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opers hope to break ground within a year on an approximately $90 million, 249-unit luxury apartment tower with streetfront retail space in the Fleetwood section of Mount Vernon.

The 18-story, approximately 269,000-square-

var Hyden, the owner of Backstreet Gallery in New Rochelle, said his store gets less foot traffic than it did before the recession.

Hyden, who is also a Democratic city councilman, said a decrease in the city’s office population has meant smaller lunchtime shopping crowds.

For years, New Rochelle has sought a spark to revitalize its downtown. Hyden, who has run a business in the city for more than 20 years, said realistically a retail resurgence will have to come through mixed-use developments and an influx of young professionals.

“In order to have small, upscale businesses of the type we’d all like to see, we need more people on the street,” he said.

The national economy has shown signs of a rebound and interest from investors in Westchester County has returned after years of a tentative market and gun-shy developers.

“I’m genuinely optimistic for the first time in a long time,” Hyden said.

New Rochelle May 30, issued a Request For Qualifications (http://newrochelleny.com/index. aspx?NID=1015) seeking master developers for two development clusters – a move that if successful will be less a spark than a full solar flare for a downtown renaissance. Interested development teams can outline visions for both clusters, but must file separate plans.

The first cluster centers around the New

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Hastings-on-Hudson shop on board with virtual currency

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eople looking to spend hard-earned virtual cash on new parts for their car now have a place to go in Westchester County: Straub Auto Repairs in Hastingson-Hudson.

The repair shop recently made the jump to accepting bitcoin, a digital currency created in 2009, as a form of payment. It is the first Westchester auto shop to do so, according to CoinMap, an interactive online map of brick-and-mortar stores that take bitcoins.

Harry Straub, who since 1991 has owned the shop his father started in 1965, said two factors made accepting bitcoins attractive to him: It gives him access to a new revenue stream – people with bitcoins who need car repairs – and the service fees on bitcoin transactions are miniscule compared to credit card fees.

“I started reading that a couple of bigger chain stores and whatnot have taken on bitcoin,” he said. “So once I started figuring out more about it, I figured it doesn’t hurt to be a little ahead of the curve. … It can only bring you business; it’s not going to scare anybody away.”

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. will accept the currency, adding to a list that includes online retailer Overstock.com, the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association and Virgin Galactic, the space flight arm of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group Ltd. But Straub may not have taken notice of such news reports without the steady prodding of his 23-year-old son Thomas.

“He has to deal with me speaking about it all the time,” Thomas Straub said. “So he knows more than most people do, and I just nagged him until he was willing to try it.”

Thomas Straub has taken on bitcoin “mining” to supplement his father’s financial assistance while he attends St. John’s University School of Law in Queens.

Bitcoin is a decentralized currency, which means there is no bank to keep track of

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Thomas Straub demonstrates a bitcoin transaction to customer Yanina Varley, of Eastchester, at Straub Auto Repairs.

money that is spent. Instead, a public ledger is kept – with security measures in place so no personal information is compromised – by computers participating in the bitcoin network. Mining is the heavy lifting done by these machines as they work through the computational problems involved in keeping all of the computers in the network up to date with every bitcoin transaction that occurs. As a reward for solving the problems, miners receive bitcoins, which can be converted to dollars via online exchanges.

“So I just leave those two little (mining) devices on my desktop,” Thomas Straub said.

“They’re probably about the size of a business card Rolodex. … I figured how to get them running, plugged them into my Mac laptop and I let them run. And they make me, I want to say it’s around 20 bucks every two or three days.”

Thomas Straub doesn’t advise maintaining a significant balance of bitcoins due to

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the currency’s volatility. Its value has surged and dropped dramatically in response to major coverage by mainstream media. For businesses, though, volatility risk can be eliminated with software that can instantly convert bitcoins to dollars at the time of transaction.

“You don’t want to give somebody $500 worth of service and then they pay $500 at that minute and then a minute later, it’s $10,” Thomas Straub said.

He gave his dad a tablet and set up a free account with Coinbase, an online wallet for bitcoin users. When a customer wants to pay for repair work in bitcoins, a Straub Auto Repairs employee enters the total cost into an app on the tablet. The app then generates a QR code with a virtual address to which the bitcoins will be sent. The customer scans the code and confirms the transaction with his or her smartphone. The amount charged is instantly converted into dollars and posted to

Straub’s Coinbase account, then deposited to the company’s checking account once a day.

“So without the risk of losing money, there’s no real downside to doing it,” Thomas Straub said. “It’s not going to cost you anything to get set up; it’s not a real big deal.

Anybody that has a computer, tablet, smartphone, anything can get set up in five minutes or so.”

Straub Auto gets more of the money from bitcoin purchases than if the customer were to use a credit card. While credit card companies charge up to about 4 percent to process a transaction, Coinbase waives all fees until a merchant hits $1 million. The company then charges 1 percent to convert bitcoins to dollars. Keeping the bitcoins without converting is free.

Harry Straub said that besides the savings on added fees, what attracted him to bitcoin was access to a unique market: techsavvy spenders from New York City.

Bitcoin-accepting businesses are sparse in the city’s suburbs on CoinMap, with Straub Auto joined in Westchester by License 2 Grill restaurant in Thornwood, and Luca’s Pizzeria, Stamford Salads and Old Greenwich’s Forefront Law Group in neighboring Fairfield County, Conn. Locations that accept bitcoin are more dense in and near Manhattan. Few tristate area auto shops accept the currency, so Harry said he thinks he can pull some customers to Hastings-onHudson.

“Even if it was one car a week in the beginning, you get one car and the guy pays in bitcoins, it’s not a big percentage of what you’re doing but it’s one car you wouldn’t have gotten otherwise, so that’s not horrible,” Harry Straub said.

The auto shop owner said he thinks use of the currency can catch on with other small businesses in Westchester through word of mouth at training seminars and industry meetings.

“Everyone’s always interested in getting more business. Most guys are open to ideas of how they can generate more revenue,” he said. “The more people that are accepting it, the more accepted it will become.”

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ntergy Corp., the owner of Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, is likely to benefit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s clean power plan announced June 2.

The plan looks to reduce pollution from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, a move decried by coal-burning companies but potentially serving as a boon to the country’s plants fueled by nuclear power.

The EPA’s plan came with the backing of President Barack Obama after a bill to reduce carbon emissions stalled in Congress last year. The plan, which is likely to face legal challenges, places the burden for compliance with the law on individual states. Republicans in Congress are calling the new rule a job killer that will increase rates.

States that rely heavily on coal-generated electricity or have thriving coal industries are already opposing the new regulations, but New York, which says it already has reduced emissions in recent years, is less likely to line up against the plan. Nearly half of New York’s electricity is generated by nuclear and water, according

to the Associated Press.

Entergy, a national company that owns facilities across the country, said that it was the first U.S utility to place a voluntary cap on its carbon emissions – a cap that is 20 percent below the company’s 2000 emission levels, according to a news release.

“We believe that Entergy’s nuclear facilities in New York, including the Indian Point Energy Center, will be essential components of the state’s plan for compliance with this rule, as those facilities provide around-the-clock, base load power with virtually zero carbon emissions,” the release said.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek quoted Christopher Knittel, director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as saying the rule will speed the transition away from coal to other areas, including nuclear.

“Twenty or 30 years from now, we should expect coal to play a more modest role,” Knittel said, according to Business Week.

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Army Corps presents Mamaroneck with flood control project, 7 years after floods

BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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he slow-moving Mamaroneck and Sheldrake rivers meet at Columbus Park in the village of Mamaroneck, where major floods have become a nearly annual ritual.

After an April 2007 nor’easter, the rivers rose from their banks so high that only the head of the Christopher Columbus statue poked out from under the floodwaters at the park. More than 100 businesses and residents nearby were affected, accumulating $50 million worth of damages.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer first visited the park during the immediate recovery from those floods, which saw Westchester County tagged a federal disaster area. Schumer and other politicians called for the federal government to study projects that would ease flooding along the rivers, but the bureaucratic process was slow-moving even as extreme weather became routine.

The 2007 nor’easter turned out to be the first of a string of major flood events in the region, many with names like Irene and Lee,

Sen. Charles Schumer speaks to the media at a May 29 news conference. Photo by Mark Lungariello

but flooding has come even with small thunderstorms. It took seven years, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finally presented the village with options for a large-scale project to reduce flood risks in the region.

Mayor Norman Rosenblum said Mamaroneck chose a $59 million project that offered “the biggest bang for the buck.”

At least 65 percent of the cost will be funded by the federal government. The mayor said recent floods have increased the level of urgency, but that flooding has been a concern in the village for decades.

“This is a multigenerational project,” he said. “There’s a light at the end of the tunnel.”

Rosenblum said he feared gentrification of the Washingtonville neighborhood on

the river banks without a reduction of flood risks. He said businesses and a local Baptist church have needed to rebuild three times or more in the last decade. Suggestions such as requiring residents in the area to raise their homes could cost $200,000 per project, well beyond the spending capabilities of many residents and businesses, Rosenblum said.

The project chosen by the village will build retaining walls and deepen the Mamaroneck and Sheldrake rivers by 4.2 feet and 3.4 feet, respectively. The rivers will also be widened by more than 35 feet apiece, and six bridges on the rivers will either be removed or replaced to increase the flow of the waterways. The entire project will reduce the flood risk for a “50-year storm” by 92 percent and reduce flood risks 84 percent in the event of a “100-year storm.”

On May 29, Schumer returned to Columbus Park for his third visit since the 2007 floods. This time, he held a news conference on a bridge overlooking the Sheldrake, to call on the Army to speed up its review of the project.

“We don’t want to wait for another a flood; we don’t want to wait another

year,” he said.

The Army Corps is expected to complete its review of the project by next year, but the senator said the corps should expedite the project, which he called the No. 1 flood project in Westchester that is not Hurricane Sandy-related. The plan must have a public review phase and a draft Environmental Impact Statement must be released for public review as well.

He said he believed the corps could complete its review of the Mamaroneck plan while also moving forward Sandy-related projects in New York City and elsewhere.

“Unfortunately, dealing with flooding has become a way of life in this area, in Mamaroneck and in Larchmont,” he said.

“When it’s your home or your business being flooded almost once a year or even once every 20 years, that’s a horrible thing to go through.”

Rosenblum said he was confident the project would be expedited and see federal funding, noting Schumer is the third ranking Democrat in the Senate and local Rep. Nita Lowey is the senior Democrat on the House appropriations committee.

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Nuns will market their White Plains scholastic campus

The Sisters of the Divine Compassion are marketing their 16-acre Good Counsel campus in White Plains, while trustees and administrators explore options and potential relocation sites for the Roman Catholic order’s 560-student elementary and high schools on the North Broadway campus.

A spokesman said the nuns have retained CBRE Group Inc. to determine buyers’ interest in all or a portion of the property at 52 N. Broadway and to market it. The campus adjoins Pace Law School and includes 12 buildings totaling 162,180 square feet of space.

Twenty-four nuns live at the order’s motherhouse there, which also serves as a convent, administrative offices and a commercially operated conference and catering center, Mapleton at Good Counsel.

The order in its announcement said the decision followed a 10-year strategic planning process and a two-year review of the future of the White Plains campus, which Sisters of the Divine Compassion purchased

in 1890. Sister Carol Wagner, president of the order, said the sale is being explored “to assure that we continue our mission and that we are able to provide for the Sisters, particularly in their later years.”

She said the future of the Good Counsel schools is a particular concern. The high school has 400 students and 160 pupils are enrolled in the elementary school, and both have outgrown the existing facilities on the campus, Wagner said. The schools’ board of trustees and administration are exploring various options and potential locations for the schools, which are independent of the Archdiocese of New York and owned and operated by the Sisters.

The CBRE marketing team for Good Counsel is headed by William V. Cuddy Jr., executive vice president at the company’s Stamford, Conn., office. Cuddy in the announcement called it “a significant and iconic property” and said its location and existing infrastructure make it a “perfect investment opportunity” for a real estate investor or academic institution. He said CBRE’s initial marketing outreach “will gauge the level and type of interest” in the property.

The Sisters of the Divine Compassion have served as educators, administrators, social workers, counselors, religious education teachers, health care professionals and pastoral care ministers at more than

40 schools, parishes and agencies across Westchester County.

“We recognize that for us to continue to serve the needs of so many and to preserve our mission, we must explore paths that while difficult are necessary,” Wagner said. She said the order has been working with a group of local planning, real estate and business professionals “who understand our mission and are committed to our future as we formulate strategies and plans to move forward.”

EF Academy pays $17M for Thornwood center

The operator of an international boarding school on the former Marymount College campus in Tarrytown has closed on its $17 million purchase of the Thornwood Conference Center from a Roman Catholic order of priests selling off its headquarters.

Built by IBM Corp., the property at 582590 Columbus Ave. includes a class A conference center and an office building that together total about 410,000 square feet of space on a 97-acre parcel. An undeveloped 167-acre tract is being marketed separately from the conference center complex.

The buyer, Efekta IA Inc., is a Bostonbased corporate affiliate of EF Academy International Boarding Schools, which operates EF Academy New York in Tarrytown.

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The academy business is part of EF Education First Ltd., a private international educational organization founded in 1965 and headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The closing was announced by CBRE Group Inc., whose Stamford, Conn., office marketed the property and brokered the deal for the seller, Legion of Christ Inc. William V. Cuddy Jr., CBRE executive vice president, and Budd Wiesenberg, vice president, represented the seller.

The Legionaries of Christ, an order of Roman Catholic priests, acquired the Thornwood Conference Center property from IBM in 1996 for $33.7 million. It served as the order’s headquarters and training seminary. The Legionaries had proposed to build a Roman Catholic liberal arts university on the undeveloped part of the property, but abandoned the plan after completing much of a required environmental review of the project.

The Legionaries have suffered financial losses and the organization has been a target of reform by the Vatican since scandalous revelations about the order’s Mexican founder surfaced after his death in 2008. The religious nonprofit also is selling its former retreat center in Mount Kisco.

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Rochelle train station abutting Interstate 95 and bisected by North Avenue. The second cluster includes a number of city-owned parking lots and other parcels, centering around the public library building.

Although the amount of construction will depend on the eventual proposals, a recent transit-oriented development identified the potential for an additional 1.5 million square feet of office and medical space, 2,000 apartments and 500,000 square feet of retail space. City officials are also hoping for construction of a hotel or hotels as part of any agreement. Those numbers include several properties that aren’t tagged in the clusters and the clusters include a number of properties that study does not. The city says it is receptive to changing zoning codes if the chosen plan calls for it.

“The City encourages the development teams to use the Zoning Ordinance as a guiding factor, but to be limited by it,” the request (http://www.newrochelleny.com/ DocumentCenter/View/3615) says.

Mayor Noam Bramson, a Democrat, said the request was the next logical step after the

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foot building would rise at 42 W. Broad Street, at the corner of Broad Street and Fleetwood Avenue in the Fleetwood business district, on a commercial site currently occupied by a Metro Fresh Supermarket.

The property to be demolished also includes vacant retail space formerly occupied by a Duane Reade drug store.

The site of the proposed project, on which Alexander Development Group in Manhattan is partnering with The Bluestone Organization of Queens, is about 700 feet east of the Fleetwood Metro-North Railroad station. It adjoins a deteriorated four-story municipal parking garage that the developers want to acquire from the city to extensively renovate and operate for both public use and apartment tenants.

The developers also want to add about 7,350 square feet of retail space along the garage’s Broad Street frontage, in addition to 12,330 square feet of ground-floor retail space in the apartment tower.

Mark Alexander, president of Alexander Development Group, said their proposal has been received “in general very positively” among city officials, business owners and residents in Mount Vernon. “Obviously in a complex approvals process of this nature, there’s a certain amount of back and forth,” he said. Alexander said parking and traffic

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City Council digested the findings of three development analyses, including the transit study as well as a Columbia University report.

Bramson said the city’s train station is already among the busiest Metro-North stops, with roughly 5,000 weekday commuters and reverse commuters utilizing the lessthan-half-hour trip to and from the heart of Manhattan. New Rochelle train station, which also has an Amtrak stop, will also be connected to Penn Station when the New Haven line extension is completed in 2021.

Although there are at least 10 city properties included in the cluster zones, there are also a number of privately owned parcels.

Asked if eminent domain could end up a necessity of any cluster development, he said, “The city’s position and within this (request) is that we prefer our property transfers to occur on a consensual basis but that we are willing to consider eminent domain as a last resort,” he said.

The mayor said hiring master developers to take on multiple projects rather than several smaller projects represented a change of approach for New Rochelle. Master developers could represent a more unified vision and potentially attract larger and better-suited candidates, he said. The city is also issuing a request for proposals from consultants to

study the impact of large-scale redevelopment on the public schools by analyzing demographic trends and projects, identifying student population thresholds that would require buildouts and suggesting solutions to handle any influx of new students.

“It’ll be the first time we look at it comprehensively and it is going to be done by professionals,” Bramson said, noting city officials have already met with representatives from the schools.

A hurdle for public support of the master developers’ visions will be the amount of tax abatements the city offers, according to Bob Marrone, executive director of the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce.

In the last two decades, the city undertook several marquee development projects, the first of which was the 1.2-million-squarefoot New Roc City. Residential development was also a focus with the 40-story luxury condominium Trump Tower and the two-tower Avalon Bay. The 30-year tax abatements on the Avalon properties became a controversial debate point and the company has since sold both of its buildings – the 39-story Halstead of New Rochelle is now owned by DSF Group and the 25-story La Rochelle was bought by Hartz Mountain.

“I don’t think residents will ever support

another 30-year tax break,” Marrone said, but said previous deals should serve as a lesson to city officials. “There is a middle ground. The more we develop the downtown, the better it is for New Rochelle.”

City Councilman Hyden agreed, saying the city was better prepared to determine a cost/benefit ratio for any payments in lieu of taxes.

“We have to weigh the overall benefit to the city, hotel tax revenue, sales tax revenue, if people are living downtown,” he said. “I want to make sure going forward we get more than we give. I’m not interested in giving away the store.”

Ralph DiBart, the executive director of the New Rochelle Business Improvement District said he favored seeking master developers, as it was a holistic approach to revitalization. He said the timing was right as rents and costs increase for businesses and residents in New York City.

“Now is the time for us to plan to be a major player as the real estate market moves north from Manhattan,” he said.

The cut off period for qualification bids is July 31. A shortlist of finalists is expected to be notified late in summer and invited to present in front of the City Council in October.

have been predominant concerns heard in Mount Vernon.

Kenneth Plummer, the developers’ project consultant at Kensworth Consulting in Mount Vernon, said a large majority of speakers at the Mount Vernon City Council’s recent public hearing on the project favored the proposal. The council earlier this year approved a zoning text amendment to allow high-rise, transit-oriented development in the city’s downtown business zone, Plummer said.

Designed by Perkins Eastman Architects, the residential building would include 33 studios renting at $1,350 per month; 118 one-bedroom units renting at from $2,000 to $2,200 monthly; 82 two-bedroom apartments with rents ranging from $2,400 to $3,100; and 16 three-bedroom apartments renting at $3,300 a month.

Banta Homes Corp., a Bluestone Organization affiliate in Queens, is the project’s general contractor.

For Alexander, the Broad Street project would be his second luxury apartment venture in Mount Vernon’s Fleetwood neighborhood. As a principal in Glenmark Partners L.L.C. in Manhattan, he formed a joint venture with Petro Real Estate Development Corp. in Mamaroneck to acquire a partially completed eight-story condominium building at 550 Locust St. at a bankruptcy auction in 2010. Completed in 2011 and marketed as rental apartments in the post-recession economy, The Horizon at

Fleetwood is fully occupied, he said.

“We see a demand throughout southern Westchester for well-sited luxury residential communities,” Alexander said. “The Horizon demonstrated that there is deep demand and we should try to meet the demand.”

Alexander said the West Broad Street project has been strongly supported by Fleetwood merchants who expect a boost

in business from an influx of downtown tenants with annual incomes over $100,000.

“Something like $30 million of household income is going to be added to the community with this project,” he said.

Alexander said the developers hope to complete the municipal approval process and begin construction “within the next 12 months.” Construction is expected to be completed in 18 to 24 months, he said.

Economy is New Paltz forum focus

BY LAURENCE GOTTLIEB

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ollowing on the success of the recent Digital Health event, the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. will host its first-ever State of the Hudson Valley Economy forum Tuesday, June 24, at the SUNY New Paltz Student Union – an event that promises to be a much-needed, thoughtprovoking discussion on the regional economy.

The State of the Economy keynote speaker is Dr. Paul Harrington, a renowned labor expert, and director for the Center of Labor Market and Policy at Drexel University. Dr. Harrington will provide an in-depth analysis of labor issues facing the Hudson Valley, as well as how tackling the region’s labor pool challenges can accelerate economic growth.

This event will give businesses and individuals the opportunity to gain insight and hear expert commentary on the prospects for positive economic change in the Hudson Valley, as well as the short- and long-term risks to achieving sustainable economic growth within various industries in the region.

The event comes at a positive time for the Hudson Valley regional economy. Recent numbers indicate that unemployment rates in the region fell drastically throughout April 2014, with three counties – Orange, Ulster and Sullivan – posting their lowest unemployment rates since the beginning of the recession in 2008.

The Hudson Valley’s most updated jobless rate is 4.8 percent, down from almost 8 percent last year. However, participation in the regional labor force has also seen a decline during the same period, which is a similar trend across the U.S. About 1 percent fewer people are working (or in search of work) in Orange and Ulster counties, with three percent fewer in Sullivan County.

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We have a real challenge figuring out the right amount of employees and materials needed to make and deliver what we sell. Some days I’m trying to figure out how to keep people busy. Other days we can’t get everything out the door on time.

How do I know if I’m paying enough, too much or too little to get the job done?

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: It would be nice if every day was the same in operations. Set a steady pace; you need to know how much time it really takes to get specific products or services built and delivered. Build a rolodex of reliable sub-contractors. Assign menial tasks to temps. Ask managers to play a role on the line. Know when it’s time to charge a premium because everyone has too much work.

Operations is the guts of the business.

It’s the part of the business that makes and delivers what your salespeople sell to your customers. Make sure you know who is assigned to operations. Clarify each person’s role with the goal of eliminating duplication of effort, wasted energy and people working at cross purposes.

Mandate weekly planning meetings – more often in busy season, but keep them short and sweet. Go over details of what has to be delivered today, this week – next week, this month – next month, this quarter – next quarter. Plot deliveries on a calendar where it’s easier to see resource shortages and opportunities.

Figure out what an average pace through the month would need to look like to meet overall demand. Look at historical data to figure out busy and slack times. Is it Monday and Friday that are crazy, or is it midweek that demand is highest? When during the month do things slow down or speed up?

Tell salespeople to limit commitments during the busiest times and steer customers towards lower volume periods. Tell customers they’ll get more attention and encounter fewer problems at slow delivery times. Negotiate delivery dates to insure you have enough people to go around, enough product to get out the door, enough trucks to meet the demand.

Be ready to ramp down as quickly as you ramp up. The minute that demand slows down reassign staff to preparing for the next busy period. Let temps go. Back off from the least committed subcontractors.

Be realistic when estimating the time and resources needed to make and deliver what’s

been sold. It’s unrealistic to expect everything will go without a hitch. The busier it is, the more likely you will run into problems. This also means you need to plan time into the schedule to allow for recovery from glitches.

When it’s slower, work on back up resources. Test out new subs on simple projects to be sure they can meet your standards. Line up more backup than you think you’ll need.

While subcontractors can be invaluable, keep in mind that they may also get busy when your company gets busy. By planning out workload well in advance, you can keep the subs from committing themselves elsewhere. Flex up staff with temporary workers and interns who can handle simple jobs and relieve more skilled workers to do higher level tasks. Look at all the tasks your people do every day. Make a list of the most menial tasks, and when operations staff starts approaching the need to work overtime, implement a temporary worker solution.

Make sure your managers know that when it gets busy they’re expected to get their hands dirty. There’s not room for prima donnas, it won’t hurt anyone to pitch in now and then to get an order out the door. Multitasking is an essential skill in any small to midsize business. Adding a few extra hours to the line each day or each week can make the difference between success and failure.

Some industries experience peak seasons, when just about everyone is fully maxed out.

Know the seasonal cycles of your business. If it’s hard to find anyone to do the work certain days, weeks, or months of the year, have a price plus fee schedule for that timeframe.

Prioritize your best customers and do your best to meet their needs. Know that some customers will gladly pay to get what they want when they want it. Avoid the customer who is hard headed about wanting what they want when they want it and who is unwilling to pay a premium to get it.

They are probably the delivery headaches just waiting to happen. Send them to your worst competitors for them to deal with.

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NYCFC backs out of deal with Manhattanville due to lawsuit

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ew York City Football Club was already having problems finding a permanent home. Now it’s out of a practice field, too.

The team, called NYCFC for short, is an expansion club set to join Major League Soccer for the start of its 2015 season, which kicks off next spring. The team has backed out of a deal to practice at Manhattanville College in the Purchase area of the town of

Harrison after a local civic group sued to stop construction there.

The Purchase Environmental Protective Association and three residents filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court against the team, the college and Harrison’s Planning Board, which approved a plan on April 22 that would have seen NYCFC renovate Manhattanville’s gym and rebuild its soccer field. The college said NYCFC decided to look elsewhere because it needed a practice field in place by January 2015 and litigation could have dragged out past that time.

In a statement from Anne Gold, the association’s executive director, the group applauded the withdrawal of the deal.

“PEPA believes the entire Purchase community benefits from this resolution,” she said.

The college announced that the partnership had dissolved May 30, though the soccer team had no comment. President Jon C. Strauss decried the loss of $10 million in improvements to the campus as a result of end of the partnership. It also meant the loss of planned academy teams and summer soccer camps.

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“It’s unfortunate that a small group of very well-resourced citizens chose to pursue this action against the college,” he said. “Our student body and local youth have lost a tremendous opportunity here.”

The college had agreed to a five-year lease with NYCFC, which said it would gift the facilities back to Manhattanville at the end of the deal. The lease came with two one-year renewal options and residents who opposed the agreement said they feared the team might continue to practice there beyond the five-year term. They cited traffic and environmental concerns for opposing the construction when addressing the town Planning Board. The lawsuit looking to stop the construction was a 143-page document from Harris Beach P.L.L.C., a national law firm with a White Plains branch.

It’s the second time in two decades that a professional sports team was blocked from practicing at the college due to community opposition. The New York Rangers looked to build a hockey rink on campus in the late 1990s but ultimately went elsewhere, leaving Manhattanville’s hockey team without facilities or even permanent lockers on campus in the immediate aftermath.

Where NYCFC will look next for its practice facilities is unknown. There is potential the team can find other arrangements in Westchester and join the Rangers and basketball’s New York Knicks, which both practice locally.

It’s also unclear where it will set up shop permanently for its regular season games, and despite the team’s name, it may be in Westchester County.

The group will play its inaugural season at Yankee Stadium, but it has had continued difficulties finding a permanent home. The logistics of Yankee Stadium hosting the team will be complex, as the baseball season and MLS season overlap for several months and holding soccer matches on the field could leave it in poor shape for baseball games.

NYCFC, which is co-owned by the Yankees and English soccer team Manchester City, was originally eyeing the construction of a home field in Flushing MeadowsCorona Park but that deal was opposed by the Yankees rival New York Mets. The team is now reportedly considering locations outside of the five boroughs, including in Yonkers. Soccer’s New York Red Bulls play home games in Harrison, N.J. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, a Democrat, said in his recent State of the City address the team could set up at Empire City.

“If New Jersey can host two New York football teams alongside a swamp, we can certainly host a professional soccer team along I-87,” he said.

FERC won’t rehear Hudson Valley ‘electric capacity zone’ would be improving transmitter technol“These take time, but they will hap- $500 million over the first three years.

The PSC said that even without the ogy to better distribute surplus energy pen,” she said. “Our greater concern is from upstate suppliers to higher-demand that FERC is ignoring consumer impacts impact of the capacity zone, the futures he Federal Energy Regulatory regions downstate. Zibelman said FERC and its decision is an unnecessary trans- market for electricity anticipates a 20 Commission will not rehear argu- had been “dismissive” of the state PSC’s fer of wealth from consumers who are percent increase over last year’s Junements against a new pricing plan idea to build transmitters in the area. already reeling from last winter price through-September rates.

The new capacity zone is the fourth in that could increase Hudson Valley electric There is an existing “bottleneck” in the increases. bills by at least 5 percent.

Albany region, opponents say, that preThe cold winter and a spike in the cost of the state, according to the PSC. The new The commission, or FERC, announced vents the ample generators upstate from natural gas caused electricity bills to increase zone affects ratepayers that are customlast month that it wouldn’t reconsider a adequately siphoning electricity to the by between 44 percent and 130 percent last ers of Central Hudson, Con Edison in new electric capacity zone in the region usage-intense downstate area, particularly winter, according to the PSC. Some estimates Westchester, Goshen-based NYSEG Corp. that is expected to increase rates by rough- during high-need times such as the hot- say the total cost increase under the zone will and the Orange and Rockland power ly 6 percent for residential customers and test days of summer. be $280 million for the first year alone, and company.

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7.375x8.5 U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Putnam County Democrat and opponent 4c of the plan, said the fight “is far from over” and will continue in court.

“It’s shocking and downright wrong that these Washington bureaucrats keep saying this decision won’t hurt hardworking families and businesses in the Hudson Valley,” he said.

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In a statement from the PSC, Chairwoman Audrey Zibelman said the commission understands the goal of the zone. “However, in the short-term, this is beneficial only to existing generators in the region at the expense of consumers who pay while receiving no benefit,” she said.

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ne of my friends who does most of her business through Facebook recently called me to ask why her marketing on Facebook is no longer effective and what she should do about it. Siam is a terrific promotional marketer, with great insights, who over the years has developed a real niche that she continuously mines for clients and new strategies. Although she regularly uses various social media platforms, I have occasionally wondered when considering her significant Facebook presence if she somehow had a Facebook gene imprinted on her DNA. And yet, Facebook was no longer work-

ing for her. The reach of her newsfeed had dried up and the many responses and shares she had received from her posts had dried up to a handful of mostly meaningless acknowledgements. So we talked.

In a recent article, I discussed how Facebook has yet again changed its search and newsfeed algorithm in search of greater profits through paid advertising and how companies must adapt their strategies to this changing environment. This is what I discussed with Siam.

Social media is a rapidly changing environment in which something that works really well can very rapidly become ineffective while relatively new sites can rapidly grow in importance. Here’s a very limited but

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advertisements and content in a way that will generate interest and entice its audience to take action. Sometimes referred to as infeed advertising, it differs from traditional advertising in its use of quality content and desire to cleanly mesh with the content of the page. This content is also search optimized and can be placed on both traditional and mobile sites.

Key aspects of native advertising involve how well the ad fits in the overall page design.

Does it stand out? Does it provide a similar content experience as the articles on the page? Since a native advertisement can even be a video, if it is an informational video ad, it would probably mesh well with a page containing video content. Of great importance is the location of the advertisement on the page; it will greatly affect its response rate (i.e. its measure of effectiveness). However, since these are advertisements, despite some possibly interesting content they do require a disclosure that they are indeed an advertisement.

Twitter, Facebook and Amazon are prime examples of websites that use native advertising to promote services and products, but there is no reason why local websites and services can’t also perform the same function.

So now the question for Siam remains: Where should she place her ads and what content should she provide in them? The obvious answer is wherever her target market is and what is of interest to them. So, if she were to do an advertisement on Facebook, she would be best served by understanding what her audience is responding to. Since she was already successful with her news feed, I would use that as a basis for the start of her campaign. I also suggested she redouble her efforts on LinkedIn, particularly since the owners of LinkedIn decided to further emphasize the importance of content to its responsive content-centric audience. After all, no one is wedded to any one platform. If one platform ceases to be as effective, we can readily shift our efforts elsewhere.

In this rapidly changing online world, it is important to realize that what worked last year may not work this year but that there is always a need for highly effective content and strategizing in both postings and native advertisements across most platforms.

Bruce Newman is vice president at The Productivity Institute L.L.C. and a regular contributor to the Business Journal. He specializes in content creation and digital marketing. He can be reached at bnewman@ prodinst.com.

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A passion for science drives regeneron’s success

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eonard S. Schleifer was an assistant professor at Cornell University Medical College when in 1988 he decided he could do more good by developing drugs for large patient populations rather than treating one patient at a time as a physician.

“I wanted to pursue the model of trying to make a difference on a larger scale,” the founding president and CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Greenburgh told an audience at Manhattanville College recently.

“People like to think of us as an overnight success. It’s 25 years of overnight.”

Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of The Business Council of Westchester, and Leonard S. Schleifer, the founding president and CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

by more than 40 percent – and will create about 400 full-time jobs.

Nearly 25 years after his career-altering decision, Schleifer’s determined pursuit of science and enterprise at Regeneron

yielded its first commercial successes with drug treatments for patients with macular degeneration, terminal colorectal cancer and rare inflammatory disorders.

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He professed to be a nervous novice in the public conversational format that marked the debut on the Purchase campus of the Leadership Conversations Series, a planned series of talks with the region’s business leaders sponsored by First Niagara Bank and hosted by The Business Council of Westchester. Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of The Business Council and Schleifer’s colleague on the state MidHudson Regional Economic Development Council, led the opening conversation.

Schleifer recalled that his mentor in biochemical pharmacology, a future Nobel Prize winner, tried to talk him out of his plan to leave the medical school laboratory to form a biopharmaceutical company.

Instead he became one of Regeneron’s two other co-founders. “I was not to be dissuaded,” Schleifer said.

Regeneron set up its “world headquarters” in a leaky Manhattan apartment before moving to Westchester County and startup space at New York Medical College in 1989.

Today the approximately 2,300-employee company is headquartered as anchor tenant at Biomed Realty Trust’s Landmark at Eastview life sciences campus in the towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant.

Two buildings are under construction there in an approximately $100 million expansion by Regeneron that will add 300,000 square feet of office and laboratory space – increasing the company’s current space

forming stock in 2012 and its employee stock option program – an incentive to innovation, Schleifer said – has made millionaires of several hundred company employees.

The company’s total revenues amounted to $626 million in the first quarter this year, a 42 percent increase from the first quarter of 2013. The company’s first quarter net income, excluding income tax expenses, increased 31 percent from a year ago to $263 million, or $2.26 per diluted share.

Worldwide net sales of EYLEA, Regeneron’s injectable drug for patients with severe loss of vision, amounted to $577 million in this year’s first quarter, a 54 percent increase from the first quarter of 2013. In the U.S. alone, the company has forecast net sales this year of $1.7 billion to $1.8 billion for its EYLEA product.

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John McCormack, who worked at IBM’s Hopewell Junction plant in Dutchess County, said in a lawsuit filed May 5 that

he was informed last summer he would be laid off in December 2013. He applied to 15 positions within the company but was rejected in each case.

“IBM managers and supervisors told Mr. McCormack that these positions had been targeted for young persons who had graduated college in 2012 and 2013,” the suit says.

McCormack received a college degree in 2012, according to the suit, although he is now 46 years of age.

“IBM’s policy to hire young college graduates is the proximate cause of McCormack’s injuries,” the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified punitive damages, says.

McCormack and two other former employees who live in Florida are seeking class-action status in federal court, according to paperwork from their attorney, Michael H. Sussman of Sussman & Watkins in Goshen. If class action is granted, other former employees can join the suit.

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“Plaintiffs Shelton and Lingl would never have signed such general releases or accepted said severance payments had they known that IBM intended to replace them with recent college graduates in a practice which so plainly reflected age discrimination,” Sussman wrote in the lawsuit filing.

Shelton had worked from his home in Riverview, Fla., and an office in Tampa starting in 2011. He was a technical solutions architect and was laid off in July 2013. Lingl, an advanced information technology specialist who worked out of a West Tampa office, was also laid off in July 2013. He twice worked for IBM, from 1998 until 2002, then from 2006 until his layoff last year.

IBM laid off more than 3,000 workers last year, with roughly 697 employees losing jobs in Dutchess County. At least 100 more were laid off in Westchester County, where IBM headquarters is located. Those layoffs, part of a $1 billion international restructuring, came as IBM advertised job openings for applicants who had graduated college in the last three years.

Sussman, in the lawsuit, said, “Such advertisements were nationwide in scope and reflected a like policy to discriminate against older workers and to exclude them from consideration from a whole range of jobs for which many would qualify.”

Bloomberg recently reported that IBM had changed its severance policy to settle former workers’ age discrimination claims through private arbitration rather than lawsuits.

A federal jury in January ruled in favor of a former IBM employee who was let go at age 60 after 41 years with the company, according to the Connecticut Law Tribune. The total settlement was for between $3.5 million and $4 million, including lost wages and damages.

In that case, Connecticut resident James Castelluccio hadn’t signed a severance agreement, according to the Tribune, which said an internal investigation by IBM into the circumstances of the firing would have been halted if Castelluccio had signed the agreement.

A call to IBM representatives seeking comment was not returned.

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Elizabeth Skovron, a resident of Tarrytown and an honors student at the University at Albany, SUNY, is an intern in my office. Her summer project: organizing

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Elizabeth told me that many of her friends and peers (including recent Ivy League graduates) are scared – they can’t find employment.

Current college students and graduates will meet to discuss action steps they can take to enhance their futures. Among the initiatives to be explored: Providing students with ideas as to how they could start their own businesses. During the summer we will meet with people who have had success stories starting their own businesses.

If you know of any college student or graduate who might be interested in participating in this initiative or sharing their unemployment horror stories, please email eskovron@albany.edu or me at pfeiner@ greenburghny.com.

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Women’s PGA Championship debuts in Westchester in 2015

Westchester Country Club in Rye next year will host the first Women’s PGA Championship, where players will vie for shares of a $3.5 million purse.

Sponsored by KPMG, an audit, tax and advisory firm, the major championship event

will be June 8 through June 14 in 2015.

The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will continue the tradition of the 59-year-old LPGA Championship, which it replaces, PGA of America and LPGA officials said in an announcement Thursday. The event will be broadcast in partnership with NBC and Golf Channel.

KPMG and golf officials said the new championship will coincide with a women’s leadership summit, the start of a new community initiative to develop, advance and empower women as leaders.

Like the LPGA Championship, the PGA event will be rotated annually among prestigious courses in major metropolitan mar-

kets. Golf officials said the championship will be operated by the PGA of America in close collaboration with the LPGA. The LPGA Championship began in 1955, five years after the birth of the Ladies Professional Golf Association.

John Veihmeyer, global chairman of KPMG, in a press release said his firm’s collaboration with the national golf associations and NBC “will not only bring women’s golf to new audiences – it also creates opportunities to expand women’s leadership on and off the course, empowering today’s women leaders and cultivating the next generation of female leaders.”

At the Westchester Country Club, a cham-

pionship field of 156 players will include the top eight finishers from the previous year’s LPGA Teaching & Club Professional National Championship.

LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan said with the new partnership, the annual championship for women golfers “will now reach even greater levels of global exposure, player opportunities and community impact.”

Molly Solomon, executive producer for Golf Channel, part of NBC Sports Group, in the announcement said NBC’s weekend coverage of the 2015 championship will include features “that will showcase the role golf has in the business world, the advancement of professional women and highlights from the women’s leadership summit and community initiative associated with this championship.”

KPMG will spearhead the women’s leadership summit at the country club in Rye during the championship week, bringing together top women leaders in business, politics, sports and society.

KPMG officials said the sponsoring firm also will manage the ongoing community initiative to give women leaders the opportunity to cultivate the next generation of female leaders and equip them with leadership skills, networks and confidence through scholarships, training, and internship and mentoring programs.

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“Honoring supplier diversity is a core value and operational priority for the clients we work with, which means it is for us as well,” Benson said.

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Ranked by number of physicians; listed alphabetically in the event of a tie Cover all Group name Number of Number of Number of Year established major practices Address physcians employees locations Phone number • Website Specialty: Crystal Run Healthcare 155 Crystal Run Road, Middletown, NY 10941 845-703-6999 • crystalrunhealthcare.com Mount Kisco Medical Group P.C. 90 and 110 S. Bedford Road, Mount Kisco, NY 10549 914-241-1050 • mkmg.com Westmed Medical Group P.C. 2700 Westchester Ave., Purchase, NY 10577 914-682-0700 • westmedgroup.com ENT and Allergy Associates L.L.P. 560 White Plains Road, Suite 500, Tarrytown, NY 1059 914-333-5800 • entandallergy.com Horizon Family Medical Group 2 Coates Drive, Goshen, NY 10924 800-859-0085 • horizonfamilymedical.com Scarsdale Medical Group 259 Heathcote Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 914-723-8100 • scarsdalemedical.com Premier Medical Group 1 Columbia St., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 845-437-5000 • premiermedicalhv.com This is a sampling of medical group companies. To be included on this list, please contact westfaircommunications@gmail.com.

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Crowds of protesters gathered June 1 in the village of New Hempstead, Rockland County, looking to pluck the feathers from a proposal to build an industrial Kosher chicken slaughterhouse on Route 45.

Opposition has mounted to the planned 26,000-square-foot slaughterhouse, with protesters saying the plant is too close to residential homes. Critics say the facility would negatively affect property values and lessen the quality of life through chemical smells and increased noise pollution.

Adir Poultry first proposed the slaughterhouse in 2009, according to The Rockland Times. The project netted a $1.6 million grant from New York state’s Empire State Development. Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski, a New City Democrat, has been pushing to rescind that grant.

“As I have said repeatedly, an industrial slaughterhouse has no place in a residential neighborhood,” he said. Zebrowski also said he would propose legislation to prevent slaughterhouses from being built near residential homes.

The Rockland Times said more than 150 people attended the protest, including county and state officials. A civic group called Stop the Slaughterhouse has mobilized and rallied protesters via social media.

A flier announcing the protest said, “State tax dollars should not be used to build a slaughterhouse in a residential area and no zoning changes should be made that permit construction of a slaughterhouse.”

The group said the site is under the zoning jurisdiction of the village of New Square, which borders New Hempstead.

utilities PartNer with stAtE on tECh JoBs For VEts

Five electric and gas utilities in New York will partner with state agencies on a plan and program to place returning veterans in jobs in the energy industry.

The partnership, which includes Consolidated Edison Inc. and Central Hudson Gas and Electric in this region, was announced by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on May 28, when the New York Power Authority hosted a kickoff meeting for the NYS TroopsTo-Energy Jobs program. The state program will be modeled after a federal Troops-ToEnergy Jobs program started by the nonprofit Center for Energy Workforce Development.

From the private sector, the energy jobs consortium also includes Iberdrola USA, National Grid USA and Public Service Energy Group Long Island.

Utilities will designate one or more colleges as partners in providing veterans with educational opportunities to prepare for technical jobs in the energy industry. The state Division of Veterans’ Affairs will be the lead agency for communications and outreach to veterans and will facilitate available employment opportunities. The state Department of Public Service will monitor and report on consortium members’ progress in achieving action plan milestones.

“New York’s veterans have made tremendous sacrifices in service to our nation, and by expanding professional opportunities for them at home we can help to ease their transition back to civilian life and empower them for years to come,” Cuomo said in the announcement.

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. president James P. Laurito said the Poughkeepsie company “recognizes the significant sacrifices and contributions made by our veterans, and supports this initiative as a way of giving back to them while strengthen-

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CuoMo GEts worKinG FAMiliEs nod, AGrEEs to ConCEssions

Gov. Andrew Cuomo secured the endorsement of the liberal-leaning Working Families Party on May 31, agreeing to shift leftward on issues such as the state minimum wage to avoid the party backing a different candidate.

The small but influential Working Families is a pro-union party that has clashed with Cuomo, a Democrat, over what some party members have viewed as more moderate policies. The party threatened to endorse its own candidate and Cuomo, a Democrat, made several marquee policy concessions to prevent a challenge from a liberal candidate on the Working Families line.

A recent Quinnipiac University poll said the inclusion of a Working Families candi-

date could swing Cuomo’s lead in an election by as much as 20 percentage points.

The governor agreed to support an increase in the state minimum wage and back a Democratic Party takeover of the state Senate. Currently, the Senate is controlled

by Republicans working with a coalition of five breakaway Democrats, the Independent Democratic Conference. The governor’s move is a shift in course after previously avoiding involving himself in the fray over the Independent Democrats’ leadership roles.

To gain the Working Families support, Cuomo also said he’d support a new version of the DREAM Act, a program that would offer federal financial aid programs for the children of undocumented immigrants. A previous version of the bill was rejected by the New York Legislature.

Cuomo’s Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, received the backing of the state Conservative Party on May 31.

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Ranked by number of physicians; listed alphabetically in the event of a tie Cover all Group name Number of Number of Number of Year established major practices Address physcians employees locations Phone number • Website Specialty: Norwalk Medical Group 40 Cross St., Fourth floor, Norwalk, CT 06851 203-845-4800 • norwalkmedgroup.com Orthopaedic Specialty Group P.C. 75 Kings Highway Cutoff, Fairfield, CT 06824 203-337-2600 • osgpc.com Doctors Express • doctorsexpress.com • 161 Boston Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06610 • 203-333-4400 • 3000 Summer St., Stamford, CT 06905 • 203-969-2000 • 359 N. Central Ave., Hartsdale, NY 10530 • 914-448-2273 • 2 Main St., Danbury, CT 06810 • 203-826-2140 • 1030 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT 06119 • 860-986-6440 Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center 888 White Plains Road, Trumbull, CT 06611 203-268-2882 • osm-ct.com Hudson Valley Bone and Joint Surgeons • hvbjsurgeons.com • 24 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY 10532 • 914-375-7777 • 819 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers, NY 10704 • 914-631-7777 Forme Urgent Care and Wellness Center • formeurgentcare.com • 7-11 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601 • 914-723-4900 • 16 John R. Albanese Place, Eastchester, NY 10709 • 914-723-4900 This is a sampling of medical group companies. To be included on this list, please contact westfaircommunications@gmail.com.

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Among the many honors and awards he has received are the Access to Justice Award from Legal Services of the Hudson Valley and selection as one of the Best Lawyers of America. An active participant in community activities, Feder has been a member of the board of directors of White Plains Hospital for more than 30 years, and served as its chairman for eight years. He is a vice chairman of the Purchase College Foundation and served for 18 years as a commissioner of the White Plains Housing Authority. In 2005, he was named White Plains Citizen Extraordinaire by the White Plains Historical Society. A graduate of the City College of the City of New York, Feder received his law degree from the Columbia University School of Law. Most important in his life, however, are his wife, Marjorie, their four daughters and a son, and their eight grandchildren.

Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey is a practicing attorney in White Plains and concentrates her practice in health law. She is the founder and president of the Collaborative for Palliative Care, a consortium of professionals and health care providers dedicated to research, education and advocacy to advance palliative care, and she is the recipient of the 2012 Aging Services Golden Harvest Corporate Leadership Award. Morrissey earned her Ph.D. in gerontological social work at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (2011), where she was a recipient of the Langenfeld Research Award for her doctoral research. She holds a master‘s degree in public health from the New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice (2005) and a Juris Doctorate from Fordham Law School (1982).

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He has broad intellectual property experience representing and counseling a wide range of domestic and international clients in patent, trademark, copyrights, right of publicity, trade secret and related intellectual property matters. His litigation experience includes obtaining and defending injunctions, Internet disputes, trademark misuse and ex parte seizures of counterfeit products. Lindenbaum has appeared and argued matters at the trial and appellate level in federal courts in more than 15 states. He has extensive experience before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, having successfully litigated and/or resolved approximately 100 opposition and cancellation disputes. Lindenbaum also regularly assists his clients with trans-

actional matters, including structuring, drafting and negotiating licenses and other agreements. Born in Belle Harbor, Lidenbaum was awarded a Juris Doctorate from the University at Buffalo School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Binghamton University.

He has lectured at the New York City Bar Center for CLE and the Pace Law School Center for Continuing Legal Education on numerous intellectual property topics. In 2009, Lindenbaum was the recipient of the Dr. Thomas Marx Award, in Manchester, England, for his paper titled “Fifteen Minutes of Fame can Generate Fifteen Decades of Royalties.” In 2012, he authored an article titled “Catch Me If You Can: An Analysis of New Enforcement Measures and Proposed Legislation to Combat the Sale of Counterfeit Products on the Internet,” 32:3 Pace L. Rev. 567 (2012)

A partner with the firm of McMillan, Constabile, Maker & Perone L.L.P. located in Larchmont and Yorktown Heights, Salvatore Di Costanzo is an attorney and accountant whose main area of practice is elder law, which consists of wills, trusts, probate and administration of estates, Medicaid planning, asset preservation, nursing home and home care planning and planning for individuals with special needs. Prior to becoming a partner with McMillan, Constabile, Maker & Perone, Di Costanzo was an attorney with Ernst & Young L.L.P. in its estate and business succession planning group.

Before practicing law, Di Costanzo was an auditor with Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. in Stamford, Conn. He earned a B.B.A. in accounting from Siena College and a Juris Doctorate from Pace University School of Law. Di

Costanzo is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) while also being a member of the elder law sections of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and Westchester County Bar Association (WCBA). He is a past chairman of the elder law section of the WCBA, current co-chairman of the estate tax planning and estate administration committee of the NYSBA elder law section and a current member of the executive committee of the NYSBA elder law section. Di Costanzo serves on the board of directors of the WCBA, the Harrison Children’s Center and the New York Chapter of NAELA. In 2013, he was selected by the rating service, Super Lawyers, for inclusion in its 2013 Super Lawyers - New York Metro Rising Stars ranking as a leading elder law attorney.

Although raised in rural Fallbrook, Calif., Desirée Salomone attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville where she focused on gender studies and queer theory.

Following her graduation in 2006, she moved to Los Angeles where she spent three years working as a youth care counselor in a residential treatment facility for offending youth. Her experience as a counselor led her to pursue a career in the law with the aim of affecting systemic change. Almost immediately after beginning her legal education at Pace Law School in 2011 Salomone co-founded the Pace Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, remaining on the organization’s executive board through her graduation. While living in Brooklyn, she became involved in the anti-stop-and-frisk movement in New York City. As a result, Salomone had the privilege of joining the Center for Constitutional Rights as a legal

intern on the Government Misconduct and Racial Justice docket, allowing her direct involvement in Floyd v. City of New York (08-Civ-1034). Her legal experience also includes tenures at Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles, International Justice Project, Newman Ferrara L.L.P. and the John Jay Legal Services Immigration Justice Clinic.

As a result of her dedication to public interest law, Salomone holds a seat on the Equal Justice Works National Advisory Committee. She graduated cum laude May 13 from Pace Law School with a certificate in international law. She was the 2014 recipient of both the Winifred Sobie Pasternack Memorial Award in Civil Rights and the Robert C. and Janet Lee Marville Scholarship for Outstanding Moral and Civil Commitment.

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“People like to think of us as an overnight success,” Schleifer said. “It’s 25 years of overnight.”

The CEO stressed that science from the start has driven the company’s evolution in drug development and eventual market success. “We live and breathe the fact that science drives our business and we are passionate about science,” he said.

“In some businesses you can talk your way to a result,” he said. “But in our business, at the end of the day there’s an arbiter” in the form of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the physicians who treat patients with Regeneron drugs.

“Our mission is patients and the only tool we have to help patients is science – and the rest will follow,” Schleifer said.

Rather than focus on any one disease for which to develop drug treatments, “We follow the science – that’s our strategy.” He said Regeneron currently has 15 to 17 drugs in various stages of clinical testing.

Regeneron, since 2008, has received several awards for its workplace environment, innovations and rapid growth. Schleifer and the company’s founding scientist and chief scientific officer, Dr. George Yancopoulos, received the Scrip Intelligence award for management

team of the year in 2013. Schleifer said the company is proudest of its ranking in both 2012 and 2013 as the top biopharmaceutical employer worldwide by Science magazine.

The fast-growing company since 2007 has more than tripled its workforce in Westchester and at its manufacturing facility in upstate Rensselaer. It expects to continue to expand to 4,000 to 5,000 employees, the CEO said. As it achieves that scale, will Regeneron be able to maintain its company culture? “That probably is the biggest single challenge” for the company, Schleifer said.

Schleifer was asked what advice he would give other entrepreneurs starting a business.

First, “Choose your partners well,” he said.

Second, “You have to build a team. It cannot be done as a one-man band. It can be, but it’s extremely difficult.”

Finally, “Be prepared to deal with failure.”

Schleifer noted Regeneron’s string of failures, including its original goal to regenerate neurons for the treatment of Lou Gehrig’s disease, a founding effort that inspired the company’s name. In the drug development industry, “It’s easier to fail than to succeed,” he said.

“As an entrepreneur, if you get knocked down, you better figure how you’re going to get up the next morning and move forward stronger than you did the day before,” he said.

Home care nonprofit reaches new high for giving Friends and guests donated a recordbreaking $127,000 to Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester at the home health care nonprofit’s spring benefit gala last month at Scarsdale’s Sunningdale Country Club.

Before an audience of more than 250 people, the agency honored three health care partners with awards.

William P. Harrington, chairman of the Westchester County Association, accepted VNSW’s Community Leadership Award on behalf of the WCA health care consortium.

Anne Sweazey accepts the Katherine McCloskey Wilson Award Anne Sweazey, executive director from Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester board member of the Arc of Westchester Foundation Katharine W. Conroy. and a past VNSW board member, Proceeds from the annual benefit directly received the Katharine McCloskey support the 113-year-old agency’s efforts to Wilson Award provide expanded programs, complemenRita C. Mabli, president and chief tary care services and charitable care for its executive officer of United Hebrew of New Rochelle, received the Distinguished Service home health care patients in Westchester, Award. the Bronx, Dutchess, Putnam and Rockland Elias “Lou” Nemnom, president and CEO counties. Funds also support the agency’s of VNS Westchester, told guests the generous free community health education programs support of contributors made this year’s gala and services for seniors and other residents “the organization’s largest and most success- in the region.

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In his first visit to Westchester County, President Barack Obama in May appeared in Tarrytown to make his case for improving the nation’s infrastructure. With the Tappan Zee Bridge as a backdrop, the President implored Congress to invest billions in roads, bridges and highways because much of the nation’s infrastructure is old, outdated and inadequate. “We’ve got more than 100,000 bridges that are old enough to qualify for Medicare,” Obama said. The President also praised the progress being made in the construction of a new Tappan Zee Bridge. Marsha Gordon, President and CEO of The Business Council, who attended the President’s event at the Washington Irving Boat Club, has long been an outspoken supporter for the need for a new bridge.

SPANO: YONKERS IS NEXT URBAN FRONTIER Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano appeared before The Business Council’s Governmental Action Council in May to talk about all of the exciting development happening in Yonkers and his administration’s efforts of re-branding Westchester County’s largest city. Spano touted the many exciting developments such as those along its scenic waterfront as well as Ridge Hill and Cross County shopping centers.

Buoyed by the successes of Empire City Casino, ContraFect and Mindspark, among others, Spano said Yonkers was a city on the move and perfectly situated to attract new businesses. Additionally, with artists such as Maya Lin and David Hammonds investing in the city, Yonkers has been dubbed the next SOHO or Chelsea. Building on those successes, Yonkers recently launched a new advertising and marketing campaign entitled Generation Yonkers that is also creating a lot of buzz for the city. To learn more, check out www.generationyonkers.com.

YOUTH FOR HIRE New York State will spend $27.5 million to put upwards of 18,000 young workers from low-income households to work this summer all across the state. The funding includes $737,924 for Westchester County and will help connect young people with jobs in nursing homes, senior citizen centers, school districts and other local businesses. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in May announced the funding for the Summer Youth Employment Program, which The Business Council is actively involved with. For more information contact Ebony White at 914-948-2110.

BCW WELCOMES WESTCHESTER KNICKS The Business Council is excited to welcome the Westchester Knicks, the NBA’s hottest new D-League team. Members of The Business Council in May joined the Knicks at an open house at the Westchester County Center, the franchise’s home court. The festivities included a youth basketball clinic, interactive basketball contests, performances by the Knicks City Dancers and free giveaways. Individual tickets for the 2014-2015 season will start at $10. Season tickets, suites, and group tickets are all available now. To purchase tickets, call 914-599-6889.

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‘Shark Tank’ Star Headlines KeyBank Series The way Barbara Corcoran sees it, you never really know what you’re made of until you go to battle.

“You don’t know if you’re a war hero or coward until you go to war,” Corcoran, a real estate mogul and star of the show “Shark Tank” told a packed house at Westchester Community College recently.

Corcoran, the guest speaker at The Business Council of Westchester’s KeyBank Speaker Series on May 2, captivated the audience with a rousing and candid talk about owning a wildly successful real estate company, The Corcoran Group.

Her company was so successful, in fact, that Corcoran sold her company in 2001 for $66 million and Corcoran is now one of the stars of the popular show “Shark Tank,” which airs Fridays on ABC. Her address also kicked off the 2014 Grow 2.0 Conference.

During Corcoran’s roughly onehour address, she offered some of the most important lessons she’s learned while swimming in the rough waters of Manhattan’s real estate market. Her tips for success are: • Perception Creates Reality: When the economy was in a

From left, Business Council Chairman Stephen J. Jones, Barbara Corcoran, Business Council President and CEO Marsha Gordon and Ruth Mahoney of KeyBank

recession, Corcoran only had 11 sales and could not afford to advertise. So she created the Corcoran Report and sent it to the New York Times, The Today Show and just about everybody in the media. She quickly became a voice to be heard and her reports positioned Corcoran as a real estate expert, particularly in the high-end market.

• There Are Two Kinds of People at Work—Containers and Expanders: Corcoran was an expander, but she understood that she needed someone (a container) who was highly organized and would watch the books, organize files, manage staff and basically do all the work that Corcoran didn’t like to do.

• You Need a System for Firing People: Very often, managers who are good at bringing people into a company are bad at letting them go. “Recruiting is easy, but getting rid of the dead weight is hard,” says Corcoran.

Every company needs a system of getting rid of unproductive employees.

• Fun is Good for Business: Creating a culture of fun was vital for Corcoran, and she often planned field trips, themed parties and unique office meetings --- that were all vital for camaraderie and creativity.

• Be Great at Failure: Knowing how to fail well is a key indicator of success, says Corcoran, and it’s what separates the children from the grownups.

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THE BIZ SCENE 1. Some 300 executives attended the Westchester Digital Summit held May 15 at the Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, White Plains. The event featured presentations by a variety of companies including ESPN, IBM, GE, Facebook, LinkedIn and Fox Sports.

The Business Council of Westchester was a Premium Partner for the event. From left, Chris Desi, CEO, Silverback Social and keynote speaker Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO, VaynerMedia.

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2. Cross County Shopping Center kicked off its 60th anniversary celebration on April 28 among nearly 100 regional business leaders and dignitaries, in conjunction with The Business Council of Westchester’s networking business event. Keeping with the 1950s theme, guests had the opportunity to take photographs with an Elvis Presley impersonator in a 1954 Mercury convertible. From left, Kevin Plunkett, Westchester County Deputy Executive; Michael Sabatino, City of Yonkers Minority Leader; John Ravitz, Executive Vice President of The Business Council of Westchester; Ellen Lynch, Executive Director of the Food Bank for Westchester; James E. Stifel, chief investment officer for Benenson Capital Partners, LLC and executive vice president for the property’s owners, Brooks Shopping Centers, LLC with 1960s themed characters.

3. Recipients of the Rising Stars 40 Under 40 awards attended a welcome reception held May 20 at the Trump Tower, White Plains residence of Rising Stars Alumni John and Diane Durante. From left, Jeanette Gisbert of Volunteer Center of United Way, April Horton of Verizon, Jim Giangrande of Altium Wealth Management and John Durante of Durante Rentals.

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Reckson Among Winners of Green Business Challenge Business Council member Reckson, a division of SL Green Realty Corp., received top honors as part of the Westchester Green Business Challenge and Westchester Green Business-Certified program. In receiving the Charles W. Brown, Jr. Sustainability Award, Reckson was recognized for being a leading proponent of sustainable tenant spaces. Several other Westchester-based companies won different distinctions as part of the program. By category, the winners include: • Outreach & Organizational Commitment: Hendrick Hudson Free Library (Montrose) • Energy: The Colonial Needle Company (White Plains)

• Waste Management & Green Products: Diamond Properties (Mount Kisco) • Transportation: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division (White Plains) • Land Use: Friends of Hilltop Hanover Farm (Yorktown Heights) • Water Resources: Doubletree Tarrytown (Tarrytown)

4. Among those attending the 2014 Grow 2.0 Conference on May 2 were, from left, Eridana Camacho, Program Coordinator of the Gateway to Entrepreneurship; Scorpio Rogers, Professor of Business, Westchester Community College; Keynote Speaker Barbara Corcoran; Bill Abram, Anexio, Inc; and BCW Executive VP John Ravitz.

GREEN BUSINESS CHALLENGE Founded in 2009 as an innovative private-public partnership between Westchester County and The Business Council of Westchester, the WGBC is a 501c-3 non-profit designed to educate and inspire all Westchester businesses to move down the path toward environmental sustainability while improving performance and saving money.

The companies were recognized at the WGBC’s 4th Annual Recognition Event held June 5, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains.

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From farms to suburbia, she delivers the veggies

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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former investment banker and business development consultant in New York City, Donna Williams has seen the growth of what she calls the “local food movement” since moving to Greene County in the Hudson Valley more than a decade ago.

“I don’t want to say ‘trend,’” Williams said recently at her company office in Athens, where boxes of produce sat on a table near the entrance. The growth of small farms supplying residents and commercial customers in the region with fresh food is not a dubious passing fad, that is. “It’s for sure and for real,” Williams said. And Field Goods, her innovative produce delivery service, is a part of it.

Williams in 2001 moved to her parents’ home on Sleepy Hollow Lake in Athens while recovering from a series of back surgeries. “I had to find how to make a living in Greene County,” she said. A graduate of the Columbia University Business School, she taught microeconomics as an adjunct professor at the College of St. Rose in Albany and briefly worked as a business consultant. She was vice president of business development for Sahale Snacks, a maker of nuts and fruit mixes based in Seattle, until her position was eliminated in the Great Recession. “I did real estate for about 15 minutes,” she said.

Hired as a consultant to the Greene County Industrial Development Agency, Williams a few years ago studied the feasibility of the IDA’s proposal to start an agricultural incubator in the county. It brought her in contact “with everyone that was in agriculture in 200 miles,” she said.

The incubator project never got off the ground, but Williams saw a potential business opportunity among the farmers she had met. “People want it,” she said of the farmto-table movement she observed during her study, “and the small, scalable distribution channels that will maintain the integrity of the small farms.”

Small farms in the Hudson Valley typically have sold their produce at roadside farm stands and farmers markets. The latter “is a saturated market” with limited numbers of vendor spaces available to farmers, Williams said. “Farmers markets have pretty much tapped out.”

Small farms also have relied on Community Supported Agriculture cooperatives, whose members purchase shares of vegetables at a participating farm in their region. “They tend to be very urban or very rural,” Williams said of the CSAs. “I looked at that CSA model and said how can I suburbanize it?”

The result is Field Goods L.L.C., the company Williams started in 2011 with her own funds and a $25,000 microen-

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terprise loan from Greene County that Williams will not have to repay if her company survives for five years. At the fieldgoods.com website, customers subscribe for weekly deliveries of fruits and vegetables priced at $20, $25 and $30 and receive six to eight varieties of produce in each delivery. Williams said she can “keep costs down dramatically” by selecting on her own the seasonal varieties bought at farms rather than buying to meet individual customers’ orders.

Field Goods offers no home delivery service. “You need very dense populations to make home deliveries work,” Williams said. Instead the company reduces its transport costs and pass-on costs to customers by making group dropoffs at workplaces and community sites.

Williams said she primarily markets the Fresh Goods service as a wellness program that companies can provide their subscribing employees at no cost to the employers. Some drop-off sites are also open to the public.

“It does change behavior,” said Williams, who includes recipes and information on how to use the selected produce of the week in subscribers’ bags. “If you get a bag from Field Goods every week, you will eat fruits and vegetables.”

Williams said Field Goods is doing a study with the Sage Colleges in Albany to measure the effect of the produce deliveries on dietary changes among new customers. Those

quantitative findings might persuade insurance companies to offer incentives for employer and employee participation in the subscription plan, she said.

Her 15-employee business has grown rapidly. Williams said she is buying foods from more than 60 farms ranging from Clinton County in northern New York to southern New Jersey. She has been buying produce in New Jersey this spring “because it’s been such a hard, cold season so the Hudson Valley folks don’t have product yet,” she said.

The produce is being delivered in Field Goods trucks to more than 2,000 subscribers at about 300 drop-off locations from Saratoga Springs to Yonkers. Field Goods recently expanded its delivery service into Westchester and Dutchess counties.

In Westchester, participating employers include Curtis Instruments in Mount Kisco; Cuddy & Feder L.L.P., a White Plains law firm; Malkin Properties in Harrison, for its tenants at 500 Mamaroneck Ave.; the Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester in Scarsdale; and the Westchester Library System in Tarrytown.

In South Salem, Gossett Brothers Nursery hosts a public pickup site for Field Goods. “It’s another way of getting fresh food for the folks who are too busy with their kids on weekends to make it to the farmers market” that the nursery operates year-round on Saturdays, said owner Tom Gossett.

Williams said the company is gaining subscribers from the ranks of professionals and companies with a well-educated workforce. “Where we fall down is your blue collar worker, or your white collar sort of blue collar worker,” she said. “We don’t get the call center worker.”

“As a business practice, we really try to buy from small farms, what I call startup younger people farms,” Williams said. Yet some established family farms, too, are expanding their acreage for diversified produce farming, she noted.

“Even for family-owned farms, there seems to be an increasing entrepreneurial feel about the younger ones, the next-generation farmers that are joining in this local food movement,” she said.

“This local food thing is a big deal,” said the founder of Field Goods. Having worked as a consultant to Internet startup companies in the late ’90s, Williams said she sees similar enterprise in the region’s food industry “in terms of the energy and the growth that’s happening. As a part of that, I anticipate there are going to be a lot of failures.”

To succeed with her subscription delivery business, Williams must continue to add farms with available produce to supply her growing list of customers. Supplying 2,000 customers already at times has been difficult.

“I’m always farmer-hunting,” she said.

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ccording to studies, 70 percent of disease is caused by stress,” asserts Mary Peck, reflexologist practicing at the Cold Spring Healing Arts Center. “Reflexology is a noninvasive treatment using fingers and thumbs, which helps to balance the body’s ability to heal itself.”

A road map discloses body parts served by reflexology points throughout the foot, Peck explains. So, in addition to reflexology’s helping clients to reduce stress or to sleep better, she notes that if an individual has a specific complaint about a troublesome body part, she can focus on the reflexology point, offering the patient potential relief.

“Given the extensive number of nerve endings found in the foot, one can imagine the effect that manual stimulation has on the entire body,” Peck reflects. She points to a Spanish doctor who spent years testing foot tissue to confirm findings depicted on ancient foot maps that show a correlation between particular reflexology points and individual body parts.

Reflexologists work to improve their patients’ quality of life, Peck reports. To be nationally certified by the American Reflexology Certification Board, aspiring reflexologists must complete 110 hours of study, pass an examination and present reports of 90 hours of work on clients. Peck received her training on weekends and evenings at the New York Open Center while employed by Bank of America Securities.

Her success stories range from the 8-yearold affected by severe constipation who had a bowel movement ten minutes after treatment to improvement in the pain level of a man with mangled feet from several motorcycle accidents.

There is an occasional disappointment, Peck acknowledges. “I offer gift certificates.

A woman came in with one but couldn’t overcome a personal issue of not wanting anyone to touch her,” she recounts.

Although she makes house calls as needed, bringing required equipment with her, she finds her Cold Spring office more conducive to the patient’s relaxation. “Family members, barking dogs, cellphones and television are all detriments to total relaxation that my patients deserve,” she notes.

Peck finds it unfortunate that the U. S. medical establishment has yet to fully embrace reflexology. “In Germany and Denmark reflexology is covered in national health plans,” she reports.

For Peck, reflexology represents a midlife career change from the worlds of music education and corporate America. After

HV From her hands to patients’ feet, Cold Spring reflexologist Mary Peck seeks to bring relief to patients suffering from stress, sleep problems, pain and other health problems.

challenging careers

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graduating from Kingston High School, she enrolled in the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam, earning a bachelor’s degree in music education.

“I taught music at the Devereux Foundation in Dutchess County,” she begins.

“It’s a residential school for multiply handicapped children. After several years I was burned out.”

Involved musically with the Rise Up Christian Fellowship in Carmel, she headed to South Africa to assist with missionary work in Johannesburg and Pretoria. “I remained there for six wonderful years, also working in industry.”

While there she was introduced to reflexology when seeking stress relief.

Back in the U.S., she enrolled in reflexology training. “The timing was stunning,” she recounts. “I completed my reflexology training the very week that the bank laid me off.”

Encouraged by her beau, Michael Carosella, now her husband, she opted to open her own practice. But, she has not abandoned music. A lyric soprano, she performs with the Hastings-based Angelica Women’s Chamber Singers and Collegium Westchester, based in Ossining. She will journey to Verona, Italy, with Angelica to participate in the Verona Garda Estate Choir Festival on July 10- 13.

Peck resides in White Plains with her husband, an accountant, and three felines.

“The newest, Josie, is a bully who rules the household,” Peck reports.

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GooD HAPPENING IN AND ThInGS ABOUT THE HUDSON VALLEY ulstEr County EXECutiVE AnnounCEs nEw EConoMiC deVeloPmeNt marketiNG iNitiatiVes Ulster County Executive Mike Hein and the Ulster County Development Corp. board have met and discussed a proactive marketing campaign they say will highlight the factors that make Ulster County an ideal place to live and conduct business.

Hein said, “So many positive changes have been made with UCDC recently that we believe a name change is now warranted. The new strategy includes aggressive marketing efforts to site selectors and the rebranding of UCDC, as well as the renaming of the county’s Office of Business Services. The goal is to make clear to both the local business community and prospective relocating businesses where to quickly turn to for assistance and to reaffirm that Ulster County is focused on economic growth and long-term sustainability. At the end of the day, this effort is about our economy, job creation and retention.”

The rollout of this program follows the major internal restructuring of UCDC last year, which significantly reduced the size of the board to enhance the agency’s ability to provide business assistance, augment county operations and act at the speed of business.

At a recent special UCDC meeting at SUNY Ulster, Hein also renamed the Ulster County Office of Business Services to the Ulster County Office of Economic Development, saying business leaders and site selectors already associate an office of economic development with the types of services that meet their needs and also that the new name better aligns with Internet search tools. “These name changes and the associated marketing plan will help Ulster County become more competitive in the ever-changing global environment. They are designed to build upon our strengths and the efforts of the past, as well as welcoming anyone or any responsible company interested in moving to Ulster County,” Hein said. “The Ulster County Office of Economic Development will be the one-stop shop for site selectors as well as area businesses.”

At the meeting, the UCDC board also voted to rename UCDC the Ulster County Economic Development Alliance and unveiled its new logo. UCDC will serve as a resource for the Ulster County Office of Economic Development, with a focus on marketing and education initiatives. The Ulster County Economic Development Alliance, as a local development corporation, is also to help Ulster County in returning county-owned properties to the tax rolls. The board has agreed to assist the county in selling the 14-acre commercial property at 300 Flatbush Ave. in Kingston and another property adjacent to the Golden Hill Health Care facility. This will reduce the number of properties currently off the tax rolls and add commercial property back into the local inventory.

Hein’s vision for enhancing the economic development efforts in the county is similar to his previous plan to make the tourism sector a successful part of

the Ulster County economy. In 2009, Hein’s administration retooled the county’s tourism efforts by introducing new technology, partnering with the private sector, creating promotional campaigns and launching UlsterCountyAlive.com. Tourism in Ulster County has increased by 22 percent since 2009.

“The creation of a one-stop shop for businesses looking to locate in Ulster County is an important step in modernizing and streamlining economic development efforts, making them as business friendly as possible,” said Anthony Campagiorni, UCDC board president and vice president for business development and governmental affairs at Central Hudson Gas & Electric. “By working together to this end, we can continue to advance the county’s economic health and vitality.”

“The county executive’s plan helps bring our economic development program into the modern age,” added Ulster County legislator and board member T.J. Briggs. “By working together we are taking proactive steps toward our shared goal of creating and retaining jobs in Ulster County.”

At Hein’s recommendation, UCDC developed a request for information late last year to hire a marketing firm to help the county bolster its economic development program. After a competitive process, Focus Media in Goshen, which handles Ulster County tourism marketing, was selected by the UCDC board.

“By modeling this after the county’s tourism campaign, County Executive Hein is building on the success of similar efforts to bring economic development in Ulster County into the 21st century,” said Ward Todd, UCDC board secretary and president of the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce. “We are proud to work with the county executive on these marketing and educational initiatives.”

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hundrEds support wAlKwAy

Walkway Over the Hudson hosted public officials as well as hundreds of other people who came out to lend a hand and set an unofficial world record at Walkway State Historic Park with its handshake relay. A count of 872 participants almost doubled the count of 532 set in March of this year by the Bramley Church of England Primary School in Bramley, Hampshire, United Kingdom, a number Walkway sought to exceed.

“We are very thankful for the support of the state officials, state Sen. Terry Gipson, state Assemblymembers Didi Barrett and Frank Skartados, the county executives Mike Hein and Marc Molinaro and, of course, the Hudson Valley. This event is a realization of our vision and commitment to bridging communities together,” said Walkway Executive Director Elizabeth WaldsteinHart. “Win or lose, it is a testament to the special qualities of the park as well as the outstanding efforts of our hardworking organization.”

Participants joined seeking to break the existing world record for the longest handshake relay, set in May 2013 by 1,238 Merseyside Boy Scouts in the U.K. Donations from Health Quest, Mahoney’s Irish Pub

& Steakhouse and TEG Federal Credit Union allowed students from the city of Poughkeepsie and Highland School districts, as well as all children 16 and under, to participate in the event free of charge.

The event served as one of Walkway Over the Hudson’s primary fundraising events for 2014. The nonprofit group works to support the historic park by fundraising to build new park amenities, supporting the operation of the Walkway Waterfront Elevator, creating a visitor center and provide volunteer ambassadors to serve as greeters, tour guides and support park staff.

Sponsors for the Walkway’s Guinness World Record attempt included Town Square Media, Health Quest, Mahoney’s Irish Pub & Steakhouse, the Poughkeepsie Journal, TEG Federal Credit Union, EmbroidMe, Lowes, Half Time, PepsiCola of the Hudson Valley, Rhinebeck Ford, Chronogram, Stop and Shop of Hyde Park, Timely Signs, Kearney Realty and Development Group, Quality Environmental Solutions & Technologies Inc., Rose & Kiernan Inc., Crave Restaurant and Ulster Savings Bank.

memorial art series KiCKs oFF third yEAr

The Elant Foundation in Goshen hosted a cocktail party at the Ritz Theater/Safe Harbors of the Hudson in Newburgh on April 17 to kick off the third annual Jeffrey A. Weiss Memorial Art Series, which was sponsored by Rose & Kiernan, Fox Radio, O’Connor Davies, PepsiCola of the Hudson Valley and Jacobowitz & Gubits L.L.C. The program, which provides free art classes and exhibits to residents of Elant at Goshen and programs to the senior community, is a result of a bequest of $25,000 to the Elant Foundation from the estate of Elias and Nettie P. Weiss. Specifically designated to create an art series at Elant at Goshen in memory of the Weiss’ only child, Jeffrey, who had a passion for the arts throughout his youth and into his adult life before passing from Hodgkin lymphoma, Elant collaborates with the Orange County Arts Council and Wallkill River School, along with a committee of volunteers, to facilitate resources for the arts community. The Jeffrey A. Weiss Memorial Art Series will soon begin to search for funding for activities and therapeutic opportunities for all seniors in the community.

The Elant at Goshen residents who participate in the biweekly classes had three pieces selected by Leading Age last year at its conferences and programs throughout New York state. This year, two residents in the program were recognized by Leading Age. Current Elant resident Antolene Farmer’s painting was chosen to be part of the traveling exhibit for Leading Age. Fred Smith, another resident, received a Gallery Award – his painting was chosen to be hung in one of the public areas at Leading Age New York.

“The success of the Jeffrey A. Weiss Memorial Art Series exemplifies just how valuable planned giving can be for a not-for-profit,” said Melissa McCoy, Elant’s director of corporate initiatives and coordinator of the Jeffrey A. Weiss Memorial Art Series. “It is our honor

to facilitate this program in Jeffrey’s name. Each Elant resident who participates in the art series is exposed to a plethora of activities, as they are introduced to cultural diversity, their abilities are enhanced and their quality of life improved.”

iPads for students This Fall

Lugging heavy backpacks full of textbooks will be a thing of the past at John S. Burke Catholic High School in Goshen this fall when each of its students will be outfitted with Apple iPads as the college-preparatory school launches a new digital learning system named Enlighten. Burke Catholic officials said they believe the revolutionary technological advancement, launching this September, will provide vast benefits to students, parents and teachers.

Principal John J. Dolan said, “We live in a technologically advanced world. In order for our students to remain competitive now and in the future, it’s our responsibility to make the most of these innovations. With a digital learning system, Burke Catholic will be on a technological par with some of the best schools in the country and two years ahead of most of the Orange County Schools.

We have also begun to work with local catholic elementary schools to assist and train them in rolling out a digital learning system to benefit the county’s younger students as well.”

The new digital learning system Burke Catholic selected will: n include a complete up-to-date digital textbook library; n replace other printed material; n allow for organized note taking; n provide an online research tool; n give access to homework, class assignments, quizzes and tests; n permit access for parents to review assignments and grades;

n include a platform for video or audio copies of lectures; and n provide a method to access library and other academic resources.

Several months ago, Dolan and his administration began researching digital learning systems and received input from internal and external advisers. They also visited schools where this technology was already in use. Dolan said, “Administrators, students, faculty and parents at these schools were enthusiastic about its usefulness, ease of implementation and ultimate benefit to students.”

The new technology at Burke Catholic is not meant to replace the essential interaction of teachers and students, school officials said. However, it offers a way to boost traditional methods of teaching and learning. Tests, quizzes, homework and class assignments can be done directly on the iPad and graded in seconds. Results can then be quickly accessed by students and parents. School officials are still in the implementation stages and working on policies to address such issues as iPad loss or damage, and how to incorporate existing iPads that students may already personally own.

Board member Donald Beeler helped establish the digital learning system at Burke Catholic. Beeler said, “This digital learning system is an integral part of preparing today’s students for the technology-dependent world they’re in. Teachers will be able to leverage the multimedia aspect of the system to provide increasingly meaningful instruction in their lessons.”

Security and the temptation to wander on the Internet in class on the iPad will be controlled by the system’s ability to be “locked” by a teacher to a digital text page or section. Students will be unable to access what the school deems inappropriate.

Burke Catholic Board President Jim Oxley said, “We are so thankful to the John S. Burke Catholic Foundation, which has graciously agreed to underwrite most of the

An Archbishop Stepinac High School student uses an iPad at school in a file photo. John S. Burke Catholic High School will outfit its students with iPads this fall.

cost of improvements to our technology infrastructure.”

The Foundation will also help subsidize costs to parents.

Dolan said teachers have already started training on the Enlighten system. Burke officials expect students to rapidly and openly embrace the advanced technology.

An informational meeting for parents and a demonstration of the new digital learning system will be held in September.

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FACTS& FIGURES on the record Westchester Bankruptcies

The following petitions were filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in White Plains. Chapter 11 indicates the filer intends to submit a plan of reorganization to the court. Chapter 7 indicates a liquidation of assets.

BRONX COUNTY JSM Pharmacy Inc., 953 Southern Blvd., Bronx 10459. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Neil H. Ackerman, Mineola. Filed May 28.

Case no. 14-11603.

DUTCHESS COUNTY Manik Rahman, 1 Craig Place, Wappingers Falls 12590. Chapter 13, voluntary. Attorney: Lewis D. Wrobel, Poughkeepsie. Filed May 30. Case no. 14-36132.

RJG Properties L.L.C., 2555 South Road, Poughkeepsie 12601.

Chapter 7, involuntary. Attorney: Maureen T. Bass, Buffalo. Filed May 30. Case no. 14-36147.

NEW YORK COUNTY Alexander M. Waldman Diamond Co. Inc., 30 W. 47 St., Suite 805, New York City 10036. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Erica Feynman Aisner, White Plains. Filed May 30. Case no. 14-11660.

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AWR Wholesale Inc., 436 Lafayette St., New York City 10003.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Gilbert A. Lazarus, New York City.

Filed May 28. Case no. 14-11604.

Murin Management L.L.C., 12 Washington Ave., Spring Valley 10977. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Jerrold W. Miles, Spring Valley.

Filed May 27. Case no. 14-22728.

Athos Stone Projects Inc. Filed

by S-Fer International Inc. Action: Contract dispute claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Douglas Bern Fox. Filed May 29. Case no. 14-03812.

Cornerstone Medical Group Inc., 15 W. 44 St., 10th floor, New York City 10036. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Chiling Jonathan Chen, Flushing. Filed June 2.

Case no. 14-11696.

Noritza Perito, 4 Pipers Glen, West Nyack 10994. Chapter 7, voluntary.

Attorney: Desiree Venicia de Moya, New City. Filed May 28. Case no.

14-22738.

Blue Perimeter Inc., et al. Filed

by Djime S. Sacko. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Brandon David Sherr and Justin Alexander Zeller. Filed May 27. Case no. 14-03768.

E & C FASHION INC., 327 W. WESTCHESTER36 St., Sixth floor, New York City NY 10018. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Xiangan Gong, Flushing. Filed Allen Memorial Church of God June 2. Case no. 14-11699. in Christ Inc., 132 Crary Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Chapter FL 6801 Collins Central L.L.C., 11, voluntary. Attorney: Arlene 1271 Avenue of the Americas, Gordon-Oliver, Uniondale. Filed New York City 10020. Chapter 11, May 30. Case no. 14-22773. voluntary. Attorney: Frank A. Oswald, New York City. Filed June 1.

Argonaut Restaurant & Diner Case no. 14-11694.

Inc., 1084 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers 10704. Chapter 11, voluntary. AtFL 6801 Collins North L.L.C., torney: Lawrence Morrison, New 1271 Avenue of the Americas, York City. Filed May 30. Case no.

New York City 10020 Chapter 11, 14-22771. voluntary. Attorney: Frank A. Oswald, New York City. Filed June 1.

Bisignano Family Trust, 1112 Case no. 14-11692.

Park Ave., Mamaroneck 10543.

Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Pro FL 6801 Collins South L.L.C., se. Filed May 30. Case no. 14-22767.

1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York City 10020. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Frank A. Os- Denis Roccisano, 70 Heathcote wald, New York City. Filed June 1. Road, Yonkers 10710. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Michael Case no. 14-11693.

H. Schwartz, White Plains. Filed May 30. Case no. 14-22756.

FL 6801 Spirits L.L.C., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York City 10020. Chapter 11, voluntary. Mini Dhingra, 47 Church St., TarAttorney: Frank A. Oswald, New rytown 10591. Chapter 7, volunYork City. Filed June 1. Case no. tary. Attorney: Brian J. Hufnagel, Uniondale. Filed June 02. Case no.

14-11691.

14-22781.

Bon Bini Inc., et al. Filed by Thomas E. Perez. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Elena Stacy Goldstein, et al. Filed May 27. Case no. 14-03753.

Joseph Robert Giaco, 160 E. 84 St., 6K, New York City 10028.

Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Court Cases Diana Revzin, New York City. Filed

May 27. Case no. 14-11584.

The following cases appear on the docket of the U.S. District Court for Waldman Diamonds Complete the county of Westchester in White L.L.C., 30 W. 47 St., Suite 805, New Plains.

York City 10038. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Erica Feynman Aisner, White Plains. Filed May 30. 1239 Food Corp., et al. Filed by Emilio Garcia. Action: Fair labor Case no. 14-11661. standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Brandon David Sherr and Justin Alexander Zeller. Filed ROCKLAND May 27. Case no. 14-03769.

COUNTY

Monsey 26 Realty L.L.C., 26 Hilltop Lane, Monsey 10952. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Harvey S. Barr, Spring Valley. Filed May 30.

Case no. 14-22770.

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8200 Reality Associates L.L.C., et al. Filed by Jose Rico Gabriel. Action: Fair labor standards act claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Lloyd Robert Ambinder. Filed May 29. Case no.

14-03825.

Circle E. Laseways Corp., et al.

Filed by Luz Fernandez-Talavera.

Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Ezra B. Glaser. Filed May 29. Case no.

14-03819.

Cowen and Company L.L.C. Filed

by Energy Intelligence Group Inc. Action: Copyright infringement claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Stephen Matthew Ankrom, et al. Filed May 28. Case no. 14-03789.

Dutch Gold Resources Inc. Filed

by Coventry Enterprises L.L.C. Action: Contract dispute claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Stanley Charles Morris. Filed May 27. Case no.

14-03750.

FedEx Freight Inc., et al. Filed

by Cox Matthew. Action: Motor vehicle product liability claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Not listed. Filed May 28. Case no. 14-03792.

Greek Kitchen Inc., et al. Filed

by Mario Miranda Pena. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Roman Mikhail Avshalumov. Filed May 29. Case no.

14-03831.

Ignite Restaurant Group Inc., et al. Filed by Isiah Allgood. Action: Employment discrimination claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Raymond Nardo. Filed May 28. Case no.

14-03794.

Insight Venture Management L.L.C., et al. Filed by Ariel F. Action: Employee retirement income security act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Scott Madison Riemer.

Filed May 28. Case no. 14-03801.

JetBlue Airways Corp. Filed by Gammastream Limited. Action: Breach of contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Dean Lindsay Chapman Jr. Filed May 28. Case no.

14-03802.

Korean Farm Corp., et al. Filed by USA Tropicals Inc. Action: Agricultural commodities act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Aarti Amrita Shah.

Filed May 29. Case no. 14-03823.

Magic Touch Construction Corp., et al. Filed by Homar Reyes and Irwin Villalba. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Eugene Gerald Eisner.

Filed May 27. Case no. 14-03759.

Verde Energy USA Inc., et al. Filed

by Desha Roberts. Action: Communications act of 1934 claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Sergei Lemberg.

Filed May 29. Case no. 14-03811.

Verizon New York Inc. Filed by Joseph C. Brancato. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael John Borrelli, et al. Filed May 28. Case no. 14-03793.

Yu Sushi Inc., et al. Filed by Venancio Garcia. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Louis Pechman. Filed May 29. Case no. 14-03836.

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Manhattan Skyline Management Corp., et al. Filed by TerAbove $1 million rence Allen. Action: Job discrimination due to race claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Alex Umansky. Filed Lucente Supply L.L.C., Tuckahoe.

Seller: Leonard H. Pouder, New May 29. Case no. 14-03834.

Rochelle. Property: 760 Pelhamdale Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $1.3 Manna’s Dragon Inc., et al. Filed million. Filed June 3.

by Thomas E. Perez. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Elena Stacy Gold- Sirva Relocation Credit L.L.C. stein, et al. Filed May 27. Case no. Seller: Robert D. Thun Jr., et al, Larchmont. Property: 8 Stoneyside 14-03752.

Drive, Mamaroneck. Amount: $2.8 million. Filed May 29.

Morningside Heights Housing Corp. Filed by Fred Alston. Action: Employee retirement income security act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Below $1 million Jeffrey Stuart Dubin. Filed May 28.

Case no. 14-03781.

121 Smith Avenue L.L.C., Bedford Hills. Seller: Judith Quaranta, National Football League, et al. Bedford. Property: 121 Smith Ave., Filed by Willie D. Parker. Action: Mount Kisco 10549. Amount: Personal injury claim. Attorney for $340,000. Filed May 28. plaintiff: Rebecca M. Katz. Filed May 27. Case no. 14-03748.

139 Webster Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Sau Man Yeung, Verona, N.J. PropPSCH Inc. Filed by Desha Rob- erty: 139 Webster Ave., Yonkers. erts. Action: Job discrimination Amount: $175,000. Filed June 3. claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Eleanor P. Vale. Filed May 29. Case no. 176 Depew Street Corp., Shrub 14-03809.

Oak. Seller: Leonor Maria Teresa Espinosa, et al, Peekskill. Property: Sun Star Gourmet Food Corp., et 176 Depew St., Peekskill. Amount: al. Filed by Damian Camacho. Ac- $125,000. Filed June 3. tion: Denial of overtime compensation claim. Attorney for plaintiff: 188 Warburton L.P., Albany.

Eugene Gerald Eisner. Filed May 27. Seller: Yonkers Islamic Center Inc., Case no. 14-03760.

Yonkers. Property: 188 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $330,000.

UMG Recordings Inc. Filed by Filed May 28.

New Old Music Group Inc. Action: Copyright infringement claim. At- 21 Wildey Street L.L.C., Greentorneys for plaintiff: Brian Seth wich, Conn. Seller: Village of Levenson and Matthew Francis Tarrrytown. Property: 21 Wildey Schwartz. Filed May 29. Case no. St., Greenburgh.

Amount: 14-03803. $750,000. Filed May 30.

67 Purdy Avenue L.L.C., Port Chester. Seller: Brunilda Cruz, Port Chester. Property: 63 Purdy Ave., Rye. Amount: $65,000. Filed May 30.

A and L Properties Inc., Sleepy Hollow. Seller: Caridad Gonzalez, Sleepy Hollow. Property: 15 Katrina Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $350,000. Filed June 2.

Cartus Corp., Danbury, Conn.

Seller: Daniel Sowa, et al, Tuckahoe.

Property: 8 Everett St., Eastchester.

Amount: $755,000. Filed May 29.

Cidermilll Circle L.L.C., Bronxville. Seller: Cider Mill Main Street L.L.C., White Plains. Property: 10 Cider Mill Circle, North Castle.

Amount: $275,000. Filed May 30.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Frank Denota, Rye. Property: 185 Scarsdale Road, Yonkers.

Amount: $340,000. Filed June 3.

DRG Restaurant Group Inc., Cortlandt Manor. Seller: P.G.N.S. Company L.L.C., Yorktown Heights. Property: 3889 Crompond Road, Yorktown.

Amount: $450,000. Filed May 30.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Warren L. Cohen, Tuckahoe. Property: 113 Herriot St., Yonkers. Amount: $438,715.

Filed May 29.

Greencroft Condominium II, New Rochelle. Seller: Francis J. Malara, White Plains. Property: 703 Pelham Road, 607, New Rochelle.

Amount: $60,000. Filed May 30.

Jalstron L.L.C., White Plains. Seller: Mestro Co., et al, White Plains.

Property: 3 Doral Greens Drive East, Rye. Amount: $825,000. Filed June 2.

Live Oaks Condominium, Scarsdale. Seller: Richard Grayson, White Plains. Property: 50 Dekalb Ave., E7, White Plains. Amount: $54,031. Filed May 30.

Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Seller: W. Whitfield Wells, White Plains. Property: 2609 Broad St., Yorktown. Amount: $544,741. Filed June 3.

MOUNT VERNON, 406 S. Ninth Ave. Two-family; .18 acre. Plaintiff: Flagstar Bank FSB. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill. DefenPomodoro Properties L.L.C., dant: Michael Stewart. Referee: New Paltz. Seller: Dennis Vranje- Darren Deurso. Sale: June 13, 9 a.m. sevic, White Plains. Property: 2 Approximate lien: $602,272.65.

Greenridge Ave., 1H, White Plains.

Amount: $232,000. Filed May 30.

SHENOROCK, 19 Cypress Lane.

Single-family residence; lot size: Shree Hari 321 L.L.C., Yonkers. N/A. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank Seller: 321 Saw Mill Road L.L.C., National Association. Plaintiff’s Eastchester. Property: 321 Saw attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & AsMill River Road, Yonkers. Amount: sociates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill. $425,000. Filed May 29.

Defendant: Keith Mclaughlin.

Referee: Daniel Marx. Sale: June Tarryangel L.L.C., New York City. 12, 2:30 p.m. Approximate lien: Seller: Barbara Rissmeyer, Tarry- $301,335.95. town. Property: 243 Martling Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $432,000.

SCARSDALE, 508 Central Park Filed June 2.

Ave., Apt. 5103. Condominium; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: US Bank The Vlachos Family L.P., Ar- National Association. Plaintiff’s monk. Seller: Hannelore Vlachos, attorney: Clarfield Okon Salomone Armonk. Property: 47 Whippoor- & Pincus; 114 Old Country Road, will Road, North Castle. Amount: Mineola. Defendant: Nainesh Sa$232,995. Filed June 3. raiya. Referee: Gary Rikoon. Sale: June 11, 1 p.m. Approximate lien: Yonkers-Haitian Church of $268,246.69.

God, Yonkers. Seller: 93 Elm Street Holding Corp., Yonkers. Property: WHITE PLAINS, 355 Old Tar93-95 Elm St., Yonkers. Amount: rytown Road, Apt. 606. Condo$375,000. Filed May 29. minium; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohn & Roth, 516-747-3030; 100 E. Old CounFOReCLOSURES try Road, Mineola. Defendant: Cyril Caurthens. Referee: Monroe CHAPPAQUA, 22 Stony HolMann. Sale: June 16, 10 a.m. Aplow. Single-family residence; 1.01 proximate lien: $241,027.21. acre. Plaintiff: Emigrant Savings Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914-345- YONKERS, 142 Ridge Ave. Sin3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, gle-family residence; .13 acre. PlainElmsford. Defendant: Pratap tiff: Everbank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Spra. Referee: David Gallo. Sale: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, June 24, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill. Defendant: $1,502,757.23.

Mark Mabin. Referee: Henry Neale.

Sale: June 19, 10 a.m. Approximate CORTLANDT MANOR, 54 lien: $222,682.35.

Wharton Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro Judgments & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defen- 237 Overlook Properties L.L.C., dant: Michele Mantle. Referee: New Rochelle. $1 million in favor Liam Mclaughlin. Sale: June 17, 10 of 305 Clayton Corp., Scarsdale. a.m. Approximate lien: $78,883.84. Filed May 27.

Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Seller: Margaret C. Heslin, et al, Yorktown Heights. Property: 10 DOBBS FERRY, 92 Maple St. Orchard Drive, Somers. Amount: Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: One West Bank $386,000. Filed May 30.

FSB. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin; 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury. Defendant: Anthony Morgese. Referee: Barbara Lerman. Sale: June 12, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A.

ICA Construction L.L.C., Salem. $36,472 in favor of Johnson Brothers Metal Forming Co., Berkeley, Ill. Filed May 22.

Prima Luci Inc., Harrison. $24,555 in favor of Hamilton Equity Group L.L.C., Buffalo. Filed May 28.

Carter, Donald A., et al. Filed by Hudson City Savings Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $203,500 affecting property located at 454 Van Cortlandt Park Ave., Yonkers 10705.

Filed Dec. 5.

Cristofero, Robert D., et al. Filed Smartech Manufacturing Corp. by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks Mount Vernon. $20,918 in favor of to foreclose on a mortgage to secure National Bronze and Metals Inc., $466,316 affecting property located at 3359 Sycamore Lane, Yorktown Houston, Texas. Filed May 22.

Heights. Filed Dec. 6.

Dasilva, Lourdes A., et al. Filed Lis Pendens

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a The following filings indicated a legal mortgage to secure an unspecified action has been initiated, the out- amount affecting property located come of which may affect the title to at 49 Grant Ave., White Plains 10603. Filed Dec. 5. the property listed.

Adeyemi, Abiodun, et al. Filed by Hudson City Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $406,000 affecting property located at 3424 Stoney St., Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed Dec. 4.

Delgado, Carlos G., et al. Filed by Santander Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $452,000 affecting property located at 336 Stanley Ave., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Dec. 6.

Barquet, Frank, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $167,000 affecting property located at 36 Hobart Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed Dec. 6.

Frucco, John, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,000 affecting property located at 1465 Hiawatha Road, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed Dec. 4.

Berebi, Morris, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $497,303 affecting property located at 85 Parkview Road, Elmsford 10523. Filed Dec. 5.

Gallinellli, Rose Katherine, 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 228 Prospect Ave., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Dec. 6.

Brown, Eustace Randolph, 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 114 Highridge Road, New Rochelle 10804. Filed Dec. 5.

Gallucci, Theresa, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $359,500 affecting property located at 107 Carver Terrace, Yonkers 10710. Filed Dec. 6.

Bruce, David, 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 12 Butler Hill Road, Somers 10589. Filed Dec. 5.

Gaudio, David, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $435,000 affecting property located at 155 Van Etten Blvd., New Rochelle 10804. Filed Dec. 6.

Calimlim, Jovita V., et al. Filed

by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose Great American Development, on a mortgage to secure $626,835 Port Chester. $2,068 in favor of affecting property located at 612 Mendels Truck and Auto Parts Baldwin Place, Mamaroneck 10543.

L.L.C., Mahopac. Filed May 29.

Filed Dec. 5.

Harris, Odette, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $503,500 affecting property located at 123 Downing Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed Dec. 4.

Jennings, Fitzroy, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $487,329 affecting property located at 16 Willard Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Dec. 4.

Karadjas, George, et al. Filed by Santander Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $370,000 affecting property located at 10 Arden Drive, Amawalk 10501.

Filed Dec. 4.

Lettsome, Zwire, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 420 Hancock Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Dec. 5.

Liptscher, Larry M., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $442,000 affecting property located at 186 Furnace Dock Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Dec. 6.

McGrail, Carol, 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 117 Ridgewood Ave., Yonkers 10704.

Filed Dec. 5.

McQueen, Clifton A., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $492,800 affecting property located at 138 Hayward St., Yonkers 10704.

Filed Dec. 4.

Newton, Masland, et al. Filed by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $342,236 affecting property located at 1023 Orchard St., Peekskill 10566. Filed Dec. 5.

Nshiewat, Michael, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 46 Bennett Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed Dec. 5.

Petronella, Frank P., 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 69, 71, 75, 77 and 79 Park Drive, Eastchester 10709. Filed Dec. 5.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events WIENER JOINS WESTCHESTER BANK BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jonathan Wiener, founder and president of Chestnut Holdings of New York, has been selected as a member of The Westchester Bank Board of Directors, effective immediately.

The bank has branches in Yonkers, White Plains and Thornwood.

Wiener founded Chestnut Holdings in 1996 as a family-owned real estate investment and property management firm in the Bronx and has more than 30 years of real estate experience. He identifies and develops new business, directs the commercial and residential real estate acquisition divisions and oversees the field and property management teams in the daily operations of asset management.

“Jonathan brings outstanding credentials and is a welcome addition to our board.,” W. Thomas Clark, chairman of the board of directors of The Westchester Bank Holding Corp., said in a statement. “As a business leader who started and built his company from the ground up, Jonathan’s entrepre-

neurial spirit and first-hand expertise in growing a business brings an important and shared perspective to the board. The Westchester Bank has a core understanding and appreciation of the needs of small to midsized entities. We take great pride in providing the best banking solutions to meet those needs in helping businesses throughout Westchester and surrounding communities grow. The bank looks forward to Jonathan’s service as a valued board member.”

“It’s an honor to be elected to the board of The Westchester Bank and a sincere privilege to serve with so many outstanding fellow board members. I look forward to being part of a team with such an outstanding and unprecedented track record of success,” Wiener said.

Wiener has partnered with the Bronx Council on the Arts and DreamYard to provide educational programs for children outside of the classroom in a local setting. He has also been involved with the SAR Academy and High School for more than 25 years.

Rand collaborates with nyc firm Michelle Coletti of Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty’s White Plains office, has secured an agreement with Vibe Living L.L.C. on three exclusive lease-up collaboration projects. Vibe Living is a residential real estate management firm based in New York City.

Matt Rand, managing partner of Rand Realty said, “We are thrilled that Vibe Living has chosen Michelle Coletti to represent their projects. She is an innovator with a solid record of success.”

Coletti, an associate broker, has come to be known as the “lease-up guru” for largescale rental projects in the tristate area. In the past, she has led the charge in successful

lease-ups including the Gramercy in White Plains (260 units), 66 Main on the Yonkers waterfront (190 units) and Apuovia in White Plains (30 units).

“I understand that the speed to stabilization for these buildings is key and every day represents dollars to the developer,” Coletti said. “I am extremely proud of this collaboration and what it brings to White Plains.”

There will be three separate projects in downtown White Plains slated for debut in the summer of 2014: La Gianna on Dekalb and Maple streets, The Dylan on Waller Avenue and The Reed on North Broadway, totalling 103 units.

MORGAN STANLEY advisEr Named to ‘400 top Financial AdvisErs’ list Morgan Stanley announced that Pleasantville resident Tony Maddalena, an executive director, wealth adviser in the firm’s wealth management office in Purchase, has been named to the Financial Times’ “2014 FT 400 Top Financial Advisers” list.

The list includes individuals who have a minimum of $250 million in assets under management and 10 years of industry experience. Qualified financial advisers were scored on six attributes: assets under management, assets under management growth rate, compliance records, experience, industry certifications and online accessibility. Financial advisers also had to commit to completing anonymous quarterly sentiment

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surveys for the Financial Times.

“I am pleased that Tony is representing Morgan Stanley Wealth Management on this list,” commented Robert Peyreigne, complex manager at Morgan Stanley in Purchase.

“This is a well-deserved recognition of Tony’s experience, professionalism and dedication to the needs of his valued clients.”

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides access to a wide range of products and services to individuals, businesses and institutions, including brokerage and investment advisory services, financial and wealth planning, banking services, annuities and insurance, retirement and trust services.

GUIDING EYES SENIOR DIRECTOR AWARDED Jane Russenberger, senior director of canine development at Guiding Eyes for the Blind in Yorktown Heights, a guide dog school, has received the International Guide Dog Federation’s Ken Lord Award. Presented at the 2014 IGDF Seminar in Tokyo, the award is the federation’s highest honor. Russenberger is the first female recipient as well as the first honoree outside of a training department.

Nearly 300 delegates, representing 60 guide dog schools from around the world, attended the 2014 IGDF Seminar hosted by the Japan Guide Dog Association. Guiding Eyes staff members presented papers in two of the seminar’s six general sessions.

Named for the federation’s co-founder and former chairman, the Ken Lord Award is a biennial award established in 2001 to recognize the lifetime commitment of an individual to the guide dog movement. Russenberger received three standing ovations from her peers for her 31 years of contributions to the field of guide dogs.

“I am deeply honored to receive this award and share it with all of my colleagues at Guiding Eyes,” Russenberger said. “We work together to achieve great things through our innovation and passion for serving people who are blind and visually impaired and families with children with autism. I am proud to be part of this wonderful organization and look forward to the journey ahead.”

“Perhaps most remarkable about Jane is her willingness to share her knowledge with guide dog schools across the globe,” said Tom Panek, president and CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind. “There are few guide dogs in the world today who haven’t been touched in some way by Jane’s research.”

Guiding Eyes’ STEP program has been

Ken Lord Award recipient Jane Russenberger, front, with Guiding Eyes for the Blind President and CEO Tom Panek and his wife, Melissa, at the 2014 International Guide Dog Federation Seminar in Tokyo.

overseen by Russenberger since its inception.

The program utilizes a relationship-based approach to training in which volunteers teach puppies essential skills in sequential steps.

“Jane’s work has also been a driving force in the global movement to breed healthy guide dogs with confident, stable temperaments,” Panek said. “She is passionate about our shared mission – enabling freedom for people to achieve life’s goals.”

Print expert named COO at Chase Media Group David Fitzmorris was recently promoted to vice president and chief operations officer of Chase Media Group in Yorktown Heights.

Fitzmorris, with 25 years of experience in printing and media services, will lead all functional departments and product groups at the marketing services provider, including commercial printing, digital advertising and tools, website development, direct mail, email, social media and mobile marketing.

“While the title is new, Dave has been acting in this capacity for quite awhile,” said Chief Executive Officer Carla Chase. “His results-oriented work ethic and organizational skills continue to create growth opportunities that benefit our entire company.”

Fitzmorris joined Chase Media in 2003. Since 2008, as operations manager for the company, he has overseen steady and sizable revenue growth in the firm’s Chase Press division, handling print and direct mail.

Prior to Chase, Fitzmorris was director of operations at Miracle Press, a manufacturer of web offset printing equipment and services in Naugatuck, Conn., where he was responsible for the development and production of its M-series presses, marketed in the U.S., Europe, South America and Asia.

He started his career in 1989 at Miracle.

He is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in information technology electrical systems.

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seRvice ReaPs awaRd Andrea Wagner of Wagner Web Designs Inc., Danbury, Conn., was honored with a Chairman’s Award from The Yorktown Chamber of Commerce on May 30 at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor for her extensive volunteer efforts and participation in the chamber. She has been an active board member for six years and is the director of marketing for the chamber.

Wagner Web Designs specializes in building websites and all Web services for small businesses in the tristate area.

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The Mid-Westchester and the JCC in Manhattan will co-sponsor an Israel Film Festival in June, featuring Israeli movies and discussions after each screening with filmmakers. Two newly released films from Israel will show at the JCC, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale, and two will show at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 2548 Central Park Ave, Yonkers. Opening night at the JCC Thursday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. features “Operation Sunflower,” directed by Avraham Kushner. “Hunting Elephants,” directed by Reshef Lev, premieres Sunday, June 15, at 3 p.m. at the JCC. situation by robbing a bank. The film festival shifts to the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 2548 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, Monday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m. with the U.S. debut of “Kidon,” directed by Emmanuel Naccache. “Farewell, Herr Schwarz,” a documentary directed

by Yael Reuveny, opens Tuesday, June 17, 7:30 p.m. at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Yonkers. Admission is $20 for June 12 opening night with post-screening reception; $14 for June 15, 16 and 17 or $11 for community partners. Purchase tickets at jccmw.org or the JCC front desk. For information about sponsorships for the opening night event and festival passes, contact Melissa Haber at haberm@jccmw.org or 914-472-3300, ext. 351. Through June 17.

new white Plains manaGeR foR Rand Realty Denise Friend has been named manager of the Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty flagship office, 222 Bloomingdale Road in White Plains. Marsha Rand, managing partner of the realty firm, said Friend is a seasoned real estate veteran and “will be a tremendous asset to our organization. She is an experienced manager, sales professional and educator who is focused on delivering exceptional service to our agents and clients.”

In leadership positions for more than 20 years, Friend specializes in agent development, training, marketing and community relations. “I look forward to bringing my skill set to Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty and I am excited to assist the White Plains

office agents in achieving their professional goals,” she said.

belPedio Joins wtP advisoRs John Belpedio has joined WTP Advisors, a tax and business advisory services firm for a headquartered in White Plains, to lead its national fixed asset practice and advise clients on issues surrounding federal tax depreciation. He is a cost segregation expert who spent the last 20 years in public accounting, of which the last 10 years were spent as the practice leader of fixed assets in the New York metro region.

Capital-intensive companies, such as manufacturers, retailers and utility companies, often look to offset their taxable income in current years with increased depreciation deductions. Belpedio helps them optimize their tax position through strategies including accelerating depreciation through cost segregation studies, retroactive cost segregation studies, repair studies, as well as consulting clients in the area of alternative energy sources – credits and/or increased depreciation deductions.

Belpedio’s experience includes both the tax and engineering aspects of fixed asset studies. He has completed comprehensive fixed asset depreciation and cost segregation

studies on more than $10 billion in real property additions for more than 200 companies.

“This dual knowledge lends itself to several efficiencies when performing a study,” said Michael Minihan, co-founder partner at WTP Advisors. “The bottom line is that you need someone like John Belpedio who knows about both areas if you want to maximize your deductions, and firms without this skill might be leaving money on the table.”

Belpedio has more than two decades of experience in tax consulting on fixed assets for federal and state tax purposes. His industry knowledge includes professional services, manufacturing, entertainment, retail and utility companies. Prior to joining WTP, Belpedio was a senior leader in the federal tax practices at PwC L.L.P. and Grant Thornton L.L.P. in the New York metro region, where he specialized in cost segregation and repairs and maintenance studies.

A graduate of Rockhurst University, Belpedio holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and economics. He is an enrolled agent and a certified member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation.

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Colonial Day at National Historic Site in Westchester County, Crafts, music, dancing, games, cooking and horse-drawn carriage rides at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site in Mount Vernon from noon to 4 p.m. Free admission; light refreshments served. For more information, call 914-667-4116 or visit nps.gov/sapa.

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World-class pianist Gohei Nishikawa will perform during the evening program of The Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation’s 22nd Annual Golf Invitational at Century Golf Club in Purchase. Willie Geist, co-anchor of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” “Today’s Take” and the third hour of “The Today Show,” who also serves as the Foundation’s spokeman is master of ceremonies. The full day, invitation-only event, beginning at 11 a.m., includes lunch, a Pro-Am golf tournament, cocktails, live auction and will conclude with dinner.

For information, contact Christina Pepi at 212-682-9900.

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The Mental Health Association of Westchester’s popular outdoor yoga event will feature renowned yoga teacher Matthew Sanford and live music by Answer the Muse, spiritually-inspired performance ensemble and yoga marketplace, Wednesday, June 18, 5:30 p.m., on Court Street (between Main Street and Martine Avenue) White Plains.

Registration is $25; little yogis under 12, $10. For more information and to register, visit mhawestchester.org/onyourmat or call 914-3455900, ext. 7511.

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FACTS&FIGURES Prendergast, Walter T., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $741,757 affecting property located at 81 Belvedere Drive, Yonkers 10705. Filed Dec. 6.

West, Robert T., et al. Filed by New Businesses Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,800 affecting property located This paper is not responsible for tyat 75 Fox Run, Unit 75, South Salem pographical errors contained in the original filings.

10590. Filed Dec. 5.

Rivas, Francisco, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $552,000 affecting property located at 257 Locust Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed Dec. 5.

Zavala, Marcos, et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 30 Rome Ave., Bedford Hills 10507. Filed Dec. 5.

Robinson, John M., et al. Filed by Capital One N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Mechanic’s Liens $520,000 affecting property located at 253 Park Ave., West Harrison 44 Sea Cliff Ave Corp., as owner.

10604. Filed Dec. 6. $2,607 as claimed by Bellmore Steel Products Corp. Property: in GreenSilvester, Mark, et al. Filed by burgh. Filed May 30.

Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure 44 Sea Cliff Ave Corp., as owner. $618,750 affecting property located $9,500 as claimed by Star Concrete at 2666 Amawalk Road, Katonah Corp. Property: in Greenburgh.

10536. Filed Dec. 5.

Filed May 29.

Smalheiser, David A., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $641,000 affecting property located at 1 Pond Lane, Armonk 10504. Filed Dec. 5.

Tabelisma, Shalah Marie E., et al.

Filed by Bank of the West. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 231 Prospect Ave., Greenburgh 10607.

Filed Dec. 4.

Travis, Eric Lamont, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $310,000 affecting property located at 113 Leila St., Peekskill 10566. Filed Dec. 4.

Usukumah. Comfort, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $504,000 affecting property located at 1 Alida Road, Scarsdale 10583. Filed Dec. 4.

Partnerships Pazzion Cutz, 570B North Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Maritza Reynoso and Milciades Natera.

Filed April 2.

Sole Proprietorships All Star Detailing Center, 6 Fero St., Yonkers 10701, c/o Franklin L. Borrero. Filed April 3.

Bev Mart West, 200 Marbledale Road, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Emanuel Tavolilla. Filed April 3.

John Cassas, N. Mountain Drive, Ardsley Country Club, Ardsley on Hudson 10503, c/o John Cassas.

Filed April 2.

Dynamically allocating metadata repository resources. Patent no. 8,745,630 issued to Patricia D. Choi, Apex, N.C.; and Mark E. Thomen, Morgan Hill, Calif. AsLaser Luxury, 272 N. Bedford signed to International Business Road, Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Tri- Machines Corp., Armonk. sha Somers. Filed April 3.

Enhanced personal firewall for Lemon Tree Translation Servic- dynamic computing environes, 19 Club Way, Hartsdale 10530, ments. Patent no. 8,745,720 issued to Ravi Prakash Bansal, Tampa, c/o Anna Lemin. Filed April 2.

Fla.; Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, Va.; Brian O’Connell, Little Dreamers Cay Care, 336 S. Cary, N.C.; and Keith Raymond Ninth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, Walker, Austin, Texas. Assigned to c/o Natasha Cills. Filed April 2.

International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Neides Landscape Design, 28 Barker St., Apt. F1, Mount Kisco Execution order management 10549, c/o Neides C. Quinonez. of multiple processes on a data Filed April 3. processing system by assigning constrained resources to the proSix Degrees of Separation Res- cesses based on resource requiretaurant and Brewery, 6 Quimby ments and business impacts. PatSt., Ossining 10562, c/o Scott Ryan. ent no. 8,745,628 issued to Melissa Jane Buco, Amawalk; Jarir Kamel Filed April 2.

Chaar, Iarrytown; Rong Nickle Chang, South Pleasantville; GuerTown of Bedford Taxi, 123 Valley ney Douglass Holloway Hunt, YorRoad, Suite B, Katonah 10536, c/o ktown Heights; Laura Zaihua Luan, John Dignan. Filed April 3.

Putnam Valley; and Christopher Ward, Glen Ridge, N.J. Assigned to Wilo’s Painting, 149 South St., International Business Machines Peekskill 10566, c/o Wilmer G. Corp., Armonk.

Suquisupa Mora. Filed April 3.

Broomstick Sweetie’s, 15 Pond Hill Road, Chappaqua 10514, Bebelle Realty L.L.C., as owner. c/o Nicole Stephanie Brake. Filed $231,787 as claimed by Talt Inc., April 3.

New Rochelle. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed May 29.

City Star Barber and Salon, 153 North Ave., New Rochelle 10801, Blue Real Estate Holdings Glen- c/o Sophia D. Blaine. Filed April 2. man, as owner. $8,776 as claimed

by Ecosystems Strategies Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Yon- Craftwood One Remodeling, 27 Merrit St., Port Chester 10573, c/o kers. Filed May 27.

Patents Rovilson Moraes Ribeiro Jr. Filed April 2.

Church of Our Lady of Rosary, as The following patents were issued by owner. $7,761 as claimed by Modthe U.S. Patent and Trademark OfDavid Gallo Consulting, 906 A. ernfold-Styles Inc., Hackensack, fice in Washington, D.C. N.J. Property: in Rye. Filed May 28. Heritage Hills, Somers 10589, c/o David Gallo. Filed April 2.

Cache partitioning with a partiMag Global L.L.C., as owner. tion table to effect allocation of $7,510 as claimed by Prestige Hidden Jewel, 330 S. Fifth Ave., ways and rows of the cache to virFlooring and Interiors Inc. White Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Marlita tual machine in virtualized enviPlains. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed Dalton. Filed April 3. ronments. Patent no. 8,745,618 May 28. issued to Jiang Lin, Austin, Texas; I No, 330 S. Fifth Ave., Mount Ver- and Lixin Zhang, Austin, Texas. AsOriti, Joanne, as owner. $5,355 as non 10550, c/o Marlita Dalton. signed to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. claimed by Morzillo Enterprises Filed April 3.

Inc., Somers. Property: in Pound Ridge. Filed May 30.

JMR Handyman, 245 N. Broadway, Yonkers 10701, c/o Jose Ralat.

Filed April 3.

Vasquez, Talibe L., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,915 affecting property located at 513 S. Ninth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Dec. 4.

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Reducing branch misprediction impact in nested loop code. Patent no. 8,745,607 issued to Madhavi G. Valluri, Austin, Texas; and Steven W. White, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Software tool and method for updating a virtual appliance.

Patent no. 8,745,620 issued to David Peraza, Miami, Fla.; Hypatia Rojas, Round Rock, Texas; and Frank Schwichtenberg, Natick, Mass. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Standalone software performance optimizer system for hybrid systems. Patent no. 8,745,622 issued to Greg R. Mewhinney, Austin, Texas; Diane Garza Flemming, Pflugerville, Texas; David B. Whitworth, Austin, Texas; William A. Maron, Austin, Texas; and Mysore Sathyanarayana Srinivas, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

System and method for testing computer programs. Patent no. 8,745,587 issued to Girish Dhanakshirur, Delray Beach, Fla.; Rocco F. Palermo, Jr., Boynton Identity verification in virtual Beach, Fla.; and Lenora E. Wright, worlds using encoded data. Pat- West Palm Beach, Fla. Assigned to ent no. 8,745,726 issued to Rick A. International Business Machines Hamilton, II, Richmond, Va.; Rich- Corp., Armonk. ard J. Newhook, West Chester, Pa.; Martin S. Ramsey, Westminster, Md.; and James W. Seamana, Fairfax, Va. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Middleware for extracting aggregation statistics to enable light-weight management planners. Patent no. 8,745,637 issued to Aameek Singh, University Place, Wash.; Sandeep Madhav Uttamchandani, San Jose, Calif.; and Yin Wang, Ann Arbor, Mich. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

FACTS& FIGURES on the record Hudson Valley

M.O.W. Enterprise Inc., Milton. Seller: Anthony Di Berardino, Carmel. Property: in Patterson. Amount: $160,000.

Filed May 23.

302 Pine Hill L.L.C., Calverton. Seller: Pine Hill Roost Inc., Fleischmanns. Property: in Shandaken. Amount: $230,000.

Filed May 30.

Building Loans

Vandoran, Stephen E., Greenwood Lake, as owner. Lender: RBS Citizens N.A. Property: 17 Golden Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $240,000. Filed May 30.

ABC Platinum L.L.C., Middletown. Seller: Patricia Robertson, Middletown. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $93,000.

Filed May 28.

Below $1 million 114 Hartley Road L.L.C., Goshen, as owner. Lender: Riverside Bank, Poughkeepsie. Property: 114 Hartley Road, Goshen 1924. Amount: $550,000. Filed May 30.

ADP Homes Inc., Mahopac.

Seller: The Cardillo Group L.L.C., Mahopac. Property: in Carmel. Amount: $125,000.

Filed May 27.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Eddie Mozetich, Brewster. Property: 10 Chamberlin Lane, Brewster 10509. Amount: $346,841. Filed May 15.

Equity Homes of New York Inc., Port Jervis, as owner. Lender: Libertyville Capital Group II L.L.C., Montgomery. Property: Guymard Turnpike, Mount Hope. Amount: $210,000. Filed June 2.

Woods End L.L.C., Putnam Valley. Seller: MAT Properties Inc., Buffalo. Property: in Putnam Valley. Amount: $505,000.

Filed May 16.

Deeds Above $1 million Beekman MHP II L.L.C., Hopewell Junction. Seller: Judith A. Beahan, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 15 Pine Grove Drive, Poughquah 12570. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed May 23.

JLTS XI L.L.C., Newburgh. Seller: Garcia Operating Inc., Palm Coast, Fla. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $1.6 million.

Filed May 30.

Goshen Mortgage REO L.L.C., Chicago, Ill. Seller: Joseph A. Charbonneau, Brewster. Property: in Southeast. Amount: $225,000. Filed May 21.

Rattlesnake Mountain Preserve L.L.C., Tuxedo Park.

Seller: Camp Comfort Realty L.L.C., Tuxedo Park. Property: in Tuxedo Park. Amount: $2 million. Filed May 27.

Hodges, William E., et al, Monroe, as owner. Lender: The Berkshire Bank, Goshen. Property: 205 Shore Road, Monroe 10950. Amount: $93,833. Filed May 28.

Top Universe L.L.C., Alhambra, Calif. Seller: West Park Property Holdings II Inc., Elmhurst. Property: in Saugerties.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed May 28.

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.

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to:

Below $1 million

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

16 Maloney Lane L.L.C., Goshen. Seller: Eleanor Glebocki, Warwick. Property: in Goshen.

Amount: $50,000. Filed May 29.

2 Lizensk L.L.C., Monroe. Seller: Lizensk Hill Corp., Monroe.

Property: in Monroe. Amount: $835,000. Filed May 30.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Gregory McAdam, Walden. Property: 163 Pine Hill Road, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $330,316. Filed May 27.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Janusz Czaczkowski, Newburgh. Property: 2033 Route 208, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $144,500. Filed Bank of America N.A. Sell- May 29. er: Gerard J. Comatos Jr., Poughkeepsie. Property: 470 Deutsche Bank National N. Quaker Hill Road, Pawl- Trust Co. Seller: Ralph Louis ing 12564. Amount: $928,500. Puglielle, New Windsor. PropFiled May 30. erty: 156 Barnes Road, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: Beauty Boulevard of Miller- $490,313. Filed May 27. ton L.L.C., Amenia. Seller: Lawrence E. Himelfarb, Kent, Conn. Equity Homes of New York Property: in Millerton. Amount: Inc., Port Jervis. Seller: Charles $140,000. Filed May 27.

Alessi, Middletown. Property: in Mount Hope. Amount: Camaj Enterprises L.L.C., $67,000. Filed June 2.

LaGrangeville. Seller: 82 South Hamilton L.L.C., Fishkill. Federal National Mortgage Property: in Fishkill. Amount: Association. Seller: Joseph $995,000. Filed May 23.

B. Basile, et al, Monroe, N.J. Property: 218 Forest Hill Drive, Cartus Financial Corp., Dan- Kingston 12401. Amount: bury, Conn. Seller: Christopher $221,630. Filed May 30.

S. Hall, et al, Hopewell Junction. Property: in East Fish- Federal National Mortgage kill. Amount: $440,000. Filed Association. Seller: Uriel MayaMay 22.

Gomez, Harriman. Property: 36 Bonney Court, bldg. No. 3, Unit Catskill Farms Inc., Eldred. 36, Monroe. Amount: $309,317.

Seller: Beth Smith, Accord. Filed May 27.

Property: in Marbletown.

Amount: $43,000. Filed June 2. Hunter Rental Properties L.L.C., Wassaic. Seller: Chastill Catskill Farms Inc., Eldred. Inc., Millbrook. Property: in Seller: George Rothmann Jr., Millbrook. Amount: $500,000. et al, Olivebridge. Property: in Filed May 30.

Olive. Amount: $76,000. Filed June 2.

In The Struggle Productions L.L.C., Jersey City, N.J. Seller: Coutts Brothers Inc., Gar- Valarie Peterkin, Poughkeepdiner. Seller: Thomas Kelly, et sie. Property: 27 Virginia Ave., al, Bloomingburg. Property: in Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: Crawford. Amount: $335,000. $95,000. Filed May 22.

Filed June 2.

K.B. Auto Repair and Towing DA Weider Estates L.L.C., L.L.C., et al, Wassaic. Seller: Monroe. Seller: Martin Sil- Andy Wheeler, et al, Wassaic. verstein, Monroe. Property: Property: 4196 Route 22, Wasin Monroe. Amount: $72,000. saic 12592. Amount: $300,000.

Filed May 30.

Filed May 29.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Bernard Forbes, Fallsburg. Property: 382 Concord Lane, Middletown 10940. Amount: $52,700. Filed May 30.

Lynn Enterprises L.L.C., Saugerties. Seller: Algar Enterprise Corp., Saugerties. Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $95,600.

Filed May 29.

MCG Properties L.L.C., New Hampton.

Seller: Richard D. Schrade Jr., McDonough, Ga. Property: in Wawayanda.

Amount: $300,000. Filed May 30.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: James R. Pawliczek, Florida.

Property: 205 Eagleton Drive, Chester. Amount: $349,546.

Filed May 30.

OceanFirst Bank, Toms River, N.J. Seller: Jeffrey S. Shumejda, Sleepy Hollow. Property: 412 North St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $421,448.

Filed May 29.

Wellsville Realty Corp., Saddle Brook, N.J. Seller: Laszlo Mato Jr., et al, New York City, Property: in Warwick. Amount: $700,000. Filed May 27.

Pepper White Partners L.L.C., Ramsey, N.J. Seller: Elgen Associates Inc., Wappingers Falls. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $525,000. Filed May 29.

Wild Lee L.L.C., New Paltz.

Seller: Old Stockade Development L.L.C., Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $175,000. Filed May 28.

RBS Citizens N.A. Seller: DanJudgments iel F. Sullivan, Newburgh. Property: 2170 Route 94, Salisbury 324 Wall Street Kingston Inc., Mills 12577. Amount: $128,594. Kingston. $550 in favor of the Filed May 27.

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Shyam Realty L.L.C., Filed May 30.

Wallkill. Seller: 339 Middletown L.L.C., Englewood, Above All Auto Repair Inc., N.J. Property: 389 Route 211 Highland. $243 in favor of the E., Middletown. Amount: New York State Department of $615,000. Filed May 28.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 30.

Soutar and Sorge L.L.C., Circleville. Seller: Charles W. Benny’s Carriage House PizHilsmann, et al, Circleville. zeria Inc., Stone Ridge. $684 Property: in Wallkill. Amount: in favor of the New York State $40,000. Filed May 27.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 30.

The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: James Biagi, Goshen. Frequent Flyer L.L.C., Port Property: 924 Goshen Turnpike, Ewen. $53,558 in favor of the Wallkill. Amount: $190,000. New York State Department of Filed May 30.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 30.

Town of New Windsor, New Windsor. Seller: Robert L. Kop- Gallery 18 Furniture Inc., Elman, et al, New Windsor. Prop- lenville. $100 in favor of the erty: in New Windsor. Amount: New York State Department of $240,000. Filed May 27.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 30.

Two Optimists and Tom L.L.C., Tuxedo Park. Seller: Hong Hing Corp., d.b.a.

Donna Griffith, et al, Pearl Rondout Golden Duck, River. Property: in Monroe. Kingston. $576 in favor of the Amount: $60,000. Filed May 27. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John Filed May 30.

M. Perone, Larchmont. Property: 141 N. Walnut St., Beacon IPG Food and Gas Inc., Ker12508. Amount: $268,000. Filed honkson. $7,785 in favor of the May 30.

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Filed May 30.

Gordon G. Gisser, White Plains.

Property: 402 Mountain Laurel, Unit 4B, Monroe 10950.

Amount: $96,600. Filed May 27.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events Senior Commercial Lender named at TD Bank Antonio J. Vinciguerra has been named vice president, senior commercial lender at TD Bank in New Windsor. The bank announced that Vinciguerra is responsible for managing existing relationships and growing a commercial loan portfolio serving clients throughout the lower Hudson Valley.

Vinciguerra has more than 25 years of experience in banking and lending. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served for more than two decades at JPMorgan Chase, where he held roles in retail banking, business banking and lending, most recently as a senior relationship manager for the Hudson Valley market.

Vinciguerra, his wife, Diane, and their son, Antonio Jr., are residents of the town of Newburgh, where he serves on the board of the Greater Newburgh Partnership.

ColumbiaDoctors lauded by Castle Connolly Cardiologists Ainat Beniaminovitz, David Brogno and Richard Roth of ColumbiaDoctors of the Hudson Valley, a provider of cardiovascular and internal medicine services to residents of the lower Hudson Valley, have been selected as Castle Connolly’s “Top Doctors – New York Metro Area.”

Castle Connolly, a publisher of medical guides, including the annual “Top Doctors” series, aims to help consumers find the best health care available. Top Doctors candidates are nominated by their peers in a survey of thousands of American doctors and undergo screening of their educational and professional experience.

Beniaminovitz is a board-certified cardiologist with a focus on women’s cardiovascular health. She received her medical doctorate and completed her residency and fellowship training at Columbia University Medical Center. A published author, Beniaminovitz’ articles on heart disease issues have appeared in medical publications such as the American Journal of Cardiology, New England Journal of Medicine and Circulation. She has received Castle Connolly’s regional Top Doctor award for four consecutive years.

An interventional cardiologist for more than 20 years, Brogno, specializes in advanced cardiac services such as angioplasty and stent implementation. He obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1983. In 1991, he joined ColumbiaDoctors, then called Ramapo Cardiology Associates, as an interventional cardiologist. He is currently chief of cardiology at Nyack Hospital and an attending physician in cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital and The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J. This is the third consecutive year Brogno has received a regional Top Doctor honor.

Roth, has been practicing medicine in Rockland County for more than 30 years. He is a board-certified cardiologist who received his medical doctorate from the Yale University School of Medicine. Currently, he is assistant professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University School of Medicine and practices at Good Samaritan and Nyack hospitals in Rockland County. Prior to joining ColumbiaDoctors, Roth served as chief of cardiology and chief of medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. He has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for more than 10 years.

Assistant Manager for rand Pearl River Rachael Heiss is the new assistant manager for the Pearl River branch office of Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty in Rockland County.

Barbara Meyer, Rand regional manager said, “We are thrilled to welcome Rachael to our management team. She brings a wealth of training, energy and enthusiasm to her new role.”

A native of Suffern, Heiss is an award-winning agent with more than 10 years’ industry experience. She was selected by Better Homes and

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Gardens Real Estate to film a national series of brand marketing videos.

“I am absolutely thrilled to have been presented with this amazing opportunity as assistant manager of the Pearl River office,” Heiss said, “and I am eager to work with the agents to help them utilize all of the tools and technology that Rand Realty offers that will help them promote and grow their business. I look forward to meeting, recruiting and training new agents to the No. 1 real estate company in the Hudson Valley.”

New CFO for Greater Hudson Valley Health System The Greater Hudson Valley Health System, composed of Catskill Regional Medical Center and Orange Regional Medical Center, has named Richard Carrico chief financial officer. He is responsible for all finance planning and accounting operations, patient financial services, managed care and treasury management for the system.

“I am extremely pleased to welcome Rick to our team. His experience and knowledge will provide strong financial leadership as we continue to grow our services to the communities we serve,” President and CEO Scott Batulis said in a statement.

Carrico has more than 30 years of health care finance experience in hospitals and health care systems. Prior to joining the health system, he served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Springstone L.L.C., a private equity spon-

sored company that develops and operates behavioral health hospitals. He also served as associate chief financial officer and vice president of finance for Norton Healthcare, the largest community-based health care system in Louisville, Ky., and as vice president of internal audit for Kindred Healthcare, a nationwide investor-owned health care company.

A certified public accountant, Carrico has a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Bellarmine University and obtained his master’s degree in business administration from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. He is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and has held various board governance roles with Passport Health Plan, Junior Achievement, Habitat for Humanity and St. Xavier High School.

Former intern proves his worth Judelson, Giordano & Siegel, a Middletown accounting firm, has hired Paul Cherubino as the newest member of its team.

A graduate of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, Cherubino was previously an intern with JGS in the summer of 2013, assisting primarily with auditing and tax issues. He recently received his master’s degree in accounting from Mount Saint Mary.

“We are very pleased to announce the hiring of Paul Cherubino, a bright young professional who has a tremendous future ahead of him in our field,” said Jason Giordano, managing partner of JGS. “Our team was very impressed with Paul’s work ethic and ability to learn new concepts very quickly while he was an intern with JGS.

We know that he will bring that same approach to his work as a full-time staff member as he continues to learn and grow as a professional.”

Cherubino made the dean’s list several times and won the Rensselear Polytechnic Institute Medalist award, a $15,000 scholarship.

In addition to his experience in public accounting, Cherubino has worked with Relay for Life, the National Honor Society, an autism awareness organization and other charity efforts.

“I am thrilled to join the team at JGS and officially start my career in the field of accounting,” said Cherubino. “My previous internship with the firm was an incredible learning experience for me and it’s an honor to be asked to join one of our region’s most distinguished accounting firms.”

ORMC Earns Special Designation for Elder Care Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown has been designated as a Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders hospital, a designation that recognizes the hospital’s commitment to providing exemplary care to older patients. NICHE, the largest national geriatric care program for hospitals, supports the implementation of a variety of best practices, including prevention and management of pain, pressure ulcers, delirium, urinary incontinence and

fall prevention.

“Geriatric patients have different needs when they are hospitalized,” said Joanne Ritter-Teitel, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer. “Thanks to Orange Regional’s NICHE designation, our nursing staff has access to NICHE resources that offer educational programs and training to help improve the outcomes for our older patients and provide them with an exceptional patient care experience.”

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The Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a “Power Networking Luncheon” Wednesday, June 11, at El Azteca, 117 S. Main St., Florida, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. General admission is $28, members $18. You can now register and purchase tickets by contacting the chamber office at 845-986-2720 or email info@warwickcc.org.

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Northern Dutchess Hospital Foundation to Host 15th annual Starlight Ball honoring Gregory Rakow and Dr. Michael Moses Saturday, June 14 at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck. The formal event, catered by Abigail Kirsch Catering Relationships, begins with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by a program and dinner at 7:30 and music by The Mystic Band. Tickets are $250 per person and advance reservations are required. For more information, visit health-quest. org/ndhfoundation or call 845.871.1711.

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Orange Regional Medical Center’s 2014 Golf Classic benefitting the pediatric center at the hospital in Middletown, will be held Monday, June 16, at the West Hills Country Club and Wallkill Golf Club. For sponsorship opportunities and registration information, contact the foundation office at 845-333-2333 or foundation@ormc.org or visit ormc.org.

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United Hospice of Rockland’s annual Healing Hearts Memorial Rock Garden Ceremony Wednesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. at the United Hospice of Rockland, 11 Stokum Lane, New City, gives children ages 3 to18 who are in the Healing Hearts program the opportunity to plant their hand-painted rocks in the Children’s Memorial Rock Garden. During the ceremony children will also have the chance to talk about and memorialize their loved ones. If you know of a child or family member who could benefit from this program, contact Sharami Kerr, UHR Healing Hearts program coordinator at 845-634-4974 or email skerr@hospiceofrockland.org. For more information about the Healing Hearts program, visit hospiceofrockland.org and click on Bereavement Services.

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Boscobel House & Gardens on Route 9D in Garrison presents the distinguished garden and landscape designer and author Page Dickey, who will present an informative illustrated talk titled “Some of My Favorite Gardens and Why” Friday June 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. followed by an intimate wine and cheese reception in Boscobel’s Carriage House.

Friends of Boscobel members receive free admission to the lecture and can register at Boscobel.org. General admission is $20; memberships, reservations and tickets are all available 24/7 at Boscobel.org.

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hospital employees of the year announced Lori Armstrong, Kelly Morse and Patricia Hill were recognized by Health Quest as Employees of the Year at Rhinebeck-based Northern Dutchess Hospital and Northern Dutchess Residential Health Care Facility Inc., also known as the Thompson House, on May 22 at an employee celebration on the hospital campus.

Armstrong, the bone and joint coordinator in the medical/surgical unit is the hospital, was honored as Nursing Employee of the Year. She received her associate degree in nursing from Rockland Community College and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the State University of New York at Cortland. She joined the hospital in September 2002 as a staff registered nurse and was promoted to her current role in 2010.

“Lori led the charge toward achieving the distinguished Joint Commission specialty certification for hip and knee replacement,” said Pam Rhodes, vice president of

patient care services and chief nursing officer.

Morse is the recipient of the Nonnursing Employee of the Year Award. She is an environmental services worker and has been with the hospital since January 2011.

“Kelly is an exemplary employee and always takes the initiative to help others without being asked,” said Kathryn Johnson, manager of environmental services.

Hill is the Thompson House Employee of the Year. A certified nurse aide in the Livingston Unit, Hill has been with the Thompson House since September 2012.

She received an associate degree from Nassau Community College and then became a certified nursing assistant in 2012.

“Pat is a dedicated employee who brings empathy and compassion to the residents and does whatever is needed to support them,” said Denise Smiarowski, manager for the Livingston Unit.

Central Hudson Welcomes Director State University of New York at New Paltz President Donald P. Christian has been appointed to the board of directors of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., the electric and gas utility serving New York’s midHudson Valley. He is the fourth New York state resident appointed to the utility’s board within the last year.

“As president of one of the region’s most important academic institutions, as well as a large customer of Central Hudson, Don Christian brings high-level leadership experience to our board. He is keenly interested and involved in the economic development and overall quality of life in the Hudson Valley,” said H. Stanley Marshall, chairman of the board. “We welcome his involvement in charting Central Hudson’s future course.”

Christian was named president of the State

University of New York campus at New Paltz in June 2011, having previously served as interim president, provost and vice president of academic affairs at the college.

Prior to his arrival at New Paltz in 2009, Christian was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for five years. Previously (1997-2004), he served as associate dean for the biological sciences at the University of Montana, where he was also professor. Christian held several positions at the University of Minnesota-Duluth (19781997), including chairman and professor in the biology department and director of graduate studies in the biology graduate program.

Christian is a member of the boards of directors of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress and the Mohonk Preserve.

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BHG Rand Realty Recognized For Marketing Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty has received the brand’s national Marketing Excellence Award. The distinction is bestowed to a Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brokerage that has taken service commitment to the next level by creating innovative marketing programs.

“It is an honor for our company to be recognized nationally among our colleagues and peers for our marketing strategy,” said Marsha Rand, founder and managing partner of Better Homes and Gardens Rand

Realty. “We are proud of our marketing department for striving everyday to create new initiatives, and we dedicate this award to our agents and to the New York/New Jersey communities, which we serve.”

Those honored included Jamie Troia, Kim-Marie Mullin, Russ Perna, Adam DiFrancesco, Jillian Krumholtz, Randi Proce and Hina Kapoor.

Homes and Gardens Rand Realty serves Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Bergen and Passaic counties.

Information for these features has been submitted by the subjects or their delegates.

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FACTS&FIGURES K and D Home Improvements, Pine Bush. $1,406 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 30.

Bautista, Christian, et al. Filed

by First Niagara Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $555,000 affecting property located at 14 Meadow Crest Drive, Mahopac Lounsbury Electric Inc., Pine 10541. Filed May 27.

Bush. $123 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxa- Benjamin, Cynthia, et al. Filed tion and Finance, Albany. Filed by The Bank of New York MelMay 30. lon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Machu Picchu Peruvian Res- mortgage to secure $101,000 taurant Inc., Gardiner. $58,662 affecting property located at 13 in favor of the New York State Plattekill Drive, Mount Marion Department of Taxation and 12456. Filed May 30.

Finance, Albany. Filed May 30.

Benoit, Scott Charles, et al.

Naked Lunch Inc., Stone Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Ridge. $13,125 in favor of the Action: seeks to foreclose on a New York State Department of mortgage to secure an unspeciTaxation and Finance, Albany. fied amount affecting property located at 97 Rutgers Creek Filed May 30.

Road, Port Jervis 12771. Filed Jan 2.

Pretzel Time of New York Inc., Kingston. $1,574 in favor of the New York State Depart- Brendle, Franz W., et al. Filed ment of Taxation and Finance, by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Albany. Filed May 30. mortgage to secure $441,000 affecting property located at Seans Phat Stitches, Kings- 15 Middle St., Goshen 10924. ton. $658 in favor of the New Filed Dec. 27.

York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Buess, Kenneth J., et al. Filed Filed May 30.

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Tornadic Cuisine Inc., Lake mortgage to secure an unspeciKatrine. $10,169 in favor of the fied amount affecting propNew York State Department of erty located at 138 Brook Trail, Taxation and Finance, Albany. Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Filed May 30.

Jan 2.

Castellanos, Carmen, et al.

Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 149 Camp Sunset Road, Highland 12528. Filed May 29.

Chan, Paul T., et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 33 Perks Blvd., Cold Spring 10516.

Filed May 28.

Chenet, Kyung O. Park, et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $450,000 affecting property located at 34 Nicole Way, Mahopac 10541. Filed May 23.

Christophersen, Kathleen, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $298,909 affecting property located at 21 Highland Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 26.

Ciasullo, Guy Sr., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $287,245 affecting property located at 748 Greenville Turnpike, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 27.

Cikalo, Eugenia, et al. Filed

by OneWest Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $369,450 affecting property located at 38-42 Turkey Hill Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed June 2.

Busy Beavers Inc., et al. Filed

by Customers Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage The following filings indicated a to secure $2.5 million affecting legal action has been initiated, property located at Route 9 and the outcome of which may affect Route 403, Philipstown 10516.

Filed May 22. the title to the property listed.

Claudio, Jose, et al. Filed by Suntrust Bank. Action: seeks to Addison, Marshel, et al. Filed Cappillino, Nicholas F., et foreclose on a mortgage to seby Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase cure $401,250 affecting properAction: seeks to foreclose on a Bank N.A. Action: seeks to fore- ty located at 333 Carpenter Ave., mortgage to secure $117,420 af- close on a mortgage to secure Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 23. fecting property located at 272 $263,000 affecting property loConcord Lane, bldg. 5, Middle- cated at 129 S. Riverside Road, Collesian, Ralph A. Jr., et al.

Highland 12528. Filed May 29. Filed by Putnam County Savtown 10940. Filed Dec. 26. ings Bank. Action: seeks to Ajayi, Oluwakemi, et al. Filed Capuano, Laurie L., et al. Filed foreclose on a mortgage to seby JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. by LPP Mortgage Ltd. Action: cure $85,300 affecting property Action: seeks to foreclose on a seeks to foreclose on a mortgage located at 11 Dellacona Road, mortgage to secure $100,000 to secure $300,499 affecting Kent. Filed May 30. affecting property located at property located at 4 Enterprise 403/405 Liberty St., Newburgh Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed Cook, Catina, et al. Filed by May 27.

12550. Filed Dec. 27.

RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 413 Third St., Newburgh. Filed Dec. 27.

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Crawford, Grant, et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $56,000 affecting property located at 6 Charles Road, Mount Hope 12729. Filed Dec. 30.

DiPilato, George, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $439,000 affecting property located at 320 Hortontown Road, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Filed May 23.

Green, Amy, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 26 Overlook Drive, Warwick. Filed Dec. 19.

Crooks, Lofton, et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $126,048 affecting property located at 13 Paula Lane, Middletown 10940.

Filed Dec. 31.

Disalvo, Linda, et al. Filed by Generation Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $487,500 affecting property located at 132 Union Valley Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed May 23.

Halbohn, Deborah E., et al.

Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $89,246 affecting property located at 543 Cross Hill Lane, Mahopac 10541. Filed May 19.

Curley, Anthony P., 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 9 Ryan Place, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed May 29.

Donoghue, Francis, et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,500 affecting property located at 16 Wood Road, Goshen 10924.

Filed Dec. 27.

D’Agostino, Carmine, et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $241,680 affecting property located at 189 Fostertown Road, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Dec. 19.

Egbertson, John H. Jr., et al.

Filed by Grand Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $288,500 affecting property located at 151 Murray Ave., Goshen 10924.

Filed Dec. 31.

Dariano, Steven, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $129,000 affecting property located at 20 Powder Mill Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 20.

Ferrante, Magda C., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 30 Shagbark St., Middletown 10941. Filed Jan 2.

Depalma, Lauren S., et al.

Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,500 affecting property located at 67 Barrett Hill Road, Carmel 10512.

Filed May 23.

Foley, John P., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $156,000 affecting property located at 64 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley 10917. Filed Jan 2.

Depuy, Joseph William Sr., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $80,808 affecting property located at 11 Highland Ave., Kerhonkson.

Filed May 29.

Devenuto, Marguerite C., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,000 affecting property located at 12 Wyms Heights Road, Marlboro 12542. Filed May 27.

DiMatteo, Gerardo Jr., et al.

Filed by Stony Ford Farm Ltd. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $800,000 affecting property located in Wallkill. Filed Dec. 19.

Frazer, Chris E., et al. Filed by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 86 Orange St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Dec. 20.

Gayton, Robert, et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $242,000 affecting property located at 2 Leroy Place, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Dec. 23.

German, David, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $134,100 affecting property located at 131 Chambers St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan 2.

Helhoski, Lawrence P., et al.

Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $276,500 affecting property located at 791 Pulaski Highway, Goshen 10924. Filed Dec. 23.

Hennessey, Robert J., et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 306 ½ North St., Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 30.

Hercules, Maxine M., et al.

Filed by Charles Schwab Bank.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $276,000 affecting property located at 17 Blueberry Lane, Highland Mills 10930. Filed Dec. 27.

Hillmann, Richard E., et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $75,000 affecting property located at 141 Foggintown Road, Brewster 10509. Filed May 23.

Holder, Patricia, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $143,600 affecting property located at 35 Willow Lane, New Windsor 12553.

Filed Dec. 26.

Holton, Rashard, et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $158,400 affecting property located at 5 Lincoln St., Port Jervis 12771.

Filed Dec. 23.

Homar, Andrew J., et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 106 Purgatory Road, Goshen 10924. Filed Dec. 20.

Hudson, Joy L., et al. Filed by Sovereign Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $420,000 affecting property located at 3 Brookfalls Road, Putnam Valley 10579.

Filed May 28.

Johnson, Everton S., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $66,100 affecting property located at 116 Johnston St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 20.

Huerta, David E., et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 233 Quaker St., Wallkill 12589. Filed Jan 2.

Johnson, Michael A., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $206,008 affecting property located at 48 Jordan Lane, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 19.

Hughes, John, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $356,000 affecting property located at 19 Barrett Place, Mahopac Falls 10541. Filed May 29.

Hunte, Yvonne, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 70 Johnes St., Unit 301, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 19.

Ingrassia, Dorothyann, et al.

Filed by Santander Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $193,200 affecting property located at 14 Robertson Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 20.

Iniguez, Sany M., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $447,007 affecting property located at 19 Delilah Lane, Wallkill 12589.

Filed May 29.

Irani, Farokh, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 118 Monhagen Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 31.

Jackson, Diane, et al. Filed by Cenlar FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $231,000 affecting property located at 4174 Route 9W, Saugerties 12477. Filed May 28.

Jacobowitz, Herschel, et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $145,000 affecting property located at 23 Israel Zupnick Drive, Unit 202, Monroe 10950. Filed Dec. 30.

Kaczmar, Joseph G., et al.

Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $95,200 affecting property located at 52 Highland Ave., Otisville 10963. Filed Jan 2.

Katz, Russell W., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $194,850 affecting property located at 9 Holland Lane, New Paltz 12561. Filed May 30.

Kerr, Sharami C., et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $125,000 affecting property located at 50 Bell Lane, West Shokan 12494. Filed May 28.

Lewis, Monique S., et al. Filed

by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $414,741 affecting property located at 46 Wesley Court, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 24.

Longfield, Jeffrey A., et al.

Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $173,469 affecting property located at 239 Sinsabaugh Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed May 28.

Lowe, Anna M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $33,500 affecting property located at 25 State St., Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 24.

Lucas, Carl H. Jr., et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $96,500 affecting property located at 542 Saracino Drive, Maybrook 12543. Filed Dec. 27.

Lundberg, Christopher J., et al. Filed by MNH Sub I L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $264,000 affecting property located at 166 Burnt Corners Road, WawayKhan, Aqeel, et al. Filed by anda. Filed Dec. 19.

Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Mackay, Christopher, et al. to secure $280,000 affecting Filed by Bank of America N.A. property located at 42 First Ave., Action: seeks to foreclose on a Monroe 10950. Filed Dec. 30. mortgage to secure $152,250 affecting property located at Lebron, Betsy, et al. Filed by 10 Mary Cane Road and Cliff Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Central Drive, Greenwood Lake Action: seeks to foreclose on a 10925. Filed Dec. 30. mortgage to secure $195,000 affecting property located at 9 Mann, Kimberly, et al. Filed Ridge Ave., Walden 12586. Filed by Household Finance Realty Dec. 23.

Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Leeper, Debra J., et al. Filed mortgage to secure $356,989

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. affecting property located at 15 Action: seeks to foreclose on a Vandewark, Middletown 10941. mortgage to secure $193,986 Filed Jan 2. affecting property located at 4648 Bedford Ave., Middletown Marmer, Mark, et al. Filed 10940. Filed Dec. 30.

by LPP Mortgage Ltd. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Lemunyan, Scott, et al. Filed to secure $132,000 affecting

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: property located at 26 Argyle seeks to foreclose on a mortgage St., Lake Peekskill 10537. Filed to secure $214,600 affecting May 21. property located at 7 Sherman Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 27.

Marray, John J., 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 3 Aldo Court, Monroe 10950. Filed Jan 2.

Murray, Jason, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 36 Wileman Ave., Walden 12586.

Filed Dec. 19.

Porter, James L., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,700 affecting property located at 2711 Colonial Drive, New Windsor 12553.

Filed Dec. 27.

Marrero, Nidia Esther, et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $126,400 affecting property located at 4 Cullen Ave., New Windsor 12553. Filed Dec. 19.

Nahoum, Douglas, et al.

Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $223,137 affecting property located at 50 Knapp Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 24.

Ramos, Wilfredo, et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 301 Cortland Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 24.

Massaro, Carlo J., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $496,000 affecting property located at 272 Harriman Heights Road, Monroe 10950.

Filed Dec. 19.

O’Malley, Terrance, et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 7 Potomac Court, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Dec. 30.

Revilla, Dagny Eleizabeth, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $168,150 affecting property located at 117 Franklin St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Dec. 27.

McNicholas, Chris, et al.

Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $285,285 affecting property located at 101 Old Forestburg Road, Deerpark 12780. Filed Jan 2.

Ocasio, Vivian, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $310,500 affecting property located at 6 Marshall Drive East, New Windsor 12553.

Filed Dec. 23.

Medina, Carlos, 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 24 Franklin Drive, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Dec. 26.

Melhado, Godfrey, et al.

Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $336,472 affecting property located at 22 Clubhouse Drive, Carmel.

Filed May 19.

Miller, Emelio E., et al. Filed

by Everhome Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,200 affecting property located at 11 Nottingham Road, Sparrow Bush 12780. Filed Dec. 19.

Mooney, Christopher, et al.

Filed by Trustco Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 221 Springtown Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed May 28.

Ozugowski, Alicja, et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 49 Country Club Drive, Florida 10921. Filed Dec. 20.

Palladino, Linda M., et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 623-629 Delaware Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed May 30.

Pandey, Avinash, et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $208,550 affecting property located at 92 Washington Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed June 2.

Perez, Catherine E., et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 9 Susan Court, Florida 10921. Filed Dec. 26.

Piratsky, Robert E., et al. Filed

by Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 881, 883 and 887 Flatbush Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed May 29.

Rivera, Wilda, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $192,896 affecting property located at 1 Carl Place, Middletown 10940.

Filed Jan 2.

Robinson, John F., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,400 affecting property located at 23 Robin Drive, Carmel 10512.

Filed May 23.

Rullan, Jaime, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $135,000 affecting property located at 418 Leroy Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Dec. 30.

Rummel, Keith, et al. Filed by CU Members Mortgage. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $223,870 affecting property located at 16 Pierpont Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan 2.

Sanabria, Dolores, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $290,000 affecting property located at 9 Bernadette Way, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Dec. 19.

Santos, Jose, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $419,000 affecting property located at 401 Country Club Lane, Kingston 12401. Filed May 28.

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FACTS&FIGURES Sheeley, Claudia C., et al. Filed

by HSBC Mortgage Corporation USA. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $34,650 affecting property located at 168 Wall St., Kingston 12401. Filed June 2.

The estate of Jean Alvarez, et al. Filed by Sovereign Bank.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $104,000 affecting property located at 896 Samsonville Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed May 28.

Villa, Lynn M., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 61 Top Notch Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 27.

Simek, Leslie Ann, et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $261,929 affecting property located at 12 Karen Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Dec. 27.

Theiss, Richard E., et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 7 Country Hollow, Highland Mills 10930. Filed Dec. 23.

Villanueva, Paul, et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 10 Hickory Drive, Campbell Hall 10916. Filed Dec. 19.

Smith, Vincent J., et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $136,600 affecting property located at 3560 Route 94, Chester 10918. Filed Dec. 23.

Thies, Charles H. Jr., et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $244,000 affecting property located at 22 Birchwood Drive, Highland Mills 10930. Filed Stack, John F., et al. Filed by Dec. 20.

Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Thomas-Smith, Stacy, et al. gage to secure $200,000 affect- Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. ing property located at 1181 Action: seeks to foreclose on a E. Mombasha Road, Monroe. mortgage to secure $309,294 Filed Dec. 23. affecting property located at 18 Davidge Road, Middletown Strider, Marjorie, et al. Filed 10940. Filed Dec. 27.

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Thomas, Willis H., et al. Filed mortgage to secure $185,000 af- by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Acfecting property located at 170 tion: seeks to foreclose on a Clint Finger Road, Saugerties mortgage to secure $393,983 12477. Filed May 30. affecting property located at 21 Cedar Road, Monroe 10950.

Swinbourne, Jody, et al. Filed Filed Dec. 19.

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to fore- Thompson, John T., et al. Filed close on a mortgage to secure by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal $115,500 affecting property Credit Union. Action: seeks to located at 335 Route 32 North, foreclose on a mortgage to seNew Paltz 12561. Filed May 29. cure $250,000 affecting property located at 80 Stephan Drive, Swire, Debra A., et al. Filed Saugerties 12477. Filed May 27.

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Torres, Ignacio G., et al. Filed mortgage to secure $181,752 by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. affecting property located at 10 Action: seeks to foreclose on a Lexington Hill, Unit 8, Harri- mortgage to secure $232,000 man 10926. Filed Dec. 26. affecting property located at 15 Grand Ave., Middletown 10940.

Tava, Stacie S., et al. Filed by Filed Dec. 20.

Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to se- Unknown heirs to the estate cure $38,000 affecting property of Michael Kahn, et al. Filed located at 1063 State Highway by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Ac211, Mount Hope 10940. Filed tion: seeks to foreclose on a Dec. 24. mortgage to secure $161,500 affecting property located at 4 Teresi, Theresa, et al. Filed by West Lane, Sparrowbush 12780.

Ulster Savings Bank. Action: Filed Dec. 30. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $139,400 affect- Veresova, Ivona, et al. Filed by ing property located at 429 Van Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks Burenville Road, Middletown to foreclose on a mortgage to 10940. Filed Dec. 30. secure $76,000 affecting property located at 45 Hillside Trail, Monroe. Filed Dec. 24.

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Worth, Kevin P., et al. Filed by HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 15 Knapp Terrace, Goshen 10924.

Filed Dec. 20.

International Agriculture and Produce Corp., d.b.a.

Zehran, Zubia, et al. Filed by Marcelo’s Deli Market, 1 N. Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Main St., Monroe 10950. Filed Action: seeks to foreclose on a Nov. 15. mortgage to secure $80,000 affecting property located at 44 Sheffield Drive, Middletown Partnerships 10940. Filed Dec. 23.

Voyiatzis, John, et al. Filed

by Nick Fotos. Action: seeks Mechanic’s Liens to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at Iron Mountain Information 3218 Route 9W, Saugerties. Management Inc., as owner. $4,509 as claimed by Native Filed June 2.

Landscapes Inc., Pawling. Property: 37 Hurds Corner Road, Waldron, Richard C. Jr., et Pawling. Filed May 23. al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 Stack, Mervi, as owner. $19,600 affecting property located at as claimed by James Stack, Mid112 Forest Ave., Monroe 10950. dletown. Property: in Deerpark.

Filed May 30.

Filed Dec. 24.

Wanamaker, Mattie, et al.

Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,000 affecting property located at 10 Marcano Lane, Wallkill 12589. Filed May 27.

Webb, Keith A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $416,000 affecting property located at 4 Bens Way, Chester 10918. Filed Dec. 19.

Whitaker, Douglas R., et al.

Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $205,000 affecting property located at 97 Wall St., West Hurley 12491. Filed May 30.

Girls on Grills, 5475 Red Hill Road, Claryville 12725, c/o Deborah E. Rucker. Filed May 28.

Handspun By Alexandrea, P.O. Box 21, Accord 12404, c/o Alexander S. Micancin. Filed May 27.

Hudson Valley Hustle Lacrosse, 167 Edgewood Ave., Hurley 12443, c/o John J. Prizzi.

Filed May 29.

M3 Solutions, P.O. Box 854, JAM Jewelers, 25 Stella Drive, Napanoch 12458, c/o Cindy L. Gardiner 12525, c/o Alan B. RifWilhelm and Eric Patrick Wil- kind. Filed May 28. helm. Filed May 30.

La Esquina, 9-11 Courtland St., Middletown 10941, c/o MauriSole Proprietorships cio Rodas. Filed Nov. 15.

Andy Lewis Carpentry, 59 Jenkinstown Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Andrew Lewis. Filed May 30.

M139 Design Studio, 500 Washington Ave., No. 15J, Kingston 12401, c/o Carlos M. Rodriguez. Filed May 27.

BC Plumbing, Heating and A/C, 224 Old Kings Highway, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o Donald Stack, Mervi, as owner. $23,000 V. Robideau Jr. Filed May 29. as claimed by James Stack, Middletown. Property: in MiddleCaptured Moments By Barb, town. Filed May 30.

14 Bella Vista Drive, Modena 12548, c/o Barbara A. Ziobro.

Stack, Mervi, as owner. Filed May 28. $642,000 as claimed by James Stack, Middletown. Property: in Doggoneit Publishing, 219 Deerpark. Filed May 30.

Third St., Shawangunk 12589, c/o Cheryl McNeil Fisher. Filed May 29.

Peter Mannese Management, 142 Western Ave., Marlboro 12542, c/o Peter P. Mannese.

Filed May 29.

New Businesses

Pop-Up Phoenicia, 38 Main St., Phoenicia 12464, c/o Mindy B. Freedgood. Filed May 30.

Sail Empowerer Enterprise, 465 Goodwill Road, Montgomery 12549, c/o Ophelia Uke. Filed Nov. 15.

Skyhook Management S.P., Elizabeth A. Mundt, 4 Rod- 256 Washington Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Charles Winfield This paper is not responsible for mans Lane, Ulster Park 12487, Patty. Filed May 29. c/o Elizabeth A. Mundt.

Filed typographical errors contained May 28. in the original filings.

Terralumina, 2420 Route 212, Emerald Guard LEMC, 55 Woodstock 12498, c/o Lisa MaTrenton St., Kingston 12401, c/o rie Layman. Filed May 30.

Doing Business As Scot A. McDowell. Filed June 2.

Walkway Café and Catering Elant at Brandywine Inc., Essential Nurse Services, Co., 6 Haviland Road, Highland d.b.a. Briarcliff Manor Center 40 Parish Lane, Lake Katrine 12528, c/o Ann Marie Scaturro. for Rehabilitation and Nurs- 12449, c/o Brian S. Longendyke. Filed May 28. ing Care, 46 Harriman Drive, Filed May 28.

Goshen 10924. Filed Nov. 15.

Whitehead, Deborah C., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $224,720 affecting property located at 18-20 Highland Ave., Middletown 10940. Farber Brothers Inc., d.b.a.

Ophira Café, 9 Esopus Drive, Filed Dec. 23.

Saugerties 12477. Filed May 28.

Williams, David R., et al. Filed

by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $330,740 affecting property located at 4 Roma Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Dec. 26.

Green Empire Management and Associates Inc., d.b.a.

Empty Bottle Saloon, 28-30 W. Main St., Middletown 10940.

Filed Nov. 15.

Farber Brothers Inc., d.b.a.

Ophira Sailing, 9 Esopus Drive, Saugerties 12477. Filed May 28.

Fox Run Antiques, 4 Fairway Drive, Goshen 10924, c/o Sydney Waitt Ouellette. Filed Nov. 15.

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 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 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 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 ENKO’S EUROPEAN 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

LEGAL NOTICES

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

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 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 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 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 C A N DAC E 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 CAJ BEAUTY LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 05/08/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in DE on 02/07/2014.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O the LLC, 65 Court St., Ste. 4, White Plains, NY 10601. Address required to be maintained in DE: 16192 Coastal Hwy, Lewes DE 19958. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59418 Notice of Formation of Makloufi Language Solutions, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secretary of the State of New York (SSNY) on 3/21/14. Offc.

Loc. :Westchester Cty. SSNY designed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC C/O United States Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 “PURPOSE: Any lawful purpose” #59419

Notice of Formation of Parallel Asset Management LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/13/14. Office Location: 81 Main Street, Suite 215, White Plains, NY 10601. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Parallel Asset Management LLC, 81 Main Street, Suite 215, White Plains, NY 10601.Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59420 Notice of Formation of KONOUZ SHOP, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/09/14. 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, PO BOX 165, White Plains, NY 10602.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59421 1517 PARK AVENUE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/16/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 793 Heritage Hills, Somers, NY 10589. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59422 LDS SERVICES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/28/2014. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: William D. Sutherland, 45 High St., Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59423 2101 Webster Ave, LLC Arts of Org filed NY Secy of State SSNY 5/7/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. bus. address & registered agent: c/o Tara P. Sookdeo251 Worthington Rd. White Plains NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59425 1256 Boynton Ave., LLC Arts of Org filed NY Secy of State SSNY 5/7/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. business address & registered agent: c/o Tara P. Sookdeo 251 Worthington Rd. White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59426

1254 Boynton Ave., LLC Arts of Org filed NY Secy of State SSNY 5/7/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. business address & registered agent: c/o Tara P. Sookdeo 251 Worthington Rd. White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59427

Wealth Of Wisdom, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 03/03/14.

Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. SSNYshall mail a copy of any process against it served upon the LLC, to : 168A Irving Ave., Port Chester, NY 10573 Purpose:any lawful activity. #59431 Notice of Formation of Golden Physical Therapy PLLC. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/14/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 18-11 Granada Crescent, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59432 Coeus LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 5/16/14. 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, P.O. Box 690 Rye NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act. #59433 Notice is hereby given that an Application for an On-Premises Liquor License Serial No. 1277260 has been applied for by the undersigned in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 55 Old Route 22, Armonk, N Y 10504, Westchester County;/s/ RESTAURANT ZERO OTTO NOVE III LLC #59434 JJCFFLP 1221 MAMARONECK LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/22/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Mintz & Gold LLP, 470 Park Ave. S., 10th Flr. N., NY, NY 10016.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59435 GM PERSONAL, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Reg Agent: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59436 GM6 CONSTRUCTION, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Reg Agent: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59437

GM6 RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Reg Agent: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59438 GM6 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Reg Agent: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59439 Notice of Formation of Life.

Beautiful Event Planning, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/11/13. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 65 Burnside Drive, Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59440 Notice of Formation of JIM MCELDERRY SOCCER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/9/14. 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, 128 Weed Hill Ave., Stamford, CT 06907.

Purpose: all lawful activities. #59441 Notice of Formation of Jabb Hooks Publishing, L.L.C. Articles of Organization filed with the Department of State of NY on 05/16/14. Office location: Westchester County.

Secretary of State (ìSSNYî) is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5 Woods End Ln, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful act. #59442 NIKOLLE RADI LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/15/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Forgione Law Firm PLLC, 395 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59443

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Notice of formation of Simply Amazing Affairs, LLC. Filed with the secy. of state of NY (SSNY) on 04/11/14. Office Location: 3 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805 SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 3 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805 #1C. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59444 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE G. HAROLD & LEILA Y. MATHERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION for the calendar year ended December 31, 2013 is available at its principal office located at 118 North Bedford Road, Suite 203, Mount Kisco, NY 10549, for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is DONALD E. HANDELMAN. #59445

Name: Nne Holistic Services, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/06/2014. 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, 1 Prospect Avenue, 2nd Floor ñ Suite 1, White Plains, NY 10607, Attn: Nneoma Onukwue principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59446 Notice of Formation of Jus’ Sayin’ Productions, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/09/14. 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, 359 B Central Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59447

Notice of Formation of Group L Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/23/13. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 200 Upper Shad Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59448 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: Gouverneur Place Apartments LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on May 27, 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 Gouverneur Place Apartments LLC, 8 Bashford Street, Yonkers, New York 10701. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59449

EVIE’S PLAYLAND LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/03/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 57 Irving Pl. #4, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59450 Notice of formation of 31-33 RIVERVIEW LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/29/14. 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 the LLC, 61 Milford Dr Central Islip, NY 11722. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59451 Notice of formation of CITYSAVVY LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/04/14. 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 the LLC, 300 Pelham Rd New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59452

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Notice of Formation of Ocean Paddle Sports East, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/18/14. 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, 36 Paddock LA, Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59453 Notice of Formation of SGP REAL ESTATE LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/27/2014.

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 c/o UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59454 SPARKY NEVINS PRESIDENT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/03/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Francois Barthelemy , 63 Brevoort Lane, Rye, NY 10580. Reg. Agent: Francois Barthelemy, 63 Brevoort Lane, Rye, NY 10580.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59455

Notice of Appointment of Receiver Complete Mailing Lists LLC Political Fundraising Lists, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PAUL J. NOTO has been appointed Receiver of COMPLETE MAILING LISTS, LLC and POLITICAL FUNDRAISING LISTS, LLC (the “Companies”) pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Alan D. Scheinkman, Justice of the Supreme Court dated May 30, 2014.

1. All creditors and persons indebted to the Companies shall render an account of all debts owing by them to the Companies and shall pay the same to the Receiver at the offices of Paul J. Noto located at 650 Halstead Avenue, Suite 105, Mamaroneck, New York on or before July 1, 2014.

2. All persons having in their possession any property of the Companies shall deliver same to the Receiver at the offices of Paul J. Noto located at 650 Halstead Avenue, Suite 105, Mamaroneck, New York 10543 on or before July 1, 2014.

3. All creditors and claimants including any with unliquidated or contingent claims and any with whom the Companies have unfulfilled contracts, shall present their claims to the receiver in writing and in detail to the offices of Paul J. Noto located at 650 Halstead Avenue, Suite 105, Mamaroneck, New York on or before January 5, 2015.

PAUL J. NOTO, RECEIVER 650 HALSTEAD AVENUE – STE.105 MAMARONECK, NY 10543 Ad # 59456

FACES& PLACES Networking night

The Westchester County Association’s Young Professionals group hosted its May quarterly networking reception at Life is the Place to Be, in Ardsley. Hosted by People’s United Bank, the party brought together more than 150 professionals of all ages for festive food and drinks, conversation and new business relationships.

1. Terry Duffy, Bank of America and Paul LeBlanc, Thrifty Measures 2. Stephanie Gowan, Anthony Demetracopoulos, Hudson Doctors; Sylvia Spitalnick; and Tim McGowan, Hudson Doctors 3. Joseph Jessup, JCJCO; Mark Mitchell, Mitchell West Marketing; and Matthew Messer, Sunrise Solar 4. David Cooper, Zarin Steinmetz; Craig Levine, D’Arcangelo & Co. L.L.P.; and Mary Irish, Putnam County Savings Bank 5. Lou Nemnom, VNS Westchester, and Brian Murphy, People’s United Bank 6. Joseph Kelleher, Simone Metro Properties; Timothy Hall, Mercy College; and William Mooney, WCA 7. Denise Lucas and Allison Cohen, Deloitte 8. Ellen Rose, Sternbach & Rose; Andrew Frank, Shelter Rock; and Maureen Jacobsen, MJC Business Advisors L.L.C. 9. Everett Patterson, MVP Healthcare; Daniel Gruner and Robert Ranieri, Rose & Kiernan 10. Leslie Ransome, JP Morgan Chase, and Marissa Brett, WCA

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