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A six-story building has been proposed for the Four Corners area of Hartsdale.

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First Four Corners project 6-STORY BUILDING PROPOSED FOR HARTSDALE WITH 50 UNITS

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HELPING THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY

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PLAYLAND LAWSUIT

DMV SEEKS MOVE, WHITE PLAINS MALL TO 3 BARKER AVE.

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hile the town of Greenburgh continues to work on the fundamentals involved in paving the way for revitalization of the area surrounding the Four Corners intersection, where Hartsdale Avenue crosses Central Avenue, a redevelopment proposal for a parcel about a block east of the actual intersection has been presented to the Town

Board. Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner characterized it as the first major Four Corners redevelopment proposal.

It would be a six-story building with 50 residential units. There would be 33 one-bedroom units and 17 two-bedroom units. The building would contain 48,000 square feet.

The property for the proposed development consists of two lots. One of them, at the corner of East Hartsdale Avenue and Wilson Street, formerly

was a gas station and now is the site of Casarella’s Auto Service. The second part of the property, fronting on Wilson St., has two residences.

The Greenburgh Department of Community Development and Conservation has prepared a draft study of the Four Corners area, intended to establish the basics for what it characterizes as a “community-driven and collaborative concept for neighborhood scaled mixed-use redevelop» » HARTSDALE

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BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT of Motor Vehicles wants to move its offices from the White Plains Mall on Hamilton Avenue to a nearby office building on Barker Avenue.

The mall is slated to be torn down and replaced with the Hamilton Green mixed-use development.

The DMV has been a prime tenant at the mall, which was built in 1974.

The Hamilton Green project by WP Mall Realty in

four buildings with a total of 860 apartments, more than 85,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, 27,000 square feet devoted to coworking space, about 1,000 parking spaces and a public park.

The cost of the project is estimated at just over $585 million.

The future of the DMV office has been a subject of speculation since the plan for the mall’s redevelopment was announced about two years ago. Although a lease had not been signed » » DMV

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In Court Ex-employees of AMA Labs in Rockland County plead guilty to rigging tests

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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wo former employees of AMA Laboratories Inc. have pleaded guilty to rigging results at the Rockland County consumer products testing business.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman charged David Winne, the former lab technical director, and Mayya Tatsene, a supervisor, with conspiracy and wire fraud.

They ran human clinical trials with fewer panelists than specified by the lab’s clients, according to the criminal complaint, and then made false and misleading statements about test results in reports to the clients.

The New City lab, founded in 1982 by Gabriel J. Letizia, the sole shareholder, tests products such as sunscreens and cosmetics for safety and effectiveness.

Winne, of Cold Spring, was hired in 1987 and left the company in May 2017, about six weeks after FBI agents and the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office raided AMA offices and labs and

seized records. A second search and seizure was done the following month.

Winne, according to the criminal complaint, participated in the scheme throughout his tenure at the lab and Tatsene allegedly participated from 2005 to 2017. Both conspired, according to the government, with “others known and unknown.”

AMA sued Winne, Tatsene and three other employees in Westchester Supreme Court in 2017, accusing them of essentially

the same scheme. Winne managed the lab and supervised Tatsene, a Rockland resident. She supervised the repeat insult patch test, according to the complaint, in which paid volunteers were exposed to clients’ consumer products.

AMA accused them of defrauding the company by using fewer test subjects than required and then pocketing compensation that was meant for the fictitious panelists.

Winne said Tatsene did submit documents showing more

panelists than the number actually used, in his answer to the complaint. But he said Letizia, the owner, “was fully aware of this practice since this was how he conducted the business of AMA for many years.”

He claimed that Letizia “arrogated for himself” the money that was falsely allocated to nonexistent panelists, and that AMA’s clients, not the company, were the victims.

Tatsene blamed Winne and three co-workers for the irregularities, in her response to AMA’s lawsuit.

The lawsuit is pending.

Winne was arraigned in the criminal case May 23 and released on a $200,000 appearance bond.

He is represented by Jeffrey A. Udell of Manhattan.

Tatsene was arraigned May 29 and released on a $100,000 personal recognizance bond.

She is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 5 by U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti. She is represented by David I. Goldstein of Chestnut Ridge.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Coffman is prosecuting the case.

Retired Goshen accountant demands insurer defend $100M malpractice case

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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retired Orange County accountant is demanding that an insurance company defend him in a $100 million malpractice and fraud case.

Irwin Kossoff and Kossoff & Kossoff LLP sued Chicago-based Continental Casualty Co. on May 21 in federal court in White Plains.

Continental Casualty’s refusal to defend them, the complaint states, is requiring Kossoff to “expend legal fees which he otherwise needs for his retirement.”

Kossoff, 80, closed his firm in Goshen in 2017. Now he lives in Boynton Beach, Florida.

The underlying legal dispute concerns TS Employment Inc., a

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Manhattan temporary staffing business for which Kossoff provided accounting services. TS Employment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2015.

Last year, U.S. Trustee James S. Feltman sued Kossoff and the firm for $100 million in the TS Employment bankruptcy proceeding for allegedly misreporting payroll taxes. He accused them of accounting malpractice and fraud.

The trustee argues that Kossoff was an insider who exercised exclusive control over TS Employment’s financial reporting and internal accounting. Kossoff’s attorneys dispute the characterization. A bankruptcy court judge dismissed the complaint but allowed the trustee to file a new pleading.

The amended complaint was

filed in March.

Kossoff claims that Continental Casualty is required to defend him under a professional liability insurance policy, as it did previously in a 2016 California lawsuit. That case, accusing the firm of conspiring to misappropriate payroll tax funds, was dismissed.

The trustee’s bankruptcy case and the California case are interrelated, Kossoff’s attorneys argue.

Continental disagrees, according to the complaint, and has refused to defend Kossoff.

“Interrelated” generally means that after insurance coverage expires, a new claim that shares the same facts or circumstances as a previously covered claim can be considered part of the original claim.

Both cases allege that Kossoff

and his firm provided accounting services to TS Employment, knew that payroll tax funds were being diverted, failed to disclose misappropriation of funds and actively conspired in the scheme.

Kossoff’s attorneys argue the trustee’s lawsuit and the California case are connected by alleged facts, circumstances, situations, transactions, events, advice and decisions.

Kossoff is asking the court to declare that the lawsuits are interrelated and that Continental must defend Kossoff and cover the legal expenses.

Continental Casualty spokesman Brandon Davis said the company “does not comment on matters involving litigation.”

Kossoff is represented by Storch Amini PC of Manhattan.

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The Rockwell announces CVS as first retail tenant

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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VS Pharmacy plans to relocate its current store at 625 North Ave. in New Rochelle to The Rockwell, a building under construction at 583 North Ave. and due to open in the second quarter of next year.

The real estate development company YoungCraft announced that CVS has signed a multiyear lease for 13,200 square feet. Plans call for The Rockwell to have about 22,000 square feet of ground-floor space devoted to retail uses in the five-story building.

“We worked closely with the CVS team to create an easily accessible, drive-thru

Rendering of The Rockwell.

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TWB RPW Group John Weisz pharmacy on-site truck loading and 7.375” wwindow, x 7.125” h ample parking within steps of the front 1-11-19, 2pm entrance,” said Robert Young, a partner of YoungCraft. The “Craft” in YoungCraft refers to partner Phil Craft. The company has properties in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida.

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Plans call for the building to include 20 studio apartments along with 59 one-bedroom, 28 two-bedroom and seven three-bedroom units. Eleven of those apartments are to be designated as affordable housing. Amenities include a 4,000-squarefoot landscaped rooftop terrace, community lounge and fitness center. There will be parking for 207 cars.

The New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency approved sales tax exemptions of $1.2 million for the project along with a mortgage recording tax abatement of $395,000. There also is a payment in lieu of taxes package covering the residential and commercial aspects of the building that is estimated will produce $4.7 million in property tax savings over 20 years.

Built on Integrity and Exceptional Customer Service

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he owners of the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers are looking for a positive outcome in the wake of the anticipated closing of the Sears store there. Sears has been a fixture in the shopping center since the late 1980s, but announced on June 5 that the store would be closing this summer.

The company has been closing stores and selling off real estate. Sears Holdings Corp. also owns Kmart. Late last year, Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court in White Plains. It announced the planned closing of more than 140 stores but Yonkers was not among them.

“While we were surprised to hear news about our particular location closing, Sears has been in the news about closures for a while now,” said James Stifel and Craig Deitelzweig of EVPs Brooks Shopping Centers, LLC, owners of the Cross County Shopping Center. “Retail demand is strong here and their departure will create an opportunity to re-lease that same space to a concept that will continue to drive traffic, more shopper interest, and more sales.”

A spokesman for Sears Holdings Corp. in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, told the Business Journal, “As we continue to evaluate our store network and invest in our best stores, the Sears store in Yonkers at Cross Country Shopping Center did not meet our go-forward criteria. The store will close in late July 2019 and the store liquidation sale will start around June 6. We invite our members and customers to visit our other Sears locations in the Tri-state area and shop sears.com. The number of impacted associates (employees) is not publicly available. The White Plains store is not impacted.”

New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson said “CVS’ continued presence on North Avenue as an anchor tenant of The Rockwell is good news for the area and for New Rochelle’s overall development plans.”

The Rockwell is named in honor of artist Norman Rockwell who lived in Westchester from 1912 to 1939 in New Rochelle and Mamaroneck. The 114-unit apartment building is expected to cost $60 million and will encompass about 160,000 square feet. Ground was broken for the project on Oct. 3, 2018.

CVS has more than 9,800 locations nationwide. The Rockwell location is expected to offer expanded beauty sections and an enhanced assortment of health and wellness products, including food items.

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Only in America Villar: From Cuba to the U.S. with just the clothes on her back EL CENTRO HISPANO FOUNDER HELPING WESTCHESTER’S HISPANIC COMMUNITY

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e need for that business community that is out there to get to know us,” Isabel Villar, founding executive director of White Plains-based nonprofit El Centro Hispano, told the Business Journal.

That may sound surprising when considering that the organization was founded 45 years ago and has made no secret of the services it provides to Westchester’s Hispanic community from its base at Chapel Hall of The Church of St. Bernard at 346 S. Lexington Ave. in White Plains. Villar was concerned that some of what the organization offers does not always appear on the radar.

She said that after the organization was founded in 1974, “We began developing contacts with the business community in White Plains and Westchester County, local businesses. I went around and said, ‘we are here.’ ” Villar was inviting business owners to let her know if they had employment opportunities for El Centro’s clients. Those early efforts morphed into a regular employment listing service where local businesses are invited to advertise job openings. In 2018, El Centro made 4,404 job referrals of candidates for jobs in White Plains and nearby communities.

Matching members of the Hispanic community with employment opportunities is just one of the activities springing from El Centro’s mission of strengthening local Hispanic families through outreach, counseling, education and advocacy programs. In addition to employment, El Centro’s programs encompass health,

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El Centro Hispano staff, from left: Jennifer Abrew; Claudia Malaga; Isabel E. Villar; H. Judith Aucar; Daisy Flores; Gisselle Roble; and Chelsea Mosquera. Photo by Peter Katz.

People come to El Centro, in large part, to be able to get the proper tools to be able to get a better job and to go on living in this country — Isabel Villar

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housing, immigration matters, language and culture.

“When we opened 45 years ago, we did a needs assessment in the community,” Villar said. “At that time there were only 3,000 Hispanics in White Plains. The main needs were affordable housing and jobs. Entry-level jobs were very important and they still are.” The 2010 U.S. Census said the Hispanic population in White Plains stood at 17,000.

Villar is a political refugee who came to the U.S. from Cuba in 1966 and sought out an uncle who lived in White Plains. “I came from Cuba with just the clothes on my back and quickly found that as an immigrant, unless you have an education in this country, it is very difficult to move forward. That’s the message that I am constantly telling our community.”

People come to El Centro,

in large part, “to be able to get the proper tools to be able to get a better job and to go on living in this country,” Villar said.

In 2018, El Centro served 5,159 individuals, 2,100 of them being new to the organization. It provided 5,570 housing referrals. Other assistance included translating and notarizing documents, assisting with job and school applications and putting clients in touch with lawyers, doctors and social service agencies.

“We have an immigration program here. We have an attorney who comes in Fridays to serve the people and the demand for that has increased because of everything that is happening,” Villar said. “People are concerned with how we are going to be able to resolve this immigration situation.”

Villar recalled that two years ago El Centro staged a

community forum on immigration in the church’s gym that attracted 502 people.

“The White Plains mayor was here, the police department was here and we had five different attorneys here giving information to the people.

And to have all the people come down because everybody was concerned, and to be able to do it, is what El Centro Hispano is all about,” Villar said.

A major undertaking has been the English as a second language programs in conjunction with BOCES. “We have classes not only weekdays at night but Saturday night and Sunday morning,” Villar said.

She expressed pride in the technology center that has been in operation for 11 years. Beginning, intermediate and advanced courses are offered in computer hardware technology as well as specific software pro-

grams. “We have lots of testimonials from people who were working in a place and when they developed the computer skills were able to find better jobs,” she said.

In 1980, El Centro established a scholarship program that provides aid to high school graduates as well as students already in college.

The 2019 awards were designated for 20 graduating high school students and 17 students already in college and totaled $52,000. The scholarship program has awarded $476,000 since its inception.

When asked for an example of what she thinks about most when reflecting on her years at El Centro Hispano, Villar provided an anecdote illustrating how things have come full circle for her. “In 2008, we decided to build the technology center and we needed an architect,” she said.

Someone remembered that the student who received El Centro’s first scholarship in 1980 went on to become an architect. He was approached and agreed to work on the project. “When it was time for his estimate, he looked at me and said, ‘how do you think I’m going to charge you when you were the first one to give me hope with the scholarship that I received from Centro Hispano?’ Those are the things that really make me think, not the trophies or awards you get,” Villar said.

On Oct. 26, El Centro Hispano will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a black-tie gala at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains.

Sixteen individuals, businesses and organizations will be honored for their support of El Centro. For information, tickets or to become a sponsor, contact Claudia Malaga at 914-289-0500 or visit elcentrohispano.org.

ATTENTION STATE DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES With great political power comes great responsibility and great opportunity. Only you can help balance the rental housing crisis in Westchester County through reasonable and equitable reform of the state’s rent laws.

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No income verification to show need for rent protection under Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA).

Tenants earning up to $200,000 a year are protected.

Tenants serving on the County Rent Guidelines Board can vote on their rent increases. Building owners cannot serve and have no vote.

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Tenants have a perpetual claim to their apartment based on family succession rights.

Special Tenant Protection Unit created over and above many protections by state HCR agency.

Section 8 and other income assistance to the tenants becomes a permanent part of their lease.

Senior citizens and disabled exempt from rent increases.

Overwhelming pro-tenant policies result in endless judicial orders against building owners. Huge waste of time and money.

We appeal to long‑standing Democratic principles and tradition of INCLUSION, not exclusion; of WISDOM and FAIRNESS in public policy and not succumbing to bias and the heat of the moment; of being MINDFUL of the concerns of the Minority, and building owners definitely are a minority.

State housing policy should be just that—a comprehensive view of ALL the stakeholders involved in housing that takes into consideration the range of conditions and circumstances that make Westchester County—and other counties throughout the state—unique both in housing characteristics and affordable housing need.

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ment.” The founders of the Hartsdale-based real estate consulting firm Inspired Places LLC, Patrice Ingrassia and Christine Broda, last April presented to the Town Board a revitalization study they created, which had the backing of the Hartsdale Neighbors Association. Major issues outlined in the studies included a need to revise restrictive zoning, inadequate parking, flooding caused by storm water, a lack of unity in design and unsafe pedestrian conditions.

Those issues were on the table at the Town Board’s May 14 work session when Paul Dedrukaj, the Wilson Street property owner, and architect Max Parangi, whose office is on Knollwood Road, only a few miles from the Four Corners, made their presentation. “We basically hope that our concept project will fit right in with the development and the ideas that are being pushed forward with development of the Four Corners,” Parangi said.

In addition to the residences, the building would have two 500- to 600-squarefoot professional office spaces. There would be 73 parking spaces in what likely would be a two-level underground garage.

Parangi emphasized that his design includes all needed parking on the site and the project won’t put any stress on the town in terms of street parking. The building would have a green roof with amenities for residents.

Dedrukaj told the board members that they do not have to be concerned about pollution on the site from its time as a gas station. “The tanks were removed and environmental Phase 1 and Phase 2 were completed. There was no leakage and no

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contamination,” he said.

Parangi said his design concept calls for it to be a green building and LEED certified at least to the silver level. To attain LEED silver certification, a project must earn 50 to 59 points when measured against the latest LEED certification checklist published by the U.S. Green Building Council.

“A green building is a relatively novel concept at least in Hartsdale so we are putting forward our best foot here,” he said.

He said the building will have solar panels to generate some of the electricity which it will use and has been terraced to enhance the building’s visual impact and minimize the shadows it would produce.

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as of mid-May, attorney William S. Null of the law firm Cuddy & Feder told White Plains Mayor Tom Roach and members of the city’s Common Council in a letter that the DMV has agreed to the terms of a lease for space at 3 Barker Ave. The owner of the office building, 3 Barker Avenue LLC, has asked the city to approve a Government Use Permit that is needed in order for the DMV to conduct business in the office building.

Plans for the new DMV space have been prepared by Warshauer Mellusi Warshauer Architects PC of Elmsford. The plans indicate there would be a first-floor waiting area where people will sign-in. They would then go up to the second floor where they will find service windows and other areas where they can get licenses, file vehicle registrations and complete other tasks. The plans call for space on the third floor for testing rooms, offices and employee lounges.

The Barker Avenue location is very close to the existing DMV office at the White Plains Mall, the Metro-North rail station and the bus station.

“The location proposed for the DMV is a desirable one to keep this governmental use

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The view from East Hartsdale Avenue of the site of the proposed six-story, 50-unit building. Photo by Peter Katz.

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A rendering of the Hamilton Green project. Inset: 3 Barker Ave.

Feiner said the developer could help the community by expanding the building’s parking garage to include public parking spaces. He suggested that the developers contact the Hartsdale Public Parking District to discuss the possibilities of adding a floor of public parking. The parking district was created by the state legislature in 1952 to provide commuter parking for residents of the unincorporated Town of Greenburgh and to provide metered on-street parking. It owns and operates two multi-level garages and four parking lots and is independent of the town.

“We have to show people that this Four Corners development is a win-win for every-

body,” Feiner said. “We’re going to make East Hartsdale Avenue better and Four Corners better than it is now, so we’re trying to address traffic, we’re trying to address parking, we’re trying to address storm water,” he said.

Community Development and Conservation Commissioner Garrett Duquesne said the developer’s timetable for moving the proposal forward needs to include public outreach to explain the proposal, meeting with the parking district and others concerned with Four Corners redevelopment, holding a presubmission conference with the Planning Board and then submitting a formal application.

in a convenient and accessible location for nearby residents and customers,” Null said.

Null stated that 3 Barker Ave. shares a parking structure with the adjacent building, 5 Barker Ave. Together they offer 246 parking spaces, 197 in the garage and the rest at grade level. Null said that the effects on the land-use pattern, natural environment, noise, traffic congestion and public services should be no different as a result of the move than they have been from DMV operations at the mall. He also said that the expected impacts on surrounding landowners should not be any different than they are currently experiencing from the operation of the DMV in the White Plains Mall.

Null characterized the 3 Barker Ave. location as “an optimum place for the relocation of the DMV, which had been an important focus of the city of White Plains since the current location in the downtown is convenient to pedestrians and those using mass transit.”

The Common Council has asked for comments from the city’s Traffic Division, Transportation Commission, Parking Department, Planning Board and Department of Public Works. It has scheduled a public hearing on the matter for July 1.

Riverkeeper sues Mount Vernon scrap dealer for allegedly polluting Hutchinson River Riverkeeper’s samples because he does not know exactly how or where they were collected. If benchmarks were exceeded, he said, the company will consider ways to mitigate the problem.

Riverkeeper brought the complaint under a provision of the Clean Water Act that allows citizens to file civil enforcement actions.

Violators can be penalized from $37,500 to $53,484 a day per violation. If Bass were fined the maximum amount for one violation, it could theoretically face an assessment of $95.6 million. That outcome, according to Casowitz, is unlikely.

Riverkeeper wants a federal judge to declare Bass in violation of the Clean Water Act and order the company to comply with the regulations and pay civil penalties.

Riverkeeper is represented by attorney Mike DiGiulio of Manhattan.

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iverkeeper Inc. is asking a court to order a Mount Vernon scrap metal company to stop discharging pollutants into the Hutchinson River.

Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization based in Ossining, sued J. Bass & Son Inc. on May 23 in federal district court in White Plains, claiming it has violated pollution regulations.

J. Bass & Son submitted false reports about storm water discharges from 2010 to the present, according to the complaint, failed to do routine site inspections and failed to use management practices required by law.

Bass’ attorney, Paul D. Casowitz, disputed the allegations.

“They have a long record of no environmental compliance issues,” he said, “and they are very proud of this.”

Bass has operated a demolition, carting and scrap metal business since 1922. Its facility on Carleton Avenue is in a heavily industrialized area of Mount Vernon.

Every time it rains, according to Riverkeeper, hundreds of millions of gallons of polluted storm water pours into the Hutchinson River, Long Island Sound, New York Harbor and other regional waterways, impairing fish habitats and recreation activities.

Bass has permits from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that require it to monitor and mitigate pollution from three storm water discharge points.

The problem at the Bass scrap metal yard, as Riverkeeper depicts it, is that rain falls onto greasy, oily machinery and washes away pollutants that end up in the river.

The organization claims it collected samples of discharged storm water that contained excessive amounts of aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead and zinc.

Bass routinely submitted quarterly and annual reports stating that no storm water had been discharged from the three, permitted locations, according to Riverkeeper.

It also claims that the company failed to get permits for three more locations where storm water drains toward the river.

Casowitz said no discharges were reported because surface water flows back onto the site and seeps into the ground. The locations with no permits include a low-lying area and a rooftop where the company believes no pollution leaves the site. Those locations will be investigated, he said, and if problems are detected corrective action will be taken.

The third location without a permit refers to a place where an employee pumped water out to the street. It was a one-time mistake, Casowitz said, and the employee has been instructed on proper procedures.

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No expansion for airport as Westchester looks to update master plan

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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estchester County’s Department of Planning has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to supplement the Westchester County Airport master plan and associated environmental impact study. The administration of former County Executive Rob Astorino had contracted with consultants to devise an airport master plan well before successor George Latimer took office on Jan. 1, 2018. Astorino announced shortly before leaving office that a $1.1 billion deal had been struck for a private operator, Macquarie Infrastructure Corp., to take over the airport.

The deal did not move forward under the Latimer administration and, although the Latimer administration was critical of the content and process used in the preparation of the revised airport master plan, it submitted the plan to the FAA with an admonition that there would be a supplement coming.

In announcing the beginning of the update process, Latimer said, “When we submitted the master plan last summer to the FAA we did so knowing the plan needed to have a supplement. I’m pleased today that we heard from the public on a variety of issues and are now moving forward with a RFP to create a supplement. The airport is an important part of our county, and while I have no intention of expanding it, we must have a plan to move forward to help business and protect the environment.”

John Ravitz, executive vice president of The Business Council of Westchester (BCW) and founder of the BCW Coalition for Westchester Airport, expressed a hope that preparing the supplement does not delay actual work on airport improvements. “A great deal of work has already been done in terms of addressing many of the issues that the county executive wants to see studied, particularly with regard to environmental concerns and community transparency.

Extensive data gathered for previous proposals submitted to the county has already been thoroughly reviewed and vetted in a bipartisan manner by members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators and should be utilized in any additional reviews. Gathering supplemental information can be useful, but it is our hope that this does not cause further delays than necessary,” Ravitz said.

Bridget Gibbons, the county’s director of economic development, told the Business Journal, “It’s the third-busiest business aviation airport in the country.”

The airport is located on 697 acres, has 20 aircraft hangars, is the base for 188 single-engine and light twin-engine aircraft and 94 corporate jets. A 2012 study attributed $735 million in annual economic activity to

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Google Maps’ view of the Westchester County Airport.

The terminal as seen from the aircraft operations side at Westchester County Airport. Photo by Peter Katz.

the airport. There are 1,485 full-time and 440 part-time employees who work at the airport, according to Gibbons, who said the airport is a mid-sized business creating its own economic activity in addition to the economic impact it brings to other businesses.

“Many companies that are considering locating to Westchester County will check our airport first before they even call the Office of Economic Development,” Gibbons

said. “They want to know that’s a place where their executives can come and go and cover the world or wherever their business covers.

It’s a very attractive business-attraction tool and business-retention tool from an economic development standpoint.”

She also noted that for nonbusiness users, the airport usually offers a less stressful experience than travelers find at LaGuardia or Kennedy airports. “You can get to the airport

without too much stress. You can park your car quickly and easily walk through the airport and go to the gate. It’s wonderful if you have children or elderly folks. It’s tremendously convenient and really just much less stress and much less difficult than the other large airports in our area,” she said.

The RFP seeks the services of a professional consulting firm or team of firms with extensive experience in airport planning, economics and New York state and federal environmental regulations. Among the tasks are: evaluating the airport as a unique resource and economic generator; developing and evaluating alternatives to improve operational safety and efficiency, including facility modifications and modernizations and continuing to improve environmental performance such as storm water issues and handling of deicing fluid.

In addition to identifying specific tasks that need doing, the master plan update is expected to create a vision of what the airport is supposed to be for the foreseeable future. “It’s a critical part of the business that happens in Westchester,” Gibbons said. “We don’t have the ability to expand. It needs to be renovated.”

Letter to the Editor College admissions scandal is more than just a crisis of confidence

BY JEAN CLOSE

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raduating high school seniors will soon begin preparing for the next chapter of their lives as incoming members of the college class of 2023. They enter a higher education system that has been shaken to its core.

Like peeling the layers of an onion, Los Angeles federal prosecutors in May announced criminal charges against a new set of parents for college admissions fraud. This is in addition to the 33 parents who were charged in March for participating in a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme run by a southern California-based consultant.

The origins of this ethical dilemma in college admissions have been evident for some time.

They just weren’t apparent to everyone. For colleges and universities, this is more than just a crisis of confidence. It’s a case for managing risk.

According to Moody’s, at least 25 percent of private colleges are running deficits. Even in a good economy, public college expenses generally outpace tuition revenue. To make matters worse, demographics are beginning to work against traditional colleges and universities.

The pool of 18-year-olds in the Northeast continues to decline. Education Drive reports that 20 nonprofit public and private colleges closed from 2016-17 to 2017-18.

For many institutions this is an unsustainable business model as they struggle to bring in enough revenue from a mix of tuition, government funding, endowment returns and donations. Reduced revenues give rise to staff consolidations and reductions. Less training happens. Less process is followed. Less oversight occurs. Yet, the pressure to raise money and fulfill enrollment quotas remains. This is where the crisis of confidence begins and risk escalates.

As evidenced by the scandal, well-endowed private schools are not immune from having compromised admissions standards.

Their involvement perpetuates a related ethical dilemma: that elite colleges favor the elite.

A USA Today/Suffolk University poll found that by more than 3 to 1, those surveyed say college admissions favor the wealthy and connected in an unfair way. Less than 1 in 5 Americans say the admissions process is generally fair.

Colleges and universities have been known to give preference to legacy students. It is difficult for an institution to say no to a seven-figure gift, even if it is tied to the unspoken promise of an education for the offspring of the philanthropist. Colleges and universities have become a target of public disillusionment over decisions made with finances in mind.

Should we accept this denigrated image of higher education? Most colleges and universities would say that their admission policies are fair, and that their approval processes are strictly adhered to. Now that the lurid details of the current admissions scandal have made it to grocery aisle tabloids a skeptical public says otherwise.

To establish greater integrity in higher education admissions, institutions must recommit to

managing risk in four keys areas: better process; adherence to training; heightened oversight and accountability; and enhanced transparency.

BETTER PROCESS

Conducting an independent audit of admissions policies and procedures that includes staff interviews can help identify opportunities to improve processes and locate any gaps. Having a documented third-party review is something credible that you can point to when prospective students, parents, the community and your board ask questions about your admission processes. Not only will this provide peace of mind, this is a good way to mitigate risk.

ADHERENCE TO TRAINING

A recurring exercise to review the training curriculum can assure that staff development tools are the most up to date. It is also important to review the training and continu-

ing education credentials of staff, including new hires. Sometimes, between new hires, staff transfers and staffing reductions, training cycles are missed by critical employees. Also, are requirements for ethics training in place?

Some institutions are moving to annual ethics certification for all employees.

HEIGHTENED OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Decision-makers in the admissions and fund development offices should be required to complete conflict of interest statements. Every higher education institution should have a whistle-blower policy. Some institutions even have a hotline that encourages internal feedback.

ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY

Institutions should be completely up-front about their efforts to reduce exposure to fraud in their admissions processes. Given the notoriety

of the scandals and the high-profile nature of the institutions involved, having responsible and ethical admissions practices is expected behavior.

This activity should be documented on school websites, annual reports, board presentations, brochures and other marketing materials.

Colleges and universities should see this as an opportunity to be proactive, evaluate their risk and put the right controls in place so they can say, “This is what we do to maintain integrity in our admissions process.” That way, they’ll be able to answer the most important question before it is asked.

Jean Close is a partner in The Bonadio Group’s Healthcare/Tax Exempt Division, specializing in providing financial audit, benchmarking, finance and risk management consulting services to higher education institutions. She can be reached at 585-249-2815.

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Ask Andi Effective sales meetings must generate results HAD THE SALES MEETING, GREAT IDEAS, THEN . . . MAYBE NOT SO MUCH IN TERMS OF REAL, MEASURABLE RESULTS. ACCOUNTABILITY IS IMPORTANT. THINK OUR SALES MEETINGS MAY BE TOO BIG PICTURE. HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE’RE GOING IS VALID, BUT OUR IMMEDIATE NEED IS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: “WHERE’S THE FRUIT?” THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Increase the productivity of your sales meetings by using them for what meetings are best at: sharing information with a group of people. Develop an agenda that includes brief updates from everyone on what’s going on. Focus on ways to improve individual sales skills. Get outside experts to come in and present with interactive exercises. Keep in mind that salespeople in general are used to action.

In your sales meetings, stop talking at people and

instead use the time to get everyone to participate.

You can do that by requiring attendees to come prepared to share information and insights. You can put on interactive training sessions. You can ask people to role-play situations they’ve recently experienced. Make it clear that one of the main purposes of the meeting is skill development and that skill development comes from active participation in the exercises and learning opportunities that are presented to the group.

Ask salespeople to share war stories — successes and failures. Use the stories as learning opportunities for everyone in the room. Make sure that you rotate among participants, getting every salesperson to present. Don’t let anyone hide or dominate.

Use role-play to get hands-on experience in a safe setting. Ask participants to script out and then act out both good and bad sales calls. As they present, ask the rest of the group to make suggestions on things to do that could lead to better outcomes in similar situations.

Encourage group discussion and wrap up with a set of conclusions. Write out those conclusions and share the write-up with the group after the meeting.

At the end of each meeting, ask each person to write

down one takeaway and to describe how they will take action to build on that takeaway. At next week’s meeting, ask people to talk about how things worked out with their individual takeaways.

Make it clear you expect full participation, in meaningful sound bites that are limited to a minute or two in length.

Trainers can be especially valuable. Look for people who come highly referred as successful sales trainers. Bring them in to interact with the group on a specific topic. Watch how things go. Consider bringing them back for more sessions if the salespeople are highly engaged and able to produce results based on what they learned.

Salespeople are used to being up and moving. For some people it’s

a physical need, for others it’s a habit that’s been built over time. Successful salespeople are good at connecting with others and do it almost instinctively. For some it’s a drive that has to be satisfied for them to feel successful.

Keep in mind they’re also driven to compete. Give them the opportunity to connect with each other in sales meetings.

Take a balanced approach to competition by having multiple ways to recognize success, honoring several different people for things well done. Wrap up meetings with specific goals that individuals set to implement within the upcoming weeks or months.

Track and report on results.

Make it clear that the group is responsible for everyone’s success and that the company

wins or loses as a whole.

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Thirty startups planned for Hudson Valley in 18 months

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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ccel7, a White Plainsbased startup accelerator, plans to help entrepreneurs in the Hudson Valley launch up to 30 new businesses in the next 18 months, according to Danny Potocki, the accelerator’s managing director. Potocki told the Business Journal that Accel7’s first group of five startups is completing a three-month program and the accelerator is accepting applications from entrepreneurs who would like to join the next group, which would begin receiving services in September.

Accel7 is headquartered at the KOI coworking space at 169 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains with a second office in Rhinebeck at the CO. coworking space at 6571 Spring Brook Ave. In addition to Potocki, Accel7’s

leadership includes John W. Higgins and Johnny LeHane.

The “Accel” in the nonprofit’s name refers to “accelerator” and the numeral 7 stands for the seven counties in the Hudson Valley the organization was established to serve.

“We’re partly funded by Empire State Development so we have a real focus and mission in helping our local communities build these startups,” Potocki said. He explained that the early stage companies on which they’re focusing each involve two to five entrepreneurs who are “not only working on an idea, they’re working on an early concept, an early product.

They’re building their first everything, their first strategy, their first business model, their first team, their first technology, their first client and partner.”

Potocki said Accel7 provides $50,000 worth of services to each startup.

“We don’t have the startups

Danny Potocki

just sit in a classroom and learn. We work with them so we provide teammates and experts across business development, product development, marketing development and fund-raising development.” He said they hope to provide funding above $50,000 in the future.

Potocki, a Harvard graduate, led business develop-

ment for two technology companies that had projects in 40 countries on six continents and dealt with cutting-edge data analytics. He is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Iona College and serves on advisory boards at Rutgers University and SUNY New Paltz.

Higgins, Accel7’s director of operations, attended

Boston College and the Kellogg School of Management.

LeHane, the head of growth strategy, is managing partner of the Hudson Valley Startup Fund, was an operations manager at AOL and is an executive board member of the Hudson Valley Venture Hub at SUNY New Paltz.

Potocki said after the entrepreneurs finish Accel7's formal program, they'll continue to receive support. “We are partners.

We'll be there as a resource and also if they wanted to work out of our space we'll say to them, 'let's figure that out.' ” He said Accel7 does take equity in the companies, currently 4% to 5%.

The five companies in Accel7's program are: Lessonbee, developing health and sex education materials; Capri, an online education platform supporting financial literacy and leadership development for girls; Cruz Street, a data platform to help medi-

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um and large companies manage data; Local Produce, a coworking and community space based in Pelham that's looking to expand; and SportsHi, a team management app for high school students and coaches.

Potocki said they're including an extra element in the training and advice offered to entrepreneurs.

“When I was helping build rapid-growth startups, I didn't see my family as often as I wanted to. I was overweight. I was not working out. I was spiritually and emotionally kind of short and not really connected.” He said they bring in experts on those areas as well as the nuts and bolts of business. “We believe that the transformation of the person is just as important as the transformation of the business,” he said.

The application for participation in Accel7's startup accelerator program is available at accel7.org.

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Standard Amusements sues Westchester for canceling Playland contract

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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tandard Amusements LLC is asking a federal court to reinstate a contract that was terminated May 28 by Westchester County that allowed it to take over operation of Playland.

In addition, the company is seeking legal fees and costs and asking for any additional awards the court may determine just and proper.

The lawsuit, known as an “adversary complaint,” was filed June 2 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, in connection with the Chapter 11 filing by Standard Amusements on Memorial Day. Judge Robert D. Drain is handling the case at the federal courthouse in White Plains.

Among other things, Standard is asking that the court declare the contract

as valid, that Standard performed all of its obligations under the contract and that the county either rejected or failed to respond to Standard’s “reasonable offers” to fix the breaches alleged by the county.

Named in the lawsuit in their official capacities are County Executive George Latimer, Commissioner of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation Kathleen O’Connor and Commissioner of the Department of Public Works and Transportation Hugh J. Greechan.

The complaint takes the position that Standard Amusements and the administration of former County Executive Rob Astorino entered into a contract and, “When political administrations change, the new leaders are, of course, free to pursue policies diametrically opposed to their predecessor’s. But the same is not true

Playland in Rye. Photo by Bob Rozycki.

for contracts. Rather, just as a corporation’s new management cannot abrogate the contracts prior management entered into, a government cannot walk away from binding agreements made by past administrations simply because the new administration does not like them.”

The complaint argues against the position taken

by Latimer’s administration that Standard Amusements breached the contract and failed to fix the breaches.

It alleges that Latimer has engaged in a campaign by press release and on social media that has disparaged Standard, that Latimer has “a basic misunderstanding of the deal and its benefits to Westchester County” and

that the county executive has “an intent to breach the agreement at all costs including fabricating SA’s (Standard Amusements’) nonperformance for the sake of political posturing and gain.”

The adversary complaint was submitted by attorneys John J. Rapisardi, Daniel L. Cantor, Daniel Shamah and Joseph Zujkowski of the New

York City-based law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP. When asked by the Business Journal to comment on Standard Amusements’ June 2 court filing, Catherine Cioffi, communications director for the county executive’s office, said, “We don’t comment on pending litigation.

This matter is now with the lawyers.”

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Larry Rollins

Recession risk remains low despite inverted yield curve

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or the first time since 2007 the yield curve has inverted, as weakened economic expectations, mixed with anxiety over the China trade war and Brexit have caused investors to seek safety and buy bonds. Many in the media are debating if a recession is imminent following the yield curve inversion, first in March and again in late May. In the last seven instances that the yield curve has inverted, a recession followed. Not all recessions have been preceded by an inverted yield curve, but all inverted yield curves have been followed by a recession. My clients have been asking me if we are headed into a recession and should we be making drastic changes to our asset allocation?

A recession is defined by two consecutive quar-

ters of negative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. The “normal” yield curve is when the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond is higher than the yield on a three-month Treasury bill. When lending money over a 10-year period, one should expect to be paid a higher interest rate than when lending money over a three-month period.

An inverted yield curve is when the three-month yield (some use the twoyear Treasury yield) is higher than the 10-year Treasury yield.

With the bull market over 10 years old, the S&P 500 up over 340% from the low in March 2009, having hit an all-time high on May 3, and the yield curve inverting, this has many of my clients concerned. Let’s look at some of the facts and why we feel the risk of recession is low.

dards are tight.

Our market research team at Brenton Point Wealth Advisors LLC looks for four groups of recession risks, including: - Bank lending standards.

- Economic indicators.

- Federal Reserve tightening.

- Excessive speculation

and leverage.

Bank lending standards: Historically, one of the most reliable indicators of a recession is the trend of bank lending standards.

Prior to a recession, loan officers have typically tight-

ened standards, restricting credit, which can lead to a reduction in commercial and industrial activity.

The most recent survey in April showed conditions easing, with a reading of -4.2. Historically, a reading over 20 signifies stan-

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Economic indicators: The ISM Manufacturing Index was at 52.8 on April 30, 2019, which shows the economy has slowed since the ISM peak of 61 in August 2018.

Every recession since 1950 has occurred when the ISM falls below 46. Another economic indicator is the unemployment rate. Since 1960, there have been eight recessions. In all of them unemployment was rising.

As of April 30, 2019, unemployment was at 3.6%, the lowest since 1970, and has been declining since 2010 when it reached above 10%.

Federal Reserve: The inverted yield curve is typically one sign of a tight Fed, since 10-year yields dipped below the Fed Funds target on the short end. However, because » » RECESSION

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inf lation remains below the Fed target and economic indicators are cooling, it allows the Fed great flexibility and lessens the usual negative implications of an inverted curve. In fact, the market expects the Fed to cut rates this year.

Excessive speculation and leverage: Following the stock market decline in the fourth quarter, there is still a lot of money on the sidelines. Based on the most recent investor sentiment surveys we track, most investor groups are negative, meaning investors are still probably underexposed to equities.

point.com.

This article may contain certain forward-looking statements and no representations are made by the author or Brenton Point as to the accuracy of such forward-looking statements. No investment advice, financial advice, tax advice or legal advice is provided by Brenton Point through this article.

No responsibility or liability is accepted by Brenton Point or any of its officers, agents or advisors as to the accuracy, sufficiency or completeness of any of the information or comments, views, opinions, or for any errors, omissions or misstatements, negligent or otherwise, contained in or excluded from this article.

While there will be a recession and another bear market, the question is when, and what will the market do in the interim?

In the seven prior cases of the yield curve inverting, the average length of time prior to a recession was 15.8 months. An inverted yield curve doesn’t mean one should panic, but it is important to ensure that your portfolio is properly positioned and allocated.

Larry Rollins is a private wealth advisor for Brenton Point Wealth Advisors LLC in Westport.

He has nearly 25 years of experience as a financial consultant. For more information, visit brentonpoint. com, call 203-318-9510 or email lrollins@brenton-

Small-business loans thriving for M&T Bank

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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mall-business loans may not usually play a key role in winning architecture awards, but that is precisely what happened with the Philip Johnson Building, once part of the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center at 36 Old Quarry Road in Ridgefield.

“One of our officers, Vice President, Senior Business Banking Relationship Manager Josh Reilly, solicited them,” M&T Bank SBA Sales Manager Chris Earle said of New Canaan-based luxury furniture and design firm BassamFellows, which acquired the property — vacant since Schlumberger moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2006 — in 2017. “He called them and helped secure the loan that led to the property’s renovation.”

Ridgefield purchased the 45-acre property for $7 million in 2011 with an eye toward repurposing two of the Research Center’s

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former buildings. The other is home to ACT (A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut). Over 130 residents unanimously voted in favor of $1-a-year leases for Bassam and ACT in 2017.

Both leases revert to market rates with Bassam’s lease rate increasing to $100,000 in year 14, while ACT’s rises to $24,000 in year 15. Both are paying all maintenance, utility and liability insurance as well as common charges.

Key to the deal was the careful restoration of the historic Philip Johnson Building, named after the famed architect. The Schlumberger project, completed in 1952, was his first nonresidential building.

The $900,000 small-business loan was used “mainly to restore the building as a multi-use facility,” Earle said.

Noting that it was “one of the first executive office buildings to mark the shift from urban to suburban living,” BassamFellows Creative Director Scott Fellows described it at the time of the deal as “an

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The Philip Johnson Building in Ridgefield today, which won a 2019 Modernism in America Award from Docomomo, a nonprofit dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings.

M&T Bank SBA Sales Manager Chris Earle.

important building and an inspiring space to work and showcase our furniture and lifestyle collections.”

With Bassam and ACT taking up roughly five acres, the town plans to use the remaining space as a cultural center, part of which will remain as open space.

Work included dealing with extensive water damage and upgrades to its various systems.

The single-story, steelglass-and-brick building

consists of perimeter offices organized around a central core that contains an openair landscaped courtyard, glass-enclosed conference room and library.

In awarding it a Design Citation of Merit, Docomo US — a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of modern architecture, landscape and design — cited it as “a thoughtful and beautiful project” that “feels as contemporary today as it was groundbreaking at the time.”

The Ridgefield project is indicative of the overall growing small-business loan activity in the county for M&T, Earle, based in Norwalk, said. “As the economy continues to be robust, it’s definitely on the rise,” he said. “And Fairfield County is a leader in Connecticut as well as the nation in terms of economic well-being.”

While the federal government shutdown earlier this year left some small-business loan applicants in limbo — the Small Business Administration (SBA) was

shuttered during the event — Earle said M&T worked to get as many of its loans processed ahead of the shutdown as possible.

“We try to be prepared for those kinds of things,” he said. “The bank has been very active in small-business loans for over 30 years, so we’ve gone through a fair number of shutdowns.

“We look at each situation on a selective basis and can make an interim loan to a customer that is then taken out of the SBA loan once it is approved.”

One growing trend in the area is the number of younger applicants interested in taking over an established business when its owners age out and have no family members or others in place to take over the company, Earle said.

“We’re doing very, very well in places like Norwalk and Darien,” he said, “as well as the Danbury/Ridgefield area. Places like Stamford and Bridgeport are very competitive, but we’re maintaining a strong presence there as well.”

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Closing the gender gap is a necessity

BY NICOLE CARINO

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ender diversity is critical to any company’s success — particularly when it comes to leadership roles. A study found a correlation between women and board membership — companies with more women in board positions had a 66% higher return on investment compared to those companies with fewer women.

In 2018, a record 248 women were appointed board directors among some of the most prominent companies in the U.S., but they make up just 31 percent of total new board directors selected last year. Even with more women on boards, women are still earning 77.9 cents for every dollar earned by men. However, the main cause for a gender

gap in pay is not necessarily that men are paid more for the same work as a woman, but that they’re more likely to be promoted faster because they have fewer obstacles to overcome.

As more women graduate from college, it’s essential women in existing leadership positions create a workplace environment that removes unconscious bias. Consider the following best practices to instill an equal playing field and promote women in the workplace.

FOSTER OPEN COMMUNICATION

Research shows when women are exposed to female role models and leaders, they are more likely to endorse other women who are well suited for leadership roles. But imple-

menting an environment of open communication is easier said than done.

Businesses can tout open lines of communication and welcome constructive feedback. However, as women, we are less inclined to push back against leadership for fear of consequences.

The advice, mentorship and feedback that a female leader shares with those around her can have an impact on generations of workers to come.

ADJUST RIGID POLICIES TO ADDRESS EMPLOYEE NEEDS

Women outnumber men on college campuses nationwide and represent more than half of the U.S. workforce. We have made great strides when it comes to female business ownership — more women are taking on

leadership roles and 36 percent of businesses are women owned. However, there’s still progress to be made.

By midcareer, men are 70% more likely than women to be in executive positions, in many cases a result of external factors, such as the impact of traditional familial roles. Women are five times more likely than men to take extended absences from work for childrearing.

Upon a woman’s return from having children, the childcare duties don’t subside. Consider offering flexibility, like work from home or flex hours, to help women better balance their two full-time jobs.

Flexibility doesn’t mean they will be doing less work — it will only help familial caretakers do their job and do their job well.

FLIP THE SCRIPT ON TRADITIONAL HR PRACTICES

Whether business leaders admit it or not, unconscious bias exists and factors into human resources procedures such as hiring and promoting.

In an effort to level the playing field to help close the gap between women and men in more senior roles, consider reviewing candidates blind.

When you remove identification factors such as a person’s name, you are required to be more objective when evaluating skill, knowledge and potential to succeed without biases of a candidate’s age, gender, race or education level.

CHALLENGE GROUPTHINK

Not only can removing personal traits like gender, race and age from the eval-

uation process ensure equal opportunity, it can boost your company’s diversity and revenue. As diverse newcomers disrupt groupthink, companies become more profitable and productive.

If you’re sitting in a group of like-minded people from similar walks of life to think through company strategy, you may not be harnessing the full potential of your organization.

By adding disruptors, your company will be challenged to think outside the box by inviting a new perspective into the conversation.

Nicole Carino serves as a senior business banking relationship manager for KeyBank’s Hudson Valley and metro-New York market.

She can be reached at 845483-3008 and nicole_carino@keybank.com.

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Good Things ARC WESTCHESTER HONORS PROGRAM

The Westchester Parks Foundation, which is dedicated exclusively to promoting and supporting Westchester County parks, is a Better Business Bureau (BBB) accredited charity after meeting all 20 charity standards. The evaluation is based on four main categories, including governance, mission effectiveness, charity finances and informational materials. The organization will now start to use the BBB Wise Accredited Charity Seal throughout all marketing materials and communications.

Bill Huffnagle

CDX DIAGNOSTICS APPOINTS CEO CDx Diagnostics of Suffern announced the appointment of Bill Huffnagle as CEO. Former CEO and CDx founder Mark Rutenberg will transition into the newly created role of chief scientific officer (CSO). Huffnagle brings significant medical-device experience to CDx Diagnostics, having most recently served as president of Stryker’s Joint Replacement Division where he managed the global hip and knee business.

FELDMAN, KLEIDMAN, COFFEY & SAPPE LLP GIFTS $10,000 TO HUDSON VALLEY HOSPICE FOUNDATION Jeffrey M. Feldman, founding partner of Feldman, Kleidman, Coffey & Sappe LLP in Fishkill presented a check for $10,000 to the Hudson Valley Hospice Foundation on behalf of his law firm. For more than 10 years, Feldman has dedicated himself and the resources of FKCS to the mission of the nonprofit, helping it grow and expand its ability to support individuals needing endof-life care.

From left: Sally Paull, senior vice president of human resources, Regeneron; Tibi Guzmán, executive director and CEO, The Arc Westchester; Marsha Gordon, president and CEO, The Business Council of Westchester; and Nancy Patota, executive director, The Arc Westchester Foundation.

The Arc Westchester recently hosted its 31st annual Employer Recognition Breakfast at The DoubleTree Tarrytown. This yearly celebration honors the 250 business and community partners throughout Westchester County that provide employment opportunities to individuals supported by The Arc Westchester.

Following remarks by Michael Orth, commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health, The Arc Westchester featured an employer

panel featuring several of the organization’s business partners. Moderated by Sally Paull, senior vice president of human resources at Regeneron, the panelists were: Matt Diana, plant manager, Cintas; Helene Godin, founder and CEO, By the Way Bakery: Polly Peace, executive director, Country Children’s Center; and Joseph Saccomano Jr., office managing principal, Jackson Lewis.

The award winners included Bridge to Employment, Feeding Westchester; Continuing Partnership, The Mines Press; New

Business Partnership, Maier Markey and Justic LLP and Stillman Property Management; and Promoting Independence, Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, Yonkers Bureau. The presentation of the Anthony Cannata Memorial Employee Awards, which is bestowed each year upon an individual or individuals who have surpassed their job expectations and set an example for all employees, went to Yaniv Gorodischer, who works at Chartwells at PACE University.

THE DAISY JOPLING BAND AT PARAMOUNT PEEKSKILL

The Thursday Club presented Scenic Hudson, an environmental organization dedicated to helping citizens and communities preserve land and create parks along the Hudson River, with a check for $85,000. The funds were raised through the club’s 96th annual benefit dinner dance at Ardsley Country Club on April 12.

Sarah Gardner, Thursday Club president, presented the check to Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan. Monies raised will be used to help provide the engineering study needed to close the last significant north-south gap in the River Walk trail in the Irvington, Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow area.

The Thursday Club was founded in 1921.

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NEW CHAIR OF NORTHWELL HEALTH BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Northwell Health Board of Trustees recently elected Michael A. Epstein of Sands Point, Long Island, as its new chair. He succeeds Mark L. Claster, who served for five years as chair of the 31-member board.

Epstein is a senior partner at the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, in Manhattan and has served as a Northwell trustee for 14 years. He was an associate trustee before that, beginning in December 2002.

In addition, he has been a board member of Northwell’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research since 2002. Epstein, an intellectual property expert and attorney in the field, is active in community, philanthropic and public service matters.

Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco is part of Northwell Health.

MOUNT VERNON CHARTER REVISION COMMISSION ESTABLISHED AND MEMBERS APPOINTED

THURSDAY CLUB FUNDS SCENIC HUDSON RIVER WALK TRAIL

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Daisy Jopling

British violinist Daisy Jopling and her band will present selections from their new album “Who’s Who,” along with performances of their hits, in a show at the Paramount Theater in Peekskill on Sunday, June 16 at 4 p.m. The Daisy Jopling Band

plays music in a wide variety of styles, including classical, pop, reggae, Irish folk, gypsy violin and rock.

The Daisy Jopling Band will also use the Paramount show as a bon voyage, as they begin a season of touring, performing

in cities around the world that are hosting The Who’s “Tommy” anniversary tour.

For more information, visit daisyjopling.com. For tickets, call the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater box office at 914-739-0039, ext. 2.

Mayor Richard Thomas formally established the Charter Revision Commission on May 20 to address a local government structure that is perceived by many residents as dysfunctional and negatively affecting services to the people and presented the newly established Commission members to the public The purpose of the Commission is to consider the adequacy of the current form of city government under the Charter and the intra-municipal relationship of the city’s elected branches of government, and to consider and propose such revisions or amendments to the Charter or propose a new charter, that the Commission may determine and recommend as to be appropriate.

Once the commission has completed reviewing the entire Charter, it will prepare a draft of a proposed new or revised Charter, which will be presented to the public for comment.

LARCHMONT MAMARONECK LIONS RECYCLE THOUSANDS OF EYEGLASSES

Mount Kisco’s Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) has received The Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award 2019, which recognizes hospitals for excellent performance in delivering a positive experience for patients during their hospital stay. The annual award given by Healthgrades, an online resource for information about physicians and hospitals, recognizes hospitals around the country that make patient safety a top priority and provide an outstanding patient experience.

Healthgrades found that 81 percent of patients would recommend Northern Westchester Hospital, 11 percent higher than the national average.

Craig D. Hametz, M.D.

NEW YORKPRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL GROUP HUDSON VALLEY NAMES MEDICAL DIRECTOR Craig D. Hametz, M.D., a cardiologist at New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital, has been named medical director of New York-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley (NYPMG HV).

He will oversee the activities of about 75 group physicians in various locations, including Buchanan, Carmel, Cold Spring, Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Ossining, Peekskill, Pleasantville, Putnam Valley, Sleepy Hollow and Yorktown Heights. He will also be responsible for the delivery of best practices medical care and clinical services in the NYPMG HV such as cost management, utilization review, quality assurance and medical protocol development.

Hametz is board certified in cardiology, adult echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. He graduated from Cornell University and received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine followed by the completion of a fellowship at North Shore University Hospital. Hametz practices at 1980 Crompond Road, Building D, in Cortlandt Manor.

NORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL RECEIVES HEALTHGRADES AWARD

LM President Phil Oldham presents recycled eyeglasses to Diane Andersen of Voluntary Health Program.

On May 11 the Larchmont Mamaroneck (LM) Lions Club led a caravan of volunteers for a day at the Lions Eyeglass Recycle Center.

LM Lions volunteers took thousands of eyeglasses collected by the Sound Shore Lions Clubs to the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center in Trenton, New Jersey, where LM Lions served as volunteers in

the recycle process. The center handles more than 1 million pairs of eyeglasses each year, cleaning, sorting, testing, designating prescriptions and fulfilling orders from humanitarian service organizations around the world. The Center and all work is handled by Lions volunteers.

The ready-to-wear glasses are provided at no cost.

At the May 15 Lions meeting over 1,100 glasses from the day’s recycling process were presented to Diane Andersen and LM Lion Nancy Borzain of Voluntary Health Program, a local medical-assistance group of physicians, nurses and eye care specialists who provide free medical, surgical eye care and glasses to rural areas in the Dominican Republic.

THE CLINTONS TO BE HONORED WITH INAUGURAL AWARD

NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART RECEIVES $150,000 GRANT Tracy Fitzpatrick, director of the Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College, announced the museum has received a $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant supports the Neuberger’s “Activating Our Cultural Legacies” initiative, an infrastructural project that will allow the Neuberger to sort and store its analog and digital historical materials related to its collections, exhibitions and programs. The grant is for a period of three years.

The grant will enable the Neuberger to improve access to its cultural legacies by laying the groundwork for the museum to excavate, label and sort the museum’s historical information into a new architecture of information. The funding will also allow the museum to hire an archivist.

TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR ARC OF DUTCHESS FOUNDATION

FESTIVAL TO FEATURE HONEY TASTINGS, LOCAL FOODS, CRAFT BEVERAGES

The Arc of Dutchess, one of the county’s largest providers of support services for those with developmental and intellectual disabilities, announced the addition of James McKenna and Robert Ranieri to its board of directors.

McKenna, assistant vice president of marketing at Tompkins Mahopac Bank, brings several years of communications experience to his role on the board.

Ranieri was appointed to his current role as senior vice president at Rose and Kiernan Inc. in 2004. He has held positions at Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and Daniels Insurance Agency of New York Inc.

Sweet Bee’s Honey Festival & Artisan Market will return to Museum Village in Monroe, located four miles west of the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, on Sunday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

More than 60 vendors are expected to participate.

Tickets for the festival can be purchased online for $15/adult and $10/child (ages 4 to 12). At the door, tickets are $20/ adult and $15/child (age 4 to 12). Children under 4 years of age are free at Museum Village.

For more information, directions and to purchase tickets online visit HoneyFestival. com.

Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve have made it known that the inaugural John D. Rockefeller Jr. Park Preservation Award will be presented to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State and Sen. Hillary

Rodham Clinton at the Friends black-tie gala Saturday, June 22, at the Rockefeller Estate in Pocantico Hills.

Festivities will take place in the Playhouse, the two-story, Tudor-style mansion that John D. Rockefeller Jr. built in

1927 as a place for his family to gather, host events and simply enjoy.

To purchase tickets, tables and sponsorship packages for the Friends 2019 Gala, visit friendsrock.org or call Jessika Creedon at 914-762-0209.

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Good Things IONA COLLEGE GETTING GREENER

In a move that will lessen Iona’s carbon footprint, the New Rochelle-based college is partnering with a leading energy conservation firm to help reduce consumption of oil, natural gas, water and electricity on campus.

By working with Cenergistic, Dallas-based energy-efficiency experts that partner with school districts, municipalities, universities and health care facilities across the country, Iona expects to save more than $2.5 million in energy costs over the next five years.

Cenergistic energy specialists will conduct an energy audit across Iona’s campus and will then optimize existing HVAC, water and lighting systems and install cloud-based software that works in real time to ensure that buildings, facilities and equipment are running at peak efficiency and not wasting energy when buildings are unoccupied.

ACHIEVING IMPACT THROUGH COLLABORATION Family Services of Westchester (FSW) will join six other Westchester County social services agencies at the Greenburgh Public Library on Friday, June 21, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. for “Early Step Forward Turns 13,” a celebration of the landmark 13-year stakeholder collaboration that has created Westchester County’s successful Early Step Forward (ESF) program.

The breakfast and program will bring representatives from FSW, the Child Care Council of Westchester, The Guidance Center of Westchester, the Westchester Children’s Association, the Westchester Community Opportunity Program, the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health and Westchester Jewish Community Services together to discuss the impact the program has had on Westchester youth.

They will join with elected officials, business and community leaders, supporters and funders to discuss what has made Early Step Forward such a success and how to ensure that the program’s impact continues into the future.

Early Step Forward was launched over a decade ago when Westchester County’s Department of Community Mental Health made a decision to fund what was then a new multi-agency approach to providing mental health consultations and services for children from birth to age 5.

The program is free but requires prior registration at https://earlystepfwd13. eventbrite.com.

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RE/MAX NEW OFFICE IN TUCKAHOE

Barbara Levitz (center) with husband Jack (left) and son Mitchell.

WIHD LEADER RETIRES

RE/MAX Distinguished Homes & Properties Broker/Owners Eric C. Stein and Albert J. Posillico, middle left and right, cut the ribbon with village of Tuckahoe Mayor Greg Luisi, left, and Juan Gonzalez, co-president of the Eastchester-Tuckahoe Chamber of Commerce, right. Photo Courtesy Corbett Public Relations.

RE/MAX Distinguished Homes & Properties recently opened at 273 Columbus Ave. in Tuckahoe, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, open house and community celebration.

Broker/owners Eric C. Stein and Albert J. Posillico moved to this location from their previous site in Bronxville. More than 200

friends, business leaders, dignitaries and government officials, including village of Tuckahoe Mayor Greg Luisi, were on hand to celebrate the opening.

The space includes state-of-the-art technology, 10 private offices, a 20-person conference room for weekly training ses-

sions, office space as well as common areas for collaboration.

They have approximately 40 agents working in their office and they are committed to doubling their team of real estate sales professionals over the next three years.

WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL FIRST IN COUNTY TO BE AWARDED ADVANCED CERTIFICATION FOR PRIMARY STROKE CENTERS

Barbara Levitz, a leader in services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, has retired from The Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD).

A resident of Cortlandt Manor, Levitz has worked at WIHD in various capacities for 30 years. She had played a key role in developing WIHD’s early intervention service coordination model, employing parents of children with disabilities and providing training across the county on replicating this unique model.

CHRISTIE’S INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE WELCOMES ASSOCIATE Christie’s International Real Estate has welcomed Sinead Coughlan to its Scarsdale office as a Realtor associate. Her addition is a part of Christie International’s continued growth throughout the region.

Coughlan, who has assisted more than 300 families in her real estate career, joined the industry after working in the hospitality trade in both England and Ireland for many years.

4-H GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES NEARLY $7,000 On May 16, the Ulster County 4-H Youth Program held its biggest fund-raiser of the year – the 21st annual 4-H Golf Classic. Held at Apple Greens in Highland, 54 golfers had the best weather in weeks and enjoyed a day on the greens with a delicious dinner from the Restaurant at Apple Greens.

Major sponsors of the event included Torchia, Allen & Churchill CPAs, The 4-H Teen Council, Farm Credit East, Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston Plaza and Herzog’s.

White Plains Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. The Gold Seal of Approv-

al and the Heart-Check mark represent symbols of quality from their respective organizations.

Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers is awarded for a two-year period to Joint Commission-accredited

acute care hospitals.

On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, someone dies of a stroke every four minutes and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.

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

Facts & Figures BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan Bircan Holdings LLC Atlanta, Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Sunny Singh, New York City. Filed June 3, 2019. Case Number: 19-11818smb.

Fusion Connect Inc., et al. New York. Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Sunny Singh, New York City.

Filed June 3, 2019. Case Number: 19-11811-smb.

The Gage Co. New York. Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: Bernard H. Fishman, Hartsdale. Filed May 31, 2019. Case Number: 19-11787-scc.

Poughkeepsie TH Remodeling & Renovations Inc. New Windsor. Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Michelle L. Trier, Wappingers Falls. Filed May 31, 2019. Case Number: 19-35919-cgm.

White Plains Proactive Lighting Solutions LLC New York. Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: H. Bruce Bronson Jr. Harrison. Filed June 3, 2019. Case Number: 19-23116-rdd.

COURT CASES Manhattan Almod Diamonds Ltd. Filed by Courtney Danzy. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Attorney: Gregory Calliste Jr. Filed May 31. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05146JGK. BA&SH America Corp. Filed by Edwin Diaz. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Joseph H Mizrahi.

Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv05191-GHW.

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

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

ON THE RECORD

Elsayed 4 LLC. Filed by Natalia Juscinska. Action: Federal question: other. Attorney: Ismail Sinan Sekendiz. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19cv-05201.

Paste Media Group. Filed by Arthur Usherson. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed June 2. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05167-ER.

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. Filed by Edgar Gutierrez. Action: Diversity action. Attorney: Jeremiah Lee Frei-Pearson. Filed June 3.

Case Number: 7:19-cv-05212.

632 Harold St LLC, Mamaroneck.

Seller: Viola M. Beecher, Mamaroneck. Property: 632 Harold St., Rye. Amount: $457,500. Filed May 29.

T11 Funding, White Plains. Seller: Andrew W. Buder, New Rochelle.

Property: 265 Westchester Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $120,000. Filed May 30.

Esquina NYC 1402Second LLC. Filed by lorenia Valenzuela. Action: Job discrimination (sex). Attorney: Peter Arcadio Romero. Filed June 3.

Case Number: 1:19-cv-05199.

Quest Diagnostics Inc. Filed by Maria Vecchio. Action: Notice of removal. Attorney: Maria Vecchio.

Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv05194.

Richmond Community Services. Filed by Paul N. Cisternino.

Action: Job discrimination (race).

Attorney: Paul N. Cisternino. Filed June 4. Case Number: 7:19-cv-05217.

67 Putnam LLC, West Harrison.

Seller: Radu V. Masala, et al, Briarcliff Manor. Property: 67 Putnam Drive, Rye. Amount: $500,200. Filed May 31.

Tadeo Realty LLC, Yonkers. Seller: 22 Lawrence Avenue Realty LLC, Yonkers. Property: 22 Lawrence St., Yonkers. Amount: $740,000. Filed May 28.

Express Scripts Inc. Filed by New York City Transit Authority. Action: Diversity action. Attorney: Represented by New York City Transit Authority. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05196.

Radar Online LLC. Filed by Paul Martinka. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Paul Martinka. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19cv-05213.

Spring Nails & Spa Westchester Inc. Filed by Jin Chun Chen. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: John Troy. Filed May 30. Case Number: 7:19-cv-05074-NSR.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Joseph A. Ruggiero, Yonkers. Property: 227 E. Fifth St., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $375,000. Filed May 29.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Estelle King-Crawford, Pleasantville. Property: 27 Mechanics Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $965,783. Filed May 30.

Innovation Trademarks LLC. Filed by Meat Innovations Inc. Action: Trademark infringement (Lanham Act). Attorney: Jonathan E. Moskin. Filed May 31. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05155-RA. Loews Regency NY Hotel LLC. Filed by Delilah Sanchez. Action: Job Discrimination ( Unlawful Employee Practices). Attorney: Brittany Alexandra Stevens. Filed May 31.

Case Number: 1:19-cv-05141-PGG. Madison Reed Color Bar LLC. Filed by Eugene Duncan. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Bradly Gurion Marks. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05187-PAE. Mayweather Promotions LLC. Filed by Matthew Sprague. Action: Copyright Infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed June 3.

Case Number: 1:19-cv-05214.

Metro-North RailRoad. Filed by Marguerite J. Schroeder. Action: Railways: Federal Employer’s Liability Act. Attorney: Voci R Bennett.

Filed May 31. Case Number: 1:19-cv05139-NRB. Mr Biggs Bar & Grill Inc. Filed

by Jermaine Deleston. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: Erik Mathew Bashian. Filed May 30. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05039-AJN. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. Filed by Federal Insurance Co. Action: Seeking $38,500 for Marine Contract. Attorney: James Paul Krauzlis. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05203-UA. Paige Hospitality Group LLC. Filed by Shelvey Martinez. Action: Job discrimination (unlawful employee practices). Attorney: Casimir Joseph Wolnowksi. Filed May 30.

Case Number: 1:19-cv-05027-AKH. Palladia Inc. Filed by Antoinette Ivey. Action: Job discrimination (unlawful employee practices).

Attorney: David Joseph DeToffol.

Filed May 28.Case Number: 1:19-cv04937-AT.

Sellas Life Sciences Group Inc. Filed by Martin G Baum. Action: Seeking $4 million in diversity-contract dispute. Attorney: Michael Peter Pappas. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05177-ER. New York City Department of Correction. Filed by Daniel Williams. Action: 1981 Job discrimination (race). Attorney: Norman Keith White Jr. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05200.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC. Filed by Federal Housing Finance Agency, in its capacity as conservator of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Action: Seeking $75 million in securities fraud. Attorney: Christopher Paul Johnson. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05207.

Zimmer Inc. Filed by Susan & Bruce Wehling. Action: Diversity-product liability. Attorney: Jennifer A. Moore. Filed June 3. Case Number: 1:19-cv-05206.

White Plains American Medical Collection Agency Inc. Filed by Paula Worthey. Action: Diversity-(citizenship).

Attorney: Russell Marc Yankwitt.

Filed June 3. Case Number: 7:19-cv05210.

Cavalry Portfolio Services LLC. Filed by Jacob Goldklang. Action: 1692 Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: David Paul Force. Filed May 28.

Case Number: 7:19-cv-04954-CS. The Home Depot USA Inc. Filed

by Egberto Velez. Action: Petition for removal- personal injury. Attorney: Jessica Lynn Kronrad. Filed May 30. Case Number: 7:19-cv05031-KMK. JP White Plains Inc. Filed by Yingcai Hong. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: John Troy.

Filed May 30. Case Number: 7:19-cv05018-NSR Moodys Corp. Filed by Felicia Bramble. Action: Federal question: employment discrimination. Attorney: Edward Hirsch Wolf. Filed June 3. Case Number: 7:19-cv-05182.

DEEDS Above $1 million Ishii Enterprise Company Ltd., Hodogaya-Ku, Japan. Property: 49 Greenridge Ave., White Plains.

Amount: $1.7 million. Filed May 30.

Kilgarriffe Realty LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Collegiate Asset Management Corp., New York City. Property: 141 Kingsbridge Road East, Mount Vernon. Amount: $1 million.

Filed May 29.

OWB REO LLC, Pasadena, California. Seller: Veronica Guerrero, et al, White Plains. Property: 202 Hickory Grove Drive East, Mamaroneck.

Amount: $1.5 million. Filed May 31.

Redtail Properties LLC, Katonah.

Seller: New York Long View Properties LLC. Property: 7 Barry Court, Bedford. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed May 31.

WP Galleria Realty LP, El Segundo, California. Seller: Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Property: 100 Main St., White Plains.

Amount: $27 million. Filed May 31.

Below $1 million 106 Fisher Ave LLC, Scarsdale.

Seller: Meta Properties LLC, Bronxville. Property: 106 Fisher Ave., Eastchester. Amount: $925,000. Filed May 31.

176 Elm Avenue LLC, West Hempstead. Seller: 546 E3rd LLC, Hempstead. Property: 546 E. Third St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $365,000.

Filed May 28.

237-239 East Main Street LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Susan C. Gutman, Pompano Beach, Florida.

Property: 237-239 Main St., Mount Kisco. Amount: $950,000. Filed May 31.

5EC LLC, Croton-on-Hudson.

Seller: Henri Mazeres, et al, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 5 Ellen Court, Cortlandt. Amount: $765,000. Filed May 29.

Certified Homes Inc., Chestnut Ridge. Seller: Richard E. Grayson, White Plains. Property: 121 Mountain View Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $313,000. Filed May 30.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Ryan S. Karben, Pomona. Property: 33 Cliffside Drive, Yonkers. Amount: $673,365.

Filed May 30.

Form.01 LLC, Irvington. Seller: Beal Bank, Plano, Texas. Property: 58 Central Ave., Greenburgh.

Amount: $266,562. Filed May 29.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Richard E. Grayson, White Plains. Property: 422 The Colony, Greenburgh.

Amount: $705,891. Filed May 30.

Lord and Chin Properties LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Charles D’Agostino, Pleasantville. Property: 111 Ninth Avenue South, Mount Vernon.

Amount: $156,754. Filed May 28.

Mackoda Realty LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Elmira Harvey, Yonkers.

Property: 498 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $10,000. Filed May 30.

Mt. Vernon Ventures LLC, Flushing. Seller: 459 S. 5th Corp., Brentwood. Property: 459 5th Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $200,000. Filed May 31.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Gary A. Friedman, Lincolndale. Property: 6 Brookside Trail, Lewisboro.

Amount: $378,101. Filed May 30.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Ronald Sher, White Plains. Property: 22 Farrell Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $610,557. Filed May 29.

Old Pond Properties LLC, South Salem. Seller: John B. Ryan, et al, Rye. Property: 40 Old Pond Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $850,000.

Filed May 29.

Potomac Will LLC, Jamaica Estates. Seller: William Fuqua Jr., Yonkers. Property: 33 Potomac St., Yonkers. Amount: $160,000. Filed May 28.

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U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Margaret E. Stewart, Lake Luzerne.

Property: 170 Lindsey Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $469,402. Filed May 28.

V.S. Construction Corp., Ossining. Seller: Pacwater Corp., Briarcliff Manor. Property: 67 Fee Court, Ossining. Amount: $450,000. Filed May 30.

FORECLOSURES BRIARCLIFF MANOR, 123 Marlborough Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 3.6.acres. Plaintiff: M&T Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 700 Crossroads Building, Rochester. Defendant: Sandra Swift Parrino. Referee: Barbara Lerman. Sale: June 10, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,200,738.

BRONXVILLE, 1 Charles Place.

Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Matthew Cermele. Referee: Richard Glickel. Sale: June 12, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $774,973.

ELMSFORD, 3 Club Lane. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Promila Anand. Referee: Aldo Vitagliano. Sale: June 11, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $528,657.

MAMARONECK, 164 Fenimore Road. Three-family residence; lot size: .18 acres. Plaintiff: US Bank Trust NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel Lambert Weiss, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Douglas Capasso. Referee: Ann Penachio. Sale: June 20, 9:30 a.m.

MONTROSE, 54 Dutch St. Two-family residence; lot size: .46 acres. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Friedman Vartolo, 85 Broad St., New York City.

Defendant: Paul Simon. Referee: John Perone. Sale: June 14, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: $366,236.

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Facts & Figures NEW ROCHELLE, 21 Portnellan Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .15 acres. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: : Gross Polowy, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Allison Bishop. Referee: Frank Lombardi. Sale: June 14, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $654,841.

OSSINING, 1121 Estates Drive.

Single-family residence; lot size: 1.8.acres. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel Lambert Weiss, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Marlene Ragusa. Referee: Ryan Karben. Sale: June 20, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,001,361.

YONKERS, 196 Cook Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .17 acres. Plaintiff’s attorney: : Gross Polowy, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Andrew Tordella. Referee: Anthony Keough.

Sale: June 19, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $756,382.

JUDGMENTS ES Acquisitions Corp., Yonkers. $2,519 in favor of Sam Dahdal Inc., Yonkers. Filed May 31.

Ha-Gene Inc., Yonkers. $27,921 in favor of Carey and Walsh Inc., Briarcliff Manor. Filed May 31.

TS and Sons Contracting LLC, New Rochelle. $6,544 in favor of Avanza Group LLC, Staten Island.

Filed May 30.

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

Any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of the late Orlando Negron, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $339,025 affecting property located at 115 Dehaven Drive, Unit 103, Yonkers 10703. Filed Dec. 4.

Belezaire, Cedric, et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $387,000 affecting property located at 93 Magnolia Ave., Mount Vernon 10553.

Filed Nov. 30.

Breary, Noraine J., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $342,478 affecting property located at 51 S. Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Dec. 5.

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De Barros, Joao, et al. Filed by Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017FRE2. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,000 affecting property located at 98 State St., Ossining 10562. Filed Dec. 4.

Dos Santos, Claudinei, et al. Filed

by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $403,750 affecting property located at 42 Aqueduct Ave., Yonkers 10704. Filed Nov. 29.

Epstein, Arlene L., et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $253,000 affecting property located at 46 Vaneck Drive, New Rochelle 10804. Filed Nov. 29.

Febbo, Anthony, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $512,924 affecting property located at 128 Chester Drive, Yonkers 10710.

Filed Dec. 5.

Gannon, Elizabeth A., et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $155,000 affecting property located at 207 Glenwood Drive, Unit 2-4, Briarcliff Manor 10510. Filed Dec. 4.

Gawrych, Wladyslaw, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $480,000 affecting property located at 440 N. Ridge St., Rye Brook 10573. Filed Nov. 30.

Kellyman, Norman, et al. Filed

by Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust 2017-1. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $457,920 affecting property located at 74 Spruce St., Yonkers 10701. Filed Dec. 3.

McGibbon, Monica E., individually and as surviving spouse of Jay Pouncy, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,000 affecting property located at 106 Hudson Terrace, Yonkers 10701. Filed Dec. 3.

Mena, Benito, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $288,800 affecting property located at 96 Highland Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed Nov. 30.

Miele, Stephen D., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $600,000 affecting property located at 191 Broad Brook Road, Bedford Hills 10507. Filed Dec. 5.

Ortiz, Santo, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 45 La Belle Road, Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Dec. 3.

Pena, Rafael, et al. Filed by Santander Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $213,779 affecting property located at 30 Kingsley Drive, Yonkers 10710.

Filed Dec. 5.

Gelick, Jennifer H., et al. Filed

by Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $105,000 affecting property located at 2484 Hunterbrook Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Dec. 3.

Richards, Lathan, et al. Filed by Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $68,000 affecting property located at 154 Ravine Ave., Apt. 1A, Yonkers 10701. Filed Nov. 29.

Griffin, David K., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $520,000 affecting property located at 41 Sylvan Trail, Port Chester 10573. Filed Nov. 29.

Robinson, Wanda, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $294,566 affecting property located at 242 Millington Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Nov. 29.

Griffin, Eric, 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 15 N. Lawrence Ave., Elmsford 10523. Filed Dec. 5.

Ruiz, Ana D., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 52 William St., Yonkers 10701. Filed Dec. 4.

Hartmann, Harold O., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $275,000 affecting property located at 1115 Stonegate Road, Shrub Oak 10588. Filed Nov. 29.

Kelly, Keith A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $331,000 affecting property located at 43 Baker St., Mohegan Lake 10547.

Filed Dec. 3.

WCBJ

Samuels, Andrea, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $499,000 affecting property located at 30 Grandview Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Nov. 30.

Smith, Jamie, as administrator C.T.A. of the estate of Moses Smith, et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 1 Lovell Road, New Rochelle 10804. Filed Dec. 5.

Suridis, Alan, et al. Filed by NS0152 LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1 million affecting property located at 25 Lanark Road and 101 Hillcrest Avenue Rear, Yonkers. Filed Dec. 4.

Tlatenchi de Jimenez, Refujio, et al. Filed by Impac Funding Corp.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $381,400 affecting property located at 167 Trenton Ave., White Plains 10606. Filed Nov. 29.

Toscanini, Gabriela, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 42 Calam Ave., Ossining 10562.

Filed Nov. 30.

Veloso, Albertino, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $338,400 affecting property located at 1798 Summit St., Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Nov. 29.

Mechanic’s Liens Cooper 26 LLC, as owner. $18,987 as claimed by Eagle Concrete LLC, Danbury, Connecticut. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed May 31.

Kozlov, Elena, et al, as owner. $6,000 as claimed by Eco Green Solutions New York Inc. Property: in Lewisboro. Filed May 28.

Mall of Jefferson Valley LLC, as owner. $811,866 as claimed by Sun Industrial Inc. Property: in Yorktown. Filed May 30.

White Marsh Holdings LLC, as owner. $29,268 as claimed by Power-Flo Technologies Inc., New Hyde Park. Property: in Greenburgh.

Filed May 31.

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

Partnerships All Kinds of Cleaning Co., 95 First St., 2R, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Barbara A. Williams and Charlotte Goddard Perry. Filed Aug. 9.

Sole Proprietorships C and L Trucking, 42 Underhill Ave., Suite 1A, West Harrison 10604, c/o Christopher Topolosky. Filed Aug. 7.

Debra Eisenberg, LCSW, 39 Smith Ave., Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Debra G. Kaiser. Filed Aug. 10.

EPO Landscaping, 317 Simpson Place, Peekskill 10566, c/o Edwin Pintado. Filed Aug. 9.

Fernandes Landscaping, 86 Gramatan Landscaping, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Mauricelio Fernandes dos Santos. Filed Aug. 10.

Gina LeVay, 11 Grove Lane, Ardsley 10502, c/o Gina Goldstein. Filed Aug. 8.

International Trading Places, 3601 Strang Blvd., Apt. A, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Mack Akwasi Duodu. Filed Aug. 8.

JSA Consulting, 176 Tomahawk St., Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Walter J. Stone. Filed Aug. 7.

Lady B’s Treasures and Lipsticks for the Creative Woman, 95 First St., 2R, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Barbara A. Williams. Filed Aug. 9.

LeeMarie Art Studio, 44 N. Division, Peekskill 10566, c/o Eileen M. Warmbrand. Filed Aug. 7.

LooneyMoon Boutique, 115 Elm St., New Rochelle 10805, c/o Anne Aponte. Filed Aug. 9.

Performing Arts College Consultants, 2 Sleepy Hollow Road, Chappaqua 10514, c/o Margo Rudman Gold. Filed Aug. 9.

Powerhouse Family Fitness Club, 77 Tarrytown Road, Ground level, White Plains 10607, c/o Cecilia Capistrano. Filed Aug. 8.

Realta Services, P.O. Box 44, Rye 10580, c/o Terence K. O’Neill. Filed Aug. 8.

Sadhana Wellness Center, 65 Gramatan Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Khoshhali Dickinson.

Filed Aug. 8.

Solas Advisors, P.O. Box 44, Rye 10580, c/o Terence K. O’Neill. Filed Aug. 8.

Stronger Through Faith Publishing, 177 E. Main St., No. 417, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Sheniqua Johnson. Filed Aug. 9.

W. Ch Landscaping, 3219 E. Main St., Apt. 9, Mohegan Lake 10547, c/o Wilson E. Quituizaca U. Filed Aug. 7.

WeBeauty and Life USA, 500 Central Park Ave., Apt. 238, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Fang He. Filed Aug. 7.

Westchester Pizza and Bakery, P.O. Box 726, White Plains 10602, c/o Josephine Kwansima Mensah.

Filed Aug. 8.

PATENTS Channel SiGe devices with multiple threshold voltages on hybrid-oriented substrates and methods of manufacturing same. Patent no. 10,312,259 issued to Bruce B. Doris, Slingerlands, New York; Lisa F. Edge, Watervliet, New York; Pouya Hashemi, White Plains; Alexander Reznicek, Troy, New York. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Cognitive offense analysis using enriched graphs. Patent no.

10,313,365 issued to Jiyong Jang, White Plains, Dhilung Hang Kirat, White Plains, Youngja Park, Princeton, New Jersey; Marc Philippe Stoecklin, White Plains. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Configuration command template creation assistant using cross-model analysis to identify common syntax and semantics.

Patent no. 10,313,184 issued to Timothy R. Croy, Ballymena, Ireland; Trevor Graham, Hillsborough, Ireland; Kevin M. Hamilton, Belfast, Ireland; Steven S. Shuman, Monument, Colorado. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Cross-tenant analysis of similar storage environments to recommend storage policy changes. Patent no. 10,313,214 issued to Jorge D. Acuna, Vail, Arizona; Pankaj S. Bavishi, Pune, India; Dachuan Huang, Columbus, Ohio; Rakesh Jain, San Jose, California; Ramani R. Routray, San Jose, California; Yang Song, San Jose, California. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Digital display viewer based on location. Patent no. 10,313,751 issued to Jeremy A. Greenberger, Raleight, North Carolina; Zachary M. Greenberger, Raleigh, North Carolina. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Expected response one-time password. Patent no. 10,313,333 issued to Wael Ibrahim, San Diego, California; Upendra Mardikar, San Diego, California. Assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc, New York City.

Fabrication of nano-sheet transistors with different threshold voltages. Patent no. 10,312,337 issued to Karthik Balakrishnan, White Plains, New York; Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, New York; Pouya Hashemi, White Plains; Alexander Reznicek, Troy, New York.

Assinged to IBM, Armonk.

Instruction for performing a pseudorandom number seed operation. Patent no. 10,313,109 issued to Dan F. Greiner, San Jose, California; Bernd Nerz, Borblingen, Germany; Tamas Visegrady, Zurich, Switzerland. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Facts & Figures Laser spike annealing for solid phase epitaxy and low-contact resistance in an SRAM with a shared pFET and nFET trench.

Patent no. 10,312,245 issued to Zuoguang Liu, Schenectady, New York; Gen Tsutsui, Glenmont, New York; Heng Wu, Guilderland, New York; Peng Xu, Santa Clara, California. Assigned to iBM, Armonk.

Listing service registrations through a mobile number. Patent no. 10,313,854 issued to Silpi Dhua, Kolkata, India; Sujoy Sett, Kolkata, India. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices as well as maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications without requiring periodic synchronization. Patent no. 10,313,436 issued to Curtiss J. Howard, Cary, North Carolina; Todd E. Kaplinger, Raleigh, North Carolina; William A. Nagy, New York. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Mobile-based multichannel citizen account origination in digital economy. Patent no. 10,313,330 issued to Ajay Chebbi, Bangalore, India; Girish Dhanakshirur, Bangalore, India; Chethan Kumar N. Settipalli, Bangalore, India. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Multiple expansion card insertion and extraction tool. Patent no. 10,314,219 issued to Karl O. Casserly, Valley Stream, New York; Mark L. Monroe, Poughkeepsie; Leung M. Hung, Poughkeepsie; Ronny R. Shipley, Pleasant Valley; Tracy A. Tong, Hopewell Junction; James Verzi, Fishkill. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Organic semiconductors with dithienofuran core monomers.

Patent no. 10,312,444 issued to Scott B. King, Rochester, Minnesota; Brandon M. Kobilka, Tuscon, Arizona; Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, Florida; Jason T. Wertz, Pleasant Valley. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Placement of operators and encryption of communication based on risk in a computer system node. Patent no. 10,313,395 issued to David M. Koster, Rochester, Minnesota; Jason A. Nikolai, Rochester, Minnesota; Adam D. Reznechek, Rochester, Minnesota; Andrew T. Thorstensen, Morrisville, North Carolina. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Selective deposition and nitridization of bottom electrode metal for MRAM applications.

Patent no. 10,312,434 issued to Benjamin D. Briggs, Waterford, New York; Christopher J. Penny, Saratoga Springs, New York; Michael Rizzolo, Albany; Chih-Chao Yang, Glenmont, New York. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Self-aligned shallow trench isolation and doping for vertical fin transistors. Patent no.

10,312,371 issued to Brent A. Anderson, Jericho, Vermont; Fee Li Lie, Albany; Junli Wang, Slingerlands, New York. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Supplies of deficiency of a key in information on a set of keys. Patent no. 10,313,122 issued to Kohichi Kamijoh, Toyko, Japan; Seiji Munetoh, Kawasaki, Japan. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

System and method for controlling the impact of periodic jitter caused by nonideal phase interpolators. Patent no.

10,313,104 issued to Amiad Dvir, Irvine, California; Mike Rolfe Ferrara, Petaluma, California; Vitaly Zborovski, Herzliya Pituah, Israel; Mario Caresosa, Irvine, California; Ryan Hirth, Petaluma, California; Assaf Naor, Herzliya Pituah, Israel.

Assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd, Singapore.

Techniques for forming finFET transistors with same fin pitch and different source/drain epitaxy configurations. Patent no. 10,312,325 issued to Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Peng Xu, Guilderland, New York. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Trigate device with full silicided epi-less source/drain for high density access transistor applications. Patent no. 10,312,321 issued to Michael A. Guillorn, Yorktown Heights; Fei Liu, Yorktown Heights; Zhen Zhang, Ossining. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million Noam Estates R LLC, Monroe, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank, White Plains. Property: 7 Garfield Road, Unit 201 and 301, Monroe 10950. Amount: $6 million.

Filed May 29.

Silo Ridge Ventures Single Family Property LLC, et al, as owner.

Lender: MREC Good Asset LLC. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $31 million. Filed May 24.

Below $1 million Dubois Street LLC, Monroe, as owner. Lender: Ice Lender Holdings LLC, New York City. Property: 91 Dubois St. Newburgh 12550. Amount: $165,750. Filed May 29.

Empire Heliport LLC, New Windsor, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: 758 Aviation Ave., New Windsor.

Amount: $832,500. Filed May 31.

Flynn, Robert M. Jr., Montgomery, as owner. Lender: Equity Trust Company Custodian FBO, Westlake, Ohio. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $100,000. Filed May 30.

Green, Frank, Warwick, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Warwick.

Amount: $267,750. Filed May 30.

Hogar Community Reinvestment LLC, Phoenix, Arizona, as owner. Lender: Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Sherman Oaks, California. Property: 72 Darin Road, Warwick 10990. Amount: $61,364. Filed May 30.

Homestead Builders Hudson Valley Inc., Howells, as owner.

Lender: John Mason, et al, Shrub Oak. Property: Midland Lake and Connors roads, Wallkill. Amount: $750,000. Filed May 29.

Jalor Properties LLC, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank.

Property: in Beacon. Amount: $725,000. Filed May 28.

Mayne, Jeffrey, et al, as owner.

Lender: Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $615,200. Filed May 24.

Tomaselli, James, Warwick, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $200,000. Filed May 31.

Valentine Home Builders LLC, Goshen, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: 483 Black Meadow Road, Chester 10918. Amount: $278,000. Filed May 28.

Warren, Lauren O., et al, Middletown, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $284,750.

Filed May 30.

DEEDS Above $1 million 40 Commercial LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: AMJ Capital LLC, San Francisco, California. Property: 40 Commercial Ave., Wallkill 10941.

Amount: $4.4 million. Filed May 31.

62 Kings LLC, Oyster Bay. Seller: Jenack LLC, Chester. Property: 62 Kings Highway Bypass, Chester 10918. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed May 24.

Congregation Yeshiva Ketane Desatmer, Brooklyn. Seller: Crystal Run Village Inc., Middletown.

Property: 601 Stony Ford Road, Middletown. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed May 22.

Dynamite Properties Corp., Mahopac. Seller: D and L Ford Inc., Mahopac. Property: 854 Route 6, Carmel. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 4.

Route 52 Housing Development Fund Company Inc., Tarrytown.

Seller: BBJ Associates LLC, Chappaqua. Property: in Carmel and Kent. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed March 14.

Webster Bank N.A. Seller: Raymond Cote, Carmel. Property: 1137 E. Mountain Road, South Cold Spring Amount: $1.2 million. Filed March 19.

Below $1 million 138 Franklin Street LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Eugene Clarke, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Property: 138 Franklin St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $520,00. Filed May 24.

208 Wickham Avenue LLC, Middletown. Seller: Bruce Roseman, et al, White Plains. Property: 208-8 ½ Wickham Ave., Middletown 10940.

Amount: $135,000. Filed May 23.

22 Elm Street NY LLC, Warwick.

Seller: Richard Hartman, Westtown.

Property: in Warwick. Amount: $240,000. Filed May 30.

258 Maybrook Road LLC, Campbell Hall. Seller: Susan L. Zgoda, Campbell Hall. Property: in Hamptonburgh. Amount: $400,000. Filed May 29.

28 Woodcrest LLC, Woodmere.

Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 28 Woodcrest Lane, Milton 12547. Amount: $300,300. Filed May 23.

44 Main Kingston LLC, Kingston. Seller: Sarah Hedger English, Hyde Park. Property: 28 Gilbert Drive, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $250,000. Filed May 30.

46 Lutheran Street LLC, Bronx.

Seller: City of Newburgh. Property: 46 Lutheran St., Newburgh.

Amount: $70,000. Filed May 22.

5464 Route 212 LLC, Kew Gardens. Seller: Kyle A. Steller, Highland. Property: in Shandaken.

Amount: $25,000. Filed May 30.

577 North Main LLC, Mahopac.

Seller: Block Building Associates Inc., Brewster. Property: 577 N. Main St., Southeast. Amount: $950,000.

Filed March 7.

89 Sleepy Valley LLC, Mountaindale. Seller: Thomas Roberts, Warwick. Property: in Warwick.

Amount: $238,761. Filed May 24.

928 Development Group LLC, Patterson. Seller: Habitat for Humanity of Putnam County, New York Inc., Carmel. Property: in Patterson. Amount: $50,000. Filed March 26.

Acrei LLC, New York City. Seller: Richard Schisano, Newburgh. Property: 14 Brown St., Port Jervis 12771.

Amount: $21,000. Filed May 30.

Atlantica LLC, Seattle, Washington. Seller: Bruce D. Townsend, Walden. Property: 90 Walnut St., Walden 12586. Amount: $259,400.

Filed May 23.

Avoncroft Middletown LLC, et al, Mahwah, New Jersey. Seller: Larry Wolinsky, Walden. Property: 50 Avoncroft Lane, Unit 5204, Middletown 10940. Amount: $201,000.

Filed May 22.

Bais Mordchay LLC, Monroe.

Seller: Isaac and Sarah Realty LLC, Monsey. Property: in Kiryas Joel.

Amount: $100,000. Filed May 31.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Richard Schisano, Newburgh. Property: 60 Lake St., Greenwood Lake 10925.

Amount: $391,313. Filed May 23.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Seller: Paul C. Brite, Newburgh. Property: 37 Orchard Lake Drive, Monroe 10950.

Amount: $200,000. Filed May 29.

Beit Mery LLC, Warwick. Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP. Property: 7 Saint Stephens Lane, Warwick 10990. Amount: $130,000. Filed May 30.

BGRS LLC, Burr Ridge Il. Seller: Roger A. Naevestad, et al, Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $191,500. Filed May 31.

Cascade Funding 2017-1 Alternative Holdings LLC, New York City. Seller: Kara Cavallo, Walden.

Property: 82 Main St., Sparrow Bush 12780. Amount: $200,280. Filed May 31.

City of Kingston. Seller: Planet Wings Realty of Kingston LLC, Middletown. Property: in Kingston.

Amount: $450,000. Filed May 29.

DBM Worldwide LLC, New York City. Seller: Nancy E. Heitman, Warwick. Property: 17 Howe St., Warwick. Amount: $290,000. Filed May 22.

Delaware River Holding LLC, Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Seller: 19 Elizabeth Street LLC, Howard Beach. Property: 19 Elizabeth St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $260,000. Filed May 29.

WCBJ

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Jonathan M. Victor, Mahopac. Property: 87 Hughson Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $541,571.

Filed March 14.

Double Doors LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, Walden. Property: 8 Ryerson Road, Warwick. Amount: $100,000. Filed May 23.

Dubois Street LLC, Highland Mills. Seller: Courtney Holdings LLC, Newburgh. Property: 91 Dubois St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $175,000. Filed May 29.

Elite Home Development Group, Mahopac. Seller: ELS Development Group, Mahopac. Property: 15 Somers Hills Road, Carmel.

Amount: $170,001. Filed March 28.

Emily Homes Inc., Monsey. Seller: Emily Estates LLC, Suffern. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $42,300.

Filed May 29.

Fava Terra Corp., Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Allsave Development LLC, Montebello. Property: 22, 27 and 51 Carlson Court, Philipstown.

Amount: $150,000. Filed March 18.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Claudia Griswold, et al, Carmel. Property: 14 Kendall Drive, Brewster 10509. Amount: $423,718.

Filed March 7.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: James Yastion, New Paltz. Property: 35 Grove St., Kingston 12401. Amount: $167,614.

Filed May 30.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Joseph Vozza, Mamaroneck. Property: 28 Fairfield Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $612,584. Filed March 12.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Marcella Occhicone, et al, Yorktown Heights.

Property: 2 Albion Road, Patterson 12563. Amount: $572,819. Filed March 5.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Michele Rametta, Goshen. Property: 80 Commonwealth Ave., Middletown 10940.

Amount: $310,911. Filed May 23.

Glenview Construction Inc., Wallkill. Seller: Lanwin Olympia Cornwall LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $44,000. Filed May 30.

Gold Score Properties Inc., Monroe. Seller: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Property: 402 Ivy Hill Road, Walden 12586. Amount: $112,481.

Filed May 28.

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Facts & Figures Grove Beacon LLC, Beacon. Seller: Robert Ellsworth, Beacon. Property: 12 Grove St., Beacon 12508. Amount: $310,000. Filed May 24.

High Ridge Acres Corp., Pleasantville. Seller: Jay B. Hashmall, White Plains. Property: 91 Kentview Drive, Carmel 10512. Amount: $237,000. Filed March 13.

Hogar Community Reinvestment LLC, Phoenix, Arizona. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon.

Property: 72 Darin Road, Warwick 10990. Amount: $187,200. Filed May 30.

Homestead Builders Hudson Valley Inc., Howells. Seller: JTKM Holdings LLC, Shrub Oak. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $342,613. Filed May 29.

Laserolysis of Monroe Corp., Monroe. Seller: 22 Prag Realty Holdings Corp., Monroe. Property: in Kiryas Joel. Amount: $150,000.

Filed May 23.

LSF10 Mortgage Holdings LLC, Santa Ana, California. Seller: Mark D. Solinga, et al, Lake Peekskill.

Property: 36 Tanglewylde Road, Lake Peekskill 10537. Amount: $222,455. Filed March 8.

Lyndel Corp., Brewster. Seller: Sandanova Development Corp., Carmel. Property: in Kent. Amount: $148,932. Filed March 7.

MFH Development LLC, New Paltz. Seller: Brenda C. Reiss, et al, Saugerties. Property: in Saugerties.

Amount: $57,500. Filed May 28.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Peter A. Osorio, et al, New City. Property: 23 Country Club Drive, Warwick 10921. Amount: $224,406. Filed May 31.

MJD Contracting Corp., Mahopac. Seller: Anthony Grau, et al, Brewster. Property: 803 Chestnut Drive, Unit 49, 6302 Chestnut Drive, Carmel 10512. Amount: $176,001.

Filed March 19.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Kyle W. Barnett, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $186,500.

Filed May 29.

Monhagen Avenue Realty Associates LLC, Middletown. Seller: Meiqing Gong, Middletown.

Property: in Middletown. Amount: $180,000. Filed May 22.

Icon Homes of the Hudson Valley LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Tracey Anne McGuiness, Salisbury Mills. Property: 46 Lake Road, Blooming Grove. Amount: $65,000.

Filed May 30.

Monte Cristo Properties LLC, Marlboro. Seller: Jodi Patterson, Milton. Property: in Marlborough.

Amount: $365,000. Filed May 29.

Jays Way Inc., Monroe. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 7 Cane Road, Greenwood Lake 10925.

Amount: $146,450. Filed May 29.

JH Worldwide LLC, Monroe. Seller: Project 9 Realty Inc., Monroe.

Property: 139 N. Drury Lane, Montgomery 12550. Amount: $55,000.

Filed May 22.

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 24 Favino Drive, Newburgh 12589.

Amount: $318,607. Filed May 28.

Kiel Contracting LLC, Middletown. Seller: John J. Fallon, Walden.

Property: 32 Houston Avenue Extension, Middletown 10940.

Amount: $24,000. Filed May 28.

Kingston Land Trust Inc., Kingston. Seller: Dean W. Wilson, Swan Lake. Property: in Kingston.

Amount: $127,500. Filed May 28.

Lambert Design and Build Inc., Goshen. Seller: Charles P. Obremski, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 14 Cedar Court, Middletown 10940.

Amount: $140,000. Filed May 29.

LAN Properties LLC, Montgomery. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 1227 Burlingham Road, Pine Bush 12566. Amount: $97,057. Filed May 29.

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Mountain Paradise Builder Inc., New Windsor. Seller: Gold Score Properties Inc., Monroe. Property: 402 Ivy Hill Road, Walden 12586.

Amount: $115,481. Filed May 28.

Pension Properties Inc., Walden.

Seller: Jesse Blonde, et al, Pine Bush.

Property: 810 Blooming Grove Turnpike, Unit 7H, New Windsor.

Amount: $80,000. Filed May 30.

PNC Bank N.A. Seller: Patrick Rogers, Mahopac. Property: 9 Harmon Drive, Patterson 10509. Amount: $284,889. Filed March 29.

Retained Realty Inc., New York City. Seller: Peter G. Botti, Goshen. Property: 14 Evergreen Lane, Walden 12586. Amount: $320,000.

Filed May 30.

Rivshak Properties LLC, Montgomery. Seller: Libertyville Capital Group LLC, Montgomery. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $90,000.

Filed May 23.

Rymph Road Properties Ltd., Staatsburg. Seller: Theodore Thomas, Merritt Island, Florida. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $18,000.

Filed May 24.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, Tennessee. Seller: John Revella, Walden. Property: 22 Vincenzo Court, Middletown 10940.

Amount: $451,713. Filed May 29.

SGC Builders Inc., Highland. Seller: 4648 Front Street Owners LLC, Howard Beach. Property: in Lloyd.

Amount: $250,000. Filed May 23.

Snarr Animal Rescue Northeast Inc., White Plains. Seller: Christine Ricotta, et al, Brewster. Property: in Southeast. Amount: $405,000.

Filed March 19.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 62 Sarah Lane, Middletown 10941. Amount: $314,271. Filed May 29.

SRPK LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Fishkill Homes LLC, et al, Fishkill. Property: 103 Osborne Hill Road, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $176,000. Filed May 23.

Mystic Tuxedo LLC, Mahwah, New Jersey. Seller: Francis J. Malara, White Plains. Property: 3 Mystic Circle, Tuxedo Park 10987. Amount: $319,000. Filed May 30.

Symphony Holdings Inc., Yorktown Heights. Seller: Keith Byron, Clinton Corners. Property: 207 Turk Hill Road, Brewster 10509. Amount: $394,000. Filed March 22.

North River Homestead LLC, Saugerties. Seller: Cheryl L. Deats, Howes Cave. Property: 959 Ulster Landing Road, Saugerties. Amount: $32,056. Filed May 29.

Talon Realty Inc., Newburgh.

Seller: J and M Realty Group LLC, Monroe. Property: 66 Lander St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $33,000.

Filed May 22.

NRZ REO X LLC, Chicago, Illinois.

Seller: Charles E. Frankel, Newburgh. Property: 271 Grand St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $361,570.

Filed May 24.

The Putnam County National Bank of Carmel, Carmel. Seller: Craig Wallace, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Pawling. Amount: $482,000.

Filed May 29.

P and T Wallkill LLC, Wallkill.

Seller: Robert Malatesta, Wallkill.

Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $220,000. Filed May 30.

The Village in the Hudson Valley LLC, Highland. Seller: Claudine Malcolm, et al, Highland. Property: 11 Apple Lane, Highland 12528.

Amount: $399,500. Filed May 30.

Patmar United LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: 710 Parr Meadow Drive, Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $74,000. Filed May 24.

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TMK Ventures LLC, Rhinebeck.

Seller: Clyde K. Miller,III, et al, Staatsburg. Property: in Rhinebeck and Hyde Park. Amount: $400,000.

Filed May 29.

Trustco Realty Corp., Glenville.

Seller: Jessica L. Vinall, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Wappinger.

Amount: $241,500. Filed May 28.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Charles A. D’Agostino, Pleasantville. Property: 14 Sylvan Drive, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $336,433. Filed March 15.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Daniel Morse, et al, Peekskill. Property: 28 Country Lane, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $429,901. Filed March 19.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Joan Iacono, Bronxville. Property: 256 Horsepound Road, Carmel 10512.

Amount: $330,000. Filed March 29.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John F. Cocola, Holmes, Property: 1302 Holly Stream Court, Brewster 10509.

Amount: $200,698. Filed March 8.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Donald Cappillino, Pawling. Property: 107 Marshall Road, Salt Point 12578.

Amount: $253,000. Filed May 29.

Valentine Home Builders LLC, Goshen. Seller: Raksha M. Shah, et al, Warwick. Property: in Chester.

Amount: $49,900. Filed May 28.

Vertapolis Properties LLC, et al, Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Thomas A. Paulmann, Hopewell Junction.

Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $25,000. Filed May 29.

Village of Ellenville, Ellenville.

Seller: Shawangunk Country Club Inc., Ellenville. Property: in Ellenville. Amount: $321,699. Filed May 29.

WCP Block 1 LLC, Goshen. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 269 Guinea Hill Road, Slate Hill 10973. Amount: $262,000. Filed May 31.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Gerard J. Pisanelli, Poughkeepsie. Property: 7 Winnie Lane, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Amount: $230,000. Filed May 23.

Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Bruce D. Townsend, Walden. Property: 68 Route 6N, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $400,000. Filed March 19.

Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Nancy J. Schneider, Washingtonville. Property: 34 Highland Ave., Florida 10921. Amount: $350,000.

Filed May 24.

Woodbury Complex E LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Melow Enterprises Corp., Mountainville. Property: 77 Eastview Road, Woodbury.

Amount: $200,000. Filed May 24.

JUDGMENTS Ahorra Ahora Market Place Corp., Newburgh. $619 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 2.

Bravo Peru, Newburgh. $223 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 2.

Country Pickin’s Inc., Warwick. $333 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 2.

Grand Entrance Systems Inc., Monroe. $330 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 2.

Led It Glow Inc., Monroe. $1,030 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 2.

The Juice Headquarters LLC, Newburgh. $131 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 2.

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

Albanese, Donna, individually and as surviving spouse of Vito Albanese, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,000 affecting property located at 7 Split Rock Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed March 15.

Beekman, Mary L., et al. Filed

by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,000 affecting property located at 414 Old Post Road, Marlboro 12542. Filed May 30.

Bell, Benjamin E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $227,156 affecting property located at 82 Pine St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed May 23.

Carbon, Melvin, et al. Filed by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $274,216 affecting property located at 60 River Road, Ulster Park 12487.

Filed May 30.

Carlin, William J. Jr., commissioner of finance of Putnam County as administrator to the estate of Arne H. Nordstrom, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 4 Montrose Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed March 25.

Cercena, Catherine A., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $343,400 affecting property located at 7 Lakeview Road, Carmel 10512. Filed March 27.

Chapeton, James J., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 18 Meadow Crest Drive, Putnam Valley 10541. Filed March 1.

Cowan, John, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $380,000 affecting property located at 75 Deacon Smith Hill Road, Patterson 12563. Filed March 13.

Danzeisen, Kimberly L., et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $131,088 affecting property located at 19 Center Road, Mount Marion 12456. Filed May 28.

Drumme, Thomas, et al. Filed by Pennymac Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $297,000 affecting property located at 691 Long Pond Road, Mahoapc 10541. Filed March 18.

Fallows, Donna, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $144,400 affecting property located at 49 Buck Lane, Saugerties 12477. Filed May 29.

Ferrara, Theodore, as heir and distributee of the estate of Patrick Ferrara, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $564,000 affecting property located at 144 Route 292, Patterson 12563. Filed March 26.

Forero, Kimberly, as possible heir to the estate of Kenneth Bastedo, et al. Filed by M&T Bank.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 21 Dorothy Heights, Wappingers Falls 12590.

Filed May 29.

Friedlander, Glenn B., as preliminary executor and heir to the estate of Remedios Friedlander, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $161,909 affecting property located at 26 Friedlander Drive, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed May 24.

Friedrich, Eluzer, et al. Filed by Home Point Financial Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 affecting property located at 5 Lizensk Blvd., Unit 305, Monroe 10950. Filed April 17.

Frog Hollow Development Corp., et al. Filed by Cynthia Daubman. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 57 Greenhaven Road, Beekman. Filed May 23.

Facts & Figures Gafni, Ron, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $320,000 affecting property located at 17 Nottingham Way, Mahopac 10541. Filed March 15.

Galeano, Jose B., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,000 affecting property located at 17 White Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed March 7.

Gatt, Daniel P., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,433 affecting property located at 8 Oliver Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed April 18.

Goldman, Tracy M., et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $116,865 affecting property located at 65 Fountain Place, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed May 29.

Gordon, Michael, heir at law to the estate of Merle Gordon Dowling, et al. Filed by Webster Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $198,000 affecting property located at 195 Fairway Drive, U195, Carmel 10512.

Filed March 21.

Gustin, John, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,000 affecting property located at 54 Kent View Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed March 28.

Keogh, Lawrence EJ, et al. Filed

by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $317,746 affecting property located at 9 Ralph Brach Drive, Wallkill 12589. Filed May 29.

Komasa, Dorothy M., et al. Filed

by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $96,000 affecting property located at 223 Ten Broeck Ave., Kingston.

Filed May 28.

Scott, Selvyn, et al. Filed by CMG Mortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $157,712 affecting property located at 300 Bruyn Ave., Pine Bush 12566.

Filed April 17.

Youngman, Carol L., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $235,500 affecting property located at 139 Chief Ninham Circle, Carmel 10512. Filed March 14.

McGuigan, Kevin, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $101,000 affecting property located at 9 Fulop Lane, Mahopac 10541.

Filed March 28.

Seton, Irene, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $118,835 affecting property located at 28 Orchard Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed March 21.

Mechanic’s Liens

Mongelli, Georgianna, et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,000 affecting property located at 105 Shear Hill Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed March 27.

Singleton, Ricardo, et al. Filed

by Newrez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 15 Legere Court, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed May 28.

Donnelly, Edward, as owner. $4,663 as claimed by Xterior Solutions, Hyde Park. Property: 3795 Route 44, Millbrook 12545. Filed May 30.

Moran, Dianne, et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $161,000 affecting property located in Kent. Filed March 20.

Ten, Joel, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $282,783 affecting property located at 9 Carillon Road, Brewster 10509.

Filed March 22.

Mazzie, Ralph M. Jr., et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $110,332 affecting property located at 133A Gardnertown Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed April 18.

Nastasi, Franklyn T., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $82,819 affecting property located at 4 Maple Lane, Monroe 10950. Filed April 17.

Nicol, John, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 1902 Nutmeg Drive, Unit 124, Building 19, Carmel 10512. Filed March 28.

Ortiz, Blanco, et al. Filed by Suntrust Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $154,850 affecting property located at 255 Heritage Lane, Monroe 10950. Filed April 17.

Ramirez, Arturo, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $214,403 affecting property located at 13 Crestwood Road, Carmel 10512.

Filed March 5.

Krausz, Esther, et al. Filed by Christiana Trust. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $332,000 affecting property located at 3 Koritz Court, Unit 301, Monroe 10950. Filed April 17.

Ruhala, Celina, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $311,250 affecting property located at 291 Hortontown Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed March 6.

Mack, Tarreyton D., et al. Filed

by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $264,000 affecting property located at 35 Fairfax Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed April 17.

Rumsey, Joseph A., et al. Filed

by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $106,253 affecting property located at 15 Rumsey Lane, Monroe 10950. Filed April 17.

Mastrantone, Matthew, et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $525,000 affecting property located at 1175 Route 9, Garrison 10524. Filed March 29.

Sclafani, Jerome D., as coexecutor and beneficiary of the estate of Rosalie Sclafani, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $190,000 affecting property located at 11 Ridge Road, Carmel 10512.

Filed March 7.

The estate of Arlene Scozzarella, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $202,500 affecting property located at 4 Marina Drive, Unit N4, Mahopac 10541.

Filed March 11.

Ulster County commissioner of finance as administrator for the estate of David E. Burt, III, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $94,500 affecting property located at 344 Glenerie Blvd., Saugerties 12477. Filed May 29.

Clarke, Nancy, as owner. $710 as claimed by David M. Mills, Newburgh. Property: 350 Water St., Newburgh. Filed May 23.

Highland 9W Self Storage LLC, Highland, as owner. $221,544 as claimed by Betco Inc., Statesville, North Carolina. Property: 3659 Route 9W, Highland 12528. Filed May 28.

Powell, Alice, as owner. $17,524 as claimed by Mid-Orange Plumbing and Heating Inc., Middletown.

Property: 167 Liberty St., Newburgh.

Filed May 21.

S.D. Associates LLC, as owner. $15,125 as claimed by Blueline Rental LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Property: 27 Satmar Drive, Units 101, 111, 201 and 301, Monroe. Filed May 23.

Tierney, Michele, et al, as owner. $115,479 as claimed by Dynamism LLC, Kingston. Property: 1826 Route 32, Saugerties. Filed May 29.

Urbancik, John, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $190,000 affecting property located at 46 Creamery Pond Road, Sugar Loaf 10981. Filed April 18.

Ye, Jiangjiag, et al, as owner. $5,975 as claimed by Ralph Pinkham Plumbing and Heating Inc., Goshen. Property: 12 William St., Middletown 10940. Filed May 31.

Vahos, Ruben, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $834,500 affecting property located at 147 Jaycox Road, Cold Spring 10516. Filed March 13.

NEW BUSINESSES

Valentino, Richard C., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $410,000 affecting property located in Warwick. Filed April 18.

Vanca, Steven, et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,410 affecting property located at 46 Agor Lane, Mahopac 10541. Filed March 6.

Vassak, Joseph J. III, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $253,200 affecting property located at 36 Allen Drive, Brewster 10509. Filed March 28.

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

Partnerships Cabus Cleaning Services, 16 Poplar St., Newburgh, c/o Yadira Hernandez and Lizeth C. Villela Vallecillo. Filed April 23.

Diamond Brothers Painting, 14 Kobbs Korner Road, Pine Bush, c/o Scott E. Hyzer and Peter F. Hamblin, Jr. Filed April 30.

Rosy Cleaning Service, 9 Davenport Court, Monroe 10950, c/o Rosario Juarez Jimenez and Juan Manuel Lopez Reynoso. Filed April 25.

Vulcan Construction, 21 Maple Ave., Monroe 10950, c/o Rickey E. Beams Jr. and Christine M. Caldwell.

Filed April 25.

Sole Proprietorships

JG Landscaping, 6 Gunsch Estate Drive, Newburgh 12550, c/o Gomez Juvencio. Filed April 29.

ABC Septic, 72 Tuytenbridge Road, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o Alburn B. Cooper. Filed May 29.

Kaluka Enterprises Pool and Home Builders of America, 87 Sproat St., Second floor, Middletown 10940, c/o Ester Cruz. Filed April 30.

Accessory Planet Store, 1300 Ulster Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Angela Perez Paredes. Filed May 30.

Alleyne B. Fraser, MD Neurosurgery Group, 15 South St., Middletown 10940, c/o Alleyne B. Fraser.

Filed April 29.

B and P Contracting, 431 Orchard Drive, Wallkill 12589, c/o Caleb David Blair. Filed May 29.

Captain’s Acres, 130 Kelly Road, Saugerties 12477, c/o Kimberly A. Petramale. Filed May 24.

Castellar, 15 Southern Lane, Warwick 10990, c/o Abby Brittany-Joe Wilson. Filed April 23.

Core Expressions Art Therapy and Counseling, 30 Juniper Lane, Saugerties 12477, c/o Katelyn E. Baxter. Filed May 30.

Endeavour by Camille, 75 Barcelow St., Port Jervis 12771, c/o Camille Koser. Filed April 30.

McGriff’s Angels, 77 Berkman Drive, Middletown 10941, c/o Samantha N. McGriff. Filed April 30.

MiArrange, 310 Lakeside Road, Newburgh 12550, c/o Maribel Garris. Filed April 24.

ML Associates, 96 Golden Hill Ave., Goshen 10924, c/o Michael Patrick Lafargue. Filed April 24.

My Flags Catering and Food Truck, 308 Route 105, Highland Mills 10930, c/o M.J. Argueta-Ramos. Filed April 23.

PDE Trusted Advisors, 82 Edgemere Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925, c/o Amanda Gerkens. Filed April 25.

Plant Seads, 65 Broadway, Kingston 12401, c/o Bryan M. Meador.

Filed May 28.

Serenity Stone Home, 246 W. Chestnut St., Kingston 12401, c/o Andrea C. Staskowski. Filed May 24.

Good Neighbor Maintenance, 159 Main St., Apt. 16, Goshen 10924, c/o Jonathan Samuel Porter Bromley. Filed April 23.

Shamrock Plumbing and Heating, 183 Second St., Esopus, c/o Justin Robert O’Brien. Filed May 30.

Healing Arts Haven, 357 W. O’Reilly St., Apt. 1808, Kingston 12401, c/o Nancy S. Sharoff. Filed May 24.

Stephen’s Island Fusion and Catering Service, 23 Lake Region Blvd., Monroe 10950, c/o Stephen S. Douse. Filed April 29.

Heart of Love Domino Club, 46 William St., Newburgh, c/o Tyrone George Phillips. Filed April 24.

Stevie’s Tile, 18 Amy Lane, Middletown 10941, c/o Gustavo A. Ibarra.

Filed April 29.

Hills Boro Repairs, 209 Hallihan Hill, Kingston 12401, c/o Sebastian Seda. Filed May 28.

Stoeckeler Real Estate Services, 126 S. Main St., Ellenville 12428, c/o Mary F. Sheeley. Filed May 30.

Hollywood Bobby Event Planning and Entertainment, 39 Kenney Court, Newburgh 12550, c/o Cleon L. Taylor. Filed April 26.

Vito’s Wood Working, 67 Rock Cut Road, Newburgh 12550, c/o Michael A. Imbasciani. Filed April 25.

Jack Spann Jr., 57 Glen Rock Circle, Highland 12528, c/o Jon G. Rosen.

Filed May 24.

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SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 100 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591.

Purpose: Any lawful act. #62155 Notice of Formation of John Carey LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/03. Offc.

Loc: NY,NY. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 43 Murray Street NY, NY 10007 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62158 Morning Day LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/14/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 8 Robin Hood Rd., Pound Ridge, NY 10576.

General Purpose. #62159 Frame-Perfect Arcarde LLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 09/26/2018. Off Loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 300 Broadway Dobbs ferry New York 10522.

Purpose: All Lawful #62160 Westchester Auto Group and Wheel Repair, LLC has filed articles of organization with the Secretary of State of NYS on 04/23/19. The offices of this company are located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 260 6th Street, Verplanck, NY 10596.

The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized. #62161 Munro Travel Design LLC. Filed 4/29/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1 Scarsdale Road #517, Tuckahoe, NY 10707 Purpose: all lawful #62163 Notice of formation of OLD POND PROPERTIES LLC Arts Of Org filed with SSNY on 03/19/19. Office location: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Old Pond Properties LLC, 35 Old Pond Rd, South Salem, NY 10590.

Purpose: any lawful act. #62164

Notice of Formation of VIVI PET CARE LLC, a domestic, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/02/2019 Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 12 White St. Ste. C, Buchanan NY, 10511. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #62165 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TALKTOME SPEECHLANGUAGE THERAPY PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/24/19. Office loc. Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC: MAYA FELDMAN 7 RANDY LN PLEASANTVILLE NY 10570 The principal business address of the PLLC is: 7 RANDY LN PLEASANTVILLE NY 10570 Purpose: any lawful act or activity #62168 Notice of Formation of Read & Right LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/19/19.

Location: Westchester. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served at PO Box 448, Purchase NY 10577. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62169 Notice of Formation of Pepitoís Deli & Grocery LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/12/2019. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 314 Highland Ave, Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62170 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Millenary Properties, LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 03/19/19. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 28 Winnetou Road, White Plains, NY10603. Purpose: Any lawful business activity. #62171 Notice of Formation of 80 Mountain LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/29/2019.

NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, c/o Cassin & Cassin, LLP, 2900 Westchester Avenue, Suite 402, Purchase, New York 10577. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #62172

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION of Zaiger LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/26/19.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 21 Reynal Rd., White Plains, NY 10605. Principal business address: 21 Reynal Rd., White Plains, NY 10605.

Purpose: Law firm. #62173 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION of Goldfarb, Zaiger & Tarkan LLP. Certificate of Registration filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/14/19.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLP to: 2 Sunset Drive North, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Principal business address: 2 Sunset Drive North, Chappaqua, NY 10514.

Purpose: Law firm. #62174 Notice of formation of Professional Electric LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of the State of New York (SSNY) on 03/14/2019. Office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the principal business location at: 4 Allen St. Valhalla, NY 10595.

Purpose of business is any lawful act or activity. #62175 Certified Check LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 5/9/19. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at c/o P O BOX 3784, Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #62177 ONE B 78, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/8/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to P.O. Box 1144, Montauk, NY 11954. General Purpose. #62178 Brilliant Minds NY LLC. Filed 4/29/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 555 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Purpose: to own and operate a Kumon Math and Reading center franchise and for all other uses incidental thereto. #62179 237-239 East Main Street, LLC. Filed 5/6/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 16 Lawrence Street, Mount Kisco, NY 10549 Purpose: all lawful #62180

The Windle, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/30/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 5 Windle Park, Tarrytown, NY 10591.

General Purpose #62181 Notice of Formation of Structura Home and Small Business Solutions LLC Art. of the Org. were filed with the SSNY on 4/16/2019. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at:32 Downing Dr. E, White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: for any lawful activity. #62185 Notice of Formation of Career Fixer LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/21/2019.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202, Brooklyn, New York, 11228. Purpose: any lawful activity #62186 Sentient CX LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/05/2019. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 350 Midland Ave, Rye, NY, 10580.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62189 Topaz Property Group, LLC. Articles of Organization have been filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/29/2019. Location: Westchester County. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at PO Box 604 Crompond, NY 10517.

Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #62191 Notice of Formation of Keep Pushing Clothing Co. LLC. Of Org.filed with SSNY 3/28/19.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Christopher Cortez at 31 Greenridge Ave, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62192 Notice of Formation of ARGIVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/1/19.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 18 Hollow Ridge Road, Bedford Corners, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62193

Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): LEXIA PROPERTIES LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 5/06/19. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC., 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY 14221.

Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #62194 Webster Avenue Laundry, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/24/2019. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Office Of Patrick J. Bliss, Esq., 399 Knollwood Rd., Ste. 204, White Plains, NY 10603.

General Purpose. #62195 Notice of Formation of H & Y Trucking LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/03/19.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o 740 Gramatan Ave, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: any lawful purpose #62197 Notice of Formation of Black Lion Apps, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/17/19.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 83 Sky Meadow Pl., NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62198 Cas Business Solutions LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/2/2019.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Cesar Augusto Avellaneda Suarez, 8 palmer Ave., 2nd Fl., Croton On Hudson, NY 10520.

General Purpose. #62199 Ivanís Health & Fitness, LLC with NY Secy. of State on 04/19/2019. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: Ivan Hernandez Jr. 1034 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62201 Rottie Enterprises LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/21/2019. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 25 Old Sprain Rd., Ardsley, NY 10502. General Purpose. #62203

Your College Story LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/10/2019. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 8 Forest lake Dr., West Harrison, NY 10604.

College App. Consulting. #62204 Notice of formation of Jeanne Ferrando LCSW, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/14/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the 191 S Broadway, Tarrytown,NY,10591 Purpose: Licensed Clinical Social Work #62205 SJT Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/24/19. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 25 Wilton Rd. Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62206 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Peekskill Holdings Two LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on March, 13, 2019. 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: Lindsey Fitzgerald, 741 Shenandoah Ave., Peekskill, NY 10566.

Purpose: Any lawful acts. #62207 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Portaferry NY, Inc. d/b/a McGreevy's Pub to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment.

For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 468 Ashford Avenue Ardsley NY 10502 #62209 24 Bolton Gardens, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/1/2019.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 81 Pondfield Rd., #186, Bronxville, NY 10708. General Purpose. #62210 Portales, LLC. Filed 5/30/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 223 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805 Purpose: all lawful #62211

THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE LOOKOUT FUND, INC. for the calendar year ended December 31, 2018 is available at its principal office located at 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite S-618, Rye Brook, NY 10573-1373 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is WILLIAM R. HANDELMAN. #62214 Notice of Formation of NC CONSULTING ENGINEERING, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/12/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1497 Westview Dr., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62215 Notice of Formation of Sam Hollander LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/15/19.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 53 Suzanne Lane Pleasantville, NY 10570.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62216 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 7376 Construction LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/01/19. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 Business Park Dr, Ste 203, Armonk, NY 10504, which is the principle business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62162

Notice of formation of Welcome Home Mortgage, LLC. Application for Authority filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) April 24.

2019. Office located Wethersfield, CT. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 1331 Silas Deane Hwy, Wethersfield, CT 06109. Purpose: any lawful purpose. # 62202

Notice of formation of Empowered Wellness Mental Health Counseling, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/17/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the 260 Church Street Apt 4B4, White Plains, NY,10603 Purpose: Mental Health Counseling # 62208

Jestam Nissen LLC. Filed 5/30/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 344 White Plains Rd, Eastchester, NY 10709 Purpose: all lawful #62212 Old Salt Works LLC. Filed 5/17/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 14 Brown Avenue, Rye, NY 10580 Purpose: all lawful #62213

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