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As NYC balks, Yonkers prepares to take MTA depot BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

he city of Yonkers is gearing up for legal battle with the owner of a valuable 3½-acre piece of real estate on the city’s waterfront. But the party the city plans to take to court is not your average private property owner. The parcel of land at 59 Babcock Place, which stretches north of Alexander Street and west of Ravine Avenue on the downtown waterfront, is owned by New York City. Yonkers officials say the property, which is leased to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and used as a bus depot, is necessary for the city

This MTA bus depot occupies a prime site in the Yonkers waterfront redevelopment area. Photo by John Golden.

and private developers to complete the city’s master plan for redevelopment along the Yonkers waterfront. The city aims to use a portion of the property to extend Alexander Street and open access to planned large-scale residential and commercial developments. Officials say the land could also help with infrastructure and parking necessary to complete its master plan. Mayor Mike Spano said his administration has attempted, without success, to negotiate a relocation deal with the MTA and New York City for its Babcock Place storage and maintenance » DEPOT, page 6

White Plains council opposes nonproﬁt’s plan for group home BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

he White Plains Common Council has objected to plans by a Westchester nonprofit for a group home that could house 10 people with developmental disabilities The council approved a reso-

lution on April 3 to designate up to $30,000 to employ special counsel to oppose the proposed group home at 22 New York South Ave. That resolution follows two public hearings at which the council members heard from a series of residents concerned with the proposed project’s size and location. The Common Council passed a resolution objecting to the group

home earlier in March. The housing proposal comes from The Institutes of Applied Human Dynamics Inc., a Tarrytown-based nonprofit that provides services in Westchester and the Bronx for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. IAHD would use the 8-bedroom, 5-bathroom home on New

York South Avenue as a group home for 10 people with intellectual and physical developmental disabilities. The house would be staffed at all hours, with IAHD providing housing, meals, recreation and nursing services for the residents. Those residents now live in a group home in Mount Vernon. The previous operators of that home

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decided last year to no longer operate the facility. IAHD tried to extend the lease or purchase the previous group home, but was unable to, according to its application to the city. “We are asking the community to give us an opportunity to live quietly and in harmony as we have done in so many neighbor» HOME, page 6

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he bride’s wedding dress is a strapless confection of lace and tulle with a fitted bodice and a flowing train that’s been painstakingly stitched and detailed just for her by an artisan in Italy. Yet unlike every other bride on the planet, she doesn’t care about the fit. That’s because the dress in question is a miniature replica of her original wedding gown, gifted to her by her mother in what could be considered the ultimate keepsake memory of a bride’s special day. “It’s textured and gorgeous,” gushes Darren Thomas Scala of D. Thomas Fine Miniatures, admiring the tiny dress from the outside of its display case. The dress has been thoughtfully positioned by Scala next to a miniature version of the bride’s red-soled Christian Louboutin heels. The shoes, made by a second artist in Italy, are leather with a sculpted wood heel and metal buckles. A replica of the bride’s tightly bound flower bouquet lies nearby. It’s been created by a third artist in Spain and is comprised of 800 individually applied paper petals. It’s a poetic vignette, lit from above, that showcases a meticulous approach. “There are artists out there making beautiful pieces,” says Scala, admiring the quality of the work and explaining that each artist has his own expertise. Scala’s job is to pull everything together to create a moment that is frozen in time. “I bill myself as a curator,” he says as we walk around his shop at 579 Warburton Ave. in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson. Brooklyn-born Scala opened his shop in late 2014 amid an influx of city transplants, who brought with them a market for all things artisanal. The growing hipster population in Hastings is a demographic ripe for the miniature medium, which covers everything from tiny food to mini mid-century modern houses. “People are beginning to realize that a miniature can be anything from a cute and cheerful dollhouse to fine art and everything in-between,” Scala says. Scala’s retail shop is tucked away from the street at Moviehouse Mews, where the screen used to be when it was the Hastings movie theater. The shop includes a gallery exhibiting miniature work from a rotating cast of global artisans as well as interactive workshop space. His vision for the future of this once stagnant art has placed him at the

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forefront of its revival. Perhaps the most striking example of a miniature entering the mainstream comes via a recent Instagram post by Mindy Kaling. The actress, who was given the gift of a “Mindy Project” set replicated in miniature, complimented it in the post. Scala collaborated with artist Michael Yurkovic to create the media-generating piece. “My whole objective is to promote the miniatures world,” says Scala, who has a marketing background. “And what better way than to connect it to an important event.” Enter MyTrueSo, Scala’s recent effort to preserve a bride’s keepsakes in the most memorable way. The name MyTrueSo is a play on the French word trousseau, meaning an assortment of things (clothes, household linens etc.) that a bride collects for her marriage. In Scala’s version, a bride can preserve the objects that made her wedding unique by having them created in miniature by artists around the world – the dress, jewelry, shoes, flowers, cake and lingerie, among them. For the dressmaking process, material can be used from the actual garment or artists can work from a photograph. “The dress would be ideal,” says Scala. “Because

the artist can get to that higher level of detail.” But he emphasizes that it’s not necessary. “That’s where artistry comes in,” he says. It’s possible to create the illusion of perfection using materials that are not from the original. Plus, photographs can be ideal if you want to keep the miniature a secret from the bride. Scala suggests bridal parties can band together to give it as a collective gift. “It’s unique and custom and reflects a bride’s signature style,” Scala says. “And who doesn’t want that reflected back to them as a gift?” After launching MyTrueSo at a recent bridal event, Scala says interested participants wondered if the miniature keepsake could be transferred to other big life events like, say, the birth of a baby. “Yes,” answers Scala emphatically. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. If you’re a bride-to-be, or someone who loves her, MyTrueSo may be the bespoke gift you’ll be buzzing about. In the bridal industry, news travels fast. It’s a small world, after all. This article originally was published in the April issue of WAG, the Business Journal’s sister magazine.

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Lease for biotech center at Grasslands approved BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

ohn Fareri’s 7-year dream of building a $1.2 billion life sciences complex in Valhalla moved closer to reality on April 3 when the Westchester County Board of Legislators approved a 99-year lease of county property. County Executive Robert P. Astorino and legislators held a joint press conference several hours before the vote celebrating their bipartisan support for the North 60 biotechnology research center. The lease was approved unanimously, 17-0. Given the size and scope of the project — Astorino said it will position Westchester as a global biotech center — county officials spent several years negotiating and vetting the deal. “We needed to make sure everything was done right,” board Chairman Michael B. Kaplowitz said at the press conference. “When you have a 99-year-deal and there’s no way out, you don’t want to see a divorce on the horizon.” Fareri Associates LP of Greenwich must now secure land-use approvals from the

town of Mount Pleasant. The 60-acre site is along the Sprain Brook Parkway on the Grasslands Reservation, a 512-acre tract that the county bought in 1915. Grasslands is home to Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is nearby. Fareri Associates owns 20 acres next to the North 60 property and won the rights to develop the site. Fareri wants to build 3 million square feet of space for medical offices, research, retail, restaurants, a hotel and a children’s museum. The complex will be built in three phases over 25 years, including a West Research Village, Central Village and East Research Village. It will be designed around a Main Street theme, with shops and restaurants, plazas and gardens, bikeways and pedestrian paths and a shuttle service to nearby Metro-North train stations. But the villages will not include residences, in a concession to government officials and residents who do not want to strain the school district. The county approval triggered the initial lease payments, beginning at $125,000

a year. As buildings are occupied, Fareri will give the county a portion of the project’s rental income. Fareri has estimated that North 60 will create 4,000 construction jobs and 8,000 permanent jobs, pay $7 million in annual rents to the county and generate $9 million a year in local real estate taxes. The next big step is an environmental review that could take two years or more

to finish, with Mount Pleasant as the lead agency. By the time land use permits are issued, it could be three years before construction begins. Neil DeLuca of Fareri Associates said government officials have shown unusual support for the project. “Everyone said, ‘If this is real, we’re for it,’” he said. “We will not let you down.”

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128-unit complex planned for former Yonkers school site BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

Long Island City-based developer is moving forward with plans to convert the former School 19 property at 70 Jackson St. in Yonkers into a 128-unit apartment complex. Alma Realty Corp., a landlord and developer with residential, commercial and warehouse properties across New York and New Jersey, plans to construct a $28 million, eight-story building with 24 studio, 64 onebedroom and 40 two-bedroom units and 170 parking spaces on the property.

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housing for people who want to live and work in Yonkers.” The developer acquired the property from the city of Yonkers for $676,900 and demolition work on the site began in July. “The current plan is to begin excavation work within the next few months,” said Jason Fink, a spokesman for Alma Realty. Roughly 150 jobs will be created during the project’s construction phase. In a statement, Alma Realty said the development will “help add new vibrancy to the community and provide a valuable economic boost.” Alma Realty also believes the develop-

ment will bring increased foot traffic to the area and support ground-level retail in the neighborhood. The site is just south of St. Joseph’s Medical Center. “In redeveloping this vacant property, we seek to attract tenants looking for downtown environments with access to public transit and the ability to walk to local shops and restaurants,” the company said in a statement. The apartment complex will feature an outdoor courtyard and recreational space. In another Westchester project, the company plans to build a 150-unit apartment and retail complex on Park and Brown streets in Peekskill.

DeMarco steps into CEO job at Mack-Cali

ack-Cali Realty Corp. president Michael J. DeMarco has assumed the CEO title held for nearly two years by Mitchell E. Rudin, who moves to the newly created vice chairman’s post at the Jersey City-based real estate investment trust. In its announcement on April 5, MackCali said Marshall Tycher will continue as chairman of Roseland Residential Trust,

In March, the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency granted 70 Jackson Street LLC, an entity formed by Alma Realty, a $360,000 mortgage tax exemption, and an $830,000 sales tax exemption on materials to be used in the construction of the project. A temporary property tax abatement will also be negotiated. According to the city, the former school sat empty for more than 20 years. “This property has been empty and gathering dust for two decades,” said Mayor Mike Spano, who chairs the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency. “We’re so glad to put it back on the tax rolls and provide needed

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Mack-Cali’s subsidiary in multifamily development with a focus on the Hudson River waterfront and transit-oriented markets. Rudin and DeMarco in June 2015 were named CEO and president and chief operating officer, respectively, to succeed Mitchell E. Hersh, Mack-Cali’s president and CEO for more than 15 years. Rudin previously headed U.S. commercial operations at Brookfield Office Properties and formerly was president and CEO of the New York tri-

state region for CBRE Inc. DeMarco joined Mack-Cali from Cantor Commercial Real Estate Co, where he was chief investment officer, and previously was executive vice president at Vornado Realty Trust and a managing director at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Fortress Investment Group. DeMarco in the announcement said Mack-Cali, after two years under his and Rudin’s leadership, “is well positioned to

continue its strategic evolution.” As CEO, DeMarco said he will assume “the dayto-day leadership of the business” while Rudin, “my partner,” in the new position of vice chairman will “continue his valuable role in the transformation of the company.” DeMarco said he, Rudin and Tycher “couldn’t be more confident in the direction of the company, our revitalized culture and our improving operations and balance sheet.” — John Golden

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SEC owed millions from penny stocks trader in Ossining BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

n Ossining attorney has to pay up to $12 million in illgotten gains from a penny stock operation. Federal Judge Kenneth M. Karas granted summary judgment on March 27 to the Securities and Exchange Commission in its 2012 case against Edward J. Bronson and his companies, E-Lionheart Associates LLC and Fairhills Capital Inc. The judge instructed the SEC to deduct Bronson’s transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions, but added a $875,000 penalty to deter future violations and barred Bronson from trading penny stocks. Collecting the fines and fees could be problematic. Bronson has filed for bankruptcy, claiming only $17,250 in assets and $154.1 million in liabilities. And a lawyer for two former employees warned the bankruptcy court of Bronson’s pattern of “concealment of assets, violation of court orders and cunning manipulations of the litigation process.” The SEC case is built on Bronson’s failure to register penny stocks and on depriving investors of basic financial information. Bronson claimed in court filings that E-Lionheart was exempt from federal registration rules because it was a Delaware company operating under state laws. He relied on opinion letters written by a lawyer, Virginia Sourlis, stating that the stock offerings did not have to be registered. Karas ruled that there was no actual connection to Delaware because the transactions took place in a White Plains office. He noted that Sourlis was not licensed to practice law in Delaware and she has been found in violation of securities laws and barred from participating in penny stock offerings. What’s more, even if the securities could have been exempted, the SEC said, Bronson violated SEC rules by not holding them for at least 12 months. Instead, he often sold them within days of acquiring them. E-Lionhart’s pattern was finding small

companies in need of capital. Bronson would buy company securities at a steep discount and then quickly sell them at double the price at which they had been trading. The SEC said Bronson illegally resold stock in about 100 companies and reaped more than $10 million in profits. From 2009 to 2011, for example, he sold 22.8 billion shares from 10 companies for $9.9 million and netted $4.8 million. The business generated enormous profits, according to Mark Grober and Evan Solomon, who worked for Bronson from 2009 to 2011. In a seven-week period in 2009, for example, they said Bronson made a $1 million profit, paid himself $100,000 and used $345,430 to buy an Aston Martin and a Porsche. The SEC says Bronson used a Fairhills Capital bank account to hold some of the quick profits. Fairhills held the titles of several luxury cars. Grober and Solomon sued Bronson in 2011 for breach of contract and fraud, claiming he had promised them a percentage of profits but didn’t give them their share. In 2010, Bronson brought his father, Larry Bronson, into the company after he was released from federal prison. Larry Bronson was originally charged with racketeering conspiracy, for allegedly helping an associate of the Gambino crime family engage in witness intimidation, hosting meetings in his Manhattan law office for organized crime members who were barred from associating with one another, and disseminating information about individuals he believed were cooperating with the government on organized crime cases. All but one of the charges were dropped. The elder Bronson pleaded guilty to structuring financial transactions to disguise the proceeds from an illegal drug operation and was sentenced to 16 months in prison. Grober and Solomon said they were told to “meet with Larry” to discuss their unpaid compensation. They claim that Larry Bronson was intimidating and refused to honor their agreements. Last year, state Supreme Court in Manhattan awarded Grober and Solomon $1.4 million. But Bronson, according to a declaration by the former employees’ attorney, Maranda Fritz, delayed settlement, transferred assets to his wife, drained his accounts and then filed for bankruptcy. The bankruptcy petition shows no house, ownership of 11 companies all worth $0, clothing valued at $200, a $500 motorcycle, $500 in furniture and a Wilson Combat firearm worth $5,000. Bronson claimed liabilities of $150 million to the AJW Offshore Funds in the Cayman Islands, $3 million to Grober and Solomon, $800,000 to attorneys and $300,000 to the IRS. “There appear to be substantial questions,” Fritz said, “concerning the bona fides of Mr. Bronson’s bankruptcy filing.”

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facility for years. “I don’t see what the big deal is,” Spano said. “They’re occupying some of the most primo property on the water’s edge with their MTA buses.” In 2015, Spano sent a letter to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio expressing his frustration with the extended process and his hopes that the situation could be resolved without resorting to the courts. Since that time, Spano said his administration has made a number of attempts to find a new site for the MTA bus depot and has held multiple conversations with officials of the mayoral administration in New York City. “That’s really all we get,” Spano said of those conversations. “We get a lot of, ‘Oh, this is nice conversation,’ and then they go cold.” “Maybe they’re trying to wait us out, but they certainly don’t want to deal with this.” Yonkers officials claim New York City has failed to respond with a reasonable price for the property. The city has asked that Yonkers pay $25 million to fund construction of a new bus garage in addition to the cost of the land. New York City in 2005 paid $10.5 million to acquire the property at the foot of Alexander Street from Liberty Lines Express. “I daresay if these buses were stored along the Manhattan or Brooklyn waterfronts they would be relocated in a heartbeat,” Spano said. Requests for comment from both New York City and the MTA were notreturned at press time. The property sits adjacent to Manhattan-based Extell Development Co.’s proposed 1,395-unit luxury rental apartment complex. The six-building development with 51,800-squarefeet of commercial space would sit on 22 waterfront acres stretching from the former British International Cable Corp. property at 1 Point St. to the vacant Excelsior Packaging plant at 159 Alexander St. The bus depot, used by the MTA to service bus lines in the northern Bronx and lower Westchester County, also sits

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hoods,” said Stanley Silverstein, executive director of IAHD, at a March public hearing. IAHD was started in 1957 by a group of parents of children with developmental disabilities. The nonprofit employs 800 people and provides services to another 800 through 30 group homes, with 20 in the Bronx and 10 in Westchester. The plans for the group home on New York South Avenue caught the attention of residents in the proposed home’s Prospect Park neighborhood. The public hearing on the proposal last month lasted more than two hours. Residents cited the size of the group home and a saturation of similar facilities nearby as reasons for the Common Council to oppose the plan. Michelle Perkins, president of the Prospect Park Neighborhood Association, said the proposal is too large for the resi-

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north of a 609-unit apartment complex planned by developer AvalonBay. “It would be a gateway for those two developments,” Spano said of the planned Alexander Street extension. “If the bus garage stayed there, you would have to drive through this bus garage to get to this beautiful waterfront housing. It’s an eyesore on the waterfront of Yonkers.” In March, the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency agreed to hold a public hearing on the possible condemnation of a portion of the bus depot property needed for roadway improvements, which would be the first step to an eventual taking by eminent domain. The Yonkers City Council approved an initial condemnation request in 2015, but Spano said utilizing the IDA is more appropriate since that agency is expected to be involved in the overall Alexander Street redevelopment project. “It’s just not fair to taxpayers of Yonkers,” he said. “They don’t pay New York City tax and they shouldn’t have to share in New York City’s burdens.” Michael Rickon, a Manhattan lawyer who specializes in eminent domain cases, said though it is not particularly common, the use of eminent domain by one municipality to acquire land owned by another municipality has “happened many times before.” “The general rule is, a government cannot condemn the property of a higher government,” he said, citing a number of cases where New York state acquired property owned by cities across the state. However, in the case of Yonkers and New York City, when neither is an overarching body, the protocol for invoking eminent domain would be identical to the procedures of acquiring land from a private property owner, Rickon said. Spano said he believes Yonkers is “perfectly within our rights” to gain control of the property. “They’re not an overlapping government,” he said. “They’re a city.” Yonkers Deputy Mayor Susan Gerry said that while she does not believe it is common for a municipality to condemn another government’s property, taking control of the site for public use “would seemingly apply here.” “If you want to take that approach of which public use trumps, or has more value to the public and the community, we believe that sleeping buses on the waterfront is going to

dential neighborhood. The neighborhood streets are narrow and often busy with children and other pedestrians, she said. Neighbors are concerned about increased dangers from potential traffic caused by staff members and other uses from the group home. “What we’ve tried to prove to the city is largely the safety issue,” Perkins told the Business Journal. “We are not against having a home for the developmentally disabled in Prospect Park.” Under a state law known as the Padavan law, group home proposals are treated as a single family residence for local zoning review. A municipality can only suggest an alternative site or object to the establishment of a group home if it would create a concentration of the facilities that would alter a neighborhood’s character. The state has the final say on the proposal. Silverstein said that previous group homes proposed by IAHD have faced similar

ALEXANDER STREET BUS DEVELOPMENT NYC-MTA BUS LOT ◀◀ An aerial view of the Alexander Street redevelopment area where the city of Yonkers is ready to use eminent domain to acquire New York Cityowned property.

lose,” she said. For Spano, while the looming court battle was one he had hoped to avoid, he is prepared for the fight. “We keep hearing that it’s like David and Goliath,” he said. “And that excites us.”

resident concerns about traffic and safety. “Those are the types of concerns brought up, this is not unique to Prospect Park,” Silverstein told the Business Journal. “Concerns about what will this do to traffic? What will this do to safety? Who are these people that are going to live there? We hear that often, but we don’t often have the municipality object.” The resolution passed by the Common Council on March 8 objected to IAHD’s proposal on the grounds that the establishment would “result in such a concentration of community residential facilities that the nature and character” of the neighborhood would be altered. The council voted 6-1 in favor of the objection. “I have lived near a group home and didn’t have any issue,” said Councilwoman Nadine Hunt-Robinson. However, in this, “I conclude we have reached oversaturation point and that the proposed community residence would irreparably change the nature

and the character of the community.” Councilwoman Beth Smayda cast the only vote against the objection filed by the city. “I need to live with my decisions also,” Smayda said. “And I truly do not have it in my heart to tell these potential residents that they are not welcome in White Plains.” There are 35 group home facilities in White Plains, according to a map posted on the city’s website. While this would be the first in the Prospect Park neighborhood, there are facilities nearby on West Post Road and Tibbits Avenue. IAHD’s application said a “saturation pre-study” from the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities found that there was not an abundance of similar homes in the neighborhood. The proposal will next be reviewed April 19 by a hearing officer designated by the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Schneiderman challenges Trump on energy standards BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

ew York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman will lead a coalition in legal action to try to prevent the president from rolling back energy efficiency standards. Schneiderman announced on April 3 that his office will lead a group of states and municipalities in a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Department of Energy for delaying energy efficiency standards for consumer and commercial products, such as ceiling fans, portable air conditioners, commercial boilers and walkin coolers and freezers. The Trump administration’s plan to delay six federal efficiency standards violates both the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act and Administrative Procedures Act, according to Schneiderman. The state Attorney General said the standards would combine to eliminate emissions of 292 million tons of greenhouse gases and provide net electricity savings to consumers and businesses of approximately $23.8 billion, citing Department of Energy estimates.

Empire names Eller president & COO

mpire Resorts Inc. has named former Genting Americas executive Ryan Eller as president and chief operating officer to oversee the company’s resort casino development in Sullivan County and Monticello Casino and Raceway. A former Marine Corps major and graduate of Harvard Business School, Eller spent four years at Genting New York LLC, where he oversaw planning for a $315 million expansion of Genting’s Resorts World Casino New York City in Jamaica, Queens. He served concurrently as senior vice president of development of Genting Americas Inc. and oversaw the design and development of the company’s $4 billion integrated resort project on the Las Vegas Strip. Since starting his resort and gaming industry career at Caesar’s Entertainment Inc. in 2006, Eller has held executive finance posts at PCI Gaming Authority and Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, both casino and resort businesses owned by Native American tribes. — John Golden

“This is yet another example of how the Trump administration’s polluter-first energy policy has real and harmful impacts on the public health, environment — and pocketbooks — of New Yorkers,” Schneiderman said in a press release. Joining Schneiderman in the coalition are the attorneys general from California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the City of New York. The federal Department of Energy published new energy efficiency standards for ceiling fans as a final rule on Jan. They were set to go in effect TWB19. Mosiello on March 20, but were delayed by the WCBJ 7.375” wadministration x 7.125” h Trump until Sept. 30. 3-9-17 Schneiderman said the delay is illegal, violating “anti-backsliding” provisions under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

The coalition has filed a lawsuit in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals against the Department of Energy. The groups asks the court to require that the standards go into effect immediately. The coalition also filed a 60-day notice with the Department of Energy of its intent to sue over delays of energy efficiency standards for compressors, power supply equipment, portable air conditioners, commercial boilers and walk-in coolers and freezers. Schneiderman said the Energy Department was required to publish final energy efficiency standards for compressors by Feb. 21 and for the other products by March 15. If the department fails to publish the five energy efficiency standards as final rules within 60 days, Schneiderman said the coalition will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court asking the court to compel the Department of Energy to immediately publish the rules.

Schneiderman has been at odds with Trump since before president’s election. He helped force a $25 million settlement from Trump as part of class action and civil lawsuits against Trump University, a controversy that followed Trump throughout his campaign. He also joined challenges to Trump’s executive orders on immigration last month. The attorney general also released public statements in March highlighting the “devastating impact” cuts to Environmental Protection Agency funding in Trump’s budget proposal could have in New York. Trump signed an executive order on March 28 aimed at rolling back many of the environmental regulations set by President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan. Trump said the policies were killing jobs and called the executive order “the latest in a series of steps to create American jobs and to grow American wealth.”

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Plans for Bradford Road apartments revived BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

n Ohio developer has revived plans for an apartment complex next to Willson’s Woods Park in Mount Vernon. NRP Group LLC of Cleveland wants to demolish the vacant Laundauer Metropolitan office building and warehouse at 1 Bradford Road and build 120 market-rate apartments. NRP representatives displayed plans for a $31.5 million project to the Mount Vernon Industrial Development Agency on March 31. The company is asking for a $540,000 sales tax exemption, $400,000 property tax abatement and $236,164 mortgage tax exemption. It has proposed a 20-year payment in lieu of taxes agreement beginning at $450,000 around 2020-21 and increasing by 1 percent a year. The IDA postponed acting on the application for at least a month. The proposed project and the requested government assistance are similar to a 2015 proposal by WP East Acquisition LLC. Wood Partners, an Atlanta firm, abandoned the project after encountering community opposition.

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Neighbors had objected to the size of that project and to its compatibility with the park. They also expressed concerns about site contamination from a former chemical facility. Landauer, a home health equipment and supplies company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2013 and sold the three-acre property. Steven D. Horton, president of Grandview Consulting Group, said he has met with 80 people and their concerns and ideas have influenced the NRP design. One concern was that the previous developer placed most of the parking spaces in front. NRP will put most of the 155 parking spaces underneath the apartments or behind the building where they can’t be seen, according to Jonathan S. Gertman, NRP’s vice president of development. He said the building will include a courtyard and will appear less massive than the previous design. The company also plans to give Westchester County $350,000 for park improvements. NRP would build a five-story building with 120 apartments. Rents are estimated at $1,700 for a studio, $2,150 for 1 bedroom and $2,800 for 2 bedrooms. The apartments would house an esti-

mated 224 residents, including 10 schoolage children. NRP calculated that the Mount Vernon City School District would have to spend $122,430 a year to educate the children, but it will receive about $286,965 from the PILOT, for a net benefit of $164,535 per year. The project will create 49 construction jobs and pump an estimated $17.4 million into the economy. Four people will staff the

building. New residents could spend about $1.3 million locally on entertainment, restaurants, recreation, personal care and household items, generating from $11,000 to $28,000 in annual sales taxes. “We went to great lengths,” NRP attorney Michael Zarin said, “to make an IDA proposal based on economic development, job growth and benefits to the city.”

BY AL ALPER

IT considerations when retiring or terminating an employee

ow should a business approach the end of its relationship with an employee from an IT point of view? Having a plan in place for this separation and taking into consideration the cause of this separation -- retirement, amicable parting for new opportunities or termination — can help to ward off any IT surprises and put the company in the best possible position to move forward post separation. Hopefully throughout your employee’s development, your business has worked hard to instill a feeling of investment in and commitment to the organization. By balancing the organization’s trust with the employee’s recognition of the level of responsibility that goes along with that trust, a mutually beneficial relationship should have developed that enhanced not only the employee’s personal development but also the operations and outcomes of your organization. In these cases, upon the departure of an employee due to retirement, relocation or career change or new but not competing opportunities, IT considerations are rather straightforward. Unfortunately, these types of employee relationships are not always the case and sometimes a termination may result in additional protection needed to ensure that sensitive company data is not taken along with the departed employee. In either situation, some IT separation procedures are patently obvious, like deleting an employee from the company website and phone and email directories and making a plan for what happens to inbound emails and phone calls as well as voicemail access. Others — such as those that deal with an organization’s BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy — are less obvious. A departing employee’s iPad, smartphone or other personal device that was used for business purposes, either as an integral part of their job or even only occasionally, could contain confidential information. You should review usage and determine whether your IT team or managed services provider should “wipe” the device clear of any business-related information. And if there is some malicious intent present, personal devices offer an incredibly easy way to take information without detection that could potentially harm the company. Now too is the time to review the latest iteration of your SOP (standard operating procedures) and WISP (written information security plan). Most likely, you added onto them as your employee developed and

became more trusted. By reviewing these procedures, you will have a better sense of the employee’s span of IT access and where information may still be stored but possibly forgotten about. As part of an employee’s exit interview, he or she should be asked to sign a release declaring that he or she did not take or distribute company information; even accidental release of information in this way may make the company liable depending on the sensitivity of the information the employee had access to. If the business has not taken reasonable care to protect the data, such as having the employee sign this release, the business will be liable. This is also why employees should have undergone and been documented for additional security trainings as new responsibilities and access were acquired and why it’s so important to continually update the company’s acceptable use policy and WISP. Although an employee may have built up a trust with the company and, as a result, gained permission to access valuable or confidential information, depending on how they leave and whether you trust them, all of these efforts matter. Certainly organizations can take on these kinds of responsibilities themselves, but for those that don’t have the resources to oversee this level of information technology, it makes sense to find a managed services provider (MSP) that your company can partner with. There are a wealth of considerations that begin before a new employee is even hired and that need to be maintained throughout the development life cycle of the employee through to retirement. A partnership with an MSP will recognize and anticipate those considerations and where the issues intersect with their responsibilities, they will enforce and execute the processes and procedures, leaving you able to focus more of your attention on other aspects of your business. When employees separate, whether by will or by ill, many new IT considerations develop and need attention to ensure the protection of your business and possibly your clients. In the final article of this series, we’ll discuss IT considerations for your business from your clients’ perspective. Al Alper is CEO and founder of Ab6solute Logic, a technical support and technolo�y consulting company in Wilton, Connecticut, for businesses of up to 250 employees, and a national speaker and author on IT and security issues. He can be contacted at al.alper@ absolutelogic.com or 855-255-1550.

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Teaching people to lead We have a supervisor who doesn’t come forward with solutions. He doesn’t talk in meetings. He just listens and comes to my partner or me for solutions. He’s way too dependent on us, and we’re tired of giving him all the answers. What can we do to get him to initiate more on his own? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: A take-charge attitude can be learned. Make sure your supervisor knows what’s expected. Encourage your people to be innovative and independent. Talk through solutions to improve the chances of things going right. If you’ve made a hiring mistake, own up and fix it. Is there two-way trust between yourselves as owners and your supervisors? Do employees know they can experiment, make mistakes, get things wrong and take corrective action, all without fear of criticism or reprisals? Your job as owner is to encourage people to try until they get it right. Do you have the right balance between how you react when things do go right and when they go wrong? Many owners are so focused on what they want to have happen, they assume the positive and jump all over the negative. Try reversing the emphasis, to encourage success and dial down your reaction when things go wrong. After all,

if your supervisor has his heart in the right place of wanting to succeed, he probably feels as bad as you do, maybe even worse, when things go wrong. He may not understand that admitting to problems is the first step toward fixing them. Where and when does your supervisor get to see just how successful leaders do it? If people don’t know what success looks like, how will they learn? Try courses, arrange visits to observe known leaders at a friend’s company, or bring in a management trainer. Put your supervisor in an environment where he can observe someone who demonstrates real leadership skills. Check on how well your supervisor understands the job responsibilities. Especially if this person grew up on your shop floor and then was promoted into the supervisory role, he may not be clear about his new responsibilities and your new expectations. Define the accountabilities

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of the supervisory role, including the part about innovating and solving problems. Most shops have specific ways they do things, whether formal written procedures or simply the informal habits of how things get done. Encourage your supervisor to look at new and better ways of doing things. If there’s a change in how things are done, your first inclination may be to ask why things aren’t being done the old way. This can be interpreted as a critique of change. Depending on how the question comes across, your supervisor may take the question as a signal that innovation isn’t appreciated or desired. Stop giving out answers. Instead, encourage your supervisor to propose solutions by making the time to talk about topics that need work. Wait for the supervisor to respond rather than jumping in with suggestions. Suggest your supervisor do some research and then come back with possible solutions. Provide time for him to think rather than demanding instant answers. Once your supervisor has identified a solution, talk it through. Ask him to describe how he would implement the solution. Listen carefully to the steps he plans to take. If he’s missing a step, ask him “what about” questions. If he’s taking a wrong turn, ask him to describe the rationale for taking the step he suggested and to describe what he’s

trying to accomplish by taking that step. Recognize that there’s more than one way to get to an endpoint; he may be taking a different, but equally viable route. If you’ve tried everything and your supervisor continues to hang back, you may have to admit to yourself that you picked the wrong person for the job. If your designated leaders can’t or won’t lead, you have a problem. Don’t perpetuate the problem by continuing to step in; fix it. Put out an ad to find a replacement. Offer the supervisor the option of stepping back onto the shop floor, or moving to another job inside or outside of the company. Keep working to build a solution that can take the burden of supervising off your shoulders. LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK? Try “The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises for Building Effective Leaders” by Lois B. Hart and Charlotte S. Waisman. 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.

We invite you to check out the new and improved look of our Westfair Communications website, westfaironline.com, that we launch this month. Designed by DV Creative of Stamford, it’s a vital part of our effort to make our publications easily available and attractive to digital readers, subscribers and advertisers while carrying on a Westfair tradition of journalistic excellence and penetrating, wide-ranging coverage of our region cultivated over more than 50 years in print. From the landing page, visitors can click on a logo to go either to WAG magazine, the Fairfield County Business Journal, the Westchester County Business Journal or the combined Business Journals. On those pages, you’ll find more photos and graphics, easier-to-find news by industry and our ever-evolving serial features on subjects that include women-owned enterprises, startup ventures, families that work together, masters in their professions, off-hour pursuits, the immigrant experience and transit-oriented development in our communities. In the weeks ahead, you’ll also find more videos accompanying and expanding the work of our reporting staff. You might want to stay tuned. We hope you’ll visit and leave your comments and suggestions on the new look on our website. You can also email your comments to Managing Editor John Golden at jgolden@westfairinc.com. We’ll be reading and responding to your feedback as intently as we hope you read, and continue to read, us.

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BANKRUPT PAYLESS WILL CLOSE WESTCHESTER STORE Several stores in both Westchester and Fairfield counties will be closed as a result of discount shoe chain Payless Inc. following through on its expected filing for bankruptcy. Along with two Hong Kongbased entities involved in logistics, CBL, and supply chain, DAL, the company has filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri as part of a financial and operational restructuring that will include closing 400 stores. Among those are the Yorktown Heights store in Westchester and Fairfield County locations in Newtown, Norwalk and Stamford. Numerous stores throughout New York City are also being shuttered. The filing says that the company, based in Topeka, Kansas, has as much as $1 billion in assets and up to $10 billion in liabilities, along with more than 100,000 creditors. “We intend to use the Chapter 11 process to implement a comprehensive path forward to meaningfully enhance our growth profile and profitability, positioning us to continue to thrive as a sustainable business in the face of the retail industry’s radical, unprecedented transformation,” the company said in a statement. Payless operates about 4,400 stores in 30 countries, including the U.S.

LUXEMBOURG GROUP BUYS PANERA BREAD Panera Bread is being acquired for $7.5 billion by JAB Holding Co., a privately held business group in Luxembourg whose brands include Krispy Kreme donuts and K-cup coffee-pod maker Keurig Green Mountain. JAB Holding Co. offered $315 in cash per Panera share and assumed the company’s outstanding debt. The deal is expected to be completed later this year, at which time

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Panera will go from being a publicly traded company to a private one. Headquartered in St. Louis, Panera has more than 2,000 locations and about $5 billion in annual sales. Its Westchester and Rockland County locations include Bedford Hills, Nyack, Pelham Manor, Scarsdale, White Plains and Yonkers. In Fairfield County, Panera closed outlets last year in Newtown, Darien and Norwalk but still maintains stores in Brookfield, Danbury, Fairfield, Norwalk, Shelton, Trumbull and Westport. JAB Holding Co. said it would maintain Panera’s executive leadership, including founder and CEO Ron Shaich, following the

deal’s conclusion. “We strongly support Panera’s vision for the future, strategic initiatives, culture of innovation, and balanced company versus franchise store mix,” JAB partner and CEO Olivier Goudet said. “We are excited to invest in and work together with the company’s management team and franchisees to continue to lead the industry.”

MASTERCARD STRIKES DEAL FOR CYBERSECURITY FIRM Mastercard is acquiring a Canadian antifraud specialist to beef up its cybersecurity. The Purchase-based global credit card and payments company has agreed to

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THE LIST: Largest Thrifts & Savings

THRIFTS AND SAVINGS BANKS

Westchester County

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Ranked by total assets. Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website • Number of branches in the county

Astoria Bank

1 Astoria Federal Plaza, Long Island City 11042 516-327-3000 • astoriafederal.com • three branches

122 E. 42 St., Ninth floor, Manhasset 10168 834-3240 • applebank.com • five branches

7102 Forest Ave., Ridgewood 11385 718-240-4800 • ridgewoodbank.com • two branches

Apple Bank for Savings

Ridgewood Savings Bank

TrustCo Bank

320 State St., Schenectady 12301 518-381-3831 • trustcobank.com • nine branches

PCSB Bank

2651 Strang Blvd., Yorktown Heights 10598 243-7200 • pcsb.com • nine branches

Orange Bank & Trust Co.

212 Dolson Ave., Middletown 10940 845-341-5000 • orangecountytrust.com • one branch

NorthEast Community Bank

325 Hamilton Ave., White Plains 10601 684-2500 • necommunitybank.com • one branch

56 Main St., Irvington, N.Y. 10533 591-8000 • sunnysidefederal.com • one branch

Sunnyside Federal Savings and Loan Association of Irvington

Total assets $

Total deposits $

Bank equity capital $

Year-to-date net income $

Year-to-date return on assets %

Year-to-date return on equity %

14.48 billion

9.05 billion

1.88 billion

84.37 million

0.57

4.57

12.95 billion

11.72 billion

1.063 billion

62.85 million

0.49

6.07

5.35 billion

4.128 billion

681.4 million

16.45 million

0.31

2.41

4.87 billion

4.196 billion

419.06 million

43.67 million

0.91

10.54

1.26 billion

1.12 billion

112.76 million

4.07 million

0.33

3.64

901.35 million

713.93 million

86.49 million

3.75 million

0.42

4.23

724.76 million

549.90 million

96.17 million

4.83 million

0.74

5.16

98.62 million

75.37 million

10.74 million

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(-)0.14

(-)1.14

This list is a sampling of thrifts and savings banks that serve the region. If you would like to include your bank in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com. Note:

Total assets and deposits and bank equity capital numbers are accurate as of Dec. 31, 2016. Information collected from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., fdic.gov.

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Health Care

Sharing and showing the way to recovery MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF WESTCHESTER MARKS 70 YEARS

BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

uring the course of its more than 70-year history, the Mental Health Association of Westchester Inc. has undergone a number of changes. But one thing that has remained is the organization’s reliance on a single mantra “If not us, then who?” asked Amy Kohn, CEO of the Tarrytownbased nonprofit. Founded in 1946 primarily to meet the needs of returning World War II veterans, the organization offers an array of services for individuals with mental health conditions, from treatment options to housing assistance, with each service guided by a simple idea: recovery is possible. “We know this to be true because we see it all the time and that really guides us,” Kohn said. That approach is in contrast to other organizations, which see mental health problems “through the lens of chronic illness,” she said. “It’s not about you’re sick one day and you’re cured the next. Recovery means you recover your life,” said Kohn. “You can recover from anything but not be cured.” The organization also places an emphasis on connecting individuals with others who have been through that recovery process and are able to share their life experiences and provide hope to others who may be in similar situations. “These are people who have lived it and know it,” she said. “The empathy is immediate and that leads to greater awareness of what the real challenges are and the real opportunity of getting better.” Kohn said that focus is embodied at the organization’s Sterling Community Center at 29 Sterling Ave. in White Plains. “It’s entirely run by individuals with lived experience, including the

CEO Amy Kohn in her Mental Health Association of Westchester office in Tarrytown. Photo by Aleesia Forni.

licensed clinicians and the director,” she said. The Sterling facility is not your typical adult day center. “Individuals can come and go as they please for as much or as little time, for as long as they want,” Kohn said. “They’re very much directing the types of activities that are offered.” Along with a food pantry and a clothing shop, the center also offers a number of workshops and group activities, from computer lessons and political debates to yoga and martial arts classes. A recent workshop coached participants on how to get a date, Kohn said. “The emphasis is always to integrate them back (into society),” she said. “Human nature is to go where people look and sound like you, however, if you’ve done yoga here a couple of times, why don’t you try a yoga class where you live? Why don’t you take an evening educational class?” Peers are also an important

component in one of the organization’s newest initiatives, On Track, which aims to help young people aged 16 to 30 who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis. The free service uses a team approach, enlisting peers, psychologists and employment or education specialists “to get them back to their life, as opposed to becoming lifetime members of the mental health system,” Kohn said. “The program was developed basically to get in there and change the trajectory of their lives,” said Stephen M. Smith, program director of On Track. “Obviously, it has big implications for reducing costs further down the line.” Smith noted that many critical intervention programs are based solely on managing symptoms. “On Track is really focused on getting them back on their goals,” he said, whether those goals are graduating from high school or embarking on a new career path. The Mental Health Association

of Westchester also offers a variety of employment services for its clients. The organization offers traditional job readiness coaching, but Kohn said that’s where many employment programs typically begin and end. “Let’s not spend six months or a year getting you ready. Let’s get you a job and let’s help you while you’re in that job,” she said. “We really recognize work as intrinsic to well-being. Folks want to work, they want to contribute, they want to be involved. And we push that envelope of who can go to work.” The Mental Health Association has a number of relationships with employers, from large retail chains to smaller firms. The organization also aims to look beyond traditional employers, like call centers or companies that manufacture machine parts, to find jobs where individuals can thrive. “It is the rare individual, and I’m including folks with the heavy-duty diagnoses, it’s a rare individual who cannot find some type of work,” Kohn said. The association recently found a job for a woman who was a talented graphic designer and a man with high-level computer and programming skills. “We just try and get as creative as we can,” Kohn said. The Mental Health Association has also responded to external changes in recent years, particularly the vast changes in the public health care system. The organization named Charlotte Ostman as its newly created chief strategy officer in May 2015. “It takes a great deal of time and effort and focus to know what’s coming, to understand it,” Kohn said. “It’s more than one person could do alone.” The organization will have to navigate yet another change this summer, when after more than a decade with the association, Kohn will step down from her

position as CEO. She called her decision to step away from the organization a personal one, adding that she is “excited about creating a brand new chapter.” “I think this is a very good time for the organization to go through a leadership transition,” she said. “We’ve been creating a strategy and have been very focused on developing our external strategy or our pathway to sustainability, and I think we’re ready to launch.” Ostman, who has played a key role in developing relationships and business partnerships during her two-year tenure as chief strategy officer, will take the reins of the organization in June. “I think having someone come in who is young, with a lot of energy, who is going to be around for another five or 10 years to see it through is perfect,” Kohn said. Still, she added that there are many unknowns in the health care environment, particularly regarding any plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. “If the federal government throws a wrench in it, God held everybody, and I’m going to look brilliant for leaving,” she said. Kohn called the legislation proposed by the Republican congress “draconian,” adding that could be “the end of the world for a public health system of any consequence.” And changes to the Medicaid system, which roughly 80 percent of the organization’s clients rely on, could be catastrophic, she said. Yet Kohn remains optimistic about the organization’s future. “Not-for-profit behavioral health agencies have been closing all over the state, and we have huge challenges, but I can really say, if any are going to survive, it’s going to be us,” she said. “And I’m not sure anyone would argue with that.”

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he Republicans’ first attempt at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, flat-lined. So what’s next for health care? That was the subject of a presentation to a group of business and hospital executives hosted by the Westchester County Association on April 5. “People are asking the question, well what the hell happened?” said Kevin Dahill, president and CEO of The Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State. “They were so resolute on saying they were going to repeal and replace — what happened?” Dahill cited factions within the Republican Party, such as moderates and the more conservative House Freedom Caucus, struggling to Kevin Dahill updates a WCA audience on the nation's health care laws. reach a consensus. Ultimately negotiations between House Speaker Paul Ryan, President Donald Trump and the a bill reviewed and to the floor for a vote by Freedom Caucus came to an end and Trump the House of Representatives before then asked Ryan to bring the bill to a floor vote. would be difficult, Dahill said. Shortly after, Ryan told Trump he didn’t If House Republicans can unite all fachave the votes and the bill was pulled. tions, they will have enough vote to get a “It was because of the fractured nature replacement bill through. But it could take and that there were groups, particularly the a balancing act to get there. Freedom Caucus, that thought they could “If they give more concessions to the get more than what they were getting,” Freedom Caucus, in my opinion, they stand Dahill said. to lose a few more moderates and they For now, the Affordable Care Act could be back to a problem again,” Dahill remains in effect. said. “I’m not here suggesting that the Among issues to watch for the replaceAffordable Care Act was Shangri-La by any ment bill: What will happen to the Medicaid stretch of the imagination” Dahill said. expansion? He pointed to the collapse of Health The Affordable Care Act expanded Republic Insurance of New York, a nonMedicaid to 1.9 million people in New York. profit health insurance co-op created under Dahill said the fate of federal dollars that the Affordable Care Act that shut down in help fund Medicaid should matter, even to 2015. There were 18 similar co-ops around people who run businesses or have coverthe country, Dahill said, 14 of which have age through an employer. gone bankrupt. “If you do business in the state of New The individual mandate also did not York, you should care because what would keep premiums under control as was New York state do if this ever happens?” hoped. Dahill said that was due to a funDahill said. “New York is not going to walk damental flaw: the penalty for not having away from the Medicaid program, politicoverage wasn’t enough. cally it’s just not going to happen. So there “The notion was, we’re going to make is going to be a big gap and what are they for a relatively healthy risk pool because we going to do? They are going to think about will bring in all the young invincibles and either cutting providers or raising taxes.”

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ACORDA PATENTS RULED INVALID FOR MS DRUG A federal judge has invalidated four patents held by Acorda Therapeutics Inc. for its multiple sclerosis drug Ampyra, which accounted for 95 percent of the Ardsley biotechnology company’s total revenues in 2016. The ruling in U.S. District Court in

Delaware opens the company’s product to competition from generic drug manufacturers. Acorda founder and CEO Dr. Ron Cohen in a news release said the company is preparing to appeal the March 31 decision by Judge Leonard P. Stark. Stark upheld one Acorda patent pertaining to the formulation of Ampyra extended release tablets, taken by multiple sclerosis patients to improve walking, but sided with two generic drug manu-

Dr. Ron Cohen

facturers, defendants in patent infringement lawsuits brought by Acorda, and found four other Acorda patents invalid due to obviousness. The judge said that evidence produced by defendants Roxane Laboratories Inc. and Apotex Corp. “establishes, clearly and convincingly, and objectively, that the asserted claims of the Acorda patents would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art.”

Cohen said company officials are “disappointed” by the court’s decision and “believe that we demonstrated proven and unexpected findings in our Ampyra development program that led to the issuance of valid patents.” Acorda officials said the company will announce contingency plans “to address its business needs and objectives in the event of a loss of Ampyra exclusivity.” Acorda’s net revenue from Ampyra sales amounted to $492.8 million in 2016, up 12.8 percent from 2015 and accounting for most of Acorda’s total revenues of $519.6 million last year. Founded in 1998, Acorda is a subsidiary of Alkermes Pharma Ireland Ltd., a company headquartered in Ireland that specializes in drug treatments for central nervous system diseases.

SAPIENCE THERAPEUTICS ST-36 RECEIVES ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATION FROM FDA

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Sapience Therapeutics Inc., a Scarsdalebased biotechnology company that develops therapeutics to address difficult-to-treat cancers, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted the company’s leading candidate, protein-based therapeutic ST-36, orphan drug designation for the treatment of glioma. “The FDA’s decision is an important milestone in the development of our lead product candidate and highlights the high unmet medical need for new therapies that have the potential to transform the lives of glioma patients and their families,” said Barry Kappel, president and CEO of Sapience. Gliomas are a form of malignant brain cancer that affect approximately 18,000 to 20,000 people annually in the U.S. Nearly 70 percent of gliomas are glioblastoma, the most deadly form of brain cancer. Sapience entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Columbia University in July to develop ST-36, which targets a factor that activates particular genes and may play an important role in allowing certain cells to become cancerous. Once administered, ST-36 prevents the activation of these genes in tumors, which results in tumor-specific cell death. ST-36 selectively targets a protein that promotes the growth of many types of tumors, including glioblastoma. The orphan drug designation is granted to investigational drugs intended to treat rare diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people nationwide. The status has the potential to provide several benefits to developers, including tax credits for clinical trials costs, exemptions from certain FDA application fees and seven years of market exclusivity upon approval. — John Golden, Aleesia Forni

Boxes for babies — and their pregnant moms — at Open Door BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

pen Door Family Medical Centers is hoping to use a basic, cardboard box to help combat infant mortality. According to a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics, approximately 3,500 infants die annually in the U.S. from sleep-related deaths. “It happens,” said Lindsay C. Farrell, president and CEO of Open Door. “It doesn’t happen every year, but when it does, it’s devastating.” The Ossining-based health care provider to the economically disadvantaged will offer baby boxes to moms-to-be who receive obstetrical care and prenatal education at one of Open Door’s five facilities in Westchester and Putnam counties. The portable cardboard baby boxes feature a fitted cotton sheet and firm mattress that can be used as a baby crib or bassinet. The baby boxes, just under 27 inches long, can be used until the child is six months old or weighs 15 pounds. According to the boxes’ creator, Los Angeles-based Baby Box Co., many experts

Lindsay C. Farrell, Open Door Family Medical Centers president and CEO, displays contents of a Baby Box given to expectant mothers and designed for safe infant sleep.

recommend using a safety-approved Baby Box or crib covered by a fitted sheet to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, and other sleep-related infant deaths. “The Open Door Baby Box experience enhances our ability to deliver vital education on topics including safe sleep for

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5:30 - 8:30 pm Willow Ridge Country Club Harrison, NY Event Host Michael Gargiulo Anchor, NBC 4 New York PRESENTING SPONSOR

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newborns,” said Dr. Andrew Swidersky, a pediatrician at Open Door. “It’s a unique opportunity to offer patient care and patient advocacy in a way that really resonates with expectant mothers.” The Open Door's Baby Box, which will be given to expectant mothers free of charge, will also be filled with supplies for new mothers who might otherwise struggle to purchase the basics. The boxes include a sleep sack, clothes, toys, washcloths, hygiene kit and baby books. Along with providing the boxes, Open Door will offer support services and education to expectant and new mothers, including guidance about nutrition and wellness, advice on coping with stress, assistance in monitoring medications, access to benefits and help with financial planning. “You just need a lot of support and information when there’s a new baby coming into your life,” said Farrell. “We wanted to provide that support for our patients, many of whom are very low income and have lots of barriers for a whole list of reasons.” As part of the baby box initiative, Open Door will also offer new online resources in both English and Spanish about newborn safety and parenting skills.

“We’re not going to go in and fix everything, certainly, but we believe information is very important, especially when there’s a new baby on the way,” Farrell said. The baby box idea originated in Finland, where pregnant mothers who receive prenatal care and parenting information are given a box that doubles as a bassinet and is filled with newborn supplies. Baby Box Co. aims to bring that tradition from Finland, a country that holds one of the world’s lowest infant mortality rates, to the U.S. Boxes on the company’s website range from $70 to $225. Earlier this year, the company partnered with the state of New Jersey to offer the boxes to pregnant woman across the state. Alabama and Ohio also offer the boxes for free to parents who watch online videos about safe sleep practices. The company’s partnership with Open Door is the Baby Box Co.’s first endeavor in New York. “We would love this to be the beginning of something much bigger in our state,” Farrell said. Open Door operates centers in Brewster, Mount Kisco, Ossining, Port Chester and Sleepy Hollow. For more information, visit opendoormedical.org.

Support VNS Westchester’s essential home healthcare services and free community health education programs for residents of Westchester, the Bronx, Dutchess, Putnam and Rockland. Enjoy cocktail reception, gourmet dinner specialties & dessert bar, and a spectacular Silent Auction. Honor community leaders who are making a difference. Distinguished Service Award CONGRESSWOMAN NITA LOWEY, New York’s 17th District Community Leadership Award DR. AMY ANSEHL, RN, DNP, FNP-BC, Chairperson, Westchester Visiting Nurse Services Group, Inc. Board; Ass’t. Dean & Assoc. Prof., Exec. Dir., Partnership for a Healthy Population, NY Medical College School of Health Sciences & Practice

For information on Sponsorships, Silent Auction Contributions, Journal Ads and Tickets, email Joyce Infante at jinfante@vns.org or visit www.vns.org/donate/order-spring-gala-tickets 360 Mamaroneck Ave. • White Plains, NY 10605 • 914.682.1480

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STAR GALA

BENEFITING: Family Services of Westchester This event, featuring cocktails, live and silent auction and dinner reception, 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. HONORING: William M. Mooney Jr., Helen Williams and FSW’s Community All Stars Jim Boeheim, Roy White, Ron “Boomer” Blomberg, John Wetteland and Victor Espinoza. CO-CHAIRS: Jody and Markham Rollins, William M. Mooney III and Thomas Mooney TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Glen Island Harbour Club, New Rochelle TICKET PRICE: $350 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Hospitality Resource Group at 761-7111 or Jenna@hrginc.net

2017 KATHRYN W. DAVIS CHILD ADVOCACY LECTURE & BREAKFAST

BENEFITING: Westchester Children’s Association The keynote address by Dr. Walter Gilliam, author of the 2016 research study “Implicit Bias in Preschool” will answer the question: How does implicit bias affect our children? TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Doral Arrowwood, Rye Brook TICKET PRICE: Adults $45 per person, students $25 CONTACT: Call 946-7676 or visit www.wca4kids.org

LIFTING UP WESTCHESTER’S OASIS OF HOPE GALA

BENEFITING: Lifting Up Westchester The evening’s festivities include a sit-down dinner, silent auction, raffle and giving tree. Proceeds will benefit the organization’s eight programs, which assist Westchester County’s men, women and children. HONORING: Paul Anderson-Winchell and Carlos Munoz TIME: 6 to 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: Leewood Golf Club, Eastchester TICKET PRICE: $175 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Chris Schwartz at 949-3098

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BENEFITING: Backyard Sports Continue to use the power of team sports to positively influence our players and their communities. We will be saluting 3 outstanding High School Youth Clubs who have helped us to advance our mission. HONOREES: Mamaroneck High School, Rye Country Day School and Harrison High School TIME: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club, Mamaroneck TICKET PRICE: $250 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Rose Cappa-Rotunno at 747-0519 or events@theeventdepartmentny.com

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PIECES OF HOPE EVENT & 5TH ANNUAL AUTISM AWARENESS WALK

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23RD ANNUAL BENEFIT — TALE OF TWO TOWNS

BENEFITING: The Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns This celebration will showcase the wonderful businesses in and around Main Street and Beekman Avenue. Silent & Live Auction, Dancing and more! TIME: 7 p.m to 12 a.m. LOCATION: Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Briarcliff Manor TICKET PRICE: $175 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Charlotte Steverson at 747-0519 or events@theeventdepartmentny.com

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BACKYARD BALL

MAY

BENEFITING: Cerebral Palsy of Westchester Purchase a puzzle piece for $5 to support CPW’s Autism Services which will be displayed on our Pieces of Hope Tree. Also join in our Autism Walk to raise awareness about autism. TIME: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. LOCATION: United Preschool, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $5 per puzzle piece CONTACT: Joan Colangelo at 937-3800 or bridgette.pennelle@cpwestchester.org

WESTCHESTER MAY UJA-FEDERATION’S BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL

BENEFITING: UJA-Federation of New York UJA-Federation of New York’s Westchester Business and Professional Division will honor two outstanding Westchester professionals at its 2017 Annual Luncheon. HONOREES: Barry J. Effron of White Plains and Budd Wiesenberg of Mamaroneck CO-CHAIRS: Geri Pell and Garry Santow TIME: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. LOCATION: Brae Burn Country Club, Purchase TICKET PRICE: $125 per person (plus $500 minimum gift to UJA’s 2017 Annual Campaign); journal opportunities available CONTACT: Samantha Cole at coles@ujafedny.org

SPRING GALA THE LEGACY MAY 2017 OF TOMORROW STARTS TODAY

STRENGTHENING FAMILIES ONE STEP AT A TIME WALKATHON

BENEFITING: April’s Child Join this annual walkathon at Rye Playland! 1st 200 registrants receive a complimentary tee shirt/ goody bag, and there will be carnival games, activities and refreshments for all. TIME: 9 to 11:30 a.m. LOCATION: Rye Playland, Rye TICKET PRICE: Sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Laura Schwartz at 997-2642 or info@aprilschild.org

BENEFITING: Westchester Children’s Association This event supports the Westchester Children’s Association (WCA) to further fund the efforts of their mission — to ensure every child is healthy, safe and prepared for life’s challenges. WCA focuses on key issues our children face, especially those affecting the most vulnerable young people in Westchester. HONOREES: Eileen Fisher and The Westchester Bank CO-CHAIRS: Jody Greenbaum, Berkley McKeever and Robert R. Geyer HONORARY CHAIR: Allan Houston TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Tarrytown House, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $250 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Hospitality Resource Group at 914-761-7111 or visit http://bit.ly/2017wcagala

VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF HUDSON VALLEY ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER

BENEFITING: Visiting Nurse Association of Hudson Valley (VNA) Please join us for an ‘Evening in Oz” featuring a cocktail reception, dinner, silent auction and awards presentation. The event will support VNA of Hudson Valley’s charitable and educational programs. HONOREES: Maura Del Bene, Ellen Wood Healthcare Award; Ronald Corti, VNA Award of Merit; Beverlyn Fray, Dana Reeve Caregiver Award; and Robert Simione, Corporate and Community Service Award TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $275 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Adrianna Melnyk at 666-7616 or amelnyk@vnahv.org

HEELS & WHEELS 5K ROAD RACE & WALK

BENEFITING: Burke Rehabilitation Hospital This annual event is open to all, enabling walkers, runners and wheelchair athletes to compete together. TIME: 8:45 to 11 a.m. LOCATION: 785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains TICKET PRICE: $25 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Kathleen Siegel at 597-2578 or jmoran@burke.org

VNSW FOUNDATION SPRING BENEFIT GALA

BENEFITING: VNS Westchester Our Spring Benefit Gala supports the vital home health care services and free community health programs provided by Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester. HONOREES: U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (NY 17th District) and Dr. Amy Ansehl, chairperson, Westchester Visiting Nurse Services Group Inc. Board TIME: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. LOCATION: Willow Ridge Country Club, Harrison TICKET PRICE: $350 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Joyce Infante at 682-1480 or jinfante@vns.org or visit www.vns.org

DIVISION ANNUAL LUNCHEON

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ANNUAL AWARDS BREAKFAST

BENEFITING: Child Care Council of Westchester Join to celebrate the people and organizations who help Westchester’s children reach their potential, through quality early care and education and other life-changing programs and initiatives. TIME: 8 to 10 a.m. LOCATION: Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $70 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Dana Lawless at 761-3456 x127 or danal@cccwny.org or visit http://bit.ly/2017cccwawards

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POWER SOLUTIONS AGERA ENERGY

555 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 10510 PHONE: 844-692-4372 WEBSITE: ageraenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Jeremy Schupp, CEO DESCRIPTION: supplier of electricity and natural gas for residential, small businesses and large commercial and industrial customers nationwide

ATLANTIC WESTCHESTER INC.

264 Adams St., Bedford Hills, N.Y. 10507 PHONE: 914-666-2268 WEBSITE: atlanticwestchester.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Bud Hammer, president DESCRIPTION: commercial and industrial HVAC; an energy-efficiency business providing maintenance programs, remediation services and intelligent control systems and solutions for clients in the New York metropolitan area

BRIGHT ENERGY SERVICES (A division of All HVAC Service Company Inc.) 620 Mamaroneck Ave., No. 244, White Plains, N.Y. 10605 PHONE: 347-470-7090 WEBSITE: brightenergyservices.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Peter Arbeeny, president and CEO, and Bonnie Hagen, chief operating officer DESCRIPTION: environmental-consulting firm focused on energy efficiency and sustainability, securing government and utility incentives for commercial, institutional and industrial facility owners and managers YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2011

BRIGHT HOME ENERGY SOLUTIONS (A division of Robison Oil Inc.) 500 Executive Blvd., Elmsford, N.Y. 10523 PHONE: 914-348-1226 WEBSITE: brighthome.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Michael Brown, president DESCRIPTION: energy-reduction services, including home energy audit, air-sealing, insulation, heating and cooling, windows and doors, appliances and lighting for clients in Westchester, Rockland, Putman, Dutchess and Bronx counties and parts of New York City YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2009

CANNONDALE GENERATORS INC.

390 Danbury Road, Wilton, Conn. 06897 PHONE: 203-762-2608 WEBSITE: cannondalegenerators.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Paul Bonomo, owner DESCRIPTION: generator provider, installation and maintenance, on-site support and warranty services YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1990

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CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC

1506 Henry Ave., Mamaroneck, N.Y. 10543 PHONE: 914-584-6720 WEBSITE: ccesworld.com TOP EXECUTIVE: Marc Karell, principal DESCRIPTION: environmental and energy-consulting firm specializing in servicing the environmental and energy needs of corporations, municipalities and industrial facilities; specialized services include cost-effective energy assessments, environmental and air-compliance services, carbon-footprint analysis, greenhouse gasreduction strategies and corporate sustainability programs YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2009

COMFORT KING ENERGY SERVICES

199 Ethan Allen Highway, Ridgefield, Conn. 06877 PHONE: 203-515-8088 WEBSITE: comfortkinghvac.com TOP EXECUTIVE: Michael Kerslake, owner DESCRIPTION: propane and fuel oil delivery and cooling systems installation, oil burner and propane service plans, air duct cleaning, humidifiers, wild thermostats, filter replacement and furnace, boiler, water-heater repair and services YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2005

CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Cooper Station, P.O. Box 138, New York, N.Y. 10276 PHONE: 800-752-6633 WEBSITE: coned.com TOP EXECUTIVE: John McAvoy, chairman and CEO DESCRIPTION: electric-service provider for most of New York City and Westchester County, and natural-gas service provider for Manhattan, the Bronx, parts of Queens and Westchester County YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1923

CONSOLIDATED EDISON SOLUTIONS INC. (A subsidiary of Consolidated Edison Inc.) 100 Summit Lake Drive, Suite 410, Valhalla, N.Y. 10595 PHONE: 914-286-7000 WEBSITE: conedsolutions.com TOP EXECUTIVE: Mark Noyes, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: energy-services company providing power supply, renewable energy, sustainability services and cost-effective energy solutions for commercial, industrial, residential and government customers YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1997

CT ELECTRICAL SERVICES

16 Pamanata Meadows, Beacon Falls, N.Y. 06404 PHONE: 203-723-9025 WEBSITE: ctelectrical.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Bruce Angeloszek, owner DESCRIPTION: solar energy systems and electrical services YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1994

DIRECT ENERGY SOLAR

28 Industrial Drive, Middletown, Conn. 10941 PHONE: 800-903-6130 WEBSITE: directenergysolar.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Dung Tran, head of direct energy solar DESCRIPTION: full-service residential solar provider YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2008

DR. ENERGY SAVER WESTCHESTER

11 Kimball Place, Mount Vernon, N.Y. 10550 PHONE: 888-914-4171 WEBSITE: westchesterdrenergysaver.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Michael and Matthew Carlo, owners DESCRIPTION: home comfort and energy-efficiency services, including air sealing, HVAC and water heaters, for Westchester and Putnam counties YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2011

EMCOR ENERGY SERVICES

301 Merritt Seven, Fifth floor, Norwalk, Conn. 06851 PHONE: 203-849-7800 WEBSITE: emcorgroup.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Anthony J. Guzzo, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, LEED certification design/build, life safety and facilities services YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1994

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS INC.

3 Buchanan Ave., Peekskill, N.Y. 10566 PHONE: 914-736-8000 WEBSITE: entergy-nuclear.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Bill Mohl, president, Entergy wholesale commodities DESCRIPTION: producer of nuclear clean air electricity YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1949

ENVIROCARE AIR QUALITY RESTORATION LLC (A division of JP McHale Pest Management Inc.) 241 Bleakly Ave., Buchanan, N.Y. 10511 PHONE: 914-788-4454 WEBSITE: eaqr.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): James McHale and Frank Petrullo, owners DESCRIPTION: energy efficiency and savings, insulation and air sealing YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2008

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D&D: LEADING REGIONAL ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE COMPANY

ased in Elmsford, D&D Elevator Maintenance Inc. is a leading elevator maintenance company serving the greater-New York region with a legacy of long-term relationships, built on the highest levels of customer service. D&D is an independent, licensed and fully insured elevator company. Established in 1981, the company has been providing best maintenance practices throughout the New York metropolitan area for over 36 years. Many of our current contracts are with customers we have been servicing continuously since our beginnings in the early 1980s. Westchester properties served by D&D include Mercy College, Cambria Suites Hotel and 1 Glenwood Avenue in Yonkers, which is the tallest structure in the area.

D&D’S PRINCIPALS ARE ALWAYS EASILY REACHABLE AND IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIVE TO ALL EMERGENCY AND ROUTINE NEEDS. WE STRIVE TO KNOW ALL OUR CUSTOMERS BY NAME AND PLACE PRIMARY VALUE ON PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND RELIABILITY.

equipment has already given the customer more than 20 years of reliable operation and remains in service today. In 2001, we introduced our “Engineered Elevator Service Plan.” This concept was based on new code requirements adopted by the state and city of New York, complying with Section 8.6 of the A17.1 Code for elevators and escalators. In 2002, Schaeffer partnered with the National Association of Elevator Contractors to develop an industrywide certification program for the education and training of field technicians. This program is now being used for both training and licensing by more than

learned how to install, maintain, repair and modernize elevators. In 1984, Nunzio Meccariello, currently D&D’s vice president of violations and testing, began leading the effort to build an efficient and dynamic modernization and construction department. The company was joined in 2005 by Michael Bonardi, currently D&D’s vice president, who brought to bear his vast experience with large service, modernization and construction projects. Over the years, D&D has achieved several industry milestones, including the first AC gearless machine installation in North America. This state-of-the-art

80 elevator companies nationwide. In 2003, D&D obtained approval of its “Certified Elevator Technician” (CET) program from both the federal and state Department of Labor. And in 2011, the CET program was awarded accreditation by both ANSI and ISO for meeting its standards for certification programs. D&D is currently the only merit-shop contractor in the state of New York to offer apprenticeship training to its employees. For further information, visit ddelevator.com or contact D&D Elevator Maintenance, 38 Hayes St., Elmsford, NY 10523, 914-347-4344.

D&D makes your Elevators Eco-Friendly • Regenerative Drives • Permanent Magnet Motors • LED Lighting • Destination Dispatch • Biodegradable Lubricants As a D&D customer, you benefit from the cutting-edge knowledge and technologies that we bring to the installation and maintenance of elevator equipment. Plus, by becoming environment-friendly, you and your property benefit from significant energy savings and other reduced operating costs!

Go Green with D&D Elevator! D&D’s principals are always easily reachable and immediately responsive to all emergency and routine needs. We strive to know all our customers by name and place primary value on personal relationships, accountability and reliability. Robert Schaeffer, currently D&D’s CEO and president, has been with the company since its inception. Beginning as an apprentice and working under two seasoned veterans — Tom Davies and Theodore Dettmering, the original owners of D&D — he

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ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY SERVICES (EES)

GREENERGY NY

92 North Ave., New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801 PHONE: 914-632-1815 WEBSITE: envconcx.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Arnold Bruzzano, founder and president DESCRIPTION: building, commissioning and energy-reduction services YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1978

5 Turnberry Lane, Sandy Hook, Conn. 06482 PHONE: 203-270-0337 WEBSITE: eescorp.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Richard A. Nowak, president DESCRIPTION: private clean coal-technology company providing energy efficiency; services include combustion efficiency, emissions control, water treatment and diagnostic testing YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1992

EVERSOURCE ENERGY

800 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Conn. 06902 PHONE: 203-357-6400 WEBSITE: geenergyfinancialservices.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): David Nason, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: conventional power, renewable energy, oil and gas reserves and oil and gas infrastructure YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1980

(Affiliate of Jenesis Group) 5 ORCHARD TERRACE, CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. 10514 PHONE: 914-238-9500 WEBSITE: greenergyny.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Norm Jen, owner, Jenesis Group DESCRIPTION: consulting and testing services to promote energy-conservation and green-building practices YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2010

HEALTHY HOME ENERGY & CONSULTING INC.

NORTHEAST GENERATOR CO.

625 John St., Bridgeport, Conn. 06604 PHONE: 203-336-3031 WEBSITE: northeastgenerator.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Louis Holzner, president DESCRIPTION: backup power systems, generator sales and installation service and repairs to residential and commercial clients throughout Connecticut and areas of Westchester County, New York. YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1964

NORTHFIELD FUEL

21 Northfield St., Greenwich, Conn. 06830 PHONE: 203-629-3835 WEBSITE: northfieldfuel.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): John Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary, president DESCRIPTION: supplier of home heating oil, propane gas, electricity, heating and air conditioning installation and services, generators and diesel fuel YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1985

P.O. Box 270, Hartford, Conn. 06141 PHONE: 877-944-5325 WEBSITE: eversource.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Thomas J. May, chairman of the board, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: electrical energy and natural gas company serving all of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2012

362 Adams St., Bedford Hills, N.Y. 10507 200 Tomahawk St., Yorktown Heights, N.Y. 10598 PHONE: 914-363-0892 WEBSITE: gethealthyhome.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Kevin Brenner, founder and president DESCRIPTION: home-energy audit, insulation and air sealing, indoor air quality, HVAC maintenance and repairs, replacement and repairs for windows and doors, solar power and energy-efficient improvements YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2006

PARACO GAS CORP.

GATEWAY ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

KINSLEY ENERGY GROUP

PRIME ENERGY CORP.

400 Rella Blvd., Suite 300, Montebello, N.Y. 10901 PHONE: 800-313-8333 WEBSITE: gesc.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Steven J. Maslak, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: retail energy provider providing gas and electric-products services for residential and commercial customers YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1997

GAULT ENERGY

11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, Conn. 06880 PHONE: 203-227-5181 WEBSITE: gaultenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Samuel Gault, president DESCRIPTION: supplier of home-heating oil, propane gas, electricity, heating and air conditioning, installation services, generators, energy audits and indoor AIR-QUALITY PRODUCTS FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1863

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14 Connecticut South Drive, East Granby, Conn. 06026 PHONE: 860-844-6100 310 Guinea Road, Brewster, N.Y. 10509 PHONE: 914-218-9940 WEBSITE: kinsley-group.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): David Kinsley, president DESCRIPTION: energy-solutions provider for customers throughout the Northeast, distributer of Kohlet power systems, provider of prime movers for co-generation, biomass and landfill applications YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1964

MCENERGY INC.

200 Summit Lake Drive, Suite 150, Valhalla, N.Y. 10595 PHONE: 914-767-3100 WEBSITE: mcenergyinc.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Margaret M. Carey, president DESCRIPTION: energy information and procurement company providing green services, including greenenergy emissions offsets, emissions-footprint reporting and pollution-reduction reporting YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1997

4 Bayview Road, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. 10567 PHONE: 914-737-2340 WEBSITE: paracogas.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Joseph Armentano, CEO DESCRIPTION: private company offering residential and commercial propane service and delivery to residential, commercial and wholesale markets nationwide YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1968

1 Landmark Square, Suite 1100, Stamford, Conn. 06901 PHONE: 203-358-5700 WEBSITE: primeenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Charles E. Drimal Jr., president and CEO DESCRIPTION: independent oil and gas company that acquires, develops and produces oil and natural gas YEAR ESTABLISHED: NA

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6 Howard Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. 06605 PHONE: 800-963-4776 WEBSITE: wtienergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE: Philip Schwer, plant manager DESCRIPTION: converter of municipal solid waste and other renewable waste fuels into clean energy YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1988

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165 Railroad Hill St., Waterbury, Conn. 06708 PHONE: 203-756-7041 WEBSITE: wessonenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Robert W. Wesson, owner DESCRIPTION: specialized energy services include heating fuel supplier, maintenance agreements, central air conditioning, hybrid heating and cooling systems, heat pump systems, furnaces and boilers, water heaters, electric-to-oil propane conversions, rooftop heating and air conditioning units, sheet metal ductwork, whole house insulation, humidifiers, Becket heat manager, water infiltration systems and propane tanks and piping YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1996

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Wellness on a shoestring for employers

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mployee health care costs, insurance premiums and whether the Affordable Care Act will be repealed, replaced, or repaired is creating anxiety and uncertainty for all employers. But one thing is certain: the best way to control health care costs is to avoid them in the first place. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that treating people with chronic diseases accounts for 86 percent of our nation’s health care costs. It’s also well documented that simple health self-management techniques and a healthier lifestyle can reduce or negate a significant portion of those costs. So if you’re concerned about health care, don’t sit on the sidelines and watch your team get stomped. It’s up to all employers, large and small, fully insured and selfinsured, to take a proactive stance to support and enable their employees wishing to achieve better health. The keys to better health are pretty simple. Get regular exercise, maintain a healthy diet and know your numbers. It’s basic stuff. So why don’t employer groups, especially smaller groups, offer wellness? The answer is also simple: time and money. Ask the HR manager of any fully insured company if they’d like to offer their employees a wellness program and they all say sure. But if it’s not going to directly lower their insurance premiums, wellness becomes a hard sell to senior management. It’s another expense and something that’s going to take time to deal with. So many smaller employers are hard-pressed to spend the time or money to implement wellness. The problem is that 80 percent of our workforce is employed by those same small employers. The only way we’re ever going to get our arms around this health care crisis we’re in is to get those smaller employers motivated and enabled to help their employees achieve better health. Wellness for smaller groups needs to become the norm. It’s something we all need to do for the common good. It should be like driving, where we all stick to the same rules because it’s better and safer for everyone. Wellness doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg; you just need to use them. It doesn’t cost a dime to walk at lunch or stretch or meditate. And if managed well and communicated correctly, wellness doesn’t have to require a lot of time on HR’s part either. The trick is to make it low cost, easy to implement and easy to maintain for the

employer, while making it fun and engaging for their employees.

STEP 1

The most important thing in any wellness program is communications. No matter how great the program is, it needs to be promoted initially and reinforced continually. Communications needs to be two-way as well. Feedback, input, and support are also critical. Before you start building the program, define your communications process.

STEP 2

Create the community. If you’re going to build a culture of wellness, you need to build a community and that community needs a place to come together. It can be on social media, your benefits portal, intranet or other. What’s key is to create a simple, centralized access point for employees to engage with the program and other employees.

STEP 3

Define the components of your program. Start with maximizing the utilization of your health care coverage. The average health care premium is well in excess of $10,000 annually. It can represent up to 16 percent of your payroll costs and should be managed the same way you’d manage any resource. Most plans include many wellness benefits and screenings but due to poor communication, are grossly underutilized. Build on these fixed-cost assets. Also, check with your carrier to see if they offer “wellness buck” or other financial support of wellness. Health education is also key. There’s a ton of great, highly credible health information available for free online. Then think about at all the mobile apps, social media venues and other web-based technologies that are available for free. And let’s not forget about the wearable devices employees have already purchased. Think about all the physical resources in their proximity. There are parks and paths, local high schools and colleges, services providers and merchants. Finally, don’t overlook your own workforce. There are people who love this stuff and would be fantastic champions.

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Bring it all together at an easy to access but secure location where participants can learn about the program, access the resources you’ve provided and engage with others interested in improving their personal health and well-being. The amount of good-quality, free resources that are available to any employ» WELLNESS, page 21

County seeks volunteers for senior health workshops

estchester County is seeking volunteers to facilitate workshops to help older residents manage chronic health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma and arthritis. A medical background is not necessary for the free training and certification that begins in May. The program is part of the Livable Communities Health for Life Programs (HeLP), which are taught in English but also have a Spanish equivalent, Tomando Control de su Salud. Training for the English program is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 8-11 at the

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er is astounding, and what’s fun is coming up with creative ways to piece these things together. One way to do this is with a wellness challenge that extends over a long duration. One example of how all these resources can come together is found in Westchester in the Benefits Optimization Fit by the 4th� and Fall in 2 Fitness corporate wellness challenges. These events provide a fun, 10-week wellness challenge that brings local businesses together in a friendly competition to see which can achieve the highest average wellness score and win the 2017 Wellness Cup. Although the program costs about $30 per participant, it embodies the concept of getting the biggest bang for your buck by maximizing utilization of local resources and rewarding participants to utilize their health care benefits. The strategy of creating a competition and building teams to compete also is a very powerful influencer. It engages people, drives morale and provides the support and comradery many people need to stay on track and in focus. Wellness doesn’t have to be expensive. It doesn’t need to be complex. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest solution. Get active. Get smart. Eat right. Be healthy. Henry Petrie is president and co-founder of Bene�its Optimization LLC, an employee bene�its management and consulting �irm in Bedford. The company’s Fit by the 4th challenge launches on April 24 and runs through July 4. He can be reached at 914-630-2385 or by email at hpetrie@mhcnow.com.

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viders and family are also crucial. The 2 ½-hour workshops are held weekly for six consecutive weeks at community locations in Westchester such as houses of worship, senior centers, libraries and housing developments. Taught in 49 states and 28 countries, the workshop offered by Westchester County was developed by Stanford University’s Patient Education Center. Volunteers will follow the model teaching program from Stanford and receive additional training to lead discussions to help seniors gain insights into their health-related behaviors. — John Golden

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Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network in Valhalla, has hired Fernando Ferrer as its new chief of pediatric urology. Ferrer, previously chair of surgery and Dr. Fernando Ferrer surgeon-in-chief at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, will oversee all medical and surgical services for children and adolescents with urologic conditions. The company announced his hire March 28. He will also continue his research into new therapies and treatments for pediatric patients. Ferrer has published more than 100 articles and book chapters in the field of pediatric urology, and has been a National Institutes of Health-funded investigator for 10 years. Ferrer, a West Hartford resident,

Registration is now open for “Meeting of the Minds,” the third annual dementia conference presented by the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter. The event will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday May 18 in the DoubleTree by Hilton at 455 S. Broadway in Tarrytown. The conference is for people with earlystage dementia and their family caregivers, professionals, service providers and people who are fluent in Spanish. Some social work continuing education credits will be available for attendees. The meeting will feature two keynote speakers, Peter Rabins, co-author of “The 36-Hour Day” and co-director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Mary Sano, director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Rabins will speak on the topic, “Dementia 2017: what caregivers can do now.” Asano will give a research update with her talk, “In search of

a cure and prevention: Alzheimer’s Disease clinical trials.” The conference will also feature morning and afternoon breakout sessions on essential legal documents for families facing dementia, nurturing practices for caregivers and health professionals, treating behavioral symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s, paying for long-term care, advocacy, creative arts activity planning and making patient care safer. Spanishlanguage breakout sessions will also be offered. For more information, call 800-2723900 or 914-253-6860. Sponsorships are also available by contacting Beth Jabick at bjabick@alz.org or 914-253-6860. The Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter has regional offices in Middletown, New City, Poughkeepsie and Purchase.

WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER UNVEILS MAIN CONCOURSE Westchester Medical Center, the Valhalla flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, held a ceremonial ribbon cutting on April 3 to unveil its 13,200-squarefoot main concourse. The concourse will connect the main tower of Westchester Medical Center to the future 280,000-square-foot Ambulatory Care Pavilion, which is under construc-

tion on the Valhalla campus at 100 Woods Road. The eight-story pavilion, which is the largest health care construction project in Westchester County since the construction of Westchester Medical Center’s main tower in 1977, is set for completion in 2018. The new main concourse more than doubles the size of Westchester Medical Center’s former main lobby and features a boutique-style gift shop, fully renovated Au Bon Pain Bakery and Café. The concourse also includes a 1,800-square-foot private Caregiver Center, which offers family members of patients receiving care at the hospital access to advocacy services and emotional and spiritual support. Amenities include computers, showers, wireless and mobile device charging stations and information on local resources, along with other offerings like yoga and reiki therapy. — Ryan Deffenbaugh, John Golden, Aleesia Forni

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Rx for the heart: cardiac rehab BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

ow many cardiac patients would use a prescription that solves multiple problems? Not many, Murray Low has discovered. Low estimates that local hospitals discharge 10,000 heart patients a year but only about 2,000 get rehab. About 90 percent take medications: aspirin, statins, betablockers and ACE inhibitors. That doesn’t make sense to Low, program director of cardiac rehabilitation at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains and Stamford Hospital. Pills usually do one thing. They lower blood pressure, for instance, or control blood sugar. Cardiac rehab programs encourage patients to take those pills and also lower blood pressure, strengthen the heart, prevent injuries, change body composition, improve blood flow, lower depression, reduce costly re-hospitalizations and lead to longer lives. “I challenge you to give me any pill that does all that,” Low said. Numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of cardiac rehab. A 2009 study compared 70,000 heart patients who

got rehab and 70,000 who didn’t after they were discharged from hospitals. Patients were matched by the medications they took and by the procedures they underwent. A year later, patients who went to 36 rehab sessions had 58 percent fewer deaths. Patients who only took statin medications had a 20 to 30 percent lower mortality. After five years, rehab patients saw a 34 percent lower death rate. Patients who were 85 or older when they went to rehab had a 19 percent reduction in mortality compared with those who never went. “This study shook the tree,” Low said. “We used to think that by 85, why not leave well enough alone? Live out your years. The key message was, it’s never too late.” Low received a Doctor of Education in Applied Physiology from Columbia University. The American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation named him as one of only 20 “masters of cardiac rehabilitation.” He lobbied Congress to pass a bill in 2009 that extended cardiac rehab services to Medicare patients. “Evidence-based medicine is what it’s about,” he said. “It’s proving what works.” When he started in the late 1960s, heart patients were kept in hospitals for a full month and confined to bed rest, a protocol that only weakened the heart.

Now, patients are expected to move: sit up the day after surgery, stand up the next day, then walk and then get discharged. The next step, for those who get a physician referral, is rehab. Besides Burke, Westchester County has cardiac rehab programs at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital, Northern Westchester Hospital and Phelps Hospital. Patients go to rehab one hour a day, three times a week for 12 weeks. The program consists primarily of aerobic and strength-training exercises. They also get counseling on diet and nutrition, healthier lifestyles, weight loss, stress control, smoking and sleep. A physician monitors patients electronically when they exercise. About every 875,000 hours of rehab, a patient experiences a cardiac event or dies. “That’s about the same risk as walking out on the street,” Low said. “Safety is not the issue.” After 12 weeks, patients are on their own but the exercises and habits they learned are still vital. Many of the rehab graduates participate in a fitness program at Burke. Everyone gets a home program, but Low encourages them to join a program that offers structure, support and socialization

to motivate them for the rest of their lives. But most cardiac patients do not go to rehab. Some patients can’t take off from work or they don’t have a way to get to rehab. Women, for reasons that are not fully understood, are less likely to get rehab. Yet, women who get rehab achieve an even greater reduction in mortality than men. Medicare and most insurance plans pay for rehab, but high co-pays and deductibles deter patients, Low said. But the greatest roadblock is the doctor. Nationally, only 20 to 30 percent of eligible patients are referred to cardiac rehabilitation. It has taken a couple of decades for researchers to discover the benefits of exercise and for medical schools and doctors to appreciate the latest findings. The challenge now, Low said, is to show health insurers that it is to their financial benefit to get patients in rehab and to educate more doctors about its effectiveness. He also wants to cultivate relationships with large medical groups, and to encourage hospitals to automatically give patients referrals after heart procedures, as Stamford Hospital does. “It’s frustrating not seeing better insurance support and better physician support,” Low said. “And it’s shameful.”

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FACTS & FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES MANHATTAN 23 Innovations Inc. 308 W. 50 St., New York 10019. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Brian G. Hannon. Filed: March 31. Case no. 17-10837-mkv. 223 East Fifth St. LLC. 223 E. Fifth St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 1722454-rdd.

228 East Fifth Street LLC. 228 E. Fifth St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22459-rdd.

Westchester Neurological Consultant PC. 970 N. Broadway, Suite 107, Yonkers 10701. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Anne J. Penachio. Filed: March 31. Case no. 17-22508-rdd.

Orange Regional Medical Center. Filed by Phil J. Baiocco and Gerri Baiocco. Action: notice of removal. No attorney listed. Filed: April 3. Case no. 7:17-cv-02270-CS.

229 East Fifth St. LLC. 229 E. Fifth Street, New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22455-rdd.

COURT CASES

Stair-Hold Inc. Filed by Decorative Hardware Studio Inc. Action: trademark infringement. Attorney: Peter Michael Levine. Filed: March 31. Case no. 7:17-cv-02317-KMK.

231 East Fifth Street LLC. 231 E. Fifth St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22456-rdd.

Definitions Private Training Gyms Inc. c/o PovoL and Co., 1981 Marcus Ave., Suite C100, New Hyde Park 11042. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 31. Case no. 17-10848-jlg.

233 East Fifth Street LLC. 233 E. Fifth St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22457-rdd.

Puble N.V. and Scotia Valley N.V. 67 Irving Place, New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Frank A. Oswald. Filed: March 28. Case no. 1710747-mew.

234 East Ninth Street LLC. 234 E. Ninth St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22462-rdd.

Scandia Seafood (New York) Inc. c/o Mitchell S. Iden, Tannenbaum Dubin & Robinson, 1140 Avenue of the Americas, New York 10036. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Scandia Seafood (New York) Inc. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-10744-mew.

235 East Fifth Street LLC. 235 E. Fifth St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22458-rdd.

Yes Food LLC. 155 W. 56 St., New York 10019. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Brian G. Hannon. Filed: March 31. Case no. 17-10839-mg.

WHITE PLAINS 27 Street Marks Place LLC. 27 Street Marks Place, New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22461-rdd. 66 East Seventh Street LLC. 66 E. Seventh St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22460-rdd.

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Arlington Central School District. Filed by Chelsea Fasano. Action: federal question – tort action. Attorney: David Lewis Posner. Filed: April 3. Case no. 7:17-cv-02390. Baggio Ltd. Filed by Emiliano Nieto Zepeda, Alan Yair Dominguez Galleres, Luis Guzman and Sergio Alarcon Mendoza. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Brent Edwards Pelton. Filed: March 29. Case no. 7:17-cv-02290-VB. Brian & Spine Surgeons of New York PC et al. Filed by Julene Valentine. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: Brendan Chao. Filed: March 29. Case no. 7:17-cv-02275-NSR. Directv LLC et al. Field by William Frintzilas and Angelo Pozzuto. Action: diversity action. Attorney: Steven Bennett Blau. Filed: April 4. Case no. 7:17-cv-02368-VB.

253 East 10th Street LLC. 253 E. 10th St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22463-rdd.

Elegante Services Inc. et al. Filed by Koreem Washington. Action: federal question – civil rights (race discrimination. Attorney: Alyson Courtney Bruns. Filed: April 3. Case no. 7:17-cv-02328-KMK.

325 East 12th Street LLC. 325 E. 12th St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 1722464-rdd.

Frontline Asset Strategies LLC. Filed by Jacqueline Jones. Action: 1692 Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Dan Shaked. Filed: March 28. Case no. 7:17-cv-02235-KMK.

327 East 12th Street LLC. 327 E. 12th St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 1722465-rdd.

Homedics USA LLC. Filed by Active Media Services Inc. Action: diversitybreach of contract. No attorney listed. Filed: March 29. Case no. 7:17-cv02288-KMK.

329 East 12th Street LLC. 329 E. 12th St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 17-22467-rdd.

Hudson Valley Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center LLC. Filed by Patricia Terilli. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: David Seth Halsband. Filed: March 30. Case no. 7:17-cv-02223-VB.

510 East 12th Street LLC. 510 E. 12th St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 1722468-rdd. 514 East 12th Street LLC. 514 E. 12th St., New York 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 1722469-rdd. East Village Properties LLC. 777 Third Ave., 17th floor, New York 10017. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed: March 28. Case no. 7-22453-rdd.

Monterey Financial Services LLC. Filed by Pavel Maltsev. Action: 1692 Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Daniel Harris Kohn. Filed: March 29. Case no. 7:17-cv-02253-CS. NCSPlus Inc. Filed by Cordelia Gomez. Action: 1692 Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Daniel Harris Kohn. Filed: March 28. Case no. 7:17-cv02252-NSR. Nebraska Merger Sub Inc. Filed by Richard Delman. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney: Peter C. Hein. Filed: April 3. Case no. 7:17-cv-02358KMK.

Starbucks Coffee Co. Filed by Svetlana Negrimovsky and Alexander Khaves. Action: petition for removal – personal injury. No attorney listed. Filed: April 4. Case no. 7:17-cv-02307-VB. Town of Newburgh, New York. Filed by P&J Empire Auto Inc. Action: 1983 Civil Rights Act. Attorneys: Robert Nathan Isseks and Alex J. Smith. Filed: March 31. Case no. 7:17-cv02234-VB. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America. Filed by the city of Rye. Action: diversityinsurance contract. Attorney not listed. Filed: April 3. Case no. 7:17-cv02336-VB. We Care Distributor Inc. Filed by Purine Pharma LLC. Action: breach of contract. Attorney: Michael C. Marsh. Filed: March 31. Case no. 7:17-cv-02255-VB.

House of Bread Ministries Inc., Bronx. Seller: Rector Wardens and Vestrymen of the Trinity Church in the city of Mount Vernon. Property: 324 S. Third Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed April 4. Monomoy Farm II LLC, New York City. Seller: Fred M. Lowenfels, et al, New York City. Property: 84-118 Vail Lane, North Salem. Amount: $6 million. Filed March 29. National Transfer Service LLC. Seller: Anthony P. Wlazlo, et al, Rye. Property: 6 Mount Holly Drive, Harrison. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed April 3. NSJE LLC, New York City. Seller: Fred M. Lowenfels, et al, New York City. Property: 80 Norton Lane, North Salem. Amount: $6.2 million. Filed March 29. Peekskill Park Estates LLC, Peekskill. Seller: Highland Industrial Park Inc., Peekskill. Property: 3 Highland Industrial Park Drive, Peekskill. Amount: $4.3 million. Filed April 3. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Michele L. Bermel, Chappaqua. Property: 14 Wolfe Lane, Harrison. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed March 29.

Below $1 million DEEDS Above $1 million

150 Warburton Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Tarek El Nablias, Coto de Caza, Calif. Property: 150 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $912,005. Filed March 30.

110 Hale Avenue LLC, Monterey Park, Calif. Seller: Karl A. Scully, Mount Vernon. Property: 97-99 Hale Ave., White Plains. Amount: $3.6 million. Filed March 31.

27 Gatto Mount Kisco Corp., Mount Kisco. Seller: Guy Todd Fowler, et al, Mount Kisco. Property: 27 Gatto Drive, Mount Kisco. Amount: $300,000. Filed March 29.

175 Main Street of Mount Kisco LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Seashell Realty LLC, Goldens Bridge. Property: 175 Main St., Mount Kisco. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed March 29.

3 Parr Road LLC, White Plains. Seller: Dieter Sonnenburg, et al, Valhalla. Property: 3 Parr Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $439,000. Filed March 29.

Finch Farm LLC, Saratoga Springs. Seller: Fred M. Lowenfels, et al, New York City. Property: 9-35 Norton Lane, North Salem. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed March 29.

74 Beekman Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: S. Badaly Realty LLC, Mount Vernon. 74 Beekman Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $580,000. Filed April 3.

Finch Farm LLC, Saratoga Springs. Seller: Fred M. Lowenfels, et al, New York City. Property: 105-123 Vail Lane, North Salem. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed March 29. Finch Farm LLC, Saratoga Springs. Seller: Oliver K. Stanton, Purchase. Property: 79-103 Vail Lane, North Salem. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed March 29.

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Acqua Capital LLC, White Plains. Seller: Lise G. Hunter, Mount Vernon. Property: 131 Lawrence Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $450,000. Filed April 4. Apple Trade NY LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Charles A. D’Agostino, Pleasantville. Property: 33 Stone Ave., Ossining. Amount: $225,500. Filed April 4. Brookfield Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz. Seller: Catherine E. Galgano, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 3 Monto Drive 44, Cortlandt. Amount: $605,000. Filed April 4.

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CPW TO HOLD AUTISM AWARENESS WALK Cerebral Palsy of Westchester (CPW) will hold its 5th Annual Autism Awareness Walk on April 28 beginning at 10:30 am at CPW’s United Preschool, 456 North St., White Plains. April is Autism Awareness Month. CPW serves many children and young adults with autism and offers special programming for them and their families. In addition to

the walk, a “Pieces of Hope Tree” will be created by the preschool’s students to raise awareness for all children and young adults who benefit from CPW’s autism services. For more information, contact Joan Colangelo, director of development at 914-9373800, ext. 215, or email Joan.Colangelo@cpwestchester.org.

SMALL JOINS MOUNT SINAI DOCTORS Eric Small, clinical assistant professor of orthopedics and pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan has relocated to Hartsdale as part of Mount Sinai Doctors. His new office is at 220 N. Central Ave. Mount Sinai says that he is the only board certified pediatric sports medicine physician in Westchester. He is the team physician for some

local high schools and colleges, and he sets policy regarding sports injury management and protocols for when injured players can play again. He completed sports medicine fellowships at Harvard’s Boston Children’s Hospital and MacMaster University in Ontario. He is former chairman of the Committee on Sports Medicine of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

JILL SINGER HONORED Jill Singer, founder of Jill Singer Graphics in White Plains, was named the “Community Partner of the Year” by the Association of Development Officers at its annual Philanthropy Awards Breakfast at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown. Singer is a member of ADO’s board of directors. Also honored were Betsy Steward as fundraiser of the year, Peter Samaha who received the Outstanding Philanthropist Award, the Pro Bono Partnership’s board of directors, which received the Board Philanthropic Award, and David Singer for outstanding corporate philanthropy. Jill Singer donates graphic design and marketing services to ADO. ADO interim President Fran Higgins said she helps “showcase our offerings in a beautiful and exciting way, so we can attract more people and grow our organization.” Singer told those at the breakfast, “I’ve heard so many of your success stories. It may be one person, animal or acre at a time, but to the one you have helped – you have changed the world. And those victories add up.”

From left: Fran Higgins and Jill Singer.

GOOD THINGS HAPPENING LOTHROP PROMOTES TWO

WEDC RECEIVES DONATION

Two employees at Lothrop Associates LLP in White Plains have been promoted to become associates of the architecture and interior design firm. They are Robert Gabalski and Glenn Ferguson. Gabalski has more than 25 years of experience in historic preservation, restoration, adaptive reuse, construction and using “green” initiatives in various projects to promote sustainability. He has experience with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and a working relationship with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Ferguson has been a technical director for Lothrop. He has more than 30 years of extensive experience in the design, production and construction administration of pools, water features and spas. Robert Gabalski, left, and Glenn Ferguson. Photo by A. King

Joseph Markey, KeyBank Hudson Valley Metro/NY Market president and Anne Janiak, WEDC executive director.

The Women’s Enterprise Development Center Inc. (WEDC) has received a $5,000 donation from the KeyBank Foundation to support programs and services offered through its Poughkeepsie office. WEDC provides entrepreneurs with services which include comprehensive business training programs, business workshops, access to capital, and individualized counseling. It was launched as a collaborative effort of

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the Westchester County Association, Westchester Community College, New York State Division for Women (Lower Hudson Valley Advisory Council) and the Westchester Association of Women Business Owners. All of its programs and services now are available to men, and it also serves specialized populations, including adults over the age of 50, child care providers, survivors of domestic violence, veterans and dislocated workers.

HILL NAMED TO BANK’S BOARD To clarify the item which appeared last week, Willard Hill Jr., an attorney with extensive executive leadership experience in financial services, has been elected to PCSB Bank’s board of trustees. He also will serve as a director of the bank’s new holding company, PCSB Financial Corp. Joseph D. Roberto, chairman, president and CEO of PCSB Bank, said, “He has a proven track record as an influential, strategic and innovative leader with public companies.” Hill has held executive positions with MBIA, ING US Financial Services and Aetna. He earned his law degree at Howard University School of Law. He serves on the board of directors of the Council for Economic Education and the Food Bank for Westchester.

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UJA-FEDERATION CELEBRATES

OSSINING GREENWAY CITED

From left: Rochelle Waldman, Harry Connick Jr. and Vivian Sklar. From left: Victoria Gearity, Jan Johannessen, Joseph Cermele and Brian Hildenbrand.

The UJA-Federation of New York held its Westchester Centennial Celebration at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on March 29. The 100th birthday event included a concert by Harry Connick Jr. and his band. Supporters Cindy and Ben Golub and Lois Kohn-Claar and Gary Claar were honored. Westchester Regional Chair Martine Fleishman told the gathering that “The very essence of UJA – what was true in 1917 and remains true until today – is that we care for one another. Once we understand what UJA accomplishes – putting compassion into action to better humanity and our lives – we’re easily moved to support it.” Proceeds from the event will help UJA-Federation’s nearly 100 health, human-service, educational and community-building agencies, including the 12 in Westchester. Event chairs included Karen and Andrew Greenspan, Michele and Kevin Gregson, Randi and Dan Kreisler, Stephanie and Lee Speigel, Drs. Rochelle and Joshua Waldman, and Giselle and Alan Weissman.

The New York Planning Federation has honored the village of Ossining with an award for its Sing Sing Kill Greenway. Mayor Victoria Gearity accepted the Heissenbuttel Award at the federation’s meeting in Saratoga Springs on March 27. The award recognizes Henry Heissenbuttel who served as director of the Dutchess County Planning Department from 1961 to his death in 1978 Gearity told the awards luncheon, “This greenway is the most glorious use of a municipal sewer fund ever. Who would have thought that a sanitary sewer project could become a public walkway meandering through the gorge of a major Hudson River tributary, right in the heart of downtown Ossining?” Also attending the event were personnel from Kellard Sessions, the engineering and planning firm that partnered with the village on the project, planner Jan Johannessen and civil engineers Joseph Cermele and Brian Hildenbrand. The greenway provides access inside the ravine carved by the Kill Brook, which flows from Ossining’s hills to the Hudson River. It started out as a walkway for workers on a sanitary sewer project. Now, it has become an ADA-compliant walk that has railings on both sides for safety.

IMPACT PROMOTIONS

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Two staff members at Impact PR & Communications, Ltd. in Poughkeepsie have been promoted. Karen Maserjian Shan, a senior account executive, has been promoted to account manager. She holds a fine arts degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, is on the communications committee of Arts Mid-Hudson and is a founding member of the Children’s Writers of the Hudson Valley. She lives in Poughkeepsie. Nicole D’Aleo, who had been an account executive, moves up to serve as senior account executive. She’s a graduate of Marist College where she won the Marist College Anderson Award for Playwriting. The resident of LaGrange used to be an English teacher. “Karen and Nikki have played instrumental roles in the rapid growth of the agency,” said Filomena Fanelli, the company’s CEO and founder. Impact PR & Communications was founded in 2014 and offers services such as media relations, copy writing and cause-related marketing.

Karen Maserjian Shan

Nicole D’Aleo

BUILDERS HEAR 2017 OUTLOOK

PRINCIPAL NAMED AT IONA PREP From left: Drs. Bernard Lee and Delayne Gratopp of Scarsdale Integrative Medicine; Lisa Feiner, New Jewish Home board member and Sandra Mundy, director of Sarah Neuman. Photo by The New Jewish Home.

ALLERGY SPECIALIST JOINS WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL Kira Geraci-Ciardullo has joined the Physician Associates Division of White Plains Hospital. She’s an allergy and asthma specialist who is a clinical instructor of pediatrics at Cornell University Medical College in New York and an adjunct professor of pediatrics at New York Medical College in Valhalla. Geraci-Ciardullo has lectured for the American Lung Association and Kira Geraci-Ciardullo the National Asthma Education Program. She will see patients at White Plains Hospital Medical & Wellness in Armonk.

Iona Preparatory has named Kieran Daly of New Paltz to be the principal of its Upper School effective July 1. He is the dean of students and has been at the school for more than 30 years as a teacher, chairman of the science department, director of facilities, and in other positions. Iona Prep is an all-boys Catholic school in Kieran Daly New Rochelle. The Upper School encompasses grades 9-12. “We feel very fortunate that Kieran will be assuming this important role as we move into another century of excellence,” said Brother Thomas R. Leto, president of Iona Prep. “He brings a broad range of experience from his long career here.” Daly holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology from Iona College and a master’s in educational psychology from Fordham University. Daly succeeds Edward A. O’Neill who is retiring.

From left: Monica Chandra of 3EDGE Asset Management; Albert Annunziata, executive director of BRI; Steven Cucchiaro; Jerry Houlihan, vice chair, Apartment Owners Advisory Council of the BRI; and Eric Abraham, chairman, BRI.

Ninety-six members of The Building & Realty Institute of Westchester and The Mid-Hudson Region, also known as the Builders Institute, met at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains for a general membership meeting and heard from Steven Cucchiaro, president and chief investment officer of 3EDGE Asset Management in Boston. In his address, Cucchiaro said that he views economic prospects for the U.S. under President Trump’s administration with both hope and caution. Cucchiaro told the BRI members that there has been a fairly sustained rise in business optimism and the stock market after the election, but the question is how long that can be maintained. When asked where he thought there are prospects for growth, he expressed overall optimism about the American economy and added that the Indian sub-continent seemed to be an area offering interesting growth opportunities.

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FACTS Classic Space LLC, New York City. Seller: Retained Realty Inc., New York City. Property: 12 Audrey Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $165,000. Filed April 3.

Oak Grove Homes LLC, Cos Cob, Conn. Seller: NRZ REO IV Corp., Ocala, Fla. Property: 576 W. Brook Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: $281,000. Filed April 4.

DGSP Properties LLC, Hartsdale. Seller: SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck. Property: 479 Old Tarrytown Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $140,000. Filed April 4.

Palmer Lane LLC, Pleasantville. Seller: Margaret A. Curry, Thornwood. Property: 60 Washington Place, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $192,000. Filed March 29.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Robert A. Cantine Sr., et al, Mount Vernon. Property: 636 Sixth Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $405,800. Filed April 3.

PTA Associates, Yonkers. Seller: John Bonanno, Scarsdale. Property: 148 Chalford Lane, Yonkers. Amount: $615,000. Filed March 31.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Alva Nelson, et al, Yonkers. Property: 2 Gallows Hill Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $481,787. Filed April 3. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: J. Henry Neale, Jr., White Plains. Property: 233 S. Columbus Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $788,535. Filed April 3. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Paul Gallagher, et al, White Plains. Property: 56 Sterling Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $346,542. Filed March 30. Global Real Estate USA Inc., New York City. Seller: Helena Greco, Pleasantville. Property: 630 Hillside Ave., Rye. Amount: $590,000. Filed March 30. Global Real Estate USA Inc., New York City. Seller: Marisa Daligan, Eastchester. Property: 16 Laurel Place, Eastchester. Amount: $698,000. Filed April 3. JAO Development LLC, Bronx. Seller: 37-39 North Bond Street Corp., Mount Vernon. Property: 37-39 N. Bond St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $400,000. Filed March 30. Laeta LLC, Cortlandt Manor. Seller: Depew LP, Peekskill. Property: 729 South St., Peekskill. Amount: $300,000. File April 4. LDA Construction and Design Group Inc., Thornwood. Seller: Vincent A. Casolaro, et al, Elmsford. Property: Bryant Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $120,000. Filed April 3. MJD Contracting Corp., Yorktown Heights. Seller: Michele L. Bermel, Chappaqua. Property: 17 Cypress Lane, Somers. Amount: $272,000. Filed April 4. Mortgage Equity Conversion Asset Trust 2011-1. Seller: Audrey M. Stancill, White Plains. Property: 68 Florence Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $340,909. Filed March 31. MRE 6 LLC, Katonah. Seller: Christina Lawrence Kopacz, et al, Salt Point. Property: 133C Heritage Hills, Somers. Amount: $275,000. Filed March 29.

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Shangod 2 Nu Realty LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 501 E. Fifth St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $238,000. Filed March 29. The City of Yonkers. Seller: The city of Yonkers. Property: 24 Fegan St., Yonkers. Amount: $270,895. Filed April 3. The Complex at Port Chester LLC, Greenwich, Conn. Seller: Despina Lamboglou, Port Chester. Property: 20 S. Main St., Rye. Amount: $550,000. Filed March 30. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Daniel P. Romano, Yonkers. Property: 255 Watch Hill Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $610,190. Filed April 4. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Jay B. Hashmall, White Plains. Property: 86 County Center Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $766,950. Filed April 3. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John Pappalardo, White Plains. Property: 81 Lockwood Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $498,447. Filed March 31. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Kenneth L. Bunting, White Plains. Property: 405 10th Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $777,681. Filed March 29. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Robert Cypher, Rye. Property: 711 Mile Square Road, Yonkers. Amount: $423,686. Filed March 30. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: John G. Molloy, Somers. Property: 270 S. Third Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $871,704. Filed April 3. V Mortgage REO 3 LLC, Greenville, S.C. Seller: Robert D. Ryan, White Plains. Property: 118 Maple St., Yonkers. Amount: $557,043. Filed April 4. Vista Chino Ventures LLC, Austin, Texas. Seller: Ramon Legarda, et al, Yonkers. Property: 23 Millard Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $625,000. Filed April 3. Your New Home LLC, Peekskill. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 10 N. James St., 10-O, Peekskill. Amount: $34,999. Filed March 30.

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FORECLOSURES BUCHANAN, 156 Seward St. Singlefamily residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Leopold & Associates PLLC, 914-219-5787; 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk 10504. Defendant: Yuliawati Kimiadi. Referee: Robert Ryan. Sale: April 10, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $312,834.10. CORTLANDT MANOR, 268 Millington Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .22 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Assoc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 585-987-2800; 2 State St., Rochester 14614. Defendant: Christopher Kazorck. Referee: Lorraine Corsa. Sale: April 10, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $379,525.37. ELMSFORD, 168 North Lawn Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .12 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Innocant Augustin. Referee: John Charles Guttridge. Sale: April 10, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $704,772.02. HARTSDALE, 40 S. Washington St. Single-family residence; lot size: .25 acre. Plaintiff: Citibank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Jin Yang. Referee: David Gelfarb. Sale: April 24, 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $922,716.17. MOHEGAN LAKE, 3192 Amelia Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Kevin Fitzpatrick. Referee: Charles Lesnick. Sale: April 24, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $759,647.65. MONTROSE, 13 Harper Ave. Singlefamily residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Citibank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: David A. Gallo & Associates, 718-459-2634; 95-25 Queens Blvd., Rego Park 11379. Defendant: heirs to the estate of Hildred Butler. Referee: Robert Ryan. Sale: April 10, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $133,503.43. MOUNT KISCO, 58 Laurelton Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .74 acre. Plaintiff: People’s United Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 585-987-2800; 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Rochester 14614. Defendant: Mark Britton. Referee: Julie Henrichs. Sale: April 17, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $334,373.32. MOUNT VERNON, 704 S. Fifth St. Converted residence; lot size: .08 acre. Plaintiff: Bank of America National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Aldridge Pite LLP, 631-454-8059; 40 Marcus Drive, Melville 11747. Defendant: Richard Brown. Referee: Jo-Ann Cambareri. Sale: April 10, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $586,925.01.

FIGURES NEW ROCHELLE, 40 Prospect St. Single-family residence; lot size: .22 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle 10801. Defendant: Mahmood Raja. Referee: Dan Romano. Sale: April 19, noon. Approximate lien: $497,125.16. NEW ROCHELLE, 46 Dennis Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: .25 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill 11254. Defendant: Jeffrey DeMarco. Referee: Francis Malara. Sale: April 25, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $766,797.09. PEEKSKILL, 2-L Woods End Circle. Condominium; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Board of managers of Hillcrest Park Condominium Group. Plaintiff’s attorney: David Wright, 914-245-0455; 1012 Park St., Peekskill 10566. Defendant: Rosemarie Cannizzaro. Referee: Clement Patti. Sale: April 12, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $12,510. 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: April 24, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. PLEASANTVILLE, 7 Vermilyea St. Two-family residence; lot size: .11 acre. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Rosaura Carmona. Referee: Bruce Bozeman. Sale: April 17, 11:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $622,185.93. WHITE PLAINS, 80 Bolton Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Maria DeFrancesco. Referee: Christopher Meagher. Sale: April 21, 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $587,944.54. WHITE PLAINS, 445 North St. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: 631-454-8059; 40 Marcus Drive, Melville 11747. Defendant: Dolores Pinto. Referee: Robert Ryan. Sale: April 17, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $994,953.93. YONKERS, 51 Fortified Ave. Vacant land; lot size: .05 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Leopold & Associates PLLC, 914-219-5787; 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk 10504. Defendant: Arnaldo Da Cruz. Referee: Leticia Arzu. Sale: April 10, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien $399,672.42.

YONKERS, 94 Ridgeway Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 585-9872800; 2 State St., Rochester 14614. Defendant: Samuel Eromosele. Referee: Julia Henrichs. Sale: April 25, 2 p.m. Approximate lien: $519,515.82. YONKERS, 134 Whitman Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .38 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 585-9872800; 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Rochester 14614. Defendant: Edwin Velazquez. Referee: Julia Henrichs. Sale: April 11, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $489,568.59. YONKERS, 257 Hoover Road. Two-family residence; lot size: .07 acre. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore 11706. Defendant: William Campbell. Referee: Pauline Galvin. Sale: April 17, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $716,345.43. YONKERS, 1116 Warbuton Ave. Apartment; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-2041700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: public administrator of Westchester for the estate of John Marafino. Referee: Steven Accinelli. Sale: April 20, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $157,174.24.

JUDGMENTS Amscan Inc., Elmsford. $45,593 in favor of DHL Global Forwarding, New York City. Filed March 30. Globe Gates Inc., Yonkers. $68,178 in favor of A-Target Inc., West Orange, N.J. Filed March 28. Mrs. Greens of Tarrytown Inc., Irvington. $164,062 in favor of 39-51 North Broadway Associates LP, Tuckahoe. Filed March 31. Save Harrison Inc., Purchase. $351 in favor of Lake St. Rock Quarry Inc., West Harrison. Filed March 30. Superior Vending Services Inc., Mount Vernon. $3,298 in favor of Workmens Circle Home and Infirmary, Bronx. Filed March 31. Westchester Technologies Inc., Peekskill. $22,864 in favor of Shanghai Optics Inc., Clark, N.J. Filed March 30.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Avery, Linda, et al. Filed by Washington Mutual Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,400 affecting property located at 8 California Road, Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Oct. 29. Carpentieri, Rocco L., et al. Filed by Christiana Trust. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $576,000 affecting property located at 36 Roanoke Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed Oct. 30. Cott, Raymond, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $840,000 affecting property located at 55 Irving Place, New Rochelle 10801. Filed Oct. 29. Delane, Greg, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 47 Lawrence Ave., Greenburgh 10607. Filed Nov. 2. Douse, Monica, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $467,500 affecting property located at 59 Oak St., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Nov. 3. Fajardo, Carmita, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $408,000 affecting property located at 12 N. Evarts Ave., Elmsford 10523. Filed Nov. 3. Garcia, Juan, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $437,600 affecting property located at 21 Overton Road, Ossining 10562. Filed Oct. 30. Glusky, Robert M., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $291,000 affecting property located at 208 Harris Road, Unit GB7, Bedford Hills 10507. Filed Nov. 2. Gonzalez, Elizabeth, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $340,968 affecting property located at 47 Babbitt Court, Elmsford 10523. Filed Nov. 3. Green, Melvin, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $574,750 affecting property located at 30 Ridgeview Ave., Yonkers 10710. Filed Nov. 3. Hoo, Norman, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $408,500 affecting property located at 19 S. Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Oct. 30.

FACTS Hussain, Fatima, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $692,000 affecting property located at 133 Parkview Ave., Bronxville 10708. Filed Oct. 29. Lee, Brodie Irish Jr., as administrator, heir, and distributee of the estate of Ann Lee, et al. Filed by CIT Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $420,000 affecting property located at 147 W. Sandford Blvd., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Oct. 29. Levister, Carol J., as co-executrix to the estate of Ruth Levister, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 538 S. Ninth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Oct. 29. Perez, Elizabeth, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,775 affecting property located at 237 Willow St., Yonkers 10701. Filed Oct. 30. Robinson, Thomas C., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $325,000 affecting property located at 10 N. Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Nov. 2. Romanello, Renee, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $616,000 affecting property located at 6 May Place, Port Chester 10573. Filed Oct. 29. The estate of William C. Waldron, Sr., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $278,000 affecting property located at 12 Vail Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed Oct. 29. Urena, Nehemia, et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 323 Van Cortlandt Park Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed Nov. 3.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Arco, David, as owner. $7,066 as claimed by Ken Martin Inc., Maryknoll. Property: in New Castle. Filed March 31. Gateway Kensington LLC, as owner. $10,801 as claimed by Montfort Brothers Inc., Fishkill. Property: in Eastchester. Filed March 31. Jakaj, Mikel, et al, as owner. $18,750 as claimed by Vals Carpentry Inc., Wingdale. Property: in Mount Pleasant. Filed April 3. Kirby, Julia, as owner. $2,175 as claimed by Singer Holding Corp., Elmsford. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed March 31.

Midora Corp., as owner. $16,713 as claimed by Montfort Brothers Inc., Fishkill. Property: in Eastchester. Filed March 31.

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

Sole Proprietorships Alexis Barbershop Unisex, 628 Halsted Ave., Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Alexis Polanco. Filed April 19. AMG Systems Worldwide, 10 Lake St., Apt. 1C, White Plains 10603, c/o Anthony Greco. Filed April 20. Blinking and Flashing Toys on Wheels, 71 Honorable Rhoda Quash Lane, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Jonathan Machuca-Santos. Filed April 19. Blue Sky Mindfulness and Meditation, 18 Kempster Road, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Susan Romney. Filed April 20. Carlos Calvelo, 36 Acker Ave., Ossining 10562, c/o Carlos Calvelo. Filed April 20.

Tavarez Beauty Place, 39 Main St., Yonkers 10701, c/o Pascuala Tavarez De Disla. Filed April 21. Thorn Creative Marketing, 63 Charles Road, Bedford Corners 10549, c/o Dina Schefler Nemeth. Filed April 21. TK Interiors, 33 Grove St., Tarrytown 10591, c/o Thomas J. Kellas. Filed April 19. Westchester Dog Services, 622 Croton Heights Road, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Daniel P. Moogan, III. Filed April 20.

PATENTS Access control system that detects static electricity. Patent no. 9,614,832 issued to Layne A. Berge, Rochester, Minn.; John R. Dangler, Rochester, Minn.; Matthew S. Doyle, Chatfield, Minn.; Thomas W. Liang, Rochester, Minn.; and Manual Orozco, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Automatic content load balancing. Patent no. 9,614,889 issued to Nathanel F. Ehrich, Raleigh, N.C.; Niraj P. Joshi, Cary, N.C.; Kimberly D. Kenna, Cary, N.C.; and Robert C. Leah, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

FIGURES Cloud-based surveillance with intelligent tamper protection. Patent no. 9,614,871 issued to Francis X. Scanzano, Newburgh; and Kyle S. Wonderly, Beacon. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Displaying users’ desired content based on priority during loading process. Patent no. 9,614,896 issued to Michael Broz, Austin, Texas; Bernadette A. Carter, Raleigh, N.C.; Melba I. Lopez, Austin, Texas; and Matthew G. Marum, Gary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Location-based authentication of users to a virtual machine in a computer system. Patent no. 9,614,859 issued to Bin Cao, Rochester, Minn.; and Jim C. Chen, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Maintenance of a fabric priority among operations in related fibre-channel exchanges. Patent no, 9,614,910 issued to Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, Ariz.; Bret W. Holley, Tucson, Ariz.; and Harry M. Yudenfriend, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Migration of network connection under mobility. Patent no. 9,614,918 issued to Seraphin B. Calo, Cortlandt Manor; Raheleh B. Dilmaghani, Elmsford; Bong Jun Ko, Harrington Park, N.J.; Kang-Won Lee, Nanuet; Vasileios Pappas, Elmsford; Ramya Raghavendra, White Plains; Yang Song, Ossining; and Dinesh C. Verma, New Castle. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Multifusion of a stream operator in a streaming application. Patent no. 9,614,740 issued to Michael J. Branson, Rochester, Minn.; and John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. System and method of optimizing digital media processing in a carrier-grade web-portal environment. Patent no. 9,614,884 issued to Richard H. Brown, Otis Orchards, Wash.; Michael E. Piotrowski, Spokane, Wash.; Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, Fla.; and Matthew B. Trevathan, Roswell, Ga. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Virtual machine mobility using OpenFlow. Patent no. 9,614,930 issued to Casimer DeCusatis, Poughkeepsie; and Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Wappingers Falls. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million 54 Turner Drive LLC, Upper Saddle River, N.J., as owner. Lender: Columbia Bank, Fair Lawn, N.J. Property: 54 Turner Drive, Wallkill 12589. Amount: $4 million. Filed March 29. Horizon Land Development LLC, Middletown, as owner. Lender: Orange Bank and Trust Co., Middletown. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed April 3. Players Airport LP, Newburgh, as owner. Lender: TD Bank N.A., New Windsor. Property: 15 Racquet Road, Newburgh. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed April 3.

Below $1 million 22 Mearns Ave LLC, Mountaindale, as owner. Lender: ABL One LLC, Hoboken, N.J. Property: 22 Mearns Ave., Highland Falls 12763. Amount: $312,000. Filed March 29.

Dil Batheja CPA, 1 Barbara Place, Eastchester 10709, c/o Daleshwar S. Batheja. Filed April 19. Duran Farms, 165 Saratoga Ave., Apt. 2, Yonkers 10705, c/o Andres Duran Hernandez. Filed April 20. Dynamic Balance Training, 6 Harrison St., Apt. 1F, Croton-on-Hudson 10520, c/o Rawle Dueval Alleyne. Filed April 19. Heidi Housekeeping and Cleaning Services, 11 Mount Carmel Place, Apt. 1, Yonkers 10701, c/o Heidi Salgado. Filed April 20. King’s Cuisine, 346 Seneca Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Kayneesha Tiara Holmes. Filed April 21. Michael Orza Certified Public Accountant, P.O. Box 707, Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Michael Orza. Filed April 20. Neiva Dias Web Designer, 75 Gramatan Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Neiva Dias Silverio. Filed April 21. Richard Burton BXB, 177 White Plains Road, Apt. 17E, Tarrytown 10591, c/o Richard Burton. Filed April 19. Royalty Retail Group, 546 E. Third St., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Stacey Cox. Filed April 20. Snowhill Capital Funding, 175 Austin Ave., Yonkers 10710, c/o David Murillo. Filed April 19.

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FACTS Clark, Daniel, et al, as owner. Lender: Bank of Millbrook. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $175,000. Filed March 30.

16 Penny Court LLC, Monroe. Seller: John B. Swift III, Goshen. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $155,001. Filed March 29.

Lanzoni, Marco R., et al, as owner. Lender: Prime Lending, Dallas, Texas. Property: Lot 1, Lattintown Road, Milton. Amount: $375,000. Filed March 31.

21 Hudson Pointe LLC, Pearl River. Seller: Durga Ravilla, Middletown. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $170,000. Filed March 31.

Leinwohl, Jeffrey, et al, Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Washingtonville. Amount: $153,450. Filed March 29.

22 Mearns Ave LLC, Mountaindale. Seller: James F. Ryerson, Arlington, Va. Property: 22 Mearns Ave., Highland Falls. Amount: $300,000. Filed March 29.

Meier Supply Company Inc., Conklin, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank, Buffalo. Property: 528-530 Bloomingburg Road and County Highway 76, Wallkill. Amount: $691,200. Filed March 28.

225 East Main LLC, Chester. Seller: OWB REO LLC, Austin, Texas. Property: 8 Coleman St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $32,150. Filed March 30.

Sheafe Woods Realty LLC, as owner. Lender: PCSB Bank. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $95,000. Filed March 28.

DEEDS Above $1 million LaFortune Farms LLC, Wilmington, Del. Seller: Albert J. Terrile, et al, Southport, Conn. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed March 28. Peanut Holdings LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Lust Family LLC, et al, Monroe. Property: Route 208, Blooming Grove. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 28. Stoneleaf Lot Ventures LLC, Amenia. Seller: Silo Ridge Ventures Property A LLC, Scottsdale, Ariz. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed March 29. Stoneleaf Lot Ventures LLC, Amenia. Seller: Silo Ridge Ventures Property A LLC, Scottsdale, Ariz. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed March 29.

Below $1 million 1005 US 11 LLC, Pearl River. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 18 Emily Lane, Monroe 10950. Amount: $187,000. Filed April 3. 113 S Cherry LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Thomas Kidder, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $100,000. Filed March 27. 158 Montgomery Owners LLC, New York City. Seller: Russell Inns LLC, Newburgh. Property: 158 Montgomery St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $370,000. Filed March 30.

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26 Galloway LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Evelyn Schroeder, Warwick. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $102,000. Filed March 31. 32 Sparrow Bush Corp., Goshen. Seller: Brian Escott, Sparrowbush. Property: 30 and 32 Main St., Sparrowbush 12780. Amount: $95,000. Filed March 31. 6 Sullivan LLC, Slate Hill. Seller: BSM Properties LLC, Wappingers Falls. Property: 6 Sullivan Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $111,500. Filed March 28. ABM Business Inc., Kingston. Seller: Saugerties Auto Fuel Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 384 Foxhall Ave., Kingston 12401. Amount: $360,000. Filed March 30. B.B.V.T. Inc., Monroe. Seller: Husam Jabbour, Highland Mills. Property: 8 Second St., Woodbury. Amount: $200,000. Filed March 31. Bank of America N.A. Seller: Kenneth J. Pockett, West Park Beach, Fla. Property: 65 Luty Drive, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $251,000. Filed March 28. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 1 Surrey Road, Chester 10918. Amount: $256,733. Filed March 30. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Michael J. Connolly, et al, Goshen. Property: 8 Avoncroft Lane, No. 4503, Middletown 10940. Amount: $299,112. Filed March 29. Blanton/Radtke Properties LLC, Port Jervis. Seller: Joe Hakaj, Goshen. Property: 24-32 Front and Ball streets, Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $251,914. Filed March 29. Britkat Inc., Monroe. Seller: Andrea Pawliczek, Montgomery. Property: 1508 Whispering Hills Drive, Chester 10918. Amount: $88,000. Filed March 28.

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Brookfield Global Relocation Services LLC, Burr Ridge, Ill. Seller: Kai Zhao, et al, Hopewell Junction. Property: 100 Dakota Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $519,000. Filed March 30. Brookfield Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz. Seller: Jason L. White, et al, Esopus. Property: in Esopus. Amount: $164,000. Filed March 30. BVM Builders Inc., St. Augustine, Fla. Seller: Irene De Carvalho, et al, Larchmont. Property: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $27,000. Filed March 27. Capital Income and Growth Fund LLC, San Jose, Calif. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: 22 Mayer Drive, Middletown. Amount: $61,582. Filed March 31. Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Wawarsing Land Development Corp., Huntersville, N.C. Property: in Wawarsing. Amount: $85,000. Filed March 28. Cesares Corner LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Cesare Vacca, Nanuet. Property: 132 William St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $50,000. Filed March 28. Champion Mortgage Co. Seller: Beverly W. Bauer, Shawnee, Kan. Property: 28 Sherman Drive, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $197,164. Filed March 30. Christiana Trust. Seller: Karen Hagstrom, Poughkeepsie. Property: 160 Ferris Lane, Red Hook. Amount: $194,000. Filed March 30.

FIGURES EXR LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 286 Harry Wells Road, Saugerties 12477. Amount: $85,000. Filed March 28. Fannie Mae. Seller: David L. Russell, Newburgh. Property: 119 Academy Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $192,877. Filed March 28. Fannie Mae. Seller: John E. Bach, Jr., Goshen. Property: 210 Clove Road, Salisbury Mills 12577. Amount: $581,959. Filed March 28. Fannie Mae. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 6 Highview Drive, Middletown 10940. Amount: $316,090. Filed March 29. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Patricia A. Cocchia, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 42 Faye Ave., New Windsor 10924. Amount: $421,675. Filed March 28.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Judith L. Lubinsky, Campbell Hall. Property: 31 Hillside Terrace, Wallkill 12589. Amount: $647,185. Filed March 28. HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 8 Ebury Mews, Middletown 10940. Amount: $201,622. Filed March 29. HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Mark D. Stern, Goshen. Property: 53 Orange Terrace, Middletown 10940. Amount: $476,236. Filed March 28. Hudson Valley Paperworks Inc., Newburgh. Seller: Michael P. McCann, Goshen. Property: 29 Spring St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $49,000. Filed March 31.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Allan Ahearne, Warwick. Property: 279 Pine Hill Road, Chester 10918. Amount: $571,256. Filed March 31.

Insource East Properties Inc., Hauppaugue. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 6 Lester Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $110,000. Filed March 29.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: David Gubits, Walden. Property: 102 Old Mill Road, Building 1, Unit 102, Southfields 10975. Amount: $176,002. Filed April 3.

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Seller: Joseph Catania Jr., Newburgh. Property: 38 City Terrace North, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $263,968. Filed March 29.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Jason P. Sautter, Unionville. Property: 59 Hamilton St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $186,834. Filed March 29.

LHI Realty LLC, Monroe. Seller: David B. Haring, et al, Walden. Property: 36 Canterbury Lane, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $80,010. Filed March 30.

County of Ulster, Kingston. Seller: Rolling Frito-Lay Sales LP, Plano, Texas. Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $2,600. Filed March 27.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Peter H. Neuman, Cornwall-on- Hudson. Property: 202 Overlook Place, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $225,080. Filed April 3.

CV XXVIII LLC, Newport Beach, Calif. Seller: Nestor M. Torres, et al, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 102 Bridle Path Lane, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $340,639. Filed April 3.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Ralph L. Puglielle, New Windsor. Property: 209 Oxford Road, Chester 10918. Amount: $482,969. Filed March 29.

Debellis Construction Corp., Brewster. Seller: Bob Mack Properties LLC, Yonkers. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $50,000. Filed March 29.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Russell J. Vingoe, et al, Atlanta, Ga. Property: 90 Mountain View Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $243,119. Filed April 3.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Deborah S. Senno, et al, Fallsburg. Property: 651 Minisink Turnpike, Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $347,102. Filed March 29.

Gerick Associates LLC, New Hampton. Seller: Geoffrey Eliot Chanin, Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $260,000. Filed March 30.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Geoffrey E. Chanin, Goshen. Property: 32 Hudson View Terrace, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $263,767. Filed March 29.

Grand Bank N.A., Lake Zurich, Ill. Seller: Robert Mark Rametta, Goshen. Property: 151 Murray Ave., Goshen 10924. Amount: $402,886. Filed March 28.

Diamond Ridge Partners LLC, White Plains. Seller: Gary S. Wile, Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $293,468. Filed March 31.

Green Field Property Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 362 Lattintown Road, Marlboro 12542. Amount: $56,729. Filed March 29.

Elms Main Street LLC, Highland. Seller: V.D.D.K. LLC, Congers. Property: 41-45 Main St., Highland. Amount: $850,000. Filed March 27.

Hongdao Institute of Religion Buddhism Corp., Chappaqua. Seller: Richard M. Rotondo, Monroe. Property: 1232 Route 208, Monroe 10950. Amount: $405,000. Filed March 29.

Lucky Real Estate Holdings LLC, New Hampton. Seller: Luis B. Marin, Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $120,000. Filed March 30. Middletown Auto Salvage LLC, Middletown. Seller: Dan Snyder Properties Inc., Middletown. Property: in Otisville. Amount: $400,000. Filed March 30. MTGLQ Investors LP, Irving, Texas. Seller: Allan J. Ahearne, Warwick. Property: 14 Hickory Ave., New Windsor. Amount: $140,000. Filed March 28.

PROF-2013-S3 Legal Title Trust. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 32 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $186,713. Filed March 29. Rock City Ventures Inc., Woodstock. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 4 Rock Ledge, Woodstock 12498. Amount: $274,895. Filed March 29. Rosen Ridge Properties Inc., High Falls. Seller: Michael J. Ahrens, Rosendale. Property: in Rosendale. Amount: $60,000. Filed March 27. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Philadelphia, Pa. Seller: Frank DiPasquale, Newburgh. Property: 897 Pulaski Highway, Goshen 10924. Amount: $184,800. Filed March 28. State of New York Mortgage Agency, New York City. Seller: Anthony LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 23 Oak Ave., Highland Falls 10928. Amount: $150,193. Filed April 3. Supemo Realty LLC, Monroe. Seller: BPJR Star Properties LLC, Walden. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $22,000. Filed March 31. The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Valerie Peterkin, Poughkeepsie. Property: 91 Garden St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $117,500. Filed March 29. The Bank of New York. Seller: Edward T. McCormack, Fishkill. Property: 50 Cunningham Lane, Poughquag 12570. Amount: $351,000. Filed March 30. TJ Tancredi Homes Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Celeste E. Crosby, Katonah. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $240,000. Filed March 29. Triple R Holdings NY LLC, Liberty. Seller: Jayanthi Viswakumar, Slate Hill. Property: in Wawayanda. Amount: $150,000. Filed March 31. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Glen Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 33 Robinn Drive, Wawayanda 10940. Amount: $519,844. Filed March 30.

Northeast Farm Access LLC, Keene, N.H. Seller: Arthur S. May, et al, Kerhonkson. Property: 5688 Route 209, Kerhonkson 12446. Amount: $325,000. Filed March 31.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John J. Revella, Walden. Property: 12 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $340,967. Filed March 30.

NPNYRE LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 1611 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls 12590. Amount: $65,000. Filed March 27.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Patrick A. Mahan Jr., Bronx. Property: 111 Quassaick Ave., New Windsor 12553. Amount: $351,027. Filed March 29.

Om Property Group LLC, Warwick. Seller: Stephen Oleary, Warwick. Property: 36 Madalaine Terrace, Middletown 10940. Amount: $68,322. Filed March 28.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Ariana Antonelli, New Windsor. Property: 117 Little York Road, Warwick 10990. Amount: $275,000. Filed March 29.

Pegasus Studio LLC, Gardiner. Seller: Keith Libolt, et al, New Paltz. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $175,000. Filed March 30.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Barbara Gionta, New City. Property: 36 Linden Drive, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $312,363. Filed March 28.

FACTS U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Carol K. Morgan, Kingston. Property: 21 Degarmo Hills Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Amount: $488,000. Filed March 28.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Seung S. Yang, Newburgh. Property: 276 Montgomery St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $270,000. Filed March 29.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Dianne Braun Hanely, Katonah. Property: 354 Freedom Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $462,500. Filed March 28.

YMB Holdings LLC, Suffern. Seller: Timothy Williams, Poughkeepsie. Property: 4676 Albany Post Road, Unit 9F2, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $50,000. Filed March 29.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Donald Brown Jr., Poughkeepsie. Property: 1 Diane Court, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $389,000. Filed March 28. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Felicia Bascus, et al, Goshen. Property: 63 Scotchtown Place, Middletown 10941. Amount: $418,022. Filed March 30. Wappingers Fall LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Michael T. Murphy, Carmel. Property: in Wappingers Falls. Amount: $48,500. Filed March 27. Wappingers Fall LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Michael T. Murphy, Carmel. Property: in Wappingers Falls. Amount: $48,500. Filed March 29. WCM Holdings LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Richard I. Cantor, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Clinton. Amount: $38,000. Filed March 28. WCM Holdings LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Sue Barbara Levy, New York City. Property: in Clinton. Amount: $22,000. Filed March 28. Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, N.J. Seller: Lawrence Coyle, Fishkill. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $381,500. Filed March 30. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Alan L. Joseph, Goshen. Property: 333 Heritage Lane, Monroe 10918. Amount: $331,645. Filed April 3. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Lisa J. Felicissimo, Monroe. Property: 36 Pinehurst Circle, Monroe 10950. Amount: $337,143. Filed March 29. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Michael Gartland, Poughkeepsie. Property: 39 Kingston Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $169,000. Filed March 29. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: John C. Wirth Jr., Poughkeepsie. Property: 26 Givens Lane, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $324,500. Filed March 28. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Keith Byron, Clinton Corners. Property: 24 Horseshoe Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $367,000. Filed March 28. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Niki Pagones Quinn, Wappinger Falls. Property: 32 Meddaugh Road, Lagrange. Amount: $310,000. Filed March 28.

YYY Properties LLC, Chester. Seller: Mark DeHaven, Walden. Property: 41 Weathervane Drive, Unit G-4, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $54,000. Filed March 28.

JUDGMENTS 2 ME 302 Corp., Monroe. $1,779 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26. 74 North Street Deli and Pizza Ltd., Newburgh. $1,461 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26. Agnes I. Wager Realty Inc., Highland. $791 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. Allied Wine Corp., Ellenville. $553 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. Apex Improvements Inc., Greenwood Lake. $12,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 26. Aspirub Enterprises LLC, Middletown. $8,483 in favor of Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., Thomasville, N.C. Filed March 28. Black Rock Excavating Corp., Cornwall-on-Hudson. $1,832 in favor of Times Herald Record, Middletown. Filed March 28. Body Cosmetica LLC, Tuxedo Park. $20,700 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 26. Com Fab Inc., Greenwood Lake. $3,974 in favor of Connect-It Wireless Inc., Jupiter, Fla. Filed March 29. Covington Route 300 LLC, Newburgh. $18,709 in favor of Probuild Company LLC, Middletown. Filed April 3. DBS Management, Saugerties. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28.

First Choice Auto Repair, Highland. $4,052 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. Gold Fox Restaurant LLC, Gardiner. $28,769 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. Joe’s Pizza, Kerhonkson. $1,056 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. Lisa’s Bar and Grill LLC, Newburgh. $18,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 26. Mabel’s Shoppe, Ellenville. $1,277 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. Martin Viette Nurseries Inc., East Norwich. $69,895 in favor of Regency International, New York City. Filed March 31. MTS Seafood Take Out, Marlboro. $139 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. $2,839 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed Dec. 12. Nolan’s Masonry and Tile Inc., Montgomery. $2,615 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed April 26. Planet Woodstock Music Corp., Kingston. $1,423 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. Real Spice, Newburgh. $1,083 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26. Reyno Mexican Foods Inc., Newburgh. $96 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26. Shop A Good Deal Inc., Monroe. $50 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26. South Pacific Island Corp., New Paltz. $134,313 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 28. Trinity Unlimited LLC, Middletown. $223 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26. Ultimate Auto Inc., Highland. $32,278 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed March 30.

FIGURES Universal Fire, Fabricating and Supply Inc., Walden. $2,312 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26. Weather Tight Roofing Inc., Schenectady. $18,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 26. Xcluciv Barber Supplier LLC, Middletown. $1,625 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 26. Zowwys Food and Restaurant Supplies Inc., Pine Bush. $453 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 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. Agostini, Sheldon, et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,986 affecting property located at 46 Arbor Way, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 3. Anthony, Monalisa, as administratrix of the estate of Hector Camacho Sr., et al. Filed by USROF II Legal Title Trust 2015-1. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $60,000 affecting property located at 14 Brown St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Dec. 29. Barbosa, Jose, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $72,000 affecting property located at 217 Concord Lane, Unit 217, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 4. Bastien-Pyronneau, Myrtha, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $219,423 affecting property located at 8 Hillcrest Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 5. Bazley, John R., et al. Filed by Christiana Trust. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $294,299 affecting property located at 296 Mill St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed March 29. Belofski, James, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $341,996 affecting property located at 1356 Indian Springs Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed March 29. Boissonn, Sharon M., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $104,000 affecting property located at 7 Stone St., New Hamburg 12590. Filed March 27.

Bruce, Delphine, et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $286,734 affecting property located at 194 Wickham Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 6.

Conklin, Ruth J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $107,700 affecting property located at 256 Lime Ridge Road, Poughquag 12570. Filed March 30.

Brylowski, Eric A., et al. Filed by Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $131,081 affecting property located at 5 Pond Hill Lane, Walden 12586. Filed Dec. 30.

Cosenza, Jon, 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 39 Riozzi Court, Saugerties 12477. Filed March 30.

Burns, Angela Tucker, 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 13 Howard St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed March 27.

Darwin, Robin A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,800 affecting property located at 245-A Grand St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 3.

Callas, David, et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $163,900 affecting property located at 350 Route 32, Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 6.

Davidson, Peter, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $205,000 affecting property located at 132 Old Route 22, Dover Plains 12522. Filed March 23.

Campanaro, Kevin M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $217,500 affecting property located at 80 Dorn Road, LaGrangeville 12540. Filed March 30.

Derose, Winsbert, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $287,575 affecting property located at 145 Grand St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 4.

Carling, Marie, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,000 affecting property located at 55 Game Farm Road, Pawling 12564. Filed March 27.

Diaz, Daisy, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $420,968 affecting property located at 24 Innsbruck Blvd., Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed March 29.

Casimir, Arnold, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $153,043 affecting property located at 11 Greenway Terrace, Middletown 10941. Filed Jan. 11.

Dodson, Cozette, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,100 affecting property located at 370 Scotchtown Road, Goshen 10924. Filed Jan. 10.

Castaneda, Yonathan, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,080 affecting property located at 14 Mulberry Lane, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed March 30.

Donnelly, Michael E., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 68 Breezy Heights, Marlboro 12542. Filed March 27.

Chait, Barry S., et al. Filed by Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $57,375 affecting property located at 2809 Barclay Manor, Unit 28J, Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 5.

Fischetti, Virginia G., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $95,805 affecting property located at 122 Sarah Lane, Middletown 10941. Filed Jan. 9.

Chanowsky, Christopher J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $201,188 affecting property located at 535 Center St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 3.

Fleet, Sherice D., et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,561 affecting property located at 43 Park Ave., Monroe 10950. Filed Dec. 29.

Colon, Melinda D., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 6 Lafko Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed March 23.

Ghrael, Derrick A., et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,700 affecting property located at 104 W. Meadow Wind Lane, Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 9.

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Healey, Vincent T. Jr., et al. Filed by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $73,000 affecting property located at 31 Moore Lane, Unit 22, Blooming Grove 10992. Filed Jan. 5.

Marino, Thomas, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,200 affecting property located at 7 North St., Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed March 30.

Reyes, Maria, 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 1 Herbert Hoover Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed Dec. 29.

Thompson, Larry C., et al. Filed by Farm Credit East ACA. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $950,000 affecting property located at 31 Homestead Lane, Mount Hope. Filed Jan. 5.

Henderson, Kenneth L., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $60,000 affecting property located at 256 Pine Island Turnpike, Warwick 10990. Filed Jan. 5.

Maxim, Merri, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $66,836 affecting property located at 65 Broadhollow Street Road, Shandaken 12480. Filed March 27.

Riina, Dominick, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $548,509 affecting property located at 10 Rita Lane, LaGrangeville 12540. Filed March 23.

Tomasi, Donna, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $252,000 affecting property located at 24 Maple Road, Central Valley 10917. Filed Dec. 30.

Henderson, Kenneth L., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $99,200 affecting property located at 256 Pine Island Turnpike, Warwick 10990. Filed Jan. 6.

Mayhew, Lisa R., et al. Filed by Bayivew Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 34 Homestead Village Drive 34,Warwick 10990. Filed Dec. 29.

Rodriguez Family Trust, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $70,800 affecting property located at 39 Campbell Lane Extension, Plattekill 12589. Filed March 27.

Van Zilen, Laura, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $122,200 affecting property located at 13 Lexington Hill, Unit 5, Harriman 10926. Filed Dec. 29.

Rodriguez, Fernando, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,630 affecting property located at 50 Ehmer Drive, LaGrangeville 12540. Filed March 28.

Wilson, Dorothy, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $223,589 affecting property located at 28 Maureen Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 3.

Hidalgo, Jose, et al. Filed by Amalgamated Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $296,000 affecting property located at 1780 Route 284, Wawayanda 10973. Filed Dec. 30.

McCants, Samantha, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $266,597 affecting property located at 20 Roundtree Court, Beacon 12508. Filed March 24.

Ingram, Robert W., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $322,852 affecting property located at 114 First St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 10.

Meyer, Kyle, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $273,946 affecting property located at 62 Argent Drive, Highland 12528. Filed March 30.

Johnson, Terrence W., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $241,452 affecting property located at 44 Watkins Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 3.

MFB Properties LLC, et al. Filed by BHMPW Funding LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 7 Lucy Lane, Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 10.

Krupa, Phyllis, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $71,700 affecting property located at 3 E. Alpine Drive, Wappinger Falls 12590. Filed March 30.

Miller, David E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $293,614 affecting property located at 171 Feller-Newmark Road, Red Hook 12571. Filed March 28.

Lagomarsino, Michael, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 29 Apple Lane, Westbrookville 12785. Filed Jan. 10.

Neal, Jean, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 86 Gage St., Kingston 12401. Filed March 27.

Lauro, John, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $80,288 affecting property located at 99 Excelsior Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 30.

Nytko, Rosalba, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $154,000 affecting property located at 30 Lexington Hill, Unit 7, Harriman 10926. Filed Jan. 5.

Lynn, Diane K., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $482,931 affecting property located at 125 Market Lane, Clinton Corners 12514. Filed March 30.

O’Brien, Joseph S., et al. Filed by Farm Credit East ACA. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $85,000 affecting property located in Plattekill. Filed March 31.

Mann, Tammy J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $132,503 affecting property located at 80 Orchard St., Walden 12586. Filed Jan. 3. Mansfield, Michael A., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $122,000 affecting property located at 59 Continental Road, Napanoch 12458. Filed March 28.

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Orange County commissioner of finance as administrator of the estate of Daniel P. Leahy, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 13 Tower Hill Drive, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Jan. 11. Raldiris, Hiram Anthony, et al. Filed by Trifera LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $191,920 affecting property located at 5 Carl Place, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 3.

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Rodriguez, Roberto L., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $319,920 affecting property located at 46 Hibbing Way, Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 10.

Zitzelsberger, Marian E., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,131 affecting property located at 165 Deer Ridge Drive, Staatsburgh 12580. Filed March 24.

Salguero, Sandra Y., et al. Filed by Chase Home Finance LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $224,000 affecting property located at 101 N. Montgomery St., Walden 12586. Filed Jan. 4.

Zoghby, Allen Henry, et al. Filed by E*Trade Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $62,500 affecting property located at 255 Brola Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 11.

Santana, Darrin J., et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $155,752 affecting property located at 135 Lake Region Blvd., Monroe 10950. Filed Dec. 30. Santiago, Felix, et al. Filed by CIT Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $322,500 affecting property located at 91 Bellevernon Ave., Wallkill 10940. Filed Jan. 4. Schmitt, John C., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property located at 213 Cardinal Drive, Montgomery 12549. Filed Jan. 9. Schultze, Anne Nolan, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 167 Stony Ford Road, Middletown 10941. Filed Jan. 9. Seymour, Brigitte, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 843 Huntington Drive, Fishkill 12524. Filed March 27. Szymanski, Michael A., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,088 affecting property located at 17 Revere Circle, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Dec. 29.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Bivona, Steven J., et al, as owner. $6,666 as claimed by American Builders and Contractors Supply Company Inc., Newburgh. Property: 2432 Route 300, Wallkill. Filed March 31. Copy Center Inc., as owner. $68,271 as claimed by Paving Solutions Inc., Monroe. Property: 412 N. Main St., Monroe. Filed March 29. Gina Realty Inc., as owner. $102,075 as claimed by CR Wolfe Heating and Air Conditioning, Middletown. Property: 453 E. Route 211, Wallkill 12589. Filed March 31. Pyramid Management Group, as owner. $9,970 as claimed by RHE Electric Inc., Pine Bush. Property: 1 Galleria Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed March 29. Tri-Serendipity LLC, New Paltz, as owner. $107,550 as claimed by Joseph San Giovanni, Wappingers Falls. Property: 106 W. Chestnut St., Kingston. Filed March 27.

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

Partnerships Apex Sales, 2 Storey Lane, Malden 12453, c/o Keith M. Reece and Dillon Richard Tiberio. Filed March 27. Rondout Valley Builders, 6941 Route 209, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Jeffrey A. Martino and Marcin M. Tomaszewski. Filed March 27.

Sole Proprietorships 3D Home Improvements, 190 Starbarrack Road, Red Hook 12571, c/o Dante D. DeNardis. Filed March 31. Black Creek Flower and Herb Farm, 308 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland 12528, c/o Edith E. Korzan. Filed March 27. Catskill Troutfitter’s, 2349 Route 209, Hurley 12443, c/o Michael David Arnold, Jr. Filed March 29. Chris’s Auto Repair, 97 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Christopher D. Prindle. Filed March 30. D and C Produce Package Distributors, 12 E. John St., Hicksville, c/o Robert Byron Czumak. Filed April 27. Domestic Designs, 366 Old Stage Road, Saugerties 12477, c/o Adrienne M. Miller. Filed March 31. Empire State Paving, 298 Bullville Road, Montgomery 12549, c/o Kyle M. Curesky. Filed April 27. Fitness Works, 99 Depot St., Pine Bush 12566, c/o Brian Patrick Harrison. Filed April 28. Fruits of Labor, 32 Morning Star Drive West, New Paltz 12561, c/o Lisa M. Christie. Filed March 28. Head 2 Hoof, 12 Margarets Way, Fort Montgomery 10922, c/o Sharon Anne Jensen. Filed April 27. Heirloom Design, 114 Mandy’s Road, Westtown 10998, c/o Vera Sheehan. Filed April 28. Hudson Valley Landscaping and Lawncare, 71 Wiltwyck Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Christopher C.F. Duffy. Filed March 27. iFix Phones Fast, 498 Red Apple Court, Central Valley, c/o Ihab Moutaouakil. Filed April 28.

JD Cleaning, P.O. Box 1645, Kingston 12402, c/o Devon Barrett. Filed March 28. Maleja Cleaning, 45 Country Club Road, apt. C-58, Ellenville 12428, c/o Cilia Posso Galvez. Filed March 28. Maracek Consulting, 36 Turtle Rock Court, New Paltz 12561, c/o Avery Maracek. Filed March 28. Natasha’s Wreath Design, 7 Terra Court, Highland Mills 10930, c/o Natasha Helena Morozov. Filed April 29. New Kneads Bakery Collective, 3 Hillman Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Catherine Ellen Burgin. Filed March 27. North Shore Custom, 125 Brook Trail, Greenwood Lake 10925, c/o Carmine Smiddy. Filed April 27. Now Local Delivery, 141 Wisner Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o Santos Pierre Mercado. Filed April 28. Nsiah DJMobile, 103 Barrett Drive, New Windsor 12553, c/o Ryan H. Javier. Filed April 27. NY Lighting Design, 104 Neelytown Road, Campbell Hall 10916, c/o Victoria Ford. Filed April 28. Obrien and Sons, 31 Parish Lane, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o Charles H. O’Brien, Jr. Filed March 31. Professionally Driven, 220 Old Kings Highway, Stone Ridge 12484, c/o Peggy J. VanDemark. Filed March 28. Rampage Toys, 60 S. Chestnut St., New Paltz 12561, c/o Jonathan Christopher Malmstedt. Filed March 31. Straight Line Fencing, 6 Katherine St., Ellenville 12428, c/o Travis Alan Thiel. Filed March 31. Superior Cleaning, 11 Dogwood Drive, Napanoch 12458, c/o Mary A. Donnolly. Filed March 28. T and G Renovations, 85 Hasbrouck Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Omar A. Torres. Filed March 29. TCProperty Maintenace, P.O. Box 193, Glasco 12432, c/o Thomas A. Cafaldo, II. Filed March 28. VKR Investigations, 49 Goshen Road, Chester 10918, c/o Vincent Angelo Rouhotas. Filed April 29. VMB Handyman Services, 9 Laura Lane, New Hampton 10958, c/o Branden Rosario. Filed April 27. WK Transportation, 15 A Sholam Road, Napanoch 12458, c/o Walter Kaminski. Filed March 30. Woody Dog Promotions, 67 Howells Road, Middletown 10940, c/o Christopher M. Dow. Filed April 27.

LEGAL NOTICES 70 Ellsworth Ave., LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/16/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 55 Halstead Ave., Harrison, NY 10528. General Purpose. #61007 Notice of Formation of Trinity Funeral Service, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/6/2017. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 23 East Second St. Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61009 JLH Landscape & Design, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/9/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to GianfrancescoĂs Accounting & Tax Services, Inc., 2452A Eastchester Rd., Bronx, NY 10469. General Purpose. #61010 Notice of Formation of AURA STYLE BAR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/1/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 191 King Street, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61012 Notice of Formation of CLOUDBANK CARRIAGE HOUSE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/27/17. 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 Shamberg Marwell Hollis et al, 55 Smith Avenue, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61013 Notice of Formation of Quantum Glass Products, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/14/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Westchester Ave, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61015 R&S Gramatan Property, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/27/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 180 Gramatan Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. General Purpose. #61016 CRT-BC Solar, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 20 Lincoln Ave., Rye Brook, NY 10573. General Purpose. #61017

82 Union, LLC - Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State on February 2, 2010. Office location: Westchester County. The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to LLC, 82 Union Ave, New Rochelle, New York 10801. The purpose of such LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity #61018 MBI Partners LLC. Filed 2/7/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St #204, White Plains, NY 10601: all lawful #61020 Celine Properties LLC. Filed 2/6/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 220 East Palisades Blvd, Palisades Park, NJ 07650. Purpose: all lawful #61021 937 Post Road Holding LLC. Filed 2/10/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St #204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61022 Purchase Capital Partners LLC. Filed 2/14/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St #204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61023 175 Main Street Of Mt. Kisco, LLC. Filed 2/15/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 16 Lawrence St, Mount Kisco, NY 10549 Purpose: all lawful #61024 Preferred Lawn Irrigation & Outdoor Services LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/9/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 311 Sherman Ave., Hawthorne, NY 10532. General Purpose. #61025 My Financial Possibilities LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 9/25/08. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: MJW Law 1846 E. Main St. Mohegan Lake, NY 10547 Purpose: all lawful. #61026 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PEEKSKILL HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on July 26, 2016. 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: Brendon Fitzgerald, 741 Shenandoah Ave., Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: Any lawful acts. #61029

Verde Positivo International LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/15/17 Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Ricardo Vargas, 7 Brook Ln., Chappaqua, NY 10514. General Purpose. #61031 MJC Funding, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/15/17 Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to c/o Matthew J. McGowan, Esq., 800 Westchester Ave., #608 South, Rye Brook, NY 10573. General Purpose. #61032 PULSEMD Westchester LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/10/16. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 900 Route 376, Ste. H, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590. General Purpose. #61033 62 Webster Ave, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/10/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 110 Ellsworth Ave., Harrison, NY 10528. General Purpose. #61034 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The Zice Group. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/3/17. Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: The Zice Group, 48 Van Cortlandt Pk. Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701 The principal business address of the LLC is: 48 Van Cortlandt Pk. Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61035 Notice of Formation of MH Landscape Design, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/10/2017. Office Location 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 MH Landscape Design, LLC, 44 Lawrence Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose #61037 1404 Gillespie LLC. Filed 3/8/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 103 Leewood Dr. Eastchester, NY 10709 Purpose: all lawful #61038 3011 Waterbury LLC. Filed 3/8/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 103 Leewood Dr. Eastchester, NY 10709 Purpose: all lawful #61039 2898 Coddington LLC. Filed 3/8/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 103 Leewood Dr. Eastchester, NY 10709 Purpose: all lawful #61040

M.L Gastroenterology PLLC. Filed 2/2/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue #700, Harrison, NY 10528 Purpose: all lawful #61041 Orchard Hill Organics LLC. Filed 2/24/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 316 E 59th St, New York, NY 10022 Purpose: all lawful #61042 937 Post Road Associates LLC. Filed 2/10/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St #204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61043 719 Calhoun LLC. Filed 3/8/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 103 Leewood Dr. Eastchester, NY 10709 Purpose: all lawful #61044 John McDwyer Enterprises, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/13/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to John McDwyer, 1435 Rte. 55, Lagrangeville, NY 12540. General Purpose. #61045 Notice of Formation of 296 COLUMBUS AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/9/17. 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. #61048 Notice of Formation of POTTER AND PRUNE, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/1/17. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 503 Bedford Rd. Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 Purpose: and lawful purpose. #61049 MichaelĂs Painting, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/24/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 7 Rye Ridge Plaza, #155, Rye Brook, NY 10573. General Purpose. #61050 Gould Chiropractic PLLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/23/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 125 Crescent Pl., Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: Chiropractic. #61051

SZ Realty Holding LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 2/21/17. Off. in West. Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 118-21 Queens Blvd., Suite 418, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: any lawful activity. #61053

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Porta Napoli LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 261 Halstead Avenue Harrison NY 10528. #61060

632 Mamaroneck Avenue LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/30/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 119 New St., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General Purpose. #61067

SS Realty Holding and Management LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 2/24/17. Off. in West. Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 118-21 Queens Blvd., Suite 418, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: any lawful activity. #61054

Notice is hereby given that a tavern wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 153 Liberty Lane Mamaroneck NY 10543. #61061

Modern Townhouses, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/30/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 4225 Webster Ave., Bronx, NY 10470. General Purpose. #61068

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The Law Office of Dorcia Carrillo PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/04/2016. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC served upon him/her is: 29 Van Buren Ave. K7, Norwalk, CT 06850. The principal business address of the PLLC is: 50 Main St., Ste. 1000, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #61055

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Classico Cafe Inc to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 887 Midland Avenue Yonkers NY 10704. #61062

APEX Personal Training LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 3/28/17. Off. in West. Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Shkelzen Gecaj, 924 Route 35, Cross River, NY 10518. Purpose: any lawful activity. #61056 Notice of Formation of SunergeoNY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on March 20, 2017, with a formation date of March 17, 2017. Office location: Westchester County. Secretary of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail process to the principal business address of the LLC: PO Box 238, Katonah, New York, 10536. Purpose: engage in the rental of flexible office space and rental of computers and business services, as well as any lawful act or activity within the purposes for organization pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Law. #61057 Fivepeaks LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/9/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Geraldine Alfino, Esq., 18 Mianus Bluff Dr., Bedford, NY 10506. General Purpose. #61058

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by XGSB Restaurant Corp d/b/a Katonah Woods Kitchen & Bar to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 128 Bedford Road Katonah NY 10536. #61063 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by The American Bar and Restaurant LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment with one additional bar. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 25 Willett Avenue Port Chester NY 10573. #61064 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MISS PINK HEALTHY FOOD LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/4/17. Offc loc: WESTCHESTER Cty. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 5 COLDEN AVE, WHITE PLAINS, NY, 10606. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61065 LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANTS NETWORK LLC Art Of Org. Filed with SSNY on 12/06/16. 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, 16 Idlewood road, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61066

Scarsdale Acupuncture, PLLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/23/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 531 Central Park Ave., Ste. 304, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: Acupuncture. #61059

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Notice of Formation of Agent Ivy, LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/10/17. 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, 9 Lexington Dr., Croton on Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61069 Riverscape Consulting Services LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 3/14/17. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at 95 Kent Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #61070 Frances Motorsports Transport LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/13/2016. Office location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 501 North Barry Ave #2-J, Mamaroneck, NY,10543 Purpose: any lawful. #61071 Crimson Advantage, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/3/17. 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, 200 Veterans Rd, Building B, Suite 9, Yorktown Hts., NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61072 Living Artist Analytics, LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 1/31/2017. The LLC is located in Westchester County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc (7014 13th Avenue, STE 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228) has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which United States Corporation Agents, Inc shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at 3 Watson Street, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #61075

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LEGAL NOTICES TMD Construction JV 3 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/04/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 Business Park Dr, Ste 203, Armonk, NY 10504, which is the principle business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #61076 Law Offices of James C Freeman PLLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/1/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 111 Church St., White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Law. Ad # 61019 Notice of Formation of JJs Cookie House LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/2017. Office location: Westchester County. SSNy designated agent upon whom process may be served against LLC to principal business address: JJs Cookie House: 28A Lawrence Drive, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful act. Ad # 61027

Notice of formation of Daria Weitmann, PSY.D., PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/07/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC, 3 Westerly Rd, Apt. 301, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: To practice the profession of Psychology. Ad # 61028

PORCH + HALL, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/9/17. 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, 7014 13TH Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn NY 11228 principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. Ad # 61046

Notice is hereby given that a Hotel Liquor license, #TBA has been applied for by Baldanza at The Post LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a Hotel with one additional bar. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 954 Old Post Road Bedford NY 10506. Ad # 61036

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by The American Bar and Restaurant LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment with one additional bar. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 25 Willett Avenue Port Chester NY 10573. Ad # 61064 2040 Madison LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/24/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 213 Lawrence St., Mt. Vernon, NY 10552. General Purpose. Ad # 61077

SUMMONS, NOTICE AND BRIEF STATEMENT OF NATURE OF ACTION CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTION SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Index No. 58660-2016 FIRST NIAGARA BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- JANET G. VANDIVEER; SARAH ELIZABETH VANDIVEER, et al., Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANT(S): JANET G. VANDIVEER YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff 's attorneys an answer to the complaint in this action within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if the Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Trial is desired in the County of WESTCHESTER. The basis of venue designated above is that the real property, which is the subject matter of this action, is located in the County of WESTCHESTER, New York. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Summon and Complaint You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Source of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at to 1-800-342-3726 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local laws. Foreclosure rescue scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to save your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Hon. Joan B. Lefkowitz, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on the 30th day of March, 2017 in White Plains, New York and to be duly entered in the WESTCHESTER County Clerk's Office, in White Plains, New York. The Nature of this action pertains to a note and mortgage held by Plaintiff on real property owned by the above named defendants as specified in the complaint filed in this action. The above named defendants have failed to comply with the terms and provisions of the said mortgage and said instruments secured by said mortgage, by failing and omitting to pay the balance due and owing and the Plaintiff has commenced a foreclosure action. Plaintiff is seeking a judgment foreclosing its mortgage against the real property and premises which situates in the Town of Somers, County of Westchester and State of New York and is commonly known as 7 Cottonwood Drive, Mahopac, New York 10541 and all other relief as to the Court may seem just and equitable. DATED: March 31, 2017 SCHILLER, KNAPP, LEFKOWITZ & HERTZEL, LLP BY: WILLIAM B. SCHILLER, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff 950 New Loudon Road Latham, New York 12110 Telephone: (518) 786-9069 Ad # 61064

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ABOVE THE BAR AWARDS 11TH ANNUAL COUNTYWIDE AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING WESTCHESTER ATTORNEYS

SAVE THE DATE | JUNE 8 KEYNOTE Westchester District Attorney SPEAKER Anthony Scarpino

PRESENTED BY: • CITRIN COOPERMAN • WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL • ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW

Visit westfaironline.com/abovethebar for the nominating process. Each nomination should consist of a minimum of 200 words based on the criteria provided. Please submit your nomination and a copy of the nominee’s CV no later than April 17.

A CALL FOR

NOMINATIONS Members of the Westchester business and legal communities are encouraged to nominate, pursuant to the criteria, one or more candidates for the following prestigious award categories: PACE SETTER AWARD: Candidate exemplifies overall excellence in professional and community work, prominence in the Westchester legal profession and fierce determination to being as good an attorney as possible. The highest award, the candidate must be well respected by peers and community. MOST SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS AWARD: Candidate is dedicated to one or more causes in the community as an active member or leader and has a significant history of pro bono legal or government service, which warrant praise and recognition by peers and community. LEADING LAND USE ATTORNEY: Candidate has dedicated his/her legal expertise in land use, including development and zoning matters, and distinguished him/ herself as a leading land use attorney. LEADING MATRIMONIAL ATTORNEY: Candidate must be experienced in the field of complex matrimonial law while demonstrating successful outcomes for his/her clients here in Westchester County. In addition, he or she must be well-respected for his/her ethical representation of his/her clients. MOST PROMISING PACE LAW SCHOOL STUDENT: Candidate, in his/her third year, who through passion and enthusiasm for the law, high scholastic achievement and initiative and involvement in school and community activities, will be a promising member of the legal profession.

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WITHOUT QUESTION WINNING THE ABOVE THE BAR AWARD IS ONE OF THE MANY HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LEGAL CAREER, BUT ITS MEANING IS FAR GREATER. IT CELEBRATES THE RULE OF LAW IN OUR PROFESSION AND IT RECOGNIZES ALL LAWYERS WHO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.

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For more information or questions, call Rebecca Freeman at 914-358-0757 or email rfreeman@westfairinc.com.

Nominations close April 17

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Tejash V. Sanchala 2012 Above The Bar Award Recipient Leading Labor & Employment Attorney