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MAY 13, 2019 VOL. 55, No. 19

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1 Water St. in White Plains. Photo by Peter Katz.

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Mack-Cali eyeing apartment development near White Plains Metro-North train station

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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new Westchester development proposal is being prepared by a related entity of Mack-Cali, the publicly traded real estate investment trust, developer and property manager, which a few weeks ago sold its office and f lex space holdings in Westchester and Fairfield counties to Robert Martin Company in a deal valued at almost a half-billion dollars.

Mack-Cali’s related entity, 1 Water Street LLC, is proposing a project to go into 1 Water St. in White Plains where a comparatively small office building presently is located. The site is located at the northeast

corner of the intersection of Ferris Avenue and Water Street, diagonally across from the Metro-North train station. Real estate records indicate that the building was constructed in 1978 and that the site area is 1.24 acres. On a recent business day, the building appeared to be vacant with no cars in the parking lot and no lights visible inside.

The office building would be demolished and the property redevel-

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BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com WESTCHESTER’S STATE LEGISLATORS WERE SERVED a buffet of concerns about issues impacting business during a breakfast forum held by the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp./Westchester County Association on May 3 at Fordham University’s campus in West Harrison. Not the least of the concerns was the current effort in Albany to pass legislation

which would require the developer of any project receiving government benefits to pay workers the equivalent of prevailing union wages and benefits.

The current push for a single-payer health care insurance system in New York state and legislation that would require golf courses to be taxed at the highest possible commercial value also were scrutinized.

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$28M mixed-use development opens in downtown Peekskill

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ribbon cutting to open Lofts on Main, a $28 million development at 922 Main St. in Peekskill's downtown arts district, was held May 1.

Lofts on Main has 75 apartments in two four-story buildings with 7,200 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. There are 49 one-bedroom apartments and 26 two-bedroom, loft-style apartments. Tenants in the commercial space are Ty's Bread Basket BakeShop, The Evolution Gallery, Nourish Hair & Body Salon and Green's Natural Foods.

The project’s developer is Kearney Realty and Development of Baldwin Place. Ken Kearney, a principal of the firm, said private funding and money from state programs provided the necessary financing. State and federal low-income housing tax credits generated $10.9 million in equity.

There was a $5.2 million subsidy from New York State Homes and Community Renewal. The New York State Ener�y Research and Development Agency provided $187,500 and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provided brownfield tax credits that generated $3.7 million in equity. The Community Preservation Corp. provided a $15.5 million construction loan and a $6.8 million SONYMAinsured permanent loan.

The development was intended to have special appeal for artists in search of affordable housing and is in keeping with recent efforts to establish Peekskill’s downtown as a regional destination for arts and entertainment.

The development is not far from the Paramount Theatre and is within walking distance from City Hall, the public library and the Metro-North train station.

New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul attended the event. "The new Lofts on Main is more than just a building — it is a recognition that painters, photographers, musicians and more enrich our society while driving tourism and economic vitality. This investment in affordable housing and commercial space will further advance the momentum in the arts district and continue progress in the Mid-Hudson region," she said.

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From left: Westchester County Executive George Latimer; Peekskill City Manager Richard Leins; Sean Kearney and Ken Kearney; Andre Rainey; Kathy Hochul; New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas; Rafael Cestero, president and CEO of Community Preservation Corporation; Peekskill Deputy Mayor Kathleen Talbot; and Peekskill Councilwoman Patricia Riley.

The portion of the project fronting on Main Street.

Lofts on Main is being presented as part of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s $20 billion, five-year housing plan as part of building or preserving more than 100,000 affordable homes and 6,000 with supportive services.

Fifty of the apartments are targeted for households with incomes at or below 50% of the area’s median income with a preference for artists. Six apartments will be available for those with incomes at or below 90% of the area median income and 18 will be designated for those at or below 100% of the area median income. One of the two-bedroom

units is being set aside for the on-site superintendent.

There is a gallery space in the lobby for resident artists to showcase their work and two studio/ performance practice spaces. A courtyard between the two buildings is available as a performance and meeting space. There is a laundry room, fitness room, community room and rooftop terrace with views of the Hudson River. The development was designed to be ener�y efficient.

State Sen. Peter Harckham said, "Lofts on Main is the kind of mixeduse affordable housing project that will help continue to revitalize

Peekskill's city center, while ensuring that lower-income residents and the physically disabled aren't displaced from the area.”

Andre Rainey, Peekskill’s mayor, said, "Lofts on Main creates more high-quality housing options for local residents while also supporting economic growth and activity along Main Street here in downtown Peekskill. By providing live/work lofts in the heart of the city, the developer and the city are ensuring a vibrant city center.”

New York State Assembly member Sandy Galef said, "Having state dollars allocated towards affordable housing is very important to the communities in my district.

This significant project will help facilitate the artist community in Peekskill, which has contributed a very special component to life in the city."

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said, "Peekskill is growing stronger and when our downtowns thrive our county thrives. By constructing a mixeduse development dedicated to our local artists and residents of all income levels, we are providing more opportunities for all people to call Westchester County home."

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Latimer confident Westchester can succeed in running Playland

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lthough the elephant in the amusement park on May 6 was the county's cancellation of its contract for Standard Amusements to take over operation of the Playland amusement park in Rye, Westchester County Executive George Latimer stood at the entrance to Playland's kiddie park and delivered a message of commitment. “We'll find out soon enough who's going to be running the park in 2020, but for right now it's our duty and obligation to run it in 2019,” he told a news conference.

Latimer called the news conference to announce new events and features for the season. Each Westchester municipality will have a special day at the park where its residents

will receive parking, food and ride discounts and free beach or pool admission.

Laser light shows will take place twice nightly from June 8 to Sept. 2. There will be 11 concerts, a 60% increase from last year. A Playland Museum to showcase the 91-year-old park's history will be opened.

Latimer was joined by representatives of ArtsWestchester and the Westchester Parks Foundation in announcing plans for art displays on the property. The Parks Foundation will be providing funding.

“We have created a self-fulfilling prophecy (low expectations) in Westchester by not putting the level of ener�y and intensity into this park, separate and distinct from the amount of money that we may invest in the park,” Latimer said. He promised a level of marketing “that we have not seen here at least in a decade.”

Westchester County Executive George Latimer with Playland’s promotional cartoon character.

Photo by Peter Katz.

Latimer defended Playland against a story in the New York Post on May 4 in which the newspaper said it had obtained inspection reports from 2017 and 2018 alleging problems with food storage and rodents. The

2018 report had been prepared by an inspector hired

by Standard Amusements, according to the newspaper. “The park is safe, has been safe and will be safe,” Latimer declared.

When asked by the

Business Journal whether part of his intent with the news conference was to undercut the idea that Playland must have a private operator in order to be successful, Latimer said that the county could run it and pick up professional assistance as needed. “As an example, when you do advertising to promote the park, you go to a professional advertising firm to put together professional marketing. You don't expect that you'll have that advertising executive in-house,” he said.

Latimer said there is a partnership with WFUV radio to help identify musical talent to book at the park.

“To the extent that the message has been that the county government can't do it, I would say 'no.' The county government with proper partnerships can do it,” Latimer said.

Latimer hesitated to

make a prediction for the season's attendance, noting that last year's 450,000 guests would be the baseline. “If I said we intend to exceed it by 10% or 20%, it would be a number I'd pull out of thin air. As we go through the year, we intend to add additional marketing actions and activities, different things that we don't have on the books yet to bring people in on different days.

And, if we see success in the early things we do, then we're going to amplify it.”

Also on May 6, Standard Amusements hand-delivered to the County Board of Legislators its Draft Master Plan for Playland accompanied by a letter asking to meet and discuss the future of the amusement park. The letter made no reference to Latimer's previous announcement that the county was canceling the contract with Standard effective May 28.

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IN COURT Yalies for Yalies Bulldog venture capital fund has Yalies suing Yalies

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raduates of Yale University’s School of Management created Bulldog Innovation Group LLC in 2014 to enable Yalies to invest in Yalies, but the venture capital firm has devolved into Yalies suing Yalies.

EveresTV Inc., a Port Chester company controlled

by Jeffrey Feldman, class of 1995, sued Bulldog last month in federal court in White Plains, claiming that he was ousted as its managing director in violation of Bulldog’s rules.

“This is a case about power, control and manipulation under the guise of the corporate form,” his complaint states.

Bulldog struck first, in 2017, suing Feldman and EveresTV in Superior Court in Stamford, claiming that Feldman had tried to form a competing venture fund and

siphon off investors.

Feldman, of Greenwich, was hired in 2015 to run Bulldog. EveresTV invested $100,000, and he was designated as a founding member of the board of managers.

His job was to persuade Yale graduates and faculty members to invest in Bulldog’s Whitney Innovation Fund, and to use that capital to promote high-potential ventures by Yale graduates.

His federal lawsuit identifies, but does not name as defendants, four founding board members that he claims thwarted him: Robert Quartel Jr. (class of 1978), founder of Ntelx consulting firm in Washington, D.C.; Jay Readey (2004), a Flossmoor, Illinois, lawyer; Andrea Sehl (1981), a Kent, Connecticut, management consultant; and Tom Halsey (1981), a former Exxon official in Dallas.

In 2016, the board amended Bulldog’s operating agreement. EveresTV was not notified of the meet-

Yale University’s School of Management.

ing or allowed to vote, the complaint states, because board members created the “fiction” that Feldman had violated a no-competition requirement.

The board diluted EveresTV’s financial interests in Bulldog, the complaint states, stripped EveresTV of its voting rights, removed Feldman as a founding board member and fired Feldman as managing director of investments.

The complaint accuses Bulldog of minority shareholder oppression and demands that the venture capital firm be dissolved and liquidated.

EveresTV made similar allegations and demands in response to Bulldog’s lawsuit in Stamford. In July, the judge in that case ruled that Connecticut state court was not the place to consider dissolution of Bulldog, because the company was formed in Delaware and governed by Delaware law.

Bulldog’s complaint in Stamford claims that Feldman voluntarily withdrew as its managing director. He allegedly demanded three months of severance pay and said he would return Bulldog’s computers, passwords and documents once he was paid.

The lawsuit describes Feldman’s alleged demands as corporate ransom. The firm refused to pay severance, threatened legal action and got back its property.

Almost immediately after resigning, Bulldog claims, Feldman “sought to create an investment fund that would compete directly with Bulldog,” and he allegedly pressured Whitney Fund investors to withdraw $585,000.

Feldman had violated the firm’s confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation rules, Bulldog claims. The board deemed that, under the rules, EveresTV had withdrawn as a member. It could retain its investment in Bulldog but could no longer vote as a member.

Feldman allegedly responded that he was not bound by Bulldog’s rules because it was EveresTV, not him personally, that signed the operating agreement.

Bulldog also claims that

Feldman embarked on a campaign to disparage and injure the firm. He allegedly filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission, accusing Bulldog’s fund administrator of helping the Whitney Fund abscond with capital.

Bulldog is demanding that Feldman and EveresTV immediately cease breaching the operating agreement and is asking for unspecified damages.

Feldman filed a new complaint in the Stamford court on March 1.

He accuses Quartel, Readey, Sehl and Halsey of abusing their positions as members of Bulldog’s executive committee. He denied forming a competing fund, and he claims that he was forced to resign as managing director and was defamed by the board members.

He also is demanding unspecified monetary damages.

A trial is scheduled for Oct. 1 in Stamford.

Feds sue Chestnut Petroleum-owned gas stations to safeguard fuel tanks

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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he federal government is suing to compel 20 gas stations to safeguard underground storage tanks that are at risk of leaking hazardous chemicals.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman filed a civil lawsuit May 1 in federal court in Manhattan against Chestnut Petroleum Dist. Inc. of New Paltz, under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Underground storage tanks are a safe way to store gasoline, but when they are not monitored closely, the complaint states, “they

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can endanger the public and the environment … by leaking petroleum into the water supply, discharging toxic vapors into the air or even triggering fires or explosions.”

The alleged violations occurred from 2011 to 2014.

Many of the infractions are paperwork and procedural matters, but in some cases, the government contends, the company failed to investigate suspected leaks or unusual conditions.

Chestnut Petroleum did not immediately respond to email and voicemail messages requesting comment.

The gas stations are in Ardsley, the Bronx, Eastchester, East Middletown,

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Gardiner, Greenburgh, Middletown, Mount Pleasant, Orangeburg, Poughkeepsie, Schenectady, Rhinebeck, Wappingers Falls, as well as five New Jersey locations.

They operate under several corporate names but are alter egos of one another, the government states.

“The similarities in the nature and timing of the violations stems from the fact that all of the facilities,” according to the complaint, “exist within the same corporate structure and are overseen by the same personnel, who failed to ensure statutory and regulatory compliance in the same ways.”

Chestnut Petroleum is

a family-owned enterprise founded in 1981, according to its website, and has grown to 200 gas stations and convenience stores in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

The government cites Chestnut Petroleum for failures to maintain records, detect leaks and spills, inspect and test corrosion protection systems, cap and secure temporarily closed tanks, report or confirm suspected leaks or maintain insurance policies that would compensate anyone harmed by accidental leaks and spills.

In 2011, the company allegedly failed to report or inspect a potential leak in an

underground tank at a Mobil station at 891 Saw Mill River Road in Ardsley for seven months. A contractor eventually found a diesel fuel leak and fixed it more than a year after an alarm had indicated a leak.

Petroleum products that leak from underground tanks can move rapidly through the ground and into the groundwater, the complaint states. Petroleum vapors can contaminate nearby buildings.

Petroleum contains compounds that pose serious health risks. Benzene is a carcinogen that can also affect the central nervous system and even cause death when ingested. Chronic

exposure to toluene can cause tremors and impair speech, hearing, vision, memory and coordination.

The government is asking the court to order compliance with federal regulations on underground storage tanks and to mitigate prior violations. It is asking for unspecified penalties.

The regulations allow fines up to $16,000 a day per violation.

Berman filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency. Assistant U.S. attorneys Christopher Connolly and Jennifer C. Simon are prosecuting the case with assistance from the EPA.

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The developer is asking for a land swap between the developer and the city’s Urban Renewal Agency (URA).

Approximately 12,328 square feet of an unimproved portion of North Lexington Avenue, which abuts the developer’s property, would be swapped for a 12,610 square foot portion of the 1 Water St. site fronting on Ferris Avenue. It told the URA that during meetings with city staff to discuss the proposed project, it was determined that such a swap would be mutually beneficial.

At an April 23 meeting, the URA on a vote of 4-0 gave the developer permission to include the agency’s property in the application it submits to the city’s Common Council for site plan approval. The actual transfer of land rights was not covered by the resolution.

A presentation on the development proposal was made to the URA’s meeting

1 Water St. on the left, bus depot in the center and parking garage at the White Plains train station on the right.

by a group described as the 1 Water Street team, which included attorney Mark P. Weingarten of the White Plains-based law firm DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise &

Wiederkehr LLP; Jamie Cali of Roseland, a MackCali company; and Chris Boone, an architect from Lessard Design, an international architecture and planning firm.

The resolution said the proposed land swap would result in an improved site plan for both the applicant and city and that the city would wind up with a separate development parcel

with frontage on Ferris Avenue for potential future use by the city.

The train station area has figured prominently in the vision of the administration of Mayor Tom

Roach. It undertook a planning study for a White Plains Transit District and has been considering how three city-owned parcels and a URA-owned parcel that are in the same vicinity as the Mack-Cali site might be developed.

Directly across Ferris Avenue from the Mack-Cali site is the city-owned Site 4 at 20 Ferris Ave., where a city firehouse is located.

Site 3 at 16 Ferris Ave. is where the city’s train station garage is located. South of the garage at 10 Ferris Ave. is Site 2, the location of the main driveway for the station where taxis wait and some public meter parking is located.

Continuing south, across Hamilton Avenue, is Site 1, also known as the Bronx Street Lot at 3 Hamilton Ave. The city has said that all four parcels hold great potential for transit-oriented development and increased connectivity between the White Plains Transit District, adjacent neighborhoods and the rest of downtown White Plains.

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Assembly and Senate, who now operates lobbying firm Empire Strategic Planning, moderated the event. Attending were state Assembly members Kevin Byrne, David Buchwald, Amy Paulin, Nader Sayegh, Steven Otis, Tom Abinanti and Sandy Galef.

Senators Shelley Mayer and David Carlucci participated as did Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

Spano began by asking Galef about legislation that would change the way property taxes on golf courses are figured.

Galef (D-Ossining) chairs the Assembly Committee on Real Property Taxation.

She introduced legislation in the Assembly that would base the property tax assessment of golf courses on a property’s “highest and best use.” Carlucci, a Democrat representing parts of Rockland and Westchester, has introduced the Senate version of the bill.

A prime example of why they’re pushing the legislation is found in President Donald Trump’s Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Galef’s district. On Trump’s federal financial disclosure forms, he valued the golf club at $50 million. The local property tax assessment values the golf club at $14 million. Trump’s lawyers have been seeking a property tax reduction and claim the property is worth only $1.5 million. “There’s actually a condo on the property that is up for sale for $1.4 million, so you can see how this is just out of kilter,” Galef told the forum. She warned that if golf courses manage to slash their property taxes, businesses and all other property owners will have to make up what’s lost. “You’re going to pay for people to play golf,” she said. “My whole issue is equity and fairness in our taxation.”

Otis (D-Rye) said the Galef/Carlucci legislation doesn’t take into account that golf clubs have various business models.

“You have membership golf courses that have restaurants and bars. You have golf courses that don’t. You have golf courses that are clubs theoretically but really are owned by a partnership or individual.”

He said that although the issue needs action, “I’m not sure if Sandy’s bill is the right approach.”

Paulin (D-Scarsdale) warned that jobs may be directly related to golf club finances and that the clubs often employ some of an area’s poorest residents, many of whom may be immigrants. “We have to be very careful about where we go with this,” Paulin said.

Trump’s Westchester golf course is under investigation along with other Trump properties for allegedly knowingly employing illegal immigrants.

What’s definitely going somewhere, according to Mayer (D-37th Senate District), is legislation that would classify any development receiving government aid as a public works project and require the developer to pay workers the equivalent of prevailing union wages and benefits. The aid could be anything from an outright grant or subsidy to a tax break from a local Industrial Development

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From left: William M. Mooney Jr., the Westchester County Association’s president and CEO; Nick Spano; state Assembly members Kevin Byrne, David Buchwald, Nader Sayegh, Amy Paulin, Sandy Galef, Steven Otis and Tom Abinanti; state Sen. Shelley Mayer; and state Sen. David Carlucci. Photo by Peter Katz.

Galef warned that if golf courses manage to slash their property taxes, businesses and all other property owners will have to make up what’s lost.

Agency (IDA). A primary effect would be to remove any financial incentive for a developer to use nonunion labor on a project.

“In this room, nobody paid much attention when the Senate was controlled

by Republicans because the bill wasn’t going to move and although I made clear to my allies and friends in the business community and elsewhere that I was very open for discussion, no one wanted to discuss it,” Mayer said. She said with the Democrats controlling the Senate and Assembly, “I do think a bill’s going to pass, so I encourage everyone to come to the table and try to find a common ground.”

She indicated that an exception could be made for affordable housing projects, since costs to build those must be kept low or they won’t be affordable.

Attorney Mark Weingarten, whose practice includes representing developers, explained to the panelists that the issue is not paying someone a living wage, because even unskilled, nonunion laborers on a construction job often are making wages of $25 or $30 an hour. “The issue has boiled down to, effectively, what’s the benefit package.” He said that union carpenters in Westchester are earning $52 an hour. “However, they also get $53 an hour in supplemental benefits, 100% of their hourly wages.” Weingarten said that in many private businesses, 25% of wages is considered a substantial benefits package.

Kevin Plunkett of Simone Development Companies reminded the legislators that the IDA in Yonkers implemented a policy requiring prevailing wages to be paid on any project receiving IDA benefits. “Not one developer came in seeking incentives from that IDA. What is the impact on development? I understand they removed the policy.”

Paulin said she has withdrawn her support for the current prevailing wage legislation because of the widespread belief that it would bring an end to the current level of development activity. Paulin was an early sponsor of the prevailing wage bill in the Assembly. “I have removed my name this year because I have understood from my communities, and these are Democratic communities, these are communities that are desperate to do the right thing by the workers, and I have understood from them that a lot of these projects would not happen. We would not see development in New Rochelle, for example, so, I have a lot of reservations now at this point and I look forward to more conversations and to being educated

on specifics,” Paulin declared.

Debate on a single-payer health care system for New York has been heating up with renewed efforts by the Trump administration to kill the federal Affordable Care Act. With the Democrats in control of both houses in Albany, single-payer is being talked up even though it is not clear whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo would support it as a state program although he says it is the way to go at the federal level. While single-payer was approved in the past by the Assembly, it never stood a chance of passage in the formerly Republican-controlled Senate.

Byrne (R-Putnam County), whose district includes Yorktown and Somers, explained that he has a medical background having worked for the American Heart Association and CareMount Medical. “When it comes to single-payer, it’s something I have strongly opposed,” he said. “I don’t think you can say this is the silver bullet that’s going to solve our health care problems.” Byrne noted that the estimated cost of $200 billion to $250 billion for a single-payer plan in New York state would be well over the entire state 2019-2020 budget of $175 billion.

Stewart-Cousins, who became Senate majority leader in January, used the event to continue pushing back against Gov. Cuomo’s claim that she helped kill the Amazon deal to build a second headquarters in Long Island City when she nominated outspoken Amazon opponent State Sen. Michael Gianaris to the Public Authorities Control Board, which had the power to veto the deal. She contended that it was Amazon that made the decision to pull out and that any problems she had concerned the process, not the deal itself. “Anything that can go on for almost two years without the input of the local community, without the input of the local elected officials who actually represent that community, and be announced is a bad process,” she said.

Battery power versus nuclear power in Mount Kisco contamination lawsuit

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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he Environmental Protection Agency has monitored radioactive contamination at a Mount Kisco site for decades, according to a lawsuit, but until a year ago the federal agency had not shared concerns with the owner of an adjacent property that houses a Tesla dealership.

“EPA now places some urgency on a matter that has not been the subject of urgency for decades,” Victor Cannistra says in a court affidavit, “and is making unreasonable demands to access our property.”

Cannistra Realty LLC sued the EPA April 22 in federal court in White Plains for a declaration stating that the agency has abused its discretion.

Cannistra Realty does not object to the EPA testing its property, according to the complaint, but it wants the work done after normal business hours so as not to disrupt the Tesla operations.

The Tesla store is next to the property where Canadian Radium and Uranium Corp. produced materials for the Manhattan

Cannistra Realty does not object to the EPA testing its property, according to the complaint, but it wants the work done after normal business hours so as not to disrupt the Tesla operations.

Project’s development of atomic weapons for World War II. In 1942 it began refining uranium sludge into highly radioactive materials at 105 Kisco Ave. After the war it produced commercial quality radioactive materials.

Contamination was discovered as early as 1957 and the company tried to clean up the property up until 1966. The Mount Kisco Urban Renewal Agency bought the site and tried to clean it up, according to records in other lawsuits, but a contractor caused more contamination by releasing radioac-

tive materials into the soil.

Federal, state and local agencies have investigated the site since the late 1970s.

For 25 years, accountant Victor Cannistra worked next to the site at 115-125 Kisco Ave. He and his father bought the half-acre lot and two-story building in 1996. In 2013 they moved their accounting firm and leased the property to Tesla.

Cannistra says he was unaware of the Canadian Radium site, until the EPA contacted a year agoCarlLa with concerns TWBhim Hope’s Door Horton “that contamination may have migrated onto our 7.375” w x 7.125” h property.”

1-11-19 The EPA wants to place radon canisters on his property, do a radiological survey and take 10 or more soil samples over four to six days.

Cannistra says Mount Kisco is Tesla’s

No. 1 sales center in the Northeast. He asked the agency to do its work after business hours, so as not to interfere with sales and car repairs, disrupt 25 employees, obstruct the typically crowded parking lot or expose customers to risks. The firm asked the EPA to require the contractors to add Tesla as an insured party on their insurance policies.

Cannistra also offered to provide lighting and cover any overtime costs for doing the work at night.

“EPA refused to cooperate,” the complaint states or “take into account Cannistra and its tenant’s legitimate business and safety concerns.”

The EPA issued an administrative order on March 12, directing Cannistra to provide “unfettered access to the proper-

ty,” the complaint states.

Cannistra claims the order is invalid because it does not describe the property, recognize its use by a car dealership or identify, as required by EPA regulations, reasonable times for doing the work.

Cannistra is asking the court to declare that the EPA order violates the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and to strike the order as an abuse of discretion for failure to consider reasonable hours for the work.

EPA spokesman Elias Rodriguez said the agency does not comment on pending litigation.

Cannistra is represented by Nicholas M. Ward-Willis of Keane & Beane in White Plains.

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AVR Realty expanding its riverside community in Dutchess County

BY BOB ROZYCKI bobr@westfairinc.com

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VR Realty Co. of Yonkers is looking to expand its community that it created along the banks of the Hudson River in the form of Overlook Pointe, part of The Waterfront at Fishkill development of condos and townhomes.

Construction began in 2011 on an overgrown site of what once was Brockway Brickyards, a small company town with a store, school and a post office. Brockway was a thriving manufacturer that sent its product, bricks, harvested from the gray-blue clay along the banks of the Hudson that when fired in a kiln turned red, on barges up to Albany or down to New York City. Today, as AVR Realty looks to finish selling its remaining stock of housing from a group of 24 new waterfront condominiums, it’s looking ahead to a second phase of construction this year. This current group of one- to three-bedroom homes, priced from $350,000 to $500,000, was the most recent addition to The Waterfront at Fishkill, which includes 48 units — condos and townhomes — that were built in 2014.

The 52-acre site, which stretches from Route 9D near Dutchess Stadium down to the river, began with 103 single-family homes at Streamside Knolls and 180 townhomes at Holly Ridge.

Overlook Pointe — three buildings with a total of 24 units — opened in late fall of 2018. On a breezy April afternoon, Sales and Marketing Manager Susan Curtin gave the Business Journal a tour of the remaining condos.

“We’re 50 percent sold for the current phase,” Curtin said. “We hit the market at the right time. It’s working out really well.”

The tour begins in a two-bedroom furnished loft named Bannerman, a nod to

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Overlook Pointe on the Hudson River in the town of Fishkill. Photo by Bob Rozycki.

the island castle just south of Beacon. (Each of the names of the units — Clermont, Boscobel, Sprin�wood, Caramoor and Sunnyside — are of local historic significance.) Even on a cloudy day, the oversize windows that overlook the river light up the living room, which has a cathedral ceiling. The condo has a master bedroom with bath, second bedroom, second bathroom, dining room, loft, utility closet, deck and a garage.

The features of the units include oak hardwood floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and Kohler fixtures.

The “neighborhood amenities” include a seasonal swimming pool, tennis court, riverwalk trail and a clubhouse featuring a lounge,

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We are encouraged by a very strong housing market in the Hudson Valley, especially Dutchess County where home values have increased by 6% over last year with demand strong and inventory low.

It is an ideal time to offer new construction townhomes as demand in the market continues to grow due to low mortgage interest rates.

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gourmet kitchen, game room and fitness center.

Although it has a Wappingers Falls mailing address, the development is in the town of Fishkill, the Beacon School District and the Rombout Water District.

“It’s a unique thing to explain to people,” Curtin said, “that’s why we call it The Waterfront at Fishkill.”

As to who AVR Realty is marketing to as far as buyers, Curtin said it’s not one specific demographic.

“The kind of person looking for this kind of home is mostly empty nesters, some retired, some still working, some snowbirds,” she said.

“But also some buyers are young people, young singles, young couples. Maybe it’s their first home, but they’re not ready for maintaining a

yard and a home, but they want the benefits of homeownership.” Maintenance costs $249 a month.

Curtin added, “There are people that are in certain life stages, maybe divorced, so they’re not empty nesters or first-time homebuyers and maybe they don’t have children.”

With the Metro-North Railroad station about three miles away in Beacon, the development is also suitable for commuters to New York City.

Thomas Perna, director of land development for AVR Realty, said, “We are encouraged by a very strong housing market in the Hudson Valley, especially Dutchess County where home values have increased by 6% over last year with demand

strong and inventory low. It is an ideal time to offer new construction townhomes as demand in the market continues to grow due to low mortgage interest rates.”

This development, which will be built on a rise near the existing swimming pool, will be “traditional townhomes.”

“We’re going to do a lot of masters (bedrooms) on the main floor, two-car garage, mostly two bedroom, some three bedrooms, or an optional third bedroom in the walkout basement. We think those are probably the most desirable floor plans,” Curtin said. “We’ll have some river views up on the ridge and some will be farther back with no river view. But they’ll all be priced accordingly.”

New York City condemns tiny Pleasantville plot for Catskill Aqueduct work

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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ew York City is condemning a tiny sliver of land in Pleasantville for the $158 million Catskill Aqueduct repair and rehabilitation project.

The city petitioned Westchester Supreme Court April 23 for authorization to use the eminent domain process to acquire an easement on 0.01 acre of land between Washington Avenue and the Saw Mill River.

The city’s Department of Environmental Protection plans to build a 15-foot-wide access road so that valves can be replaced “for the purpose of maintaining, preserving and increasing the supply of pure and wholesome water for the use of the city.”

The Catskill Aqueduct is a 92-mile-long conduit, built

The Kensico Dam in Valhalla.

Photo courtesy of NYC DEP.

from 1907 to 1915, from the Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County to Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers. It tunnels through mountains, plunges under creeks and rivers — including 1,114 feet beneath the Hudson River — and surfaces for long stretches in covered trenches, to supply 40 percent of the city’s water.

The project is setting the stage for an ambitious $1 billion undertaking: the repair and replacement of sections of the leaky Delaware Aqueduct that supplies half of the city’s water. The

Catskill project will increase the aqueduct’s capacity and offset a diminished water supply when the Delaware system is shut down for construction in 2022.

The projects are part of New York’s Water for the Future initiative that is meant to ensure clean water for 9 million people in the city and in upstate communities along the aqueducts.

The Catskill work began last fall, will continue for 10 weeks this fall and pick up again next fall during the low-demand periods.

The work is being staged in 10 sections, from the Ashokan Reservoir to Kensico Reservoir, which covers Ulster, Orange, Putnam and Westchester counties. Eight leaks will be fixed, 36 valves will be replaced and a 74-mile section will be inspected and cleaned. The work is expected to add 40 million gallons a day to the current 590 million-gallon capacity.

New York City held a public hearing in September on its intention to condemn the tiny Pleasantville plot. No one from the public spoke, according to the petition.

The plot, at 424 Washington Ave., is part of a 0.18-acre property and house purchased by Susanne M. Cox in 2007 for $539,000.

The city is asking the court to determine the price of the easement. In 2017, city officials authorized compensation of $17,500.

Gov. Cuomo charged up over electric vehicle sales in NY

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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ales of electric vehicles in New York state soared 50% in 2018 as compared with the number sold in 2017, according to a report that was funded by the New York State Ener�y Research and Development Authority.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo released the report and he was out front in extolling the virtues of New Yorkers buying electric vehicles at a record pace.

The number of electric vehicles on the road jumped to 36,854 in 2018, up from 24,551 in 2017. The report has a new cost-benefit analysis showing increased deployment of electric vehicles in New York state could provide up to $5.1 billion in net spin-off benefits, including reduced costs of driving by eliminating gasoline and

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An electric vehicle charging station installed at the Dutchess County Office Building in Poughkeepsie. Photo courtesy of the county government.

maintenance costs of internal combustion engines and the complex systems needed to make today’s vehicles move.

Cuomo also announced a new fast charger hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport that will enable taxis, ride-sharing vehicles, buses and other electric vehicles to charge in 20 minutes or less.

The state has set a goal of increasing the number of electric vehicles (EV) on the road to approximately 850,000 by 2025 and 2 million by 2030.

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Mount Vernon city worker pleads guilty to credit card fraud for plastic surgery

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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Mount Vernon Police Department employee has pleaded guilty to using a credit card account created under another person’s name to pay for plastic surgery.

Fraida Hickson was charged with one count of credit card fraud on April 24 in federal court in White Plains.

Hickson used a Mount Vernon auxiliary police badge, according to the criminal complaint, to identify herself at the plastic surgeon’s office in 2017. She is listed on Mount Vernon’s website as director of civil defense, but now she works at the police department’s parking bureau.

The fraud was discovered in 2017 when a woman noticed her credit score had

dropped. Her credit report showed an unpaid balance of $20,465 on a CareCredit card for charges to a New York City plastic surgeon.

The woman, who is not identified in the complaint, disputed the charges. She had never applied for a CareCredit card, did not know the surgeon and did not know the person who had used the card.

The CareCredit account was opened online in March 2017, using the woman’s date of birth and Social Security number.

Three days later, a man called Synchrony Bank, the issuer, identified himself as the woman’s husband and asked to add Hickson and another woman, who also is not identified in the complaint, as authorized users. He provided their dates of birth and Social Security numbers.

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Synchrony approved the request and said the women were authorized for immediate access to the account.

Then Hickson and her accomplice called separately to verify their access.

Ten days later, Hickson and the accomplice had several procedures done by the surgeon. They charged the costs

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Hickson admitted to a Synchrony investigator, according to the complaint, that she had applied for a CareCredit card online. She did not know the woman in whose name the account was set up and she had no idea how she was added as an authorized user.

She reportedly told the investigator “she works ‘24/7’ and is really busy with her job and has ‘no idea’ how this happened,” the complaint states.

In January 2018 she told FBI agents that she had applied for a CareCredit card but was rejected, the complaint states.

Then she got a phone call from a man who claimed to

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She met the unidentified man at a gas station in the Bronx and paid him $1,500 for access to the account.

“Hickson acknowledged that this was an unusual way of doing business,” the complaint states.

She also reportedly told the agents that she did not pay attention to the name on the account when she signed for the charges and she does not know the woman.

Hickson is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 19 by U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas.

Hickson did not immediately respond to an email request for comment. She is represented by attorney Kerry A. Lawrence of Calhoun and Lawrence of White Plains.

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1133 Westchester Ave. apartments approved

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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eveloper Robert Weisz has received the approvals he was seeking from the White Plains Common Council to build three apartment buildings on a vacant portion of 1133 Westchester Ave. The council at its May 6 meeting approved the site plan and zoning amendment applications submitted by NRP RPW Westchester JV LLC. The site contains a 529,000-squarefoot, four-story office complex and several parking lots. The site plan calls for approximately 20 acres of the 74.2-acre parcel to be used for a residential community containing 303 apartments. The residential development would affect approximately 4.3 acres of woodland on the property, requiring the removal of 473 trees. Many of the trees

are described as being in poor health. A landscaping plan calls for the addition of 172 new ornamental trees and 301 other trees along with 406 shrub plantings.

The apartments would be in three five-story buildings. There would also be a clubhouse, outdoor heated swimming pool, outdoor patio space with a fireplace and grills and a publicly accessible park area with walking paths.

The zoning amendment request asked for the city's Planned Campus Development District to be overlayed on the existing Campus Office District.

The developer anticipated that the apartments would attract a total of 601 residents. In keeping with its analysis of the recreational needs of city residents, the city requires that developers preserve a portion of multifamily sites for use as parkland. However, it offers to accept a fee instead,

A portion of the existing complex at 1133 Westchester Ave. Photo by Peter Katz.

using a fee schedule based on the apartment mix in a proposed complex. In the case of 1133 Westchester Ave., there would be 178 one-bedroom, 115 two-bedroom and 10 three-bed-

room apartments. Nineteen of the units would be in the affordable category. The fee would have been $971,500.

Because the publicly accessible park area will be 12,000 square feet, the city

is giving the developer a credit of $766,769, reducing the fee-in-lieu payment to $204,731.

The construction time for the project is expected to be 20 months, to be

completed in three phases.

Weisz recently told the Business Journal that he hoped to begin construction no later than November. The applicant had told the city that there was no intention to do further development on the site after this project. However, according to a Planning Department document, after the residential buildings have been completed, there would be approximately 73,643 square feet of building coverage remaining available for development on the site. Additional review and approvals by the city would be required.

The application contemplated 476 parking spaces for residential use with residential parking located in front of each building. A total of 2,515 parking spaces will be provided on the site to serve both the residences and existing offices, 239 more than required to meet city standards.

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ASK ANDI Not an expert at ERP ERP IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DECISION. I DON’T WANT TO HALF-ASS IT. I’M NOT AN EXPERT AT ERP. I WANT SOMEONE WHO IS COMPLETELY UNBIASED TO HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHAT’S THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE OF MY BUSINESS. I COULD EASILY SPEND 100 HOURS ON IT, BUT I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT. I DON’T WANT TO MAKE THE DECISION

BY MYSELF. THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Let’s start by defining what is ERP and what it can do for any business. There are lots of folks who can provide advice on what to choose. Start by defining what’s going to be right for your business. Go through a careful investigation process.

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. That’s a fancy way to describe the various software systems that a company relies on to execute the work of the company. Every year small-business owners add more technolo�y: from 2010 to 2017 there was an 18% increase in tech among SMBs, a 30% increase in software spending and a total tech spend approaching $700 billion in 2017.

Growth in tech spending is practical. Updates in technolo�y create better ways for businesses to process and mine data. Measurable productivity and quality improvements stem from technolo�y and translate into bottom-line savings.

There’s still plenty of room for improvement. It’s estimated that one-quarter of small businesses rely on less-efficient, error-prone manual solutions instead of implementing technolo�y. Also, 80% of SMBs report that some portion of their information processing is manual despite having solutions available that they could implement.

When picking someone to help with your IT investigation, interview candidates to find out what services they offer and how they price. Ask them to describe in detail how they take companies like yours through a search process. Insist on talking with references who are just like you — same size, same industry, similar set of needs. Be sure to build a budget for the advisory services and be up-front about that budget.

Software vendors may have advisors, but the advice will likely be biased. Many of the accounting, legal and consulting firms you already work with may have an opinion, but make sure they have carefully vetted those recommendations. There are technolo�y firms, especially those that operate managed services businesses, that provide advice as part of their portfolio of services, some as part of a package they provide to their existing clients, others that offer a stand-alone service.

And then there are your peers. Look for the most advanced companies in your industry. Focus on firms that are twice your

size. Find those companies that you don’t directly compete with and ask them to show you what they use and why.

Once you’ve picked an advisor, build a set of requirements. What do you have now? What should you have in three to five years? What automation do you want to implement? Which areas could benefit from upgrading existing tech? Get an advisor on board, right from the get-go, to

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help you define your goals. Evaluate how well you work with your chosen advisor.

If it’s not working well for you, consider making a change. If things go smoothly, keep going.

Build a list of systems and companies to look at and set up interviews. Consider systems that “do it all” and multiple systems that can integrate into a complete solution.

Your advisor should help set up these meetings, provide you with a decision-making checklist and provide their recaps as well.

They should help you debate the pros and cons of the various solutions. And if you wish, make sure they can follow through to help oversee the final selection and implementation of your chosen solution.

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.

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Many Westchester businesses will have to offer paid ‘safe leave’

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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egislation signed May 3

by Westchester County Executive George Latimer requires businesses in the county, which have five or more employees to provide up to 40 hours of paid leave to employees who are victims of domestic violence or human trafficking. It is known as the Safe Leave For Domestic Violence Victims law. It is designed to help ensure that victims will be able to attend court proceedings. The paid time off also can be used to move out of an abuser’s residence or meet with lawyers as well as other advisers.

Employers are allowed to require the employee to submit reasonable documentation showing that the time off has been used only for purposes defined in the law.

“This is a major step forward for people who are vic-

tims of domestic violence to be able to get the support that they need in order to be able to deal with that victimization and to know they won’t be necessarily sacrificing their employment in the process of doing that,” Latimer said.

The new law goes into effect July 10.

“When someone has chaos or violence in their home, that comes into the workplace,” said Legislator Catherine Borgia, who was the bill’s main sponsor. Borgia represents District 9, which covers Cortlandt, Croton on Hudson, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor and Peekskill. “It impacts productivity. It impacts people’s health. It impacts the safety and welfare not only of the affected employee but the other employees. We know workplace violence often stems from a domestic situation, so it’s really important for us to take a stand.

“The business com-

From left: Marsha Gordon; George Latimer signing the bill; Catherine Borgia; Ben Boykin, chairman of the Board of Legislators; and Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins.

munity was actually very helpful to us in drafting the legislation in a way that we thought made a lot of sense.

Individual members from the Business Council were part of that discussion.”

Marsha Gordon, presi-

dent and CEO of The Business Council of Westchester, welcomed the new law. She said, “The Westchester business community is concerned, compassionate and clear on standing with our employees during their time of need.”

She said the Business Council will help get the word out about the new law and added, “While we didn’t particularly survey our members on this particular issue we feel very comfortable with knowing our members and knowing

that it’s not all about the bottom line. It’s really about caring for employees and doing the right thing.”

The legislation was unanimously passed by the Board of Legislators. During the signing event held at the County Office Building in White Plains, Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin said, “We have been working with all stakeholders. We’re working proactively with the business community.”

Joe Mayhew, secretary/ treasurer of Communications Workers of America Local 1103, worked with the Community Labor Coalition to push for the law. He said, “I know some will say that government should not meddle in the works of business but we at the Community Labor Coalition say, ‘you know sometimes employers need a little push to get in the right direction so if employers are not providing, then good government must act.’ ”

Westchester Community Foundation announces new round of grants

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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he Hartsdale-based Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) has announced its second round of grants for the year, with a total of $222,600 awarded to 10 local nonprofits. The first grants for 2019 had been announced in February. WCF is a division of The New York Community Trust.

The largest grant, $70,000, went to the Westchester Community College Foundation and will be used to provide scholarships for students attending the college. A $50,000 grant to Lifting Up Westchester (LUW) is for a pilot program to help prepare homeless individuals for stable housing. The program will offer life skills training for 300

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single homeless adults and help individuals find permanent housing and access to employment training and support. This may help to develop an improved countywide approach to homeless services.

Anahaita Kotval, executive director of LUW, said, “We are committed to finding permanent solutions to end homelessness in Westchester and are excited to find a community partner who shares our goal.”

The other grants for April included $15,000 to the Westchester Children's Association to train youngsters in advocacy skills; $3,600 to the Westchester Parks Foundation to help homeless boys from White Plains and Mount Vernon attend summer camp; $7,000 to the Caramoor Center for Music and the

Arts to support a series of 11 summer concerts focused on the “Giants of Germanic Music”; $16,000 to the Clay Art Center to support a one-year residency for an emerging ceramic artist from Westchester; $5,000 to the White Plains organization Downtown Music at Grace to support three free concerts of music

by German composers; $18,000 to SPACE on Ryder Farm to provide opportunities for emerging artists from Westchester; $13,000 to The Picture House Regional Film Center in Pelham to support a program for young people at risk of dropping out of Mount Vernon schools; and $25,000 to the Pro Bono Partnership in support of legal education programs for Westchester nonprofits.

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HEALTH CARE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL

OP-ED Proposed NY nurse staffing legislation may have unintended consequences

BY WILLIAM MOONEY and MIKE OATES

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here has been a good deal of publicity on the part of the New York State Nurses Association in support of proposed legislation to mandate nurse staffing in New York. We believe this legislation, if passed, may end up having unintended consequences for Hudson Valley health care providers and patients alike.

It’s noteworthy that we don’t know of any health

care professionals in favor of this legislation. The largest health care union has not endorsed this legislation. There is no correlation between mandated staffing ratios and improved quality outcomes. In fact, the opposite may occur. Patients, organizations and nurses are not all the same and variations in medical needs, available supplemental resources and nurse specialization need to be taken into account when determining staffing levels.

What business owner or CEO would accept outside man-

dates about how to staff their own organization?

It’s estimated that this legislation would add an additional $3 billion per year to the cost of health care in New York without any positive impacts on care quality. Can the health care providers, business community and patients afford this unnecessary expense? The whole nation, and particularly New York, is already complaining about the cost of health care.

A few things are clear if this legislation passes:

• Steep increases in staffing costs will force a number of hospitals and long-term care facilities to close.

• Dramatic cuts will be made to non-nurse staff.

• Access to care and services provided will clearly be reduced.

• There is no professional evidence that care will be improved.

• Emergency room wait times will increase, delaying life-saving services.

• Nursing shortages are already a problem and there won’t be enough nurses

available to comply with this bill as written.

We strongly urge the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reconsider the legislation it has on the table regarding mandated nurse-patient ratios. The dedicated people who run health care facilities and oversee the nursing functions know what’s best for their particular patients.

The health care sector is the most important economic driver in our region and to threaten its financial viability by an artificial mandate

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is unacceptable. As it currently stands, this legislation would add an unnecessarily large burden to the Hudson Valley’s already overburdened health care system.

William Mooney is the president and CEO of the Westchester County Association and Mike Oates is president and CEO of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation.

The organizations have announced a merger to drive economic development in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley.

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Tips to help make walking more fun and effective

BY MICHAEL MCGUIRE

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ith the days getting warmer and longer, people can finally put on their shoes and experience the many health benefits of walking — which may be one of the simplest and best ways to exercise.

The American Heart Association encourages people, schools, workplaces and communities to get out and walk for at least 30 minutes and put themselves on the road to a healthier lifestyle.

Studies have shown walking more and sitting less may help people maintain a healthier weight, ward off depression and prevent serious health issues like heart disease. And a report from Harvard Medical

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Consider the following tips to help make walking more fun and effective.

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THINK FIT

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Walking can also double as a chance to socialize with friends, family or co-workers.

Research shows there are several advantages to recruit-

ing a workout friend, likely because that person can hold you accountable and offer support. And starting or joining a walking group at work or in your neighborhood can prove helpful, too. Working out in a group lowers stress by 26 percent compared to working out alone.

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Studies show that people tend to overestimate how much they exercise and underestimate sedentary time. To help understand your actual activity patterns and, ideally, reinforce positive habits to support sustained change,

Many employers offer incentive-based wellness programs, including some that enable employees to earn more than $1,000 per year by meeting certain daily walking goals.

Similarly, there are websites that enable people to earn cash rewards for walking.

Michael McGuire is the CEO of UnitedHealthcare of New York.

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Urgent care centers and virtual visits help avoid unnecessary trips to the ER

JONNA M. SPILBOR LAW Jonna Spilbor, Esq. Attorney/Owner

BY NADINE COHEN

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ccording to the CDC, visits to hospital emergency rooms in the U.S. reached about 137 million in 2015. Nationwide, 9% of patients who visit emergency rooms are admitted to the hospital, which suggests that many patients seek care for maladies that can be treated elsewhere. This represents a huge drain on hospital services and the ability of physicians to treat actual life-threatening emergency cases.

Since hospitals run 24/7, and two-thirds of all ER visits occur outside of business hours, patients with non-life-threatening ailments divert resources from emergencies that need to be tended to first. And, nearly 25 percent of ER visitors waited four or more hours to be treated and many health insurance programs impose high deductibles for ER visits.

The New York State Department of Health determined that of the state’s 7 million annual ER visits many could have been dealt with in a different, less-costly primary or preventive-care setting.

In a 2018 industry white paper, The Urgent Care Association (UCA) stated that our nation’s health and health care delivery processes are at a time of unprecedented change in clinical practice and policy. Health care spending has escalated to 17.8% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product — a reportedly unsustainable cost that continues to climb.

It went on to say that urgent care medicine has experienced meteoric growth across our country (an $18 billion industry). UCA estimates the reported number of urgent care centers in the U.S. to be approximately 7,639 as of its mid-2017 count totals.

When visiting an urgent care center isn’t an option, a virtual visit could be.

Virtual visits provide access to quick, convenient health care when and where you choose. Patients with nonemergency symptoms (such as allergies, nausea, pink eye, sore throat, acne, fever, constipation, etc.) can access on-demand, high-quality care 24/7 using this service via their desktop or mobile app. You will connect with a board-certified physician in real time to receive a diagnosis, treatment plan and prescription as needed.

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Working to combat the opioid crisis: A local solution to a national epidemic

BY ALOK SHARAN

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he effects of the opioid crisis have been felt across the nation — from small towns to bustling cities. In 2017 there were upwards of 70,000 drug overdose deaths, the highest number for any single year in U.S. history.

To effect meaningful change when it comes to this epidemic, we must first understand one of its root causes — opioid overprescribing following surgery. We need to develop a comprehensive and unobstructed review of the situation and, in short, stop shying away from the glaring reality of the potential dangers of prescription opioids.

Opioids are the most widely prescribed class of drugs in the U.S. and are considered the mainstay of postsurgical

pain management, with nine in 10 patients receiving opioids after surgery. Consequently, surgery has become an unintentional gateway to persistent opioid use, meaning patients are still taking these medications three to six months after their surgical procedure.

It is imperative that surgeons and health care practitioners be more cognizant of their prescribing habits and, along with patients, become educated on effective nonopioid pain management options for use before, during and after surgery.

As a spine surgeon, I am conscious of my opioid prescribing habits and how I manage my patients’ postsurgical pain. Patients often assume spine surgery is an extremely painful procedure.

However, with the use of new technologies and nonopioid

options, this has changed.

It is especially important to me that I have conversations with patients about effective pain management options.

To manage postsurgical pain and simultaneously limit opioid prescribing, I use a non-opioid option called Exparel. It is a long-acting numbing medication injected during spine surgery that can provide patients with pain control during the first few days following surgery, when pain is often at its worst. In my experience, patients have reported a 75 percent reduction in postsurgical pain and — of the few patients who do require opioids — 70 percent stop use after just one week after surgery. This protocol has yielded a significant and measurable decrease in opioid use among patients while maintaining positive patient

outcomes and satisfaction.

We have developed a program called Awake Spinal Fusion whereby we are able to limit the amount of narcotics that are given after surgery while expediting the recovery process. Awake Spinal Fusion involves making a very small incision in the skin which results in faster healing times, reduced postsurgical pain, less muscle injury and better cosmetic outcomes compared to traditional spinal fusion surgeries. In most cases, patients have recovered and are up and moving just a few hours after surgery.

At this point 50 percent of our patients are undergoing spinal fusion surgery and going home the same day.

Minimally invasive procedures and nonopioid options are becoming increasingly popular in the midst of the

opioid epidemic, as patients and health care practitioners look for new ways to manage pain without exposing patients to opioids after surgery. Ending prescription drug abuse is easier said than done. Patient education is one of the most important and least discussed components of addressing this issue.

Prior to performing a surgery, I make sure to discuss my pain management protocol and nonopioid options with each of my patients. Starting these conversations empowers my patients to be active participants in their surgical experience from start to finish. Pain relief is not a onesize-fits-all approach and it should not be treated as such. It’s vital we work together against tired rhetoric that characterizes opioids as the only effective option to treat

pain. Non-opioid options are available, effective and offer the additional benefit of eliminating the risks associated with taking prescription opioids without decreasing the quality of patient care.

The opioid epidemic has impacted our entire nation and left destruction in its path. While it will take time to rebuild and recover from the damage that has been done, we must take steps to create a stronger foundation.

I believe that creating open patient-provider conversations on pain management, and the utilization of nonopioid options, are all building blocks for a better future.

Dr. Alok Sharan is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Westmed Medical Group and practices in Yonkers and New Rochelle. He can be reached at 914-831-4160.

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The growing need for navigation in cancer

BY DAVID ORTIZ

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hen my father was diagnosed with cancer he couldn’t remember the name of the doctor who gave him the diagnosis. All he could recall was that he had an inoperable plum-shaped tumor wrapped around his aorta. Fearing the worst, it is nearly impossible to retain the details a doctor or caregiver shares.

The key is to learn how to be an advocate, not just in terms of treatment, but how to curb cancer costs.

Why? A cancer diagnosis is financially toxic.

While the rise in global health care costs outpaces wages and inflation, the average cost of anti-cancer drugs has reached four times the median household income.

Certain cancer therapies cost more than purchasing a house in many U.S. cities.

The skyrocketing pace of increases in cancer care costs prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and private insurers to start a dialogue regarding new ways to reimburse for cancer care and how to reform our country’s health care system. The first step was the Centers’ Oncolo�y Care Model, introduced in 2016 to reward providers who deliver high-quality care while lowering costs through wiser spending. Through this model, a growing trend has been the introduction of clinical care navigators.

Clinical navigators hold the map to cancer treatments and are highly knowledgeable about the benefits that hospitals and insurance companies may provide to reduce the financial burden of cancer treatments. Acting as a guide, their experience provides patients with the

clearest path to the best outcomes, care compliance, timeliness and as a consequence, cost-efficient care.

Studies suggest that clinical navigation leads to improved side-effect screening and prevention, as well as longer-term cost reductions, primarily in early-stage cancers. Navigators also identify potential barriers for patients to comply with cancer treatment. On the other end of the care spectrum, navigators can intervene and help people with late-stage cancers avoid frequent hospital trips by helping them get the right care in the most appropriate setting. This also has significant cost-saving benefits.

This newly improved understanding of standardizing services and the value of people like navigators is essential for improving care and reducing costs.

A study published in the International Journal of

Radiation Oncolo�y Biolo�y and Physics found that missing just two cancer radiation therapy appointments, even when the full course of treatment was completed, can lead to worse outcomes, including higher recurrence rates and lower overall survival. Failure to cure cancer, as my colleague, Dr. Shalom Kalnicki, says, is the biggest waste of economic resources in cancer care. The expenditures for cancer treatment for a recurrent cancer are close to six times what we spend the first time around and cure rates are more than eight times lower.

Access to a navigator program, in-house or via a contracted service, is a cost-effective layer of support that benefits everyone involved.

Employers and insurers are starting to see this value.

In a 2018 national survey of employer-sponsored health plans conducted by

Mercer Consulting, employers spent 3.6% more in health benefits in 2017. The ones with fewer than 500 employees saw their costs rise by 5.4%. According to the Northeast Business Group on Health, employers report a level of complexity in managing employees’ cancer-related needs beyond that associated with any other type of disease or condition. A study in the American Journal of Managed Care found that 6.5% of a corporation’s total health care costs were spent on incremental care for cancer patients in 1997.

Employer opportunities to enhance services are emerging as payers like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and private insurers begin to adapt and spearhead new ways to make cancer care more efficient.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates the direct medical costs

for cancer in the U.S. were $80.2 billion in 2015. This cost is projected to hit $174 billion in 2020.

If we fail to address the needs of everyone impacted by cancer, we will alienate our patients and needlessly waste precious resources in cancer care. The time is now for hospitals, community-based organizations and insurers to work together and look at funding more resources like cancer navigators to improve care and reduce costs.

Dealing with cancer is complex. By working together, we can achieve the kind of high-quality, proactive care that people like my dad deserve and which will meet the needs required for the health care delivery system of tomorrow.

David Ortiz is the director of the Oncology Care Model at Montefiore Health System. He can be reached at daviorti@ montefiore.org.

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GOOD THINGS CMAD FESTIVAL BRINGS ARTISTS TO YONKERS’ ARTISTS The sixth annual Yonkers Arts Weekend (YAW) May 18-19 will include the CMAD Festival, which brings notable and emerging artists and culture to the city.

The free CMAD event offers attendees the opportunity to explore hundreds of pieces of artwork created by local artists, interact with art and artists, immerse themselves in music and dance and participate in a variety of other exciting activities, including family-friendly activities, workshops and quality food and beverages.

As part of YAW, the city of Yonkers will provide a free shuttle bus from the Metro-North Yonkers railroad station and free parking at YoHo Open Studios, the parking lot off Lake Avenue between Nepperhan Avenue and Saw Mill River Road and across on Nepperhan Avenue.

Attendees will have the opportunity to shop the work of over 60 artists from Yoho Open Studios who work with an array of mediums from jewelry, fiber, glass and ceramics, to filmmaking, photography, watercolor, mixed media and tattooing. This will mark the 16th year for the Yoho Open Studio.

For more information, visit cmadatyaw.org.

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES VP PROMOTED Kathryn Redican has been promoted to vice president of operations at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England, New York and Westchester Properties. In her new role, she will oversee the company’s marketing and education departments as well as the new development division and special projects. Most recently Redican served as vice president of marketing and business development, where she managed all marketing and communications for the Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island offices.

Prior to joining Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in 2014, Redican spent more than eight years branding and selling luxury residential properties in New York City for Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group and the LeFrak Organization. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international political economy from Fordham University and is a licensed real estate salesperson in Connecticut and New York.

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ARC WESTCHESTER’S FOURTH TECH CONFERENCE

Dr. Danilo Silva

From left: Magdalini Villani, Irvington Union Free School District; Laurel Skultety, Schenectady Arc; Jordan Jankus, coordinator of person-centered and cognitive supports, The Arc Westchester; Sarah Reddy, Heritage Christian Services; and Jennifer Harriton-Wilson, Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES.

The recent fourth annual Tech Supports for Cognition & Learning Conference at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, co-hosted by The Arc Westchester, showcased technologies that can be used to help individuals with cognitive disabilities learn, live and work with more independence. Other event partners included AHRC New York City, Westchester Library System, Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES and Vising Nurse Service of Westchester (VNS).

The conference gathered experts in the fields of technology, education, learning, clinical supports and direct-service supports for an audience comprised of parents, professionals and providers who participated in a series of interactive and dynamic breakout sessions covering everything from apps, social media and telehealth to widely used digital tools, such as Apple products and Microsoft Windows, that can greatly help this population.

The morning kicked off with opening remarks from Joan Toglia, dean of the Mercy College School of Health and Sciences; Tibisay (Tibi) Guzmán, executive director and CEO, The Arc Westchester; and Jordan Jankus, coordinator of person-centered and cognitives Supports, The Arc Westchester.

The conference was sponsored by Altice Business and Littman Krooks LLP. For more information, visit https://www. arcwestchester.org/techconference2019.

MAYOR’S INITIATIVE CONTINUES FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOP Mount Vernon’s “Mayor’s Healthy Homes Initiative” continued a financial literacy campaign with a follow-up seminar designed to raise residents’ credit scores so they can have better access to loans and capital.

Michael C. Grayson of the Credit and Debt Management Institute returned to the One-Stop Career Center at 130 Mount Vernon Ave. to discuss his strategies for raising his clients’ credit scores and eliminating debt.

Grayson said that many credit repair or credit counselling services are consumer scams. Grayson’s workshops are designed to help attendees decide which credit advisors are legitimate.

The Mayor’s Healthy Homes Initiative is a citywide campaign to engage residents on health, wellness and the pursuit of happiness across all categories, including (but not limited to) agricultural, educational, environmental, energy, financial, social, physical and spiritual.

Credit and debt are significant issues in Mount Vernon because almost 15 percent of the city’s population lives in poverty, according to the U.S. Census.

Michael C. Grayson at the Credit & Debt Management Workshop in Mount Vernon.

Additionally, households in Mount Vernon have a median household income of $54,573, which is far lower than Westchester County’s median household income of $89,968, according to the U.S. Census. The median is the point at which half of households earn more and half earn less.

Future workshops will target city officials, clergy and other community leaders.

The goal is that once the city’s influencers learn how to raise their credit scores, they will be able to share their knowledge throughout Mount Vernon and raise residents’ scores.

BRONXVILLE RESIDENT AND NEUROSURGEON TO LEAD PHELPS STROKE CENTER Dr. Danilo Silva, a neurosurgeon specializing in skull base surgery and brain tumors, has joined Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow as the director of neurosurgery. Silva is also a member of the Department of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Both hospitals are part of Northwell Health.

Known for his excellent patient communication skills and patient-centered approach, Silva chose to join Phelps Hospital because it provides state-of-the-art treatment and a high standard of care in a convivial, community-oriented setting.

SETH GODIN KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT OPEN DOOR POWER LUNCH Seth Godin, who has been called the “ultimate entrepreneur for the information age,” was the keynote speaker at “Power Up,” the power lunch held at Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison by the Open Door Foundation.

Godin, who lives in Westchester, spoke about “Work that matters for people who care.” He discussed the way ideas spread and how we all have the ability to disrupt the status quo, cause a ruckus and live with purpose.

Open Door, a nonprofit pioneer in community-based primary medical care, serves nearly 57,000 patients each year at its primary care and dental sites in Ossining, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, Brewster, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco and Saugerties. Many of its patients live at or below the federal poverty line and would otherwise be unable to afford quality health care.

Also honored at the event were Rye Presbyterian Church and Rye Presbyterian Nursery School, recipients of the Community Partnership Award, and Alicia Ward, founding manager of Volunteer Programs at Open Door, who received the Changemaker Award.

LABOR-SKILLS GAP IS HURTING NEW YORK EMPLOYERS According to the National Skills Coalition, middle-skills jobs, which require education beyond high school but not a four-year degree, make up the largest part of America’s and New York’s labor market. Key industries in New York are unable to find enough sufficiently trained workers to fill these jobs.

Demand for middle-skills jobs is expected to remain strong through 2024, with 45% of job openings falling in this category.

The Westchester-Putnam Workforce Development Board will host a learning and panel discussion Monday, May 20 to address the shortage of middle- and soft-skills training.

The event is free and will be held at White Plains High School’s Library Media Space at 550 North St. Breakfast and registration, 8:30 a.m.; program 9 to 10:30 a.m. Online registration is requested at https://career-pathway-breakfast. eventbrite.com.

The panel moderator will be Thom Kleiner, executive director, Westchester-Putnam Workforce Development Board; the panelists are Michael Baston, president, Rockland Community College; Joseph Ricca, superintendent of schools, White Plains Public Schools; LaTasha Hamlett-Carver, Career Center program specialist; Teresita B. Wisell, vice president, Workforce Development and Community Engagement, Westchester Community College; Carolyn Chieco, high school guidance counselor and consultant; Daniel Bonnet, deputy executive director, Center for College & Careers at the Guidance Center of Westchester; and Orane Barrett, CEO, Kool Nerd Club.

ARTSWESTCHESTER’S BIGGEST ANNUAL HOUSE PARTY Enjoy an evening of food, fun and art featuring chef David DiBari, restaurateur John Crabtree, “Restaurant Hunter” Rob Petrone and more than 20 of the area’s hottest restaurants as they come together for this year’s ArtsBash party in White Plains on Thursday, May 16, from 6 to 9 p.m.

The Family ArtsBash celebration will follow on Saturday, May 18, from 1 to 5 p.m., featuring a day of affordable, hands-on activities for kids of all ages.

Festivities will take place throughout ArtsWestchester’s historic building, located at 31 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains.

HOSPITAL ‘WINE AND DINE’ FUND-RAISER RAISES $100,000

From left: Dr. Lawrence D. Koutcher, medical director of radiation oncology; Putnam County Legislator Nancy Montgomery; Dr. J. Gregory Mears, medical oncologist, clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Dr. Andrew Ashikari, surgical oncologist, The Ashikari Breast Center; Karen Westervelt, MHCDS Group senior vice president and chief operating officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Regional Hospital Network; City of Peekskill Mayor Andre Rainey; Westchester County Executive George Latimer; Dr. Mark B. Stoopler, FACP medical oncologist, associate professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Dr. Gary Schwartz, professor of medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, division chief, hematology/oncology and deputy director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center; Dr. Martin W. Oster, medical oncologist, associate professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Stacey Petrower, president, NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital; RoseMarie Panio, Wine & Dine committee chair; and Michael Delfino, chairman, Community Board. Photo courtesy of NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital’s 9th annual “Wine and Dine” gala raised nearly $100,000 to benefit the hospital’s Cheryl R. Lindenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. More than 300 supporters attended the event at the Sleepy Hollow County Club in Briarcliff Manor.

The NYP Hudson Valley Hospital’s

cancer center provides patients with a high quality of comprehensive cancer care located in one building on its Cortlandt Manor campus. The center provides patients with access to expertise and resources, including highly skilled and dedicated oncologists from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center — one of only three National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in New York state. Earlier this year, the center received a three-year accreditation with commendation from the Commission on Cancer.

WESTCHESTER LEGISLATORS EXPLORE NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS TEXTING AND DRIVING On April 29, state Senator Shelley B. Mayer (D-Westchester), Ben Lieberman, founder of the Alliance Combating Distracted Driving, other elected officials and distracted driving-prevention advocates hosted a roundtable in Albany to discuss the challenges and impact of distracted driving due to cell phone use. Currently, law enforcement has no practical means of determining whether distracted driving due to cell phone use contributed to a motor vehicle crash.

Participants explored a new tool named the “Textalyzer,” developed by the company Cellebrite, which allows law enforcement to field-test mobile devices for use while driving. The Textalyzer reveals to law enforcement time stamps of the driver’s swiping or typing on his/ her mobile device, without storing or retrieving personal content. The Textalyzer does not reveal the content or application used by the driver, only the time stamp of when the driver was swiping or typing.

The Textalyzer technology can also distinguish between legal, hands-free use of the mobile device through bluetooth technology.

KEVIN PETERS NAMED TO BARRON’S 2019 ‘TOP 100 FINANCIAL ADVISORS’ Kevin M. Peters, a managing director, wealth advisor in the Morgan Stanley Purchase office, has been named No.12 on Barron’s annual list of America’s Top 100 Financial Advisors.

On the list is a select group of individuals who are screened on a number of criteria. Among factors the survey takes into consideration are assets under administration, revenue produced for their firm and quality of service provided to clients. Investment performance is not an explicit criterion.

HVEDC WELCOMES NEW ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC), which recently announced its intent to merge with the Westchester County Association (WCA), welcomed the addition of Michelle F. Rider of Catania, Mahon, Milligram & Rider PLLC to its board of directors.

Rider joined the a law firm based in the Hudson Valley, as a partner in 2009.

She currently practices business and corporate law, health law and estate and succession planning. Before practicing law, Rider worked as a certified public accountant, including experience in auditing mid-sized and large companies and nonprofit organizations.

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From left: Assembly member Amy Paulin, bill sponsor; Ben Lieberman, New Castle resident and founder of the Alliance Combating Distracted Driving via Skype in background; Ric Simmons, 4th Amendment expert and constitutional scholar; state Senator Shelley Mayer, bill sponsor; Assembly member William Magnarelli, chair of the assembly committee on transportation; and Assembly member David Buchwald, bill co-sponsor.

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Good Things YES SHE CAN HONORS ADVOCATES FOR ADULTS WITH AUTISM

Keith Betensky

John M. Tolomer

PARKS FOUNDATION ELECTS NEW MEMBER TO BOARD

THE WESTCHESTER BANK NAMED A ‘BEST COMPANY TO WORK FOR IN NEW YORK STATE’ The Westchester Bank, a community bank headquartered in White Plains, was recognized April 24 as a “2019 Best Companies to Work for in New York State.” The awards banquet, held at the Albany Marriott, was hosted by the New York State Society for Human Resource Management, which recognized 75 employers, including The Westchester Bank, from across the state. Earning a No. 9 overall ranking, this recognition was the third consecutive year for The Westchester Bank.

To be considered for the award, companies had to fulfill registration eligibility requirements, then participate in a two-part anonymous survey of employee satisfaction and engagement as well as workplace practices and policies.

John M. Tolomer, president and CEO of The Westchester Bank, stated, “It’s an honor to be recognized as a Best Company to Work for in New York, and a tribute to every one of the 70 people working here.”

From left: Pat Rowan, who helped launch the agency’s job coaching program; Joy Soodik, senior managing director and chief compliance officer at Clarfeld Financial Advisors; Paul Morris, a young man with autism who has a career; and Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

“I’m thrilled to recognize our honorees who support Yes She Can and the young women who benefit from our services,” said Marjorie Madfis, president and executive director of Yes She Can. Since its creation as a volunteer organization in 2013, Yes She Can (YSC) has become a recognized leader in job-skills

development for young adults with autism and related disabilities. It strives to make the Westchester community, businesses and employees more accommodating, accepting, inclusive and respectful of people with autism in the workforce.

Yes She Can provides practical training for young women at its Girl AGain boutique,

which sells gently used American Girl merchandise. The women sort, clean and prepare the merchandise, price it and display it in the retail shop and learn about researching, merchandising, inventory acquisition, marketing, sales and customer service in addition to appropriate workplace behavior, collaboration and decision-making.

YONKERS NATIVE’S FILM CELEBRATES ENCORE SCREENING IN CITY

IMPACT100 WESTCHESTER GRANT FINALISTS

VASSAR’S NEW DEAN OF ADMISSIONS Sonya K. Smith, director of graduate admissions at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, has been named Vassar College’s new dean of admissions according to President Elizabeth Bradley. Smith has worked in admissions for nearly two decades and has been at Princeton since 2013.

Before Princeton, Smith worked at Stanford University as assistant dean for admissions. Earlier in her career, she spearheaded diversity outreach at Reed College as the associate dean of multicultural recruitment. Smith earned her bachelor’s degree from Stanford in 1995 and her master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1997.

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The Westchester Parks Foundation, dedicated exclusively to promoting and supporting Westchester County parks, has announced the election of Keith Betensky to its Board of Directors. He will serve a three-year term starting this year.

Betensky, the managing partner at the Law Offices of Keith R. Betensky and of counsel to McCullough Goldberger and Staudt LLP, has practiced law in the New York metropolitan area for more than 15 years.

He has extensive experience representing individuals, small businesses, municipalities, Fortune 500 companies and public utilities on a wide variety of legal matters.

A native New Yorker and resident of Bedford, Betensky earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and his Juris Doctorate from Northeastern University.

Patty Schumann, the festival director at YoFiFest, and William Dickerson, filmmaker.

On the heels of its worldwide release last month and a successful East Coast premiere at YoFiFest , the Yonkers Film Festival, last November, the indie film “No Alternative” recently

celebrated an encore screening at the YoFiDMAC. “No Alternative”, which was written and directed by Yonkers native William Dickerson, is a coming-of-age

film that tackles themes of addiction, suicide and mental illness and is loosely based on Dickerson’s life. The movie was shot and produced in Yonkers and Westchester County.

Impact100 Westchester in Hartsdale, a women’s collective giving organization with 352 members, engages women in philanthropy. Its Impact100 2019 will award $352,000 to Westchester nonprofits, including three $100,000 transformational project grants, three core mission grants and one focus area grant.

The six grant finalists are Gilda’s Club Westchester, Hudson Valley Community Services, Project Reach Out, Lifting Up Westchester, Westchester Jewish Community Services and The YWCA White Plains and Central Westchester.

Each of the six finalists will present their projects to Impact100 members at its annual meeting Tuesday, May 21, at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. After the presentations, the membership will vote and the grants will be awarded.

For more, visit impact100westchester. org.

Facts & Figures BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan C.T.W. Realty Corp., 55-59 Chrystie St., New York 10002. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Steven B. Smith, New York City. Filed May 1.

Case no. 19-11425-mkv.

Licari Cutler LLC, 693 Fifth Ave., 15th floor, New York 10022. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Alla Kachan, Brooklyn 11235. Filed May 2. Case no. 19-11435-mkv.

Yelo LLC, 5 E. 57 St., 12th floor, New York 10022. Chapter 7, voluntary.

Attorney: James H. Shenwick, New York City. Filed May 1. Case no. 1911420-shl.

219 Sagg Main LLC, 307 W. 38 St., Suite 2010, New York 10018. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Joel Shafferman, New York City 10010. Filed May 3. Case no. 19-20004-rdd.

Sungard Availability Services LP, 50 Main St., Suite 1014, White Plains 10606. Chapter 11, voluntary.

Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes, New York City. Filed May 1. Case no. 1922914-rdd.

Sungard Availability Services Technology LLC, 50 Main St., Suite 1014, White Plains 10606.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes, New York City. Filed May 1. Case no. 19-22917-rdd.

Sungard Availability Services VeriCenter Inc., 50 Main St., Suite 1014, White Plains 10606. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes, New York City. Filed May 1.

Case no. 19-22919-rdd.

Martial Vivot LLC. Filed by Kareem Nisbett. Action: federal question – other civil rights. Attorney for plaintiff: Douglas Brian Lipsky. Filed May 6. Case no. 1:19-cv-04012-PGG.

ABC Corp., et al. Filed by Mario Bautista. Action: federal question – fair labor standards. Attorney for plaintiff: Lorena P. Duarte. Filed May 2. Case no. 1:19-cv-03963-LTS.

Sungard Availability Network Solutions Inc., 50 Main St., Suite 1014, White Plains 10606. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes, New York City. Filed May 1.

Case no. 19-22920-rdd.

Bkuk 10 Corp., et al. Filed by Jose Vazquez Reyes. Action: denial of overtime compensation. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael Antonio Faillace. Filed May 1. Case no. 1:19-cv03919-AT.

Sungard Availability Services Capital Inc., 50 Main St., Suite 1014, White Plains 10606. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes, New York City. Filed May 1. Case no.

19-22915-rdd.

B.M.H. Realty LTD., et al. Filed

by Luigi Selca. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Amit Kumar. Filed May 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-03985-AJN.

Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

Let’s Eat LLC. Filed by Michael Adams. Action: federal question.

Attorney for plaintiff: Maria Costanza Barducci. Filed May 3. Case no.

1:19-cv-03975-ALC.

COURT CASES

Inflow LLC, 50 Main St., Suite 1014, White Plains 10606. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes, New York City. Filed May 1. Case no.

19-22918-rdd.

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to:

JUICE Press 29 LLC, et al. Filed

by Kirkpatrick B. Dunbar. Action: federal question – other. Attorney for plaintiff: Ismail Sinan Sekendiz.

Filed May 2. Case no. 1:19-cv-03960RA.

Lucky Seven Restaurant & Bar LLC, et al. Filed by Jesus Brito.

Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: David Stein.

Filed May 1. Case no. 1:19-cv-03876PAE-KHP.

Manhattan

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

Intellipark Garages LLC, et al.

Filed by Fred Alston as a trustee of the Local 272 Labor Management Pension Fund, et al. Action: E.R.I.S.A. Attorney for plaintiff: Jeffrey Stuart Dubin. Filed May 1. Case no. 1:19-cv-03897-AJN.

6A Pinebrook Road Corp., 6 Pinebrook Road, Monsey 10952.

Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Julian Alan Schulman, Suffern. Filed May 6. Case no. 19-22935-rdd.

Westchester

Sungard Availability Services Holdings LLC, 50 Main St., Suite 1014, White Plains 10606. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes, New York City. Filed May 1.

Case no. 19-22916-rdd.

ON THE RECORD

Conagra Foods Inc., et al. Filed

by Grace Bozick. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney for plaintiff: Gary Todd Certain. Filed May 6. Case no. 1:19-cv-04045-GHW. Disney Severance Pay Plan, et al. Filed by Nancy J. Soto. Action: E.R.I.S.A.– employee retirement.

Attorney for plaintiff: David Steven Preminger. Filed May 6. Case no.

1:19-cv-04048-AJN. Elite Daily Inc. Filed by Lawrence Schwartzwald. Action: copyright infringement. Attorney for plaintiff: Richard Liebowitz. Filed May 6.

Case no. 1:19-cv-04062-KPF. Forge Restaurant LLC, et al.

Filed by Juan Carlos Pavon. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys for plaintiff: Armando Aguirre Ortiz and Brian Scott Schaffer. Filed May 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-04008-PGG.

Masterpiece Caterers Corp., et al. Filed by Ana Maria Flores. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Jacob Aronauer.

Filed May 6. Case no. 1:19-cv-04059LGS. One Design Accessories LLC, et al. Filed by Meredith Smith. Action: job discrimination (unlawful employment practices). Attorney for plaintiff: Alexander Gabriel Cabeceiras. Filed May 3. Case no. 1:19-cv03990-WHP. Papa Murphy’s Holdings Inc., et al. Filed by Evan Brown. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Juan Eneas Monteverde.

Filed May 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-03984VM. Postmates Inc. Filed by Jamie Feld. Action: diversity action. Attorney for plaintiff: Matthew Bobrow.

Filed May 1. Case no. 1:19-cv-03899PKC.

Travelers Indemnity Company.

Filed by the city of New York. Action: diversity - insurance contract.

Attorney for plaintiff: Anjan Mishra.

Filed May 7. Case no. 1:19-cv-04083.

VI Development Group LLC, et al. Filed by Victor Coyotl Cuaya.

Action: civil damages for fraudulent filing of information. Attorney for plaintiff: C.K. Lee. Filed May 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-03992-RA.

Westchester Citi group. Filed by John Joseph Cullen. Action: job discrimination (other). Attorney for plaintiff: pro-se.

Filed May 2. Case no. 7:19-cv-03934NSR. Edward Village Group LLC. Filed

by Unite Here Retirement Fund, et al. Action: E.R.I.S.A. – Delinquent Contributions. Attorney for plaintiffs: Jeremy Edward Meyer. Filed May 6. Case no. 1:19-cv-04030-JGK. Equifax Information Systems LLC, et al. Filed by Josephine L. Potente. Action: Fair Credit Reporting Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Evan Stone Rothfarb. Filed May 6. Case no. 7:19-cv-04050-VB. Oasis Homeless Shelter, et al.

Filed by Tamicko Murray McIver.

Action: nonprisoner. Attorney for plaintiff: pro-se. Filed May 2. Case no. 1:19-cv-03979-UA. Open Door Family Medical Center Inc., et al. Filed by Guillermo Martinez. Action: Federal Tort Claims Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Christine Coscia. Filed May 3. Case no. 7:19-cv-04007-KMK. Rikers Island Correctional Facility, et al. Filed by Quentin P. Starkes. Action: prisoner civil rights.

Attorney for plaintiff: pro-se. Filed May 3. Case no. 1:19-cv-04017-UA.

DEEDS Above $1 million

LL Parcel E LLC, Horsham, Pennsylvania. Seller: Lighthouse Landing Communities LLC, New York City. Property: 199 Beekman Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed April 30.

93-32 Hollis Court Blvd LLC, Central Islip. Seller: Finance of America Structured Securities Acquisition Trust 2017-HB1. Property: 17 Kress Ave., New Rochelle.

Amount: $325,000. Filed May 1.

Mar-Vin Family 1031 LLC, et al, Hartsdale. Seller: Amanda’s Lane LLC, Bronx. Property: 18 Harmon St., White Plains. Amount: $6.9 million. Filed May 1.

Aronian Associates LLC, North Salem. Seller: Daniel G. Koch, et al, North Salem. Property: 10 Lost Pond Lane, North Salem. Amount: $833,000. Filed May 2.

National Transfer Services LLC, Houston, Texas. Seller: Taran S. Bae, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 54 Paddington Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed May 3.

ASM Underhill Holdings LLC, West Harrison. Seller: Luna Group West LLC, West Harrison. Property: 174 Underhill Ave., Harrison.

Amount: $803,200. Filed May 2.

Open Door Family Medical Center Inc., Ossining. Seller: DP 22 LLC, Mount Kisco. Property: 2 Church St., Ossining. Amount: $5.1 million.

Filed April 29.

B. Hickey Enterprises Inc., Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Cecille Downey, Peekskill. Property: 208 Pomeroy St., Peekskill. Amount: $340,000. Filed April 30.

Station 235 Halstead LLC, White Plains. Seller: Sinis and Sinis Realty LLC, West Harrison. Property: 235 Halstead Ave., Harrison. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed April 29.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Alfred J. Del Rey Jr., Pelham Manor.

Property: 321 E. Sidney Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $629,400. Filed April 30.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Peter P. Rosato, White Plains. Property: 15 Highview Road, Pound Ridge.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed May 1.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Seller: Massimo DiFabio, Purchase. Property: 108 Pengilly Drive, New Rochelle.

Amount: $750,000. Filed April 30.

Below $1 million 128 West Kingsbridge LLC, Plainview. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 128 Kingsbridge Road West, Mount Vernon.

Amount: $330,000. Filed May 3.

146 Elliott Ave LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: Clifton Harris, Yonkers.

Property: 146 Elliot Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $200,000. Filed April 30.

225 Underhill Ave Corp., Roslyn.

Seller: Andria A. Cassidy, Yorktown Heights. Property: 225 Underhill Ave., Yorktown. Amount: $499,900.

Filed May 3.

Camnar Associates LLC, Yorktown Heights. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 3435 Lexington Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $304,500. Filed May 2.

Carriage House Owner’s Corp., Yonkers. Seller: city of Yonkers.

Property: 1703 Central Park Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $270,035. Filed April 30.

Cojax Construction LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Irish Flyers Properties LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 508 Franklin Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $680,000. Filed May 3.

3240 Cab LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: 2147 Ellis Ave LLC, Bronx. Property: 11 Jones Place, Yonkers. Amount: $230,000. Filed April 29.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Carla Glassman, White Plains. Property: 29 Pinebrook Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $578,000. Filed May 1.

S&D Wave Group Inc., et al. Filed

by Kirkpatrick B. Dunbar. Action: federal question – other. Attorney for plaintiff: Ismail Sinan Sekendiz.

Filed May 2. Case no. 1:19-cv-03964GBD.

1100Adams205 LLC, Rye. Seller: 3230 Lexington LLC, Chappaqua.

Property: 50 Wildey St., Greenburgh. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed April 30.

534 North LLC, New Rochelle.

Seller: Maria Pia Palermiti, Mamaroneck. Property: 534 North Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $410,000.

Filed April 30.

Dig Development LLC, Glen Cove. Seller: Inolyn Norman, Mount Vernon. Property: 326 Fifth Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $130,000. Filed May 3.

The Egg Shop Les LLC. Filed by Prentice Cox. Action: federal question – other. Attorney for plaintiff: Ismail Sinan Sekendiz. Filed May 2.

Case no. 1:19-cv-03952-VSB.

118 E Fourth Apartments LLC, Lakewood, New Jersey. Seller: 118 E. Fourth Street Realty Corp., Pelham.

Property: 118 E. Fourth St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed May 3.

7 MRY LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP, Irvine, California.

Property: 89 McLean Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $225,000. Filed May 3.

Eureka3 Home Buyers LLC, White Plains. Seller: Robert Casasanta, et al, Peekskill. Property: 230 Sherman Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $95,046. Filed May 1.

The Phia Group LLC, et al. Filed

by Kevin Blackwell. Action: diversity action. Attorney for plaintiff: Charles Thomas Kannebecker.

Filed May 6. Case no. 1:19-cv-04031UA.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Connecticut. Seller: Benjamin Katz, Larchmont. Property: 93 Stuyvesant Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $1 million. Filed May 2.

81 North Malcolm Street LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Ralph Perrigino, Ossining. Property: 81 N. Malcom St., Ossining. Amount: $100,000. Filed May 1.

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Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Julie Cherico, White Plains. Property: 8 Cedar Road East, Lewisboro. Amount: $806,019. Filed May 1.

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Facts & Figures Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Maria V. Posada, et al, Mahopac. Property: 79 Nicole Circle 9, Ossining. Amount: $298,549. Filed May 2.

Gabe Realty Corp., White Plains.

Seller: Thomas Bottiglieri, et al, Armonk. Property: 147 Orawaupum St., White Plains. Amount: $300,000. Filed May 3.

GMG Realty Holdings LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Property: 249 Hoover Road, Yonkers. Amount: $333,483. Filed May 2.

M.A. Property Holdings LLC, East Elmhurst. Seller: Julie Properties LLC, Armonk. Property: 291 Columbus Ave., Eastchester. Amount: $775,000. Filed April 29.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Anthony J. Pieragostini, Mount Kisco.

Property: 7 Hunts Lane, Lewisboro.

Amount: $435,102. Filed May 1.

Saratoga Columbus Corp., Pleasantville. Seller: Grace Dolores Baer, Pleasantville. Property: 35 Saratoga Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $185,000. Filed May 1.

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Seller: John M. Perone, Larchmont. Property: 1025 Parkway Place, Peekskill.

Amount: $459,607. Filed May 1.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Barbara Lerman, Larchmont. Property: 392 Saw Mill River Road, New Castle.

Amount: $391,000. Filed May 2.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Edwardo Vera, Mount Vernon. Property: 6 Stephen Place, Ossining. Amount: $997,667. Filed May 2.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John M. Perone, Larchmont. Property: 12 Lent Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $333,924.

Filed May 1.

CORTLANT MANOR, 150 Locust Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: 103x205. Plaintiff: US Bank Trust National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stern & Eisenberg PC, 485B, Route 1 South Iselin, New Jersey. Defendant: Yvette Miller. Referee: Pat Longobucco. Sale: May 13, 1 p.m. Approximate lien: $516,238.

MOUNT KISCO, 3 Allan Lane.

Single-family residence; lot size: 72x102. Plaintiff: Bank of America NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Aldridge Pite LLP, 40 Marcus Drive, Melville.

Defendant: Mei Fang Lin. Referee: Bruce Trent. Sale: May 15, 8:30 a.m.

Approximate lien: $112,150.

NEW ROCHELLE, 132 Surrey Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: .27 acres. Plaintiff: WV-Clearvue 2012-2LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Roach & Lin, 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset. Defendant: Harold Briks.

Referee: Andrew Williams. Sale: May 17, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $978,775.

RYE, 6 Puritan Woods Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 2.18 acres. Plaintiff: Citimortgage Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: Jonathan Fogel. Referee: Michael Curti.

Sale: May 15, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,540,155.

WHITE PLAINS, 40 Fairview Ave. Two-family-residence; lot size: .12 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Lucio Spista. Referee: Louis Spizzirro. Sale: May 14, 10:30 a.m.

Approximate lien: $1,394,565.

JUDGMENTS Ambient Group Inc., New York. $13,896 in favor of CBR Science and Technology LLC, White Plains.

Filed April 30.

Wilman Custom Design LLC, Beacon. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 1600 Crompond Road, Peekskill. Amount: $188,000. Filed May 2.

BMDC Construction Ltd., Armonk. $17,549 in favor of LIC Builders Group Inc., Long Island City.

Filed April 30.

Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Anthony J. Pieragostini, Mount Kisco.

Property: 396 Stratton Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $800,000. Filed May 3.

Champion Painting Contractors Inc., Rye Brook. $39,375 in favor of the trustees of the District Council 9 Painting Industry Insurance and Annuity Funds, New York City. Filed May 1.

FORECLOSURES BEDFORD, 42 Greenwich Road.

Single-family residence; lot size: .52 acres. Plaintiff: Citimortgage Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Davidson, Fink, Cook, Kelly & Galbraith, 28 E. Main St., Rochester. Defendant: Paul Aquilino. Referee: Darren DeUrso.

Sale: May 21, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $373,721.

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ELQ Industries Inc., New Rochelle. $47,647 in favor of National Water Main Cleaning Co., Kearney, New Jersey. Filed April 29.

Project Builders Construction Corp., Long Island City. $42,752 in favor of Mechanical Resources Inc., New Rochelle. Filed April 29.

Sonny Orza Bakery Ltd., New Rochelle. $32,020 in favor of Inter-County Bakers Inc., Deer Park.

Filed May 1.

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

Alifante, Augustus, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $763,933 affecting property located at 777 Webster Ave., New Rochelle 10804. Filed Oct. 31.

Araya, Jose Patrick, et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $328,000 affecting property located at 229 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Oct. 31.

Burton, Arnold, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $318,131 affecting property located at 3602 Homestead Court, Peekskill 10566. Filed Nov. 2.

Carter, Donavan, heir and distributee of the estate of Muriel Carter, et al. Filed by James B. Nutter and Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $750,000 affecting property located at 211 S. First Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Oct. 31.

Falcone, Dominick, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $527,850 affecting property located at 75 Saint Johns Place, New Rochelle 10801. Filed Oct. 30.

Fambro, Tyesha, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $461,487 affecting property located at 87 Farquhar Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed Nov. 5.

Franchella, Mercy C., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 20 W.View Ave., Rye Brook 10573. Filed Nov. 1.

Giannatonio, James, et al. Filed

by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $392,755 affecting property located at 82 Remsen Circle, Yonkers 10710.

Filed Oct. 31.

Greater Westchester Property Group LLC, et al. Filed by U,S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an undisclosed amount affecting property located at 13 Eldridge St., Port Chester 10573. Filed Nov. 2.

Makris, Lucille, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 3317 Old Yorktown Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Oct. 30.

Miranda, Jorge, et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $460,000 affecting property located at 35 Kenilworth Road, Yonkers 10701. Filed Oct. 30.

Mitchell, Jennifer, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $472,000 affecting property located at 323 Hussey Road, Mount Vernon 10552.

Filed Oct. 31.

Moody, Vera, as co-executor under the last will and testament of William A. Moody, Jr. et al.

Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,000 affecting property located at 91-93 Longdale Ave., White Plains 10602. Filed Oct. 30.

Munro, Erika D., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.4 million affecting property located at 330 Oxford Road, New Rochelle 10804. Filed Nov. 5.

Perez, Jose, et al. Filed by Freedom Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $340,862 affecting property located at 12 Hood Place, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Oct. 31.

Polintan, Jeffrey, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $425,818 affecting property located at 123 Main St., Dobbs Ferry 10522.

Filed Oct. 30.

Slater, Barbara, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $243,000 affecting property located at 19 Chalmers Blvd., Amawalk 10501. Filed Oct. 30.

Sosa, Juan C., et al. Filed by Ditch Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $279,840 affecting property located at 14 Field St., Peekskill 10566. Filed Oct. 31.

Weinberg, Theodore, et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 7 Salem Drive, Scarsdale 10583. Filed Nov. 5.

Weingartner, Amy E., et al. Filed

by Loancare LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $258,000 affecting property located at 68 Southside Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson 10706. Filed Nov. 2.

Mechanic’s Liens RPM Division Realty Inc., as owner. $8,174 as claimed by Pinnacle Stainless LLC, West Babylon.

Property: in New Rochelle. Filed May 2.

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

Partnerships Bucolo and Carlo Properties, 99 Sumner Ave., Yonkers 10704, c/o Anthony P. Carlo Jr. and Ross Bucolo. Filed July 23.

Sole Proprietorships 14 American Taxi, 14 James St., Montrose 10548, c/o Victor Patino.

Filed July 23.

270 St. Nicholas Ave Funding Associates, 133 Parkway Road, Bronxville 10708, c/o Andrew Gormally.

Filed July 25.

Alabaster Box Events, 12 S. Fifth Ave., Apt. 4, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Polyseenia Lewis. Filed July 24.

Alan Cris Brown Personal Protection, 60 Morrow Ave., Scarsdale 10583, c/o Alan Cris Brown. Filed July 25.

Bitsy Blooms Learning, 20 Susquehanna Road, Ossining 10562, c/o Daniela Paz. Filed July 24.

Brows_by_anayesss, 30 Kimball Ave., Yonkers 10704, c/o Ana Yesenia Garcia. Filed July 25.

Colombian Gold Records, 21 Riverdale Ave., Port Chester 10573, c/o Manuel A. Ospina. Filed July 23.

Donny’s Barbershop, 1073 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers 10704, c/o Dionisio Mejia-Soto. Filed July 25.

Ethan’s Sensory Play Place, 480 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers 10705, c/o Brooke Pizarro. Filed July 25.

JMC Consulting, 29 Maple Moor Lane, Cortlandt Manor 10567, c/o John M. Crisci. Filed July 25.

KPB Foods, 4 Amber Drive, Croton-on-Hudson 10520, c/o Kresna Brown. Filed July 24.

Kynmora’s Trends, 266 S. Ninth Ave., Apt. A, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Demora Henry. Filed July 23.

Law Office of Aaron R. Pam, P.O. Box 341, White Plains 10602, c/o Aaron Ramon Pam. Filed July 24.

Mark It Done Virtual Solutions, 547 North Ave., Suite 158, New Rochelle 10801 c/o Sharon Drapeau.

Filed July 25.

MK Transportation, 46 Sherman Ave., Yonkers 10705, c/o Michael Kelley. Filed July 23.

Pretty Nails, 751 Palisade Ave., Yonkers 10703, c/o Insoo Kim. Filed July 25.

Tiny Rainbow Productions, 16 Hanford Place, Tarrytown 10591, c/o Jessi Almstead. Filed July 24.

Union 2 Cab, 9 Sixth St., Apt. 3R, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Luis Enrique Alvarez Vargas. Filed July 25.

Zio’s Italian Deli, 2040 Albany Post Road, Croton-on-Hudson 10520, c/o Steve Di Sisto. Filed July 23.

PATENTS Application multiversioning in a traditional language environment. Patent no. 10,284,648 issued to Fraser P. Bohm, Salisbury, United Kingdom; John S. Tilling, Chandlers Ford, United Kingdom; Matthew A. Webster, Hook, United Kingdom; Andrew D. Wharmby, Romsey, United Kingdom. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Autonomous and adaptive monitoring of workloads. Patent no. 10,284,638 issued to Alexandre D. Baltar, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Marcos Vinicius Landivar Paraiso, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Edson Gomes Pereira, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sergio Varga, Campinas, Brazil. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Barrage message processing.

Patent no. 10,284,806 issued to Xiao Cao Cao, Shanghai, China; Yu Huang, Shanghai, China; Yuan Jin, Shanghai, China; Chengyu Peng, Shanghai, China; Yin Qian, Shanghai, China; Xiao Rui Shao, Shanghai, China; Jian Jun Wang, Xi’an, China.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Conductive polymers within drilled holes of printed circuit boards. Patent no. 10,285,282 issued to Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, Florida; Timothy Tofil, Rochester, Minnesota; Jeffrey N. Judd, Oronoco, Minnesota; Matthew Doyle, Chatfield, Minnesota; Scott D. Strand, Rochester, Minnesota. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Consumer-configurable alternative advertising reception with incentives. Patent no. 10,284,921 issued to Kulvir S. Bhogal, Fort Worth, Texas; Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Michigan; Sheryl L. Comes, Castle Pines, Colorado; Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Virginia; Anne R. Sand, Canon City, Colorado. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Facts & Figures Contact-list availability prioritization. Patent no. 10,284,699 issued to Gary D. Cudak, Creedmor, North Carolina; Christopher J. Hardee, Raleigh, North Carolina; Randall C. Humes, Raleigh, North Carolina; Heather C. Miller, Holly Springs, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Dynamic bundling of web components for asynchronous delivery. Patent no. 10,283,671 issued to Daljeet K. Kukreja, Edgewater, New Jersey; Justin M. Pugliese, New York City; Ajay Raina, Elmsford; Erich Walls, Valpraiso, Indiana. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Dynamic shared server resource allocation. Patent no.

10,284,636 issued to Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sergio Varga, Hortolandia, Brazil. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Enablement of quota-based quality of service. Patent no.

10,284,682 issued to Wolfgang E. Denzel, Langnau am Albis, Switzerland; Cyriel J. Minkenberg, Gutenswil, Switzerland; Bogdan Prisacari, Adliswil, Switzerland; German Rodriguez Herrera, Adliswil, Switzerland. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Heating of printed circuit board core during laminate cure. Patent no. 10,285,283 issued to Eric J. Campbell, Rochester, Minnesota; Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, Florida; Timothy J. Tofil, Rochester, Minnesota. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Intelligent certificate discovery in physical and virtualized networks. Patent no. 10,284,542 issued to Thomas H. Benjamin, Cedar Park, Texas; Steven E. T. Hikida, Markham, Canada; John T. Peck, Liberty Hill, Texas; Bruce A. Rich, Cedar Park, Texas; Richard L. Robinson, Broomfield, Colorado. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Logical subscriber identification module (SIM). Patent no.

10,285,057 issued to Susan J. Christian, Grapevine, Texas; Alan D. Emery, North Richland Hills, Texas; Arvind Sathi, Englewood, Colorado; Fernando M. Siqueira, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mathews Thomas, Flower Mound, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Minimizing service restart by optimally resizing service pools. Patent no. 10,284,637 issued to Alicia E. Chin, Markham, Canada; Yonggang Hu, Toronto, Canada; Jason T. S. Lam, Markham, Canada; Zhimin Lin, Scarborough, Canada; Ajith Shanmuganathan, Markham, Canada. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Providing information on published configuration patterns of storage resources to client systems in a network computing environment. Patent no.

10,284,647 issued to Rakesh Jain, San Jose, California; Ramani R. Routray, San Jose, California; Sumant Padbidri, San Jose, California; Yang Song, San Jose, California. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Transparent middlebox graceful entry and exit. Patent no.

10,284,669 issued to Dakshi Agrawal, Monsey; Thai V. Le, White Plains; Erich M. Nahum, New York City; Vasileios Pappas, Elmsford. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million 1024 Route 22 LLC, Brewster, as owner. Lender: Union Savings Bank, Danbury, Connecticut. Property: in Southeast. Amount: $2 million.

Filed March 28.

25 Old Farm Road Development LLC, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in Red Hook.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed April 26.

Di Salvo, Joseph V., et al, Garrison, as owner. Lender: TD Bank N.A. Property: 5 N. Shore Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Amount: $1.1 million.

Filed Nov. 30.

Premier Eastdale LLC, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $7.6 million. Filed April 29.

WB Hillcrest 2 LLC, Chappaqua, as owner. Lender: TD Bank N.A. Property: Route 52, Carmel 10512.

Amount: $11 million. Filed March 14.

Below $1 million 577 North Main LLC, Purdys, as owner. Lender: Mahopac Bank, Brewster. Property: 577-587 N. Main St., Brewster. Amount: $108,750.

Filed March 7.

7 Cunningham LLC, Brooklyn, as owner. Lender: Broadview Capital LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 7 Cunningham Drive, Monroe 10950.

Amount: $52,500. Filed April 30.

Campbell, Alex, New York City, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Philipstown. Amount: $575,000.

Filed Feb. 15.

Castellano, Jeffrey J., et al, Carmel, as owner. Lender: Webster Bank N.A. Property: 160 Guinea Road, Brewster 10509. Amount: $545,750.

Filed Nov. 8.

Catucci, Dakota James, Mahopac, as owner. Lender: Trustco Bank, Albany. Property: in Carmel. Amount: $300,000. Filed March 19.

Connelly, Cody, Walden, as owner.

Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: Drexel Drive, Crawford 12566. Amount: $320,000.

Filed April 29.

DRC Group of NY LLC, Mahopac, as owner. Lender: Lima One Capital LLC, Greenville, South Carolina.

Property: 42 Saint Michaels Terrace, Carmel 10512. Amount: $242,550.

Filed Feb. 20.

Dreams 2 Realty LLC, Jamaica, as owner. Lender: Lima One Capital LLC, Greenville, South Carolina.

Property: 24 Buckingham Drive, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $30,500.

Filed May 1.

Still, Hope, et al, as owner. Lender: Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. Property: in Washington. Amount: $307,240. Filed April 30.

Wiener, Marc A., et al, Huntington Station, et al, as owner. Lender: Sawyer Savings Bank. Property: 31 Hanna Lane, Olivebridge 12461.

Amount: $550,000. Filed May 2.

Woodward St LLC, Jamaica, as owner. Lender: Finance of America Commercial LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 17 Horton Court, Cold Spring 10516. Amount: $251,398. Filed Feb. 22.

Yentis, Roman, et al, as owner.

Lender: Loandepot.com LLC, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: in Patterson. Amount: $229,843. Filed April 23.

DEEDS Above $1 million

Below $1 million 207 SSR LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: The Yale Group LLC, Monroe. Property: 207 Seven Springs Road, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $425,000.

Filed May 1.

28 Holly Hill LLC, Spring Valley.

Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 28 Holly Hill Drive, Wingdale 12594. Amount: $175,500. Filed April 25.

37 Alpine Road Property LLC, Oliverea. Seller: Ered Enterprises Inc., Oliverea. Property: in Shandaken. Amount: $950,000. Filed May 2.

445 Rte 17M Holdings LLC, et al, Monroe. Seller: Diana Gutz, Greenwood Lake. Property: 445 Route 17M, Monroe. Amount: $550,000.

Filed May 2.

53S Remsen LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Meghan Mossey, Poughkeepsie. Property: 53 S. Remsen Ave., Wappingers Falls 12590.

Amount: $180,500. Filed April 30.

Lennon, William R., et al, Newburgh, as owner. Lender: Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $279,000. Filed April 29.

39 Edmunds Ln LLC, Walden.

Seller: 39 Edmunds Lane LLC, Walden. Property: 39 Edmunds Lane, Walden 12586. Amount: $3.3 million. Filed May 1.

McGinnis, Andrew, et al, Goshen, as owner. Lender: Salisbury Bank and Trust Co., Lakeville, Connecticut. Property: Coleman Drive and Ridge Road, Blooming Grove 10916.

Amount: $350,000. Filed May 3.

Ahana Hospitality LLC, Brewster. Seller: Fox Ridge Motor Inn Inc., Princeville, Hawaii. Property: in Southeast. Amount: $3.3 million.

Filed Nov. 19.

7 Cunningham LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: Yolande Tovi, Monroe. Property: 7 Cunningham Drive, Monroe.

Amount: $228,000. Filed April 30.

Morales, Evelin, New Paltz, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank, Buffalo. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $173,466. Filed May 2.

Gasho of Japan International Ltd., Las Vegas, Nevada. Seller: Aoki Investment Properties LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Property: in Wallkill.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed April 30.

AK Investments LLC, Campbell Hall. Seller: Peter G. Botti, Goshen.

Property: 13 Sawyers Peak Drive, Goshen 10924. Amount: $345,000.

Filed May 2.

Mountain Paradise Builder Inc., New Windsor, as owner. Lender: Shepherd’s Finance LLC, Jacksonville, Florida. Property: 53 Little Collabar Road, Montgomery 12549.

Amount: $280,000. Filed April 29.

Heritage Restoration Properties LLC, Pine Island. Seller: Catskill Mountain Brewing Company Inc., New Paltz. Property: 3 Main St., New Paltz. Amount: $2 million. Filed May 1.

Apple Estates NY LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 40 Park Drive, Warwick 10990.

Amount: $185,000. Filed May 2.

Perry-Mapp, Roberta, Carmel, as owner. Lender: Trustco Bank, Albany. Property: in Kent. Amount: $300,000. Filed Jan. 10.

MDC Coast 11 LLC, San Diego, Ca. Seller: 7-Eleven Inc., Irving, Texas.

Property: in Kent. Amount: $5.7 million. Filed Nov. 8.

Pomona Development LLC, Hartsdale, as owner. Lender: Alpha Loan Servicing LLC, Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Property: 68 Root Ave., Carmel 10512. Amount: $694,000.

Filed April 18.

Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Bear Mountain. Seller: Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 30.

Quality Services of Northeast LLC, Accord, as owner. Lender: The Bank of Greene County, Catskill.

Property: 8109 Route 209, Wawarsing. Amount: $600,000. Filed May 1.

Quick Service Realco LLC, Overland Park, Kansas. Seller: DWP Enterprises LLC, Kingston. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed April 25.

SDF Capital LLC, as owner. Lender: LendingHome Funding Corp.

Property: in Beacon. Amount: $205,000. Filed April 30.

U.S. Bank N,A. Seller: Kenneth L. Bunting, White Plains. Property: 34 Kayla Lane, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $1 million. Filed Nov. 13.

Stark, Jeffrey, et al, Brooklyn, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 30 Muse Road, Woodstock 12498. Amount: $136,000. Filed May 2.

637 Main Street Holding LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Corazon Flores, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: 637 Main St., Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $530,000. Filed May 1.

BlueWater Investment Trust 2017-1. Seller: Peter K. Nardone, Mount Kisco. Property: 8 Mill Pond Road, Putnam Valley 10579.

Amount: $322,400. Filed Nov. 13.

Charles Tran Property LLC, Middletown. Seller: Eric Thorsen, New City. Property: 188 Boehmler Road, Deer Park 12780. Amount: $93,000. Filed May 2.

Church Stewardship Inc., Rifton. Seller: Randolph A. DeMercado, et al, Warwick. Property: 20 Blue Spruce Trail, Warwick 10990.

Amount: $600,000. Filed May 3.

Dean Michael Agency LLC, Pleasant Valley. Seller: Christine Whelan, Millerton. Property: in Clinton.

Amount: $75,000. Filed April 26.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: John G. Molloy, Somers.

Property: 295 Main St., Cold Spring 10516. Amount: $310,571. Filed Nov. 28.

WCBJ

Dilello Homes Inc., Newburgh.

Seller: Joncar Realty Inc., Beacon.

Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $110,000. Filed May 1.

Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Samuel P. Brooke, Poughkeepsie. Property: 8 Heath Road, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $107,000. Filed April 25.

Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Sarah E. Sholes, Fishkill. Property: 25 Ellsworth Lane, Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $141,000. Filed May 1.

Double R Capital LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Lorraine Little, Rhinebeck. Property: in Washington. Amount: $15,000. Filed May 1.

Dreams 2 Realty LLC, Briarwood.

Seller: Finance of America Reverse LLC, Lansing, Michigan. Property: 24 Buckingham Place, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $147,250. Filed May 1.

Ellian Properties LLC, Mahopac.

Seller: Karan Garewal, et al, Carmel. Property: in Kent. Amount: $135,000. Filed Nov. 13.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Deborah Ann Young, Warwick. Property: 17 Revere Circle, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $243,291. Filed May 1.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Paul L. Marks, Montgomery. Property: 663 Jersey Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925.

Amount: $274,597. Filed May 2.

Fidelity Bank, Wichita, Kansas.

Seller: Samuel P. Brooke, Poughkeepsie. Property: 42 N. Farm Drive, Dover Plains 12522. Amount: $228,500. Filed April 25.

Fishkill Homes LLC, et al, Fishkill. Seller: Kelly Brady, Poughkeepsie. Property: 103 Osborne Hill Road, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $156,500.

Filed April 30.

Flippin Crazy LLC, Kingston.

Seller: Jason S. Hinsey, Milton. Property: 286 North Road, Milton 12547.

Amount: $65,000. Filed April 30.

Freedom Builders II LLC, Wallkill. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 13 C E Penny Drive, Wallkill 12589.

Amount: $144,900. Filed May 2.

GKD Properties LLC, Montgomery. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 157 Main St., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $157,500. Filed May 2.

Gold Score Properties Inc., Monroe. Seller: Henry Sharp, Middletown. Property: in Middletown.

Amount: $61,500. Filed May 1.

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Facts & Figures HFO Property 101 LLC, et al, New York City. Seller: Ant-Ant Corp., New York City. Property: 52 Foundry Pond Road, Cold Spring. Amount: $35,000. Filed Nov. 30.

National Transfer Services LLC, Houston, Texas. Seller: Eric Perry, Chester. Property: 36 Bull Mine Road, Chester 10918. Amount: $390,000. Filed May 2.

High Ridge Road LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Seller: Rocco Mongelli, et al, New Paltz. Property: 5 High Ridge Road, New Paltz. Amount: $355,000. Filed May 1.

Orange MK Equities LLC, Monroe. Seller: Deborah I. Weisman-Estis, New Windsor. Property: 99 Orange Ave., Walden 12586. Amount: $68,200. Filed May 3.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Eve Bunting-Smith, White Plains. Property: 2 Scenic Ridge Drive, Brewster 10509. Amount: $340,000. Filed Nov. 5.

Pension Properties Inc., Walden.

Seller: Charles Scibetti, et al, Mountainville. Property: 810 Blooming Grove Turnpike, Unit 18, New Windsor. Amount: $80,000. Filed April 30.

SNC Realty LLC, Mahopac. Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP. Property: 106 Circle Court, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $235,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Stony Estates LLC, Monsey.

Seller: James E. Coleman, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 27 DeRussey Lane, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $174,600. Filed May 3.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: Brenda Miller, Middletown.

Property: 7 Danielle Court, Middletown 10940. Amount: $433,698.

Filed April 30.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Matthew Cascioli, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: 76 Carmine Drive, Unit D13, Wappingers Falls 12590.

Amount: $146,500. Filed April 29.

Property Queens LLC, Albany.

Seller: Dominick Palmiero, Newburgh. Property: in Wappinger.

Amount: $77,000. Filed May 1.

Town of Patterson, Patterson.

Seller: Clayton M. Harbby, et al, Patterson. Property: 22 Leibell Place, Patterson. Amount: $340,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc., Garrison. Seller: UVG Properties LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina. Property: in Putnam Valley.

Amount: $258,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Quantum View Holdings LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: in Dover. Amount: $150,000. Filed April 25.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Robert B. Hunter, South Fallsburg. Property: 1070 Maggie Road, Unit 4, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $436,668.

Filed April 30.

Jefferson Valley Dental Associates PC, Jefferson Valley. Seller: Joyce M. Hunter, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 774 Traver Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $180,000.

Filed May 1.

Rural Hometown Properties LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Dorothea R. Mooney, Clinton Corners. Property: 121 Stanford Road, Stanford.

Amount: $45,000. Filed May 2.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Tyrone Samuel Brown, Yonkers. Property: 85 Fair St., Carmel 10512. Amount: $894,549. Filed Nov. 26.

K and J Real Estate Solutions Inc., Middletown. Seller: CR 2018 LLC, White Plains. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $32,900. Filed May 2.

Krislen Management Corp., Bronx. Seller: Robert Banach-Page, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $320,000.

Filed April 26.

Kurt M. Bolte Carpentry Inc., Clintondale. Seller: Apple Blossom Orchards LLC, Clintondale. Property: in Plattekill. Amount: $250,000.

Filed May 1.

Lariva Holdings LLC, Bronx.

Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association. Property: 1969 Greenville Turnpike, Port Jervis 12771.

Amount: $168,000. Filed May 2.

Mad Ang Holdings LLC, Kingston. Seller: Geoffrey Vanetten, et al, Kingston. Property: 62 S. Pine St., Kingston. Amount: $18,918. Filed April 29.

Moataz LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 206 Hy Vue Circle, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $115,000. Filed April 30.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Rachel Flanagan Frost, Fishkill. Property: 67 Gleason Blvd., Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $301,500. Filed April 29.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Sarah E. Sholes, Fishkill. Property: 1886 New Hackensack, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $262,500. Filed April 25.

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S JP and Jr Corp., Goshen. Seller: Sabar Inc., Goshen. Property: 100 Greenwich Ave., Goshen 10924.

Amount: $200,000. Filed May 3.

Safe Haven Cornerstone Ministries LLC, Vineyard Have, Massachusetts. Seller: Patrick Moroney, New Windsor. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $383,000. Filed May 3.

SafeGuard Homes II LLC, Northport. Seller: Community Restoration Corp., Irving, Texas. Property: 2 Mack Road, Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $20,000. Filed May 1.

Sahara Property Management LLC, New York City. Seller: Clement S. Patti, White Plains. Property: 221 Maple Road, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $280,000. Filed Nov. 14.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, Tennessee. Seller: Nancy J. Schneider, Washingtonville. Property: 2 Byrnes Road, Monroe 10950.

Amount: $427,560. Filed May 1.

Simmons Bank, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Seller: Niki Pagones Quinn, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 410 Woodland Road, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $332,324. Filed Nov. 21.

Sinsapaugh LLC, Saugerties. Seller: Timothy Mauro, et al, Saugerties.

Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $10,000. Filed April 29.

Sirva Relocation Credit LLC. Seller: Andrew Lukoff, et al, Fishkill.

Property: 27 Pritchard Court, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $429,000. Filed April 26.

WCBJ

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Jessica Vinall, Poughkeepsie. Property: 91 Velie Road, LaGrangeville 12540.

Amount: $236,000. Filed April 29.

Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey. Seller: Jing Fan, Brewster. Property: in Patterson. Amount: $625,000. Filed Nov. 15.

Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey. Seller: Matthew J. Palumbo, et al, Carmel. Property: in Carmel. Amount: $379,000. Filed Nov. 5.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Karen E. Hagstrom, Poughkeepsie. Property: 59 Crestwood Blvd., Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $160,000. Filed April 25.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Millicent Miller, et al, New Windsor.

Property: 59 Creamery Drive, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $350,000.

Filed May 2.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Harold Pressberg, Goshen. Property: 8 Serenity Road, Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $170,289. Filed April 30.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Michael P. Amodio, White Plains. Property: 3105 Morgan Drive, Carmel 10512. Amount: $263,158. Filed Nov. 9.

Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Frank Lombardi, Mahopac. Property: 11 B Millholland Drive, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $200,000. Filed May 2.

WMG Property Holdings LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association. Property: 565 Lattintown Road, Marlboro 12542. Amount: $160,300. Filed May 3.

Matriks Unisex Hair Stylist Inc., Newburgh. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

WMG Property Holdings LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Plattekill. Amount: $127,500. Filed May 2.

Natomi Enterprises Inc., Highland. $636 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 3.

JUDGMENTS BFM Inc., Highland Falls. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Dec. 26.

Cigar Box Studios Inc., Marlboro. $39,658 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26.

City Center Market and Deli, Newburgh. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Connect Direct Care Inc., Monroe. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Empire Waste Services of Ulster County Inc., Stone Ridge. $26,248 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26.

Harriman Auto Spa Services Inc., Harriman. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Hudson Valley All-Pro Paving Inc., Pine Bush. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

J Catanzaro Adjustment Inc., Newburgh. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

La Chiquita, Newburgh. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Dec. 26.

Lysyczyn’s Custom Lawn Care Inc., Pine Bush. $3,533 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26.

New York Pest Solutions Inc., Saugerties. $3,800 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26.

Newburgh Towing International Inc., New Windsor. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Dec. 26.

Oasis Entertainment LLC, Newburgh. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Objectarena Inc., Monroe. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

OK 595 Mini Market Corp., Kingston. $37,760 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 3.

On Wall Street Inc., Kingston. $2,317 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed April 29.

Orange Collision Inc., Harriman. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Royal Radio Rentals Inc., Newburgh. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

Santini’s Lawn Care Corp., Marlboro. $3,875 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 3.

TDSJ LLC, Kingston. $25,812 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 3.

Telitech LLC, West Hurley. $523 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26.

Upstate Supplies Inc., Monroe. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

White Buffalo Multi-Media Inc., Saugerties. $753 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 3.

Wine Worldwide Inc., New Paltz. $992 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 26.

Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe LLC, Warwick. $1,038 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 26.

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

Apollonio, Brian J., et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $199,750 affecting property located at 187 N. Grand St., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed April 30.

Bailey, Barbara, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,500 affecting property located at 312 Shawangunk Lake Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed April 26.

Biernick, Ross J., et al. Filed by Caliber Home Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $450,406 affecting property located at 14 Cooper Road, Poughquag 12570. Filed May 3.

Brozowski, John V., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $368,000 affecting property located at 9 Melissa Court, Warwick 10990. Filed April 10.

Burgess, Roy, et al. Filed by Waterfall Victoria Grantor Trust II Series G. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $253,000 affecting property located at 178 N. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed April 25.

Central Dover Development Corp., et al. Filed by Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1 million affecting property located at Dover Furnace Road, Dover.

Filed April 29.

Danczewski, Daniel J., et al. Filed

by BankUnited N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,537 affecting property located at 11 Denton Ave., Middletown 10941.

Filed April 11.

Fields, Douglas, as heir and distributee of the estate of Claire V. Cesana, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $131,000 affecting property located at 30 Center Road, High Falls 12440. Filed May 1.

Facts & Figures Fitzpatrick, Teresa, et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 23 Lexington Hill Road, Unit 6, Harriman 10926.

Filed April 11.

Frazzitta, Mildred C., et al. Filed

by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,100 affecting property located at 338 Ridge Road, Campbell Hall 10916. Filed April 11.

Garcia, Wilman, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $105,000 affecting property located at 277 E. Main St., Middletown 10940. Filed April 11.

Geiger, William J., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 104 W. Main St., Pawling 12564. Filed May 2.

Gilmore, Jack E. Jr., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $125,000 affecting property located at 81 South Ave., Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed April 29.

Grissett, Shari L., et al. Filed by Newrez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 13 Highrose Ridge, Middletown 10940. Filed April 10.

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 April 29.

Heppner, Daniel G., as guardian ad litem and military attorney on behalf of Tricia Rajabipour, et al. Filed by Kondaur Capital Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $273,760 affecting property located at 40 Penny Lane, New Paltz 12561. Filed April 30.

Jarvis, Andrew, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,302 affecting property located at 29 Tweddle Farm Lane, Montgomery 12549.

Filed April 10.

Knape, William, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $134,400 affecting property located at 203 Parr Meadow Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed April 10.

Koski, Christina M., et al. Filed

by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $81,472 affecting property located at 302 Old Route 22, Wassaic 12592.

Filed April 26.

Lewis, Sean, et al. Filed by Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $60,000 affecting property located at 230 Highland Ave., Marlboro 12542. Filed April 30.

Shadow, Paugh William, et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $87,300 affecting property located at 126 Front St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed April 11.

Lyons, Robert G., et al. Filed by Sterling National Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $65,000 affecting property located at 4976 Route 209, Accord 12404. Filed May 3.

Shirk, David P., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an undisclosed amount affecting property located at 6528 Route 209, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed May 2.

Miller, Michael H., et al. Filed by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $173,500 affecting property located at 43 Mount Airy Road, Saugerties.

Filed April 30.

Montgomery, Mardi, et al. Filed

by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $79,000 affecting property located at 597 Irish Cape Road, Ellenville 12428. Filed April 30.

Osborn, Edward F., et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $236,000 affecting property located at 1 Osborn Hill Road, Pawling 12564. Filed April 29.

Pelella, Raffaela, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 7 Homestead Ave., Highland Falls 10928. Filed April 11.

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 30.

Pryce-Breary, Genniveive, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,203 affecting property located at 3729 Colonist Trail, New Windsor 12553.

Filed April 10.

Ramirez, Sergio D., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $139,060 affecting property located at 27 Sheldon Road, Wingdale 12594. Filed May 3.

Rogers, Georgianna, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $298,101 affecting property located at 83 Smith Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed May 3.

Rooney, John C., et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $148,300 affecting property located at 24 Edith Ave., Saugerties 12477.

Filed April 29.

Sagastume, Victor, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $159,000 affecting property located at 1509 Route 292, Holmes 12531. Filed May 3.

Sierra, Francisco, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 25 Ridge Road, Marlboro 12542. Filed May 2.

Smith, Lisa M., et al. Filed by OneWest Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $727,500 affecting property located at 165 Ohayo Mountain Road, Woodstock 12498. Filed April 26.

Stiscia, John, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $322,525 affecting property located at 20 Meadow Ridge Lane, Lagrangeville 12540. Filed April 30.

Tischler Management LLC, et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $742,500 affecting property located at 73 Tinker St., Woodstock 12498. Filed April 30.

Vaitkunas, Alicia, et al. Filed by Fifth Third Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,255 affecting property located at 1584 Route 9W, Marlboro 12542. Filed April 29.

Weber, Jennifer, et al. Filed by Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 204 Oxford Road, Chester 10918. Filed April 11.

Mechanic’s Liens 20183WY-71 LLC, as owner. $16,238 as claimed by Fixall Inc., New York City. Property: 7 Worthington Drive West, Carmel 10512.

Filed March 22.

365 17M LLC, as owner. $17,430 as claimed by AD and JL Properties Inc., Mountainville. Property: 371 Route 17M, Monroe. Filed May 3.

Boniville Water Company Inc., as owner. $3,747 as claimed by JCO Inc., Wurtsboro. Property: Hilltop Drive, Mahopac. Filed Feb. 27.

Cyrus Contracting Co., as owner. $3,100 as claimed by Aaspen HVAC Inc., Carmel. Property: 16 Whitehill Road, Putnam Valley. Filed Dec. 21.

Ferone, Joseph, et al, as owner. $45,028 as claimed by RK Construction, et al, Mahopac. Property: in Carmel. Filed March 29.

Flynn, Raimond, as owner. $10,001 as claimed by Daniel B. Clasby, New York City. Property: 336-338 Libertyville Road, Gardiner. Filed April 26.

Garden Homes Brewster, as owner. $8,790 as claimed by Interstate Fire and Safety Equipment Company Inc., Harrison. Property: 1620 Route 22, Brewster 10509.

Filed Jan. 11.

Lakeview Plaza LLC, Brewster, as owner. $42,338 as claimed by Jakub Bober Construction, Brewster.

Property: 1515 Route 22, Brewster 10509. Filed Nov. 23.

Orentriech, David, as owner. $21,375 as claimed by G.L.Capasso Inc., New Haven, Connecticut. Property: 855 Route 301, Putnam Valley.

Filed March 5.

Palumbo, Robert, as owner. $16,812 as claimed by Perfect Restoration and Cleaning Corp., Suffern.

Property: 42 Shore Drive, Brewster 10509. Filed Jan. 30.

Restuccia, Jennie, Wallkill, as owner. $8,432 as claimed by E. Tetz and Sons Inc., Middletown. Property: 611 Sim St., New Windsor 12553.

Filed May 3.

RJA Holding Inc., as owner. $14,206 as claimed by Burns Engineering Services PC, Beacon. Property: Enderkill Drive and Pond View Court, Hyde Park. Filed May 3.

Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, as owner. $50,381 as claimed by Junkboyz Preservation, New City.

Property: 98 Circle Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 21.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A., as owner. $21,125 as claimed by Salem Ridge Construction LLC, Pound Ridge.

Property: 31 Manor Way, Southeast.

Filed Jan. 11.

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

Doing Business As Advance Stores Company Inc., d.b.a. Advance Auto Parts, 10 New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz 12561.

Filed May 1.

Shadowland Artists Inc., d.b.a.

Shadowland Stages, 98 Center St., Ellenville 12428. Filed May 1.

Partnerships T and B Contracting, 638 Route 212, Saugerties 12477, c/o James E Teetsel Jr. and Robert R. Brooks III. Filed April 29.

Out of the Woods Productions, P.O. Box 470, Bearsville 12409, c/o Jeffrey Russell Abell and Heidi M. Sjursen. Filed April 29.

Kevin Craig Services, 11 Clifton Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Kevin John Craig. Filed May 2.

Love Wisdom Seminars, 31 Arnold Drive, Woodstock 12498, c/o Sharon Hancock. Filed April 30.

May’s Home Services, 300 Band Camp Road, Saugerties 12477, c/o Darren S. May. Filed May 3.

Pellington Gadgets, 43 Lutheran St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Leonard Fabian Pellington. Filed March 11.

Sole Proprietorships Absolute Construction, 100 Sinsabaugh Road, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Joseph A. Vilela. Filed May 1.

Prismatic Enterprises, 1388 Berme Road, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Robert Daniel Grajewski. Filed May 1.

Aliyah Steel and Wood Windows Restoration, 53 S. Lander St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Carlos A. Aldana. Filed March 11.

R.A.M. Solutions, 2 Bainbridge Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567, c/o Nelson Ramos. Filed March 13.

Callahan Photography, 9 Hone St., Kingston 12401, c/o Justine Suarez. Filed April 26.

Casual Bud Derivative, 10 First St., Saugerties 12477, c/o Amy Louise Teitter. Filed May 1.

Catskill Mountain Tea Co., 144 Malden Turnpike, Saugerties 12477, c/o Ashley Amber Carr. Filed April 26.

Cirillo Restorations Construction, 151 South St., Marlboro 12542, c/o Gene R. Cirillo. Filed April 29.

DJ’s Professional Pet Grooming, 1334 Route 9W, Marlboro 12542, c/o Denise Justo. Filed May 2.

Doing it Right Home Improvements, 1530 Route 300, Newburgh, c/o James Depew, III. Filed March 13.

Ed Golden Concepts, 3 Forester Ave., No. 79, Warwick 10990, c/o Edward L. Golden Jr. Filed March 12.

Empanada Nirvana, 111 Crans Mill Road, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Nelson Ulysses Pantoja. Filed March 12.

From the Bobbin Up, 130 Timberwall Road, No. 22, Saugerties 12477, c/o Leeanne Yang. Filed April 30.

Gabby, 43 Colonial Drive, Kingston 12041, c/o Gabrielle Phanor. Filed April 29.

Gem’s Pin Tryst, 125 Tooley Drive, Kingston 12401, c/o Gemma Lauraine Thomson Marshall. Filed May 3.

Hidden Cedar Inn, 98 Sinsabaugh Road, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Joseph A. Vilela. Filed May 1.

It’s a Trap Lando, 348 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland 12528, c/o Hilary Jeane Caraballo Landolfa.

Filed May 2.

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Radtke Bass Trail, 10 Van Orden Lane, Greenwood Lake 10925, c/o Nicholas J. Radtke. Filed March 11.

Real Spice, 710 Broadway, Newburgh 12550, c/o Angel D. Rivera.

Filed March 11.

S.M.B., 1654 Lucas Avenue Extension, Cottekill 12419, c/o Shane M. Beitl. Filed April 29.

Shiny Monsters, 69 Esopus Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Christopher M. Ferguson. Filed May 3.

Sparkle Cleaning Service, 28 Washington St., Middletown 10940, c/o Ingrid Hernandez Dominguez.

Filed March 13.

Sparrow Fine Art, 254 Upper Boiceville Road, Boiceville 12412, c/o Daivd A. Lindsay. Filed May 2.

Sterling Mine Iron, 61 Woodlands Drive, Tuxedo 10987, c/o Scott Stegen. Filed March 11.

The Flavorful Ladle, 591 Route 44/55, Highland 12528, c/o Krista Leigh Ortiz. Filed May 2.

Ulster County Property Management, 49 Church St., Rosendale 12411, c/o Craig L. Chapman. Filed April 26.

Alpha 1 Marketing Corporation seeks in White Plains, NY: Software Programmer/Analyst with Master’s or equiv in Comp Sci or Comp Eng plus 2 yrs exp in job offered or sub sim pos, or Bachelor’s or equiv in Comp Sci or Comp Eng plus 5 yrs exp in job offered or sub sim pos.

Send resume to BPatton@ alpha1marketing.com or mail to Alpha 1 Marketing Corp., Attn: Bernard Patton, 65 West Red Oak Ln., White Plains, NY 10604 (ref. no. L0612).

MAY 13, 2019

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LEGAL NOTICES 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 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 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 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 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 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

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MAY 13, 2019

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 Notice of Formation of VICTORIA A. BECERRA, CPA, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 8 Bonny Drive, Somers, NY 10589.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62139 VV8 Holdings, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/19/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Emily Bailey Berry, 41 North Broadway, Irvington, NY 10533. General Purpose. #62140 440-446 Saw Mill LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/25/2019. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 303 Saw Mill River Rd., Yonkers, NY 10701.

General Purpose. #62141 Aisyle Partners, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 02/27/2018. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 21 Wendt Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62142

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WHITE PATH GROUP, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 03/20/19.

Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 620 Pelhamdale Avenue, 41, Pelham, NY 10803 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62143 World Cuts Barbershop, LLC, filed with SSNY on 03/13/19.

Off loc: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served and shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 2150 Central Park Ave, NY 10710 Purpose : all lawful. #62144 LA AGENCIA JA LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State of (SSNY) on 04/10/19.

Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to Joel Araujo, 7 Leroy Avenue, Valhalla, NY 10595. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #62145 Prospect Mechanical LLC. Filed 4/3/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 55A Locust Ave Apt 3K, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Purpose: all lawful #62149 Notice of Formation of KORMAR PROPERTY GROUP 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, 1840 Carhart Ave, Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62151 500 Minoel LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/27/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 5600A Broadway, Bronx, NY 10463.

General Purpose. #62152 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Brooklyn Elite Properties, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/30/2019. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 100 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: Any lawful act. #62155 The annual return of the Temper of the Times Foundation for the calendar year December 31, 2018 is available at its principal office located at 111 Pleasant Ridge Road, Harrison, NY 10528 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal Manager of the Foundation is Vita Nelson. #62156

INDEX NO. 64827/2016 Plaintiff designates WESTCHESTER as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 314 SOUTH 2ND AVENUE MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550 District: Section: 169.23 Block: 3115 Lot: 5 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER _________________________________________________ CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

CHARLES ALLEN AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SARA HARRIS A/K/A SARA J HARRIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SYBIL WILLIAMS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF SARA HARRIS A/K/A SARA J HARRIS, 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 DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SYBIL WILLIAMS, 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; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, “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, Defendants. ____________________________________________ To the above named Defendants 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.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $469,342.50 and interest, recorded on December 7, 2011, at Liber 512573438 Page , of the Public Records of WESTCHESTER County, New York, covering premises known as 314 SOUTH 2ND AVENUE MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550.

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.

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. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: Hedva D. Haviv, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 #62150

LEGAL NOTICES The Annual Return of the DAVID AND KATHERINE MOORE FAMILY FOUNDATION for the calendar year December 31, 2018 is available at its principal office located at D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP, 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite N-400 Rye Brook, NY 10573 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Katherine Moore. #62157 Notice of Formation of John Carey LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/03. Offc.

Loc: NY,NY. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 43 Murray Street NY, NY 10007 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62158 Morning Day LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/14/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 8 Robin Hood Rd., Pound Ridge, NY 10576.

General Purpose. #62159 Frame-Perfect Arcarde LLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 09/26/2018. Off Loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 300 Broadway Dobbs ferry New York 10522.

Purpose: All Lawful #62160 LEGAL NOTICE Westchester Auto Group and Wheel Repair, LLC has filed articles of organization with the Secretary of State of NYS on 04/23/19. The offices of this company are located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served.

The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 260 6th Street, Verplanck, NY 10596. The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized. #62161 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 7376 Construction LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/01/19.

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. # 62162 Munro Travel Design LLC. Filed 4/29/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1 Scarsdale Road #517, Tuckahoe, NY 10707 Purpose: all lawful #62163

Notice of formation of OLD POND PROPERTIES LLC Arts Of Org filed with SSNY on 03/19/19. Office location: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Old Pond Properties LLC, 35 Old Pond Rd, South Salem, NY 10590.

Purpose: any lawful act. #62164 Notice of Formation of VIVI PET CARE LLC, a domestic, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/02/2019 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, 12 White St. Ste. C, Buchanan NY, 10511. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #62165 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TALKTOME SPEECHLANGUAGE THERAPY PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/24/19. Office loc. Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC: MAYA FELDMAN 7 RANDY LN PLEASANTVILLE NY 10570 The principal business address of the PLLC is: 7 RANDY LN PLEASANTVILLE NY 10570 Purpose: any lawful act or activity #62168 Notice of Formation of Read & Right LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/19/19.

Location: Westchester. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served at PO Box 448, Purchase NY 10577. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62169 Notice of Formation of Pepitoís Deli & Grocery LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/12/2019. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 314 Highland Ave, Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62170 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Millenary Properties, LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 03/19/19.

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: 28 Winnetou Road, White Plains, NY10603. Purpose: Any lawful business activity. #62171

Notice of Formation of 80 Mountain LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/29/2019.

NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, c/o Cassin & Cassin, LLP, 2900 Westchester Avenue, Suite 402, Purchase, New York 10577. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #62172

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION of Zaiger LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/26/19.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 21 Reynal Rd., White Plains, NY 10605. Principal business address: 21 Reynal Rd., White Plains, NY 10605.

Purpose: Law firm. #62173 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION of Goldfarb, Zaiger & Tarkan LLP. Certificate of Registration filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/14/19.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLP to: 2 Sunset Drive North, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Principal business address: 2 Sunset Drive North, Chappaqua, NY 10514.

Purpose: Law firm. #62174

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER; Index No.: 69524/2018 Filed: 11/27/2018 CASCADE FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST 2017-1, Plaintiff, v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH J. MONAHAN; ANNMARIE MONAHAN, HEIR-AT-LAW; JENNIFER FRANCICA, HEIR-AT-LAW; LIZA PAPACENA, HEIR-AT-LAW; BRIAN MONAHAN, HEIR-AT-LAW; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.; DISCOVER BANK; PORTFOLIO RECOVERIES ASSOCIATES, LLC; JOHN DOE (said name being fictitious to represent unknown tenants/occupants of the subject property and any other party or entity of any kind, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged property), Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above captioned action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiffís attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action may answer to appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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 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. To the above-named defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Lawrence H. Ecker, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated May 2, 2019 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Westchester County Clerkís Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on the property 144 Weyman Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805 also known as Section: 2 Block: 501 Lot: 0076 Westchester County is designated as the place of trial based upon the location of the property being foreclosed. Attorneys for Plaintiff: Stern & Eisenberg, PC, 485 B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830, T: (516) 630-0288. #62167

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ñ COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER INDEX # 63209/2018 FILED: 04/18/2019 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates WESTCHESTER County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, against UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERTO E. SALAVERRIA, DECEASED, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, 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(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint, ROBERTO SALAVERRIA A/K/A ROBERTO E. SALAVERRIA A/K/A ROBERTO SALAVERRIA, JR., LUIS A. SALAVERRIA A/K/A LOUIS SALAVERRIA, FELIPA SALAVERRIA, CARLOS SALAVERRIA, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT GAMING ENTERPRISE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK, and ìJOHN DOEî and ìJANE DOEî, the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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(s) 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); 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. 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 ATTORNEYS 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. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage in the sum of $256,175.25 dated March 8, 2006, executed by defendant(s) ROBERTO SALAVERRIA A/K/A ROBERTO E. SALAVERRIA A/K/A ROBERTO SALAVERRIA, JR., UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERTO E. SALAVERRIA, DECEASED, LUIS A. SALAVERRIA A/K/A LOUIS SALAVERRIA to WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION recorded on June 29, 2006 in Control No.: 461660733. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., S/B/M TO WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. assigned all of its rights, title and interest in the Mortgage by way of an assignment executed August 15, 2016 to U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST. The assignment was duly recorded on October 14, 2016, in Control No.: 562883327. On September 22, 2008, for valuable consideration ROBERTO SALAVERRIA A/K/A ROBERTO E. SALAVERRIA A/K/A ROBERTO SALAVERRIA, JR. duly executed, acknowledged and delivered a loan modification agreement dated that date, whereby said defendants bound themselves in the new principal amount of $100,000.00 with interest thereon, which was recorded on November 26, 2008 in Control No.: 483230504 (the ìLOAN MODIFICATIONî), covering premises known as 20 W Prospect Avenue, White Plains, NY 10607 (Section 8.80, Block 50 and Lot 6). To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Amended Order of the Hon. Terry Jane Ruderman, J.S.C of the State of New York, and filed on 02/01/2019. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Greenburgh, County of Westchester and State of New York, said premises known as 20 W Prospect Avenue, White Plains, NY 10607. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the aforesaid, there is due and owing to plaintiff the sum of $230,479.10, with interest thereon at 6.37% per annum from 6/9/2013. The relief sought within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU

BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Departmentís website at HTTP://WWW.DFS. NY.GOV. Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. ?You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. ?You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to ìsaveî your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Aldridge Pite, LLP. Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747. Our File # 1143-19787B #62153

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