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partners in NY Fuel Holdings L.L.C. and Metro Dealer Stations L.L.C. With Eljamal as point man in the deal, the new partners in 2010 paid approximately $43.3 million to acquire 88 Shell gas station properties and leases in Westchester, Long Island and New York City.

Business relations soon unraveled between Eljamal and two other managing members of the gas station companies – Leon Silverman, chairman of Silverman Realty Group Inc. in White Plains, and Scarsdale investor James A. Weil – amid claims of gross mismanagement, predatory pricing and the alleged theft of more than $1 mil-

oining a growing procession in American health care, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow is the latest community hospital in Westchester to look to affiliate with a larger and well-financed metropolitan hospital system.

For North Shore-LIJ Health System, Phelps’ planning for the emerging new era in health care offers an opportunity to expand its metropolitan market from Long Island into Westchester and the lower Hudson Valley.

The Phelps Memorial board of directors at a special meeting May 12 approved a letter of intent to explore joining the North ShoreLIJ Health System, the state’s largest private employer and its largest integrated health care provider. Keith F. Safian, president and CEO of Phelps Memorial, said the vote was “enthusiastic and unanimous” following a two-year period in which hospital officials considered various partnership options. North Shore-LIJ “was by far the preferred partner,” he said.

One of four Westchester hospitals in the former Stellaris Health Network, Phelps Memorial follows White Plains Hospital and Lawrence Hospital Center in Bronxville in seeking new parent companies since they and Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco disbanded Stellaris in 2013. White Plains Hospital officials expect to complete their agreement to join Bronx-based Montefiore Health System this summer. Lawrence Hospital, already an affiliate of New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, recently received state Health Department approval of its full takeover by New YorkPresbyterian Hospital. The deal is expected to close this summer. Northern Westchester Hospital also is expected to announce a new health system affiliation.

“Our board as part of our strategic planning process recognized the need to affiliate with a larger hospital system to be successful in the fast-changing health care environment,” Safian

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Appeals court tosses defamation suit in business dispute

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

A sTATE APPELLATE CourT has reversed a state Supreme Court judge’s decision in Westchester County and dismissed defamation charges leveled by the ousted managing partner of Shell gas station businesses in the metropolitan area against a Scarsdale business partner.

The court decision ends one lawsuit in a bitter 3-year-old dispute, waged in court documents and private emails, between Westchester businessman and Purchase resident Sammy Eljamal, owner of Wholesale Fuels in Thornwood, and his

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health care market sparks a ‘reawakening’ in Westchester

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t Simone Healthcare Development, a leading company at meeting the growing demand for medical office space in the metropolitan area, president H. Guy Leibler sees “a reawakening” in Westchester County. “It’s exciting and it’s all within our grasp, if we don’t screw it up,” he told an audience in Tarrytown.

Leibler spoke at the Westchester County Association’s recent Health Tech ’14 conference, where some of the key players – biotechnology scientists, real estate executives, physicians and health care executives – described the technological innovations, hospital consolidations and changing health care market driving that reawakening in the county. The two-day conference drew more than 600 people.

Leibler witnessed the county’s office construction boom in the 1970s and ’80s when he worked for and eventually headed the Schulman Realty Group, a pioneer developer of Westchester’s corporate office parks.

Now he sees an opportunity here to build “a whole new range of facilities” for health care providers and the growing number of biotech companies in the county.

Leibler cited the new hospital alliances being formed here – including White Plains Hospital with Montefiore Health System and Lawrence Hospital Center with New YorkPresbyterian Hospital – as a welcomed trend.

“What we’re seeing is not only new vision, but we’re seeing that new vision coming with new capital,” he said. Instead of hospitals that are “talent-rich but cash-poor,” Westchester has become an expansion territory for wellfinanced institutions.

But the cooperation of municipalities is needed to accommodate change. Municipal boards need to understand “that health care now comes in a package. It’s a retail business,” he said.

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“Let’s not forget what practically killed Westchester,” Leibler said. “We need to get the zoning and the planning officials on board and understand what we need to accomplish.” The speed of change in the life sciences sector has been so fast that municipal officials can’t stay informed, he said.

In addition to medical and biotech office and laboratory space, municipalities need to accommodate new housing development for employees at companies like Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Greenburgh, the state’s largest biotech employer, which reported $250 million in overall profits in the first quarter this year.

Speaking on a Health Tech ’14 panel on innovations in health care, Neil Stahl, senior vice president of research and development sciences at Regeneron, said the company’s workforce grew 20 percent in 2013 and has continued to grow this year. Now with 2,500 employees, Regeneron expects to employ more than 4,000 workers by 2018, he said.

“If we can’t build it, they won’t come,” Leibler said of those biotech and health care companies. “We can do it; we’ve got to do it fast. If we don’t do this in the next five years, we miss the opportunity.”

Tiffany Phipps, senior project manager for BioMed Realty Trust Inc. at the com-

pany’s 1.1-million-square-foot Landmark at Eastview life sciences campus where Regeneron is based, said Westchester County is priced “very competitively” with major biotech centers such as San Diego and Cambridge, Mass. But there is a gap here between small accelerator space for startup companies – such as the 4,500-square-foot biotech business incubator scheduled to open this year at New York Medical College in Valhalla – and space leased by large companies like Regeneron. Regeneron occupies 700,000 square feet on the Landmark campus, where BioMed Realty is building two buildings with an additional 300,000 square feet of office and lab space for its anchor tenant.

Phipps said the county needs to fill that space gap for midsize companies.

Speaking on a panel discussing how hospitals are adapting to health care’s changing landscape, Dr. Laura Forese, president of New York Presbyterian Healthcare System in

Manhattan, saw no rosy future for independent community hospitals.

“I think the economics today make it exceptionally difficult. … It’s going to get more difficult,” she said. Community hospitals need to find the right partner and the right arrangement with a larger, better financed hospital, she said.

Forese said “some healthy dose of skepticism” is needed as to how patients are benefiting from those hospital consolidations around the country.

David Putrino, director of telemedicine and virtual rehabilitation at Burke Medical Research Institute in White Plains, voiced an exuberant optimism heard often at the Health Tech ’14 conference.

“I keep having to pinch myself with what’s going on in Westchester County,” he said. “It’s clear to me that Westchester is going to be a leader in health innovation – and boy, do we need it.”

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helbourne Assisted Living told the Greenburgh Town Board that it wants to buy a longtime nursery property in the Edgemont section of town and build a roughly 2.5-story assisted living complex.

Representatives of the company spoke with town elected officials for the first time at their May 13 work session and offered a general framework of a plan that would construct roughly 90 units offered for monthly rents of $3,000 to slightly more than $6,000.

Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, a Democrat, said he expected that the entire review process for any proposal would take two years or longer. He said he has advised Shelbourne to meet with local civic groups, the fire department and public school leaders as it shapes an official proposal.

“This is a very preliminary discussion – first discussion that the Town Board has had with the applicant,” Feiner said in an

email. “We want to advise the community what’s happening early in our process.”

Feiner said he was looking to convince the company to agree to build a pocket

P.C. is the consultant for the project, Feiner told the Business Journal. A call to the company seeking comment or verification of the logistics of the proposal was

“Edgemont and local residents who require assisted living will have more options to age in their local neighborhood ... And members of the community who would like to live close to their elderly parents who need assisted living services will benefit from a neighborhood complex.”

– Town Supervisor Paul Feiner park and walking trail near the complex that could be used for facility residents and also the community at large. Feiner said he had seen a similar trail built around an assisted living facility in the state of Florida. The company has so far been receptive to offering several of the units at discounted rates, Feiner said.

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The assisted living complex could generate as much as $600,000 in property taxes without increasing the number of children in the Edgemont public school system, according to early estimates. Half of the property taxes would go to the schools, Feiner said.

“Edgemont and local residents who

require assisted living will have more options to age in their local neighborhood,” Feiner said. “And members of the community who would like to live close to their elderly parents who need assisted living services will benefit from a neighborhood complex.”

The property in question is the former Sprainbrook Nursery, known as a community mainstay and destination for organic gardening products. It was in business for nearly 70 years, but financial hard times brought owner Al Krautter to close the store in 2012, reopen in 2013 and eventually decide to close again.

When Krautter announced the closing in 2012, residents formed a group to try to preserve the area as open space for fear of the property being developed.

When an official proposal is formulated, the developer will need to obtain several variances from the town. The consultant to Shelbourne told the town that Shelbourne anticipates a decrease in traffic during peak times as compared with the traffic generated by the nursery.

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Indian Point reviews potential for earthquake hazards

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n March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake shook Fukushima, Japan, toppling buildings, creating a tsunami and serving as the catalyst for a three-reactor nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

The question of whether a Fukushimalike disaster could happen on U.S. soil has been a dominant topic ever since, with radioactive-level arguments between environmental activists and the nuclear power industry. Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan has been a focal point for scrutiny due to its proximity to New York City and within 50 miles of the homes of 17 million.

This month, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Indian Point the power plant needed to conduct more analyses into the potential impacts of earthquakes on the plant. The NRC listed 21 power plants in the country that needed to file additional studies by 2017 because their quake risks have changed since the original design and construction of those plants. None of the plants are immediate safety concerns, according to Eric Leeds,

director of the NRC’s office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

“We’re closely following the industry’s response and we’re confident the plants are safe to continue operating,” Leeds said.

“Plants must also do shorter-term work to see if they should enhance key safety equipment.”

The largest quake in New York state history was a 5.8-magnitude 1944 quake that hit from Massena, N.Y., up into Canada, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Indian Point has said that as part of its safety requirements, it continually studies its reactors’ durability in the event of the largest possible quakes expected for the area. After Fukushima, the NRC asked all U.S. plants to share information for risk assessment.

Indian Point also undertook its own studies recently due to the increased scrutiny on the plant.

A 2011 NBC story that asked “What are the odds?” and ranked U.S. plants’ vulnerability said Indian Point had the greatest earthquake risk of any nuclear power plant in the country. New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., which owns Indian Point, called that ranking erroneous and conducted studies partially to refute the ranking and debunk the article premises.

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Entergy spokesman Jerry Nappi said, “We’re protected from the strongest earthquake that could be expected at the site.”

NBC’s story said Indian Point was even more likely to be damaged in an earthquake than California power stations near tectonic fault lines.

“Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there’s a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor’s core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required,” reporter Bill Dedman wrote. “That’s 10 times more likely than you winning $10,000 by buying a single ticket in the Powerball multistate lottery, where the chance is 1 in 723,145.”

Nappi said the company undertook an earthquake study in response to that report and to ease concerns the plant was not shored up in the event of a seismic shift. “We knew from our own analysis that was not the case, so we had engineers go out over the course of two years,” he said. “We just wanted to do it to demonstrate to the public our actual seismic capabilities.”

Rep. Nita Lowey, a Harrison resident and the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said in response

to the NRC request for more data that she was authoring a bill prohibiting a reactor’s operating license from being renewed if seismic evidence proves the plant wouldn’t have originally received its permit.

“This report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirms once again my long-held belief that Indian Point is in need of major improvements and, in general, nuclear power facilities need tough, thorough oversight,” she said.

Entergy is looking to relicense Indian Point’s two reactors for another 20 years amid opposition from environmental groups and politicians including Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The company filed for renewal in 2007, making its relicensing process the lengthiest in U.S. history. No plant in history has ever closed due to an expiring license.

Entergy, which has annual revenues of more than $10 billion, bought Indian Point 2 from Con Edison in 2001, one year after it purchased unit 3 from the New York Power Authority. Reactor 2’s permit expired last year but was extended until the end of the NRC’s relicensing review process. Unit 3’s operating permit expires in December 2015.

(Indian Point’s reactor No. 1 is no longer in use).

Whole foods signs lease at Chappaqua Crossing

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hole Foods Market has signed a lease at Chappaqua Crossing to open a 40,000-square-foot supermarket in a proposed retail development on the former Reader’s Digest Association property. It would be the natural and organic food company’s fourth store in Westchester County.

Whole Foods executives announced the lease deal May 6 during the Austin, Texasbased company’s quarterly earnings call, according to a spokesman for Chappaqua Crossing’s Connecticut owners, Summit/ Greenfield Partners.

Summit/Greenfield in April submitted revised plans to the town of New Castle for a “retail village” with 120,000 square feet of store space on the southern side of the 120-acre campus. Whole Foods would anchor the development in a freestanding 50,000-square-foot building.

In a nearly decade-long and at times litigious town review process, Summit/ Greenfield has received preliminary approvals to build 111 townhouse and condominium units on the site. The owner also leases more than 600,000 square feet of office space in the former Reader’s Digest headquarters complex.

Summit/Greenfield officials said they expect zoning amendments and site plans to be approved from the town later this year, after which construction of the grocery store would begin.

Felix Charney, president of Summit Development L.L.C. in Southport, Conn., said he and his joint venture partners “are delighted to have Whole Foods Market coming to Chappaqua Crossing. … There has been a great deal of interest in Chappaqua Crossing on the part of many prominent grocers but we believe Whole Foods Market is the perfect fit for Chappaqua and the entire New Castle community.”

In addition to Whole Foods, the campus retail development would include 80,000 square feet of space in six buildings. Charney said Summit/Greenfield expects to announce a fitness facility as one tenant.

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said in Sleepy Hollow.

The board’s action allows North ShoreLIJ and Phelps Memorial to begin the due diligence process and exclusive negotiations.

The hospitals in a joint press release said they aim to close on a final agreement by late summer that would make Phelps the first hospital in Westchester County owned by the Great Neck-based health care system.

“This is a very significant step,” though much remains to be worked out before the hospitals seek regulatory approval of their agreement, Safian said. “Both parties are working to try to do this expeditiously.”

Safian said the 58-year-old hospital will retain its own name and add to it the North Shore-LIJ Health System name.

North Shore officials “feel that the Phelps name is a strong asset in Westchester and they want it to be preserved,” he said.

Unlike many hospitals in New York, Safian said, the 238-bed community hospital is in sound financial health, ending $4.7 million in the black in 2013 and maintaining a substantial cash balance. “It helps make Phelps an attractive partner,” he said.

The hospital has about 1,700 employees, making it the seventh-largest employer in the county, Safian said. It has about 470 physicians and treats more than 8,000 inpatients and 325,000 outpatients annually.

Safian said the Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center on the Phelps campus will continue to operate under multiple-year leases if the North Shore-LIJ deal is completed, though the outpatient center’s future is uncertain when those leases expire.

An aerial view of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow.

One of the largest health systems in the U.S., North Shore-LIJ operates 17 hospitals and more than 400 outpatient physician practices on Long Island and in New York City. Its hospitals and long-term care facilities house more than 6,000 beds, employ more than 10,000 nurses and have affiliations with more than 9,400 physicians. It has about 48,000 people in its workforce.

In addition to its medical facilities, North Shore-LIJ operates The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. It directly provides individual and employer health care coverage through its North Shore-LIJ CareConnect Insurance Co. Inc. Safian said North Shore’s insurance

company, formed within the last two years, offers Phelps “a huge opportunity” to partner with its potential parent company in forming accountable care organizations designed to reduce health care costs while improving the quality of care for patients.

Phelps board chairman Richard Sinni in the announcement said the board’s primary objective in partnering with an academic medical center is “to continue to provide the same, if not enhanced, quality services that our community has come to depend upon. Joining with this worldclass health system will enable us to fulfill this objective, while helping to ensure our stability in the changing health care environment. It is an honor to be selected as

North Shore-LIJ’s first hospital partner in Westchester.”

North Shore-LIJ president and CEO Michael J. Dowling said Phelps Memorial would continue to operate as a full-service hospital for residents of Westchester and parts of Rockland, Putnam, and Dutchess counties and Fairfield County in Connecticut.

“By working in an integrated and collaborative way with clinical and administrative staff at Phelps Memorial, and investing in new initiatives and programs, we look forward to building on the hospital’s unique operating niche as a physicianand patient-friendly facility that attracts clinical talent and patients from throughout the area,” Dowling said.

partners’ business interests while the case was pending. Eljamal subsequently was removed as managing member.

While waging that legal battle, Eljamal in 2011 filed a separate lawsuit against Weil, claiming he had waged a “campaign of lies” that harmed Eljamal’s business reputation and financing. Eljamal was seeking $1 million in damages from Weil for slander and libel.

Supreme Court Justice Francesca Connolly last year denied Weil’s motion to dismiss the defamation complaint because Eljamal failed to comply with court orders to provide relevant business documents to the defendant. Weil’s attorneys at the White Plains firm of Oxman Tulis Kirkpatrick Whyatt & Geiger L.L.P. appealed the judge’s decision.

In April, a four-judge panel in the state Appellate Division’s Second Judicial Department reversed the judge’s ruling in

White Plains and dismissed Eljamal’s complaint. The judges said that Weil’s allegedly defamatory statements in emails were “privileged” and so immune from legal action because they were pertinent to the ongoing court case and were made to parties, attorneys or possible witnesses in the case.

Eljamal was ordered to pay Weil’s various court fees, which amounted to $4,563.

The Supreme Court chamber in White Plains also has been a battleground for another business dispute between Eljamal and Silverman over control of eight Shell service stations in Fairfield County, Conn.

Two years before they closed on their New York deal with Shell, Eljamal and Silverman partnered in the Connecticut purchases that totaled approximately $19.9 million. A Silverman-owned company was landlord for two companies that leased the Connecticut stations, and supplied their fuel, whose majority owner was Eljamal. Silverman held

a 5 percent stake in the businesses, according to court documents.

A New York judge last July ordered Eljamal replaced by Silverman as manager of the Connecticut businesses. Silverman, the plaintiff in the case, had claimed their operating agreement provided that he would be sole manager of their businesses if Eljamal defaulted on mortgage payments. Their company last year defaulted on an approximately $13.5 million acquisition loan.

Soon after the judge’s ruling against him last summer, Eljamal removed approximately $863,000 from company bank accounts.

Eljamal’s attorney said he used the money to pay his income taxes.

Silverman is seeking to recover the money for his Connecticut businesses. This month he filed a second lawsuit against Eljamal asking the court to back his claim to full ownership of the companies in which Eljamal held a 95 percent stake.

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lion in gas pump revenue by Eljamal.

Eljamal in 2011 went to state Supreme Court in White Plains and obtained an injunction to block his partners’ moves to remove him as a managing member of their operations and seek a buyer for the business.

Eljamal’s attorneys argued his removal would put the partners in default on a $24 million bank loan for which only Eljamal was personally liable. They also claimed his removal if improper would harm his reputation in the retail motor fuel industry, in which Eljamal has been a long-time owner and operator of Mobil gas stations in the region and a fuel distributor through his Thornwood company.

Supreme Court Justice Bruce E. Tolbert in June 2012 lifted the court injunction after Eljamal failed to post a $1 million undertaking required by the judge to protect the

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Giving employees room to grow is mutually beneficial We’ve got a couple of employees we don’t want to lose who can’t grow where they are. We don’t want to create a situation where we have disgruntled employees because they’re not considered for growth opportunities. How do we handle it?

THouGHTs oF THE DAY: Building human capital for the future can be as simple as paying attention to the talent you already have and filling in the gaps over time. Build an individualized growth plan for each employee. Show people how their efforts can be rewarded over time. Look for opportunities to uncover hidden talent. Always have a backup plan.

Look around your company. Who understands what the company is all about and is as committed to making things happen for the company as the people who already show up for work every day? Before you start looking outside for management and technical skills, consider the pool of talent you already have to work with.

Consider the challenges your company is facing. Has the company grown faster than the people? Have people given up and stopped making progress? Will the current obstacles simply take some time to overcome?

Does the company need a new set of skills?

Can those skills be taught, and if so by whom and how long will it take to do the teaching?

Meet with each employee to discuss what they’re good at and to find out what they want to learn about next. Keep in mind it is human nature for people to want to grow and learn.

Give every employee a vision of the opportunities they can take on within your company as they build skills and learn new things.

Be honest when someone raises a hand to try something new and you find they’re not ready. Document a list of classes, job rotations and cross training that can help that employee make progress. Engage employees by asking them to make suggestions on where and how they could best learn more.

Honesty is crucial with employees. If you see that they have untapped talent, tell them. Encourage them to take on additional responsibility and engage in opportunities to learn new skills.

If you find a person backs away, find out why. Sometimes people get overloaded, whether at home or at work. See if you can

give them the room to stay where they are for a short while until things in their life settle down.

Agree on a timeframe to take a pause.

Also make it clear that it’s important to move forward again on the other side of that timeout. Discuss the financial consequences: People need to understand that sitting still will stall their income growth.

There may be situations in which an employee wants to head in a different direction. Discuss how building skills working for your company can help them in the future.

But when you see them backing away from growth, increasing the number of mistakes they’re making and not paying attention, know that it’s time for a change. Help them out the door by encouraging them to pursue their dreams elsewhere.

Focus on the keepers, the employees who know they want to be doing what your company does. Look for people who recognize that they can build a career by helping with the growth and development of your company. Show them how that can turn into additional opportunities and compensation.

Encourage people to try new things. Help them get college educations and technical training. Show people how to increase their value to themselves as well as to your company. Keep in mind that you may be inspiring people who have few other sources of encouragement.

Always have at least two or three people who are backups. Life takes twists and turns.

The best succession plan can be disrupted by something unexpected. Make sure your company can weather disruptions by building teams of people who can take over in case of emergency.

Think about what you want for your company and personal legacy.

• Did a great job producing a product or service.

• Built a pool of talented people who can sing the company’s praises.

• Built the next generation that can ensure the company continues on.

What would you want written on your tombstone?

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he question of how far Westchester County will go to offer a legal umbrella to the nonprofit chosen to manage Playland is now threatening to derail the entire process.

Sustainable Playland Inc. returned to a county legislative review this month after four weeks sitting on the sidelines, but if the group was hoping the legislature would offer assurances of legal protections, it received anything but.

The group, a Rye-based nonprofit, said it had stepped back due to legal uncertainties around its agreement with Westchester, but announced in an April letter from President Kim Morque it was coming back to the table based on some legal assurances.

“We further understand that the county will represent us in any current or future lawsuits relating (to) the approval process and implementation of the (Playland Improvement Plan) should SPI be named as a respondent,” Morque wrote in his letter. County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, said during his State of the County address May 1 that he had given the assurance.

Sustainable Playland already has an asset management agreement in place with the county, which directly contradicts that statement and says SPI would be on the hook for legal costs as management company. During a May 13 meeting of the Board of Legislators parks subcommittee, Democratic Legislator Peter Harckham said the statement also contradicted other agreements with existing county vendors.

“In fact, they indemnify the county, not the other way around,” Harckham said.

Michael Kaplowitz, a Somers Democrat and chairman of the county legislature, said any potential defense offered by Westchester would need to be discussed, then formally approved by the Board of Legislators. He called SPI’s assertion of legal protection “an understanding that is not a correct understanding.”

Joseph P. Carlucci, SPI’s attorney who works for the firm Cuddy & Feder L.L.P., told parks committee members the group did not wish to change the terms of its agreement but specifically was looking for legal assurances in the event they were named in a lawsuit before the group assumed management of the park. SPI formed specifically for the purposes of seeking to operate Playland and it has been scrutinized by some critics about its ability to raise capital prior to having a revenue stream in place.

Legislators countered Carlucci’s statements, though, noting that in the letter to the county SPI’s president had said the group expected legal protection during the approval process and during implementation of its improvement plan.

SPI’s improvements have drawn criticism for several polarizing sections of its plan, notably one in which the nonprofit proposes an 82,500-square-foot building to house athletic fields. Neighbors of the park and other county residents have said the field house was out of character for aesthetics of the area, would encroach on existing parking and negatively affect traffic in the area.

The city of Rye, where Playland is located, is asserting its authority over any proposed construction, though Westchester said that because it is county-owned property the county has zoning jurisdiction.

Some feel that standoff could lead to litigation.

The SPI deal already has two legal challenges underway, both from Yonkers Legislator Ken Jenkins, a Democrat. He challenged the initial agreement with the park, which went through the county Board of Acquisition and Contract, but not the legislature. Jenkins said the agreement constituted a lease and therefore needed legislative approval, but a judge ruled against Jenkins and that matter is now on appeal.

Jenkins is also suing to invalidate the agreement on the grounds it is for 10 years, when county law says any deal longer than five years needs approval from the county Board of Legislators.

In an interview with the Business Journal, Jenkins said he saw “no circumstances” that the county should legally represent SPI. “Certainly, the administration could propose a contract to the (board) that would include the county representing the group, but that would raise the question, why would we need SPI at all,” Jenkins said.

“That would point towards the solution of entering an agreement with an amusement operator directly, have the amusement operator invest $25 million and pay the county a fee.”

Two vendors, Standard Amusements and Central Amusements, both remain interested in taking over management of the park. Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, withdrew her support from SPI after having initially supported the plan.

“It’s time to hear more about their proposals, both of which put more emphasis on Playland’s amusement park with respect to its great history,” she said.

Astorino unlikely to budge on housing standoff

BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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estchester County Executive Rob Astorino has a commercial airing in Nassau County that shows high-rise apartment buildings shooting up around smaller houses in a suburban neighborhood. The blue sky turns dark as the buildings climb, dwarfing the suburban homes.

Astorino, a Republican, is running for governor against incumbent1187629_11808 Democrat Andrew Cuomo this year. In the commer7.375x8.5 cial, his camp accuses the governor of siding with the U.S. Department of Housing 4c and Urban Development in a battle over affordable housing.

Cuomo, who was HUD secretary under President Bill Clinton, is said in the commercial to favor a push by HUD to dismantle local zoning and allow for high-rises to be built on any street.

The narrator says, “Governor Cuomo, if you think unelected bureaucrats in your old agency should be in charge of Nassau communities, you’ve been in Washington and Albany too long,” It is likely not a commercial from a county executive ready to make nice with HUD, instead giving evidence that Astorino is hoping the standoff will be a campaign point in other suburban areas of the state.

HUD is threatening to withhold $5.2 million in federal community development block grants, or CDBGs, if the county doesn’t comply with a 2009 affordable housing settlement, which requires that Westchester file an analysis of impediments to fair housing in the county In that settlement, between the county, HUD and a New York City nonprofit called the Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Westchester agreed to build or obtain 750 units of affordable housing in some of its wealthiest communities, where black and Hispanic residents made up less than 2 percent and 7 percent of the overall population, respectively.

The county has built a number of the units it is required to, but the “analysis of impediments” piece continues to cause static. Astorino’s administration said its own analyses of local zoning showed no discriminatory zoning or barriers to fair housing and it denies that zoning has played any part in the racially fragmented demographics of the county.

HUD has not said it favors zoning that would allow for high rises in any neighborhood, but has taken a critical view of codes that prohibit multifamily construction or that limit housing stock to only large properties with big homes.

HUD has already withheld $7.2 million

in grants due to the standoff dating back to 2011.

Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Michael Kaplowitz announced HUD had agreed to delay pulling the additional grants until June 9, by which time the chairman hoped to reach a compromise.

Kaplowitz said the board agreed to approve legislation of an analysis of impediments to fair housing in local communities.

“HUD’s willingness to work with (the board) is a clear indication that they share

our belief that we can work with all the stakeholders in this settlement to reach a conclusion that satisfies our obligations under the settlement,” he said.

But any legislation that goes through the county legislature will likely face veto

by Astorino.

With President Barack Obama visiting Westchester County May 21, the county executive invited the president and his opponent in the gubernatorial race, Cuomo, to join him on a tour of the county

to discuss the settlement.

“There are barriers to homeownership in Westchester, but they are economic, not racial or ethnic,” Astorino wrote in a letter to Obama and Cuomo.

The governor, for his part, has not publicly discussed his thoughts on the HUD settlement, despite the accusations in Astorino’s Nassau commercial that said Cuomo was siding against Westchester.

Cuomo lives in New Castle, one of the towns targeted by the settlement.

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Beer hall to open at Port Chester train station

BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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he last of the Metro-North bar cars has been retired. But if commuters were fretting about no longer able being able to grab a beer on the train, they’ll at least be able to get one once they arrive at the station.

A Heartland Brewery-owned beer and dining hall is scheduled to open this month in the 125-year-old Port Chester train station.

Port Chester Hall will have a full menu and serve 12 exclusive locally-brewed craft beers in English, Belgian, German and American styles. The menu will include dishes like pastrami Reuben spring rolls, bacon-and-chicken macaroni and cheese, and Maui fish tacos, according to the hall’s website, portchesterhall.com.

Construction began in June 2013 on the 5,630-square-foot building, which will be complemented by a 3,600-squarefoot landscaped outdoor area. It will serve up to 85 people, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which owns the building.

The hall will serve lunch and dinner and also operate a coffee concession from 6 to 11 a.m. for weekday Metro-

North commuters. The ticket office that operated at the building will reopen in September, according to the MTA. Jon Bloostein is founder and CEO of Heartland Brewery, a New York Citybased company that operates six restaurants in Manhattan as well as two beer halls – the Flatiron Hall and Houston Hall. Port Chester represents the first move out of the boroughs for Heartland.

In a news release announcing the deal between the brewery and MTA, Bloostein said the name of the restaurant was a tribute to the locale.

“Designing a restaurant in this historic building and working with a designer and a landscape architect together on the food hall and beer garden is something I have always wanted,” Bloostein said.

Employee-owned Heartland will be making $1.2 million worth of infrastructure improvements to the building, including new gas lines, air conditioning and plumbing and electrical upgrades.

The conversion of the station building into a restaurant preserved the existing mosaic and stone floor and old wooden benches at the site. The renovated area will include a retooled area with vintage lighting, old murals and stone fireplaces.

Heartland was chosen after the MTA

issued a request for proposals in 2012.

As part of the deal, the company paid the MTA $80,000 in the first year of a 20-year net lease with 3 percent annual increases for the remainder of the deal.

The MTA has in recent years leased out or sold a number of its old station buildings along the Metro-North tracks.

Via Vanti restaurant moved in to the Mount Kisco station and the MTA sold a former Mamaroneck ticket office to

a developer that constructed the Club Car restaurant. Last year, Metro-North officials said they were renovating the Crestwood station building and would request proposals for the building from potential tenants.

Heartland Brewery opened in 1995, according to its website, and one of its locations is right outside of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. Its brewery is in Brooklyn.

Last call for Metro-North bar cars The last call for Metro-North’s bar cars sounded May 9, when the last train with bar service was retired from the New Haven Line fleet.

Metro-North had bar cars in use for four decades. The feature was once popular with the “Mad Men”-era set commuting from Grand Central Terminal, but bar cars became an oddity in recent years despite a small group of enthusiastic supporters. One website, Where’s the Bar Car?, listed the departure times of bar-car trains on the New Haven Line.

The Metro-North was likely the last commuter rail line in the country that still had trains with bar cars. The last four bar cars were phased out as the railroad replaced older trains with more modern counterparts.

The last bar-car train was May 9’s 7:34 p.m. departure from Grand Central to New Haven, according to The New York Times, which featured a story documenting the last boozy commute in the faux-wood paneled pseudo lounge.

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GOP looks to Astorino for N.Y. resurgence

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ew York state Republicans are looking to unseat an incumbent governor who started his re-election campaign with a $30 million funding advantage

and a 30-point lead in the polls over their candidate.

Still, party leaders believe Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino represents their best chance for victory in nearly a decade.

Tony Sayegh, a Fox News commentator

and Republican strategist, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo is vulnerable and will be contending with anti-incumbency, anti-Democratic rage trickling down from the federal level.

“The issues are lining up,” he said. “The candidate, Rob … is outside of the mold of the evil Republican caricature that a lot of

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Sayegh said Astorino has charisma and is on the right side of issues like the Common Core curriculum, which he wants to repeal.

Astorino also has garnered attention for his stance on an affordable housing settlement in Westchester, in which the county executive has clashed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

During Astorino’s administration, the county tax levy has not increased. As for campaign fundraising, Sayegh said that Republicans don’t need to attempt to go blow-for-blow against Cuomo, whom he said has overseen a continued decline in New York state and mishandled a recentlydissolved ethics commission.

“We’re not going to need nearly as much to go after it than he’s going to need to defend it,” he said of the governor’s record.

Astorino is hoping his choice for lieutenant governor will improve his chances at least slightly. The state Republican Party’s nominating convention kicked off May 14 at the Westchester Hilton in Rye Brook, and Astorino announced his choice for his running mate just one day ahead of the event in a video on his website, robastorino.com.

Christopher Moss, sheriff of Chemung County and a vocal critic of Cuomo’s gun control law called the SAFE Act, will share the ticket, Astorino said.

“I wanted an Albany outsider as a running mate to help me clean up this state and move it back into the winning column, and I got one,” he said.

Early in Astorino’s campaign, he has focused on portraying New York state under Gov. Andrew Cuomo as anti-business, tangled in bureaucratic red tape and rife with government corruption. To win election, not only would he need to neutralize overwhelmingly Democratic New York City but also convince voters to pull the plug on a governor after one term. An elected New York governor hasn’t lost a first re-election bid since the 1950s.

Republican Party leaders said that at the convention, which concluded after press time, they would also support John Cahill, who was an aide to former Gov. George Pataki, to run for attorney general against incumbent Eric T. Schneiderman.

Onondaga County Comptroller Robert Antonacci was expected to receive the nod to run against incumbent state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

State Democrats will hold their nominating convention on Long Island a week after the Republican convention. Cuomo will find a new lieutenant governor candidate prior to the convention, after current Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy said he wouldn’t seek re-election this year.

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Solar energy company opens Westchester regional office

Argand Energy Solutions L.L.C., a solar energy development and finance company based in Charlotte, N.C., has expanded into New York and the tristate metropolitan market with the recent opening of an office at 777 Westchester Ave. in White Plains.

The regional office is run by Anthony Conklin, a former employee of Mercury Solar Systems in Westchester who recently joined Argand as vice president for business development. Conklin most recently was regional sales director at ESI Power Corp.

Argand officials in a press release said Conklin will focus on developing business among public entities and commercial clients. Erik Lensch, Argand president and CEO, said the company looks forward “to working with commercial and industrial clients in the region to help them convert their rooftop, land and parking areas into incomegenerating assets while at the same time creating clean energy jobs in the region.”

Conklin noted that with New York state committing $1 billion for a solar energy development initiative, “Solar is more affordable than ever before.”

State puts up $60M for large solar energy projects

Solar energy installers working with nonresidential clients will be allocated $60 million in state funding in the third round of the statewide NY-Sun Competitive PV Program, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced May 13.

Administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the funding initiative is for solar projects to be located at businesses, industries and institutions that are large energy users. The final solicitation under the current NY-Sun competitive program, this funding round is for systems larger than 200 kilowatts. Proposals are due in July.

Since Cuomo launched the NY-Sun initiative in 2012, a total of 316 megawatts of photovoltaic generation capacity has been installed or is under contract — more than what was installed in the state through the entire prior decade, according to the governor’s office. Recent downstate awards under the program totaled $18 million for 22 projects that will add 22 megawatts of solar capacity in the Hudson Valley and New York City.

The state funding leverages private investment that will result in $55 million in new solar power infrastructure projects, according to the governor’s office.

“By supporting the growth of the solar industry in New York, our administration is taking a fundamental step in growing the state’s clean energy economy,” Cuomo said in a press release. “Over the past few years, the NY-Sun initiative has been vital to reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions, lowering the strain on the power grid and creating new opportunities for businesses to pursue solar installations across the state.”

Under the NY-Sun Competitive PV Program, installers submit proposals for funding based on commitments from companies interested in having solar power systems installed at their sites. The recent awards for New York City and Hudson Valley included three projects in Westchester County, four each in Orange and Rockland counties, two each in Putnam and Ulster counties and one in Sullivan County.

New name, new owner for Poughkeepsie hospital

The new owner of St. Francis Hospital in

Poughkeepsie has renamed it MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center.

The name change took effect May 9 with the closing of the 100-year-old hospital’s purchase through U.S. Bankruptcy Court

by Westchester County Health Care Corp., the public benefit corporation that operates Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

“We are very excited about MidHudson Regional Hospital and its future,” Westchester Medical Center president and CEO Michael Israel said in the Valhalla hospital’s announcement of the renaming and takeover. “We believe we have made an important investment in health care in the community as well as the entire region.”

As a part of Westchester Medical Center, the Poughkeepsie hospital will maintain current services including Level II trauma services, inpatient psychiatric services and emergency mental health and chemical dependency services, Westchester Medical Center officials said. Its home health care

program and preschool and early intervention program will also remain in place.

Arthur A. Nizza, who served as president and CEO of the financially distressed hospital since last August, has been named president of MidHudson Regional Hospital.

The Poughkeepsie hospital in December petitioned in federal court for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing approximately $137.7 million in liabilities and about $17.2 million in net assets. Nizza in court documents said the hospital and affiliate entities included in the bankruptcy proceeding and sale had an operating loss of $7.7 million in 2012.

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summer jobs at area businesses through its new Hire-A-Yonkers-Youth program.

Yonkers Mayor Mike spano, who announced the program launch, said it seeks paid summer employment at businesses for workers ages 14 through 21.

“Connecting our youth with our local businesses who can serve as mentors in the community will make a positive impact in their lives for years to come,” Spano said. “We all remember our first summer job and how it taught us the value of a dollar – we want them to have the same experience. I urge our Yonkers community to assist our young men and women and take part in building their future.”

The city already has matched 175 youths with available summer jobs. City officials said local businesses, including the Greenway ShopRite, All State Insurance, Home Depot and Alter Ego, have committed to providing an additional two dozen jobs as part of the Hire-A-Yonkers-Youth program.

Yonkers Workforce Investment Board director sean McGrail in a press release said the new program “will provide youth with paid summer jobs, creating a system to help young people gain work experience, build communication skills and develop a strong work ethic that will ensure a stronger workforce for Yonkers businesses.”

Businesses interested in hiring a Yonkers youth should contact the Yonkers Workforce Investment Board at 914-963-1730.

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Karl r. rábago, an attorney and former electric utilities executive and federal Department of Energy official, has begun work this month as the new executive director of the Pace Energy and Climate Center, the interdisciplinary law and policy think tank at the Pace University School of Law in White Plains.

Pace officials said Rabago arrives at a pivotal moment as Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration plans to change the way electric and gas utilities conduct business in

the state. State officials will restructure the way utilities and energy companies sell electricity and interact with their customers.

Efforts have begun to develop new policies to accelerate the deployment of new clean energy generation technologies, give customers more control of their energy use and reduce the emissions causing climate change.

“Karl Rábago brings a wealth of industry experience, academic credentials and government experience to the center,” said Richard L. Ottinger, dean emeritus of Pace Law School and founder of the Pace Energy and Climate Center, in a press release. “I am delighted he will be leading our team of experts as New York state engages in this exciting utility reform effort.”

Rábago previously served as vice president at Austin Energy in Texas and as a commissioner on the Texas Public Utilities Commission. He is a former regulatory affairs director for AES Corp., a Fortune 200 independent power producer based in Arlington, Va., and was deputy assistant secretary of energy for utility technologies in the U.S. Department of Energy.

Rábago holds master of laws degrees from Pace Law School, where he studied environmental law, and from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he studied military law, and is an honors graduate of the University of Texas Law School.

“I am thrilled to lead the Pace Energy and Climate Center and I look forward to working with Governor Cuomo and his outstanding energy team to build a better electric grid, modernize the way the Empire State consumes and produces energy, and protect the environment,” Rábago said in the announcement.

He succeeds Franz Litz, the center’s executive director from August 2011 to January this year, when he launched his environmental services business, Litz Energy Strategies L.L.C.

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The Bristal at Armonk, a new assisted living facility for Westchester seniors, recently announced the appointment of Emilio Di siervi as executive director.

A Brooklyn resident, Di Siervi previously was an executive director with Sunrise Senior Living L.LC., a Virginia-based company that operates residential facilities in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. He has 14 years of experience in independent living, assisted living and memory care for senior citizens.

The Bristal at Armonk is a three-story, 119,000-square-foot building at 90 Business Park Drive with 112 assisted living apartments and 40 apartments for residents with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease who require special care.

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Montefiore Medical Center physicians will offer innovative testing and new approaches to food allergy treatment at the academic hospital’s newly opened Food Allergy Center locations in Scarsdale and the Bronx.

In Scarsdale, the program for both adults and children will operate at Montefiore Medical Specialists of Westchester at 495 Central Park Ave. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 866-MEDTALK. A Montefiore spokesperson said the comprehensive program is part of the Division of Allergy and Immunology of the Department of Medicine at Montefiore. Composed of a team of experts in pediatric and adult allergies, it is led by Dr. Manish ramesh, a board-certified allergist.

A growing problem in the U.S., food allergies affect nearly 15 million people, including 1 in 13 children, according to Montefiore officials.

“Food allergies can be life threatening and our new one-stop center offers highly advanced testing breakthroughs to make the most accurate diagnosis possible for our patients,” said Dr. David rosenstreich, director of the allergy and immunology division at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

“Our approach aims to use the latest in food allergy science and research to enhance the quality of our patients’ lives and impact their survival in the event of an allergic reaction.”

Experts at the Food Allergy Center will treat a wide range of allergies, including anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction; pollen food syndrome, a cross-reaction between pollen and certain foods; eosinophilic esophagitis, inflammation of the food pipe or esophagus caused by allergy to specific foods; food protein-induced enterocolitis or colitis, severe vomiting and diarrhea in infants and toddlers caused by specific foods; and eczema, a food-induced skin rash.

Ramesh in the announcement from Montefiore said the offices in Westchester and the Bronx will allow allergists “to offer our unique clinical expertise to a wide range of patients throughout the region.”

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Simone Development Cos. closed last month on its $11 million purchase of 1034 N. Broadway, a two-story, approximately 24,000-sqaure-foot medical office and retail building that adjoins the South Westchester Executive Park in Yonkers.

The seller, 1034 N. Bway L.L.C., has an office in Nanuet. The company is led by Frank E. Ricciardelli, a Realtor in Sarasota, Fla. Simone’s purchasing entity, 1034 North Broadway Realty L.L.C., took out a $1.41 million gap mortgage on the property with Sterling Bank.

A former New Rochelle company, Simone Development Cos. is headquartered in the Bronx.

Two Queens real estate companies have closed on a $24.25 million deal for 235 Lexington Ave., a 13-story, 186-unit apartment tower in White Plains.

South Lexington Associates L.L.C., an entity of Pistilli Realty Group in Astoria, acquired the 222,155-square-foot property from Lexington Hills L.L.C., an entity of Bronstein Properties in Forest Hills.

Pistilli paid about $109 per square foot for the 46-year-old building on 1.8 acres.

Simone adds to medical office portfolio

Restaurateurs lease Rye Ridge space

Owners of Fortina of Armonk have leased a 3,200-square-foot space in the Rye Ridge Shopping Center in Rye Brook and plan to open their second Italian restaurant there this fall. The space was recently vacated by Racanelli’s Pizza & Brew, said Erin Hinchey, the shopping center’s leasing agent at Win Properties Inc. John Nealon, Rob Krauss and Christian Petroni opened their original Fortina restaurant in Armonk one year ago, offering diners Italian food cooked in wood-fired ovens.

“We literally had more interest in this space than any other in the shopping center,” Hinchey said in a press release. “We had a very lengthy list of national, regional and local players all vying for the space. We chose Fortina because we know they will provide an exceptional dining experience, in a casual but hip environment that will be well suited for families as well as foodies, and that’s ultimately what our shoppers wanted.”

White Plains multifamily high-rise sold

CMS tops $1M in housing loans

Officials at CMS Bank headquarters in White Plains recently announced the community bank has completed more than $1 million in mortgage loans to families for affordable housing in Westchester.

Some of the loans were for residences at the recently completed Comstock Heights Condominium in Briarcliff Manor while others have been made at Cottage Landings, an 18-unit condominium development in Rye. Bank officials in a press release said CMS is working closely with the Housing Action Council, a Tarrytown-based nonprofit whose mission is to expand housing opportunities for moderate-income households throughout the Hudson Valley. The bank and its community partner are also helping Westchester County comply with its affordable housing settlement with the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development.

“As a local community bank, CMS’s goal is to help families achieve the American dream of homeownership,” John Ritacco, president and CEO of CMS Bank, said in the press release.

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THELIST: residential real estate firms

westchester county

Ranked by number of licensed agents and brokers in area, listed alphabetically in the event of a tie Number of licensed agents Company name Engel and Voelkers, Scarsdale and brokers in area Headquarters address 300 Heathcote Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Number of office locations Phone • Website 914-723-5555 • engelvoelkers.com Year established William Ravies Real Estate Settlers & Traders Real Estate 3,000+ 235 Main St., East Greenwich, CT 02818 14 215 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06880 1974 401-556-0626 • ravies.com 203-226-0000 • settlers.com Houlihan Lawrence Inc. Stiefvater Real Estate 1,042 4 Valley Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 24 303 Wolfs Lane, Pelham, NY 10803 1888 914-337-0400 • houlihanlawrence.com 914-738-1133 • pelhamny.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Vincent & Whittemore Real Estate 856 25 On the Green, Bedford, NY 10506 360 Main St., Suite 4, Ridgefield, CT 06877 1906 203-244-2900 • coldwellbankermoves.com 914-234-3642 • vinwhit.com Better Homes & Gardens/Rand Realty 800+ Juner Properties 3 Roxbury Road, Stamford, CT 06902 1 N. Broadway, Suite 120S, White Plains, NY 10601 9 203-968-1500 • juner.com 914-328-0333 • randrealty.com 1984 Higgins Group Real Estate 350 Homerica Realty Services/Homerica Mortgage Corp.

27 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford, CT 06902 12 235 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605 203-504-5005 • higginsgroup.com NA 914-946-7100 • homerica.com Westchester Real Estate, Inc. 305 Independent Realty Group 484 White Plains Road, Second Floor, Eastchester, NY 0709 10 499 Federal Road, Suite 20A, Brookfield, CT 06804 914-961-5510 • homesny.com 2003 203-740-2452 • candlewoodlakeproperties.com Grand Lux Realty, Inc. 75 Hegarty & Company 428 Main St., Armonk, NY 10504 1 166 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 914-273-9688 • grandluxrealty.com 2006 203-775-8353 • hegartyrealestate.com Century 21 Schneider Realty Coldwell Banker Commercial 51 255 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605 1 30 Village Green, Bedford, NY 10506 2004 914-345-3550 • c21schneider.com 914-232-4100 • cbcworldwide.com Prudential Wykagyl/Rittenberg Realty Carolyn Clark & Associates 37 27 Pine St., New Canaan, CT 06840 1299 North Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10804 1 1956 203-966-3900 • carolynclark.com 914-632-9100 • pruwr.com Round Hill Partners Churchill Corporate Services 34 25 Crescent St., Stamford, CT 06906 191 Mason St., Greenwich, CT 06830 1 1993 800-832-8918 • furnishedhousing.com 203-622-1100 • roundhillpartners.com Henry Djonbalaj Real Estate L.L.C. Prudential Connecticut Realty 28 655 McLean Ave., Yonkers, NY 10705 1 860 N. Main St., Wallingford, CT 06492 1984 914-376-1000 • hdrealtyny.com 860-571-7000 • prudentialct.com Realty Seven, Inc. 27 Prudential Douglas Elliman Westchester 250 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897 1 101 King St., Chappaqua, NY 10514 914-238-3988 • elliman.com 203-762-5548 • realtyseven.com 1978 This is a sampling of residential real estate companies. To be included on this list please contact westfaircommunications@gmail.com

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SPECIAL career options REPORT & recruitment

An employer’s guide to employees and independent contractors

BY MELINDA KIBLER

W

hen you hire a worker, should you hire him or her as an employee or an independent contractor?

This choice is not simply a matter of title. The Internal Revenue Service and other regulators have created a legal framework specifying the differences between the two types of worker. Employers must understand the legal differences, as well as the benefits and drawbacks, before making a choice.

The law Over the past 40 years, Congress has passed several laws outlining the distinctions between employees and independent contractors with regard to their compensation, benefits and relationships to their employers.

Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 laid the initial groundwork for the regulations we follow today.

The IRS requires a reasonable basis for treating workers as independent contractors, consistency in the way such workers are treated and proper tax reporting using Form 1099 for those categorized as contractors.

Subsequent legislation, such as the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, further clarified the language in Section 530.

Many employers use the following rule of thumb to distinguish between a contractor and an employee: If an employer has the right to control the means by which the worker performs his or her services as well as the end product, the worker is considered an employee. But this guideline is very broad. In 1987, the IRS released a 20-factor list, based on prior cases and rulings, to help employers resolve some of the gray areas. Some of the factors on the list include training; set hours of work; payment by the hour, week or month; furnishing tools or materials; doing work on the employer’s premises; and payment of business expenses.

For example, if you require a worker to go

through a training class before commencing work or to use particular tools or materials you provide, your worker would qualify as an employee. Similarly, if you request the worker be on site at the company headquarters from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, the worker is an employee, not an independent contractor.

The overarching theme regarding the factors on the IRS list is that an employer has the right to control how an employee produces his or her work. When hiring an independent contractor, the employer gives up this control. The 20-factor list has helped many employers create a baseline to evaluate the role of their hires in order to avoid misclassification.

In 1996, the IRS took the list a step further by identifying three broad categories of evidence to be used in distinguishing between an employee and an independent contractor. The three categories are behavioral control, financial control and relationship of the parties.

Employers can only minimally regulate contractors’ behavior. Contractors have the freedom to subcontract the work they receive, complete the work in the way they feel is most efficient and set their own hours and work location.

Financial control means a contractor’s payment standard is based on a “per task” or “piecework” basis. The amount of time and energy contractors expend on the work they produce is up to the contractors, not their employers. In contrast, employees are typically paid an hourly wage or a salary, which their employers monitor and control along with the number of hours they work.

Employees also may receive additional benefits, such as health coverage or retirement plans, which independent contractors do not receive.

The third category, relationship of the parties, refers to the increasingly common practice of employers requiring employees to sign noncompete clauses or nondisclosure

agreements. Generally, independent contractors are not required to sign such legal contracts. Contractors can work with multiple clients if they so choose – even competing companies. You don’t have the right to control other relationships an independent contractor may have.

Pros and cons An independent contractor may be a good fit if you don’t have the resources or manpower to pay, monitor or effectively use an employee regularly. You may simply need someone to complete projects on an occasional basis. For example, you may need someone to design a website for your company and occasionally help troubleshoot issues with the site. Once the site is up and running, the designer would not be needed day to day.

In contrast, if you need to maintain close supervision and have a worker available on a regular schedule, hiring an employee would be the right decision. It would be impractical to let a receptionist determine his or her own work schedule, for example, nor would the arrangement pass muster with the IRS. There are also administrative matters to consider. Employers are responsible for withholding the appropriate tax from their employees’ paychecks. Independent contractors are responsible for paying the tax themselves.

Generally, employers are responsible for providing a Form 1099 to contractors to report their income on Schedule C of their personal income tax returns, for annual income above $600. However, the legal burden for keeping accurate records falls on the contractor.

Employers should also consider the cost of benefits. Implementation of the Affordable Care Act will have an impact. The ACA requires employers with more than 50 fulltime employees to provide health insurance.

Hiring contractors, if they’re legitimate, is one way to avoid that threshold.

In addition, many employers provide employees access to 401(k) plans or profitsharing plans. These benefits are generally not extended to independent contractors.

So is it better to hire independent contractors or employees? It depends. Independent contractors can be more cost-effective and relieve the employer of some administrative

Employers can only minimally regulate contractors’ behavior.

Contractors have the freedom to subcontract the work they receive, complete the work in the way they feel is most efficient and set their own hours and work location.

and managerial burdens. On the other hand, you retain control of an employee’s work schedule and how the work is completed.

Some positions are more appropriately filled by one type of worker or the other. Some positions come down to the preferences of the parties involved.

Both employees and contractors can become long-term assets that will help your business thrive. But make sure you’re meeting the letter and spirit of the law if you decide to go the contractor route.

Melinda Kibler is a financial planner in Scarsdale-based Palisades Hudson Financial Group’s Fort Lauderdale office who counsels small-business owners. She can be reached at Melinda@palisadeshudson.com.

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CArEEr oPTIoNs & rECruITMENT

Small companies can attract great employees too

BY ADAM sAMpLEs

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mall companies typically lack the resources to provide the eye-popping perks some large companies can. Extras like fitness classes, pet-walking services, adoption reimbursement and even on-site pharmacies or bowling alleys can no doubt be enticing to job applicants, but that doesn’t mean smaller firms are always at a disadvantage when recruiting. There are plenty of benefits of working for a small or midsize firm that big companies can’t provide.

Emphasize those things with job candidates and you can tip the scales in your favor.

Here are some common small-company assets worth promoting to candidates: Access to management — The management structure in small firms usually isn’t as layered as it is at larger firms, so employees can interact with and learn from leadership on a more regular basis. Getting a meeting with the owner or president can be as simple as walking down the hallway, knocking on the door and sitting down for a discussion.

Professional growth — Job responsibilities often are less rigid at smaller companies, which means employees can

jump in and help with tasks that don’t necessarily fall under their job description. This can translate into exposure to a variety of new and interesting projects. Also, when workers are on a smaller team, they have more opportunities to learn about and assume more challenging tasks earlier in their careers. This can be appealing to ambitious candidates eager to put their knowledge to the test and advance professionally.

A clear role in the company’s success — Because there are fewer levels of approval at small firms, good suggestions can be implemented more quickly. For that reason, employees at small companies generally have an easier time seeing the effects of their work.

As their proposals come to fruition, they can watch their ideas change and improve the way the organization handles its daily business. Few things provide more motivation or satisfaction at work.

Less red tape — In general, there are fewer hoops to jump through at a small firm than there are at a large company, which means things can get done on a quicker timetable. If there’s a new software application on the market that an employee thinks would be useful for the company, for example, the decision makers in the firm can consider

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acquiring it right away, rather than scheduling a series of meetings to discuss it or starting an extensive approval process.

Credit for work — Office politics in small and midsize companies are often less of a concern simply because there aren’t as many employees. If someone makes a notable contribution, they’re more likely to get credit because there’s a good chance that coworkers witnessed the success (or at least the work that led up to it) with their own eyes, making it more difficult for someone to take responsibility for an achievement that wasn’t really their own.

Family atmosphere — Employees at small firms have more opportunities to get to know everyone in the organization. They’re not limited to working with just the people in their own departments. Accounting professionals may even sit next to sales, marketing or other staff. Asking for help or advice from a colleague in another department can be as simple as turning to the person in the next cubicle. When there’s a company party, there are no unfamiliar faces or names. All of these factors can make employees feel like they’re part of a family that’s striving toward the same goal, which in turn can provide a great deal of job satisfaction.

When recruiting, make sure you emphasize these benefits from the very start. Craft your job ads so they communicate the appealing qualities of joining your team.

That way, the best and brightest will be motivated to apply. When you start to interview applicants, schedule some time for top candidates to meet with your employees, and let your people help sell your company. They are in the strongest position to talk about the everyday benefits of work life at a small firm.

Remember, though, that you shouldn’t have to work too hard to convince a promising candidate to join your team. The benefits of working for a small firm are many; if you’ve made a persuasive case and a competitive offer and the candidate is still reluctant to say yes, it may be best to move on. Not everyone is suited to working for a small firm, and you want to hire people who truly have the interest and motivation to be successful at your company.

Adam Samples is regional manager at specialized staffing firm Robert Half. He oversees operations in the company’s White Plains, Stamford and Danbury locations. He can be reached at 914-682-8842 or adam.samples@ roberthalf.com.

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career options & recruitment

Taking score of SCORE at 50

BY GLENN SHELL

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ifty years ago, the U.S. Small Business Administration launched SCORE, which began providing free, confidential professional assistance to owners and managers of existing small businesses and entrepreneurial startups. Today, a nationwide network of 13,000 working and retired business professionals from 354 chapters provides assistance to approximately a halfmillion people each year. The organization has now mentored and trained more than 10 million entrepreneurs and small business owners.

The strength of the organization and the value of its services can’t be matched. SCORE volunteers provide free mentoring to smallbusiness entrepreneurs on a wide range of business topics – everything from how to write a business plan and how to arrange funding and manage cash flow to how to develop effective marketing and Web-based retailing. Business owners can take advantage of SCORE’s free, ongoing face-to-face or email mentoring and counseling sessions, low-cost in-person workshops and online expert resources, including free online workshops, business tools and templates.

Regionally, the SCORE NY Metro Area comprises 10 chapters – Long Island, Staten Island and New York City as well as those in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties.

Last year alone, SCORE volunteers helped start 3,492 businesses in New York state. Within the state, 2,925 businesses reported growth during these difficult economic times, and 1,355 jobs were created, all due to the support of the SCORE mentors in their area.

Our Westchester County chapter of SCORE – with its network of 40 volunteers – helped start 520 businesses and saw 325 clients grow their business in 2013. This resulted in 70 new jobs in our area. We also held 66 workshops with 1355 attendees, a 12 percent increase from 2012 to 2013. Based on our success, the chapter was recently named the SCORE New York Metro Area Chapter of the Year.

The impact that SCORE has had on Westchester County has been tremendous.

To know that we have impacted the growth of small businesses in our county during the past year speaks not only to the volume of what our volunteers do for the community but also to the quality of the mentoring that

they do. In 2013, we provided 2,841 individual services overall. We are in the business of building solid businesses and jobs and helping people achieve their dreams.

SCORE touches people’s lives in different ways to create success stories.

One entrepreneur – the sole proprietor of a recording studio – had strong professional skills but relatively no business background.

His business had plateaued at an income level short of his goals. And then, the economy made his business slide further.

He was thinking of closing the studio, but a family member suggested contacting SCORE. Volunteers helped him develop promotional materials, identify potential clients and create marketing and sales strategies. He was encouraged to identify strategies that were working for him and refine them to make them even better. He also learned that sales and marketing were essential parts of his business and those aspects needed to be consistent, creative and effective in order for him to be successful.

A year after he first consulted with SCORE, his gross receipts were on track to exceed the previous year’s receipts by more than 50 percent.

Another entrepreneur said SCORE pro-

vided her company with outstanding coaching and honest feedback on her business plan, marketing and sales materials, pricing, legal, finance and Web development. She reported “an acceptable level of profitability” in just her first year of operation.

Many people often ask me, “Are SCORE’s services really free?” SCORE’s one-on-one business mentoring and online resources – online workshops and information on an array of business topics – are free. SCORE also provides workshops for a small fee, which typically covers the costs of materials.

As a 50-year-old organization, SCORE has the stability that its strong track record provides. SCORE’s retired and currently employed executives bring their experience and creativity to any problem a new or existing client may have. Give us a call at (914) 948-3907 or visit us online at westchester. score.org. We’re always willing to help create and grow businesses in Westchester County.

Glenn Shell is the SCORE chapter chairman in Westchester County. He is a former banker and a financial consultant. He can be reached at scoreinfo@scorewestchester.com or 914-948-3907.

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FACTS& FIGURES ON THE RECORD WESTChESTER BANKRUPTCIES

Washington realty Group L.L.C., 47 W. Church St., Spring Valley 10977. Chapter 13, voluntary. Attorney: Jerrold W. Miles, Spring Valley.

Filed May 08. Case no. 14-22637.

The following petitions were filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the WESTCHESTER Southern District of New York in COUNTY White Plains. Chapter 11 indicates the filer intends to submit a plan of reorganization to the court. Chapter Deborah McCarthy Inc., 550 Guard Hill Road, Bedford 10506.

7 indicates a liquidation of assets.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Francis J. O’Reilly, Mahopac. Filed BRONX COUNTY May 07. Case no. 14-22633.

George Edward Manner, 2500 Johnson Ave., Apt. 18S, Bronx 10463. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Douglas J. McGill, Whippany, NJ. Filed May 12. Case no. 14-11393.

DUTCHESS COUNTY Amedeo Cilli, 202 Bundy Hill Road, Holmes 12531. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Karl J. Norgaard, Englewood, NJ. Filed May 12. Case no. 14-35962.

ROCKLAND COUNTY

Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Lime Leaf restaurant, et al. Filed

by Victorino Basurto, et al. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Peter Hans Cooper. Filed May 07. Case no.

14-03329.

Brickens Construction Inc. Filed by the trustees of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 28 Benefit Funds.

Action: Employee retirement income security act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Dana Lynne Henke .

Filed May 06. Case no. 14-03259.

My-Art s.A.s., et al. Filed by Mark Mikullitz. Action: Trademark infringement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: David Dong Ann Lin and Justin Harry Ryann Mercer. Filed May 06. Case no. 14-03276.

Northwind Kennels L.L.C., 402 Old Post Road, Bedford 10506.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Elio Forcina, Middle Village. Filed May 12. Case no. 14-22660.

New York City Health And Hospitals Corp. Filed by Ernestine Double Hospitality L.L.C., et al. Blake. Action: Age discriminaFiled by Chang Yan Chen, et al. Ac- tion claim. Attorney for plaintiff: tion: Fair labor standards act claim. Lee Sam Nuwesra. Filed May 08.

Attorney for plaintiff: C.K. Lee. Case no. 14-03340.

Filed May 06. Case no. 14-03282.

Num Pang Holdings L.L.C., et al.

English Enterprises Inc., et al. Filed by Marlon Cabrera. Action: Filed by Matthew Fermin, et al. Ac- Denial of overtime compensation: Fair labor standards act claim. tion claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Attorney for plaintiff: C.K. Lee. C.K. Lee. Filed May 08. Case no.

Filed May 06. Case no. 14-03281.

14-03345.

richard scott sable, 205 Polly Park Road, Rye 10580. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Scott S. Markowitz, New York. Filed May 09.

Case no. 14-22644.

Get Punjabi Inc., et al. Filed by Jus Punjabi L.L.C., et al. Action: 1961 Racketeering act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Paul Amandio Batista.

Filed May 07. Case no. 14-03318.

Parkash 3435 L.L.C., et al. Filed

by Manuel Medina. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Amit Kumar. Filed May 06. Case no. 14-03285.

sonia G Herrera, 6605 Kinsey Way, Cumming, Ga. 30040-5311.

Chapter 13, voluntary. Attorney: Harold J. Johnson, White Plains.

Filed May 07. Case no. 14-22631.

Green Forest Food Corp., et al.

Filed by Marcelo Martinez. Action: Fair labor standards act claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Peter Hans Cooper. Filed May 07. Case no.

14-03328.

Progressive Home Health services Inc., et al. Filed by Cynthia Rodriguez. Action: Job discrimination claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Alexandra Lauren Freedman. Filed May 07. Case no. 14-03319.

IMTTo L.L.C., 402 Old Post Road, Bedford 10506. Chapter 11, voluntary.

Attorney: Elio Forcina, Middle Village. Filed May 12. Case no. 14-22659.

Alambres Properties Ltd., 12 Maple Leaf Road, Monsey 10952.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Tomnick realty Corp., 3827 Mark A. Frankel, New York City. Crompond Road, Yorktown Filed May 06. Case no. 14-22624.

Heights 10958. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Demetrios Adamis, stephen F Pappas, 19 Washington Fresh Meadows. Filed May 06.

Ave., Sloatsburg 10974. Chapter Case no. 14-22629.

11, voluntary. Attorney: Matthew M. Cabrera, Suffern. Filed May 08. Triplanet Partners L.L.C., 50 Case no. 14-22642.

Main St., Suite 1000, White Plains 10606. Chapter 11, voluntary. AtTomnick realty south Corp., torney: Arnold Mitchell Greene, 512 Route 303, Orangeburg 10962. New York. Filed May 08. Case no.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: 14-22643.

Demetrios Adamis, Fresh Meadows.

Filed May 06. Case no. 14-22630.

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

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American Dental Arts P.L.L.C., et al. Filed by Julissa Lopez. Action: Denial of overtime compensation claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Walker Green Harman Jr. Filed May 07.

Case no. 14-03324.

COURT CASES

Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. Filed by Seaport South Condominium. Action: Civil rights act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Joshua Lee Mallin. Filed May 06.

Case no. 14-03286.

Hiline Cofee Company Inc. Filed

by Nespresso USA Inc. Action: Trademark infringement claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: A. John P. Mancini. Filed May 06. Case no.

14-03292.

Hunan House Manor Inc., et al.

Filed by Gong Xian Huang, et al.

Action: Collect unpaid wages claim.

The following cases appear on the Attorney for plaintiff: Stephen docket of the U.S. District Court for Brian Irwin. Filed May 06. Case no. the county of Westchester in White 14-03277.

Plains.

Indoor Air technologies Inc. 81 Edibles Inc. et al. Filed by Ali Filed by the trustees of the Sheet Rodriguez. Action: Denial of over- Metal Workers International Astime compensation claim. Attorney sociation Association Local Union for plaintiff: Amit Kumar. Filed No 28 Benefit Funds. Action: EmMay 08. Case no. 14-03350. ployee retirement income security act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Alfredo Villamil. Filed by Elof Dana Lynne Henke. Filed May 06.

Hansson USA Inc. Action: Breach Case no. 14-03261. of fiduciary duty claim. Attorney for plaintiff: William Dennis Hummell. Filed May 06. Case no.

14-03253.

suit supply Inc., et al. Filed by Nicholas Raso. Action: Collect unpaid wages claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Dale James Morgado.

Filed May 08. Case no. 14-03342. rossali L.L.C., et al. Filed by Rowab Enterprises Ltd. Action: Trademark infringement claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Charles H. Knull. Filed May 07. Case no. 14-03322.

The Travelers Indemnity Company of America, et al. Filed by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York Inc. Action: Insurance contract claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Wystan M. Ackerman and Laura A. Torchio. Filed May 07.

Case no. 14-03303.

Y & H Creations Inc., et al. Filed

by Fernando Reyes. Action: Denial of overtime compensation claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Amit Kumar.

Filed May 08. Case no. 14-03348.

DEEDS Above $1 million 03070814 L.L.C., White Plains.

Seller: Vanderbilt LMJ Properties L.L.C., Scarsdale. Property: 25 Vanderbilt Ave., Scarsdale. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed May 6.

100 south Broadway L.L.C., Malibu, Calif. Seller: Steven Niemczyk, Promoteu Inc. Filed by Joshua Irvington. Property: 100 S. BroadKaplan. Action: Copyright infringe- way, Greenburgh. Amount: $6.4 ment claim. Attorney for plaintiff: million. Filed May 9.

Audrey S. Feinberg. Filed May 07.

Case no. 14-03302.

18-24 Tuckahoe L.L.C., Yonkers.

Seller: Mapac Holding Inc., Yonshinobi NY L.L.C., et al. Filed by kers. Property: 22 Tuckahoe Road, Fausto Lazala. Action: Fair labor Yonkers. Amount: $2.4 million. standards act claim. Attorneys for Filed May 12. plaintiff: C.K. Lee and Anne Melissa Seelig. Filed May 06. Case no.

237 Purchase street Associates 14-03284.

L.L.C., Rye. Seller: Salvatore Di Leo, et al, Rye. Property: 237 Purchase stephen Einstein & Associates St., Rye. Amount: $1.1 million.

P.C., et al. Filed by Travis Coley. Ac- Filed May 12. tion: Fair debt collection act claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Mitchell L. Pashkin . Filed May 07. Case no. 43 Cohawney L.L.C., Scarsdale.

Seller: John F. H. Jartrey Jr., et al, 14-03325.

Scarsdale. Property: 43 Cohawney Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $1.4 milst. Luke’s Cornwell Hospital, et lion. Filed May 6. al. Filed by Michael Staropoli. Action: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 claim. Attorney for Broad and Bailey Inc., Valhalla. plaintiff: Michael David Diederich Seller: Patrick Carapella, Tuckahoe.

Jr. Filed May 07. Case no. 14-03317. Property: 81 Wallace St., Eastchester. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed May 12. stop & shop, et al. Filed by Salvatore Vasta. Action: Personal injury claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Erin El Kam realty Co., et al, New Roach Frost. Filed May 06. Case no. York City. Seller: Grand Central Inc., Brewster. Property: 129 Dingle 14-03287.

Ridge Road, North Salem. Amount: $14.9 million. Filed May 7.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events SCHWARZ TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE Thomas J. Schwarz, president of Purchase College , will receive an honorary degree from Hamilton College at its commencement ceremony May 25.

“We confer honorary degrees on men and women whose accomplishments can serve as examples for our graduates,” said Joan Hinde Stewart, president of Hamilton College. “Tom Schwarz has had two outstanding careers: first as a partner and litigator at one of this country’s most distinguished law firms and now as president of Purchase College, New York’s premier public conservatory and liberal arts college.”

Schwarz, a 1966 graduate of Hamilton College, is the fifth president of Purchase College. Since he joined Purchase in 2002, both retention and graduation rates have improved, the endowment has increased, the campus has added new residences and a student services building and more students are taking advantage of international programs.

Prior to joining Purchase, Schwarz was a partner at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he was national practice leader of the litigation department. He was also the founding partner of the firm’s committee on diversity.

Schwarz earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at Hamilton College and a law degree, cum laude, from Fordham Law School, where he was an editor of The Fordham Law Review. Among other accomplishments, he served as mayor of the

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village of Ocean Beach in Suffolk County; was special counsel to the New York State Commission on Government Integrity and served on the Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections.

Schwarz joined the Hamilton College Board of Trustees in 1987. In 1999, he served as Hamilton’s acting president, during which time he worked to improve administrative and operational functions and to secure increased private and grant funding.

MEYERS NAMED HEAD OF CORPORATE WALK The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter recently announced its 2014 Corporate Walk Chair and Executive Leadership Committee members. Chris Meyers, managing principal of Houlihan Lawrence Real Estate, has been named the 2014 Light The Night Corporate Walk Chair.

Meyers oversees the day-to-day operations of Houlihan Lawrence’s 26 offices

and 1,200 real estate agents. His second year serving in this leadership role, Meyers in 2013 with the Houlihan Lawrence team had an impact of nearly $100,000 on the local Light The Night campaign, which raised nearly $1.1 million in total for the Westchester/Hudson Valley chapter.

The 2014 Westchester Light The Night Walk will take place Saturday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. at Playland Amusement Park in Rye.

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning was welcomed back by Guiding Eyes for the Blind of Yorktown for the Spring Tee-Off of its 37th annual Guiding Eyes for the Blind Golf Classic at a sponsor-recognition party hosted

by Mulino’s of Westchester in White Plains.

Returning for his eighth year as host, Manning was introduced to Guiding Eyes’ Golf Classic through family friend and Corcoran Cup champion Patrick W. Browne Jr. “Each year that I host the Golf Classic I’m reminded of how many people Guiding Eyes is helping to live their lives to the fullest,” Manning said. “For people without sight, teaming up with a Guiding Eyes dog can change their lives. Not only do these dogs provide independence to people who are blind and visually impaired, they also assist children with autism. I’ve been told the Heeling Autism program has just placed its 55th dog within a family. I feel privileged to play a part in this organization and I’m regularly inspired to do more.”

For the seventh consecutive year, Mulino’s has donated its facility and hospitality for the tee-off.

Guiding Eyes will hold its Golf Classic June 9 at Mount Kisco Country Club in

Mount Kisco and Fairview Country Club in Greenwich, Conn. The field will include golfers hosted by Diamond Sponsors Entergy and Gatorade. Guiding Eyes anticipates the classic will raise more than $700,000 for its programs and services.

Founded by PGA legend Ken Venturi in 1977, the Golf Classic has raised more than $8 million for the nonprofit, which provides superbly trained guide and service dogs, free of charge, to men and women who are blind and visually impaired as well as to families with children with autism.

KAGAN APPOINTED TO GLOBAL GROUP Dr. Bryan B. Kagan has been appointed to the Science and Practice Subcommittee on Forensic Podiatry of the International Association for Identification. A forensic podiatrist, Kagan has written and lectured nationally on forensic podiatry and is conducting research and analysis on footprints and gait at crime scenes.

A graduate of Yeshiva University, Kagan received his degree in podiatric medicine with honors from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine. He completed his residency in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at Coney Island Hospital and is board-certified in podiatric medicine. Kagan maintains his

private practice in White Plains and is a member of the American Podiatric Medical Association, serves on the executive board of the American Society of Forensic Podiatry and was elected its secretary-treasurer in 2013. He is also a member of the International Association for Identification.

An adjunct instructor in the department of community medicine at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, podiatric consultant at the Esplanade Senior Residence in White Plains and Willow Towers Senior Residence in New Rochelle, Kagan is also on staff at White Plains Hospital Medical Center.

FOOD BANK EXEC RECEIVES AWARD The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) honored the Food Bank for Westchester’s Executive Director Ellen Lynch with the 2014 Lowell B. Mason Annual Award for Exemplary Volunteer Service at a gala in Washington, D.C. April 24. The award is the highest recognition given to a volunteer who has made a significant impact in the community throughout his or her involvements with NFTE by developing an innovative way to open doors for its students.

“We are all thrilled that Ellen is receiving this honor. She is dedicated to making a difference and cares deeply about the young people NFTE educates, many who come from chal-

lenging circumstances,” said Diane Rosenthal, executive director, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. “Ellen captures the true spirit of NFTE volunteers who help students establish real-life goals, gain the knowledge that can break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and learn the skills most sought after by today’s employers.”

Lynch has served the NFTE Fairchester chapter, which represents Westchester and Fairfield counties, in all capacities for the last 13 years. She has dedicated her time as a business plan coach, classroom competition judge, mentor to individual students and has assisted students in preparing for countywide and national competitions.

NEWMAN HONORED FOR LEADERSHIP Dr. Barney Newman, medical director at WESTMED Medical Group, was recently presented with the Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta Visionary Award by the Collaborative for Palliative Care/Westchester/NYS Southern Region, for his “outstanding leadership” in improving the care of patients who are living with serious, chronic and progressive illnesses.

“Dr. Newman is a visionary who understands the importance of enhancing palliative care services throughout Westchester,” said Judith Dobof, executive director of the Cancer Support Team, who presented the award. “Through his extraordinary leadership at WESTMED, he created and launched WESTMED’s unique palliative care program in 2012, the only palliative medicine program in our area housed in an ambulatory nonacademic private practice.”

The namesake of the award, Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta, was one of the founders of the collaborative in Westchester and New York state’s southern region and a renowned social work educator and leader.

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Dr. Barney Newman receives his award from Judith Dobrof.

The Collaborative for Palliative Care advocates for increasing palliative care services in Westchester and beyond and improving the care of the seriously ill through education, research and advocacy.

NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED AT ENTA

BRISTAL NAMES DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Charles Dean Brown has been appointed director of business development at The Bristal at White Plains.

Prior to joining The Bristal, Brown was a territory manager at Quinnova Pharmaceuticals and director of community relations for Edgehill, a retirement community in Stamford, Conn. He graduated from East Carolina University and has been recognized as a member and honorary graduate of the Army’s 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard).

Active in the community, Brown is serving his second year as a member of the Greenwich Gala Committee and was also a member of the committee for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk To End Alzheimer’s Connecticut Chapter in 2013. He currently resides in Stamford with his wife, Rose, and 5-year-old son, Nico.

Dr. Robert Green is the newly elected president of ENT and Allergy Associates (ENTA), which has 150 doctors and 41 clinical locations across New York and New Jersey.

Green has long-served patients at ENTA’s East 86th Street office in Manhattan and is an original and founding member of the practice. Prior to his election, he served as the chairman of ENTA’s finance committee and company treasurer for 17 years, identifying and leading various initiatives that resulted in unprecedented growth, stability, profitability and the availability of resources deployed toward patient care.

Green graduated from Harvard Medical School, following an undergraduate tenure at Stony Brook where he graduated as the valedictorian. Following medical school, he completed a residency in otolaryngology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Presently, he is an associate clinical professor in otolaryngology at Mount Sinai and is nationally recognized as a teacher of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ears, nose and throat.

“I am honored to have been chosen by my colleagues to serve the best needs of our practice, and more importantly, our deserving patients,” noted Green. “And I can only hope to live up to the standards of excellence set by my superb predecessor, Wayne Eisman. I will be seeking out his counsel, as well as that of all my fellow physicians, as we move forward.”

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Spinal Cord Injury Support Group meets 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Wood Pavilion, Harris Parlor, The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Burke Medical Research Institute,785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. For more information, contact Melissa Garretto at 914-597-2481 or MGarretto@burke.org.

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Stroke Support Group meets 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Outpatient Building, Building 8, The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Burke Medical Research Institute,785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. For more information, contact Roseann Cardi at 914-907-7482 or rcardi@burke. org.

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The Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group for Survivors and Caregivers meets 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Wood Pavilion, Harris Parlor, The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Burke Medical Research Institute,785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. For more information, contact Janet Goodman at 914-597-2237 or jgoodman@burke.org.

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TUESDAY MAY 27 Amputee Support Group meets 3 to 5 p.m. in the Wood Pavilion, Harris Parlor, The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Burke Medical Research Institute,785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. For more information, contact Melissa Garretto at 914-597-2481 or MGarretto@ burke.org.

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Taconic Opera will be performing the world premier performance and professional recording of the oratorio “Jonah” Saturday, May 31, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ossining United Methodist Church, 1 Emwilton Place/corner of Route 9, Ossining, and Sunday, June 1, at 3 p.m. at the White Plains Presbyterian Church, 39 N. Broadway, White Plains. Tickets are $27, $20 for seniors and $15 for students and can be purchased at the door, in advance online at taconicopera.org or by calling 855-886-7372.

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Friends of John Jay Homestead hosts In The Garden, the ongoing celebration of the homestead’s remarkable gardens and grounds, Saturday May 31, at the John Jay Homestead State Historic Site, 400 Jay St., Katonah. Ticket prices range from $350 to $2,500 per person. Silver tables for 10 at $5,000, Gold tables for 10 at $10,000 and Platinum tables at $25,000 are also available. For more information or to purchase tickets or an advertisement in the dinner journal, call 914-2328119 or visit johnjayhomestead.org.

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Professional Women of Westchester hosts Mission Impossible: What’s Driving Female Business Leaders of Westchester with panelists Marissa Brett, Jean Marie Connolly, Cynthia A. Rubino and Lauren Wendle, at BLT Steak, 221 Main St., White Plains, 6 to 8 p.m. $15 for members, $20 nonmembers, includes appetizers. Cash Bar. Registration in advance necessary, visit professionalwomenofwestchester.com.

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FACTS&FIGURES French-American School of New York, Mamaroneck. Seller: Dorothy Blackwell Myles, White Plains. Property: 557 North St., White Plains.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed May 8.

89 Saratoga Ave Realty Corp., Bronx.

Seller: Pokista of Greece Inc., Bronx.

Property: 89 Saratoga Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $230,000. Filed May 8.

Northeast Residential Equities L.L.C., New York City. Seller: Benjamin Levy, Yonkers. Property: 29 Cross Hill Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $575,000. Filed May 12.

NEW ROCHELLE, 73 French Ridge. Single-family residence; .17 acre. Plaintiff: One West Bank FSB. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stein, Wiener & Roth, 516-762-1212; 1 Old Country Road, Suite 113, Carle Casino Hospitality L.L.C., Bronx.

KSG 382 L.L.C., New York City. Seller: 651 Bronx River Road Corp., O’Connell Place L.L.C., Armonk. Place. Defendant: Assumani BagSeller: TPA Holdings L.L.C., Scars- Yonkers. Property: 651 Bronx River Seller: Joseph Sandarciero Jr., et al, Port beni. Referee: Kevin Cohen. Sale: dale. Property: 51 Penn Blvd., Road, Yonkers. Amount: $300,000. Chester. Property: 12-36 Cottage St., May 27, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: Scarsdale. Amount: $3.4 million. Filed May 7.

Rye. Amount: $985,000. Filed May 6. $523,226.98.

Filed May 9.

D and G Realty Assets L.L.C. One Webster Avenue L.L.C., Harri- NEW ROCHELLE, 94 Union Ave. Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry. Seller: Lauren M. Di Domenico, et son. Seller: Anna C. Kiernan, Bronx. Office building; .09 acre. Plaintiff: Seller: Daniel W. Rubin, et al, Ir- al, Larchmont. Property: 2 Wash- Property: Webster Ave., Harrison. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845vington. Property: 1 Clifton Place, ington Square 5C, Mamaroneck. Amount: $500,000. Filed May 6.

897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite Greenburgh. Amount: $1.8 million. Amount: $267,500. Filed May 6.

301, Fishkill. Defendant: Francisco Filed May 9.

Pomona Development L.L.C., Procel. Referee: Terrance Ryan.

Doran Construction Corp., Bri- Hartsdale. Seller: Alison Hamp- Sale: May 23, 10:30 a.m. ApproxiMing Shing and Kuo Ping L.L.C., arcliff Manor. Seller: Kathleen M. son, Burlington, Vt. Property: 78 mate lien: $1,376,010.12.

White Plains. Seller: Nabel’s Realty Daudier, et al, Croton-on-Hudson. Eton Lane, Cortlandt. Amount: L.L.C., White Plains. Property: 1485 Property: 47 Olcott Ave., Cortlandt. $375,000. Filed May 13.

NEW ROCHELLE, 654 Webster Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. Amount: $90,000. Filed May 9.

Ave. Single-family residence; .34 Amount: $4.5 million. Filed May 9.

The Bank of New York Mel- acre. Plaintiff: LoanCare. Plaintiff’s Fannie Mae. Seller: William T. lon. Seller: Charles A. D’Agostino, attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & AsNudge Capital L.L.C., Rye. Seller: Klika, Hartsdale. Property: 300 Pleasantville. Property: 68 Brook- sociates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Emerald Cove Realty L.L.C., Rye. High Point, Greenburgh. Amount: side Ave. Mount Vernon. Amount: Court, Suite 301, Fishkill. DefenProperty: 56 Locust Ave., Rye. $299,345. Filed May 6. $788,796. Filed May 13. dant: Pamela Grays. Referee: David Amount: $1.4 million. Filed May 13.

Gallo. Sale: May 22, 10:30 a.m. ApFederal Home Loan Mortgage The City of Yonkers, Yonkers. proximate lien: $664,418.12.

Star Property Management Corp. Seller: Michele L. Ber- Seller: City of Yonkers,. Property: L.L.C., Forest Hills. Seller: Norma mel, Chappaqua. Property: 61 S. 26 Fegan St., Yonkers. Amount: OSSINING, 34 Saddle Ridge Hunter-Kaloedas, Pound Ridge. Lawn Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $564,161. Filed May 12.

Road. Single-family residence; 1.0 Property: 741 White Plains Road, $268,777. Filed May 13. acre. Plaintiff: New York ComEastchester. Amount: $1.3 million.

Truman ACM Golden State REO munity Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Filed May 13.

Federal National Mortgage As- L.L.C., Armonk. Seller: Trucap Fein Such & Crane LLP; 1400 Old sociation. Seller: Arlene Gold REO Corp., Armonk. Property: 91 Country Road, Westbury. DefenU.S. Bank N.A. Seller: William Wexler, Mamaroneck. Property: Stony Run, New Rochelle. Amount: dant: George Gojcaj. Referee: David Gallo. Sale May 21, 11 a.m. ApLieberman, et al, White Plains. 79 Lakeridge Cove 79, Yorktown. $427,199. Filed May 13. proximate lien: $633,666.95.

Property: 17 Hudson Drive, Green- Amount: $215,658. Filed May 8. burgh. Amount: $1 million. Filed U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Darren May 8.

Federal National Mortgage As- DeUrso, White Plains. Property: PEEKSKILL, 859 N. St. Singlesociation. Seller: Luis Cardenas, 12 Randolph St., Yonkers. Amount: family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank NaYonkers. Property: 42 Yonkers Ave., $421,083. Filed May 13. tional Association. Plaintiff’s attorYonkers. Amount: $390,586. Filed Below $1 million ney: Woods Oviatt Gilman L.L.P.; May 8.

Well-Being Wealth and Happi- 2 State St., Rochester. Defendant: ness L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: Sun- Carol Jacobs. Referee: Theresa 146 Ravine Ave Corp., Valhalla.

Seller: Jim Johnson, Yonkers. Prop- FMB108 L.L.C., Dobbs Ferry. trust Mortgage Inc., Richmond, Daniele. Sale: May 20, 10 a.m. Aperty: 164 Ravine Ave., 3A, Yonkers. Seller: Clifton Morris, Hastings- Va. Property: 120 High St., Yonkers. proximate lien: $413,190.34. on-Hudson. Property: 108 Mt. Amount: $76,000. Filed May 12.

Amount: $130,000. Filed May 12.

Hope Blvd., Greenburgh. Amount: YONKERS, 31 Potomac St. Two$399,000. Filed May 13.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: family dwelling; 25 x 100. Plaintiff: 1520 Stillwell Realty L.L.C., Michele Bermel, Chappaqua. Prop- Wells Fargo Bank National AssociaBronx. Seller: Scarsdale Townhouses L.L.C., Tuckahoe. Property: Gelmo Realty, Scarsdale. Seller: erty: 1420 James St., Mamaroneck. tion. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosicki 142 Brook Street B, Eastchester. Sharon J. Cole, Pelham. Property: Amount: $543,878. Filed May 9. & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897430 Sixth Ave., Pelham. Amount: Amount: $525,000. Filed May 7.

1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, $445,000. Filed May 6.

Westbrook Group L.L.C., Croton- Fishkill. Defendant: Dennis Sheron-Hudson. Seller: Rustic Meadow rod. Referee: John Romano. Sale: 25 Dogwood Drive Owners L.L.C., Scarsdale. Seller: Nancy Hudson City Savings Bank, Inc., et al, Cortlandt Manor. Prop- May 22, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: Falco, Somers. Property: 140 Mari- Paramus, N.J. Seller: Denise Miele, erty: 395 Croton Ave., Cortlandt. $422,636.19. etta Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: Davidson, N.C. Property: 521 Col- Amount: $375,000. Filed May 6. ony Drive, Greenburgh. Amount: $420,000. Filed May 13.

YONKERS, 482 Park Ave., (aka) $310,000. Filed May 9.

Wolf Conservation Center 478 Park Ave. Single-family resiInc., South Salem. Seller: Helene dence; .11 acre. Plaintiff: Citimort2791 University Realty Corp., West Harrison. Seller: George A. Hudson Valley Bank, Yonkers. Grimaud, Weggis, Switzerland. gage Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: SweeCiccarone, et al, Henderson, Nev. Seller: Karen B. Fitzmaurice, Liber- Property: 7 Buck Run, Lewisboro. ney Galo Reich Bolz, 718-459-2634; 95-25 Queens Blvd., Rego Park.

Property: 28-30 Marion Ave., Har- ty, Me. Property: 357 N. Broadway, Amount: $578,000. Filed May 9.

Defendant: Victoria Beltran. Referrison. Amount: $955,000. Filed 3B, Yonkers. Amount: $195,000.

Filed May 8. ee: Joan Iacone. Sale: June 3, 9 a.m.

May 7.

Approximate lien: $538,936.91.

FORECLOSURES KRWN Chiefs L.L.C., Mount Ver45 Clifford Place Realty L.L.C., 1332 YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 466 Bronxville. Seller: One Webster Av- non. Seller: Soonai Lee, Hastings- CROTON-ON-HUDSON, enue L.L.C., Harrison. Property: 45 on-Hudson. Property: 154 Stevens Albany Post Road. Single-family Underhill Ave. Single-family resiClifford Place, Harrison. Amount: Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Wells dence; 1.0 acre. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Fargo Bank National Association. Chase Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attor$205,000. Filed May 12. $375,000. Filed May 13.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy & ney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, Orlans, 716-204-1700; P.O. Box 540, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, 56 Mana L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: 15 Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Sell- Getzville. Defendant: John Gorman. Suite 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Lawrence L.L.C., Yonkers. Property: er: Ira S. Clair, Scarsdale. Property: Referee: Anthony Keogh. Sale: May 21, Elizabeth Smith. Referee: Terrence 15 Lawrence St., Yonkers. Amount: 34 Linden St., Yonkers. Amount: 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $513,127.20. Ryan. Sale: May 23; 11:15 a.m. Ap$178,076. Filed May 8. $970,000. Filed May 6. proximate lien: $468,899.15.

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Judgments

Elmasry, Mervat A., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Actress and NY Corp., White to secure an unspecified amount Plains. $25,183 in favor of Isabella affecting property located at 28 Company New York Inc., New York Clayton Place, Yonkers 10704. Filed City. Filed May 8.

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Anthony Devito L.L.C., Yorktown Giannopoulos, Linda, et al. Filed Heights. $45,347 in favor of Upstate by Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C. Framing Inc., Suffern. Filed May 6. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $402,250 affectEgan Architectural Metal and ing property located at 77 Travers Glass Inc., Yonkers. $21,098 in fa- Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed Nov. 21. vor of Firestone Building Products Company L.L.C., Indianapolis, Ind. Hennings, Tito, et al. Filed by AuFiled May 5. rora Loan Services L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Galaxyvisions Inc., Brooklyn. secure $300,000 affecting property $76,141 in favor of Abovenet Com- located at 25 Highview Ave., Port munications Inc., White Plains. Chester. Filed Nov. 21.

Filed May 2.

Lifson, Ronald, et al. Filed by Bank Northeast Mechanical Services of America N.A. Action: seeks to Inc., Peekskill. $67,696 in favor of Alfa foreclose on a mortgage to secure Laval Inc., Richmond, Va. Filed May 5. $299,000 affecting property located at 426 Hancock Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed Nov. 22.

Old Mill Saloon L.L.C., Norwalk, Conn. $10,924 in favor of Ace EnMarshall, Carol, et al. Filed by dico Corp., Brewster. Filed May 7.

U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure RSG Home Improvements Inc., $812,000 affecting property loMamaroneck. $9,846 in favor of cated at 32 Merriam Place, Yonkers Star Insurance Co., Southfield, 10708. Filed Nov. 21.

Mich. Filed May 6.

Troys Garden Nurseries Inc., Bedford. $5,500 in favor of L and J Fineline Sales L.L.C., Canton, Conn. Filed May 9.

McKenna, Kevin R., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $596,493 affecting property located at 36 Rochambeau Ave., Dobbs Ferry 10522. Filed Nov. 22.

Lis Pendens

Moreira, Rigoberto Jr., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure The following filings indicated a legal $357,000 affecting property located action has been initiated, the out- at 1 Taylor Ave., Cortlandt Manor come of which may affect the title to 10567. Filed Nov. 22. the property listed.

Bazigos, Michael N., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 42 James St., Hastings-on-Hudson 10706. Filed Nov. 22.

Chalco, Manuel, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 55 State St., Ossining 10562. Filed Nov. 22.

Di Francia, Samuel S. Jr., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $719,200 affecting property located at 102 Dorchester Drive, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Nov. 22.

Mosley, Sammie, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 112 Riverbend Drive, Unit 88, Peekskill 10566. Filed Nov. 21.

Ricciardi, Lawrence, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $454,313 affecting property located at 28 Whittier Hills Road, North Salem 10560. Filed Nov. 21.

Richardson, Floyd, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,282 affecting property located at 14 Jackson Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510. Filed Nov. 21.

Rodriguez, Alex, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks Edwards, Dawn, et al. Filed by to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: $472,000 affecting property located seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to at 56 Surrey Way, White Plains secure $213,498 affecting property 10607. Filed Nov. 21. located at 23 Ridge Road, Crotonon-Hudson 10520. Filed Nov. 21.

Rugova, Gzim J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $520,000 affecting property located at 35 Colin St., Yonkers 10701. Filed Nov. 22.

Mileti, Gabrielle, et al, as owner. Oscar’s Painting and Decorating, $10,015 as claimed by LBR Plumb- 92 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye 10580, ing and Hearing Corp., Croton Falls. c/o Oscar Souto. Filed March 21.

Property: in Harrison. Filed May 6.

Pamssika Enterprises, 126 Alta Moy, Eric, et al, as owner. $19,000 Vista Drive, Yonkers 10710, c/o as claimed by LBR Plumbing and Lami Audu. Filed March 22.

Scerno, George P., et al. Filed by Hearing Corp., Croton Falls. PropWells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: erty: in Rye. Filed May 6.

Polar Promos, 162 Clinton Ave., seeks to foreclose on a mortgage New Rochelle 10801, c/o Daquan J. to secure an unspecified amount Oliver. Filed March 21.

New Businesses affecting property located at 2226 Boston Post Road, Larchmont 10538. Filed Nov. 21.

This paper is not responsible for ty- Serrano Movil Auto Detailing, 3 W. pographical errors contained in the Hyatt Ave., No. 1, Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Christian Serrano. Filed March 25.

Sinis, Jean S., et al. Filed by Resi- original filings. dential Credit Solutions Inc. AcString of Love, 35 Parsons St., Yontion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Partnerships kers 10701, c/o Carmen Arnone. gage to secure $495,900 affecting property located at 202 Fremont Chalk Media, 1214 W. Boston Filed March 22.

St., Harrison 10528. Filed Nov. 22. Post Road, No. 227, Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Jacob Carney and Cliff We Still Care, 351 N. Broadway, Yonkers 10701, c/o Jamik Blount.

Smith, Latheia A., et al. Filed by Seltzer. Filed March 22.

Filed March 22.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Rollingburl Associates, 12 Burlsecure $300,791 affecting property ing Ave., White Plains 10605, c/o located at 94 Hillside Ave., Mount Keith E. Reich and Gilbert J. Grant.

Patents Vernon 10553. Filed Nov. 22.

Filed March 21.

The following patents were issued by Stephens, Joan A., et al. Filed by Trifaceted Enterprise Network, the U.S. Patent and Trademark OfDeutsche Bank National Trust Co. 18 Hudson St., Mount Vernon fice in Washington, D.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- 10553, c/o Dwayne Bather and Kai gage to secure $365,000 affecting Watkins. Filed March 22.

Administration of access control property located at 159 Cottage Ave., keys in a virtual world. Patent no.

Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Nov. 21.

8,726,352 issued to Brian R. Bokor, Raleigh, N.C.; Andrew B. Smith, Morrisville, N.C.; and Daniel E. House, RaStinson, Joseph Dewey, as heir Sole Proprietorships leigh, N.C. Assigned to International at law and next of kin Joseph Patrick Stinson, et al. Filed by Reverse Glacklin Studios, 470 Dunham Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Mortgage Solutions. Action: seeks Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Orto foreclose on a mortgage to secure ville Mark Reid. Filed March 25.

Authentication based on previan unspecified amount affecting ous authentications. Patent no. property located at 231 Eighth St., Green Terrariums, 33 E. Grand 8,726,347 issued to Rick A. HamVerplanck 10596. Filed Nov. 22.

St., Apt. B1B, Mount Vernon 10552, ilton, II, Charlottesville, Va.; Brian c/o Maria Colletti. Filed March 25. M. O’Connell, Cary, N.C.; John R. Pavesi, Cedar Park, Texas; and Keith Unknown heirs to the estate of Louis Pascone, et al. Filed by U.S. J.J. Landscaping, 58 Florence R. Walker, Austin, Texas. Assigned Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose Ave., White Plains 10607, c/o Jaime to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. on a mortgage to secure $500,000 af- Dominguez. Filed March 21. fecting property located at 4 Western Drive, Ardsley 10502. Filed Nov. 21.

Determining context specific conJoseph S. Esposito CPA, 12 Bran- tent. Patent no. 8,726,236 issued to dywine Drive, White Plains 10605, Peter Alan Coldicott, Austin, Texas; c/o Joseph Esposito. Filed March 22. Eoin Lane, Littleton, Mass.; and Mechanic’s Liens Magda Mahmoud Mourad, HawKristin Lang Productions, 58 thorne. Assigned to International Barry, Patrick C., et al, as owner. Barnes Road, Tarrytown 10591, c/o Business Machines Corp., Armonk. $121,212 as claimed by Sunrise Kristin J. Lang. Filed March 22.

Carpentry Inc., Yorktown. PropInteractive iterative program erty: in Yorktown. Filed May 7.

L.I.A.M., 735 Anderson Hill Road, parallelization based on dyPatent no.

Purchase 10577, c/o Shayla Diaz. namic feedback.

8,726,238 issued to Evelyn DuesterCentury Country Club, as owner. Filed March 25. wald, Yorktown Heights; Robert $19,782 as claimed by United Rentals North America Inc., Charlotte, N.C. Law Office of Pauline M. Galvin, M. Fuhrer, Hawthorne; and Vijay Property: in Harrison. Filed May 8.

1 Executive Blvd., Suite 105, Yon- Saraswat, Hawthorne. Assigned to kers 10701, c/o Pauline M. Galvin. International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Garcia, Ralph, as owner. $9,681 Filed March 21. as claimed by NAC Industries Inc., Wappingers. Property: in York- Macnology, 130 N. Kensico Ave., Mitigation of mask defects by pattown. Filed May 7.

No. 28, West Harrison 10604, c/o tern shifting. Patent no. 8,726,202 Katherine Blumkin. Filed March 21. issued to Alfred Wagner, Brewster.

Assigned to International Business Jablon, Marcia, et al, as owner.

Machines Corp., Armonk. $175,275 as claimed by Haricon Mandyual Ventures, 126 Alta VisInc., Mount Kisco. Property: in ta Drive, Yonkers 10710, c/o Lami Network on chip with an I/O accelHarrison. Filed May 6.

Audu. Filed March 22. erator. Patent no. 8,726,295 issued to Russell D. Hoover, Redmond, Wash.; Listokin, Rena, et al, as owner. Newy Computer, 22 E. Post Road, Jon K. Kriegel, Rochester, Minn.; and $19,721 as claimed by LBR Plumb- White Plains 10606, c/o Renato Eric O. Mejdrich, Redmond, Wash. ing and Heating Corp., Croton Falls. Ysaac Munoz. Filed March 25.

Assigned to International Business Property: in Harrison. Filed May 6.

Machines Corp., Armonk.

Optimizing timing critical paths by modulating systemic process variation. Patent no. 8,726,210 issued to Albert M. Chu, Essex, Vt.; and Manikandan Viswanath, South Burlington, Vt. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Registration and initialization of cluster-aware virtual input/output server nodes. Patent no. 8,726,274 issued to James A. Pafumi, Leander, Texas; Jacob J. Rosales, Austin, Texas; Morgan J. Rosas, Cedar Park, Texas; and Vasu Vallabhaneni, Austin, Texas.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Mid Hudson Development Corp., as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank.

Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $200,000. Filed May 5.

Szapka, Daniel R., et al, Rochelle Park, N.J., as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $413,000. Filed May 7.

Deeds Above $1 million

The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Robert Reinoso, et al, Highland. Property: 50 Mayer Drive, Highland 12528. Amount: $365,532. Filed May 7.

Catskill Farms Inc., Eldred. Seller: Jane Raskin-Brown, New York City. Property: in Milan. Amount: $77,500. Filed May 6.

Comfort Trail Development L.L.C., Chester, N.J. Seller: Judith A. Bull, Montgomery. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $45,000.

Filed May 9.

153 EP Commercial L.L.C., FlushResetting a virtual function that ing. Seller: Realty Income Corp., Esis hosted by an input/output condido, Calif. Property: in Wallkill. adapter. Patent no. 8,726,276 is- Amount: $1.7 million. Filed May 8. sued to Sean T. Brownlow, Rochester, Minn.; and John R. Oberly, Chester Heights Equities L.L.C., III, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to Melville. Seller: Richard H. FlickInternational Business Machines er, Chester. Property: in Chester.

Amount: $2 million. Filed May 6.

Corp., Armonk.

Corner Mill L.L.C., Poughquag.

Seller: Edward Pavone, Croton-onHudson. Property: in Beekman.

Amount: $128,000. Filed May 2.

New Windsor Development Company L.L.C., Livingston, N.J. Seller: Mount Airy Estates Inc., Englewood, N.J. Property: in New Windsor.

Amount: $1 million. Filed May 6.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Ronald C. Blass Jr., Poughkeepsie. Property: 522 Salty Point Turnpike, Poughkeepsie 12601.

Amount: $130,000. Filed May 8.

Below $1 million

Fannie Mae. Seller: Daniel F. Sullivan, Newburgh. Property: 329 Jackson Ave., New Windsor 12553.

Amount: $386,500. Filed May 12.

Streaming attachment of hardware accelerators to computer systems. Patent no. 8,726,289 issued to Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Wappingers Falls; and Thomas A. Gregg, Highland. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Hudson Valley

Dahowski Construction Inc., Hyde Park. Seller: Joan B. Quick, Hyde Park. Property: in Hyde Park.

Amount: $30,000. Filed May 9.

75 South Hamilton Street L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Peter Schoonmaker, et al, Pleasant Valley. Prop- Federal National Mortgage Aserty: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: sociation. Seller: Glen A. Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 21 Harrison $158,000. Filed May 2.

St, Middletown 10940. Amount: $148,029. Filed May 6.

9 Store Road L.L.C., Tuxedo.

Building Loans Seller: Jerry R. Magurno, et al, Suffern. Property: in Tuxedo. Amount: Federal National Mortgage AsAbove $1 million sociation. Seller: Glen Plotsky, $247,500. Filed May 8.

Port Jervis. Property: 178 Prospect 347 Avenue of the Americas 9 Store Road L.L.C., Tuxedo. Sell- St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: L.L.C., Williamsville, as owner. er: Lorraine Powers, Suffern. Prop- $219,898. Filed May 9.

Lender: Northwest Savings Bank, erty: in Tuxedo. Amount: $202,500.

Jamestown. Property: 335 Avenue Filed May 8.

Federal National Mortgage Assoof the Americas, New Windsor. ciation. Seller: Laurence A. ClemAmount: $4.4 million. Filed May 8. ente, Goshen. Property: 548 Silver ADS Properties L.L.C., Walden. Lake Scotchtown Road, MiddleSeller: Clemson Brothers Inc., town 10941. Amount: $91,402.

Goshen. Property: in Wawayanda. Filed May 9.

Below $1 million Amount: $435,000. Filed May 8.

Esicmc L.L.C., Newburgh, as owner. Lender: Riverside Bank, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Marlborough.

Amount: $103,875. Filed May 7.

Hague, Scott Sclater, et al, Woodstock, as owner. Lender: Webster Bank N.A., Waterbury, Conn.

Property: 411 Hutching Hill Road, Woodstock 12498. Amount: $900,000. Filed May 6.

Amerco Real Estate Co., Phoenix, Ariz. Seller: Seneco Enterprises L.L.C., Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $370,000. Filed May 8.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Manuel Batista, et al, Goshen. Property: 1 Premier Trail, Goshen 10924. Amount: $382,674.

Filed May 7.

Ammu L.L.C., Kew Gardens. Seller: George A. Jackrel, Poughkeepsie.

Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $210,000. Filed May 5.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Todd Kelson, New Windsor. Property: 32 Hudson St., Port Jervis. Amount: $99,864. Filed May 8.

Arcadia Fields L.L.C., Clinton Mid Hudson Development Corners. Seller: Terry Donlin, Corp., as owner. Lender: Rhine- Seatac, Wa. Property: in Stanford. beck Bank. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $40,000. Filed May 2.

Amount: $200,000. Filed May 5.

Geraldan Realty L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Franco Russo, Marlboro. Property: 76 Grand St., Marlboro. Amount: $80,000. Filed May 6.

Auggie’s Acquisition Inc., Hyde Park. Seller: Parker Hamilton Corp., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $75,000.

Filed May 7.

GT Paltz L.L.C., et al, New Paltz. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 50 Mayer Drive, Highland 12528. Amount: $220,000. Filed May 7.

Mid Hudson Development Corp., as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in Fishkill.

Amount: $200,000. Filed May 5.

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FACTS&FIGURES Interstate Real Estate Developers L.L.C., Washingtonville. Seller: William Budai, et al, Salt Point. Property: 960 Violet Ave., Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $895,000. Filed May 9.

Trustco Realty Corp., Glenville.

Seller: Randall V. Coffill, Port Jervis. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $190,000. Filed May 8.

Amica Corp., Newburgh. $3,145 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed April 1.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Sydney A. Powell, Poughkeepsie. Property: 300 Arguz Enterprises L.L.C., d.b.a.

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Sell- Mansion St., Poughkeepsie 12601. El Guadalajara, New Windsor. er: Leslie A. Baum, Walden. Prop- Amount: $82,500. Filed May 6. $3,490 in favor of the New York erty: 12 Hi View Road, Wappingers State Department of Taxation and Falls 12590. Amount: $506,500. Walker Capital L.L.C., Middle- Finance, Albany. Filed March 31.

Filed May 6. town. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: in Middletown. Amount: C and M Original Inc., Newburgh.

Kalyees Investment L.L.C., Ring- $144,000. Filed May 12. $2,555 in favor of the New York wood, N.J. Seller: Frank Turner Jr., State Department of Taxation and Montgomery. Property: in Hamp- WCP Block I L.L.C., New York Finance, Albany. Filed April 1. tonburgh. Amount: $350,000. Filed City. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. May 12.

Property: 18 Nancy Lane, Chester Calderon and Son General Con10918. Amount: $182,000. Filed tractors Inc., Goshen. $2,273 in Kjam L.L.C., Garrison. Seller: City May 6. favor of the New York State Departof Beacon. Property: in Beacon. ment of Taxation and Finance, AlAmount: $110,000. Filed May 5.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: bany. Filed March 31.

Miriam R. Tavera, et al, PoughKribri Properties L.L.C., Green- keepsie. Property: 1182 Dutchess Catskills Heimishe Bakery Inc., wood Lake. Seller: Joan E. Kole- Turnpike, Poughkeepsie 12603. Monroe. $37 in favor of the New sar, Greenwood Lake. Property: Amount: $150,500. Filed May 9.

York State Department of Taxation in Greenwood Lake. Amount: and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. $117,500. Filed May 12.

Weped L.L.C., Newburgh. Seller: Allsave Development L.L.C., Child and Family Guidance CenLevona L.L.C., New Paltz. Seller: Montebello. Property: in Wallkill. ter Addiction Services Inc., HighSara J. Morales, Philadelphia, Pa. Amount: $130,520. Filed May 12. land. $342 in favor of the New York Property: in Woodstock. Amount: State Department of Taxation and $210,000. Filed May 6.

Finance, Albany. Filed May 8.

M&T Bank, Getzville. Seller: Jesus Judgments Quiles, Warwick. Property: 100 Hillside Drive, Unit A-8. Walkill. Second Chance Environmental Amount: $145,000. Filed May 6.

Cooperative Corp., Chester. $105 in favor of the New York State DeM&T Bank, Williamsville. Seller: partment of Taxation and Finance, Michelle Anderson, Newburgh. Albany. Filed April 3.

Property: 24 Rockwell Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $90,000. A. Zimmerman and Son Inc., Filed May 7.

Highland. $121 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation Nober Realty L.L.C., Lake Hun- and Finance, Albany. Filed May 8. tington. Seller: Farrell Oil Company Inc., Wilton. Property: in Hurley. Al-Rabi Inc., d.b.a Kwik Mart, Amount: $500,000. Filed May 6.

Greenwood Lake. $1,449 in favor of the New York State Department of Orange County Gospel Fellow- Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed ship, Goshen. Seller: James Cimino March 31.

Jr., Goshen. Property: in Goshen.

Amount: $340,000. Filed May 6.

All in One Services Inc., Monroe. $2,015 in favor of the New York Pat. Pipitone Properties L.L.C., State Department of Taxation and Saugerties. Seller: Regina Shee- Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. han Montgomery, Tucson, Ariz.

Property: in Saugerties. Amount: Alliance Pipe and Steel Corp., $300,000. Filed May 6.

Walden. $343 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation Pen Ulster Realty L.L.C., New and Finance, Albany. Filed March 31.

York City. Seller: Richard T. Murat, Accord. Property: in Marbletown. Amazing Systems Corp., d.b.a.

Amount: $30,500. Filed May 8.

Impres Rent A Car, Middletown. $3,104 in favor of the New York Setting Solutions L.L.C., Hyde State Department of Taxation and Park. Seller: Ronald J. Mustello, Clin- Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. ton Corners. Property: in Hyde Park.

Amount: $300,000. Filed May 5.

American-Process-Servers.com Inc., Newburgh. $326 in favor of Sonyma, New York City. Seller: the New York State Department of Frederick Boss Jr., et al, Pomona. Labor Unemployment Insurance Property: 409 Leroy Ave., New- Division, Albany. Filed April 1. burgh 12550. Amount: $242,571.

Filed May 8.

Americas Pest Solutions L.L.C., Monroe. $1,423 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

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Everest Construction Contracting Corp., Middletown. $71,750 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 7.

King Patty Caribbean Restaurant L.L.C., Middletown. $50 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Nyco International Inc., Southfield. $12,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 4.

Everything Grows Childcare and Learning Center at Middletown L.L.C., Middletown. $6,840 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed March 31.

Kiryas Joel World Famous Kosher Bakery Inc., Monroe. $589 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Party Place USA Inc., Middletown. $72,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 4.

Mad Jester Woodworks Inc., Highland Falls. $1,335 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Pine Bush Florist Inc., Pine Bush. $2,273 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Fabco Electrical Enclosures Inc., Chester. $850 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Five Star Party Rentals Corp., Chester. $3,249 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed April 7.

Foam Rite Spray Inc., d.b.a. Drip Drop Waterproofing, Monroe. $50,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 7.

Goldback Deli and Market, Newburgh. $1,379 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Country Farm Market Inc., Middletown. $161 in favor of the New Graphica Associates of New York York State Department of Taxation Ltd., Warwick. $1,079 in favor of and Finance, Albany. Filed March 31. the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Custom Concepts Inc., Blooming April 3.

Grove. $647 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Greenwood Lake Auto Inc., Greenwood Lake. $8,942 in favor of Finance, Albany. Filed March 31. the New York State Department of D and G Painting and Decorat- Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed ing Inc., Montgomery. $7,957 in April 3. favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Harriman Auto Spa Services Inc., Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Harriman. $696 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation April 1. and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Daser Newburgh L.L.C., d.b.a.

Sonic Drive-In, Newburgh. $319 Herreras Shop, Newburgh. $4,257 in favor of the New York State De- in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment partment of Taxation and Finance, Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Albany. Filed March 31.

April 1.

HRD Tech Services Inc., Tuxedo Davino’s European Delights Inc., Park. $546 in favor of the New York Campbell Hall. $285 in favor of State Department of Taxation and the New York State Department of Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 31.

Hudson Valley Plumbing Heating and Alterations Inc., Cornwall-onEast Coast Electric of Orange Hudson. $372 in favor of the New County Inc., Middletown. $42,000 York State Department of Taxation in favor of the Workers’ Compensa- and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1. tion Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 7.

J and D Concessions Inc., Cornwall-on-Hudson. $284 in favor of El Kiosko Restaurant Inc., New- the New York State Department of burgh. $195 in favor of the New York Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed State Department of Taxation and April 1.

Finance, Albany. Filed March 31.

K and A Deli and Grocery Store, Elscope Music Group, Newburgh. Newburgh. $1,510 in favor of the $3,097 in favor of the New York New York State Department of State Department of Taxation and Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

March 31.

Proguard Protection Inc., NewMancuso Motors, Monroe. $3,104 burgh. $3,260 in favor of the New in favor of the New York State De- York State Department of Taxation partment of Taxation and Finance, and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Albany. Filed April 3.

Quality Marketing Services Inc., Mark D. Levy Horticultural Ser- Monroe. $112 in favor of the New vices L.L.C., New Windsor. $993 York State Department of Taxation in favor of the New York State De- and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1. partment of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed R.J. Home Improvement, NewApril 7. burgh. $71,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of Masker Fruit Farms Inc., War- the State of New York, Albany. Filed wick. $1,262 in favor of the New April 4.

York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Divi- Retrofoam Inc., Monroe. $177,000 sion, Albany. Filed April 7. in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Maybrook Donuts L.L.C., d.b.a. Albany. Filed April 7.

Dunkin Donuts, Montgomery. $72,500 in favor of the Workers’ Rich’s Auto, Middletown. $568 in Compensation Board of the State favor of the New York State Departof New York, Albany. Filed April 4. ment of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Medical Career Services Inc., Monroe. $871 in favor of the New Rite Choice Kleeners Inc., New York State Department of Taxation Windsor. $629 in favor of the New and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Michael’s Quality Driveway Sealing Inc., Chester. $1,034 in favor of Royal Food Packaging Corp., the New York State Department of Chester. $808 in favor of the New Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed York State Department of Labor April 3.

Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed April 7.

Monroe Pool Supply Inc., Monroe. $1,159 in favor of the New York Salem Scan and Copy Inc., State Department of Taxation and Walden. $1,580 in favor of the New Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 31.

Names of Fame Inc., Newburgh. $247 in favor of the New York State Santa Maria Market L.L.C., MidDepartment of Taxation and Fi- dletown. $1,730 in favor of the New nance, Albany. Filed April 3.

York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

New England Medical Corp., Walden. $313 in favor of the New Shiv Management Corp., NewYork State Department of Taxation burgh. $1,786 in favor of the New and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1. York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Northeast Wholesale Supply Inc., New Hampton. $28,000 in Stay Green Lawn and Landscape favor of the Workers’ Compensa- Inc., Highland Falls. $367 in favor tion Board of the State of New York, of the New York State Department Albany. Filed April 7. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed April 1.

NY Smoke N Stuff Inc., Chester. $3,104 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Sulmas Restaurant Inc., NewLis Pendens burgh. $2,157 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1. The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to Synergy Diversified Services Inc., the property listed.

Monroe. $313 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1. Ahearn, Timothy J., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure T and S Crossroads Deli, Rosen- $180,000 affecting property located dale. $45,238 in favor of the New at 22 Buena Vista Ave., Wallkill York State Department of Taxation 12589. Filed May 7. and Finance, Albany. Filed May 8.

Cangialosi, James, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 52 Gardner Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Nov. 29.

Fisher, Andrea K., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $294,000 affecting property located at 164 Reiss Road and Decker Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Nov. 27.

Clarke, Melvina P., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $157,500 affecting property located at 14 Bush Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Dec. 3.

Fisher, Kevin, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $257,500 affecting property located at 389 Bull Mills Road, Chester 10918. Filed Dec. 3.

Anderson, Guy E., et al. Filed by The Bagel Shop, Middletown. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: $3,873 in favor of the New York seeks to foreclose on a mortgage State Department of Taxation and to secure an unspecified amount Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. affecting property located at 39 Dunderberg Road, Woodbury The Custom Drapery Workroom, 10917. Filed Dec. 3.

Middletown. $1,959 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxa- Anzenberger, Susanne E., et tion and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on The Darlene Wilson Institute of a mortgage to secure $178,650 afDance L.L.C., Newburgh. $1,082 fecting property located at 43 Walin favor of the New York State De- ton Terrace, Monroe 10950. Filed partment of Taxation and Finance, Nov. 25.

Albany. Filed March 31.

Baez, Rafael, et al. Filed by JPMorThe Kids Closet of Montgom- gan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks ery Inc., d.b.a. The Kids Closet, to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Montgomery. $2,000 in favor of the an unspecified amount affecting Workers’ Compensation Board of property located at 12 Eden Road, the State of New York, Albany. Filed Monroe 10950. Filed Nov. 29.

April 4.

Banda, Jeremiah P., et al. Filed The Lyons Gate Group Corp., by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Newburgh. $528 in favor of the seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to New York State Department of secure $387,000 affecting property Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed located at 365 Orchard Drive, Monroe 10950. Filed Nov. 27.

April 1.

Clausi, Dorothy J., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $77,532 affecting property located at 33 Brigham St., Kingston 12401. Filed May 8.

Friedlander, Remedios, et al.

Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 26 Friedlander Drive, Kerhonkson 12446.

Filed May 9.

Thompson Ridge Gardens of Orange County Inc., d.b.a. Thompson Ridge Gardens, Bullville. $23,121 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Vicki Clothing Company Inc., d.b.a. Advance Custom Canvas Inc., Newburgh. $314 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Victory MMA Inc., Middletown. $2,555 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Villa Frances at the Knolls Inc Schervier Pavilion, Warwick. $5,985 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed April 7.

World II Marketing Inc., Warwick. $2,274 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

WR Realty Holding Corp., Chester. $428 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 1.

Cocks, Gary, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $211,300 affecting property located at 183 Ruth Court, Middletown 10940. Filed Nov. 25.

Cohen, Alan W., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 46 Abbey Road, Mount Tremper 12457. Filed May 8.

Collins, John B., et al. Filed by First Horizon Home Loans. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $186,400 affecting property located at 61 Scofield St., Walden 12586. Filed Nov. 25.

Conkling, Donald, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property located at 134 High Barney Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Nov. 29.

Brown, Robert, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 3466 Route 208, Campbell Hall 10916. Filed Day, David M. Jr., et al. Filed by Nov. 25.

The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortBundy, Joshua A., et al. Filed by gage to secure $144,000 affecting Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: property located at 10 E. Broome seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Dec. 3. secure $162,750 affecting property located at 5 Apple Tree Drive, SauDiPalma, Vincent J., et al. Filed gerties 12477. Filed May 6.

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Cabrera, Melvin, et al. Filed by secure $212,000 affecting property Ocwen Loan Servicing L.L.C. Ac- located at 143 Canterbury Road, tion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Fort Montgomery 10922. Filed gage to secure $242,100 affecting Nov. 25. property located at 9 White Oak Terrace, Hamptonburgh 10916.

Donnelly, Terrence E., et al. Filed Filed Nov. 27.

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Cancellieri, Edmund V., et al. secure an unspecified amount afFiled by HSBC Mortgage Corpora- fecting property located at 4 Stirling tion USA. Action: seeks to foreclose Circle, Highland Mills 10930. Filed on a mortgage to secure an unspec- Nov. 29. ified amount affecting property located at 62 Orchard Road, Monroe Epps, Quathisha, et al. Filed by 10950. Filed Dec. 3.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 19 Mountain Park Road, Monroe 10950. Filed Nov. 27.

Ingram, Robert W., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $288,750 affecting property located at 114 First St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 25.

Insetta, Mark, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $242,000 affecting property located at 14 Frank St., Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Nov. 29.

Irizarry, Raymond Jr., et al. Filed

by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $365,000 affecting property located at 1856 Route 302, Circleville 10919. Filed Dec. 3.

Johnson, Julie A., et al. Filed by Hudson City Savings Bank. Action: Givner, Lewis, et al. Filed by Sim- seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to sons Ltd. Action: seeks to foreclose secure $1.3 million affecting propon a mortgage to secure $38,000 erty located at 123 River Road, Ulaffecting property located in Kings- ster Park 12487. Filed May 5. ton. Filed May 9.

Jones, Bryan F., et al. Filed by CiGomez, Francisco, et al. Filed by tiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks foreclose on a mortgage to secure to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located $199,500 affecting property located at 56 Foxhall Ave., Kingston 12401. at 36 Drew Ave., Highland Falls. Filed May 7.

Filed Nov. 29.

Kim, Insop, et al. Filed by GMAC Grippo, Anthony J., et al. Filed Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,000 affecting property locat$352,000 affecting property lo- ed at 279 Pine Hill Road, Chester cated at 9 Anthony Court, Warwick 10918. Filed Nov. 29.

10990. Filed Nov. 27.

Kohn, Benjamin, et al. Filed by Hall, Sondra J., et al. Filed by The the State of New York Mortgage Bank of New York Mellon. Action: Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to on a mortgage to secure $126,100 secure $291,120 affecting property affecting property located at 7 Koslocated at 21 Feagles Road, War- nitz Road, Unit 201, Monroe 10950. wick 10990. Filed Nov. 29.

Filed Nov. 25.

Hiller, Theodore M., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 311 Mountain Ave., Monroe 10950. Filed Dec. 3.

Hollohan, William P., et al. Filed

by Ocwen Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $297,000 affecting property located at 67 E. Green Road, Rock Tavern 12575. Filed Nov. 26.

Howey, Aby G., as heir at law and next of kin of Richard P. Ford, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 13 Peenpack Trail, Huguenot 12746. Filed Nov. 29.

Luongo, Linda, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 213 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 3.

Manna, Gary S., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $700,000 affecting property located at 32 Harris Lane, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518.

Filed Dec. 3.

Maresco, Anthony, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,000 affecting property located at 11 Houghtailing Lane, Shawangunk 12589. Filed May 8.

Mathews, Joseph T., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Financial Credit Services New York Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $309,933 affecting property located at 124 Glendale Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed Nov. 25.

Mendlovic, Josef, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $380,000 affecting property located at 2 Maple Ave., Harriman 10926. Filed Dec. 3.

Messina, Jacqueline, et al. Filed

by HSBC Mortgage Corporation USA. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $269,000 affecting property located at 2654 Route 1, Greenville 12771. Filed Nov. 27.

Meurer, Christopher D., et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,595 affecting property located at 1126 Leonardo, Albert J. Jr., et al. Filed Greenville Turnpike, Middletown

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Ac- 10940. Filed Dec. 3. tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,500 affecting Monahan, Michael G., et al. Filed property located at 722 Second by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed May 7. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $319,000 affecting propLoyas, Edward, et al. Filed by erty located at 306 Oak Drive, New Deutsche Bank National Trust Windsor 12553. Filed Nov. 26.

Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $301,200 affect- Morales-Mahabir, Melissa, et ing property located at 28 Quaker al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank Creek Lane, Goshen 10924. Filed N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,758 afNov. 29. fecting property located at 29 JackLuis, Don Jr., as proposed execu- son St., Middletown 10940. Filed tor of the estate of the late Dorothy Nov. 25.

E. Nicholson, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Mower, Barry E. Sr., et al. Filed by foreclose on a mortgage to secure Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit $412,500 affecting property located Union. Action: seeks to foreclose at 57 Fairlawn Ave., Middletown on a mortgage to secure $144,000 affecting property located at 7 Mill 10940. Filed Dec. 3.

St., Saugerties. Filed May 7.

Iaconetti, Linda, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 265 Jersey Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Nov. 29.

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FACTS&FIGURES Naughton, Garry C., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $385,000 affecting property located at 62 South St., Goshen 10924. Filed Nov. 25.

Porteous, Dana, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $197,000 affecting property located at 62 CE Penny Drive, Wallkill 12589. Filed May 7.

Nieves, Laura E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,000 affecting property located at 1210 Union Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 27.

Porter, Mark, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 350 N. Water St., Unit 5-5, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 2.

Noviski, Mark, et al. Filed by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $308,500 affecting property located at 14 Grove St., Walden 12586. Filed Nov. 29.

Raposo, Antonio, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 394 Stony Ford Road, Wallkill 10941. Filed Nov. 29.

Steve’s Auto Repair, et al. Filed

by TD Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $157,500 affecting property located at 93 Main St., Pine bush. Filed Dec. 3.

Remigio, Romeo Jr., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 7 Southeast Court, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 3.

Stevens, Michael R., et al. Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $278,000 affecting property located at 28 Whitney Drive, Woodstock 12498.

Filed May 6.

Rothstein, Paul, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $182,000 affecting property located at 4-6 Hasbrouck St., Middletown 10940. Filed Nov. 26.

Stewart, Kenneth E., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 202 Continental Road, Tuxedo Park 10987. Filed Dec. 3.

Nunez, Arnulfo, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $276,000 affecting property located at 7 Congress Drive, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Nov. 26.

O’Dell, Gregory F., et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 236 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland 12528. Filed May 6.

Obermeyer, Carl J. II, et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,730 affecting property located at 20 Kent Court, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 3.

Ogunlade, Lawrence A., et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 21 Stellas Way, New Windsor 12553. Filed Dec. 2.

Palazzolo, Lisa C., et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $354,400 affecting property located at 75 Cardinal Drive Extension, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Dec. 3.

Peleshuck, Michael J., et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,317 affecting property located at 8 Hilltop Drive, New Windsor 12553.

Filed Nov. 25.

Piccolomo, Rosanna C., et al.

Filed by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 5 Hidden View Drive, Walden. Filed Nov. 26.

Pokorny, Peter, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 60 Fitzgerald Court, Monroe 10950. Filed Nov. 29.

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Santiago, Orlando III, et al. Filed

by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $159,000 affecting property located at 3633 Route 32, Saugerties 12477. Filed May 8.

Sorrentino, John, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 4 Poplar St., Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Nov. 29.

Spano, John J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $77,500 affecting property located at 1106 Parkview Ave., Southfield 10975. Filed Dec. 2.

Wentland, Kasey L., et al. Filed by New Businesses Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $241,783 affecting property located This paper is not responsible for tyat 319 Highway 62, New Hampton pographical errors contained in the original filings.

10958. Filed Dec. 3.

Whitehead, Deborah C., et al.

Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks Doing Business As to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $224,720 affecting property located Ecommerge Inc., d.b.a. Blue at 18-20 Highland Ave., Middle- Buckle Marketing, 673 Little Brittown 10940. Filed Nov. 26. ain Road, New Windsor 12553.

Filed Nov. 8.

Worthy, Alice Francis Mary, et al.

Filed by Pennymac Corp. Action: JRAJ Pizza Inc., d.b.a. Brooklyn seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Pizza, 5273 Route 9W, Newburgh to secure an unspecified amount 12550. Filed Nov. 8. affecting property located at 11 Bolton Basin Road, Sparrow Bush Med World Acquisition Corp., 12780. Filed Nov. 25. d.b.a. Omnicare of Chestnut Ridge, 80 Red Schoolhouse Road, Wright, Karen Marie, et al. Filed Suite 228, Chestnut Ridge 10977.

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Filed Nov. 8.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located Rey Del Pollo IV Inc., d.b.a. Rey at 121 Highway 209, Port Jervis Del Pollo IV, 394 Washington St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 8.

12771. Filed Nov. 27.

Mechanic’s Liens Bull Run Properties L.L.C., as owner. $7,500 as claimed by All Electric Contracting Corp., Pleasantville. Property: 3 West St., Cornwall-on-Hudson. Filed May 7.

Donny’s Painting, 23 Columbus St., New Windsor, c/o Donny Acosta Balbuena. Filed Nov. 7.

Gigi’s, 500 Neelytown Road, Montgomery, c/o Cesar Vega.

Filed Nov. 6.

Gyros and More, Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, 805 Red Apple Court, Central Valley 10917, c/o Jasminka Cirkic. Filed Nov. 13.

Hudson Valley Tailoring, 339 Route 17M, Monroe, c/o Fran Kaine. Filed Nov. 6.

Komrad Publications, 71 Rockwood Place, Apt. 34A, Middletown, c/o Quaheri A. Redcross. Filed Nov. 12.

Mommylicious Treats, 156 Mine Road, Highland Falls 10928, c/o Natasha Olga Blanc. Filed Nov. 13.

Star Technologies USA Inc., d.b.a.

CNC Sales, 51 Forest Road, No. Murchison’s World of Products, 316-29, Monroe 10950. Filed Nov. 8. 92 Center St., Apt. 2, Highland Falls 10928, c/o Jennifer DePaolo. Filed Nov. 7.

Partnerships

Hudson Valley Commercial Buffing and Stripping, 2 Bloomer Collins, James E., et al, as owner. St., Ellenville 12428, c/o Joseph M. $12,059 as claimed by H.G. Page Russell and Jason L. Keating. Filed and Sons Inc., Poughkeepsie. Prop- May 9. erty: in Poughkeepsie. Filed May 8.

Sura, Michael, et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $338,002 affecting property located at 17 Daly Lane, Chester 10918.

Santise, Alicia, individually and on Filed Nov. 27.

Denicholas, Joseph J., et al, as behalf of the estate of Hugo Favino, owner. $38,134 as claimed by WFL et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank Sussex County Sod Farms Inc., Construction Inc., Poughkeepsie.

N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a et al. Filed by Orange County Trust Property: 138 Sylvan Lake Road, mortgage to secure $75,000 affect- Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Beekman. Filed May 7. ing property located at 15 Poplar mortgage to secure $146,300 afSt., Newburgh 12550. Filed Nov. 27. fecting property located in Goshen.

Kings Mall Court L.L.C., as ownFiled Nov. 26. er. $13,975 as claimed by Callanan Scialpi, Kerly, et al. Filed by Green Industries Inc., Albany. Property: Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks The heirs and distributees of the 400 Kings Mall Court, Ulster. Filed to foreclose on a mortgage to secure estate of Douglas T. La Pierre, et May 8. $134,400 affecting property located al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage at 596 S. Plank Road, Newburgh L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on 12550. Filed Nov. 29. a mortgage to secure $246,845 af- Paneto, Juan, New Hampton, as fecting property located at 7 Dean owner. $2,352 as claimed by Boyce Excavating Company Inc., MiddleSmith, Virginia C. Bahrs, et al. Hill Road, New Windsor 12553. town. Property: 384 Greeve Road, Filed Nov. 27.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. AcNew Hampton 10958. Filed May 8. tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $382,500 affecting Wanamaker, Debra, et al. Filed property located at 72 Briggs High- by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Ac- Russo, Alfonso V., as owner. $402 way, Ellenville 12428. Filed May 5. tion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- as claimed by Orco Enterprises Inc., gage to secure $337,500 affecting Florida. Property: 85 Mountainside Road, Warwick 10990. Filed May 6.

Snyder, Tonina L., et al. Filed by property located at 15 Bridge St., Monroe 10950.

Filed Nov. 25.

Freedom Mortgage Corp. Action: Yamamoto, Chikayuki, as owner. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount Weinfuss, Catherine, et al. Filed $123,578 as claimed by Whipple affecting property located at 261 by Deutsche Bank National Trust Construction, Worcester, Mass.

Union Ave., New Windsor 12553. Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Property: 60 Carroll St., PoughFiled Dec. 2. mortgage to secure $200,000 affect- keepsie. Filed May 9. ing property located at 41 Mermaid Road, Wallkill. Filed Nov. 26.

Car-Doc Tow, 126 N. Montgomery St., Walden 12586, c/o Luis Lopez.

Filed nov. 13.

Nadoka Luxury Cleaners, 1026 Ethan Allen Drive, New Windsor 12553, c/o Richmond Amangy Aidoo. Filed Nov. 7.

O and S Properties and Maintenance Service, 260 Lake St., NewItsy Bitsy Glam, 8 Jodi Drive, burgh 12550, c/o Oswald Everton Newburgh, c/o Dana Arnold and Smith. Filed Nov. 13.

Leena LaRussa. Filed Nov. 13.

RBS Renovating, 184 Albany Ave., Luna Decorations, 327 Old Forge Kingston 12401, c/o Renate B. SoyHill Road, Apt. 2374, New Windsor, er. Filed May 6. c/o Sophia Y. Sofokles and Victor A. Madrid. Filed Nov. 7.

Smarting Up, 23 DuBois Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Susan C. Vinett. Filed May 9.

Sole Proprietorships

5fish Woodworks, 361 Highland Avenue Extension, Middletown 10940, c/o Jerry W. Fisher. Filed Nov. 13.

A Vision Carpentry, 58 Brigham Lane, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o Dave Reynolds. Filed May 7.

TMC Property Maintenance, 15 Zaversky Road, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Michael C. Talmadge. Filed Nov. 7.

Tranquility Skin Care, 49 Old Quaker Hill Road, Monroe 10950, c/o Hannah Kellie Ruth Coolbaugh. Filed Nov. 7.

Appliance Rescue, 14 Dinev Road, Tururuu’s Drywall, 47 Horton Unit 202, Monroe 10950, c/o Moses Road Extension, Bloomingburg 12721, c/o Miguel A. Aguilar. Filed H. Brown. Filed Nov. 6.

Nov. 7.

Boot Shields, 28 Maureen Drive, Middletown 10940, c/o Joshua Valentine Builders, 1113 Route 9W, P.O. Box 192, Esopus 12429, Scott Wilson. Filed Nov. 13. c/o Bradley Joseph Valentine. Filed May 6.

Boss Lady Shipping, 50 Nicole Place, Middletown 10940, c/o CarWells Construction and Propmen Hendrickson. Filed Nov. 13. erty Maintenance, 116 Oneil St., Kingston 12401, c/o George F. Wells III. Filed May 6.

LEGAL NOTICES BRETT’S AUTO LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/13/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 114 Greenvale Ave, Yonkers, NY 10703. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59345 Notice of formation of TRAFFICSTRIPES, LLC Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 03/11/2014.

Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY, 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #59346 24 LINDEN PLACE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/03/2014. Office loc: Westcehster County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jamie Franchi and Andreia Franchi, 17 Lakeview Avenue, Valhalla, NY 10595. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59347 21 LENOX AVENUE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/03/2014. Office loc: Westcehster County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jamie Franchi and Andreia Franchi, 17 Lakeview Avenue, Valhalla, NY 10595. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59348 PE R S O N A L TO U C H CONSTRUCTION, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/24/2014. Office location: Westcehster County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 12 Pugsley Place, Ossining, NY 10562. Reg Agent: Adam Dubray, 12 Pugsley Place, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59349 Joy by Emily, LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 3/20/14. Office:Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 10 Belmont Ave. Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activity #59350 Samuel Agyare MD, FAAP, FACEP LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 3/21/14. Office:Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 50 Riverdale Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful activity #59351

Jabrem Consulting LLC Authority filed SSNY 4/2/14.

Office:Westchester Co. LLC formed DE 1/12/12, exists & located 1209 Orange St. Wilmington, DE 19801. SSNY design. agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and shall mail copy to: 1 N. Lexington Ave- 11th Flr. White Plains, NY 10601. Cert of Regis. Filed DE SOS, 401 Federal St. Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. #59352 J&C HOMEGOODS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/21/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 27 Mianus Drive, Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose #59354 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: SAVADATE, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/13/2014. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 41 Todd Hill Circle, Goldens Bridge, New York 10526, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59356 Notice of Formation of MAGNOLIA CONSULTING LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 3/31/14. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 12 Water St., #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59357 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: MacQuesten 130 Modern, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on April 7, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MacQuesten 130 Modern, LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59359

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: 130 Modern Commercial LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on April 7, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 130 Modern Commercial LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59360 Notice of formation of FENS & Associates, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/09/2014 .

Office in Westchester County . SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 150 Law Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59362 LIV ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave., 4th Flr., Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59363 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Blue Line Real Estate Ventures, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 4/8/14. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Bryan Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Organization, 7 Renaissance Sq, 4th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59364 Flower property tax consultants, LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 12/23/13. Office:Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 34 Palmer Ave. Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: any lawful activity #59367 AND & GIE DELI LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/14/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1082 Oregon Rd., Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59369

THE ARTS AND INNOVATIONS CENTER LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/14/2014.

Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 31 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10601.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59370 Notice of Formation of CAM KEI PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 4/8/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Ronald Passerelli, 14 Cedar St., Greenwich, CT 06830.

Purpose: all lawful activities. #59371 Notice of Formation of GFR Acquisition Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/18/14.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Edison Properties, LLC, 100 Washington St., Newark, NJ 07102. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59373 Notice of Formation of Mad One RE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/4/14. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #59374 Notice of formation of Body Fit Training, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 3/26/14. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as an agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of the process against LLC to: 39 Lincoln Ave, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: Any lawful act. #59375 Notice of Formation of 1893 COMMERCE STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/10/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 78 North State Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59378

PLUM PLUMS CHEESE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/18/2014. Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Audrey Free, Gayle Martin and Michael Riahi, 72 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge, NY 10576.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59379

Notice of Formation of Tennavision LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with SSNY on 3/10/2014. Office location is Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC c/o Paul Mucci, 4 Sail Harbour Drive, Sherman, CT 06784.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59385

Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): BEST RM ENTERPRISES, LLC D/B/A Forsythia Gems Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 3/4/2014. The LLC is located in Westchester County.

Designated Agent of the LLC is United States Corporation Agents, Inc. Address 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 upon whom process against it may be served.

Purpose of LLC: Any lawful business or activity. #59380

Headline: Notice of Formation Description: of ARSCI Marketing Operations Consultancy, LLC Articles of Organization filed SSNY 4/15/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 35 Woodland Drive, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any lawful activity #59388

NOTICE of FORMATION of Peter K. KIM, MD, PLLC.Filed with SSNYJanuary 13, 2014.

Princ. off location Westchester.

The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the PLLC at : P.O.Box 8385,Pelham,New York 10803 .The Purpose of this PLLC is for the practice of medicine. #59381 SANTINA JOJO LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/22/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 2 Carriage Court, Amawalk, NY 10501. Reg Agent: John Chiazzese, 2 Carriage Court, Amawalk, NY 10501. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59382 BNV Group LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/18/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 80 Jane St., Hartsdale, NY 10530.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59383 RC H E A LT H C A R E CONSULTING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/20/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 22 Saw Mill River Rd., 2nd Fl., Hawthorne, NY 10532.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59384

Notice of Formation of Belle Mariee Events, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/31/14.

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, 160 Rt 9A Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59390 944 LEGGETT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/29/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 434 White Plains Rd., Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59391 EN KO’S EU RO PE A N BARBER SHOP #2 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/28/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 875 Saw Mill River Rd., Store #9, Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59392 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: Petrillo Apartments LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on April 28, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Petrillo Apartments LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59393

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: Petrillo Apartments Managers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on April 28, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Petrillo Apartments Managers LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59394 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: MPA Associates I LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on April 28, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MPA Associates I LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59395 Notice of Formation of PSNS LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/2/13. 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 any process to Allison Deluca, 914 Minoma Ave., Louisville, KY 40217. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. #59397 Notice of Formation of REGEN PHYSICAL THERAPY L.L.P. Certificate filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/13/2014.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of L.L.P. upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13TH Avenue Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Name/address of each general partner available from SSNY. Term until 12/31/2099.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #59399 HUDSON VALLEY WELDING & REPAIR LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/17/2014.

Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 260 Sixth Street, Verplanck, NY 10596.

Reg Agent: Christopher Carl Introcaso, 260 Sixth Street, Verplanck, NY 10596. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59400

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FMFS OF OCEANSIDE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/17/2014. Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7 Renaissance Sq., 5th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601.

Reg Agent: James Bitzonis, 7 Renaissance Sq., 5th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59401 FOUR M BAKERY OF OCEANSIDE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/17/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 7 Renaissance Sq., 5th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Reg Agent: James Bitzonis, 7 Renaissance Sq., 5th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59402 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Dobbs Ferry HG, LLC d/b/a Hudson Social to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. #59404

Notice of Formation of BRUBS II LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/11/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 10 Westview Avenue, Unit J, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59405

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Neri Spedaro, LLC d/b/a Spadaro Ristorante Est. 1959 to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment.

For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 23 North Main Street and 50 Abendroth Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573. #59408

Notice of Formation of 35 LINDBERGH AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/17/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC c/o Priolet & Associates, P.C., 1025 Westchester Ave. Ste. 320, White Plains, NY, 10604.

Purpose: all lawful activities. #59406

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by JLV Hospitality Inc. d/b/a The Craftsman Ale House to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment.

For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 235-237 Harrison Avenue Harrison, NY 10528. #59409

Notice of Formation of 15 EVE LANE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/17/14. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC c/o Priolet & Associates, P.C., 1025 Westchester Ave. Ste. 320, White Plains, NY, 10604.

Purpose: all lawful activities. #59407

Notice of Formation of THUNDERFOOT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/5/14.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 660 White Plains Rd. Ste. 455, Tarrytown, NY 10591.

Purpose: all lawful activities. #59410

Notice of qualification of INTERACTIVE HEALTH, L.L.C.. Authority filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/13. Office in Westchester County. Formed in NJ on 10/12/99. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 162 Lake Dr Mountain Lakes, NY 07046. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59411 Notice is hereby given that a seasonal on-premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Powell Catering Services Inc. to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 332 Boston Post Road Rye, NY 10580 #59412 CANDACE COHEN CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/09/2014. Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 11 North Bridge Rd., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. reg Agent: Candace Cohen, 11 North Bridge Rd., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59413

Notice is hereby given that an Application for an On-Premises Liquor License Serial number 127876 has been applied for by the undersigned in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 32 Palmer Ave, Bronxville, N Y 10708, Westchester County; /s/ THE TAVERN 32, INC. #59414 The Annual Return of the DAVID AND KATHERINE MOORE FAMILY FOUNDATION for the calendar year December 31, 2013 is available at its principal office located at c/o 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. #59415 Notice is hereby given that an Application for an On-Premises Liquor License Serial number 1278220 has been applied for by the undersigned in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 102 W. Post Road, White Plains, N Y 10606, Westchester County; /s/ JPC POST ROAD COPORATION d/b/a Pizza Cucina #59416

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Index No. 55844/2013 SANTANDER BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -againstJOSEPH PERUSKO, and all the heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid Defendants at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest of the aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of them be dead, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the Plaintiff, except as herein stated, The People of the State of New York, The United States of America, Regina Perusko a/k/a Regina M. Perusko, Platinum Financial Services Corp., New York State Tax Commission, Internal Revenue Service-United States of America, Asset Acceptance LLC, Arrow Financial Services LLC, DefendantsTO THE ABOVE 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 attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of the 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. In case of your failure to appear, or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in this 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 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.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE

We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Joan B. Lefkowwitz, J.S.C., Westchester County, dated on March 6, 2014 NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT

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The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage to secure $ 373,000.00 and interest, that was duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of WESTCHESTER on January 30, 2008 in Control # 480220242 that being the County wherein the said real property was then situated, and at the same time and place the mortgagee duly paid to said County Clerk Office the recording tax on said mortgage covering the premises known as 164 Phyllis Court, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 located at Section 17.14 Block 1 and Lot 70

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The relief sought is the within action of a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above.

Plaintiff designates WESTCHESTER COUNTY as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated.

Dated: January 7, 2014, STEIN, WIENER & ROTH, L.L.P., Attorney’s for Plaintiff, By: Janet Nina Esagoff, Esq., One Old Country Road, Suite 113, Carle Place, NY 11514 (516) 742-1212 SWR FILE# 62182/FSOV Ad #59361

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The Westchester County Association’s twoday conference, Health Tech ’14: Fueling Innovation in Westchester, brought together more than 600 leaders in the health tech, biotech, medtech and health care sectors that are part of the county’s health innovation hub. The event, May 7-8, featured keynote speakers and panel presentations and a new business pitch contest.

– Photographs by Lynda Curtis for Harrison Edwards Public Relations 1. Stephen Davis, Goodwin Procter; Mahmud “Wazi” Wazihullah, Mercy College; Jeff Borenstein, Medstartr; Jack Kopnisky, Sterling National Bank; Andrew DiSimone, StartUp Health; Mark Kronenfeld, Maimonides Medical Center.

2. Samant Virk, MediSprout; Brian Kolonick, Cleveland Clinic.

3. Jeannie Ashford, Bob Knight, Carolyn Mandelker, Jennifer Galluzzo, Lisa Buchman, Harrison Edwards Public Relations Inc. 4. William Mooney, Westchester County Association; Patricia Ardigo, CBRE; Joseph Simone, Simone Development Cos. 5. Thomas Schwarz, Michael Kuepfert, Purchase College.

6. Steven Safyer, M.D., Montefiore Medical Center.

7. Marissa Brett, Westchester County Association; J. William Murdock, IBM Watson.

8. Guy Leibler, Simone Development Cos; Jeffrey Brand, Perkins Eastman; Samuel Sia, Harlem Biospace; Tiffany Phipps, BioMed Realty; William Cuddy, CBRE. 9. John Gunn, Memorial Sloan Kettering; Andrew Racine, Montefiore Medical Center; Ken Raske, Greater New York Hospital Association; Laura Forese, New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Robert Glazer, ENT and Allergy Associates L.L.P. 10. Nuala Ronan, Databean; Edward Lutz, Greater Hudson Bank; John Ritacco, CMS Bank.

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