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WOMEN MEET IN TARRYTOWN
Luxury rental market offers housing alternative
REPORTS SHOW WESTCHESTER OFFICE MARKET TRENDING UP
RENTS CAN REACH $20K PER MONTH FOR A LARGE HOUSE
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lthough real estate developer and marketer Gary Hirsch, whose office is in Rye, is confident he could build 60-story apartment buildings if he wanted to, “It’s not what we choose to do,” he told the Business Journal. Nevertheless, Hirsch, who found a real estate niche
20 years ago and has been successfully serving that segment of the market in both Westchester and Fairfield, has been carefully branching out. “My wife Diane and I decided to start a business that had no real presence in the Westchester market or frankly throughout the country, which was to acquire and renovate and rent single-family homes for short-term rentals for as little as 30 days,”
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Hirsch said. “We would buy a house in prime communities like Scarsdale and Rye. We would renovate it, furnish it and advertise it.” Far from being flippers who’d buy, renovate and sell, they targeted people who needed a place to live during their own house renovation, a place to live while waiting to close on their own house purchase and families of corporate executives, many with two or three » HOUSING
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TWO REPORTS ON THE WESTCHESTER OFFICE market put activity in a positive light. A report by commercial real estate services firm CBRE covering the first quarter of 2019 indicates that the market was trending in the right direction as space availability fell and absorption was positive. A first-quarter report by Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) included a finding that overall leasing activity in Westchester increased 2.8 percent from the same period in 2018.
The CBRE report said the first quarter saw just under 251,000 square feet leased, an improvement of 22.5 percent from the first quarter of last year. Although the average asking rent was down 4.3 percent year over year to $28.15 per square foot, CBRE said the dip in the average was because more expensive space had previously been leased or was removed from the market for some other reason. Leasing activity was down from the fourth quarter of 2018 and 12.6 percent » OFFICE MARKET
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WCHN, Health Quest Systems merger approved; entity will be called Nuvance Health BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com
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he Time Nyack, a 133-room hotel whose former operator, EMC Hotels & Resorts LLC, was the object of a petition filed in federal court in White Plains to force it into Chapter 7 liquidation, has been sold to affiliates of two organizations that have substantial experience in the hospitality and finance sectors. The hotel was acquired by an affiliate of Juniper Capital Partners and an affiliate of IMH Financial Corp. IMH Financial is the owner and manager of MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa in Sonoma, California. Since 2003, IMH Financial has invested more than
$1.4 billion in real estate projects in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas. Juniper Capital Partners has in its portfolio the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and The St. Regis Residences in Toronto. It is an investor/owner of IMH. The Rockland County hotel was created from a four-story factory building at 400 High Ave. in Nyack. It’s described as having an industrial feel with some bare brick walls, exposed ducts, high ceilings and views of the Hudson River and the new Mario Cuomo Bridge. It has a restaurant, BV Grill, which has roots in the Bobby Van’s Steakhouse chain. The hotel has 3,000 square feet of event space along with an outdoor pool with a deck and bar.
hirteen months after formally agreeing to merge, Health Quest Systems and Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) have received the required federal and state (New York and Connecticut) regulatory approvals to form a new nonprofit health system, Nuvance Health. The new system will serve 1.5 million residents across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut, and be comprised of seven hospitals: Health Quest’s Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck; Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel; Sharon Hospital in Sharon, Connecticut; and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, and WCHN’s hospitals in New Milford, Danbury and Norwalk. Other affiliates include Health Quest Medical Practice, The Thompson House, Health Quest Urgent Care, Hudson Valley Cardiovascular Practice P.C, also known as The Heart Center, Western Connecticut Medical Group and Western Connecticut Home Care. Nuvance will consist of more than 2,600 physicians and 12,000 employees. Projected annual revenue of the system is $2.4 billion.
John Murphy (left) and Robert Friedberg are the respective CEO and president of Nuvance Health.
WCHN President and CEO John Murphy will serve as Nuvance’s CEO while Health Quest President and CEO Robert Friedberg will be its president. The new organization’s board of directors includes eight members nominated by Health Quest and eight by WCHN. The executives said the benefits of combining and creating the new health system include greater breadth of services, such as more specialty physicians and population health programs. Additional expected benefits include the use of data analytics to enhance quality and safety and improve health outcomes as well as growing medical education and learning. Nuvance Health will replace the legacy health network names Health Quest and WCHN. The organization will reveal a new logo and other brand marks in the coming weeks and months.
Yonkers City Council holds hearing on rezoning for a CVS BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc,com
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uestions about the future of a small, locally owned pharmacy in Yonkers were raised by neighborhood residents during a March 26 Yonkers City Council hearing on a rezoning application that would permit a CVS Pharmacy to be developed a short distance away. The site in question includes a lot at 13 Culver St. and a portion of a lot at 372 Riverdale Ave. The local drugstore, Oaks Pharmacy, is at 417 Riverdale Ave. Lucia Chiocchio, a partner at the White Plains-based law firm Cuddy & Feder LLP, represented
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CVS Pharmacy and T.M. Crowley & Associates during the hearing. “What we have now is a concept plan for the CVS,” she said. The parcels are zoned M and the application asks that they be rezoned to BA, general business and apartment houses-high density. Chiocchio explained that the rezoning application had been referred by the council to the city’s planning board last fall, and the board subsequently recommended that the council go ahead with the rezoning. “If the city council grants the petition for rezoning, once the rezoning is done, then we move forward with the planning board for site plan approval,” she said.
Paul James, owner of Oaks Pharmacy, was one of a half-dozen residents who spoke. He said he had owned Oaks Pharmacy for five years and there also were other local businesses that he felt would be hurt by a CVS. “What am I gonna do? Close?” Diane Lane, a Riverdale Avenue resident, told the council she was delighted when Oaks Pharmacy took over because the area needed a small neighborhood pharmacy. “I feel like we really have to fight for the mom-and-pop people because they’re a dying breed.” She described Paul James as very warm and receptive, adding, “I can’t imagine that you’d get that at a regular type of pharmacy.”
Arlene Richardson, a Culver Street resident, said there are two schools close to the site and asked about planning “for crossings and kids going to school and what preparation is being made for their safety.” Lourdes Delacruz, a Culver Street resident, expressed concern about increased traffic. “We don’t know if a business of this magnitude should be there and we would like you guys to consider the fact that a CVS coming to a residential area, how would that affect the families and people who already live there?” John Burkhardt, who also lives on Culver Street, said he’s reserving judgment on the project but “so far it sounds OK to me.”
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Con Ed gas moratorium impacts New Rochelle project BY PETER KATZ
be 115 studio apartments, 120 one-bedroom units, 40 two-bedroom units and 10 three-bedroom units. A 259-space attended parking garage would be located in the base of the south tower. The IDA passed a resolution approving a mortgage tax exemption of $600,000 and $2 million in sales tax exemptions. The project would pay about $18 million in 20-year PILOT (payment-in-lieu-of-taxes), resulting in an estimated property tax savings of about $11 million. It had given preliminary approval at its Feb. 27 meeting.
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on Edison’s newly instituted moratorium on new natural gas hookups has impacted a New Rochelle project to the tune of about $1 million, according to what the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA) was told at its March 27 meeting. The affected project is to be built at 327339 Huguenot Street and 33 Centre Avenue by Huguenot Partners LLC. While the utility has accepted gas service applications from developers of some new projects, it has called for a two-year time limit for the projects to be completed and hooked up to the gas lines. Those unable to meet the two-year deadline would have to install heating systems that can be switched to an energy source other than gas. Con Ed has said it may not have enough natural gas to meet future demand and foresees having to cut service to some customers, thus requiring some new natural gas installations to be capable of being switched to use other forms of energy. Con Ed initially suggested that electric heat pumps be considered by developers.
Con Ed has said it may not have enough natural gas to meet future demand and foresees having to cut service to some customers.
“They say, ‘We’ll work with you, we might be able to give you some extra time,’ but I can’t bet $100 million on ‘we might give you some extra time,’ ” developer Daniel Hollander told the IDA regarding the decision to install heating systems, which can use both gas and oil. He placed the additional cost at about $1 million to cover dual-fuel boilers and oil storage tanks in order to meet Con Ed’s interruptible service requirement. “You don’t have to put a lot of oil storage, but it has to get you through about a week, I think. I doubt we’ll ever use it, but I just don’t know. So, we’ll have to keep dual-field boilers and have the oil on the site.” The IDA voted its final approval for tax breaks for the project, which will feature two 14-story towers. The plans call for 305,000 gross square feet with 182,000 square feet devoted to residential use and 13,000 square feet for retail. There would
A rendering of the proposed project. Courtesy city of New Rochelle
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Luxury sales drastically down in Westchester, Fairfield amid limitations on property tax deductibility BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com
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he number of luxury home sales in New York City’s northern suburbs fell 33 percent over the last six months when compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the 2019 First Quarter Luxury Market Report from Houlihan Lawrence. Westchester County experienced the steepest drop, with sales of properties worth $2 million and higher down 38 percent. In Fairfield County, sales of properties $3 million and higher in Greenwich and $2 million and higher in Darien/New Canaan saw declines averaging 28 percent.
Luxury sales in Putnam and Dutchess counties were unchanged. According to Houlihan Lawrence Senior Vice President, Director of Private Brokerage Anthony Cutugno, there was a confluence of events that negatively impacted the markets and reduced the number of luxury buyers north of New York City. “The real estate market in New York City has softened, resulting in fewer buyers leaving the city to head north because their apartments remain unsold,” Cutugno said. “This important feeder market was robust just 18 months ago. Condos, co-ops and townhomes appreciated in value, sold quickly, and reliably drove buyers leaving the city
to the area. Now, listings are sitting on the market longer as inventory grows, selling for less than expected.” Houlihan Lawrence’s data indicate a 40 percent decline in the number of New York City buyers moving to the suburbs year-over-year. Another factor in the luxury market drop is new limitations on property tax deductibility stemming from the new federal tax law, making home ownership less affordable, according to the report. Many would-be move-up buyers, an important sector in the luxury market, are now more likely to stay in their current home, perhaps adding a bedroom or renovating the kitchen, rather than trade up to a larger
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and more expensive one. There were exceptions over the past six months, he said, noting a $9.1 million off-market sale at 8 S. Manursing Island in Rye — the highest price per square
foot sold in the area. Michael McCooey, a Houlihan Lawrence agent, had represented the seller in their original purchase of the waterfront property in September 2017, which
closed at $7.4 million. After razing an existing residence on the parcel and choosing to build, the owners ultimately decided to move on and listed the land for sale at $9.8 million.
Realtors react to lawsuit: ‘commissions are negotiable’ BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
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he White Plains-based Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR), along with real estate professionals in Connecticut, emphasized the value of a multiple listing service (MLS) and the integrity of real estate colleagues when asked by the Business Journal about a class-action lawsuit, which alleges impropriety in setting real estate commissions and operating the property listing services. The lawsuit, filed in March in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, charges that rules established by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) regarding MLS operations are anti-competitive. Six law firms submitted the lawsuit, including Seattlebased Hagens Berman, a firm which specializes in class-action litigation and says it has achieved more than $260 billion in settlements in lawsuits against big banks, automakers and technology corporations such as Apple. HGAR was not named in the lawsuit and its MLS was not mentioned. HGAR’s
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MLS has been growing to include data for Long Island and parts of New York City as well as Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Dutchess counties. The lawsuit named as defendants NAR and the four largest national real estate brokerage franchisors. The lawsuit alleges a conspiracy requiring home sellers, rather than buyers, to pay the broker representing the buyer of their homes and to pay inflated commissions. It also challenges what it says is the NAR rule that requires all brokers to make a blanket, nonnegotiable offer of buyer broker compensation when listing a property on an MLS. Among those named as defendants along with NAR were: Realogy Holdings Corp., headquartered in Madison, New Jersey, which owns, operates and franchises such well-known brokerage names as Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s International and ERA Real Estate; HomeServices of America, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, which is an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway and owns, operates and franchises firms including HomeServices,
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Prudential Real Estate and Edina Realty; RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Denver; and Keller Williams Realty, Inc., headquartered in Austin. The lawsuit also named 20 MLSs in several states. The lawsuit contends that total broker compensation in the U.S. has been five to six percent of a home’s selling price with about half of the amount paid to someone representing the buyer. It claims that the alleged conspiracy has kept buyer brokers’ commissions artificially high. It questions why a buyer broker receives a commission on a million-dollar home, which is four times the commission received on the sale of a $250,000 home when the buyer broker’s costs are similar regardless of the price of the home. Richard Haggerty, CEO of HGAR and the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, said, “The service the MLS provides to the consumer is the antithesis to anti-competitive behavior. We take antitrust issues very seriously and continually educate our membership as to the severe consequences if members engage
in any anti-competitive or antitrust behavior.” He was unequivocal in characterizing HGAR’s MLS. “Our MLS does not engage in any anti-competitive or antitrust practices. In fact, a MLS does not inhibit competition but rather increases it and provides the consumer and the industry with the necessary information to make a knowledgeable decision when buying, selling or leasing real estate,” Haggerty said. Quintin Simmons, a vice president of NAR at its Chicago headquarters, said, “The complaint is baseless and contains an abundance of false claims.” He said previous court cases have found that MLS operations “…are pro-competitive and benefit consumers by creating great efficiencies.” Haggerty underscored that an MLS is not involved in the negotiation of commissions between real estate licensees and their clients. “A MLS in no way restricts the negotiation of commissions,” he said. “To the contrary, MLS rules and NAR’s ethics rules explicitly state that commissions are negotiable.” Ryan Raveis, co-presi-
dent of William Raveis, Inc., headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut, who also is president of William Raveis Mortgage, told the Business Journal, “The MLS systems have served a critical role to the home buying and selling process, which has positively impacted accessibility to homes and created an efficient market.” The William Raveis organization has 134 offices in nine states. Ryan Raveis said, “The lawsuit is misguided, claiming that buyer’s agent commissions aren’t subject to negotiation…the commission offered to the buyer’s broker is determined by the seller — not by the MLS. It can be a percentage of the purchase price or a fixed amount. And, contrary to what the class-action law firms allege, the commission is subject to negotiation.” Raveis added that the buyer brokers continue “…to play a critical role in bringing deals together, as well as guiding customers through a complex and infrequent transaction.” Elaine Barksdale of Barksdale Realty in New Milford, Connecticut, has been a real estate agent for more than 30 years serving
clients in Fairfield as well as Litchfield counties. “Commissions are 100 percent negotiable,” she said bluntly. “There’s nobody I’m working with that will do what I call price fixing.” Barksdale said her experience has been that real estate professionals are absolutely ethical. “We truly do operate like we are trying to make something happen to the satisfaction of buyers and sellers.” The principal plaintiff in the lawsuit is Christopher Moehrl, a resident of Shorewood, Minnesota. In November 2017, he sold his home and was represented by a RE/MAX franchisee. The buyer was represented by a Keller Williams franchisee. Moehrl’s property had been listed on a local MLS. He paid a total commission of 6 percent, with 2.7 percent going to Keller Williams. In addition to Moehrl, the lawsuit identifies the class of plaintiffs as all the home sellers who in the last four years paid a broker commission in connection with the sale of residential real estate, which had been listed on any of the MLSs named in the complaint.
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children, who had relocated to Westchester and needed a short-term rental. Diane Hirsch served as president of Elk Homes LLC from the beginning and a few years ago added the title of president of a related company, Elk Homes Realty LLC. Gary Hirsch holds the title of chairman. “Basically, between 2000 and 2007 or 2008, we focused entirely on the short-term rental business,” he said. “Then, we came to understand that there really was a shortage of quality rental housing for those people who were looking for longer-term rental options.” Hirsch said it was in 2011, after the market had stabilized from the bursting of the housing bubble, “…but had not yet recovered, my partner Jim Lash and I along with my wife Diane decided it was an opportune time to significantly expand our portfolio and go into long-term housing.” Lash provided expertise about the other side of the New York-Connecticut border, having served as Greenwich’s first selectman from 2003 through 2007. “Most landlords of single-family homes in
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under the five-year average. C&W’s report said the overall vacancy rate in Westchester stood at 23.9 percent at the end of the first quarter. It said the statistical inventory of vacant space stood at 1,100,000 square feet. CBRE identified the top leasing transaction for the quarter as the renewal by UnitedHealth Group for 63,575 square feet at 1311 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains. In second place was the new lease for 25,581 square feet at 1 International Drive in Rye Brook for POP Displays. That was followed by Wells Fargo’s leasing of 21,294 square feet at 2500 Westchester Ave. in Purchase. Goldberg Segalla LLP’s lease of 17,812 square feet at 50 Main St. in White Plains was in the fourth spot. The lease renewal by NYSUT for 15,800 square
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Greenwich and in prime Westchester communities are what we call ‘accidental landlords,’ ” Hirsch said. They moved and had a house they didn’t want to sell so they offered it for rent. “They really weren’t in the business of bringing in clients and taking care of them, of maintaining the home and offering long-term rental options for multiple years.” Elk Homes’ portfolio of luxury rental houses consists of 39 properties in Westchester and 14 in Connecticut. Examples include a 5,600-square-foot, six-bedroom house with five full baths on Palmer Terrace in Riverside, Connecticut; a 5,500-square-foot, seven-bedroom, five-bathroom house on Dandy Lane in Cos Cob, Connecticut; and a 7,024-square-foot, seven-bedroom, six-bathroom house on Fox Meadow Lane in Scarsdale. There are numerous smaller houses, such as one with 2,464 square feet on Iselin Terrace in Larchmont, which has four bedrooms and two full baths. “The tenants in our single-family homes are probably 70 percent, 80 percent relocating executives who are going to be here between two and four years,” Hirsch feet at 520 White Plains Rd. in Tarrytown was the fifth top lease transaction in the county as reported by CBRE. The CBRE report looked at conditions in the county’s geographic submarkets, including the northern, southern, eastern and western. The eastern sector showed a 12.4 percent vacancy rate. In the west, it stood at 22.9 percent. Northern Westchester had a vacancy rate of 19.7 percent, while the low was in the southern sector at 7.5 percent. The central business district submarket showed a 13.8 percent office vacancy rate. Blocks of space greater than 100,000 square feet remained scarce, CBRE’s report said. It noted that there are only six such spaces available and they are not in locations where demand is strongest. Throughout Westchester, the percentage of total office space that was available stood at 17.3 percent, the lowest amount in
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said. “It doesn’t matter how nice you are. They’re going to leave at the end of their contract or their arrangements with their employers. And they come from all over the world.” Hirsch begins seeking new tenants between 60 and 90 days before lease expiration. With its success in the house rental field, Elk Homes tested the market for apartments with a strategy of constructing small infill buildings in Irvington, Mamaroneck and Rye. Elk’s Harbor Court at 108 Mamaroneck Ave. in Mamaroneck has six units while Marina Court at 422 Boston Post Road, also in Mamaroneck, has 13 units. It has under construction Colonial Court, a 16-unit luxury building at 8 Boulevard West in Pelham. “Generally, the apartment sizes range up to 2,500 square feet,” Hirsch said. “They all come with very high-end appliances and high-end finishes, tall ceilings, beautiful windows and also great locations. They’re right near the train station, the shopping district, the movie theater.” Hirsch plans to have a model apartment ready for showing at the Pelham project in May and expects the
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building to be opened during the summer. “Even though it’s a small building, we’ll have a full fitness center. We’ll have a rooftop amenity that will have a view of the New York City skyline. We’ll have a pet spa. We’ll have bike racks, electric car chargers,” he said. Elk Homes’ rents range from about $4,000 a month for an apartment up to about $20,000 a month for a large house. Hirsch discussed the fact that up to 25 percent of the
energy consumed in a house typically goes to heating hot water. “In all of our houses for the last few years, and in our apartments, we’ve gone to tankless water heaters, which is an on-demand system. It’s a significant incremental cost to do that,” he said. Elk’s properties use higher R-value insulation to reduce overall energy demand, energy-efficient windows and appliances and, in the newer buildings, green roofs to capture storm water.
Elk Homes plans to confine its operations to Westchester and Fairfield. Hirsch said, “Do we want to go across the river to New Jersey? Do we want to cross the bridge and go to Long Island? There are many great communities where we could bring the level of service and quality that we have and, I think, do well. We’re going to probably continue to stay focused on our prime markets where we have the greatest knowledge and experience.”
that as space in downtown White Plains continues to be absorbed, some slowdown can be expected. It said some decrease in tenant demand could be a result of the expected continued upward trajectory in rents. It said Class A space in downtown White Plains recorded a yearover-year increase of $0.86 per square foot to $37.38, making downtown White Plains the most expensive
submarket in the county. The CBRE report stated that the overall economy of Westchester is strong and it pointed to an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent as of February, matching the nationwide rate and below the New York state rate of 4.4 percent. William V. Cuddy Jr., executive vice president of CBRE, told the Business Journal that CBRE tracks the amount of space available for sublease, which was only 8.3 percent of the total available space as of the end of the first quarter. “Frankly, that’s a low number, but it demonstrates that the corporate enterprises that are here have a balanced use of their space. There isn’t excess inventory that’s in the sublease market,” Cuddy said. He suggested the fact that sublease space is only 8.3 percent of what’s available means that there’s a healthy economic condition in the region. While Cuddy sees continued strength in demand
around transit hubs, he did note one anomaly. “Downtown White Plains has always and continues to be the hub for the legal profession, and that had always been driven by access to the local, county, state and federal courthouses. With so much of the legal practice now executing electronically, that proximity to the courthouse isn’t needed as much as it once was, and we are seeing more and more law firms relocating from downtown White Plains to the suburban markets.” Nevertheless, Cuddy sees transit-oriented demand as solid. “We not only see transit-oriented development demand continuing, we think it will increase. Access to quality labor is so critically important for the viabilities of these corporate enterprises. These transportation nodes allow access to a broader demographic pool of employees and that’s a very healthy trend.”
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more than five years. In the central business district of White Plains, it was 16.3 percent. CBRE noted that central business districts benefit from corporate migration toward transit-oriented development and that some tenants have been able to shrink their footprints even though their employee counts have remained the same or even increased. The C&W report said
AsK Andi Special rules for family? MY SISTER IS FAMILY, BUT SHE IS ALSO AN EMPLOYEE. AND SHE COMES AND GOES WHEN SHE WANTS. WHEN SHE’S HERE, SHE DOES A GOOD JOB. BUT IT’S THE EXAMPLE I’M WORRIED ABOUT. EVERYONE ELSE HERE HAS TO ARRIVE ON TIME AND STAY TO THE END OF THE DAY. IF THEY’RE CONSTANTLY LATE, IF THEY DISAPPEAR DURING THE DAY OR IF THEY LEAVE EARLY, THEY END UP ON PROBATION, AND IF IT KEEPS UP THEY LOSE THEIR JOB. NO ONE IN THE FAMILY SEEMS TO WANT TO DEAL WITH MY SISTER’S WORK HABITS. SEEMS TO ME THE FAMILY SHOULD BE LIVING UP TO A HIGHER STANDARD. YOUR THOUGHTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Figure out your sister’s contribution. Hold a family meeting and set work rules. Define what happens if family members take advantage. Clarify reporting lines. Building equity into work rules when it comes to family members will help with employee respect, retention and long-term satisfaction. Is your sister’s job properly classified? Is she hourly or exempt, full-time or parttime? Is her pay scale appropriate for her job? Often exemptions are allowed to level the playing field. For example, someone makes a greater contribution than their job classification and pay scale. To “make things right,” instead of adjusting the job or pay scale, someone decided to tolerate extra paid time off. Should your sister be working part-time? She may have agreed to a part-time schedule and then become valuable enough that she gets asked to work more hours. It may be that the hours she’s working exceed what she thinks is fair, and so she takes off when she maxes out the hours she’s willing to work. Another possibility is that the job she’s doing requires her to be out of the office during the day, for example, in sales, customer support or field operations. Or she has a job that she can do from home and has taken the liberty of setting things up to do just that. So she’s actually working, just not where anyone can see her. Ask your sister for the facts about what’s going on.
Ask the family to propose and vote on rules about what to do if a family member steps out of line.
Is she working when she’s not in the office? Is she taking time off because she prefers to work part-time? How does she report her hours and report on the work she does? Or is she milking the system? Ask family members to convene a board meeting to discuss work rules. When are employees allowed to work from home? How should employees report in when they’re out in the field? What’s the difference between classifying employees as part-time versus full-time? Ask the family to propose and vote on rules about what to do if a family member steps out of line. Under what conditions are they asked to leave the company? What kind of warning do they get? Who in the family steps in as disciplinarian — or is there a gov-
ernance council that meets with the person? Everyone in the family should report to someone. Figure out who your sister’s position logically reports to. Make certain her “boss” knows it’s OK to manage issues of work hours, responsibilities and reporting in. If there’s a problem make sure your sister’s boss knows who in the family to go to for advice. Help your sister to view the other side of the coin. What do employees see regarding her behavior? What kinds of problems do exceptions create when it comes to retaining and attracting other good employees who value fairness and equity? What will the family tolerate going forward? BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “Human Resources in the Family Business, Maximizing the Power of Your People,” by David Ransburg, Wendy SageHayward and Amy Schuman. Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., StrategyLeaders.com, a business-consulting firm that teaches companies how to double revenue and triple profits in repetitive growth cycles. Have a question for AskAndi? Wondering how Strategy Leaders can help your business thrive? Call or email for a free consultation and diagnostics: 877-238-3535 or AskAndi@StrategyLeaders. com. Check out our library of business advice articles at AskAndi.com.
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HERs Christie Houlihan’s diverse path gives her ‘a unique perspective’ at Houlihan-Parnes Realtors BY GINA GOUVEIA
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t’s clear that Christie L. Houlihan was purposeful in making educational and career choices that fit well into her personal plan, one she has been devising carefully since she left her hometown of Bronxville to set off for college. When parts of the plan didn’t work, she learned to make adjustments, finding new opportunities in the process. Getting a law degree versus an MBA was one of those choices — one that just made sense to her and seemed more aligned with her plan. She was raised and educated through high school in Bronxville with her siblings, Kelly and Bryan. Her father, James J. Houlihan, continues the lineage of leadership in a multigenerational business and serves as a managing partner of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC. Christie Houlihan is senior director
and counsel, and her brother, Bryan J. Houlihan, serves as a senior director as well. They represent the fifth generation in a company that celebrated 125 continuous years of service in commercial real estate in 2016. Its portfolio represents about 8.5 million square feet of office, industrial, retail and mixed-use space. Although Christie Houlihan worked summers and vacation periods in her young teenage years at the company, as did her siblings, her father was not vocal in advocating for her to join the business after pursuing her education goals. “In hindsight,” she said, “I think it was a winning strategy and may have been intentional on his part.” She went to Northwestern University for undergraduate studies — enrolling in the Dell School of Journalism, but within the first semester she realized the fit wasn’t quite right, so she switched over to the School of Social Policy
— with a curriculum she felt would serve her well in the future. She spent summers during her college years as an unpaid intern on the staff of the first-term senator from New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Her passions for health care, education and public policy were stoked. Her contributions increased, but did not go unnoticed, as she became a full-time employee, serving as assistant to the campaign manager for Clinton’s 2006 re-election campaign. Christie Houlihan had become familiar with the long hours and the intensiveness of the environment. “In the beginning, I may have been the lowest person on the totem pole,” she said, “but I learned a vast amount just being out in the workplace at a very young age.” Following her work with Clinton, Christie Houlihan transitioned to the Committee on Energy and Commerce within the U.S. House of Representatives,
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working as a legislative clerk and gaining knowledge on other workings of the government. She dove into the legislative process, working on nearly a dozen projects and learning firsthand “the life of a bill” in Washington. Her proudest accomplishment was contributing to the year-long process leading up to the re-authorization and expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which insures nearly 9 million children. She had her sights set on attending Fordham University’s School of Law. After receiving
her Juris Doctorate degree, she spent about five years putting her education to work immediately with New York City law firms, wanting to solidify her work on behalf of landlords and tenants alike. Joining the family at Houlihan-Parnes was her intention, but she never wanted to be one of those people who just showed up. “I wanted to bring something to the table,” she said. Houlihan-Parnes is among the firms acquiring and repurposing buildings that need “a little TLC.” It has taken buildings such as 660 White Plains Road in Tarrytown and made significant improvements. This pyramid-shaped building is completely refurbished. Her role lies mostly in business development, but her JD degree certainly comes in handy for the numerous acquisitions and related closings taking place. She has developed strong ties with her peers in the industry, organizing occasional
dinners for a core group to brainstorm and socialize. Her colleagues and friends from the DC years have remained constants in her life, so much so that a few years back she amped up her involvement in the campaign of her good friend, now U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D), who successfully won a congressional seat in the 11th district of Michigan in 2018. Christie Houlihan hosted a fund-raiser and campaigned for Stevens remotely. She went to Detroit for the primary and election nights and attended the swearing-in ceremony. “It was such a thrill to see her take the oath of office, then walk along with her colleagues to the Hill and see her name on the door.” As for her diverse path, Christie Houlihan says she is grateful. “I believe it brings a unique perspective to the business,” she said. “For the first time ever, I feel emotionally connected to continuing this business.”
In CoURT Mount Vernon charges against developers dismissed BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com
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federal judge has dismissed charges brought by Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas against two political rivals and two developers, but allowed the lawsuit to continue against four adversaries. Claims that former Mayor Ernest D. Davis, former Comptroller Maureen Walker, Manhattan developer Peter Fine and Elmsford developer John Saraceno “systematically looted” the city were dropped. Claims against former Urban Renewal Agency Director Jaime Martinez, Councilmen Marcus Griffith
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and Andrew Wallace, and former Police Commissioner Robert Kelly were allowed to continue. The city’s lawsuit stems from the use of federal funds for low-income housing. After Thomas defeated Davis and became mayor in 2016, he says he learned of a $6 million discrepancy in the use of the federal funds. Internal audits had found that the urban renewal agency had made loans to developers at “unconscionably low interest rates,” the lawsuit states, and that loans were not repaid. The city cited $3.13 million in loans for Fine’s 159-unit LaPorte Apartments project on Gramatan Avenue and $1 million to Saraceno’s housing
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project at 60 W. First St. In February 2016, two months after taking office, Thomas fired Martinez. Martinez tried to remove a city computer from his office the following day, the lawsuit alleges, and police stopped him and locked the office. That night, a watchman saw Wallace and Griffith in Martinez’s office placing paperwork into bags. They allegedly took the bags to the parking lot behind City Hall where Martinez was waiting, then left together. Police filed a report that was revised several times. Kelly, according to the lawsuit, ordered an officer to destroy all but one of the reports. Thomas fired Kelly.
The city sued the developers and city officials, past and present, for unauthorized access to a computer with intent to defraud. The lawsuit also charges negligence, conversion, breach of contract and unjust enrichment under state law. The defendants argued that the charges should be dismissed on several technical grounds. U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti disagreed, ruling on March 26 that the city had established enough, at this stage, for the case to continue. But Briccetti agreed that the city had not plausibly established a federal computer fraud claim against Kelly. He also agreed that feder-
al court does not have jurisdiction over state law claims of negligence, conversion, breach of contract and unjust enrichment, because the facts argued in the complaint are too loosely connected to the federal computer fraud claim. He made one exception: the negligence claim against Kelly could continue. Charges against developers Fine, Saraceno and their companies, former mayor Davis and former comptroller Walker were dismissed. Computer fraud claims against Griffith, Martinez and Wallace, and the negligence claim against Kelly, survived. Briccetti ordered the remaining defendants to file answers to the city’s accusations.
Kelly quickly complied. He claims Thomas had an ulterior motive for firing him and suing, because he had refused the mayor’s demand to reinstate Thomas’ brother as a city firefighter, after the brother was convicted of illegally selling handguns. The timing of the lawsuit, shortly after Thomas was accused of stealing campaign funds and misusing inaugural funds, Kelly argues, was “a perfect red herring to obfuscate attention from Thomas’ arrest. The court should dismiss the negligence claim because it is “no more than a thinly veiled effort to utilize the power of government,” Kelly argues, “to extract revenge upon a citizen.”
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videh Safaei, an executive director and �inancial advisor at J.P. Morgan Securities, told the attendees at the Outstanding Women in Business event held at The Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown on April 4 there’s a need for women to be proactive and make sure they’re �inancially positioned to cope with any eventuality. Presented by Westfair Communications, publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal, Fair�ield
County Business Journal and WAG magazine, the underlying theme for the gathering was that being a woman who has achieved success in business does not automatically insulate that person from the everyday issues of women’s health, wealth and well-being. “We’ve been in a very long period of slow growth in the economy and trending downward from here,” she said. Safaei had some general advice for those in the audience. “It may be a good time to take a little risk off the table. Cut back some of your pro�its in some of the stocks you have that may be
a little more aggressive and reinvest in things that are a little bit less aggressive, whether that means having a good mix of different asset classes like �ixed-income in the portfolio that has more downside protection, or even some other stocks that have a lower-risk pro�ile.” Safaei said, “History has shown that markets work in cycles, usually �ive-year cycles, and we’ve exceeded that this time. So, if you are invested appropriately with some downside protection in the portfolio, less aggressive, you’ve been shown that you will be rewarded for it, so don’t panic. Sell every-
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thing and then try to get back in when the market goes up: it just never works. That’s what you feel like you want to do, but that’s not what you should do. You kind of sit tight, weather the storm, but do de�initely make sure your portfolio has a little bit of safety in it.” Another speaker was Marria Pooya, managing partner of Greenwich Medical Spa. Started in 2005, the medical spa includes locations in Westport and Greenwich, Connecticut, and Scarsdale, New York. There are 23 staff members providing treatments, including CoolSculpting, Botox and �ill-
ers. “I wanted a business that helped empower women,” Pooya said. “I wanted to be the best med spa in the area by giving the best quality of care, the best customer service and to be completely honest and transparent with patients.” In addition to the medical spa locations, Greenwich Medical Spa has developed a line of skincare products, ArieedMD. Pooya said there are three things anyone concerned with antiaging should be using. “Sunscreen is the No. 1 antiaging product that’s out there. You should not leave home even in the winter without sun-
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screen. No. 2 is vitamin C.” She said vitamin C helps the body deal with free radicals created by sun exposure, pollution and even stress. “Finally, a retinoid or Retin-A (a form of vitamin A) because that helps with �ine lines and wrinkles. It helps build collagen as well as thicken your skin and shrink your pores.” Katherine Vadasdi, M.D., director of the ONS Women’s Sports Medicine Center, gave a presentation about injury prevention, including weakness and brittleness of bones due to osteoporosis. She said posture often is » WOMEN
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overlooked as a contributing factor to back and neck pain. “For a lot of women taking care of others, taking care of babies, we’re in a hunch position. We’re on our phones, we’re on our computers.” Vadasdi said she sees a lot of knee pain and injury. “A lot of women come in and say they have knee pain and I tell them to go strengthen their hips,” she said. “Every decade you kind of have to reevaluate the activities you love to do, what injuries you’ve had and how you need to modify it a little bit so you can continue to do everything you want to do but do it safely,” Vadasdi said, emphasizing that people can’t do the exact same things at age 50 as they were doing at age 20. “Our bodies just can’t handle that without making some adjustments.”
Hannie Sio-Stellakis, public relations manager for Neiman Marcus Westchester, talked about fashion and reported that one of the major themes the store is incorporating into its spring fashions is “the hopeless romantic,” which involves embracing the feminine side. “You’ll see a lot of ruffles, a lot of florals,” she said. Another theme, “free spirit,” has its roots in the ’70s. “It also embraces a lot of textural elements. A lot of designers are incorporating a lot of tribal hues, a lot of cultural patterns into a lot of the garments,” according to Sio-Stellakis. Another lifestyle theme is “colorful personality.” She said while black and white is popular among businesswomen in New York, the “colorful personality” theme introduces blocks of bright colors. “ ‘Urban sophisticate’ is one of my favorite trends, and it probably relates to about
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Outstanding Women in Business 90 percent of the women in this room and it really ranges from sort of great suiting, tailored blazers, to power jumpsuits. Jumpsuits are having a resurgence and we can’t keep them in the store,” she said. Sio-Stellakis noted that in addition to showcasing the latest fashions designed to appeal to women in business, Neiman Marcus has been embracing technology, especially when it comes to online shopping. “People who do shop online can sign up for our new digital stylist program, which we’ve recently launched,” she said. “They can actually share their shopping carts and identify an associate in the store, in the White Plains store, and they can chat with them and then come in and they can help you with your transactions and purchases.” Dominica Valenti of Lafayette 148 New York, the New York-based women’s fashion brand named after
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A message from Iona Prep IONA PREP PRESIDENT: STUDENTS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO STEM JOBS PROVIDING GREATER PAY BY THOMAS R. LETO
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cience, technology, engineering and math — STEM. In the world of education, this has become a critical trend. According to the New York State Department of Labor, workers educated and trained in STEM fields are in high demand, especially in research, design, engineering, health care and biotechnology. In fact, there are more STEM jobs available than people trained to fill them. Plus, the median wage of STEM occupations is $74,020 a year in the Hudson Valley, which is 71 percent higher than the median annual
wage of $43,210 for all workers. At Iona Preparatory School, we are continually investing in new STEMrelated courses, clubs and opportunities for our students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — whether it’s video conferencing with NASA scientists and exploring atoms with virtual reality goggles at the Upper School, or engineering with LEGOs at the Lower School. One of the most exciting and comprehensive programs introduced this year is our science research program. This elective begins sophomore year and continues over three years as students develop original, advanced-level research.
Workers educated and trained in STEM fields are in high demand, especially in research, design, engineering, health care and biotechnology.
Partnering with professional mentors from Regeneron, IBM, New York Medical College and Ivy League insti-
tutions, our students have already identified research projects ranging from cancer immunotherapy to airplane design. Students will ultimately present their findings at prestigious science competitions with the chance to earn coveted college scholarships. Even at the club level, students are gravitating toward the newest technologies. The Gael Aviators, for instance, train on a $6,000 professional flight simulator gifted by Iona College. Club president Jordon Gyapong, a senior from Mount Vernon, has begun his formal flight training. He will be studying commercial aviation at the University of North Dakota in the fall. Considering that
the number of trained pilots in the U.S. has decreased by 30 percent over the past three decades, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, the job market should be ripe for young pilots. Our investment in STEM at Iona Prep also includes brick-and-mortar upgrades. Our $10 million Centennial Campaign for Excellence has already brought technology upgrades to the Lower School, including a “makerspace” for collaborative projects and upgraded instructional technology in the Devlin Library & Center for Excellence. At the Upper School, we will soon break ground on an expansion of our Paul Verni Fine Arts
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Center that includes a 435seat auditorium and additional classroom space to enhance our musical, theatrical and visual arts offerings. We recognize that so many of today’s most pressing problems — issues affecting our health and safety, our communities and environment — will require visionary thinkers with a solid STEM foundation. At Iona Preparatory School, we will continue to innovate and inspire our young men to meet these challenges. Brother Thomas R. Leto, Ed.D., is president of Iona Preparatory School, an allboys PreK-12 Catholic school in New Rochelle. He can be reached at President@ IonaPrep.org.
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KEEPing PACE Cybersecurity horror stories must be taken seriously BY JONATHAN H. HILL
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omputer science is a hot field. Our scientific and business communities depend on it. Every day we read stories about innovation in the mainstream and business press on topics like artificial intelligence, deep learning and machine learning. We read about giant companies coming to set up business in town, bringing with them thousands of tech-related jobs. We read about canceled deals and angry politicians. The constant flurry of information is exciting, but it can also produce anxiety. As computing technologies advance, so do the opportunities for your business — including the very real opportunities to be
left behind by competitors who adopt and adapt faster or better than you. Even more alarming are the constant cybersecurity horror stories of attacks on businesses of every size, stories that are rapidly multiplying. We hear all about the growing sophistication and relentless nature of the hackers who perpetrate these attacks. And Amazon’s pullout from New York City has had a deflating effect on many people in the industry, whether they agreed with the subsidies or not, because losing 25,000 white-collar jobs is a loss that will be felt from Long Island City to New Rochelle. Media coverage can fuel the fear of being left behind by new technologies, as well as increase our
sense of vulnerability to threats like hackers. When our neighbors are appearing in the news from one day to the next, it’s a very real concern to have. Articles like the recent ones about the lack of seats available in computer science classes, on foreign powers surpassing the U.S. in powerful technologies like AI and The New York Times piece on how women became so undervalued in a software development industry that they did so much to build are forwarded myriad times by well-intentioned colleagues whenever they run. I receive these with a note that is usually a variation on the question: what are you going to do about it? So what I am going to do about it is this: my col-
leagues and I will continue to educate and train the technology workforce of 2025 and the executive tech workforce of 2040. Along the way, we also educate the founders who will drive the emerging Westchester start-up scene, who will conduct the research at the proposed Westchester Biotech hub and who will take the burgeoning number of technology jobs in this area that have been difficult to fill. While seats at some of the country’s large public universities may be tough to come by, we have seats in our computer science classes at Pace University. Some of these classes are for career changers or those looking to brush up on their skills in order to keep up with the constantly devel-
oping tech environment in which they work. Many topics like AI, machine learning, cybersecurity, bioinformatics, robotics and data analytics are increasingly foundation knowledge in every industry and are going to be needed for executives, managers and line workers as well. If that sounds far-fetched, New York Presbyterian Hospital recently created an introductory course on artificial intelligence for its employees. It ran out of spaces. Building awareness among the workforce is key to maintaining Westchester’s reputation as a center for science-driven business. The Regenerons of our area and the next generation of life science businesses that will move and be founded here will need a technologically
sophisticated workforce. To attract and keep these new businesses here, we need to fill our computer science (and other STEM disciplines) classrooms with smart, ambitious people who will not only be aware, but will want to own these technology processes and take them to the next level. White Plains Hospital is developing a new innovation and accelerator initiative to develop the technologies they need to best serve their patients — while identifying and developing entrepreneurial talent in the health care technology space. Jonathan H. Hill is the dean of Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. He can be reached at jhill@ pace.edu.
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Defining a danger of the digital deluge on campus BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
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pend some time on college campuses in Westchester, or elsewhere for that matter, and you’re bound to notice the way in which the institutions have welcomed digital technologies onto campus for use in their classrooms. Students also have an increasing array of digital tools at their disposal. According to a professor at Manhattanville College in Purchase, being immersed in a world which spins around digital technologies and in which social media substitutes for human connections can result in unintended destructive consequences. “We saturated an entire population with these lies that you need a ‘thing’
to connect, rather than saying ‘you need to learn how to connect,’” said Joni Siani, assistant professor of media and communications at Manhattanville. Her theme is that people may be digitally connected while at the same time being disconnected from one another in terms of their humanity. Siani is an authority in digital socialization and the cultural, social and developmental effects of smartphone technology. In 2011, while with the New England Institute of Art in Boston, she was in the early phases of studying the impact of rapidly maturing digital technologies on the human condition. She started putting together a documentary on the subject and kept expanding and updating it until it was ready for release in 2017. Titled “Celling Your Soul,” the film is being distributed by Bullfrog Films
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of Oley, Pennsylvania, which handles a library of some 700 films from well-known producers such as the National Film Board of Canada, BBC-TV and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “Celling Your Soul” was screened March 28 during an event at Manhattanville’s Berman Theater. A trailer for the documentary is posted on Siani’s website, noappforlife.com. Siani told the Business Journal that as digital devices and social media proliferated, they brought with them what amounted to a sales pitch: “If you can connect with one person, that’s great. So, if you can connect with 100 people, you’re really going to be happy.” It didn’t quite work that way as Siani could tell from just observing her students. “I was watching them being really miserable, really unhappy. At that point we were saying, ‘well,
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maybe this isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.’ ” Siani developed a plan to teach students that they can look up from their cell phones and get along quite nicely without spending so much time on social media. “Smartphones are a great piece of technology, there’s no debating that. They’re revolutionary. It’s when we go overboard and start to think that technology is a magic pill that can just do everything for you (that) you’re not developing as a human the way we’re supposed to develop.” Siani’s plan included the “no app for life” challenge, in which her students would give up their social media communications for a week and try to socialize the old-fashioned way: with in-person interaction. Some students had a rough time of it because turning your back on digital socialization can be like going through alcohol or tobacco withdrawal. “It’s affecting your biology and your dopamine release and your serotonin release and your cortisol. Your body is flooded with these stress chemicals called cortisol and, by looking to check your social media, you literally get a release of dopamine. So, this pattern of stress hormones and feel-good hormones back and forth in the body literally is having this conditioning effect on people,” Siani said. After several weeks of class studies on developing communications skills and learning what humans really need to connect, it is time for her to tell the students, “OK, now put your phone away and spend a week connecting in an authentic way — listening to your friends in a nonjudgmental way.” Siani said once students were able to talk and interact with others rather than just relying on texting or posting on Facebook or sending Twitter messages, “It was like a light bulb went off and they’re saying, ‘Oh my God, this is changing our lives. I feel better.’ That’s what they kept saying. ‘I feel better.’ ” Michael Geisler, the president of Manhattanville College, emphasized the significance of the work that Siani is doing. “It certainly behooves us to think about the effects of technology that students have not learned to negotiate.” He said that restricting social media presence on campus would not be a solution. “We want our students to be aware of what you can use social media for, and what you can obviously use apps for, what you can use the internet for. But, they need to figure out when to use what. They need to understand how to frame a particular environment.” Geisler told the Business Journal that in his convocation speeches, he reminds students that they can’t get the best out of their college experience by relying on their two thumbs to do the talking via their cell phones or other personal electronic devices. “You need to talk to people one on one in a personal environment, without your social media on. There are other conversations where social media are useful, but if you forego those (one-on-one) conversations you’ll never be a human being that really uses a maximum of his or her potential.”
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Fired mental health director sues Concordia College for $1M over privacy violations BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com
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mental health counselor at Concordia College-New York claims she was fired for accusing the wife of the college president of violating patient confidentiality rules. Erika L. Rexhouse, the former director of the college Wellness Center, sued Concordia College, President John A. Nunes, his wife, Monique Nunes, and other college officials on March 25 in Westchester Supreme Court for $1 million. She claims she was “fired and escorted off campus by college security less than three weeks after reporting a violation of privacy rights,” after Monique Nunes had “interjected herself in a situation involving a patient in crisis.” A college spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment on the allegations. Concordia is a liberal arts college with about 1,500 students, including 300 who live on the Bronxville campus. It is affiliated with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. John Nunes became the college president in 2016. A few months later, Rexhouse, a licensed clinical social worker, was hired to direct the Wellness Center. Initially, according to the complaint, Rexhouse reported to the dean of students and the vice president for student development. Those positions were eliminated in 2017 and she reported to Monique Nunes, who had been named by her husband to a new position, senior director of student experience. Monique Nunes has a master’s degree in human resources management, the complaint states, but has never been licensed in New York as a health care practitioner. Rexhouse alleges that Nunes tried at least a half-dozen times to obtain or disclose confidential information about students seeking treatment at the Wellness Center, in violation of state law. In October, Rexhouse filed a whistleblower complaint about one such incident, at the suggestion of the director of human resources. In a November meeting with the Nuneses and other college officials, Monique Nunes insisted she was qualified to provide support for students, according to the complaint, and did not need a license for the work she was doing. She allegedly discussed incidents where stu-
dents were suicidal or hospitalized and accused Rexhouse of providing too much information and risking her license. The purpose of the meeting, Rexhouse claims, was to intimidate her for filing the whistleblower complaint. In January, Rexhouse was summoned to a meeting to discuss the findings of the whistleblower inquiry. She said the report does not address the central allegation, that Monique Nunes had violated patient privacy rights, but Nunes would be trained on how to handle student mental health information. Ten days later, a student disclosed during counseling that she had been sexually abused. She began screaming and crying and was taken to White Plains Hospital. Monique Nunes, according to the complaint, arrived and questioned emergency medical technicians about the patient, entered the exam room and tried to speak to the patient. The patient then pushed Nunes out of the room. The student met Rexhouse the next day. She was distressed, the complaint states, about Nunes knowing details of her case and thought she was in trouble for pushing her out of the hospital room. On Feb. 15, Monique Nunes resigned as senior director of student experience. On Feb. 22, according to the complaint, Rexhouse was told that Concordia would no longer support mental health services on campus because of a financial restructuring. She was fired and escorted off campus by security. She claims Concordia continues to tout its Wellness Center for accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Rexhouse accuses the college and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod of retaliation. She accuses the college, synod, Mr. and Mrs. Nunes and other college officials of intentional infliction of emotional distress for which she is demanding $1 million. Rexhouse is represented by attorney Robert B. Bernstein of Scarsdale.
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Good Things ACOR ANNUAL ARTS AWARDS
SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE
The annual Arts Awards gala of the Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR), based in Garnerville, is making a comeback Wednesday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. at The Nyack Seaport, 42 Burd Ave. in Nyack. The ACOR board selected Elliott Forrest, WQXR radio host and executive director of ArtsRock; Daly Flanagan, executive director for Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA); and former County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef as the evening’s honorees.. Forrest is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and producer on New York’s classical radio station WQXR. As the founding artistic and executive director of ArtsRock, he has been instrumental in elevating the quality of performing arts in Rockland for all residents to enjoy without leaving the county. Flanagan is a tireless supporter of the arts and arts education in Rockland County. She has been developing and providing innovative art programming for Rockland County’s diverse community for more than 18 years, often in partnership with other community organizations and local schools. Vanderhoef is being honored for his support in championing the County Arts Awards during his time as county executive from 1994 to 2013. Tickets for the event are $75 per person and can be purchased at http:// www.artscouncilofrockland.org/artsawards/ or directly at https://www. artful.ly/store/events/17114.
INSTITUTE FOR VALUE-BASED MEDICINE MEETING SET FOR WHITE PLAINS The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC), the peer-reviewed journal dedicated to issues in managed care, with its Institute for Value-Based Medicine, will host a regional VB-Onc meeting to examine how to deliver the best cancer care via the latest pay-for-performance models. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 5:30 to 9 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains. Moderated by Shalom Kalnicki, M.D., professor and chairman, Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the discussion among four experts will cover critical topics in oncology value-based care. For more information and to register, visit montefiore.org.
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Emilié Saltzman receives a medal during a ceremony naming her the 2019 CMN Hospitals Hudson Valley Champion.
PEDIATRIC PATIENT NAMED CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AMBASSADOR
From left: Bradley Barber, Sophia Gilkes, Christian Templeman, Jessica True, Soundview Complex; Dale Akinla and Millie Guzman.
At its recent 90th Anniversary Gala, the Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle honored Christian Templeman, a financial advisor, for his service as executive director. Templeman also chairs the inclusion subcommittee of
the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management National Diversity & Inclusion Council. Other members of the Boys & Girls Club executive team include Bradley Barber, managing director, complex manager; So-
phia Gilkes, vice president, business service manager; and Jessica True and Dale Akinla are part of the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Soundview Complex team serving Fairfield and Westchester counties.
ALANA SWEENY DEPARTS UNITED WAY President and CEO of the United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) Alana Sweeny announced she will be leaving the United Way, saying the organization has made tremendous strides in recent years and she is excited to see it continue to flourish under new leadership. Sweeny, 69, who has been president and CEO since 2014, said that she is looking forward to traveling and having the flexibility to spend more time with her family and thanked the UWWP board and the entire staff for its dedication to United Way’s mission. She said she will continue to be an active supporter of the United Way both on the local, state and national levels. June Blanc, president of the UWWP Board of Directors, said a seven-member search committee has already begun the work of finding a replacement for Sweeny. United Way Westchester and Putnam, headquartered in White Plains, has total revenue of a little over $6 million including operations of its 2-1-1 informa-
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), has named 11-year-old Emilié Saltzman as the 2019 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Hudson Valley Champion. After being thrown from her horse during a lesson in 2015 and suffering severe brain injuries, Saltzman has shown determination in her journey back to recovery. After spending a week on life support and four months in rehabilitation in Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital learning to walk, talk and eat again, she can now do the things she enjoyed before the accident. As a Champion, Saltzman will serve as an ambassador for Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and represent thousands of other children cared for at the hospital at events throughout the Hudson Valley.
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cations and salary requirements to Lynn Clifford, vice president of operations, at Admin1@uwwp.org with the subject line: CEO Response.
Wearing quality business clothing gives a person a boost of confidence that will help them make their best first impression. The staff at Mount Vernon Career Center and their colleagues at the White Plains Career Center regularly refer customers to the Career Closet at 303 Quarropas St. in White Plains to obtain new or gently used professional clothing at no cost. “We see the difference the Career Closet is making for job candidates we are helping to prepare for the workforce,” said OJ Yizar, manager of both the White Plains and Mount Vernon Career Center. This is the second clothing drive coordinated by the Career Center and the staff plans to keep it as an annual tradition. This year, the staff collected 336 items for men and women.
WCC CELEBRITY SALONS AT 25 YEARS
BURKE OPENS NEW OUTPATIENT SITE IN YONKERS
This year’s Westchester Community College (WCC) Celebrity Salon Series celebrates its 25th anniversary season and continues to attract top names to each salon who help the WCC Foundation raise funds for student scholarships. All of these events are held in private homes and are co-sponsored by TD Wealth and Cuddy & Feder. The salons started April 4 with Lisa Friel as guest. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served at all salons. Salon fees are $165 per event. For further details, call 914606-6558 or visit www.sunywcc.edu/ celebritysalons.
NEW ART DIRECTOR AT VASSAR T. Barton Thurber, associate director for collections and exhibitions at the Princeton University Art Museum, has been named Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and Lecturer of Art at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. He will assume his new position Aug. 5 succeeding James Mundy, who is retiring after directing the art center for 28 years. During his six-and-a-half-year tenure at Princeton, Thurber oversaw, guided and supported all curatorial, collections and special projects. Thurber earned undergraduate degrees in art and architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. He undertook postgraduate studies at the Universita’ IUAV in Venice, Italy, and received his Ph.D. in art and architectural history from Harvard University. He later held postdoctoral positions at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy, before joining the National Gallery of Art as a research associate at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. In 1998, after teaching at the University of Maryland, Harvard University, George Washington University and George Mason University, Thurber was named curator of European Art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. He joined the staff of the Princeton University Art Museum in late 2012.
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Dr. Mooyeon Oh-Park, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital senior vice president and chief medical officer and President and CEO Jeff Menkes welcome Burke’s first patient to its newest outpatient rehabilitation site in Yonkers.
White Plains-based Burke Rehabilitation Hospital opened a second outpatient rehabilitation location in Yonkers at 6 Executive Plaza, where state-of-the-art physical therapy treatment for patients who have experi-
enced an illness, injury or surgery is available. Executive Plaza is the second location in Yonkers and the eighth outpatient therapy site in Burke’s network. Other locations include Yonkers-Ridge Hill, Armonk, The
Bronx, Mamaroneck, Purchase, Somers and Burke Rehabilitation Hospital’s campus in White Plains. For more, call 914-597-3850 or visit burke.org/outpatient.
COMPUFIT HOSTS LEADERSHIP DISCUSSION WITH FORMER NAVY SEAL
WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL CHAIRMAN APPOINTED TO STATE BOARD OF HEALTHCARE TRUSTEES Laurence Smith, White Plains Hospital (WPH) Board of Directors Chairman, has been appointed to serve on the Board of the Healthcare Trustees of New York State (HTNYS), an affiliate of the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS). Smith will serve as one of 25 trustees of HTNYS representing different types of hospitals, continuing care organizations and health systems from all regions across the state. A resident of Scarsdale, Smith had a long career in the investment management industry, serving as head of asset allocation for J.P. Morgan Investment Management; global chief investment officer, U.S. CEO, Credit Suisse Asset Management; and chairman and chief investment officer of Third Wave Global, a global macro hedge fund advisory firm. He recently came out of retirement to join Horton Point as its chief investment officer.
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Joseph Armentano, CEO Paraco Gas; Dan Mulroy, former Navy Seal; and Dan Lansen, CEO of Compufit.
Compufit CEO Dan Lansen brought together local area CEOs to join a discussion with Dan Mulroy, a former Navy Seal who operates 373 North, a leadership and consulting company. The evening’s discussion focused on a culture of success and how leaders create new leaders, how leaders
can train themselves to make optimal decisions under stress and how putting a clear process in place can help leaders make better choices. Mulroy spent 14 years in the military and completed five deployments to Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia, before
becoming a partner and vice president of operations at the debt financing startup DebtMaven. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Penn State University and certificates in financial accounting, economics for managers and business analytics from Harvard University.
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Good Things VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED TO TRANSPORT CANCER PATIENTS The American Cancer Society needs individuals who can volunteer one hour at least once a month to drive a cancer patient to a local cancer center in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan or Orange counties. This year 111, 870 New Yorkers will be diagnosed with cancer and for some getting to treatments can be their biggest roadblock. That’s why volunteering for the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program is so important. Locally, the greatest need is for drivers who can pick up patients at their home and take them to treatment – even one time once a month would be tremendously helpful, said Patrice Lestrange Mack, communications director for the American Cancer Society. Drivers must have a current, valid driver’s license; a good driving record; access to a safe and reliable vehicle; regular desktop, laptop or tablet computer access; and proof of car insurance. For more, visit cancer.org/road.
EXPO FOR BABY BOOMERS The Booming BETTER Expo, a full day of free workshops, presentations and activities taking place May 5 from 11 a.m. to 5.p.m. at Manhattanville’s Reid Castle in Purchase, is designed specifically for ages 55 and older, and embraces the reality that, with knowledge and network, people can create their strongest and best life for today and for the years ahead. The full schedule and times can be found at boomingbetter.com where visitors can register to receive updates and other news regarding the event. Registration to this free event is welcomed but not required to attend.
THE WOMEN’S ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN WHITE PLAINS HAS ADDED THREE NEW STAFF MEMBERS TO ITS TEAM
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From left: Terri Matthews-Cotton, Persephone Zill and Nikki A. Hahn.
The new staff members are: Nikki A. Hahn, director of development, who brings a wealth of development experience to the nonprofit sector. Hahn was previously with Volunteer New York! where she developed corporate social responsibility programming for local business leaders. In addition, she has served as president of the Junior League of Central Westchester and the client and partner development director of The Acceleration Project. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from
New York University. Terri Matthews-Cotton, director of finance, has significant experience managing accounting and sponsored funds at an Ivy League university as well as at other wellknown New York City nonprofit organizations. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and she is a certified nonprofit accounting professional. Persephone Zill, center director, brings a wealth of experience with entrepreneurial education and nonprofit management. She
was the associate director at Fordham University’s social innovation lab and a senior vice president at Feeding Westchester, developing strategic partnerships around solving hunger in Westchester County. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American studies from Barnard College and an MBA in management/ entrepreneurship from Baruch College. WEDC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs achieve economic self-sufficiency through small-business ownership.
WJFF PARTNERS WITH SULLIVAN BOCES TO PREPARE FOR CONSTRUCTION
SPORTS CARES LAUNCHES COMMUNITY SOCIAL Backyard Sports Cares, a Westchester-based nonprofit that brings sports programs to kids in disadvantaged communities and those with special needs, launched a community social for teens with special needs. Recently, the organization hosted its second social in collaboration with Pepe Auto at Mercedes Benz of White Plains. Danny Bernstein, executive director, said, “We have gotten tremendous feedback from dozens of kids and their parents. We know there is a need for this. We will continue to host Friday Night Community Socials one Friday per month.”
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WJFF Radio Catskill is partnering with Sullivan County (SC) BOCES Career & Technical Education Center to prepare the former Catskill Harvest Market site on Route 52 in Liberty for the construction of Radio Catskill’s new studio home. Construction trades educator Bill
Drasher has been leading a team of students on the interior demolition and other preparatory work prior to new construction, while Natural Resources educator Sam Rogers will lead a team of students to help mitigate exterior drainage issues as well as work in the
area of the property that formerly contained the plant nursery. Once the radio station’s management engages a general contractor for the building project the SC BOCES students will be invited to observe the professional construction work through completion.
Celebrity Chef Peter Kelly returns as the featured guest at Phelps Hospital’s fifth annual Food, Wine & Beer Fest, Sunday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m., at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown, benefiting the hospital’s FARMacy, a hospital-wide gardening initiative to promote wellness and community-building, and a wellness program. The event will feature more than 20 Westchester-based restaurants from which guests will sample delicacies at elegant dining stations. Wine will be provided by local Best Wine Purveyors and beer tastings sponsored by local breweries. For more information and tickets at $100 per person, contact Marissa Coratti at 914-366-3104 or mcoratti@northwell.edu. Reservations can also be made online at phelpevents.com.
YONKERS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION NAMES NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NYonkers Partners in Education (YPIE), a nonprofit that prepares students for college success, announced that Chief Program Officer Samuel Wallis will become its next executive director effective July 1. He will become the second YPIE executive director in its 12-year history, succeeding Wendy Nadel, the founding executive director who built the successful and highly respected organization. As chief program officer, Wallis has led a team of educators, social workers, college advisors and more than 250 volunteers to help thousands of students find and pursue their path to college success. After graduating from Tufts University, Wallis joined Teach for America as a high school teacher in a struggling rural Mississippi Delta high school. During his tenure, he led a team of teachers that quadrupled the percentage of students enrolling in college after high school graduation. Born in Yonkers, Wallis returned to the New York area to join the leadership team of a public charter high school in Harlem that is part of the Democracy Prep network. He earned his master’s degree in public school building leadership from Columbia University Teachers College.
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Gatehouse Media LLC. Filed by Justin Goldman. Action: copyright infringement. Attorney for plaintiff: Kenneth P. Norwick. Filed April 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-02954-JMF.
BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan DGT Liberatos Group LLC, 80 Maiden Lane, New York 10038. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Daniel R. Wotman, New York City. Filed April 8. Case no. 19-11082-scc. Elma Farmers Market Inc., 17 Battery Place, New York 10004. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Gabriel Del Virginia, New York City. Filed April 5. Case no. 19-11056-mew. Project 19 Highline LLC, 295 Madison Ave., 20 floor, New York 10017. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: J Ted. Donovan, New York City. Filed April 5. Case no. 19-11068mew. th
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Home Box Office Inc. Filed by Michael Sapia, et al. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiffs: James Vagnini. Filed April 9. Case no. 1:19-cv-03142. Home/Life Services Inc. Filed by Roody Gelin, et al. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys for plaintiffs: Brian Adam Heller, Daniel Harris Kovel and Davida S. Perry. Filed April 5. Case no. 1:19-cv-03066-ALC. Loco Furniture Corp., et al. Filed by Raul Jiminez De Los Santos. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys for plaintiff: Jessenia Maldonado and Alex Umansky. Filed April 4. Case no. 1:19-cv-03007-LTS. Lodgeworks Partners LP, et al. Filed by Victor Lopez. Action: federal question. Attorney for plaintiff: Jeffrey Michael Gottlieb. Filed April 8. Case no. 1:19-cv-03126-DAB.
Tasher Way LLC, 142 McLain St., Mount Kisco 10549. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: pro-se. Filed April 5. Case no. 19-22751-rdd.
Luoyang Uncle Inc., et al. Filed by Vernita Worrell. Action: Americans with Disabilities Act – enforcement. Attorney for plaintiff: Donald Jeffrey Weiss. Filed April 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-02968-AJN.
Pure Agrobusiness Inc. Filed by Spartan Capital Securities LLC. Action: breach of contract. Attorney for plaintiff: Matthew Fiorovanti. Filed April 3. Case no. 1:19-cv02964-GHW.
Mount Sinai Health System Inc., et al. Filed by Jillian Forte. Action: job discrimination (sexual harassment). Attorney for plaintiff: Brittany Alexandra Stevens. Filed April 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-02970-PAE.
The Burton Corp. d.b.a. Burton Snowboards, et al. Filed by Prentice Cox. Action: federal question – other. Attorney for plaintiff: Ismail Sinan Sekendiz. Filed April 9. Case no. 1:19-cv-03139.
New Holland Residences LLC, et al. Filed by Carlos Zambrano, et al. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiffs: Michael Antonio Faillace. Filed April 5. Case no. 1:19-cv-03056-RA.
The Jewelers Inc. Filed by Roxx Alison Ltd. Action: diversity – breach of contract. Attorney for plaintiff: Stuart Leslie Sanders. Filed April 4. Case no. 1:19-cv-03000-JSR.
New York University. Filed by Local One Security Officers Union. Action: labor – suits by and against labor organizations. Attorney for plaintiff: Andrew Sal Hoffmann. Filed April 9. Case no. 1:19-cv-03143-UA. Ohr Pharmaceutical Inc., et al. Filed by Pilar Garaygordobil. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Richard Adam Acocelli Jr. Filed April 4. Case no. 1:19-cv-03006-UA.
Ultimatech Car Wash Equipment Corp. Filed by Sonny’s Enterprises LLC. Action: copyright infringement. Attorney for plaintiff: Andrew Isaac Gerber. Filed April 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-02975-JMF.
White Plains Admin Recovery LLC, et al. Filed by Ryan Sanabria. Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Sergei Lemberg. Filed April 9. Case no. 7:19-cv-03157.
COURT CASES New York Akanoren Inc., et al. Filed by Namel Norris. Action: federal question: other. Attorney for plaintiff: Ben-Zion Bradley Weitz. Filed April 5. Case no. 1:19-cv-03064-ALC. Apex Oil Company Inc. Filed by Glencore Ltd. Action: diversity action. Attorney for plaintiff: Peter J. Behmke. Filed April 8. Case no. 1:19-cv-03117-ALC. Best Western International Inc. Filed by Lawrence Young. Action: federal question. Attorney for plaintiff: Jeffrey Michael Gottlieb. Filed April 5. Case no. 1:19-cv03074-RA. Complex Media Inc. Filed by Justin Goldman. Action: copyright infringement. Attorney for plaintiff: Kenneth P. Norwick. Filed April 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-02955-JPO. DNC Parks & Resorts at Gideon Putnam LLC. Filed by Lawrence Young. Action: federal question. Attorney for plaintiff: Jeffrey Michael Gottlieb. Filed April 8. Case no. 1:19-cv-03128-AT. Equifax Information Services LLC. Filed by Brett Joshpe. Action: Fair Credit Reporting Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Edward Andrew Paltzik. Filed April 9. Case no. 1:19-cv-03146. Fareportal Inc., et al. Filed by Daniel Bryan. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney for plaintiff: Gregory Calliste Jr. Filed April 4. Case no. 1:19-cv03031-JMF.
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Facts & Figures Business Resources Services Inc., et al. Filed by Luigi Girotto. Action: federal question – other. Attorney for plaintiff: Ben-Zion Bradley Weitz. Filed April 5. Case no. 1:19-cv-03072-JMF. City of Mount Vernon, et al. Filed by Tawanda Ballinger. Action: Civil Rights Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Anthony Chukwuka Ofodile. Filed April 4. Case no. 7:19-cv-03030-VB.
Citibank N.A. Seller: Karen Keith, et al, Larchmont. Property: 165 Sheridan Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed April 1. Clearbrook Cross LLC, Elmsford. Seller: Cross Westchester Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 75 and 125 Clearbrook Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $8.9 million. Filed April 5.
Plant Health Intermediate Inc. Filed by Nicole Campbell. Action: diversity action. Attorney for plaintiff: Fred David Weinstein. Filed April 4. Case no. 7:19-cv-03017-KMK.
Clearbrook South LLC, Elmsford. Seller: 225 Corporate Realty LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 225 Corporate Boulevard South, Yonkers. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed April 5.
TFO USA Limited. Filed by Katharine Tarbell-Littman. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Walker Green Harman Jr. Filed April 5. Case no. 1:19-cv-03063PGG.
Clearbrook South LLC, Elmsford. Seller: Mack-Cali South West Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 2 Executive Blvd., Yonkers. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed April 5.
UBS Financial Services Inc., et al. Filed by Gina Delia. Action: E.R.I.S.A. – coverage. Attorney for plaintiff: Neil Adam Sussman. Filed April 8. Case no. 1:19-cv-03109-LGS.
Clearbrook South LLC, Elmsford. Seller: Mack-Cali South West Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 100 Corporate Blvd., Yonkers. Amount: $15.7 million. Filed April 5.
Westchester County, et al. Filed by Tamir Ayala-Rosario. Action: prisoner civil rights. Attorney for plaintiff: pro-se. Filed April 4. Case no. 1:19-cv-03052-UA. Westchester County, et al. Filed by Ziare Corwell. Action: prisoner civil rights. Attorney for plaintiff: pro-se. Filed April 3. Case no. 1:19-cv03049-UA. Westchester Medical Regional Physician Services PC, et al. Filed by Loretta Azuka Obi. Action: job discrimination (unlawful employment practices). Attorney for plaintiff: pro-se. Filed April 4. Case no. 7:19-cv-03022-VB.
DEEDS Above $1 million 11 May 10 LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Shekhar Mehta, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 45 Hampton Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed April 5. 222 Lake Partners LLC, Yonkers. Seller: 222 Lake Realty LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 222 Lake Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed April 5. 421 Huguenot Street LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: 23-25 First Realty Corp., New Rochelle. Property: 421 Huguenot St., New Rochelle. Amount: $4.2 million. Filed April 1. AMG DAT Realty LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Cris-Thorn Co., Ballston Spa. Property: 20 Kensico Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed April 3.
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Clearbrook South LLC, Elmsford. Seller: South Westchester Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 5 Odell Plaza, Yonkers. Amount: $13.5 million. Filed April 5. Clearbrook South LLC, Elmsford. Seller: South Westchester Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 3 Executive Blvd., Yonkers. Amount: $11.9 million. Filed April 5. Clearbrook South LLC, Elmsford. Seller: South Westchester Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 1 Odell Plaza, Yonkers. Amount: $16.4 million. Filed April 5. Clearbrook South LLC, Elmsford. Seller: South Westchester Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 6 Executive Blvd., Yonkers. Amount: $16.3 million. Filed April 5.
363 Walnut Associates LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Joseph Fernandez, Montebello. Property: 32 Purser Place, Yonkers. Amount: $300,000. Filed April 1.
Supreame Homes LLC, Ossining. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 58 Cherry St., Bedford. Amount: $640,500. Filed April 1.
Chavez Homes Inc., Ossining. Seller: Thomas M. Grogan, Ossining. Property: 50 Clinton Ave., Ossining. Amount: $305,000. Filed April 5.
TMF Associates Inc., Pelham. Seller: Rocco Sollecito, Bronx. Property: 777 Main St., New Rochelle. Amount: $950,000. Filed April 5.
Double D Development LLC, White Plains. Seller: Jade Pension Plan, White Plains. Property: 356 Union Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $99,000. Filed April 1.
U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Ronald V. Zezima, New Rochelle. Property: 151 Greenvale, Yonkers. Amount: $578,612. Filed April 5.
Dreyfus LLC, Baltimore, Maryland. Seller: Lorraine Vivian Kathleen Coyle, Bronx. Property: 512 Pea Pond Road, Bedford. Amount: $750,000. Filed April 5. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Naomi Duker, White Plains. Property: 8 Watson Ave., Ossining. Amount: $301,656. Filed April 3. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Pat Longobucco, White Plains. Property: 6 Dunderave Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $592,422. Filed April 2. Immobiliare Assets LLC, South Salem. Seller: Charles S. Felice Jr., Greenwich, Connecticut. Property: 17 Laurel Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $435,000. Filed April 2. Immobiliare Assets LLC, South Salem. Seller: Daniel W. Walsh, White Plains. Property: 64 Archer Ave., White Plains. Amount: $400,000. Filed April 2. M and D 41 Properties LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Panessa Properties LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 41 N. Riverside Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $570,000. Filed April 1. M&T Bank, Buffalo. Seller: Jerrice Duckette Epps, White Plains. Property: 52 Park Ave., Ossining. Amount: $289,000. Filed April 5.
Hall Place Realty LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Mount Vernon Trap Rock Corp., Eastchester. Property: 360 White Plains Road, Eastchester. Amount: $7.4 million. Filed April 4.
MGM Rhodes LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Estate of David Monteiro, New Rochelle. Property: 60 Rhodes St., New Rochelle. Amount: $298,399. Filed April 3.
Tarry Lighthouse LLC, White Plains. Seller: EJ Port Realty LLC, New York City. Property: 175 N. Main St., Rye. Amount: $3 million. Filed April 3.
PTM Capital LLC, White Plains. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 312 Ronbru Drive, New Rochelle. Amount: $479,370. Filed April 1.
Below $1 million 261 Westchester LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2018-1 Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 259 Westchester Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $381,000. Filed April 5.
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Rasco Properties Ltd., New York City. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 63 Longdale Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $213,635. Filed April 4. SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Rosario G. Gambino, et al, Carmel. Property: 146 Sixth St., Cortlandt. Amount: $200,000. Filed April 2.
Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey. Seller: Renee Sarah Wohltman, et al, Pleasantville. Property: 52 Clinton Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $673,000. Filed April 4.
FORECLOSURES EASTCHESTER, 74 Dale Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .16 acres. Plaintiff: New Penn Financial LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 175 Mile Cross Blvd. Rochester. Defendant: Marie Moffa. Referee: Anthony Tirone. Sale: April 23, 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $96,088. NEW ROCHELLE, 46 Stephenson Blvd. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 145 Huguenot St., New Rochelle. Deendant: Sandra Cordoba. Referee: Joan Iacono. Sale: April 24, 19 a.m. Approximate lien: $931,711.17. NEW ROCHELLE, 7 The Boulevard. Single-family residence; lot size: .56 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Adaezu Glickel. Referee: Richard Glickel. Sale: April 17, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,023,143. OSSINING, 6 Stephens Place. Multiple-purpose residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Eduardo Vera. Referee: Joseph Goubeaud. Sale: April 17, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $989,988. PELHAM, 45 Shore Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 81x100. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Roy Khalid-Kahn. Referee: Gerald Kahn. Sale: April 15, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,297,784,94.
PURCHASE, 4 Tam O’Santer Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: .5 acres, Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Jeffrey Wallberg. Referee: John Perone. Sale: April 22, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $752,468.20. WEST RYE BROOK, 39 Doral Greens Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: .05 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Purchase. Defendant: Barbara Carlin. Referee: Julia Henrichs. Sale: April 22, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,181,419.58. YONKERS, 24 Sunlight Hill. Single-family residence; lot size: .13 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Saijad Syed. Referee: Clement Patti. Sale: April 23, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $593.931. YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 416 Barway Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: .5 acres. Plaintiff: Live Well Financial Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates, 51 E. Bethpage Road, Plainview. Defendant: Gertrude Federici. Referee: Robert Spolzino. Sale: April 16, 9:45 A.m. Approximate lien: $304,209.
JUDGMENTS Caya Hospitality LLC, Harrison. $13,909 in favor of New Roc Foods Inc., New Rochelle. Filed April 1. HW Worldwide LLC, Pound Ridge. $23,200 in favor of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., Los Angeles, California. Filed April 1. Ultimate Construction, Peekskill. $10,917 in favor of Clipper Magazine LLC, Mountville, Pennsylvania. Filed April 2.
LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Caiado, Jaime, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $425,600 affecting property located at 1741 Mohansic Avenue East, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Oct. 17. Conroy, Christine M., et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 37 First St., Unit T4, Pelham 10803. Filed Oct. 17.
Cypers, Ronald, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $325,000 affecting property located at 35 Woodmill Road, Chappaqua 10514. Filed Oct. 18. Dolan, Martin W., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.5 million affecting property located at 2 Clifton Place, Irvington 10533. Filed Oct. 16. Espinoza, Antonio, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 42 Meadow Lane, New Rochelle 10805. Filed Oct. 17. Harris, Clevent, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $366,974 affecting property located at 49 S. Ninth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Oct. 18. Kohler, Andrew J., et al. Filed by Silvermine Asset Recovery LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.1 million affecting property located at 53 Flint Ave., Larchmont 10538. Filed Oct. 18. Lugo, Diana, et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 313 Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed Oct. 16. Marston, Elizabeth, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $532,500 affecting property located at 35 Chatsworth Place, New Rochelle 10801. Filed Oct. 17. Reyes, Filomena, et al. Filed by The Money Source Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $485,500 affecting property located at 156 Pembrook Drive, Yonkers 10710. Filed Oct. 16. Rocha, Luis, et al. Filed by Mahopac Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property located at 404 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers 10701. Filed Oct. 18. Tapia, Alberto, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $600,000 affecting property located at 119 Florence St., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Oct. 18. Thompson, Melissa B., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $331,550 affecting property located at 312 Main St., Unit 2D, White Plains 10601. Filed Oct. 16. Toni, Robert S., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $515,000 affecting property located at 30 Birch Ave., Pelham 10803. Filed Oct. 16.
Facts & Figures Washington, Margaret, et al. Filed by Emigrant Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $440,000 affecting property located at 60 Dorchester Road, Scarsdale 10583. Filed Oct. 18. Westchester Rising Acquisitions Corp., et al. Filed by PS Funding Inc., et al. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $387,400 affecting property located at 221 S. Third Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Oct. 18.
Mechanic’s Liens 16016 LLC, as owner. $15,809 as claimed by Wilmar Electric LLC, Pleasantville. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed April 5. Booguard, Paul, as owner. $50,000 as claimed by Tod Development Corp., Yonkers. Property: in Yorktown. Filed April 1. Gateway 1 Group Inc., as owner. $187,364 as claimed by Marjam Supply Company Inc., Farmingdale. Property: in White Plains. Filed April 4. Goldberg, Jonathan, as owner. $50,000 as claimed by Tod Development Corp., Yonkers. Property: in Yorktown. Filed April 1. Goodchild, Julie, as owner. $50,000 as claimed by Tod Development Corp., Yonkers. Property: in Yorktown. Filed April 1. Hayes, Noel, as owner. $50,000 as claimed by Tod Development Corp., Yonkers. Property: in Yorktown. Filed April 1. Spina, Patsy, as owner. $50,000 as claimed by Tod Development Corp., Yonkers. Property: in Yorktown. Filed April 1. Wagner, Patricia, as owner. $50,000 as claimed by Tod Development Corp., Yonkers. Property: in Yorktown. Filed April 1.
NEW BUSINESSES This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained in the original filings.
Sole Proprietorships 1930 Eve, 220 Yonkers Ave., Apt. 9C, Yonkers 10701, c/o Shevohn Nicole Powell. Filed July 5. Anti Celestis Hot Sauce, 467 W. Williams St., Port Chester 10573, c/o Celestina Pozo. Filed July 5. Da Costa Woodworking, 377 Huguenot St., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Joao A. Da Costa. Filed July 5. DMG Consulting, 37 S. Longfellow St., Hartsdale 10530, c/o Dylan Gottesman. Filed July 6. Fresh Manna Ministry, 119 Spring St., Ossining 10562, c/o Marlene Cheatham. Filed July 9. Fruit of the Spirit, 30 Muir Place, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Shomari Owen. Filed July 9. Hero Fitness, 50 Grandview Blvd., Yonkers 10710, c/o Jordan Gamliel. Filed July 6. KS4Inspiration, 1841 Central Park Ave., Apt. 8D, Yonkers 10710, c/o Kevin Saunders. Filed July 10. Lee Moxey Co., P.O. Box 193H, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Helene Moxey. Filed July 5. Makemeupkai, P.O. Box 911, Ossining 10562, c/o Macaiah Gross. Filed July 5. Scott Greisberg, Ph.D., 450 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 415, Harrison 10528, c/o Scott Greisberg. Filed July 10. SiegelaubWoodWorker, 246 Woods Brooke Circle, Ossining 10562, c/o J. Michael Siegelaub. Filed July 5. T-Mack’s Closet, 118 Lake Ave., Yonkers 10703, c/o Indera Pressley. Filed July 9. Total Car Car Infusion, 859 S. Third Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Thomas R. Anunziato. Filed July 9.
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Uro J. Gomez Construction, 64 ½ Fox Island Road, Port Chester 10573, c/o Joaquim Gomez Perdomo. Filed July 6.
Convertible Commodes, 487 E. Main St., No. 174, Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Del Bynum and Blanche Turner. Filed July 6.
WMS4, 2005 Palmer Ave., No 633, Larchmont 10538, c/o Ali R. Sharif. Filed July 5.
Delivery Just for You, 411 Bronx River Road, Apt. 5F, Yonkers 10704, c/o Lauren Harrison and Carly Harrison. Filed July 10.
PATENTS Confidentiality-smart voice delivery of text-based incoming messages. Patent no. 10,257,340 issued to Darryl M. Adderly, Morrisville, North Carolina; Jonathan W. Jackson, Durham, North Carolina; Ajit Jariwala, Cary, North Carolina; Eric B. Libow, Raleigh, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Configuring a modular storage system. Patent no. 10,257,953 issued to Ian D. Judd, Hursley, United Kingdom. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Conformal coating materials. Patent no. 10,257,940 issued to Sarah K. Czaplewski, Rochester, Minnesota; Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, Florida; Jason T. Wertz, Pleasant Valley; Jing Zhang, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Cooling system for electronic devices employing adjacent fan cages with interflow passages. Patent no. 10,257,957 issued to David Paul Barron, Austin, Texas; Howard Victor Mahaney Jr., Cedar Park, Texas; Phillip V. Mann, Rochester, Minnesota; Matthew Trant Richardson, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Cooperative task execution in instrumented roadway systems. Patent no. 10,257,593 issued to Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Somers; John E. Moore Jr., Brownsburg, Indiana; Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Marietta, Georgia; Robert R. Wentworth, Round Rock, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Location-based mobile device control. Patent no. 10,257,653 issued to Si B. Fan, Beijing, China; Yu Gu, Cedar Park, Texas; Su Liu, Austin, Texas; Cheng Xu, Beijing, China. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Method of fabricating tamper-respondent sensor. Patent no. 10,257,939 issued to John R. Dangler, Rochester, Minnesota; Philip Duane Isaacs, Rochester, Minnesota; David C. Long, Wappingers Falls. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Peer-to-peer audiovideo device communication. Patent no. 10,257,404 issued to Andrew S. Feltham, Chandlers Ford, United Kingdom; Elizabeth J. Maple, Basingstoke, United Kingdom. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.
Preemptive content distribution. Patent no. 10,257,305 issued to Andrew Dow, Laguna Niguel, California; Eli M. Dow, Wappingers Falls; Maurice M. Materise, Williamsville; Katrin Nagel, Malsch, Germany; Nickalaus A. Painter, Constableville; Jairo A. Pava, Miramar, Florida; Salma Y. Rodriguez, Miami, Florida. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Preventing driver distraction from incoming notifications. Patent no. 10,257,805 issued to Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Michigan; Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, Texas; Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, Texas; Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, Texas; John E. Moore, Brownsburg, Indiana. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Reducing condensation risk within liquid-cooled computers. Patent no. 10,257,964 issued to Richard B. Finch, New Paltz; Jason T. Hirst, Poughkeepsie; Gerald G. Stanquist, Salt Point. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Runtime protection of web services. Patent no. 10,257,218 issued to Omer Tripp, Bronx; Emmanuel Wurth, Muret, France. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Slack and strain control mechanism. Patent no. 10,257,599 issued to Wiren D. Becker, Hyde Park; Marc H. Coq, Hopewell Junction; Milnes P. David, Poughkeepsie; Ryan N. Elsasser, Poughkeepsie; Syed F. Hossain, Hopewell Junction. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. System and method of creating and providing SMS HTTP tagging. Patent no. 10,257,671 issued to Mark D. Dennard, Decatur, Georgia; John R. Dingler, Dallas, Georgia; Eythan C. Holladay, Marietta, Georgia; Jessica E. Marceau, Duluth, Georgia; Matthew B. Trevathan, Rosswell, Georgia. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. System, method and computer program product for network function modification. Patent no. 10,257,283 issued to Seraphin Calo, Yorktown Heights; Douglas Freimuth, Yorktown Heights; Thai V. Le, Yorktown Heights; Christian Makaya, Yorktown Heights; Erich Nahum, Yorktown Heights; Maroun Touma, Yorktown Heights; Dinesh Verma, Yorktown Heights. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.
Tamper-proof electronic packages formed with stressed glass. Patent no. 10,257,924 issued to James A. Busby, New Paltz; Silvio Dragone, Olten, Switzerland; Michael J. Fisher, Poughkeepsie; Michael A. Gaynes, Vestal; David C. Long, Wappingers Falls; Kenneth P. Rodbell, Yorktown Heights; William Santiago-Fernandez, Poughkeepsie; Thomas Weiss, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Wire-spring retained heatsink installation and removal tool. Patent no. 10,257,962 issue to John R. Harris, Houston, Texas; Robert G. Stevens IV, Houston, Texas; Bryan P. Teague, Alvin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.
HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million Fuller Holdings LLC, Kingston, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 45 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 3. Orange County Safe Homes Project Inc., Newburgh, as owner. Lender: New York State Homeless Housing and Assistance Corp., Albany. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed April 2.
Below $1 million DeGroat, Stephan Jr., as owner. Lender: TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Property: 2580 Route 6, Slate Hill 10973. Amount: $261,250. Filed April 4. Eichele, Daniel, et al, Monroe, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $403,650. Filed April 9. Equity Homes NY II Inc., Montgomery, as owner. Lender: EH Capital LLC, Port Jervis. Property: 82 Wheatley Road, Wawayanda. Amount: $375,000. Filed April 8. Lanwin Olympia Cornwall LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson, as owner. Lender: TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Property: 222 Bay View Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $420,000. Filed April 8. Menendez, Daniel J., et al, Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $275,000. Filed April 4.
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Pagan, Joah, Middletown, as owner. Lender: Homestead Funding Corp., Abany. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $178,020. Filed April 4. Pencab Contracting LLC, Goshen, as owner. Lender: RCN Capital LLC, South Windsor, Connecticut. Property: 3 School St., Otisville 10963. Amount: $69,050. Filed April 1. SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck, as owner. Lender: LendingHome Funding Corp., San Francisco, California. Property: 508 Walnut Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $90,000. Filed April 9. SDF Capital LLC, Middletown, as owner. Seller: LendingHome Funding Corp., San Francisco, California. Property: 568 Route 17M, Middletown 10940. Amount: $120,000. Filed April 5.
DEEDS Above $1 million 199 West Road LLC, Airmont. Seller: West Road Properties LLC, Pleasant Valley. Property: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $5 million. Filed April 3. Aden Brook Holdings LLC, Montgomery. Seller: Primax Properties LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: in Dover. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed March 29. P and L 340 Main LLC, Beacon. Seller: Beacon Plaza Inc., Beacon. Property: 340 Main St., Beacon 12508. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed March 29. Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Bear Mountain. Seller: Open Space Conservancy Inc., New York City. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed April 8. Pine Bush Creek LLC, Hackensack, New Jersey. Seller: 125 Lake Avenue Realty LLC, Warwick. Property: 2618 Route 302, Wallkill. Amount: $4.9 million. Filed April 9. The Lindley LLC, Beacon. Seller: Anne C. Bienstock, New York City. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 4.
Below $1 million 11 Vail Avenue LLC, New Hampton. Seller: Ellen M. Adams, Queensbury. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $190,000. Filed April 2. 111 Johnston Street LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Magda Rodriguez, Monroe. Property: 111 Johnston St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $155,000. Filed April 1.
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Facts & Figures 125 Hillcrest LLC, Mountaindale. Seller: Tracey Powell, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $59,202. Filed April 4. 17M Gold Star LLC, Monroe. Seller: Arthur Stoerchle, Highland Mills. Property: 716 Street Route 32, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $742,000. Filed April 3. 21 and 23 Ave B LLC, New York City. Seller: Wendy Heney, et al, Rhinebeck. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $375,000. Filed April 1. 374 Pulaski Hwy Corp., Sugar Loaf. Seller: Viscal LLC, Goshen. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $369,900. Filed April 5. 9 Lake Region Blvd LLC, Blooming Grove. Seller: Timothy J. Mitts, Monroe. Property: 9 Lake Region Blvd., Monroe 10950. Amount: $250,000. Filed April 9. Austin Black LLC, Monsey. Seller: Barbara Ellamae Cron, Walden. Property: 36 E. Main St., Walden. Amount: $53,000. Filed April 1. Ber-Don Enterprises LLC, New Paltz. Seller: Margaret J. Scism, et al, Monmouth, Oregon. Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $40,000. Filed April 2. BSK Enterprises One LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: James E. Bergen, et al, Slate Hill. Property: in Wawayanda. Amount: $950,000. Filed April 8. CF Property Holdings LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Christian Kelly, et al, Newburgh. Property: New Road, Newburgh. Amount: $50,000. Filed April 5. City of New York. Seller: Michael Seiter, Napanoch. Property: in Wawarsing. Amount: $32,722. Filed March 29. County Home Care LLC, New Hampton. Seller: Michael Wingen, Westtown. Property: 22 Bergeron Road, Westtown 10998. Amount: $550,000. Filed April 4. Datang Joint LLC, Middletown. Seller: Cristi E. Pizappi, Pine Bush. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $126,800. Filed April 9. Eleven Green Road Corp., Monroe. Seller: Leib Feldman, Monroe. Property: 11 Green Road, Blooming Grove. Amount: $107,250. Filed April 4. Farm Preservation New York LLC, Lehigh Acres, Florida. Seller: Northeast Farm Access LLC, Keene, New Hampshire. Property: 5688 Route 209, Rochester. Amount: $350,000. Filed April 3.
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Todd W. Carpenter, Poughkeepsie. Property: 8 Tenny Lane, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $42,376. Filed April 2.
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Seller: Paul Clifford Brite, Newburgh. Property: 24 Stoney Ford Road, Campbell Hall 10916. Amount: $442,113. Filed April 5.
Newburgh SHG 8 LLC, Garden City. Seller: Hudson Capital 168 LLC, Goshen. Property: 150 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $85,000. Filed April 2.
Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Gerald Norman Jacobowitz, Walden. Property: 52 W. Jeanibo Road, Monroe 10950. Amount: $448,873. Filed April 2.
Levett LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 35 Jack and Jill Road, Poughquag 12570. Amount: $207,500. Filed April 1.
Pads for the People LLC, Kingston. Seller: Maude M. Snyder, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $70,000. Filed April 2.
GP Casa LLC, Middletown. Seller: AMP Rentals Inc., Middletown. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $50,000. Filed April 2. GTSS Properties LLC, Kingston. Seller: Daniel A. Winn, et al, Bearville. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $135,000. Filed April 2. GTSS Properties LLC, Kingston. Seller: Pads for the People LLC, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $190,000. Filed April 2. High Birch LLC, Middletown. Seller: Gatzen Properties Inc., Chester. Property: 7 Birch St., Bloomingburg 12721. Amount: $45,000. Filed April 2. High Birch LLC, Middletown. Seller: Gatzen Properties Inc., Chester. Property: 38 S. High St., Bloomingburg 12721. Amount: $52,500. Filed April 2. Home Made Simple LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Sohn Management LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 156 Barkit Kennel Road and vacant land, Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $62,500. Filed April 3. HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Glen Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 410 Route 211 West, Middletown 10940. Amount: $355,421. Filed April 4. HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Michael McCann, Goshen. Property: D-7 Brookside 129 Main St., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $186,418. Filed April 2. Hudson Valley Brothers Inc., Newburgh. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 534 Route 44/55, Highland 12528. Amount: $39,900. Filed April 3. Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: David J. Peck, Harrison. Property: in Walden. Amount: $138,750. Filed April 3. Invoss LLC, Middletown. Seller: Elisha T. Cooper Jr., Montgomery. Property: Route 17K, Montgomery. Amount: $48,000. Filed April 2. ISD Investments LLC, Union City, New Jersey. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 225 Brook Trail, Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $185,000. Filed April 2.
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MG and MK Enterprises LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: HB Junior’s LLC, New Windsor. Property: Mount Airy Road, New Windsor. Amount: $950,000. Filed April 2. MJJ Construction Inc., Pine Bush. Seller: James Bruyn, et al, Pine Bush. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $65,000. Filed April 2. Mortgage Equity Conversion Asset Trust 2011-1. Seller: Harold M. Pressberg, Goshen. Property: 1590 Route 17K, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $245,240. Filed April 8. MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Nancy J. Schneider, Washingtonville. Property: 38 Rowley Way, Westtown 10998. Amount: $238,872. Filed April 5. N.D.G. Associates Inc., New City. Seller: William P. Restuccia, et al, New Windsor. Property: 42-3(C) Kenwood Drive, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $80,000. Filed April 5. N.D.G. Associates Inc., New Windsor. Seller: ANZ Realty Corp., New City. Property: 28 Lexington Way, Unit 28-TH, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $109,000. Filed April 4. Newburgh SHG 11 LLC, Garden City. Seller: Hudson Capital 168 LLC, Goshen. Property: 158 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $240,000. Filed April 4. Newburgh SHG 12 LLC, Garden City. Seller: Hudson Capital 168 LLC, Goshen. Property: 160 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $240,000. Filed April 1. Newburgh SHG 13 LLC, Garden City. Seller: 162 Hudson LLC, Goshen. Property: 162 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $255,000. Filed April 2. Newburgh SHG 14 LLC, Garden City. Seller: 164 Broadway LLC, Goshen. Property: 164 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $220,000. Filed April 5. Newburgh SHG 2 LLC, Neck. Seller: John Boubaris, New Windsor. Property: in burgh. Amount: $275,000. April 9.
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Newburgh SHG 5 LLC, Garden City. Seller: Newburgh 230 LLC, Sugarland, Texas. Property: 230 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $230,000. Filed April 1.
Parthenon Properties Corp., Fort Montgomery. Seller: Nicholas A. Podias, Highland Falls. Property: 3 Mountain Ave., 239 Main St.,and a16 Cooks Lane, Highland Falls 10928. Amount: $535,100. Filed April 5. Roaring Brook LLC, Hartford, Connecticut. Seller: MCB Partnership, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $875,000. Filed April 3. Route 9W Holdings LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Frank A. Bolognese Jr., Marlboro. Property: 5231 and 5234 Route 9W, Newburgh. Amount: $450,000. Filed April 2.
U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Elizabeth P. Wang, Poughkeepsie. Property: 16 Autumn Way, Poughquag 12570. Amount: $599,500. Filed April 2.
Koja Industries LLC, Pine Island. $5,102 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.
Wilmington Saving Fund Society FSB. Seller: Jack E. Schachner, Pleasant Valley. Property: 16 Henry St., Pawling 12564. Amount: $272,500. Filed April 2.
LJMJR Corp., Newburgh. $828 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.
Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Marte-Indzonka, Michele Mary, Newburgh. Property: 7 Fanewood Drive, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $269,500. Filed April 1. WMG Property Holdings LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Robert N. Capach, Highland. Property: in Highland. Amount: $36,100. Filed April 3. Y and J Associates LLC, Monroe. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 7 Clemence Drive, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $317,860. Filed April 2.
JUDGMENTS
Macakai, Chichester. $1,279 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1. Maybe Thursday Inc., Newburgh. $2,105 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. NYSARC Inc Orange County AHRC, Newburgh. $9,606 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Paradise Bay Holding Corp., Newburgh. $333 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.
S Royal Holdings LLC, Monroe. Seller: Courtney Holdings LLC, Newburgh. Property: 135 Fullerton Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $400,000. Filed April 2.
A and R Creations LLC, Highland. $1,131 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
Paveco Inc., New Windsor. $473 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.
Saba Group LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: State of New York Mortgage Agency. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $150,000. Filed April 3.
ADR Mart Inc., Saugerties. $5,150 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
Rock City Music Corp., Woodstock. $5,434 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Sandra B. Neilson, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $50,000. Filed April 9.
Brine Barrel Pickle Co., Saugerties. $3,639 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
Santini’s Lawn Care Corp., Modena. $514 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 29.
Sirva Relocation Credit LLC. Seller: Summa James, et al, Middletown. Property: 62 Cobblestone Lane, Middletown 10940. Amount: $280,000. Filed April 5.
Dr. Buda’s Beard, Accord. $1,220 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
Sehsam Corp., Newburgh. $4,211 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed Nov. 28.
Elant at Fishkill Inc., Goshen. $728 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed Nov. 28.
SGC Builders Inc., Highland. $644 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
Greenfield Ice Cream LLC, Tuxedo Park. $208 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.
Sound Pro NY Inc., Cornwall-on-Hudson. $217 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed Nov. 28.
H and L Wells LLC, Saugerties. $1,405 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
St. Anthony Community Hospital, Warwick. $265 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed Nov. 28.
Harriman Auto Spa Services Inc., Harriman. $413 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed Nov. 28.
The Maple Tree, Woodstock. $2,152 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
J9’s K9’s LLC, Greenwood Lake. $3,020 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.
The Morgan Contracting Corp., Goshen. $115 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.
Jay’s Quality Landscaping, Pine Bush. $1,143 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.
Tim Ramos Tree and Lawn Service Inc., Slate Hill. $543 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed Nov. 28.
TDM Realty Group LLC, Warwick. Seller: Richard S. Stanford, Gilbert, Arizona. Property: 657 Route 94 North, Warwick 10990. Amount: $480,000. Filed April 5. TH Developments LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association. Property: 37 Maple Drive, Middletown 10940. Amount: $149,500. Filed April 5. The Bank of New York. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 46 Woodland Road, Monroe 10950. Amount: $655,391. Filed April 4. Three Brothers Farms LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: P B Docks LLC, Pine Bush. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $557,500. Filed April 1. TJ Tancredi Homes Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Linda Rigsby, Milford, Kansas. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $105,000. Filed March 29.
Facts & Figures LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Acoveno, Glenn A., et al. Filed by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,988 affecting property located at 128 Ryan St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed March 6. Alvarez, Babylyn R., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $322,700 affecting property located at 1 Blackmoor Court, Highland Mills 10930. Filed March 4. Any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of the late Walter K. Schmager Jr., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $97,465 affecting property located at 29 Thompson St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed March 5. Bastien, Sandy, et al. Filed by Flagstar Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $296,579 affecting property located at 3 Farmstead Road, New Windsor 12553. Filed March 4. Belekis, Charles, as administrator and distributee of the estate of Evangelos C. Belekis, 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 48 C Scarborough Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed March 27. Casson, Cathy, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $252,000 affecting property located at 26 Oak Lane, Middletown 10940. Filed March 5. Chen, Philip, et al. Filed by TD Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $2 million affecting property located at 52-05 72nd St., Maspeth 11378. Filed March 1. Cheverez, Sonia, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $258,000 affecting property located at 9 Crane Road, Middletown 10941. Filed March 6. Costa, Celia, et al. Filed by NewRez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 310 Saracino Drive, Maybrook 12543. Filed March 6.
Dattorre, Michael J., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 204 Maiden Lane, Maybrook 12543. Filed March 5. Delaney, Brian M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $149,246 affecting property located at 6502 Chelsea Cove North, Beekman 12533. Filed March 29. Fallon, Jane, et al. Filed by Santander Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 106 Cartwheel Court, Unit 14, Washingtonville 10992. Filed March 1. Fortin, Camille, et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located in Newburgh. Filed March 6.
Jackson, James C. III, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $253,750 affecting property located at 5107 Chelsea Cove North, Beekman 12533. Filed March 27.
Rhymer, Dawn, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 13 Red Barn Lane, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 27.
Puckett, Jason A., as owner. $73,450 as claimed by Thomas C. McCombs, Pine Bush; Property: 54 Awosting Road, Shawangunk 12566. Filed April 3
Kelder, Ronald, et al. Filed by Pennymac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $222,222 affecting property located at 220 Arnold Drive. Kingston 12401. Filed April 2.
Richardson, Harry A., as administrator of the estate of Anthony Mallardi, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $74,550 affecting property located at 5108 Albany Post Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed April 1.
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Linares, Benito, et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,800 affecting property located at 45 ½ Sussex St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Feb. 26. Lopiano, Fred M., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 2389 Hurley Mountain Road, Kingston 12401. Filed April 4.
Freer, Albert, as heir and distributee of the estate of Ora Freer, et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $61,725 affecting property located at 302 E. Chester St., Kingston 12401. Filed April 4.
May, Janet, as executor and distributee of the estate of Alice M Nealy, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $343,235 affecting property located at 8 Ritter Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed March 27.
Gordon, Nancy A., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $78,500 affecting property located at 32 W. Main St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Feb. 26.
Morales, Jaime, et al. Filed by USAA Federal Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $125,675 affecting property located at 14 Kellogg Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Filed March 5.
Grippo, Anthony, et al. Filed by ARCPE 1 LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,000 affecting property located at 88 Juniper Terrace, Tuxedo Park 10987. Filed March 5.
Muller, Winifred J., et al. Filed by Keybank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,125 affecting property located at 365 Hommelville Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed April 4.
Gruber, Yosef, et al. Filed by TD Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,000 affecting property located at 3 Mezabish Place, Unit 302, Monroe 10950 Filed March 4.
Penaranda, Rhodora, as heir to the estate of Bayani M. Deleon, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $139,431 affecting property located at 12 Revere Road, Monroe 10950. Filed Feb. 28.
Haber, John, et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 20-22 Creek Side Drive, Shandaken 12480. Filed March 29. Helms, George P., et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $237,025 affecting property located at 28 Noel Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed March 4. Horton, Yvonne, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $110,100 affecting property located at 2 Sprague Court, Ellenville 12428. Filed April 1.
Perez, Clara M., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,500 affecting property located at 112 Hardenburgh Road, Ulster Park 12487. Filed April 1. Pietarinen, Robert J., et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,150 affecting property located at 44 Clinton Drive, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Feb. 28. Rabasco, Kathleen N., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,901 affecting property located at 3 Sharon Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed March 27.
Rider, Jed D., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $116,350 affecting property located at 36 Perrines Bridge Road, Tillson 12486. Filed April 2. Robertson, Patrick, et al. Filed by PennyMac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $136,482 affecting property located at 48 Meyer Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed March 28. Scannell, Dawn M., et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $152,000 affecting property located at 300 Sinsabaugh Road, Shawangunk 12566. Filed April 2. Struss, Anthony R., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $208,160 affecting property located at 8 Tuscarora Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed March 29. Sullivan, James P., et al. Filed by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,875 affecting property located at 12 Highland Ave., Saugerties 12477. Filed April 2. Thomas, Lise N., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $309,563 affecting property located at 24 Ramona Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 26. Venero, Chemay, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $243,458 affecting property located at 88 Darin Road, Warwick 10990. Filed March 6. Young, Rosetta D., et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $412,392 affecting property located at 2375 Route 6, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 27.
Mechanic’s Liens Guru LLC, as owner. $41,280 as claimed by American Tree and Landscape Corp., Pawling. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Filed April 1.
This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained in the original filings.
Brian’s Home Improvement and Yard Maintenance, 641 Creeklocks Road, Rosendale 12472, c/o Brian P. Dugan. Filed April 1. C and T Sales, 14 Cherry Lane, Saugerties 12477, c/o Caitlin Leandra Reyes. Filed April 2. CAP Task Force NYS, 610 Broadway, Newburgh, c/o Avroham Gross. Filed Feb. 21. Coley’s Market, 289 Washington St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Nicole L. Hill. Filed Feb. 19.
Doing Business As Century Lifestyles Inc., d.b.a. 21st Century Concepts, 792 Route 1, Unit 5, Pine Island 10969. Filed Feb. 19. Century Lifestyles Inc., d.b.a. CNB, 792 Route 1, Unit 5, Pine Island 10969. Filed Feb. 19. Century Lifestyles Inc., d.b.a. Continental Registry, 792 Route 1, Unit 5, Pine Island 10969. Filed Feb. 19. Century Lifestyles Inc., d.b.a. Route 208 Associates, 792 Route 1, Unit 5, Pine Island 10969. Filed Feb. 19.
Collection of Gen’s Stones, 148 Canal St., upstairs, Ellenville 12428, c/o Geneva C. May. Filed April 4. DV Electric, 5 Mountain Ave., Port Jervis 12771, c/o Sean Dooley. Filed Feb. 20. Have Fun Organizing, 97 Grand Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o Janet Rivera. Filed Feb. 21. J and A Landscaping, 1791 Route 300, Newburgh 12550, c/o Miguel Carranza. Filed Feb. 20. J. Amir Cosmetics, 698 South St., Apt. 3, Highland 12528, c/o Rajricka A. Tabannah. Filed March 29.
Nadelle Properties Inc., d.b.a. Orange County Cleaning Services, 174 S. Plank Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 19.
Keenan Farrell Carpentry, 74 Chestnut St., Rhinebeck 12572, c/o Keenan Liam Farrell. Filed April 4.
Teshonnell Inc., d.b.a. Communication Station, 1997 Route 17M, Suite 9, Goshen 10924. Filed Feb. 19.
Kris Makes Everything, 388 Beamer Road, Walden 12586, c/o Kristopher Payne. Filed Feb. 19.
VIP Vacations NY Inc., d.b.a. Passport To Value, 792 Route 1, Unit 5, Pine Island 10969. Filed Feb. 19.
Little Mountain Books, 231 Gallis Hill Road, Kingston 12401, c/o Kaitlin Erika Patterson. Filed April 2.
Partnerships
Perfect Homes, 129 Ambromowitz Road, Ellenville 12428, c/o Chard A. Burns. Filed March 29.
Aberrant and Co., P.O. Box 33, Milton 12547, c/o Michelle Alexandra Michalko and Jenny R. Flavin. Filed April 2.
Richard J. Thompson Plumbing and Heating, 500 Washton Ave., Apt. 5I, Kingston 12401, c/o Richard J. Thompson. Filed April 1.
Clarity Archives, 26 Particrest Drive, Rosendale 12472, c/o Jesse R. Brown and Adin Gold. Filed April 1.
Rosemary’s Café and Pizzeria, 228 Washington St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Dimas Arnoldo Rodriguez Palacios. Filed Feb. 19.
H and A Services, 416 Foxhall Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Hector A. Lopez and Antonio D. Lopez. Filed April 1.
Scoopsie’s, 238A Pine Island Turnpike, Warwick 10990, c/o Sara M. Hankins. Filed Feb. 21.
Sole Proprietorships
Snyders Bakery, 28 Country Lane, Saugerties 12477, c/o Zechariah L. Snyder. Filed April 2.
A and J’s Contracting, 75 Pinegrove Ave., Apt. 2, Kingston 12401, c/o Angel Stephon Lacey. Filed April 4.
Threefold, 224 Comfort Trail, Montgomery 12549, c/o Charles P. Murphy. Filed Feb. 21.
Auctions at Deer Ridge Farm, 2991 Route 9W, Saugerties 12477, c/o Donald J. Malone II. Filed March 29.
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Verjoni Contracting, 9 Russell St., Cornwall-on-Hudson, c/o Capajev Verjoni. Filed Feb. 20.
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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of Poweroforganix LLC. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/15/2019. 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,21 Leather Stocking Ln, White Plains NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62072 Quatre Filles, LLC Filed 2/14/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 28 Elmridge drive, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: all lawful #62075 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Victory Mills LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on February 28, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Victory Mills LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62077 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Victory Mills Manager LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on February 28, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Victory Mills Manager LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62078 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Victory Mills Associates LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on February 28, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Victory Mills Associates LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62079 PARTY REQUIRED, LLC, filed with SSNY 2/24/2019. Office located in Westchester Co. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: PARTY REQUIRED, LLC. 941 Mclean Ave, #507, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful business activity or purpose. #62080 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ADRESTIA, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the SSNY on 2/13/19. Office location is Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 11 Cedar st. Valhalla, NY 10595. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #62081 Signature Virgin Hair Extension LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY)on 01/08/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to LLC at 40 Memorial Highway #2M, New Rochelle, NY 10801.General Purpose. #62082
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The Articles of Organization of KRISTEN N. GIZZI, ESQ., PLLC, a professional service limited liability company, (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on August 14, 2018. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers NY 10701. The Company was formed to perform legal services a professional service limited liability company under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #62083 Notice of Formation of JP AUTO SERVICE LLC, a domestic, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/22/2019 Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3 Stanley Avenue, Ossining NY, 10562. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #62084 Notice of Formation of WIN ADVISORS, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/1/19. 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 WIN ADVISORS, 1011 King St, Chappaqua, New York 10514 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62085 Notice of formation of CHARLTON PLAINS, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/7/2019. Office loc. Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process Charlton Plains, LLC 1 Grosbeak Rd, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62086 Notice of Formation of RETIREMENT INCOME SPECIALISTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on February 5, 2019. Office Location: Westchester Country. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Lee, Nolan & Koroghlian Attn: W Keith Schmidt 622 3rd Ave., Suite 900, New York, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62087 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: TMD Construction JV 4 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/07/19. 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. #62088 Sushi Vida Bronx LLC ,Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/8/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 3 Sadore Ln., Apt. 6U, Yonkers, NY 10710.General Purpose. #62091 Notice of Formation of RIVER TUTI LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 2 Wilson Place, 1st Floor, Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on February 20, 2019. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #62094
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225 Husted LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/14/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 9 Castle Landing, Port Chester, NY 10573. General Purpose. #62095 NOTICE OF FORMATION of OLA Services, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 13, 2019. Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: OLA Services, LLC, 50 Broadway, Hawthorne, NY 10532. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62096 NOTICE OF FORMATION of OLA Associates, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 13, 2019. Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: OLA Associates, LLC, 50 Broadway, Hawthorne, NY 10532. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62097 CVL2018, LLC. Art. of Org. filed 3/22/18. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated for service of process and shall mail to Reg. Agent: Christine Levinson, 35 Mayhew Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: Any lawful activity #62098 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: Golden Goose 2 LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/17/19. 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, 21 Willet Ave. Apt. 322, Port Chester, NY 10573, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity.” #62099 MGM Rhodes LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/28/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Midco Accounting Services, c/o Michael Dicostanzo, 1075 Central Park Ave., Ste. 205, Scarsdale, NY 10583. General Purpose. #62101 FB RENOVATION LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/8/15. Cty: Bronx. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to LLC c/o Florin Bunjaj, 1091 Neill Ave. Apt 1, Bronx NY 10461. General Purpose. #62102 FBU LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/11/19. Cty: Bronx. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to LLC c/o Florin Bunjaj, 1091 Neill Ave. Apt 1, Bronx NY 10461. General Purpose. #62103 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KAE CONSULTANTS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/17. Offc. loc: WESTCHESTER Cty. SSNY desig. agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62104 Notice of Formation of The Edible Gardenist, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/3/18. Loc: Westchester Cty, SSNY design. As agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 980 Broadway, #320, Thornwood, NY 10594. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62105
Notice of Formation of FALCON GROUP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 2 Wilson Place, 1st Floor, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on May 4, 2004. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #62106 Notice of formation of WCDB RE LLC. Arts. of Org. Filed with SSNY on 6/19/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Gwendolyn Clark, 230 Broadview Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62107 E Connís Magic Mirror Photo Booth, LLC, filed with SSNY 01/09/2019. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Registered Agent: Naomi Halevi., 10 California Rd., Mount Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #62108 Notice of Formation of The Gallo Firm Certified Public Accountants, LLP with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/27/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1492 Jacob Rd, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62109 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Broad Street Commons LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 20, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Broad Street Commons LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62116 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Broad Street Commons Manager LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 20, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Broad Street Commons Manager LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62117 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Broad Street Commons Associates LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 20, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Broad Street Commons Associates LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62118
Hudson Valley Business Resource Group, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 2/20/19. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1 Maple Crest Dr. Peekskill, NY 10566 Purpose: all lawful. #62119 Sterling Contracting LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 3/8/19. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 2804 Gomer St. Yorktown Hts, NY 10598 Purpose: all lawful. #62120 Notice of Formation of Leslie Gustafson & Co., LLC filed with SSNY on February 27, 2019. Off. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY design. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 57 Hamilton Drive, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62121 Notice of Formation of SpiiCery, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/26/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Sonia Heselton, 25 County Center Road Apt C13 White Plains NY, 10607. Purpose: any lawful act or activity #62123 Fine Wine Swimwear, LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/23/2019. Offc. Loc.: Westchester Cty. SSNY has been desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 35 Davenport Ave Apt 4H New Rochelle, NY 10805. Contact: 914-318-7949 Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62124 NOTICE OF FORMATION of CJCB LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 2835 Hemlock Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful act. #62125 Notice of Formation of GEN Z LLC. Arts. of Org.filed with SSNY on 2/8/19. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the LLC, 43 ELM ST SLEEPY HOLLOW, NEW YORK, 10591. Purpose: any lawful. #62126 Notice of Formation of SILVER OAK ASSOCIATES LLC . Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/16/2019. Offc. Loc: Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 55 Bank St, Apt. 1210 White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62127 Notice of Formation of 111 East 235 LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 15 Cowdrey Street, Yonkers, NY 10701. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on March 25, 2019. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #62128 Magyar Properties LLC ,Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/22/2011. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Mrs. Mary Reed, 209 Knollwood Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General Purpose. #62129
Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by WP Burger VI LLC d/b/a Westchester Burger Co. to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 54-56 Garth Road Scarsdale NY 10583 #62130
Notice of Formation of ELITE LANDSCAPING SERVICES, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/1/19. 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, 71 Soundview St., Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful. #62133
THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE ARTHUR J. GAVRIN FOUNDATION, INC. for the year ended December 31, 2018 is available at its office at 1865 Palmer Avenue, Suite 108, Larchmont, NY for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is DAVID M. GAVRIN. #62131
Notice of Formation of BOBALU Rye, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 3/8/19. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC to: c/o US Corp Agents, 7014 13th Ave. Suite 202, Brooklyn NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62134
Notice of Formation of THE PAWSITIVE EXPERIENCE LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/21/19. 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, 90 Windom St., White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62132
Harbor Front Properties, LLC ,Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/1/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 516 Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543.General Purpose. #62135
Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Westchester Action to Foreclose a Mortgage Index #: 70732/2018 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, D/B/A Christiana Trust, Not Individually But As Trustee For Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust, Plaintiff, vs Marolyn A. Jacobson As Heir To The Estate Of And As Administratrix Of The Estate Of Robert Jacobson, Izaiah Jacobson, If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff And As Heir To The Estate Of Robert Jacobson, Sahvannah Jacobson As Heir To The Estate Of Robert Jacobson, A.J. (Full Name Redacted As Defendant Is A Minor) As Heir To The Estate Of Robert Jacobson, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The IRS, Robert Carbone, Darby Dental Supply LLC, Chrysler Financial Services America, New York State Department Of Taxation And Finance John Doe (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 42 Beach Road Ossining, NY 10562 SBL #: 89.10 - 1 ñ 9 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Westchester. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Izaiah Jacobson Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Joan B. Lefkowitz of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Eleventh day of March, 2019 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Westchester, in the City of White Plains. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated November 21, 2005, executed by Robert Jacobson (who died on April 29, 2017, a resident of the county of Westchester, State of New York) to secure the sum of $302,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at Instrument Number 460410564 in the Office of the Westchester County Clerk on February 28, 2006. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed August 4, 2009 and recorded on November 2, 2009, in the Office of the Westchester County Clerk at Instrument Number 492890481. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed January 6, 2014 and recorded on January 21, 2014, in the Office of the Westchester County Clerk at Instrument Number 540103337. Said Mortgage was subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement executed by Robert Jacobson on September 26, 2014 and recorded January 20, 2015 in Instrument Number 550203194 in the Office of the Westchester County Clerk. The property in question is described as follows: 42 BEACH ROAD, OSSINING, NY 10562 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. DATED: March 21, 2019 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 62314 #62122
LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (PLLC). Name: The Bobb Law Firm PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/01/19. Office location: Westchester County. Office address: 152 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 202-B, Ossining, NY 10562. SSNY is designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process against the PLLC served upon him/her to: 152 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 202-B Ossining, NY 10562. The principal business address of the PLLC is: 152 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 202-B, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose of the business of such PLLC: practice the profession of law. Law firm. #62136
Notice of Formation of SELECT SOCCER LLC, a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/01/2019. Formed in Connecticut on September 2, 2015. Office location: Westchester County, New York. SSNY is designed as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to c/o the LLC, 1368 Burr Street, Fairfield, CT 06824. The address of the principal office of the LLC is 1368 Burr Street, Fairfield, CT 06824. The authorized officer in Connecticut where a copy of the LLCís Certificate of Organization is filed is: Secretary of the State of Connecticut, Attn: Commercial Recording Division, P. O. Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115-0470. Purpose: training programs for soccer players, and any other purpose. #62137
Name of LLC: Maplewood Growth Partners LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/25/19. Office Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 37 Maplewood St., Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62138
Notice of Formation of PAWS FUR LOVE LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/4/19. 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, 62 Hancock Street West Harrison NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful purpose. # 62113
Notice of Formation of D’Nick Home Improvement, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/19/19. 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, 68 S Stone Ave, Elmsford NY 10523. Purpose: any lawful purpose. # 62111
Notice of Formation of Mind Body and Soul Mental Health Counseling, PLLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/6/19. Office Location: Westchester County, NY. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jenna McKean 626 Avalon Gardens Drive Nanuet, NY 10954 .Purpose: To provide Mental Health Counseling. # 62114
COE Consulting LLC Filed 3/12/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: PO Box 136, Rye, NY 10580 Purpose: all lawful # 62112
At an IAS Part of the Supreme Court of the State of New York held in and for the County of Westchester at County Courthouse located at 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, White Plains, New York on the _____day of March 2019 Present Supreme Court Justice HON.
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INDEX NO. 62158/2016 Plaintiff designates WESTCHESTER as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 99 BANK STREET WHITE PLAINS, NY 10606 District: Section: 130.26 Block: 5 Lot: 14 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC, Plaintiff, vs. GIUSEPPE DIACO AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS DIACO, NELLA MADERA A/K/A NELLA KATHERINE MARLEY A/K/A NELLA MARLEY A/K/A PETRINELLA DIACO AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS DIACO, NICOLE CARROLL AS HIER AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS DIACO, ROBERTO JOSLIN AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS DIACO, MICHAEL (LAST NAME UNKNOWN) AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS DIACO, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS DIACO any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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“JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint,
Order for Service by
Defendants._______________________________________
Publication
To the above-named Defendants
AMIYO MUKHERJEE
THE CITY OF YONKERS; THE VALLEY FARMS CO. OF YONKERS: PARK HILL ON HUDSON, INC.; JOHN DOE said name being fictitious and intended to designate any and all individuals, ; corporations, or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest the property described in the complaint,
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Defendant(s),
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT
UPON, the summons, complaint and notice of pendency of action heretofore filed herein in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Westchester, front which it appears that the complaint herein demands the determination as to the ownership of specific real property within the County of Westchester and the State of New York, and it appearing that there is a sufficient cause of action stated therein against the Defendant, and their successors a heir and disibutees who are necessary party defendants herein, and the affirmation of due diligence of Andrew M. Romano, Esq. from which it appears that all such defendants cannot be served personally within the State of New York, Plaintiff having made proof to the Court's satisfaction that the names and locations of all the heirs and distributees of the Defendants cannot with due diligence be ascertained, and that the Plaintiff will be unable, in the exercise of such due diligence, make personal service of the summons herein, or by any other prescribed method on such unknown defendants within the State of New York, and it appearing that service upon all said heirs/defendants pursuant to CPLR 308(1 ), (2), (4) is impractible. Therefore, it is
THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $280,075.00 and interest, recorded on August 22, 2012, at Instrument number 522073092, of the Public Records of WESTCHESTER County, New York, covering premises known as 99 BANK STREET WHITE PLAINS, NY 10606.
Plaintiff, V.
ORDERED, the service of the summons in this action upon the unknown of The Valley Farms Co. of Yonkers Park Hill on Hudson, Inc. and JOHN DOE, and his/her/its next of kin, distibutees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, and right title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the Plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, be made by publishing the summons with notice, in two (2) newspapers, at least one in the English language, hereby designated as most likely to give notice to the said defendant; together with a notice and brief property, viz,. The Journal News and Westchester County Business Journal both publised and distributed in the County of Westchester, in the State of New York, once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks, the first such publication to be made within thirty (30) days of the entry of this Order; and it is further ORDERED, that the provisions of section 15.19(2) of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law be dispensed with.
The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. WESTCHESTER County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.
ENTER:
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.
Dated: March 7, 2019
RAS BORISKIN, LLC
White Plains, New York
Attorney for Plaintiff
HON. GERALD E. LOEHR Supreme Court Justice #62115
BY: SAHAR HAMLANI, ESQ. 3449177
900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 #62110
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