 25.

Mocastle LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Deborah Lanser, Rhinebeck. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $120,000. Filed Jan. 25.

325 Albany Avenue LLC, Kingston. Seller: KGK Associates, New Paltz. Property: 136 N. Chestnut St., Unit 19D, New Paltz. Amount: $100,000. Filed Jan. 27.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Michael McCann, Goshen. Property: 5 Lark St., Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $290,363. Filed Jan. 22.

Mossey Properties LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Barry Suydam, et al, Glenville. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $220,000. Filed Jan. 20.

325 Albany Avenue LLC, Kingston. Seller: KGK Associates, New Paltz. Property: 136 N. Chestnut St., Unit 16A, New Paltz. Amount: $100,000. Filed Jan. 27.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 8 Frederick St., Middletown 10941. Amount: $349,996. Filed Jan. 26.

NMS 11 LLC, Stanford. Seller: Dianne C. Seebruch, Stanfordville. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $70,000. Filed Jan. 20.

325 Albany Avenue LLC, Kingston. Seller: KGK Associates, New Paltz. Property: 136 N. Chestnut St., Unit 10B, New Paltz. Amount: $100,000. Filed Jan. 27.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Andrea Dumais, Walden. Property: 58 Beattie Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $108,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Percy Dixon and Sons LLC, Wallkill. Seller: Mill Pond Management Inc., et al, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 244 Robinson Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $25,000. Filed Jan. 26.

325 Albany Avenue LLC, Kingston. Seller: Sarah Kanney, New Paltz. Property: 136 N. Chestnut St., Unit 13C, New Paltz. Amount: $100,000. Filed Jan. 27.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Ysaias Araujo, Pine Bush. Property: 27-29 Beattie Ave., Middletown. Amount: $284,878. Filed Jan. 25.

5 Grove 9 St LLC, New Paltz. Seller: Anthony Saracino, New Paltz. Property: 5 Grove St., New Paltz 12561. Amount: $226,000. Filed Jan. 29.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Juliana LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 516 Center St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $388,876. Filed Jan. 25.

Advantage Location LLC, New York City. Seller: John Riccio, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $12,500. Filed Jan. 25. Allsave Development LLC, Montebello. Seller: Forum New Windsor LLC, Armonk. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $150,000. Filed Jan. 26. ASA Construction and Management LLC, Stormville. Seller: Echo Properties I LLC, Carmel. Property: 3672 Pleasant Ridge Road, Dover 12594. Amount: $112,500. Filed Jan. 20. BRE East Mixed Asset Owner LLC, Chicago, Ill. Seller: Georemtech LLC, Montgomery. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $218,672. Filed Jan. 22. BrookďŹ eld Global Relocation Services LLC, Burr Ridge, Ill. Seller: Laurie Masterson, Tuxedo Park. Property: 229 Woodlands Drive, Tuxedo Park 10987. Amount: $385,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Vincent N. Muscarella, Goshen. Property: 24 Walker St., Otisville 10963. Amount: $101,231. Filed Jan. 26. Funky Kingston LLC, Kingston. Seller: Main Street Properties New York LLC, New York City. Property: 528 Broadway, Kingston 12401. Amount: $50,000. Filed Jan. 29. GT Paltz LLC, et al, New Paltz. Seller: Nicholas Wood, et al, Beacon. Property: in Marlborough. Amount: $100,000. Filed Jan. 25. Guyula LLC, Kingston. Seller: Nancy Gagliardi, et al, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $260,000. Filed Jan. 29. Jeet and Deep Properties LLC, Bullville. Seller: Thomas R. Barone III, et al, Middletown. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $265,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Church Hill Properties of Highland Falls New York LLC, Highland Falls. Seller: Frank Lilos, et al, Highland Falls. Property: in Highlands. Amount: $370,908. Filed Jan. 25.

John J. Nozkowski and Daughters Inc., Chester. Seller: Henry C. Alders, et al, Goshen. Property: in Hamptonburgh. Amount: $40,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Above $1 million

CitiMortgage Inc. Seller: Angelo Dipierro, et al, Walden. Property: 34 Overlook Terrace, Walden 12586. Amount: $281,808. Filed Jan. 26.

KDBF Ventures LLC, Katonah. Seller: Peckham Materials Corp., White Plains. Property: 445 Route 28, Ulster. Amount: $235,000. Filed Jan. 29.

Kalmia Holdings LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah. Seller: Verbank Farm LLC, Millbrook. Property: 604 Verbank Road, Millbrook 12545. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Jan. 20.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Bijal M. Jani, Pearl River. Property: 55 First St., Walden 12586. Amount: $294,732. Filed Jan. 21.

Llobet Properties LLC, Fleischmanns. Seller: 325 Albany Avenue LLC, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $400,000. Filed Jan. 25.

DEEDS

Shi and Zhang LLC, Middletown. Seller: Bruce Quinn, Godeffroy. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Jan. 26.

Below $1 million 20 PR 201 Corp., Monroe. Seller: Yoel Guttman, Monroe. Property: 20 Prag Blvd., Unit 201, Monroe. Amount: $90,000. Filed Jan. 26.

FIGURES

Fannie Mae. Seller: Bruce D. Townsend, Walden. Property: 11 Strack Road, Goshen 10924. Amount: $228,149. Filed Jan. 26. Fannie Mae. Seller: Glen A. Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 44 Johnes St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $215,315. Filed Jan. 21. Fannie Mae. Seller: Judith L. Lubinsky, Campbell Hall. Property: 35 S. Montgomery St., Walden 12586. Amount: $309,791. Filed Jan. 26.

Longhouse Creek Design Inc., Warwick. Seller: Kathleen Kenny, Warwick. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $43,000. Filed Jan. 26. Marshall and Sterling Realty Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: RMK LLC, Kingston. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $918,000. Filed Jan. 26. Menachem Teir Corp., Monroe. Seller: 16 Fillmore CT LLC, Monroe. Property: 16 Fillmore Court, Unit 401, Monroe 10950. Amount: $278,000. Filed Jan. 21.

PGD Holding Inc., Kerhonkson. Seller: Ira Sieden, Glen Oaks. Property: Laurel Hollow Estates, Kerhonkson 12446. Amount: $80,000. Filed Jan. 25. Prosave Development Inc., Montebello. Seller: Gary M. Schuster, Walden. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $289,164. Filed Jan. 25. Selene Finance LP. Seller: John J. Revella, Walden. Property: 458 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $368,795. Filed Jan. 21. The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Edward C. Bruno, Pine Bush. Property: 9 Jones St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $278,244. Filed Jan. 22. The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Fran P. Perchick, Monroe. Property: 43 Barr Lane, Monroe 10950. Amount: $372,063. Filed Jan. 22. The Brand Foundation, Brooklyn. Seller: 8 Premishlan LLC, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $470,000. Filed Jan. 26. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Derek McCabe, Highland Mills. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $460,000. Filed Jan. 21. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Richard Hansen, et al, New Windsor. Property: 16 Cedar Lane, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $294,055. Filed Jan. 21. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Emily Cajigas, Middletown. Property: 53 Cornwall Lane, Unit 7003, Middletown 10940. Amount: $349,908. Filed Jan. 25. Valley Services Inc., Newburgh. Seller: Silver Stream Properties LLC, Newburgh. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $435,000. Filed Jan. 21.

JUDGMENTS Above All Auto Repair Inc., Highland. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Adams Market and Deli Inc., Newburgh. $496 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 12.

Ashley Homes Construction Company LLC, Saugerties. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28.

PJSG LLC, d.b.a. Double J Restaurant, Saugerties. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28.

Aztlan Lawnscape Inc., Highland. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28.

Platinum Express Medicar Service Inc., Kingston. $199 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28.

Bella Flowers by Susie Corp., Tuxedo Park. $391 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 12. Best Burgers Inc., Highland. $402 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 25. M and B Supplies Inc., Monroe. $549 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 12. Matula-Evans Law Firm PC, Kingston. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. McDonough LLC, d.b.a. Kids Corner, Highland. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Mel Dea Inc., d.b.a. Roudigans, Kingston. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Mel Mike Corp., d.b.a. Riverside Pizza, Saugerties. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Miya Entertainment Inc., Plattekill. $839 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 25. New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. New York Pest Solutions Inc., Saugerties. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Oasis Entertainment LLC, Newburgh. $667 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 12. Orange County Construction Services LLC, Wallkill. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Phoenicia Wines and Liquors, Phoenicia. $613 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28.

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Primos Bar and Grill, Clintondale. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Redleaf Landscaping Inc., Marlboro. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Ruin Inc., d.b.a. R U In Style, Saugerties. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Seadrift Management LLC, Shandaken. $491 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Jan. 26. Steven Whiting Furniture Restoration LLC, Woodstock. $4,831 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. T and Jâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Treasures Flea Market Store, New Windsor. $723 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 12. The Supply Captain Ltd., Marlboro. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. TLC Swimming Pools Inc., Highland Mills. $1,462 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 12. Valley Construction and Builders LLC, Wallkill. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Wallkill Paving and Sealcoating, Wallkill. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Wiles Chiropractic PC, Marlboro. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Willin Specialized Services Inc., Big Indian. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28. Wiltwyck Gold Club Inc., Kingston. $128 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 25.

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FACTS World of Touch Inc., New Paltz. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 28.

LIS PENDENS The following ﬁlings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may aﬀect the title to the property listed. Arroy, Paul, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,000 affecting property located at 23 Ellen Drive, Beacon 12508. Filed Jan. 28. Basini, Louis G., et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 96 Fifth Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed June 10. Battle, Tommy, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $58,600 affecting property located at 400 S. Ohioville Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed Jan. 27. Bellber, Licett, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $148,750 affecting property located at 1 Gray St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Jan. 27. Birchwale, Carol M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $206,500 affecting property located at 160 Connors Road, Middletown 10941. Filed June 10.

Magill, Sandra A., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 14 Pond Road, Walden 12586. Filed June 16. Mankata, Emmanuel, 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 19 William St., Newburgh 12550. Filed June 10. Marino, Dominick J., et al. Filed by Ventures Trust 2013-I-H-R. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 106 John St., Maybrook 12543. Filed June 12. Maroon, Michael, et al. Filed by Richard F. Lease. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $25,000 affecting property located in New Windsor. Filed June 10. McCarroll, Alyson, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $149,000 affecting property located at 2015 John Jay Court, New Windsor 12553. Filed June 15. Mihailescu, Manuela, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $412,000 affecting property located at 5868 Route 209, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Jan. 29. Monterroso, Cesar A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $154,300 affecting property located at 33 Catskill Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Jan. 27.

Blair, Darrell E., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $154,156 affecting property located at 8 Brick Row, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Jan. 22.

Muhlrad, Tawnya, public administrator of the estate of Beverly A. Hanes, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $104,493 affecting property located at 57 Lake Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed June 12.

Blake, Neville R., et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 8 Melissa Lane, New Windsor 10992. Filed June 10.

Nastasi, Franklyn, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Financial Credit Services New York Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $82,819 affecting property located at 4 Maple Lane, Monroe 10950. Filed June 11.

Borger, Erik A., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $85,000 affecting property located at 23 Wildwood Ridge, Fort Montgomery 10922. Filed June 12.

Nelms, Dolores, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,000 affecting property located at 19 Sycamore Drive, Beacon 12508. Filed Jan. 25.

Laforge, James, et al. Filed by Selene Finance LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $94,395 affecting property located at 127 Dug Road, Accord 12404. Filed Jan. 29.

Nuovo, Krista J., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 231 Phillipsburgh Road, Middletown 10940. Filed June 11.

Laird, Steve E., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $153,600 affecting property located at 26 Harbor Hill Court, Beacon 12508. Filed Jan. 28. Listwan, Katrina A., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 54 Brothers Road, Poughquag 12570. Filed Jan. 29.

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Perez, Angel L. Jr., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,358 affecting property located at 37 Stewart Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed June 16. Perry, Craig S., et al. Filed by Provident Funding Associates LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,200 affecting property located at 72 Hudson St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed June 11.

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Petrone, Michael A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $430,000 affecting property located at 16 Autumn Way, Poughquag 12570. Filed Jan. 28.

FIGURES Thompson, Alan A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,400 affecting property located at 163 Church Hill Road, Kingston 12401. Filed Jan. 29.

Press, Mark V., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $406,000 affecting property located at 487 Ridge Road, Minisink 10998. Filed June 15.

Velez, Margarita, et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal; Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $68,250 affecting property located at 80 Carmine Drive, Unit D15, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Jan. 28.

Ricketson, Bennett C., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 930 Old Post Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed Jan. 29.

Wallkill Avenue Properties LLC, et al. Filed by Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $238,000 affecting property located at 36-36 ½ Wallkill Ave., Middletown. Filed June 10.

Russell, Deneen F., et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,550 affecting property located at 29 Oak Lane, Middletown 10940. Filed June 16. Salese, Stephen M., et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $263,200 affecting property located at 22 Griffen St., Poughquag 12570. Filed Jan. 27. Sanchez, Jose, et al. Filed by HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $101,760 affecting property located at 70 Grove St., Newburgh 12550. Filed June 16. Schumeyer, Brian J., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,000 affecting property located at 21 Roosevelt Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Jan. 22. Smith, David J., et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $25,000 affecting property located at 24 Edenville Road, Warwick 10990. Filed June 15. Smith, Diane, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 13 Pierce Lane, New Paltz 12561. Filed Jan. 29. Spann, Douglas, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,210 affecting property located at 14-16 Lafayette Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed June 12. Spann, Taira, as heir at law to the estate of Douglas Spann, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,210 affecting property located at 14-16 Lafayette Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed June 11. Staﬀon, Gilda, et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 350 Water St., Unit 2-14, Newburgh 12550. Filed June 16. Taveras, Ricardo, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 77 Benkard Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed June 15.

Warner, Linda, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $215,000 affecting property located at 27 Streit Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Jan. 22. Weger, Frank, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $135,000 affecting property located at 155 Vassar Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Jan. 25. Weller, Thomas, et al. Filed by MidIsland Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,860 affecting property located at 17 Tamarack Hill Drive, Poughkeepsie. Filed Jan. 26. Will, Roberta G., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,000 affecting property located at 5 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Jan. 29. Williams, Betty, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,002 affecting property located at 49 S. Pine St., Kingston 12401. Filed Jan. 25. Williams, Jermaine, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $286,089 affecting property located at 25 Fairways Drive, Unit 12, Middletown 10940. Filed June 11.

MECHANIC’S LIENS ADC Ulster LLC, as owner. $1,581 as claimed by Dutchess Overhead Doors Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 301 Upper North Road, Lloyd. Filed Jan. 25. Barbeau and Verreault LLC, as owner. $10,190 as claimed by Hudson Valley Excavation Inc., Middletown. Property: in Crawford. Filed Jan. 28. Buddy Two LLC, as owner. $6,326 as claimed by Dougherty Concrete Inc. Property: 28 N. Main St., Warwick. Filed Jan. 27. Carpenter, Kevin, as owner. $5,323 as claimed by Hanson Yates Inc., Saugerties. Property: 17 Carpenter Drive, Saugerties. Filed Jan. 27.

CVS Albany LLC, as owner. $95,054 as claimed by A. Colarusso and Son Inc., Hudson. Property: 7568 N. Broadway, Red Hook 12571. Filed Feb. 2. Danahy, Jessica, as owner. $8,640 as claimed by Probuild Company LLC, Middletown. Property: 28 Andrews St., Cornwall-on-Hudson. Filed Jan. 27. Ingram, Jimmie Jr., et al, as owner. $57,785 as claimed by SRK and B Inc., Montgomery. Property: 29 Angle Drive, Blooming Grove. Filed Jan. 28. Kumar, Sanjau, et al, as owner. $17,251 as claimed by George H. Bolde Inc., Pleasant Valley. Property: 22 Delaral place, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Jan. 27. PCM Development Co., Syracuse, as owner. $1,123 as claimed by NES Equipment Services Corp., Wappingers Falls. Property: 1 Galleria Drive, Top F, Middletown 10941. Filed Jan. 26. Poughkeepsie Galleria LLC, as owner. $2,453 as claimed by NES Equipment Services Corp., Wappingers Falls. Property: 2001 South Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Feb. 1. Schroeder, Pamela-Jo, as owner. $5,468 as claimed by Tri County Energy Corp., Sparrowbush. Property: 1 Lake Side Drive, Port Jervis 12771. Filed Feb. 1. Simmons, Robert, et al, as owner. $7,500 as claimed by FF Contracting New York Inc., Goshen. Property: 23 Fifth St., Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 29. The Warwick Yard LLC, as owner. $9,260 as claimed by Ground Control Excavating Inc., Warwick. Property: 120 State School Road, Warwick. Filed Jan. 29.

Curb Appeal Landscaping, 4805 Highway 209, Accord 12404, c/o Anthony David Hilmi. Filed Jan. 26. CW Rooﬁng and Remodeling, 13 Mecca Drive, Salisbury Mills, c/o Craig Patrick Wood. Filed Feb. 3. DeVries DeSIGNS, 1605 Route 44/55, Clintondale 12515, c/o Roger DeVries. Filed Jan. 27. DJ Hitta Mixxx, 214 Libertyville Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Evan M. Brieff. Filed Jan. 28. Do It Right Construction, 608 Sherwood Drive, Middletown 10941, c/o Edward D. Hernandes. Filed Feb. 3. Ecological Services, 939 W. Saugerties-Woodstock Road, Saugerties 12477, c/o Joseph J. Damrath. Filed Jan. 28. Evee’s Bagels and Deli, 316 Broadway, Ulster Park 12487, c/o Erika Cruz. Filed Jan. 26. Fiebru 1 Auto, 41 Ellis Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Alexander Rivera. Filed Jan. 30. Griﬃths, P.O. Box 45, Lake Hill, Woodstock 12448, c/o Chad T. Griffiths. Filed Jan. 29. Hair for You!, 100 Downs St., Kingston 12401, c/o Wendeline Annette Norfleet. Filed Jan. 29. Headwaters Collective, 165 Cornell St., Kingston 12401, c/o Alicia Marie Troxell. Filed Jan. 25. Hometown Plumbing and Heating, P.O. Box 5, Ellenville 12428, c/o Richard J. Thompson. Filed Jan. 28.

NEW BUSINESSES

Iconic Properties, 301 Upper North Road, Lloyd 12528, c/o Frank S. Sorbello. Filed Jan. 28.

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

Just Blessed, 89 Prospect St., Kingston 12401, c/o Shirley A. Whitlock. Filed Jan. 27.

Partnerships

KW Gentech, 156 South St., Marlboro 12542, c/o Charles R. Kozlik III. Filed Jan. 28.

MPF New York, 340 Butternut Drive, New Windsor 12553, c/o Sean Noble, Mark Halliburton and Kirk Halliburton. Filed Jan. 29. Orange County Christian Community Softball League, 7 Evergreen Lane, Walden 12586, c/o Timothy Young, Eric Lloyd, James T. Vietstra and Michael J. Martz. Filed Feb. 3.

Sole Proprietorships Aﬀordable Stump Grinding, 502 Third St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Edward P. Weyer. Filed Jan. 29. Beyond Beautiful Jules, 55 Vaughn Terrace, Saugerties 12477, c/o Julianne Susan Sullam. Filed Jan. 26. Briana Maloney Business Writing, 25 Millbrook Lane, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Briana R. Maloney. Filed Jan. 25.

L and D Short Transport, 26 CathyJo Place, Accord 12404, c/o Denise A. Costa. Filed Jan. 27. Professional Dry Wall, 256 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Katherine Izaguirre. Filed Feb. 3. Stella Bella Salon, 87 St. James St., Kingston 12401, c/o Johnah S. Incardona. Filed Jan. 27. Swept Away Cleaning Services, 35 Cotter Road, No. 18, Highland 12528, c/o Stacy A. Broadie. Filed Jan. 25. Windy Acres Farm, 51 Decker Drive, Greenville 10940, c/o Peter C. DePaolo. Filed Feb. 3.

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LEGAL NOTICES HPH Salon LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/14/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 25 Adams St., Bedford Hills, NY 10507. General purpose. #60364 Notice of Formation of JustBecauseSunday, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/30/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 4 Chalmers Blvd. Amawalk, NY 10501. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60365 Notice of Formation of 240 Patchogue Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/15. 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 Atlantis Management Group, 555 So. Columbus Ave., Ste. 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60366 Name of LLC Klotz Construction, LLC filed SSNY 11/30/15. SSNY designated as Agent of LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 1 Noble Ave Bronxville NY 10708. The princ. Loc. Of LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60367 Notice of formation of Venture Fit Partners LLC filed with the Secíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/15/15. Office of 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, 65 Barlow Lane, NY 10580. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose Ad. #60370 Notice of Formation of 172 Carrollwood Drive LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 12/18/15. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: c/o Jonathan S. Berman, Esq., 4 Hudson Road E., Irvington, NY 10533. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. #60371 Mary OíConnell, L.L.C. filed with SSNY on 12/09/15, office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process and shall mail to 30 Iroquois Road, Pleasantville, NY, 10570. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60372 Notice of Formation of Arthur Avenue Wood Fired Pizza Compay, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/27/2015. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 7 Rockhagen Rd, Thornwood, NY 10594 The principal business address of the LLC is same as above Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60373 Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): KSquared Fitness, LLC filed with SSNY 12/24/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to iAdonia, LLC, 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60376 Notice of Formation of HSN Property, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/27/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY design. As agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2 Overhill Road Suite 260, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60378

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Notice of Formation of St. Markís Place Holdings CVII, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/2/15. 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 The LLC, 487 East Main St., Ste. 107, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549-3420. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60381 Notice of Formation of Carlucci Property Group, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/1/15. Offc. Loc.: Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 329 Cordial Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60382 Notice of Formation of Herde de Ferme LLC, a domestic LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/07/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 185 Kisco Avenue, Ste 604, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #60383 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: DIVINE ARM INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/25/15. 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: 76 Briggs Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10701, (the principal business location of the LLC). Purpose: LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #60384 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) NAMED: After Five Heating Service, LLC articles of organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 5, 2016. 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 at 214 North Terrace Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550 principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful business activity. #60385 Mary Jane Pastor Realty, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 60 E. Hartsdale Ave., Hartsdale, NY 10530. General purpose. #60386 NOTICE OF FORMATION of BRENNAN HHH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/14/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2200 Saw Mill River Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful activity. The LLC is to be managed by one or more managers. #60387 Notice of Formation of 96 FOREST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 27 Nursery Lane, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60388

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Notice of Formation of MICAMA Realty Group, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/23/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 399 Knollwood Rd Suite G10 White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60389 44 Pocantico LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/31/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 108 Hunter Dr., Cranberry Township, PA 16066. General purpose. #60390 Chez Moi LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/11/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Law Offices of Michael H. Kane, 240 W. 35th St., Ste. 504, NY, NY 10001. General purpose. #60391 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Food Allergy Resource Group, LLC. Articles of Organ. filed w/ SSNY on 12/8/2015. Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC and may mail a copy of any process c/o InCorp Services, 99 Washington Ave, Ste805-A, Albany, NY12210. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #60392 62 Beekman VRC LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/15/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, P.O. Box 487, Tarrytown, NY 10591. General purpose. #60393 Transform Fitness & Training LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/16/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 125 Columbus Ave., Tuckahoe, NY 10707. General purpose. #60394 Notice of Formation of Maintenance Solutions Network, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/15/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, United States Corporation Agent, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202, Brooklyn NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60395 Notice of Formation of Design Evolution LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 26 The Hamlet, Pelham Manor, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful purpose #60396 Notice of Formation of Topsy Turvy Yogi, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY, NYS Department of State, Westchester County on 12/10/15. Office location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #60398 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DORMIE VENTURES, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 11, 2015. Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #60399

Notice of Formation of Mint2 Creative, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/16. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 450 Secor Rd, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60400 15 Hudson, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/19/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Marko Rudovic, 8 Old Post Rd South, Croton on Hudson, NY 10520. General purpose. #60402

RYE TOWN PARK COMMISSION REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Release Date: January 20, 2016 -- The Rye Town Park Commission is responsible for Rye Town Park a 62 acre public park located in Westchester County, New York. The Commission is interested in ìoutsourcingî the: 1. Operation of the Park, including the operation of the restaurant and the snack bar/concession stands on the beach; or 2. Operation of the Park, excluding the operation of the restaurant and the snack bar/concession stands on the beach; or 3. The operation of the restaurant and the snack bar/concession stands on the beach only; 4. The future development of the Administration building and adjacent areas

6-8 Chester LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/2/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, c/o Anthony R. Tirone, Esq., P.C., 202 Mamaroneck Ave., Ste. 500, White Plains, NY 10601. General purpose. #60403

Interested parties can respond to one, any combination, or all of the above.

HTC Partners LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/22/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 740 St. Nicholas Ave., 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10031. General purpose. #60404

Please address Submissions to: Rye Town Clerk Hope Vespia, 222 Grace Church Street ñ Suite 303, Port Chester, NY 10573

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Positiv Advertising, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/7/16. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 169 Grace Church Street, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60405 Notice of Formation of Green THumb Enterprises, LLC, a domestic limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/08/16. NY Office location: Putnam County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 4 Collier Drive East, Carmel, NY 10512. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #60406 Notice is hereby given that an onpremise license, #TBA has been applied for by A & M Restaurant Corp d/b/a The Irish Bank Bar & Restaurant to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 230 East Hartsdale Avenue Hartsdale, NY 10530. #60407 180-190 EBPR LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/5/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Sunanda Majumder, 180-190 East Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General purpose. #60408 LEGAL NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PARANDA MEDIA, LLC, ARTS OF ORG. filed with Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/11/2006. 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: 80 Vaughn Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60409 Notice of Formation of 63 BOBOLINK ROAD LLC amended to BRYN MAWR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/11/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 63 Bobolink Road, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60410

The RFQ is available on the Park Commissionís website: http://www.townofryeny.com/rye-town-park--beach-home-page.html One Site Tour is scheduled at 11:00 AM on February 4, 2016. Attendance is not required; however, please contact Debbie Reisner, Town of Rye at dreisner@townofryeny.com or 914-939-3553 if you plan to attend.

Questions and serious expressions of interest should be labeled ìRTP RFQî in the reference line and directed to: Debbie Reisner at: dreisner@townofryeny.com or at Town of Rye, 222 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, NY 10573. All responses must be postmarked or received by the Town by 4pm, March 18, 2016 #60401

Notice of Formation of NEW VENEZIA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/20/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mirsky and Associates, PLLC, 303 South Broadway, Ste. 222, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60411 Notice of Formation of PM GROUP HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/17/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PM Group Holdings LLC, Attn: Glenn Friedman, 333 Westchester Avenue, East Building-Suite E-1101, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60412 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE ROTH FUND for the year ended December 31, 2015 is available at its principal office located at Peretz, Resnick, Mitgang & Marcus, LLP, 303 South Broadway, Suite 105, Tarrytown, NY 10591 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal of the Fund is Jeanny Roth. #60413 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HCR DESHE GROUP LLC ( LLC ) Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 12/16/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 54A Tora Road, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #60414 Notice of Formation of 9 Overlook, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/05/2016. NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 501 East 79th Street, #10E, New York, New York 10075. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity #60415

Notice of Formation of PM BUSINESS ADVISORS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/3/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PM Business Advisors LLC, Attn: Christopher Vignone, 333 Westchester Avenue, East BuildingSuite E-1101, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60416 Notice of Formation of 1919 PALMER AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: One New King Street, Suite 201, West Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60417 Notice of Formation of DAGONIT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 20 Byram Lake Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60418 The Annual Return of the Mucci Family Foundation for the year ended December 31, 2015 is available at its principal office located at c/o Shulman Jones & Company, 287 Bowman Avenue, Purchase, New York 10577 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal manager of the Foundation is: Robert Mucci Dated: February 2016 #60419 Notice of Formation of Travellati LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/22/16. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 11 Woodland Avenue, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60420

Imagine Noel LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/28/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joan Jones, P.O. Box 270, 222 Purchase St., Rye, NY 10580-2101. General purpose. #60421 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company(LLC) Statewide Tile and Marble, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 11/17/2015. Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him to 110 Northmore Dr Yorktown Heights NY 10598, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose:any lawful business activity. #60422 Good Ole American Property Management, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/8/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph Cotone, 3334 Sycamore Ln., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. General purpose. #60423 Notice of Formation of Blue Walrus, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/16/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Blue Walrus LLC, 351 Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Ad # 60369

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